科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
Robert Fredy was general manager of a large hotel in Ashbury park. New Jersey. One cold day two years ago when he stopped his car at a traffic light, Stephen Pear man, an out-of-work taxi and truck driver, walked up to Fredy’s car hoping to earn some change by washing his windshield.Like many motorists who try to keep the beggars off, Fredy turned on the wipers to show he wasn’t interested.
Pearman put his head close to the window.“Come on, mister.Give me a chance.I need a job,” he said.Something in Stephen Pearman’s voice moved Robert Fredy.In the seconds before traffic started moving again, Fredy handed a business card and told him to call if he was serious.
“My friends told me he was just pulling my leg, ”said Pearman.“But I said, “ No, he’s a
businessman.I need to give it a shot.”
Two days later,29-year-old Pearman appeared in the manager's office of the big hotel.Fredy gave him a job and housing and lent him pocket money while training him.
Today, Pearman works full time setting up the hotel's dining halls for business meetings.In the past two years, he has found a flat, married and repaid Fredy’s loans.
“Mr.Fredy gave me a second chance, “says Pearman, ” And I took advantage of it.I could have just come here a while, eaten up and left.But there is no future in washing windshields.”
Ordinarily, Fredy keeps away from the street people.“But Pearman seemed so honest and open, asking for a chance rather than just money,” Fredy says, “I don’t hand my business card to just anybody.But I’m glad I did in this case.”
When Pearman first appeared before Fredy, .
A.Fredy took him as a beggar
B.Pearman was told to do it later
C.Fredy gladly agreed to let him do it
D.Pearman knew Fredy was a kind man
When Fredy told Pearman to call if he was serious, he meant if .
A.Pearman was really hardworking
B.Pearman was really looking for a job
C.Pearman’s conditions were truly scrious
D.Pearman was really interested in washing windshields
By saying “he was just pulling my leg (paragraph 3)”, Pearman’s friends meant.
A.Fredy knew Pearman intended to ask for a job
B.Fredy was making fun of Pearman
C.Fredy wanted to help the poor
D.Fredy was tired of being stopped
Pearman is now .
A.in charge of Fredy’s loans
B.still washing car windshields
C.full – time employed at the hotel
D.a(chǎn)rranging dinner parties for the hotel
What can we learn about Fredy?
A.He helps those who will work hard themselves.
B.He likes to give his help to anyone in need.
C.He always gives help to the unemployed.
D.He is easily moved by poor people.
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科目:高中英語 來源:2009-2010學(xué)年上海大學(xué)附中高二上學(xué)期期末考試(英語) 題型:閱讀理解
Mother Teresa was born in Yugoslavia((南斯拉夫),on August 27,1910.She attended the government school near her home until she was eighteen. At that time, some doctors and nurses from Yugoslavia were working in India, and they often wrote to the school about their work. She decided to join them one day.
When she left school, she went first to Britain. Then a year later she went to India, where she began to train to be a teacher. After training, she was sent to Calcutta((加爾格答),where she taught geography at a school and soon after became headmistress(校長).
However, although she loved teaching, in 1946 Mother Teresa left the school and went to work in the poor parts of Calcutta. Later she trained to become a nurse in Patna, and then began her work helping the poor and comforting the dying in the streets of the city. Slowly, others came to help her, and her work spread to other parts of India.
Mother Teresa is now a well-known person. many photos have been taken of her, as she travels the world to open new schools and hospitals in poor countries. In 1979,she was given the Nobel Peace Prize for the lifetime of love and service she has given to the poor.
( )69. Where did Mother Teresa receive her education?
A. In Yugoslavia and India. B. In Yugoslavia and Britain.
C. In Britain and India. D. In Yugoslavia, Britain and India.
( )70. What first made Mother Teresa work in India?
A. Her visit to the poor parts of Calcutta.
B. Her visit to Britain after she finished school.
C. The medical workers' letters to her school.
D. The work of the nurse in the city of Patna.
( )71. In which order did Mother Teresa do the following things?
a. Trained to be a nurse b. Went to India
c. Helped the dying d. Studied to be a teacher
e. Went to Britain f. Worked as a headmistress
A. b,a,c,e,d,f B. b,f,a,d,e,c C. e,b,d,f,a,c D. e,a,b,c,d,f
( )72. Mother Teresa gave up teaching because she wanted __________.
A. to look after the poor B. to travel to poor countries
C. to build hospitals for the poor D. to train nurses to care for the poor
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科目:高中英語 來源:四川省武勝縣2010屆高三下學(xué)期第一次聯(lián)考 題型:閱讀理解
第二部分閱讀理解(共兩節(jié),滿分50分)
第一節(jié):閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中,選出最佳選項,并將答案寫在答題卡上。(共20小題,每小題2分,滿分40分)
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O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when some money went missing from the bank O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s surprise.
