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科目： 来源：同步题 题型：阅读理解

阅读理解。

      When Ray Necochea was building his dream house four years ago, he wrote the story of his life
on a wooden beam below the rooftop, hoping a future relative might discover it.
     With that beam and everything else inside the home destroyed in the firestorm that has struck
southern California this week, the 55-year-old electric company worker is promising to rebuild on
the same hilltop overlooking nearby farms and mountain-tops.
      Such scenes of pain and hope for the future are taking place across southern California, where
officialsare gradually lifting evacuation orders to allow residents back into areas damaged by some
of the worst     fires in the state's history. Officials say the fires destroyed more than 2,000 homes,
often with such fierceness that little remained.
      As a "troubleman" or repair worker for the San Diego Gas & Electric Company, Necochea had
already seen his destroyed home on Monday, but returned on Thursday and mused(沉思) philosophically
on the nature of life and loss.
      "I was so shocked," he said as he looked across what had once been a 4,600 square foot,
three-bedroom home with a swimming pool in an area where the sounds of cows, coyotes and birds,
not the din of modernity, are the soundtrack of daily life. "It was just a burning heap of ash. It was a
horrible feeling; I don't   wish that on anyone."

1. The fire that struck southern California this week ______.

A. was the worst in the human history
B. made residents there suffer a lot
C. was set by somone on purpose
D. made local officials upset

2. When did Necochea first see his destroyed home?

A. On Monday.
B. On Tuesday.
C. On Wednesday.
D. On Thursday.

3. Judging by Necochea's words, we know he felt ______.

A. terrible
B. calm
C. optimistic
D. excited

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科目： 来源：同步题 题型：完形填空

完型填空。
I am used to taking a bus home, but last night it was 1 and I decided to ride in a taxi. I stood on the side-walk 2 to each car that passed. I 3 each one to 4 , but none would. Then I 5 that it was the time of day when one group of taxi drivers stopped and another began work. I began to wish that I hadn't had the idea of taking a 6 . I was all wet. I 7 my hat to pour 8 the water that had collected in the brim (帽边). At that moment, a taxi stopped in front of me and the driver said something that I didn't 9 . I quickly jumped in and sat down. "Where do you want to go ?" he asked me. I gave him my 10 . "That's uptown (向住宅区), sir," he said. "I'm 11 duty now. I was just to 12 you up if you were going my 13 ." 14 this time it was raining harder. Cars were stopped 15 the taxi. Their knocking horns (喇叭) were beginning to 16 that we move. I 17 I had known what to do! I felt like insisting that the taxi driver 18 me home. But at the same time, I knew that I 19 have gotten into the taxi without understanding what the driver had said to me. Two more blasts (鸣笛) from somebody's horn made the driver demand that I make up my mind. I got out, 20 I didn't want to.
( )1. A. late ( )2. A. signing ( )3. A. hoped ( )4. A. pass ( )5. A. remembered ( )6. A. walk ( )7. A. put on ( )8. A. off ( )9. A. understand ( )10. A. place ( )11. A. from ( )12. A. take ( )13. A. direction ( )14. A. By ( )15. A. at ( )16. A. order ( )17. A. wished ( )18. A. get ( )19. A. mustn't ( )20. A. as if	B. dark B. showing B. thought B. pause B. forgot B. car B. took off B. out B. notice B. house B. off B. bring B. road B. On B. in front of B. demand B. hoped B. send B. couldn't B. although	C. raining C. shaking C. considered C. stop C. imagined C. bus C. put away C. away C. hear C. home C. to C. pick C. path C. During C. behind C. suggest C. hated C. take C. shouldn't C. so	D. snowing D. nodding D. expected D. stand D. thought D. taxi D. picked up D. into D. listen D. address D. on D. keep D. way D. In D. beside D. encourage D. regretted D. fetch D. mightn't D. and

