题目内容
One morning, an old woman carrying a big basket of cabbages on her head to the market. She hoped to 1 them to the people from town.
The mountain road was narrow(窄的)and the old woman was walking 2 , because she did not want to have 3 and lose her cabbages.
Suddenly she 4 a loud bell , and a bicycle came round the corner. It passed her and went very fast 5 the hill. The old woman had to jump to one side of the 6 so quickly that the basket of cabbages nearly fell into the valley(山谷).
She looked up, and saw that a young boy was on the bicycle. He was 7 on without even looking round to see 8 the old woman was all right.
The old woman began to shout,“Come back, young man! You dropped something!”
When he heard this , the boy stopped the bicycle so suddenly that he 9 fell off . Then he turned and began to 10 the bicycle back up to the hill. “What is it?”he asked.“What did I drop?”“Little boy,”the old woman answered,“you dropped our manners(礼貌).”
( )1. A. sened B. sell C. give D. take
( )2. A. carefully B. clearly C. politely D. hardly
( )3. A. a match B. a rest C. an accident D. a talk
( )4. A. hit B. made C. found D. heard
( )5. A. over B. up C. to D. down
( )6. A. road B. street C. town D. hill
( )7. A. driving B. riding C. running D. walking
( )8. A. how B. why C. whether D. when
( )9. A. usually B. hardly C. easily D. nearly
( )10.A. carry B. catch C. push D. give
1-5 BACDD 6-10 ABCDC
When I was 14, I left school with learning disabilities and decided to surf the biggest waves in the world, first in California and then in Hawaii. One morning, I met an old man, a bum(流浪汉), on the street comer. He asked me if I was running away from home. I told him, “Not exactly, sir. ”
After talking a while, he told me that he had something to show me and share with me. We walked several blocks until we came upon the downtown Public Library.
The bum asked me to sit down and wait a moment. Later he returned with some books, and then said, “I want to teach you two things. Number one is never to judge a book by its cover, for a cover fools you. I’ll bet you think I’m a bum, don’t you?”
I said, “I guess so, sir.”
“Well, young man, I've got a little surprise for you. I am one of the wealthiest(富有的)men in the world. But a year ago, when my wife passed away, I realized there were certain things I had not yet experienced in life, one of which was what it would be like to live like a bum on the streets. For the past year I have been going from city to city doing just that. Number two is to learn how to read, for there is only one thing that people can’t take away from you, and that is your wisdom(智慧). ”At that moment, he gave me the books he’d pulled from the shelves. His parting request(请求)was for me to never forget what he taught me. I have remembered until today.
【小题1】The boy when he was 14.
A.liked running | B.left school |
C.did well in study | D.traveled around the world |
A.The old man took the boy home. |
B.The old man was homeless and poor. |
C.The old man was friendly to the boy. |
D.The old man and his wife went from city to city. |
A.love people | B.become wise |
C.choose friends | D.experience the bum’s life |
One morning, a blind boy sat beside a building with a hat by his feet. He held a sign which said, “I am blind. Please help me.”
There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognizedhis footsteps and asked, “Are you the one who changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?”
The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a different way.”
What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it.”
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beautiful day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.
The first sign simply said the boy was blind, while the second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.
There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story.
The first is: Treasure (珍惜) what you have. Someone else has less. Try your best to help those who need your help.
The second is: Be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way.
1.From the article we know that________.
A.the boy always has a hat on his head |
B.the man is one of his neighbors |
C.the boy is blind and needs help |
D.the boy works for the man |
2.On the sign what the man wrote was, “ .”
A.Treasure what we have already had |
B.Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it |
C.We are so lucky that we are not blind |
D.Try your best to help those who need your help. |
3.According to the article, which of the following is TRUE?
A.The hat began to fill up after the man wrote some words on the sign. |
B.The man took away all the few coins from the hat. |
C.The boy wanted to get enough money to go to school. |
D.Nobody wanted to give any coins to the blind boy. |
4.The word “recognized” here in Chinese means _______.
A.承认 |
B.接受 |
C.表扬 |
D.认出 |
5._______ is the best title (题目) for this story.
A.Be careful not to be blind. |
B.Be creative. There is always a better way! |
C.Be kind to the blind! |
D.Don’t always get, but offer! |
One morning, Wu Liang discovered (发现) that her classroom changed. She found that the desks were no longer in rows, but pushed together to make eight bigger desks. She was too excited about it for the first two days and she couldn’t listen to the teachers carefully. But soon she and her classmates got used to this new classroom arrangement (安排). “Now our class is quieter,” said Wu. “What’s more, we can come up with our own ideas and learn more through discussion. It’s a better way to study.”
Li Yu liked it, too. He said, “Group members first discuss, and then show ourselves in front of the whole class. It makes us believe in ourselves.” It was part of a reform (改革) at Li’s school. The school made this reform because they wanted to provide (提供) students with easier ways to study and more chances to discuss. “Our school hopes it can improve students’ abilities(能力) to study by themselves and work in groups,” said Zhang Ming, an English teacher.
However, the reform has demanded (要求) more from teachers. Now they have only 15 minutes to give the lesson which should be taught in 45 minutes before. It is difficult to teach in such a short time. The teachers have to find better ways to teach more effectively.
“The reform demands more, but I’m sure it is helpful,” added Zhang Ming.
1.After the new classroom arrangement , it was easier for Wu Liang and her classmates to ________ in class.
A.discuss with each other |
B.sit in the classroom |
C.push desks together |
D.teach a lesson |
2.The school made the reform in order to provide students with ___________ to study.
A.noisier classes |
B.easier ways |
C.more seats |
D.fewer chances |
3.The Chinese meaning of the word “effectively” in this passage is ___________.
A.简单的 |
B.明确的 |
C.有效的 |
D.认真的 |
4.The best title of this passage may be “____________”.
A.Students’ Friendship |
B.Teachers’ Hope |
C.Discussion in Class |
D.New Look in Class |