A seven-year-old girl who had only just learnt to swim saved a four-year-old boy from drowning in the sea. Because of this she has been 36 as a hero.

Brave Amber Horton sprang into action after 37 her friend Kieran Martin slipping __38 rocks and falling into the water. Little Kieran couldn’t swim and 39 to keep his head above the water.　 40 every bit of her strengh, Amber swam over to the sticken child and 41 him to the surface. Then she dragged him back to the shore at Lee-on-the-Solent, Hants.

Amber said, “I had to Kieran to be very __42 but he just slipped. He can’t swim and his feet couldn’t touch the 43 of the sea. I swam over and grabbed him from the water.” Kieran was 44 shaken but suffered only cuts on his legs from the rocks. “I was very scared. I was 45 for a long time and hurt my legs on the rocks. Then Amber saved me,” siad Kieran.

The pair were at the seaside for an outing with their 46 . Amber, Kieran, his cousin Max, five, and his brother Dorminic, seven, had all wandered over to the water’s edge while their 47 family members were in a nearby playpark. Amber’s mum Dee Horton said, “The first I knew about 48 was when Kieran’s brother Dorminic ran over and said Amber had just saved Kieran’s life.”

“It was 49. Kieran was frightened and distressed. He couldn’t move and was crying his eyes out… I think Amber’s phenomenal（了不起的）. She’s just learned to swim herself and she’s had no 50 . I can’t believe she did it 51 . She’s a very brave little girl and we are all very proud of her.”

Drowning is the third most 52 cause of accidental death among children 53 the age of 16 . According to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, learning to 54 __may help children who find themselves in difficulties in the water,　 55 it does not mean they will be safe. Latest figures show more than half of the children who drown can swim.

36. A. realized　　　　 B. recognized　 C. celebrated　　　 D. convinced

37. A. watching　　　 B. viewing　　　 C. considering　　 D. spotting

38. A. off　　　　　　 B. on　　　　　 C. at　　　　　　 D. of

39. A. managed　　　 　B. pretended　　 C. struggled　　　 D. succeeded

40. A. Using　　　　　 B. Picking　　　 C. Catching　　　　 D. Giving

41. A. drew　　　　　 B. transported　　 C. held　　　　　 D. pulled

42. A. devoted　　　　 B. frightened　　 C. brave　　　　　 D. careful

43. A. base　　　　　 B. foot　　　　　 C. bottom　　　　 D. root

44. A. exactly　　　　 B. specially　　 C. extremely　　　 D. happily

45. A. under the water　 B. on the water　 C. on the shore　　 D. on the rock

46. A. classmates　　　 B. families　　　 C. friends　　　　 D. fellows

47. A. another　　　　 B. other　　　　 C. different　　　　 D. extra

48. A. them　　　　　 B. her　　　　　 C. it　　　　　　　 D. him

49. A. terrifying　　　　 B. interesting　 C. exciting　　　　 D. satisfying

50. A. chances　　　　 B. reasons　　　 C. lessons　　　　　 D. possiblilities

51. A. Anyway　　　　 B. Otherwise　　 C. Besides　　　　 D. Furthermore

52. A. usual　　　　　 B. ordinary　　　 C. general　　　　 D. common

53. A. at　　　　 　　　B. beneath　　　 C. under　　　　　 D. over

54. A. calm　　　　　　 B. play　　　　 C. save　　　　　　 D. swim

55. A. but　　　　　　 B. and　　　　 C. or　　　　　　　 D. though

 

36-40.BDACA　41-45.DDCCA 46-50.BBCAC 51-56.ADCDA

 

練習(xí)冊(cè)系列答案
相關(guān)習(xí)題

科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解

There was a time in my life when beauty meant something special to me. I guess that would have been when I was about six or seven ye ars old, just several weeks or maybe a month before the orphanage turned me into an old man.

I would get up every morning at the orphanage, make my bed just like the little soldier that I had become and then I would get into one of the two straight lines and march to breakfast with the other twenty or thirty boys who also lived in my dormitory.

