Charles Plumb, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, was a jet fighter pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was     by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb was     and spent six years in prison in Vietnam. He survived and now      about lessons learned from that experience.

　　One day, Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant when a man at another table came up and said, "You're Plumb! You    jet fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier (航空母艦) Kitty Hawk . You were      !"

"How in the world did you know that?" asked Plumb.

　　"I      your parachute," the man replied. Plumb gasped（倒吸一口氣） in surprise and     .The man pumped his hand and said, "I guess it worked!"

Plumb assured him, "It     did—if your chute hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today."

Plumb couldn't sleep that night，thinking about that man. He says, "I wondered how many times I might have passed him      the Kitty Hawk. I wondered how many times I might have seen him and not even said 'Good morning, how are you', or anything     , you see, I was a fighter pilot and he was just a      ."

Plumb thought of the many days the sailor had spent on a long wooden table in the bowels（深處）of the ship      working on each chute, holding in his hands each time the      of someone he didn't know.

　　Plumb asks his      , "Who's packing your     ? Everyone has someone who provides what they need to make it      the day." Plumb also says that he needed many kinds of parachutes when his plane was shot down—he needed his      parachute, his mental parachute, his emotional parachute, and his spiritual parachute. He called on all these      before reaching safety. His experience reminds us all to     and be kind to people who pack our daily parachutes, and strengthen us to go through      times.

1.A.followed      B. destroyed      C. spied         D.seen

2.A.released       B. wounded      C.captured       D.killed

3.A. lectures       B. gives         C.  studies      D.hear

4.A. repaired       B. made         C.flew          D.cleaned

5.A. taken down    B. looked down   C. set down      D.shot down

6.A. bought        B. checked      C. found          D.packed

7.A.gratefully      B.suspiciously    C. happily        D.sadly

8.A. almost        B.surely          C.narrowly      D.nearly

9.A. abroad        B.in             C.on            D.at

10.A. so          B. because        C.unless         D.though

11.A. sailor        B.  captain      C. pilot          D.technician

12.A.unwillingly    B.immediately    C. worriedly      D.carefully

13.A.death         B. fortune        C.fate           D.chance

14.A. wife         B. children       C. sailors        D.audience

15.A.luggage       B. bag          C. parachute      D.future

16.A. through       B. to           C. up to          D.as

17.A. psychological  B. physical      C.  imaginary     D.safe

18.A. spirits        B. emotions     C. supports        D.people

19.A. award        B. recognize     C.reward         D. help

20.A. happy        B. tough        C. comfortable     D. cosy

 

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.C

14.D

15.C

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.B

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了一名叫Plumb 的戰(zhàn)機(jī)飛行員在越南戰(zhàn)爭中的一次經(jīng)歷。在越南他參加了75次戰(zhàn)斗任務(wù)后，他的飛機(jī)被一枚導(dǎo)彈摧毀，他被捕入獄。他幸存下來，在越南的監(jiān)獄呆了6年后，他給人講他在那次經(jīng)歷中吸取的教訓(xùn)。幸虧航母上的那個(gè)海員給他裝上了降落傘，他才能活命。

1.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A.followed 遵循，跟蹤； B. destroyed  破壞，摧毀；   C. spied  窺探，偵探；   D.seen 看見。根據(jù)后文的Plumb was    and spent six years in prison in Vietnam.可知他的飛機(jī)被摧毀，他被捕入獄。句意：他參加了75次戰(zhàn)斗后，他的飛機(jī)被一枚導(dǎo)彈摧毀。故選B

2.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A.released  釋放；B. wounded 受傷；     C.captured  捕獲；     D.killed 殺害。根據(jù)后文的spent six years in prison in Vietnam.可知他被逮住了，關(guān)進(jìn)了監(jiān)獄。句意：Plumb 被捕獲，并在越南的監(jiān)獄呆了6年。故選C

3.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A. lectures  講演；B. gives 給；  C.  studies   學(xué)習(xí)；  D.hear 聽見。根據(jù)后文的about lessons learned from that experience.可知他把自己的那次經(jīng)歷，演講給別人聽。句意：他幸存了下來，現(xiàn)在把從那次經(jīng)歷中所學(xué)的教訓(xùn)進(jìn)行演講。故選A

4.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A. repaired 修理；B. made   制造； C.flew  飛，駕駛飛機(jī)；     D.cleaned 打掃，清理。根據(jù)前文的Charles Plumb, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, was a jet fighter pilot in Vietnam.可知Charles Plumb是一名飛行員，因此處應(yīng)是他駕駛飛機(jī)。句意：你在越南從航空母艦上駕駛戰(zhàn)斗機(jī)。故選C

5.考查動(dòng)詞短語及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A. taken down 拿下來；B. looked down  俯視，瞧不起； C. set down  放下；    D.shot down 擊落。根據(jù)前文的his plane was     by a surface-to-air missile.可知他的飛機(jī)被擊落了。句意：你被擊落了。故選D

