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文章大意:本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了葛底斯堡国家军事公园,公园内有内战博物馆,收藏丰富的内战物品,其中包括展示了皮克特冲锋的葛底斯堡风景画幕,这幅画已被专家修复好,游客还可以参观士兵国家公墓。

1 . Gettysburg National Military Park was established in 1895, 32 years after the deadly battle. Gettysburg is the most-visited of the Civil War battlefields.

Many visitors start their visit at the Gettysburg Museum of the Civil War. The museum has the world’s largest collection of Civil War objects. The museum has more than 1 million items, from soldiers’ private notebooks and uniforms to original maps of the battlefield. The museum also houses the Gettysburg cyclorama (风景画幕) painting, showing the final attack in the Battle of Gettysburg: Pickett’s Charge. George Pickett was a Confederate general. On July 3, 1863, he led a charge against stronger Union forces. It was a disaster for the Confederate soldiers.

French artist Paul Phillippoteaux and a team of 20 artists created the painting in the 1880s. Phillippoteaux and his team visited the battlefield. It took more than one year for the huge painting to be complete. The cyclorama is 114 metres long and almost 13 metres tall. It has long been one of the most popular parts of the Gettysburg experience. But by the 1990s, the painting was in poor condition. Experts warned that if the cyclorama was not repaired, the painting could be lost.

A restoration project began in 2003. The painting was cleaned and separated into its 14 parts, and later moved into the new centre. There, the original canvas (帆布) was sewn onto new cloth made in China. Park service officials say China was one of the few countries able to produce cloth in the sizes needed. Then each part was hung and sewn together.

A team of cyclorama experts from Poland worked on the project in Gettysburg. The repair work of the Gettysburg Cyclorama marked one of the largest art conservation effort ever in North America.

After the museum, tourists can visit the Soldiers’ National Cemetery, where many of the Union soldiers who died during the Battle of Gettysburg are buried. The cemetery was dedicated on November 19, 1863, the same day President Lincoln gave his “Gettysburg Address”. Historians agree that Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address defined Americans as a people who believed in freedom, democracy and equality.

1. What is displayed in the Gettysburg cyclorama painting?
A.Several battlefield sites.
B.Supplies during the American Civil War.
C.The speech delivered by President Lincoln.
D.The intense scene of the final battle of Gettysburg.
2. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?
A.The repair material for the project.
B.The country producing the canvas.
C.The key steps of the entire repair process.
D.The comment of the park service officials.
3. Which country did the technical team for restoration come from?
A.France.B.China.C.Poland.D.The US.
4. What is the purpose of the last paragraph?
A.To tell a historical event.
B.To introduce a travel destination.
C.To explain American culture.
D.To remember Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
2024-04-03更新 | 39次组卷 | 1卷引用:河南省部分重点高中2023-2024学年高二下学期第一次质量检测英语试题
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文章大意:这是一篇新闻报道。主要报道了美国第五大城市费城申请世界遗产城市成功,这为这个城市揭开了新的发展篇章。

2 . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is America’s fifth largest city. Once a major American colonial city, it is the home of America’s first library, its first hospital, and its first zoo. Now it is also the first US city to be named a World Heritage City. On November 6, 2015, Philadelphia joined more than 260 other cities that have been recognized for their influence on the world. These cities include Paris, France, Florence, Italy, and Cairo, Egypt.

The exciting news was announced by Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, Deputy Mayor Alan Greenberger, responsible for economic development and business guidance, and the Global Philadelphia Association. “Today marks the start of a new and exciting chapter in the history of Philadelphia,” remarked Nutter when the announcement was made. “As a World Heritage City, Philadelphia is being officially recognized on the global stage for its wealth of contributions to the world.”

To be named a World Heritage City, a city must be home to a UNESCO World Heritage site. UNESCO World Heritage sites are selected for their universal value and significance. For Philadelphia, the site is Independence Hall.

Independence Hall is where two of the most important documents in US history — the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution — were adopted. The Declaration of Independence, approved on July 4, 1776, united the 13 former British colonies and declared them independent from British rule. From then on, a democratic and free country was born, which changed the course of world history. The US Constitution, signed in 1787, established the American democratic system of government. A democracy is a system of government in which the people elect their leaders. The Constitution later spelled out the basic freedoms American citizens have.

