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SectionV人物事件篇

Passage42

BillClintontookoffice（就職）onJanuary20,1993andbecamethe42ndU.S.President（總統(tǒng)）.Heis

thefirstU.S.presidentwhowasbornafterWorldWarII.HeisalsooneoftheyoungestofallU.S.

presidents.

Clintonwasborninapoorfamily.Threemonthsbeforehewasbom,hisfather,WilliamBlats,died.

Whenhewassmall,hismotherremarried（再婚）NorgerClinton,sotheboy*sfamilynamewaschanged.

Inthesummerof1963,ClintonwasaskedtovisitthecityofWashington.Duringhisvisit,hemet

PresidentKennedyintheWhiteHouse.Atthattime,hewantedtobecomeapresident,andnowheis!

1.Clintonbecamethe42ndU.S.presidentwhenhewas.

A.thirtyB.aboutfortyC.forty-sevenD.37yearsold

2.Clinton'sfatherdied.

A.after1946B.beforeClintonwasbornC.beforeWorldWarIID.whenClintonwasyoung

3.Whywastheboy*snamechanged?

A.BecausehebecameapresidentB.Becausehisfamilywasverypoor

C.BecausehisfatherwasdeadD.BecausehismotherremarriedNorgerClinton

4.In1963ClintoncametothecityofWashington__.

A.totakepartinanexamB.forhisholidaysC.foravisitD.tohaveameetingwithKennedy

5.WhichoneofthefollowingisNotright?

A.EverybodycanvisitthepresidentintheWhiteHouse

B.AlltheU.S.presidentsworkintheWhiteHorse

C.ClintonwantedtobecomeapresidentafterhesawPresidentKennedy

D.TheWhiteHouseisinthecityofWashington

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EVERYTHINGhastwosides.OnesideofSARSisalreadyclear.Itisadeadlydisease,which

causesfear.Therewere2,601cases（病例）recordedontheChinesemainlandonApril24,accordingto

governmentreport.115peoplehavediedandnumberskeeprising.

But,thereisanotherside.

SARSisareminder（提醒）ofhowfragilelifecanbe.Suddenly,ifsnotjusttheoldpeoplewhoare

thinkingaboutdeath.Everyonenowrealizestheremightnotalwaysbeatomorrow.

WangXinying,astudentinTaiyuan,ShanxiProvincecameintocontact（?M）withasuspected（疑

似）SARSpatientinmid-April.Hewastoldtostayathomeforatleasttwoweeks.'WatchingTVabout

moreandmoreSARSpatientsdying,Ineverknewthatdeathcouldbesoclose.Lifeisvaluable（珍貴的）

andI'mgoingtotreasure（珍惜）everysingleday,"hesaid.

SARSteachespeopletobegrateful,bothfortheirownlivesandforothers.Doctorsandnurses,for

example,havetospendalltheirtimewithinfected（被）感染的）patients.Asaresult,morethanonefifthof

SARScasesinChinaaremedicalworkers.

XuBing,astudentofBeijingNo.5MiddleSchoolwantstobeadoctorinthefuture."Althoughthey

certainlyknowthedangers,doctorsandnurseskeptworkinghardonsavingpeople'slives.Tmdeeply

movedbywhattheyhavedone.Ithinktheyarerealheroes.”hesaid.

SARSalsoteachessympathy（同情）.ThepastfewweekshavebeenterribleforChinesepeople.But

therearefarworsethingsthanSARSinthisworld,suchaswar,earthquakesandrobberies.Thinkofthe

Iraqis,whohavebeenlivingterriblelivesfor20years.ThinkofhowtheAmericansfelton9.11.

Andfinally,SARSoffersthechancestogrow.Alldifferentkindsofpeopleandthegovernmentsare

joiningtogethertoworkinthisdifficulttime.Whenthispasses,Chinaanditspeoplewillhavelearned

greatlessons.

