A tall figure appeared from the dark door of the tent. It was a smoking young man about twenty three or four. He had an almost black face, though smooth. His moustache was black with curled points. There was an unusual force in his face, and in his daring rolling eyes. cef
Rebecca still stood hesitating like a swimmer about to make his dive, hardly knowing whether to return or move forward.
"Hi, my beauty, what can I do for you?" said he, approaching. Realizing that she was quite at a loss, the man spoke in a gentle voice, "Never mind. I am Mr. Thackeray. Have you come to see me or my mother?"
This scene differed greatly from what Rebecca had expected. She had dreamed of an aged and dignified(威严的) face. She told herself to be calm and answered "I came to see your mother, sir."
"I am afraid you cannot see her-she is ill in bed," replied the representative of the house; for this was Mr. Alee Thackeray, the only son of the noble family. "What is the business you wish to see her about?"
"It isn't business-it is-I can hardly say what!"
"Pleasure?"
"Oh no. Why, sir, if I tell you, it will seem..."
Rebecca's sense of a certain ridicule(奚落,讥笑) was now so obvious and strong that, despite her general discomfort at being here, her rosy lips curved(弯曲) towards a smile, much to the attraction of the young man.
"It is so foolish", she murmured. "I fear I can't tell you!"
"Never mind; I like foolish things. Try again, my dear," said he kindly.
"Mother told me to come," Rebecca continued; "and, indeed, I was in the mind to do so myself. But I did not expect it would turn out like this. I came…sir, I came to tell you that we are of the same family as you."
"Ho Ho! Poor relations?"
"Yes."
"Rossetti?"
"No. Thackeray."
"Ay, ay; I mean Thackeray."
"Our names are worn away to Durbeyfield; but we have several proofs that we are Thackeray. The local scholars hold the view that we are, and...and we have an old seal and a silver spoon marked with the same castle as yours. So mother said we ought to make ourselves known to you, as we've lost our horse by a bad accident. We can hardly make a living."
"It’s very kind of your mother, I'm sure." Alec looked at Rebecca as he spoke, in a way that made her uneasy. "And so, my pretty girl, you've come on a friendly visit to us, as relations?"
"I suppose I have," looking less confident and uncomfortable again.
"Well, there's no harm in it. I mean it doesn’t hurt to come and make yourself known to me. Where do you live? What are you?" …
【小题1】While meeting with Alec, Rebecca feels _______during the whole course.
A.nervous and uneasy |
B.excited and hopeful |
C.amazed and comfortable |
D.pleased but embarrassed. |
A.unfriendly and ta lkative |
B.forceful and daring |
C.gentle and reliable |
D.older than expected |
A.To see Alec himself. |
B.To see Alec's mother. |
C.To confirm that they are of the same family. |
D.To make known their relationship and seek help. |
A.Rebecca is his distant relation |
B.Rebecca looks polite to him |
C.Rebecca is a pretty girl |
D.Rebecca looks ridiculous |
【小题1】A
【小题2】B
【小题3】D
【小题4】D
解析试题分析 一个年轻女子前来拜访,与这家攀亲戚,来寻求帮助。
【小题1】A 细节题。根据第二段Rebecca still stood hesitating like a swimmer about to make his dive, hardly knowing whether to return or move forward.得知他很犹豫,故选A项。
【小题2】B细节题。通过第一段There was an unusual force in his face, and in his daring rolling eyes得知应选 B项。
【小题3】D细节题。根据倒数第四段So mother said we ought to make ourselves known to you, as we've lost our horse by a bad accident. We can hardly make a living.得知应选D项。
【小题4】D细节题。根据最后一段there's no harm in it. I mean it doesn’t hurt to come and make yourself known to me得出应选 D项。
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
Henry Edwards Huntington was born in 1850 in Oneonta, New York. In 1872 he went to work for his uncle, one of the owners of the Central Pacific Railroad. Twenty years later, Huntington moved to San Francisco at his uncle’s request to share management of the Southern Pacific Railroad. On the way to San Francisco, he visited San Marino, and later bought it, which is home to his collections today.
In 1902, Huntington moved his business operations to Los Angeles, where he developed the street railway system that created the structure of the Los Angeles area. He greatly expanded the existing electric railway lines, creating an extensive inter-urban system providing the transportation necessary. Huntington’s business interests continued to grow particularly in the areas of water, power, and land development; at one time he served on as many as 60 corporate boards throughout the United States.
At the age of 60, he announced his decision to retire in order to devote time to his book and art collections and the landscaping of the 600-acre farm. In 1911 the large Beaux Arts building, in the charge of the architect Myron Hunt, was completed.
