He is the first man () such an experiment.
A.making
B.to be made
C.to make
D.to be making
A.making
B.to be made
C.to make
D.to be making
In the center of the main road into the town he placed a very large stone. Then he hid behind a tree end waited. Soon en old man came along with his cow.
"Who put this stone in the center of the road?" said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with sane difficulty he passed around the stone and continued tm his way. Another man came along and did the same thing, then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone in the center of the road but not one of them tried to remove it. Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone and said. "The night will be very dark. Sane neighbor will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone."
The young man then began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his strength to remove it. How great was his surprise at last when, under the stone, he found a bag of money and a piece of paper with these words: "This money is for the first honest man who removes this stone from the road."
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A.How many people there were in the town.
B.Whether the poor people really needed his help.
C.If the roads of the village were in need of repair.
D.If the people of the town were worthy of his help.
A.latter
B.latest
C.later
D.last
When I was young, every Indian had at least three names during his lifetime. His first name was given to him at birth. It described something that had happened at that time.
Each Indian was supposed to keep his birth name until he was old enough to earn money for himself. But his friends would always give him a name of their own. No matter what his parents called him, his childhood friends would use the name they had chosen.
The Indian earned his real name when he was old enough for his first fight against the enemy. His life name depended on how he acted during this first battle. When he returned he would be given his tribal name by the chief. If he had done well, he would be given a good name. But if he had done poorly, he might be given a bad name.
A man was given many chances to improve his name, however. If in a later battle he was very brave in fighting against the enemy, he was given a better name. Some Indians had as many as twelve names - all good and each better than the last.
All names given to one Indian belonged to him for the rest of his life. No one else could use them. Even he himself could not give them away. This was because no man could pass on his name unless the chief and the tribe asked him to do so.
According to the passage, Indian names were important because they ______.
A.described the character of a man
B.told us his profession
C.were never used by other people
D.described the appearance of a man
Irving's background provides little to explain his literary achievements. A gifted but delicate child, he had little schooling. He studied law, but without zeal, and never did practice seriously. He was immune to his strict Presbyterian home environment, frequenting both social gatherings and the theater.
The main point of the first paragraph is that Washington Irving was ______
A.America' s first man of letters
B.a writer who had great success both in and outside his own country
C.a man who was able to move from literature to politics
D.a man whose personal charm enabled him to get by with basically inferior work
A.made
B.produced
C.given
D.opened
Throughout history, other less famous men had wanted to fly, an example was a man in England 800 years ago. He made a pair of wings from chicken feathers. Then he fixed them to his body and jumped into air from a tall building. He did not fly every far. Instead, he fell to the ground and broke every bone in his body.
The first real steps took place in France, in 1783. Two brothers, the Montgolfiers, made a very large "hot air ballon". They knew that hot air rises. Why not fill a balloon with it? The ballon was made of cloth and paper. In September of that year. The King and Queen of France came to see the balloon. They watched it carry the very first air passengers into the sky. The passengers were a sheep and a chicken. We do not know how they felt about the trip. But we do know that the trip lasted eight minutes and that the animals land ed safely. Two months later, two men did the same thing. They rose above Paris in a balloon of the same kind. Their trip last- ed twenty-five minutes and they traveled about eight kilometers.
Leonardo Da Vinci ______.
A.said that man would in the sky one day
B.built a kind of machine which never flew
C.drew many beautiful pictures of birds.
D.made designs for flying machines.
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
It isn’t often that an entire industry is symbolized in the figure of a single human being, and such is the case with Canadian aviation and the aircraft industry. The man is the Hon. John A.D.McCurdy, and the life story of this still vigorous, distinguished Canadian is at once and at the same time the thrilling history of aviation’s progress in Canada.
It all began one cold February day in 1909 at Baddeck, Nova Scotia, when John McCurdy confounded the critics by flying the Silver Dart, an aircraft designed by himself, for half a mile over the ice of Bras deor Lakes. This was the first po wered flight in Canada and the first by a British subject in the Commonwealth. McCurdy gave proof of his flying ability—and of the development and the use of the aileron by being the first man in the world to execute a figure eight in the air. He became the first to pilot a flying boat, taking off from Long Island Sound. He flew the first airplane to Mexico. In 1911 he had made the longest flight to date, and that over open sea 90 miles from Key West to Havana. He won the first cross country race in Canada 40 miles from Hamilton to Toronto—and he transmitted the first radio message from aircraft.
When World War Ⅱ came, McCurdy took on board supervisory authority for Canadian aircraft production by serving with the government in various senior positions.Following World War Ⅱ, McCurdy was honored by being made lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia where he made Canada’s first historic flight. He now lives in Montreal with a summer home in Baddeck, site of his first flight.
31.According to the pasage, which of the following statements is NOT true about McCurdy?
A.He was a Canadian.
B.He is regarded as the symbol of Canadian aviation and aircraft industry .
C.He is the first man to finish a figure eight in the air.
D.He now lives in Baddeck.
32.The “Silver Dart” is ____.
A.the name of a weapon
B.a plane bought by McCurdy
C.the nickname of a famous Canadian pilot
D.a plane designed by McCurdy
33.McCurdy is NOT the first one to ____.
A.fly in Canada B.pilot a flying boat
C.fly from Key West to Toronto D.fly to Mexico
34.Nowadays, McCurdy ____.
A.lives in Montreal in summer
B.is the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia
C.is still very active and energetic
D.is the government’s counsellor
35.The best title for this passage is ____.
A.How McCurdy Became a Famous Canadian Pilot
B.McCurdy’s Legendary Experience
C.McCurdy and the Canandian Aviation
D.McCurdy—the Symbol of American Aviation and the Aircraft Industry
So he became a thief--but he did not do the stealing. He got others to do it. They were much less intelligent than he was, so he arranged everything and told them what to do.
One day they were looking for rich families to rob, and Jim sent one of them to a large beautiful house just outside the town.
It was evening, and when the man looked through one of the windows, he saw a young man and a girl playing on a piano.
When he went back to Jim, he said, "That family can't have much money. Two people were playing on the same piano there."
The word "intelligent" in the first sentence is closest in meaning to ______.
A.clever
B.honest
C.interesting
D.modest
High in the Swiss Alps many years ago, there lived a lonely shepherd(牧羊人)boy who longed for a friend to share his evenings.One night he saw three old men, each holding a glass.
The first old man said:“Drink this liquid and you shall be victorious in battle.”
The second old man said:“Drink this liquid and you shall have countless riches.”
The last old man said:“I offer you the happiness of floated across the valley. He had found a friend.
So goes the legend(传说) of the horn. First known in the ninth century, the horn was used by herdsmen to call cattle, for its deep tones echoed across the mountainsides. Even today, on a quiet summer evening, its music can be heard floating among the peaks.
6.The passage tells us his lonely job about the shepherd boy.
A.T
B.F
7.The boy choose to drink the glass offered by the last old man because the boy was thirsty.
A.T
B.F
8.After the shepherd boy found the horn, he discovered it was like a new-found friend.
A.T
B.F
9.Today the horn is heard in the Swiss Alps when it rains.
A.T
B.F
10.The Legend of the Horn would be the best title for the passage.
A.T
B.F
1). The first officer is sure a man without a beard stole the painting.
A、T
B、F
2). .Mr. Hill has a beard on his face but not in his photo.
A、T
B、F
3). Mr. Hill taught Jack Smith French at the No.2 High School.
A、T
B、F
4). Mr. Hi has been in France for three weeks.
A、T
B、F
5). The second fficer says that Mr. Hill stole the painting.
A、T
B、F