题目内容

Walking in the street in the USA or the UK, you can often hear people talking about the weather. "Lovely day, isn't it?" "It's cold, isn't it?" and so ox
Americans and English people like talking about the weather. This makes lots of Chinese puzzled(困惑). But they talk about the weather not only because the weather there changes a lot, but also they do not like to talk with others about private things like age, family and income. Stay with strangers, people all like talking about the weather, then they can talk about other things naturally(自然). They think if you like spring, you have a warm heart; if you like summer, you have a great will; if you like autumn, you have abundant feeling(丰富的感情);if you like winter, you have a vast mind(广阔的胸怀).
【小题1】What is the Chinese meaning of ‘private'?
A.私人的B.公共的C.未知的D.不感兴趣的
【小题2】Why do Americans and English people like talking about the weather?
A.Because the weather there is changeable.
B.Because they do not like to talk about private things.
C.Because then they can talk about other things naturally.
D.Both A and B
【小题3】Which is NOT true?
A.If you like spring, you like to help others.
B.A lot of Chinese don't know why the English people like talking about the weather.
C.The weather often changes in UK,
D.English people will talk about their ages with the strangers.

【小题1】A
【小题1】D
【小题1】D解析:
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Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.

When he was 12 years old, his parents died. He was alone and didn’t get on well with others. People always laughed at him. No one showed          to him.

His only friend was a dog named Tige. He gave his dog enough to eat and drink, but sometimes he was not          to it. He didn’t know that an unkind word sometimes could cut one’s heart like a knife.

One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. One of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped to          , she dropped other bags. He came to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” She said kindly, smiling.

A special feeling came to him. It was the first time that he had heard such kind words. He watched her          she went far away, and then he whistled(低语)to his dog and went directly to the river         .

“Thanks, dear! You are a nice little boy!” He repeated what the woman said. Then in a low         he said to his dog, “You are a nice little dog.” Tige raised its ears as if it understood.

“Hmm! Even a dog likes it!” he said. “Well, Tige, I won’t say anything unkind to you       .” Tige waved its tail happily.

The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw         but a dirty boy. He washed his face carefully. Again he looked. He saw a          nice boy. He was amazed. From then on, he started a new life.

After telling this, the businessman said, “This is the very place in which that kind woman planted the first seed of kindness in my heart.” What a great          it has!

1.A. kindness                     B. interest                        C. illness                          D. worries

2.A. exciting                       B. interesting                     C. strange               D. friendly

3.A. find it                          B. pick it up                        C. look it up          D. give it up

4.A. until                         B. after                            C. since              D. because

5.A. far                            B. nearby                         C. near               D. nearly

6.A. sound                      B. noise              C. voice                       D. hear

7.A. too                           B. at all                             C. any long                      D. any more

8.A. anything                      B. nothing                       C. everything        D. something

9.A. clean                      B. dirty                          C. sad                  D. angry

10.A. present                      B. dream                              C. advice                               D. power

 

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Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.

When he was 12, his parents died. He was alone and didn’t get on well with others. People always laughed at him. No one showed kindness to him.

His only friend was a dog named Tige. He gave his dog enough to eat and drink, but sometimes he was not polite to it. He didn’t know that an unkind word sometimes could cut one’s heart like a knife.

One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped to pick it up, she dropped other bags. He came to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” She said kindly, smiling.

A special feeling came to him. These were the first kind words he had ever heard. He watched her until she went far away, and then he whistled(吹口哨)to his dog and went directly to the river nearby.

“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” He repeated the woman’s words. Then in a low voice he said to his dog, “You are a nice little dog.” Tige raised its ears as if it understood.

“Hmm! Even a dog likes it!” he said. “Well, Tige, I won’t say unkind words to you any more.” Tige waved its tail happily.

The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw nothing but a dirty boy. He washed his face carefully. Again he looked. He saw a clean nice boy. He was amazed. From then on, he had a new life.

After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said, “Ladies and gentlemen, this is the very place where that kind woman planted in me the first seed(种子)of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness. What a great power it has!”

1.How old was Jim when his parents died?

2.Did he help a young lady when her bags dropped?

3.Why did the boy repeat the words “Thank you, dear! You’re a nice little boy”?

4.What made the boy start his new life?

5.What’s the best title of this passage?

 

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