True or False （判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用"T"表示，不符合的用"F"表示）：（7分）

Richard is an exchange student from the USA. He is teaching his friends at Rose Garden School how to play Softball. He is explaining the rules.

Richard:     First, we need a bat, a ball and some bases.

Ben:        What are bases?

Richard:     They are flat squares that show you where to run. After you hit the ball, you have to run around the bases.

If you stand on a base, you are safe. If you are running to a base, and the other team touches the base with the ball, then you are out.

Jennifer:     Oh, I see. How would I hit the ball?

Richard:     Have you seen baseball on television?

Jennifer:     I have.

Richard:     Well, Softball is like baseball, only the ball is bigger and softer too.

Jennifer:     Do you like volleyball? I love it.

Richard:     I like to play beach volleyball. It's different from volleyball.

Ben:        How?

Richard:     In beach volleyball, you only have two people on each team and the court is smaller.                                                                         

Jennifer:     Do you play on the beach?

Richard:     Yes. It’s good because if you dive for the ball, you don’t hurt yourself.

Ben:        Do you play football at your school?

Richard:     Which kind of football?

Jennifer:     I don't understand there more than one kind? I thought everyone play the same kind of football.

Richard:     No. In the USA, we have football and soccer. Soccer is a game that is played around the world.

In other countries, soccer is called football. In the USA, we also play a different game called football.

In this game, you throw the ball and you have to wear a helmet to play.

Jennifer:     Well, I want to play softball.

 

1. The rules for playing softball are nearly the same as those for playing baseball.

2.In a softball game, if your team is running to a base and the other team touches the base with the ball, you are safe.

3.A baseball is smaller and harder than a softball.

4.Richard is teaching his friends how to play softball.

5. According to Richard, playing beach volleyball is much more dangerous than playing volleyball.

6. Jennifer thought that the word 'football' had only one meaning.

7.In the USA, 'soccer' is also called 'football'.

 

What makes 15,000 men and women run for hours, and what makes them run through the streets on a cold day without coats? I was one of those runners.  The race is called marathon (马拉松).
I had never run more than eight miles before, and here I was training.  Since the race is in April, I had to run throughout the winter, and in Boston, winters are cold. For most people, just putting on their shirts, sweaters, jackets, and hats is exercise enough. I found myself out on the dark streets, running along ice sidewalks (人行道). Even in gloves, my fingers got so cold that they looked like red carrots. My nose didn't get warm until lunchtime !
Finally, the big day arrived. The weather was cold, with ice and rain. Bang! The gun sounded, and we started. I didn't go anywhere at first because I was standing behind so many people. I had to wait for them to move.
At first, the running was easy.  The other runners just seemed to pull me along. Somewhere around the 20-mile mark I even said to myself, "This is nothing, why did I train so hard?"
Then I hit "the wall". "The wall" is what marathon runners call the special point. I knew my body reached the point and I thought I couldn't go any more. I was out of breath and my legs turned into pieces of wood.  I was almost falling down.  I can't remember anything about the last five miles of the race.
I kept running though. At last, I heard a voice at the finishing line.
"You look good," my friend Ted said. "How did it feel?"
"Wonderful !" I replied.
For everything, if you devote yourself into it, there will be a way. I finished the race, at least, in my heart, I was the winner.
【小题1】Which one best describes the weather on the race day?

A．Cold and rainy.

B．Cold and sunny.

C．Dry and cloudy.

D．Wet and foggy.

【小题2】 How did the writer feel about the race during the first 20 miles?

A．Difficult.

B．Boring.

C．Easy.

D．Interesting.

【小题3】 According to the article, what must someone do to prepare for a marathon?

A．One must eat certain food and get plenty of sleep.

B．One must be willing to eat, sleep, and train twenty-four hours a day.

C．One must run along ice sidewalks every day.

D．One must be willing to train a lot and doesn't give up easily.

【小题4】Then I hit "the wall". What do you think "hit the wall" means here?

