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[单选题]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[单选题]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[单选题]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[单选题]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[单选题]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]这是一个幽默的小段子，讽刺教条的教与学。第一段，教员给年轻士兵展示如何在没有武器的情况下徒手夺取敌人手中的武器。

　　17[单选题]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，从这两段得知，年轻的战士受训徒手夺取敌人武器包括两个步骤：教练展示和实践。第二段第…一句说的是听课之后，但是在实践之前。所以，教练提问应是在整个训练之间。

　　18[单选题]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，年轻的战士看到教练展示如何轻而易举地徒手从敌人手中将武器夺下。 所以，他认为如果自己手中有武器的话，最好先丢掉武器，以免被敌人夺走并用其伤害自己。所以保命很重要。

　　19[单选题]The ending of the passage is _______.

　　A.serious

　　B.mysterious

　　C.curious

　　D.humorous

　　[答案]D

　　[解析]serious意为“严肃的”;mysterious意为“神秘的”;curious意为“好奇的”; humorous意为“幽默的”。这个结局实际上是很幽默的，也是一种讽刺：所教和所学不是一回事。

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