Jesse Owens is recognized as a hero not just because he is fast. Some people might say that they know him for just that reason. However, there are lots of fast people who are not known. Jesse Owens is known because Chancellor Adolf Hitler did not shake the hand of Jesse Owens or even recognize his feat of winning four gold medals, because Owens was an African American.
Jesse Owens owed much of his success to his coach Charles Riley, who probably was the most important one making him have the career that he did. Owens came from a background that required him to work after school in a shoe shop. He couldn’t attend the regularly scheduled track practices organized by his school. However, Charles Riley saw the boy had both a passion(热情) and a talent for running, and so arranged for him to be able to practice before school instead.
Jesse Owens achieved this success despite(尽管) his racial background, which at the time was a huge limitation to him. He could only eat in certain restaurants and sleep in certain hotels, as could all African Americans of the time. He was also never offered a scholarship for school despite setting records for NCAA(美国全国大学生体育协会) championships.
The Berlin Olympics in 1936 is where his star rose as high as it would ever be able to. These Olympics were during the height of Hitler’s rule. It took courage to race in front of Hitler and many other racist(种族主义者). It took time, determination, and perseverance(坚持不懈) to race like him. He won four gold medals at those Olympics. It would take almost fifty years for someone else to walk away from the Olympics with four gold medals. He passed away at the age of 66 from lung cancer.
【小题1】The underlined word “feat” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to “            .”

A.chanceB.happinessC.successD.hope
【小题2】 We know from paragraph 2 that Jesse Owens             .
A.did not need to work after school
B.took part in the regular track practices
C.did not get along well with his coach
D.was arranged to practice before school
【小题3】Jesse Owens was well-known around the world mainly because he             .
A.sets records for NCAA championships
B.was brave enough to race in front of Adolf Hitler
C.didn’t want to shake hands with Hitler
D.is recognized as a hero of the white Americans
【小题4】According to the passage, which of the following about Jesse Owens is true?
A.Hitler recognized his feat of winning four gold medals.
B.He was offered a scholarship for setting records for NCAA championships.
C.He could only eat in certain restaurants like many other African Americans.
D.It took him almost fifty years to walk away from the Olympics with four gold medals.
【小题5】What is the best title for the passage?
A.Sport hero ---- Jesse OwensB.The Berlin Olympics in 1936
C.Charles Riley ---- Jesse Owens’ s coach D.Jesse Owens’s childhood

You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists(拳头).But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead!
Of course he isn’t really dead. With any luck he isn’t even hurt. Why ? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars of even catching fire, are professionals(职业).They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks(骗局).
There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress(床垫). Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar!
But although their work depend on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntman’s success depends on careful timing(计时).For example, when he is “blown up” in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion(爆炸)just at the right moment.
Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff a thousand feet high. His parachute(降落伞)failed to open, and he was killed.
In spite of(尽管)all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action. For nowadays there are stuntgirls too!
【小题1】Stuntmen are those who____________

A.Often dress up as actors
B.prefer to lead dangerous lives
C.often perform seemingly dangerous actions
D.often fight each other for their lives
【小题2】Stuntmen earn their living by___________
A.playing their dirty tricks
B.selling their special skills
C.jumping out of high windows
D.jumping from fast moving trains
【小题3】When a stuntman falls from a high building,___________
A.he needs little protection
B.he will be covered with a mattress
C.his life is endangered
D.his safety is generally all right
【小题4】Which of the following is the main factor(因素) of a successful performance?
A.StrengthB.ExactnessC.SpeedD.Carefulness
【小题5】What can be inferred from the author’s example of the Norwegian stuntman?
A.Sometimes an accident can occur to a stuntman.
B.The percentage of serious accidents is high.
C.Parachutes must be of good quality.
D.The cliff is too high.

You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists(拳头).But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead!

Of course he isn’t really dead. With any luck he isn’t even hurt. Why ? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars of even catching fire, are professionals(职业).They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks(骗局).

There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress(床垫). Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar!

But although their work depend on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntman’s success depends on careful timing(计时).For example, when he is “blown up” in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion(爆炸)just at the right moment.

Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff a thousand feet high. His parachute(降落伞)failed to open, and he was killed.

In spite of(尽管)all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action. For nowadays there are stuntgirls too!