Greenberger says the city’s selection as a World Heritage City also reflects its educational, cultural, and economic achievements. The city is home to dozens of colleges and universities, and many museums, such as the Philadelphia Museum of Art. “Philadelphia has rightfully earned its place as one of the greatest cities in the world. As we celebrate this milestone, we will focus even more on improving Philadelphia’s status as a World Heritage City to attract more guests to visit, invest, work, study and live here.” Greenberger says.

1. We can learn from Paragraph 1 that Philadelphia ________.
A.has the best American hospitals
B.contributed a lot to the global economy
C.is known for many America’s firsts
D.has been famous as a World Heritage City
2. In Paragraph 2, Michael Nutter is mainly talking about ________.
A.the economic development of the city
B.the history of Philadelphia
C.the contributions of the city
D.the significance of the city’s selection
3. What opinion does Alan Greenberger hold?
A.The city really deserves the honor.
B.It’s easy for the city to win the honor.
C.It won’t be long before the city takes off.
D.The honor will bring the city a better future.
4. What could be the best title for the text?
A.Philadelphia Makes a DifferenceB.Philadelphia Makes History
C.Philadelphia Develops a LotD.America Wins Global Respect
2024-02-29更新 | 45次组卷 | 2卷引用:陕西省咸阳市实验中学2021-2022学年高二下学期阶段性检测(三)英语试题
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文章大意:这是一篇新闻报道。主要讲述日本8月6日在其西部城市广岛举行了原子弹爆炸78周年纪念活动。

3 . TOKYO-Japan marked the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing in its western city of Hiroshima (广岛) on August 6th amid growing calls for Tokyo to reflect on crimes the Japanese army committed during World War II. At a memorial ceremony held at the Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui delivered the Peace Declaration,urging world leaders to stop believing in the theory that nuclear weapons can prevent war.

“They must immediately take concrete steps to lead us from the dangerous present toward our ideal world,” said Matsui, who also urged policymakers to “move toward a security system based on trust through dialogue in pursuit of civil society ideals”. “Mistrust and division are on the rise,” warned United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message readout at the ceremony.

A moment of silence was observed at 8:15 am local time, the exact moment when an atomic bomb dropped from a US bomber and exploded over the city on Aug.6, 1945, killing around 140,000 people by the end of that year.

At the event which about 50,000 people attended, Matsui placed in a monument a list of the names of 339,227 victims, including 5,320 deaths confirmed last year. “Japan must immediately sign the Treaty (条约) on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons,” Matsui noted in the Peace Declaration, further urging the government to heed the wishes of survivors from the bombing and the peace-loving Japanese people.

The number of survivors of the two atomic bombings including Nagasaki with an average age of over 85, has dropped by 5,346 from a year earlier to 113,649 as of March, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida spoke at the ceremony, saying an atomic bomb made more than 100,000 lose their lives without mentioning whether Japan would sign the treaty, let alone (更不用说) the historical background of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

The prime minister was criticized for hosting the Group of Seven leaders' summit in Hiroshima in May.

While Japan inwardly looks at the tragedies it experienced at the end of WWII, historians and political minds of the international community have encouraged Japan to come to see itself not only as a victim of the atomic bombings but also as the criminal (罪犯) who was involved in these tragic incidents in the first place.

1. Why was the moment of silence was observed at 8:15 am local time?
A.It was the time when the atomic bombing happened in Hiroshima.
B.It was the time when the atomic bombing happened in Nagasaki.
C.It was the time when the US bomber reached Japan.
D.It was the time when the US bomber took off.
2. What is the possible meaning of the underlined word “heed” in paragraph 4?
A.Make fun of.B.Put up with.C.Take delight in.D.Pay attention to.
3. What did Japanese Prime Minister mention in his speech?
A.Japan's signing the treaty.
B.The result of the atomic bombing.
C.America should make up for the loss.
D.The background of the atomic bombing.
4. What can be the best title for the news report?
A.Number of survivors of two atomic bombings drops in Japan
B.Japan — a victim of atomic bombings that kill so many people
C.Japan marks 78th anniversary of atomic bombing of Hiroshima
D.Hiroshima Mayor expresses nuclear weapons can't prevent war
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文章大意:这是一篇新闻报道。文章报道了许多二战老兵回到诺曼底,参加诺曼底登陆78周年纪念活动这一事件。

