1、高三英语阅读理解复习题6 AA bout ten years ago, a young and very successful businessman named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his shiny, black, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE, which was only two months old.He was watching for kids rushing out from between parked car
2、s and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no child came out, but a brick sailed out and-WHUMP!-it hit the Jag s shiny black side door! SCREECH. ! Immediately Josh stopped the car, jumped out, seized the kid and pushed him up against a parked car. He shouted at the kid, “
3、 What was that all about and who are you Just what the heck are you doing! Building up a head of steam, he went on. “ Thats my new Jag, that brick you threw is gonna cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it“Please, mister, please.mI sorry! I didn t know what else to do! begged the youngster. “
4、I threw the brick becauseno one else would stop! tears were streaming down the boys face as he pointed around the parked car. “It s my brother, mister, he said. “He rolled of the curb 路沿 and fell out of his wheelchair and I cant lift him up. Sobbing, the boy asked the businessman“, Would you please
5、help me get him back into his wheelchair hes hurt and hes too heavy for me.Moved beyond words, the young businessman tried hard to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. Straining, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his han dkerchief and wiped the scrapers and cu
6、ts, check ing to see that everythi ng was going to be OK. He the n watched the youn ger brother push him dow n the sidewalk toward their home.It was a long walk back to the black, shining, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE a long and slow walk. Josh n ever did fix the side door of his Jaguar. He kept the dent
7、凹痕to remi nd him not to go through life so fast that some one has to throw a brick at him to get his atte nti on. Feel for the bricks of life coming at you.1 . The boy threw a brick at the bus in essmans car becausethe bus in essma n drove at a high speedhe env ied the brand-new car very muchhe wan
8、ted to ask for some moneyhe wan ted to get help from the driver2. Which of the following is the right order of the storyThe younger brother threw a brick at Jos car.The elder brother fell out of his wheelchair.The younger brother begged Josh for help.Josh lifted the elder brother back into his wheel
9、chair.Josh shouted at the younger brother.b, a, e, c, d B. a, c, d, b, e C. b, a, c, e, d D. a, c, b, e, d3 What can we learn from the passageJosh would accept the money from the kids.The two kids were Joshs neighbors.Josh was a kind-hearted man.Joshs new car broke down easily.4 According to the pas
10、sage, the last sentence means .trying to get ready for the trouble in your future lifedriving fast in a neighborhood street is dangeroustrying to be more understanding seeing others in troubleprotecting oneself from being hurtBChildren are our future, and it s up to us to arm them with the tools to
11、succeed. Sadly, todays children are being armed with more dangerous toolslike weapons 武器 , drugs and gangs. Once a relatively peaceful environment, many schoolyards of today are becoming unsafe for both students and teachers.Home schools are available to give you choices. Home schooling provides top
12、-quality education, flexibility, and freedom to create your own schedule日程表.At Heritage Home School we believe the choice should be yours.Thanks in part to modern technology, home schooling information is becoming readily available across our nation. A recent study by the ITBS (Iowa Tests of Basic S
13、kills ) and TAP (Tests of Achievement and Proficiency) shows us that students of home schools do particularly well when compared with the nationwide average. In every subject at every grade level, students of home schooling scored obviously higher than those in public and private schools.If you re n
14、ew to home schooling, you may be asking yoursel“f, Will home schools really work for my childrenFact: A n ati on wide study using a random (任意)selecti on of 1,516 families found students of home schooling to be scoring, on average, at or above the 80th percentile in all areas on standardized achieve
15、ment test.Note: The national average on standardized achievement tests is the 50th percentile.Collectively, the staff at Heritage Home School brings 65 years of experience in home schooling curriculum. Weve placed students in the top 2 % of the nation in math and many are successfully moving on to college.One study found that of the home schooled adults, 0% were unemployed, 0% were on welfare and 94% said home education prepared them to be independent persons.For more home schooling information, call us today toll free at 1877) 532-7665.5 We can learn from the first paragraph that .many
