While watching the Olympics the other night, I came across an unbelievable sight.It was not a gold medal, or a world record broken, but a show of courage.
The event was swimming and started with only three men on the blocks.For one reason or another, two of them false started, so they were disqualified.That left only one to complete.It would have been difficult enough, not having anyone to race against, even though the time on the clock is important.
I watched the man dive off the block and knew right away that something was wrong.I'm not an expert swimmer, but I can tell a good dive from a poor one, and this was not exactly medal quality.When he resurfaced, it was evident that the man was not out for gold — his arms were waving in an attempt at freestyle.The crowd started to laugh.Clearly this man was not a medal competitor.
I listened to the crowd begin to laugh at this poor man who was clearly having a hard time.Finally he made his turn to start back.It was pitiful.He made a few desperate strokes and you could tell he was worn out.
But in those few awful strokes, the crowd had changed.
No longer were they laughing, but beginning to cheer.Some even began to stand and shout “Come on, you can do it!” and he did.
A clear minute past the average swimmer, this young man finally finished his race.The crowd went wild.You would have thought that he had won the gold, and he should have.Even though he was recorded one of the slowest times in Olympic history, this man gave more heart than any of the other competitors.
Just a short year ago, he had never even swum, let alone race.His country had been invited to Sydney.
In a competition where athletes remove their silver medals feeling they have somehow been cheated out of gold, or when they act so proudly in front of their competitors, it is nice to watch an underdog.
51. From the passage we can learn that the young man ________.
A. made his turn to start back pitifully
B. was skillful in freestyle in the game
C. swam faster than the average swimmer
D. was not capable enough to win the medal
52. The crowd changed their attitudes because ________.
A. they felt sorry for the young man
B. they were moved by the young man
C. they wanted to show their sympathy
D. they meant to please the young man
53. According to the passage, “it is nice to watch an underdog” probably means _______.
A. it’s amusing to watch a man with awful swimming skills
B. it’s amazing to watch an ordinary man challenging himself
C. it’s cheerful for athletes to act proudly before their competitors
D. it’s brave enough for some athletes to remove the silver medals
54. What’s the best title for the passage?
A. Compete for Gold!
B. Try again!
C. Break a Record!
D. Go for it!
51. D推理判断题。依据第四段可知the young man并非往回游很痛苦,而是整个过程都很痛苦;B项叙述错误,依据When he resurfaced, it was evident that the man was not out for gold — his arms were waving in an attempt at freestyle.可知,他的游姿势不对,并非擅长自由泳;C项:由第七段可知,他比别人慢得多。依第三段this was not exactly medal quality可知D项正确。
52. B细节理解判断题。由文章的叙述可知,观众被这个年轻人感动了,因此改变了他们的态度,转而为他喝彩。
53 B语境为:某些运动员认为被骗取了金牌,因而在对手面前很自豪地摘掉银牌(以示不满),与这种现象相比,这个年轻人挑战自己的勇气是多么令人惊叹啊!
54. D主旨大意判断题。本文讲述的例子旨在证明人应该努力挑战自己,全力以赴,并非是努力获得金牌,也非再试一次,更不是破纪录。“Go for it!”表全力以赴之意,符合本文的思想。
科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:054
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Mr Parker was living in the country , and he wanted to go to an office in the city one day . He 1 the address on a letter, got 2 his car and 3 to the city . He drove straight to the office without any 4 and stopped his car 5 the office. He locked his car and 6 to go into his office, but suddenly he turned around and went back to his car . He remembered that he 7 his keys in it ! He telephoned his wife and said, “ 8 , I ’ve locked my keys in my car . Please 9 me your keys .”
Mrs Parker got into their 10 car and drove twenty miles to 11 her husband. But 12 Mr Parker was waiting for his wife, he walked 13 his car and tried the other 14 . It was not locked ! Mr Parker locked it 15 before his wife arrived.
