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Wastheoldladyanangel?

Thewaitresswassoexcitedthatshecalledherhusbandtotellhimthenews.“Bryan…BryanAndersonmydear…you’renotgoingtobelievewhatjusthappened…”

46.WhentheladysawBryan,shewasworriedbecauseshethought_________.

A.hemayhurther

B.hewasn’tgoingtostop

C.hecouldn’thelpher

D.shedidn’thaveenoughmoney

47.Whatcanwelearnabouttheoldladyfromthestory?

A.Shewasneverkindtoothers.

B.Shewasusuallyquitecareless.

C.Shewasprobablyveryrich.

D.Shewasnotaverygooddriver.

48.Theunderlinedexpression“givingahandto”（Paragraph3）isclosestinmeaningto“________”.

A.questioning

B.helping

C.hurting

D.calling

49.Theunderlinedword“it”（Paragraph5）refersto“__________”.

A.thechangeB.thebillC.thenoteD.theorder

50.Whichofthefollowingshowstherelationshipbetweentheman,theladyandthewaitress?

A.B.

couplestrangers

C.D.

strangerscouple

（B）

Frankensteinisoneoftheworld’smostfamoushorrorstories.It’saboutadoctorwhocreatesanewmanfromthebodypartsofdeadpeopleandbringsittolife.Buttheexperimentgoeswrongandthemonster（怪兽）killsthedoctorandmanyothers.Thestoryhasbeenreadbymillionssinceitwasfirstpublishedandinthelasthundredyearsithasbeenmadeintodozensofmovies.Manypeoplearesurprisedtolearnitswriterwasa19-year-oldwoman,calledMaryShelley.

MarywasbornintoarichLondonfamilyinAugust1797.Shewaseducatedbyherparentsandwhenshewas13shedecidedtobecomeawriter.In1812,shemetthefamouswriterPercyShelleyandtheysoongotmarried.SadlyforMary,theirfirstchilddiedsoonafterbirthinItaly.Inherdiary,Marywroteaboutadream:

“Idreamtthatmylittlebabycametolifeagain---thatithadonlybeencoldandthatwerubbeditbeforethefireanditlived.”

In1816,PercyShelleyand19-year-oldMaryvisitedthepoetLordByronathishomeinSwitzerland.Becauseofthebadweathertheystayedindoorsreadinghorrorstories.Onenight,Byronaskedeveryonetowritetheirownstory.MarythoughtofherdreamandwrotethestoryFrankenstein.

FrankensteinwaspublishedwhenMarywas21,andbecameahugesuccess.Manypeopledidn’tthinka19-year-oldwomancouldwritesowellandbelievedherhusbandwastherealwriter.

Althoughfamous,Shelley’slifewasfullofsadness.Onlyoneofherfourchildrenlivedandin1822herhusbanddiedinaswimmingaccident.Marywasbroken-heartedanddecidednottomarryagain.Shedevotedherselftoherchildandcontinuedtowriteuntilherdeathin1851.

51.WhatdoweknowaboutthestoryFrankenstein?

A.ItwasreallywrittenbyMaryShelley’shusband.

B.Ithasbeenreadbymillionsofpeople.

C.ItwaswrittentorememberShelley’shusband.

D.Itisthemostfamousstoryintheworld.

52.WherewasMaryShelleywhenshewrotethestoryFrankenstein?

A.InEngland.B.InItaly.C.InSwitzerland.D.InFrance.

53.Inwhichorderdothefollowingtakeplace?

a.Badweathermadeeveryonestayindoorsreadinghorrorstories.

b.ThestoryFrankensteinwasfirstpublished.

c.Marywroteaboutadreaminherdiary.

d.MarymetthefamouswriterPercyShelley.

e.MoviesbasedonthestoryofFrankensteinweremade.

A.a,c,b,e,dB.d,c,a,b,eC.c,a,b,d,eD.b,a,d,c,e

54.HowoldwasMaryShelleywhenshedied?

A.43.B.48.C.51.D.54.

55.WhatcanwelearnaboutMaryShelleyfromthispassage?

A.Sheexperiencedalotofsadnessinherlife.

B.Shewasn’tconsideredagoodwriterduringherlife.

C.Shewaseducatedatherlocalschool.

D.ShebecameveryrichbecauseofthestoryFrankenstein.

（C）

IamaprofessorofsportsandexercisesoIoftendealwithnervousnessinmyresearchwithsportspeople.Actually,mostpeopleexperiencenervousnessatsometimeoranother.

Ifyouarefeelinganxious,myadviceistofirstfindthecauseorcauses.Makealistofthosethingsthataremakingyounervousandworkoutwhichonesyoucandosomethingabout.Focusallofyoureffortsonmanagingthecausesthatyoucancontrol.

