In a room four men were seated at a large table. After asking me 1 about my place of birth and my Royal Air Force experience, they began to 2 me carefully on telecommunications. Now I was confident (自信的), at ease with a 3 subject. The years of study and work began to 4 , and I knew I was doing well. I was 5 enjoying it. When it was over, one of them said, “Well, now, we are completely 6 with your replies and we feel sure that you are well suited to the 7 we have in mind. But we are faced with a certain 8 . If we 9 you, it means we must 10 you in a position of authority (权威) 11 a number of our English employees. Many of them have been with us for a long time, and we feel 12 that your appointment (职位) would upset (打乱) good relations within the firm. We could not offer that post and we 13 not ask you to accept one or two other positions of a different 14 . They exist, but they are not 15 for someone like you. 16 , I'm afraid, we will not be able to offer you the job.”
I felt suddenly 17 , and I was quite unable to think. Yet somehow I 18 to leave that office, 19 that I had either forgotten or completely ignored (忽视) during the exciting years of the 20 
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科目：高中英语 来源：高二英语(下) 2001—2002学年度第二学期形成性练习 题型：050
阅读理解
Early in the 18th century, Captain Cook, a famous explorer of England, unexpectedly caught sight of an unusual animal during his first visit to Australia. The animal had a large head like mouse and jumped along on its large legs. To his great surprise, the unusual animal carried its young in a special pocket of flesh. Captain Cook pointed to the animal which was eating grass in the distance and asked his native guide what the animal was referred to. The guide seemed not to know what he was pointing at and finally said “Kang-a-roo”, but their requests were met with puzzled looks of the native people. Before long they got to discover that the native guide who made the answer to Cook's question really meant, “I don't know what you are pointing at.” Funny enough, the name “Kang-a-roo” stuck and it is still in use today.
1．Which of the following sentences best expresses the main idea?
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A．Captain Cook's guide made a joke.
B．Native Australians could not speak English in Cook's time.
C．Some words have rather funny origin (起源).
D．Captain Cook was a lover of wild animals.
2．When the native guide said “Kang-a-roo”, he really meant “________”
[ ]
A．Ah, it is a special kind of animal.
B．I wonder what you have said
C．What do you mean by pointing at that animal?
D．I have no idea of what you are referring to.
3．We can infer from this passage ________.
[ ]
A．we should learn many different languages
B．Captain Cook made a mistake in understanding
C．Captain Cook was a foolish explorer
D．the importance of a language in common
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科目：高中英语 来源：阅读理解、完形填空、短文改错专项练习 题型：050
阅读下列短文，并做每篇后面的题目，从四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。
Early in the 18th century, Captain Cook, a famous explorer of England, unexpectedly caught sight of an unusual animal during his first visit to Australia. The animal had a large mouse like head and jumped along on its large legs. To his great surprise, the unusual animal carried its young in a special pocket of flesh. Captain Cook pointed to the animal which was eating grass in the distance and asked his native guide what the animal was referred to. The guide seemed not to know what he was pointing at and finally said “Kangaroo”, but their requests were met with puzzled looks of the native people. Before long they got to discover that the native guide who made the answer to Cook's question really meant, “I don't know what you are pointing at. ” Funny enough, the name “Kangaroo”, stuck and it is still in use today.
1．Which of the following sentences best expresses the main idea ?
[ ]
A．Captain Cook's guide made a joke.
B．Native Australians could not speak English in Cook's time.
C．Some words have rather funny origings (起源).
D．Captain Cook was a lover of wild animals.
2．When the native guide said “Kang-a-roo”, he really meant “________”
[ ]
A．Ah, it is a special kind of animal.
B．I wonder what you have said
C．What do you mean by pointing at that animal ?
D．I have no idea of what you are referring to.
3．We can infer from this passage _________.
[ ]
A．we should learn many different languages
B．Captain Cook made a mistake in understanding
C．Captain Cook was a foolish explorer
D．the importance of a language in common
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：053
阅读理解
Early in the 18th century, Captain Cook, a famous explorer of England, unexpectedly caught sight of an unusual animal during his first visit to Australia. The animal had a large head like mouse and jumped along on its large legs. To his great surprise, the unusual animal carried its young in a special pocket of flesh. Captain Cook pointed to the animal which was eating grass in the distance and asked his native guide what the animal was referred to. The guide seemed not to know what he was pointing at and finally said “Kang-a-roo”, but their requests were met with puzzled looks of the native people. Before long they got to discover that the native guide who made the answer to Cook's question really meant, “I don't know what you are pointing at.” Funny enough, the name “Kang-a-roo” stuck and it is still in use today.
(1)Which of the following sentences best expresses the main idea?
[ ]
A．Captain Cook's guide made a joke.
B．Native Australians could not speak English in Cook's time.
C．Some words have rather funny origin (起源).
D．Captain Cook was a lover of wild animals.
(2)When the native guide said “Kang-a-roo”, he really meant “________”
[ ]
A．Ah, it is a special kind of animal.
B．I wonder what you have said
C．What do you mean by pointing at that animal?
D．I have no idea of what you are referring to.
(3)We can infer from this passage ________.
[ ]
A．We should learn many different languages
B．Captain Cook made a mistake in understanding
C．Captain Cook was a foolish explorer
D．The importance of a language in common
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