When ______ how old he was, he kept silent.A....

When ______ how old he was, he kept silent.

A. asking    B. asked    C. to be asked    D. ask

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Now 70 years old, the British physicist, Pendry can’t remember a time when he was not asking a question as a kid, joking that he ________ his parents to death.

A. should torment(折磨)                                      B. must torment

C. must have tormented                                         D. should have tormented

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The child complained that the old man made no answer when where he lived．

A. asking            B. being asked    C. having asked    D. asked

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When ____ where he was born, Kale said he was a Londoner.

A．asking            B．asked             C．being asked        D．was asked

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When______where he was born,John said he was a New Yorker.

A,asking     B,being asked      C,asked    D,was asked

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When ________ what made him a popular person, he said it was his personality.

A. asking          B. asked           C. being asked     D. ask

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When _______ this question, she keeps silent.

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When I was 10 years old, I asked a neighborhood kid who was older than me, “Which city is further west: Reno. Nev., or Los Angeles?” The correct answer is Reno. Nevada. But he was convinced it was the other way around.

He was so convinced that Los Angeles was west of Reno that he was willing to bet me two dollars. So I went into the house to get my Rand McNally Map. The kid looked at the map and said. “The map is drawn funny.” It wasn’t. Was his argument that the map didn’t preserve east, west, north and south? What kind of map would that be? I showed him if you trace down the 120-degree west line of longitude (经度)---which runs almost directly through Reno, Nev. --- you end up in the Pacific Ocean, somewhere west of Los Angeles.

He replied that lines of longitude don’t cross the ocean.

What? I told him that the lines of longitude were there to show how far west or east some location was, regardless of whether it was on land or on sea.

There was one problem, however. He was bigger than me.

I drew a number of conclusions from this story.

There is such a thing as truth, but we often tend to ignore it. Also, it’s not just thinking something that makes it true. Truth not relative. It’s not subjective. It may be hidden. People may wish to ignore it. But there is such a thing as truth and pursuit (追求) of truth: trying to figure out what has really happened, trying to figure out how things really are.

Almost 15 years ago, I came across a story about an innocent man, a man who had been sentenced to death in the Huntsville, Texas, electric chair. And through hard work and luck, I was able to make the movie The Thin Blue Line and to help get him out of prison.

What kept me going was the belief that there had to be answers to the questions. “Did he do it?” “Was he guilty or innocent?” “If he didn’t do it, who did?” and that I could find an answer to these questions through investigating (调查).

It’s not that we find truth with big “T”. We investigate and sometimes we find things out and sometimes don’t. There’s no way to know in advance. It’s just that we have to go ahead as though there are answers to questions. We must go ahead as though, in principle, we can find things out-even if we can’t. The alternative is unacceptable.

I will never know whether the neighborhood kid really didn’t understand the logic of my argument about Reno. Nev. Or whether he understood it completely and just didn’t want to admit it. Or whether he understood it and just didn’t want to admit it. Or whether he understood it and just didn’t want to pay up. I’ll never know.

All I know is I never got my two dollars.

1.Why does the author tell the story of the neighborhood boy?

A.To recall his good old days. B.To show his good sense of direction.

C.To introduce the topic of finding truth. D.To stress the importance of geography.

2.Why did the boy say “The map is drawn funny.” in Paragraph 2?

A.Because he had fun reading maps.

B.Because he refused to admit his mistake.

C.Because the map was drawn in a different way.

D.Because there were some mistakes in the map.

3.What encouraged the author to make the movie The Thin blue Line?

A.His devotion to films. B.His willingness to help.

C.His belief in finding answers. D.His mercy for the innocent man.

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Great minds think alike. B.It’s never too late to learn.

C.Truth never fears investigation. D.Honesty is the best policy.

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When I was a ten-year-old girl, I was once asked to deliver a speech titled “A Real Test in My Life”. To talk before the whole class! Just imagine how　 1.　 (terrible) shy I was the moment I thought of that with so many eyes fixed upon me. I had no other　 2. (choose), though. First I was to draft the speech and that was just a piece of cake for me, because I was a good writer--something to pride myself in. But the hard part　 3.　 (lie) in my oral presentation; to read from　 4.　 paper was not allowed; I had to give the speech　 5.　 my memory and in front of such a big audience! A real trial began when I stood on the platform with my legs　 6. (tremble) and my mind blank. How much time had passed by, I didn’t know. My listeners were still waiting, patiently and without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found 7.　 back, giving out my speech with difficulty. Finally I finished. After8.　 seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding. I made it! From then on, my fear of talking before an audience disappeared. Actually with my confidence building　 9.　 , I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way to success is our fear; overcome it, 　 10.　 we will be able to achieve our goals.

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When I was a sixteen-old girl, I was asked to deliver a speech titled “　 A Red Test in My Life ,”To talk before the whole class !Just imagine how　 ___1._____(terrible) shy I was　 the moment I thought of that with so many eyes fixed upon me. I had no other choice, ___2.___. First I was to draft the speech and that was just a piece of cake for me, because I was a good writer---something to pride myself in. But the hard part ___3.__(lie) in my oral presentation: to read from__4.___ paper was not allowed; I had to give the speech ___5.___my memory and in front of such a big audience! A real trial began when I stood on the platform with my legs __6._____(tremble) and my mind blank. How much time had passed by, I didn’t know. My listeners were still waiting, patiently and without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found _7._____back, giving out my speech with difficulty. Finally I finished. After__8._____seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding, I made it! From then on, my fear of talking before an audience disappeared. Actually with my confidence building up, I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the__9.___(great) difficulty on our way to success is our fear; overcome it,___ 10.___we will be able to achieve our goals.

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