A blind schoolgirl has become the youngest interpreter (口译员) when she is only ten years
Alexia Sloane is from Cambridge. She was told by the doctor she had a brain tumour (脑癌) when she was on holiday "with her parents in France. After that the two-year-old girl became blind.
Though the little girl can't see anything, she has great talent for languages and at the age of 10 she is already fluent (流利的) in English, French, Spanish and Chinese-and is learning German.
Now her dream of working as an interpreter has come true. East of England MEP (欧盟议员) Robert Sturdy invited her to the European Parliament (议会). "Usually a person who enters the European Parliament should be 14 at least. So it was amazing for Alexia to work there at the age of 10. " said Alexia's mother Isabelle. Alexia can speak three languages since birth. As her mum is hah" French and half Spanish and her dad Richard is English. " She has always been very good at languages and shown an interest from a very young age. " added Isabelle, who also has a four-year-old daughter Melissa.
Alexia has dreamed of becoming an interpreter since she was six and chose to go to the European Parliament as her prize when she won the Young Achiever Community Award of the Year (年度青年成就奖). She asked if she could learn from the interpreters and HEP Robert Sturdy agreed to take her along as his guest. " It was fantastic and I decided to become an interpreter, "said Alexia. "Nothing can stop me. "
【小题1】How old is the youngest interpreter according to the passage?
| A．4. | B．6. | C．10. | D．14. |
| A．When she was born. |
| B．After she had a brain tumour. |
| C．After she became an interpreter. |
| D．When she was on holiday with her parents. |
| A．Richard. | B．Isabelle. | C．Melissa. | D．Robert Sturdy. |
| A．She can speak five language fluently. |
| B．She is a talented language learner. |
| C．She is the only child in the family. |
D． She went to France on holiday after she won the award. |
| A．Never give up. | B．Believe in yourself. |
| C．Nothing is impossible. | D．Failure is the mother of success. |
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Once there was a piano player in a bar(酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.
‘I don’t sing,’ said the man.
But the lady told the waiter, ‘I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!’
The waiter shouted across the room, ‘Hey, friend! If you want to get your money, sing a song!’
So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.
You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.
【小题1】The lady asked the player to sing a song because ______________.
| A．she had paid him for this | B．she knew him very well |
| C．she wanted to have a change | D．she enjoyed his singing |
| A．the lady helped him a lot | B．he caught the chance |
| C．he continued to play in the bar | D．he stopped playing the piano |
| A．hide it and wait | B．ask others for help |
| C．pay no attention to it | D．work hard to improve yourself |
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Jack is an English student. He always stays at home for his holidays. But last winter he thought, “I have never left the country. All my friends have been to Germany. They like it very much. So this year I’m going there for my holiday.”
First he went to Berlin and stayed in a small hotel for a few days. One morning he went out for a walk. In his country people drive on the left, but in Germany they drive on the right. Jack forgot about this, and while he came to a busy street, a bike knocked him down.
Jack lay on the ground for a few seconds and then he sat up and said, “Where am I?” An old man was selling maps at the side of the street. He quickly came to Jack and said, “Maps of the city, Sir? “
【小题1】Jack is a(n) _____________.
| A．German student | B．American student |
| C．English student | D．French student |
| A．to visit his friends | B．to see his parents |
| C．to drive a car | D．to spend his holidays |
| A．on the right | B．on the left | C．in the middle | D．in the air |
| A．He lost his way. | B．A bike knocked him down. |
| C．His car broke down. | D．He didn’t find his hotel. |
| A．He thought Jack was hurt. |
| B．He thought Jack wanted to go home. |
| C．He thought Jack wanted something to eat. |
| D．He thought Jack wanted a map. |
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A man hated his wife’s cat and decided to throw it away.
One day, he drove it over one mile from his home and left it in a park. But when he got home, he saw that his wife was playing with the cat.
The next day he drove the cat about three miles away. He put the cat out of the car and went home. Driving back his driveway（私人车道）, the cat was there already.
