诺贝尔的故事
Alfred Nobel, the great Swedish inventor and industrialist, was born in Stockholm on October 21, 1833, but moved to Russia with his parents in 1842, where his father, Immanuel, made a strong position for himself in the engineering industry. Immanuel Nobel invented landmine and made a lot of money from the government during the Crimean War, but went bankrupt soon after. Then, the family returned to Sweden in 1859, where Alfred began his own study of explosives in his father’s lab. He had never been to school or university but had taught himself, and by the time he was twenty, he became a skillful chemist and excellent linguist, speaking Swedish, Russian, German, French and English. He built up over 80 companies in 20 different countries. He was always searching for a meaning to life. He spent much time and money working on how to end the wars, and the peace between nations, until his death in Italy in 1896. His famous last will, in which he left money to provide prizes for outstanding work in physics, chemistry, physiology, medicine, literature and peace, is a memorial to his interests and ideas. And so, the man is remembered and respected long after his death.
根据短文内容，选择能回答所提问题的正确答案。
1. Where was Alfred Nobel born? He was born in ________. A. Sweden B. Stockholm C. Russia D. Moscow
2. What did Immanuel Nobel invented during the Crimean War? A. The engineering industry. B. A strong position. C. Landmine. D. Study of explosives.
3. Why did Alfred Nobel return to Sweden ? Because his father ________. A. went bankrupt B. was put in prison C. was ill D. died
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4. How many companies did Alfred Nobel build up? He built up ________ companies in different countries.
A. 20 B. 40 C. 60 D. 80
5. What was Alfred Nobel always searing for? ________. A. More time and more money B. A meaning to life C. How to end the war D. The peace between nations
【答案及解析】
1. B。根据Alfred Nobel, the great Swedish inventor and industrialist, was born in Stockholm on October 21, 1833. (伟大的瑞典发明家和实业家诺贝尔于1883年10月21日出生于斯德哥尔摩)就能确定正确选项。
2. C。根据Immanuel Nobel invented landmine and made a lot of money from the government during the Crimean War(以马利•诺贝尔在克里米亚战争中发明地雷，挣了很多钱)就能确定正确答案。
3. A。根据went bankrupt soon after(不久破产了)就能确定正确答案(from www.zkenglish.com)。
4. D。根据He built up over 80 companies in 20 different countries(他在20个国家建了80多个公司)就能确定答案。
5. B。根据He was always searching for a meaning to life(他总是在搜索生活的意义)就能确定答案。
她用爱创造奇迹
An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money. Only a very expensive operation could save him now and there was no one to lend them the money.
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When she heard her daddy say to her tearful mother, “Only a miracle can save him now,” the little girl went to her bedroom and pulled her money from its hiding place and counted it carefully.
She hurried to a drugstore (药店) with the money in her hand.
“And what do you want?” asked the salesman. “It’s for my little brother,” the girl answered. “He’s really, really sick and I want to buy a miracle.” “Pardon?” said the salesman.
“My brother Andrew has something bad growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him. So how much does a miracle cost?” “We don’t sell a miracle here, child. I’m sorry,” the salesman said with a smile.
“Listen, if it isn’t enough, I can try and get some more. Just tell me how much it costs.”
A well-dressed man heard it and asked, “What kind of a miracle does your brother need?”
“I don’t know,” she answered with her eyes full of tears. “He’s really sick and mum says he needs an operation. But my daddy can’t pay for it, so I have brought all my money.”
“How much do you have?” asked the man. “$ 1.11, but I can try and get some more,” she answered.
“Well, what luck,” smiled the man. “$ 1.11, the price of a miracle for little brothers.”
He took up the girl’s hand and said, “Take me to where you live. I want to see your brother and meet your parents. Let’s see if I have the kind of miracle you need.”
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That well-dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a famous doctor. The operation was successful and it wasn’t long before Andrew was home again. How much did the miracle cost? (from www.zkenglish.com)
根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
1. What was the trouble in the little girl’s family? A. Her brother was seriously ill. B. They had no money.
C. Nothing could save her brother. D. Both A and B.
2. In the eye of the little girl, a miracle might be _______. A. something interesting B. something beautiful C. some wonderful medicine D. some good food