41. In which order did O. Henry do the following things?
a. Lived in New York. b. Worked in a bank. c. Travelled to Texas.
d. Was put in prison. e. Had a newspaper job. f. Learned to write stories.
A. e. c. f. b. d. a B. e. b. d. c. a. f. C. c. e. b. d. f. a D. c. b. e. d. a f.
42. O. Henry went to prison because ___________.
A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper
B. people thought he had taken money that was not his
C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners
D. he broke the law by not using his own name
43. What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?
A. He was very good at learning. B. He was not serious about his work.
C. He was devoted to the poor. D. He was well-educated.
44. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?
A. His life inside the prison. B. The newspaper articles he wrote.
C. His exciting early life as a boy. D. The city and people of New York.
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科目:高中英語 來源:浙江省紹興市2010屆高三下學(xué)期教學(xué)質(zhì)量調(diào)測 題型:閱讀理解
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Andrew Carnegie was a 19th century steel tycoon(大亨)who became one of the 20th century’s most famous philanthropists(慈善家)His life story is one of the most famous rags-to-riches accounts in United States history.
Carnegie was born in Dunfermlined, Scotland, on November 25,1835. The son of a weaver, he came with his family to the United States in 1848 and settled in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. At age thirteen, Carnegie went to work as a bobbin(線軸)boy in a cotton mill. He then moved rapidly through a series of jobs with Western Union and the Pnnsylvania Railroad. In 1865, he resigned to establish his own business and eventually organized the Carnegie Steel Company, which started the steel industry in Pittsburgh. At age sixty-five, he sold the company to J. P. Morgan for $480 million and devoted the rest of his life to his philanthropic activities and writing, including his autobiography(自傳).
Many persons of wealth have contributed to charity, but Carnegie was perhaps the first to state publicly that the rich have a moral responsibility to donate their fortune. In 1889 he wrote The Gospe(福音)of Wealth, in which he stated that all personal wealth beyond what was required to supply the needs of one’s family should be regarded as a trust fund to be managed for the benefit of the company.
Carnegie set about giving away his fortune through countless personal gifts and through the establishment of various trusts. In his thirties, Carnegie had already begun to give away some of his fast-accumulating funds. His first large gifts were made to his native town. Later he created seven philanthropic and educational organizations in the United States, including Carnegie Corporation of New York, and several more in Europe.
One of Carnegie’s lifelong interests was the establishment of free public libraries to make available to everyone a means of self-education. There were only a few public libraries in the world when, in 1881, Carnegie began to promote his idea. He and the Corporation subsequently(隨后)spent over $56 million to build 2,509 libraries throughout the English-speaking world.
After this program was ended in 1917, the Corporation continued for about forty years an interest in the improvement of library services. Other major program in the Corporation’s early history included adult education and education in the fine arts.
During his lifetime, Carnegie gave away over $350 million. He died in Lenox, Massachusetts on August 11,1919.
53.Carnegie became wealthy by__________.
A.his investment in weaving industry B.his father’s financial support
C.starting his steel business from nothing D.his philanthropic activities
54.What is the correct order of events related to Carnegie?
a.He sold his company.
b.He organized the Carnegie Steel Company.
c.He worked in a cotton mill.
d.He came to the United States.
e.He wrote The Gospel of Wealth.
A.c-d-e-b-a B.c-b-a-d-e C.d-c-b-e-a D.d-b-a-e-c
55.What can we learn about Carnegie according to the passage?
A.He was the first wealthy person who contributed to charity.
B.He believed that it was the duty of the wealthy to help society.
C.He called on the wealthy to give away all of their fortune to help the poor.
D.He was willing to give personal gifts only to his friends and relatives.
56.Carnegie established public libraries in order to __________.
A.win a good reputation for his company
B.collect money for his educational organizations
C.improve library services
D.help people educate themselves
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科目:高中英語 來源:2011-2012學(xué)年江蘇省淮安市吳承恩中學(xué)高一第一次調(diào)研英語試卷 題型:閱讀理解
O。Henry wasa pen name used by an America writer of short stories.His real namewas WilliamSydney
【小題1】People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because
A.they had surprise endings | B.they were easy to understand |
C.they showed his love for the poor | D.they were about New York City |
A.people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper |
B.he broke the law by not using his own name |
C.he wanted to write stories about prisoners |
D.people thought he had taken money that was not his |
A.He was well-educated. | B.He was not serious about his work. |
C.He was devoted to the poor. | D.He was very good at learning. |
A.His life inside the prison. | B.The newspaper articles he wrote. |
C.The city and people of New York. | D.His exciting early life as a boy. |
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