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　　Alice always wanted to be a singer．Music was the most important thing in her life but, to tell you the truth, she took lessons for years, and practiced every day, but in spite of all this, practised every day, her voice didn't improve．Honestly, it didn't get better, it just got louder．

　　Her teacher finally gave up and stopped the lessons, but Alice refused to give in, and one day she decided to give a concert and invited her teacher to attend．

　　The teacher was very worried about what to say after the concert．She knew it would be terrible and it was．She didn't want to tell a lie, but she didn't want to hurt Alice's feelings either．Finally, she got an idea and went backstage to greet her pupil．

　　"Well," said Alice, "what did you think of my singing?"

　　"My dear," said the teacher, "you'll never be better than you were tonight．"

(1)

Alice wanted to be a singer because she ________．

[　　]

A．

was good at singing

B．

could do nothing but sing

C．

had a good teacher

D．

was most interested in music

(2)

Alice's teacher stopped the lessons because ________．

[　　]

A．

Alice didn't make any improvement in singing

B．

Alice' s voice became louder and louder

C．

Alice didn't work hard

D．

Alice was so proud and wouldn't listen to her

(3)

What made Alice decide to give a concert?

[　　]

A．

She wanted to prove that her teacher was wrong．

B．

She wanted to please her teacher．

C．

She was sure that she could sing beautifully．

D．

Somebody else wanted her to do so．

(4)

What is really meant by saying "you'll never be better than you were tonight"?

[　　]

A．

You gave a wonderful concert tonight．

B．

You won't make any improvement in future．

C．

You have never sung so well before．

D．

You did much better before than tonight．

(5)

If Alice's teacher had told a lie, she might have said ________．

[　　]

A．

"I don't like the concert"

B．

"You have made no progress"

C．

"The concert tonight is terrible"

D．

"Your concert tonight is excellent"

答案：1．D;2．A;3．C;4．B;5．D;
解析：

(1)

本题是细节理解。Alice想成为歌唱家，对她来说音乐至关重要。第一段第一句话说明Alice对音乐最感兴趣，这就是她想成为一名歌手的原因。

(2)

第一段末的那句话，表明Alice在唱歌方面没有任何进展，只是声音更大了，就是因为这样，老师才决定放弃。

(4)

本题是句意理解。老师委婉地说明Alice不适合学习音乐，同时也不让她尴尬得下不了台。“你不会再比今晚唱得更好了”，表明你今后不会再有什么提高了。

(5)

老师因为不想说谎，才说了文中的那句话。如果老师违心，她完全可以极力赞扬Alice的演唱会。


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    Ali runs a school in India．In Ali’s school the children are asked to learn everything by heart．If a child studies several years in that school, he will have to recite everything he learns there for years on end．Ali is clever in many ways．He knows how to deal with the teachers in his school and he knows how to make children obey him．But we cannot expect him to be a good teacher himself．The main cause is that he never pays any attention to teaching methods．Besides, he is not a good speaker．He often falters（结巴地讲话）in his speech．But this is not always the case with Ali．When he discovers that any child in his school can’t recite a text in full, he will squint（斜着眼看）at the child, for Ali is shortsighted, and then proceed to scold the child．Ali never falters when he scolds the children．Only on such occasions is his talent in speech revealed．And very often the parents of the victim(child)turn up in Ali’s office the next day．

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[　　]

    A．Ali is in charge of a school in India

    B．Ali is in the charge of a school in India

    C．Running Ali goes to a school in India

    D．Ali always has a running in a school in India

2．Ali is clever in ______．

[　　]

   A．learning everything by heart

   B．having a speech

   C．being a good teacher

   D．dealing with the teachers and making the children obey him

3．He is not used to ______．

[　　]

   A．being cast

   B．scolding the children

   C．faltering in his speech

   D．faltering in scolding a child

4．After a child is scolded, his parents ______．

[　　]

   A．often go to the school to criticize Ali

   B．go to the school to ask to change a teacher

   C．are often asked to go to the school for his being scolded

   D．are often asked to go to the school to reveal their talent

5．Which of the following statements is not right?

[　　]

   A．A child will study for several years in Ali’s school．

   B．In Ali’s school he gets along well with the teachers．

   C．He knows many kinds of teaching methods.

