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   The 30 miles of steep(陡峭的)roads that snake through the mountains of Logan Canyon in Utah are enough to make most drivers' hands sweat. But Andersen, a 46-year-old father of four, wasn't expecting any trouble on the road last New Year's Eve, when he set off for a ski trip to the Bear River Mountains with nine-year-old daughter Mia, four-year-old son Baylor, and nine-year-old neighbour Kenya. Andersen had driven through the Logan Canyon hundreds of times over the years.

The weather was fine-but the higher they drove, the more slippery the roads became. Rounding a sharp U-turn at mile marker 473, Andersen saw a truck that had skated off the road and immediately tapped his brakes. In an instant, the car was sliding at 25 miles per hour towards the shoulder of the highway, then rolling down a steep ten-foot dam towards the extremely cold Logan River. As it hit the water, the car tipped towards the passenger side, hesitated, and then rolled onto its roof and sank into the river.

There was no time to tell the kids what to do. The crash had broken a few windows, and within seconds, the upside-down car was filled with water. "It was frightening how fast we were completely underwater, "remembers Andersen, a soft-spoken product development manager. "You're thinking, is this how it's all going to end?"

Having lost the sense of direction, Andersen began to search the freezing water for the kids. Miahad been right next to him in the front seat;now, in the blackness, he couldn't find her. "I thought, if I didn't get out, maybe none of us were going to get out." Andersen got out of his seat belt, swam through a broken window, and, deeply and quickly, breathed air at the surface. That's when he saw a group of men, about ten in all, appear at the top of the dam. One after another, they raced down into the water. Leading all the three children to safety, they began to shout at the father, "Who else is in the car?"Andersen says respectfully, "It was like the sight of angels(天使)."

【小题1】What might be the main reason for the car accident?
A.The sharp U-turn.
B.The steep dam.
C.The sudden braking.
D.A truck hitting the car.
【小题2】What can be learned from the last paragraph?
A.Andersen lost consciousness in the water.
B.Strangers helped Andersen out of the car.
C.Andersen liked Mia most among the children.
D.Strangers teamed together to save the three children.
【小题3】The underlined sentence is to express Andersen's feeling of being ________.
A.tiredB.excited
C.doubtfulD.grateful
【小题4】Which of the following can be the best title of the text?
A.A Dangerous Road
B.Rounding a U-turn
C.Miracle Rescue from an Icy River
D.Mystery of the Bear River Mountains
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同类题1

Johnny Smith was a good math student at a high school. He loved his computer. He came home early every day, and then he worked with it till midnight. But Johnny was not a good English student, not good at all. He got an F in his English class. One day after school Johnny joined his computer to the computer in his high school office. The school office computer had the grades of all the students: the math grades, the science grades, the grades in arts and music, and the grades in English. He found his English grade. An F! Johnny changed his English grade from an F to A. Johnny' parents looked at his report card. They were very happy.
"An A in English!" said Johnny's Dad. "You're a very clever boy, Johnny."
Johnny is a hacker(黑客). Hackers know how to take information from other computers and put new information in. Using a modem(调制调解器), they join their computers to other computers secretly. School headmasters and teachers are worried about hackers. So are the police, for some people even take money from bank computer account and put it into their own ones. And they never have to leave home to do it! They are called hackers.
【小题1】Johnny changed his English grade with the computer in _______.
A.the classroomB.the school office
C.a bank near his houseD.his own house
【小题2】When Johnny's parents saw the report, they were happy because _______.
A.Johnny was good at math
B.Johnny loved computers
C.Johnny could join one computer to another
D.they thought Johnny was not poor in English any longer
【小题3】Who are worried about hackers in the story?
A.Johnny's parents
B.School headmasters, teachers and the police
C.Only the police
D.Many school headmasters and teachers
【小题4】What should the hackers know well, do you think, after you read this story?
A.InformationB.Bank computer accounts
C.ComputersD.Grades

同类题3

   One afternoon I had been driving down the freeway when I spotted what looked like a stalled (熄火)car. I _____ that other cars had slowed down in order to briefly look at the stalled car. I decided to _____ behind the car and find out what was going on. Suddenly, a pregnant woman stepped out, and she appeared to be _____.I approached the woman asking if I could _____ She said, “Please call my husband. I am trying to get to the _____ . I am about to give birth!” _____ as I was, I said, “ We have no _____ for that. Quick! Get in my car and I will _____ you.”

