An eleven-year-old boy in a small town wanted to be a train-driver. But the boy was born without arms. He was taught by his uncle to use his feet as “hands”. He couldn't go to school, so he spent all his time watching trains coming and going because he lived near the station. How he wished he could be a train-driver!
One day he saw an empty train and he climbed in. He started it with his feet easily. Soon the train was traveling at forty kilometers an hour. Nobody could see the boy in the train and stop the train. The train reached a small station a little far from the town and then the boy drove it back. When he was near the town, a worker caught up with the train and stopped it. At first he was very angry, but when he saw the boy, he was so surprised that he hardly thought it was true. “I like some kind of danger and seen to be 'bad'” news. For example, newspaper never print stories about plane accidents.
(1) The story tells us something mainly about ________.
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(2) Where did the boy live? ________.
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A.He lived near a station
B.He lived in a school
C.He lived in an empty train
D.The story doesn't tell us
(3) What made the boy wish to be a train-driver? ________.
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A.His uncle taught him how to driver a train
B.Watching trains coming and going all the time.
C.He could use his feet as well as his hands.
D.Traveling around the town.
(4) The boy couldn't go to school because ________.
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A.he was not old enough
B.he had no parents
C.he was not able to walk
D.he had no arms
(5) Who stopped the train at last?
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科目:初中英语 来源:1+1轻巧夺冠优化训练(八年级英语)(下) 题型:050
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Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and their children were going to begin their holiday one day. As they had decided to spend it in another country, they had to be at the airport at 11∶40 a. m. “It'll take us half an hour to get there in the taxi,” Mr. Wilson said, “So we all have to be ready by 11 o'clock. Nobody should be late.”
At 10∶50 they were still all running around doing things, except Mrs. Wilson, who was sitting quietly on a chair in the garden enjoying the sun.
Her husband and children were very surprised that she was not in a hurry too. Until the taxi arrived and Mrs. Wilson said to them, “Well, I knew that this was going to happen, so before I went to bed last night, I moved all clocks and watches ahead 20 minutes. So now we can go to the airport quietly without worrying about being late.”
1.The Wilsons had to get everything ready and leave for the airport ________.
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2.How long would they spend on the way to the airport?
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3.At ten to eleven Mrs. Wilson wasn't in a hurry because in fact it was ________.
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4.What happened to their clocks and watches?
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A.They all had to be repaired.
B.They all kept the correct time.
C.They were 20 minutes fast.
D.They were 20 minutes slow.
5.What do you think would happen to the Wilsons?
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A.They would get to the airport in time.
B.They would get to the airport just on time.
C.They would arrive at the airport a little late.
D.They would arrive at the airport an hour earlier.
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| A.They were waiting for their wives. |
| B.They were seeing doctors. |
| C.They were waiting for their babies to be born. |
| D.They were working at men nurses there. |
| A.He thought the nurse made a mistake. |
| B.He was very surprised at the nurse’s words. |
| C.He didn’t want to have these babies. |
| D.He should never have worked at 7-Eleven. |
| A.Hew was afraid of having so many babies. |
| B.He was seriously ill. |
| C.He was too excited. |
| D.He was very glad to have 7 babies. |
| A.9. | B.10. | C.11. | D.16. |
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Four men who would become fathers were in a hospital waiting room while their wives were going to give birth to their babies. The nurse arrived and proudly said to the first man, “Congratulations, sir. You’re the father of twins!”
“What a surprise! Believe it or not! I work for the Minnesota Twins Baseball teams!”
Later the nurse returned and congratulated the second father on the birth of his triplets (三胞胎).
“Wow! That’s unbelievable! I work for the 3M Company.”
An hour later, the nurse returned to congratulate the third man on the birth of his quadruplets (四胞胎). Surprised, he only could answer, “I don’t believe it! I work for the Four Seasons Hotel!”
After this, everyone turned to the fourth man who had just fallen down. The nurse ran fast to his side. As he slowly came to himself, they could hear him speak in a very low voice over and over, “I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven.”
1.Why were the fathers there?
A.They were waiting for their wives.
B.They were seeing doctors.
C.They were waiting for their babies to be born.
D.They were working at men nurses there.
2.Which of the following is true about the third man?
A.He thought the nurse made a mistake.
B.He was very surprised at the nurse’s words.
C.He didn’t want to have these babies.
D.He should never have worked at 7-Eleven.
3.Why did the fourth man fall down after hearing the nurse’s words?
A.He was afraid of having so many babies.
B.He was seriously ill.
C.He was too excited.
D.He was very glad to have 7 babies.
4.At least how many babies would be born according to the story?
A.9. B.10. C.11. D.16.
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科目:初中英语 来源:2014届广东茂名市八年级元旦学科能力竞赛英语卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
阅读并选择最佳选项。(共5小题;每小题1分,计5分)
请阅读下面的短文,并从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D三个选项中,选择最佳选项。
U.S. billionaire Bill Gates went to watch a game of his friend, U.S. teen player Ariel Hsing, at the ExCel Centre while the girl was playing against Chinese Li Xiaoxia.
Gates wore an orange jacket and dark blue baseball cap. He sat in the front row of the spectators’ stand (观众看台) and applauded (鼓掌) for every point Hsing scored.
“I’m wishing her the best of luck, but the opposite player is really great,” Gates said.
Hsing was in her third match at London 2012. She had already beaten Mexico’s Yadira Silva and Luxembourg’s Ni Xia Lian.
Hsing is known in the U.S. as a close friend with billionaires Warren Buffett and Gates. She is close enough to call them “Uncle Warren” and “Uncle Bill”.
Buffett met Hsing when she was only 9. Two years later, he invited her to play against his friends. She has returned several times after that. Earlier this year after winning a position on the U.S. team, she took a few points off Buffett and Gates.
When asked whether he has won a point off Hsing, Gates said, “She beat me when she was nine. She has been nice to me.”
1.Bill Gates went to the ExCel Centre to watch a game between Ariel Hsing and .
A.Li Xiaoxia B.Warren Buffett C.Ni Xia Lian D.Yadira Silva
2.Bill Gates applauded when .
A.others applauded B.Hsing won a point
C.the Chinese player played well D.Hsing won the game
3.What did Bill Gates think of Li Xiaoxia?
A.Exciting. B.Just so-so. C.Great. D.Funny.
4.Buffett invited Hsing to play against his friends when she was .
A.seven B.nine C.ten D.eleven
5.What’s the best title for the passage?
A.Bill Gates cheered for Li Xiaoxia in London
B.How Ariel Hsing made friends with Buffett and Gates
C.An excellent teen player — Ariel Hsing
D.An interesting visit in London
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Liangliang is ___________boy.
A. eleven years old B. a eleven-year-old
C. an eleven-year-old D. an eleven-years-old
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