Carol Lee Lindner climbed into the 40-foot bo...

Carol Lee Lindner climbed into the 40-foot boat tied to the Fairmount Boathouse dock, and gave the new members their first lesson in the ancient sport of dragon boating.

The 25 women, aged 29 to 65, watched their coach carefully. All had breast cancer and survived. Their decision to join the Philadelphia Women's Dragon Boat Team was brave and crazy.

Over the months of training, one would be told that cancer had spread to her bones and another would be hospitalized for radiation treatment side effects. But these strong and determined women—each and every one of them—took part in the International Dragon Boat Racing Championship.

In theory, it's a terrible sport for women whose muscles and nerves have been damaged. Doctors generally advised them to avoid hard and repetitive arm exercise. But seven years ago, Canadian Donald Mckenzie, a sports medicine physician, showed dragon boating is good for survivors. “It builds both their physical and mental strength.” Mckenzie said.

Coach Lindner, 60, was inspired by that and included the 25 women in her three-year-old Philadelphia Women's Dragon Boat Team.

The survivors tried hard and did their best. No self-pity.

Renata Whitaker, her hair growing back, began feeling more confident. But she grew tired and easily got out of breath. She had to be in hospital for a week. As she got better she called Lindner, saying she had got well enough to be in the game. Lindner told her if she felt up to it, she would be with the team.

“But you are not going to paddle,” Lindner said, “Remember what I said, “To be strong, fit women for life. I want you by my side for the rest of our lives, not just for one race.”

These women tested their limits. A 500-meter race lasted about three minutes.

As the city darkened in the heat, the team finally paddled toward the Fairmount Boathouse.

Soon, the river was filled with the sounds of painful but happy women singing Merrily We Roll Along.

1.What do the twenty-five women have in common?

A.They are crazy about dragon boating

B.They are cancer survivors.

C.They were inspired by Donald Mckenzie and have trained together for three years

D.They have broken the record of the International Dragon Boat Racing Championships

2.Why did Lindner refuse Whitaker's request?

A.Because Whitaker wasn’t really good at paddling.

B.Because Whitaker easily got tired and out of breath.

C.Because Whitaker hadn't recovered completely.

D.Because a new paddler would be in Whitaker's place.

3.Which of the following will Mckenzie support?

A.Dragon boating will help repair patients' damaged nerves

B.Patients should feel sorry for themselves if they don t take part in dragon boat races

C.Dragon boating will benefit the patients physically and mentally

D.Cancer survivors should avoid hard and repetitive arm exercise

4.What can we know about Lindner?

A.She enjoys the sport of boat racing B.She is tough with her team members

C.She is also a cancer survivor. D.She is helpful and inspiring.

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The key _________ the string was put into the door to stop the kite _________.

A.tie to;flying away

B.tying to;fly away

C.tied to;flying away

D.tied to;fly away

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Only when he put his foot into the river________that the water was too cold to swim in.

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“Buy-A-Something” Campaign

One way to request for general donations is to tie it into a campaign like “Buy-A-Brick to Help Build a School in Bolivia”.  Make sure you have some literature to give people as well as a registration form(登记表) that includes name, address, and how many bricks the person purchased.

University Funds

If you are a student, one major source of funding is your own college or university. Many school clubs can raise a certain amount of funds through student activities. See if your club is suitable.

Letter Writing

One of the most effective ways of raising money is to do a letter campaign to as many relatives, friends, former teachers, etc. as possible. Sending a detailed letter to over 100 friends and relatives explaining the program and what you hope to accomplish while you’re on it will help you reach your goal.

Parties, Dances, Music

Use the “Who Do You Know” principle. Do you have a friend in a band? Do you know the owner of a bar or restaurant? Some simple events include playing in a band at a club, and your group gets the cover charge or a percentage of the drink sales.

Exhibitions

This is limited to people with professional art genius. If you are an artist, you can ask friends to help you hold exhibitions and donate your profit to charity or give people who need financial help.

Note: Please remember there are some people who are not so lucky as we are and it’s our duty to help them.

1. . What is the best title for the passage?

2. . What is the “Who Do You Know” principle?

3.  Which is the best way for Albert, a pianist in a small band, to raise money?

4.  What will the money collected be used for?

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—Can't we go there on foot?

—________to take a boat.

A．I feel like　                 B．We'd better

C．I'd prefer　                 D．Yes，I'd like

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Every year about 40,000 people attempt to climb Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. They _______ with them lots of waste. The _______ might damage the beauty of the place. The glaciers(冰川) are disappearing, changing the _______ of Kilimanjaro.

Hearing these stories, I’m _______ about the place — other destinations are described as “purer” natural experiences.

However, I soon _______ that much has changed since the days of disturbing reports of _______ among tons of rubbish. I find a _______ mountain, with toilets at camps and along the paths. The environmental challenges are _______ but the efforts made by the Tanzania National Park Authority seem to be _______.

The best of a Kilimanjaro ________, in my opinion, isn’t reaching the top. Mountains are ________ as spiritual places by many cultures. This ________ is especially evident on Kilimanjaro as ________ go through five ecosystems(生态系统) in the space of a few kilometers. At the base is a rainforest. It ends abruptly at 3, 000 meters, ________ lands of low growing plants. Further up, the weather ________ — low clouds envelope the mountainsides, which are covered with thick grass. I ________ twelve shades of green from where I stand. Above 4, 000 meters is the highland ________: gravel(砾石), stones and rocks. ________ you climb into an arctic-like zone with ________ snow and the glaciers that may soon disappear.

Does Kilimanjaro ________ its reputation as a crowded mountain with lines of tourists ruining the atmosphere of peace? I found the opposite to be true.