I tried to drive both quickly and steadily _____ my passenger would not move around a lot. I also tried offering a ______ talk on the way, like “Everything is going to be OK.” and “We’re almost there.” ______ , we met no obstacle all the way and arrived at the hospital in no time. It seemed a bit ______ to answer the staffs questions about her since we had just met a few minutes before and I ______ nothing about her besides her name.

11 minutes later her ______ came, out of breath. Upon seeing me, he thanked me and handed me a $ 100 bill. At that moment I ______ the SMILE card in my glove box. I walked out and ______ with it to the room where the woman had been settled. I told her that something ______ happened to me when my second child was born and we had a good laugh over the ______ .

On the way out I ______ a nurse to give the couple an envelope with the SMILE card. Its ______ included the $ 100 bill with a note that read “Baby’s college fund”. Whew! What a day!

【小题1】
A.expectedB.noticedC.admittedD.hoped
【小题2】
A.pull upB.hold outC.speed upD.join in
【小题3】
A.in reliefB.on dutyC.at workD.in pain
【小题4】
A.helpB.stopC.leaveD.pass
【小题5】
A.officeB.carC.hospitalD.store
【小题6】
A.ConfusedB.AmusedC.ShockedD.Satisfied
【小题7】
A.excuseB.timeC.needD.right
【小题8】
A.treatB.callC.protectD.take
【小题9】
A.in caseB.so thatC.even ifD.as though
【小题10】
A.positiveB.directC.ridiculousD.negative
【小题11】
A.NaturallyB.UndoubtedlyC.EventuallyD.Fortunately
【小题12】
A.complexB.vitalC.difficultD.embarrassed
【小题13】
A.knewB.complainedC.arguedD.missed
【小题14】
A.friendB.husbandC.motherD.sister
【小题15】
A.boughtB.madeC.forgottenD.remembered
【小题16】
A.agreedB.hurriedC.returnedD.hesitated
【小题17】
A.extraordinaryB.crazyC.strangeD.similar
【小题18】
A.childB.disasterC.storyD.news
【小题19】
A.beggedB.askedC.orderedD.selected
【小题20】
A.objectsB.projectsC.themesD.contents

同类题4

   Even though we are probably not aware of it, on our path. through life, we are setting goals all the time. However, many things will not only depend on how firmly we set a' goal, but how _______ we act in achieving it.

A story shows how smart acting can turn a seemingly _______ crisis (危机) into a(n)_______ . During Roosevelt's third campaign for president ,millions of leaflets (传单) with the president's campaign speech were _______ . People who had no chance to see and hear Roosevelt live would be able to _______ it, hopefully like it and _______ him. Of course,his picture was on the front page. Too _______ no one had noticed that under the picture was a tiny but _______  name, George Moffet, who had taken the picture.

By law, Moffet would have had to be. asked for the right to _______ this picture. As the campaign managers

had. ________ to do so, the choices looked hard:either burn the millions of leaflets,________ losing the campaign and pay the high price to print new leaflets with a ________ picture, or ask Moffet's permission(许可). Both choices seemed ________. What could they do?

It was the campaign boss George Pekins who ________ the tables. He sent a telegram to Moffet with a great ________ telling him that Mr. Roosevelt's campaign team was planning to print millions of leaflets with Mr. Roosevelt's ________ . It would for sure be a great ________ for the photo studio. How much would he bewilling to ________ for using it?

