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When I was fourteen years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been abroad (Like many English children, I had often been to France). So when I went to America I thought I would have a nice easy holiday without any language problem.
How wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to tell my American friend Danny that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked if he could help me.
“Yes,” I said, “I want to give my friend a ring.”
“Well, that’s nice,” he said, “Are you getting married? But aren’t you too young?”
“Who is talking about marriage?” I replied, “I only want to give my friend a ring to tell him I’ve arrived. Can you tell me where there is a phone box?”
“Oh,” he said, “there is a phone downstairs.”
When at last we met, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me.
“Don’t worry,” he said to me, “I had so many difficulties at first. There are lots of words which Americans use differently in meaning from British people. You’ll soon get used to all the funny things they say. Most of the time, British and American people understand each other.”
小题1:The writer was from________.
A.JapanB.FranceC.AmericaD.England
小题2:The writer thought ________ in America at first.
A.he wouldn’t have any language difficulties
B.he would be lost and he had to call the police for help
C.he wouldn’t understand the Americans
D.he would have a terrible holiday
小题3:The writer wanted to ________ at the airport.
A.have a mealB.buy a mapC.call his friendD.find an old man
小题4:According to the friendly old man, “give somebody a ring” means “________”.
A.make a telephone call to somebody
B.be going to get married
C.buy a ring for somebody
D.ask somebody to wear a ring
小题5:The underlined word “they” refers to ________.
A.the old man and the boyB.the British
C.the FrenchD.the Americans

小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:D

试题分析:这篇短文主要介绍了作者做为一个英国人,认为去美国旅行不会遇到语言方面的问题。可是刚下飞机,在飞机场就遇到了由于英美语言使用不同的语言方面的问题。
小题1:细节理解题。根据短文第一段Like many English children, I had often been to France描述,像许多英国孩子一样,我已经去过法国。故选D。
小题2:细节理解题。根据第一段So when I went to America I thought I would have a nice easy holiday without any language problem.描述。所以当我去美国时,我认为我会有一个轻松而愉快的假期,不会有任何语言问题。故选A。
小题3:推理判断题。根据第二段I was looking for a public telephone to tell my American friend Danny that I had arrived描述我正在找公共电话以告诉我的朋友丹尼我到了。由此可知他想打电话。故选C。
小题4:推理判断题。根据当作者说想给朋友打电话时老人的疑问Are you getting married?你将要结婚吗?可知,故选B
小题5:词义猜测题。根据There are lots of words which Americans use differently in meaning from British people. You’ll soon get used to all the funny things they say.描述,有许多的单词美国人和英国人在使用时意思是不同的,但是你将习惯于他们说的有趣的话。作者是英国人,故他们指的是上文提到的美国人。故选D。
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She was right. Later, Albert became one of the greatest scientists in the world. He won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1921.
小题1:Albert Einstein was _________.
A. an artist        B. a journalist    C. a scientist    
小题2:He won the Nobel Prize for _______in 1921.
A. medicine       B. physics       C. chemistry    
小题3:Einstein often failed in some exams because___________.
A. he was quiet               
B. he wasn’t interested in those subjects  
C. he was not clever               
小题4:Einstein’s mother ________.
A. understood her son               
B. complained about her friend
C. was pleased with the teachers     
小题5:Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Einstein enjoyed playing with others.        
B. Einstein was happy at school.
C. Einstein was born in Germany.
Alan is a schoolboy. He is good at all his subjects .He thinks computers can help him with his homework. So Alan wanted a computer last week. He asked his parents    _ the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He   _ about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbors. But this was not    _ . He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn’t cut grass for their gardens     _he had no tools to do the work with.
Then he saw one of his classmates, Dick, delivering (送)  newspaper. I could do that, he thought. Maybe I could even get the computer     __ away. I could pay for it a little each week. He ran to     __ up with Dick. Alan asked him a lot of questions. He learned that it was    _ to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job took about three hours each night. Dick    him the phone number of the newspaper manager Alan almost flew home. After he had told his mother     _he thought, she smiled “I think it is a  great idea,” she said, “I’ll call the newspaper….”
