1、二三四五六总分得分一、阅读理解1. Hank Viscardi was born without legs. He had not legs but stumps( 残肢 ) that could b e fitted with a kind of special boots . People stared at him with cruel interest. Children laughed at him and called him Ape Man ( 猿人 ) because his arms practically dragged on the ground. Hank went t
2、o school like other boys. His grades were good and he needed only eight years to finish his schooling instead of the usual twelve. After graduating from school, he worked his way through college. He swept floors, waited on table, or worked in one of the college offices. During all this busy life, he
3、 had been moving around on his stumps. But one day the doctor told him even the stumps were not going to last much longer. He would soon have to use a wheel chair. Hank felt himself got cold all over. However, the doctor said there was a chance that he could be fitted with artificial legs( 假腿 ). Fin
4、ally a leg maker was found and the day came when Hank stood up before the mirror . For the first time he saw himself as he has always wanted to be a full five feet eight inches tall. By this time he was already 26 years old. Hank had to learn to use his new legs. Again and again he marched the lengt
5、h of the room, and marched back again. There were times when he fell down on the floor, but he pulled himself up and went back to the endless marching. He went out on the street. He climbed stairs and learned to dance. He built a boat and learned to sail it. When World War II came, he talked the Red
6、 Cross into giving him a job. He took the regular training. H e marched and drilled along with the other soldiers. Few knew that he was legless. This was the true story of Hank Viscardi, a man without legs. 1.Children laughed at Hank and called him Ape Man because _. A. he didnt talk to them B. he k
7、ept away from them C. his arms touched the ground when he moved D. he couldnt use his arms 2. It can be inferred from the story that five feet eight inches tall is _. A. an average height for a fully grown person B. too tall for an average person C. too short for an average person D. none of the abo
8、ve 3. The sentence “he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job” implies that the Red Cross _. A. was only glad to give him a job B. gave him a job because he was a good soldier C. gave him a job after he talked to someone whom he knew in the organization D. was not willing to give him a job at fi
9、rst 4. When Hank marched and drilled along with the other soldiers, he _. A. did everything the other soldiers did B. did most of the things the other soldiers did C. did some of the things the other soldiers did D. took some special training 2. You are watching a film in which two men are having a
10、fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes ( 撞击 ) through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead!Of course he isnt really d
11、ead. With any luck he isnt even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars of even catch fire, are professionals. They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks. There are two sides to their w
12、ork. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress ( 床垫 ). Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and
13、when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar! But although their work depends on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntman s success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is blown up in a battle scene, he has to jump out of th
14、e way of the explosion just at the right moment. Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff ( 悬崖 ) a thousand feet high. His parachute ( 降落伞
15、) failed to open, and he was killed. In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action. For nowadays there are stuntgirls too. 1.Stuntmen earn their living by _. A. playing their dirty tricks B. selling their special skills C. jumping out of high windows D. jumping from fast moving trains 2. When a stuntman falls from a high building, _. A. he needs little protection B. he will be covered with a mattress C. his life
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