SectionV人物事件篇
Passage42
BillClintontookoffice(就职)onJanuary20,ident(总统)idents.
emonthsbeforehewasborn,hisfather,WilliamBlats,hewassmall,hismotherremarried(再婚)NorgerClinton,sotheboy‘sfamilynamewaschanged.
Inthesummerof1963,nghisvisit,attime,hewantedtobecomeapresident,andnowheis!
identwhenhewas______.
y-sevenD.37yearsold
ton’sfatherdied______.
Clintonwasyoung
astheboy‘snamechanged?
usehisfamilywasverypoor
usehismotherremarriedNorgerClinton
1963ClintoncametothecityofWashington___.
veameetingwithKennedy
honeofthefollowingisNotright?
ybodycanvisitthepresidentintheWhiteHouse
identsworkintheWhiteHorse
tonwantedtobecomeapresidentafterhesawPresidentKennedy
hiteHouseisinthecityofWashington
Passage43
adeadlydisease,ewere2,601cases(病例)recordedontheChinesemainlandonApril24,accordingtogovernmentreport.115peoplehavediedandnumberskeeprising.
But,thereisanotherside.
SARSisareminder(提醒)enly,it’yonenowrealizestheremightnotalwaysbeatomorrow.
WangXinying,astudentinTaiyuan,ShanxiProvincecameintocontact(接触)withasuspected(疑似)stoldtostayathomeforatleasttwoweeks.“WatchingTVaboutmoreandmoreSARSpatientsdying,isvaluable(珍贵的')andI’mgoingtotreasure(珍惜)everysingleday,”hesaid.
SARSteachespeopletobegrateful,orsandnurses,forexample,havetospendalltheirtimewithinfected(被感染的)esult,morethanonefifthofSARScasesinChinaaremedicalworkers.
XuBing,astudentofBeijingNo.5MiddleSchoolwantstobeadoctorinthefuture.“Althoughtheycertainlyknowthedangers,doctorsandnurseskeptworkinghardonsavingpeople’slives.I’nktheyarerealheroes.”hesaid.
SARSalsoteachessympathy(同情)herearefarworsethingsthanSARSinthisworld,suchaswar,koftheIraqis,kofhowtheAmericansfelton9.11.
Andfinally,thispasses,Chinaanditspeoplewillhavelearnedgreatlessons.
does“Everyonenowrealizestheremightnotalwaysbeatomorrow”mean?
Itmeanslifeiseasyto_____andwemust______ourlife.
ongwasWangXinyingtoldtostayathome?
Hewastoldtostayathomeforabout_______a_______.
anmedicalworkersbeeasilyinfected?
Becausetheyhavetobewithinfectedpatients_______and_______.
dowelearninthedifficulttime?
Welearnnothingisdifficultifwe___________.
Passage44
okeofstrangepeopleandplacesthatnobodyknewaboutatthattime.
Asayoungman,cametheChineseemperor’rehereachedtheageofthirtyhewasmadeaChineseofficial.
Afternearlyseventeenyearsintheeast,theyfinallyarrivedinVenice,hadbeenawayforalmost25years.
madeMarcoPolofamousduringthemiddleAges?
ravelinthewest. isittoVenice.
didMarcoPolowriteaboutinhisbook?
etraveledtoChinawithhisfather. thingtoodifficultforpeopletounderstand.
strangepeopleandplaces thingthathadbeenknowntopeopleformanyyears.
oPoloworkedasaChineseofficialin________.
A.1254B.1284C.1271D.1279
hofthefollowingistherightorderduringMarco’stravel?
adeaChineseofficial
meChineseemperor’sfriend
rnedtoVenice
A.c-a-d-b-eB.c-a-b-d-eC.a-b-d-e-cD.a-d-b-e-c
Passage45
Typhoons(台风)inthenorthernpartoftheworldhavegirls’stheworsttyphoontohitHongKongintenyears.
ItbegantoraininthemorningofMonday,August16th,no’clockinthemorning,TyphoonRosewasstill130milesawaybutalreadythewindwasblowingpeople’yphoonshelters(避风港)sthatweretoobigtogoinsidethesheltersputdownmoreanchors(锚)9:00intheevening,allthelightswentout.
difficulttosleepinsuchbadweather.
InTyphoonRose,eopleofHongKongwillnotquicklyforgetTyphoonRose!
’strueaccordingtothepassage?
oonsallovertheworldhavegirls’names.
oonswithprettynamesareusuallybeautiful.
oonRoseonlyhitHongKong.
enyears,peopleinHongKonghaven’tseenaworsetyphoonthanTyphoonRose.
’sthepossibleresultofTyphoonRose?
ofbigshopswereblownontorocks.
thantwohundredpeoplelosttheirlivesandmanymorelosttheirhomes.
ledidn’tsleepwellinsuchbadweather.
leturnedoffthelightsat9:00intheevening.
eopleofHongKongwillnotquicklyforgetTyphoonRosebecause____________.
didn’tsleepwellthatnight
oonRosewasn’tasprettyasitsname
couldn’tfindtheirshipsafterthetyphoon
bigshopsdidn’tgoinsidethesheltersbecause_______.
saferoutside
wereoutatseaandtheyweren’tfastenoughtoreachtheshelters
whenTyphoonRosecame
stooexpensiveforbigshopstogoinsidetheshelters
passageismainlyabout______.
yphoons
Passage46
ers,entallhisfreetimeinoneofhisfourglass-housesandgrewflowersofeverycolor,withlonganddifficultnames,forcompetitions(比赛)iedtogrowaroseofanewcolortowinthesilvercup(银杯)fortheRoseoftheYear.
ers’ofaroundthirteenofagewereoftentempted(引诱)ers’ersdidhisbesttobeinornearhisglass-housesatthebeginningandendoftheschoolday.
ershadtriedinmanywaystoprotecthisglass,dbeentoschooltoreporttotheheadmaster;dtriedtodriveawaytheboysthatthrewstonesintohisgarden;buttheboyscouldrunfasterthanhecould,devenpickedupallthestonesthathecouldfindaroundhisgarden,sothattheboyswouldhavenothingtothrow;buttheysoonfoundothers.
tupalargenotice(布告)madeofgood,strongwood,hehadwrittenthewords:rthis,ershadnofurthertrouble;theboysweremuchmoretemptedtothrowstonesatthenoticethanattheglass-houses.
ers’hopeto________.
dglass-housesinhisfreetime theRoseoftheYearinasilvercup
silvercupforgrowingaroseofanewcolor
arosewiththelongestname
wereoftentemptedto________.
ers’glass-house ersfromtheirschool
ers’glass-houses ersnearhisglass-houses
ersstayedinornearbyhisglass-houses_______.
meswhenschool-boyswerewalkingnearthem
heschooldaywhentherewerenoboysabout
ehecouldnotbeseenbytheboyspassing
sfreetimeatthebeginningandendoftheschoolday
ershadtriedto______toprotecthisglass.
heheadmasterforhelp
ltheabove
ers’goodideawasto______.
esomewordsontheglass palargenoticetocoverhisglass-houses
theboyssomethingelsetothrowstonesat forpolicemen
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