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Question 12 · Single choice · 中档
41. What was the most probable cause for Lisa’s weakness?
A. She had run a long way. B. She felt hot in the subway. C. She had done a 1ot of work. D. She had donated blood the night before.
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Question 13 · Single choice · 中档
42. Why did Jennifer try to stop her boyfriend?
A. Because they would miss their train. B. Because he didn’t see the train coming. C. Because she was sure Lisa was hard to lift. D. Because she was afraid the train would kill him.
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Question 14 · Single choice · 中档
43. How did Frank save Lisa?
A. By lifting her to the platform. B. By helping her rise to her feet. C. By pulling her along the ground. D. By dragging her away from the edge.
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Question 15 · Single choice · 中档
44. When did Lisa become conscious again?
A. When the train was leaving. B. After she was back on the platform. C. After the police and fire officials came. D. When a man was cleaning the blood from her head.
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Question 16 · Single choice · 中档
$45. The passage is intended to _____________$
A. warn us of the danger in the subway B. show US how to save people in the subway C. tell US about a subway rescue D. report a traffic accident
B
We once had a poster competition in our fifth grade art class.
“You could win prizes，’’our teacher told US as she wrote the poster
information on the blackboard. She passed out sheets of construction paper while
continuing，“The first prize is ten dollars. You just have to make sure that the words
on the blackboard appear somewhere on your poster. ”
We studied the board critically. Some of US looked with one eye and held up
certain colors against the blackboard，rocking the sheets to the fight or left while we
conjured up our designs. Others twisted their hair around their fingers or chewed their
erasers while deep in thought. We had plans for that ten—dollar grand prize，each
and every one of US. I'm going to spend mine on candies，one hopeful would
announce，while another practiced looking serious，wise and rich.
Everyone in the class made a poster. Some of us used parts of those fancy paper
napkins， while others used nothing but colored construction paper. Some of US used
big designs，and some of us preferred to gather our art tidily down in one comer of
our poster and let the space draw the viewer's attention to it. Some of US would
wander past the good students’ desks and then return to our own projects with a
growing sense of hopelessness. It was yet another grown-up trick of the soil they
seemed especially fond of。making all of US believe we had a fair chance，and then
always—always—rewarding the same old winners.
I believe I drew a sailboat，but I can’t say that with any certainty. I made it. I
admired it. I determined it to be the very best of all of the posters I had seen，and
then I turned it in.
Minutes passed.
No one came along to give me the grand prize，and then someone distracted
me，and I probably never would have thought about that poster again.
I was still sitting at my desk，thinking，What poster? When the teacher gave
me an envelope with a ten-dollar bill in it and everyone in the class applauded for me.
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Question 17 · Single choice · 中档
46. What was the teacher's requirement for the poster?
A. It must appear in time. B. It must be done in class. C. It must be done on a construction sheet. D. It must include the words on the blackboard.
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Question 18 · Single choice · 中档
$47. The underlined phrase in paragraph 3 most probably means _____________.$
A. formed an idea for B. made an outline for C. made some space for D. chose some colors for
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48. After the teacher’s words，$all the students in the class _________.$
A. 1ooked very serious B. thought they would be rich C. began to think about their designs D. began to play games
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Question 20 · Single choice · 中档
49. After seeing the good students’ designs，$some students _________.$
A. 1oved their own designs more B. thought they had a fair chance C. put their own designs in a comer D. thought they would not win the prize
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Question 21 · Single choice · 中档
$50. We can infer from the passage that the author ______________.$
A. enjoyed grown-up tricks very much B. 1oved poster competitions very much C. felt surprised to win the competition D. became wise and rich after the competition
C
A few years ago I had an “aha!” moment regarding handwriting.
I had in my hand a sheet of paper with handwritten instructions on it for some
sort of editorial task. It occurred at first that I did not recognize the handwriting，and
then I realized whose it must be. I finally became aware of the fact that I had been
working with this colleague for at least a year，maybe two，and yet I did not
recognize her handwriting at that point.
It was a very important event in the computerization of life—a sign that the
informal. Friendly communication of people working together in an office had
changed from notes in pen to instant messages and emails. There was a time when our
workdays were filled with little letters，and we recognized one another's handwriting
the way we knew voices or faces.
As a child visiting my father’s office，1 was pleased to recognize，in little
notes on the desks of his staff，the same handwriting 1 would see at home in the
notes he would leave on the fridge—except that those notes were signed “dad” instead
of “RFW”.
All this has been on my mind because of the talk about The Rise and Fall of
Handwriting，a book by Florey. Sire shows in her book a deep concern about the fall
of handwriting and the failure of schools to teach children to write well，but many
others argue that people in a digital age can’t be expected to learn to hold a pen.
I don’t buy it.
I don’t want to see anyone cut off from the expressive，personal associations
that a pen still promotes better than a digital keyboard does. For many a
biographer，part of really getting to know their subjects is learning to read their
handwriting.
What some people advocate is teaching one of the many attractive handwritings
based on the handwriting of 16 th-century Italy. That may sound impossibly grand—as
if they want kids to learn to draw by copying classical paintings. However，they have
worked in many school systems.
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Question 22 · Single choice · 中档
51. Why was the author surprised at not recognizing his colleague’s
A. He had worked with his colleague long enough. B. His colleague’s handwriting was SO beautiful. C. His colleague’s handwriting was SO terrible. D. He still had a 1ot of Work to do.
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Question 23 · Single choice · 中档
$52. People working together in an office used to ____________.$
A. talk more about handwriting B. take more notes on workdays C. know better one another's handwriting D. communicate better with one another
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Question 24 · Single choice · 中档
53. The author’$s father wrote notes in pen _________.$
A. to both his family and his staff B. to his family in small letters C. to his family on the fridge D. to his staff on the desk
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Question 25 · Single choice · 中档
54. According to the author，$handwritten notes _______.$
A. are harder to teach in schools B. attract more attention C. are used only between friends D. carry more message
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