题目内容
Last July, Mr Johnson's 12-year-old car died on California's Santa Ana Freeway. It was an hour before the sun went down, and he was 25 miles from home. He couldn't reach anyone to pick him up, so he decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes(路线), he thought he'd just head east.
A bus pulled up, and he asked the driver how far she was going,“Four more lights,”she said. There was another bus he could take from there.“This clearly was going to be a long night,”Mr Johnson said to himself.
She dropped Mr Johnson off at the end of her route and told him which bus to look for. After waiting 45 minutes, he began to think about riding a taxi home although it would be very expensive. Then a bus pulled up. There was no lighted number above its windshield(挡风玻璃). It was out of service. But the door opened, and he was surprised to find that it was the same driver.
“I just can't leave you here,”she said.“This isn't the nicest place. I'll give you a ride home.”
“You'll drive me home in the bus?”he asked, perplexed(困惑的).
“No, I'll take you in my car,”she said.
“It's a long way,”he protested.
“Come on,”she said.“I have nothing else to do.”
As they drove from the station in her car, the driver began telling him a story. A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good Samaritan picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car.“I'm just passing the favor along,”she said.
When Mr Johnson gave her money as a thank-you, she wouldn't hear of it.“That wouldn't make it a favor,”she said.“Just do something nice for somebody. Pass it along.”
(1)Why did Mr Johnson say that he would have a long night? Because ________.
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A.he didn't know the routes
B.no driver would give him a ride
C.he perhaps would have to take a taxi
D.he wondered how long he had to wait for the next bus
(2)According to the story, the place where Mr John-son waited for the second bus was ________.
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A.a little dark
B.neither quiet nor nice
C.a little unsafe
D.neither clean nor beautiful
(3)After waiting 45 minutes, Mr Johnson changed his mind because ________.
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A.he got tired and worried
B.no one would come to help him
C.a taxi ride would be more comfortable
D.he knew the driver would never return
(4)The bus driver drove Mr Johnson home later be- cause ________.
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A.she did as her brother had told her
B.she happened to go in the same direction(方向)
C.she wanted to get more money from him
D.she wanted to do something good for other people
(5)What can we learn from the story?
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A.We should only help the person who helped us.
B.If someone helped us, we should remember him.
C.We should help other people as the bus driver did.
D.We should give some money to the person after his help.
解析:
One hot night last July, when our new baby wouldn’t or couldn’t sleep, I tried everything I could think of: a warm bottle, songs gentle rocking. Nothing would settle him. Guessing that I had a long night ahead of me, I brought a portable TV into his room, figuring that watching the late movie was as good a way as any to kill of the hours till dawn. To my surprise, as soon as the TV lit up, the baby quieted right down, and his little eyes focused brightly on the tube. Not to waste an opportunity for sleep, I then tiptoed out of the room, leaving him to watch the actors celebrate John Bellushi’s forty-fifth birthday.
My wife and I heard none of the baby that night, and the next morning when I went into his room, I found him still watching TV himself.
I found in my baby’s behavior a symbol of the new generation. My wife and I had given him some books to examine, but he merely spit upon them. When we read to him, he did not feel comfortable. And so it is in the schools. We find that our students don’t read and they look down upon reading and scold those of us who teach it. All they want to do is watch TV. After this experience with the baby, however, I have reached a conclusion: “Let them watch it!” If television is that much more attractive to children than books, why should we fight about it? Let them watch it all they want!
【小题1】Why did the author bring a TV set into his son’s room?
| A.To make his son keep quiet. | B.To spend the night by watching TV programs. |
| C.In order not to let his son feel lonely. | D.To make his son go to sleep as soon as possible. |
| A.unexpected | B.encouraging | C.exciting | D.calm |
| A.a doctor | B.a reporter | C.an editor | D.a teacher |
| A.They prefer reading to watching TV. |
| B.They like watching TV after school. |
| C.They would rather watch TV than read books. |
| D.They like their teachers who teach them reading. |
| | Yao Ming was born in 1980. In his last season with the Shanghai Sharks,he scored 32.4 points per game. The big man from China helped the Houston Rockets in the NBA and retired in July 2011. He is the son of two great basketball players and learnt how to play basketball when he was young. As one of the stars in the NBA,he worked hard to make his dream come true and show the world that Chinese basketball player love this game too! |
| | Pele is a football player that everyone knows. He was born in Brazil in 1940.He started playing for Santos when he was only 16 and he didn’t retire until 1977.He played for Brazil 111 times and he scored 97 international goals. Pele came from a poor family. He started playing football in the street,like many people around the world do. He was soon picked to play for Santos and quickly became an international figure. |
| | Steffi Graf was born in Germany in 1969.She won the tennis semifinal at Wimbledon in 1985 when she was only 16,but she lost the final to another great tennis player,Martina Navratilova. People were surprised by the strength and power of her game. She soon became a famous tennis player and she has won most of the main matches several times. |
| A.Pele | B.Yao Ming |
| C.Steffi Graf | D.Martina Navratilova |
| A.Pele | B.Yao Ming | C.Steffi Graf | D.No one |
| A.Yao Ming is a table tennis player. |
| B.Yao Ming is playing for the Chinese Football Team. |
| C.Yao Ming’s parents are not basketball players. |
| D.Yao Ming isn’t in the Houston Rockets now. |
| A.Martina Navratilova was also a tennis player |
| B.Steffi Graf was born in Wimbledon in 1985 |
| C.Steffi Graf won the tennis final when she was only 16 |
| D.Steffi Graf has won few of the main matches since 1985 |