Annette Kellerman was born in Australia in 18...

Annette Kellerman was born in Australia in 1887.She had polio and could not walk easily.She had to wear metal supports on her legs to stand up on her own.To make her legs stronger,her mother took her for swimming lessons every week.Swimming made her legs so strong that when she was 15 she was able to throw away her supports.

Her family was poor so she got work acting as a mermaid.She wore a long tail and fish swam around her.People paid to come and see her.

In 1900 Annette swam in the Paris Olympics and won two gold medals. The next year she tried to swim across the Channel.She was the first woman to try to do it though she had to stop after swimming for six hours.

In 1915 Annette went to Hollywood and was the star of two films.

1.Annette Kellerman was born ________ in 1887.

A．in England                             B．In France

C．In America                            D．in Australia

2.She had to wear metal supports on her legs to stand up on her own because ______.

A．She had polio and couldn’t walk easily

B．Her family was poor

C．Her leg was hurt in an accident

D．She couldn’t swim

3.Her mother took her for swimming lessons every week ______.

A．to make her a famous swimmer

B．to make her legs stronger

C．to make her swim faster

D．to make her win gold medals

4.In 1990, Annette swam in the Paris Olympics and won two ________.

A．supports          B．fish              C．gold medals        D．films

5.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．she was successful in swimming across the Channel

B．In 1901 she tried to swim across the Channel but later she had to stop.

C．She wasn’t able to throw away her supports at the age of fifteen.

D．She swam across the Channel for only six days

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Nancy was born in Australia, 　　　　　 she was raised in China.

A. so　　　　　 B. and　　　　 C. or　　　　　 D. But

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A mother in Australia was told by a doctor that her new born son was “dead”，but she helped bring him back to life by holding the baby against her body.She used a method known as “kangaroo care”(袋鼠护理法)．The child，named Jamie，was born after only 27 weeks with his twin sister，Emily，at a hospital in Sydney.Her birth went well，but his was a different story.The doctor struggled for 20 minutes to save Jamie before declaring (宣布)him dead.

“His little arms and legs were just falling down away from his body，” Kate Ogg said，“I took my coat off and put him on my chest with his head over my arm.” She and her husband，David，spoke to the child as she continued to hold him for nearly two hours.During that time，the two­pound baby showed signs of life.She said，“I told my mom，who was there，that he was still alive.Then he held out his hand and grabbed (抓住)my finger.” Their tiny baby grew stronger and stronger in his mother’s arms，and their final goodbye turned into a hello.

The doctor at first ignored(忽视) the baby’s movements，but when he put the stethoscope (听诊器) to its chest，his mouth was wide open and he said，“it’s my fault.It’s a miracle(奇迹)．”

“The ‘kangaroo care’ helps the baby keep body warmth，” Dr Pinchi Srinivasan said，“It also regulates (调节) heartbeat and breathing rates and is believed to help weight gain and improve sleeping habits.Fathers can also use“kangaroo care”．The key to the method is skin­to­skin contact.

The practice began in less developed nations.It has become a recognized practice in helping premature(早产) babies.The techniques(技术) is good for babies，and is used in many baby care centres.

1.After hearing what the doctor said，the mother________.

A. chose to believe the doctor

B. didn’t give up and tried to bring her baby to life

C. became so sad that she almost became mad

2.When the baby first showed sighs of life，the doctor________.

A. didn’t notice the baby’s movements

B. was too shocked to do anything

C. was moved by what the mother did to the baby

3.From what Dr Pinchi Srinivasan said，we learn the baby came back to life mainly because of________.

A. the mother’s soft words

B. the doctor’s careful care

C. skin­to­skin contact with the mother

4.According to the passage，premature babies refer to babies that are born ________.

A. with diseases　　 B. before their time　　 C. dead

5.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. A baby was almost killed by a doctor’s wrong decision.

B. A doctor in Australia announced a baby was dead by mistake.

C. A mom in Australia saved her baby with “kangaroo care”.

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A mother in Australia was told by a doctor that her new born son was dead but she helped to bring him back to life by holding the baby against her body. She used a method known as a kangaroo care. The child, named Jamie ,was born after only 27 weeks with his twin sister, Emily, in a hospital in Sydney. Her birth went well ,but his was a different story. The doctor struggled for 20 minutes to save Jamie before announcing him dead.

“His little arms and legs were just falling down away from his body.” Kate Ogg said ,“I took off my coat and put him on my chest with his head over my arm.” She and her husband, David ,said to the child as she continued to hold him for nearly 2 hours. During that time, the two-pound baby showed the sign of life. She said , “I told my mum ,who was there, that he was still alive. Then he held out his hand and grabbed my finger. ”Their tiny baby grew stronger and stronger in his mother’s arms, and their final goodbye turned into a hello.

