My name is Liana Wexler. I’m 12 years old, and I am the founder of “Kids for Kerry”. “Kids for Kerry” is a grassroots organization of kids that support John Kerry, want to help their futures, and get active in politics.  
When my parents went to see Teresa Heinz Kerry speak, they told me that she was amazing! And they thought John Kerry would make a great President. I decided to find out more about John Kerry. I talk about what I learned by using my ABCs. “A” is America. John Kerry is a hero to America, and he will help our futures. He is a great and positive role model. “B” is Better education. John Kerry wants to make class sizes smaller, so that children get the best part out of learning. He wants to help teachers because being a teacher is educating children, and letting them out into the world to do the good things. “C” is Compassion（憐憫;同情） towards children. John Kerry wants to make sure that health care is not a privilege, but it is something that we can all afford. This summer, I was supposed to go to my favorite camp But instead, I decided to go to John Kerry’s office every day. Kids can really help! 
On KidsforKerry.org, we have an interactive presidential quiz. There are 270 questions for the electoral votes John Kerry will win. Plus, 25 questions to make up for Florida from the last election. Out next goal is to have a petition (請(qǐng)求) for “National No Name—Calling Day”, a day that the candidates don’t say anything negative about one another. When our Vice President had a disagreement with a Democratic Senator, he used a REALLY BAD word. If I said that—if I said that word, I would be put in a “time-out (暫停休息)”. I think he should be put in a time-out.
小題1:What would be the best title for this passage?
A．John KerryB．A letter to John Kerry
C．Kids for KerryD．John Kerry: Our to-be President
小題2:According to the passage we know that____.
A．only children in America want John Kerry to be their next President
B．John Kerry cares much for education but takes little compassion on teachers
C．Liana wishes John Kerry to be the President of America
D．Liana thinks John Kerry should be put in a time-out
小題3:Liana Wexler considers John Kerry to be____.
A．a(chǎn) goodB．a(chǎn) hero to America
C．a(chǎn) confident manD．a(chǎn) persuasive speaker
小題4:Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．“Kids for Kerry” is a grassroots organization of kids that support whoever wins the presidential election.
B．Liana Wexler is the founder of “Kids for Kerry”
C．“Kids for Kerry” has an interactive presidential quiz on-line.
D．Education and health care are two things-with which American citizens concern themselves most.

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:A

小題1:本題考查把握文章主旨大意的能力。文章開(kāi)篇介紹一個(gè)支持約翰·克里當(dāng)總統(tǒng)的組織，第二段講述了支持他當(dāng)總統(tǒng)的原因，最后一段又告訴我們KidsforKerry.org網(wǎng)站的情況：互動(dòng)的總統(tǒng)競(jìng)選測(cè)試。綜觀全文，只有D項(xiàng)能概括全文的主旨大意。
小題2:本題考查理解判斷文中細(xì)節(jié)信息的能力。由第一段第三句“‘Kids for Kerry’ is a grassroots organization of kids that support John Kerry, want to help their futures, and get active in politics.”及第二段的敘述，可以判斷C項(xiàng)為最佳答案。由第二段“And they thought John Kerry would make a great President. ”可以判斷A項(xiàng)表述有誤; 由第二段“He wants to help teachers because being a teacher is educating children, and letting them out into the world to do the good things. ”可以判斷B項(xiàng)表述有誤; 由最后一段最后一句“If I said that—if I said that word, I would be put in a “time – out(暫停休息)”. I think he should be put in a time-out. ”可知作者認(rèn)為應(yīng)該暫停休息,不是Liana認(rèn)為的，所以D項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤。
小題3:本題考查迅速查找文中相關(guān)細(xì)節(jié)信息的能力。由第二段“‘A’ is America. John Kerry is a hero to America, and he will help our futures.”可知B項(xiàng)為最佳答案。
小題4:本題考查對(duì)文中有關(guān)細(xì)節(jié)信息進(jìn)行正誤判斷的能力。由第一段“‘Kids for Kerry’ is a grassroots organization of kids that support John Kerry, want to help their futures, and get active in politics.”可知A項(xiàng)表述有誤，符合題干要求。B項(xiàng)內(nèi)容在第一段第二句有明確表述；C項(xiàng)內(nèi)容在第三段第一句有明確表述；由第二段中“ABCs”所包涵的內(nèi)容可知，教育和醫(yī)療保健是美國(guó)人民最關(guān)心的問(wèn)題，這也是他們選約翰·克里當(dāng)總統(tǒng)首要考慮的問(wèn)題。因此B、C、D項(xiàng)表述正確，不合題意。
練習(xí)冊(cè)系列答案
相關(guān)習(xí)題

