When Regina Mary' parents refused to let her get a horse ,the smart 15-year-olddidn’t sit in her room and complain. Instead she turned to a cow called Luna to make her riding dreams come true.
Hours of training ,and tons of treats later, the results are impressive: not only do the two regularly go on long rides through the southern German countryside, they can even do some difficult jumps successfully. Regina joked while sitting on her brown-and-white companion: “It’s unbelievable really , She thinks she’s a horse.”
The pairs unlikely friendship started about two years ago, shortly after Luna was born on the Mayer’s farm. They 
started off with walks in the woods. Then Mayer slowly got her cow more adapted to human contact and riding equipment.
About six months later, it was time to see how Luna would respond to a rider on her back in a competition for horses. Mayer sat in the saddle(馬鞍),and all went as planned. “She was really well behaved and walked normally, but after a couple of meters, she wanted to get me off her back! You could see that she got a bit peeved.” said Mayer. 
Luna and Mayer are now soul mates, spending most afternoons together once the teen—who dreams of becoming a nurse one day—come home from school.
小題1:The underlined word “peeved” in paragraph 4 probably means ________.
A．excitedB．sorryC．a(chǎn)ngryD．puzzled
小題2: Regina’s plan is to be ________ in the future.
A．a(chǎn)n animal trainerB．a(chǎn) horse riderC．a(chǎn) farmerD．a(chǎn) nurse
小題3: The passage mainly talks about ________.
A．a(chǎn) cow performing in a horse competition
B．a(chǎn) German girl training a cow successfully
C．the way of gaining friendship from a cow
D．the efforts of a cow to adapt to riding equipment

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:B

試題分析：你的要求被拒絕后，你會怎樣？看看德國女孩Regina Mayer是怎么做的。他想要一匹馬，可是被父母拒絕了。她沒有抱怨，卻轉(zhuǎn)而訓練了一條叫Luna的奶牛使自己的騎乘夢想變成了現(xiàn)實。
小題1:詞意猜測題。根據(jù)前一句可知，她想把我從她的背上摔下來，她有點生氣了。選 C。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一句話可知，Regina將來想當一名護士。選D。
小題3:主題歸納題。根據(jù)全文介紹，女孩訓練奶牛，使她的騎乘夢想變成現(xiàn)實。與B（一位德國女孩成功地訓練了一頭奶牛。）。
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In 1930, von Neumann visited Princeton University for a year and then became a professor there. His first book was published in 1932. In 1933, the Institute for Advanced Study was formed, and he became one of the 6 full-time people in the School of Mathematics（Einstein was one of the others）
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小題3:How did World War Ⅱ affect John von Neumann?
A．He realized the importance of engineering
B．He began to research how to put mathematics into practice.
C．He left college and served at the government department.
D．He lost interest in chemistry.
小題4:Which of the following is true of Von Neumann?
A．He had three children
B．He died from an accident.
C．He received many rewards in his life
D．He and Einstein were classmates in Princeton University.
小題5:From the last paragraph, we can infer John von Neumann was _____________.
A．calmB．braveC．intelligentD．humorous

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