题目内容
He made _____ known to his friends that he didn’t want to enter politics.
A. that B. it
C. himself D. him
B
Man has always wanted to fly. Some of the greatest men in history have thought about the problem. One of these, for example, was the great Italian artist, Leonardo da Vinci. In the sixteenth century he made designs for machines that could fly. But they were never built.,
Throughout history, other less famous men have wanted to fly. An example was a man in England 800years ago. He made a pair of wings from chicken feathers. Then he fixed them to his body and jumped into the air from a tall building. He did not fly very far. He fell to the ground and broke every bone in his body.
The first real step took place in France in 1783. Two brothers, the Mongolfiers, made a very large “hot air balloon”. They knew that hot air rises. Why not fill a balloon with it? The balloon was made of cloth and paper. In September of that year, the King and Queen of France came to see the balloon. They watched it carry the very first air passengers into the sky. The passengers were a sheep and a chicken. We do not know how they felt about the trip. But we do know that the trip lasted 8 minutes and that the animals landed safely. Two months later, two men did the same thing. They rose above Paris in a balloon of the same kind. Their trip lasted twenty-five minutes and they traveled about 8 kilometers.
【小题1】 Leonardo da Vinci .
| A．said that man would fly in the sky one day |
| B．built a kind of machine which never flew |
| C．drew many beautiful pictures of the birds |
| D．made designs of flying machines |
| A．made a kind of flying machine |
| B．tried to fly with wings made of chicken feathers |
| C．wanted to build a kind of balloon |
| D．tried to fly on a large bird |
| A．lost his life | B．flew only 8 minutes |
| C．was not wounded | D．succeeded in flying |
| A．the King and Queen | B．two Frenchmen |
| C．two animals | D．the Mongolfiers |
The man sitting opposite Robert was the Financial Controller. Everybody called him “the FC” for short. He made all the decisions about money. Robert needed some more. That was why he had to see him. The two men did not get on very well. In fact, they had always disliked each other.
“Your request is out of the question,” the FC said. Robert had difficulty in controlling himself, but he managed somehow. He explained that he wanted the money in order to make more programmes.
“And why do you want to do that?” the FC asked sharply. Again, Robert almost lost his temper. “Because more and more people are listening to my department’s programmes. There’s great demand for them,” he answered.
The FC did not seem to believe him. But Robert had a report on the numbers of listeners to all EBC programmes. The FC became less confident (自信). Robert threw the report down on the table and told him to read it.
The FC looked at it in silence. The figures (数字) proved that he had been wrong, but he did not want to admit it. “Well,” he finally said, “I may have made a small mistake.” Robert noticed the word “may.” He got up to leave. But he had the feeling that he would get the money after all.
1.In the story the Financial Controller was a person who was in charge of________.
A. Robert’s department’s programmes. B. EBC programmes.
C. EBC money. D. both B and C.
2.“Your request is out of the question.” Here “out of the question”means_______.
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A．without any question |
B．with some question. |
C．impossible. |
D．possible. |
3. Robert decided to make more programmes because________.
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A．he wanted to meet the needs of the listeners. |
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B．“the FC”disliked him |
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C．the members of his department wanted him to do so. |
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D．he wanted to show himself off. |
4.Why were more and more people listening to Robert’s programmes?
A. Because he always lost his temper (脾气).
B. Because he disliked “the FC.”
C. Because the programmes were rich and to the taste of the listeners.
D. We don’t know.
5.Who do you think won the argument(争论)in the end?
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A．The Financial Controller. |
B．Robert. |
C．Nobody. |
D．The listeners. |