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科目： 来源：广东省月考题 题型：阅读理解

阅读理解。

     The famous director of a big and expensive movie planned to film a beautiful sunset over the
ocean, so that the audiences could see his hero and heroine in front of it at the end of the film as
they said goodbye to each for ever. He sent his camera crew out one evening to film the sunset
for him.
     The next morning he said to the men, "Have you provided me with that sunset?"
    "No, sir," the men answered.
     The director was angry, "Why not?" he asked.
     "Well, sir," one of the men answered, "we are on the east coast here, and the sun sets in the west.
We can get you a sunrise over the sea, if necessary, but not a sunset."
     "But I want a sunset!" the director shouted. "Go to the airport, take the next flight to the west coast,
and get one"
      But then a young secretary had an idea. "Why don't you photograph a sunrise?" she suggested, "
and then play it backwards? Then it'll look like a sunset."
      "That's a good idea!" the director said. Then he turned to the camera crew and said, "Tomorrow
morning I want you to get me a beautiful sunrise over the sea."
     The camera crew were out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the
middle of a beautiful bay. Then at nine o'clock they took it to the director. "Her it is, sir." They said, and
gave it to him. He was very pleased.
     They all went into the studio. " All right," the director explained, "now our hero and heroine are going
to say goodbye. Run the film backwards so that we can see the 'sunset' behind them."
     The "sunset" began, but after a quarter of minute, the director suddenly put his face in the hands and
shouted to the camera crew to stop.
     The birds in the film were flying backwards, and the waves on the sea were going away from the beach.

1. One evening, the director sent his camera crew out ______________.

A. to watch a beautiful sunset
B. to find an actor and an actress
C. to film a scene on the sea
D. to meet the audience

2. Why did the director want to send his crew to the west coast?

A. Because he changed his mind about getting a sunset
B. Because he was angry with his crew
C. Because it was his secretary's suggestion
D. Because he wanted to get a scene of sunset

3. The director wanted to film a sunset over the ocean because___________.

A. it went well with the separation of the hero and heroine
B. when they arrived at the beach it was already in the evening
C. it was more moving than a sunrise
D. the ocean looked more beautiful at sunset

4. After the "sunset" began, the director suddenly put his face in his hands __________.

A. because he was moved to tears
B. as he saw everything in the film moving backwards
C. as the sunrise did not look as beautiful as he had imagined
D. because he was disappointed with the performance of the hero and heroine]

5. Which of the following is not true?

A. The crew had to follow the secretary's advice
B. If you want to see a sunrise. The east coast is the place to go to
C. The camera crew wasn't able to film the scene the first day
D. The director ordered his crew to stop filming the sunrise

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科目： 来源：广东省期中题 题型：填空题

阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

     A farmer and his son were taking their ass(驴) to a market. They wanted to sell it. They passed a
group of girls,    1    laughed at how foolish the farmer was to have an ass and     2   (walk), so the
farmer put his son 3   the ass.
     Further down the road, they passed some old people who scolded the farmer for allowing his young
son to ride    4  said that he should be riding himself .
    Further along the road, they passed some travelers who said that if he wanted to sell the ass the two
of them should carry him   5 the ass would be exhausted and worthless. So the farmer and his son
bound the ass's legs to a pole and carried him.
    When they approached the town, people there laughed at the sight of them. The noise was so loud
   6        the ass was frightened to   7 (die). He kicked out and    8   (fall) off a bridge into the river
and drowned.
    The     9 (embarrass) farmer and son went home with nothing, except the lesson that you will
achieve nothing by trying to please  10    .