In 1913, Huntington married Arabella Duval Huntington. She shared his interests in collecting. As one of the most important art collectors of her generation, she was highly influential in the development of the art collection now shown in the former building.
In 1919, Henry and Arabella Huntington signed the agreement that conveyed their San Marino property and collections to a nonprofit educational trust, creating the Huntington, one of the world’s great cultural, research, and educational centers.
Henry E. Huntington died in 1927, leaving his great treasures the Huntington, including the world-famous Huntington Library, Art Gallery, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California to the public, which hosts more than 500,000 visitors each year.
【小题1】What can you learn about Huntington from the first two paragraphs?
A.He worked in many fields before he came to Los Angeles. |
B.He built a house to store his art collection in San Marino. |
C.He did a lot to the USA railway development. |
D.He founded the Central Pacific Railroad. |
A.He devoted himself to his personal interests. |
B.He worked part time for non-profit business. |
C.He was in charge of an educational center. |
D.He shared his wife’s interests with her. |
A.An excellent artist. | B.A talented architect. |
C.An ambitious educator. | D.A successful businessman. |
A.a science fiction | B.a newspaper report | C.a novel | D.a biography |
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friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time telling us they are in a hurry and looking at their watches. It isn’t that our friends are all very busy, it is just that When we haven’t got a television. People think that we are very strange. “But what do you do in the evening?”,they are always asking. The answer is very simple. Both my wife and I have hobbies. We certainly don’t spend our evenings staring at the walls. My wife enjoys cooking and painting and often attends evening classes in foreign languages. This is particularly useful as we often go abroad for our holidays. I collect stamps and I’m always busy with my collection. Both of us enjoy listening to the music and playing chess together.
Sometimes there are power cuts and we have no electricity in the house. This does not worry us, we just light candles and carry on with what we were doing before. Our friends, however, are lost---no television!---So they don’t know what to do. On such evenings our house is very full ---they all come to us. They all have a good time. Instead of sitting in silence in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games.
【小题1】The couple have not got a television, because .
A.they are not rich enough |
B.they are strange people |
C.they enjoy spending evenings in their own ways |
D.they don’t know what to do when there are power cuts |
A.learning languages | B.traveling |
C.staying home alone | D.watching people play games |
A.have to stare at the walls | B.can do nothing but sit in silence |
C.will have many visitors | D.have to go out for candles |
A.Why Do We Need a Television? |
B.Candle! But No Electricity! |
C.Different Friends, Different Hobbies. |
D.We Go Without Televisions! |
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I suddenly heard an elephant crying as though frightened. Looking down,I immediately recognized that something was wrong,and ran down to the edge of the near bank. There I saw Ma Shwe with her threemonthold calf struggling in the fast-rising water,and it was a lifeanddeath struggle. Her calf was floating(漂浮) and screaming with fear.Ma Shwe was as near to the far bank as she could get,holding her whole body against the rushing water,and keeping the calf pressed against her huge body.Every now and then the rushing water would sweep the calf away.
There was a sudden rise in the water and the calf was washed clean over the mother's body and was gone. Ma Shwe turned quickly to reach it and pressed the calf with her head and trunk (象鼻) against the rocky bank. Then with a huge effort,she picked it up in her trunk and tried until she was able to place it on a narrow shelf of rock.
Just at this moment,she fell back into the river. If she were carried down,it would be certain death. I knew,as well as she did,that there was one spot (地点) where she could get up the bank,but it was on the other side from where she had put her calf.
While I was wondering what I could do next,I heard the sound of a mother's love. Ma Shwe had crossed the river and got up the bank and was making her way back as fast as she could,roaring (吼叫) all the time,but to her calf it was music.
【小题1】The moment the author got down to the river bank he saw .
A.the calf was about to fall into the river |
B.Ma Shwe was placing the calf on the rock |
C.the calf was washed away by the rising water |
D.Ma Shwe was holding the calf against the rushing water |
A.By putting it on a safe spot. | B.By pressing it against her body. |
C.By taking it away with her. | D.By carrying it on her back. |
A.It was a great comfort. | B.It was a sign of danger. |
C.It was a call for help. | D.It was a musical note. |
A.A Mother's Love | B.A Brave Act |
C.A Deadly River | D.A Matter of Life and Death |
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Lynn is the publisher of Indiana Living Green magazine, a local Indiana-based publication focusing on all issues related to leading a sustainable lifestyle. Her knowledge, passion and unwavering dedication to this cause are both inspiring and admirable and are the reasons I recommend her for the Heart of Green Local Hero.
Lynn's interest in sustainable living has expanded over the years from simple recycling and wildlife gardening to encouraging others to appreciate nature and do what each can to care for the environment.
