题目内容
Once a clever man was crossing a turbulent river. He wished to amuse himself by talking to the boatman.
"Do you know mathematics?" he asked.
"No sir." answered the boatman.
"Then you have lost one quarter of your life," said the wise man. "Do you know history?"
"No sir." answered the boatman.
"Then you have lost three quarters of your life." Just then a sudden gust of wind overturned the boat. "Do you know how to swim?" asked the boatman.
"No," answered the wise(="clever)" man.
"Well then," replied the boatman, "you have lost your whole life."
【小题1】The clever man knew a lot of knowledge except(除了)_______.
| A．mathematics | B．philosophy(哲学) |
| C．history | D．swimming |
| A．one-fourth | B．half |
| C．three fourths | D．whole |
| A．the boatman |
| B．the boatman and the clever man |
| C．the clever man |
| D．None of them |
| A．not to be proud(骄傲的) | B．to learn to swim |
| C．to be a boatman | D．not to learn knowledge |
【小题1】D
【小题2】C
【小题3】C
【小题4】A
解析试题分析：本文告诉我们除了游泳聪明人知道很多知识，所以有点骄傲。聪明人认为渔夫没有数学等知识就是没了生命的四分之三；但当一阵风把小船吹翻，渔夫说这个聪明人丢了整个性命。这个故事告诉我们不要骄傲，每个人都有自己的长处。
【小题1】推理判断题。除了游泳聪明人知道很多知识。根据"Do you know how to swim?" asked the boatman. "No," answered the wise(="clever)" man. "可知选D。
【小题2】 细节理解题。这个聪明人认为船夫失去了生活的四分之三。根据"Then you have lost three quarters of your life."可知答案。故选C。
【小题3】细节理解题。当一阵风把小船吹翻，这个聪明人丢了性命。根据聪明人不会游泳可知答案。故选C。
【小题4】主旨大意题。这个故事告诉我们不要骄傲。由全文内容可知答案。故选A。
考点：故事类短文阅读。
Many people say that they are working too many hours. They don't have enough time to relax or to stay with their family.
Work hours are different from one country to another. In France, people spend about 1,646 hours a year at work. In Japan, however, people work about 2,159 hours a year. That means a Japanese worker works 513 more hours a year than a French worker.
Why do people work so many hours? Some people work extra hours because they want to make more money. However, many companies don't pay overtime. Their workers don't get more pay for more work. Some people think it's their duty to work more hours. Some are afraid of losing their jobs if they don't work more hours.
Many people say that their vacations are too short. In France, people get five weeks of paid vacation a year. In Germany, they get four to six weeks, and in the United States, two weeks. One study shows fewer than half of workers used all their vacation days. In Great Britain, there is a saying, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull (迟钝的) boy." If that is true, there must be a lot of dull people in the world.【小题1】 A Japanese worker works __ more hours a year than a French one.
| A．513 | B．1,646 | C．2,159 | D．3,805 |
【小题2】The word "extra" in Paragraph 3 means .| A．正常的 | B．额外的 | C．有用的 | D．少量的 |
【小题3】People in ________ get only two weeks of paid vacation a year.| A．France | B．Germany |
| C．the United States | D．Great Britain |
【小题4】 Which of the following is true according to the passage?| A．No companies offer vacations to their workers. |
| B．Many people say they have enough time to relax. |
| C．Not all companies pay their workers for more work. |
| D．More than half of workers use all their vacation days. |
【小题5】What can we infer from the passage?| A．Many workers have to work long hours. |
| B．Many people have vacations long enough. |
| C．Work hours are the same around the world. |
| D．There are a lot of dull people in the world. |
Lily has a black dress. She thinks it’s very nice. Black is Lily’s favorite color. She doesn’t like colorful dresses at all.
Lily also has a pair of sunglasses. She bought the sunglasses with all her pocket money (零花钱) ￥20.She thinks they are really cool. She really loves them.
Linda is Lily’s friend. She has a colorful scarf (围巾) it’s red, white and blue. She likes it a lot. This is Linda’s watch. It’s brown. Linda thinks it’s lovely. Today is Monday, June 14th. Wednesday is Linda’s birthday. Lily wants to give her a red and green wallet.
