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Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything—tutors (家庭教师), cards, special learning centers—in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (tiān zhǔ jiāo ) school.
After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn’t kiss his mother and say hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread (铺开) out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening.
Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His room looked at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an A in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity (好奇心). She went to his room and asked, "Son, what was it Was it the nuns (修女)"
Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head," No. "
"Well then," she asked again. "WHAT was it"
Little Tommy looked at her and said, "Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that man nailed (钉) to the plus sign (加号), I knew they weren’t joking. /
Why did Tommy’s parents send him to a catholic school ( )

A:Because he could eat well there. B:Because he could earn more about nuns. C:Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math. D:Because his parents didn’t want him to learn math any mor

He declined the invitation partly because he was busy and（　）

A:for lack of money B:partly because his lack of money C:partly because he lacked money D:partly his lack of money

Another thing an astronaut has to learn about is eating in space. Food is weightless, just as men are.
Food for space has to be packed in special ways. Some of it goes into tubes that a man can squeeze into his mouth. Bite-sized cookies are packed in plastic.
There is a good reason for covering each bite. The plastic keeps pieces of food from travelling in the spaceship. On the earth very small pieces of food would simply fall to the floor. But gravity doesn’ t pull them to the floor when they are out of the plastic in a spaceship. (78) They move here and there and can get into a man’ s eyes or into the spaceship’ s instruments. If any of the instruments is blocked, the astronauts may have trouble getting safely home.
As astronauts travel on longer space trips, he must take time to sleep. An astronaut can fit himself to his seat with a kind of seat belt. Or, if he wants to, he can sleep in a sleeping bag which is fixed in place under his seat. But be careful he must put his hands under the belt when he goes to sleep. This is because he is really afraid that he might touch one of controls that isn’ t supposed to be touched until later.
Why does an astronaut put his hand under his belt when he sleeps

A:Because he thinks it is comfortable to sleep in that way in space. B:Because he doesn’t want to touch any controls when he sleeps. C:Because the instruments of the spaceship are easily broken. D:Because he is afraid that the seat will mov

Passage 2

Another thing an astronaut has to learn about is eating in space. Food is weightless, just as men are.
Food for space has to be packed in special ways. Some of it goes into tubes that a man can squeeze into his mouth. Bite-sized cookies are packed in plastic.
There is a good reason for covering each bite. The plastic keeps pieces of food from travelling in the spaceship. On the earth very small pieces of food would simply fall to the floor. But gravity doesn’ t pull them to the floor when they are out of the plastic in a spaceship. (78) They move here and there and can get into a man’ s eyes or into the spaceship’ s instruments. If any of the instruments is blocked, the astronauts may have trouble getting safely home.
As astronauts travel on longer space trips, he must take time to sleep. An astronaut can fit himself to his seat with a kind of seat belt. Or, if he wants to, he can sleep in a sleeping bag which is fixed in place under his seat. But be careful he must put his hands under the belt when he goes to sleep. This is because he is really afraid that he might touch one of controls that isn’ t supposed to be touched until later.
Why does an astronaut put his hand under his belt when he sleeps

A:Because he thinks it is comfortable to sleep in that way in space. B:Because he doesn’t want to touch any controls when he sleeps. C:Because the instruments of the spaceship are easily broken. D:Because he is afraid that the seat will move.


? ?下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题，每道题后面有4个选项。
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? ?In a moment of personal crisis, how much help can you expect from a New York taxi driver? I began studying this question after watching the "Taxicab Confessions," a series of documentaries in which hidden cameras record the secrets of unsuspecting taxi riders. I found the results varied.
? ?One morning I got into three different taxis and announced: "Well, it’s my first day back in New York in seven years. I’ve been in prison." Not a single driver replied, so I tried again. "Yeah, I shot a man in Reno," I explained, hoping the driver would ask me why, so I could say casually, "Just to watch him die." But nobody asked. The only response came from a Ghanaian driver:" Reno? That is in Nevada?"
? ?Taxi drivers were uniformly sympathetic when I said I’d just been fired. "This is America," a Haitian driver said. "One door is closed. Another is open." He argued against my plan to bum down my boss’s house: "If you do something silly and they put you away, you cannot look for another job." A Pakistani driver even turned down a chance to profit from my loss of hope: he refused to take me to the middle of the George Washington Bridge, a $20 trip. "Why you want to go there? Go home and relax. Don’t worry. Take a new job."
? ?One very hot weekday in July, while wearing a red ski mask and holding a stuffed pillowcase with the word "BANK" on it, I tried hailing a taxi five times outside different banks. The driver picked me up every time. My ride with Guy-Caaude Thevenain, a Haitian driver, was typical of the superb assistance I received.
? ?"Is anyone following us?"
? ?"No," said the driver, looking in his rearview mirror at traffic and me.
? ?"Let’s go across the park," I said. "I just robbed the bank there, I got $25,000."
? ?"$25,000?" he asked.
? ?"Yeah, you think it was wrong to take it?"
? ?"No, man. I work 8 hours and I don’t make almost $70. If I can do that, I do it too."
? ?As we approached 86th and Lexington, I pointed to the Chemical Bank.
? ?"Hey, there’s another bank," I said, "could you wait here a minute while I go inside?"
? ?"No, I can’t wait. Pay me now." His reluctance may have had something to do with money—taxi drivers think the rate for waiting time is too low—but I think he wanted me to learn that even a bank robber can’t expect unconditional support.
Why did the Pakistani driver refuse to take the author to the middle of the George Washington Bridge?

A:Because he didn’t want to help the author get over his career crisis. B:Because he wanted to go home and relax. C:Because it was far away from his home. D:Because he suspected that the author was going to commit suicide.

A

Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything—tutors (家庭教师), cards, special learning centers—in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (tiān zhǔ jiāo ) school.
After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn’t kiss his mother and say hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread (铺开) out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening.
Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His room looked at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an A in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity (好奇心). She went to his room and asked, "Son, what was it Was it the nuns (修女)"
Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head," No. "
"Well then," she asked again. "WHAT was it"
Little Tommy looked at her and said, "Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that man nailed (钉) to the plus sign (加号), I knew they weren’t joking. /
Why did Tommy’s parents send him to a catholic school ( )

A:Because he could eat well there. B:Because he could earn more about nuns. C:Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math. D:Because his parents didn’t want him to learn math any mor

A

Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything—tutors (家庭教师), cards, special learning centers—in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (tiān zhǔ jiāo ) school.
After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn’t kiss his mother and say hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread (铺开) out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening.
Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His room looked at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an A in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity (好奇心). She went to his room and asked, "Son, what was it Was it the nuns (修女)"
Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head," No. "
"Well then," she asked again. "WHAT was it"
Little Tommy looked at her and said, "Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that man nailed (钉) to the plus sign (加号), I knew they weren’t joking. /
Why did Tommy’s parents send him to a catholic school ( )

A:Because he could eat well there. B:Because he could earn more about nuns. C:Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math. D:Because his parents didn’t want him to learn math any mor

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