4 . On June 6, World War II veterans (老兵) and other visitors gathered in Normandy for the 78th D-Day anniversary (周年纪念日) in memory of soldiers who gave up their lives to bring peace and freedom to French people. Several thousand people joined a ceremony at the American Cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach in the French town of Colleville-sur-Mer.

US Air Force planes flew over the American Cemetery during the ceremony, in the presence of Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It is the final resting place of 9,386 soldiers who died fighting on D-Day and in the operations that followed.

Ray Wallace, then 97, a former paratrooper, was among the World War II veterans attending the ceremony in the French town of Colleville-sur-Mer. According to him, on D-Day, his plane was hit and caught fire forcing him to jump earlier than expected. He landed 20 miles away from the town of Sainte-Mère-Église, the first French village to be liberated from Nazi occupation. Less than a month later, he was caught by the Germans. He was finally liberated after 10 months and returned to the U. S. Still, Wallace thought he was “lucky”. “I remember the good friends that I lost there. So, it’s a little emotional,” he said, with tears in his eyes. “I guess you can say I’m proud of what I did but I didn’t do that much.”

On D-Day, a large number of soldiers landed on the beaches, carried by 7,000 boats. On that single day, 4,414 soldiers lost their lives, 2,501 of whom were Americans. More than 5,000 were wounded. On the German side, several thousand were killed or wounded.

Wallace, who was using a wheelchair, was among about 20 World War II veterans who opened the parade (游行) of military vehicles on the eve of the D-Day anniversary in Sainte-Mère-Église with cheers from thousands of people, in a joyful atmosphere. He did not hide his pleasure, happily waving to the crowd as parents explained the stories of World War II heroes to their children. Many history lovers, wearing military clothes from the period, also came to the stage and celebrated the event.

1. What is the purpose of the D-Day anniversary ceremony in Colleville-sur-Mer?
A.To call on people to treasure their lives.
B.To remind people about the hard time.
C.To connect peace lovers worldwide.
D.To honor the dead soldiers on D-Day.
2. What did Ray Wallace probably want to express by mentioning his wartime experience?
A.His sadness at losing partners in war.
B.His doubt about the result of the war.
C.His pride in defeating the enemies.
D.His fear of losing his life in war.
3. Which words can best describe the atmosphere of the parade before the D-Day anniversary?
A.Peaceful and quiet.B.Serious and stressful.
C.Warm and inspiring.D.Surprising and amusing.
4. What does the text mainly talk about?
A.Veterans’ stories took people closer to D-Day.
B.People in France celebrated the success of D-Day.
C.People worldwide held activities to remember D-Day.
D.Veterans returned to mark the 78th anniversary of D-Day.
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文章大意:本文是一篇记叙文。本文讲述了一万两千年前,一个UFO在中国坠落后,外星人的后裔仍在中国生活的传说,以及对这个传说的论据以及研究。

5 . About 12,000 years ago — long before the famous Roswell UFO crash made headlines in America — an alien (外星人的) spaceship crashed in China. And their descendants are still living in a faraway Chinese village today! That is the mind-bending claim made in the new book Out of Time and Place, a collection of reports from the files of Fate, a magazine edited by Terry O’Neill.

The story first came to light in 1937 when an expedition led by Chi Pu-Tei came across a group of caves deep in the Bayan-Kara-Ula Mountains. In the caves were found strange-looking skeletons with big heads and small, slender bodies —closely matching typical descriptions of space aliens. The explorers also uncovered 716 mysterious stone discs with strange hieroglyphics (象形文字) on them.

In Qinghai province, where the mountains lie, ancient stories tell of small, skinny beings with oversize heads who came from the sky long long ago. And to this day, locals live in fear of attack from strange-looking creatures from above.

