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高一阅读材料 高一阅读材料 4 4 高一阅读材料 4 1 A smallcrowd hadgathered nearthe entranceto thepark Jeff crossedthe streetto seewhat washappening He foundthat therewas anold manwith aperforming 表演 monkey He soon discovered that the money s tricks 把戏 were notinteresting so after throwinga fewcoins into the hatwhich the man hadplaced on the ground Jeff began to moveaway along withother membersof the crowd At thispoint theman suddenlylet out a loud cry Everyone turnedto seewhat hadhappened The man was bendingover hismonkey which nowwas lyingonthe ground He picked up thelifeless bodyand holding itclose tohim began to cry A young man stepped forward fromthe crowd took outhis walletand droppedseveral dollarbills into the hat Jeff andseveral otherpeople followedthe youngman s example and soonthe hatwas filledwith coins and dollarbills A fewmonths later Jeff came across the old managain in another partof thecity The manhad anothermonkey but thenew monkeydid notseem tobe anybetter atthis tricksthan theprevious one Jeff waspleased tosee thatthe old manwasstill ableto makea living But the performance wasnot overyet Once again theold man letoutaloudcry And onceagain the monkey wassuddenly lyingmotionless ontheground The manpickedupthe dead monkey andholding itin hisarms begantocry The sameyoungmansteppedforwardand threwsome money into the hat Again the crowd followedthe examplebut notJeff 1 What was thecrowddoing nearthe entranceto thepark A They weregathering nearthe entrancetothepark B They werewaiting forthe performingmonkey C They weregathering tolook ata trafficaident D They werewatching afootball game 2 Why didthecrowdsoon beginto moveaway A The monkey s tricksended soon B The monkey s trickswere notinteresting so C The crowdsoondiscoveredthey werecheating D The monkey was killedby theold man 3 Why didthe peoplethrow a lot ofmoneyinto thehat A Becausethemonkeygave agood performanceB becausethemanwas toopoor andold Cpeople thoughtthatthemonkeywasdied D The old man begantocry 4 What happenedwhen Jeffsaw theold manand hismonkey again A Thenew monkeyperformed betterB Thenew monkeydied duringthe performance C The oldmanshowed somenew tricksDThe oldmanfooled peoplein thesame way 5 What doyou think of theoldman A The oldman isvery poorB The oldman madeill useof people s sympathy 同情 C Theoldman themonkeys verymuch D Theoldman didn t makea livingin agood way 2 Ice CreamDo youknow whenand whereice creamgot itsstart It saninternational favoritewith along andinteresting history The earliestices wereeaten in China manyyears ago The peoplewould putorange juiceon ice Later this ideatraveled toItaly Nero the emperorof Romebetween37and68A D liked toeat icesas aspecial treat between violinlessons He orderedrunners torun tothe mountains get snowand quicklyrun backtothepalace The snowwas mixedwith fruitjuices andnuts Around1660 coffee shopsserving ice cream were very popularin Paris Most of the coffeeshops wereowned byItalians The firstsuessful onewas opened by a man fromSicily namedFrancesco Procopio Ice cream was probablybrought toAmerica inthe early1700 s and itquickly becamethe favoriteof Americanpresidents George Washingtonhad ice cream potsand machines in hiskitchen Doly Madison the wifeof PresidentMadison wasthe first person to actually serve itintheWhite House She madeher guestsvery happywhen sheserved herfavorite dessert Before ice creamwassold instores it wasmade andfrozen athome It tooka lotof workto mixcream eggs fruit ice and salt and thento freezeit Nancy Johnson an Americanwoman whowas goodwith machines invented thehand turned icecream freezerin1846 Five yearslater Jacob Flusellopened the first icecream business in Baltimore Maryland His businessquickly spreadto otherstates Today inthe UnitedStates icecreamis notonly afood it isa wayof life 1 The firstsuessful coffeeshops inParis wasopenedbyamanfrom A RomeB ParisC SicilyD Baltimore2 Who wasthe firstpersontoactuallyservethe icecream inWhite House A FrancescoProcopio BMadison CJacob FlusellD DollyMadison3 When wasthefirsticecreambusiness openedin Baltimore A1600B1846C1700D18514 Aording tothe passage the underlinedword treat means Aservice Benjoyment Crest Dcure5 How didicecreamtravel inthe world A Italy America Paris China BAmerica Paris Rome China CChina Italy Paris America DRome Paris America China 3 A Loveof MusicInterview withLee HangToday we talkto anup and ing erhuplayer Lee Hang from Hong Kong He ll beplaying withthe HongKong PhilharmonicOrchestra 管弦乐队 next Sundayinaspecial concertby youngChinese musicians Interviewer Thank youfor talking to us Lee You mustbe veryexcited Lee Yes am This isthefirsttime that ve playedwith sucha famousorchestra andin frontof somany people They areexpecting about4000people Interviewer Does thatscare you Lee To behonest yes haven t sleptmuch inthe lastfew days But myteacher toldme wouldn tbetaking itseriously enoughif wasn t scared 害怕 That helpedmealot Interviewer Tell meabout whyyou startedplaying the erhu Lee My parentstook me to pianoand violinlessons quite likedthem butthey hadto forceme togo sometimes One night saw adocumentary 纪录片 about Yo Yo Ma the famousChinese Americancello player He wastalking abouthis loveof Chinese instruments 乐器 and thatwe shouldour interests d alwaysenjoyed listeningto Chineseinstruments likethe erhuand guzheng That inspired 鼓舞 激励 metolearn theerhu My parentswere gladthat was playingsomething that actually liked Interviewer What doyour friendsthinkofyou playinga Chineseinstrument Lee Well alotof myclassmates thinkplaying thingslike erhuisn t cool don t care It makesme happy got aletter fromYo Yo saying howmuch headmired 钦佩 me andthat he d liketo meetme nexttime he sinHongKong They thoughtthat was pretty cool Interviewer And whatdoes thefuture holdfor you Lee d liketo studymusic ina universityinChinathen hopefullyplay inorchestras My ambition 抱负 志向 is tobring thebeautiful sound of theerhu toall cornersof the world Interviewer Well if anyonecan it s you Thanks fortalkingtome Lee Good luck Lee Thanks 1 Lee Hangwill play with aWestern orchestranext SundayA afew songsB withhis friendsand withC aChineseinstrumentD withYo Yo Ma2 What didhis teachermean A If he wasscared he tookthe performanceseriously enoughB ifhe wasn t scared he puthis heartin