Mostpeoplecannottellthedifferencebetweencontrollable（可控制的）anduncontrollablecauses,sothingstheycan’tcontrolbecomeabigreasonfornervousness.Dealingwiththisisveryimportantifpeoplewanttokeepahealthymind.

Simplytrytoaccepttheuncontrollablecausesofnervousness.Youmightbeworriedabouttheweatheronabigday,anaccidentoranattackonthetrain,orperhapsjustthingsthatotherpeoplearedoingatwork.Theresultsmaybeveryimportantbutthereisstillnouseworryingbecauseyoucan’tcontrolanyofthesethings.Acceptthatyoucan’tcontroleverything.Onceyouunderstandthis,itbecomeseasiernottoworry.

Ifasituation,suchasswimming,iscausingyoutobeanxious,trytofaceitasoftenaspossiblysothatyoucangetusedtoit.

Itcanoftenhelptothinkaboutyourselfdoingthethingthatmakesyounervous---thencloseyoureyesandimagineitgoingwell.Imaginehowtheflightorjobinterviewisgoingtohappensothatyoucangetusedtoit.Thiswillhelpyouunderstandthatthethingyoufearmostisprobablynotgoingtohappen.

56.Whowrotethispassage?

A.Areporter.B.Asportsman.C.Apatient.D.Aprofessor.

57.Thewriterthinksthereisnouseworryingaboutsomecausesofnervousnessbecause______.

A.mostarenotveryimportant.

B.theyarenottherealcausesoftheproblem.

C.theycannotbecontrolledbypeople.

D.it’sbettertodealwithonecauseatatime.

58.Ifswimmingmakesyounervous,whatshouldyoudoaccordingtothewriter?

A.Goswimmingoftentogetusedtoit.

B.Avoidgoingtotheswimmingpool.

C.Findaswimmingteacher.

D.Imaginewatchingothersswim.

59.Whatistrueaboutnervousnessaccordingtothepassage?

A.Itusuallyhasonlyonecause.

B.Itisusuallycausedbypeople.

C.Peoplecaneasilymanageit.

D.Mostpeoplesufferfromit.

60.Whatisthemainpurposeofthispassage?

A.Tointroducethewriter’ssportsexperience.

B.Toadviseonhowtodealwithnervousness.

C.Tohelppeopleremembertheirfears.

D.Toexplainthedangersofnervousness.

（D）

Welcometothe2012LondonOlympicGames!

Archery

Archeryhasa10,000-yearhistory,whenbowsandarrowswerefirstusedforhuntingandwar.

ArcheryfirstappearedattheParisOlympicsof1900.Itwasremovedafter1908andonlyreturnedtotheOlympicsatMunichin1972.

Didyouknow?

Inthe14thcentury,archerywassoimportantthatanEnglishlawrequiredeveryman,agedsevento60,topractiseit.

Badminton

ThissportswasinventedbyBritishsoldiersinIndiawhocalleditPoono,thesamenameasthetowninwhichtheylived.

ItwasfirstplayedattheOlympicsin1992atBarcelona.AlthoughtherulesofthemodernsportweredevelopedinEngland,Asiancountriesarenowthebest.

Thebestballsaresaidtobemadefromthefeathersoftheleftwingofagoose.

Football

TherearetwomedalcompetitionsforOlympicfootball,oneformen’steamsandoneforwomen’s.

Footballwasfirstplayedatthe1908OlympicGamesandithasbeenplayedateveryOlympicGameseversince,exceptforLosAngeles1932.

Hungaryhaswonthreefootballgoldmedals---morethananyothercountry.

Taekwondo

?

ThisKoreansport’snamemeans“thewayofthehandandfoot”.Theplayersgetpointsbyhittingeachotherwiththesetwoparsofthebodyonly.Theplayersmustn’tlieonthefloorandnoequipmentcanbeused.

Taekwondofirstappearedatthe2000SydneyGames.

Over60millionpeoplefrom190countriesaroundtheworldregularlytakepartinthissport.

61.Whoinventedthesportofbadminton?

A.Indians.B.BritishC.Chinese.D.Koreans.

62.WhichofthesesportsappearedearliestattheOlympics?

A.Archery.B.Badminton.C.Taekwondo.D.Football.

63.Whichsportwasfirstnamedafteratown?

A.BadmintonB.Football.C.Taekwondo.D.Archery.

64.Whichofthefollowingpicturesshowsthesportof“Taekwondo”?

A.B.C.D.

65.Wherecanyoumostprobablyfindthiswebpage?

A.

B.

C.guangzhou2010.c