I.Whatdoes"Everyonenowrealizestheremightnotalwaysbeatomorrow"mean?

Itmeanslifeiseasytoandwemustourlife.

2.HowlongwasWangXinyingtoldtostayathome?

Hewastoldtostayathomeforabouta.

3.Whycanmedicalworkersbeeasilyinfected?

Becausetheyhavetobewithinfectedpatientsand.

4.Whatdowelearninthedifficulttime?

Welearnnothingisdifficultifwe.

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MarcoPolowasborninVenicein1254.HewasthemostfamouswesternertovisitAsiaduringthe

middleAges.Hewroteabookabouthistravels.Inhisbookhewroteallthethingshesawandheard.

ManypeoplereadthebookbutfewbelievedwhatMarcoPolosaid.Hespokeofstrangepeopleand

placesthatnobodyknewaboutatthattime.

Asayoungman,MarcoPolodecidedtotraveltogetherwithhisfather.Ittookthemmorethanthree

yearstotraveltoChina.HebecametheChineseemperor'sfriend.HelearnedtheChineselanguage

whenhetraveledaroundandtalkedtomanypeople.Beforehereachedtheageofthirtyhewasmadea

Chineseofficial.

Afternearlyseventeenyearsintheeast,Marcoandhisfatherpreparedtoreturnhome.Whenthey

finallyarrivedinVenice,theirfamilyandfriendsweresurprisedtoseethemagain.Theyhadbeenaway

foralmost25years.

1.WhatmadeMarcoPolofamousduringthemiddleAges?

A.HistraveltoAmerica.B.Histravelinthewest.C.HistravelinAsia.D.HisvisittoVenice.

2.WhatdidMarcoPolowriteaboutinhisbook?

A.HowhetraveledtoChinawithhisfather.B.Somethingtoodifficultforpeopletounderstand.

C.SomestrangepeopleandplacesD.Somethingthathadbeenknowntopeopleformanyyears.

3.MarcoPoloworkedasaChineseofficialin.

A.1254B.1284C.1271D.1279

4.WhichofthefollowingistherightorderduringMarco'stravel?

edwithhisfatherb.wasmadeaChineseofficial

c.wroteabookabouthistraveld.becameChineseemperorsfriend

e.returnedtoVenice

A.c-a-d-b-eB.c-a-b-d-eC.a-b-d-e-cD.a-d-b-e-c

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Typhoons（臺(tái)儀I）inthenorthernpartoftheworldhavegirls1names.Sometimestheyhavevery

beautifulnames.RoseisaprettynamebuttherewasnothingprettyaboutTyphoonRose.Itwasthe

worsttyphoontohitHongKongintenyears.

ItbegantoraininthemorningofMonday,August16th,1971.Atteno'clockinthemorning,Typhoon

Rosewasstill130milesawaybutalreadythewindwasblowingpeople'sumbrellaaway.Thewind

becamestrongerandstronger.Thetyphoonshelters（避以l港）weresoonfullofboats.Shipsthatwere

toobigtogoinsidethesheltersputdownmoreanchors（錨）.Someverybigshopswentouttosea.Itis

saferforabigshoptobeatseainatyphoonbecauseitcannotbeblownontorocks.KaiTakAirport

closed.Noplaneswereabletotakeofforland.At9:00intheevening,allthelightswentout.

Noonesleptwellthatnight.Itisdifficulttosleepinsuchbadweather.

InTyphoonRose,morethanonehundredpeopledied.229peoplewerehurtand66ofthesehadto

gotohospital.1500losttheirhomes.ThepeopleofHongKongwillnotquicklyforgetTyphoonRose!

I.Whafstrueaccordingtothepassage?

A.Typhoonsallovertheworldhavegirls'names.

B.Typhoonswithprettynamesareusuallybeautiful.

C.TyphoonRoseonlyhitHongKong.

