At the age of ten I could not figure out what this Elvis Presley guy had that the rest of us boys did not have.I mean,he had a head,two arms and two legs,just like the rest of us.About nine o’clock on Saturday morning I decided to ask Eugene Correthers,one of the older boys,what it was that made this Elvis guy so special.He told me that it was Elvis’wavy hair and the way he moved his body.
About half an hour later all the boys in the orphanage(孤儿院)were called to the main dining-room and told we were all going to downtown Jacksonville,Florida to get a new pair of Buster Brown shoes and a haircut.That is when I got this big idea,which hit me like a ton of bricks. If the Elvis hair cut was the big secret,then that’s what I was going to get.
A11 the way to town I told everybody, including the matron(女管家)from the orphanage who was taking us to town,that I was going to look just like Elvis Presley and that I would learn to move around just like he did and that I would be rich and famous one day, just like him.
When I got my new Buster Brown shoes, I could hardly wait for my new hair cut and now that I had my new Busier Brown shoes I would be very happy to go back to the orphanage and practice being like Elvis.
We finally arrived at the big barber shop,where they cut our hair for free because we were orphans(孤儿).I looked at the barber and said,“I want an Elvis hair cut. Can you make my hair like Elvis?” I asked him,with a big smile on my face.“Let's just see what we can do for you,little man,”he said.I was so happy when he started to cut my hair.Just as he started to cut my hair, the matron signed for him to come over to where she was standing.She whispered something into his ear and then he shook his head,like he was telling her“No”.Then he told me they were not allowed to give us Elvis hair cuts.Then I saw my hair falling onto the floor.
1.In the author’s eyes,Elvis Presley was_________.
A.disgusting B.admirable C.ambitious D.dynamic
2.From the passage,we can know that______________.
A.Buster Brown was more appealing than Elvis Presley
B.An Elvis hair cut cost the orphans a lot of money
C.The matron did not want the boy to have an Elvis hair cut
D.The barber was unwilling to give the boy an Elvis hair cut
3.We can learn from the underlined sentence that the boy was______.
A.excited to have an Elvis hair cut
B.worried to think about the secret
C.anxious to remove the ton of bricks
D.careful to seize the chance
4.How would the boy probably feel when he walked out of the barber shop?
A.Delighted. B.Guilty.
C.Self-satisfied. D.Depressed.
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At the age of ten I could not figure out what this Elvis Presley guy had that the rest of us boys did not have.I mean,he had a head,two arms and two legs,just like the rest of us.About nine o’clock on Saturday morning I decided to ask Eugene Correthers,one of the older boys,what it was that made this Elvis guy so special.He told me that it was Elvis’wavy hair and the way he moved his body.
About half an hour later all the boys in the orphanage(孤儿院)were called to the main dining-room and told we were all going to downtown Jacksonville,Florida to get a new pair of Buster Brown shoes and a haircut.That is when I got this big idea,which hit me like a ton of bricks. If the Elvis hair cut was the big secret,then that’s what I was going to get.
A11 the way to town I told everybody, including the matron(女管家)from the orphanage who was taking us to town,that I was going to look just like Elvis Presley and that I would learn to move around just like he did and that I would be rich and famous one day, just like him.
When I got my new Buster Brown shoes, I could hardly wait for my new hair cut and now that I had my new Busier Brown shoes I would be very happy to go back to the orphanage and practice being like Elvis.
We finally arrived at the big barber shop,where they cut our hair for free because we were orphans(孤儿).I looked at the barber and said,“I want an Elvis hair cut. Can you make my hair like Elvis?” I asked him,with a big smile on my face.“Let's just see what we can do for you,little man,”he said.I was so happy when he started to cut my hair.Just as he started to cut my hair, the matron signed for him to come over to where she was standing.She whispered something into his ear and then he shook his head,like he was telling her“No”.Then he told me they were not allowed to give us Elvis hair cuts.Then I saw my hair falling onto the floor.
1.In the author’s eyes,Elvis Presley was_________.
A.disgusting B.admirable C.ambitious D.dynamic
2.From the passage,we can know that______________.
A.Buster Brown was more appealing than Elvis Presley
B.An Elvis hair cut cost the orphans a lot of money
C.The matron did not want the boy to have an Elvis hair cut
D.The barber was unwilling to give the boy an Elvis hair cut
3.We can learn from the underlined sentence that the boy was______.
