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1、都江堰市2014高考英语（暑假）基础训练（8）附答案This is a true story from Guyana. One day, a boy took a piece of paper from a box. He made a paper ball and pushed it into his nose. He couldnt get it out. He ran crying to his mother. His mother couldnt get the paper out, either. A week later, the paper was still in the bo
2、ys nose. His nose began to have a bad smell.So his mother took the boy to a hospital. The doctor looked up at the childs nose, but she couldnt get the paper out. She said she had to cut the boys nose to get the paper out.The boys mother came home looking sad. She didnt want her child to have his nos
3、e cut. The next day she took the boy to her friend Sidney who lived in a house with an old lady called May. May wanted to see the child, so the child let her look up his nose.“Yes, I can see it,” May said. “It will be out soon.”As she spoke, she shook some black pepper （胡椒粉）on the childs nose. The c
4、hild gave a mighty sneeze and the paper flew out. His mother was surprised. May told his mother to take the boy to the seaside for a swim, for the salt water would go up his nose and stop the bad smell.So the lucky boy didnt have to go to the hospital to have his nose cut.36. After the boy pushed a
5、paper ball into his nose, _. A. he took it out B. his mother took it out C. he did nothing but cry D. he tried to take it out but failed37. Which of the following is TRUE? A. The doctor helped to take the paper ball out of the boys nose. B. May succeeded in taking the paper out. C. The boys mother f
6、ound some black pepper to solve the problem. D. The boy had to have his nose cut at last.38. The boy should be taken to the seaside for a swim because _. A. he needed to learn to swim B. the sea water would stop the bad smell of his nose. C. the sea water would wash out the paper ball. D. he needed
7、a rest In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbours. The expression w
8、as first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighbourhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich
9、 people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbours. It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to keep up. The race e
10、nded for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City. Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbours. He saw the funny side of it and started to
11、write a series of short stories. He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momands series appeared in different newspapers across the count
12、ry for over 28 years. People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Jonses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.39. Some people want to keep up wit
13、h the Joneses because they _.A. want to be as rich as their neighbours B. want others to know or to think that they are richC. dont want others to know they are rich D. want to be happy40. It can be inferred from the story that rich people like to _.A. live outside New York City B. live in New York
14、cityC. live in apartments D. have many neighbours41. Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because “Jones” is _.A. an important name B. a popular name in the United StatesC. his neighbours name D. not a good name42. According to the writer, it is _ to keep up with the Jo
15、neses.A. correct B. interesting C. impossible D. good The word “death” is a word many Chinese friends tell me I should not say aloud. They advise me to avoid the word because only speaking of it may bring ill fortune. I deeply believe, however, that to know how to live, we must also know how to die. The problem is how do we talk about death? Like everyone in Taiwan this week, I have had “Tomb Sweeping Day”. I am proud to be part of a people whose culture sends
