1、In 1924, Nordic ski events were held at the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France. But the American skiers came home without medals. Norway took most of the medals for cross-country and ski jumping events that year. They did the same for many years after. From 1924 through 1972, the American skiers had no medals to show for their Olympic trips. The U.S. was generally thought to be weak in ski competition

　　But in 1974 it was discovered that the U. S. record was slightly better than people had been led to believe. And Norway's record was not quite as good. The discovery was a surprise and a delight to American ski fans, but even more so to American skier Anders Haugen. After fifty years, Anders got the medal he should have won back in 1924.

　　In the ski jump event at Chamonix in 1924, Haugen had scored in fourth place. He had just missed earning a medal. His score was 17. 916, just slightly behind Thorleif Haug of Norway. Haug's score of 18 had won him the bronze medal.

　　But in 1974, Norway's National Olympic Committee did a check of all final Olympic results. There had been an error in computing Haug's score! So Haugen, now, an elderly man, traveled across the ocean for his award. On September 12, 1974, hewas given a bronze medal in a special ceremony at the Norway Ski Museum.

　　12[單選題]The best title for this passage would be______.

　　A.the 1924 Olympics

　　B.Norway's Skiers

　　C.An Olympic Record Corrected

　　D.American Skiers in the Olympics

　　[答案]C

　　13[單選題]From 1924-1972, U. S. skiers were considered weak in Olympic competition because they______.

　　A.had won only two medals

　　B.had won no medals

　　C.had never entered jumping events

　　D.had won only one medal

　　[答案]B

　　14[單選題]The writer says “the discovery was a surprise and a delight to American ski fans”in order to______.

　　A.show that the error and its correction were important to ski fans as well as to Haugen

　　B.show that the error was more important to fans than to Haugen

　　C.suggest that the Americans cared more about the error than the Norwegians

　　D.suggest that there had been no error

　　[答案]A

　　15[單選題]The best definition for the word computing is______.

　　A.writing

　　B.judging

　　C.figuring

　　D.multiplying

　　[答案]C

　　2、Some young soldiers who had recently joined the army were being trained in modern ways of fighting, and one of the things they were shown was how an unarmed man could trick an armed enemy and take his weapon away from him.First one of their two instructors took a knife away from the other, using only his bare hands; and then he took a rifle away from him in the same way.After the lesson, and before they went on to train the young soldiers to do these things themselves, the two instructors asked them a number of questions to see how well they had understood what they had been shown.One of the questions was this: “Well, you now know what an unarmed man can do against a man with a rifle.Imagine that you are guarding a bridge at night, and that you have a rifle.Suddenly you see an unarmed enemy soldier coming towards you.What will you do?”

　　The young soldier who had to answer this question thought carefully for a few seconds before he answered, and then said, “Well, after what I have just seen, I think that the first thing I would do would be to get rid of my rifle as quickly as I could, so that the unarmed enemy couldn't take it from me and kill me with it!”

　　16[單選題]The instructors were teaching the soldiers _______.

　　A.how to use weapons

　　B.how to manage without weapons

　　C.how to beat the enemy barehanded

　　D.how to fight with enemy

　　[答案]B

　　[解析]這是一個幽默的小段子，諷刺教條的教與學。第一段，教員給年輕士兵展示如何在沒有武器的情況下徒手奪取敵人手中的武器。

　　17[單選題]The soldiers practiced ______.

　　A.before being instructed

　　B.after being instructed

　　C.while being instructed

　　D.two days later

　　[答案]C

　　[解析]第一段和第二段，從這兩段得知，年輕的戰(zhàn)士受訓徒手奪取敵人武器包括兩個步驟：教練展示和實踐。第二段第…一句說的是聽課之后，但是在實踐之前。所以，教練提問應是在整個訓練之間。

　　18[單選題]The young soldier told the instructor that _____.

　　A.the important thing was to be brave

　　B.the important thing was to save your life

　　C.the important thing was to have a gun

　　D.the important thing was to know the trick

　　[答案]B

　　[解析]最后一段，年輕的戰(zhàn)士看到教練展示如何輕而易舉地徒手從敵人手中將武器奪下。 所以，他認為如果自己手中有武器的話，最好先丟掉武器，以免被敵人奪走并用其傷害自己。所以保命很重要。

　　19[單選題]The ending of the passage is _______.

　　A.serious

　　B.mysterious

　　C.curious

　　D.humorous

　　[答案]D

　　[解析]serious意為“嚴肅的”;mysterious意為“神秘的”;curious意為“好奇的”; humorous意為“幽默的”。這個結局實際上是很幽默的，也是一種諷刺：所教和所學不是一回事。

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