The stone under her feet rolled, and as she w...

The stone under her feet rolled; and as she was        into the river, she called out for help.

A．being jumped         B．jumped                     C．pulling                      D．being pulled

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The stone under her feet rolled, and as she was　　into the river, she called out for help.

A.being jumped B.jumped C.pulling D.being pulled

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The stone on the river bank rolled under her feet; she was _____into the river，and she called out for help.

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“Beauty isn't about having a pretty face,” begins a motivational quote. “It's about having a pretty mind, a pretty heart, and a pretty soul. Oh, and pretty nails!”

That may be Angela Peters' motto. Last July, Peters, rolled her wheelchair into a nail salon (沙龙) at the Walmart shopping center in Burton to have her nails done. But Peters, who has cerebral palsy (脑瘫), was turned away. The salon told her that they were afraid it would be too difficult to properly paint her nails given that her hands kept shaking. What was meant to be a day of beauty for Peters was now a disappointment.

A Walmart cashier about to go on her break happened to see this. Ebony Harris recognized Peters as a Walmart regular. “She's just like everyone else. She wants to look pretty. So why can't she?” Harris said.

Harris approached Peters. “Do you want me to do your nails?” she asked.

A smile spread across Peters' face. “Yeah!” Harris led Peters into the supermarket, where they shopped for nail polish. They settled on a color that would catch every eye. They then made their way into a neighboring Subway, found a table for two, and started. Harris gently took Peters' hand into hers and carefully began painting her nails. “She moved her hands a little bit, and she kept saying she was sorry,” Harris said. “I told her, ‘Don't say that. You're fine.’ She makes me look at life and appreciate it much more than I have.”

Watching it all with surprise and admiration was Subway employee Tasia Smith. Smith was so taken by the scene that she wrote about it on Facebook. “She was so patient with her,” she wrote. “Thanks to the Walmart worker for making this beautiful girl's day!”

1.Why does the author mention the quote in the first paragraph?

A.To compare different views. B.To introduce the topic of the passage.

C.To show the importance of beauty. D.To share his opinion about beauty.

2.The nail salon refused Peters' request because 　　 .

A.she had to use a wheelchair B.they were too busy to serve her

C.she couldn't keep her hands still D.they hadn't the color she wanted

3.Which of the following words can best describe Harris?

A.Brave and generous. B.Careful and fair-minded.

C.Honest and considerate. D.Patient and warm-hearted.

4.What can be inferred about Tasia Smith from the last paragraph?

A.She thought highly of Harris' behavior.

B.She wrote a thank-you letter to Walmart.

C.She regretted not lending Peters a helping hand.

D.She misunderstood Harris' relationship with Peters.

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As temperatures approached 90 degrees in New York City last July 4th, three police officers hurried into a Whole Foods Market to get something cold to drink. What they walked into was a heated human drama.

Once inside, the cops (警察) , Lt. Louis Sojo and Officers Esanidy Cuevas and Michael Rivera, were approached by a store security guard who asked for help with a suspected thief. The woman in question didn’t have the look of a career criminal. She was obviously scared, and her cheeks were wet with tears.

The cops looked quickly inside her bag. “Al1 we saw was containers of food. We didn’t see anything else,” Cuevas told CBS New York.

“I’m hungry,” she explained quietly.

Caught red-handed, the woman no doubt expected to be cuffed (带上手铐) and put into prison for the crime of being hungry while poor. But the cops had other ideas. “We’ll pay for her food,” Sojo told the surprised security guard.

There’d been no discussion among the three men, no need to see whether they were all in. It went unsaid. Instead, they picked up the woman’s bag and escorted (护送) her to a cash register, where each contrilbuted $10 to pay the bill. She would not be arrested today.

All the woman could do was weep in thankfulness. Covering her face with a handkerchief and drying her eyes, she repeated, “Thank you, thank you.”

She wasn’t the only one touched by this act of sympathy and understanding. “It was a very beautiful, genuine moment,” says Paul Bozymowski, who was at the store. He was so taken by what he’d witnessed that he posted a photo on Twitter for all to see.

But attention was never what the officers sought. They were driven by a far more common emotion. As Sojo told CNN, “When you look at someone’s face and see that they need you and they’re actually hungry, it’s pretty difficult as a human being to walk away from something like this.”

1.Why did the woman weep at first?

A.She was scared of being arrested. B.She was wrongly accused of stealing.

C.She was too poor to pay for the goods. D.She was touched by the act of these cops.

2.What does the underlined word “red-handed” in paragraph 5 refer to?

A.In the act of committing a crime. B.For lack of knowledge or experience.

C.Because of the blood-covered hands. D.On account of her pretended innocence.

3.We can infer that the cops paid the bill for the woman to __________.

A.seek attention of the public B.gain both fame and wealth

C.solve the problem as soon as possible D.help the hungry and poor woman out of trouble

4.Which of the following best describes the three cops?

A.Patient. B.Caring.