And there’s more. In 1947, British scientist Karyl Robin-Evans led an expedition into the mountains and discovered a group of dwarfs (侏儒) who called themselves the Droza. “They told him that their ancestors came from a planet in the Sirius (天狼星) system and crashed in this mountain area a long time ago,” writes Hausdorf, “Many of them were killed, but survivors adapted themselves to living on this rough planet far from home.”

For decades, Robin-Evans’ claims were dismissed as nonsense. But in 1995, the Associated Press reported that in the region a village named Huilong had been recently discovered — populated by 120 dwarfs ranging from 3-foot-10 to 2-foot-1 tall. Hausdorf asks, “Could these people be the last living descendants of the survivors of the legendary UFO crash — the Chinese Roswell?”

1. What is the meaning of the underlined word “descendants”?
A.Ancestors.B.Siblings.
C.Intelligent people.D.Later generations.
2. What can be safely concluded from the passage?
A.Many people are curious about aliens from outer space.
B.Chinese are descendants of the survivors of the alien spaceship crash.
C.The UFO crash in the Byan-Kara-Ula Mountains has recently been seen.
D.This passage is a piece of science news recently issued.
3. What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?
A.Robin-Evans’ claims.
B.Chi Pu-Tei’s discovery in China.
C.News stories about Rosewell UFO Crash.
D.Recent research about the Chinese Rosewell.
2023-04-20更新 | 27次组卷 | 1卷引用: Unit 2 同步测试卷) (1)-2021-2022学年高中英语牛津译林版(2020)选择性必修第三册
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文章大意:本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章以25年前的“乐高大泄露事件”为例,说明了塑料对环境的污染及对人类的危害。

6 . February 13, 2022, marked the 25th anniversary (纪念日) of the Great LEGO Spill — the worst toy-related environmental disaster of all time. On this important day in 1997, the Tokio Express was hit by a huge, 28-foot high wave off the United Kingdom’s southwestern coast, tilting the ship by 60 degrees and causing it to drop 62 containers into the sea. One was filled with about 5 million colorful LEGO bricks!

Shortly after the incident, LECO pieces began washing ashore the beautiful beaches of Cornwall and Devon in southwest England. Many locals rushed to hunt for the toys. Cornwall resident Tracey Williams was among the thousands of locals that searched the beaches regularly to find the little sea-themed pieces.

In 2010 Williams moved to Cornwall and came across some LEGO pieces on her first trip to the beach. Wondering where else they had been found, she created a Facebook group. Called “Lego Lost at Sea”, it allowed her and hundreds of other collectors to share their discoveries. As it turned out, the LEGO bricks were not just washing ashore English beaches. They had also been found in Wales, Ireland, the Channel Islands, France, Belgium, and Holland, showing just how far ocean currents had carried them.

“What we’re finding now are the pieces that sank as well as the pieces that floated,” Williams says. “It’s providing us with an insight into what happens to plastic in the ocean, how far it drifts (漂移) — both on the surface of the ocean and also along the seabed—and what happens to it as it breaks down.”

No one knows when the LEGO bricks will stop appearing on the beaches. But one thing is for sure, that is, the plastic pieces will be around for centuries. A 2020 study analyzing the structure of the washed-up LEGO bricks concluded that the five million pieces could take as long as 1,300 years to degrade (降解) completely. And like all plastic products, the iconic toys will never entirely disappear. Instead, they will break down into tiny “microplastics” and be eaten by ocean animals. They will make their way up the food chain to humans.

1. What does the underlined word “tilting” in paragraph 1 probably mean?
A.Speeding up.B.Leading something to fall.
C.Damaging seriously.D.Making something not flat.
2. What can we learn about the Great LEGO Spill from the text?
A.It resulted in many deaths.
B.It was caused by the pilot’s mistakes.
C.It made many LEGO bricks lost.
D.The ship dropped most containers.
3. What is Tracey Williams’ purpose in setting up “Lego Lost at Sea”?
A.To exchange toy blocks.B.To collect LEGO toys.
C.To track the LEGO bricks.D.To trade in toys worldwide.
4. Which of the following is certain about the lost LEGO bricks?
A.They will break down completely.
B.They will influence human health.
C.They will be recovered by the maker.
D.They will soon disappear from the beaches.
2023-01-04更新 | 35次组卷 | 1卷引用:安徽省皖豫名校联盟2022-2023学年高二阶段测英语试题
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文章大意:本文是说明文。文章介绍了1803年,美国获得了一大片叫做路易斯安那地区的新土地。托马斯·杰斐逊总统给了路易斯和克拉克三个任务:找到一条通往太平洋的全水路线,与沿途的印第安人交朋友,收集有关该地区植物、动物、地貌和气候的详细信息。最后刘易斯和克拉克成功地找到了一条通往太平洋的全水航线。

