Charlton Heston was born in 1923 in Evanston, Illinois. Charlton Heston discovered his interest in acting while performing in plays at his high school. He later spent two years studying theater at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. But he left college to join the Army Air Forces during World War Two.
After the war, he found small roles in the theater as well as in television shows. His performance in a television version of the book Jane Eyre caught the attention of the Hollywood producer Cecil B. De Mille who later asked Heston to play the role of Moses in his movie The Ten Commandments which came out in 1956.This role made Heston famous and defined(明确) his career as a hero and leader. His face and body represented strength and heroism in many different roles. He played cowboys, soldiers and athletes.
The 1959 movie Ben Hur made Charlton Heston an even bigger star. Ben Hur won eleven Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Charlton Heston. Heston starred in many adventure movies during the 1960s. In the 1970s, Heston appeared in popular disaster movies like Earthquake, Skyjacked and Airport 1975.
Charlton Heston was also very active in the movie industry. He worked to help set up the American Film Institute. In 1977 he was honored for his service in the industry. He received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 1997 he was awarded a Kennedy Center Honor. And, in 2003, President Bush gave Charlton Heston a Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.
In 2000, Charlton Heston issued a statement announcing that he had an Alzheimer’s disease. He died in 2008 at his home in Beverly Hills, California.
1.What kind of role did Charlton Heston often play in films?
A. Heroes. B. Cowboys. C. Soldiers. D. Athletes.
2.Which film won Best Actor for Charlton Heston?
A. Jane Eyre. B. Earthquake.
C. Ben Hur. D. The Ten Commandments.
3.What can we learn about Charlton Heston according to the passage?
A. He began to show his talent in Ben Hur.
B. He used to be a soldier.
C. He was once awarded by Kennedy.
D. He won eleven Academy Awards.
4.What’s the main idea of Paragraph 2?
A. How Charlton Heston became famous.
B. How Charlton Heston began his career.
C. Who made Charlton Heston a popular star.
D. Who made Charlton Heston win so many awards.
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Charlton Heston was born in 1923 in Evanston, Illinois. Charlton Heston discovered his interest in acting while performing in plays at his high school. He later spent two years studying theater at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. But he left college to join the Army Air Forces during World War Two.
After the war, he found small roles in the theater as well as in television shows. His performance in a television version of the book Jane Eyre caught the attention of the Hollywood producer Cecil B. De Mille who later asked Heston to play the role of Moses in his movie The Ten Commandments which came out in 1956.This role made Heston famous and defined(明确) his career as a hero and leader. His face and body represented strength and heroism in many different roles. He played cowboys, soldiers and athletes.
The 1959 movie Ben Hur made Charlton Heston an even bigger star. Ben Hur won eleven Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Charlton Heston. Heston starred in many adventure movies during the 1960s. In the 1970s, Heston appeared in popular disaster movies like Earthquake, Skyjacked and Airport 1975.
Charlton Heston was also very active in the movie industry. He worked to help set up the American Film Institute. In 1977 he was honored for his service in the industry. He received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 1997 he was awarded a Kennedy Center Honor. And, in 2003, President Bush gave Charlton Heston a Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.
In 2000, Charlton Heston issued a statement announcing that he had an Alzheimer’s disease. He died in 2008 at his home in Beverly Hills, California.
1.What kind of role did Charlton Heston often play in films?
A. Heroes. B. Cowboys. C. Soldiers. D. Athletes.
2.Which film won Best Actor for Charlton Heston?
A. Jane Eyre. B. Earthquake.
C. Ben Hur. D. The Ten Commandments.
3.What can we learn about Charlton Heston according to the passage?
A. He began to show his talent in Ben Hur.
B. He used to be a soldier.
C. He was once awarded by Kennedy.
D. He won eleven Academy Awards.
4.What’s the main idea of Paragraph 2?