D.Fortenyears,peopleinHongKonghaven'tseenaworsetyphoonthanTyphoonRose.

2.WhafsthepossibleresultofTyphoonRose?

A.Lotsofbigshopswereblownontorocks.

B.Morethantwohundredpeoplelosttheirlivesandmanymorelosttheirhomes.

C.Peopledidn'tsleepwellinsuchbadweather.

D.Peopleturnedoffthelightsat9:00intheevening.

3.ThepeopleofHongKongwillnotquicklyforgetTyphoonRosebecause.

A.itcausedtheterriblelossesB.theydidn*tsleepwellthatnight

C.TyphoonRosewasn'tasprettyasitsname

D.theycouldnlfindtheirshipsafterthetyphoon

4.Somebigshopsdidn'tgoinsidethesheltersbecause.

A.theyhadmoreanchorsB.itissaferoutside

C.theywereoutatseaandtheyweren'tfastenoughtoreachtheshelters

whenTyphoonRosecame

D.itwastooexpensiveforbigshopstogoinsidetheshelters

5.Thispassageismainlyabout.

A.thenamesoftyphoonsB.typhoonsinHongKingC.TyphoonRoseD.thetyphoons

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TherewasonceamancalledMr.Flowers,andflowerswerehisonlyjoyinlife.Hespentallhisfree

timeinoneofhisfourglass-housesandgrewflowersofeverycolor,withlonganddifficultnames,for

competitions（比賽）.Hetriedtogrowaroseofanewcolortowinthesilvercup（銀杯）fortheRoseofthe

Year.

Mr.Flowers'glass-houseswereveryneartoamiddleschool.Boysofaroundthirteenofagewere

oftentempted（弓I誘）tothrowastoneortwoatoneofMr.Flowers*glass-houses.SoMr.Flowersdidhis

besttobeinornearhisglass-housesatthebeginningandendoftheschoolday.

Butitwasnotalwayspossibletobeonwatchatthosetimes.Mr.Flowershadtriedinmanywaysto

protecthisglass,butnothingthathehaddonehadbeenuseful.Hehadbeentoschooltoreporttothe

headmaster;butthishadnotdoneanygood.Hehadtriedtodriveawaytheboysthatthrewstonesinto

hisgarden;buttheboyscouldrunfasterthanhecould,andtheylaughedathimfromfaraway.Hehad

evenpickedupallthestonesthathecouldfindaroundhisgarden,sothattheboyswouldhavenothing

tothrow;buttheysoonfoundothers.

AtlastMr.Flowershadagoodidea.Heputupalargenotice（布告）madeofgood,strongwood,

somemetersawayfromtheglass-houses.Onithehadwrittenthewords:DONOTTHROWSTONES

ATTHISNOTICE.Afterthis,Mr.Flowershadnofurthertrouble;theboysweremuchmoretemptedto

throwstonesatthenoticethanattheglass-houses.

1.ltwasMr.Flowers,hopeto.

A.buildglass-housesinhisfreetimeB.growtheRoseoftheYearinasilvercup

C.winasilvercupforgrowingaroseofanewcolor

D.growarosewiththelongestname

2.Boyswereoftentemptedto.

A.throwstonesatMr.Flowers'glass-houseB.throwstonesatMr.Flowersfromtheirschool

C.beinornearbyMr.Flowers*glass-housesD.playwithMr.Flowersnearhisglass-houses

3.Mr.Flowersstayedinornearbyhisglass-houses.

A.attimeswhenschool-boyswerewalkingnearthem

B.alltheschooldaywhentherewerenoboysabout

C.wherehecouldnotbeseenbytheboyspassing

D.inhisfreetimeatthebeginningandendoftheschoolday

4.Mr.Flowershadtriedtotoprotecthisglass.

A.beonwatchinhisfreetimeB.asktheheadmasterforhelp

C.pickupallthestonesaroundhisgardenD.doalltheabove

5.Mr.Flowers1goodideawasto.