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Tadatoyo Yamamoto is a Japanese businessman.He 1 the US from time to time.While he was 2 at a hotel on a visit to Chicago,he put his bag on the 3 .A few minutes 4 ,Mr Yamamoto reached down for it,but it was 5 .Inside it were about $ 900,his passport(护照), 6 of his family,and his 7 tickets to Japan.
But three weeks 8 he returned to Tokyo,Mr Yamamoto 9 an envelope.There was 10 inside but his passport,his airline tickets,photos of his family and 11 orders for more than $900 and a 12 from Mr Joseph Loveras.It said:
“I 13 this money order and the things … will make you believe in the 14 of Chicago.”
The next 15 he travelled to the US,Mr Yamamoto 16 Mr Loveras.He was a 67-year-old sick man with a total 17 of $ 493 a month.
He explained that he 18 the bag on a street corner and 19 the money and the tickets in the top part of the 20 .He changed the money into money orders and 21 his own money to send it to Japan.
Mr Yamamoto was very 22 by what Mr Loveras had done. “I asked him 23 he would go to all the trouble to return 24 to me.He told me that if he had not done it,it would have made him feel bad for the rest of his 25 .”
Now they have become friends,and Mr Yamamoto visits Mr Loveras every time he is in the US.
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科目:高中英语 来源:英语教研室 题型:054
Peter, awaking from a deep sleep, thought his wife was only having a 2 dream.
“Stop that noise, ” he said to her. He turned over and tried to go to 3 again, but his wife still cried out, “On, help! help! I’m sure I’m 4 . ”
Peter got out of bed and started 5 , but he could not find him any clothes.
“Where is my shirt? ” he asked. His wife was 6 ill to tell him, and she could only cry, “Oh, my 7 stomach!”
As soon as he had put his clothes 8 , he said, “Now, my dear, are you quite 9
that you need the doctor? Surely you can wait 10 morning, can’t you? ”
“No, I can’t. Go, go, go, ”his wife shouted, “ 11 you will find me dead 12
the morning. ”
So Peter went out into the dark street. He had only gone a few meters 13 he heard his wife calling him again.
“I’m 14 again now, and I shall not want the doctor, ” she said, softly.
Hearing this, he started running as 15 as he could towards the doctor’s. When he arrived there, he knocked at the door loudly enough to wake 16 around.
The doctor put his sleepy head out of the bedroom window and said, “Er? Who’s there? ”
“Oh, Doctor, ”Peter called up to him, “I’ve very 17 news for you. My wife 18
ill with a terrible stomachache. I was on my way to bring you to her, but she called me back to say the trouble had suddenly 19 her. So you need not come. Go back to 20 now, and sleep well!”
1. A. driver B. nurse
C. doctor D. child
2. A. terrible B. interesting
C. surprising D. wonderful
3. A. bed B. sleep
C. dream D. hospital
4. A. walking B. dying
C. aching D. sleeping
5. A. dressing B. wearing
C. raising D. working
6. A. very B. so
C. too D. quite
7. A. good B. bad
C. wrong D. poor
8. A. down B. off
C. on D. up
9. A. surprised B. afraid
C. certain D. worried
10. A. before B. for
C. to D. until
11. A. and B. but
C. so D. or
12. A. after B. in
C. before D. until
13. A. after B. when
C. before D. while
14. A. good B. wrong
C. all right D. right
15. A. fast B. slowly
C. hurriedly D. happily
16. A. everyone B. someone
C. no one D. doctors
17. A. good B. bad
C. necessary D. ill
18. A. fell B. stayed
C. grew D. failed
19. A. gone off B. missed
C. pleased D. left
20. A. your home B. your bedroom
C. your dream D. bed
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:054
In the middle of the night, Peter’s wife suddenly fell ill. She couldn’t help crying, “Oh, my stomach! Get the 1 !”
Peter, awaking from a deep sleep, thought his wife was only having a 2 dream.
“Stop that noise, ” he said to her. He turned over and tried to go to 3 again, but his wife still cried out, “On, help! help! I’m sure I’m 4 . ”
Peter got out of bed and started 5 , but he could not find him any clothes.
