When I was young, I always helped my grandfather in the fields. As I worked beside him, he 1 to tell a story about a man named Joe, and his wife, who moved to a new farm with their three sons. They we 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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When I was young, I always helped my grandfather in the fields. As I worked beside him, he   １  to tell a story about a man named Joe, and his wife, who moved to a new farm with their three sons. They were setting into the new place   ２  a nearby farmer told Joe that there was gold in the earth. Joe was very   3 , and told his sons about it.
They began to dig in one corner, and they got to the end of the field. At the same time, Joe thought he would   4  some crops where the earth had been   5 . The plants included corn, tomatoes, potatoes, etc. His sons continued to dig through the soil, made up their mind to find the gold. Since   6  soil was being turned, Joe could plant more crops. Joe had never farmed before, but it had always been his   7 .
As different crops came ready to be harvested, Joe started to   8  that there were more vegetables than he and his family could ever   9 . One of Joe’s neighbors suggested that he   10  a vegetable shop. Joe and his wife did that very thing. They called it Joe and Family Vegetable. Joe even had to leave some crops in the fields,   11  he had more than enough to supply the vegetable shop.
This went on for years, and Joe and his wife became quite   12  from their little vegetable shop. They were even able to   13  their sons to college.
Remember the beginning of the story, when Joe was told by his new neighbor that there was gold in the land? Well, the truth is, Joe’s   14 of the English language was less than perfect. His new neighbor friend actually meant that his land had rich   15 . So you can see where the concept（概念）of gold comes from.

小题1:

A．feared

B．agreed

C．used

D．failed

小题2:

A．while

B．as

C．when

D．after

小题3:

A．happy

B．disappointed

C．angry

D．calm

小题4:

A．harvest

B．plant

C．water

D．feed

小题5:

A．controlled

B．burned

C．destroyed

D．turned

小题6:

A．more

B．most

C．much

D．few

小题7:

A．job

B．problem

C．pity

D．dream

小题8:

A．realize

B．promise

C．relate

D．regret

小题9:

A．feed

B．sell

C．plant

D．eat

小题10:

A．take up

B．set up

C．turn up

D．make up

小题11:

A．now

B．though

C．so

D．because

小题12:

A．careful

B．rich

C．alone

D．cheerful

小题13:

A．bring

B．take

C．send

D．make

小题14:

A．understanding

B．knowledge

C．thinking

D．skills

小题15:

A．mud

B．gold

C．soil

D．material

小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:B
小题5:D
小题6:A
小题7:D
小题8:A
小题9:D
小题10:B
小题11:D
小题12:B
小题13:C
小题14:A
小题15:C

试题分析：本文主要讲的是乔一家因为没有完全理解邻居的一句话而开始努力挖土地找黄金，后来开始种植农作物，最后通过蔬菜而变富有的故事。文章最后揭开了谜底：并不是邻居说真的有黄金，而是说那块土地很肥沃。只是乔对英语的理解不好而造成的。
小题1:短语辨析。feared to 害怕做某事；agreed to 同意做某事；used to do 过去常常做某事；failed to未能做某事.结合语境可知此处指的是，我的爷爷过去常常给我讲一个故事。所以选C
小题2:连词辨析。A.当……时，一边……一边，强调主从句中动作同时发生；B.随着，强调动作的伴随性；C. 当……时，D.接时间点，表示在……之后。联系上下文，可知此处指的是，当一个附近的农民告诉他们那儿的地里有黄金时，他们正要在入住这个地方。故选C。
小题3:联系前一句关于地里有黄金的描述，可知乔很高兴。故选A。
小题4:动词辨析。A. 收获；B.种植；C.浇水；D.喂养。联系上下文，可知此处指的是在地里面种植一些庄稼。故选B。
小题5:动词辨析。A.控制；B.燃烧；C. 毁灭；D. 转动，反过来。联系前文描述，可知此处指的是那些被翻过的地方。故选D。
小题6:联系后一句Joe could plant more crops.描述，可知此处指的是，由于更多的土地被翻过了。故选A，更多的。
小题7:名词辨析。A. 工作；B.问题，难题；C. 怜悯，遗憾；D. 梦想，愿望。联系前文，他从来没有种过田，但是……，可知此处指的是他的愿望。故选D。
小题8:动词辨析。A.认识到，了解；B. 允诺；C.涉及，符合；D.后悔，惋惜。联系下文描述，可知此处指的是，他意识到他和他的家庭将会有比以前更多的蔬菜可吃。故选A。
小题9:动词辨析。A. 喂养；B. 销售；C.种植；D.吃。联系前文描述，可知此处指的是他的家庭将会有比以前更多的蔬菜可吃。故选D。
小题10:短语辨析。A. 拿起，开始从事；B.建立，开业；C.出现，发生；D. 组成，整理。联系下文a vegetable shop 可知此处指的是开一家商店。故选B。
小题11:连词辨析。A. 由于，既然；B. 虽然，尽管；C. 因此；D. 因为；联系上下文，可知前后为因果关系，后面表示原因，now在表示原因时，常位于句首，故选D，因为他们的蔬菜店里面供大于求，他们甚至不得不把一些作物丢在地里面。
小题12:形容词辨析。A. 小心的；B.富有的；C.独自；D.快乐的，高兴的。联系上一段描述，可知此处指的是他们变得相当富有了。故选B。
小题13:动词辨析。bring带来；take拿，取，带走；send送； make制作，使得。联系下文描述，可知此处指的是送他们的儿子上大学，故选C，送。
小题14:词义辨析。Understanding of对．．．的理解； knowledge知识学问；thinking　思考，理解；skills　技能．联系下文，可知此处指的是乔对英语的理解并不是很好。故选A。
小题15:名词辨析。Mud泥；gold黄金； soil土地，土壤；material材料，原料。联系前文描述，可知此处指的是这块土地上有富饶的土壤，故选C。
点评：这篇短文内容比较简单，理解不难。各小题与上下文联系比较紧密，答题中一定要注意联系上下文。答完后多读几遍，看看是否符合逻辑，适当修改。个别小题可以当作单独的词义辨析题来做，先区分词义，结合语境选出最能使语句通顺的答案。

