题目内容
【小题1】B
【小题2】C
【小题3】C
【小题4】D
解析
Once my father asked me to hold his hammer while he repaired something, so we could have some time to talk to each other.
For 22 years, after I left home for college, he called me every Sunday at 9 am. He was always interested in my life and how my family was doing, and I never once heard him complain about his own life.
Nine years ago when I bought my first house, my father, 67 years old, spent eight hours a day painting it for three days. He would not allow me to pay someone to have it done. All he asked for was a glass of iced tea and for me to hold a paint brush for him and talk to him. But I was too busy.
Five years ago, at age 71, my father spent five hours putting together a swingset (秋千组) for my daughter. Again, all he asked was that I get him a glass of iced tea and talk to him. But again, I was too busy.
Four years ago, my father drove all the way from Denver to Topeka, with an eight-foot Colorado blue spruce (蓝叶云杉) in his trunk, so that my husband and I could have a part of Colorado growing on our land. I was preparing for a trip that weekend and couldn’t spend much time with him.
Then, one day, my father telephoned me as usual, this time from my sister’s home in Florida. We talked about the tree he had brought me, “Fat Albert”, but that morning he called it “Fat Oscar”, and he seemed to have forgotten some things. I had to get to church, so I cut the conversation short.
The call came at 4:40 pm that day: my father was in hospital in Florida with an aneurysm (动脉瘤). I got on a plane immediately, and on the way I thought of all the times I had not taken the time to talk to my father. I realized that I had no idea who he was or what his deepest thoughts were. I promised that when I arrived, I would make up for lost time.
I arrived in Florida at 1 am. My father had passed away at 9:12 pm. This time it was he who did not have time to talk to me.
【小题1】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.The writer arrived in Florida before her father passed away. |
B.The writer didn’t find enough time to talk to her father all these years. |
C.The writer noticed nothing unusual about her father’s health before he was put in the hospital. |
D.The writer’s father brought them the Colorado blue spruce because it is an expensive kind of tree. |
A.Hopeless. | B.Sorry. |
C.Frightened. | D.Disappointed. |
A.Honest and modest. |
B.Strict and demanding (要求高的). |
C.Talkative and positive (积极乐观的). |
D.Caring and thoughtful. |
A.What a good father! | B.How busy I am. |
C.Time keeps going. | D.My father and our family. |
My brother and I often fight with each other over small things. One day our father said to us, “Tomorrow we will take part in the Ray Home Sports Day. Both of you must go with me. Perhaps you can learn something from those children.” My brother laughed, “Dad, Ray is a home for physically disabled children. What can we learn from them?”
“You will see,” our father said.
Our father works as a volunteer at Ray. The children there have problems with their hands, speech, walking or hearing. Every day, he spends hours helping th em to move or exer cise their legs or arms.
The following day, he took us to Ray Home. When we got there, we found a nice place to sit down. Finally, the sports began. There was a 50-meter race to see who could run fastest. All the runners were physically disabled. As the race started, all the children moved as fast as they could. Just then, one of the girls fell over and hurt her leg. She began to cry at the top of her voice.
All the children stopped to help the poor girl. Then they all held hands and finished the race together. My brother and I were surprised to see this: the children weren’t interested in winning the race-they were more interested in helping each other to finish the race.
【小题1】Why did the father take the writer and his brother to Ray Home?
A.The father wanted them to do something at Ray. |
B.The father asked them to help the children at Ray. |
C.The father wanted them to take part in the Sports Day. |
D.The father wanted them to learn something from the children. |
A.He works as a teacher there. | B.He helps the children there. |
C.He watches the games there. | D.He does sports with his sons. |
A.All the children were disabled. | B.A little girl fell over and got hurt. |
C.They stopped to laugh at the girl. | D.They didn’t want to finish the race. |
A.The children there can help each other. |
B.All the runners there can not run fast. |
C.All the children don’t want to be winners. |
D.The disabled children there were not smart enough. |
He was struggling(费劲) to tie his shoes. I was struggling with whether I should help him. I did, and he was grateful.
“Thank you,” he said.
“I’m glad I could help. I just thought it would be easier for me to reach,” I said.
