题目内容
I went on a camping trip(露营) in the mountains with my classmates. After hiking all day, we found a place to camp for the night. We made a campfire① so that we could cook our dinner. We roasted some hot dogs and potatoes and drank lemonade. Then, when it got dark, we told ghost stories around the campfire.
Later when we lay down to go to sleep, we listened to the sound of crickets (蟋蟀) and small animals moving around in the grass. We thought there were some ghosts nearby. “What's that?” I asked. “I think I can hear someone walking in the woods,” Kathy said. Soon we all heard footsteps and we were all so scared② that we couldn't get to sleep. Of course, there was no one there, but we had wild imagination.
1. 写出①②处单词或短语的汉语意思。
①_________ ②_________
2. 根据释义,写出文中所含有的英语单词。
① to cook over a fire: __________________
② the sound made each time your foot touches the ground when walking: _________
根据短文内容,回答下列问题。
3. What did the students in the story do on their camping trip?
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4. Why did they make a campfire?
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5. Why were they scared?
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1.① 生篝火 ② 害怕的
2.① roast ② footsteps
3. They went hiking, made a campfire and roasted some hot dogs.
4. Because they wanted to cook their dinner.
5. Because they told ghost stories\ Because they all heard footsteps\...
“Certainly! Everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it. The Great Wall is wonderful!”“Yes, it is one of the wonders in the world. And people of many countries have come to visit it.” As I went on telling him more about it, he stopped me again, “You don’t say!”
I couldn’t help asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it? ”
“Well, I didn’t ask you to do so,” he answered, greatly surprised.
“Did you say ‘You don’t say!’?” I asked again.
Hearing this, the foreigner laughed loudly. He began to explain, “‘You don’t say!’ means ‘Really’. Perhaps you know little about English idioms(惯用语).”
Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.
【小题1】The writer was puzzled because .
A.the foreigner has some difficulty in understanding him. |
B.the writer himself didn’t understand the meaning of “You don’t say!” |
C.the foreigner was not polite. |
D.the writer was very clever |
A.The English idioms | B.The writer’s talking about the Great Wall |
C.The writer’s explanation | D.The writer’s question |
A.China | B.America | C.England | D.Canada |
A.once | B.twice | C.three times | D.four times |
A.Thank you | B.OK | C.Really | D. Sorry |
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A young man works hard on his lessons. He is very busy studying. He doesn’t have __1__ to rest. After sometime, he falls ill.
Every night, when he goes to bed, he __2__ his eyes and tries to sleep. But he can’t. He thinks, “I must go to __3__ the doctor.”
He tells the doctor, “I can’t go to sleep at night.”
“Try counting(数) __4__ . When you reach 1,000, you’ll be asleep,” says the doctor.
The next day the man goes back to the doctor’s office.
“Well,” says the doctor, “__5__ are you today?”
“Well,” the man says, “I tried counting one, two, three … up to 1,000. __6__ when I reached 569, I began __7__ feel sleepy(犯困的). I had to __8__ and __9__ some tea. Then I went on counting up to 1,000 again. But I __10__ couldn’t fall asleep.”
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One summer vacation in my college, my roommate Ted asked to me to work on his father’s farm in Argentina. The idea was exciting. Then I had second thoughts. I had never been far from New England, and I had been homesick my first few weeks at college. What about the language? The more I thought about it, the more the idea worried me.
Finally, I turned down the invitation. Then I realized I had turned down something I wanted to do because I was scared and felt depressed(沮丧). That experience taught me a valuable lesson and I developed a rule for myself: do what makes you anxious(焦虑); don’t do what makes you depressed.
In my senior year, I wanted to be a writer. But my professor wanted me to teach. I hesitated. The idea of writing was much scarier than spending a summer in Argentina. Back and forth I went, making my decision, unmaking it. Suddenly I realized that every time I gave up the idea of writing, that downhearted feeling went through me.
Giving up writing really depressed me. Then I learned another lesson. To avoid the depression meant having to bear much worry and concern.
When I first began writing articles, I often interviewed big names. Before each interview I would get butterflies in the stomach. One of them was the great composer Duke Ellington. On the stage and on television, he seemed very confident. Then I learned Ellington still got stage fright(害怕). If Ellington still had anxiety attacks, how could I avoid them? I went on doing those frightening interviews. Little by little, I was even looking forward to the interviews. Where were those butterflies?
In truth, they were still there, but fewer of them. I had learned from a process psychologists(心理学家) call “extinction”. If you put an individual in an anxious situation often, finally there isn’t anything to be worried about, which brings me to a conclusion: you’ll never get rid of anxiety by avoiding the things that caused it.
The point is that the new, the different, is definitely scary. But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning piles up, the world opens to you.
【小题1】We can infer from the passage that the author________.
A.finds it difficult to make decision |
B.has found out what causes anxiety |
C.was encouraged by Duke Ellington’s stage fright |
D.no longer feels anxious about new experiences |
A.a person’s loss of confidence little by little |
B.the natural development of a child’s abilities |
C.the inborn ability to avoid anxious situations |
D.the process of losing fear by keeping facing anxiety |
A.Anxiety can be a positive drive |
B.Hesitation leads to depression. |
C.Avoiding anxiety reduces depression. |
D.Depression is a signal that one is growing up. |
A.Confidence: Key to Success |
B.Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name |
C.Depression: A Psychological Appearance |
D.Success: A Trip Through Anxiety and Depression |
This story is about a young man. He worked hard at his lessons. He was too busy. He didn’t have time to rest, so he was ill. Every night, when he went to bed, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep(睡觉). But he couldn’t. He thought: “I must go to see the doctor.” He said to the doctor. “I can’t go to sleep at night.” “Try counting numbers. When you reach one thousand, you’ll be asleep.” The next day the man came back to the doctor’s office. “Well,” said the doctor, “How are you today?”
“Yes, he said,” I tried counting one, two, three. . . up to (直到)one thousand. But when I reached five hundred and sixty-nine, I began to feel sleepy (感到困倦). I had to get up and drank some tea. Then I went on counting up to one thousand. But I still couldn’t fall asleep.
【小题1】The young man couldn’t go to sleep because ________ .
A.he didn’t finish his lessons |
B.he worked too hard and was ill |
C.he was worried about his homework |
D.there was a lot of housework to do and he couldn’t have a good rest |
A.to count numbers before he went to bed |
B.to put all numbers from 1 to 1000 together |
C.to count numbers while he was lying in bed |
D.to go to bed earlier |
A.he wanted to thank the doctor |
B.he was better |
C.he wanted to ask the doctor how to count the numbers |
D.he still couldn’t go to sleep at night |
A.counted from 569 to 1000 |
B.counted from 1 to 569 and fell asleep |
C.counted from 1 to 569 and got up to drink some tea |
D.counted from 1 to 1000 and fell asleep |
A.didn’t understand the doctor’s words. | B.couldn’t count numbers |
C.didn’t try to sleep | D.wasn’t ill at all |