练习册系列答案

Kindergartens( 幼儿园 ) may teach you very important things you need to know. Dancy, a 5-year-old boy, saved his father’s life with the skills he learned.
The boy’s father became seriously ill on the way home from a father-son shopping. He couldn’t speak and could hardly move, but he tried hard to stop the car safely. At that point, Dancy used his father’s phone to call his mother for help. The 5-year-old boy tried his best to give her useful information and he was able to tell where they were. Just as he had learned in the kindergarten, Dancy read the letters he saw on a nearby store sign: “F,U,R,N,I,T,U,R,E.” But that wasn’t enough for his mother to find them. Then he added that they were near a bridge. Finally, his mother understood he was talking about a store called Furniture 22 on New Jersey’s Route22.The mother called 911 and the father was saved in time.
“He just thought his dad needed help,” Dancy’s mother told the reporter. She also pointed out that her husband was a hero, too. “ It is surprising for him to get off the highway ( 高速路 ) and get himself and his child to safety even when he was so sick,” she said.
Shine, head of the kindergarten, felt proud of his pupil. “ Dancy’s spelling skills helped him seize the moment,” he said. “And that’s the real value (价值 ) of education.”
小题1:When the father became seriously ill, he and his son were ________.

A．on the highway	B．at home
C．in a shopping center	D．in a hospital

小题2:Dancy called ________for help when his father couldn’t speak.

小题3:The Chinese meaning of the word “seize” in this passage is probably“________”.

小题4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Dancy drove his father home.

B．The reporter was really a hero.

C．Shine sent Dancy’s father to hospital

D．Dancy saved his father with his spelling skills.

Ann is a middle school student. She has a sister 1 a brother. They are Helen and Paul. Ann and Helen can 2 . Ann can sing and play 3 well, but Helen 4 . Helen doesn’t like playing the instruments（乐器）. She 5 chess, but she doesn’t play chess 6 Ann. Ann can’t play chess. Helen often plays with Paul, because Paul plays 7 very well. Paul can 8 play basketball well. And he is 9 the school basketball club. He often 10 other students with basketball.

It feels like every time my mother and I start to have a conversation, it turns into an argument. We talk about something as simple as dinner plans and suddenly, my mother will push the conversation into World War III. She’ll talk about my lack of a bright future because I don’t plan to be a doctor. And much to her disappointment, I don’t want to do any job related to science, either. In fact, when I was pushed to say that I planned to major(主修) in English and communications, she nearly had a heart attack.
“Why can’t you be like my co-worker’s son?” she bemoans all the time. Her co-worker’s son received a four-year scholarship and is now earning 70,000 dollars a year as an engineer. I don’t know what to answer except that I simply can’t be like Mr. Perfect as I’ve called the unnamed co-worker’s son. I can’t be like him. I’m the type of person who loves to help out in the community, write until the sun goes down, and most of all, wants to achieve a career because I love it, not because of fame (名声) or salary(薪水).
I understand why my mother is worried about my future major. I’ve seen my mother struggle to raise me on her small salary and work long hours. She leaves the house around 6:30 a.m. and usually comes home around 5 p.m. or even 6 p.m. However, I want her to know that by becoming a doctor, it doesn’t mean I’ll be successful. I’d rather follow my dreams and create my own future.
小题1:Which of the following topics do the writer and his mother often talk about?

