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1、 The world’s richest man might seem to have it all,but Bill Gates has one regret.The self-made billionaire said he felt stupid for not knowing any foreign languages.

Speaking in his third Ask Me Anything question-and-answer session for online forum Reddit(红迪网),the Microsoft founder said that he wished he spoke French,Arabic or Chinese. He said:“I took Latin and Greek in high school and got A's and I guess it helps my vocabulary.I keep hoping to get time to study one of these—probably French because it is the easiest.I did Duolingo for a while but didn’t keep it up.”

Gates,who is worth $79.3 billion,praised Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for surprising an audience in Beijing when he spoke fluent Chinese.“Mark Zuckerberg amazingly leamed Chinese and did a Q&A with Chinese students—unbelievable,isn’t it?”he said.

This isn’t the first time for Gates to admit his regret over language.He also showed his habits at home and personal insights.

Last February, Gates said he likes to do the dishes himself—to his own special standards every night and also told the interviewer that his wife,Melinda,would likely want Samuel L.Jackson to play her husband in a biopic(传记片).

He also admitted that he would pick up a $100 bill if he found it on the street.

As he took the top spot on Forbes(福布斯)28th Annual Billionaires list last year for the fourth time,he said he is pretty basic when it comes to so ending on clothes and food,but that he enjoys investing in shoes and racquets(球拍)

when he plays tennis.When asked a life lesson he had to learn the hard way,the billionaire said staying up too late is a habit he is still trying to break.‘‘Don’t stay up too late even if the book is really exciting.You will regret it in the morning.Pam still working on this problem,”he said. 1.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage? A.An Interview with B.How Bill Gates Succeeded C.Bill Gates' Regret D.The Richest Billionaire

2.The underlined part in Paragraph 8 may actually mean that ________. A.it is important to lay a good foundation of life

B.food and clothing are basic needs for people's life C.he doesn't spend much money on food and clothes D.he never cares about buying food and clothing 3.What advice did Bill Gates give? A.Avoid staying up too late. B.Be a good language learner. C.Do the dishes yourself at home. D.Pick up the $100 bills in the streets.

4.Which of the following is true according to the passage? A.Bill Gates is also the founder of Facebook. B.Bill Gates topped the list of Forbes 28 times.

C.Bill Gates was good at learning languages in high school. D.Bill Gates' wife wants Samuel to play a game with Gates.

2、 Martha Graham, bom in 14, was one of the most famous dancers and creators of dance, whose influence on dance has been compared with the influence Picasso had on the modem visual arts, Stravinsky had on music, or Frank Lloyd Wright had on architecture. She created almost two hundred dance pieces. She is often called the Mother of Modern Dance.

Earlier in her life, however, Martha did not know that she would become a dancer. At that time, the dancers were looked down on. So Martha's parents didn't approve of her desire to dance at the beginning. Until 1916, she began her studies at the newly created Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts, founded by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, where Graham worked very hard to improve her ability to dance because she was considered too old to begin dancing.

In 1936, Graham made her defining work, Chronicle, which signaled the beginning of a new era in modem dance. The dance brought serious issues to the stage for the general public in a dramatic manner. Influenced by the Wall Street Crash of 1929, the Great Depression that followed, and the Spanish Civil War, it focused on depression and isolation, reflected in the dark nature of both the set and costumes (服装).

Graham continued to dance past the age of seventy. Once again, she was met with criticism from people who came to watch her shows. But she didn't give up. Her last completed ballet was

1990's Maple Leaf Rag. A Dancer's World is an introduction to Graham and her work. She tells about her dances and her dance group shows some of their methods.

Martha Graham received many awards during her lifetime, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1976. She was the first dancer to receive the country’s highest civilian honor. She died in 1991 at the age of ninety-six. In 1998, Time magazine listed her as the “Dancer of the Century” and as one of the most important people of the twentieth century.

1.The author mentioned some famous artists in Paragraph 1 to show Martha Graham ________. A.was influenced greatly by them B.kept in touch with them regularly C.had a great effect on modern dance D.liked to make more friends with them

2.Why didn’t Martha’s parents approve of her desire to dance at first? A.She was too old to learn American dance.

B.American dance was seen as a lower art form at that time. C.There was no academic school to teach dancing. D.Her family was too poor to afford her tuition.

3.When Martha Graham continued to dance in her 70s, she ________. A.was warmly welcomed by the youth B.achieved huge success once again C.received many awards for her age D.was attacked by people 4.What is the text is mainly about?

A.The background of modem dance in America. B.The development of modem dance in America. C.Martha Graham and her achievements in dance. D.The awards Martha Graham won in her life.

