高中英语挑战阅读 (一) SPEED READING专题辅导

高中英语挑战阅读 (一) SPEED READING

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本文为寓言故事，通过一个商人买猴子的故事，让人们更深入地了解拯救华尔街计划。

Once upon a time a man appeared in a village and announced (宣布) to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each.

The villagers, seeing that there were many monkeys 1 , went out to the forest and started 2 them. The man bought all of them and, as the 3 started to diminish (减少), the villagers 4 their efforts. He next announced that he would now buy monkeys at $20 each. This let the farmers 5 their efforts once more and they started catching monkeys again. Soon the supply diminished 6 further and people started going back to their 7 .

The offer 8 to $25 each and the number of monkeys became so 9 that it was hard to 10 a monkey, let alone catch it! The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at $50 each! 11 , since he had to go to the city on some business, his partner would buy them in 12 of him.

During the man’s 13 , the partner told the villagers, “Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has already 14 . I will 15 them to you at $35 and when the man returns from the city, you can sell them to him for 16 each.” The villagers got together all their 17 and bought all the monkeys.

They 18 saw the man or his partner again, only lots of 19 !

Now you have a better understanding of 20 the WALL STREET BAILOUT (救助) PLAN WILL WORK.

1. A. abroad B. ahead C. aboard D. around

2. A. catching B. fighting C. collecting D. killing

3. A. demand B. price C. supply D. number

4. A. doubled B. made C. stopped D. lessened

5. A. find B. take C. get D. make

6. A. even B. ever C. any D. also

7. A. farms B. forests C. markets D. factories

8. A. fell B. led C. increased D. added

9. A. great B. common C. expensive D. small

10. A. find B. raise C. sell D. buy

11. A. Besides B. Therefore C. Further D. However

12. A. praise B. place C. case D. need

13. A. hearing B. wanting C. forgetting D. leaving

14. A. collected B. caught C. stolen D. raised

15. A. lend B. take C. sell D. bring

16. A. $10 B. $50 C. $20 D. $25

17. A. money B. children C. things D. members

18. A. always B. seldom C. sometimes D. never

19. A. coins B. farmers C. monkeys D. tears

20. A. when B. how C. why D. where

Key: 1~5 DACCD 6~10 AACDA 11~15 DBDAC 16~20 BADCB

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Al是个不会讲英语的移民，通过勤奋学习，他的英语讲得很流利。因为努力工作他当上了消防队长。在9.11事件中他受伤了，退休后，他决心回报社会，成立了一个组织，名叫爱国者组织。

Al was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador (厄瓜多尔) in 1951. He moved to New York in 1960, and he started in the 3rd grade and spoke no English. He overcame a lot of difficulties in his studies, and later he spoke English quite well.

After leaving college, he worked in the New York City Fire Department in 1977 and was assigned (指派) to Engine 1 in midtown Manhattan. In 1996 Al turned captain because of his hard work.

On the morning of September 11, 2001, Al was working to rescue people after the 1st falling of the South Tower in the World Trade Center and was caught in the 2nd falling of the North Tower. He was buried for more than an hour, then rescued and taken to Jersey City Medical Center.

After his long recovery (复原) and being retired, he felt it was time to give back to society. He started a not-for-profit organization called the Patriot (爱国者) Group. The first meeting was held in Dublin, Ireland and all the money they collected went to the Children’s Burn Unit in Crumlin Hospital, Dublin. During the planning of the meeting, fire officer Joe McCloskey in Northern Ireland was killed while fighting a hotel fire. Some money was raised for Joe’s family.

Al married his wife Eileen in 1979 and they have three children. Al has worked hard his whole life starting from being a non-English speaker to work his way up to head of the Fire Department. He has written a book about his experiences. He lives a simple life but contributes a lot to society.

1. From the passage we can learn that Al .

A. was born in the United States

B. lived with his grandparents in his childhood

C. started primary school at seven

D. studied well at the beginning

2. What was Al doing when he was caught in the 2nd falling?

A. He was rescuing people buried by the South Tower.

B. He was rescuing people buried by the North Tower.

C. He and his men were putting out the fire in the North Tower.

D. He was helping people to leave the North Tower.

3. The organization Al started is going to .

A. guard their motherland