The man keep taking the cat further and further away and the cat would always get home before him. At last he decided to drive more than ten miles away. He turned right, then left, past a bridge, then right again and another right until he thought he was far enough from home and left the cat there.
Hours later the man was still driving home. He was lost! He called home and asked his wife, “Jen, is the cat there?”
“Yes,” his wife answered, “why do you ask?”
The man answered, “Put it on the phone. I’m lost and need directions.”
【小题1】The first time the man drove out, he _____.
A. sold the cat
B. took the cat home
C. left the cat in the park
【小题2】Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The man liked his wife’s cat and often played with it.
B. Every time the man threw the cat away, it came home earlier than the man.
C. The last time the man threw the cat away, it lost its way and didn’t come back.
【小题3】 Why did the man call home?
A. Because he was lost.
B. Because he missed his wife very much.
C. Because he wanted to know if the cat was at home.
【小题4】How far away did the man take the cat the last time?
A. Over 1 mile. B. About 3 miles. C. More than 10 miles.
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阅读短文，根据短文内容判断所给句子正(T)误(F)。(共5小题，每小题2分)
David got a job in a police station after he left school. He worked there for 42 years and he’ll retire this year. He worked hard in the past 42 years. But he was not a lucky man. Hefailed to catch a thief. He was often sorry for it.
Last weekend, while David's wife was cooking she found there was no salt at home. Soshe asked her husband to buy some. In the shop, David saw a young man taking away awallet from a woman's bag. He walked to him quietly, but the young man noticed David andran away at once. David ran after him. At last the thief ran into a blind alley(死胡同) andDavid caught him.
“Please give me a chance, sir.” said the thief
“Who can give one to me?”said David, “I’ll soon retire and I catch athief for the first time!”
【小题1】David worked hard in the past 42 years.
【小题2】David was a lucky man, and he often caught thieves.
【小题3】 Last weekend his wife asked him to buy some sugar.
【小题4】A young man was stealing a woman's wallet in a shop
【小题5】The young man was the first thief that David caught.
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Mr Scott was the owner of a shop. He lived by himself in a small room above his shop. He was always afraid that someone might break into his shop at night
One day, when he checked his money after closing up, he found he had almost 10,000 dollars. He thought keeping so much money in the shop was a dangerous thing. So he took the money with him to his bedroom, put it in the pocket of his coat and went to bed with his coat on. At midnight the doorbell rang and woke him up. He got out of bed and called out in a shaky(颤抖的) voice, “What do you want?” Under the street light stood a policeman, “Sorry to wake you up,” the policeman said, “but all the lights are on in your shop. I think you just forgot to turn them off when you closed up.”
【小题1】Where did Mr Scott live?
A. By himself. B. In his shop. C. Above his shop.
【小题2】How much money did he have that day?
A.＄10,000. B.￥10,000. C. 10,000.
【小题3】Why did Mr Scott sleep with he money that night? '
A. Because he loved money very much.
b. Because he thought it was not safe to keep it in the shop.
C. Because he knew the policeman would wake him up.
【小题4】Why did the policeman wake him up? '
A. Because he wanted to turn off the lights .
b. Because he wanted to remind Mr Scott
C. Because he wanted to ring his doorbell.
【小题5】How did Mr Scott feel when he heard the doorbell.
A. Excited. B. Angry. C. Stressed.
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Joan worked in a hospital as a nurse. One evening there was a big dance at the hospital. Most of the doctors and nurses would be there, but of course somebody had to be left to look after the sick children, and Joan was not of the lucky ones. She liked dancing very much, so when she had to start work that evening while her friends were getting ready to go to the dance, she felt very sorry for herself
She went to each sick child one after another and said good-night, until she came to we little boy, Dicky. He was eleven years old, but he was already able to talk like an adult(成年人). Poor Dicky had a very serious(严重的) illness, and now he was hardly (几乎不) able to move any part of his body except his hands. Joan knew he would never get any better, but he was always happy and always thinking about other people instead of about himself.