A.writesomewordsontheglassB.putupalargenoticetocoverhisglass-houses

C.givetheboyssomethingelsetothrowstonesatD.sendforpolicemen

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Peopleoftensay,"Childrencan'tdomathproblem,ifsbecauseparentscan'tdotheirchildren's

homework."Here*sanexampletoshowwhatImean.

Theotherdaymydaughterbroughthomehermathhomework.Mlhavetosubtract（減）179from

202,Mshesaid.

“It'squiteeasy/11said.uYouputthe202overthe179.”

"Butweneeda10here.Whereisthe10?"

Mldon'tknowwherethe10is.Lefsjustsubtract179from202.Ninefromtwoisthree.Youcarryone

andaddittoseven.Eightfromzeroistwo.Theansweris23."

“Wecan*tdoitthatway.Wehavetousethe10.”

"Well,I'mgoingtocallyourteachertoseehowshesubtracts179from202.”

Overthetelephone,IsaidthatIwashavingabitoftroublewiththehomeworkshehadgiventomy

daughter.Theteachersaid,Mlntheright-handcolumn（欄）wehaveunitsofone.Thetwointhatcolumn

countsfortwoones.Thezerointhecentercountsforzerotens.Thetwointheleft-handcolumncounts

forhundreds.Areyouclear?"ButIdidn'tthinkIwasclear.

Ihungupandfoundmywaytothemedicinebox.Myheadwasnowhurting.Istartedputtingpillsof

medicineintomymouth."Howmanydidyoutake?”mywifeasked.u\tookoneandthenItookanother...!

knowoneandonewastwo,butdon*taskmewhatitisnow.”

I.Thedaughterwantedtheotherday.

A.togiveherfatheralessonB.toshowhowdifficultmathwas

C.herfathertophoneherteacherD.herfathertohelpherwithherhomework

2.Whichofthefollowingsentencesisnottrue?

A.Thefatherhadadifferentwaytodothemathproblem.

B.Thefathercouldn'tdohisdaughtershomework.

C.Thedaughtercouldn'tunderstandherfather'sway.

D.Thedaughterhadsometroubledoingthemathproblem.

3.Fromwhattheteachersaid,weknowthattheword“units”meanshere.

A.wholenumberslessthan10B.wholethings

C.groupsoflessonsD.thesmallestnumbers

4.Whattheteachersaidmadethefather.

A.angryB.worriedC.sadD.tired

5.Canyouguesswhatwouldhappennextinthestory?

A.Thefatherwouldgotoschoolandbegintolearnmath.

B.Thefatherwouldbecomeveryillandhavetotakemoremedicine.

C.Thefatherwouldneverdohisdaughtersmathproblemsagain.

D.Thefatherwouldgototheschoolandfightwiththeteacher.

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Almosteveryonelikesdogs,andalmosteveryonelikestoreadaboutdogs.Ihaveafriend.Hehasa

bigpolicedogwiththenameJack.Policedogsareveryclever.EverySundayafternoonmyfriendtakes

Jackforalongwalkinthepark.Jacklikestheselongwalksverymuch.

OneSundayafternoonayoungmancametovisitmyfriend.Hestayedalongtime.Hetalkedand

talked.SoonitwastimeformyfriendtotakeJackforawalk.Butthevisitorstillstayed.Jackbecame

muchworried.Hewalkedaroundtheroomseveraltimesandthensatdowninfrontofthevisitorand

lookedathim.Butthevisitorpaidnoattention。主意）toJack.Hewentontalking.AtlastJackgotangry.

Hewentoutoftheroomandcamebackafewminuteslater.Hesatdownagaininfrontofthevisitor,but

thistimehetookthevisitor'scapinhismouth.

1.Theyoungvisitorstayedalongtimeinmyfriend'shouse,didn'the?

A.Yes,hewas.B.Yes,hedid.C.No,hewasn't.D.No,hedidn't.