3、 Growing ups I always envied my friends who lived in one town in their whole lives. Coming from a military family makes this impossible. My brothers and I soon found that if we didn’t like a

place we lived in, we’d soon be moving to a new place. Through all the ups and downs, I now realize that’ everything I’ve done, seen, and learned has made me into the person I am today. The field day was the best day ever created. Being good at sports which 1 had done together with parents seemed to help me find my position at a new school. Despite the hot weather in San Antonio, Texas, I had to take outdoor activities. Sometimes we •took the family mountain biking after school. My brothers and I were arranged to join in the swim team and practice yoga. These are the things I remember about my childhood. Now I thank my parents for teaching me these vital principles, which I will have with me the rest of my life.

I was always the shy girl and afraid to be myself. This didn’t bother me until i reached junior high school, when some girls judged me by what I wore, who I talked to and how skinny I was. I felt like I’d never done anything wrong to deserve such criticism. It was not until last year that I realized that I had to stay different from them and live my life according to my principles. I decided to be my own person. I never thought that being nice could cause me to be disliked. Anyway, I began hanging out with girls who had a lot in common with me like preferring outdoor sports. They were accepting and non-judgmental. I am now content in u knowing that I am my own person and don’t let others control my life.

1.What caused the author to envy some of her friends when she was young? A.Her growing up like a boy. B.Her family’s frequent moving. C.Her busy school life. D.Her strict parents.

2.Why did the author mention the field day in Paragraph 2? A.To show her hard childhood. B.To show her hobby in sports. C.To show her satisfactory family life. D.To show her parents’ influence on her.

3.What resulted in the author’s change in junior high school? A.Her constantly being good to others. B.Her obeying her principles strictly. C.Some girls’ improper judgment on here

D.Some girls’ refusing to make friends with her. 4.What may be the best title for the text? A.Running for my life B.My happy childhood C.My parents’ regulations D.Loving outdoor sports

4、 When I was nine years old my greatest desire in life was to own a pogo stick. I had recently learned to walk on a pair of stilts my dad had made for me, and I thought that if I also mastered the pogo stick that surely the circus would want to hire me for my incredible feats.

When Christmas season rolled around again I told my mother that the only thing I wanted was a pogo stick. My mother told me they were too expensive and that we simply couldn’t afford one. On a Saturday afternoon a couple of weeks before Christmas, my mom and dad told me we needed to go to Sears to pay our credit bill. While my mother and I were at the counter paying the bill, my dad said,“I’ll be right back. I need to see something in the tool department.” After the bill was taken care of my mother and I went ahead and got in the truck. Soon my dad came walking out with a long slender box. I remember wondering at that very moment if it was a pogo stick in that box.

When we arrived back at home my dad put the box in the barn. While my parents were busy with their chores, I snuck out to the barn and found the box. I knew that as soon as I opened that magical box my bright,shiny pogo stick would appear. No such luck! Inside the box was a silly old broom. And so Christmas morning was both great and disappointing. I got some nice gifts but I didn’t get the present that I really wanted.

After all the wrapping paper was cleaned up my dad said he needed to tend to something in the bam. When he came back in, he was carrying my beautiful pogo stick. I couldn’t believe it—how they were able to scrape the money together for it and how they tricked me with the broom. I was so excited that I couldn’t let the pogo stick out of my sight. When I went to bed that night, I made sure my pogo stick was on the floor next to me. I'm surprised that I didn’t fall out of bed because I slept right on the edge so that I could hold onto my pogo stick as I fell asleep. My parents

probably got quite a chuckle from the trick they played on me and I wonder if they were secretly watching me from the window as I snuck out to the bam to snoop for my Christmas present. 1.What did the author want most when he was nine years old? A.A pair of stilts. B.A pogo stick. C.To go to the circus. D.To perform at the circus.

2.How does the author feel when he snuck into the barn? A.Worried. B.Disappointed. C.Excited. D.Surprised.

3.Why did the author sleep on the edge of the bed? A.He was afraid of falling out of bed. B.He made much room for the stick. C.He prevented the stick being stolen. D.He kept the stick within easy reach. 4.What could be the best title of the text? A.Pogo Sticks B.A Poor Family C.Greatest Christmas Gift D.Christmas Celebration

5、阅读下面短文,回答下列小题。

Mr. Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escape route—through the boot(行李箱).

Mr. Johnson’s car had finished up in a ditch(沟渠) at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding(打滑) on ice and hitting a bank. “Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly, ”Mr. Johnson said. “I couldn’t force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and I

dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in. ”

Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began his struggle to escape.