He was a disabled man, and forced to look down most of the time. His arms and legs were twisted(扭曲的) terribly, and he couldn’t do what the rest of us would consider easy tasks. He always managed to look up to see how you reacted(反应) to his words, however. He had a big smile, making me feel comfortable.
I was still on my knees by his wheelchair.
“ Nice shoes,” he said.
“Thanks. No one ever complimented (赞美) me on them before,” I said.
“No one has the same view of the world as I do,” he replied.
“Tell me about the world as you see it,” I said smiling.
“Most people can see if someone is comfortable with them or not in their eyes. I see it in their feet.” he said. “If people keep moving their feet, I just let them go, because I know they’re impatient with me. I don’t want to make people uncomfortable.
“What about me? I asked.
“I could see your compassion. And then you came down to my level. I was the one who was nervous.” he said. “I don’t normally have someone look me in the eye.”
“They don’t know what they’re missing,” I told him.
“My old face is nothing to brag(自夸) about.” he said.
“But that smile is so big.”
Yes, and it’s not only a big smile but an attitude.
【小题1】The disabled man knew people were impatient mostly by their _________.
A.words | B.eyes | C.feet | D.smile |
A.注意 | B.同情 | C.信任 | D.职责 |
A.had great difficulty looking after himself |
B.always asked people for help |
C.couldn’t have a big smile |
D.liked to talk about people’s shoes |
A.he had a nice talk to the man |
B.the man looked him in the eye |
C.he didn’t move his feet before the man |
D.the man had a big smile on the face |
A.the disable man had something wrong with his mind |
B.not many people went down to the man’s level |
C.the man was good at telling people about the world |
D.the writer would not give the man more help |
Tommy buys a ticket(票) and goes in. But after two or three minutes he comes out. He buys a second ticket and goes in again. After a few minutes he comes out again and buys a third ticket. Two or three minutes after that, he comes out a third time and asks for another ticket. Then the girl selling tickets says to him, “Why are you buying all these? Are you meeting friends in the cinema all the time?”
“No, I’m not doing that.” the small boy says, “But a big woman always stops me at the door and tears (撕掉) my tickets up.” 【小题1】
Tommy goes to the cinema to .
A.see a film | B.buy tickets | C.meet his friends | D.sell tickets |
【小题2】
Tommy wants to buy the ticket when the girl asks him.A.first | B.second | C.third | D.fourth |
【小题3】
The big woman is .A.Tommy’s friend |
B.the girl’s mother |
C.a worker in the cinema |
D.a shopkeeper near the cinema |
【小题4】
What can we guess(猜) from the story?A.Tommy is the first time to go to a cinema. |
B.Tommy doesn’t like the small boy. |
C.The girl likes the small boy. |
D.The girl asks the woman to do so. |
One afternoon, in Paris, I took a trip to an art museum .I was looking forward to a quiet view(观赏) of some great paintings of excellent artists.
A young couple looking at the paintings in front of me were talking non-stop. I watched them a moment and found the woman was doing all the talking. In fact, I was surprised at the man for putting up with her long speech. Bored by their noise, I moved on. Each time I heard her voice, I moved away at once.
I was standing at the museum gift shop when the couple walked to the exit(出口).
“He’s a brave man ,” said the shop assistant. “Most of us would give up if we became blind at such a young age. But he and his wife come in whenever there’s a new art show.”
It explained the non-stop talk! A sudden sense of shame (愧疚感) came to my heart for what I was thinking just now. “But shat does he get out of the art?” I asked. The shop assistant answered, “His wife describes each painting so that he can see it in his head. ”
At that moment I realized what patience and love really mean. And I felt their love as I watched them walking away holding each other’s hands.
【小题1】We can learn from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 that the writer .
A.was a person with few words |
B.was waiting for some artists |
C.was looking for some great paintings |
D.wanted to enjoy great paintings quietly |
A.Calm. | B.Bored. | C.Excited. | D.Happy. |
A.she preferred talking to listening |
B.she was too excited to keep silent |
C.she had to describe each painting to her husband |
D.she liked to show how clever she was in front of others |
A.She was noisy but brave. | B.She was patient and loving. |
C.She was lonely and patient. | D.She was brave but lonely. |
A.what patience and love mean | B.how we should treat a blind person |
C.what a good art show is like | D.how art changes our lives |
What’s the most important thing for you to have in your life? Somebody mentions hard-work, others suggest knowledge, love and luck.