1.Stuntmen are those who____________

A.Often dress up as actors

B.prefer to lead dangerous lives

C.often perform seemingly dangerous actions

D.often fight each other for their lives

2.Stuntmen earn their living by___________

A.playing their dirty tricks

B.selling their special skills

C.jumping out of high windows

D.jumping from fast moving trains

3.When a stuntman falls from a high building,___________

A.he needs little protection

B.he will be covered with a mattress

C.his life is endangered

D.his safety is generally all right

4.Which of the following is the main factor(因素) of a successful performance?

A.Strength          B.Exactness          C.Speed            D.Carefulness

5.What can be inferred from the author’s example of the Norwegian stuntman?

A.Sometimes an accident can occur to a stuntman.

B.The percentage of serious accidents is high.

C.Parachutes must be of good quality.

D.The cliff is too high.

 

阅读下列各小题,根据句后的汉语提示,用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。

1.Next time you come to the country for another trip, you’ll find________________to learn some customs here ahead of time.  (benefit)

下一次你再来这个国家旅游就会发现提前了解一些这里的风俗习惯是大有裨益的。

2.Little________________how to get used to the job in the company as soon as possible, though he is still new to his duties.  (concern)

尽管他对自己的职责还不熟悉,但他很少担心如何尽快地习惯公司的工作。

3.He is the only one of the students _______________ from the whole school to take part in the competition which is to be held in Wuhan next month.  (pick) 

他是整个学校唯一一个被挑选出来参加下个月武汉举行竞赛的学生。

4.It seems that we have to accept the result and make a good preparation to have another try. __________________earlier, I could have done something to avoid this accident.  (inform)

看来我们必须接受这个结果并做好再次尝试的准备了。要是我早点得知的话,就可以做些什么来避免这场事故了。

5.We are told from the director’s office that___________________we know the result of the final examination.  (long)

我们从主任办公室获悉,过不了多久,我们就可以知道期终考试的结果。

6.I wonder_____________that caused the accident during the launch, which I have to write into my report. (what)

我想知道在发射过程中究竟是什么导致的这次事故。我必须把这写进报告里。

7.__________________the issue, he failed to obtain those specialists’ authorization, as you said just now.  (prepare)

正如你刚才说的,对那个话题没有作好充分的准备,他没有赢得那些专家们的认可。

8.______________________on the phone just now is whether he has decided to make every effort to run the hotel.  (sense)

是否决定要倾尽全力去经营饭店,他刚才在电话里没说清楚。

9.What made my father very disappointed was that he found the cellphone______________two days before went wrong again.  (have)

让我父亲很失望的是,他发现两天前请人修过的手机又坏了。

10.Many a high-standard house_______________________for the survivors of the earthquake--stricken area, which is really inspiring for the public. (report)

有报道说,灾区已经为地震中的幸存者们兴建一大批高标新房。这消息真是大慰人心。

 

单词拼写:(10分)

但这也致使许多美式英语单词和结构传入英式英语。

But it has also led to lots of American words and _____ passing into British English.

一个多世纪以来,大西洋两岸的交通稳步发展。

For more than a century communications across the Atlantic have developed _____.

英国人用介词的地方美国人有时候可能会省略。

The British use prepositions where Americans sometimes _____ them.

铁穆特欧有一个不同寻常的工作---他是人体交通标志。

Timoteo has an unusual job----he is a human traffic ______.

在志愿指挥交通之前,他曾经做过很多工作。

Before he _____ to direct the traffic, Timoteo had had lots of job.

我现在写信时为了应聘你们登广告要招的临时服务生的工作。

I am writing in response to your advertisement for a _____ position as a waiter.

但是对于那些酷爱户外生活的人们来说,一个好的办法可能就是有一个休闲产业。

 But for those who love the outdoor life, a good bet could be the _____ industry.

我尽管害怕,但也感到十分好奇。

I was frightened, I also felt very _____.

马克吐温很快树立了他作为至今仍受人们喜爱的最伟大的美国作家之一的声望。

Mark Twain _____ the reputation he still enjoys today as one of America's greatest writers.

他被迫改变计划,在一艘汽船上当了几年领航员。

 _____ to change his plans, he worked for several years as a pilot on a steamboat. 

 

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