题目内容
Can a soft-looking girl be tough(坚韧的) inside? Taiwan’s pop singer Evonne Xu is like this. If she thinks something is right, she goes out of her way to do it.
“If anyone around me gets treated unfairly,” she said, “I can’t pretend not to see. I feel it’s my duty to speak out and protect their rights.” Her friends sometimes advise her not to invite trouble, but she isn’t afraid.
She was born in a hospital in Texas, America, where she was the only Asia baby. A lot of people came to look at her. She was so pretty that she was called “Snow White”.
Xu grew up with Western kids, doing the same things together. But she said her Chinese parents were much stricter than American parents. Even so, Xu did not want to lie to her parents like many kids did. “I could have told them I was going to the library to study, when in fact I was going to a party,” she said, “But it would have made me feel very bad. I would rather argue with them for my rights.”
“And it did work,” she said, “It helped them know me better and trust me, and now we get on very well.”
1.The underlined phrases in the first paragraph means .
A. to get off B. To get in the way
C. to go away D. to try one’s best
2.What does Xu think of Chinese parents and American parents?
A. Chinese parents are better than American parents.
B. Chinese parents are not as good as American parents.
C. American parents are not as strict with their kids as Chinese parents.
D. American parents are more worried about their kids than Chinese parents.
3.What can we know about Evonne Xu according to the passage?
A. She is always ready to say and do what she thinks right.
B. Her parents are both Americans.
C. She often argues with her parents, so they don’t get on well.
D. She prefers dancing to singing.
寒假大串联黄山书社系列答案Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky in 1809. His mother died when he was ten years old. Later, his family moved to Illinois and his father remarried. The family was poor, so they had to struggle just to live. In Illinois, there were neither teachers nor schools, but Lincoln’s stepmother encouraged him to study. He learned to read and write while working on the farm.
At twenty-one, Lincoln left home. He soon received a law license and became a lawyer. People trusted him and began to call him “Honest Abe”.
During the following years, he took a more active part in polities. Soon he was not only a highly respected lawyer but also a well-known politician. He was elected the sixteenth president of the United States in 1860, and in the next year the Civil War broke out.
The Civil War was between the southern states that wanted to leave the Union and form their own country, and northern states that wanted to keep all the states as one country. The southern states wanted to keep the laws that allowed them to own slaves. Both the northern states and President Lincoln wanted to get rid of those laws. On April 9, 1865, the Civil War ended and all slaves were set free.
Less than a week later, on April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was shot at the Ford Theater in Washington D.C. He died the next day from his wounds.
Abraham Lincoln | |
Birth | ★He was born in 1809. |
His family | ★His mother died when he was 1. . ★His stepmother was 2. to him and encouraged him to study. |
Unusual Experience | ★A farmer, a lawyer, a politician and the sixteenth 3. of the United States. |
Achievement | ★The Civil War broke out between the southern states and the 4. states. ★All slaves were set free when the Civil War 5. . ★“Keeping all the states as one country” came true. |
5个恰当的句子完成对话。请将正确答案序号按要求涂在答题卡指定位置。
A: Good morning. Sit down, please.
B: Morning, doctor.
A: 1.
B: I was caught in the rain. I’ve got a had cough and my head hurts.
A: Do you have a fever?
B: 2. I feel terrible.
A: Let me see… There’s nothing serious. 3. Have a good rest, and you’ll be fine soon.
B: Thanks, I will. 4.
A: You’d better choose your clothes according to the weather report. The weather often changes in summer.
B: How will the weather be tomorrow?
A: 5. Now we’re in the season of rain.
B: What bad weather!
A: When you go out, please wear warm clothes and take an umbrella with you.
B: Thank you, doctor.
A. You just have a cold. B. It’ll still be rainy tomorrow. C. What’s the weather like? D. Yes. My temperature is 38℃ E. I have a headache. F. What’s the matter with you? G. Any other suggestions? |