A. How Charlton Heston became famous.
B. How Charlton Heston began his career.
C. Who made Charlton Heston a popular star.
D. Who made Charlton Heston win so many awards.
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In 1858, two men wanted to be elected United States Senator from Illinois. One was Stephen Douglas. The other was Abraham Lincoln. Douglas was already the Senator, but his term in office was up. Lincoln had once been a U.S. Representative but was then a lawyer in Illinois.
The men agreed to have seven public meetings, or debates, in seven different cities in Illinois. That way, voters all over the state would have a chance to hear what each man stood for.
The first debate was in Ottawa on August 21, 1858. The main thing the men disagreed on was slavery. Douglas believed that as new states joined the union, they should decide for themselves whether or not they wanted to be a slave state or a free state. Lincoln believed that slavery should not spread beyond the states that already had slaves. He said the United States could not survive as half-slave and half-free states.
The debates drew large crowds in all seven cities. People in the entire country were paying attention. Lincoln lost the Senate race. The debates did, however, make him well known everywhere.
In 1860, it was time to elect a new President. Lincoln won the Republican party’s nomination(提名). Douglas won the Democratic party’s nomination. The two men again faced each other to get the people’s votes. This time Lincoln won. He became the nation’s 16th President.
The slavery issue was still causing bad feelings between slave and non-slave states. By the time Lincoln took over as President on March 4, 1861, seven states had left the union. A month later, the Civil War began.
1.Why did the two men have debates in seven cities?
A. To protect themselves.
B. To persuade each other.
C. To make their views known better.
D. To give the voters some advice.
2.What view did Stephen Douglas stick to in the debate?
A. The new states should unite with other states.
B. The new states should separate from the Union.
C. The new states were free to keep slavery or not.
D. The new states should not keep slavery any more.
3.What was the result of the debates?
A. The debates made Lincoln famous.
B. Voters strongly disagreed on slavery.
C. Lincoln failed in the president election
D. Douglas drew more attention in the country.
4.Why did the civil war break out?
A. The Northern states rose up.
B. Lincoln was defeated in the election.
C. The Southern states still kept slaves.
D. There was conflict between slave and non-slave states.
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Ed Viesturs grew up in Rockford, Illinois, where the tallest thing on the horizon was the water tower. But on Thursday, Viesturs became the only American to climb to the top of the world's 14 highest mountains.
His last hike was up Mount Annapurna, in Asia's snowcapped Himalayas. At 26,545 feet, its peak is the 10th highest in the world. It is the mountain that inspired him to start climbing.
"It tends to be the trickiest, the most dangerous," said Viesturs. "There's no simple way to climb it. There are threatening avalanches (雪崩) and ice falls that protect the mountain."
In high school, Viesturs read French climber Maurice Herzog's tale of climbing the icy Annapurna. Herzog's story was of frostbite (冻伤) and difficulty and near-death experiences. Viesturs washookedright away.
Viesturs got his start on Washington's Mount Rainier in 1977, guiding hikes in the summer. Fifteen years ago, he set out to walk up to the world's highest peaks. Finally, he's done.
The pioneering climber talks about mountains as if they were living creatures that should be treated with respect. "You have to use all of your senses, all of your abilities to see if the mountain will let you climb it," said Viesturs. "If we have the patience and the respect, and if we're here at the right time, under the right circumstances, they allow us to go up, and allow us to come down."
What's next for a man who can't stop climbing? "I'm going to hug my wife and kids and kind of kick back and enjoy the summer," says Viesturs. But for a man who's climbed the world's 14 tallest mountains, he will probably soon set off on yet another adventure.
1.What record has Ed Viesturs set?
A. He has succeeded in climbing to the world’s 14th highest mountain.
B. He has been to the top of the world’s 14 highest mountains.
C. He has become the first to climb to the height of 26,545feet.
D. He has become the first man to climb to the top of 14 highest mountains in the world.
2.The underlined word “hooked” in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by “______”.
A. frightened B. discouraged C. interested D. upset
3.The author used Viestures’ words in Paragraph 6 to support a view that ______.
