A priest(牧師) had a cat that climbed up a tree in his backyard and then was afraid to come down.The priest persuaded, offered warm milk, et The kitty would not come down.The tree was not strong enough to climb, so the priest decided that if he tied a rope to his car and drove away so that the tree bent down, he could then reach up and get the kitty.He did so, checking his progress in the car frequently, then figured if he went just a little bit further, the tree would be bent enough for him to reach the kitty.But as he moved a little further forward, the rope broke.
The tree went “boing!” and the kitty at once sailed through the air —out of sight.The priest felt terrible.He walked all over the neighborhood asking people if they’d seen his kitty.Nobody had seen a lost kitty.
So, he prayed, “God, I just give this kitty to your keeping,” and went on about his business.
Several days later he was at the grocery store, meeting one of his church members.He happened to look into her shopping cart and was amazed to see cat food.Now this woman was a cat hater and everyone knew it, so he asked her, “Why are you buying cat food when you hate cats so much?”
She replied, “You won’t believe this,” and told him how her little girl had been begging her for a cat, but she kept refusing.Then a few days before, the child begged again, so the Mom finally told her little girl, “Well, if God gives you a cat, you can keep it.” She told the priest, “I watched my child go out in the yard, get on her knees, and ask God for a cat.You won’t believe this, but I saw it with my own eyes.A cat suddenly came flying out of the blue sky, with its paws spread out, and landed right in front of her.”
1.The priest drove his car to bend the tree in order to ________.
A.get his kitty down from the tree
B.persuade his kitty to come down
C.offer the kitty some warm milk
D.see if the rope was strong enough
2.The underlined sentence probably means that the priest _______.
A.was happy he didn’t have to care for the kitty
B.hoped his neighbors would look after his cat
C.thought his kitty might be lost or killed
D.didn’t want to see his kitty any more
3.Why was the priest amazed when he saw the woman had bought much cat food?
A.Because he couldn’t imagine she had her own cat.
B.Because the woman was his church member.
C.Because he thought she would live on cat food.
D.Because he knew clearly she didn’t like a cat.
4.Which may be the best title of this passage?
A.A flying cat B.A lucky girl
C.God sent her a cat D.An unlucky priest
科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
PEOPLE
NOBLE SMUGGLER
This Thursday, Irena Sendler will be honoured for her work as a smuggler(偷運者). During World WarⅡ, the Polish social worker smuggled nearly2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw ghetto(聚居區(qū)). She gave them new identities, found them safe places with good-hearted Christians, and kept the children’s real names buried in jars in her neighbours’ gardens.(The play, Life in a Jar, based on her story, is being performed.)At 93, Sendler lives in a Warsaw nursing home and is too weak to travel to Washington D.C., to receive the 2003 Jan Karski Award for Valorand Compassion from the American Center of Polish Culture. One of the children she saved will accept the award for her.
You risked your life to save the children.
I was taught by my father that when someone is drowning, you don’t ask if they can swim,you just jump in and help. During the war, everyone was drowning, but mostly the Jewish children.
How did you persuade parents to give up their children?
I had to answer honestly that I didn’t even know if we would get past the guards.
What was the most frightening moment?
When I saw a priest(牧師)in charge of an orphan age for Jewish children in the ghetto walk with them out to be killed. The children were in then best Sunday suits. The priest was killed with them.
How did you get the children to be have as you smuggled them out?
I told the older children to act as if they were sick and sometimes gave the younger ones a sleeping pill. They were told to remember their new names. I also told the children to tell guards they had only been visiting a servant in the ghetto and were going back to their real homes outside.
Did you tell your own two children what you did?
I never told them. Only when my daughter went to Israel did she learn all about me. I thought it was only normal to do so. And it was a very painful subject. It was always on my mind that I couldn’t do more.
——Samantha Levine
1. We can learn from the passage that Irena Sendler____.
A. will go to Washington to accept the award with her daughter
B. was caught a few times while she was rescuing the Jewish children
C. told those parents that their children’s lives would be guaranteed
D. saved thousands of Jewish children at the risk of her ownlife
2. The expression “everyone was drowning” can best be replaced by“______”.
A. everyone was involved in the war
B. all the people were drowned
C. people were facing danger and death
D. Jewish children were being killed
3. Which of the following could NOT be expected when Sendler was smuggling the Jewish children?
A. Some children were told to pretend to be sick in front of the guards.
B. Some children pretended to be returning home after visiting servants in the ghetto.
C. The children were asked to remember and use new names instead of real ones.
D. The children pretended to be brothers and sisters from one big family.
4. Sendler didn’t tell her own children what she did in the war because ______.
A. she thought it was the most frightening experience
B. the topic was too painful and heart-breaking to mention
C. it was already recorded and made known to the public
D. she planned to bury the secret in her heart until her death
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Several different stories are told about the origin(由來) of Saint Valentine's Day(情人節(jié)). One legend(傳奇) dates as far back as the clays of the Roman Empire, according to the story, Claudius, the Emperor of Rome, wanted to increase the size of the army. He knew that it would be easier to get young man who were not married to join. Therefore he made a rule that no young man could marry until he had served a certain number of years in the army.
A priest(牧師) named Valentine broke the rule and secretly married a great many young people. Finally, Claudius found out about Valentine and put the priest in prison, where he remained until his death on February 14.
After his death, Valentine was made a saint, and the day of his death was named Saint Valentine's Day. It became the custom for lovers to send each other message on this day. Now Saint Valentine's Day is a time for people to send one another greeting of many kinds.
February 14, Valentine's Day, is a sweethearts' day, on which people in love with each other express their tender emotions. People sometimes put their love message in a heart-shaped box of chocolates, or a bunch of flowers tied with red ribbons. Words of letters may be written on the flower covered card, or something else. Whatever the form may be, the message is almost the same "will you be my Valentine?"