A．The writer’s studies.	B．The writer’s future job
C．Dinner plans	D．Wars around the world

小题2:We can infer from Paragraph 1 that the writer’s mother ____________.

A．doesn’t want the writer to major in English

B．doesn’t think the writer should be a doctor

C．gets along very well with the writer

D．doesn’t think working in the science field is a good idea

小题3:The underlined word “bemoans” in Paragraph 2 most probably means _____________.

小题4:Which of following statements is probably TRUE about the writer?

A．He wants to be like his mother’s co-worker’s son.

B．He wants to find a job in his community in the future.

C．He doesn’t think his mother’s co-worker’s son is perfect.

D．He wants to do something he really likes in the future.

The Girl From the Street
The workers who brought the girl to the orphanage（孤儿院）knew little about her. The streets where they found her had been her home for many years. Her parents were unknown. They left her long ago. At the orphanage, the girl, like all the children there, was taught to read and write. While she was studying at the orphanage, she learned something else—to be independent（独立）. At twenty-one, she left the orphanage and began working as a secretary.（秘书）And then, in 1975, while she was still working as an ordinary secretary, something special happened. She entered the Miss Hong Kong competition and won it. This was the turning point in her life. Now her name, Mary Cheung, was known to everybody.
Mary entered the competition because she wanted to show that orphanage girls could be something. Winning the competition gave her the chance to start a new life. This led her first into television and then into business as a manager. When she was working as a manager, she had trouble with her reports. “My English just wasn’t good enough.” She says. Luckily, she had a boyfriend (who later became her husband) to help her.
Mary studied management（管理）at Hong Kong and graduated in 1980, She started her own business in 1985. But she did not stop developing herself. She then studied at the University of Hong Kong. Since 1987, she had spent a lot of time on photography. She has held several exhibitions of her work in many places---China, New Zealand and Paris. She still found time, however, to work on TV, write for newspapers and bring up her family.
The girl from the street has come a long way, but her journey is not finished yet.
小题1:Before Mary Cheung was brought to the orphanage, ___________.

A．She had lived with her parents whose names were not known

B．She had lived in the street for many years

C．The workers knew her well

D．She had learned to write and read by herself

小题2:The sentence “orphanage girl could be something” means that orphanage girls could be_________.

A．popular and successful	B．understood by others
C．Miss Hong Kong	D．known to everybody

小题3:This passage is probably taken from___________.

小题4:According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A．All the children at the orphanage liked Mary.	B．Mary was not happy as a secretary.
C．Mary’s boyfriend was good at English.	D．Mary’s life in the orphanage was difficult.

Alexis was an old woman. She had no children because she did not like children at all. But she loved cats. She had mother cats and baby cats. She had black cats and white cats. The children in the neighborhood came to her house to play with the cats. More and more cats came to the old woman’s house. There were too many cats. The old woman couldn’t feed them all. Then she had an idea (主意). “The children love my cats,” she thought (想). So she gave each child a cat. Then she was very happy. And the children were very happy, too. And the cats were pleased, too, because they each had a room.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正误。正确的用“A”表示，不正确的用“B”表示。
小题1:Alexis didn’t have any children.
小题2:She liked children very much.
小题3:She had four cats.
小题4:The children in the neighborhood loved her cats very much.
小题5:She gave each child a cat because she couldn’t feed them all.

Richard found a job in a big office after he finished college. He liked to use his (1)_______ and was good at his job. So he was often paid more than (得到的报酬多于) his workmates and he worked (2) __________. But something was wrong with the young man a month ago. He couldn't fall (3) _________ at night. So he was always (4) _________ in the daytime and often made mistakes. He had to go to a hospital. The doctor (5) _________ and told him to buy some sleeping pills. He took them (6) _________ he went to bed. Soon after that he went to sleep. Richard (7) _________ in the morning. He had a look at the clock on the wall. It was a quarter to seven. He got up and went to work after (8) _________ . As soon as he went into the office, he said to the head of the office, "Good morning, Mr Clarke! I've (9) _________ had a good sleep like last night's and I'm feeling much better now!" "Skunk (混蛋)!" the head (10) _________ loudly. "We've looked for you for two days! I wanted you to do something important, but it's too late now!"