Moffet said he would pay $ 210. Roosevelt's campaign boss ________ . So, a hard problem was solved wisely. The ________ ? Think of things in different ways.

【小题1】
A.quicklyB.carefullyC.bravelyD.wisely
【小题2】
A.nationalB.terribleC.immediateD.personal
【小题3】
A.gameB.challengeC.changeD.opportunity
【小题4】
A.designedB.collectedC.printedD.ruined
【小题5】
A.readB.admireC.watchD.keep
【小题6】
A.replaceB.begC.supportD.forgive
【小题7】
A.badB.lateC.hardD.strange
【小题8】
A.obviousB.importantC.wonderfulD.frightening
【小题9】
A.useB.drawC.shootD.show
【小题10】
A.decidedB.refusedC.failedD.regretted
【小题11】
A.enjoyB.riskC.finishD.consider
【小题12】
A.popularB.clearC.commonD.different
【小题13】
A.expensiveB.possibleC.amusingD.helpful
【小题14】
A.setB.turnedC.cleanedD.booked
【小题15】
A.letterB.planC.offerD.success
【小题16】
A.nameB.storyC.reportD.image
【小题17】
A.advertisementB.managementC.achievementD.development
【小题18】
A.askB.saveC.payD.charge
【小题19】
A.acceptedB.ignoredC.arguedD.admitted
【小题20】
A.powerB.excuseC.resultD.key

同类题5

William Herschel was born on November 15th, 1738 in Hanover in a family of musicians. In 1757,he fled to England and began earning a living as an organist and later composer and conductor. In 1772, he convinced his sister Caroline to join him as a singer. In their spare time the brother-sister team became occupied in astronomy. William died at his home in Slough, near Windsor on August 25th,1822,and Caroline on September 1st,1848.
Herschel’s first major discoveries were to show that Mars and Jupiter exhibit axial rotation(绕轴自转). Herschel struck fame in 1781,when on March 13th he discovered the planet Uranus(天王星) while engaged in work aimed at determining stellar parallax(恒星视差).This being the first new planet discovered since ancient times, Herschel, until then a mere amateur astronomer relatively unknown even in England, became world-famous. Adopting a historically proven strategy, Herschel named the new planet Georgium Sidum,in honor of the then ruling English king GeorgeⅢ. The trick worked once again, as King GeorgeⅢ gave William and Caroline the titles of“The King’s Astronomer”and“Assistant to the King’s Astronomer”, an honor which came with a life’s pension for both. In 1782 they moved to Bath, and shortly thereafter to Slough, and from this point on William and Caroline could devote themselves entirely to astronomy. The Herschels went on to discover two moons of Uranus in 1787.
While Caroline became increasingly occupied with the search for comets at which she was quite successful, William became for a time interested in the Sun. Inspired by Wilson’s 1774 work, he put forth the theory of sunspots(太阳黑子),an opinion that continued to exist well into the nineteenth century. In 1800,he became interested in the solar spectrum(太阳光谱),and uncovered the first evidence for solar energy output outside of the visible spectrum, in what is now known as the infrared(红外线).In 1801, he published two papers that effectively started the field of solar influences on Earth’s weather.
【小题1】Herschel made himself known to the world mainly by .
A.discovering the planet Uranus
B.determining stellar parallax
C.discovering two moons of Uranus
D.uncovering the evidence for the infrared
【小题2】It can be inferred from the passage that George Ⅲ .
A.liked science and technology
B.liked Herschel’s naming of the new planet
C.was interested in astronomy
D.gave Herschel a lot of useful suggestions
【小题3】What do we know about Caroline from the passage?
A.She was successful in music.
B.She was given the title of“The King’s Astronomer”.
C.She died later than her brother.
D.She published two papers.
【小题4】This passage mainly tells readers .
A.some information about Herschel and his sister
B.how Herschel and his sister discovered the planet Uranus
C.Herschel and Caroline got along well with each other
D.Herschel and Caroline’s major scientific publications