On May 3

On May 3, 1937, Margaret Mitchell won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel “Gone with the wind”.

On May 3, 1898, Golda Meir, the fourth prime minister of the State of Israel, was born.

On May 3, 1802, Washington, D.C. officially became a city.

On May 2

On May 2, 1903, Benjamin Spock, the American pediatrician (兒科醫(yī)生) whose book on child rearing (扶養(yǎng)) influenced generations of parents, was born.

On May 2, 1885, Harper’s Weekly featured a cartoon about the construction of the Statue of Liberty.

On May 1

On May 1, 1967, Singer Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu in Las Vegas.

On May 1, 1907, Kate Smith, the American singer who was considered the “first lady of radio” was born.

On May 1, 1880, Harper’s Weekly featured a cartoon about the mass migration of Southern blacks to the West.

On April 30

On April 30, 1945, Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler committed suicide (自殺) along with his wife of one day, Eva Braun, as Russian troops approached his Berlin Bunker.

On April 30, 1902, Theodore Schultz, the American economist who won a Nobel Prize for his important studies of the human factor in the workplace, was born.

On April, 30, 1859, Harper’s Weekly featured a cartoon about a U.S. military expedition to Paraguay (巴拉圭).

64.Arrange the following events in order of time they happened.

a. Margaret Mitchell won a Pulitzer Prize            b. Benjamin Spock was born

c. Elvis Presley got married              d. Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler died

A. a-b-c-d      B. b-a-d-c      C. b-a-c-d      D. a-b-d-c

65.Who later became a political leader?

A. Golda Meir       B. Elvis Presley     C. Kate Smith        D. Theodore Schultz

66.Harper’s Weekly is most probably _____.

A. a daily newspaper with a cartoon column

B. a cartoon newspaper started in the late 19th century

C. an American magazine with a cartoon column

D. a European cartoon magazine with a long history

67.The section of a newspaper containing this type of information can best be titled _____.

A. History focus                    B. History’s celebration  

C. Important historical events            D. On this day in history

About ten years ago, a young and very successful businessman named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his shiny, black, Jaguar XKE, which was only two months old.

He was watching for kids rushing out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no child came out, but a brick sailed out and — WHUMP! — it hit the Jag’s shiny black side door! SCREECH...!!!! Immediately Josh stopped the car, jumped out, seized the kid and pushed him up against a parked car. He shouted at the kid, "What was that all about and who are you? Just what are you doing?!" Building up a head of steam, he went on. “That’s my new car.  That brick you threw is gonna cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it?"

"Please, mister, please....I’m sorry! I didn’t know what else to do!" begged the boy. "I threw the brick because no one else would stop!" Tears were streaming down the boy’s face as he pointed around the parked car. "It’s my brother, mister," he said. "He rolled of the curb (路沿) and fell out of his wheelchair and I can’t lift him up. "Sobbing, the boy asked the businessman," Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He’s hurt and he’s too heavy for me.”

Moved beyond words, the young businessman tried hard to swallow (咽下) the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. Straining, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and wiped the scrapers and cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be OK. He then watched the younger brother push him down the sidewalk toward their home.

It was a long walk back to the black, shining Jaguar XKE — a long and slow walk. Josh never did fix the side door of his Jaguar. He kept the dent (凹痕) to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention. Feel for the bricks of life coming at you.

57. The boy threw a brick at the businessman’s car because ____________.

A. the businessman drove at a high speed                   B. he envied the new car very much

C. he wanted to ask for some money                         D. he wanted to get help from the driver

58. Which of the following is the right order of the story?

a. The younger brother threw a brick at Josh’s car.  b. The elder brother fell out of his wheelchair.

c. The younger brother begged Josh for help. 

d. Josh lifted the elder brother back into his wheelchair.   e. Josh shouted at the younger brother.

A.b, a, e, c, d        B. a, c, d, b, e           C. b, a, c, e, d    D. a, c, b, e, d

59. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Josh would accept the money from the kids.          B. The two kids were Josh’s neighbors.

C. Josh was a kind-hearted man.                               D. Josh’s new car broke down easily.

60. According to the passage, the underlined sentence in the last paragraph means ____________.

A. trying to get ready for the trouble in your future life

B. driving fast in a neighborhood street is dangerous

C. trying to be more understanding seeing others in trouble

D. protecting oneself from being hurt

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       In your spoken English class , your teacher shows you the following picture .You are asked to describe the picture and explain how you understand it.

Both of the sofas they ordered online arrived, but       fit through the doorway.

       A．none B．nor    C．neither      D．either

The girls______a game called Bomb happily when the teacher suddenly entered the classroom.

       A．played      B．were playing    C．a(chǎn)re playing       D．had played

—Have you seen your aunt lately?

—Yes, in fact I saw her yesterday．I ______ her for several months．

       A．haven't see      B．didn't see        C．hadn't seen      D．don't see

________ me, I shall not return to Ottawa either.

 A. As from       B. As follows         C. As usual          D. As for    

Eight – year – old Jesse Abrogate was playing in the sea late one evening in July 2001 when a 7 – foot bull shark attacked him and tore off his arm. Jesse’s uncle jumped into the sea and dragged the boy to shore. The boy was not breathing. His aunt gave him mouth – to – mouth resuscitation (人工呼吸) while his uncle rang the emergency services. Pretty soon, a helicopter arrived and flew the boy to hospital. It was a much quicker journey than the journey by road.

Jesse’s uncle, Vance Folsenzier, ran back into to the sea and found the shark that had attacked his nephew. He picked the shark up and threw it onto the beach. A coastguard shot the fish four times and although this did not kill it, the shark’s jaws relaxed so that they could open them, and reach down into its stomach, and pull out the boy’s arm.

At the Baptist Hospital in Pensacola, Dr Ian Rogers spent eleven hours reattaching Jesse’s arm. “It was a complicated operation,” he said, “but we were lucky. If the arm hadn’t been recovered in time, we wouldn’t have been able to do the operation at all. What I mean is that if they hadn’t found the shark, well then we wouldn’t have had a chance.’

According to local park ranger Jack Tomosvic, shark attacks are not that common. “Jesse was just unlucky,” he says, “evening is the shark’s feeding time. And Jesse was in area without lifeguards. This would never have happened if he had been in area where swimming is allowed.’

When reporters asked Jesse’s uncle how he had had the courage to fight a shark, he replied, “I was mad and you do some strange things when you’re mad.”

What was the boy doing when the accident happened?

      A．Feeding a hungry shark.  B．Jumping into the rough sea.

       C．Dragging a boy to the shore.   D．Swimming in a dangerous area.

In which way did the boy’s uncle help with the operation?

       A．By finding his lost arm.  B．By shooting the fish.

       C．By flying him to hospital.       D．By blowing into his mouth.

How was his uncle in time of danger?

       A．Careful.    B．Brave.      C．Optimistic.       D．Patient.