When I was nine years old, I loved to go fishing with my dad. But the only thing that wasn’t very fun about it was that he could catch many fish while I couldn’t catch anything. I usually got pretty upset and kept asking him why. He always answered, “Son, if you want to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish”, I remember being even more upset then because, “I’m not a fish!” I didn’t know how to think like a fish. Besides, I reasoned, how could what I think influence what a fish does?
As I got a little older I began to understand what my dad really meant. So, I read some books on fish. And I even joined the local fishing club and started attending the monthly meetings. I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very sensitive to water temperature. That is why fish prefer shallow water to deep water because the former is warmer. Besides, water is usually warmer in direct sunlight than in the shade. Yet, fish don’t have any eyelids(眼皮) and the sun huts their eyes… The more I understood fish, the more I became effective at finding and catching them..
When I grew up and entered the business world, I remember hearing my first boss say, “We all need to think like sales people.” But it didn’t completely make sense. My dad never once said, “If you want to catch a fish you need to think like a fisherman.” What he said was, “You need to think like a fish.” Years later, with great efforts to promote long-term services to people much older and richer than me, I gradually learned what we all need is to think more like customers. It is not an easy job. I will show you how in the following chapters.
1. Why was the author upset in fishing trips when he was nine?
A. He could not catch a fish.
B. His father was not patient with him.
C. His father did not teach him fishing.
D. He could not influence a fish as his father did.
2.What did the author’s father really mean?
A. To read about fish.
B. To learn fishing by oneself.
C. To understand what fish think.
D. To study fishing in many ways.
3.According to the author, fish are most likely to be found _________.
A. in deep water on sunny days
B. in deep water on cloudy days
C. in shallow water under sunlight
D. in shallow water under waterside trees.
4. After entering the business world, the author found _________.
A. it easy to think like a customer
B. his father’s fishing advice inspiring
C. his first boss’s sales ideas reasonable
D. it difficult to sell services to poor people
5. This passage most likely comes from _________.
A. a fishing guide
B. a popular sales book
C. a novel on childhood
D. a millionaire’s biography
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When I was nine years old, I loved to go fishing with my dad. But the only thing that wasn’t very fun about it was that he could catch many fish while I couldn’t catch anything. I usually got pretty upset and kept asking him why. He always answered, ”Son, if you want to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish.” I remember being even more upset then because, “I’m not a fish!” I didn’t know how to think like a fish. Besides, I reasoned, how could what I think influence what a fish does?
As I got a little older I began to understand what my dad really meant. So, I read some books on fish. And I even joined the local fishing club and started attending the monthly meetings. I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very sensitive to water temperature. That is why fish prefer shallow water to deep water because the former is warmer. Besides, water is usually warmer in direct sunlight than in the shade. Yet, fish don’t have any eyelids(眼皮) and the sun hurts their eyes…The more I understood fish, the more I became effective at finding and catching them.
When I grew up and entered the business world, I remember hearing my first boss say, “We all need to think like salespeople.” But it didn’t completely make sense. My dad never once said, “If you want to catch a fish you need to think like a fisherman.” What he said was, “You need to think like a fish.” Years later, with great efforts to promote long-term services to people much older and richer than me, I gradually learned what we all need is to think more like customers. It is not an easy job. I will show you how in the following chapters.
1.Why was the author upset in fishing trips when he was nine?
A.He could not catch a fish
B.His father was not patient with him
C.His father did not teach him fishing
D.He could not influence a fish as his father did
2.What did the author’s father really mean?
A.To read about fish
B.To learn fishing by oneself
C.To understand what fish think
D.To study fishing in many ways
3.According to the author, fish are most likely to be found .
A.in deep water on sunny days
B.in deep water on cloudy days
C.in shallow water under sunlight
D.in shallow water under waterside trees
4.After entering the business world,the author found .
A.it easy to think like a customer
B.his father’s fishing advice inspiring
C.his first boss’s sales ideas reasonable
D.it difficult to sell services to poor people
5.This passage most likely comes from .
A.a fishing guide
B.a popular sales book
C.a novel on childhood
D.a millionaire’s biography
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When I was nine years old, I loved to go fishing with my dad. But the only thing that wasn’t very fun about it was that he could catch many fish while I couldn’t catch anything. I usually got pretty upset and kept asking him why. He always answered, “Son, if you want to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish”, I remember being even more upset then because, “I’m not a fish!” I didn’t know how to think like a fish. Besides, I reasoned, how could what I think influence what a fish does?
