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My dad was driving to the city center to shop and I was going along for the ride. At least that was what I had told him—   1  I had an important question to ask—that had been on my mind for a couple of weeks and this was the first time I had been able to   2  with him alone.
“Dad…”I started. And   3 .
“Yes?” he said.
“The kids say there is no Father Christmas. They say I’m   4  to believe in Father Christmas anymore…it’s only for little kids. But I believe what you told me. Father Christmas is __5 . He is, isn’t he, Dad?”
“The real life and spirit of this magical elf (精灵) lives forever in your heart, my heart, Mom’s heart and in the hearts and minds of   6  people who believe in the joy that giving to others brings. The real   7  of Father Christmas becomes what you can give rather what you get. Once you understand this and it becomes   8  of you, Father Christmas becomes even more exciting and more magical because you come to   9  the magic comes from you when Father Christmas lives in your heart. Do you understand what I am   10  to tell you?”
My heart was filled with pride and I’m sure my eyes were shining with   11 .” Of course, Dad. I want him to be in my heart, just like he’s in yours. I love you, Daddy. You’re the best Father Christmas who has   12  been in the whole world.”
When it comes time in my life to   13  the reality of Father Christmas to my children, I hope that I will be as eloquent (有口才) and   14  as my dad was the day I learned that the spirit of Father Christmas doesn’t wear a red   15 . And I hope they will accept me as I did that day. I’m sure they will.

小题1:

A．clearly

B．actually

C．personally

D．originally

小题2:

A．stay

B．fight

C．live

D．argue

小题3:

A．laughed

B．continued

C．stopped

D．cried

小题4:

A．honest

B．wrong

C．proud

D．foolish

小题5:

A．real

B．proper

C．kind

D．right

小题6:

A．every

B．some

C．few

D．all

小题7:

A．spirit

B．position

C．character

D．life

小题8:

A．part

B．tool

C．half

D．dream

小题9:

A．guess

B．realize

C．promise

D．discuss

小题10:

A．considering

B．expecting

C．planning

D．trying

小题11:

A．fear

B．excitement

C．panic

D．surprise

小题12:

A．still

B．yet

C．ever

D．already

小题13:

A．explain

B．solve

C．introduce

D．describe

小题14:

A．strict

B．loving

C．careful

D．gentle

小题15:

A．beard

B．belt

C．suit

D．stocking

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

试题分析：这篇短文作者主要通过父亲之口，给我们讲述了圣诞老人的实际意义。告诉我们圣诞老人象征的是存在于我们所有人心中的一种精神。
小题1:副词辨析。A.清晰地，明显的；B.实际上，事实上；C. 亲自地，当面；D.最初，本来。联系下一句描述，可知此处指的是我实际上有个问题要问。故选B。
小题2:联系下文with him alone.可知此处指的是和他的单独在一起。故选A，逗留，暂住。
小题3:联系下文，父亲的反问，可知此处指的是我开始了，有停住了。故选C，停止。
小题4:形容词辨析。A. 诚实的；B. 错误的；C.骄傲的；D.愚蠢的。联系前一句描述，可知他们认为我再相信圣诞老人是愚蠢的。故选D。
小题5:联系上下文描述，可知此处指的是圣诞老人是真实的，故选A，真实的。
小题6:词义辨析。A.每个人；B.一些；C.很少；D.所有的。联系前文描述，可知指的是所有人，故选D。
小题7:联系前文描述，可知此处指的是圣诞老人的实际精神，故选A，精神，心灵。
小题8:词义辨析。A.部分；B.工具；C.一半；D.梦想。联系前文描述，可知此处指的是成为你的一部分。故选A。
小题9:动词辨析。A.猜测；B. 意识到；C.承诺，许诺；D.讨论。结合语境可知此处指的是意识到来自你的戏法，故选B。
小题10:动词辨析。A. 考虑；B.期盼；C. 计划；D.尝试，试图。结合语境可知此处指的是，你明白我试图告诉你的东西吗？故选D。
小题11:联系前一句，可知此处指的是我的眼睛里闪烁着兴奋的光芒。故选B，兴奋。
小题12:副词辨析。A.仍然；B.还，已经；C. 永远，曾经；D.已经，早已。结合语境可知此处指的是，你是世界上曾经有过的最好的圣诞老人。故选C。
小题13:联系下文，可知此处指的是给孩子们解释圣诞老人的真实情况，故选A，实际，真实。
小题14:词义辨析。A.严厉的；B. 亲爱的，忠诚的；C. 细心的；D. 温和的。联系上文描述，可知此处指的是向父亲一样充满爱心，故选B。
小题15:词义辨析。A.胡须；B. 腰带；C.男外衣，套装；D.长袜。根据常识圣诞老人是穿着一身红色套装，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