2.Jackbecameworriedbecause.

A.hewantedtogooutforawalkB.hewantedtoplaywithhim

C.hedidn'tknowtheyoungmanD.hewantedtoeatsomething

3.Jacksatdowninfrontofthevisitorbecausehewanted.

A.thevisitortotalkwithhimB.tojointhetalk

C.toshowthevisitorhowcleverhewasD.thevisitortoleavethehousesoon

4.Thevisitorwentontalkingand.

A.hepaidnoattentiontohiscapB.hedidn'tlikeJack

C.hedidn'tknowthathiscapwastakenawaybyJackD.hepaidnoattentiontoJack

5.AtlastJacktookinhismouth.

A.foodB.nothingC.thevisitorscapD.thevisitor'sbag

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WatsonwonhismostimportantgameandbecameSouthernChessMasterin1977.Hewas

giventhesilvercup.

**ltisn'trightlymine/thesaid,whenhewasholdingthecup.”“ItwaswontwoyearsagowhenIwas

onholidayin…”

"Afamilywasstayingatmyhotelatthattime.Mrs.Prig,themother,wastoldthatIplayedchess;

andshebeggedmetogiveheryoungsonagame.'He'sonlyten.1shesaid,1*vebeentoldthatheplays

quitewell.,

'Well,asyoucanguess,Iwasn'ttoohappy.Aplayerlikestheopponent（對(duì)手）toplayaswellashe

does.ButitwasholidaytimeandIagreedtoplay.Weplacedtheboard（棋盤）inthegarden.Thegame

began.Ihopeditwouldbequick--andsoitwas.

MlsoonknewthatDavidPrigwasnolearner.Aftertenminuteshissistercameoutsideandbeganto

playtennisagainstawall.Theboyseemedtoloseinterestinourgame.Hemovedapiece(棋子)without

care.Igavemyattentiontotheboard.

“Callmewhenyouareready,Mr.Watson,nhesaid.

WhenIwasready?Ilookedup.Hehadgoneofftoplaywithhissister.Istudiedtheboard,and

foundIwasdrivenintocorner.SoitwentonwithDavid:aquickmove,thentennis,backtotheboard,

thenbacktohissister.Mydifficultconditionbecameimpossibletochange.Iwasbeaten.Oh,soeasily,

byaten-year-oldchessplayer.Hewasthewinner——intwenty-eightminutes.

“DavidPrig,anametoremember.Ihadachancetousehisgametoday,anditwonthiscupforme.

Tohim,ofcourse,itisonlyoneofahundred,orperhapsathousand,winninggames.”

1.WhenMr.Watsonsaid,ultisn'trightlymine.Itwaswonhemeanttwoyearsbefore.

A.hehadplayedchesswithalittleboyfortwenty-eightminutes

B.hehadhadachancetotakepartinanimportantgame

C.hehadlearnedhowtoplaychessfromachild

D.hehadlearnedagoodgamefromachild

2.Beforethegame,Mr.Watsonwasquitesurethat.

A.theboyplayedaswellashedidB.hewouldbeSouthernChessMastertwoyearslater

C.hecouldwinthegameeasilyD.theboywouldwinthegamequickly

3.WhydidDavidplaytenniswhilehewasplayingchesswithWatson?

Becausehe.

A.hadnointerestinplayingchesswithadults(成年人)B.wasnotgoodatplayingchess

C.likedplayingtennismuchbetterthanplayingchess

D.playedchessmuchbetterthanWatson

4.Fromthestory,weknowthat.

A.DavidPrigwastherealwinnerB.Mr.Watsonwastherealwinner

C.neitherofthemwastherealwinnerD.bothofthemweretherealwinners

5.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A.Sometimesyoungchildrencanbeatadultsinplayingchess.

B.Watsonthoughthecouldwinthegamequickly,andsohedid.