Dicky knew that Joan loved dancing, so now when she came to say good-night to him, he greeted(问候) her with the words, "I’m very sorry that you have to miss the dance because of us. But we are going to have a party for you. If you look in my drawer, you will find a piece of cake. I saved(省下) it from my supper today, so it is quite fresh. And there is also a dollar there. You can buy something to drink with that. And I’d get up and dance with you myself if I was able to," he added(补充说) .
Suddenly the hospital dance seemed very far away and not at all important to Joan.
【小题1】Dicky was lovely because _______.
| A．he was a nice, kind boy of eleven |
| B．he was always thinking about others more than himself |
| C．he saved a piece of cake for his nurse |
| D．he could foresee(预知) that he would never get any better |
| A．Dicky knew why Joan was unhappy. | B．Dicky heard about the dance. |
| C．Dicky showed sympathy(同情) for Joan. | D．Dicky got up to greet Joan when she came. |
| A．got up and danced with her |
| B．gave Joan a piece of cake he had saved |
| C．brought her something to drink |
| D．lost the dollar which he was going to give Joan |
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Most people will rest and relax when they are old. They do not work. And most people are certainly not famous. But Grandma Moses is different She starts a new job at the age of 76.
This is her story. She was born in a poor farmer’s family in 1860. Her parents named her Anna Mary Robertson. She married Thomas Moses in 1887. He was a farm worker.
Now it is 1930. Anna Mary Moses is 70, and is a grandmother. She begins to paint pictures. She does paintings of country life. One day, her daughter takes her paintings to a store in town. Her paintings are put in the window. A man from New York sees the paintings in the window and buys them. And he wants more!
The man likes Grandma Moses’ paintings. He wants to help her. So he takes her paintings to galleries(美术馆) in New York City. Otto Kallir has a famous gallery there. He likes the paintings by Grandma Moses. Now it is 1940 and Grandma Moses’ paintings are in Kallir’s gallery. She is 80 years old.
Grandma Moses suddenly becomes famous. Everyone wants her paintings. So she paints more and more. She wins many prizes for her paintings. She becomes famous in the United States and Europe .
When she is 100 years old, the State of New York makes her birthday "Grandma Moses’ Day". After her 100th birthday, she paints 6 more paintings. She dies at age 101 and a lot of people think she is amazing.
【小题1】How is Grandma Moses different from most other old people?
| A．She has more grandchildren. | B．She has her own art gallery. |
| C．She lives an easy life. | D．She starts a new job. |
| A．when her daughter asks her to do that | B．when she gets married |
| C．at the age of 70 | D．in the year 1940 |
| A．a man from New York | B．her daughter |
| C．Otto Kallir’s gallery | D．the owner of a store in town |
| A．Grandma Moses is too old to paint at age 100 |
| B．people like her paintings but do not like her |
| C．it is never too late to start a new job |
| D．many people prefer paintings by old ladies |
| A．Grandma Moses and New York State | B．Grandma Moses and Painting |
| C．Grandma Moses’ family | D．Grandma Moses’ Day |
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One day at the end of the class, a wise teacher told each of her students to 1 a plastic bag and a bag of potatoes to school.
The next day she told her students: “From today on, for every person you don't like in your lives, you can choose a potato, write the person's name and the date 2 it and then put it in the plastic bag.” Day after day, some of the students' bags were very 3 . They were then told to carry this bag with them everywhere they went for a week. They would put it inside their quilts 4 , on the seats when sitting in a car or on a bus , and next to their desks at school. The days carrying the bag around with them 5 students get to know what a weight they were carrying in their minds. They had to pay attention to it all the time 6 they wouldn't forget it. As time passed by, the potatoes went bad and 7 nasty(恶心). They all tired to get rid of them.
Too often we think of tolerance（宽容）as a gift to 8 people, and it clearly is for ourselves! If we choose to keep our sadness and hatred（仇恨）in our 9 , we will have to
carry them around all our lives.
Do you think you have got 10 from the wise teacher and what she asked her students
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