3. The little girl said again and again “...I can try and get some more.” That shows _______.
A. she had still kept some money B. she hoped not to be refused
C. There was no need to worry about money D. she thought money was easy to get
4. What made the miracle happen? A. The girl’s love for her brother. B. The girl’s money.
C. The medicine from the drugstore. D. Nobody can tell.
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5. From the passage we can infer (推断) that _______. A. The doctor didn’t ask for any pay
B. A miracle is sure to happen if you keep on C. The little girl is lovely but not so clever
D. Andrew was in fact not so sick as they had thought
【答案及解析】
1. 选 D。根据第1段中的All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money可知答案。
2. 选 C。由于这个小女孩的家很穷，而她的兄弟又病得那样重，所以她的父亲说Only a miracle can save him now，小女孩听了之后便翻出她所有的“积蓄”去药店购买miracle，由此可见，小女孩可能认为miracle是一种什么很神奇的药。注：miracle的实际意思是“奇迹”，Only a miracle can save him now的意思是“只有出现奇迹才可能救得了他”
3. 选 D。The urchin 要Paul把车停在他家门前后，立即扶着他残疾的弟弟出来，让他看看Paul的车，然后告诉弟弟他想为他做的事，所以他只是想告诉他弟弟他的愿望。
4. 选 C。The urchin在坐过Paul的车后没有忘记弟弟，并且承诺也要给弟弟买一辆车，可见他对弟弟有着一份深深的爱。答案选C，而A、B、D三项与文章不符。
5. 选 C。通读全文，我们不得不为The urchin 的行为所感动，他是一个好哥哥。文章就是讲述了他这样的一位好哥哥，C选项最合适。
友谊地久天长
这是一首经典歌曲，已经被几代人传唱，每当有人唱起这首歌时，依然会让人热泪盈眶。因为这首歌中表达的是一种永恒的情，是每个人都渴望得到的，这就是友谊。
This is a song millions of Americans will hear this New Year’s Eve. It is called Auld Lang Syne (《友谊地久天长》). It is the traditional music played during the New Year’s
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celebration. Auld Lang Syne is an old Scottish poem. It tells about the need to remember old friends.
The words “auld lang syne” mean “old long since”. No one knows who wrote the poem first. However, a version by Scottish poet Robert Bums was published (出版) in 1796. The words and music we know today first appeared in a songbook three years later.
The song is played in the United States mainly on New Year’s Eve. The version (译文) you are hearing today is by the Washington Saxophone Quartet. As we end our program with Auld Lang Syne. I would like to wish all of our radio friends a very Happy New Year! This is Buddy Thomas.
根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
1. Where is this passage from? A. A newspaper.B. A magazine. C. A TV program.D. A radio program.
2. Who is introducing Auld Lang Syne to us? A. Robert Bums.
B. The Washington Saxophone Quartet. C. Buddy Thomas.
D. The passage doesn’t tell us.
3. When is Auld Lang Syne mainly played in the USA according to the passage? A. On New Year’s Eve. B. On Christmas Eve. C. On weekends .D. On holidays.
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4. When did the words and music of Auld Lang Syne we know today first appear? A. In 1790.B. In 1793. C. In 1796.D. In 1799.
5. What’s Auld Lang Syne about? A. It’s about the history of Scotland. B. It’s about an old Scottish poet.
C. It’s about the need to remember old friends. D. It’s about the wishes to the radio friends.
【答案及解析】
1. 选D。从最后句子As we end our program with Auld Lang Syne. I would like to wish all of our radio friends a very Happy New Year! This is Buddy Thomas.我们可以知道，这是播音员在结束节目时才会说的话，所以可以推断出这篇短文来自A radio program(一个广播节目)。答案为D。
2. 选C。最后一句话告诉我们播音员是Buddy Thomas，所以答案是C。
3. 选A。短文的第1句This is a song millions of Americans will hear this New Year’s Eve.就告诉了我们，这首歌是在New Year’s Eve听的，所以答案选择A。
4. 选D。从第2段可以知道这首歌的前身是a poem(一首诗)，在1796年出版，而The words and music we know today first appeared in a songbook three years later. 3年以后歌曲才出现，所以应该是在1799年。因此答案是D
5. 选C。在第1段播音员就告诉我们：It tells about the need to remember old friends. 所以答案是C。
节约用水
Napoga is a 12-year-old girl in Ghana(加纳), Africa. It is hard for her family to get clean water. Every morning, she leaves home at half past five to get clean water for her family in a village far away. It takes her six hours to get enough clean water for daily(日常) cooking and drinking. She has no time to go to school or to play with her friends. Millions of people in the world are like Napoga. They can’t get enough clean water to keep healthy.
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Earth Day is April 22. But on all other days, we must also remember it. The water we use is the most important natural resource(自然资源) on the earth.
Water covers 70% of the earth’s surface(表面). But most of that is sea water. We can’t use it for very many things. Fresh water covers only 1% of the earth’s surface.
You probably feel lucky that your life isn’t as hard as Napoga’s. But that doesn’t mean you don’t have to worry about water. We all face serious water problems. One of them is water pollution. All kinds of things from cars, factories, farms and homes make our rivers, lakes, and oceans dirty. Polluted water is very bad for people to drink. And dirty water is bad for fish, too. Now, 34% of all kinds of fish are dying out.
