A woman was waiting at an airport one night, with several long hours before her flight. She bought a book and a bag of cookies in the airport shop, and found a place to drop.
She was interested in her book, but the man sitting beside her grabbed a cookie or two from the bag in between, which she tried to ignore to avoid an argument.
So she ate the cookies noisily and watched the clock, as the cookie thief diminished (使……变少) her stock. She was getting angrier as the minutes passed, thinking,“Oh, brother, if I wasn’t so nice, I would blacken your eyes.”
With each cookie she took, he took one, too. When only one was left, she wondered what he would do. With a smile on his face, he took the last cookie and broke it in half. He offered her half, and he ate the other. She got it from him and thought, “ This guy has some nerve (胆量) and he’s also rude. Why didn’t he even show any gratitude?”
She had never known when she had been so angry. She gathered her bag and headed for the gate, refusing to look back at the thieving ingrate (忘恩负义者).
She boarded the plane and then she sought her book, which was almost complete. As she reached in her bag, she was shocked— there was her bag of cookies. “If mine are here,” she thought, “the others were his. It’s too late to apologize.”
【小题1】Why did the woman ignore it when she found the man eating the cookies?
A.She didn’t want to get into an argument. |
B.She was full of pity for the man. |
C.The man was dangerous and brave. |
D.She was too careless to notice it. |
A.felt a bit disappointed. |
B.felt deeply thankful. |
C.considered the man unthankful. |
D.saw the man as his brave brother. |
A.might have returned the bag of cookies secretly. |
B.tried to share his cookies with the woman. |
C.was thankful for the woman’s kindness. |
D.was really a thief. |
【小题1】A
【小题2】C
【小题3】B
解析试题分析:文章讲了一个旅客在机场遇到了光天化日之下偷曲奇的小偷的故事;女孩一边读书一边心里认为坐在旁边的男人竟敢当面偷他的饼干,结果发现是误会。
【小题1】细节题。根据第二段的最后一句话which she tried to ignore to avoid an argument 可知她没有声张是不想要引起争吵,所以选A
【小题2】细节题。根据文章第四段的女孩心理活动Why didn’t he even show any gratitude 可知女孩认为隔壁的男人吃了她的饼干还毫无感激之情,所以选C
【小题3】主旨大意题。根据故事的情节可以知道,女孩在候机室吃的曲奇其实是旁边的男人的,男人在努力与她分享自己的那包曲奇,所以选B
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
A traveller was staying in an Egyptian village. One day, she held up her camera to take pictures of the children. Suddenly the young ones began to shout at her. The traveller's face turned red and she apologized to the head for what she was doing, and told him she had forgotten that people in some places believed a person would lose his soul(灵魂) if his picture was taken. She explained to him the operation of a camera for a long time. Several times the head tried to say something, but he couldn't. When she believed that the head didn't fear any longer, the traveller then let him speak. With a smile, he said, "The children were trying to tell you that you forgot to take off the lens(镜头) cap!"
【小题1】The children shouted when the traveller was taking pictures of them because _______.
A.they didn't want to stop playing |
B.the traveller forgot to take off the cap on her head |
C.they didn't want to have their pictures taken |
D.the traveller was not doing well with her camera |
A.the head was very interested in her camera |
B.the head wanted to learn to take pictures |
C.she was afraid of the head |
D.she wanted the head not to worry about what she was doing |
A.she thought it was not right to take people's pictures without telling them beforehand(事先) |
B.the children would lose their souls |
C.she had stayed in the village too long |
D.she didn't take a picture of the head first |
A.The traveller knew something about people in some countries. |
B.The children wouldn't mind if the traveller took pictures of them. |
C.The head was afraid that the traveller's camera would hurt the children. |
D.The traveller didn't understand why the children shouted. |
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Richard Wagner was a German musician has been a very controversial(有争议的) person, but he has gained great fame by writing opera, a form of performance combining singing, music on instruments, and drama.
While he wrote excellent music, many people think his operas are too dark and serious, lacking the fun common in operas written before his time.
Wagner, on the other hand, thought the opera of his time was too simple.He wanted to make opera a serious form of art that combined drama and music to tell deep stories that would have a strong effect on the audience.
Some people thought Wagner’s new kind of music was too different from the operas they were used to hearing.Wagner agreed with them.In fact, he didn’t call his works “operas” at all, using instead a German word that means “Musical Festival” or “Musical play”.
While many people today still do not like Wagner’s operas, they cannot deny that Wagner has had a lot of influence on opera as a form of art.Wagner invented the tradition of turning off the lights before starting a play.He also was the first person to make the whole audience sit down for an entire play.Today, almost all operas are performed in this manner.
