There’s a man in the habit of hitting me on the head with an umbrella. At first I couldn’t stand it, now I’m used to it.
I don’t know his name. I know he’s average in appearance, wears a gray suit, and has a common face. I met him five years ago one hot morning when I was sitting on a tree-shaded bench in Palermo Park, reading the paper. Suddenly I felt something touch my head. It was the very same man who now, as I’m writing, keeps hitting me, mechanically (機械地) and impassively, with an umbrella.
On that occasion I turned around filled with anger. He just kept on hitting me. I asked him if he was crazy, he didn’t even seem to hear me. Then I threatened to call a policeman. Calmly, cool as a cucumber, he stuck with his task. After a few moments of hesitation, and seeing that he was not about to change his attitude, I stood up and hit him on the nose. The man fell down, but he immediately got back on his feet, obviously with great effort, and without a word again began hitting me on the head with the umbrella. His nose was bleeding and, at that moment, I felt sorry for him. I felt regret for having hit him so hard. After all, the man wasn’t exactly hitting me; he was merely tapping me lightly with his umbrella, not causing any pain at all. Of course, those taps were extremely bothersome. As we all know, when a fly lands on your forehead, you don’t feel any pain; what you feel is annoyance. Well then, that umbrella was one huge fly that kept landing on my head time after time.
Convinced that I was dealing with a madman, I tried to escape. But the man followed me, wordlessly continuing to hit me. So I began to run (I should point out that not many people run as fast as I do). He took off after me, trying to land a blow. The man was out of breath so that I thought, if I continued to force him to run at that speed, he would drop dead right then and there.
When the man began to strike the author with an umbrella, the author ________.
A. became angry
B. called the police
C. turned around and escaped
D. turned around and fought back
The author would most probably agree that the man was ________.
A. deaf B. blind C. dead D. mad
The author felt sorry for the man because ________.
A. the man formed a bad habit of beating others
B. he hit the man so hard that his nose bled
C. the man couldn’t catch up with him
D. there was a fly on the man’s head
It can be learned from the passage that the man ________.
A. shouted loudly while hitting the author
B. wanted to tell the author something
C. ran after the author breathlessly
D. acted as if he were a fly
科目：高中英語 來源：山東臨沂市2011屆高三第二次模擬考試英語試題 題型：050
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科目：高中英語 來源：2015屆山東省平邑縣曾子學校高一期中考試英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
Ten years ago I used to be very fit (健康的). I rode a bike to work and I got a lot of exercise at weekends. I used to play tennis a lot and go for long walks. In those days I didn’t earn very much. I had a job in an office. It wasn’t a very good job but I had a lot of time to do the things I enjoyed doing.
Then, about eight years ago, I got a much better job. The pay was better, but the hours were a lot longer. I bought a car and drove to work every day. I began to take people out to lunch. And I began to put on weight, too. I stopped playing tennis and going for long walks at weekends because I just didn’t have any time for things like that any more.
There’s a lot of stress in my job. Perhaps that’s why I started drinking more than I used to. For example, I used to have only half a glass of whisky when I got home, but then I started filling my glass to the top, and instead of having one glass, I would have several. I started smoking a lot, too. I never used to smoke at all.
Two months ago I had a heart attack. At first I just couldn’t believe it. Luckily it wasn’t very serious. The doctor advised me to stop smoking and to eat less. He also advised me to work less and get more exercise. But I just haven’t any time! My job takes everything out of me!
Sometimes I wonder if I should get another job. Perhaps I could do something like I used to do. But if I do that, I won’t earn as much. I have a family to support. I have to think of them, too. I just don’t know what I should do. What do you think?
1.The author used to go to work ________
A．on foot B．by bike C．by car D．by train
2.Compared with ten years ago, what is worse for the author now? d
A．His job. B．His pay. C．His means of transport. D．His health.
3.According to the passage, when the author got the better job, which of the following is NOT true?
A．He got higher pay. B．His working hours weren’t long.
C．He found it very stressful. D．He had little free time at weekends.
4.After the author had a heart attack, the doctor advised him _____.
A．not to work any longer B．to take a long vacation abroad
C．to work less and take exercise D．not to eat out any more
5.What can we learn about the author?
A．The author is not sure what he should do now.
B．The author has taken the doctor’s advice.
C．The author has got another new job.
D．The author feels much better now.
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科目：高中英語 來源：2012-2013學年山東省德州市高三12月月考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
Long bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning, a middle, and an end with commercials thrown in every three or four minutes. The commercials are unavoidable. They happen whether you want them or not. Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus window. "Buy Super Clean Toothpaste.” Drink Good Wet Root Beer.” Fill up with Pacific Gas.” Only if you sleep, which is equal to turning the television set off, are you spared the unending cry of "You Need It! Buy It Now!"
The beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting, even if you’ve traveled that way before. Usually some things have changed new houses, new buildings, sometimes even a new road. The bus driver has a style of driving and it’s fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so. If the driver is particularly reckless （魯莽的） or daring, the ride can be as thrilling （驚心動魄的） as a suspense story. Will the driver pass the truck in time? Will the driver move into the right or the left hand lane? After a while, of course, the excitement dies down. Sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride. Food always makes bus rides more interesting. But you’ve got to be careful of what kind of food you eat. Too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops.
The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning. You know it will soon be over and there’s a kind of expectation and excitement in that. The seat of course, has become harder as the hours have passed. By now you’ve sat with your legs crossed, with your hands in your lap, with your hands on the armrests even with your hands crossed behind your head. The end comes just at no more ways to sit.
