题目内容
They make a fire to ________ snakes.
A. turn off B. turn on C. keep on D. keep off
D 【解析】 句意:他们生火以防蛇靠近。A. turn off关掉;B. turn on打开;C. keep on继续;D. keep off使离开、不接近。根据语义可知,生火的目的就是“防蛇靠近”。故选:D。根据短文内容,从方框中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,有两项为多余选项。并将代表该选项的字母写在答题卡上相应题号的位置。
How do you feel when you are fooled by others? No doubt, feel bad. There is nothing worse than falling for a joke and being a fool except one day. Yes, that’s April Fool’s Day. Nobody will be angry to be an“ April Fool”.1.
The headmaster at my school decided to play an April Fools' joke on the students when I was in high school. On March 31, she announced that our school would hold a “Dress to Impress" day.2.
Girls were told to wear formal dresses and smart jackets, while a suit jacket and tie for each boy would be best. The teachers, we were told, would do the same.
On April Fool’s Day, many of us students came to school dressed in our best clothes.3.In the morning, all of us got together on the playground, waiting for the headmaster. She would speak to the students.4.Instead, she wore jeans, running shoes and a T-shirt. The teachers also got dressed casually like her.
“April Fools!” she said, with a big smile on her face. “We just wanted to remind you that teachers have a sense of humor, too!”
Surely, all the teachers weren’t April Fools.5.
A. Our hair was tidy and all our shoes were well cleaned.
B. People say something nice to others on that day.
C. All us students spent the rest of the day feeling very foolish indeed.
D. This meant that the better you dressed at school, the higher your marks would be.
E. But everyone knows to be careful on the first day of April.
F. To our surprise, she wasn't dressed up at all.
G. My parents laugh at each other's jokes.
1.E 2.D 3.A 4.F 5.C 【解析】 文章大意:短文讲了人们在四月的愚人节经常成为被愚弄的人,详细介绍了作者在上高中时愚人节学校发生的事情。 1.细节推理题。根据上文Yes, that’s April Fool’s Day. Nobody will be angry to be an“ April Fool”.是的,那是愚人节,没有人会因为自己...完形填空 先通读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
It began a year ago, around Christmas. Every time I drove down our street, I noticed an old man sitting in his front yard. He was usually smoking or drinking, and looking rather unhappy.
One day, while I was driving past him with my , I decided to wave at him with a lot of excitement. , when he noticed me waving at him, he looked a bit surprised. Then, I saw his hand go up and he waved back.
“ did you wave at him?” my daughter asked.
I told her it’s just an act of kindness that doesn’t anything. It gives both him and me a feeling of joy. My daughter replied that she felt a bit uncomfortable to wave to a stranger, but next time she would try it as well.
We lived close to the old man, we saw him rather often. Whenever we drove by, both of us would start waving at him and, pretty soon, the old man started at everyone who passed by his house.
One time, my daughter’s friend came to visit and she told my daughter that she saw this strange old man near our home wave at her very . She mentioned that she waved back, although she didn’t know him, and it felt really good.
As soon as my daughter heard this, she told her friend the of how all the waving began. Her friend answered, “Tell your mom that’s really cool!”
Other friends gave similar . This taught my daughter that an act of kindness can be natural and , if you really want to do it. It showed us how giving happiness can do good to both the giver and the receiver.
1.A. husband B. son C. daughter D. friend
2.A. Just now B. On time C. In the end D. At the beginning
3.A. Why B. How C. When D. Where
4.A. buy B. cost C. hide D. guess
5.A. or B. but C.so D. yet
6.A. shouting B. waving C. laughing D. looking
7.A. angrily B. excitedly C. loudly D. carefully
8.A. lesson B. accident C. news D. story
9.A. gifts B. notes C. thoughts D. books
10.A. easy B. funny C. unusual D. special
1.C 2.D 3.A 4.B 5.C 6.B 7.B 8.D 9.C 10.A 【解析】 试题这篇短文主要讲述了一对父女无意间一个善意的形容词,让一个原本悲观的老人开始乐观起来,进而影响了一大批人。 1.1】C 考查名词辨析及语境的理解。句意:一天,我带着女儿从这经过。A.Husband丈夫;B.son儿子;C.daught...He used to________the guitar,but now he is more________in playing soccer.
A. plays,interested B. play,interested
C. play,interesting D. playing,interest
B 【解析】 句意:他过去常弹吉他,但现在他对踢足球更感兴趣了。used to do sth.意为“过去常常做某事”;interesting修饰物,interested修饰人。be interested in对……感兴趣,根据句意“他过去常常弹吉他,但是现在他对踢足球更感兴趣”可知,故答案选B。When the school was over, I hurried back home to see my aunt Miss Lee. She just came back from __________yesterday. Miss Lee has been in America for about one year up to now. Every time when she tells us the__________ things she has experienced in that country, she will never __________to mention one thing that happened.
