题目内容
These shoes are yours. Please ________.
A. put on them B. put on it C. put them on D. put it on
C.
名校课堂系列答案I am Bill Jones. I am a teacher of English. My wife is Linda Jones. She is a nurse. We have a daughter and a son. We have many friends.
Look! These are my friends. This is Mr. Black. He is a worker. He works in a shoe factory He makes shoes there. That’s Mrs. Black. She is a worker on a farm near here. The girl is their daughter. She is a student. She is thirteen. The boy is their son. He is a young soldier（战士）. His name is Carl Black.
【小题1】What is Bill Jones?
| A．He is Mr. Black’s friend. |
| B．He is Linda’s husband. |
| C．He is an English teacher. |
| D．He has a daughter and a son. |
| A．She is a nurse. |
| B．She is a worker. |
| C．She is an English teacher. |
| D．She is a farmer. |
| A．He works in a school. |
| B．He works on a farm. |
| C．He works in a shoe factory. |
| D．He works in a shoes shop. |
| A．She is a university student. |
| B．She is a middle school student. |
| C．She is a nurse. |
| D．She is a young soldier. |
| A．Carl is a young worker. |
| B．Carl is Mr. Black’s son. |
| C．Carl is Mr. Jones’ son. |
| D．Carl is a friend of the Black family. |
“We needed furniture for our living room,” says John Kose, “and we didn’t have enough money to buy it.” So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs. John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling （努力）to make a home when the cost of living is very high. The Koses took a 2-week course for $ 280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.
Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe-making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for $420. “I was very upset about it. Now I’ve finished a car repair course. I should be able to fix the car myself. ”
John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a “do-it-yourself”, you can go to DIY classes. And for those who don’t have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how to do things yourself.
【小题1】We know from the passage that many people ________ .
| A．seldom go to a department store to buy things |
| B．take DIY courses run by the government |
| C．like to learn to make their own furniture |
| D．find it hard to pay for what they need |
| A．improve the quality of life |
| B．save time and money |
| C．make or repair things |
| D．run a DIY shop |
| A．keeps house and looks after his children |
| B．does his own car and home repairs |
| C．does extra work at night |
| D．make shoes in his home |
| A．he had to raise the children all by himself |
| B．he could not possibly do two jobs |
| C．the car repair class was not helpful |
| D．his car repairs cost too much |
| A．Go to classes. |
| B．Read books. |
| C．Go to classes and read books. |
| D．The passage doesn't tell us. |
As prices and building costs keep rising, the “do-it-yourself” (DIY) is getting more and more popular in the USA.
“We needed furniture for our living room,” says John Rose,” and we just didn’t have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs.” John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Roses took a 2-week courses for ＄280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.
Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has much work at home as well as a job in a shoe-making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for＄420. “I was deeply unhappy about it. Now I’ve finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself.”
John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can do to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a DIY, you can go to DIY classes. And for those who didn’t have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.
【小题1】Many newly married people in the USA ______.
| A．find it hard to pay for what they need |
| B．must take some courses |
| C．have to learn to make their own furniture |
| D．seldom go to a shop to buy things. |
| A．make furniture | B．make or repair things |
| C．improve the quality of life | D．save time and money |
| A．make shoes at home | B．do housework in a shoe factory |
| C．run a shoe-making factory at home | D．work in a shoe factory |
| A．he enjoyed doing everything by himself |
| B．he becomes an unusual person |
| C．his car repairs cost very much |
| D．the car repair class wasn’t helpful |
| A．If you want to become a DIY, you can only go to DIY classes. |
| B．People who take DIY courses are quite different from the others. |
| C．DIY is becoming more and more popular because of the raising living cost. |
| D．Most families in the country are doing everything because they enjoy the life style. |
The American expression “shoo-in” means someone or something that seems sure to win a race or competition.
Before a big football game, supporters of each are certain to argue about which side will win.
Sometimes, however, one team appears so much stronger than the others that everyone agrees it will win.. The stronger team is a shoo-in. There is no way that it can lose.
The expression “shoo-in” comes from horse racing. It comes from the world “shoo”. That is not the shoe we wear on our feet. It’s another word, S-H-O-O. To shoo is an expression hundreds of years old that means to force an animal to move in a desired direction.
Many years ago dishonest riders sometimes agreed secretly to control their horses so that one chosen horse would win the race. but one of the riders would hold back their horses. The chosen rider would shoo his horse ahead of the others, and win the race.
The other riders would secretly bet large amounts of money that the chosen horse would win. The public soon learned about such about such race. They began to call the winners of such a race a “shoo-in”
These days, people use shoo into describe any athlete or competition that seems certain to win, even without cheating.
American runner Edewin Moses won more than hundred races before he ran the hurdle race in the 1984 Olympic Games. Everyone said Moses was a shoo-in, and that he could not lost. And they were right. He won the gold medal.
阅读上面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案
1.One of the dishonest riders was sure to win the race because_______.
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A．be used to be the best in riding |
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B．the pubic had belief in him |
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C．he could not control his horse easily |
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D．the other riders had agreed to fail in the race |
2.The reason why American runner Edewin Moses was regarded as a
“Shoo-in” is _________.
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A．due to his honest in the races he ran in |
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B．duo to his great effort(努力) shown in more than one hundred races |
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C．that he won over 100 competitions before the 1984 Olympic Games |
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D．that the old meaning of “shoo-in’ had changed |
3.Which is the following statement is not true?
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A．“Shoo-in” came from the word “shoo”. |
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B．The US runner Moses was worthy of (配得上 ) a shoo-in. |
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C．The public did not know they were being cheated |
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D．Some riders bet a lot of money on the chosen horse. |
4.The main idea of the passage is that “shoo-in” is_______.
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A．used for anyone or anything that is certain to win a game |
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B．used to admire( 钦佩 ) a person who seems to be sure to win a race |
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C．A word used to describe a dishonest person |
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D．used for any athlete or competitor that too clever to be cheated |
5.In the last paragraph the author means to tell us ________.
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A．who Edewin Moses was |
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B．Moses won a lot of races |
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C．Moses was the best runners in America |
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D．We can use “shoo-in” to describe an excellent runner. |