题目内容
The sun was shining quite brightly as Mrs Grant left her house, so she decided not to
16 an umbrella with her. She got on the bus to the town and before long it began to
rain．The rain had not stopped l7 the bus arrived at the market half an hour later．Mrs Grant
stood up and absent—mindedly(心不在焉地)picked up the umbrella that was l8 on the
seat in front of her.
A cold voice said loudly，“That is mine，Madam!”
Suddenly remembering that she had come out without her umbrella，Mrs Grant felt 19
for what she had done，trying at the same time to take no notice of the unpleasant 20
the owner of the umbrella was giving her．
When she got off the bus，Mrs Grant made straight for a shop where she could buy an
umbrella．She found a pretty one and bought it .Then she 21 to buy another as a present
for her daughter. Afterwards she did the rest of her 22 and had lunch in a restaurant.
In the afternoon she got on the homeward (回家的)bus with the two umbrellas under
her arm, and sat down. Then she 23 that, by a curious coincidence(巧台)，she was
sitting next to the woman who had made her feel 24 that morning.
That woman now looked at her，and then at the umbrellas. “You’ve had quite a good
25 ,” she said.
16. A. keep B. bring C. take D. leave
17. A. before B. until C. though D. when
18. A. hanging B. appearing C. dropping D. losing
19. A. angry B. sorry C. lucky D. glad
20. A. reply B．call C. suggestion D. look
21. A．promised B. decided C. agreed D. remembered
22.A.hiking B. shopping C. trying D. searching
23.A.meant B. explained C. saw D. forgot
24. A .jealous B. bored C. satisfied D. uncomfortable
25.A.day B. meal C .Journey D. present
【主旨大意】本文主要介绍了Mrs Grant在公交车上错拿了一把雨伞，以及由此引出的幽默故事。
16. C根据前一句中的“Mrs Grant离开家时天空很晴朗“可知，她决定不带雨伞，take an umbrella是固定搭配，因此答案为C。
17. D 根据后文她拿错伞，可知当汽车到市场时雨还没有停，“当....的时候”应该用连词when，因此答案为D。
18. A 由外面正在下雨及关键词“心不在焉的”，可知她应该是顺手拿起“挂在”她前面的雨伞，因此答案为A。
19. B 等她知道拿错伞后，一定是不好意思，因此答案为B。
20. D 伞主人此时的脸上应该是非常不高兴，因为最需要伞的时候，它却被别人给拿走了，因此答案为D。
21. B 本题题意为“然后她决定再买一把当作礼物送给女儿。”“决定”应该表示为decide，因此答案为B。
22. B 她去市场的目的是购物，因此答案为B。
23. C 她坐上车后才“看见”，故用动词saw。
24. D本句句意为“她正坐在那个上午让她感到尴尬的妇女旁边，因此答案为D。
25. A 这正是文章的幽默所在，那个妇女以为Mrs Grant又拿错了别人两把伞，故讽刺她说“你今天太幸运了”。
One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, "Look! There's a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag." Thomas said, 'It isn't worth the trouble." His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they lad a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries.
The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn't a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost some time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, "My dear son, if you had bent down earlier to pick up that horseshoe. it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.
【小题1】Who picked up the horseshoe at last?
| A．Thomas. |
| B．The old father. |
| C．Both the father and the son. |
| D．Neither the father nor the son. |
| A．some food |
| B．some water |
| C．some cherries |
| D．some pennies |
| A．felt very happy |
| B．didn't say anything |
| C．beat the son |
| D．became a little angry |
| A．he wanted his son to eat them all |
| B．he wanted his son to do more exercise |
| C．lie wanted to teach his son a lesson |
| D．he wanted his son to pick them up |
| A．cherries are so delicious that most of is like to eat-them |
| B．a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money |
| C．if the boy wants to eat cherries, he must pick up the horseshoe |
| D．if we want to do some great things, we should start with some small ones |
There was a lovely vegetable patch (菜园). A large tree grew there. Both the patch and the tree gave the place a wonderful look, and they were the pride of the gardener. But no one knew that the vegetables and the tree couldn’t stand (忍受) each other. The vegetables hated the tree’s shadow (阴影), because it left them only just enough light to live. The tree, on the other hand, hated the vegetables because they drank nearly all the water, leaving him just enough to live.
