My name is Lucy. I have two good friends, Mary and June. June and I are twelve years old. Mary is thirteen years old. My birthday is November 11th．June’s birthday is September 11th ．And Mary’s bir 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

A young father was visiting an old neighbor. They were standing in the old man’s garden, and talking about children. The young man said,“How strict should parents be with their children?”
　 The old man pointed to（指着）a string (细绳) between a big strong tree and a thin young one.
　 “Please untie (解开) that string.” said the old man. “But first pull the string tight so that（以便于）the young tree is straight again.” The young man did so. He untied the string and only found that the young tree bent（弯）over to one side.
　 Then the old man said,“There, it is the same with children. You must be strict with them. But sometimes you must untie the string to see how they are getting on. If they are not yet able to stand alone，you must tie the string tight again. But when you find that they are ready to stand alone，you can take the string away.”
小题1:The story is about ____________.
　　    A. how to take care of young trees　
B. how strict parents should be with their children
C. how the young father should get on with his old neighbor
小题2: The young man untied the string ________________.
　　    A. in order to throw it away  　　
B. so that both of the trees wouldn’t grow straight
　　    C. and found that the young tree bent over to one side
小题3:When could the string be taken away?
　　    A. When the old man left.　  　　
B. When the young man untied it next time.
　   　C. When the young tree grew strong enough.
小题4: At last the old man told the young man ________________.
　　    A. that he should be strict with his children if they could not
stand alone
　　    B. that he should always be strict with his children
　　    C. that he should be hard on his children
小题5:We learn that the big strong tree and the thin young one are like _________.
A. the young father and the old neighbor   　　
B. parents and their children
　　     C. the old neighbor and the children of young father

I am an English girl. My name is Mary. I’m twelve. My dad and mom are English teachers. I have a brother（哥哥）. His name is Tom and he is thirteen years old. We are in China now. We are in Beijing No. 4 Junior High School. Tom is in Class 4, Grade 7 and I am in Class 9, Grade 7. I have a dog. My dog looks strong. It has a big mouth and two big black ears. We have many(许多) Chinese friends here. They are good.
根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。
小题1:Mary comes from the U.S.A.
小题2:Mary and Tom are in the same class, but they are in different grades.
小题3:Mary’s dog’s mouth and ears are big.
小题4:The dog’s ears are white.
小题5: Tom and Mary have many friends in China.

Helen Keller lived in the U.S.A. She was a great woman.
When Helen was a baby, she got very sick. After many weeks, the doctor said, “ She is better, but now she can’t see or can’t hear.” Her mother and father were very sad.
After a few years, things got worse. There was no way for Helen to speak with other people. She heard nothing. She saw nothing. She didn’t understand anything.
Then one day a teacher came to live with Helen and her family. The teacher helped Helen learn about words. Helen was a very bright child and soon she learned to spell her first word. When she was older, she went to college(大学).
Helen was very famous. She helped many blind(盲) and deaf(聋) people. She traveled around the world and helped many people.
Helen was a very old woman when she died. The world remembers her today as a brave and wonderful person. She was blind and deaf, but she found a way to see and hear.
(       )1 Helen Keller got very sick when ____________
A She was a baby                B She went to college
C Her teacher came to her home   D She was very old
(       )2__________taught Helen Keller her first word.
A Her mother B Her teacher C Her father D The doctor
(       )3 Helen Keller was famous because ___________
A She was an American.
B She traveled around the world
C Ser teacher taught her many things
D She learned to read and write and helped many people in the world
(       )4 The world remembers Helen Keller today because ____
A She was very bright.
B She was blind and deaf.
C She was a brave and wonderful person.
D She went to college.
(       )5 Helen Keller was blind and deaf, but _______
A She found a way to understand the world.
B Her mother and father didn’t feel sad.
C She found a way to travel around the world.
D She found out how people became blind and deaf.

Americans like traveling on vacations. Today more and more travelers in the United States are spending nights at small houses or inns instead of(而不是) hotels. They get a room for the night and breakfast for the next morning.
Rooms for the night in private homes with the breakfast have been popular with travelers in Europe for many years.
In the past five to ten years, these bed-and-breakfast places have become popular in the United States. Many of these America’s bed-and-breakfast inns are old historic buildings. Some bed-and-breakfast inns have only a few rooms. Others are much larger. Some inns do not provide（提供） telephones or televisions in the rooms while others do.
Staying at a bed-and-breakfast inn is much different from staying at a hotel. Usually the cost is much less. Staying at an inn is almost like visiting someone’s home. The owners are glad to tell about the area and the interesting places to visit. Many people who take such vocations say they enjoy the chance to meet local families.
小题1:Americans like _______ on their vacations every year.

A．to stay at home	B．traveling
C．to sleep at home	D．watching TV

小题2:More and more travelers in the United States are spending nights _______.

A．at hotels	B．at small houses or inns
C．in their cars	D．in the open air

小题3:The bed-and-breakfast places have been popular in the USA _______.

A．for less than five years	B．for one year
C．for over ten years	D．for a few years

小题4:American travelers like staying at bed-and- breakfast inns because _______.

A．these inns are cheap.

B．these inns are small and quiet.