6.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A. bought  買；B. checked  核對(duì)；  C. found   找到；   D.packed 打包。根據(jù)后文的if your chute hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today可知這個(gè)人給Plumb包裝上的降落傘。句意：我給你裝上的降落傘。故選D

7.考查副詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A.gratefully 感激地； B.suspiciously  懷疑地；  C. happily 快樂地；      D.sadly 悲傷地。根據(jù)后文的if your chute hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today可知幸虧有人給Plumb裝上降落傘，他才在飛機(jī)擊落時(shí)能夠幸存下來，因此他很感激這個(gè)人。句意：Plumb 驚訝的吸了一口氣，非常感激。故選A

8.考查副詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A. almost 幾乎；B.surely  確實(shí)；  C.narrowly 狹窄地；       D.nearly 幾乎。根據(jù)后文的if your chute hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today可知那人裝的降落傘的確起作用了。句意：Plumb使他確信道：“它的確起作用了�！惫蔬xB

9.考查介詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A. abroad  在國外；B.in  在......里；  C.on   在.....之上，關(guān)于；    D.at 在。根據(jù)前文the aircraft carrier (航空母艦) Kitty Hawk 可知Kitty Hawk 是一艘航空母艦，在航空母艦上，應(yīng)用介詞on.句意：他說：“我想知道我在雛鷹號(hào)航空母艦上從他身邊經(jīng)過多少次�！惫蔬xC

10.考查連詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A. so 所以，因此； B. because 因?yàn)椋?nbsp; C.unless  除非，否則；     D.though 盡管。根據(jù)后文的I was a fighter pilot and he was just a     可知作者記不清那個(gè)人是誰，原因是他們的崗位不一樣。此處在解釋原因。句意：因?yàn)椋忝靼椎�，我是一名�?zhàn)斗機(jī)的飛行員，他只是一名海員。故選B

11.考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A. sailor 海員；B.  captain 上尉； C. pilot   飛行員；  D.technician 技師。根據(jù)后文的Plumb thought of the many days the sailor had spent on a long wooden table 可推測他是一名海員。句意：我是一名戰(zhàn)斗機(jī)的飛行員，他只是一名海員。故選A

12.考查副詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A.unwillingly 不情愿地； B.immediately 馬上，立刻；   C. worriedly  擔(dān)憂地；    D.carefully 認(rèn)真地。根據(jù)后文的holding in his hands each time the   13   of someone he didn't know.可知每次在他手里握著他不認(rèn)識(shí)的人的命運(yùn)。句意：我想起了那個(gè)海員在場上的木板上工作了許多天，認(rèn)真地包裝著降落傘。故選D

13.考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A.death 死亡； B. fortune 運(yùn)氣，財(cái)富；  C.fate 命運(yùn)；      D.chance 機(jī)會(huì)。根據(jù)前文的if your chute hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today.可知如果海員給飛行員裝的降落傘不起作用，遇到危險(xiǎn)時(shí)，人就沒命了，因此海員簡潔的掌握了飛行員的命。句意：每一次他不認(rèn)識(shí)的人的命就掌握在他的手中。故選C

14.考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A. wife 妻子；B. children 孩子；  C. sailors   海員；   D.audience 觀眾。 根據(jù)前文的now      about lessons learned from that experience. 可知Plumb在做演講，因此此處是在問觀眾。句意：Plumb問他的觀眾。故選D

15.考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A.luggage 行李； B. bag 書包；   C. parachute    降落傘 D.future 未來。根據(jù)后文的Plumb also says that he needed many kinds of parachutes when his plane was shot down可知此處值得是降落傘。句意：誰給你們裝上的降落傘。 故選C.

16.考查介詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A. through 穿過；B. to  去；  C. up to   取決于；   D.as 作為。根據(jù)前文的Everyone has someone who provides what they need可知此處知每個(gè)人需要某個(gè)人提供他們需要的，來度過一天。make it through度過。句意：每個(gè)人需要某個(gè)人提供他們需要的，來度過一天。故選A

17.考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A. psychological  心理上的；B. physical  身體上的； C.  imaginary 想象的；    D.safe 安全的。根據(jù) his mental parachute, his emotional parachute, and his spiritual parachute. 可知我們血壓ode降落傘除了精神上的，情緒上的，心理上的，還有身體上的。句意：Plumb說當(dāng)他的飛機(jī)被擊落時(shí)，他需要多種降落傘，有身體的降落傘，心理上的，情感上的還有精神上的降落傘。故選B

18.考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A. spirits 精神；  B. emotions 情緒；  C. supports 支持；     D.people 人們。根據(jù)before reaching safety. 可知降落傘能讓他安全降落，因此降落傘支撐著他，保護(hù)著他。句意：在安全降落之前，他需要這些所有的支撐。故選C。

