题目内容
In America, when people say “man’s best friend”, they don’t mean 1 person. Instead they are talking about a lovely animal: a dog! These words show the friendship between people and 2 . Dogs and other pets can give 3 to people’s lives. Some people think of their pets as their children. And some even leave all their money to their 4 when they die!
Animals can help people, too. Dogs can become the “ 5 ” for a blind （瞎的）person or ears for a deaf（聋的）person. Pets can help people live 6 ! They make people 7 , too.
Americans hold “Be 8 to Animals Week”, the first week of May. There are pet shows during the week. Even if you don’t live in America, you, too, can do this. How? If you have a pet, spend 9 time this week playing with it. Remember to give it good 10 .
If you don’t have a pet, be kind to animals around you. If others around you do bad things to an animal, try to 11 them. As people, we must learn to treat animals as our 12 !
1. A．a B．the C．other D．others
2. A．persons B．people C．children D．animals
3. A．sad B．joy C．ideas D．information
4. A．family B．pets C．children D．parents
5. A．eyes B．ears C．hands D．feet
6. A．alone B．together C．shorter D．longer
7. A．cooler B．angry C．happier D．sad
8. A．Bad B．Kind C．Nice D．Sad
9. A．less B．more C．no D．some
10. A．food B．rice C．drink D．milk
11. A．help B．ask C．play with D．stop
12. A．classmates B．friends C．enemies D．hunters
1.A
2.D
3.B
4.B
5.A
6.D
7.C
8.B
9.B
10.A
11.D
12.B
【解析】
试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了宠物对我们人类生活的意义，号召我们注意爱护动物。
1.联系后一句描述，可知此处指的是，他们的意思不是一个人。结合语境可知本句泛指任何一个人，故用不定冠词，选A。
2.联系上下文描述，可知此处指的是人和动物之间的友谊。故选D，动物们。
3.名词辨析。A. 难过的，悲哀的；B. 欢乐，乐趣；C.主意，思想；D.信息，资料。联系上下文，可知此处指的是，狗和其他宠物能给人们的生活带来欢乐。故选B。
4.联系前文，可知此处指的是把它们所有的钱财留给他们的宠物。故选B，宠物。
5.联系下文” for a blind （瞎的）person 描述，可知此处指的是成为瞎子的眼睛，故选A，眼睛。
6.词义辨析。A. 孤独的；B.新潮的，一起；C.更短的；D. 更长的。结合语境可知此处指的是宠物能让人们活得更长久。故选D。
7.词义辨析。A. 更凉爽的，更酷的；B. 愤怒的，生气的；C. 更高兴的；D. 伤心的。联系前文描述，可知此处指的是，他们也能让人更高兴。故选C。
8.形容词辨析。A.坏的，恶劣的；B.和蔼的，宽容的；C. 好的，不错的；D. 伤心的；联系下文描述，可知此处指的是爱护动物的含义，故选B，爱护动物周。
9.词义辨析。A.更少的；B. 更多的；C.没有；D. 一些。结合语境可知此处指的是多花点时间和它在一起玩。故选B。
10.名词辨析。A.食物；B.米饭；C.饮料；D.牛奶。结合语境可知此处指的是给它不错的食物。故选A。
11.联系前文描述，可知此处指的是尽力阻止他们。故选D，停止，阻止。
12.联系上文描述，可知此处指的是，我们必须学会把动物作为我们的朋友对待。故选B，朋友。
考点：关于动物保护的议论文
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。
One day, I happened to meet an Englishman in the street and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be very surprised, gently shaking his head and saying “You don’t say!”
I was confused, and I thought, “Perhaps this is not a right thing to talk about.” Then I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? Have you ever visited it?”
“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 couldn’t I talk about it?”
“Well, I didn’t stop you talking about it,” he answered, greatly surprised.
“Didn’t 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(习惯用语).”
Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.
【小题1】What made the foreigner laugh loudly?
| A．English idioms. |
| B．The writer’s question. |
| C．Their talking about the Great Wall |
| D．The writer’s way of learning English |
| A．In China. | B．In America. |
| C．In England. | D．In Japan. |
| A．Thank you | B．Excuse me | C．OK | D．Really |
| A．improve his spoken English |
| B．speak with foreigners in a polite way |
| C．pay attention to English idioms |
| D．be brave enough talking with foreigners |
| A．the difference | B．the popularity |
| C．the grammar rule | D．the change |
Several years ago, a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America. One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.
The reporter was talking to them about being important.
“How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked the banker.
The banker thought for a few moments and then said, “I think anybody who is invited to the Whiter House to meet the President of the United States is really important.”
The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that?” she asked.
The man shook his head, “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it.”
The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so?”
“No, I don’t.” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important.”
“Then what would make the visitor important?” the reporter and the other two men asked.
“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, ‘it’s for you.’”
【小题1】This story happened in _______.
| A．England | B．America | C．Japan | D．Australia |
| A．He was really important because he was a rich banker |
| B．The visitor to the White House was really important |
| C．The visitor who met the President of the United States was really important |
| D．the reporter was really important |
| A．He was really important because he owned many buildings in the center of New York |
| B．The owner of the very large company was really important |
| C．The visitor was really important if he talking to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitor |
| D．The person who worked in the White House was really important |