A.excited to have an Elvis hair cut
B.worried to think about the secret
C.anxious to remove the ton of bricks
D.careful to seize the chance
4.How would the boy probably feel when he walked out of the barber shop?
A.Delighted. B.Guilty.
C.Self-satisfied. D.Depressed.
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This passage had many new words and the students could not _______ what the writer meant.
A. make out B. make up C. stand out D. stand for
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I was in a strange city I didn’t know at all, and what’s more, I could not speak a word of the language. On my second day I got on the first bus that passed, rode on it for several stops, then got off and walked on. The first two hours passed pleasantly enough, then I decided to turn back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about for some time, I decided I had better ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I knew of the language was the name of the street in which I lived, and even that I pronounced badly. I stopped to ask a newspaper-seller. He handed me a paper. I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he put the paper into my hands. I had to give him some money and went on my way. The next person I asked was a policeman. He listened to me carefully, nodded and gently took me by the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left again. I nodded politely and began walking in the direction he pointed.
About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer and fewer and green fields were appearing on either side of me. I had come all the way into the countryside. The only thing left for me to do was find the nearest railway station.
1.The newspaper-seller______.
A. didn’t know where the hotel was
B. didn’t understand what the writer said
C. could understand what the writer said
D. didn’t want to take the money from the writer
2. From the story we know that the policeman______.
A. was kind but didn’t understand the writer
B. told the writer where to take a train
C. knew what the writer really meant
D.was cold-hearted and didn’t help the writer
3.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. The writer got close to the hotel where he stayed.
B. The writer got to the hotel with the policeman’s help.
C. The writer found he was much farther away from the hotel.
D.The writer found the hotel in the direction the policeman pointed.
4.In your opinion, what was the writer’s real trouble?
A. He didn’t know the city at all.
B. He couldn’t speak the language.
C. He went too far in the wrong bus.
D.He followed the policeman’s direction.
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I was in a strange city I didn’t know at all, and what’s more, I could not speak a word of the language. On my second day I got on the first bus that passed, rode on it for several stops, then got off and walked on. The first two hours passed pleasantly enough, then I decided to turn back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about for some time, I decided I had better ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I knew of the language was the name of the street in which I lived, and even that I pronounced badly. I stopped to ask a newspaper-seller. He handed me a paper. I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he put the paper into my hands. I had to give him some money and went on my way. The next person I asked was a policeman. He listened to me carefully, nodded and gently took me by the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left again. I nodded politely and began walking in the direction he pointed.About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer and fewer and green fields were appearing on either side of me. I had come all the way into the countryside. The only thing left for me to do was find the nearest railway station.
1.From the story we know that the policeman______.
A. was kind but didn’t understand the writer
B. told the writer where to take a train
C. knew what the writer really meant
D. was cold-hearted and didn’t help the writer
2.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. The writer got close to the hotel where he stayed.
B. The writer got to the hotel with the policeman’s help.
C. The writer found he was much farther away from the hotel.
D. The writer found the hotel in the direction the policeman pointed.
3.In your opinion, what was the writer’s real trouble?
A. He didn’t know the city at all.
B. He couldn’t speak the language.
C. He went too far in the wrong bus.
D. He followed the policeman’s direction.
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I was in a strange city I didn’t know at all, and what’s more, I could not speak a word of the language. On my second day I got on the first bus that passed, rode on it for several stops, then got off and walked on. The first two hours passed pleasantly enough, then I decided to turn back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about for some time, I decided I had better ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I knew of the language was the name of the street in which I lived, and even that I pronounced badly. I stopped to ask a newspaper-seller. He handed me a paper. I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he put the paper into my hands. I had to give him some money and went on my way. The next person I asked was a policeman. He listened to me carefully, nodded and gently took me by the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left again. I nodded politely and began walking in the direction he pointed.
About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer and fewer and green fields were appearing on either side of me. I had come all the way into the countryside. The only thing left for me to do was find the nearest railway station.
1.The writer preferred to walk back to his hotel because_______.
A. he had no money to buy a ticket
B. he wanted to lose himself in the city
C. he tried to know the city in this way
D. it was late and there were no buses passing by
2.The newspaper-seller______.
A. didn’t know where the hotel was
B. didn’t understand what the writer said
C. could understand what the writer said
D. didn’t want to take the money from the writer
3.From the story we know that the policeman______.
A. was kind but didn’t understand the writer
B. told the writer where to take a train
C. knew what the writer really meant
D.was cold-hearted and didn’t help the writer
4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. The writer got close to the hotel where he stayed.