7 . In 1803, the United States acquired a huge new piece of land called the Louisiana Territory. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were given the job of leading an expedition to collect data about this uncharted territory. President Thomas Jefferson gave Lewis and Clark three tasks for the journey: Find an all-water route to the Pacific Ocean, make friends with the Native Americans along the way, and gather detailed information about the plants, animals, landforms (地形), and climate of the area.

In order to discover if there was an all-water route to the Pacific Ocean, Lewis and Clark attempted to travel up the Mississippi River by boat. In this way, they hoped that they would eventually reach the Pacific. Ultimately, the explorers discovered the Rocky Mountains and the Continental Divide, but not the Pacific Ocean. The hope for an all-water route from the East to the Pacific would have to be abandoned.

Lewis and Clark’s second task was to make friends with Native Americans in the area. They packed hundreds of pounds of gifts for the indigenous people, including beads, sewing needles, cloth, yarn, and knives. Their intention was to use these items as offerings of peace and good faith. However, many tribes were hostile. They felt threatened by the Americans’ presence and refused to communicate with them. Other tribes were more welcoming and aided the explorers in finding food and navigating the new region.

The explorers’ final task was extensive and ongoing. Lewis and Clark had to take detailed notes about the landforms and climate of the different areas through which they travelled. President Jefferson also wanted samples of notable plant and animal life. They prepared animal fur and plant samples to send back to the president throughout the trip. They also kept individual journals with detailed descriptions and drawings of the environment and terrain (地势).

Up the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, across the Great Plains, over the Rockies, down the Columbia River, and to the Pacific Ocean, Lewis and Clark travelled. After 3 years, Jefferson received a letter from Lewis stating, “It is with great pleasure that I announced to you the safe arrival of myself and my partner. In obedience to your orders, we have penetrated (穿过)the continent of North America to the Pacific Ocean.”

1. Which of the following is Not among the tasks that President Thomas Jefferson gave Lewis and Clark?
A.Find a direct waterway from the U.S. to the Pacific Ocean.
B.Collect geographic and ecological information about the unknown area.
C.Locate the Rocky Mountains and the Continental Divide.
D.Build relationships with the Native Americans on the way.
2. What does the underlined word “hostile” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A.Determined not to change their attitudes.
B.Very unfriendly or aggressive.
C.Not wanting to talk to other people.
D.Belonging to a very simple society.
3. What can we learn about the final task?
A.The task was less challenging than the former two tasks.
B.The task required a wide range of knowledge and skills.
C.The task focused on collecting data about landforms and climate.
D.Lewis and Clark didn’t send back samples until they finished their journey.
4. What can we infer from the text?
A.Lewis and Clark had to turn back before completing their tasks.
B.Lewis and Clark successfully found an all-water route to the Pacific Ocean.
C.Lewis and Clark finished the expedition without the help of Native Americans.
D.The expedition covered the area from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
2022-09-13更新 | 85次组卷 | 1卷引用:黑龙江省哈尔滨市第九中学2022-2023学年高二上学期开学考试英语试题
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8 . It was December 25, 1914, only 5 months into World War Ⅰ. German, British, and French soldiers already sick and tired of the senseless killing, disobeyed their superiors and fraternized (打得火热) with “the enemy” along two-thirds of the Western Front. German troops held Christmas trees up out of the trenches (战壕) with signs, “Merry Christmas.”