As I got a little older I began to understand what my dad really meant. So, I read some books on fish. And I even joined the local fishing club and started attending the monthly meetings. I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very sensitive to water temperature. That is why fish prefer shallow water to deep water because the former is warmer. Besides, water is usually warmer in direct sunlight than in the shade. Yet, fish don’t have any eyelids(眼皮) and the sun huts their eyes… The more I understood fish, the more I became effective at finding and catching them..
When I grew up and entered the business world, I remember hearing my first boss say, “We all need to think like sales people.” But it didn’t completely make sense. My dad never once said, “If you want to catch a fish you need to think like a fisherman.” What he said was, “You need to think like a fish.” Years later, with great efforts to promote long-term services to people much older and richer than me, I gradually learned what we all need is to think more like customers. It is not an easy job. I will show you how in the following chapters.
1. Why was the author upset in fishing trips when he was nine?
A. He could not catch a fish.
B. His father was not patient with him.
C. His father did not teach him fishing.
D. He could not influence a fish as his father did.
2.What did the author’s father really mean?
A. To read about fish.
B. To learn fishing by oneself.
C. To understand what fish think.
D. To study fishing in many ways.
3.According to the author, fish are most likely to be found _________.
A. in deep water on sunny days
B. in deep water on cloudy days
C. in shallow water under sunlight
D. in shallow water under waterside trees.
4. After entering the business world, the author found _________.
A. it easy to think like a customer
B. his father’s fishing advice inspiring
C. his first boss’s sales ideas reasonable
D. it difficult to sell services to poor people
5. This passage most likely comes from _________.
A. a fishing guide
B. a popular sales book
C. a novel on childhood
D. a millionaire’s biography
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My love affair with the sea began when I was no more than six years old, walking along the sandy beaches. I always wanted to make the first set of footprints in the wet sand.
Unlike many surfers who sought the perfect wave, my interests always lay beneath the sea’s surface in a world I could only imagine and dream of. Soon, wearing a snorkel and a mask, I made my first solo adventures in the deep.
Perhaps the greatest turning point in my life came when I was in high school and I wrote a letter to the famous Scripps Oceanographic Institution, in San Diego, asking how I might learn more about the sea.
A kind scientist answered my letter and told me how to apply to Scripps for a summer scholarship, which I received. During one of their cruises that summer, I met Dr. Robert Norris, a marine geologist. He loved the sea almost as much as I did. Soon he was asking me what my plans were and where I expected to attend college. I told him I didn’t know, so he suggested I consider his school, the University of California in Santa Barbara.
Now my love affair with the sea became a serious endeavor. If I wanted to be an undersea explorer, I needed to learn as much as I could about the laws of the physical world that controlled the environment I wanted to enter. The undersea world is not our natural world. It is unforgiving to those who make mistakes. At its greatest depths the water temperature is near freezing, the pressure is eight tons per square inch, and it is totally dark. It is easy to get lost in such a world. I needed to learn a lot about geography, navigation, meteorology, geology, biology, and many other things. While I was in school, I took a little of everything.
I decided another important thing for me to do was to join the U.S. Navy. If I was going to be an undersea explorer, I would have to lead men and women on dangerous adventures where they might get hurt, and I didn’t want that to happen. In the Navy I learned discipline, organization, and how to motivate and lead people on expeditions so that we could explore the wonders of the deep.
Finally, the time came to put all that I had learned to use, to go forth with a team of men and women and explore an adventure I am still on and hope to be on for many years to come.
1.In Paragraph 5, the writer discusses “the laws of the physical world.”Which of the following is an example of one of the laws?
A.Water pressure.
B.Various ocean animal life.
C.The appearance of the water.
D.The different colors of the ocean.
2.In college, the writer took many different types of courses because he _____.
A.was not sure what he wanted to study
B.was advised to take them by Dr. Robert Norris
C.believed it would help him succeed in the Navy
D.thought they were needed to fully understand the ocean
3.The writer joined the Navy to _______.
A.develop his leadership skills
B.get along with people under stress
C.learn about the dangers of the ocean
D.gather specific information about ocean life
4.What would the writer recommend to students who want to be underwater explorers?
A.Spend time examining your talents.
B.Join groups to learn to get along on a team.
C.Interview explorers to see if they are happy.