I am a middle school student. I like fashionable（时尚的） clothes. I like wearing a scarf（围巾）. I like red shirts and I have curly hair. They all look cool. My parents and teachers sometimes ask me not to do so, but I don't mind. These are my own(自己的 )things. Don't you think so?
---------Sally
My uncle is 40 years old He works for a magazine(杂志). He writes articles（文章） for children. He visits many places and talks with many children. He thinks children should not watch TV too much and some TV shows are not good for them.
--------Barry
I study in a middle school. I have many rules at school. I can't be late for school,l have to wear a school uniform at school. I can't eat or sing in the classroom. Miss Yang,our English teacher,is very strict with us.
---------- Mona
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
小题1:Sally's hair is___________.

小题2:__________writes articles for kids.

小题3:Mona can __________.

A．be late for school	B．wear a school uniform at school
C．eat or sing in the classroom	D．wear her own clothes at school

小题4:Which of the following is NOT true about Barry's uncle?

A．He is 40 years old.

B．He does not let Barry watch TV.

C．He thinks children should not watch TV too much.

D．He visits many places and talks with many children.

小题5:From the information above(上面的信息) ,we can know________.

A．Sally and Mona are workers

B．Sally minds what others think of her

C．Miss Yang is an English teacher

D．Miss Yang isn't strict with her students

Amy Chua, well-known as the Tiger Mother, has held the attention of parents all across the US. She told Reader’s Digest that she’s a little strange about how her book struck so many nerves in the US. The reporter of the magazine is sharing the interview with us.
Reader’s Digest: Did you want your book to be controversial (有争议的)?
Amy: I don’t think it would have been controversial at all if it wasn’t for the Wall Street Journal headline that was called, “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior”.
Reader’s Digest: What’s your view on your parenting?
Amy: My children grew up with one Western parent. My husband doesn’t believe in raising his voice with the kids and we don’t spank (打小孩). They were really raised in a half Asian family. My book’s message is that we should try to find the balance. I believe that when children are little, you should restrict (限制) their choices. I like the traditional Chinese way. Respect authority (尊重权利) and don’t just let them watch TV all the time. I don’t think kids under the age of ten can make good choices. But once they start to get older, the lesson I learnt with Lulu (Amy’s second daughter) is that you have to start listening to them. You have to start giving them more choices and more freedom. I really think it’s important to find a balance.
I like the strict Chinese way of discipline (行为准则) and hard work when children are young. But when they’re older, you have to send love to your child, you have to listen to your child and really achieve the balance between creativity, choice and freedom on the one hand, which the west is very good at, and on the other hand, hard work and self discipline, which I think traditional Chinese parenting is very good at.
小题1:Where can we find the passage?

小题2:The Tiger Mother thinks the reason her book became controversial is that ______.

A．she is very famous

B．parenting is such a common topic

C．traditional Chinese parenting is too strict

D．the Wall Street Journal headline was called “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior”

小题3:Which of the following is TRUE according to Amy’s view on parenting?

A．We should control all of the children’s choices.

B．Spanking is necessary during children’s growth.

C．Children should be raised in half Asian families.

D．When children get older, parents should listen to them.

小题4:According to the passage, we can see ______ in the west.

A．children respect their parents because of authority

B．all kids under the age of ten can make good choices

C．some parents don’t believe in raising their voice with the kids

D．children do all of the things according to their parents’ orders

小题5:What is the main idea of this passage?

A．The book that the Tiger Mother wrote is very controversial.

B．Traditional Chinese parenting is much better than that in the west.

C．The Tiger Mother shows some of her ideas about her book and parenting.

D．Parents should achieve the balance between creativity, choice and freedom.

The Greens live in a small village（村庄）. They    1   one child, Mike. He is twenty. He works in the village, but he    2   like to work in the village. Then he   3   a job in the town. It is quite    4  the village. Mike likes the job very much, but his parents aren’t happy about this.
“ Mike, you must     5  back to work in the village and live with us.” Mrs Green says one day. “ There isn’t     6  good work for me here, Mother,” says Mike. Mike goes to work in the town and    7  there. After a few days, Mrs Green is very angry（生气的）.
She gets     8    a bus and goes to Mike’s house in the town. “ Mike,” she says to him, “    9   do you never call （从不打电话）us?” “ But, Mother, you don’t have a   10 ,” Mike says, “No, I don’t,” she says, “ But you have one.”