After breakfast one Saturday morning I returned to the dormitory and saw the house parent chasing the beautiful monarch butterflies who lived by the hundreds in the azalea (杜鵑花) bushes strewn around the orphanage.

I carefully watched as he caught these beautiful creatures, one after the other, and then took them from the net and then stuck straight pins through their head and wings, pinning them onto a heavy cardboard sheet.

How cruel it was to kill something of such beauty. I had walked many times out into the bushes, all by myself, just so the butterflies could land on my head, face and hands so I could look at them up close.

Every year when the butterflies would return to the orphanage and try to land on me I would try and shoo (用"噓"聲趕走,嚇走)them away because they did not know that the orphanage was a bad place to live and a very bad place to die.

1. According to the passage, how did the author find the orphanage?

A. A favorable place to live.                B. A bad place to live.

C. A comfortable place for butterflies.  D. A favorable place for the old.

2. How did the people go to their meals?

A. By car.              B. On foot.            C. Queuing in two ways.              D. Any way they wanted.

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE, according to the passage?

A. I love everything of beauty when I was old.

B. The people in the orphanage stand in line doing everything.

C. The azalea bushes were planted by the people living in the orphanage.

D. I shooed the butterflies away because I didn’t want them to be killed.

4. What can we infer from the first two paragraphs?

A. I love beauty when I was about six or seven years old.

B. I became old very soon in the orphanage.

C. I had a very pleasant time in the orphanage.

D. I was tired with the life the way I lived in the orphanage.

5. What does the author think of the house parent?

A. Pitiless.             B. Kind.                C. Lovable.                          D. Beautiful.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：遼寧省沈陽市2010屆高三下學(xué)期教學(xué)質(zhì)量監(jiān)測(cè)（二） 題型：閱讀理解


第二部分：閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）
第一節(jié)（共15題；每小題2分，滿分30分）
閱讀下列短文，從每題短文后所給各題的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C、D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
A
Chen Yurong, 55, an average woman in Wuhan, Hubei province, who was diagnosed with a fatty liver (肝), walked 10 kilometers a day for seven months, despite wind an rain, so she could donate part of a healthy liver to her son. After wearing out four pairs of shoes and losing eight kilograms, her fatty liver condition disappeared. One doctor called it a “miracle” (奇跡).


 
Hear 31 – year – old son, Ye Haibin suffered from severe Wilson’s disease, a rare disorder that causes body to keep copper. Doctors said only a liver transplant could lengthen his life. Despite her age and the knowledge that about one in 1,000 liver donators die after the transplant, Chen said she did not hesitate to donate part of her liver.

“In order to give my young granddaughter a complete family, I’d
like to do everything to save my son, including doing exercise and
eating less”, Chen said.
The transplant was performed on November 3,2009. The surgery
lasted more than 14 hours and saved her son from life threatening
liver disease. State – owned CCTV broadcast the transplant live and
she has been widely praised in China.
However, the 55 – year – old mother said she never expected
such attention, which did bring her hope and help from many others
– even stingers. Despite giving up part of her liver, Chen, like before,
gets up at 6 am to help her son wash and take his medicine. Moved
by Chen Yurong’s love for her son and her determination and effort, the hospital paid the entire medical bill, which would have added up to 600,000 yuan (US$ 85,715).
The great mother, Chen Yurong was honored as the most touching figure in China for 2009.
36．What can we learn about Chen Yurong according to the passage?
A．She together with her son lives a poor life.
B．She herself is in good health all the time.
C．She is willing to do everything for her son.
D．She wants to win other’s attention and praise.
37．Which of the following can best describe Chen Yurong’s behavior?
A．generous   B．a(chǎn)ggressive C．reasonable D．a(chǎn)wesome
38．Which of the following statements is Not true according to the passage?
A．Chen Yurong took exercise and ate less to keep slim.
B．Many people and organizations have helped the family.
C．Liver donators might lose their lives after the transplant.
D．Chen Yurong and her son have been through the hardest time.
39．What would be the best title for the passage?
A．A lucky son     B．A successful operation    C．A miracle       D．A great Mother

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解

Heavy snow blanketed Anhui and Hubei provinces yesterday, cutting off power to some villages and blocking roads. Meanwhile, more snow is expected to cover the south in the coming three days.