Later he said, “It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desperately with a hammer trying to make someone hear, but no help came. ”

It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a wrench(扳手) and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by. “It was the only chance I had. Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and scrambled clear as the car filled up. ”

His hands and arms cut and bruised(擦伤), Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmer’s wife, Mrs. Lucy Bates. Huddled in a blanket, he said, “That thirty minutes seemed like hours. ”Only the tips of the car wheels were visible, police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch. 1.What is the best title for this newspaper article? A.The Story of Mr. Johnson, a Sweet Salesman B.Car Boot Can Serve as the Best Escape Route C.Driver Escapes through Car Boot

D.The Driver Survived a Terrible Car Accident

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.“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 open after all his efforts

D.the chance was lost at the last minute

4.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 well attended

6、 Ammie Reddick from East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, was only 18 months old when she had the accident that had scarred(留下创伤) her for life. The curious child reached up to grab the wire of a hot kettle in the family kitchen and poured boiling water over her tiny infant frame.

Her mother Ruby turned round and, seeing Ammie horribly burnt, called an ambulance which rushed her daughter to a nearby hospital. Twenty percent of Ammie’s body had been burned and all of her burns were third-degree. There, using tissue(组织) taken from unburned areas of Ammie’s body, doctors performed complex skin transplants(移植) to close her wounds and control her injuries, an operation that took about six hours. Over the next 16 years, Ammie underwent 12 more operations to repair her body.

When she started school at Maxwelton Primary at age 4, other pupils made cruel comments or simply wouldn’t play with her. “I was the only burned child in the street, the class and the school,” she recalled, “some children refused to become friends because of that.”

Today, aged 17, Ammie can only ever remember being a burned person with scars; pain is a permanent part of her body. She still has to have two further skin transplants. Yet she is a confident, outgoing teenager who offers inspiration and hope to other young burns victims. She is a member of the Scottish Burned Children’s Club, a charity set up last year. This month, Ammie will be joining the younger children at the Graffham Water Center in Cambridge shire for the charity’s first summer camp. “I’ll show them how to get rid of unkind stares from others.” she says. Ammie loves wearing fashionable sleeveless tops, and she plans to show the youngsters at the summer camp that they can too. “I do not go to great lengths to hide my burns scars,” she says, “I gave up wondering how other people would react years ago.” 1.What did other children do when Ammie first went to school? A.They were friendly to her.

B.They showed sympathy to her. C.They were afraid of her. D.They looked down upon her.

2.Ammie will teach the younger children at the Graffham Water Center to . A.face others’ unkindness bravely B.hide their scars by proper dressing C.live a normal life D.recover quickly

3.What can be the best title of the passage? A.A Seriously Burned Girl Survives B.Ways to Get Rid of Unkind Stares C.Permanent Scars and Pain for a Girl D.A Seriously Burned Angel of Hope

答案以及解析

1答案及解析： 答案：1.C; 2.C; 3.A; 4.C

解析：1.前五自然段都是在写比尔·盖茨为不会一门外语而感到遗憾;后面几段也有他如何历史车轮往回转的话他会怎么做的内容,故文章标题为“比尔·盖茨的遗憾”最恰当。故选C。 2.由他说的话的后半句“but that he enjoys investing in shoes and racquets(球拍)when he plays tennis.”但是当他打网球时他喜好在鞋和球拍上投资,与前一句是转折关系,说明前者不喜欢花钱。故选C。

3.由最后一段的“‘Don't stay up too late even if the book is really exciting. You will regret it in the morning. Pam still working on this problem,’he said.”可知,比尔·盖茨给我们的忠告是避免熬夜太晚。故选A。

4.由第四段知脸谱网的创始人是Mark Zuckerberg,知A错误;由倒数第二段知比尔·盖茨是第四次在28届亿万富翁排行榜上位居榜首,知B不正确;由倒数第四段知,要演部比尔·盖茨的传

记片的话,他的妻子会选Samuel L.Jackson来演比尔·盖茨的,故D错误。由第三段的“I took Latin and Greek in high school and got A's”知比尔·盖茨上高中时擅长学习语言,故选C。