C.WatsonlearnedsomethingfromDavidandwonthesilvercup.

D.Watsonwouldneverforgetthenameoftheboy.

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閱讀下面短文，把A—E五個(gè)句子填入文中空缺處，使短文內(nèi)容完整正確。

Inthe13thcentury,thefamousItaliantraveler,MarcoPolo,traveledalongwaytoChina.Duringhis

stayinChina,hesawmanywonderfulthings.OneofthethingshediscoveredwasthattheChineseused

papermoney.Inwesterncountries,peopledidnotusepapermoneyuntilthe15thcentury.(1)____

AChinesemancalledCaiLuninventedpaperalmost2,000yearsago.Hemadeitfromwood.

(2)____Hethenputthesepiecesofpapertogetherandmadethemintoabook.

(3)____Weusealotofpapereveryday.Ifwekeeponwastingsomuchpaper,therewillnotbeany

treesleftontheearth.Iftherearenotrees,therewillbenopaper.Everydaytpeoplethrowawayabout

2,800tonsofpaper.Ittakes17treestomakeonetonofpaper.Thismeansthatwearecuttingnearly

48,000treeseveryday.

Sinceittakesmorethan10yearsforatreetogrow,wemuststartusinglesspapernow.Ifwedon't,

wewillnothaveenoughtimetogrowmoretreestotaketheplaceofthoseweuseforpaper.

(4)____Wecanusebothsidesofeverypieceofpaper,especiallywhenwearemakingnotes.We

canchoosedrinksinbottlesinsteadofthoseinpaperpackets.Wecanalsousecottonhandkerchiefs(手

帕)andnotpaperones.Whenwegoshopping,wecanusefewerpaperbags.Iftheshopassistantdoes

giveusapaperbag,wecansaveitandreuseitlater.

(5)____Ifweallthinkcarefully,wecanhelpprotecttrees.Butweshoulddoitnow,beforeitistoo

late.

A.Nowpaperstillcomesfromtrees.B.Everyonecanhelptosavepaper.

C.However,peopleinChinabegantousepapermoneyinthe7thcentury.

D.Hetookthewoodfromtreesandmadeitintopaper.

E.Sohowcanwesavepaper?

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OnNovember18th,1908,threemenwentupinaballoon.TheystartedearlyinLondon.The

headmanwasAugusteGaudron,andtheothertwomenwereTannarandMaitland.Theyhadabig

balloon,andtheywerereadyforalongway.

Soontheyheardtheseabelowthem.Theywerecarryingtheusualrope,anditwashangingdown

fromthebasketoftheballoon.Attheendoftheropetheyhadtiedametalbox.Thiscouldholdwater.Or

itcouldbeempty.Sotheywereabletochangeitsweight.Theywerealsocarryingsomebagsofsand.

Afterthesunrose,theballoonwenthigher.Itwentupto3,000meters,andtheairwasverycold.

Thewaterintheballoonbecameice.Snowfellpastthemen'sbasket,andtheycouldseemoresnowon

theground.Therewasalsosomesnowontheballoon,andthatmadeitveryheavy.Itbegantogodown

towardstheground.Thementriedtothrowoutsomemoresand;butitwashard.Theytriedtobreakthe

icysandwiththeirknives,butitwasnoteasy.Theworkwasslowandtheywerestillfalling;sotheyhad

todropsomewholebagsofsand.Oneofthemfellonanicylakebelowandmadeablackholeintheice.

Atlasttheypulledtheboxintothebasket.Itwasstillsnowing;sotheyclimbedtogetawayfromthe

snow.Theyroseto5,100meters!Everythingbecameicy.Theyweresocoldthattheydecidedtoland.

TheycamedowninPolandheavilybutsafely.Theyhadtraveled1,797kilometersfromLondon!

1.Threemenflewinaballoon.

A.morethanacenturyagoB.tovisitPolandC.fornearly1,800kilometersD.toanothercity

2.Themetalboxwasusedfor.