Meteorologists said that the snow, which started Sunday night, is expected to fall throughout the south until this Friday, with temperatures falling below zero. The precipitation is expected to help relieve the severe drought conditions.

The temperature in the north will rise after this Friday and the south will be warmer after Nov 22nd, forecasters predicted yesterday.

The national meteorological watchdog issued an orange alert-the second—highest level-for snowstorms yesterday morning, warning that snowfalls in some areas will reach 20 mm at most.

Snowstorms refer to snowfalls that reach 10 mm in 24 hours. Snowfalls below 10 mm and above 5 mm are called heavy snows.

Last Friday, officials from the Hubei provincial government asked the transportation department, the meteorological bureau and related departments be fully prepared for the coming snow, with an emergency team ready to provide around-the-clock assistance.

The predicted snow in the south did not bring much trouble to air and rail travel with advance preparation.

The provincial education bureau declared an emergency plan on Sunday, asking primary and high schools to close when the snowstorms become severe.

The 16 expressways in snow-hit places in Hubei were scattered with 42.8 tons of snow-melting agents and about 4.580 sqm of anti-slip fabric. The latest information from the provincial expressway administration yesterday showed that traffic flowed smoothly during the snow.

The Tianhe Airport in Wuhan, Hubei province, had seven snow-melting vehicles working to ensure timely take-offs and landings.

The Anhui meteorological bureau declared all emergency alert because of the snowstorm on Sunday, with 43 cities and counties issuing alerts for snows and two issuing alerts for frozen roads. Shucheng county and Huoshan county issued time top alert because of the snowstorms on Sunday.

Luogang airport in Hefei, Anhui Province, was shut down for four hours since 7 a.m. yesterday due to the heavy snow, Xinhua reported.

The snow caused time rush-hour traffic to be heavily congested and many commuters left home earlier than usual in the morning.

Ye Wei, a worker at Hefei University of Technology, said his ride to work took a half-hour more than usual.

“Maybe tomorrow I will have to get up one hour earlier than before, because of the frozen roads,” Ye said.

The heavy snow first hit northern China, claiming dozens of lives, causing hundreds of injuries, paralyzing the traffic and grounding hundreds of flights.

The whiteout that began Nov 9th has killed at least 32 people and affected more than 9.6 million in seven provinces. More than 15,000 buildings have collapsed and nearly 300, 000 hectares of farmland have been destroyed, Ministry of Civil Affairs officials said on Sunday.

The snowfall was the heaviest in the past six decades in some northern and central provinces like Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan, with an economic loss reaching 7 billion yuan（$ 1.02 billion）, ministry officials said.

67．Which of the following call be the best title for this passage?

A．Heavy Snow Coming to Southern China.

B．Heavy Snow Blanketed Anhui and Hubei.

C．Snowy All Over China.

D．China in the Future Will Be Cold.

68．The underlined word “precipitation” in the second paragraph probably refers to _______.

A．impulsive approach       B．prediction of snow

C．violent haste           D．fall of snow

69．What can be inferred from the passage?

A．Many airports in Anhui Province were shut down for a long time.

B．The snowfall was the heaviest in the human history.

C．Some measures have been taken to deal with the emergency.

D．This snowfall hasn’t brought about any deaths.

70．You may probably read this passage in ________.