【小题1】______ is Lily’s favorite color.
| A．Red | B．Black |
| C．Green | D．Colorful |
| A．June 14th | B．June 15th |
| C．June 17th | D．June 16th |
| A．a pair of sunglasses | B．a toy |
| C．a watch | D．a wallet |
Daniel likes to do something to protect the environment in his daily life. Next Sunday is his friend’s birthday. He is going to buy some gifts online for his friend. Now he is visiting the following website for some information about gifts.
Welcome to Nature Posters - the world's largest collection(收集) of nature posters and fine art prints! We make a donation to help the environment when each nature poster is sold through this website! Please tell your friends about us, and remember us when you are gift shopping. |
Parrots in Blue: $5.99 Sharks: $7.99
【小题1】Nature Posters is a website ________.
| A．to help people plan their birthday parties |
| B．only to provide information about nature |
| C．to tell people how to buy birthday presents |
| D．to help protect nature by selling posters or prints |
| A．$5.99 | B．$13.98 | C．$7.99 | D．$2.00 |
A men went into a shop to buy a parrot.There were three parrots in the shop.One was ＄1000; another one, ＄2000; and the third one, ＄3000. The man asked the owner, “Is this brid really ＄1000?That’s so expensive for this kind of parrot.”The owner said， “Because I have trained him and he can talk.” Then the man asked him, “How about this one?What can he do that makes him so expensive?” The owner said, “Well, he can not only talk but also do some amusing actions,like dancing and so on.That”s why he’s so expensive?” Then the man asked, “How about the third one? What can he do that makes him so expensive” The owner of the shop said, “I don’t know.Usually,I have never heard him talk, nor (也不) dance, nor say, nor sing, nothing at all! But the other two call him The Boss(老板).
【小题1】What kind of the shop did the man go into?
| A．A food shop. | B．A flower shop. |
| C．A pet shop. | D．A goldfish shop. |
| A．Four. | B．Three. |
| C．Two. | D．One. |
| A．He can talk. |
| B．He can do nothing at all. |
| C．He can talk and sing. |
| D．He can talk and do some amusing actions. |
| A．He can do the most things. |
| B．He is the most beautiful. |
| C．He can do some amusing actions. |
| D．The other birds call him The Boss. |
| A．He has a sense of humour. |
| B．He is very hardworking. |
| C．He is very helpless. |
| D．He is very generous. |
 | Hello! My name is John Brown. I’m from England. I’m an English teacher. I’m in Beijing International School. My telephone number is 8523-3237. Zhang Hao, Alice and Yingzi are my students. |
 | I’m Zhang Hao. My English name is Peter. I’m eleven years old. I’m from Beijing. My telephone number is 8876-5342. |
 | Alice Brown is my name. I’m twelve. I’m from Canada. My mom is a teacher. My telephone number is 7342-6979. |
 | I’m Yingzi. I’m fourteen years old. I’m from Japan. 5673-6981 is my telephone number. |
【小题1】Where is John Brown from?
| A．the USA | B．China | C．the UK | D．Japan |
| A．girl | B．teacher | C．mom | D．student |
| A．5673-6981 | B．8876-5342 |
| C．7342-6979 | D．8523-3237 |
| A．11. | B．12. | C．13. | D．14. |
| A．John Brown is an English teacher. |
| B．Zhang Hao is from China. |
| C．Alice is a teacher. |
| D．Yingzi is a girl student. |
An important question about eating out is who pays for the meal. If a friend of yours asks you to have lunch with him, you may say something like this, “ I’m afraid it’ll have to be somewhere cheap, as I have little money.” The other person may say, “OK, I’ll meet you at McDonald’ s.”
This means that the two agree to go Dutch, that is, each person pays for himself. He may also say, “Oh, no, I want to take you to lunch at Smith’s.” or “ I want you to try the Chinese dumplings there. They are great.” This means the person wants to pay for both of you. If you feel friendly towards the person, you can go with him and you needn’t pay for the meal. You may just say, “ Thank you. That would be very nice.”
American custom about who pays for dates is much the same as in other parts of the world. In the old days, American women wanted men to pay for all the meals. But, today, a university girl or a woman in business world will usually pay for her own.