A．撞击墙壁

B．到达极限

C．抵达终点

D．中途加速

率真孔子
张期鹏
我读孔子，感受到的是他的率真。
在无数个深夜，我坐在桌前捧读《论语》，感觉这个中国古代最伟大的思想家就坐在我的面前。他的深邃目光，穿越2500多年的沧桑岁月，慈祥地注视着我。不知过了多长时间，他站起身来，慢慢地走向不可知的远方。我的眼前，顿时幻化出一片烂漫的充满书香气息的杏林。
我的思绪在漫长的时间隧道里穿梭，眼前的场景在变换，仿佛又回到了2500多年前的某一天。那一天，孔子把他的弟子子路、曾点、冉有、公西华召集到身边，让他们尽情地抒发自己的人生理想。子路说完，他只是微笑了一下；冉有和公西华说完，他没有表示任何意见，但似乎皱起了眉头。轮到曾点了，他在老师的鼓励下轻声说道：“莫春着，春服既成。冠者五六人，童子六七人，浴乎沂，风乎舞雩，咏而归。”就是这一段轻声地描绘，引来了孔子高声地感叹和赞许：“吾与点也！”
“只有曾点的说法符合我的心愿啊！”孔子的感叹和赞许，至今依然深深地撞击着我的心扉。千百年来，有多少人把他打扮成一个不苟言笑、循规蹈矩，而且一开口就是“君君、臣臣、父父、子子”，一闭口就是“仁”、“礼”、“忠恕”、“孝悌”之类的“至圣先师”，殊不知他始终怀着“浴乎沂，风乎舞雩，咏而归”的童心童趣。岂止是童心童趣啊，暮春时节，穿着新做的春服，五六个朋友一道，带着六七个孩子，在沂河里畅快地沐浴，在求雨台上迎接浩荡的春风，然后一路唱着悠扬的歌曲回去，难道不是孔子的人生理想吗？
这是一个多么可爱、多么率真的孔子！
孔子作为一个政治家，自然始终怀有强烈的政治热情、政治抱负和政治追求；但作为一个“士”，他更有知识分子思想纯洁和崇高的一面，不会为了某种政治利益而牺牲自己的独立人格。他30多岁的时候，因为对鲁国“三桓”的骄横跋扈不满，来到了齐国。他对齐景公讲了一番治国安邦的道理，齐景公好像很乐意接受。但他似乎又太直率了，他敏锐地看到齐国最大的危机是宫廷的奢侈，并且坦率地指出了这一点，引起了景公的极大不满。他冷冷地对孔子说：“我已经老了，也不可能有什么大作为了。以您的才能，在我这里实在太委屈了。”对于这样的逐客令，《论语》中没有记载孔子的反应，只是说了一句“孔子行”。但就是这样一句“孔子行”，使我看到了他面对景公的凛然的表情。以孔子的温文尔雅，他不会怒斥一个自己认为不值得怒斥的人，他当时一定是“色勃如也”，一脸严肃地转身离去；“趋近，翼如也”，脚步越走越快，像鸟儿舒展开了自己的翅膀。这就是有着率真个性、独立人格的孔子啊！
我同时隐约地感到，孔子作为一个凡人，内心也有着复杂的情感，思想深处也有着复杂的矛盾，有时甚至会陷入一种痛苦的矛盾斗争之中。特别是在自己理想不能实现的时候，心里真比黄连还苦。在他快50岁的那一年，眼看着壮志难酬，内心的急切终于表现在了一次差一点成为现实的冒险行动上。那一年，鲁国“三桓”之一季桓子的一个家臣发动叛乱，占据了鲁国的费城，并想以此来对抗鲁国。为了壮大自己的声威，他特意邀请孔子参加自己的反叛行动，这一次孔子真的沉不住气了，竟然想去参加叛军。子路急切地来劝他，他自知理亏，但又为自己无望的前程悲哀，于是理屈词穷地抢白子路：“他们召我去，难道我会白去吗？如果他们是真心用我，我可以帮助他们建设一个我梦想的东周王朝啊！”
孔子当然没有成行，但即使只是这样一种想法，也引起了后人的激烈论争。在他死后2500多年的时间里，不知有多少人为他的这次冒险行为辩解，他们认为 “圣人”孔子是绝对不会有这样的想法、说出这样的话的。但我却相信这是真的，因为我知道，孔子也是食人间烟火、吃五谷杂粮的，都快50岁了还一事无成，能不着急吗？我在今天可以想象孔子当时那种急切的样子，想象他面红耳赤地训斥子路的情景，不仅没有感到损伤了孔子形象的一分一毫，反而觉得这才是真正的孔子：太率真、太可爱、太伟大了。
大哉孔子！
（选自2008年12期《中华活页文选》）
【小题1】读完全文，作者是怎样评价孔子的？
【小题2】文章是从哪些方面论述孔子的“率真”的？请简要概述。
【小题3】从文章的第三、四自然段孔子与他的弟子们畅谈理想的事例中，你读出了孔子怎样的人生理想？
【小题4】作者写到孔子到齐国劝说齐景公的事例，阐明了什么观点？
【小题5】2009年是孔子诞辰2560周年，届时将举行盛大的庆典，请你为这次活动写一条宣传语。

What makes 15,000 men and women run for hours, and what makes them run through the streets on a cold day without coats? I was one of those runners.  The race is called marathon (马拉松).

