When someone who is in good health dies suddenly ,there is usually an inquest(审问)．A coroner(验尸官)will do it．His job is to find out exactly how a person died．
If there is nothing suspicious(可疑的)about the death，he will decide that the person died from
natural causes or an accident．if, however ,he is suspicious，he may decide that the person’s death was caused by a person or persons unknown．
One day the coroner was trying to find out exactly what had caused the death of a local businessman，Henry Watson．
The man’s wife was explaining something．She was very sad and had to stop from time to time．The coroner did not want to make her sadder than necessary ,but he had to find out the truth．There were questions he had to ask．
“Mrs．Watson，I know this is painful for you，”he said，“but i want you to think very carefully and then answer my questions．You and your husband were having dinner at home．Is that correct? ”
“Yes．”
‘‘Suddenly he fell to the floor? ”
“Yes．”
“You stood up and hurried to him ?You knelt(跪下)beside him ?His stomach was in great pain? ”
“Yes．”
“Did he say anything? ”
The wife kept her head down．
“Please，Mrs．Watson，you must answer the question．What were his last words? ”
The wife took a deep breath and then spoke．“He said，”She replied in a very low voice，“I'm not surprised that seafood we had for dinner cost you only 50 cents，”What is the purpose(目的)of an inquest when a healthy person dies suddenly?
| A．To help the poor family． |
| B．To do a research on death． |
| C．To find out the cause of death． |
| D．To ask questions about the person． |
Where did Henry Watson die?
| A．In his company | B．In a restaurant． |
| C．In a fish shop | D．At home． |
What was the probable cause of Henry Watson’s death?
| A．Eating the food that went bad． |
| B．Getting too old． |
| C．Having a serious heart attack． |
| D．Being murdered by his cook． |
According to the story ,what would probably happen to the wife after this inquest?
| A．She would become a bad woman． |
| B．She would never buy any seafood． |
| C．She would be much healthier． |
| D．She would ask the coroner to keep the secret． |
Driving a car at a high speed along a highway seems to be fun. You only need to follow the bright traffic signs beside the highway and it will take you where you wish to go.
But to a London taxi driver, driving is not an easy job. A taxi driver needs to have not only good driving skills but also a good knowledge of the city of London, from the loneliest street to the most popular restaurant around. He has to be at the service of all kinds of passengers at all times.
A London taxi driver said the following about his job.
During the night it is usual for him to stop two or three times for some food. He said," I never drink when I am driving, or I would lose my license."
He normally goes home between two and three o'clock in the morning. There are times he has to stay longer and try to make more runs. He said, “That's the worst thing about working for yourself. If you don't make money, no one is gong to give it to you."
London taxi drivers not only "take" but also "give". Every summer hundreds of poor children from London go for a day at the sea-by taxi. Their rides are paid by the taxi drivers. At the sea, they are met by the mayor(市长),and a lunch party is also held for the taxi drivers and the children. After a happy day's running around the beaches and visiting the market there, the children go home again by taxi, free of charge of course.London taxi drivers try to make more runs sometimes mainly because_______.
| A．they make a living by driving |
| B．they like to work for themselves better |
| C．they want to help more passengers |
| D．they always working deep into the night |
How do London taxi drivers "give"?
| A．They give poor children a lunch party at the sea each summer. |
| B．They give poor children the chance to meet the mayor. |
| C．They pay for some poor children's rides for a day's tour each summer. |
| D．They play with some poor children at the sea for a day each summer. |
Which of the following words can be used to describe London taxi drivers?
| A．Brave and cheerful | B．Rich an generous |
| C．Modest and easy-going | D．Hard-working and kind. |
The passage is most likely to be found from_______.
| A．an advertisement of a taxi company |
| B．an online travel guide |
| C．a website about the taxi drivers in London |
| D．a report about living conditions in London |
Bluce Lee was born in San Francisco. He appeared in his first movie with his father when he was only 2 months old. Bruce and his parents returned to their home in Hong Kong in 1941. And Bruce Lee began his life-long interest in the Chinese Kung Fu. He studied with Yip Man, a Kung Fu master. Bruce was also often seen in many street fights. So his parents sent him back to the United States. He became a student at the University of Washington in Seattle. Later he opened a school to teach Kung Fu in Oakland, California.