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科目： 来源：广东省期中题 题型：阅读理解

阅读理解。

    It was the summer of 1965. DeLuca, then 17, visited Peter Buck, a family friend. Buck asked
DeLuca about his plans for the future. "I'm going to college, but I need a way to pay for it," DeLuca
recalls saying. "Buck said, 'You should open a sandwich shop.'"
    That afternoon, they agreed to be partners. And they set a goal: to open 32 stores in ten years.
After doing some research, Buck wrote a check for $1000. DeLuca rented a storefront (店面) in
Connecticut, and when they couldn't cover their start-up costs, Buck kicked in another $1000.
    But business didn't go smoothly as they expected. DeLuca says, "After six months, we were doing
poorly, but we didn't know how badly, because we didn't have any financial controls." All he and Buck
knew was that their sales were lower than their costs.
    DeLuca was managing the store and going to the University of Bridgeport at the same time. Buck
was working at his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York. They'd meet Monday evenings and
brainstorm ideas for keeping the business running. "We convinced ourselves to open a second store.
We figured we could tell the public, 'We are so successful, we are opening a second store." And they
did-in the spring of 1966. Still, it was a lot of learning by trial and error.
    But the partners' learn-as-you-go approach turned out to be their greatest strength. Every Friday,
DeLuca would drive around and hand-deliver the checks to pay their suppliers. "It probably took me
two and a half hours and it wasn't necessary, but as a result, the suppliers got to know me very well,
and the personal relationships established really helped out," DeLuca says.
    And having a goal was also important. "There are so many problems that can get you down. You
just have to keep working toward your goal," DeLuca adds.
    DeLuca ended up founding Subway Sandwich, the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain.

1. DeLuca opened the first sandwich shop in order to ____.

A. support his family
B. pay for his college education
C. help his partner expand business
D. do some research

2. Which of the following is true of Buck?

A. He put money into the sandwich business.
B. He was a professor of business administration.
C. He was studying at the University of Bridgeport.
D. He rented a storefront for DeLuca.

3. What can we learn about their first shop?

A. It stood at an unfavorable place.
B. It lowered the prices to promote sales.
C. It made no profits due to poor management
D. It lacked control over the quality of sandwiches

4. They decided to open a second store because they ___.

A. had enough money to do it.
B. had succeeded in their business
C. wished to meet the increasing demand of customers
D. wanted to make people believe that they were successful

5. What contribute most to their success according to the author?

A. Learning by trial and error.
B. Making friends with suppliers.
C. Finding a good partner.
D. Opening chain stores

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科目： 来源：广东省期中题 题型：阅读理解

阅读理解。

     A newly-wedded couple on a four-month honeymoon were hit by six natural disasters, including
the Australian floods, Christchurch earthquake and Japanese tsunami (海啸).
     Stefan and Erika Svanstrom left Stockholm, Sweden, on December 6 and were immediately
stranded (搁浅) in Munich, Germany, due to one of Europe's worst snowstorms.
     Travelling with their baby daughter, they flew on to Cairns in Australia which was then struck by
one of the most violent cyclones in the nation's history.
     From there, the couple, in their 20s, were forced to shelter for 24 hours on the cement (水泥)
floor of a shopping centre with 2,500 others.
     "Trees were being knocked over and big branches were put down across the streets," Mr. Svanstrom
told Sweden's Expressen newspaper. "We escaped by the skin of our teeth."
     Mr. Svanstrom said they then headed south to Brisbane but the city was experiencing massive
flooding, so they crossed the country to Perth where they narrowly escaped burning bush fires.
     The couple then flew to Christchurch, New Zealand, arriving just after a massive magnitude (震级)
6.3 earthquake attacked the city on February 22.
     Mrs. Svanstrom said, "When we got there the whole town was a war zone. We could not visit the
city since it was completely blocked off, so instead we travelled around before going to Japan."
     But days after the Svanstroms arrived, Tokyo was rocked by Japan's largest earthquake since
records began.
     "The trembling was horrible and we saw roof tiles fly off the buildings," Mr. Svanstrom said. "It was
like the buildings were swaying back and forth."
     The family returned to Stockholm on March 29 after a much calmer visit to their last destination China.
     But Mr. Svanstrom -- who also survived the devastating (毁灭性的) Boxing Day tsunami that hit
southeast Asia in 2004 -- said the marriage was still going strong.
     He added, "I know marriages have to experience some difficulties, but I think we have been through
most of them. We've certainly experienced more than our fair share of disasters, but the most important
thing is that we're together and happy."