If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically(按字母表的顺序)and use numbers to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c…, you can change an English word into a number. So hard-work becomes 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11="98," meaning 98 is its mark; knowledge: 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5="96," while love: 12+15+22+5="54," and luck: 12+21+3+11="47," a small mark. None of these words can give one a full mark. What about money? It can’t , either.
Then what else? Don’t be worried. You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude. Yes, attitude is the word. See for yourself: attitude:1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100,a full mark.
Most times people hope for a better life. It is possible if you will have a change for the better after you have changed your attitude. When you change your manner and become friendly to others, you’ll meet more smiling faces towards you.
【小题1】In the writer’s opinion, what is the most important thing in a person’s life?
A.Hard-work. | B.Knowledge. | C.Money. | D.Attitude. |
A.Hard-work and knowledge. | B.Knowledge and luck. |
C.Love and hard-work. | D.Hard-work and luck. |
A.ask for help from others. | B.ask your math teacher for help. |
C.change your attitude. | D.ask your parents for help. |
A.Failure sometimes can bring you good if you take a positive attitude. |
B.Nothing is more important than love. |
C.Hard-work has a full mark. |
D.Our math teacher can solve the problems easily. |
A.70 | B.72 | C.74. | D.76. |
Everyone has got two personalities (性格) — the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real. You don't show your secret personality when you're awake because you can control yourself, but when you're asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you. In a normal night, of course, you often change your sleeping positions. The important position that best shows your secret personality is the one that you go to sleep.
If you go to sleep on your back, you're a very open person. You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by new ideas. You don't like to make people unhappy, so you never express your real feelings. You're quite shy and you aren't very confident.
If you sleep on your stomach, you are a person who likes to keep secrets. You worry a lot and you're always easily becoming sad. You never want to change your ideas, but you are satisfied with your life the way it is. You usually live for today not for tomorrow.
If you sleep on curled up (蜷缩), you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and often protect yourself from being hurt, so you are very defensive. You're shy and you don't usually like meeting people. You like to be on your own.
If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well-balanced (平衡的) personality. You know your strengths and weaknesses. You're usually careful. You have a confident personality. You sometimes feel worried, but you don't often get unhappy. You always say what you think, even if it makes people angry
【小题1】When does the sleeping position best show your secret personality?
A.In the daytime. | B.At the beginning of sleep. |
C.At night. | D.During the deep sleep. |
A.on curled up | B.on her stomach | C.on her back | D.on her side |
A.易怒的 | B.攻击性的 | C.外向的 | D.有戒心的 |
A.Sleeping on your side is the best way of sleeping. |
B.Changing positions will cause sleeping problems. |
C.Sleeping positions show people's secret personalities. |
D.Enough sleep makes people look better and healthier. |
A young man from a village called Nawalapitiya married a young woman from Maiyuwa, a small village. They lived with the man’s big family-his parents, his brothers, their wives and husbands and children. The family kept an elephant, in which the woman soon took a great interest. Every day she fed it with fruit and sugar.
Three months later, having quarreled with her husband, the woman went back to her parents’ home. Soon the elephant refused to eat and work. It appeared to be ill and heartbroken. One morning after several weeks the animal disappeared from the house.
It went to the woman’s home. On seeing her, the elephant waved its trunk and touched her with it. The young woman was so moved by the act of the animal .So she went back to her husband’s home.
【小题1】The woman left her new home ______.
A.to visit her own parents in Maiyuwa |
B.to see if the elephant would follow her |
C.because she was angry with her husband |
D.because she was tired of the large family |
A.ran away | B.lost | C.hid | D.remained |
A.returned to the forest | B.was sad because it missed her |
C.went to look for a new home | D.was sick because nobody fed it |
A.It waved its trunk and smiled. | B.It touched her with its trunk. |
C.It touched her and cried. | D.It waved its trunk and ran around her. |
A.show that elephants are very clever |
B.tell how a woman trained a wild animal |
C.show that women care more for animals than men do |
D.tell how an animal got a husband and a wife together again |