2答案及解析： 答案：1.C; 2.B; 3.D; 4.C

解析：1.推理判断题。第一段将Martha Graham和各个领域做出杰出贡献和取得巨大成就的人物相比,是为了强调Martha Graham在现代舞方面做出的贡献和影响,故选C项。 2.细节理解题。根据第二段的第二、三两句“At that time, the dancers were looked down on. So Martha's parents didn't approve of her desire to dance at the beginning. ”可知,在那时候的美国,舞者的地位很低,是被人瞧不起的,因此Martha的父母不同意她学习舞蹈。 故选B项。 3.细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的第二句中的\"she was met with criticism from people who came to watch her shows.”可知,来看她演出的人对她提出了批评,她受到了一些人的攻击。 4.主旨大意题。本文以时间为顺序叙述了现代舞之母Martha Graham的一生,以及她在舞蹈方面所取得的成就和做出的贡献,故选C项。

3答案及解析： 答案：1.B; 2.D; 3.C; 4.A 解析：

本文叙述了作者的成长经历,他满足于自己的一切,不让别人控制自己的生活。

1. 细节推理题。根据第一段中Growing ups I always envied my friends who lived in one town in their whole lives. Coming from a military family makes this impossible. My brothers and I soon found that if we didn’t like a place we lived in, we’d soon be moving to a new place.可知,她的家庭频繁搬家使她在年轻时羡慕她的一些朋友。故选B。

2. 推理判断题。根据第二段第一、二句The field day was the best day ever created. Being good at sports which 1 had done together with parents seemed to help me find my position at a new school. 作者在第2段提到了the field day是为了显示她父母对她的影响。故选D。 3. 细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句This didn’t bother me until i reached junior high school, when some girls judged me by what I wore,可知,一些女孩作者衣服的错误判断导致了作者在初中的改变。故选C。

4. 主旨大意题。根据第一段最后一句Through all the ups and downs, I now realize that’ everything I’ve done, seen, and learned has made me into the person I am today. 通过所有的起伏,我现在意识到,“我所做的一切,看到的和所学的,都让我成为了今天的我。”和最后一段最后一句I am now content in u knowing that I am my own person and don’t let others control my life. 我现在满足于知道我是我自己,不要让别人控制我的生活。可知A为正确答案。

4答案及解析： 答案：1.B; 2.C; 3.D; 4.C

解析：1.细节理解题.根据第一段中的When I was nine years old my greatest desire in life was to own a pogo stick.可知,作者九岁时最想 =得到弹簧单高跷,所以B项正确。

2.推理判断题根据第三段中的I knew that as soon as I opened that magical box my bright,shiny pogo stick would appear.可知,作者偷偷进入车库时很兴奋,所以C项正确。

3.细节理解题。根据最后一段中的When I went to bed that night, I made sure my pogo stick was on the floor next to me...I could hold onto my pogo stick as I fell asleep.可知,作者很喜欢弹簧单高跷,睡觉时将弹簧单高跷放在他触手可及的地方。

4.主旨大意题.文中作者讲述了小时候得到渴望已久的圣诞礼物的经过。所以C项作为文章的标题最恰当.误解分析:此题不能误选A项, A项Pogo Sticks“弹簧单高跷”,范围过大,有可能是介绍弹簧单高跷方面的信息;且Pogo Sticks是复数形式, 而文章讲的是在圣诞节收到的一个弹簧单高跷。该标题应该包括礼物、圣诞节两方面的信息。

5答案及解析： 答案：1.C; 2.B; 3.C; 4.A

解析：1.主旨大意题。根据第一段“Peter Johnson... escape from his trapped car... through the boot”可归纳出文章的标题为C。

2.细节理解题。根据第四段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.词句理解题。根据其上文“…work on the boot lock” 及下文..…but as soon as I moved the boot lid,die water and mud poured in. ”可推知此题答案为C。

4.推理判断题.根据第四段最后一句“but no help came” 及最后一段的第一句中“ Mr Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby\" 可推知事故发生的地点是在寂静的农村,此题答案为A。

6答案及解析： 答案：1.D; 2.A; 3.D

解析：1.细节理解题。根据文章第三段“ other pupils made cruel comments or simply wouldn’t play with her” 可知,其他同学不是对她冷嘲热讽,就是不愿意跟她一起玩,故D项符合题意。 2.细节理解题.根据最后一段“I will show them how to get rid of unkind stares from others,'\"可知,Ammie教他们如何对他人不友好的注视嗤之以鼻,故A项符合题意。

3.主旨大意题.纵观全文,可以看出本文主要讲述了一个被烧伤的女孩的身残志坚的励志故事,故D项符合题意。误解分析:学生会误选C项,“给一个女孩的永久性的伤疤和痛苦”,虽然文中提到了儿时的事故给Ammie带来了永久性的伤害,也给她的童年带来了阴影,但是作者写这篇文章主要是宣扬积极的励志故事,故C项不符合题意。