题目内容
Penny was a five-year-old girl. One day when she and her mother were in a department store, Penny saw a plastic pearl necklace (珍珠项链). What a beautiful necklace! She wanted it very much, so she begged(乞求)her mother to buy it for her. The mother said, “Well, I can buy you the necklace, but when we get home, we should discuss what you can do to pay for it. Can we do that?” Penny agreed with much happiness, and she got the necklace.
How much Penny loved the necklace! She wore it everywhere and every minute. Penny also did part - time jobs to make pocket money. She worked very hard. Soon she succeeded in paying off the price for the necklace.
Penny’s daddy knew how she tried her best to get the necklace. He also knew how much Penny cared about it. One night, he asked Penny if she loved him. “Sure, Daddy.” the little girl said. “Then how about giving me your necklace?” “Oh, no, Daddy! Not my necklace!” Penny cried. “Oh, dear, it’s fine.” her father gave her a kiss.
Several days later, Penny went to her daddy, with her lips(嘴唇) trembling(颤抖). “Here, Daddy. I love you.” She held out her hand. Inside it was the plastic pearl necklace that she loved so much.
When he saw this, Penny’s father smiled with surprise. He then pulled a cute box out of his pocket. Inside the box was a real and colourful pearl necklace, which was waiting for Penny for so long.
【小题1】 One day, Penny___________ in a department store.
A.went to buy a necklace |
B.got a plastic pearl necklace |
C.bought her mother a pearl necklace |
D.asked her mother to buy something tasty |
A.she didn’t have enough money |
B.she wanted to buy her a real pearl necklace |
C.she thought it was not right for little kids to wear a necklace |
D.she wanted Penny to know that one should buy and pay for oneself |
A.Penny wanted one |
B.Penny gave him a plastic one |
C.he was pleased to see that Penny had learned what love is |
D.he thought that people would laugh at him if Penny wore a plastic one |
A.Penny worked hard to pay for the plastic necklace |
B.Penny’s father wanted the plastic necklace |
C.Penny knew her father had bought her a real necklace |
D.Penny gave the plastic necklace to her father because she didn’t like it any more |
A.parents should buy their kids everything |
B.kids should love their parents |
C.parents shouldn’t ask for anything from their kids |
D.how to educate kids in a right way |
【小题1】B
【小题2】D
【小题3】C
【小题4】A
【小题5】D
解析试题分析:这篇短文通过讲述Penny买珍珠项链这件事,告诉我们家长应该用正确的方式来教育孩子。短文中当Penny想要买那条项链的时候,她的妈妈说她必须得自己赚钱来买。后来Penny的爸爸假装想要那条项链,来试探Penny是否明白什么是爱。他们用正确的方式来教育自己的孩子。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据短文第一段开头One day when she and her mother were in a department store, Penny saw a plastic pearl necklace (珍珠项链).可知,一天,Penny和她的妈妈在百货商店的时候,Penny看到了一条塑料的珍珠项链。故选B。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据短文第一段中The mother said, “Well, I can buy you the necklace, but when we get home, we should discuss what you can do to pay for it.可知,Penny看到了那条塑料的珍珠项链之后,非常喜欢,她想让她的妈妈给她买下来。但是她的妈妈说要让她做点什么来为珍珠项链付钱。她的妈妈的意思是让Penny知道,一个人要为他想买的东西付钱。故选D。
【小题3】推理判断题。根据文意可知,Penny的爸爸问她是否爱他,Penny说她爱她的爸爸,但是当她的爸爸想要她的珍珠项链时,Penny拒绝了,因为她太喜欢那个项链了,她舍不得。后来Penny终于答应把项链送给爸爸,爸爸知道了Penny明白了什么是爱,所以送给了她一条真的珍珠项链。故选C。
【小题4】推理判断题。根据短文第二段中She worked very hard. Soon she succeeded in paying off the price for the necklace可知A是正确的;根据文意可知,Penny的爸爸并不是真的想要她的珍珠项链,他想让Penny知道什么是爱,故B不对;根据文章最后可知,Penny的爸爸给她买了一条真的珍珠项链,但是Penny并不知道,故C不对;根据文意可知,Penny非常喜欢那条珍珠项链,但是为了向爸爸证明她的爱,她还是决定把项链给爸爸,故D不对。
【小题5】推理判断题。根据文意可知,短文中Penny的爸爸和妈妈用正确的方法来教育孩子。例如,当Penny想要买那条项链的时候,她的妈妈说她必须得自己赚钱来买;又如,Penny的爸爸假装想要那条项链,来试探Penny是否明白什么是爱等。故选D。
考点:人生哲理类短文。
A person's nose is important for breathing and smelling. The nose is also used in many popular expressions.
Some people are able to lead other people by the nose. For example, if a wife leads her husband by the nose, she makes him do whatever she wants him to do.
Some people are said to be hard-nosed. They will not change their opinions easily. And many people will never pay through the nose, that is, they will not pay too much money for something.