“Where is my shirt? ” he asked. His wife was 6 ill to tell him, and she could only cry, “Oh, my 7 stomach!”
As soon as he had put his clothes 8 , he said, “Now, my dear, are you quite 9
that you need the doctor? Surely you can wait 10 morning, can’t you? ”
“No, I can’t. Go, go, go, ”his wife shouted, “ 11 you will find me dead 12
the morning. ”
So Peter went out into the dark street. He had only gone a few meters 13 he heard his wife calling him again.
“I’m 14 again now, and I shall not want the doctor, ” she said, softly.
Hearing this, he started running as 15 as he could towards the doctor’s. When he arrived there, he knocked at the door loudly enough to wake 16 around.
The doctor put his sleepy head out of the bedroom window and said, “Er? Who’s there? ”
“Oh, Doctor, ”Peter called up to him, “I’ve very 17 news for you. My wife 18
ill with a terrible stomachache. I was on my way to bring you to her, but she called me back to say the trouble had suddenly 19 her. So you need not come. Go back to 20 now, and sleep well!”
1. A. driver B. nurse
C. doctor D. child
2. A. terrible B. interesting
C. surprising D. wonderful
3. A. bed B. sleep
C. dream D. hospital
4. A. walking B. dying
C. aching D. sleeping
5. A. dressing B. wearing
C. raising D. working
6. A. very B. so
C. too D. quite
7. A. good B. bad
C. wrong D. poor
8. A. down B. off
C. on D. up
9. A. surprised B. afraid
C. certain D. worried
10. A. before B. for
C. to D. until
11. A. and B. but
C. so D. or
12. A. after B. in
C. before D. until
13. A. after B. when
C. before D. while
14. A. good B. wrong
C. all right D. right
15. A. fast B. slowly
C. hurriedly D. happily
16. A. everyone B. someone
C. no one D. doctors
17. A. good B. bad
C. necessary D. ill
18. A. fell B. stayed
C. grew D. failed
19. A. gone off B. missed
C. pleased D. left
20. A. your home B. your bedroom
C. your dream D. bed
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科目:高中英语 来源:英语教研室 题型:054
First I looked at some of the 6 discoveries. One of the earliest discoveries, the famous experiment that proved that bodies of different 7 fall at the same speed, was made by Galileo when he was 26. Madam Curie started her research that 8 to the Nobel Prize when she was 28. Einstein was 26 when he published his world-changing theory of relativity. Well, 9 of that. Yet I 10 if those“best years”were true in other 11 .
Then how about the field of 12 ? Surely it needs the wisdom of age to make a good leader. Perhaps it 13 ,but look when these people 14 their career. Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons at the age of 26. Abraham Lincoln 15 the life of a country lawyer and was elected to government. At what age? Twenty-six.
But why 16 best years some after thirty? After thirty, I 17 ,most people do not want to take risks or try 18 ways. Then I thought of people like Shakespeare and Picasso. The former was writing wonderful works at the ripe age of fifty, while the latter was 19 trying new ways of painting when he was ninety!
Perhaps there is still 20 for me.
1. A. invention B. discovery
C. experiment D. progress
2. A. mind B. idea
C. attention D. thought
3. A. As B. Being
C. However D. Beyond
4. A. Everybody B. Somebody
C. Nobody D. Whoever
5. A. names B. ages
C. addresses D. oldest
6. A. modern B. scientific
C. last D. oldest
7. A. heights B. sizes
C. weights D. things
8. A. led B. meant
C. stuck D. referred
9. A. plenty B. enough
C. much D. none
10. A. believed B. trusted
C. wondered D. asked
11.A. fields B. countries
C. courses D. ages
12. A. agriculture B. politics
C. industry D. society
13.A. is B. will
C. has D. does
14. A. finished B. went
C. started D. failed
15. A. devoted B. gave up
C. began D. led
16. A. don’t B. the
C. can D. not
17. A. say B. know
C. guess D. agree
18. A. other B. new
C. best D. their
19.A. always B. still
C. seldom D. enjoying
20. A. discovery B. problem
C. wish D. hope
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