“Wait, Mum,” Alan said, “I’ll call. After that, I’m going to be a businessman now.”
Alan’s mother smiled    _ . We should learn from him.
小题1:
A.inB.atC.withD.for
小题2:
A.saidB.toldC.thoughtD.spoke
小题3:
A.springB.summerC.autumnD.winter
小题4:
A.whenB.becauseC.whileD.after
小题5:
A.nowB.rightC.justD.only
小题6:
A.takeB.catchC.carryD.put
小题7:
A.friendlyB.kindC.wrongD.possible
小题8:
A.taughtB.gaveC.madeD.asked
小题9:
A.thatB.whenC.whatD.where
小题10:
A.sadlyB.happilyC.politelyD.happy
Last week, the manager of an old jeweler’s shop received a letter marked “personal”. As he was very busy, the letter lay on his desk till teatime. When he opened it, a $10 note fell out onto his desk. With the note was a short letter. This is what it said:
Dear sir,
I got engaged (订婚的) forty years ago. Unfortunately at that time there was a lot of unemployment and I lost my job. I was out of work for about six months before I got another one. Of course I was very short of money.

I came to your shop to buy a wedding ring one day. The assistant brought some rings for me to have a look, later she was called away, and then I put one of the rings into my pocket. When she came back, I said I did not know the size of my girlfriend’s finger. So I left the shop without paying for the ring. My wife died a month ago, and the fact that I never paid for her ring has been on my conscience (让我良心不安) all these years. I always feel guilty about that. At that time the ring cost $2, and I think that is about five times -- $10 at today’s price.
Now I am sending you that amount.
Yours truly,
A customer
After reading the letter, the manager said, “Well, well, well, life is full of surprise!”
小题1:The ring that the customer put into his pocket was ____ at that time.
A.$2B.$5C.$10D.$40
小题2:The underlined word “unemployment” means “____” in Chinese.
A.辞职B.就业C.悲伤D.失业
小题3:How long has the customer’s wife been dead?
A.A week. B.A month.C.A year.D.Two months.
小题4:The customer wrote to the manager in order to ________.
A.return the ringB.say thanks to him
C.ask him for some adviceD.send the money for the ring
小题5:Which is NOT true according to the passage?
A.The manager opened the letter by himself.
B.The manager thought life was full of surprise.
C.When the customer’s wife knew the fact, she was impatient.
D.The customer always feels sad for not paying for the ring years ago.
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In 1973, together with other people, he        in the development of hybrid rice. This made China be a worldwide leader in rice production. For this, he was called Father of Hybrid Rice. In 1980, the technology for hybrid rice was        to the United States.        Professor Yuan’s hard work, China now produces enough rice to       her people every year.
In his spare time, he loves playing        violin and listening to music. Every night, he reads        half an hour before he goes to sleep. He likes swimming, too.
It is said that Professor Yuan is one of the        people in China. And he cares about       but his research.
Now Professor Yuan is working on developing super hybrid rice. He goes to the fields twice a day.
小题1:
A.dreamB.ideaC.thoughtD.will
小题2:
A.whereB.whomC.whichD.who
小题3:
A.successB.succeededC.successfullyD.successful
小题4:
A.givenB.grownC.showedD.introduced
小题5:
A.Because ofB.BecauseC.In orderD.For
小题6:
A.look afterB.feedC.sendD.fed
小题7:
A.anB./C.aD.the
小题8:
A.onB.inC.forD.to
小题9:
A.poorestB.richestC.cleverest D.most careful
小题10:
A.everythingB.anythingC.nothingD.something
The date was like any other day in his life. After school Bill walked past the shop on the street corner. He stopped to look at the front row of shoes, and he felt sorry for himself. He really wanted to have a pair for his birthday.