D.Study as many ocean-related topics as you can.
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Donna is 19 years old and loves animals, which is why I’m always happy to leave my dog with her when I go on holiday. Donna also helps to train hunting dogs, but recently, her boyfriend told me, she returned home from a farm in tears after being told to hit some dogs.
“She wasn’t being asked to hit them because they didn’t behave well,” he said. “She was told to punch these puppies with a closed fist simply to let them know who is the boss,” Donna refused. Good for Donna. In my view, you hit an animal for only two reasons: as a way to teach it an important lesson to protect it from danger, such as not into the road; or because you like hurting animals.
Last summer, I attended a horse race. I don’t know much about horses, but I was alarmed when I saw a horse with a huge ulcer (溃疡) on its legs. “Surely this horse won’t race?” I asked. I was very surprised that nobody in the crowd seemed concerned.
The horse began the race, but later it fell heavily. It had broken its leg. The next thing I saw was its dead body in a bag, being driven past. No one seemed to care, except those who had bet on it. I know people care for horse racing, but do they really care for horses? I doubt it.
Oh, but it’s a tradition, I hear you say. Wouldn’t the world be a boring place if we didn’t occasionally hit, shoot and chase animals? Traditions are made by man and can be unmade. It was once acceptable to kill servants when their master died, to visit the mental hospitals to laugh at the patients or to watch public execution (执行死刑).
Nor should it be forgotten that in our progress to a more civilized world, animals have played an important role: they have fed us, carried us, worked for us, rescued us, died for us and sometimes just saved us from loneliness. Surely by now they deserve our kindness. At the very least, they deserve our respect.
1.Donna was asked to hit the young dogs because ________.
A. they misbehaved
B. their owner disliked them
C. people on the farm enjoy hurting them
D. it was a way to train them to obey people
2.What does the underlined word in paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. strike B. stroke C. scold D. pump
3.What is the author’s purpose in telling the readers the story about the horse?
A. To explain the traditional horse race to readers.
B. To prove that the weak horse can’t win in the race.
C. To show that animals are treated unfairly by humans.
D. To say that people care more for horses than horse racing.
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. People no longer watch killing criminals in public.
B. The author cannot accept anyone who hits the animals.
C. It was a traditional practice to kill servants for their dead master.
D. The author thinks it is possible to change the traditions made by man.
5.What’s the best title of the passage?
A. No One Cares for Animals Nowadays.
B. Let’s Protect the Endangered Animals.
C. Show Animals the Respect They Deserve.
D. The Stories Between Animals and People.
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Donna is 19 years old and loves animals, which is why I'm always happy to leave my dog with her when I go on holiday. Donna also helps to train hunting dogs, but recently, her boyfriend told me, she returned home from a farm in tears after being told to hit some dogs.
“She wasn't being asked to hit them because they didn't behave well,” he said. “She was told to punch these puppies with a closed fist simply to let them know who is the boss,” Donna refused. Good for Donna. In my view, you hit an animal for only two reasons: as a way to teach it an important lesson to protect it from danger, such as not into the road; or because you like hurting animals.
Last summer, I attended a horse race. I don't know much about horses, but I was alarmed when I saw a horse with a huge ulcer (溃疡) on its legs. “Surely this horse won't race?” I asked. I was very surprised that nobody in the crowd seemed concerned.
The horse began the race, but later it fell heavily. It had broken its leg. The hext thing I saw was its dead body in a bag, being driven past. No one seemed to care, except those who had bet on it. I know people care for horse racing, but do they really care for horses? I doubt it.
Oh, but it's a tradition, I hear you say. Wouldn't the world be a boring place if we didn't occasionally hit, shoot and chase animals? Traditions are made by man and can be unmade. It was once acceptable to kill servants when their master died, to visit the mental hospitals to laugh at the patients or to watch public execution (执行死刑).
Nor should it be forgotten that in our progress to a more civilized world, animals have played an important role they have fed us, carried us, worked for us, rescued us, died for us and sometimes just saved us from loneliness. Surely by now they deserve our kindness. At the very least, they deserve our respect.
1.Donna was asked to hit the young dogs because ________.
A. they misbehaved
B. their owner disliked them
C. people on the farm enjoy hurting them
D. it was a way to train them to obey people
2.What does the underlined word in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Strike. B. Stroke.
C. Scold. D. Pump.
3.What is the author's purpose in telling the readers the story about the horse?