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

From poor beginnings to most expensive player
ZINEDINE Zidane，who dreams of leading France to its second World Cup title in a row next month，has always preferred to express himself with a football rather than with words．
Last Wednesday Zidane scored the decisive goal when Real Madrid of Spain won the Champions League final against Germany's Leverkusen 2一1．
He became one of the world’s most expensive players when he joined Real Madrid from Italy's Juventus for US $ 66 million．And he has been a national hero since he scored twice in the 3-O defeat of Brazil in the 1998 World Cup Final．
But despite his success，Zidane has always kept his feet on the ground．He leads a quite family life，there is hardly any gossip about him and he avoids putting his wife and two children in the spotlight．
“Just because I'm a public figure it doesn't mean I have to express myself on everything．I don't like to discuss some personal matters publicly．”he said．
Even as a child playing football in the slum area of Marseille，F(xiàn)rance，where he was raised by his Algerian parents，Zidane was shy．
He loved football even as a little kid．“I realized football is a wonderful mixture of a sharp mind and hard training rather than just talking，”he said．
Even when the match awards were just chocolate and bread，Zidane found that football made his poor childhood rich．
Before he was 10 years old，it was obvious that he could become a great footballer．He was offered his first professional contract(合同)when he was just 20．Now，at the age of 29，he has already picked up two World Player  of the year awards．
This quiet striker has not yet spoken of his hopes for the coming World Cup．But his fans across the world will be eagerly watching him to see what he'll do this time．
小題1: What did Zidane learn from his childhood football experience? He learned that_____________.
A．he could become a great footballer
B．he could become rich if he became a footballer
C．football is a mixture of a sharp mind and hard training but not just talking
D．football is a favorite sport in the future
小題2:According to the article，what are Zidane’s main characteristics?
A．He is a shy but successful man．
B．H e loves his wife and children．
C．He doesn't like to speak in public．
D．He is a quiet，down—to earth person of few words．
小題3: When the writer says“Zidane has always kept his feet on the ground”,he means_________.
A．Zidane spends more time standing than sitting most days
B．Zidane is a down-to earth person
C．Zidane has spent most of his time training on the pitch
D．Zidane likes standing when he succeeds
小題4:The sentence“Zidane found that football made his poor childhood rich”means___________．
A．football made Zidane's poor family wealthy when he was a child
B．Zidane knew that football could bring him fame and wealth even when he was a child
C．football brought happiness to Zidane when he was a child in a poor family
D．Zidane knew that if he wanted to be rich he must play football from childhood

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Paul was a good athlete when he was a middle school student. He liked running and jumping and won some medals at the sports meetings. So he was tall and strong. Suddenly war broke out and the young man joined the army. He was sent to the front and killed several enemy soldiers. Two years later he raturned to his home town and found a job at the police station. People had known about his bravery by then and they all liked the polite young man.
One day a few young men had drunk too much before they came in a cinema. They danced and sang there and the film couldn't be shown. Paul was ill that day and went to the hospital. When he was passing there, the young men were beating an old man. He went to stop them and they began to fight. He caught them all and sent them to the police station. Since then all the bad men in the town were afraid of the brave policeman.
It was a summer evening. The weather was hot and few people could stay indoors. Paul was on duty and sat by the telephone. Suddenly in rushed a beautiful girl with a book in her hand. She stood there, shaking in her shoes.
“What's the matter, madam? ”asked Paul.
“I wish you could protect me sir, ”answered the girl.
“Protect? ”Paul said in surprise. “For what? ”
The girl showed the book to Paul. The young man understood at once: it was a book about Ghosts（鬼）！
小題1:Paul won some medals because ____.   [    ]
A．he was a middle school student
B．he was tall and strong
C．he kept doing morning exercises
D．he was good at running and jumping.
小題2: Paul was ____ after he joined the army. [    ]
A．a(chǎn) good athlete
B．a(chǎn) brave soldier
C．a(chǎn) polite policeman
D．a(chǎn) brave policeman
小題3:Paul sent the young men to the police station because ____.       [    ]
A．they made some trouble（鬧事）at the cinema
B．they drank much in the restaurant
C．they wouldn't see the filin
D．they wanted to fight with him
小題4:Paul sat by the telephone that evening because ____.   [    ]
A．he was waiting for an important call
B．he was going to call somebody
C．he was on duty
D．he wasn't afraid of hotness

