科目:初中英语 来源:2011年初中毕业升学考试(山东东营卷)英语(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
A blind schoolgirl has become the youngest interpreter (口译员) when she is only ten years.
Alexia Sloane is from Cambridge. She was told by the doctor she had a brain tumor (脑癌) when she was on holiday "with her parents in France. After that the two-year-old girl became blind.
Though the little girl can't see anything, she has great talent for languages and at the age of 10 she is already fluent (流利的) in English, French, Spanish and Chinese-and is learning German.
Now her dream of working as an interpreter has come true. East of England MEP (欧盟议员) Robert Sturdy invited her to the European Parliament (议会). "Usually a person who enters the European Parliament should be 14 at least. So it was amazing for Alexia to work there at the age of 10. " said Alexia's mother Isabelle. Alexia can speak three languages since birth. As her mum is hah" French and half Spanish and her dad Richard is English. " She has always been very good at languages and shown an interest from a very young age. " added Isabelle, who also has a four-year-old daughter Melissa.
Alexia has dreamed of becoming an interpreter since she was six and chose to go to the European Parliament as her prize when she won the Young Achiever Community Award of the Year (年度青年成就奖). She asked if she could learn from the interpreters and HEP Robert Sturdy agreed to take her along as his guest. " It was fantastic and I decided to become an interpreter, "said Alexia. "Nothing can stop me. "
【小题1】How old is the youngest interpreter according to the passage?
A.4. | B.6. | C.10. | D.14. |
A.When she was born. |
B.After she had a brain tumor. |
C.After she became an interpreter. |
D.When she was on holiday with her parents. |
A.Richard. | B.Isabelle. | C.Melissa. | D.Robert Sturdy. |
A.She can speak five language fluently. |
B.She is a talented language learner. |
C.She is the only child in the family. |
D.She went to France on holiday after she won the award. |
A.Never give up. |
B.Believe in yourself. |
C.Nothing is impossible. |
D.Failure is the mother of success. |
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科目:初中英语 来源:2012届吉林省长春外国语学校九年级下学期第二次月考英语试题(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
Creighton Carvello was called the Memory Man. He could remember hundreds of playing cards and pages of the telephone numbers in only a few seconds.
Creighton was born in India in 1944. He was the middle child of five and his father worked on the railways. In 1949, the Carvello family returned to England and settled(定居) in Middlesbrough, where Creighton spent the rest of his life. His father first noticed his great talent when, aged 7, he started to memorize information from cigarette cards with pictures of planes and cars.
After leaving school, Creighton developed his talent by memorizing more and more information. He soon became popular as he performed in clubs to show his great memory. He remembered the telephone number of anyone called Smith who lived in the Middlesbrough area. He first got into the record books in his thirties. He travelled around the world, showed up on television and amazed the audience with his memory.
Creighton was a man of many talents, including writing songs, drawing and telling jokes.
In his last years, Creightton moved to care home. The old people there would test his memory with questions such as naming what day of the week they were born on. Only days before he died, one lady gave her date of birth, July 29, 1921 and Creighton immediately replied, “Friday”. He died on November 18, 2008.
【小题1】What was Creighton most famous for?
a. His songs b. His jokes c. His drawing d. His memory
【小题2】How many children were older than Creighton in his family?
a. Two b. Three c. Four d. One
【小题3】What happened when Creighton was five?
a. He left school. b.He first got into the record books.
c.His family returned to England. d.His father first noticed his great talent.
【小题4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
a. Creighton spent the rest of his life in India.
b. Creighton was forced(强迫) to memorize things by his father.
c. Creighton played the piano in clubs after leaving school.
d. Creighton was a talented man.
【小题5】What can we learn from the last paragraph?
a. Creighton didn’t have a family.
b. Creighton died young because he memorized too many things.
c. Creighton died at the age of 60.
d. Creighton still had a good memory several days before he died.
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科目:初中英语 来源:2013届江苏阜宁初三第一次调研英语卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
What is your favourite cartoon? It may be difficult for you to decide.But for pianist Lang Lang, Tom and Jerry is the best one.
When Lang was two years old, he saw Tom playing the piano.This was his first time to enjoy western music and this experience encouraged him to learn to play the piano well.
His talent at the keyboard has taken him from Shenyang to the world.
Lang became a good piano student at three.Ever since, the boy has been doing better and better.In 1997, the 15-year-old boy studied at a famous American music college.