Miss Lee had an American friend Alice who lived in the same neighborhood. One day she paid a visit to her home. Miss Lee saw the __________son of Alice playing with toys in the room. She walked towards the little boy and patted him on the head__________. But Alice stood aside without a word and didn’t look happy at all. Miss Lee was very embarrassed at the time but did not know what__________
It was until one month later that Miss Lee began to know the__________. In China, to pat a person gently shows one likes the person. But in America, things__________to be quite different. They feel very __________when others pat them.
The story tells us that the__________body sign may mean differently in different countries.
1.A. America B. home C. China D. house
2.A. moving B. exciting C. interesting D. embarrassing
3.A. remember B. realize C. forget D. suffer
4.A. five years old B. five years C. five year D. five-year-old
5.A. heavily B. carefully C. gently D. rudely
6.A. caused B. produced C. made D. happened
7.A. reason B. test C. result D. game
8.A. be B. is C. are D. must
9.A. unhappy B. pleasant C. wonderful D. glad
10.A. same B. different C. good D. bad
1.A 2.D 3.C 4.D 5.C 6.D 7.A 8.C 9.A 10.A 【解析】 试题作者讲述了姑姑李女士在美国经历的尴尬事情,这个故事告诉人们,同样的肢体动作可能在不同的国家意思不同。 1.句意:她昨天刚从美国回来。A. America名词,美国;B. home名词,家;C. China名词,中国;D. house...Mrs. Black didn’t buy as ________ bread and milk as Mrs. White did.
A. more B. most C. many D. much
D 【解析】 句意:布莱克太太没有怀特太太买那么多面包和牛奶。A. more更多,much/many的比较级;B. most最多,many/much的最高级;C. many形容词,很多的,修饰可数名词复数;D. much形容词或副词,很多,作形容词时,修饰不可数名词。根据句意可知,本句为as…as…引导的原级比较的句子,中间使用形容词或副词的原级;bread and milk不可数名词...Do you see many signs around you? Do you know the signs are an important part of our daily life? They can be in pictures or in words to give people information. What do people think are good signs? If you are thinking about making signs for others, what should you know?
The most important thing is that signs should be simple and easy to understand. It is important to use clear language. On the other hand, the words should be easy to write and you just need to write down what you want to do. “Keep off the grass” is a very good example. It means “Don’t touch or walk on the grass”.
Nowadays, there is a saying that “A picture paints a thousand words”. Perhaps that’s why we are seeing more and more signs in pictures, or a combination of pictures and words. However, that’s the difficult part, because picture signs may have different meanings in different countries.
1.First, a good sign should be ____.
A. clear B. beautiful C. funny D. interesting
2.The writer uses “A picture paints a thousand words” to show that ____.
A. a word sign is as easy as a picture sign to make
B. a picture sign often has more information than a word sign
C. a word sign has more information than a picture sign
D. a word sign and a picture sign have the same information
3.What does the underlined word “combination” mean?
A. 分开 B. 结合 C. 并列 D. 平行
4.What is the disadvantage (不利因素) of picture signs?
A. They are too simple.
B. They are not easy to understand.
C. They are not as interesting as word sign.
D. They may have different meanings in different countries.
5.What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Word Signs B. Picture Signs C. The History of Signs D. Signs Are Important
1.A 2.B 3.B 4.D 5.D 【解析】 本篇文章难度适中,主要讲述标志的重要性,标志要清晰。容易书写,但不同的国家图片符号含义可能不同。 1.细节理解题。根据The most important thing is that signs should be simple and easy to understand. It is important...--- Would you like some tea or milk?
--- ____.
A. Yes, I’d like to B. Milk, please C. No, thanks D. Yes, please
B 【解析】 句意“-你想要茶还是牛奶?-牛奶”。A.我想;B.牛奶;C.不,谢谢;D.请。第一句为选择疑问句,选择疑问句必须要明确的回答,故选B。(题文)— Oh, there is someone in the room. — _________ must be my brother.
A. He B. This C. It D. She
C 【解析】 句意:——哦,房间里有人。——一定是我哥哥。考查代词。A. He他;B. This这、这个;C. It它;D. She她。在英语中,对于不确定的人物身份判断,用代词it来指代,类似用法还有有人敲门或者打电话时,还可以指代不明性别的人;此题中上句是说屋里有人,但是性别不确定,所以用it来代替;故答案选C。