It was dawn of March 21, 2018. Gary Messina w...

It was dawn of March 21, 2018. Gary Messina was on his morning run along New York City’8East River. Suddenly something caught his eye—a large 60-year-old man balancing on the four-foot-high fence that guarded the path from the water. As Messina got closer to the scene, the man took a step forward and slipped into the dark river below.

When Messina reached nearer, the man was struggling in the water, clearly unable to swim. Other joggers also heard the man’s cry. David Blauzvern and John Green dropped their phones and keys on land and jumped in.. “ People had called the police, but it was unclear when they’d get there,” says Green. “We just reacted. Messina joined them in the river. Just as the jumper was losing strength, Blauzvern take hold of him. The pair were about 30 yards from the seawall when Messina and Green caught up to them. They seized the man, with Blauzvern supporting his back and Messina and Green holding him up from either side. As the men made their way toward the concrete seawall that stretched for blocks in each direction, Blauzvern had an awful realization:there was no way out of the river.

By now, a crowd had gathered on land. “A rescue boat is on its way, someone yelled to them. Swimming forward was getting tougher by the minute. The jumper, who was six foot two and weighed around 260 pounds, was heavy in his rescuers’ arms. After ten minutes, they managed to get to the river’s edge. “I’ve never been so out of breath , ”says Blauzvern.

Fifteen minutes after the men had jumped into the river, the two-man rescue boat appeared. But because it couldn’t risk getting too close to the seawall, the men had to swim out to it. “I was completely out of energy at this point, “ says Blauzver. The men in the water pushed the jumper while the men in the boat pulled him up and, finally, to safety. The man they had saved was taken to the hospital for evaluation(评估). Details on his condition have not been released. As for the rescuers, each of them was at work by 10:30a. m. “I was a bit late,” admits Blauzvern, smiling. “But I had a good excuse.”

1.The story mainly centers around　　　　　　 .

A. why the old man slipped into the river

B. who saved . the old man

C. how the old man was rescued

D. when and where the accident happened

2.Who was the third to jump into the water and join in the rescue?

A. Gary Messina.

B. David Blauzvern.

C. John Green.

D. An unknown jogger.

3.Of the following statements, which one sounds reasonable based on the passage?

A. The rescued man is rather tall and fat.

B. Police would never be found on the spot of rescue.

C. The process of rescuing the man took up the whole morning.

D. The man was actually saved by the two-man rescue boat.

4.Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A. The man wanted to commit suicide in the river.

B. The men in the river were all good swimmers.

C. The man was taken home immediately he was saved.

D. Blauzvern felt at ease even if he was late for work that day.

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He was not really in the mood for anything ______ it dawned on him that it had not been his fault.

A. since            B. when             C. after                D. until

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.He had a bad week. He lost his job, ________ ,his car was stolen.

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Michelangelo Buonarroti was born in Caprese, Italy on March 6,1475.He was still young when his family moved to Florence where Michelangelo grew up. His mother died when he was only six years old. Growing up in Florence during the Italian Renaissance was the perfect stage of young Michelangelo's life. Even as a child all he wanted to do was painting and to be an artist.

At the age of thirteen, he went to learn from Domenico Ghirlandaio, who was not only a painter but also an artist. Michelangelo's talents became apparent as he worked for Domenico. Within a year or so Domenico sent him to the powerful Medici family to continue his training under the sculptor (雕刻家) Bertoldo di Geovanni. Michelangelo was able to work with some of the finest artists and philosophers of the time. During the next few years, Michelangelo produced many famous sculptures including Madonna of the Steps, Battle of the Centaurs and Bacchus.

In 1496 Michelangelo moved to Rome. A year later he was asked to make a sculpture called the Pieta. It would become one of the masterpieces of Renaissance art. Today this sculpture sits in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. It is the only piece of art that Michelangelo signed.

Michelangelo's fame (名声) as a great artist began to grow. He returned to Florence and was asked to create a large statue of David. It took him a couple of years to finish the giant statue. The piece of marble (大理石) he began with was very tall and thin. Many people didn't think he could do much with it. He worked without letting anyone see it until it was finished. David became Michelangelo's most famous work of art. It is thirteen feet tall and is the largest statue made since Ancient Rome. It is considered by many experts in art to be a nearly perfect sculpture. Today the statue sits at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy.