A. To explain the traditional horse race to readers.
B. To prove that the weak horse can't win in the race.
C. To show that animals are treated unfairly by humans.
D. To say that people care more for horses than horse racing.
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. People no longer watch killing criminals in public.
B. The author cannot accept anyone who hits the animals.
C. It was a traditional practice to kill servants for their dead master.
D. The author thinks it is possible to change the traditions made by man.
高三英语听力第三部分中等难度题查看答案及解析
Dad and I loved baseball and hated sleep. One midsummer dawn when I was nine, we drove to the local park with our baseballs, gloves, and Yankees caps.
“If you thought night baseball was a thrill, just wait,” Dad told me. “Morning air carries the ball like you’ve never seen.”
He was right. Our fastballs charged faster and landed more lightly. The echoes of our catches popped as the sun rose over the dew-sprinkled fields.
The park was all ours for about two hours. Then a young mother pushed her stroller toward us. When she neared, dad politely leaned-over the stroller, waved, and gave the baby his best smile.
The mother stared at him for a second, and then rushed away.
Dad covered his mouth with his hand and walked to the car. “Let’s go,” he said. “I’m not feeling well.”
A month earlier, Bell’s palsy(贝尔氏神经麻痹)had struck Dad, paralyzing the right side of his face. His smile, which once eased the pain of playground cuts and burst forth was gone.
As I slumped in the car, I began suspecting that our sunrise, park visit wasn’t about watching daylight lift around us. This was his effort to avoid stares.
After that day, Dad spent more time indoors and no longer wanted to play catch.
For Bell’s palsy suffers, most recover in several weeks. Other cases take a few months to heal. But after nine weeks of therapy, the doctor admitted she couldn’t help Dad.
Dad coped through humor. He occasionally grabbed erasable markers and drew an even-sided wide smile across his face. Other times, he practiced his Elvis impersonation, joking that his curled lips allowed him to perfect his performance of “Hound Dog”.
By the time I entered fourth grade that September, dad could blink his right eye and speak clearly again.But his smile still hadn’t returned.So I made a secret vow I would abstain from smiles of any kind.
Nothing about fourth grade made this easy. Classmates were both old enough to laugh about pop culture and young enough to appreciate jokes. Kids called me Frowny the Dwarf.(I was three foot ten.) Teachers accompanied me into hallways, asking what was wrong. Breaking the promise I had made myself was tempting, but I couldn’t let Dad not smile alone.
When I asked my PE coach, “What’s so great about smiling?” He made me do push-ups while the rest of the class played ball game. Then he called Dad.
I never learned what they discussed. But when I got off the school bus that afternoon, I saw Dad waiting for me, holding our gloves and ball. For the first time in months, we got in the family car and went to the park for a catch.
“It’s been too long,” he said.
Roughly a half-dozen fathers and sons lined the field with gloved arms in the air.
Dad couldn’t smile, but he beamed, and so did I. Sundown came quickly. The field’s white lights glowed, and everyone else left. But dad and I threw everything from curve balls to folly floaters into the night. We had catching up to do.
1.Why did Dad choose to play baseballs one summer dawn?
A.They could perform better in the morning.
B.Morning air was more suitable for playing baseball.
C.He tried to escape others attention to his face.
D.The park was empty and they could enjoy themselves
2.The underlined phrase “abstain from” in Paragraph 12 means_______.
A.seek for B.give up
C.recover from D.break into
3.What can we infer from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 13?
A.The boy lost his ability to smile.
B.The boy couldn’t appreciate pop culture
C.The boy must have suffered many wrongs.
D.The boy tried his best to make Father smile.
4.Why did the father accompany his son to the park for a catch that night?
A.He had made a complete recovery.
B.He thought night baseball was a thrill.
C.He was instructed by the PE coach to do so."
D.He intended his son to return to normal
5.Which of the following can best describe the author’s father?
A.Selfless and lucky
B.Responsible, and humorous.
C.Sensitive and stubborn.
D.Generous and determined.
6.What is the best title for the passage?
A.Losing My Father’s Smile
B.Making a Hidden Secret
C.Playing Baseball in the Morning
D.Recovering from a Face Illness
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I was only six years old when a stroke(中风)struck my father. To my mother, a peasant with eight children, the _______ seemed to have ended that day. ________ as I was and seventh born in a family of eight children, I ________ my mind on being different. After several years of study, my sisters and brothers ______ school and I was the first child to go to high school.
