We all know something about Thomas Edison. He was a great American   21  .He was in school for only a short time.  22 , he had to leave the school and   23  himself at home and learned a lot. When Edison grew up, he had his own lab. He worked hard and hardly   24  to have a rest.
One day a friend of his brought a young man into his lab. He   25  the young man to Edison. He said the young man had studied in a famous university in Germany and had a lot of   26  of physics and maths. Edison was glad to work with a man like him and   27  him as a helper. A few weeks later, the young   28  about Edison’s past. He began to look down on him. Edison   29  about it, but he said   30  .
Once the young man came into the lab while Edison   31  an important experiment. He stood near the table   32  he didn’t help him. Edison stopped   33  out a bottle and said, “Go to calculate (計(jì)算)its volume(容積)and tell me the   34  in two hours.”
At first the young man thought it easy to do it. Soon he   35  it difficult. Two hours later Edison went into his office and saw a lot of paper and books on his desk. Of course he couldn’t compute the volume in the time   36  .
“Why not pour some   37  into the bottle?” said Edison. “Then you’ll   38  calculate its volume!” Having heard this, the young man’s   39  turned red, and he knew Edison was really   40 than him!
小題1:
A．doctorB．playerC．writerD．inventor
小題2:
A．SoonB．AfterC．Later onD．Soon after
小題3:
A．teachB．play withC．studyD．enjoy
小題4:
A．forgotB．rememberedC．finished D．observed
小題5:
A．showedB．pushedC．introducedD．threw
小題6:
A．newsB．booksC．knowledgeD．dictionaries
小題7:
A．employedB．a(chǎn)skedC．madeD．watched
小題8:
A．beardB．learnedC．readD．told
小題9:
A．toldB．was toldC．saidD．was said
小題10:
A．somethingB．everythingC．nothingD．a(chǎn)ll
小題11:
A．didB．hadC．was doingD．was having
小題12:
A．but B．a(chǎn)ndC．a(chǎn)s D．while
小題13:
A．bringingB．to bringC．takingD．to take
小題14:
A．resultB．way C．ideaD．opinion
小題15:
A．knewB．sawC．learnedD．found
小題16:
A．givenB．followedC．saidD．taken
小題17:
A．oilB．saltC．waterD．food
小題18:
A．carefullyB．slowlyC．easilyD．quietly
小題19:
A．headB．faceC．eyesD．ears
小題20:
A．more politeB．stricterC．more kind-heartedD．cleverer

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:B
小題5:C
小題6:C
小題7:A
小題8:B
小題9:B
小題10:C
小題11:C
小題12:A
小題13:B
小題14:A
小題15:D
小題16:A
小題17:C
小題18:C
小題19:B
小題20:D
講述了愛迪生的一個(gè)小故事，告訴我們不要輕視任何人。
小題1:常識(shí)題。愛迪生是一個(gè)偉大的發(fā)明家。
小題2:詞義辨析。A很快；B…之后；C后來；稍后；D在...后不久。根據(jù)句意可知：回來愛迪生不得不離開學(xué)校。
小題3:固定詞組。Teach oneself 自學(xué)。愛迪生離開學(xué)校以后就在家自學(xué)。
小題4:動(dòng)詞辨析。Ａ忘記；B記得；C完成；D觀察。由句意可知愛迪生忙于實(shí)驗(yàn)幾乎記不得要休息。
小題5:上下文串聯(lián)。由下文可知?jiǎng)e人介紹了一個(gè)人給他，幫他做實(shí)驗(yàn)。
小題6:固定詞組。Have a knowledge of 掌握…;
小題7:動(dòng)詞辨析。A雇傭；B要求；C制作；D觀察；根據(jù)句意可知愛迪生雇傭這個(gè)年輕人作他的助手。
小題8:固定詞組。Learn about了解；
小題9:被動(dòng)語態(tài)。由句意可知愛迪生被告知此事。
小題10:上下文串聯(lián)。有上下文可知?jiǎng)e人告訴愛迪生那個(gè)年輕人看不起他，但是他什么都沒說。
小題11:考查時(shí)態(tài)。當(dāng)年輕人走進(jìn)來的時(shí)候，愛迪生正在做實(shí)驗(yàn)。用過去進(jìn)行時(shí)表示在過去某個(gè)時(shí)間正在進(jìn)行正在發(fā)生的事情。
小題12:上下文串聯(lián)。由上文可知他站在那里，但是卻不幫愛迪生做事。構(gòu)成轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系、
小題13:動(dòng)詞用法。Stop to do sth停下來做某事；stop doing sth停止做某事；bring拿來，take帶走。由句意可知愛迪生正在做實(shí)驗(yàn)，停下來去拿一個(gè)瓶子。
小題14:名詞辨析。有上文可知愛迪生讓他兩小時(shí)以后把結(jié)果告訴他。
小題15:動(dòng)詞辨析。A知道；B看見；C學(xué)會(huì)；D發(fā)現(xiàn)。根據(jù)搭配可知年輕人發(fā)現(xiàn)很難。
小題16:詞義辨析。由句意可知他不能在所給的時(shí)間內(nèi)容完成計(jì)算。
小題17:名詞辨析。由常識(shí)可知要計(jì)算瓶子的體積，用水裝滿，倒出來計(jì)算水的體積就可以了，這樣就非常簡單了。
小題18:副詞辨析。解析同上。
小題19:名詞搭配。根據(jù)后面的變紅，可知是臉變紅了。
小題20:上下文出來。由文章的意思可知，年輕人認(rèn)為愛迪生比他聰明。
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A．shareB．desertC．a(chǎn)dmireD．a(chǎn)void
小題14:
A．whenB．whileC．a(chǎn)sD．since
小題15:
A．oldestB．bestC．newestD．worst
小題16:
A．preparationsB．progressC．plansD．way
小題17:
A．yourB．a(chǎn)nyone else'sC．hisD．someone else's
小題18:
A．voiceB．worldC．heartD．trouble
小題19:
A．touchB．followC．openD．a(chǎn)ccept
小題20:
A．otherwiseB．a(chǎn)nywayC．somehowD．therefore