A. mountain climbing is a dangerous sport
B. mountains should be regarded as living creatures
C. mountain climbing needs more skills than physical energy
D. those who like mountain climbing won’t stop climbing
4.What’s the next probably plan of Viestures?
A. Stopping climbing and staying with his family.
B. Climbing to the top of the world’s 14 tallest mountains again.
C. Climbing another one of the highest mountains.
D. Writing down the experiences about his adventure.
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Helen Keller was born in America in June, 1880. was all right when she was born. when she was nineteen months old, and attack of fever her blind and deaf for the rest of her life. She became blind so that as she grew older, she did not being able to see; and she became deaf she had any idea of the importance of human speech. She in darkness and silence.
As she grew older, she, too, wanted to express her ideas and .But she understood that she was from others.
Her greatly worried. How could anyone get in touch with Helen’s mind, intelligence in darkness and silence without ? Helen was seven before a teacher was .Her name was Sullivan.
Miss Sullivan had a lot of in teaching Helen Keller. As the child could neither see nor hear,she had to use manual alphabet(手语).But Helen’s energy, intelligence and strong spirit, with Miss Sullivan’s skill and patience (耐心), all the difficulties. As Helen grew up, she became an able student, passed examinations and finally took a university degree English literature. She then all herself to helping the blind and the deaf. Her personal , together with the work she has done for others, made her one of the greatest women in modern times. She many books and The Story of My Life is a remarkable(不寻常的) one.
1.A. Something B.Nothing C.Everything D.Anything
2.A.And B.But C.Or D.So
3.A.had B.let C.gave D.left
4.A.young B.sudden C.early D.quick
5.A.mind B.remember C.remind D.seem
6.A.as B.when C.after D.before
7.A.lived B.stayed C.remained D.played
8.A.views B.opinions C.feelings D.thoughts
9.A.cut out B.cut off C.given up D.sent away
10.A.teachers B.friends C.parents D.neighbours
11.A.help B.knowledge C.sound D.speech
12.A.nearly B.likely C.totally D.quietly
13.A.brought B.appeared C.came D.found
14.A.difficulty B.ways C.work D.stories
15.A.agreed B.combined C.dealt D.corresponded
16.A.won B.beat C.overcame D.overturned
17.A.at B.in C.on D.with
18.A.devoted B.took C.set D.enjoyed
19.A.ideas B.experience C.life D.success
20.A.read B.bought C.wrote D.borrowed
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He asked me _____.
A．whether was I born in 1986 B．that I was born in 1986
C．whether I had been born in 1986 D．if I was born in 1986
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Constantin Levaditi was born in Galati, Romania in 1874. His family was poor and his father was a Greek immigrant who worked in the Galati port and his mother was Romanian. When he was only six years old he had to start working in a shop as both of his parents fell ill. His job was to deliver orders from his uncle’s shop.
After two years his parents died and he was taken into care by one of his relatives who worked as a nurse in a hospital. His relative noticed that he was very smart and sent him to school. After graduating from high school, he decided to study at the medical school in Bucharest where he studied under Professor Victor Babes.
Levaditi became a doctor in 1902 and then he specialized in researching tuberculosis (结核病) in Paris at the Louis Pasteur Institute and to Frankfurt, at the Experimental Therapy Institute. He also managed to contribute to the invention of the anti-polio vaccine (消除小儿麻痹症的疫苗) in1913.
Levaditi returned to Romania in 1919 as a researcher to teach at university but Romanian universities did not accept him as he criticized Romania’s national health system and its political parties. He often said that it was not acceptable that the government did not care for its people and that there were not enough doctors and hospitals. Thus, he returned to France to continue his research in 1920. That same year he was invited to lead the Rockefeller Institute in New York but he refused.
In 1926 Levaditi became a member of the Romanian Academy. Later on, he was in charge of the bacteriology (细菌学) French school and he devoted his last years to research on antibiotics (抗生素) and other medicines.
1.What do the first two paragraphs tell us about Levaditi?
A.He went to school thanks to his teachers.
B.He was born into a wealthy family.
C.He lost his parents at an early age.