1.The best title for this passage is ______________.

A. Meeting Disasters During Honeymoon
B. Six Natural Disasters
C. Newly-wed Couple Met Australian Floods
D. Japanese Tsunami

2.Why were Stefan and Erika Svanstrom stopped in Munich?

A. Christchurch earthquake stopped them.
B. Because of Europe's worst snowstorm.
C. The plane was damaged.
D. The trains broke down.

3.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A.The family were stuck in a mall of Australia for twenty-four hours.
B.The earthquake the Svanstroms experienced in Tokyo was the largest one since records began in Japan.
C.During their stay in New Zealand, they also visited a war zone in the town.
D.The Svanstroms didn't experience any disaster in China.

4. The Svanstroms thought that Christchurch of New Zealand was _____________.

科目： 来源：广东省期中题 题型：阅读理解

阅读理解。

     Angus MacLeod was fifty and he had spent his entire life as a shepherd in the remote mountainous
region of northwest Scotland. He had never owned a radio or television nor had he travelled further
than forty kilometres from his birthplace. His knowledge of the world was gained only from his brief
trips to the village to sell his sheep and buy food. However, he had lately come to rely on the growing
number of hill-walkers in the region as sources of international news.
     In the spring of 1992, a Spanish student came across Angus high in the mountains. Eager to practise
his English he engaged Angus in conversation. The student told Angus of the forthcoming Olympic
Games in Barcelona. Excited by the student's colourful description of Spain and the Games, Angus decided to attend the event in person and two months later arrived in Barcelona.
     The ticketless Angus stood outside the stadium with his canny brain working overtime, watching a
growing number of individuals entering the stadium through a small entrance at the side. He noticed that
they all seemed to be carrying objects. Perhaps they were workmen, he thought. He moved closer and
watched.
     Within minutes a thin young man came along carrying an extremely long pole. He approached the
official at the door and said "Pole Vault". The official moved to the side and the man entered. Next
came a heavy-set man with a spear. Angus wondered how a man could carry such a dangerous weapon
in a modern city. The man shouted " Javelin " and was presently admitted. Angus was puzzled. Perhaps
they were all connected with security. His puzzlement grew when a huge man appeared with a steel ball
in his hand. He shouted "Shot Putt" and walked past the official.
     It suddenly dawned on Angus that these people were competitors. He opened his programme and
sure enough under the heading "events" he saw the three words the men had said. Angus laughed to
himself as a plan began to take shape in his mind. First he needed to buy one or two things.
     An hour later he reappeared dressed in a tracksuit with "Scotland" written across the chest. Over
his shoulder he carried a roll of barbed wire (铁丝网). Smiling to himself he walked up to the official
and as casually as he could, shouted, "Fencing!"

1. Which was Angus' new way of getting information about the outside world?

A. Travelling from his birthplace.
B. Talking to hill-walkers in the region.
C. Going to the nearby village to sell sheep.
D. Listening to radio and watching TV.

2. What are "Javelin" , "Pole Vault", "Shot Putt" and "Fencing" in the passage?

A. Olympic events.
B. Names of competitors.
C. Security weapons.
D. Names of countries.

3. From the passage we can learn that ______.

A. more and more people went to Scotland to practise their English
B. Angus became a member of the Scottish Olympic team
C. Angus had been planning a trip to Barcelona to see the Olympic Games
D. the Spanish student's description of his country excited Angus

4. From the passage we know that Angus seemed to be .

A. poorly-informed
B. intelligent
C. strong-minded
D. athletic

5. What do you expect the official would do in the end?

A. Help him carry the wire.
B. Lead him to the competition.
C. Refuse to let him in.
D. Give him a close inspection.

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