Wagner as a man was even more controversial than Wagner as a writer of music.He hated Jewish people, and made many people angry, which we would today think of as evil.Some would say he was a good musician, while others would say that he was a bad musician.But it would be difficult to say he was not an important person in music and in the world.
【小题1】Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage?
A.Richard Wagner is not worth talking about |
B.Richard Wagner has made many people angry |
C.Richard Wagner has contributed much to opera. |
D.Richard Wagner is a very controversial man. |
A.He wanted to influence people with deep stories. |
B.He wanted to make his music simple to follow. |
C.He wanted to make it suitable for his deep voice. |
D.He was greatly influenced by previous musicians. |
A.he called his works “Musical Festivals” |
B.his drama, music and singing are combined |
C.the lights are off before starting a play |
D.the audience could sit down during his play |
A.His works are seldom accepted |
B.His works are known to be funny. |
C.His works started a new tradition. |
D.Most people are angry about his works. |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
During the next several weeks I went completely to the wolves. I took a tiny tent and set it up on the shore of bay. The big telescope was set up in the mouth of the tent in such a way that I could observe the wolves by day or night.
Quite by accident I had pitched (set up) my tent within ten yards of one of the major paths used by the wolves. Shortly after I had taken up residence one of the wolves came back and discovered me and my tent, but he did not stop or hesitate in his pace. Later, one or more wolves used the track past my tent and never did they show the slightest interest in me. I felt uncomfortable at being so totally ignored. The next day I noticed a male wolf make boundary markers by passing water on the rounds of his family lands.
Once I had become aware of the strong feeling of property rights which existed among the wolves, I decided to use this knowledge to make them at least recognize my existence. One evening, after they had gone off for their regular nightly hunt I staked out a property of my own, including a long section of the wolves’ path. In order to ensure that my claim would not be overlooked, I made a property mark on stones, dumps of moss, and patches of vegetation with a lot of tea. Before the hunters came back, task was done, and I retired, somewhat exhausted, to observe results. A few minutes later, the leading male appeared. As usual he did not bother to glance at the tent, but when he reached the point where my property line intersected (cut across) the trail, he stopped as suddenly as if he had run into an invisible wall.
Cautiously, he extended his nose and sniffed at one of my marked bushes. After a minute of hesitation he backed away a few yards and sat down. Then, he looked directly at the tent and at me.
His glare seemed to become more fierce as I attempted to stare him down. The situation was becoming intolerable. To break the impasse I turned my back on the wolf. Then quickly and with an air of decision, he turned his attention away from me and began a systematic tour of the area I had staked out as my own. As he came to each boundary marker he sniffed it once or twice, then carefully placed his mark on the outside of mine.
【小题1】 Why did the wolves manage to ignore the author’s presence?
A.Because his tent was out of the wolves’ estate boundaries. |
B.Because the author and the wolves were already good friends. |
C.Because they did not know him at all. |
D.Because the wolves were afraid of strangers. |
A.The author likes staring matches esp. with wolves. |
B.Staking the land was very easy. |
C.Wolves can see the estate boundaries clearly with their eyes. |
D.The author managed to know why the wolves ignore his presence. |
A.Wolves were not settled beasts, as is almost universally believed. |
B.Wolves were settled beasts and the possessors of an estate with definite boundaries. |
C.Wolves were not interested with strangers. |
D.Wolves’ family was dominated by a female. |
A.Because he thought it better to be stared at than to be ignored. |
B.Because he didn’t want the wolves to use the track past his tent. |
C.Because he wanted the wolves to take cognizance of his existence. |
D.Because he wanted to find out how fierce the wolf’s glare was. |
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This week Faith Lapidus and Doug Johnson will tell you about Chuck Berry.Chuck Berry,born on October 18,1926,is often called the father of rock and roll.He is one of the most popular and influential performers of rhythm-and-blues and rock‘n’roll music during the 1950s,1960s and 1970s.
He started singing in church when he was six years old.His interest in music stuck with him.A lot of Chuck Berry’s material is about teenage life,especially school.Chuck Berry left school when he was 17.He headed west with two friends,but they did not get far.They were arrested after they used a gun to steal a car in Kansas City,Missouri.He was set free after four years.
Chuck Berry signed his first recording contract in 1955,with the company Chess Records.Because one of his early hits,“Rock&Roll Music”,hit big in the United States then,which was greeted with enthusiastic reviews.Many other famous bands copied it again and again.