It is always helpful when people keep their nose out of other people's business.The opposite of this is someone who noses around all the time. This kind of person is interested in other people's private matters. He is considered nosy.
And my teacher often says, "If you put your heart into it, the answers should be right under your nose. " It means something can be found or seen easily.
As for ear, there are also some expressions.
When I want to say something to you, I hope you are all ears and listen carefully. I also advise you to keep your ear to the ground. This means to be interested in what is happening around you and what people are thinking.
Another expression about ear is to play it by ear. Someone is able to play a song or a piece of music by remembering the tune(旋律) and not by reading the music.
There are many other expressions about different parts of our body.
For example, if someone is playing a joke on you, you can say, "You are pulling my leg. " And to turn your hand to something means to begin to do something. If a child does something wrong, we say he will get it in the neck, or he will be punished.
【小题1】If a person always wants to lead others by the nose, that means .
A.he always tells others what to do |
B.he works harder than others |
C.he cares about others instead of himself |
D.he listens to his wife all the time |
A.he will be too interested in others' business |
B.he will spend much money for daily things |
C.he will find the answers to his problems soon |
D.he will not change his mind easily |
A.We should be all ears. |
B.We should keep our nose out of their business. |
C.We should play it by ear. |
D.We should pay through the nose. |
A.They may turn their hand to us. |
B.They may think of ways to pull our legs. |
C.They will get it in the neck. |
D.They will nose around all the time. |
Practicing yoga(瑜伽) is a helpful, popular way to keep fit. It has many followers around the world. There are many kinds of yoga. You may have heard of “hot yoga” before. Now, in India, a new kind of yoga, water yoga, is becoming more and more popular among the local people.
In the city of Agra, people practice yoga in water. It is more difficult to practice yoga in water than on land. But practicing yoga in water can be good for your flexibility (灵活性).
Harish Chaturvedi, a lawyer, teaches people water yoga for free—even the poor people can learn from him. “Water yoga can become more popular than other kind of yoga, because the body does not get tired so quickly,” he said. “Everybody can learn to swim, but if they learn yoga at the same time, they will never feel tired.”
“The level of Oxygen(氧气) is very high in water, and you will not have any breathing problem,” he added.
Harish believes that water yoga really helps people to keep away from illness. He mainly trains children. He has classes at the swimming pool of a local sports room regularly. Many children are interested in it and come to team from him.
“Harish is very good at performing yoga in water,” said Sudhir Narayan, a water yoga student. “He is teaching children free of cost and that is a very good thing.”
【小题1】What is Harish Chaturvedi?
A.A teacher. | B.A lawyer. |
C.A doctor. | D.A swimmer. |
A. Because you can learn to swim at the same time.
B. Because you don’t get tired so quickly.
C. Because it can keep people fat.
D. Both A and B.
【小题3】 The underlined phrase “for free” in the passage means _______.
A.快乐地 | B.自由地 |
C.免费地 | D.规律地 |
A.children; adults | B.adults; childr |
C.women; men | D.olds; adults |
A.Ways to keep fit | B.Water yoga in India |
C.Hot yoga in the world | D.Harish Chaturvedi and his classes |
A farmer carelessly lost an expensive gold watch in the barn on the farm, where he searched for everywhere but failed.
So he put a notice on the gate of the farm: whoever finds the gold watch will be rewarded 100 dollars.
People tried their best to look for the watch in order to get the reward. However, the barn was too large and the straw in the barn was too thick,it was getting dark they were still unable to find it. So they give up the reward of 100 dollars one by one.
But only a small boy was still not discouraged but kept looking for it .He had nothing to eat throughout the day.In order to solve the family problem, he looked forward to finding the gold watch and let his parents,brothers and sisters have a full meal.
The night was already getting late,the boy was also tired. He was lying in the straw to have a rest when he heard a strange “tick--tock ”.
He immediately held his breath and listened carefully,and followed the sound. He found the watch and got the 100 dollars.
Like the gold watch in the barn,success has been around us and spread in every corner of life. Only when we are calm and firmly look for it ,we can find it.
【小题1】If someone found the gold watch, what would the farmer offer him?
A.100 yuan | B.100 dollars |
C.100 pounds | D.100 pence |
A.Because he liked the gold watch.. |
B.Because he wanted to own the watch. |
C.Because he was silly |
D.Because he wanted to get the reward |
A.A newspaper | B.a science book |
C.an advertisement | D.a notice |
A.The boy had no brothers or sisters. |
B.The boy’s family had a hard life. |
C.It was easy for the boy to find the watch. |
D.The farmer didn’t look for the watch for himself |
① The boy succeeded in finding the gold watch
② The farmer offered the boy a reward of 100 dollars
③ A farmer lost a gold watch carelessly
④ Many people tried to find the watch,but they failed.
A.②①④③ | B.④②③① |
C.③④①② | D.①③④② |
Fashion is a term commonly used to describe a style of clothing worn by most people of a country. A fashion usually keeps popular for 1-3 years and then is replaced by another fashion. Even though there are a lot of changes in fashion, most people do not easily hope for the changes.
