题目内容
There are many things we need to know that we do not learn at school. For example, if we want to use our money wisely(智慧地), we need to shop carefully. We need to know how to compare the prices of the thing in different shops. We need to be able to compare the quality of different brands(品牌). We need to know how to make a choice(选择) when we shop.
Knowing how to make such choices is a “life skill”, and we need these skills if we want to live useful and happy lives.
Some of these choices are small. For example, will I take an apple for lunch or a pear? Will I go to school by bus or on foot? Will I wear the red T-shirt or the blue one to the movies? Other choices are more important. For example, will I eat healthy food for lunch or will I eat junk food because it is nicer? Will I work hard in all my classes or will I only work hard in the classes I enjoy? We make choices like this every day.
We have to realize that the choices we make can affect(影响) the rest of our lives. Just as importantly, our choices can also affect other people. The next time you decide to waste time in class, play a joke on someone or talk loudly at the movies, think about this: Who else does your choice affect?
【小题1】This passage mainly tells us that it’s important to _____________.
| A．make the right choices |
| B．know how to compare prices |
| C．know how to shop carefully |
| D．learn everything at school |
| A．know how to choose a part-time job |
| B．compare brands and prices |
| C．live useful and happy lives |
| D．learn things at school |
| A．Which fruit to take for lunch. |
| B．Which kind of food to eat, healthy food or junk food? |
| C．Which T-shirt to wear to the movies. |
| D．How to get to school. |
| A．nobody | B．the people around us |
| C．just ourselves | D．the prices of the things |
| A．We face all kinds of choices every day. |
| B．We can learn everything at school. |
| C．Knowing how to make choices isn’t necessary. |
| D．Our choices won’t affect others. |
【小题1】A
【小题2】C
【小题3】B
【小题4】B
【小题5】A
解析试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了我们每天都面临着这样那样的选择。选择也是一种生活技能。选择不仅影响我们的生活的其他部分也会影响周围的人。
【小题1】主旨大意题。根据文章的主要内容及 及第二段 Knowing how to make such choices is a “life skill”, and we need these skills if we want to live useful and happy lives.可知选A。
.【小题2】细节理解题。根据第二段 Knowing how to make such choices is a “life skill”, and we need these skills if we want to live useful and happy lives.描述，知道怎样作出那样的选择是一种生活技能，如果我们想过有用而快乐的生活我们就需要这种技能。故选C
【小题3】细节理解题。根据第三段Other choices are more important. For example, will I eat healthy food for lunch or will I eat junk food because it is nicer?其他的选择更重要，例如，午饭我是吃健康的食物还是因为好吃而吃垃圾食品？。进行比较四个选项后，可知选B
【小题4】细节理解题。根据第四段Just as importantly, our choices can also affect other people.描述，同样重要的是,我们的选择也会影响别人。故选B。
【小题5】是非判断题。根据第三段We make choices like this every day.描述，我们每天都作出像这样的选择。可知A项正确。A 我们每天都面临各种各样的选择。
考点：人生百味类短文阅读。
阅读快车系列答案Mike Myers is a teacher at Chauncey Rose High School in Terre Haute, Indiana. Last year, he taught his students about the world’s rain forests. They learned that rain forests are important because the plants and animals of the rain forest give us food, wood, and medicine.
Destruction of the world’s rain forests is a serious problem. Unluckily, rain forests are disappearing at a rate of 80 acres per minute! As part of a class project, Myers’ students bought three acres of rain forest in Central America. They paid $25 per acre. The students hope that the land they bought will be protected and not destroyed. The students became so interested in rain forests that they decided to get a closer look at a real rain forest.
So last June, Myers and four of his students took a boat ride down a river. They saw alligators and crocodiles. In the middle of the week, a guide took Myers and his students into the rain forest. “The monkeys were not happy that we were in their forest. They broke small branches off the trees and threw them at e us,” one of the students said, “It was a great learning experience for all of us,” said Myers.
Each student chose something specific about Costa Rica to study involving the plants, animals, food, and culture. During the last few days the group had time to do fun activities. They went whitewater rafting and horseback riding, and visited Costa Rica’s active volcano.
Myers hopes to make the trip every year with a different group of kids.