【小题1】The passage tells us ________.
| A．how to eat out |
| B．where to eat out |
| C．what to eat out |
| D．who pays for the meal |
| A．you’ll not pay for your meal |
| B．you’ll borrow some from others |
| C．you’ll have a cheap meal |
| D．you will not eat anything |
| A．去吃饭 | B．就餐 |
| C．订餐 | D．各自付款 |
| A．the person wants to lend some money to you |
| B．the person wants to pay for both of you |
| C．the person will be angry with you |
| D．the person can’t understand you |
| A．asked men to pay for their meals |
| B．tried to pay for the men’s meals |
| C．tried to pay for their own meals |
| D．never had anything outside |
Once a boy went to a palace to ask a wise man what the secret of happiness is. After talking with the boy, the wise man asked the boy to look around the palace and return in two hours. “And , I want to ask you to do something,”said the wise man .“As you look around, carry this spoon with you without making the oil spill (溢出).”
The boy began walking up and down the stairs of the palace, and he kept his eyes on the spoon all the time. After two hours, he returned. “Well,” asked the wise man, “what did you see in my palace?” The boy said that he had seen nothing.
“Then go back and enjoy my wonderful world,” said the wise man. The boy picked up the spoon and began to look around the palace again. This time, he saw many beautiful things in the palace. When he returned, the wise man asked, “but where are the drops of oil I give you?” The boy saw that the oil was gone.
“There is only one piece of advice I can give you,” said the wise man. “The secret of happiness is to see all wonders of the world and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.”
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出正确选项，并将所选答案涂到答题卡（填在答题卷）的相应位置上。
【小题1】The boy visited the wise man for _______________ .
| A．helping the wise man carry the oil |
| B．becoming famous |
| C．getting the secret of happiness |
| D．going sightseeing in the palace |
| A．in a university | B．in a palace |
| C．in a restaurant | D．in a boy’s home |
| A．Because he kept his eyes on the spoon all the time. |
| B．Because he was blind. |
| C．Because there was nothing in it. |
| D．Because the oil was gone. |
| A．The wise man lived in the beautiful palace. |
| B．There were many beautiful things in the palace. |
| C．It was difficult for the boy to carry the spoon with him without making the oil spill. |
| D．The boy was invited to see a wise man. |
| A．the boy didn't get the secret of the happiness at all |
| B．the wise man told the boy what was the happiness, but not directly |
| C．the secret of happiness is to see all wonders of the world |
| D．the wise man said nothing |
Firefighter Regina Wilson works in Brooklyn, New York. A reporter is asking Regina questions about how she does her job.
Reporter: How long have you been a firefighter?
Wilson: Eight years.
Reporter: How did you get started?
Wilson: First, I had to take a lot of tests. Then, I went to firefighting school for 13 weeks. I learned how to put out fires and how to use equipment (设备).
Reporter: How do you stay safe on the job?
Wilson: I wear special clothing called bunker gear. It helps keep me safe from fire. I also carry an oxygen tank (氧气罐) and a mask (面罩).
They help me to breathe in a smoke-filled building.
Reporter: Are there any new tools that firefighters use?
Wilson: We have a special camera that can see in the dark. It can find heat. That way, we can tell where a fire is located.
Reporter: Do you save pets?
Wilson: I recently helped save some kittens. They were hiding under the beds. Pets usually hide during a fire because they are scared.
Reporter: Do you ever get afraid?
Wilson: There is no time to be afraid. I think about what I have to do to put out the fire safely.
Reporter: What do you like best about being a firefighter?
Wilson: Helping people!
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
【小题1】 What is this article mostly about?
| A．What a firefighter does. |
| B．How a firefighter is trained. |
| C．What a firefighter wears. |
| D．How a firefighter helps animals. |
| A．She saved some kittens. |
| B．She used fire equipment. |
| C．She learned to put out fires. |
| D．She took a lot of tests. |
| A．She has an oxygen tank. |
| B．She enjoys her job too much. |
| C．She knows how to fight fires. |
| D．She is too busy putting out fires. |
| A．Working out. | B．Saving animals. |
| C．Helping people . | D．Using equipment. |
| A．To teach readers how to fight fires. |
| B．To make readers want to be firefighters . |
| C．To give readers information about firefighters . |
| D．To show readers how to use fire equipment. |