The situation became so serious that the vegetables decided to use up all the water in the ground so that the tree would die. The tree answered back by not protecting the vegetables from the hot sun, so they began to dry up. Soon the vegetables were really weak, and the tree was drying up.
The gardener wondered why and stopped watering them. When he did that, both the tree and the vegetables realized that it was better to help each other. They learned how to live in harmony with those around them. So they decided to work together, using both the shade and the water to grow well. After seeing how well they were doing, the gardener gave the best care to his vegetable patch, watering and fertilizing (施肥) it better than any other patch for miles around.
【小题1】Why didn’t the vegetables and the tree get on well with each other?
| A．Because the vegetables wanted more light. |
| B．Because the tree drank almost all the water. |
| C．Because the vegetables weren’t the pride of the gardener. |
| D．Because the vegetables didn’t look as wonderful as the tree. |
| A．the vegetables were sorry to see the tree drying up |
| B．the gardener was very angry with the vegetables and the tree |
| C．the gardener didn’t know what was happening in the patch at first |
| D．the tree didn’t know how important the sun was to the vegetables |
| A．长久地 | B．小心地 | C．有效地 | D．和谐地 |
① The gardener worked on the patch even harder than before.
② The gardener stopped watering the vegetables and the tree.
③ The vegetables decided to use up all the water in the ground.
④ The tree and the vegetables realized the importance of helping each other.
| A．③②④① | B．④②③① | C．②①④③ | D．①③④② |
| A．why the sunlight and water were very important |
| B．how the gardener took care of his vegetable patch |
| C．why the gardener was proud of his vegetable patch |
| D．what happened between the vegetables and the tree |
Millions of stars are travelling about in space. A few form groups which travel together, but most of them travel alone.
And they travel through a universe which is so large that one star seldom comes near to another. For the most important part each star makes its journey in complete loneliness, like a ship on an empty ocean. The ship will be well over a million miles from its nearest neighbour. From this it is easy to understand why a star seldom finds another anywhere near it.
We believe, however, that some two thousand million years ago, another star wandering(漫游) through space, happened to come near our sun just as the sun and the moon raised its tides(潮汐) on the earth, so this star must have raised tides on the surface of the sun. But they were very different from the small tides that are raised in our oceans; A large tidal(潮汐的) wave must have travelled over the surface of the sun, at last forming a mountain so high that we cannot imagine it. As the cause of the disturbance came nearer, so the mountain rose higher and higher. And before the star began to move away again, its tidal pull had become so powerful that this mountain was torn to pieces and thrown off small parts of itself into space.
These small pieces have been going round the sun ever since. They are the planets.
【小题1】Most stars are _________________________.
| A．following a regular path in space |
| B．moving about without a fixed course |
| C．seldom wandering about in the universe |
| D．always travelling together |
| A．the star moved away from the sun |
| B．another star happened to come near the sun |
| C．the sun and the moon raised the tides on the earth |
| D．a large tidal of wave travelled over the surface of the sun |
| A．how space formed |
| B．our earth exists before the sun |
| C．no one knows where the earth comes from |
| D．our earth used to be a high mountain in the sun |
| A．the large tidal wave | B．the powerful tidal pull |
| C．the star coming near the sun | D．one of sun’s planets |
| A．where the planets in the universe came from |
| B．how the high mountains were formed on the sun |
| C．that the universe is so large that we cannot imagine it |
| D．why the tides over the surface of the sun were so powerful |
One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! There’s a horseshoe, pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isn’t worth the trouble.” His father said nothing but he picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries(樱桃).
The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn’t a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost no time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, “My dear son, if you had bent(弯腰) down early to pick up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that he who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.”
【小题1】Who picked up the horseshoe at last?
| A．The son. |
| B．The father. |
| C．Both the father and the son. |
| D．Neither the father nor the son. |
| A．some bread | B．some water |
| C．some cherries | D．some pennies |
| A．he wanted to teach his son a lesson |
| B．he wanted his son to do more exercise |
| C．he wanted his son to eat them all |
| D．he wanted to laugh at his son |
| A．cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat them |
| B．a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money |
| C．if we want to eat cherries, we must pick up a horseshoe |
| D．if we don’t worry about the little things we cannot do the great things |
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pool. It was very hot , but it was relaxing there.