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A Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. "Football, tennis, cricket — anything with a round ball, I was useless," he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devonshire, England. It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that
changed him. At first he went hiking alone in a nearby forest. Then
he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradually,
Saunders set his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed
and strength. At the age of 18, he ran his first
marathon. The following year, he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at Ridgway' s School of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about Ridgway 's cold-water exploits. Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures, then decided that this would be his future. In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition (探险) towards the North Pole. It took unbelievable energy. He suffered frostbite (冻疮) , ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his supply-loaded sled(雪撬) up and over rocky ice. Saunders has become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he' s skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old playmates would not believe the change. Next October, Saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, a 2900-kilometre journey that has never been completed on skis. 1. What change happened to Saunders after he was 15 years
old? A. He became good at most
sports. C. He joined a sports
team. 2. The underlined word "exploits" (paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to ____. A.
journeys 3. Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Saunders? a. He ran his first
marathon. c. He rode his bike in a
forest. A.
acdb 4. What does the story mainly tell us about Saunders? A. He is a success in
sports. C. He is Ridgway' s favorite
student. B It' s 2035. You have a job, a family and you' re about 40 years old. Welcome to your future life. Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror. "Turn red," you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronics (智能电子元件) are rearranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe you' re 40. You look much younger. With amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You' re not even middle-aged! As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear, "To lose weight, you shouldn't eat that," from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code(电子源码) on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. "Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?" A list of possible foods appears on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies. " Ready for your trip to space?" you ask your son and daughter. In 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space — and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacations. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, "The doctor said you need these for space travel. " Thanks to medical advances, vaccination shots (防疫针) are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door. It' s time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. " My office. Autopilot," you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video film rather than read it. 5. What changes the color of your shirt? A. The
mirror. 6. How do the shoes know that you shouldn't eat the breakfast cereal? A. By pouring the breakfast into a
bowl. C. By testing the food supplies in the kitchen;
7. The strawberries the children eat serve as ________ A.
breakfast 8. How is the text organized? A. In order of
time. C. In order of
preference. C Police today stepped up a murder probe（调查）after a father was killed by a gang. They attacked him with an axe. 9.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. John Purcell was attacked around 10:30 pm in Easterhouse Road. B. John Purcell had three children, but he did not live with them. C. Before the murder, John Purcell went out and turned left down the road. D. Detective Chief Inspector John Riggans did not catch the murderer. 10.What can we infer from the passage? A. John Purcell lived with his wife Elizabeth Malcolm before the murder. B. John, as well as his sister and brother, loved John Purcell deeply. C. John Purcell was attacked by a gang with a gun. D. Detective Chief Inspector John Riggans did nothing but wait. 11.The word “devastated” in the third paragraph probably means___________. A.
upset 12. What is the best title of the passage? A. An Unbelievable
Tragedy. C. A Great
Detective. D WILD WEATHERMAN
I wanted to be a foreign journalist. I took courses in weather science at Eastern Kentucky University, but I majored in broadcasting news. How did you finally become a weatherman? My first job in the early 80’s was at the local TV station in Paducah, Kentucky. I did everything from turning on the lights in the morning to writing and delivering morning news. I put together weather forecasts, and became interested in them. Back then, how did you forecast weather? Independent companies collected computer information that showed, for example, how a single weather system might split into snow or snow mixed with rain. The information was often opposite and the job of a weatherman was to study the information and make the best educated guess about the storm. Has weather forecasting changed much with new technology? Advanced computers, satellites, and Doppler radar (sound waves used to track storms) have made forecasting more exact. But we still know very little about how weather is shaped. So far, we just have theories. Any advice for children who’d like to become weather scientists? To me, weather is the most exciting field in the world. There are still so many more questions about weather than answers. After all, if we can’t foresee floods or hurricanes, how safe a society are we? Weather forecasting is wide open for scientists who love to solve puzzling problems. The next generation of meteorologists (weather scientists) will unlock many of Earth’s weather secrets. So get a general knowledge of Earth science, and study meteorology (weather science) in college. Thanks, Sam. 13. Judging from the writing style, the text is ________. A. a
diary 14. As a child, ABC-TV’s Sam Champion wanted to be a ________. A. space
scientist 15. Present weather forecasting technology ________. A. has made weather report more exact than ever B. is still not perfect C. hasn’t changed much in the last 50 years D. both A and B 16. The study of weather science is called ________. A
.meteorology E “Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility
upon him，and let him know that you trust him.” These words are from
the black American educator，Booker Washington. He was saying
that，“If you want people to grow up，you have to stop treating them
like children.” 1-4
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