A．a(chǎn) poster        B．a(chǎn) magazine     C．a(chǎn) science fiction      D．a(chǎn) newspaper

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：高考真題 題型：閱讀理解

閱讀理解。
     While small may be beautiful, tall is just plain uncomfortable it seems, particularly when it comes to staying
in hotels and eating in restaurants.
     The Tall Persons Club Great Britain (TPCGB), which was formed six months ago to campaign for the needs
of the tall, has turned its attention to hotels and restaurants. Beds that are too small, showed heads that are too
low, and restaurant tables with hardly any leg-room all make life difficult for those of above average height, it
says.
     But it is not just the extra-tall whose needs are not being met. The average night of the population has been
increasing ye the standard size of beds, doorways, and chairs has remained unchanged.
     "The bedding industry says a bed should be six inches larger than the person using it, so even a king-size
bed at 6′6″ (6 feet and 6 inches) is falling short for 25% of men, while the standard 6′3″ bed caters for less than
half of the male population." said TPCGB president Phil Heinricy, "seven-foot beds would work fine."
     Similarly, restaurant tables can cause no end of problems. Small tables, which mean the long-legged have to
sit a foot or so away from them, are enough to make tall customers go elsewhere.
     Some have already taken note, however. At Queens Moat Houses′ Caledoman Hotl in Edinburgh, 6′6″ beds
are now put in as standard after requests for longer beds from taller visitors, particularly Americans.
1. What is the purpose of the TPCGB campaign?
A. To provide better services.
B. To rebuild hotels and restaurants.
C. To draw public attention to the needs of the tall.
D. To attract more people to become its members.
2. Which of the following might be a bed of proper length according to Phil Heinricy?
A. 7′2″.
B. 7′
C. 6′6″
D. 6′3″
3. What may happen to restaurants with small tables?
A. They may lose some customers.
B. They may start businesses elsewhere.
C. They have to find easy chairs to match the tables.
D. They have to provide enough space for the long-legged.
4. What change has already been made in a hotel in Edinburgh?
A. Tall people pay more for larger beds.
B. 6′6″ beds have taken the place of 6′3″beds.
C. Special rooms are kept for Americans.
D. Guest rooms are standardized.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解

Chen Yurong, 55, an average woman in Wuhan, Hubei province, who was diagnosed with a fatty liver （肝）, walked 10 kilometers a day for seven months, despite wind an rain, so she could donate part of a healthy liver to her son. After wearing out four pairs of shoes and losing eight kilograms, her fatty liver condition disappeared. One doctor called it a “miracle” （奇跡）.

Hear 31 – year – old son, Ye Haibin suffered from severe Wilson’s disease, a rare disorder that causes body to keep copper. Doctors said only a liver transplant could lengthen his life. Despite her age and the knowledge that about one in 1,000 liver donators die after the transplant, Chen said she did not hesitate to donate part of her liver.

“In order to give my young granddaughter a complete family, I’d like to do everything to save my son, including doing exercise and eating less”, Chen said.

The transplant was performed on November 3,2009. The surgery lasted more than 14 hours and saved her son from life threatening liver disease. State – owned CCTV broadcast the transplant live and she has been widely praised in China.

However, the 55 – year – old mother said she never expected such attention, which did bring her hope and help from many others – even stingers. Despite giving up part of her liver, Chen, like before, gets up at 6 am to help her son wash and take his medicine. Moved by Chen Yurong’s love for her son and her determination and effort, the hospital paid the entire medical bill, which would have added up to 600,000 yuan （US$ 85,715）.

The great mother, Chen Yurong was honored as the most touching figure in China for 2009.

1．What can we learn about Chen Yurong according to the passage?

       A．She together with her son lives a poor life.

       B．She herself is in good health all the time.

       C．She is willing to do everything for her son.

       D．She wants to win other’s attention and praise.

2．Which of the following can best describe Chen Yurong’s behavior?

       A．generous             B．a(chǎn)ggressive           C．reasonable           D．a(chǎn)wesome

3．Which of the following statements is Not true according to the passage?

       A．Chen Yurong took exercise and ate less to keep slim.

       B．Many people and organizations have helped the family.

       C．Liver donators might lose their lives after the transplant.

       D．Chen Yurong and her son have been through the hardest time.

4．What would be the best title for the passage?

       A．A lucky son                                         B．A successful operation

       C．A miracle                                            D．A great Mother

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習(xí)冊(cè)答案