C.Humorous. D.Ambitious.

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Colorado' s grays peak(山顶)rises 14,278 feet above sea level, high enough that trees can't grow toward the top, though there are plenty of bushes and rocks. It was in this unforgiving area that Bev Wedelstedt was unlucky enough to have her left knee broken.

It was August 2018, and Wedelstedt, 56, was on her way back down the path with three friends. A storm was coming, and they were anxious to get off the mountain. When they approached a rocky drop of a couple of feet, Wedelstedt decided to jump over it. She landed on her left leg. Then she heard the snap (咔嚓声).

Every step after that was great pain. Before long, she had to stop. As one friend ran down to get help, a number of other hikers, all strangers, attempted to help Wedelstedt down the narrow path by walking on either side of her to support her weight, but that proved slow and dangerous.

Finally, one hiker, Matt, asked her, “How do you feel about a fireman's carry?” Before she knew it, he had lifted her over his shoulder. “Now, I' m not tiny,” says Wedelstedt, a former college basketball star. Matt clearly couldn't carry her all the way down by himself. So six hikers and one of her friends took turns carrying her while she tried to make light of a difficult situation. Three hours and two rock –strewn (遍布) miles later, this human conveyor belt finally met the doctors, who took Wedelstedt to the hospital.

She has mostly recovered from her hike, but Wedelstedt knows she'll I never shake one thing from that day: the memory of the band of strangers who came to her rescue. “I'm still in awe.” says Wedelstedt.

1.What happened to Wedelstedt while climbing down the mountain?

A.She was caught in a heavy storm. B.She injured her left knee.

C.She was blocked by rocks and bushes. D.She got lost in the mountain.

2.How did Matt help Wedelstedt?

A.By taking her directly to the hospital. B.By calling in firemen.

C.By carrying her down the mountain. D.By giving her first aid.

3.What is Wedelstedt ’s attitude towards the band of strangers?

A.Respectful. B.Ambiguous. C.Sympathetic. D.Tolerant.

4.What is the best title for the text?

A.Narrow Paths B.Lifelong friendship

C.Dangerous Hikes D.Peak Performance

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As a Hollywood film star in the 1930s and 1940s, Hedy Lamarr at one point was called "the most beautiful woman in the world." What she was less known for was her scientific intellect.

Lamarr had a natural curiosity about the world around her. As young as age 5, she would spend time taking apart and rebuilding her music box to understand how it worked. But her technical mind was overshadowed by her looks-at 16, she got her　 first film role and quickly became an international icon.

As her acting career continued to take off during World War II, Lamarr became restless, feeling that she should do more to contribute to the Allies' war efforts. Together with her friend Antheil, Lamarr came up with a groundbreaking new form of wireless communication known as spread spectrum(光谱).The concept was to create a wireless signal that could hop from frequency to frequency, making it impossible to track or jam.They received a patent for their technology in 1942, but the military refused to implement(实施) it in their war effort.

The technology sat unused for years, until one day the military revived it in the 1960s and the system "spread like wildfire."It became the backbone of Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS and a range of wireless communication mechanisms we rely on today.By the time the technology was implemented, Lamarr's patent had been due, and she never received a single payment for her revolutionary invention.

Hedy Lamarr played the role she was expected to play in Hollywood — a beautiful object to admire on the big screen.If she yielded to society's expectations in other ways, communication as we know it could look completely different today.

1.What was special about Hedy Lamarr?

A.She was the most beautiful woman in the world at one time.

B.She was a naughty girl when she was young.

C.She was gracefully beautiful as well as scientifically intellectual.

D.She decide to quit her acting career after World War II broke out.

2.What was the main reason for Lamarr to invent spread spectrum?

A.She was no longer a popular actress.

B.She wanted to make some contribution to the Allies' war efforts.

C.She was out of condition and couldn’t continue her acting career.

D.Her friend Antheil asked her to do so.

3.When did Lamarr’s patent come into use ?

A.During World War II B.In 1942

C.In the 1960s D.In recent years

4.Why did the author write the text?

A.To remember a great inventor. B.To introduce an invention.

C.To encourage women to invent. D.To stress the importance of Lamarr’s invention.

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I had been burning some leaves as part of my housework, unfortunately the fire grew, and grew...I wasn’t one to panic, but my fun had turned to fear and desperation, and I realized help was needed. So while I still beat at the flames with my shovel (铲), I gave up my pride, turned my face to the house, and began to shout for Mom.

By now, the flames behind me had crawled through the rocky area, ran through thick grass, and now were halfway to the big ditch (沟渠). Fire was everywhere.

“We’ll have to let the hill go,” Mom said when I reached her. “Have to. We can’t stop it there.” Her voice was lower than usual, and controlled. Mom was known as an enthusiastic person in everyday conversation. But in time of emergency, she was calm. I’d seen it once when I cut my foot and we had trouble getting the bleeding stopped; another time when Dad developed a serious illness and his face and throat started swelling up-as if dying! Mom was using that controlled voice right now.” Help me here, Jamie. Over here.”

