The Hero
My mother’s parents came from Hungary,
but my grandfather could trace his origin to Germany and also he was educated in
Germany. Although he was able to hold a conversation in nine languages, he was
most comfortable in German. Every morning, be, fore going to his office, he read
the German language newspaper, which was American owned and published in New
York.
My grandfather was the only one in his family to come to
the United States with his wife and children. He still had relatives
living in Europe. When the first world war broke out, he lamented the fact that
if my uncle, his only son had to go, it would be cousin fighting against cousin.
In the early days of the war, my grandmother begged him to stop taking the
German newspaper and to take an English language newspaper, instead. He
A. In Germany.
B. In Hungary.
C. In the United States.
D. In New York
[单项选择]Passage Two
A. He first speech on TV.
B. He invented the TV set.
C. He was the first person appearing on TV.
D. He gave the first demonstration of a television picture.
[单项选择]Passage Three
A. He drove with great care.
B. He set an example to other drivers.
C. He broke every rule there was.
D. He obeyed most regulations.
[单项选择] Passage One
There he was America’s first President
with a MBA, the man who loves to boast about his business background, whose
presidential campaign raised unprecedented sums from corporate wallets and whose
cabinet is stuffed with chief executives. But he said fiercely, by executives
"breaching trust and abusing power". It was time for "anew ethic of personal
responsibility in the business community". He was going to "end the days of
cooking the books, shading the truth and breaking our laws".
Only months ago, the idea that George W Bush would publicly lambaste
America’s cooperate bosses was laughable. As a candidate, borne on the wave of a
decade-long economic boom and an unprecedented 18-year bull market, he cashed in
on American’s love affair with corporate success. But things are different now.
The stock market bubble has burst and, d
A. didn’t intend to take business on and push hard for reform
B. did not do anything at all for the presence of the current situation
C. took shareholders’ right into account, but he didn’t approve reform bill
D. took some measures to pave the way for the reform
[单项选择]Passage ThreeA. He was a man full of responsibility for German citizens.
B. He was a man with little courage to face the threat of war.
C. He was an eccentric man who loves hot weather.
D. He was a man of many talents with a sense of idealism.
[单项选择]Passage Two
A. He looked silly with only one leg inside the window.
B. He knew the policeman wouldn’t believe him.
C. The torchlight made him look very foolish.
D. He realized that he had made a mistake.
[单项选择]Passage Three
A. He drives too fast. B. There is poor light.
C. He was careless. D. His car broke down.
[填空题]Once he decided what he wanted, he would go _____ it with a single mindedness.
[单项选择] Passage Five
He is a rare celebrity scientist. He’s
even had a TV cameo role (小角色) in Star Trek in which he plays poker with
scientific icons (偶像)Sir Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. Yet when asked about
comparisons between himself and the two scientists, he calls it all "media hype
(炒作)." Once asked how he felt about being labeled the world’s smartest person,
he responded: "It is very embarrassing. It is rubbish, just media hype. They
just want a hero, and I fill the role model of a disabled genius. At least I am
disabled, but I am no genius. "
Hawking has ALS or Lou Gehrig’s
disease, a neuromuscular disease that progressively weakens muscle control. He
gets around in a wheelchair, and after completely losing the use of his vocal
chords in an operation to assist his breathing in 1985, he communicates through
a computer. A speech synthesiz
A. He is too weak to speak.
B. He is a computer addict.
C. An operation to help his breathing made him unable to pronounce.
D. His illness makes him unable to speak.
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