D.He met with Victor Babes at high school.
2.What was one reason why Levaditi returned to France in 1920?
A.The conflict between universities and political parties.
B.His dissatisfaction with the health system in Romania.
C.The invitation of the Rockefeller Institute.
D.The lack of doctors and hospitals in France.
3.Which of the following events about Levaditi happened first?
A.He did a careful study of tuberculosis in Paris.
B.He was in charge of the bacteriology French school.
C.He became a member of the Romanian Academy.
D.He devoted himself to the invention of anti-polio vaccine.
4.What is the text mainly about?
A.The influence of Levaditi.
B.A brief introduction of Levaditi
C.The development of bacteriology.
D.The research on antibiotics.
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Born blind is tough in any case. But things were even harder for Srikanth Bolla who was born in a small village in India, where the common belief was that kids with disabilities were “of no use” and therefore, better off dead. Fortunately, Srikanth’s parents loved their son and refused to give him up. Instead, they encouraged the blind boy to dream big and reach for the star.
Srikanth did not disappoint his parents. The now twenty-four-year-old is the founder CEO of Bollant Industries.
Of course, getting here was not easy. Being both blind and poor meant that Srikanth had to face hard challenges. As a young boy, Srikanth attended a regular school near his home. Unfortunately, the students and teachers didn’t quite like him because of his disability. As a result, the young boy was largely ignored and often spent the entire day alone.
Concerned this would hold back Srikanth’ s development, his family decided to send him to a special school in Hyderabad. Sure enough, the young boy soon rose to the top of his class, earning awards in speech and debate competitions. But Srikanth was prevented from studying sciences when he reached 10th grade, because it was thought too “dangerous” for a blind student. Not wanting to give up, Srikanth took legal action and became the first blind student in the country allowed to study sciences.
Late, after graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Srikanth set up Bollant Industries in 2012.For just four years, it has become a powerhouse with over 450 employees,70% of whom are physically challenged.
Being disabled doesn’ t mean being unable. “If the world looks at me and says, ‘Srikanth, you can do nothing,’ I will look back at the world and say I can do anything.” the young man says.
1.Why was Srikanth sent to a special school?
A.His parents became richer than before.
B.He could be treated equally there.
C.This school was free for disabled students.
D.He was sent away by the regular school.
2.What can we know about Srikanth from the text?
A.He was born in a poor village.
B.He cared about disabled people.
C.His parents were strict with him in his study.
D.He was loved by the villagers when he was young.
3.What words can best describe Srikanth?
A.Intelligent and determined.
B.Active and honest.
C.Patient and careful.
D.Kind but stubborn.
4.What can be the best title for the text?
A.Chances Are Everywhere
B.No Challenges, No Success
C.Big Dream Makes a Difference
D.Disability Doesn’t Mean Being Unable
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Mark Twain was a great writer.He was born in 1835 in the USA.He was also a famous speaker.He was famous for his sense of humour.Many people liked to listen to his talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.
One day，Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing.Before he was going to leave，one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes in the town and told him that he’d better not go there.Mark Twain waved his hands and said，“It doesn’t matter.The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine.I don’t think they will come to visit me.”
After he arrived at the town，Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station.He went into his room，but when he was just about to have a rest，quite a few mosquitoes flew around him.The waiters felt very sorry about that.“I’m very sorry，Mr.Mark Twain.There are too many mosquitoes in our town，” one of them said to him.
Mark Twain，however，made a joke，saying to the waiter，“The mosquitoes are very clever.They know my room number.They didn’t come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.
But that night Mark Twain slept well.Do you know why？That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.
1.That day Mark Twain went to the town ________.
A．to see one of his friends
B．because he wanted to do something there for his writing
C．because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there
D．to see one of his relatives
2.All the people present laughed heartily because ________.
A．the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn’t come into the wrong room
B．the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain’s room number
C．Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents
D．Mark Twain made a joke
3.From the story we know ________.