Lang's performances are energetic.He is well-known for making facial expressions and moving around while playing the piano.
The road to success has never been easy.Lang's father stopped his job to look after him, while his mother stayed in Shenyang to make money.But Lang considers himself lucky and believes he should give something back.He has helped the children in poor areas a lot.
| Personal 【小题1】 | Card |
About his personal life | Name | Lang Lang |
| Year of birth | 【小题2】 |
| 【小题3】 | Keyboard |
| Favourite 【小题4】 | Tom and Jerry |
| The reason for 【小题5】 poor children | He believes himself lucky and should give something back. |
About his musical life | The 【小题6】 for western music in his childhood encouraged him to learn piano 【小题7】 .With the help of his parents and teachers, he was able to 【小题8】 at a famous American music college, where his success began. | |
| Famous for his 【小题9】 performances and 【小题10】 facial expressions and moving around while playing the piano. |
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科目:初中英语 来源:2011-2012学年广东省初二下学期期末考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
The train started moving. It was packed with people of all ages. Most of them were working men and women and young college boys and girls. Near the window sat an old man with his son, who looked about thirty years old.
As the train moved, the son was filled with joy because he was very excited at the scenery outside. He said in a high voice, “See Dad, the green trees and the scenery are very beautiful!” It made the other people feel very strange. Everyone started talking in a low voice about the old man’s son. Suddenly, it started raining. Raindrops fell on the travelers through the open window. Seeing the rain, the old man’s son said happily, “See Dad, how beautiful the rain is!” Hearing these words, a young lady became angry with the man, as the raindrops were dropping on her new clothes. She couldn’t help shouting at the noisy son and his father.
“Can’t you see it is raining? You! Old man! If your son is not feeling well, get him to a mental hospital quickly and please don’t disturb us any more!” The old man’s face turned slightly red and then in a low voice, he replied, “We are on the way back from hospital. He was blind at birth. Only last week he can see again. The rain and the nature are new to him. Please forgive him.” All the other people became quiet.
1.How old was the old man’s son?
A.About 7 years old. |
B.About 20 years old. |
C.About 50 years old. |
D.About 30 years old. |
2.What did people think of the son’s behavior(行为)? They thought he was _________.
A.lovely |
B.funny |
C.strange |
D.clever |
3.What was wrong with the son when he was born?
A.He had mental illness. |
B.He couldn’t see. |
C.He couldn’t hear. |
D.He couldn’t talk. |
4.What do you think of the young lady?
A.She was friendly to the man. |
B.She was rude to the old man. |
C.She was clever. |
D.She was too noisy. |
5.According to the passage, what does the writer want to tell us?
A.We should be friendly to sick people. |
B.We should learn to enjoy the nature. |
C.We should respect the elder people. |
D.We should know the truth before complaining. |
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科目:初中英语 来源:2011年江苏省常州市中考模拟试卷(英语) 题型:阅读理解
Four men who would become fathers were in a hospital waiting room while their wives were in labor (分娩). The nurse arrived and proudly said to the first man, “Congratulations, sir. You’re the father of twins!”
“What a coincidence (巧合)! I work for the Minnesota Twins Baseball teams!”
Later the nurse returned and congratulated the second father on the birth of his triplets (三胞胎).
“Wow! That’s unbelievable! I work for the 3M Company.”
An hour later, the nurse returned to congratulate the third man on the birth of his quadruplets (四胞胎). Surprised, he only could answer, “I don’t believe it! I work for the Four Seasons Hotel!”
After this, everyone turned to the fourth man who had just fainted (晕). The nurse ran fast to his side. As he slowly came to himself, they could hear him speak in a very low voice over and over, “I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven.”
1.Why were the fathers there?
A. They were waiting for their wives.
B. They were seeing doctors.
C. They were waiting for their babies to be born.
D. They were working at men nurses there.
2.Which of the following is true about the third man?
A. He thought the nurse made a mistake.
B. He was very surprised at the nurse’s words.
C. He didn’t want to have these babies.
D. He should never have worked at 7-Eleven.
3.Why did the fourth man faint when he heard what the nurse told the third man?
A. Hew was afraid of having so many babies.
B. He was seriously ill.
C. He was too excited.
D. He was very glad to have 7 babies.
4.At least how many babies would be born according to the story?
A. 9. B. 10. C. 11. D. 16.
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