He sadly walked away and thought of what to tell his mother. He knew she would give him anything if she could. But he also knew very well she had little money. He decided not to go home at once, because he looked worried and he didn’t want to make his mother worry about it. So he went to the park and there he sat on the grass. Then he saw a girl in a wheelchair(轮椅). He found that the girl moved the wheels with her hands. Bill looked at her carefully and he was surprised to see that the girl had no feet. He looked down at his own feet.“It’s much better to be without shoes than without feet,” he thought. It was not right for him to feel sorry and sad. He went away and smiled. He thought he was luckier in life.
小题1:Bill felt so sorry and sad because ________.
A.the shoes were too smallB.he lost his shoes
C.He was without feetD.He couldn’t buy the shoes
小题2:From the story we know that Bill ________.
A.loved his motherB.had lots of money
C.often bought him presentsD.wouldn’t buy him anything
小题3:In the park, Bill found the girl was ________.
A.walking in a wheelchairB.looking at him carefully
C.with feetD.moving the wheels with her hands
小题4:Bill didn’t go home at once because ________.
A.his mother was not at home
B.he was not pleased with his mother
C.He didn’t want to trouble his mother
D.he wanted to visit the park for fun
小题5:At last Bill ________.
A.got a new pair of shoes for his birthday
B.left the park with a smile
C.didn’t think he was luckier than the girl
D.didn’t know what to do
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小题1:The party was held(举行)          .
A.at Peter's houseB.in a large hall(大厅)
C.at Peter's friend's houseD.in a secret(秘密的)place
小题2: Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A.Betty made the best cake.
B.Mary Jackson sang well.
C.Bill played the violin well.
D.The Jacksons did hard work for the party.
小题3:          liked Peter.
A.Many of his friendsB.Few people
C.EveryoneD.All his friends
小题4:Peter         to give the party.
A.tried his bestB.did nothing
C.only invited some friendsD.did everything
小题5:From the story, we can see Peter was                .
A.a warm -hearted(热心的)manB.good at making friends
C.a selfish(自私的)manD.a welcomed(受欢迎的)friend
It was a Sunday morning. Peter, a seven-year-old boy, watched TV in the room while his brother Bill did his homework. Their father watered the flowers in the garden and their mother went out to do some shopping. At ten the woman came back with a heavy basket. Peter ran up to her. He wanted to know what his mother bought. He found a bag of oranges in it. He liked them very much and wanted to eat. His mother stopped him. She gave five to each son and went to cook food. Peter ate his oranges soon but his brother was busy doing his homework and didn't eat his. Suddenly the telephone rang and Bill ran to answer it. Bill's friend asked him to play football with them. And when Bill talked with his friend, Peter took two of his oranges away and ate them. Bill found it and called him out and beat(打) him behind the house. Peter didn't tell his parents about it.
The next morning Peter’s teacher, Mrs Ball, taught the students subtraction(减法). Peter didn't listen to her carefully and couldn't understand it. So he couldn't answer her questions. The teacher began to give him an example, “If your brother has five oranges and you take two from him, what will the result(结果)be?”
“He'll beat me, madam,” answered the boy. All his classmates began to laugh.
小题1:When did Peter’s mother come back?
A.At five.B.At six.C.At seven.D.At ten.
小题2:How many oranges did Peter eat?
A.Five.B.Six.C.Seven.D.Ten.
小题3:Miss Ball was Peter's __________teacher.
A.ChineseB.mathsC.EnglishD.history
小题4:Why didn't Peter tell his parents that his brother beat him?
A.Because he knew he was wrong.
B.Because he was afraid of his brother.
C.Because his father didn't like him.
D.Because his mother let Bill do so.
小题5:Peter couldn't answer the teacher's question because___________.
A.he was not clever
B.he didn't listen to the teacher carefully
C.he was not good at maths
D.he was thinking about eating oranges

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