题目内容
Novak Djokovic won the 2012 Australia Open, ________ Rafael Nadal on January 29, 2012, after a hard match.
A.beat
B.was beaten
C.beaten
D.beating
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If I raised the question, “What would be the last thing you would expect to happen while watching your son’s flag football game?” you probably still couldn’t come up with what happened to me and my family.
As we were sitting on the sidelines enjoying the game, a low-flying bird came swooping in attempting to land on my daughter’s head! It honestly came out of nowhere. We were seated by ourselves on the tree lined side of the field. I was able to calm my daughter’s shock and fear once I showed her that the bird was not some wild animal, it was in fact, somebody’s pet!
Now, we’re sitting at the outdoor fields of the Pontiac Silverdome, far from any populated area, wondering where this very social cockatiel, an Australian parrot (澳洲鹦鹉) could have come from. I walked up to the bird and put out my hand. Immediately, it hopped on and chirped in a friendly way. We looked around us and knew that we could not just leave and suppose that the bird would return to where it came from. This was a very domesticated bird that needed help or it would not survive.
The flag football game had ended so we walked the bird over to other groups of adults and asked if they knew of anyone who had lost a bird. All the kids were excited about the bird and fed it with some post game snacks. The bird’s nails were getting long and he was looking pretty dirty, so we knew it had been out here for a long time and was hungry. Since its wings were clipped, it could fly a little but probably not more than 100 yards or so at a try. We all just scratched our heads as a group wondering what to do with the lost bird.
We explained to the kids that this bird needed our help since it was someone’s pet and would not know how to get its own food, and it could not fly well since its wings were clipped. The kids understood, and all of them wanted to take the bird home! The parents however, knew this was not a good choice as one had a large dog, another two cats, etc. We explained to the kids that one of us could take the bird home for the night and then bring it to the Humane Society in the morning in hopes to connect it to its owners. We couldn’t keep the bird. It wasn’t ours. This was tough for the kids to understand at first. We couldn’t just leave the bird either. There was no way it could attend itself. The group of us sat around the Silverdome practice fields for quite a while trying to determine the best course of choice for the lost bird. It was getting dark out but no one was willing to leave that parking lot until we had a game plan for how to help the bird.
The owner of the football league, Chris Novak, offered to take the bird. It was extremely nice of him and he really stepped in to help while all the rest of us who had kids tugging on our shirts and begging to take it home. We took a box and put a bunch of holes in it and he brought it home for the night. Another mom went online and found a family that had lost a bird that looked just like the one we’d found. She emailed the info to Chris who got in touch with the family and the next day, reunited the bird with the family that lost it almost 3 weeks earlier! When Chris emailed us to let us know, we could not believe that this bird had traveled from The Rochester Tienken area all the way to the Silverdome!
We were so happy to be able to save this bird and get it back to its family. I showed my kids the email about how the other family got their pet back. The family has 3 kids who were so happy to see their bird. My kids realized what a nice ending this story had. Not only had we been able to save this bird’s life, but we were able to bring it back to the family that loves and misses him.
The life lesson in the missing bird story seemed to miss its mark with my kids at first. They were a little bummed out that they couldn’t keep the lost bird. I explained to them that when an animal or someone needs help, you just can’t turn a blind eye and hope everything works out OK. The “lost bird incident” was also a reminder to them that teamwork and the kindness of strangers can make a world of difference and that a group of well-meaning strangers can work together to help someone. It wasn’t a heroic act, but one that I knew had sunk in with my kids when they realized that trying to help was the best and only real course of action.
【小题1】What happened when the author watched his son’s football games?
| A.A parrot tried to eat their food. |
| B.His daughter was hurt by a parrot. |
| C.A parrot flew towards his daughter. |
| D.A parrot landed on his daughter’s head. |
| A.having been abandoned | B.having been used to home life |
| C.having been used to life in the wild | D.having been week and hungry |
| A.The author | B.Chris Novak |
| C.The Humane Society | D.A participant’s mother |
| A.Strangers can also work well together. |
| B.Humane Society helps children in teamwork. |
| C.Children can keep lost injured pet birds home. |
| D.Helping others is always regarded as a heroic act. |
| A.How to help a lost parrot to find home. |
| B.The experience of watching a football games. |
| C.The importance of teamwork and helping others. |
| D.How a parrot can fly a long distance from home. |
| A.What Animals Can Teach Us |
| B.Complete Care for a Lost Bird |
| C.Life Lessons When You Least Expect It |
| D.Love First, Teamwork and Kindness Second |
The number of big-production movies shot in San Francisco has been declining with the rise of digital technology. Instead of going on location, producers can recreate the city’s look in studios at lower cost with the help of computers. But San Francisco still attracts moviemakers, as its long history of film offers many iconic spots to visit. Here are just a few:
| ◆Alcatraz: The Enforcer (1976), Escape from Alcatraz (1979), Murder in the First (1995), The Rock (1996) A federal prison from 1934 to 1963, Alcatraz housed notorious(臭名昭著的) criminals, including Al Capone, George “Machine Gun” Kelly and James “Whitey” Bulger. Now a national park, Alcatraz offers visitors a chance to tour the prison, including a look at one of the cells portrayed in Clint Eastwood’s Escape from Alcatraz, with the concrete chipped away behind the vent. |
| ◆Fort Point, Golden Gate Bridge: High Anxiety (1977), Foul Play (1978), The Presidio (1988), Dopamine (2003) Built to protect the San Francisco Bay area from attacks during the Civil War, Fort Point is where James Stewart saved Kim Novak in Vertigo, right at the base. The bridge has also been blown up countless times on film, including in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and Monsters vs. Aliens (2009). The best view is from the north side, looking back to the city. |
| ◆Coit Tower: The Enforcer, Inner Space (1987), The Presidio, Sister Act 2 (1993), The Rock, Dr. Dolittle (1998), Boys & Girls (2003) The narrow white concrete column at the top of Telegraph Hill has been a part of San Francisco’s skyline since 1993, and offers spectacular views of the bay and the city. Coit Tower has been in the backdrop(背景)of numerous movies filmed in San Francisco. |
| ◆City Hall: A view to a Kill (1985), Class Action (1991), Final Analysis (1992), Bedazzled (2000), The Wedding Planner (2001), Milk (2008) City Hall has one of the largest domes in the world and it replaced a structure destroyed in the 1906 earthquake. It was used at the end of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and Metro City Hall in the 2010 animated movie, Megamind, was an homage(敬意) to San Francisco’s City Hall. |
63. Which of the following was built during the Civil War? ________
A. Alcatraz B. Fort Point. C. Coit Tower. D. City Hall
64. What can we learn about Coit Tower? ________
A. The best view is from the north side, overlooking the whole city.
B. It was portrayed in Clint Eastwood’s, Escape from Alcatraz.
C. It is a part of San Francisco’s wonderful skyline.
D. It was rebuilt after the earthquake in 1906.
65.What can we conclude from the passage? ________
A. San Francisco is a cherished site for moviemakers.
B. For Point is related to some notorious criminals in history.
C. City Hall is the most famous landmark in San Francisco.
D. The number of movies being shot in San Francisco is increasing.
66. According to the passage, which of the following is true? ________
A. City Hall has the largest domes in the world.
B. Coit Tower has appeared in many films set in San Francisco.
C. Coit Tower housed notorious criminals from 1934-1936.
D. Fort Point, Golden Gate Bridge was built during World WarⅡ.