One day a poor farmer was taking a bag of wheat to town. Suddenly the bag fell off his horse onto the road. He did not know what he could do about it because it was too heavy for him to lift by himself. He only hoped that someone would soon pass by and lend him a hand.
Just at his moment, a man riding a horse came up to him. But the farmer felt disappointed when he saw who he was. It was the great man who lived nearby. He thought the great man wouldn’t help him, and hoped another farmer would come up. But to his surprise, the great man got off his horse as soon as he came near, “I see you need help,” he said, “I’m here just at the right time. ” Then he took one end of the bag and the farmer took the other, They lifed it together and put it on the horse.
“Sir,” asked the farmer, “how can I pay you?”
“It’s quite easy,” the great man answered, “when you see anyone else in trouble, do the same for him. ”
小题1:What did the poor farmer take to town?

A．A bag of coins	B．A bag of wheat
C．A bag of rice	D．A bag of apples

小题2:Why couldn’t the poor farmer lift the bag of wheat?

A．Because he was too young to lift the bag

B．Because he was too old to lift the bag

C．Because the bag was too heavy for him to lift

D．Because the bag was too large for him to lift

小题3:The poor farmer felt ____ when he saw the great man

小题4:When he saw the poor farmer in trouble, the great man ____

A．went away without stopping

B．asked another farmer to help him

C．came up to help him

D．gave him a lot of money

小题5:The great man asked the poor farmer to pay him ____

A．by giving him money

B．by giving him a horse

C．by giving him a bag of wheat

D．by helping others

It was a cold night. The taxi driver didn’t take even one passenger（乘客） all day. When he went by the railway station，he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he drove to him and asked，“Where are you going，sir?”
“To the Red Hotel，” the young man answered. When the taxi driver heard this， he didn’t feel happy any more. The young man would give him only three dollars because the hotel was near the railway station. But suddenly， he had an idea. He took the young man through many streets of the big city.
After a long time， they arrived at the hotel. “Here we are! You should pay me fifteen dollars， please，” the taxi driver said to the young man. “What? Fifteen dollars! Do you think I’m a fool? Only last week，I took a taxi from the railway station to this hotel and I only gave the driver thirteen dollars. I know how much I have to pay for the trip.”
小题1:The story probably happened _______ .
A. on a winter morning B. on a winter night
C. on a rainy day C. on a rainy night
小题2:When the driver saw the young man coming out of the railway station, he was
_____ .

小题3:The driver was not happy any more because ________ .

A．the young man didn’t want to take the taxi

B．the young man wouldn’t give him money

C．the young man was carrying two big bags

D．the hotel was near the railway station and the young man would give him only three dollars

小题4:Maybe the taxi driver got _______ dollars at last.

小题5:Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The two taxi drivers were both honest.

B．The two taxi drivers cheated the young man.

C．It is very far from the railway station to the Red Hotel.

D．The young man knew how far it was from the railway station to the hotel.

Peter was getting ready to graduate from the college. He loved a beautiful sports car for many months, and knew his father could well afford it for him. He told his father all that he wanted.
As the graduation day was coming near, Peter had got nothing from his father. On the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his study. He told his son how proud he was to have such a good son, and told how much he loved him. Then he gave his son a beautiful gift box. He opened the box, finding a lovely book, a Bible(圣经), with the young man’s name in it. Angrily he raised his voice to his father and said, “With all your money you give me a Bible?” He then ran out of the house, leaving the Bible.
Many years later, Peter was very successful in business. He had a beautiful house and a wonderful family. Realizing his father was old, he thought he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Unfortunately, he was told that his father had died.
When he reached his father’s house, he began to take care of his father’s papers. And then he found the Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened it and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, from the back of the Bible dropped a car key. That was the key to the sports car he wanted so much. Sudden sadness and regret (悔恨)filled his heart.
Sometimes we don’t realize the good luck that we already have because we don’t know the gift box is packed in a different way. The gift box may be the door to happiness. It is just waiting for us to open.
小题1:The son would like his father to buy him___________.

小题2:The son ran out of the house angrily because ____________.

A．his father said something wrong to him	B．his father gave him nothing
C．he thought his father only gave him a Bible	D．his father didn’t love him

小题3:Many years later, the son_____________.