Filmmaker Taylor Hackford made a documentary called“Hail! Hail! Rock‘n’Roll”, named for a Chuck Berry song.It centered on the making of a concert to honor the musician on his 60th birthday in 1986.Guitarist Keith Richards from the Rolling Stones organized the concert.Listening to Chuck Berry songs got him interested in music.In Keith Richards’words,“I didn’t dream I could make a living at it but that’s what I wanted to do.”More than 75 artists and bands have done their own versions of Chuck Berry songs.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland,Ohio,included Chuck Berry in its first year of honors in 1986.The Hall of Fame had this to say:“While no individual can be said to have invented rock and roll,Chuck Berry comes the closest of any single figure to being the one who put all the essential pieces together.”
Thank you for your listening.Faith Lapidus and Doug Johnson were your announcers.
【小题1】The underlined words“hit big”in Paragraph 3 probably mean“__________”.
A.won great Success | B.made rapid progress |
C.got into big trouble | D.made a small difference |
A.music is a way of making a life | B.Chuck Berry influenced him a lot |
C.he disliked Chuck Berry in fact | D.he is a real fan of Chuck Berry |
A.Chuck Berry was the first to invent rock and roll on his own. |
B.Chuck Berry was put into prison for leaving school in 1943. |
C.Chuck Berry can be said to have formed rock and roll’s basic structure. |
D.Chuck Berry is the most popular and influential performer. |
A.An advertisement. | B.A science fiction. |
C.A magazine. | D.A radio report. |
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It was a rather hot day. Everybody seemed to be looking for some kind of relief, so an ice cream store was a natural place to stop at.
A little girl, holding her money firmly, entered the store. Before she could say a word, the store clerk sharply told her to get outside and read the sign on the door, and stay out until she put on the shoes. She left slowly, and a big man followed her out of the store.
The man watched as she stood in front of the store and read the sign. “No Bare (赤裸) Feet”.
Tears started rolling down her cheeks as she turned and walked away. Just then the big man called to her. After sitting down on the roadside, he took off his size-12 shoes, set them in front of the girl and saying, “Here, you won’t be able to walk in these, but if you slide (拖) along, you can get your ice cream.”
Then he lifted the little girl up and set her feet into the shoes. “Take your time,” he said, “I get tired of moving them around, and it’s good to just sit here and eat my ice cream.”
The shining eyes of the little girl could not be missed as she ordered her ice cream.
He was a big man, all right. Big body, big shoes, but most of all, he had a big heart.
【小题1】The little girl wasn’t allowed to enter the store because ______.
A.she was dirty | B.she had no money |
C.the store was closed | D.she had no shoes on |
A.The big man bought an ice cream for her. |
B.The store clerk took an ice cream out to her. |
C.She got her ice cream with the big man’s shoes. |
D.She left the store without getting her ice cream. |
A.kind | B.funny | C.honest | D.hard-working |
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【小题1】 The wise man mentioned in the text told people to bury him on his face so that when everything is turned upside down he will _____.
A.lie on his stomach | B.lie on his back |
C.stand quietly | D.sit in peace |
A.Mr. Ellis’ generation | B.His children’s generation |
C.His grandchildren’s generation | D.None of the above. |
A.Unacceptable. | B.Awful. | C.Funny. | D.Common. |
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Charlie Boswell has always been a great hero. He has inspired thousands of people to rise above circumstances and live out true meaning of life.
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Upon meeting Ben Hogan, Charlie was respectful and stated that he had one wish and it was to have one round of golf with the great Ben Hogan. Mr. Hogan agreed that playing a round together would be an honor for him as well, as he had heard about all of Charlie’s accomplishments and truly admired his skills.
“Would you like to play for money, Mr. Hogan?” asked out Charlie.
“I can’t play you for money, it wouldn’t be fair!” said Mr. Hogan.
“Aw, come on Mr. Hogan…$ 1,000 per hole!”
“I can’t, what would people think of me, taking advantage of you and your circumstance?” replied the sighted golfer.
“Chicken, Mr. Hogan?”
“Okay,” replied the embarrassed Hogan, “but I am going to play my best!”
“I wouldn’t expect anything else,” said the confident Boswell.
“Now that you’re on. Mr. Boswell, you name the time and the place!”
The very self – assured Boswell responded, “10 o’clock … tonight!”
【小题1】Why didn’t Mr. Hogan want to play Charlie for money?
A.He was worried he would lose the match. |
B.He thought it was unfair for Charlie. |
C.He didn’t care about money. |
D.He preferred chicken to money. |
A.Mr. Hogan was not good at playing golf |
B.Charlie did well in other sports before playing golf |
C.Mr. Hogan didn’t try his best to play |
D.Charlie Boswell was born blind |
A.Competitive and generous | B.Energetic and reliable |
C.Careful and considerate | D.Confident and smart |
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