【小题1】How much did Myers’ students pay for the rain forest they bought?
| A．$25 | B．$75 | C．$80 | D．$2000 |
| A．They went into the rain forest. | B．They bought acres of rain forest. |
| C．They took a boat ride down a river. | D．They visited Costa Rica’s active volcano. |
| A．destroyed | B．developed | C．described | D．discovered. |
| A．felt excited | B．felt angry | C．jumped off the trees | D．left the rain forest |
| A．did something to protect rain forest |
| B．wanted to buy the rain forest in Costa Rica |
| C．were interested in the culture of Costa Rica |
| D．went to the rain forest for various fun activities |
A few years ago, David had the idea of selling CDs over the Internet. He started his work from his home. Now he sells over 500,000 CDs a year and has made himself into a millionaire(百万富翁), at the age of 24.
“I could see that this was the future of shopping,” says David. “Why should you pay $15 for a CD and spend the time and the money going into the shop? You know sometimes you have to find a place for your car too. You can have the same CD for half of the price by clicking on your computer. And we can find any CD you want and bring it to your door in 24 hours!”
David said this is the only beginning, “One day we’ll do our shopping over the Internet: it’s easier, quicker and cheaper. Shops and supermarkets will be the past.”
【小题1】How has he become a millionaire?
| A．By making new supermarkets. |
| B．By making advertisements. |
| C．By selling ideas to others. |
| D．By selling CDs on the Internet. |
| A．$15. | B．$12. | C．$7.5. | D．$30. |
| A．spend any time or money | B．drive your car any more |
| C．click on your computer | D．get into the shop by yourself |
| A．More than half of the people like to shop on the Internet. |
| B．Shops and supermarkets will be the past in the future. |
| C．Some people don’t like to go shopping over the Internet. |
| D．It’s easier, quicker and more expensive to do our shopping over the net. |
When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person. When Dr. Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest. The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled(毁坏) them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on.
He talked about how watering trees made for shallow(浅的) roots(根), and how trees that weren't watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important. So he never watered his trees. He'd planted an oak(橡树)and instead of watering it every morning, he'd beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention.
Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They're very big and strong now. I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray (祈祷) that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties. There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won't be beaten down.
【小题1】We know from the passage, the doctor______.
| A．didn't know how to plant trees at all |
| B．wasn't good at his own medical job |
| C．had his own ways of planting trees |
| D．had nothing to do but plant trees |
| A．some weak trees would be easily found out at the beginning |
| B．he would choose the weak trees to water earlier |
| C．the weak trees would be sent to his patients later |
| D．he would not plant weak trees so early anymore |
| A．should beat his trees with a rolled-up newspaper |
| B．didn’t often water his trees |
| C．didn’t have a large field |
| D．took too much care of his trees |
| A．his trees will be stronger than Dr.Gibbs′ |
| B．his trees will not be beaten down |
| C．his sons will be better at planting trees |
| D．his sons will be able to face difficulties |
| A．Watering Trees | B．Growing Roots |
| C．Doctor and his Neighbor | D．Father and his Children |
Bob Harris was a weatherman at a small television station. He worked for twenty years and during those twenty years, he felt that his life was boring. Every day, he studied the weather and tried to predict(预报)the next day’s weather. Then, he stood in front of the camera and read his report. Some days it was cloudy, some days it was sunny; sometimes rainy, while sometimes snowy. The weather changed each day, but Bob still felt that his job was always the same. His boss often told him to be happier and smile more in front of the camera, but Bob rarely smiled. He thought that most people did not watch his weather report and his job did not matter much to anyone. One day, he arrived at work and began to study the weather as usual. He noticed that something was different that day.
Everything he studied told him that there was going to be a very big storm very soon, though he was not completely sure. Suddenly, Bob felt excited. He ran to his boss’s office and asked to do a special weather report. The boss agreed and Bob gave a special report that afternoon, warning people of the coming storm. Because of this report, many people were safe during the storm.
Bob realized(意识到) that his job was actually very important.