19.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A. award  獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)； B. recognize 認(rèn)出；  C.reward  報(bào)答；     D. help 幫助。根據(jù)前文的His experience reminds us all他的經(jīng)歷就是指他沒有認(rèn)出給他裝入了救他命的降落傘的海員。因此提醒我們要人處給自己裝降落傘的海員。句意：他的經(jīng)歷提醒我們都要認(rèn)出對(duì)善待給自己裝降落傘的人。故選B

20.考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A. happy 快樂的；  B. tough   艱難的；   C. comfortable  舒服的； D. cosy 安逸的。根據(jù)后文strengthen us to go through可知他的經(jīng)歷使我們增強(qiáng)力量來度過那些像飛機(jī)被擊落的困難時(shí)刻。句意：使我們增強(qiáng)力量來度過困難時(shí)刻。故選B。

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There are records of fingerprints taken many centuries ago. The ancient Babylonians pressed the tips of their fingerprints into clay to record business trade. The Chinese used ink-on-paper finger impressions for business. However, fingerprinting wasn't used as a method for identifying criminals until the 19th century．

In 1858, Sir William Herschel was working as an official of the Hooghly district in Jungipoor, India．In order to reduce fraud（詐騙）, he had people living in the district record their fingerprints when signing business documents. A few years later, Scottish doctor Henry Faulds was working in Japan when he discovered fingerprints left by artists on ancient pieces of clay．This finding inspired him to begin investigating fingerprints．In 1880, Faulds wrote to his cousin, the famous naturalist Charles Darwin, and asked for help with developing a fingerprint classification system．Darwin refused, but sent the letter to his cousin, Sir Francis Gallon, who was an eugenicist (優(yōu)生學(xué)家). Gallon began collecting fingerprints and eventually gathered some 8, 000 different samples to analyze. In 1892, he published a book called "Fingerprints", in which he outlined a fingerprint classification system—the first existence．

Around the same time, Juan Vucetich, a police officer in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was developing his own version of a fingerprinting system．In 1892, Vucetich was called in to assist with the investigation of the two boys murdered in Necoche, a village near Buenos Aires. Their mother, Francisca Rojas, accused a neighbour named Velasquez. But when Vucetich compared the fingerprints found at the murder scene to those of both Velasquez and Rojas, they matched Rojas' exactly．She admitted her crime. This was the first time fingerprints had been used in a criminal investigation.Vucetich called his system comparative dactyloscopy（指紋鑒定法）. It's still used in many Spanish-speaking countries．

Sir Edward Henry, in charge of the Metropolitan Police of London, soon became interested in using fingerprints to catch criminals. In 1896, he added to Gallon's technique, creating his own classification system, the Henry Classification System. It is the primary method of fingerprint classification throughout most of the world．

1.Herschel had people record their fingerprints so as to_____．

A．develop a fingerprinting system            B．prevent illegal business

C．put them on pieces of clay                D．collect and study fingerprints

2.Who first came up with the idea of creating a fingerprint classification system?

A．Herschel．        B．Faulds．          C．Gallon．          D．Darwin．

3.The underlined word "they" in Paragraph 3 probably refers to "_____"．

A．the fingerprints     B．the two boys       C．the crimes         D．the police officers

4.We can learn from the text that _____．

A．Faulds collected many fingerprints while in Japan

B．Henry's classification system is based on Gallon's

C．Darwin showed great interest in studying fingerprints

D．Vucetich's fingerprinting system is still used all over the world

5.What is the text mainly about?

A．Different uses of fingerprints．

B．The history of fingerprinting．

C．Countries that first used fingerprints．

D．The way to collect and analyze fingerprints．

 

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科目：高中英語 來源：河北省09-10學(xué)年高一下學(xué)期第一次月考（英語） 題型：短文改錯(cuò)

短文改錯(cuò)（共10小題，每小題1.5分；滿分15分）

此題要求改正所給短文中的錯(cuò)誤。對(duì)標(biāo)題號(hào)的每一行做出判斷：如無錯(cuò)誤，在該行右邊橫線上勾（√）；如有錯(cuò)誤（每行只有一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤），則按下列情況改正：

此行多一個(gè)詞：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞，并也用斜線劃掉。

此行缺一個(gè)詞：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（^），在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。

此行錯(cuò)一個(gè)詞：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。

注意：原行沒有錯(cuò)的不要改。

Henry Royce did not like his car, that ran badly and often broke down.         76．___________

So he decided to make better car himself,                                                77．___________

and in 1904 he produced his first new model. Charles Rolls,                         78．___________

a car maker, was very interesting in Royce’s car, and soon                    79．___________

Rolls and Royce go into business together. One of their first                       80．___________

model was the Silver Ghost. In 1907, a Silver Ghost broke                                 81．___________

the world’s record by drive 14,371 miles without breaking                             82．___________

down once. After the drive, it was cost just over ￡2 to put                                     83．___________

the car back into perfect condition. This is not surprising that                          84．___________

the Silver Ghost was regarded “the best car in the world”.                              85．___________

 

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