Nowadays more and more young people prefer following the fashion. On this phenomenon(现象), different people have different opinions. It is held that one should follow the fashion so as not to be looked down or seem strange. But it is also held that one should have his or her own judgement(判断).
Those who hold the first opinion think that society is progessing and one should get used to the changes. In their opinions, if everyone always follows the old fashion, there won’t be any change and naturally there won’t be much progress. However, those who hold the second view think that one shouldn’t follow the fashion without having his or her own judgement and characters.
As for me, I agree with the second opinion. Of course, it’s good for people to keep up with the fashion, but this is not to say that people should follow the fashion blindly(盲目地). If all the people follow the same fashion, there will be no variety and the whole society will be boring.
【小题1】. The second paragraph mainly tells us ________.
A.what the fashon is about |
B.different people have different opinions about the fashion |
C.whether one should follow the fashion or not |
D.more and more young people prefer following the fashion |
A.One should follow the fashion so that they won’t be looked down. |
B.One should follow the fashion so that society is progressing. |
C.One should follow the fashion so that people will have their own judgement. |
D.One should follow the fashion so that society will be boring. |
A.keep up with the same fashion |
B.be against the fashion |
C.say nothing about the fashion |
D.follow the fashion by our own judgement |
A.Hope For Fashion | B.Have Your Own Judgement |
C.How to follow the fashion | D.Two ideas about the fashion |
“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something good will happen.”
After graduating from college in 1932, I decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to sports announcer(播音员). I took the bus to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station. But I was refused every time. In one studio, a nice lady told me that big stations didn’t want to accept inexperienced persons. “Go to the countryside and find a small station that’ll give you a chance,” she said.
I returned home, Dixon in Illinois. While there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Smith Ward had opened a store and wanted a local sportsman to manage its sports department. Since I had played high school football in Dixon, I applied(申请). The job sounded just right for me. But I still failed in the interview. At that moment, mom’s words came to my mind: “Everything happens for the best.” Dad offered me a car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport in Iowa. The program director, named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, I felt sad. I asked aloud, “How can a man become a sports announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”
I was waiting for the lift when I heard MacArthur calling, “What did you say about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he made me stand before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. As a result, I did a wonderful job and was told to broadcast Saturday’s game!
On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words again: “Everything happens for the best if you carry on. One day something good will happen.”
【小题1】After the writer graduated from college, he tried to look for a job in at first.
A.Chicago | B.Dixon |
C.Davenport | D.Illinois |
A.he had played high school football |
B.he did not pass the interview |
C.he had no working experience |
D.he had no interest in the job |
A.In all, the writer went to three cities to look for the job. |
B.The writer took the train to different places to look for the job. |
C.The writer gave up finally when he was refused again and again. |
D.MacArthur gave the writer a chance to broadcast Saturday’s game directly. |
A.it is hard to find a job |
B.mother’s help is necessary |
C.we should hope for the best |
D.life is full of disappointment |
Sarah ran in, shouting, “Look what I found!” Over the top of the paper I was reading; came a terrible thing that caused me to jump. It was a snake skin found in our garden.
“Isn’t it beautiful?” said my seven-year-old daughter.
I opened my eyes widely and looked at the snake skin in fear(恐惧地). I didn’t think it was beautiful, but I learned never to appear nonchalant(冷漠的)with children. Everything they see for the first time is important to their sense of beauty; they see only excellence in the world.
“Why does it do this?” Sarah asked.
“Snakes shed(蜕) their skins because they need to renew themselves,” I explained.
“Why do they need to renew(使更新) themselves?” Sarah asked.
“We often need to shed our skins, those coatings that we cover ourselves with,” I said to my daughter. “We leave some things and find other thing unwanted or unnecessary. This snake no longer needs this skin. It is probably too little for him, and he probably doesn’t think he looks as smart in it as he once did. ”
As we talked, I knew that she began to understand. Although she couldn’t understand clearly, she would know that renewal is part of progress; that we need to take a good look at ourselves, our rooms, schoolwork and spirit, and see what we need to keep and what we need to leave. I was careful to tell that this is a natural way, not one to be forced.
“Snakes don’t peel off their skins when they like them. “I explained. “It happens as a natural thing of their growth. ”
“I see, Dad,” said Sarah as she held the snake skin, and then ran off.
I hoped she would remember this; we need to throw some away because they are worthless or unnecessary. Then we can store them as memories in our deep hearts.
【小题1】Father jumped up when her daughter came to him with a snake skin because ______.
A.he didn’t want to read any more |
B.he was in great fear of it |
C.he wanted to praised her daughter |
D.he hated snakes |
A.his daughter didn’t want to listen to him at all |
B.he knew children saw only excellence in the world |
C.his daughter couldn’t follow him at all |
D.he wanted to teach everything to her |
A.the girl seemed to understand what her father said |
B.the girl wasn’t interested in the explanation |
C.the father was good at raising snakes |
D.the father liked the snake skin better |
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. |