A.changingweightB.carryingropesofthebasket

C.keepingdrinkingwaterD.carryingthebagsofsand

3.Whentheballoonwentuphigher,.

A.theysawthesungodownB.thetemperatureoftheballoonbegantofall

C.theycouldseeablackholeonthegroundD.theymadeaholeinthebasketwiththeirknives

4.Theballoonlanded.

A.inaforeigncountryB.onalakeC.inLondonD.onthesea

5.Thethreemenhadtolandbecause.

A.theywereveryhungryB.theyhadnotenoughsand

C.theypulledtheboxintothebasketD.theyfelttoocold

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InasmallvillageinEnglandabout150yearsago,amailcoach(郵車)wasstandingonthestreet.

Aroundthecoachmanypeopleweretalkingtooneanotheraboutit.

Mailcoachdidnotcometothatvillagesoofteninthosedays.Peoplehadtopayalotofmoneyto

getaletter.Thepersonwhosenttheletterdidnothavetopay.Thepersonwhogottheletterhadtopay

thepostage（郵資）.

“Here'saletterforMissAliceBrown/tsaidthemailman.Everyoneturnedtoagirlofabouteighteen

whowasstandingbythecoach."I'mAliceBrown；*shesaidinalowvoice.Themailmangaveherthe

letter.

Alicelookedattheenvelopeforaminute,andthenhandeditbacktothemailman.

*TmsorryIcan'ttakeit；1shesaid.uldon'thaveenoughmoneytopaythepostage.”

Thepeoplestandingaroundwereverysorryforthegirl.Theyweresilentforawhile.Thena

gentlemancameuptothemailmanandpaidthepostageforAlice'sletter.

Whenthegentlemangavehertheletter,shesaidwithasmile,uOh,thankyouverymuch,sir.This

letterisfromtheyoungmanI'mgoingtomarry.HisnameisTom.HewenttoLondontolookforwork.He

hastogetenoughmoneyforourmarriage（結(jié)婚）.I'vewaitedalongtimeforthisletter,butnowdon't

needit.Idon'thavetoopentheenvelopebecausethereisnothinginside."

“Really?”thegentlemansaidinsurprise.uHowdoyouknowthat?""Hetoldmethathewouldput

somesignsontheenvelope.Look,sir,thiscrossinthecornermeansthatheiswell,andthiscircle

meanshehasfoundwork.That'sverygoodnews.”

ThegentlemanwasSirRowlandHill.HedidnotforgetAliceandherletter.

"Thepostagetobepaidbythereceiverhastobechanged,"hesaidtohimself.Hethoughtand

thoughtformanyyears.Atlasthehadagoodplan.

“Thepostagehastobemuchlower,nhesaid.4Whataboutapenny（便士）foraletter?Andthe

personwhosendstheletterpaysthepostage.Hehastobuyastampandputitontheenvelope/*

"Agoodidea!”peoplesaidwhentheyheardofhisplan.

TheGovernmentdecidedtoadopt（采納）theplan.Thefirstpostagestampwasputoutin1840.It

wascalledthe"PennyBlack".IthadapictureoftheQueenonit.

1.Thefirstpostagestampwasmade.

A.inEnglandB.inAmericaC.byAliceD.in1910

2.Thegirlhandedtheletterbacktothemailmanbecause.

A.shedidnotknowwhoseletteritwas

B.theletterhadalreadytoldherwhatshewantedtoknow

C.shecouldnotpaythepostage

D.thegentlemanpromisedtopaythepostageforher

3.Whenthegirlreturnedthelettertothemailman.

A.thepeoplearoundherfeltsorryforherB.thepeoplethoughtthatthegirlwastoopoor

C.noneofthemwantedtopaythepostageforherD.thepeoplewasangrywiththegirl

4.AliceknewhowTomwasgettingfromthesignsontheenvelopebecause.

