题目内容
------ Ian gave up playing the piano eventually.
-------It’s just_____of him to spend all that money on the equipment and then lose interest halfway through the course.
A. normal B. ordinary C. common D. typical
D
London Thursday July 26(Reuters)--Ian Johnstone missed his girlfriend so much that he flew back to Britain from Australia to propose to her.The problem is that she flew in the opposite direction.
He and Amy Dolby even managed to miss each other when they sat in the same airport waiting-room in Singapore at the same time to wait for connecting flights.
Dolby,heartbroken when she arrived at Johnstone’s Sydney apartment to find he had flown to London,told the Times:“It was as though someone was playing a cruel joke on us.He is the most romantic person I have ever known.I think our problem is that we are both quite impulsive(冲动的)people.We are always trying to surprise each other.”
After an 11,000-mile flight across the globe,she was greeted by Johnstone’s astonished flatmate asking what she was doing there.
“The terrible truth dawned when I found that Lan’s rucksack and most of his clothes were missing.I sat on the end of his bed and cried my eyes out.And that really annoyed me,”she said.
Johnstone,a 27-year-old bricklayer,had taken a year off to travel round Australia.But he was missing Dolby,a 26-year-old secretary,so much he got a job on a Sydney building site and started saving for a surprise.
He then flew home to Britain and went to her apartment armed with an engagement ring,champagne and flowers.
“I really missed Amy and I’d been thinking about her all the time.I thought she was winding me up when she phoned me from Australia.”he said.
Johnstone then asked Dolby to marry him on the phone.“I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry but I accepted,”she said.
Dolby was given a short tour of Sydney by Johnstone’s friends and Johnstone had to stay in Britain for two weeks because he could not change his ticket.
【小题1】According to the text,it seemed that .
| A.Johnstone and Dolby could have seen each other in the same airport waiting-room in Singapore |
| B.the couple pretended not to see each other in the same airport waiting-room in Singapore |
| C.the young lovestruck couple had both intended to propose to each other |
| D.Dolby stayed longer in Sydney than Johnstone stayed in Britain |
| A.Johnstone was not as impulsive as Dolby |
| B.Johnstone got a job in Sydney in order to start saving money for a surprise to Dolby |
| C.Dolby was heartbroken because someone was playing a cruel joke on her |
| D.Dolby was greeted by Johnstone’s flatmate at the airport |
| A.excitement,anger and shyness |
| B.sadness,happiness and surprise |
| C.love,hatred and nevousness |
| D.cheer,regret and annoyance |
a.Johnstone flew back to Britain to propose to his girlfriend,Amy Dolby.
b.Johnstone started working at a Sydney building site.
c.Johnstone went to Amy’s apartment in Britain with an engagement ring.
d.Johnstone proposed to Dolby over the phone.
e.They were waiting for their connecting flight in the airport in Singapore.
f.Dolby called Johnstone from Australia.
| A.b—a—d—e—c—f | B.c—a—b—e—f—d |
| C.b—a—e—c—f—d | D.b—a—f—e—c—d |
Marjorie Gestring
Marjorie Gestring was a springboard(跳板) diver from the United States who won the gold medal in 3-meter springboard diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany at the age of 13 years.With the cancellation(取消) of the Olympics in 1940 and 1944 because of World War II, Gestring did not get a chance to defend her title, and her comeback attempt for the 1948 Summer Olympics failed.
Bob Mathias
17-year-old American Bob Mathias won the decathlon(十项全能运动) only four months after taking up the sport.He is the youngest athlete in Olympic history to win a men's track and field event.By the time Mathias retired from decathlon competition in 1952, he had nine victories in nine competitions.He had won two gold medals separately in 1948 and 1952.In 1954 a film about his early life called The Bob Mathias Story was made, in which he and his wife played themselves.
Fu Mingxia
Fu Mingxia was born on August 16, 1978 in Wuhan, Hubei Province.At an early age, her father taught her to swim at a nearby river.She started exercising gymnastics at age 5, soon turning to diving.Fu Mingxia left home at age 9 to train in Beijing.In the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Fu Mingxia became China's youngest Olympic champion ever when she won the 10-meter platform gold at the age of 13.
Ian Thorpe
Ian Thorpe was born on 13 October, 1982.He is a former Australian freestyle swimmer.At the age of 14, he became the youngest male ever to represent Australia.Ian Thorpe, 17 years old, won the gold medal in the 400m freestyle by breaking his own world record in Sydney 2000.He has won five Olympic gold medals.
1.How many times has Marjorie Gestring taken part in the Olympic Games?
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A.Two. |
B.Three. |
C.Four. |
D.Five. |
2.Which two athletes took part in the Olympics in the same year ?
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A.Marjorie Gestring and Fu Mingxia |
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B.Bob Mathias and Fu Mingxia |
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C.Marjorie Gestring and Bob Mathias. |
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D.Bob Mathias and Ian Thorpe. |
3.How long had Fu Mingxia practised diving in Beijing before she won the 10-meter platform gold in the 1992 Summer Olympics?
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A.About ten years. |
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B.About nine years. |
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C.About five years. |
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D.About three years. |
4.What is the passage mainly about ?
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A.Some young Olympic champions. |
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B.The history of the Olympic Games. |
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C.How to train young Olympic athletes. |
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D.How to prepare for the Olympic Games. |