C．they can meet and talk with local people

D．both A and C

Do you know Marc Yu (余俊承). He is very famous . He is only nine years old. He is a Chinese American. His mother is from Macao. He likes music very much and he has great musical talent（天赋）. He can play forty pieces of classical music now.
After hearing Mary Had a little Lamb one time at the age of three, he began playing it on the piano. Before that, he didn’t learn the piano at all. He started to take the piano lessons at the age of three. His first public performance（表演） was at the age of three , too.
Now he can play great music for people on the stage. He wants to be a famous musician like Lang Lang in the future. He likes LangLang very much. Lang Lang is his idol.
小题1:How old is Marc Yu?

小题2:Where is his mother from?

A．His mother is from America	B．His mother is from Macao
C．His mother is from Tai Wang	D．His mother is from Hong Kong

小题3:When did he begin to learn the piano?

小题4:.How many pieces of classical music can he play now?

小题5:What does Lang Lang do?

Nat lived in a small town in England. He always stayed in England for his vacation, but last year he thought, “I’m never outside this country. All my friends go to Spain , and they like it very much. So this year I’m going there, too.”
First he went to Madrid (马德里) and stayed in a small hotel for a few days. On the first morning he went out for a walk. In England people drive on the left, but in Spain they drive on the right. Nat forgot about this and when he was crossing a busy street, a bike knocked (撞) him down.
Nat lay (躺) on the ground for a few seconds and then he sat up and said,
“Where am I ?”
An old man was selling maps at the side of the street, and he at once came
to Nat and said, “Map of the city, sir ?”
小题1:Nat always spent his vacation______ .

A．in Madrid

B．in Spain

C．outside his country

D．in England

小题2:One year, Nat went to _______ .

小题3:The exact (准确) Chinese word for “busy” in this story may be “______”.

小题4:“Map of the city, sir ?” means “______”.

A．Do you have a map of the city

B．Show me a map of the city, please

C．Do you want to buy a map of the city, sir ?

D．Do you want to have a look at the map of the city

小题5:The end (结尾) of the story is ______ .

Tom saw an advertisement in a newspaper for a beautiful bicycle. It cost 55 pounds. So he went to the shop and asked to see one of the wonderful bicycles.
The owner of the shop was harpy to show one to Tom. Tom examined(检查)it carefully, and turned to the owner and said, "There isn’t a lamp on this bicycle. hut there was one on the bicycle in your advertisement."
"Yes, Sir, "answered the man." But the lamp isn’t included(包含)in the price of bicycle."
"Not included in the price of bicycle?" Tom said angrily. "But that’s not honest. If the lamp is in the advertisement, it should be included in the price.”“Well, Sir,” answered the shop owner coldly. "There is also a girl on the bicycle in the advertisement. but we cannot give you a girl with the bicycle, either."
小题1:In the advertisement, there was a ______ and a ______ on the bicycle.

A．lamp; man	B．picture; lamp
C．lamp; girl	D．newspaper; shop owner

小题2: After he read the advertisement, Tom decided to ______.

A．see and buy the lamp	B．examine the bicycle
C．see and buy the bike	D．ask the shop owner

小题3:Tom ______ after he looked at the bike carefully.

A．returned the bike to the shop owner	B．didn’t find a lamp on the bicycle
C．showed the bike to the shop owner	D．bought the bicycle at once

小题4: Tom thought it was ______ for the shop owner to sell the bike without a lamp while there was one in the advertisement.

小题5: The text gives us a lesson that ______.

A．sometimes we can’t completely (完全地) believe an advertisement.

B．we must read the newspaper carefully

C．The price of something is often changed

D．we should examine bicycles carefully before we buy them

Like most teenagers in the world, Joso Montanaro a teen artist in Brazil, likes reading and drawing cartoons. But he is special—his drawings get published(出版).
Montanaro is now drawing cartoons for Folha. Folha is Brazil’s largest newspaper and is known for its cartoons. Montanaro has already been working at Folha for two years. Each week he draws two, there or four cartoons and sends them to the paper. From those editors choose one for the next day’s page.
Montanaro draws about the news of the day. Recently he worked on The Wave—a drawing of the tsunami(海啸) that hit Japan. Montanaro also likes to draw cartoons about the fun

ny things that happen in Brazilian politics(政治).
“I like doing political drawings because you can joke about somebody bigger than you.” Montanaro says.
Folha’s art director ,Mario Kanno, says editors saw something new and different in Montanaro’s work.“We brought him in with this idea to show that, yes, young people also read newspapers and can show their ideas on politics,”Kanno says.
Montanaro’s love for cartoons began when be was only 7 or 8 year old. His dad bought him comics. Montanaro says these books gave him the ideas that got him drawing.“I think those great works have really helped me,”he says.“They remind me that I should draw something in my book every day.”
小题1:What is Montanaro doing for Folha now?

A．He is publishing story books.	B．He is drawing cartoons.
C．He is sending newspapers.	D．He is writing articles.

小题2:Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Folha is famous for its cartoons.

B．Folha is the largest newspaper in Brazil.

C．Montanaro draws one cartoon for Folha every week.

D．Montanaro began to work for Folha two years ago.

小题3:Why does Montanaro like drawing political cartoons?

A．Because he can show his ideas on politics.

B．Because he is very interested in political jobs.

C．Because he thinks it’s easier to draw political cartoons.

D．Because he can make fun of some important people.

小题4:What made Montanaro draw and helped him a lot in his drawings?

A．The comics his dad bought him.	B．His interest in cartoon films.
C．The fun of drawing cartoons.	D．His dad’s ideas about cartoons.

小题5:What’s the best title for this passage?

A．Folha’s art director.	B．Brazil’s largest newspaper.
C．Teen artist in Brazil.	D．Montanaro’s great father.

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