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

In 1939 two brothers, Mac and Dick McDonald, started a drive-in restaurant in San Bernadino, California. They carefully chose a busy corner for their location. They had run their own businesses for years, first a theater, then a barbecue(烤肉) restaurant, then another drive-in. But in their new operation, they offered a new, shortened menu: French fries, hamburgers, and sodas. To this small selection they added one new idea: quick service, no waiters or waitresses, and no tips.
Their hamburgers sold for fifteen cents. Cheese was another four cents. Their French fries and hamburgers had a remarkable uniformity(一致性), for the brothers had developed a strict routine(程序) for the preparation of their food, and they insisted on their cooks’ sticking to their routine. Their new drive-in became surprisingly popular, particularly for lunch. People drove up by the hundreds during the busy noontime. The self-service restaurant was so popular that the brothers had allowed ten copies of their restaurant to be opened. They were content with this modest success until they met Ray Kroc.
Kroc was a salesman who met the McDonald brothers in 1954, when he was selling milkshake-mixing machines. He quickly saw the special attraction of the brothers’ fast-food restaurants and bought the right to franchise(特許經(jīng)營(yíng)) other copies of their restaurants. The agreement included the right to duplicate(復(fù)制) the menu, the equipment, even their red and white buildings with the golden arches(拱門).
Today McDonald’s is really a household name. In 1976, McDonald’s had over $ l billion in total sales. Its first twenty-two years is one of the most surprising success stories in modern American business history.
小題1: This passage mainly talks about _______.
A．the development of fast food services
B．how McDonald’s became a billion-dollar business
C．the business careers of Mac and Dick McDonald
D．Ray Kroc’s business talent
小題2:Mac and Dick managed all of the following businesses except _______.
A．a(chǎn) drive-inB．a(chǎn) theater
C．a(chǎn) cinemaD．a(chǎn) barbecue restaurant
小題3: We may infer from this passage that _______.
A．Mac and Dick McDonald never became wealthy for they sold their idea to Kroc.
B．the place the McDonalds chose was the only source of the great popularity of their drive-in
C．forty years ago there were lots of fast-food restaurants
D．Ray Kroc was a good businessman
小題4:The passage suggests that _______.
A．creativity is an important element of business success
B．Ray Kroc was the close partner of the McDonald brothers
C．Mac and Dick McDonald became broken after they sold their ideas to Ray Kroc
D．California is the best place to go into business

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

A
Adrian’s “Amazing Race” started early when his parents realized that he, as a baby, couldn’t hear a thing, not even loud noises. In a special school for the hearing-impaired (聽(tīng)覺(jué)受損的)，he learned sign language and got to mix with other disabled children. However, the sight of all the disabled children communicating with one another upset his mother. She wanted him to lead a normal life. So after speaking to an advisor, she sent him to private classes where he learned to read lips and pronounce words.
Later on, Adrian’s parents decided to send him to a regular school. But the headmaster tried to prevent them from doing so, saying regular school couldn’t take care of a special needs students. His parents were determined to take the risk and push him hard to go through his work everyday because they wanted to prove that, given the opportunity, he could do anything. Adrian made the grade and got accepted. It was a big challenge. The pace （節(jié)奏）was faster so he had to sit at the front of the class and really pay attention to the teacher, which wasn’t always easy. But he stuck to it and did a lot of extra work after school.
The efforts made by Adrian and his parents paid off. Adrian graduated with good grades and got into a top high school. He also achieved a lot in life outside school. He developed a love for the outdoors and went to Nepal to climb mountains. He even entered the World Yacht Race 05/06--- being the first hearing-impaired Asian to do so.
But none of these achievements would have been possible without one of the most important lessons from his mother.” “If you believe in yourself and work hard, you can achieve great results.” She often said.
小題1:How did Adrian communicate with other children in the special school?
A．By speaking.B．By using sign language
C．By reading lipsD．By making loud noises
小題2:Adrian’s parents decided to send him to a regular school because          .
A．they wanted him to live a normal life
B．they wanted to prove the headmaster wrong
C．he wouldn’t mix with other disabled children
D．he wasn’t taken good care of in the special school
小題3:How did Adrian finally succeed in his study?
A．He did a lot of outdoor activities.
B．He was pushed hard to study every day.
C．He attended private classes after school.
D．He worked very hard both in and after class
小題4:Why is Adrian’s life described as an “Amazing Race”?
A．He did very well in his study
B．He succeeded in entering a regular school
C．He reached his goals in spite of his disability
D．He took part in the World Yacht Race 05/06

