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Once when I was six years old I saw an amazing picture in a book called True Stories from Nature about the primeval(原始的)forest. It was a picture of a boa constrictor(大蟒蛇) in the act of swallowing an animal. In the book it said:“Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole without chewing(嚼)it. After that they are not able to move and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion(消化).”
I thought deeply then over the adventures of the jungle. And after some work with a colored pencil I succeeded in making my first drawing. My Drawing Number One. I showed my work to the grown-ups and asked them whether the drawing frightened them. But they answered:“Frighten? Why should anyone be frightened by a hat?”
My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. But since the grown-ups were not able to understand it, I made another drawing. I drew the inside of the boa constrictor so that the grown-ups could see it clearly. They always need to have things explained. That's my Drawing Number Two.
The grown-ups' response this time was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of ba constrictors whether from the inside or the outside and devote myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar. That is why at the age of six I gave up what might have been a great painter. I had been disheartened by the failure of my Drawing Number One and my Drawing Number Two. Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.
So then I chose another profession(职业) and learned to pilot airplanes. I have flown a little over all parts of the world; and it is true that geography has been very useful to me. At a glance I can distinguish China from Arizona. If one gets lost in the night, such knowledge is valuable.
In the course of this life I have had lots of chances to meet with a great many people. And that hasn't much improved my opinion of them. Whenever I met one of them who seemed to me at all clear-sighted, I tried showing him my Drawing Number One which I have always kept. I would try to find out if this was a person of true understanding. But whoever it was, he or she would always say: That is a hat. Then I would never talk to that person about boa constrictors or primeval forests or stars. I would bring myself down to his level. I would talk to him about bridge and golf and politics and neckties. And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met such an intelligent man.
【小题1】The writer drew his first picture in order to ________.

A.show the grown-ups what the book was about
B.frighten the grown-ups trying to enter the forest
C.remind himself of the adventures of the jungle
D.illustrate(说明)a boa constrictor's act of digesting an animal
【小题2】How did the writer understand the grown-ups' response to his second drawing?
A.He was actually only good at academic study.
B.It was a waste of time for him to keep on drawing.
C.He had difficulty in communicating with the adults.
D.He was good at anything but geography.
【小题3】The underlined word disheartened in Paragraph 4 could most probably be replaced by ________.
A.discouragedB.dissatisfiedC.discoveredD.disturbed
【小题4】Which of the following statements is true?
A.The writer could have become a pilot if encouraged when young.
B.The writer finally changed his opinion of grown-ups.
C.The writer has been showing his two pictures to others ever since.
D.The writer felt nobody could have really understood him.

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On Jan. 3, a netizen(网民)nicknamed “Programmer Humor”published a short story on his micro-blog. It said that there was an old lady who swept nearly every inch of his Internet company. When she passed by a programmer, she took a look at the codes on the programmer’s computer and kindly reminded him, “Be careful, the stack is overfilled!”
Certainly, it is a casual and fictitious(虚构的)story made up by the micro-blogger. However, no one would have guessed that the short blog would eventually cause the first great Internet meme(网络快速爆红现象) of 2011 in China. Suddenly, the mysterious “Sweeping Old Lady” is showing up nearly everywhere and reminding professionals of their mistakes. From 8 a. m. on Jan. 5, some netizens collected stories of the “Sweeping Old Lady” and found she had appeared to give advice in 150 kinds of careers. A netizen even said he had met with a similar situation in real life.
Actually, the “Sweeping Old Lady” is not new figure, but is based on the “sweeping monk (和尚)”in Louis Cha’s famous Kung fu novel of “Tian Long Ba Bu”. The “sweeping monk” is an old monk and does the lowest class of work in Shaolin Temple, but he is actually the No. 1 master in the noel both in Kung fu and in the study of Buddhism.
The “Sweeping Old Lady” is also a great modest master. Lots of netizens wish that they could have such a lady beside them to give them precious suggestions at a key time.
Although there may be 1,000 “Sweeping Old Ladies” in 1,000 people’s minds, it cannot prevent the “Sweeping Old Lady” from becoming the most popular figure on the Internet.
“Programmer Humor” said he is just a programmer in the real world and once he saw the story about the “Sweeping Old Lady,” he wrote it down in his micro-blog because it was funny. He never knew who the original writer of the story was and never thought the story could be so popular.
【小题1】What quality does the “Sweeping Old Lady” have?

A.Honest and knowledgeable.B.Modest and patient.
C.Modest and knowledgeable.D.Honest and patient.
【小题2】Which description about the “Sweeping Old Lady” is right?
A.She is an old lady good at sweeping the Internet.
B.She is just an imaginary figure created by a netizen.
C.She is well-know as the old “sweeping monk.”
D.She likes to give instructions everywhere.
【小题3】What can we infer from the text?
A.The sweeping old lady is always looking down on the people around her.
B.We should ask sweeping old lady for advice when meeting with difficulties.
C.People want to have a “Sweeping Old Lady” nearby to do the cleaning.
D.We shouldn’t judge a person by his or her appearance and we’d better respect everyone.
【小题4】What does the author think of the “Sweeping Old Lady”?
A.She should be praised and respected.
B.She shouldn’t mind others’ business.
C.She should go in for network.
D.She shouldn’t show off before professionals.