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Like any good mother，when Karen found out that another baby was on the way，she did what she could to help her 3-year-old son，Michael，prepare for a new baby．They find out that the new baby is going to be a girl，and day after day，night after night，Michael sings to his sister in Mommy's stomach．
Finally，Michael's little sister is born．But she is in serious condition．With alarm in the night，the ambulance rushes the infant to the neonatal(初生的)intensive care unit at St． Mary's Hospital，Knoxville，Tennessee．The days go by．The little girl gets worse．The pediatric(兒科的)specialist tells the parents，“There is very little hope．Be prepared for the worst.”
Karen and her husband contact a local cemetery about a burial plot．They have fixed up a special room in their home for the new baby，but now they plan a funeral．Michael，keeps begging his parents to let him see his sister，“I want to sing to her，”he says．
Karen makes up her mind．She will take Michael whether they like it or not．If he doesn't see his sister now，he may never see her alive．
She dresses him in an oversized suit and marches him into ICU．He looks like a walking laundry basket，but the head nurse recognizes him as a child and shouts，“Get that kid out of here now! No children are allowed．Never disturb patients here．”The mother rises up strongly and said，“He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!”
Karen leads Michael to his sister's bedside．He gazes at the tiny infant losing the battle to live．And he begins to sing．In the pure hearted voice of a 3-year-old，Michael sings：“You are my sunshine，my only sunshine，you make me happy when skies are gray．．．”Instantly the baby girl responds．The pulse rate becomes calm and steady．
The next day，the very next day，the little girl is well enough to go home! Woman's Day magazine called it“the miracle of a brother's song．”The medical staff just called it a miracle．Karen called it a miracle of God's love!
Never give up on the people you love．
小題1:What may the underlined words“the infant”refer to?
A．The baby．B．Karen．C．Mary．D．Michael．
小題2:What do we know about the little sister after she was born?
A．She was driven to St．Mary's shop．
B．A doctor came to see her in her house．
C．She was very thin and couldn't speak．
D．She was in great danger．
小題3:Why did Karen firmly let little Michael see his sister in ICU?
A．Because he could make his sister alive．
B．Because his sister would be sent to a far hospital．
C．Because his sister was going to die soon.
D．Because his father wanted to take him away．
小題4:What do we know about the head nurse?
A．The head nurse was careful．B．The bead nurse was rude．
C．The head nurse was responsible．D．The head nurse had no sympathy．
小題5:What is the general idea of the text?
A．A boy's singing saved his sister's life．
B．The little girl is well enough to go home．
C．Michael's little sister is born with a serious disease．
D．No children are allowed to enter the intensive care unit．

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解


In seventh grade, Brittany Blythe dreamed of being a cheerleader. Her school’s coaches were less than enthusiastic. “They said, ‘I don’t know how you’ll be able to do it,’ she recalls. “‘You won’t be able to do it. ’”
But Brittany, now a junior at Strath Haven High School near Philadelphia, persisted(堅(jiān)持). And when the junior team cheerleaders won a tournament last year, she was right there, dancing and cheering with the rest of the team.
Not bad for someone whose legs were cut off below the knee when she was two years old.
Brittany, 18, was born without shinbones(脛骨)--“just blood and muscle tissue”, as she puts it. When she tried to walk, her legs twisted.
After the operation, she adapted quickly. “From day one, I basically jumped up and wanted to do everything,” she says. Prosthetic legs(假腿) allowed her to move around upright, but too slowly to keep up with her friends. Brittany’s solution: take the legs off and walk on her knees---sometimes she still does when safety and comfort permit.
She’s rarely daunted. Other children laughed at her through the years, especially in junior high school, but she says the challenge only made her stronger. Now she’s trying to convince her coaches to let her remove the prostheses and be a flyer, the cheerleader who’s thrown in the air and caught by her teammates.
Brittany doesn’t think her problems are more difficult than the next person’s. “My disability was the first thing I had to get through, and that’s going to prepare me for the future,” she says. “It’s all just a test: If someone throws you a curve ball(給你出難題), what are you going to do?”
小題1:What was the school’s coaches’ attitude towards Brittany’s idea of being a cheerleader?
A．Supportive B．DoubtfulC．OpposedD．Curious
小題2:What did Brittany do to keep up with her friends?
A．She used a pair of walking sticks.
B．She practiced hard every day.
C．She walked on her knees.
D．She asked her friends for help
小題3:The underlined word “daunted” in Paragraph 6 probably means _____________.
A．discouraged B．a(chǎn)ngryC．confident D．fortunate
小題4:We can learn from the last paragraph that Brittany __________.
A．is not well prepared for the future
B．takes a positive attitude towards life
C．likes the challenge of learning new things
D．thinks that her problems are more difficult than other’s.

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