1.According to the passage, what do the passengers usually see when they are on a long bus trip?
A．Advertisements on the billboards. B．Films on television.
C．Buses on the road. D．Gas stations.
2.What is the purpose of this passage?
A．To explain how bus trips and television shows differ.
B．To persuade you to take a long bus trip.
C．To give the writer’s opinion about long bus trips
D．To describe the billboards along the road.
3.The writer of this passage would probably favor .
A．bus drivers who aren’t reckless B．driving alone
C．no billboards along the road D．a television set on the bus
4.The writer feels long bus rides are like TV shows because .
A．they both have a beginning, a middle, and an end, with commercials in between
B．the commercials both on TV shows and on billboards along the road are fun
C．the drivers are always reckless on TV shows just as they are on buses
D．both traveling and watching TV are not exciting.
5.The writer thinks that the end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning because both are .
A．comfortable B．exciting C．tiring D．boring
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科目：高中英語 來源：2014屆江蘇省高二第一次10月限時作業英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
Work is a part of living —my grandparents understood that. They lived and worked on a farm that has been in my family for 150 years. They raised chickens for eggs , pigs and cattle for meat . Cows were kept for milk and the cream, from which Grandma made butter and cheese. What little yard they had became a garden.
The Depression, therefore, didn’t make much change in their lives. But it did bring an unending flow of men out of work, drifting from job to job, to the farm. The first to show up at the door of the kitchen was a man in rags. He took off his hat and quietly explained that he hadn’t eaten for a while. Grandpa stood watching him a bit , then said , “There’s a stack of firewood against the fence behind the barn (谷倉). I’ve been needing to get it moved to the other side of the fence . You have just about enough time to finish the job before lunch .”
Grandma said a surprising thing happened. The man got a shine in his eyes and he hurried to the barn at once. She set another place at the table and made an apple pie. During lunch, the stranger didn’t say much, but when he left, his shoulders had straightened. “Nothing ruins a man like losing his self-respect,” Grandpa later told me.
Soon after, another man showed up asking for a meal. This one was dressed in a suit and carried a small old suitcase. Grandpa came out when he heard voices. He looked at the man and then offered a handshake.” There is a stack of firewood along the fence down behind the barn I’ve been meaning to get it moved. It’d sure be a help to me . And we’d be pleased to have you stay for lunch.” The fellow set his suitcase aside and neatly laid his coat on top. Then he set off to work.
Grandma says she doesn’t remember how many strangers they shared a meal with during those Depression days-or how many times that stack of wood got moved.
1.When he was asked to move a stack of firewood, the first man who asked for a meal got a shine in his eyes for he was glad that .
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A．he had found a good job |
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B．he would have something to eat |
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C．he would no longer suffer from the Depression |
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D．he would get what he wanted without losing his self-respect |
2.The writer’s grandfather asked those jobless men to move the stack of firewood because .
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A．he didn’t want them to have a meal free of charge |
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B．he had been needing to get it moved |
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C．he wanted to help them in his own way |
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D．he wanted to show them his kindness and respect |
3.The writer’s grandfather was all of the following but .
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A．kind |
B．thoughtful |
C．wealthy |
D．sympathetic |
4.The best title for the story would be .
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A．The Depression |
B．The Pleasure of Helping Others |
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C．No Pains, No Gains |
D．Work-A Part of Living |
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科目：高中英語 來源：2014屆廣東佛山市高一第一學段考試英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
At five he was collecting old newspapers to make money. And when he was 15 he signed his schoolmates up to start a baby-sitting circle.
Now 20, third-year Cambridge University student, Peter Blackburn is managing director of a company with a £ 30,000 plan. And he thinks it will make more than $15,000 by next summer. He set up Peter Blackburn Ltd last year to bring out a new, color term-planner that now students all over the UK are using.
"I felt that most of the planners going around were pretty unimaginative," he says, "I believed that I could do a better job and decided to have a go".
Blackburn admits that he is putting far more effort into business than his computer studies course at university. While fellow students are out with their friends, he keeps in touch with his business office in Lancashire by movable phone. Before he set up the company he spent one holiday preparing a plan that would persuade his bank to lend him money.
"Most students work hard for a good degree because they believe that will help them get a job to support themselves," he says "I work hard at my company, because that is what will support me next year, after I leave college."
Friends believe that Blackburn will make £ 1 million within 5 years. He is not quite so sure, however. "There's a lot to be done yet," he says.
1.Choose the right order of the facts given in the passage.
a. He spent his holiday preparing a plan. b. He collected newspapers.
c. He set up his own company. d. He asked the bank for money.
e. He set up a babysitting circle.
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A．e, b, c, a, d |
B．b, e, a, d, c |
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C．b, e, d, a, c |
D．b, e, c, a, d |
2.When he was quite young, Blackburn _______ .
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A．already made a lot of money |
B．already had a business brain |
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C．was already managing director of a company |
D．already set up his own business |
3.The underlined expression in the fourth paragraph "have a go," here means _______ .
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A．give up this job and have a new one |
B．leave the company |
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C．have a try |
D．develop my business quickly |
4.In spite of（盡管） a college student, Blackburn _______ .
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A．spends more time on his business than on his studies course |
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B．keeps in touch with his business office by movable phone |
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C．seldom goes out with his friends |
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D．often spends whole holiday preparing business plan |
5.Which of the following best explain why Blackburn works hard at his company?
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A．He wants to do more business practice before he leaves college. |
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B．He wants to make more money before he leaves college. |
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C．He wants to get a good job like most students after he leaves the college. |
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D．he depends on the company for his living in the future. |
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