2012年新宁崀山实验学校高二英语阅读回答问题竞赛试题
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Mrs Keller had a big family.Her husband had a factory in the town.One of her sons was a lawyer and the other two were drivers.And her two daughters worked in the post office.The old woman stayed at home and could do all housework and wouldn`t employ anybody.
One evening, the telephone rang while the old woman was preparing supper.She went to answer it.She was told that one of her sons died in a traffic accident.She heard this and fell in a faint.When she came back to life, she was in hospital.And she needed to be helped after that.
Several months later she was told on the telephone her daughter died while she was being operated on.The old woman was so sad that she had to be in hospital again.From then on she was afraid to answer any telephones and sometimes she was afraid hear the bell.Of course it brought them some trouble and some important business was held up.So her husband advised her to see a psychiatrist.The man examined her carefully and then asked her some questions.
“You will soon be all right if you follow my advice, Mrs Kellerpsychiatrist.
”said the
The old woman took the medicine the doctor gave on time and tried to forget her dead son and daughter.And two months later she went to see the psychiatrist again.
“You have saved me, Doctor, him.
“Are you afraid to answer the telephone now ?“No,”answered Keller.
“I dare answer it whether it rings or not
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’s family?(one word).
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”the old woman said, as soon as she saw
1.How many people are there in Mrs Keller
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4.What was Mrs Keller doing when she was told on the telephone her daughter died?
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B
Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members, especially their parents, don't know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it is quite often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for advice. It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or many friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the phone. This communication is very important in children's growing up, because friends can discuss something. These things are difficult to say to their family members.
However, parents often try to choose friends for their children. Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends. The question of “choice”is an interesting one. Have you ever thought of the following questions?
Who chooses your friends?
Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you?
Have you got a good friend your parents don't like?
6.Who did know them better than their parents in many teenagers’mind?
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7.Who is the most important people in their lives to many teenagers?
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8.Is the communication during friends very important in childengrowing up? Why?
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9. According to the passage,who does often try to choose friends for many
teenagers?
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10.When teenagers stay alone,what is the usual way of communication?
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C
Holly had never traveled more than 100 miles from her home in Oklahoma when she applied to be a foreign exchange student to Brazil. Her hands were shaking when she came home one day to find an envelope bearing the return address of the exchange program. She had been accepted as an exchange student to Brazil. Holly was excited and a little nervous to know that she was going to spend a whole year in another country. Holly didn't speak Portuguese.
She didn't even know anyone who had ever been to Brazil.Fortunately, she had two months to get ready.
Gabriel looked out of the airplane window and couldn't believe he was on his way to the United States from his native Argentina. Gabriel was an only child, but he was going to live with an American family that had six children. Gabriel would be living on a farm where sheep and cattle were raised and everyone knew how to ride a horse. He had already studied English for several years.
Every year, thousands of students all over the world take part in student exchange programs such as AFS Intercultural Programs, Rotary Youth Exchange and Youth for Understanding. With the aim of promoting(
促
进)understanding among people all over the world, these non-profit programs offer students a chance to study and live in another country for a certain period of time.
Students who have studied abroad report that being an exchange student is an extremely helpful experience. Living in another country
，staying with a
family and attending school means a good chance to 1ealxl about the country and the culture in ways that can never be experienced as a tourist. Learning another language is an extra benefit. Many former exchange students never lose their love of traveling. They go on to look for chances to travel throughout their lives.
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