When I ______ high school, I wrote to the Minister of Education and Sports to ______ me for a degree. Frequently visiting his ______ for over three months, at last I was to meet the minister. I _______ that morning and told myself, “You will see the minister today!” I went to his office and the secretary told me to _____ next time. I asked, “When?” She said, “Afternoon.” At exactly 12:01 pm I was at the door, knocked and entered.
The minister had _____ a note, which was used to introduce me to the president. The following day, I went to the president’s office with a smile on my face. I ____ myself with the minister’s note and was welcomed. I _____ got the financial assistance.
My ______ to young people is simple. Be _______ to achieve your goals. I set my goal to attain a degree no matter how long it would take. If you know what you ______, you will somehow get it.
When life gets tougher, we should ____ harder and be more confident about ourselves. Always be ______ that it’s only you who know the best of yourself. Remember that it’s you who live with the _____ of the decisions you make. When you lose a _____, don’t feel depressed. You may lose some battles but finally win the war! Be the _____ to write your own story and create your own future.
1.A. goal B. world C. desire D. direction
2.A. Little B. Simple C. Naughty D. Weak
3.A. kept B. lost C. set D. changed
4.A. looked out of B. looked forward to C. got away from D. dropped out of
5.A. abandoned B. delayed. C. completed D. expected
6.A. reward B. encourage C. consider D. sponsor
7.A. house B. office C. section D. wife
8.A. stayed up B. calmed down C. woke up D. slowed down
9.A. come back B. set out C. hold on D. hurry up
10.A. borrowed B. written C. connected D. appealed
11.A. introduced B. expressed C. showed D. praised
12.A. generally B. actually C. accidentally D. finally
13.A. message B. faith C. decision D. request
14.A. easy B. brave C. practical D. popular
15.A. use B. prove C. want D. do
16.A. live B. try C. think D. guess
17.A. careful B. proud C. helpful D. aware
18.A. reasons B. results C. experiences D. concepts
19.A. friend B. game C. battle D. dream
20.A. reader B. actor C. speaker D. author
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I had offered to watch my 3yearold daughter, so that my wife could go out with a friend.I was getting some work done in my study while she ____ to be having a good time in the other room.No problem, I figured.But then it got a little too ____ and I shouted, “What are you doing?” No response.I ____ my question and heard her say,“Oh...nothing.” Nothing?
I got up from my desk and ran out ____ the living room, where I saw her running across the hall.I followed and watched her as her little behind(屁股) made a quick____into the bathroom.I had her____!I told her to turn around.She____.I pulled out my big Daddy voice,“Young lady,I said turn around!”
____,she turned toward me.In her hand was what was left of my wife's new lipstick.And every square inch of her face was____with bright red! As she looked up at me with fearful eyes,I heard____ voice that had been shouted to me as a child.“How could you...You should know...How many times you have been____...What a bad thing to do...” It was just a matter of my picking out which old___I was going to use on her so that she would know what a bad girl she had been.But____I could let loose, I looked ____at the sweater on her.In big____ it said,“I'M A PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL(天使)!” I looked back up into her tearful eyes and,____seeing a bad girl who didn't listen,I saw a little angel full of____that I had come dangerously close to____.“Sweetheart, let's take a picture so Mommy can see how ____ you look.” I took the picture and thanked God that I didn't____the chance to prove what a perfect little angel she had given me.
1.A.happened B.liked
C.appeared D.pretended
2.A.long B.quiet C.calm D.strange
3..A.asked B.answered
C.raised D.repeated
4.A.into B.of C.from D.for
5.A.way B.turn C.change D.progress
6.A.followed B.scolded
C.cornered D.fooled
7.A.laughed B.listened
C.agreed D.refused
8.A.Slowly B.Eagerly
C.Angrily D.Unfortunately
9.A.filled B.marked
C.printed D.covered
10.A.every B.such C.any D.one
11.A.told B.beaten
C.frightened D.forbidden
12.A.reports B.notice
C.advice D.words
13.A.as B.when C.since D.before
14.A.up B.down C.in D.on
15.A.signs B.letters
C.messages D.figures
16.A.because of B.instead of
C.in spite of D.as a result of
17.A.value B.sadness C.pities D.tricks
18.A.preventing B.getting rid of
C.destroying D.doing wrong on
19.A.dirty B.ugly C.special D.silly
20.A.have B.get C.take D.miss
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I had offered to watch my 3-year-old daughter, so that my wife could go out with a friend. I was getting some work done in my study while she ______ to be having a good time in the other room. No problem, I figured. But then it got a little too ______ and I shouted, “What are you doing ?”No response. I ______ my question and heard her say, “Oh,…nothing.” Nothing?
