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Unit 2 Exercise 3
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Ⅰ.阅读理解
Annie Oakley was born in 1860 on a farm in Darke Country,Ohio,the USA and died in 1926,at the age of 66.When she was very young,she used to watch her father and his friends shoot animals.She wanted to try.But they laughed at her because they thought she was too young and not strong enough to hold a gun firmly.But she surprised them all by learning to shoot and becoming very good at it.Her family was quite poor,too poor to give Annie a good education.When she was a child,her family had to borrow money from the bank to keep their farm.Annie shot game to help her family’s farm:no rabbit was quick enough to escape her bullets.
Annie married a marksman whom she met at a shooting competition.Together they started their own shooting show and they performed in various shows around the country.
When Annie Oakley was twentyfive,the legendary Buffalo Bill saw her perform and said she was too good to perform in small shows.That year,she and her husband joined the famous“Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show”.For the seventeen years when she was part of the show,Annie was the main attraction.She was such a good shooter that standing ten meters away,she could hit a coin thrown in the air and even shoot cigarettes held between her husband’s lips.
When Annie was fortyone,she was seriously injured in a train crash.Everyone thought that would be the end of her career.But she recovered quickly and as soon as she was well enough to perform she continued to amaze her audiences for many years.
In 1946,years after her death,a musical called Annie Get Your Gun was written about Annie Oakley. However,Annie was much quieter in real life than the character in the musical.Some of the stories about her shooting skills are almost too extraordinary to be true. Annie Oakley has become a legendary figure of the Wild West.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇人物介绍。介绍了安妮·奥克莱的生平。
1.When Annie Oakley was a child,her family________.
A.borrowed money to support her education
B.encouraged her to learn shooting
C.didn’t expect her to be a good shooter
D.was too poor to buy her a gun
解析:细节理解题。根据文章第一段,家人嘲笑她并对她的射击天赋感到吃惊来看,是没有料到她会成为射击高手的。
答案:C
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2.What Mr Buffalo Bill said meant that Annie Oakley________.
A.needed a bigger,betterknown show
B.was not good enough to show in big shows
C.would make progress if she joined him
D.was unworthy of the name of a good shooter
解析:细节理解题。由第三段“…and said she was too good to perform in small shows.”可知Buffalo Bill认为“她需要一个更大的舞台施展自己的才华”。
答案:A
3.A“marksman”in the second paragraph is a person________
A.who is good at shooting
B.who always gets success easily
C.who likes to attend the shooting competitions
D.who desires to learn shooting skills
解析:推理判断题。根据第二段的描述及上下文的语境可知“marksman”是“神枪手”的意思。
答案:A
4.Which of the following best describes the character of Annie Oakley?
A.She was a legendary figure who devoted herself to performing.
B.She was a strong woman who liked to show herself off.
C.She was a brave woman who never depended on others.
D.She was a gifted shooter with great determination.
解析:推理判断题。安妮·奥克莱儿时的射击才能令人吃惊,显示了她的天赋,受伤后的她重返舞台表明了她的毅力。
答案:D
Ⅱ.阅读七选五
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项是多余选项。
I worked for a short time as a cashier(出纳员) at a restaurant a few months ago. 1.________ One night,just before Christmas, I found a large black wallet on the floor near one of the tables.I guessed I should have checked it to find out who was the owner, but I was busy at the time.Also, I imagined that if the wallet contained anything valuable, the owner would be back.
An hour later a man came up to the counter(柜台). 2.________ I asked him to describe the lost wallet,and after he described it exactly,I gave him the wallet.He expressed his sincere thanks when I handed it to him.He asked me if I had opened it, and when I told him “No”,he opened it
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right away and showed that it contained nearly $800 in cash(现金). 3.________
“A reward for your honesty,” he said and then turned and walked away.
4.________ I began wondering whether I would have been so honest if I had known what was in the wallet!I thought that if there had been no way to find the owner and no one had returned to claim (认领) it, I might have kept it.But it also came into my mind that I had in fact saved someone’s Christmas plans by finding and returning the wallet. 5.________ The good feeling it gave me was worth more than anything money could buy.
A.He looked quite worried and asked if anyone had found a wallet.
B.Later I thought about it again.
C.To my surprise,he took out a twentydollar bill and handed it to me.
D.So I didn’t return the wallet until the owner returned.
E.I wanted to be honest,so I didn’t care much about money.
F.I also helped clear off the tables when it was especially busy.
G.For quite a long time I kept happy whenever I thought about it.
答案: 1~5 FACBG
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