How do cars and factories make our water dirty? First, they pollute the air. Then, when it rains, the rain water comes down and makes our drinking water dirty. Dirty rain, called acid rain(酸雨), is also bad for plants, animals and buildings.
Scientists say that in 30 years, more than half of the people in the world won’t have enough clean water. We have to learn how to save more water for ourselves and our children. Here is some advice for saving water:
●Turn off the water while you brush your teeth. You can save as much as 450 liters(升) each month.
●Leaky taps(漏水的龙头) waste a lot of water. Fix them right away!
●You can easily cut your 10-minute showers(沐浴) in half—and you’ll be just as clean. ●When you wash dishes, don’t let the water run.
●Only wash clothes when you have a lot to wash. If your washing machine isn’t full, you’re wasting water!
根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
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1. Every morning Napoga went to get clean water _______. A. before she went to school B. after she finished school C without going to school D. after she played with her friends
2. On the earth, _______.
A. sea water is widely used than fresh water B. there is very little water for our living C. there is 71% of fresh waterD. we don’t need to worry about water
3. Acid rain _______.
A. is only bad for living things B. can be produced in factories
C. doesn’t do harm to people, but it’s bad for plants, animals and buildings D. doesn’t just do harm to human beings but to animals, plants and buildings
4. Which of the following wastes water?
A. We need ten minutes if we want a clean shower.
B. We should put in enough clothes when we wash them in washing machines. C. You can keep yourself clean by having a shower for five minutes. D. Don’t let the water run when we brush our teeth and wash dishes.
5. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Something must be done to prevent water form being polluted. B. Clean water means much to human beings and living things around us. C. It’s time to take care of the water we use.
D. Water is the most important natural resource on the earth.
【答案及解析】
1. 选C。从第1段中的句子She has no time to go to school可知，她根本没有去上学。故选C。
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2. 选B。短文第3段中介绍了全球70%被水覆盖，但只有1%才是饮用淡水。而世界上的很多国家和地区都缺水。所以选B项，即我们的生活用水很少。
3. 选D。由第5段中的句子Dirty rain, called acid rain, is also bad for plants animals and buildings.可知，acid rain(酸雨)的危害很大。 故答案选D。
4. 选A。A选项与C选项相互矛盾，则必有一个为正确选项。而从第3点建议(advice)可知，你可以沐浴只须五分钟来节约用水，若用10分钟则是浪费水。故选A。
5. 选C。读完全文我们知道地球上的水资源有限，所以大家都要节约用水。故选C。
浪费可耻
Waste can be seen everywhere in the school. Some students ask for more food than they can eat and others often forget to turn off the lights when they leave the classroom. They say they can afford these things. But I don’t agree with them.
Waste can bring a lot of problems. Although China is rich in some resources(资源), we are short of(缺乏) others, for example, fresh water(淡水). It is reported that we will have no coal(煤) or oil to use in 100 years. So if we go on wasting our resources, what can we use in the future and where can we move? Think about it. I think we should say no to the students who waste things every day. Everybody should stop wasting as soon as possible.
In our everyday life, we can do many things to prevent waste from happening, for example, turn off the water taps(水龙头) when we finish washing, turn off the lights when we leave the classroom, try not to order more food than we need, and so on. Little by little, everything will be changed. Waste can be stopped one day, if we do our best.
根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
1. From the passage we know that some students often _______ in the school. A. eat too much B. don’t work hard
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C. waste things
D. throw rubbish everywhere
2. Which is not mentioned in this passage?
A. Fresh water. B. Forest. C. Oil. D. Coal.
3. What may happen in 100 years? A. We may still have enough oil. B. We may still have enough coal. C. We may have a little oil.
D. We may have no coal or oil to use.
4. Which of the following is right? A. Waste brings problems. B. Waste can bring no problem. C. China is rich in fresh water. D. Students never waste things.
5. Which is the best title of this passage? A. Stop Wasting B. School life
C. Waste in the School D. Rich Resources in China
【答案及解析】
1. 选C。从文章的第1句Waste can be seen everywhere in the school.就说明了在学校浪费现象随处可见，故选C。
2. 选B。在第2段中，Fresh water, oil, coal均有提及，但Forest没有提到。故选B。
3. 选D。由第2段的句子It is reported that we will have no coal or oil to use in 100 years.可知，在100年后，我们可能没有coal or oil to use。故答案选D。
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4. 选A。短文的第2段第1句Waste can bring a lot of problems就告诉了我们答案，故选Ａ。
5. 选A。在短文的第1段例举一些浪费现象，引出第2段Everybody should stop wasting as soon as possible. 所以Stop Wasting 为短文的最佳标题。
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