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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
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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