In 1966, Bruce Lee acted in an American television series(系列) called The Green Hornet. The program was not a success, but many Hollywood movie actors began studying Kong Fu with him. He appeared in several other television programs.
Bruce Lee returned to Hong Kong in 1971 to act in a Chinese movie known in the United States as Fists of Fury. The movie was very popular in Asia. Another film, The Chinese Connection, followed it. In 1973. Bruce Lee made his the most famous movie Enter the Dragon. It became a major hit which made Bruce Lee a world famous movie star.
Bruce Lee died a few weeks before the movie was put on. He was 32 years old then. It's said that his early death ended what would have been a very successful movie career. What was Bruce Lee interested in all his life?
| A．Fighting | B．KungFu | C．Acting | D．Films |
Please put the following movies in order according to their time.
a. Enter the Dragon b. Fists of Fury c. The Chinese Connection
| A．b, c, a | B．b, a, c | C．a, c, b | D．a, b, c |
According to the passage, which of the following is true?
| A．Bruce Lee set up a Kung Fu school while he was studying in Seattle. |
| B．The movie Fists of Fury made Bruce Lee famous in the world. |
| C．Bruce Lee was only two months old when we first saw him in a movie. |
| D．Bruce Lee was sent back to America because of fighting often in the school. |
The phrase a major hit in the passage means .
| A．致命一击 | B．极为成功 | C．猛烈撞击 | D．命中要害 |
Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa and one of the largest free-standing mountains in the world, and some say, the most beautiful place on the earth.
The mountain towers 15,000 feet above the plains. Mount Kilimanjaro is in Tanzania and it covers an area of 60 miles long and 40 miles wide. Kilimanjaro is an extinct volcano(死火山), with 3 peaks. Kibo is the highest one in the center.
Because of Kilimanjaro's great height, the mountain influences(影响) its own weather. Winds incoming from the Indian Ocean are stopped upward by the mountain and drop their moisture(湿气) as rain and snow. People have planted coffee, corn, and other crops on the lower slopes(斜坡).
Mount Kilimanjaro now attracts many thousands of walkers each year. Because of a temperature rise in recent years, the beautiful snow cap of Kilimanjaro is retreating(消退) fast. A research said that the white snow on the mountain might be gone in 15 years. What a pity! The writer is worried about Mount Kilimanjaro's_______.
| A．great height | B．extinct volcano |
| C．rainforests | D．white snow cap |
Mount Kilimanjaro is_______.
| A．the highest mountain in the world |
| B．an active volcano |
| C．a free-standing mountain |
| D．15,000 feet above the sea level |
The snow on the mountain comes from_______.
| A．the Indian Ocean | B．the Pacific Ocean | C．the Atlantic Ocean | D．the Red Sea |
_______ influences the mountain's own weather.
| A．Rain and snow | B．Its great height | C．Crops | D．The moisture |
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If the owner of the large house asks a cleaner to tidy his house twice a week, how much will the cleaner get in a month?_______.
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Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their everyday life. For example, they can help people save much time, and they can help people work out many problems they can't do easily: Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers except the old people.
Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children.
They hope computers can help them improve(提高) their studies in school. Yet many of the children use computers to play games, to watch video or to sing Karaoke instead of studying. So many teachers and parents complain that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked by parents in the boxes.
In some other countries, even some scientists hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lost their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble.
Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by people themselves.Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because _______.
| A．our country asks us to learn it |
| B．it can help us a lot |
| C．we can use it to play games |
| D．it can help us to find jobs |
What do many teachers and parents complain about?
| A．Their students and children use computers to study. |
| B．Computers let them lost their jobs. |
| C．Computers make the students and children fall behind. |
| D．Computers bring people a lot of trouble, |
In this passage we know computers _______.
| A．also bring us trouble |
| B．bring us happiness only |
| C．are hated by people |
| D．are bad for people's health |
Why do some scientists hate computers?
A. Because computers let people lost their jobs.
B. Because computers bring them trouble.
C. Because some sciestists don't know how to use computers.
D. Both A and B.How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means _______.
| A．computers are used by people |
| B．people can live well without computers |
| C．one must decide how to use computers |
| D．computers are strange machines |
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