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先通读下面四篇短文,掌握其大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
A 易读度 ★★☆
Where can you buy a football kicked by David Beckham, or an old Learjet (利尔喷气机)? On eBay, of course — the world’s first global (全球的) online marketplace. The football sold for $18,500, and someone 1 $4.9 million for the jet! Every day on eBay, there are 34 million things 2 sale, and 125 million buyers and sellers. You can buy everything — stamps, jewellery, art, clothing, old cars, and anything strange and interesting. All you need is a computer and 3 time.
Pierre Omidyar, a French-Iranian computer scientist, 4 eBay in California in 1995. He wanted to create a website for everybody to buy and sell things, not just big businesses. He started the website as a hobby, 5 now it is the biggest business in the world!
( ) 1. A. lost B. made C. paid D. borrowed
( ) 2. A. for B. to C. at D. in
( ) 3. A. few B. a few C. little D. a little
( ) 4. A. bought B. found C. discovered D. started
( ) 5. A. and B. but C. or D. so
B 易读度 ★★☆
Jessica Long is a very fast Paralympic (残奥会的) swimmer. She was born in Russia 1 a disability. This was difficult for her mother and Jessica lived in a special home for children.
When Jessica was thirteen months old, an American couple, Steve and Beth Long, 2 this home. They adopted (收养) her and took her to the USA with 3 . Jessica had a new mom and dad.
When Jessica was eighteen months old, the 4 said she must lose her legs below the knee. They gave Jessica artificial (假的) legs and she learned to 5 for the first time.
When Jessica was a young child, she 6 to swim in her grandparents’ swimming pool. At the age of ten, she started to swim in competitions. “She was 7 the first person in the swimming pool and the last person out of it,” says her father.
At twelve, Jessica went to her first Paralympic Games in Greece. Her family went with her 8 she was very young.
Nobody thought Jessica would win, but they were 9 . She won three gold medals (奖牌)!
At fourteen, Jessica went to the World Swimming Championships in South Africa. She won nine more gold medals and she broke five world records!
Jessica likes other 10 too. She enjoys running and, at fourteen, she started rock climbing. Jessica Long is really amazing.
( ) 1. A. to B. of C. for D. with
( ) 2. A. saw B. visited C. built D. designed
( ) 3. A. him B. her C. us D. them
( ) 4. A. teachers B. doctors C. scientists D. coaches
( ) 5. A. walk B. talk C. climb D. jump
( ) 6. A. refused B. stopped C. learned D. continued
( ) 7. A. even B. also C. seldom D. always
( ) 8. A. if B. when C. though D. because
( ) 9. A. right B. wrong C. satisfied D. disappointed
( ) 10. A. sports B. medals C. countries D. teenagers
C 易读度 ★★☆
The jaguar (美洲虎) is a big cat. It can be found in the Southwestern United States and Mexico as well as across most of Central America. The jaguar is the largest cat in the Americas. Male (雄性的) jaguars can 1 more than 200 pounds. On our planet, only the tiger and the lion are cats 2 than the jaguar.
Most jaguars live in the forests of Central and South America. They catch just about anything that moves. Unlike many other cats, jaguars do not avoid 3 ; in fact, they are quite good swimmers. Rivers provide them with 4 like fish or turtles. Jaguars also eat larger animals like deer.
Jaguars once roamed (游荡) the mountains of the Southwestern United States, too. 5 when people began to move into their living area, the jaguars 6 .
Then in 1996 a man saw a jaguar in the mountains of Southern Arizona. Less than a year later, 7 was seen in the same area. Government groups quickly took action to 8 the jaguars.
Since then, people have seen one or two jaguars north of the border (国界) each year — all of them are males. That’s because females (雌性) usually stay close to home to 9 their young. Males, on the other hand, like to roam. Some 10 roam 800 km in search of food.
( ) 1. A. eat B. cost C. weigh D. lift
( ) 2. A. smaller B. larger C. older D. younger
( ) 3. A. rain B. water C. enemies D. humans
( ) 4. A. friends B. home C. food D. space
( ) 5. A. But B. Until C. So D. Unless
( ) 6. A. left B. died C. changed D. appeared
( ) 7. A. other B. others C. another D. the other
( ) 8. A. kill B. catch C. feed D. protect
( ) 9. A. run after B. look for C. take care of D. get in the way of
( ) 10. A. may B. must C. should D. shall
D 易读度 ★★☆
Cheung Yan is one of the most successful businesswomen in the world. She made billions of dollars. 1 did she do it? Does she sell computers? Does she sell houses? No. She sells trash (垃圾). 2 , many people call her “the Queen of Trash”.
Cheung was born in Guangdong in 1957. Her family wasn’t 3 . When Cheung was a young woman, she worked hard and saved 4 money, and moved to Hong Kong. There, she became interested in the paper trash business. She and two partners 5 a company (公司) with a small amount of money. The company 6 paper trash and sold it to paper factories.
Then Cheung had a(n) 7 . China didn’t have much paper. Cheung just knew where to get paper for China. In 1990, she and her husband moved to Los Angeles. There they found paper — tons of 8 . They drove to garbage dumps (垃圾场) around Los Angeles. They collected the paper trash. Then they sent the trash to China. What did Chinese factories do 9 Cheung’s paper trash? They 10 it and made cardboard (硬纸板). Then they made the cardboard into packing boxes. They used the boxes to 11 “Made in China” products, such as toys, electronics and clothing. Then they sent these 12 to the United States and Europe.
In 1996, Cheung 13 back to China. She started her own paper-making company called Nine Dragons Paper. Today, Cheung buys paper trash in the United States and Europe. She sends it to her 14 in China. Then she makes it into materials for packaging. Big companies like Sony use her packaging.
Cheung always knows one 15 thing: There will always be paper trash that she can recycle again and again.
( ) 1. A. Where B. When C. How D. Why
( ) 2. A. For example B. In fact C. In public D. By mistake
( ) 3. A. rich B. poor C. big D. small
( ) 4. A. few B. little C. some D. many
( ) 5. A. joined B. started C. left D. shut
( ) 6. A. made B. sold C. burned D. collected
( ) 7. A. idea B. family C. holiday D. trouble
( ) 8. A. it B. him C. her D. them
( ) 9. A. to B. of C. for D. with
( ) 10. A. cut B. threw C. recycled D. pressed
( ) 11. A. weigh B. pack C. check D. paint
( ) 12. A. boxes B. computers C. workers D. products
( ) 13. A. moved B. called C. wrote D. talked
( ) 14. A. home B. farm C. factory D. school
( ) 15. A. strange B. difficult C. interesting D. important
答案
A) 1-5 CADDB
B) 1-5 DBDBA 6-10 CDDBA
C) 1-5 CBBCA 6-10 ACDCA
D) 1-5 CBACB 6-10 DAADC 11-15 BDACD
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