Much has been said and written about heroes now, mainly because many people think we have too few of them. There are many different kinds of heroes, but they usually seem to have two things. First, heroes show their great power by actions. Second, heroes can be tested by the time. Because of these good points, we need to choose our heroes carefully.

Olympic winner Jackie Joyner-Kersee tells young people to work hard. She hopes that if someone tries to copy her, it will be because she has got success by working hard. She says that a hero should affect another person’s life.
Poet Maya Angelou believes that a hero encourages people to treat others well. A hero should show politeness, courage, patience, and strength all the time. A hero should encourage others to follow him with actions, even though only in small ways.
Author Daniel Boorstin suggests that, “Celebrities are people who appear on newspapers, but heroes are people who make history.” If a person is truly a hero, he or she will not be soon forgotten.
We all need heroes. We need to be able to respect (尊重) people around us. Many times , the greatest heroes are the people we can see every day — our relatives, friends, and neighbours — who will never give up when facing difficulty. The parent who supports our family, the teacher who will make more money at another job but chooses to help students — all these people can be considered as heroes. A hero sets a good example, an example that encourages others to follow.
【小題1】Joyner-Kersee hopes that young people ___________.

A.will work hardB.will become heroes
C.will follow herD.will achieve her goal
【小題2】The underlined word “celebrities” in Paragraph 4 means ___________.
A.志愿者B.記者C.政客D.名人
【小題3】From the passage we know that ___________.
A.there are fewer heroes than before
B.many common people set examples to us
C.heroes should be polite, patient and famous
D.heroes have to do some great things
【小題4】The best title for this passage is ___________.
A.What Heroes DoB.Who Are Heroes
C.How Heroes LiveD.Where Heroes are


【小題1】A
【小題2】D
【小題3】B
【小題4】B

解析試題分析:這篇短文主要講述了英雄這個(gè)話題。英雄可以給人帶來鼓勵(lì),但人們在選擇英雄時(shí)要認(rèn)真考慮。奧運(yùn)冠軍希望她的努力能帶給人榜樣;英雄還應(yīng)該能引導(dǎo)人們跟隨他的行為。在日常生活中,我們身邊的平凡人都可以成為我們的英雄,他們的不放棄和對家庭的扶持都可以是我們的榜樣。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中內(nèi)容Olympic winner Jackie Joyner-Kersee tells young people to work hard.奧運(yùn)冠軍ackie Joyner-Kersee告訴年輕人要努力工作;故選A。
【小題2】詞意猜測題。根據(jù)前后文Celebrities are people who appear on newspapers, but heroes are people who make history.名人出現(xiàn)在報(bào)紙上,而英雄創(chuàng)造歷史;celebrities名人,故選D。
【小題3】判斷推理題題。根據(jù)文中內(nèi)容Many times , the greatest heroes are the people we can see every day— our relatives, friends, and neighbours — who will never give up when facing difficulty很多時(shí)候,最偉大的英雄在我們?nèi)粘I钪卸寄芤姷,我們的親人,朋友,鄰居,他們面對困難從不放棄;故選B,很多平凡的人給我們樹立了榜樣。
【小題4】標(biāo)題歸納題。這篇文章主要講述了誰才是英雄這個(gè)問題,故選B。
考點(diǎn):社會(huì)現(xiàn)象類短文閱讀。

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