The doctor at first ignored the baby’s movements, but when he put the stethoscope（听诊器）to his chest, his mouth was wide open and he said ,“It’s my fault, It’s a miracle( 奇迹).

“The kangaroo care helps the baby keep body warmth” Dr Pinchi Srinivasan said, “It also regulates(调节) heartbeat and breathing rates and is believed to help weight gain and improve　 sleeping habits. Fathers can also use kangaroo care. The key to the method is skin-to-skin contact.”

The practice began in less developed nations. It has become a recognized pracitce in helping premature babies. The techniques is good for babies, and is used in many baby care centers.

1.After hearing what the doctor said, the mother________.

A. became so sad that she almost became mad　　　　

B. didn’t give up and tried to bring her baby to life

C. chose to believe the doctor

D. became angry at what the doctor did to the baby

2.When the baby first showed sign of life, the doctor________.

A. didn’t believe the miracle had happened

B. was too shocked to do anything

C. was cheered and tried to save the baby at once

D. was moved by what the mother did to the baby

3.From what Dr Pinchi Srinivasan said, we learn the baby came back to life mainly because of________.

A. the mother’s soft words

B. the doctor’s careful care

C. skin-to-skin contact with the mother

D. the father’s kangaroo’s care

4.According to the paassage, premature babies refer to babies that are born______.

A. with diseases　　　 B. before their time　　 C. dead　　　　　 D. heavy

5.What the main idea of the passage?

A.A baby was almost killed by a doctor’s wrong decision

B.A doctor in Australia announced a baby was dead by mistake

C.A mum in Australia saved her baby with “kangaroo care”

D.A mum in Australia invented a new method of saving babies

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Alicia Keys was born in 1981 and grew up in New York. She had music and dance classes when she was a child and she first appeared on TV in the Cosby Show at the age of four. She started piano lessons when she was seven and learned classical music before she began to write her own songs at the age of 14.

Alicia signed a contract with J Records in 1999. She recorded several songs for films before her first album, Songs in Minor, came out in 2001. This was a fantastic success. It entered the charts at number one, sold 236,000 copies in its first week, and went on to sell over 12 million copies worldwide. Alicia won five big awards, including

Song of the Year for Fallin’, the album’s top single, which was a number one hit for six weeks.

Since then, Alicia has sold over 30 million albums. She has also become an actress and a record producer with her own studio. She plays the piano as well as singing on all her albums and she has written some great songs for other artists. She has performed in TV programmes and she made her first film, Smokin’ Aces, in 2007. Her other

films include The Nanny Diaries (2007) and The Secret Life of Bees (2008),’

1. Which of the following statements is NOT true when Alicia Keys was a child?

A. She lived in New York.

B. She took classical music lessons.

C. She learned dancing and singing.

D. She often appeared on television.

2.When did Alicia start writing songs?

A. In 1995

B. In 1999

C. At the Cosby Show

D. At the age of seven

3.The underlined words Song of the Year for Fallin’ in the second paragraph refers to?

A. A number one album in 2001.

B. The top sale album copies in a week.

C. The name of a hero in Songs in A Minor.

D. The song which was at the top of the charts for weeks.

4.What has Alicia done since 2001?

A. She has opened her own studio.

B. She has started playing the piano.

C. She has recorded all her songs herself.

D. She made her first film The Nanny Diaries.

5.Which of the following shows the right order of what happened to Alicia?

①Made the film Smokin’ Aces

②Signed a contract with J Records

③Appeared on TV in The Cosby Show

④Songs in A Minor sold 236,000 copies ⑤Become an actress and a record producer

A. ③④②⑤① 　　　　　　 B.　 ③①④②⑤

C.　 ③⑤④②①　　　　　 D. ③②④⑤①

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John Flynn was born in Australia in 1880. His father was a schoolteacher. John studied hard and in 1911 he left the city of Melbourne and went to work in South Australia for the Presbyterian Church. The church wanted to help the sheep farmers who lived in the outback many kilometers from towns and cities. They built a number of small hospitals and found nurses to work there, but at that time there were only two doctors in all of South Australia.

One story Flynn often told was about Jimmy Darcy. One day, Jimmy had an accident on his farm so friends took him to see F.W. Tuckett, who worked at the post office at Halls Creek. It was a journey of 22 km. Tuckett was the only person in the area who knew anything about medicine. He tried to help but Jimmy was too ill. Tuckett finally talked by radio to a doctor in Perth, a city 1, 500 km away. The doctor took ten days to arrive. He travelled by car, by horse and on foot and when he arrived, Jimmy was dead. Flynn saw the planes could really help people in the outback. He wrote about his idea for a “Flying Doctor” in 1917, but it wasn’t until 1928 that a flying doctor actually took off. By the 1930s there was a Flying Doctor plane in every part of Australia.

