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Passage
One
On
11 December, 1979, Mother Teresa went to Norway. She went to receive the greatest
prize in the world—the Nobel Peace Prize. She stood in her blue and white
sari in front of hundreds of important people. She spoke simply. She had no
notes. She told them of the poverty and sadness in the world.
She received the prize of $190,000 not for herself but for the poor people
of the world. She used the money to feed hungry people, to give homes to those
who have nowhere to live, to give help to the sick and the dying . In fact
she received more than $190,000. There was not the usual Nobel banquet in
1979. The money which was saved on the banquet bought meals for fifteen thousand
hungry people.
The Nobel Peace Prize is usually given to famous politicians, but Mother
Teresa is not a politician. She is a nun, the Mother Superior of the Missionaries
of Charity. She received the Nobel Peace Prize because her whole life has
been given to loving and helping people.
(180 words)
1.
The Nobel Prize is awarded in ______.( B
)
(a) India
(b) Norway
(c) Britain
(d) Canada
2.
According to the passage, Mother Teresa ________.(
A )
(a) did not speak from prepared notes
(b) spoke to fifteen thousand people in Norway
(c) used to live in Albania
(d) had worked in Russia
3.
The Nobel Peace Prize was given to Mother Teresa because
_______. (
D )
(a) she has made great contributions to world politics .
(b) she is head of an influential religious organization .
(c) she lives simply herself but is generous to other people .
(d) she has devoted her life to loving and helping people .
4.
According to the text, there is usually ______ for the Nobel Prize receiver.
(
A )
(a) a banquet
(b) a show
(c) a celebration
(d) a tour
5.
The best title for this passage can be: ______. (
B )
(a) Mother Teresa's Life
(b) Mother Teresa Receives the Nobel Peace Prize
(c) A Famous Woman
(d) Angel of the Poor
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Passage
Two
One day, sixty-year-old Henry Ford went down a mine. He lay on his back in
narrow tunnels (坑道) and cut the coal from above his head. He came out black,
wet, stiff and sore. He told his manager to make the tunnels wider and to
improve and repair the miners' houses.
When he got tired of waiting for the railways to deliver his coal, Henry
Ford bought an old railway which ran between Ohio and Detroit. People laughed.
But he ran that railway and, at a time when locomotives burnt coal and made
everything dirty, his engine sheds and stations were painted white and kept
that way.
He did not like the quality of the glass he was getting for his windscreens.
So he bought a glass factory, improved it, and became—quite by accident—one
of the world's biggest glass producers. And yet all he wanted to do was build
cars.
He was interested in everything, in radios, clocks and planes. He flew with
Lindbergh just before the famous pilot made his first flight alone across
the Atlantic. He even began to build planes.
Meanwhile, Henry and his wife Clara were as happy a couple as ever. They
both loved birds, and often watched them together. Once, when a bird made
its nest by the front door, everyone used the back door until the mother bird
had brought up her family.
They also loved dancing, even in old age, and organized dancing classes for
the school children in their town.
Running was Henry's favorite exercise. Early one morning a guest on the Ford
private train noticed that they were going rather slowly. He looked out and
saw Henry Ford running along behind the train, getting his morning exercise.
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6. Henry Ford
improved the working and living conditions of the miners because __________.
(
D )
(a) his manager had demanded it
(b) he had to work in the mines too
(c) he needed to make more money
(d) he learned how bad their conditions were
7.
When Henry bought an old railway, ______. (
B )
(a) he decorated the engine sheds and stations for exhibition
(b) people thought that he had done a foolish thing
(c) he wanted his locomotive to burn coal
(d) there were already enough trains carrying coal
8. Henry
bought a glass factory and improved it because _________. ( D
)
(a) there was no factory producing glass for car windscreens
(b) he wanted to become one of the biggest glass producers
(c) his greatest interest was in the production of glass
(d) he wanted to improve the quality of glass to be used for his cars
9.
Henry
flew with Lindbergh because he __________. (
D )
(a) was learning to fly a plane
(b) wanted to be a famous pilot
(c) was planning to fly alone across the Atlantic
(d) was interested in planes
10.
The Henrys used the back door because __________. (
D )
(a) they had children to bring up
(b) it was easier to watch the birds
(c) there was a bird nest there and they wanted to watch it
(d) they didn't want to disturb the mother bird nesting by the front door
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Passage
Three
Dr Benjamin Spock died of natural causes in 1998. During his lifetime he
had been a children's doctor, a pacifist, a presidential candidate, and one
of Yale University's most famous athletes.
Born in 1903, Dr Spock is best known for his 1946-book Common Sense Book
of Baby and Child Care, the best-selling book in the world after the Bible.
He published 12 books in all, including Caring for Your Disabled Child and
A Teenager's Guide to Life and Love.
One of his lesser-known achievements is his Olympic gold medal. In 1924,
as a member of the Yale team, he sailed with seven others to Paris and won
an Olympic gold medal, setting a world record of 5:51 over a 2 000-meter course
on the Seine River.
Unlike earlier baby experts, he suggested loving care instead of strict disciplines.
He had a huge influence on the way that most of the kids in the 50s were raised.
Spock believed that people of the world should live in peace. He took part
in protest marches against the Vietnam War and nuclear weapons. He was arrested
several times at the Pentagon and the White House for protesting against American
defense policies. In 1972, he ran for President with the People's Party, receiving
about 80 000 votes.
Spock will always be remembered for his contributions to humanity.
(221 words)
11.
Dr Spock's best known book is about _______________.
(
B )
(a) sports
(b) baby and child care
(c) common sense
(d) life and love
12.
In 1924, Dr Spock won an Olympic gold medal by ____.
(
D )
(a) flying over the Pacific
(b) racing alone to Paris
(c) sailing with a team to Paris
(d) running a 2 000-meter course on the Seine River
13.
As a baby expert, Spock stressed __________.
(
B )
(a) strict disciplines
(b) loving care
(c) early education
(d) both disciplines and care
14.
Spock was arrested several times because ________.
(
A )
(a) he protested against wars and nuclear weapons
(b) he ran for President with the People's Party
(c) he joined the Vietnam war
(d) he went to the Pentagon and the White House
15.
The
word "pacifist" in paragraph one most probably means _______. ( C
)
(a) one who writes a bestseller
(b) one who opposes government policies
(c) one who is against wars
(d) one who cares for children
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