“You no shoot, we no shoot.” Thousands of troops streamed across a no-man’s land filled with dead bodies. They sang Christmas carols, exchanged photographs of loved ones back home, shared rations, played football, and even roasted some pigs. Soldiers embraced (拥抱) men they had been trying to kill a few short hours before. They agreed to warn each other if the Generals (将军) forced them to fire their weapons, and to aim high.

It shocked the high command on either side. Here was disaster in the making: soldiers declaring their brotherhood with each other and refusing to fight. Generals on both sides declared this peacemaking to be wrong. Fifteen million would be killed.

Not many people have heard the story of the Christmas Truce. On Christmas Day, 1988, a story in the Boston Globe mentioned that a local FM radio host played “Christmas in the Trenches” several times and was surprised by the effect. The song became the most requested recording during the holidays in Boston on several FM stations. “Some callers even telephone the host deeply moved, sometimes in tears, asking, ‘What the hell did I just hear?’”

You can probably guess why the callers were in tears. The Christmas Truce story goes against most of what we have been taught about people. It gives us a glimpse of the world as we wish it could be and says, “This really happened once.” It reminds us of those thoughts we keep hidden away, ou of range of the TV and newspaper stories that tell us how trivial (微不足道的) and mean human life is. It is like hearing that our deepest wishes really are true: the world really could be different.

1. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?
A.Troops celebrated their victories.B.Generals forced their army to fight back.
C.Soldiers made peace with their enemies.D.Soldiers decided to give in to their enemies.
2. What would the soldiers’ actions result in according to the passage?
A.A fierce war.B.Many deaths.C.A peaceful world.D.Many heroes.
3. Why were the callers in tears?
A.They experienced the war.B.They lost loved ones in the war.
C.They valued the life in peace.D.They desired to protect their motherland.
4. What do the TV and newspaper stories probably convey?
A.Being against wars.B.Cherishing today’s happiness.
C.Remembering heroes.D.Showing no respect for life.
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9 . Hell comes to Pearl Harbor

It was Sunday, December 7,1941. As usual, the wake­up call came at 5:45 a.m. The men aboard the warship USS Arizona stretched and rubbed their eyes. Seaman Russell Warriner was awakened by Quartermaster Louis Conter. Russell made his bed and helped clean the huge, shared room. The men went to the washroom, dressed in their uniforms and sat down to breakfast. It looked like it would be a normal day on board the ship.

But nobody ate their breakfast: at that moment, there was a huge crashing sound from above. The ship shook violently and the men looked at each other in horror. Above their heads, hundreds of Japanese planes circled like eagles. They were diving down to drop bombs on Pearl Harbor. The scream of their engines was deafening. As bombs thundered all around, clouds of black smoke rose into the sky and hung over the sea. Russell felt his blood freeze, but he quickly came to himself and rushed up to the deck. Moments later, a bomb hit the USS Arizona and Russell was thrown more than 100 meters across the ship. He suffered serious burns on his hands, arms and legs, and watched many of his friends die.

Louis, meanwhile, also standing on the deck, was lucky not to be thrown into the sea. With only minor injuries, he was able to help others who were severely burnt and in terrible pain. After receiving the order to abandon ship, Louis saved more men from the water, dragging them into the lifeboat. In the chaos and confusion after the attack, the US Navy sent a message to his family that Louis had been killed in the attack. Luckily, he was able to get in touch with them before the message arrived. Despite his remarkable actions, Louis did not think that he was a hero. “The heroes are the ones that gave their lives that day,” he said.

Russell was saved from the water, but he was badly burnt, bleeding heavily. Fortunately, he was taken to hospital and survived. For many years, Russell refused to talk about what happened that morning, describing it simply as “hell”. His wife Elsa said, “When he opened up later on, he always mentioned the horror of it.”

Louis and Russell would never forget the terrible scene of the attack, but they were fortunate enough to be among the few survivors from the Arizona. Nobody had expected the bombing. Japan had hatched a plot to launch a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, so the attack began without warning and without declaring war on the United States. The attack destroyed nearly 20 American ships and over 180 airplanes. In total, more than 2,000 American people were killed and over 1,000 others were wounded that day. More than 1,000 people aboard the Arizona lost their lives. Out of 37 sets of brothers, Russell and his brother were the only full pair to survive the attack.