1.What can we learn about Michelangelo as a young child?

A．He lived a very hard life.

B．He showed great interest in art.

C．He wanted to go to Florence very much.

D．He didn't have much time to learn painting.

2.Michelangelo was sent to work under the sculptor Bertoldo di Geovanni most probably because________.

A．Michelangelo had lost his interest in painting

B．Domenico didn't think Michelangelo had a gift for　 painting

C．Bertoldo di Geovanni offered to show Michelangelo　 sculptures

D．Domenico wanted Michelangelo to make better use of his gift there

3.What sculpture by Michelangelo will you see in St.Peter's Basilica?

A．Bacchus.　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 　 B．The Pieta.

C．Madonna of the Steps.　 　　　　　　　　 D．Battle of the Centaurs.

4.When Michelangelo began his work on creating a large statue of David，many people________.

A．couldn't wait to make fun of his work

B．thought he would finish it within months

C．knew it would be his most famous work of art

D．didn't think he would make good use of it

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Larry was on another of his underwater expeditions(探险)but this time, it was different. He decided to take his daughter along with him. She was only ten years old. This would be her first trip with her father on what he had always been famous for.

　 Larry first began diving when he was his daughter’s age. Similarly, his father had taken him along on one of his expeditions. Since then, he had never looked back. Larry started out by renting diving suits from the small diving shop just along the shore. He had hated them. They were either too big or too small. Then, there was the instructor. He gave him a short lesson before allowing him into the water with his father. He had made an exception. Larry would never have been able to go down without at least five hours of theory and another similar number of hours on practical lessons with a guide. Children his age were not even allowed to dive.

After the first expedition, Larry’s later diving adventures only got better and better. There was never a dull moment. In his black and blue suit and with an oxygen tank fastened on his back, Larry dived from boats into the middle of the ocean. Dangerous areas did not prevent him from continuing his search. Sometimes, he was limited to a cage underwater but that did not bother him. At least, he was still able to take photographs of the underwater creatures.

Larry’s first expedition without his father was in the Cayman Islands. There were numerous diving spots in the area and Larry was determined to visit all of them. Fortunately for him, a man offered to take him around the different Spots for free. Larry didn’t even know what the time was, how many spots he dived into or how many photographs he had taken. The diving spots afforded such a wide array of fish and sea creatures that Larry saw more than thirty varieties of creatures.

Larry looked at his daughter. She looked as excited as he had been when he was her age. He hoped she would be able to continue the family tradition. Already, she looked like she was much braver than had been then. This was the key to a successful underwater expedition.

1.In what way was this expedition different for Larry?

A.His daughter had grown up.

B.He had become a famous diver.

C.His father would dive with him.

D.His daughter would dive with him.

2.What can be inferred from Paragraph2?

A. Larry had some privileges.

B. Larry liked the rented diving suits.

C.Divers had to buy diving equipment.

D.Ten-year-old children were permitted to dive.

3.Why did Larry have to stay in a cage underwater sometimes?

A. To protect himself from danger.

B.To dive into the deep water.

C.To admire the underwater view.

D.To take photo more conveniently.

4.What can be learned from the underlined sentence?

A. Larry didn’t wear a watch.

B. Larry was not good at math.

C. Larry had a poor memory.

D. Larry enjoyed the adventure.

5.What did Larry expect his daughter to do?

A. Become a successful diver.

B. Make a good diving guide.

C. Take a lot of photo underwater.

D. Have longer hours of training.

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It was some time before the door opened ________ his ring.

A.on account of B.in view of C.with regard to D.in response to

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It was only a dollar. Dylan_______ it on the floor as he sat at the back of his English class.

When the school day _______ ,Dylan wandered back to the classroom. The wrinkled old bill was_______ there. He could easily have pocketed it without thinking twice. _______, he picked it up and brought it to his English teacher, Mattison. She was a little_______that he'd turned the dollar in, knowing a lot of people would have just kept it. She_______ that Dylan tape it to the whiteboard at the front of the classroom.

A day or two later, David_______the dollar on the whiteboard. After class, he asked Mattison_______ it was there. She was still _______ the original owner to claim it, so she replied, "I don't know." Then David taped a second dollar to the________,which got it rolling. The________of the two dollar bills, side by side, triggered(触发)________in Mattison's students. More students taped up single dollar bills.