   D．If a play is put on about the school in which Ali stays, people will like it．

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　　By LOS ANGELES TIMES

　　Published on 2002-02-10

　　Posted on 2002-01-18 10:59:14

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　　He joined The Wall Street Journal in November 1990, first as a reporter in the Atlanta bureau. In 1993 he moved to the Washington office to cover transportation before beginning a series of overseas postings.

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[　　]

A．Pearl has been murdered

B．Pearl has escaped from his kidnappers

C．Pearl is in danger

D．Pearl's fate still remains in question

2．According to the text, Pearl most probably disappeared ________.

[　　]

A．on January 24, 2002
B．on January 26, 2002
C．on January 4, 2002
D．on January 11, 2002

3．Pearl's disappearance has something to do with ________.

[　　]

A．Tanzeem ul-Fuqra

B．a radical Islamic group in Pakistan

C．the US naval base in Cuba

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　　By LOS ANGELES TIMES

　　Publishedon 2002－02－10

　　Postedon 2002－01－18　10∶59∶14

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　　Pearl has worked for The Wall Street Journal for 12 years and is now their South Asiabureau chief．He was born in Princeton, New Jersey and graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor’s degree in communications．

　　He joined The Wall Street Journal in November 1990, first as a reporter in the Atlanta bureau．In 1993 he moved to the Washington office to cover transportation before beginning a series of overseas postings．

　　The members of a radical(激进的)Islamic group in Pakistan who admit having kidnapped him say Pearl is a member of the Israeli intelligence service, Mossad．But Pearls employers have angrily denied(否认)that he is the agent(代理)of any government．

　　Pearl’s French wife, Marianne, is six months pregnant with their first child．

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(1)

We can see from the text that ________．

[　　]

A．

Pearl has been murdered

B．

Pearl has escaped from his kidnappers

C．

Pearl is in danger

D．

Pearl’s fate still remains in question

(2)

Accordingto the text, Pearl most probably disappeared ________．

[　　]

A．

on January 24, 2002

B．

on January 26, 2002

C．

on January 4, 2002

D．

on January 11, 2002

(3)

Pearl’s disappearance has something to do with ________．

[　　]

A．

Tanzeemul-Fuqra

B．

a radical Islamic group in Pakistan

C．

the US naval base in Cuba

D．

the Israeli intelligence service

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(1)

How long has Ali smoked?

[　　]

A．

Nine years．

B．

Seven years．

C．

Five years．

D．

Three years．

(2)

How do the smokers feel without nicotine?

[　　]

A．

Fine．

B．

Happy．

C．

Worried．

D．

Bad．

(3)

According to Paragraph 2, many smokers want to stop smoking because they ________．

[　　]

A．

want to go to parties

B．

can't smoke at work

C．

may suffer from cancer

D．

need nicotine and drugs

(4)

By writing this text, the writer hopes that people will ________．

[　　]

A．

stay in their hometown

B．

never start smoking

C．

eat less and smoke more

D．

not live in the United States

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(1)

We can learn from Paragraph 1 that Stevenson ________．

[　　]

A．

was an excellent boxer as a teenager

B．

hated boxing very much when he was young

C．

lost most of his fights when he started boxing

D．

refused to fight because of getting hit as a teenager

(2)

What does Paragraph 2 aim to tell us?

[　　]

A．

Stevenson's way of winning fights in the Olympic Games．

B．

Stevenson's great success in Olympic Games．

C．

The number of fights that Stevenson had in the Olympic Games．

D．

Stevenson never lost a fight after he was 20 years old．

(3)

Stevenson refused to turn professional because ________．

[　　]

A．

he was afraid of being defeated

B．

he hated the managers and promoters

C．

he was not short of money

D．

he didn't want to fight for money or fame

(4)

From Stevenson's words "it would have been a draw" in Paragraph 4 we can infer that Stevenson ________．

[　　]

A．

was a boxer as great as Muhammad Ali

B．

was eager to have a fight with Muhammad Ali

C．

thought the fight with Muhammad Ali would be dull

D．

predict that he would lose the fight with Muhammad Ali

(5)

What can be a proper title for the text?

[　　]

A．

Teofilo Stevenson－the most successful boxer

B．

Teofilo Stevenson－Olympic boxing legend

C．

Teofilo Stevenson's way of Olympic successes

D．

A boxer star who failed to turn professional

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