Valentine was put in prison because ________.
A. he secretly got married
B. he didn't serve in the army
C. he married many young people secretly
D. he broke the laws
According to the rule ________.
A. no young men could get married unless they were old enough
B. young men could marry if they served in the army for several years
C. no one could get married without the emperor's permission
D. young could marry only in the army
This passage mainly tells us about _________.
A. how Valentine died
B. the Emperor of Rome
C. how Valentine's Day is celebrated
D. the origin of Valentine's Day
February 14 is chosen Valentine's Day because __________.
A. lovers express their tender emotions on this day
B. people want to remember Valentine
C. people send one another greetings of many kinds on this day
D. people want to fix a date for lovers to express their emotions
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科目:高中英語 來源:2012-2013學(xué)年四川攀枝花米易縣米易中學(xué)高二上第一次段考英語試卷(帶解析) 題型:完型填空
The last time I saw my mother, she didn’t know who I was. Although having 36 from dementia(老年癡呆癥) for many years, mother was never 37 . All our family came to the hospital to spend time with her. She didn’t 38 them either, but we wanted to be there with her.
I have just flown back from Texas. Mother 39 looked at me, or past me, and said “Yeah”. That’s 40 she responded to 41 around her. In spite of this, I held her hand and talked to her.
I told her about the big old house in Highland where I 42 . When we first 43 there from Mascoutah when I was 5 years old, I was 44 of that house. The yard was full of 45 and the house was falling apart. But my father and mother were intelligent and 46 and we eight kids helped to turn it into a home. All of a sudden, I wasn’t frightened any more.
I told her she must have been very 47 when I decided to go to college to study journalism 48 being a priest(牧師), which she thought was the highest 49 for a family. But she didn’t show it. She just saw me 50 with my favorite chocolate chip cookies.
When I told her all about Texas, 51 she and father had been to visit me, mother seemed 52 by that Texas beach on which they had taken a 53 . She 54 the trip and kept the picture in the living room all the time.
We had too many stories to tell. It was time for me to say 55 to mother and I told her I’d see her again. “Yeah,” she answered. But I wasn’t able to.
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The last time I saw my mother, she didn’t know who I was. Although having 36 from dementia(老年癡呆癥) for many years, mother was never 37 . All our family came to the hospital to spend time with her. She didn’t 38 them either, but we wanted to be there with her.
I have just flown back from Texas. Mother 39 looked at me, or past me, and said “Yeah”. That’s 40 she responded to 41 around her. In spite of this, I held her hand and talked to her.
I told her about the big old house in Highland where I 42 . When we first 43 there from Mascoutah when I was 5 years old, I was 44 of that house. The yard was full of 45 and the house was falling apart. But my father and mother were intelligent and 46 and we eight kids helped to turn it into a home. All of a sudden, I wasn’t frightened any more.
I told her she must have been very 47 when I decided to go to college to study journalism 48 being a priest(牧師), which she thought was the highest 49 for a family. But she didn’t show it. She just saw me 50 with my favorite chocolate chip cookies.
When I told her all about Texas, 51 she and father had been to visit me, mother seemed 52 by that Texas beach on which they had taken a 53 . She 54 the trip and kept the picture in the living room all the time.
We had too many stories to tell. It was time for me to say 55 to mother and I told her I’d see her again. “Yeah,” she answered. But I wasn’t able to.
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科目:高中英語 來源:2010-2011學(xué)年廣西南寧二中高三上學(xué)期12月月考英語卷 題型:閱讀理解
Valentine’s Day is on Feb. 14, and Chinese call it “l(fā)overs day”. I don’t think the translation is an accurate one, since it doesn’t only belong to lovers. Valentine’s Day is for expressing affection of all sorts. But it is uniquely for the romantically involved who shine the brightest, who spend the most money, whose hearts are the most engaged.
When I was b boy, my mother would buy enough cheap cards with ugly drawings of butterflies and little rabbits and honeybees for me to give one to every kid in my class, about 20 or so. The cards came in bags, and each card had a few foolish words-“Be Mine” or “I like you” or “You’ve Got My Heart” or the uninteresting words, “Hi, Valentine!” I would sign my name on the cards quickly and the name of one of my classmates on each easily-broken envelope. I would lick (舔)each one shut, but they were so cheap that the envelopes rarely had enough glue. On Valentine’s Day, I would take the cards to school-everyone did. We would have a party in our classroom, with cupcakes(杯形蛋糕)and juice and tiny candy hearts, which also had Valentine messages printed on them-“You’re sweet” or “Cupid(愛神丘比特)”or “Love”.
Ah, love! That’s the Valentine’s Day message: love. No one knows for certain the origin of the holiday. Several, Catholic victims were named Valentine, but it’s difficult to separate legend from fact. One story tells of a priest(牧師)named Valentine who was imprisoned and may have been stoned to death around 270 for performing marriages in going against the orders of the Roman Emperor Claudius II. But it’s hard today to find any religious connection.
1.From the first paragraph, why does the author say that we Chinese call Valentine’s Day “l(fā)overs’ day ”is not accurate?
A.Because only lovers would spend it. |
B.Because it is only spent on Feb. 14. |
C.Because it doesn’t only belong to lovers. |
D.Because only those rich people could enjoy it. |
2.A priest named Valentine was stoned to death for the sake of .
A.his not attending a ceremony on time. |
B.his stealing something from the church |
C.his rude words to Roman Emperor Claudius II |
D.his not obeying the orders by Roman Emperor Claudius II |
3.According to the passage, we can know Valentine’s Day may be related to .
A.religion |
B.sports |
C.entertainment |
D.a(chǎn)rt |
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