I had never run more than eight miles before, and here I was training.  Since the race is in April, I had to run throughout the winter, and in Boston, winters are cold. For most people, just putting on their shirts, sweaters, jackets, and hats is exercise enough. I found myself out on the dark streets, running along ice sidewalks (人行道). Even in gloves, my fingers got so cold that they looked like red carrots. My nose didn't get warm until lunchtime !

Finally, the big day arrived. The weather was cold, with ice and rain. Bang! The gun sounded, and we started. I didn't go anywhere at first because I was standing behind so many people. I had to wait for them to move.

At first, the running was easy.  The other runners just seemed to pull me along. Somewhere around the 20-mile mark I even said to myself, "This is nothing, why did I train so hard?"

Then I hit "the wall". "The wall" is what marathon runners call the special point. I knew my body reached the point and I thought I couldn't go any more. I was out of breath and my legs turned into pieces of wood.  I was almost falling down.  I can't remember anything about the last five miles of the race.

I kept running though. At last, I heard a voice at the finishing line.

"You look good," my friend Ted said. "How did it feel?"

"Wonderful !" I replied.

For everything, if you devote yourself into it, there will be a way. I finished the race, at least, in my heart, I was the winner.

1.Which one best describes the weather on the race day?

A．Cold and rainy.

B．Cold and sunny.

C．Dry and cloudy.

D．Wet and foggy.

2. How did the writer feel about the race during the first 20 miles?

A．Difficult.

B．Boring.

C．Easy.

D．Interesting.

3. According to the article, what must someone do to prepare for a marathon?

A．One must eat certain food and get plenty of sleep.

B．One must be willing to eat, sleep, and train twenty-four hours a day.

C．One must run along ice sidewalks every day.

D．One must be willing to train a lot and doesn't give up easily.

4.Then I hit "the wall". What do you think "hit the wall" means here?

A．撞击墙壁

B．到达极限

C．抵达终点

D．中途加速

 

True or False （判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用"T"表示，不符合的用"F"表示）：（7分）
Richard is an exchange student from the USA. He is teaching his friends at Rose Garden School how to play Softball. He is explaining the rules.
Richard:     First, we need a bat, a ball and some bases.
Ben:        What are bases?
Richard:     They are flat squares that show you where to run. After you hit the ball, you have to run around the bases.
If you stand on a base, you are safe. If you are running to a base, and the other team touches the base with the ball, then you are out.
Jennifer:     Oh, I see. How would I hit the ball?
Richard:     Have you seen baseball on television?
Jennifer:     I have.
Richard:     Well, Softball is like baseball, only the ball is bigger and softer too.
Jennifer:     Do you like volleyball? I love it.
Richard:     I like to play beach volleyball. It's different from volleyball.
Ben:        How?
Richard:     In beach volleyball, you only have two people on each team and the court is smaller.                                                                         
Jennifer:     Do you play on the beach?
Richard:     Yes. It’s good because if you dive for the ball, you don’t hurt yourself.
Ben:        Do you play football at your school?
Richard:     Which kind of football?
Jennifer:     I don't understand there more than one kind? I thought everyone play the same kind of football.
Richard:     No. In the USA, we have football and soccer. Soccer is a game that is played around the world.
In other countries, soccer is called football. In the USA, we also play a different game called football.
In this game, you throw the ball and you have to wear a helmet to play.
Jennifer:     Well, I want to play softball.
【小题1】 The rules for playing softball are nearly the same as those for playing baseball.
【小题2】In a softball game, if your team is running to a base and the other team touches the base with the ball, you are safe.
【小题3】A baseball is smaller and harder than a softball.
【小题4】Richard is teaching his friends how to play softball.
【小题5】 According to Richard, playing beach volleyball is much more dangerous than playing volleyball.
【小题6】 Jennifer thought that the word 'football' had only one meaning.
【小题7】In the USA, 'soccer' is also called 'football'.