A few years ago, an Englishman called Roy Jones went on holiday to a small seaside town in the west of England. He was swimming in the sea one day when, as he opened his mouth, his false teeth fell out and floated away. The following year, Mr. Jones returned to the same town. As he was having dinner in a local café one evening, he mentioned the story of his lost teeth to the manager. The manager looked surprised. He explained that he had found a set of false teeth on the beach last month. Then he asked Roy Jones if he wanted to try them on. “OK”, said Mr. Jones. “I suppose it won’t do any harm.” When the manager brought him the teeth, Mr. Jones put them into his mouth, and laughed and laughed. They were his.
In 1987, an American couple called Jane and Robert Bentley went for a picnic on a beach in California. When they returned home, Mrs. Bentley realized that she had lost her wedding ring. It wasn’t a lot of money but it was valuable to Jane Bentley. The Bentleys drove straight back to the beach, and searched for the ring for three hours, but could not find it. A few months later, Mr. Bentley went fishing off the same beach. As he pulled a large crab out of the sea, he noticed that there was something attached to one of its claws. It was his wife’s wedding ring!
At the end of the 19th century, a young woman called Rose Harcourt was on her honeymoon in Barmouth, North Wales, when she lost a gold bracelet her husband had given her as a wedding gift. Feeling very upset, she went straight to the police stations and asked if anyone had found her bracelet. Unfortunately, no one had. Twenty-five years later, the Harcourts returned to Barmouth to celebrate their wedding anniversary. They were sitting on the beach one day when Mrs. Harcourt noticed something gold in the sand by the edge of the sea. She walked down to see what it was, and discovered her gold bracelet that had been missing for 25 years.
小題1:Roy Jones lost his false teeth __________ .
A．when he opened his mouth to have some food
B．when he opened his mouth as he was swimming
C．The moment he got into the sea to start swimming
D．when he was having his holiday at the sea side
小題2:Jane Bentley’s wedding ring was missing for __________ before it was found.
A．three hoursB．a(chǎn)lmost a yearC．several monthsD．25 years
小題3:From the story of the Harcourts we may understand the underlined “to celebrate their wedding anniversary” may be close in meaning to __________ .
A．having a wedding againB．experiencing their honeymoon feelings again
C．having a honeymoon againD．joining in the local celebrations

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:B

試題分析：文章講了幾個(gè)失而復(fù)得的故事，可見(jiàn)生活中充滿(mǎn)奇跡。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：He was swimming in the sea one day when, as he opened his mouth, his false teeth fell out and floated away.可知是在游泳的時(shí)候把嘴張開(kāi)假牙掉了。選B
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：A few months later, Mr. Bentley went fishing off the same beach.可知Jane Bentley的結(jié)婚戒指是在幾個(gè)月后被找到的。選C
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：從最后一段的句子：Twenty-five years later, the Harcourts returned to Barmouth可知25年后想重新體驗(yàn)蜜月的感覺(jué)。答案是B
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A．niceB．wonderfulC．terribleD．special

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Have you listened to music on an iPod? Used a computer at home? Those are just two of the ways your life was touched by the work of Steve Jobs.
Jobs, one founder of Apple Computers, died on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at the age of 56. He had been fighting with cancer since 2004.
Steven Jobs was born in Los Altos, California. He and his childhood friend, Steve Wozniak, designed and built the first Apple computer in his parents’ garage in the 1970s. The Apple II, built when Jobs was just 21 years old, was the first personal computer to be widely sold to the public.
Steven Jobs didn’t stop there. He went on to invent more devices (設(shè)備) that allowed people to bring their own creativity to computing: the Macintosh, the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad. People found his products beautiful and easy to use.
Jobs also changed the music and film industries. He started Pixar, a film production company in 1986. Toy Story was the world’s first computer-animated feature film (電腦動(dòng)畫(huà)電影).
“Steve was among the greatest of American innovators — brave enough to think differently, confident enough to believe he could change the world, and clever enough to do it,” said President Barack Obama. “By making computers personal and putting the Internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only easy to reach, but fun ... And there may be no greater praise to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his death on a device he invented.”
All around the world, people are talking about the effects that Jobs’ creations have had. By creating products that surprised people, he changed the way people worked and lived their everyday lives.
小題1:Which of the following about Steve Jobs is NOT true?
A．He was born in California in 1955.
B．He built the Apple II in 1970.
C．He set up a film production company at 31.
D．He was found to suffer from cancer at 49.
小題2:The underlined word “innovators” in Paragraph 6 could best be replaced by _____.
A．inventorsB．businessmenC．producersD．founders
小題3:According to Barack Obama, the highest praise for Steve Jobs is that _____.
A．his products are widely used all over the world
B．his products are thought to be beautiful and easy to use
C．people all over the world are sad at his death
D．people learned about his death from his products
小題4:Jobs changed the way we work and live by _____.
A．building the first personal computer
B．making computer-animated feature films
C．developing the music industry
D．creating surprising products

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