B. The writer got to the hotel with the policeman’s help.
C. The writer found he was much farther away from the hotel.
D. The writer found the hotel in the direction the policeman pointed.
5.In your opinion, what was the writer’s real trouble?
A. He didn’t know the city at all.
B. He couldn’t speak the language.
C. He went too far in the wrong bus.
D. He followed the policeman’s direction.
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I was in a strange city I didn’t know at all, and what’s more, I could not speak a word of the language. On my second day I got on the first bus that passed, rode on it for several stops, then got off and walked on. The first two hours passed pleasantly enough, then I decided to turn back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about for some time, I decided I had better ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I knew of the language was the name of the street in which I lived, and even that I pronounced badly. I stopped to ask a newspaper-seller. He handed me a paper. I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he put the paper into my hands. I had to give him some money and went on my way. The next person.I asked was a policeman. He listened to me carefully, nodded and gently took me by the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left again. I nodded politely and began walking in the direction he pointed.
About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer and fewer and green fields were appearing on either side of me. I had come all the way into the countryside. The only thing left for me to do was find the nearest railway station.
1.The writer preferred to walk back to his hotel because.
A. he had no money to buy a ticket
B. he wanted to lose himself in the city
C. he tried to know the city in this way
D. it was late and there were no buses passing by
2. The newspaper-seller______.
A. didn’t know where the hotel was
B. didn’t understand what the writer said
C. could understand what the writer said
D. didn’t want to take the money from the writer
3. From the story we know that the policeman______.
A. was kind but didn’t understand the writer
B. told the writer where to take a train
C. knew what the writer really meant
D.was cold-hearted and didn’t help the writer
4. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. The writer got close to the hotel where he stayed.
B. The writer got to the hotel with the policeman’s help.
C. The writer found he was much farther away from the hotel.
D.The writer found the hotel in the direction the policeman pointed.
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I was in a strange city I didn’t know at all, and what’s more, I could not speak a word of the language. On my second day I got on the first bus that passed, rode on it for several stops, then got off and walked on. The first two hours passed pleasantly enough, then I decided to turn back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about for some time, I decided I had better ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I knew of the language was the name of the street in which I lived, and even that I pronounced badly. I stopped to ask a newspaper-seller. He handed me a paper. I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he put the paper into my hands. I had to give him some money and went on my way. The next person.I asked was a policeman. He listened to me carefully, nodded and gently took me by the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left again. I nodded politely and began walking in the direction he pointed.
About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer and fewer and green fields were appearing on either side of me. I had come all the way into the countryside. The only thing left for me to do was find the nearest railway station.
1.The writer preferred to walk back to his hotel because.
A.he had no money to buy a ticket
B.he wanted to lose himself in the city
C.he tried to know the city in this way
D.it was late and there were no buses passing by
2.From the story we know that the policeman______.
A.was kind but didn’t understand the writer
B.told the writer where to take a train
C.knew what the writer really meant
D.was cold-hearted and didn’t help the writer
3.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A.The writer got close to the hotel where he stayed.
B.The writer got to the hotel with the policeman’s help.
C.The writer found he was much farther away from the hotel.
D.The writer found the hotel in the direction the policeman pointed.
4.In your opinion, what was the writer’s real trouble?
A.He didn’t know the city at all. B.He couldn’t speak the language.
C.He went too far in the wrong bus. D.He followed the policeman’s direction.
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More than four out of five people admit to telling little white lies at least once a day and the preferred way of “being economical with the truth” is to use technology such as cellphones, text messages and e-mails, a survey said last Thursday. The research found that “techno-treachery (高科技说谎)” was widespread with nearly 75 percent of people saying gadgets (小器具) made it easier to fib (撒小谎). Just over half of the respondents (被调查者) said using gadgets made them feel less guilty when telling a lie than doing it face to face. The workplace was a favorite location for fibbing with 67 percent of the 1,487 respondents admitting they had lied at work. The top lie was pretending to be ill (43 percent), followed by saying work had been completed when it hadn’t (23 percent). Worryingly for bosses 18 percent said they lied to hide a big mistake. But, employers were not the only ones on the receiving end of dishonest statements. Just over 40 percent of the respondents said they had lied to their families or partners. Key topics to lie about were: buying new clothes or the cost of them (37 percent), how good someone looked in something (35 percent), how much they had eaten (35 percent) and drunk (31 percent) and how much they weighed (32 percent).
1.The underlined phrase “being economical with the truth” probably means______.
