One night last February, a seventeen-year-old Duffy drove home along a winding road, he saw a strange light thrown against the tree. “I knew it wasn’t the moon”, he said. “I drive this road all the time and I notice little things out of place.”
Duffy stopped his car and got out to examine. Below him far down in the deep valley lay a broken car with its headlights on. Thirty minutes earlier, a man had driven off the edge of the road, which has no guardrail. His car fell and rolled end over end, landing on its top more than two hundred feet below.
Duffy rushed to call for help, then returned and got down to reach the injured driver. Snow covered the valley and the temperature was below freezing. After struggling back up the cliff, Duffy took off his jacket and shirt and wrapped the injured man in time, along with the blankets from his car.
Life-saving deeds are starting to become usual action for Duffy, the oldest of seven children. When he was 12, he saved his ten-year-old brother from drowning. Two years ago, his three-year-old sister ate rat poison, and Duffy cleaned out her mouth, make her drink milk to protect her stomach and called doctors.
“We have tried to teach the children good values, and it looks like we have got some reward for it.” His father says.
小題1:.The strange light came from ________.
A．The bright moon. B．Duffy’s car.
C．The broken car in the valleyD．a(chǎn)n unknown place
小題2:.The phrase” landing on its top” means the car lay_________.
A．on the top of the cliffB．with its wheels upward
C．with its head upwardD．on the road as usual
小題3:. Duffy wrapped the man because_________.
A．he was badly injuredB．he had lost too much blood
C．he had nothing onD．it was too cold that day
小題4:. From the above article, we can see Duffy has saved ________ at least.  
A．twoB．threeC．fourD．five

小題1:.C
小題1:.B
小題1:.D
小題1:.B
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According to Paragraph 2, the writer thinks that_____.
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He studied me from head to toe, and asked, “Are you a little mommy?”
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A．Because the boy ran into the author.
B．Because the boy laughed at the author.
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A．52．B．55．C．60．D．62．
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A．Intelligence and luck．B．Hard work and intelligence．
C．Money and interest．D．Good education and ambition．
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A．He left home for Harvard University．
B．He dropped out from Harvard University．
C．He and his friend Allen started a new company．
D．He was sent to a private school where he first studied computer．
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B: I was once on a ship and heard the captain shout, “All hands on deck(甲板).” I put my hands on the deck and someone walked on them.
C: I once called early on an English friend and the servant who came to the door said, “He’s not up yet. Come back in half an hour.” When I went again for him, she said, “He’s not down yet.” I said, “If he’s neither up nor down. Where is he?”
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A．Don’t look outB．Look out for the water
C．Be carefulD．Look everywhere
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A．my feetB．my handsC．the shipD．the deck
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B．He doesn’t come up and doesn’t go down
C．He hasn't turned up and hasn't turned down
D．He hasn't got up and he hasn't come downstairs
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A．English is very interesting if you like it and keep on using it
B．it is impossible to learn English very well in a short time
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After we got him out, we went back to find the gun that he had thrown down. His tracks showed that for two days he had circled in the forest, within 200 yards of the road. His senses were so dulled by fear and tiredness that he did not hear the cars going by or see the lights at night.
We found him just in time.
This man, like others before him, had simply been frightened when he knew he was lost. What had been a near disaster might have turned out as only a pleasant walk, if he had made a few preparations before he stepped from the highway or off a known path.
Whatever sense of direction that a man may have, it’s still largely a question of observation. A skilled woodsman always keeps an eye on his surroundings. He notes the shape of a mountain, the direction water flows through a swamp, and the way a tree leans across a path. With these in mind, he is still likely to turn around many times, but he is seldom lost.
There are exceptions, of course, and once in a while a man does come across some strange problem that puts him into the “l(fā)ost” situation. A rainstorm or sudden blizzard may catch him without a compass in his pocket. Darkness may find him in a rough area, where travel is dangerous without a light.
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C．feel it is convenient to ask for help from his friendsD．feel sorry that he didn’t study hard enough
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A．intelligenceB．observationC．directionD．chance
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Researchers at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge, southern England, have shown that the animals have a good memory system and are extremely good at recognizing faces—which they think is a sure sign of intelligence.
Behavioral scientist Keith Kendrick and his friends trained 20 sheep to recognize and distinguish 25 pairs of sheep faces and used electrodes (電極) to measure their brain activity , which showed they could remember 50 faces for up to two years .
“If they can do that with faces, they have to have reasonable intelligence; otherwise, what is the point of having a system for remembering faces and not remembering anything else?” Kendrick said in an interview.
So hours of seemingly mindless eating grass may not be so mindless after all.
Kendrick believes sheep got their reputation as dumb (unable to speak, unintelligent) animals because they live in large groups and do not appear to have much individuality and are frightened of just about everything.
“All animals, including humans, once they are frightened, don’t tend to show signs of intelligent action,” he explained.
In research reported in the science journal Nature, Kendrick and his team showed that sheep, like humans, have a specialized system in the brain which allows them to distinguish between many different faces which look extremely similar.
“The most important finding (of the study) is that they are able , both from a behavioral point of view and from looking at the way the brain is organized , to remember a large number of individuals for a very long time,” said Kendrick. “It is a very strange system. They are showing similar abilities in many ways to humans.”
小題1:From the first paragraph we can find that______.         .
A．people used to think sheep are smarter than the other animals
B．people used to raise sheep in a wrong way
C．people don’t consider sheep as clever animals
D．people have done a lot of research on sheep
小題2:From what Kendrick said in the interview we learn that_____.         .
A．scientists have learned everything about sheep’s intelligence
B．scientists have learned a little about sheep’s intelligence
C．scientists can’t do anything more about sheep’s memory
D．scientists do not have to research animals’ memory
小題3:As is known in the passage,__________.
A．sheep are among the week animals
B．it is not right for people to raise sheep in groups
C．when sheep eat grass in the field their minds may be active
D．if people feel frightened, they may become braver

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