A．no mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night
B．the owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at night
C．Mark Twain didn’t have a good rest that night
D．there were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A．Mark Twain liked to tell interesting stories to make people laugh.
B．Mark Twain went to the small town for his writing.
C．He slept well because the mosquitoes didn’t come into his room.
D．The waiters felt sorry，for there were many mosquitoes in Mark Twain’s room.
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[1] Jean Paul Getty was born in 1892 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He became a millionaire when he was only 24. His father was wealthy, but he did not help his son. Getty made his millions alone. He made his money from oil. He owned Getty Oil and over 100 other companies. The Fortune magazine once called Getty “the richest man in the world.”
[2]But money _________. He married five times and divorced five times. He had five children but spent little time with them. None of Getty’s children had very happy lives.
[3]Getty loved to make money and loved to save it. In spite of his great wealth, Getty was miser. Every evening, he wrote down every cent he spent that day. He even put pay telephone in the guest’s bedrooms in his house so he could save money on phone bills.
[4] In 1973, kidnappers took his 16-year-old grandson, and demanded a large amount of money for his safe return. Getty’s son asked his father for money to save his child. But Getty refused. The kidnappers were merciless and Getty’s son made repeated requests for help from his father. Finally, Getty agreed to lend the money, but at 4 percent interest.
[5] Getty started a museum at his home Malibu, California. He bought many important and beautiful pieces of art for the museum. When Getty died in 1976, the value of the collection in the museum was $1 billion. He left all his money to the museum. After his death, the museum grew in size. Today it is one of the most important museums in the United States. Getty made a large fortune in his life, but he gave his money to the art world because he wanted people to learn about and love art.
1.What is the main idea of Paragraph 1? (no more than 8 words)
_______________________________________________________________________________
2.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words. (no more than 7 words)
3.Explain the underlined sentence in Paragraph3.
_______________________________________________________________________________
4.What did the kidnappers do to Getty’s family (no more than 10 words)
5.What does the author want to tell us about Getty in the last paragraph? (no more than 10 words)
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Stephen William Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 in Oxford, England. His parents’ house was in north London, but during the Second World War Oxford was considered a safer place to have babies. When he was eight, his family moved to St Albans, a town about 20 miles north of London. At eleven Stephen went to St Albans School, and then on to University College, Oxford, his father’s old college. Stephen wanted to do Mathematics, although his father would have preferred medicine. Mathematics was not available at College, so he did Physics instead. After three years and not very much work he was awarded a first class honours degree in Natural Science.
Stephen then went on to Cambridge to do research in Cosmology, there being no one working in that area in Oxford at the time. His supervisor was Dennis Sciama, although he had hoped to get Fred Hoyle who was working in Cambridge. After gaining his Ph. D, he became first a Research Fellow, and later on a Professorial Fellow at Gonville and Caius College. After leaving the Institute of Astronomy in 1973 Stephen came to the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, and since 1979 has held the post of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics. The chair was founded in 1663 with money left in the will of the Reverend Henry Lucas, who had been the Member of Parliament for the University. It was first held by Isaac Barrow, and then in 1663 by Isaac Newton.
Professor Hawking has twelve honorary degrees, was awarded the CBE in 1982,and was made a Companion of Honour in 1989. He is the recipient of many awards, medals and prizes and is a Fellow of The Royal Society and a Member of the US National Academy of Sciences.
1.Which of the following shows the right order of what happened to Hawking?
a. He gained his Ph. D.
b. He went to Cambridge.
c. He was given a first class honour degree.
d. He began to hold the post of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics.
e. He went to St Albans School.
A. e-c-b-a-d B. a-e-c-d-b C. a-e-c-b-d D. c-b-d-e-a
2.According to the passage, Stephen W. Hawking had never spent much time studying .
A. Cosmology B. Mathematics C. Physics D. Medicine
3.Before Stephen Hawking went to Cambridge, .
A. there was no one studying Cosmology in England
B. there was no one studying Cosmology in Oxford
C. there were only a few scientists studying Cosmology in Oxford
D. Cosmology is widely studied in Britain
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