Lynn has been instrumental in bringing her green consciousness to Indiana by way of Indiana Living Green magazine over the past two years. Indiana Living Green is the only local publication solely focused on green living and sustainability.
In addition to her role as publisher of Indiana Living Green magazine, Lynn is also a Habitat Steward Host for National Wildlife Federation, editor of Hoosier Organic Gardener, the newsletter of the Indiana Organic Gardeners Association, and a member of Garden Writers Association.
Lynn Jenkins deserves to be publicly recognized for all that she is and all that she has done and continues to do to educate and empower each of us to improve our individual lives, communities and our Earth.
【小题1】Which of the following is NOT true of Lynn Jenkins?
A.She is the publisher of the magazine Indiana Living Green. |
B.She won the award the Heart of Green Local Hero. |
C.She is a member of Garden Writers Association. |
D.She encourages people to love and protect nature. |
A.mainly | B.simply | C.earnestly | D.seriously |
A.To recommend Lynn Jenkins for the Heart of Green Local Hero. |
B.To call on readers to protect the environment and live green. |
C.To introduce the readers to the Heart of Green Local Hero. |
D.To advertise for Indiana Living Green and its publisher. |
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I spend a lot of time backpacking and hiking the outdoors and there are two pieces of equipment that are with me on each trip: an Adventure Medical Kits Weekender and an Adventure Medical Kits Suture Syringe Kit. Both proved very helpful on my most recent adventures to the Wrangell in Alaska.
On that day, we were “blessed” with rain, making our water crossing on the Dixie Pass very difficult. Our party of 12 had almost reached our destination when I slipped, severely gashing(划伤) my knee open in the process. While I could not see the wound at first because of the rain pants I was wearing, I knew it was severe.
Blood was running freely and I made those standing nearby aware of the damage. They quickly came over to assist, pulled my pack off and removed the Weekender First Aid Kit and Suture Kit from it. Fortunately, one of my partners is a doctor called William, who has often performed this type of work in the operating room, not out in the wild.
I seriously think he was more nervous about all this than me! I, of course, was more than happy that I did not have to stitch(缝合) myself up. As a marine, I’ve had to do it before. Fortunately, the sky had cleared up about two hours before, so we had great sunlight to work with. The doctor worked quickly with the assistance of another fellow camper acting as a nurse and placed seven stitches into my knee once the wound had been cleaned up.
Later that evening we used a syringe(注射器) we set aside loaded with Iodine(抗炎药) to clean the wound and then bandaged it again. The doctor was very impressed with the kits contents!
I’ve already ordered another Suture Syringe Kit. I have to say the kits are worth their weight in gold! Thanks for the contents in the kits!
【小题1】What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 2 probably refer to?
A.the wound | B.the rain | C.the kit | D.the knee |
A.Because William didn’t know how to use the kits. |
B.Because the author didn’t trust William. |
C.Because the author hurt himself severely. |
D.Because William had no experience of doing it in the wild. |
A.useless | B.extremely useful | C.troublesome | D.not essential |
A.How first aid kits saved a backpacker in Alaska. |
B.How a doctor did the operation in the wild. |
C.How the author with 12 fellow campers hike the outdoors. |
D.How the author hurt himself. |
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Something roared like thunder. The earth shook a little and we heard the rat-a-tat-tat of gunfire. "Father!" Hassan cried. We sprung to our feet and raced out of the living room.
"Father! What's that sound? Hassan screamed, his hands outstretched toward Ali. Ali wrapped his arms around us. A white light flashed and lit the sky in silver. It flashed again and was followed by rapid sharp sounds of gunfire. "They're hunting ducks." Ali said in a hoarse voice. "They hunt ducks at night, you know." Don't be afraid.
A siren(汽笛) went off in the distance. Somewhere glass broke and someone shouted. I heard people on the street, jolted from sleep and probably still in their pajamas, with ruffled hair and puffy eyes. Hassan was crying. Ali pulled him close, clutched him with tenderness.
We stayed huddled that way until the early hours of the morning. The shootings and explosions had lasted less than an hour, but they had frightened us badly, because none of us had ever heard gunshots in the streets. They were foreign sounds to us then. The generation of Afghan children whose ears would know nothing but the sounds of bombs and gunfire was not yet born. Huddled together in the dining room and waiting for the sun to rise, none of us had any notion that a way of life had ended. The end came when Russian tanks were rolling into the very same streets where Hassan and I played, bringing the death of the Afghanistan I knew and marking the start of a still ongoing era of bloodletting.
Just before sunrise, Baba's car peeled into the driveway. His door slammed shut and his running footsteps pounded the stairs. Then he appeared in the doorway and I saw something on his face. Something I didn't recognize right away because I'd never seen it before: fear. "Amir! Hassan!" He cried as he ran to us, opening his arms wide. "They blocked all the roads and the telephone didn't work. I was so worried!"