She was already in action, stopping flames with each throw of her wet blanket. But it was like trying to stop a flood with a sponge (海绵)—it just wasn’t fast enough.

A flood! That was it! I was extremely clever! “Here, Mom. I've got it! I know what to do,” I shouted. Our garden channel could save us. My shovel made four or five quick digs into the bank, and in a moment the stream was rushing across the small field.

The effect was impressive. The fire immediately lost its power as its roots were killed. In one place fire had come within a few feet of the fence, but to our relief, nowhere had the wood or the brush been touched.

1.It is suggested in Paragraph 2 that the flames are______.

A.moving faster. B.growing higher. C.getting hotter. D.roaring louder.

2.The two examples in Paragraph 3 are given to　　 .

A.support that Mom is a doctor with excellent skills.

B.prove that Mom is always active in daily conversation.

C.show that Mom is capable of dealing with difficulty calmly.

D.indicate that there are too many troubles in the author's family.

3.What kind of person is the writer?

A.wise but naughty. B.practical but incapable.

C.calm and caring. D.courageous and quick-minded.

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There was something in the elderly woman’s grace that caught my eye. Although slow and unsure of her steps, the woman moved with deliberation(从容), and there was no hesitation in her gestures.

It was a few years ago, and I had taken a part-time holiday-season job in a video store at the local shopping mall. From inside the store, I could see the people outside rushing by.

The elderly woman entered the store, along with her daughter, who was displaying a serious case of impatience, rolling her eyes, sighing and checking her watch every few seconds. I guessed if she had possessed a rope, she would have fastened it to her mother to drag her along to keep step with the rush of other shoppers.

The elderly woman separated from her daughter and began to seek through the DVDs on the nearest shelf. After the slightest hesitation, I walked over and asked if I could help her find something. The woman smiled up at me and showed me a title written on an old piece of paper.

Rather than rush off to locate the DVD for the woman, I asked her to walk with me so I could show her where she could find it. Looking back, I thought I wanted to enjoy her company for a moment. Something about her deliberate movements reminded me of my own mother, who’d passed away the previous Christmas. I missed my mom and still felt regretful about the moments when I’d used my impatience to make her life unhappy.

As we walked along the back of the store, I introduced its floor plan: old television shows, action movies, cartoons, science fiction. The woman seemed glad of the unrushed company and casual conversation.

We found the DVD and she thanked me, saying that it was the one she’d enjoyed when she was her daughter’s age. Unwillingly, I accompanied her to the cash register, realizing I had to return the elderly woman to her daughter, who was still tapping her foot at the front of the store.

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It was a quarter past nine as Marie hurried into the office building where she would be working. Her bus had inched along through heavy morning traffic, making her a few minutes late for her very first job. She decided she would start out half an hour earlier the next day. Once inside the building, she had to stand at the lifts and wait several minutes before one arrived. When she finally reached the office marked "King Enterprises," she knocked at the door nervously and waited. There was no answer. She tapped on the door again, but still there was no reply. From inside the next office, she could hear the sound of voices, so she opened the door and went in. Although she was sure it was the same office she had been in two weeks before when she had had the interview with Mr. King, it looked quite different now. In fact, it hardly looked like an office at all. The employees were just standing around chatting and smoking. At the far end of the room, somebody must have just told a good joke, she thought, because there was a loud burst of laughter as she came in. For a moment she had thought they were laughing at her. Then one of the men looked at his watch, clapped his hands and said something to the others. Quickly they all went to their desks and, in a matter of seconds, everyone was hard at work. No one paid any mind to Marie. Finally she went up to the man who was sitting at the desk nearest to the door and explained that this was her first day in the office. Hardly looking up from his work, he told her to have a seat and wait for Mr. King, who would arrive at any moment. Then Marie realized that the day's work in the office began just before Mr. King arrived. Later she found out that he lived in Connecticut and came into Manhattan on the same train every morning, arriving in the office at 9:35, so that his staff knew exactly when to start working.

1.Marie felt nervous when she knocked at the door because _______.

A. she had never met the boss once before

B. she was a little bit late for work

C. she was afraid that she had gone to the wrong place

D. there was no answer from inside the office

2.Marie could hardly recognize the office she went into as _______.

A. she had been there only once

B. Mr. King was not in the office

C. nobody was doing any work

D. the office had a new appearance

3.The people in the office suddenly started working because _______.

A. they saw a stranger in the office

B. they had finished their morning break

C. no one wanted to talk to Marie

D. the boss was about to arrive

4.We can infer from the passage that the employees of the enterprise

_______.

A. would start their work day by listening to a joke

B. were considerate to newcomers

C. were always punctual for work

D. lacked devotion to the company

5.What is probably the best title for the passage?

A. Punctual Like a Clock

B. A Cold Welcome

C. An Unpunctual Manager

D. Better Late Than Never

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