【小题1】Why did Bob feel that his life was boring?
| A．Because the weather changed each day. |
| B．Because he did not want to work for a small television station. |
| C．Because he did not like to stand in front of the camera. |
| D．Because he felt that his job was always the same. |
| A．Because he thought that his job did not matter much to anyone. |
| B．Because he only worked for a small televison station. |
| C．Because he did not like his boss. |
| D．Because the weather report was boring. |
| A．Because he felt excited. |
| B．Because he wanted to warn people of the coming storm. |
| C．Because he realized that his job was actually very important. |
| D．Because he wanted to smile in front of the camera. |
| A．Because he wanted to do a special weather report. |
| B．Because he wanted to ask his boss for more money. |
| C．Because he knew there was going to be a big storm soon. |
| D．Because he was going to stand in front of the camera. |
| A．People were safe from the storm because of his weather report. |
| B．He got better pay after he did the weather report. |
| C．People liked him very much. |
| D．He did a special report every day. |
Last year when Tom graduated from school, he came to Taibei. He didn't like to work on his father's farm and hoped to find a job in a big city. He went from one company to another but no one wanted him. With little money left, he got to the station, sad and tired. All he wanted to do was go back to his small town. It was very late at night and the station was full of people. They were waiting to buy tickets of the last train. He bought the last ticket, and he was very happy.
At that time, a woman with a crying baby walked to him and asked him to sell her the ticket. He gave her the ticket because he thought they needed it more than he did. After the train left, he sat on the bench and didn't know where to go. Suddenly, an old man came and said, "Young man, I have seen what you did to the woman. I am the owner of a big company. I need a good young man like you. Would you like to work for me?
【小题1】Tom came to the station to _______.
| A．find a job | B．take the train home |
| C．sell the ticket | D．take the train to Taibei |
| A．she was Tom's old friend |
| B．her child wanted to talk to Tom |
| C．she needed to take the train |
| D．she had no money to buy a ticket |
| A．he didn't take a train ticket |
| B．he missed the train |
| C．he wanted to talk to the old man |
| D．he gave his ticket to the woman |
| A．lend Tom some money | B．give Tom a job |
| C．say "Thank you " to Tom | D．sit on the bench with Tom |
| A．Many people find job in a train station. |
| B．Don't buy the last ticket of the train. |
| C．If we try our best to help others, others will help us. |
| D．We should not give our ticket to others in a train station. |
Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to worry about people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads in their free time.
In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you are studying hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of you; When you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; When you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. All your happiness is always around you.
Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you should not always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving(旋转的) door. When it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
【小题1】 Happiness is for ____________.
| A．those who have large and beautiful houses |
| B．those who have cars |
| C．those who have a lot of money |
| D．all people |
| A．people around you will help you to correct（改正）it |
| B．you will have no chance to challenge yourself |
| C．your classmates will laugh at you |
| D．you will be happy |
| A．When you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you. |
| B．You can’t get help from others when you make mistakes. |
| C．You can’t be a happy person if you have little money. |
| D．Happiness is not a feeling from your heart. |
| A．Because money always brings happiness. |
| B．Because money doesn’t always bring people happiness. |
| C．Because everything can be bought with money. |
| D．Because only rich people have happiness. |
| A．Happiness is for everyone. |
| B．Lucky life. |
| C．Do something good to others. |
| D．Life and success. |
This is my family. My father’s name is Mr. White. He is 35 years old. His birthday is October twenty-third. He likes football. He likes vegetables, but he doesn’t like meat. My mother’s name is Mrs. White. She is 34 years old. Her birthday is July fourth. She doesn’t like to watch TV, but she likes to play on the computer. She likes ice cream and all the fruits: apples, oranges, bananas, but she doesn’t like mangoes. My name is George. I’m thirteen years old. My birthday is May fifth. I like all vegetables and fruits. And I like Chinese food and ice cream, but I don’t like hamburgers, because mom says hamburgers are not good.【小题1】________ doesn’t like meat.
| A．Mr. White | B．Mrs. White | C．George | D．George’s sister |
【小题2】Mother likes _________________.| A．to watch TV | B．to go shopping |
| C．to watch movies | D．to play on the computer |
【小题3】George doesn’t like hamburgers, because __________.| A．his mother says hamburgers are not good |
| B．his father doesn’t like hamburgers |
| C．he likes Chinese food |
| D．he likes all the fruits |
【小题4】Mr. White is _______________.| A．35 years old | B．34 years old | C．33 years old | D．23 years old |
【小题5】George’s birthday is ___________.| A．December sixth | B．July fourth |
| C．May fifth | D．October twenty-third |