1、2. Which of the following objects is the most important to Mr. Johnson?A. The hammer. B. The coin. C. The screw. D. The horn. 3. Which statement is true according to the passage?A. Mr. Johnsons car stood on its boot as it fell down. B. Mr. Johnson could not escape from the door because it was full o
2、f sweet jam. C. Mr. Johnsons car accident was partly due to the slippery road. D. Mr. Johnson struggled in the pouring mud as he unscrewed the back seat. 4. “Finally it gave” (Paragraph 5) means that _. A. Luckily the door was torn away in the end B. At last the wrench went broken C. The lock came o
3、pen after all his efforts D. The chance was lost at the last minute 5. It may be inferred from the passage that _. A. the ditch was along a quiet country road B. the accident happened on a clear warm day C. the police helped Mr. Johnson get out of the ditch D. Mr. Johnson had a tender wife and was w
4、ell attended 【答案与解析】本文记述了Mr. Johnson由于车祸被困于水下车内半个小时,最后死里逃生的故事。1. C。主旨题。根据第1段 Mr. Peter Johnsonescape from his trapped carthrough the boot 可归纳出文章的标题为答案C。2. B。细节题。根据第4段 Mr. Johnson 所说的话及他后面所做的事情可推知此题答案为B。3. C。根据第2段第一句skidding on ice and hitting a bank 可推知答案为C。4. C。词句理解题。根据其上文 work on the boot lock 及下文
5、 but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in 可推知此题答案为C。5. A。推断题。根据第4段最后一句 but no help came 及最后一段的第一句 Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby 可推知地点是在寂静的农村,此题答案为A。(2)The most frightening words in the English language are, “Our computer is down.” You hear it more and more when you a
6、re on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, “Im sorry, I cant sell you a ticket. Our computer is down.” “If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket.” “I cant write you out a ticket. The computer is the only o
7、ne allowed to do so.” I looked down on the computer and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, “What do all you people do?” “We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or n
8、ot.” “So when it goes down, you go down with it.” “Thats good, sir.” “How long will the computer be down?” I wanted to know.“I have no idea. Sometimes its down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. Theres no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since its down it wont answer us.” A
9、fter the girl told me they had no backup(备用) computer, I said. “Lets forget the computer. What about your planes? Theyre still flying, arent they?“I couldnt tell without asking the computer.” “Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if hes flying to Washington, ” I suggested.“I wouldnt k
10、now what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldnt take you if you didnt have a ticket.” “Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours?“I wouldnt know, ” she said, pointing at the dark screen. “Only IT knows. It cant tell me.” By this tim
11、e there were quite a few people standing in lines. The word soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went white, some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage.1. The best title for the article is _.A. When the Computer Is Down B. The Most Frightening
12、WordsC. The Computer of the Airport D. Asking the Computer2. What could the girl in the ticket office do for the passengers without asking the computer?A. She could sell a ticket.B. She could write out a ticket.C. She could answer the passengers questions. D. She could do nothing.3. Why do you think
13、 they had not a backup computer?A. Because it was easy downB. Because it was very expensive.C. Because it was not advanced enough. D. Because it was not as big as the main computer.4. The last paragraph suggests that _.A. a modern computer wont be down. B. computers can take the place of humansC. so
14、metimes a computer may bring suffering to peopleD. there will be great changes in computers(14 ADBC)【答案与解析】本文记述了作者在机场遭遇电脑系统死机所带来的后果及人们对此的反应。1.A。根据文章第1句中的Our computer is down及后面的文章内容,可推知此题答案为A。2.D。根据文章中的对话:售票员不能卖机票,回答不出旅客提出的问题等等,可推知此题答案为D。3.B。主观题。根据各选项的比较及生活经验对之进行判断,得出此题的答案为B。4.C。根据文章最后一段的描述:电脑死机,旅客们
15、感到恐惧、忧郁、不安,从而可推知此题答案为C。(3)We spent a day in the country, picking wild flowers. With the car full of flowers we were going home. On our way back my wife noticed a cupboard (柜厨) outside a furniture shop. It was tall and narrow. “Buy it, ” my wife said at once. “Well carry it home on the roof rack. Ive
16、 always wanted one like that.” What could I do? Ten minutes later I was 20 poorer; and the cupboard was tied on the roof rack. It was six feet long and eighteen inches square, quite heavy too.In the gathering darkness I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed unusually polite that evening. The police eve
17、n stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea.After a time my wife said, “Theres a long line of cars behind. Why dont they overtake, I wonder?” In fact a police car did overtake. The two officers inside looked at us seriously as they passed. But then, with great kindness, t
18、hey led us through the rush-hour traffic. The police car stopped at our village church. One of the officers came to me.“Right, sir, ” he said. “Do you need any more help?I was a bit puzzled. “Thanks, officer, ” I said. “You have been very kind. I live just on the road.” He was staring at our car, fi
19、rst at the flowers, then at the cupboard. “Well, well, ” he said, laughing. “Its a cupboard youve got there! We thought it was something else.” My wife began to laugh. The truth hit me like a stone between the eyes. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, its a cupboard, but thanks again.” I drove home as fa
20、st as I could. 1. In fact the husband _ the cupboard.A. would like very much to buy B. badly wanted C. was glad to have bought D. would rather not buy2. Other drivers thought they were _.A. carrying a cupboard to the churchB. sending flowers to the churchC. carrying nothing but a piece of furnitureD
21、. going to attend a funeral(葬礼) at the church3. The police will be more polite to those who are _.A. driving in gathering darkness B. in great sorrow (悲痛)C. driving with wild glowers in the car D. carrying furniture4. What did the husband think of this matter?A. It was very strange. B. He felt asham
22、ed of it.C. He took great pride in it. D. He was puzzled at it.(14 DDBB)【答案与解析】作者在采花回家的路上,妻子又买了一个柜子装在车上,其他的司机及警察都以为他们是去给人送葬,所以纷纷给其让路。1. D。根据文章第2段作者对买柜子的想法:要花钱、又长又笨重,从而推断出作者心里不愿意,由此可知答案为D。2. D。根据第4段倒数第2句:警察的车停在教堂及第7段警察看车的情形:看了花草又看柜子,说:我们以为是别的什么东西。可推断出此题答案为D。3. B。根据文章中对警察关心作者的描述及警察对作者车上东西的看法可推断出警察以为作者
23、去参加葬礼,所以对作者特别关心,由此可知答案为B。4. B。好像一块石头击中了我的眉心,于是我尽快地把车开回家,可看出作者对此很羞愧,从而推断出此题答案为B。(8)My father was a foreman of a sugar-cane plantation in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. My first job was to drive the oxen that ploughed the cane fields. I would walk behind an ox, guiding him with a broomstick. For $ 1 a day,
24、 I worked eight hours straight, with no food breaks.It was very tedious work, but it prepared me for life and taught me many lasting lessons. Because the plantation owners were always watching us, I had to be on time every day and work as hard as I could. Ive never been late for any job since. I als
25、o learned about being respectful and faithful to the people you work for. More important, I earned my pay; it never entered my mind to say I was sick just because I didnt want to work.I was only six years old, but I was doing a mans job. Our family needed every dollar we could make because my father never earned more than $ 18 a week. Our home was a three-room wood shac
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