The________ snowballed. The students, among themselves, ________Mattison had some unspoken goal. Ben taped a $20 bill to the whiteboard, Megan another $20.The amount________ to grow over several weeks, ________ it reached$175.76.

She asked the teens whether they minded if she ________　 the dollars in their names. Their answer was to tape ________ money to the whiteboard over the next few days to________the amount to over$300. Mattison, choking back tears as she ________ the moment, said she carefully peeled the cash off the board and made the donation.

1.A.dropped B.noticed C.mentioned D.remembered

2.A.ended B.started C.came D.went

3.A.also B.even C.still D.only

4.A.Finally B.Suddenly C.Therefore D.Instead

5.A.surprised B.excited C.relieved D.curious

6.A.discussed B.reported C. explained  D.suggested

7.A.took B.spent C. spotted  D.changed

8.A.when B.why C.how D.what

9.A.speaking to B.returning to C.waiting for D.looking for

10.A.board B.floor C.classroom D.desk

11.A.thought B.sight C.idea D.request

12.A.anything B.nothing C.something D.everything

13.A.problem B.business C.effort D.reputation

14.A.persuaded B.advised C.managed D.decided

15.A.continued B.stopped C.added D.began

16.A.until B.unless C.if D.after

17.A.raised B.donated C.charged D.collected

18.A.easy B.old C.enough D.exact

19.A.meet B.control C.prepare D.push

20.A.made use of B.paid attention to C.thought much of D.looked back upon

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21．The 82nd Oscars Academy Awards, ________ the best in film for 2009, was held on Sunday, March 7, 2010.

A. to honor                       B. honoring                      C. honored                       D. having honored

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Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart, was born in Kingfish, Oklahoma on March 29, 1918. He was raised in Missouri where he worked in his father’s store while attending school. This was his first retailing (零售业) experience and he really enjoyed it. After graduation, he began his own career as a retail merchant.

He soon opened his first Wal-Mart store in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas. Wal-Mart specialized in name brands at low prices and Sam Walton was surprised at the success. Soon a chain of Wal-Mart stores sprang up across rural America.

Walton's management style was popular with employees and he founded some of the basic concepts of management that are still in use today.

After taking the company public in 1970, Walton introduced his “profit sharing plan”. The profit sharing plan was a plan for Wal-Mart employees to improve their income dependent on the profits of the store. Sam Walton believed that “individuals don't win, teams do”. Employees at Wal-Mart stores were offered stock options (认股权) and store discounts. These benefits are commonplace today, but Walton was among the first to implement (实现) them. Walton believed that a happy employee meant happy customers and more sales. He also believed that by giving employees a part of the company and making their success dependent on the company’s success, they would care about the company.

By the 1980s, Wal-Mart had sales of over one billion dollars and over three hundred stores across North America. Wal-Mart’s unique decentralized (分散的) distribution system, also Walton’s idea, created the edge needed to further encourage growth in the 1980s during growing complaints that the “superstore” was stopping smaller and traditional stores from developing. By 1991, Wal-Mart was the largest US retailer with 1,700 stores. Walton remained active in managing the company, as president and CEO until 1988 and chairman until his death. He was awarded the Medal of Freedom shortly before his death.

1.Sam Walton first made a hit in retailing when __________.

A. he worked in his father’s store

B. he created Walton's management style

C. a chain of Wal-Mart stores sprang up across rural America

D. he specialized in name brands at low prices

2.What is the purpose of Walton’s carrying out “profit sharing plan”?

A. To make sure all the employees had their own shares.

B. To encourage the employees to work hard and make joint efforts.

C. To select excellent employees for his stores.

D. To make more profit for himself.

3.Which of the statements is TRUE?

A. With Walton’s management style, employees treated the stores as their own.

B. Walton wasn’t one of the merchants who first implemented stock options.

C. The smaller and traditional stores were well affected by Walton’s stores.

D. In his old age, Walton gave all the management to his men.

4.What does the underlined word “edge” in the last paragraph mean here?

A. Danger.　　　　 B. Disadvantage.

C. Advantage.　　 D. System.

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—Do you think it was the supermoon that caused the earthquake on March 11,2011 in Japan?

—________.It hasn’t proven itself true by scientists.

A．Not in the least　                     B．Don’t mention it

C．You can say that again　                 D．I expect so

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