题目内容
The Man of Many Secrets — Harry Houdini — was one of the greatest American entertainers(表演者) in the theater. He was a man famous for his escapes（逃走；逃生） — from prison cells（囚室）, from wooden boxes floating（漂浮） in rivers, from locked tanks full of water. He appeared in theaters all over Europe and America. Crowds came to see the great Houdini and his “magic” tricks.
Of course, his secret was not magic, or supernatural powers. It was simply strength. He had the ability to move his toes as well as his fingers. He could move his body into almost any position he wanted.
Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17, in 1891. He and his brother Theo performed card tricks in club in New York. They called themselves the Houdini Brothers. When Harry married in 1894, he and his wife Bess worked together as magician and assistant. But for a long time they were not very successful. Then Harry performed his first prison （监狱）escape in Chicago in 1898. Harry persuaded（说服） a detective（侦探） which to let him try to escape from the prison, and he invited the local newspapermen to watch.
It was the publicity(宣传) that came from this that started Harry Houdini’s success. Harry had fingers trained to escape from handcuffs(手铐) and toes trained to escape ankle chains. But his biggest secret was how he unlocked the prison doors. Every time he went into the prison cell, Bess gave him a kiss for good luck — and a small skeleton key, which is a key that fits many locks, pass quickly from her mouth to his.
Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame. He arranged to escape from the local prison of every town he visited. In the afternoon, the people of the town would read about it in their local newspapers, and in the evening every seat in the local theater would be full. What was the result? Worldwide fame, and a name remembered today.
1.According to the passage, Houdini’s success in prison escapes depends on ________.
A. his special tricks and supernatural powers
B. his unusual ability and a skeleton key
C. his magic tricks and inhuman powers
D. his wisdom and magic tricks
2.In the fourth paragraph, the underlined word “this” refers to (指的是)______.
A. his first prison escape B. the year 1898
C. the publicity D. Harry Houdini's success
3.Which of the following statement is right?
A. Someone gave him a key that fits many locks.
B. He made a key that could open every door.
C. Everyone hated him very much.
D. He was trained to escape again.
4.The followings help him succeed EXCEPT ________.
A. his brother's help B. his wife's help
C. his fingers D. his toes
5.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. A Skeleton Key B. Many Secrets
C. World-wide Fame D. Great Escapes
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give、example、can、difficult、have、become、 need 、write 、American、try、do、speak |
example、 Americans、 had、 becoming、 speaker、 the most difficult、 needs、 trying、 Asian、 doing |
You have been working hard to learn English. Do you know American kids are 1._______ to learn Chinese? More than 60,000 American students now study Chinese.“Because of China’s fast development, Chinese has become more useful, and more and more 2.________ begin to learn it,” said Scott McGinnis, a Washington language expert (专家). For 3._______, in 1999, only three schools in Chicago 4._______ Chinese lessons. This year more than 30 schools there have Chinese during school days. Last year China gave them 3,000 textbooks because they had done a good job. Although Chinese is 5._______ more and more popular, it is one of 6.__________ languages to learn. Usually, an English7.__________ takes about 1,320 hours to become good at Chinese. He 8. ________ only 480 hours for French, Spanish or Italian.
词汇运用
A. 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。每词仅用一次，每空限填一词.
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1.Could you give me some ?
2.My grandpa liked animals a lot and he lots of animals.
3.I think we are much than our parents.
4.Li Lei’s homework has so many mistakes. How __________ he does his homework!
5.You look so tired. You’d better ______________ to have a rest.