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

“Keep an eye on Esther. I’ll be back in a second,” Joy Warren said to her three-year-old son Stephen, who was sitting in the back of the Buick. She didn’t like leaving the children alone in the car, but the baby was sleeping soundly. And it would only be a moment.
She had hardly walked 40 yards when she saw the car moving. It headed straight towards the river. Unable to swim, Joy shouted, “My babies are in that car!”
Daniel Whitehead, a 17-year-old student, was walking by the river when the Buick crashed into the water just yards ahead .Without thinking, Daniel jumped in. Though a competitive swimmer, he was shocked by the icy chill.  
Two minutes earlier, Skip Womack had pulled to a halt as the Buick ran in front of him. Now seeing it hit the water and hearing Joy’s cries, Skip got out of his truck and jumped into the water. He had only one thought: If I don’t get them out, they’ll drown.
Daniel reached the car and grabbed a door handle. But the water was only four inches beneath the window, and the door wouldn’t open. With one powerful punch, Daniel and Skip broke a window. Daniel reached inside and lifted Stephen out. He placed him on his back and set out for shore. At the same time, Skip squeezed himself through the window .He managed to free Esther from beneath her seat belt. After he got out of the car with the baby, he held her over the water and swam toward the shore. All this took place just seconds before the Buick disappeared beneath the water.
Later, driving home, Skip thought of his wife and children—how close he’d come to leaving them behind. He thought of the miracle he’d lived through, and how two children were still alive because he and Daniel happened to be in the right place at the right time.
小題1:Why did Joy leave her children in the car?
A．He did not like shopping with a child in hand.
B．She didn’t like waking up her baby.
C．Stephen was big enough to take care of his sister.
D．It was icy cold outside.
小題2:Daniel and Skip, who saved the lives of the two kids, _____.
A．had been good friends
B．were two close friends of Joy Warren’s
C．were Joy Warren’s neighbors
D．were strangers before the accident
小題3:How did Daniel get Stephen out of danger?
A．He squeezed into the car and carried him out.
B．He pulled him out through the broken window.
C．He freed him from his seatbelt before he got him out.
D．He held him over the water and swam back to shore.
小題4:What happened to Joy Warren’s Buick?
A．It had four inches of water in it.
B．One of its windows could not be opened.
C．It was pulled out of water and set on the shore.
D．It sank to the bottom of the river.
小題5:How did Skip feel in his way home?
A．He felt lucky to be still alive after having saved the lives of two kids.
B．He missed his wife and children, whom he left behind in the morning.
C．He felt very thankful to Daniel, without whom he would not have made it.
D．He wondered how he and Daniel could be in the right place at the right time.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

The 12—year—old CEO（首席執(zhí)行官）of a Web site design company will be one of 300 business and political leaders accompanying Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien on a trade visit to China in March.
Keith Peiris, who founded Cyberteks Design in June 1999 and now has 25 clients （客戶）in North America ,insisted in an interview that he is “just like any other kid.”
He and his father will spend nine days on the Team Canada trip to Beijing ,Shanghai and Hong Kong ,where Chretien aims to showcase the best of Canadian business in the most populous country in the world .
A glance at the complex ,elegant animations （動(dòng)畫）on his www.cybertecks.com site shows the extent of Peiris’ talent . “He doesn’t want to be No.2,”his father Deepal said proudly .
His father ,who is now vice president of operations at Cyberteks ,said , “I am teaching my son what I know .We make decisions together .I haven’t done anything my son disagreed with .He makes the final decision .”
The company has seven offices in the United States and five part—time employees who ,like the Peiris family ,work from their London homes .  
Keith Peiris admitted some potential clients change their minds when they learn his age ,but the well—informed not—yet—teenager tries to ignore them .
“Suddenly ,I’ve been called a whiz kid or geek ,which I am not too happy about .A few people have asked if they should call me ‘mister’, but I stay casual , I am still a kid .
小題1:That Keith Peiris insisted that he is “just like any other kid” shows he is           .
A．proud B．modest C．honest D．excited
小題2:Who makes the final decision on operations at Cyberteks Design?
A．Keith Peiris      B．Deepal Peiris         C．Jean Chretien        D．Both A and B.
小題3:According to the information in the passage ,which is the best and fastest way to know more about the Web giant ?
A．We can go to Canada to pay him a visit .
B．We can make an international telephone call to him.
C．We’d better visit his web site—www.cyberteks.com.
D．We can write to his father for the kid’s information.
小題4:Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
A．Keith Peiris is a Canadian boy .
B．All the employees of the child’s company work at home .
C．The Canadian Prime Minister means to show off Keith’s success during his stay in China .
D．Keith always tries his best to be the best in the field of web site designing .