A.TomhadtoldherwhatthesignsmeantbeforeleavingforLondon

B.Alicewascleverandcouldguessthemeaningofthesigns

C.AIicehadputthesignsontheenvelopeherself

D.TomhadputthesignsasAlicehadtoldhimto

5.Theideaofusingstampswasfoundby.

A.thegovernmentB.SirRowlandHillC.AliceBrownD.Tom

SectionV人物故事篇答案詳解

Passage42

【答案與解析】這是一篇關(guān)于美國總統(tǒng)克林頓的人物傳記?？肆诸D是二戰(zhàn)后美國的第一任總統(tǒng)，他是

美國最年輕的總統(tǒng)之一?？肆诸D出生于一個(gè)貧苦的家庭，其父早亡，后隨繼父改姓克林頓?？肆诸D被邀參

觀華盛頓市期間，在白宮受到總統(tǒng)肯尼迪接見，當(dāng)時(shí)就有做總統(tǒng)的想法。

1.C.根據(jù)"HeisthefirstU.S.presidentwhowasbornafterWorldWarII."這一句話，可知克林頓是在

第二次世界大戰(zhàn)之后出生的。故可推知答案為C。

2.B.本題屬細(xì)節(jié)理解題。"Threemonthsbeforehewasborn,hisfather.WilliamBlats,died."是答案的

出處。

3.D.本題同樣也是細(xì)節(jié)理解題。答案就在第二段的末句中。

4.B.短文末段的首句已交代提非常清楚。

5.C.文章的最后一句話是解答本題的關(guān)鍵。

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【解題思路點(diǎn)撥】這是一篇以SARS為話題的閱讀材料。文章作者告訴我們：SARS這種致命的疾病

讓人們清醒地認(rèn)識(shí)到生命是多么的脆弱，每個(gè)人都要好好珍惜生命中的每一天。SARS給人們帶來的啟示

是：我們大家要感謝那些置個(gè)人安危于不顧的醫(yī)務(wù)工作者；人人都應(yīng)當(dāng)有點(diǎn)同情心；團(tuán)結(jié)協(xié)作才能共度難

關(guān)。

1.lose,love/treasure?短文第三白然段的意思是說，SARS的流行提醒人們：生命是脆弱的。突然間

的死亡不只是老年人所面臨的?，F(xiàn)在每個(gè)人都意識(shí)到明天不總是有的。也就是說，“生命是很容易失去的，

我們大家都應(yīng)當(dāng)熱愛（珍惜）生命。”

2.half,month.本小題所提的問題是"王信英被告知在家里呆大約多長時(shí)間？""Hewastoldtostayat

homeforatleasttwoweeks."—"句中的"atleasttwoweeks"（至少兩個(gè)星期）即是答案。但在解題時(shí)，要注意

抓住兩個(gè)空格中間的冠詞a,從而可以聯(lián)想到由其構(gòu)成的時(shí)間狀語，否則就會(huì)不知所措。

3.day,night。根據(jù)“Doctorsandnurses,forexample,havetospendalltheirtimewithinfected

patients.”中的可以聯(lián)想到醫(yī)生和護(hù)士們?nèi)杖找挂沟兀╠ayandnight）與SARS病人在一起。故可得答案。本

題也應(yīng)從連詞“and”入手，聯(lián)系題中信息方能找出答案。

4.join/work,together。短文最后一段說，在SARS嚴(yán)重威脅人們生命健康的

這一段時(shí)間里，不同國家的人和政府?dāng)y手合作，終于戰(zhàn)勝了SARS。文中的“All

differentkindsofpeopleandthegovernmentsarejoiningtogethertoworkin

thisdifficulttime."這言話對(duì)答案有暗示作用。

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【答案與解析】本文是關(guān)于馬可?波羅的小故事。中世紀(jì)，馬可?波羅跟隨父

親來到中國。他在中國生