题目内容
The school party was only two weeks away, and our children were all as ___1___as bees(蜜蜂)getting ready for it.
That afternoon, as I __2___from my desk, Patty was standing there. She had waited to talk to me.
“Every year the other kids are always in a p-p-p-p-play or something, singing or t-t-t-t-taking, but I g-g-g-g-get to do some ___3___work for them. This year, I w-w-want to read a p-p-p-poem, myself! Please, Miss Teresa!”
She was so ___4___that I couldn’t(拒绝)refuse her. I had to say, “Yes, you will. ”
I tried to find some poems for her, but ___5___of my books was of good use. At last, I worked out a poem carefully myself. The poem wasn’t beautiful, but it would ___6___best for Patty.
After a moment’s reading, Patty had remembered all the __7___and was prepared to do the poem. However, I had to stop her from doing too fast. Day after day, we worked together after school. She made wonderful progress.
The night of the party saw children in __8_.
The headmaster walked up to me with a piece of paper-the program list. “There is a _9___! Look, Patty here. But she can’t even say her own name well!” I had no __10___to explain(解释) because many of my students were going up there. So I said to him, “We know what we are doing. ”
Patty’s turn ___11___. She walked up there, neither fast nor slowly. She stood there. She began.
I could ___12___breathe. I felt time stopped.
She said every word clearly. She did every line nicely.
Applause! Applause everywhere!
1A. happy B. busy C. small D. lovely
2 A. looked after B. looked at C. looked for D. looked up
3 A. difficult B. important C. boring D. quiet
4 A. hopeful B. wonderful C. thankful D. careful
5 A. one B. some C. none D. both
6 A. speak B. work C. write D. look
7 A. words B. lines C. paragraphs D. poems
8 A. trouble B. surprise C. excitement D. danger
9A. question B. mistake C. thing D. reason
10 A. interest B. way C. wish D. time
11 A. came B. went C. ran D. flew
12 A. easily B. possibly C. hardly D. happily
1B 2 D 3D 4 A 5 C 6 B 7B 8 C 9 B 10D 11 A 12C
Pieter Bruegel was a famous artist who lived in Europe five hundred years ago. He is well known for a painting called Children’s Games. People like this painting because it is full of fun. It shows how children in Pieter’s time enjoyed themselves in different ways. In all, there are about eighty games being played in the painting.
Children’s Games shows a busy street scene in a town long ago. The street is a wide and open space. There are no cars, so there is plenty of room to play. There are about two hundred children in the painting. Some play in groups and others play alone. They seem to be enjoying their freedom in the fresh air and their games. Some of the games are still played today.
The games in the painting do not require children to spend money on extra materials(材料). Instead, they use simple everyday objects like hats and sticks. A game might need a rope, some chalk, a hoop, a spinning top, or even a barrel. Some games are played without any toys at all. For example, one scene in the painting shows children turning somersaults(翻筋斗) inside the fence.
Even though Pieter Bruegel lived a long time ago, children today can learn an important lesson from what he painted. The painting shows us how little we need in order to enjoy ourselves. All children really need is one another. It’s not the toys or games that are found in the stores that create fun. Using our imagination can do this for us.
【小题1】The painting shows about ______ games.
A.500 | B.200 | C.80 | D.60 |
A.in the street | B.in the house | C.on the grass | D.at the school |
A.children today need to take more lessons |
B.children can create fun by using imagination |
C.children need more toys to enjoy themselves |
D.children spend much money on everyday objects |