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The retired professor, Archibald A. Hill in Lousciville, USA could tell us the story. Ninety-seven years ago, two of Mr. Archibald Hill’s aunts, Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill were asked to write some songs for a book called “Song Storied for the Sunday Morning”. Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill were both kindergarten teachers then. They loved children very much and wrote many beautiful songs for the book. One of them was the famous “Good Morning to You.” The song said, “Good morning to you, good morning to you, dear children, good morning to all.” This song was very popular at that time among kindergarten children. But not many grown-ups knew it. A few years later little Archibald was born. As his aunt, Miss Patty Hill sang the song “Happy Birthday” to the melody(曲调) of “Good Morning to you” to her little nephew(侄子). She sang the song like this: Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, dear Archie! Happy birthday to you! Miss Patty Hill and her sister had never expected that this song would become so popular, but it really did. People all over the world like the song because of its simplicity in tune(曲调简单) and friendliness in words. 71. Archibald A. Hill was ___ _____. A. English B. American C. Russian D. Australian 72. Professor Archibald A. Hill was Miss Mildred Hill’s ______. A. son B. student C. brother D. nephew 73. The song “Happy Birthday” has a history of _______ years. A. 97 B. more than 90 C. less than 90 D. about 90 74. The sentence “it really did” means _______. A. The song really became popular B. Their wish would really come true C. People all over the world like to listen to the song D. Yes, but the song didn’t become popular 75. Why did Miss Hiss wrote songs? A. Because they are musicians. B. Because their nephew asked them to do so. C. Because they love children. D. Because they were asked to write for a book. 第二卷 (50分) V.阅读理解(二)(10分)： (D) Paula Radcliffe, chasing(角逐)a third London marathon title(马拉松冠军头衔), says she has become a stronger person after her terrible experience at the 2004 Athens Games. Radcliffe, who failed to complete the Olympic marathon and the 10,000m last August, said, “Athens made me a stronger person and it made me care about criticism(批评).” She didn’t care about criticism made at the weekend by Liz McColgan, who felt Radcliffe should have rested and let her body recover after her failure in Athens. “If Liz really cared for me, I’m sure she would have contacted(联系)me.” Instead Radcliffe won the New York City marathon just 11 weeks after Athens. “In New York I wasn’t in my best state but I did know I was good enough to win the race.” Radcliffe insisted her only goal in Sunday’s race would be winning a third title and not chasing world records. However, Radcliffe has not ruled out(排除)in the future chasing her “final” world record time Radcliffe is sure she can better her winning London 2003 performance some point in the future. Following a successful three-month training period in the United States, the 31-year-old will chase a third title on Sunday after her first victory in 2002 and again 12 months later. Radcliffe clocked a time 2:18:56 in her first 42.2-kilometre race three years ago. Afterwards she set a “mixed course” mark of 2:17:18 five months later in Chicago before lowering that to a time of 2:15:25 in the 2003 London event. 76. Radcliffe’s failure in Athens made her ______. A. face criticism bravely B. rest for five months C. love people around her more D. develop respect for Liz 77. Which of the following is true according to the passage? A. Radcliffe broke the world record in the New York City marathon. B. Radcliffe didn’t fully recover before the New York City marathon. C. Radcliffe won her first marathon title in the 2004 Athens Games. D. Radcliffe had a 3-month training before the New York City marathon. 78. According to the text, Radcliffe has won_____ London marathon title(s). A. one B. two C. three D. four (责任编辑：admin) |