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A(n) (81) ___________writer about 2,000 years ago called Pausanias came on a(n) (82) ___________journey to find out about the present-day Olympic Games. He interviewed a(n) (83) ___________named Li Yan. He learned that there were two main (84) ___________of Games—the Winter and Summer Olympics, and that both were held four years on a regular (85) ___________.Anyone who has reached an agreed standard for their event can be admitted as (86) ___________.To Pausanias’s surprise, women are playing a very important role in many games. Every country wants to (87) ___________the Olympic Games, and it is a great (88) ___________but also a great honour to be chosen. Li Yan told him that the Chinese were very (89) ___________because the 2008 Olympic Games would be held in Beijing. Pausanias was happy to know the (90) ___________of the Olympics—“Swifter, Higher and Stronger” and he felt very interested in it. 

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On Jan. 3, a netizen(网民)nicknamed “Programmer Humor”published a short story on his micro-blog. It said that there was an old lady who swept nearly every inch of his Internet company. When she passed by a programmer, she took a look at the codes on the programmer’s computer and kindly reminded him, “Be careful, the stack is overfilled!”

Certainly, it is a casual and fictitious(虚构的)story made up by the micro-blogger. However, no one would have guessed that the short blog would eventually cause the first great Internet meme(网络快速爆红现象) of 2011 in China. Suddenly, the mysterious “Sweeping Old Lady” is showing up nearly everywhere and reminding professionals of their mistakes. From 8 a. m. on Jan. 5, some netizens collected stories of the “Sweeping Old Lady” and found she had appeared to give advice in 150 kinds of careers. A netizen even said he had met with a similar situation in real life.

Actually, the “Sweeping Old Lady” is not new figure, but is based on the “sweeping monk (和尚)”in Louis Cha’s famous Kung fu novel of “Tian Long Ba Bu”. The “sweeping monk” is an old monk and does the lowest class of work in Shaolin Temple, but he is actually the No. 1 master in the noel both in Kung fu and in the study of Buddhism.

The “Sweeping Old Lady” is also a great modest master. Lots of netizens wish that they could have such a lady beside them to give them precious suggestions at a key time.

Although there may be 1,000 “Sweeping Old Ladies” in 1,000 people’s minds, it cannot prevent the “Sweeping Old Lady” from becoming the most popular figure on the Internet.

“Programmer Humor” said he is just a programmer in the real world and once he saw the story about the “Sweeping Old Lady,” he wrote it down in his micro-blog because it was funny. He never knew who the original writer of the story was and never thought the story could be so popular.

1.What quality does the “Sweeping Old Lady” have?

A.Honest and knowledgeable.               B.Modest and patient.

C.Modest and knowledgeable.               D.Honest and patient.

2.Which description about the “Sweeping Old Lady” is right?

A.She is an old lady good at sweeping the Internet.

B.She is just an imaginary figure created by a netizen.

C.She is well-know as the old “sweeping monk.”

D.She likes to give instructions everywhere.

3.What can we infer from the text?

A.The sweeping old lady is always looking down on the people around her.

B.We should ask sweeping old lady for advice when meeting with difficulties.

C.People want to have a “Sweeping Old Lady” nearby to do the cleaning.

D.We shouldn’t judge a person by his or her appearance and we’d better respect everyone.

4.What does the author think of the “Sweeping Old Lady”?

A.She should be praised and respected.

B.She shouldn’t mind others’ business.

C.She should go in for network.

D.She shouldn’t show off before professionals.

 

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You can find language pollution whenever you open a newspaper or turn on your TV set, listen to a popular song at various advertisements. Language pollution exists almost everywhere and can be seen in the following places:
1. Chinese characters are written in the complex (复杂的 ) form. Although simplified Chinese characters were accepted for use many years ago, it seems that more and more people like Chinese characters written in the complex form.
2. Many goods are produced in China but carry foreign names, which sound strange and have no meaning at all.
3. Words and expressions being used have a bad meaning. "Ba"(霸), which means bully in Chinese, is one example. Now there are a lot of goods, restaurants, even factories or firms, with "Ba" in their names.
4. There are too many incorrect grammatical expressions. Some films have strange names and incorrect grammatical structures. "Ai ni mei shang liang', which means "I love you without consulting", is grammatically incorrect and this kind of expression is now becoming popular.
Some language experts point out that language pollution must be done away with, which is an idea shared by myself and many others.       
FanYongqin

  1. 1.

    The writer of the letter suggests that______.

    1. A.
      something be done to make our language pure (纯正)
    2. B.
      the Chinese language not have the word "ba"
    3. C.
      everything have a good name and a good meaning
    4. D.
      everybody try their best to stop pollution
  2. 2.

    What the writer wants to say is that ______.

    1. A.
      great difference exists between the Chinese characters written in the complex form and simplified form
    2. B.
      many people agree with the experts on language pollution in China
    3. C.
      our newspapers, TV programs, pop songs and advertisements are getting polluted
    4. D.
      some film writers haven't studied Chinese grammar
  3. 3.

    What do you guess Fan Yongqian is? He or she probably is ______.

    1. A.
      a reader
    2. B.
      a singer of pop songs
    3. C.
      a language expert
    4. D.
      an expert of grammar

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