A. telling lies B. making apologies C. feeling guilty D. admitting mistakes
2. It can be inferred(推断) from the passage that ______.
A. employers sometimes lie to their employees, too
B. 75% of people have ever lied to someone
C. without gadgets, people may feel more pressure when telling white lies
D. more people lie to their family than to their bosses
3.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. Cell phones make people more likely to lie.
B. Some people might lie to their bosses when they are not doing their work well.
C. 40% of employers admit that they have lied to their families or partners.
D. Nearly 1,500 people were questioned in the survey.
4. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. People are getting more likely to lie.
B. People tend to fib using gadgets.
C. Most people tell white lies at the workplace.
D.18% of people lie to their bosses.
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Robert Owen was born in Wales in 1771. At the age of ten he went to work. His employer had a largePrivate library so Owen was able to educate himself. He read a lot in his spare time and at nineteen he was given the job of superintendent(监工) at a Manchester cotton mill. He was so successful there that he persuaded his employer to buy the New Lanark mill in Scotland.
When he arrived at New Lanark it was a dirty little town with a population of 2,000 people. Nobodypaid any attention to the workers' houses or their children's education. The conditions in the factories were very bad. There was a lot of crime and the men spent most of their wages on alcoholic drinks.
Owen improved the houses. He encouraged people to be clean and save money. He opened a shop and sold the workers cheap, well-made goods to help them. He limited the sale of alcoholic drinks. Above all, he fixed his mind on the children's education. In 1816 he opened the first free primary school in Britain.
People came from all over the country to visit Owen's factory. They saw that the workers were healthier and more efficient than in other towns. Their children were better fed and better educated. Owen tried the same experiment in the United States. He bought some land there in 1825,but the community was too far away. He could not keep it under control and lost most of his money.
Owen never stopped fighting for his idea. Above all he believed that people are not born good or bad.
He was a practical man and his ideas were practical. "If you give people good working conditions," he thought, "they will work well and, the most important thing of all, if you give them the chance to learn, they will be better people."
1.For Owen, his greatest achievement in New Lanark was _____________.
A. improving worker's houses B. helping people to save money
C. preventing men from getting drunk D. providing the children with a good education
2.From the passage we may infer that Owen was born ___________.
A. into a rich family B. into a noble family
C. into a poor family D. into a middle class family
3.Owen's experiment in the United States failed because _______.
A. he lost all his money
B. he did not buy enough land
C. people who visited it were not impressed
D. it was too far away for him to organize it properly
4.We may infer form the passage that no children in Britain could enjoy free education until ____.
A. 1771 B. 1816 C. 1825 D. 1860
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Robert Owen was born in Wales in 1771. At the age of ten he went to work. His employer had a large private library so Owen was able to educate himself. He read a lot in his spare time and at nineteen he was given the job of superintendent (监工) at a Manchester cotton mill. He was so successful there that he persuaded his employer to buy the New Lanark mill in Scotland.
When he arrived at New Lanark it was a dirty little town with a population of 2,000 people. Nobody paid any attention to the workers’ houses or their children’s education. The conditions in the factories were very bad. There was a lot of crime and the men spent most of their wages on alcoholic drinks.
Owen improved the houses. He encouraged people to be clean and save money. He opened a shop and sold the workers cheap, well-made goods to help them. He limited the sale of alcoholic drinks. Above all, he fixed his mind on the children’s education. In 1816 he opened the first free primary school in Britain.
People came from all over the country to visit Owen’s factory. They saw that the workers were healthier and more efficient than in other towns. Their children were better fed and better educated. Owen tried the same experiment in the United States. He bought some land there in 1825, but the community was too far away. He could not keep it under control and lost most of his money.
Owen never stopped fighting for his idea. Above all he believed that people are not born good or bad. He was a practical man and his ideas were practical. “If you give people good working conditions,” he thought, “they will work well and, the most important thing of all, if you give them the chance to learn, they will be better people.”
1.For Owen, his greatest achievement in New Lanark was ______.
A. improving worker’s houses B. helping people to save money
C. preventing men from getting drunk D. providing children with good education
2.Owen’s experiment in the United States failed because ______.
A. he lost all his money as he expected B. he did not buy enough land for his future plan
C. people who visited it were not impressed D. it was too far away for him to organize it properly
3.Owen did the following things EXPECT _______.
A. educate himself in his spare time B. buy the New Lanark mill in Scotland
C. encourage people to save money D. improve people’s working condition
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