The surprise attack came as a great shock to the whole nation. The next day, President Roosevelt delivered his famous Pearl Harbor Speech, in which he described December 7 as “a date which will live in infamy” and asked that the US Congress declare war on Japan. In response to the attack and the president’s address, the United States joined the Second World War.

Today, the USS Arizona lies where it sank: in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Its location is marked with a memorial shaped like a bridge, which crosses the ship’s sunken remains . Each year, more than two million people visit the memorial. They come to see the shadow of the ship at the bottom of Pearl Harbor, to learn about the attack, to show respect for those who had lost their lives in the attack and to pray for world peace. Although about eight decades has passed, the attack on Pearl Harbor, one of the darkest episodes in American history, will never be forgotten.

1. When did Japanese planes attack Pearl Harbor?
A.In the morning.B.At noon.
C.In the afternoon.D.At midnight.
2. What can we know about Russell and Louis from the passage?
A.Russell lost his hands, arms and legs in the attack.
B.Russell was seriously burned in the attack.
C.Louis’s family were sad to hear that he was killed.
D.Louis was proud of his remarkable actions.
3. Which of the following words can best describe Louis?
A.Kind and skilled.
B.Helpful and clever.
C.Brave and clever.
D.Brave and modest.
4. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to Paragraph 5?
A.Many American ships and airplanes were destroyed in the attack.
B.More than 1,000 people aboard the Arizona were killed.
C.2,000 Americans were killed and 1,000 others were wounded in the war.
D.Both Russell and his brother survived the attack.
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10 . After seemingly endless waiting, news finally reached President Abraham Lincoln. The North had won at Gettysburg. The citizens of Pennsylvania created a national cemetery(公墓)for the soldiers who lay dead at Gettysburg. A ceremony was planned. Lincoln received an invitation to attend. He was not asked to give the major speech of the day. That honor was given to a New England statesman and professional speaker named Edward Everett. The president was asked instead to say “a few words”.

As the day approached, Lincoln’s wife asked him to reconsider. Their son, Tad, had fallen ill. Mary Lincoln was near crazy. On the morning of the day, Tad was so sick that he could not eat. Lincoln felt unwell himself, but he decided to go anyway.

On Thursday, November 19, for two hours, Everett held the audience spellbound with his rich voice and inspiring words. Then Lincoln rose to speak. “Four score and seven years ago,” he began in his high pitched(声调高的)voice. He spoke for barely three minutes.

As Lincoln sat down, some eyewitnesses recalled little applause(掌声). Others heard “not a word, not a cheer, not a shout”. A person taking notes asked Lincoln, “Is that all?” Embarrassed, Lincoln replied, “Yes--for the present.” A photographer in the crowd had not even had time to take a picture.

Lincoln thought his speech was a failure. Some newspapers considered it as “silly” and “boring”. But Everett correctly predicted that the Gettysburg Address would “live among the history of man”. A few days after both of them had spoken at Gettysburg, he wrote to Lincoln, saying that he wished he had come “as close to the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes”. Lincoln replied, telling Everett how pleased he was that “the little I did say was not entirely a failure.”

Indeed it was not. It gave the North new hope and purpose as to why it was fighting the war. Today, Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is remembered as one of the greatest speeches of all time.

1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A.Lincoln was asked to give a mini speech.
B.Lincoln was elected President on the victory of Gettysburg.
C.Lincoln’s speech was given to celebrate the end of the War.
D.Lincoln ordered the construction of a cemetery in Gettysburg.
2. Why does the writer mention the person taking notes?
A.To show the disappointment of the audience.
B.To show the greatness of Lincoln’s speech.
C.To laugh at Lincoln for his unsuccessful speech.
D.To tell us that Lincoln was very sad about his speech.
3. What did Everett intend to express about Lincoln’s speech in the 5th paragraph?
A.Sympathy.B.Criticism.
C.Appreciation.D.Embarrassment.
4. Why did Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address become famous?
A.Because it was distinctively well constructed.
B.Because it was concise and delivered in a rich voice.
C.Because Everett, a great speaker, sang high praise for it.
D.Because people got hope and a sense of purpose from it.
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