1.The underlined word “outback” means" a_________ place.

A.popular B.lonely C.beautiful D.wonderful

2.What was the problem in South Australia?

A.The nurses weren’t very good. B.There were no hospitals.

C.There weren’t enough doctors. D.There were too many people.

3.What does Flynn tell us about Jimmy?

A.He know something about medicine.

B.He was a doctor.

C.He had an accident.

D.He wrote the book Flying Doctor.

4.What do we know about the doctor from Perth?

A.He travelled too slowly to save Jimmy.

B.He had problems with his car.

C.He didn’t know the way to Halls Creek.

D.He saved Jimmy’s life.

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1.Attitude Is Altitude is ______.

A. the title of Zuckerberg's speech B. Nick's company

C. an international organization D. a machine that can speak

2.What is Mark Zuckerberg?

A. A boss of a speaking company. B. The writer's workmate.

C. A basketball player. D. A boss of a network company.

3.The reason why Jeremy Lin be successful ______.

A. Attitude is the most powerful tool B. Make money to build better service

C. Being yourself D. always follow others

4.From what Zuckerberg wrote to his workmates, we can learn ______.

A. Facebook doesn't build service

B. Facebook doesn't make money

C. building service doesn't make money

D. offering better service is more important than making money

5.Which of the following is right?

A. Nick had no arms or legs because of an accident.

B. Nick says people can learn from their failures.

C. Mark Zuckerberg begins his company when he was 8 years old.

D. Jeremy Lin loves being himself so he never learns from others.

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1.Attitude Is Attitude is _______.

A．the title of Nick's speech                  B．Nick's company

C．an international organization               D．a machine that can speak

2.Which of the following about Nick is wrong?

A．Nick had no arms or legs when he was born

B．He says people can learn from their failures

C．He tells his audience to dream big and have vision

D．He has never traveled around the world so far

3.Facebook is _______.

A．a world-wide network                    B．Zuck's workmate    C．a popular book  D．Zuck's boss

4.From what Zuck wrote, We can learn  _______.

A．Facebook doesn't build services

B．Facebook doesn't make money

C．offering better services is more important than making money

D．building services doesn't make money

5.From Jeremy Lin's success, we can find _______.

A．one must have self-confidence             B．catching the chance is the most important

C．one should try his best to follow others       D．one must keep the rules all the time

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Where there is a will,there is a way

1.Attitude Is Attitude is _______.

A．the title of Nick's speech                  B．Nick's company

C．an international organization               D．a machine that can speak

2.Which of the following about Nick is wrong?

A．Nick had no arms or legs when he was born

B．He says people can learn from their failures

C．He tells his audience to dream big and have vision

D．He has never traveled around the world so far

3.Facebook is _________________.

A．a world-wide network                    B．Zuck's workmate

C．a popular book                         D．Zuck's boss

4.Attitude Is Attitude is _______.

A．Facebook doesn't build services

B．Facebook doesn't make money

C．offering better services is more important than making money

D．building services doesn't make money

5.From Jeremy Lin's success, we can find _______.

A．one must have self-confidence

B．catching the chance is the most important

C．one should try his best to follow others

D．one must keep the rules all the time

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Nick Vujicic was born, without arms and legs, in 1982 in the city of Melbourne, Australia. As a child, Nick struggled (抗争) with all kinds of t1.and problems mentally (精神地) and physically, but finally he accepted his disability. As Nick grew up he learned to deal with his disability and started to be 2.to do more and more things on his own. In Grade Seven Nick was c3.as chairperson of his school. When he was seventeen, he started his own non-profit (非营利的) organization—Life W4.Limbs (肢体).

By the age of 19, Nick started to encourage other people and bring them hope, through speaking and telling his story. He became a great s5., paying more attention to teenage problems. He has influenced over three million people in almost 60 countries on five continents. He e6.starred (主演) in the short film The Butterfly Circus, which won the Doorpost Film Project’s top p7.of 2009. In 2010, the film also won two awards as the Best Short Film at the 2010 Method Fest Independent Film Festival.

On February 12, 2012, Vujicic m8.Kanae Miyahara. Their first son, Kiyoshi James, was born in 2013, while a second, Dejan Levi, was born in August 2015. Both the children are h9.. Vujicic gets success not only in his career but also in his private life.

Now, Vujicic has his own speaking company—Attitude is Altitude. He s10.with his audience (听众) the importance of vision and dreaming big. He thinks God has led him to share his story and experiences to help others deal with whatever challenge they have in their life, and let God turn it into a blessing (祝福).

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