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Material Girl no more? Madonna says writing children’s books is more satisfying than being a movie star.
Her book, The English Roses, wen t on sale on September 15th, appearing in 100 countries and in 30 languages as the first in her series of tales for children. The pop diva (女歌唱家), whose only book until now was the 1992 photo essay titled “Sex”, said she wrote the books to teach children some of the life lessons she’s learned over the years.
“The most fun that I’ve had of all the things I’ve done successfully has been to write these books. A lot of it has to do with the fact that I’m not doing it to become more famous, and I’m not doing it to become richer. I’m doing it because I want to share something I know with children.”
Hours after its release, the 43?page book was already No. 3 on Amazon, com’s sales list. The first print is 1 million copies worldwide, with more than 750,000 in the United States. The English Roses is about a friendship shared by four girls and their mutual (共同的) envy of a beautiful classmate, with illustrations (插圖) by fashion artist Jeffrey Fulvimari.
“There is one life?giving force in the world,” Madonna declared. “When we disconnect from this lifegiving force, that’s when we bring pain and suffering into our lives. Each of the stories has to do with different ways you disconnect from God. ”Madonna also said she was deeply affected by the experience of raising two children, Lourdes, 6, and Rocco, 3. The English Roses is the latest among a growing number of celebrity?written children’s books.
The next book in the series, “Mr Peabody’s Apples,”will be out in November.Each tale is set in a different time and  place and has new characters and different illustrators.
1.How many books does Madonna’s series of tales include?
A.At least 3.             B.4.             C.At least 2.               D.6.
2.According to the idea of Madonna, the underlined phrase “l(fā)ife-giving force”in Paragraph 5 refers to       .
A.The English Roses.      B.God            C.Mr Peabody’s Apples.   D.her life
3.When Madonna said writing children’s books was more satisfying than being a movie star,she meant that        .
A.she was more satisfied with her writing children’s books
B.she was more satisfied as a movie star       C.being a movie star was not really successful
D.she was not a Material Girl any more
4.According to the passage,Madonna wrote the book The English Roses in order to        .
A.provide children with fun                      B.teach children some life lessons
C.teach children how to become famous             D.share her success with children

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

When Babbage was working at Cambridge, a new idea occurred to him. He wanted to construct a calculating machine to work out the solutions（解法）to maths problems not only with correctness but also with a speed beyond the power of any human mind. His machine could solve problems involving（涉及）long rows of figures in one continuous operation（運(yùn)算）.
In 1822 Babbage exhibited his invention and won a prize from the government. After that, he immediately started to work on a larger machine designed to solve more difficult problems. Although he received some money left by his father, the money was not enough to support his design. He wrote to the government about his plan and was given ￡2500 to start with, a sum worth much more in those days than it is now.
Babbage continued his work in London for four years. Then his health broke down, and he had to take a long holiday abroad. When he returned to London in 1828, he was at the end of his resources. Many bills remained unpaid. His chief assistant and co-workers quarreled with him and left with many expensive tools. For one year no work was done. During this period, Babbage, whose mind was always active, suddenly thought of a completely new idea for the machine. He rushed to meet the government officials to explain his new idea. But this time, they were unwilling to help him. For eight years, they refused to say whether they wanted the machine or not, and their final answer was “No.”
From 1828 to 1839, Babbage held the position of professor at Cambridge very successfully. But his greatest work was the unfinished calculating machine which stood covered in dust in his house. It was the beginning of the modern computer.
60．The machine Babbage designed would solve difficult maths problems _________.
A．in one operation with few mistakes
B．in more than one operation without any mistakes
C．in more than one operation with slight mistakes
D．in one operation without any mistakes
61．Babbage failed to continue his research work in 1828 mainly because _______.
A．he was in poor health                B．he almost ran out of money
C．his co-workers argued with him         D．he spent all his money on his bills
62．Babage explained his new idea to the government officials, expecting that _________.
A．they would agree to his plan             B．they would pay for his new idea
C．they would support him with money    D．they would exhibit his new design
63．From the passage, we can infer that __________.
A．Babbage failed to be a famous scientist at Cambridge
B．Babbage always had new ideas but gave them up easily
C．Babbage always needed support from the government officials
D．Babbage was the first designer of the modern computer

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習(xí)冊(cè)答案