1.A.keep B.mix C.connect D.bring

2.A.stories B.buildings C.crowds D.reporters

3.A.position B.age C.face D.name

4.A.silent B.skeptical C.serious D.crazy

5.A.discover B.argue C.decide D.advocate

6.A.equipment B.grass C.camps D.stones

7.A.remote B.quiet C.tall D.clean

8.A.new B.special C.significant D.necessary

9.A.paying off B.spreading out C.blowing up D.fading away

10.A.atmosphere B.experience C.experiment D.sight

11.A.studied B.observed C.explored D.regarded

12.A.view B.quality C.reason D.purpose

13.A.scientists B.climbers C.locals D.officials

14.A.holding on to B.going back to C.living up to D.giving way to

15.A.changes B.clears C.improves D.permits

16.A.match B.imagine C.count D.add

17.A.village B.desert C.road D.lake

18.A.Obviously B.Easily C.Consequently D.Finally

19.A.permanent B.little C.fresh D.artificial

20.A.enjoy B.deserve C.save D.acquire

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Two men ___ into my flat. One of them threatened me with a knife while the other tied me up.

A. found their way    B. pushed their way

C. wound their way    D. made their way

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I walked into our garden, _______ Tom and Jim were tying a big sign onto one of the trees.

A. which         B. when          C. where         D. that

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They leap from helicopters or speeding boats, bringing aid to swimmers who get into trouble off Italy’s popular beaches.

For these dog lifeguards, the doggie paddle （狗刨式游法）does just fine.

These “lifedogs” tow a buoy(救生衣) that victims can grab, or a raft they can sit on to be towed back to shore, and unlike their human counterparts(与对方地位相当的人), they can easily jump from helicopters and speeding boats to reach swimmers in trouble.

With millions flocking(人群) to Italy’s crowded beaches each summer, the Italian Coast Guard says it rescues about 3,000 people every year — and their dog helpers are credited with saving several lives.

It takes three years for the canines to reach expert rescue status, and currently 300 dogs are fully trained for duty, said Roberto Gasbarri, who co-ordinates the Italian School of Canine Lifeguards program at a centre outside of Rome in the seaside town of Civitavecchia.

“Dogs are useful in containing the physical fatigue（疲劳） of the lifeguard, to increase the speed at which casualties（遇难者） are retrieved（找到并衔回）, to increase the security of both the casualty and of the lifeguard,” Gasbarri said.

The Civitavecchia centre is one of a dozen around the country for the school founded more than 20 years ago in the northern province of Bergamo by Ferruccio Pilenga, whose first trainee was his own Newfoundland.

The school will train any breed（品种）, as long as they weigh at least 30 kilograms, but Labradors, Newfoundlands and golden retrievers are most commonly used because of their natural instinct for swimming. Each dog works in tandem with（同 ……合作） a human lifeguard, who also acts as the animal’s trainer.

1.Which of the following can act as the best title fo the passage?

A. Dogs to the Rescue                B. Dogs Are Good at Doggie Paddle

C. The Wonderful Performance of Dogs  D. Dogs: Our Loyal Friends

2.What advantage do these life-dogs have over human lifeguards in a rescue?

A. Dog can swim very fast                      B. Dogs can finish rescue work with ease.

C. Dogs can finish the great work free of charge.    D. Dogs can easily be trained

3. Which of the following is TRUE about the Civitavecchia center according to the text?

A. Any breed can be trained there.

B. The ones who have the gift for swimming are welcomed.

C. After a better training, the dogs can work alone.

D. It is the only place for training dog lifeguards in the school.

4.What does the writer want to tell us in the 4^th paragraph?

A. Without the dog lifeguards, 3,000 people would lose their lives every year.

B. The buautiful beaches attract millions of people every year.

C. Dog lifeguards play an important part in a rescue.

D. Italy is a famous place of interest.

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An elephant, who accidentally fell into a dry, 25-foot deep well in Northeast India, lived to see another day thanks to the quick-thinking rescuers' scientific knowledge. The chain of events unfolded early in the morning on Tuesday, January 28, 2020, when citizens of Amliya toli village, in the state of Jharkhand, awoke to the cries of the trapped animal and called the forest department for help.

When the rescuers arrived, they instantly realized that pulling out the huge animal, which seemed to be about 30 years old, was not a practical idea. Fortunately , the forest department officials had been paying attention in their science class and were well aware of the Archimedes' principle. The physics law of buoyancy(浮力)，which explains how ships stay afloat, states that when a body is partially or fully immersed in a liquid, it experiences an apparent loss in weight that is equal to the weight of the liquid displaced by the part of the body in the liquid.

In this case, that meant filling the well with enough water to displace the elephant's weight. It took the three motorized pumps over three hours to add the hundreds of gallons needed to enable the heavy animal to float up to the surface. However, it was well worth the effort. A heart-warming video shows the villagers cheering as the animal, using the makeshift ramp (斜坡)dug by the rescue team, pulls itself out of the well and walks away to safety in the nearby forest.

1.Who first found the trapped elephant?

A.Some scientists. B.Forest rescuers.

C.Nearby villagers. D.The forest department officials.

2.How did the rescuers feel about pulling out the elephant?

A.Impossible. B.Challenging. C.Secure. D.Realistic.

3.What does the underlined word “immersed” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A.Broken. B.Covered. C.Stuck. D.Dampened.

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A.An Elephant Trapped in the Water

B.Villagers Used Water to Save Animals

C.Forest Rescuers Invented a New Technique

D.An Elephant Saved by the Archimedes' Principle

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析