We let him wrap us in his arms and, for a brief moment, I was glad about whatever had happened that night.
【小题1】Who is the author of the passage?
A.Hassan | B.Ali | C.Baba | D.Amir |
A.told the children the truth |
B.tried to calm the children |
C.played a joke on the children |
D.cheered the children up |
A.there were thunderstorms that night |
B.Afghan children were used to the war |
C.that night was the end of people’s peaceful life |
D.people on the street shouted and broke the windows |
A.the author was glad to see his father come home safe |
B.there was a chance that a world in peace was to come |
C.what happened that night seemed nothing to the author |
D.Baba’s arms gave the author temporary comfort and joy |
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Norm Pethrick, a 36-year-old man in Australia’s northern city Darwin, was praised on Thursday for jumping onto a crocodile’s back to save his wife Wendy at Litchfield National Park, a popular tourist spot southwest of Darwin, a local newspaper reported.
Ms Pethrick was standing on a river bank Wednesday afternoon when the saltwater crocodile lunged (扑), locking its jaws (颌)on both her legs as it tried to drag her underwater.
Norm Pethrick, who with his wife had been collecting water, immediately went to help her. He jumped onto the back, poked (戳) the eyes of the crocodile and finally got his wife free.
Ms Pethrick was later taken to Royal Darwin Hospital for a medical treatment. The doctors said she was suffering eight puncture wounds (伤口) in her right leg, a puncture(穿刺) wound in her left leg and a serious cut to one of her fingers.
“This could have been a fatal and tragic situation,” said the general manager of Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH), Dr Len Notaras, according to a local report.
He said Ms Pethrick was saved by her husband’s “quick and diligent actions”.
Dr Notaras also said she would remain in hospital for three to four days and have an operation to clean the wounds, which are easy to get infected because of bacteria (细菌) on the teeth of the crocodile.
【小题1】 This passage is most likely to be found in _____.
A.a travel guide | B.a newspaper | C.a textbook | D.a novel |
A.swimming in the river |
B.standing on the river bank |
C.watching the crocodile |
D.fishing in the water |
A.Her eyes were badly poked. |
B.She had eight wounds altogether. |
C.One of her fingers also got hurt. |
D.One of the crocodile’s teeth was found in her leg. |
A.brave | B.diligent | C.quick | D.humorous |
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Twenty years is just a blink in time. But 20 years is also long enough for a man to grow up. It is always painful. For Andrew Agassi, maturing in the spotlight of international tennis competition was even harder.
On September 3, the American tennis player said a tearful goodbye to his 21-year career after a third-round defeat in the US Open. The 36-year-old tried his best, but was unable to keep up with German Benjamin Becker, more than ten years his junior.
"The scoreboard said I lost today, but what the scoreboard doesn't say is what I've found," Agassi said to the fans. "I have found inspiration and you willed me to succeed." It was an emotional speech at the end of a long career.
Agassi hated tennis as a teenager as much as he loves it now. His father made him play when he was a child. He got bored, and became a rebel(叛逆). The strict training that his father pushed upon him got in the way of his wild lifestyle. He grew hair long, wore colorful clothes and spat at a judge. Over the years, he has made bad jokes during news conferences. Asked what he would say to his 17-year-old self, Agassi answered, "I would say, I understand you a lot more than I want to be you."
The turning point in Agassi's career came in 1992 when he unexpectedly won his first Grand Slam (大满贯赛事)at Wimbledon. It was the first time Agassi understood what real champions finally understand: winning is a test of courage and not just power, it's a marathon, not a sprint(短跑).
And what a marathon Agassi was about to begin. He cut his long hair, got fitter and tightened up emotionally. On the court, he ranked No. 1 for almost two years. His lowest point came in 1997 when his ranking dropped to No. 141. He didn't quit though. "I knew that I would try to get the most out of myself every day from that day forward. That was my promise," he said. "That never stopped." www.zxxk.com
【小题1】The underlined phrase "more than ten years his junior" in the second paragraph means _________.
A.having lower ranking than Agassi for more than ten years |
B.having higher ranking than Agassi for more than ten years |
C.more than ten years older than Agassi |
D.more than ten years younger than Agassi |
A.He felt angry with the judge |
B.He felt satisfied with the scoreboard |
C.He felt regretful but encouraged |
D.He felt in great desperation |
A.after 1997 Agassi began to take up marathon besides tennis |
B.Agassi began to play tennis before he was fifteen |
C.Agassi hesitated to quit his sports career |
D.the reason why Agassi lost his last competition was that he lacked courage and power |
A.0-2 | B.0-3 | C.1-3 | D.2-3 |
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