I got up from my desk and ran out ______ the living room, where I saw her running across the hall. I followed and watched her as her little behind made a quick ______ into the bathroom. I had her ______! I told her to turn around. She ______. I pulled out my big Daddy voice, “Young lady, I said turn around !”
______, she turned toward me. In her hand was what was left of my wife’s new lipstick. And every square inch of her face was ______ with bright red! As she looked up at me with fearful eyes, I heard ______ voice that had been shouted to me as a child. “How could you…You should know…How many times have you been _____ … What a bad thing to do…” It was just a matter of my picking out which old _____ I was going to use on her so that she would know what a bad girl she had been. But ______ I could let loose, I looked ______ at the sweater on her. In big ______ it said, “I’M A PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL(天使)!” I looked back up into her tearful eyes and, ______ seeing a bad girl who didn’t listen, I saw a little angel full of ______ that I had come dangerously close to ______. “Sweetheart, let’s take a picture so Mommy can see how ______ you look.” I took the picture and thanked God that I didn’t ______ the chance to prove what a perfect little angel she had given me.
1.A. happened B. liked C. appeared D. pretended
2.A. long B. quiet C. calm D. strange
3.A. asked B. answered C. raised D. repeated
4.A. into B. of C. from D. for
5.A. way B. turn C. change D. progress
6.A. followed B. scolded C. cornered D. fooled
7.A. laughed B. listened C. agreed D. refused
8.A. Slowly B. Eagerly C. Angrily D. Unfortunately
9.A. filled B. marked C. printed D. covered
10.A. every B. such C. any D. one
11.A. told B. beaten C. frightened D. forbidden
12.A. reports B. notice C. advice D. words
13.A. as B. when C. since D. before
14.A. up B. down C. in D. on
15.A. signs B. letters C. messages D. figures
16.A. because of B. instead of C. in spite of D. as a result of
17.A. value B. sadness C. pities D. tricks
18.A. preventing B. getting rid of C. destroying D. doing wrong on
19.A. dirty B. ugly C. special D. silly
20.A. have B. get C. take D. miss
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
I became a magician by accident. When I was nine years old, I learned how to make a coin disappear. I’d read The Lord of the Rings and gone into the adult section of the library to be buried in fantasy literature but young enough to still hold out hope that you might find a book of real, actual magic in the library. The book I found taught basic techniques, and I tried to practice.
At first the magic wasn’t any good. It was just a trick—a bad trick. I spent hours each day running through the secret moves in front of the mirror. I dropped the coin over and over, a thousand times in a day, and after two weeks my mom got a carpet and placed it under the mirror to muffle (消音) the sound of the coin falling again and again.
One day I made the coin disappear on the playground. We had been playing football and were standing in the field behind the school. A dozen people were watching. I showed the coin to everyone. Then it disappeared. The kids screamed. Everyone went crazy.
A few years later, I staged an underwater escape in the river that flowed through the middle of the campus of the University of Iowa, where I went to school. I stood on a boat in the middle of the river wearing nothing but biking shorts. The sky was dead and gray, and the water was cold at the surface, and colder in the depths below.
Technically, I succeeded. I jumped into the water, sank to the bottom, and escaped from the locks and the chains before swimming to the surface. But it didn’t feel like a success.
1.What do we know about the author?
A. He became a magician in one day.
B. He found wonderful techniques in the library.
C. In order to become a magician he never stopped practising.
D. He looked through every section of the library to search for a useful book.
2.Why did the author’s mother bring a carpet home?
A. To encourage him to clean the house.
B. To make the sounds less noisy than before.
C. To have guests clean their shoes on entering the house.
D. To decrease the number of cleaning the house.
3.How did the author make the kids scream?
A. By playing football with them. B. By making the showing coin disappear.
C. By practising his techniques more frequently. D. By providing hands-on practice.
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. The Magic Trick that Changed My Life B. A Nineteen-year-old Magician
C. What Can Give You a Magic Life? D. A Brief Introduction to a Magician’s Life
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