题目内容
Years ago I worked at a factory in a small county. Every day I got up very early and often did much extra work at night. I was so tired and exhausted. My whole life was hopeless. Then one day I read the following article from a magazine:
"A woman went to live with her husband in camp on the Mojave Desert during the war. She simply hated the place: the heat was almost un-bearable, 125 degrees in the shade, the wind blew incessantly, and there was sand everywhere. Finally, in desperation (不顾一切地) she wrote her parents in Ohio that she couldn't stand it another minute and was coming home.
Quickly came the reply by airmail from her father——just two lines:
"Two men looked out from prison bars. One saw the mud, the other saw stars."
The daughter did some real thinking, not only with the intellect (思维) but also with her heart. She decided to stick to her post.
She made friends with the natives, learned to love the country, and eventually wrote a book about it.
The desert hadn't changed, but her attitude had. Because she listened with her heart to the words her father sent, a whole new world opened up to her.
A change of attitude could change everything.
After reading the article, I was deep in thought (陷入沉思)…
【小题1】At first, the woman the life with her husband in the desert.
| A．could stand. | B．could accept. |
| C．couldn’t stand. | D．couldn’t understand. |
| A．look at the mud. | B．look at the stars. |
| C．come home. | D．stay with her husband. |
| A．a woman went to live with her husband in camp. |
| B．the desert hadn't changed, but her attitude had. |
| C．the daughter's parents wanted her to stay with her husband. |
| D．a change of attitude could change everything. |
| A．give up the tiring work. | B．go to the desert. |
| C．write a letter to father. | D．go on the work. |
【小题1】C
【小题2】D
【小题3】D
【小题4】D
解析试题分析：年前，我工作在一个小县城的一个工厂。每天很早就起床了，晚上要工作到很晚，太累了，而且感觉到疲惫不堪了。对我的一生很绝望。有一天，从一本杂志上读到了一个小故事，它的中心思想是：态度的改变可以改变一切。让我很受启迪。
【小题1】细节理解题。问题：首先，这位妇女和她的丈夫在沙漠中，她的感受如何？分析原文：she wrote her parents in Ohio that she couldn't stand it another minute。句意：她给她的父母写信了，表示她再也不能忍受这里了。考查固定句型：can’t stand 不能忍受。故选C
【小题2】细节理解题。问题：这位妇女的父亲想要告诉他的女儿什么？分析原文：Two men looked out from prison bars. One saw the mud, the other saw stars.句意：两个男人从牢房铁栅里往外看。一个看到泥土，另一个看到星星。分析，人对事物的看法不同，存在的感受也是不同的。因此父亲暗示女儿要与丈夫待在一起。故选 D
【小题3】细节理解题。问题：这篇短文的中心思想是什么？联系短文的中心句：A change of attitude could change everything.句意：态度的改变能改变一切。故选D
【小题4】细节理解题。问题：读完故事之后，作者可能做什么？联系原文：作者在小县城工作，每天都很累，正当他想放弃的时候，读到了这篇小故事，故事中的一个哲理让每一个人深思，态度的改变能改变一切。相信作者也会坚持工作。故选D
考点：人生哲理类短文阅读。
快乐暑假暑假能力自测中西书局系列答案A primary school bus driver stopped the bus in a gas station in Ohio because he had to use the bathroom. Instead of turning off the engine (引擎) and taking the key with him, the driver left the bus running. And he forgot to set the brake (制动器) because he was in a hurry. “It was cold outside, and I didn’t want the kids to get cold while I was using the bathroom,” he told a police officer.
The bus slowly started moving away from the gas station. As the bus picked up speed, the kids began shouting and crying. Ten-year-old Jake ran forward to the driver’s seat and held the steering wheel (方向盘). He pressed hard on the brake pedal (踏板) and managed to stop the bus as it came nearer to a river bed. Jake turned off the engine at last. After the police arrived at the scene, they praised Jake for his great effort.
“That is one cool kid,” said the police officer. “I told him he would make a great police officer when he grew up.”
Jake wasn’t impressed with what he had done. “Stopping the bus,” he said, “was easy compared to playing Grand Theft Auto III,” his favorite action video game. The bus driver was taken to the police station. He was at first charged (指控) with “leaving a child alone while motor is running.” The lawyer said he hoped to upgrade the charge because of the number of children (twenty) on the bus.
“Whatever he is charged with,” the police officer said, “I will see that he never drives a bus again.”
【小题1】Why didn’t the driver turn off the engine when he went to the bathroom? Because _________.
| A．he was in a hurry |
| B．he forgot to do it |
| C．he didn’t want the kids to get cold |
| D．he thought he would be back in a minute |
a. The bus started moving.
b. Jake turned off the engine.
c. Jake held the steering wheel.
d. The kids began shouting and crying.
e. Jake ran forward to the driver’s seat.
f. Jake pressed hard on the brake pedal.
| A．a-b-c-d-e-f | B．a-d-e-c-f-b | C．d-a-c-e-f-b | D．d-e-a-b-c-f |
| A．He could drive. | B．He was eleven years old. |
| C．He wanted to be a police officer. | D．He liked playing Grand Theft Auto III. |
| A．改变 | B．取消 | C．加重 | D．减轻 |
| A．not be charged |
| B．face the most serious charge |
| C．not be allowed to drive a bus again |
| D．only be charged with “leaving a child alone while motor is running” |
Everyone needs friends. Friends bring us happiness and hope in our lives. But the ability (能力)to make friends changes from person to person. To some people, making friends is easy, and to others it’s very difficult.
Making friends is a skill, and the first thing is to know how to get along with others.
If you have trouble in making friends, maybe I can tell you how to do it.
★Realize your own good points. You have skills and talents that others will like.
★Believe that you are a good person and have something nice to share with others.
★Be humorous. Learn to laugh at yourself and your weakness. Remember to smile to others.
★Respect the others. Everyone has his own idea. Learn how to listen to others’ ideas without trying to make them accept yours.
★Be kind. If you are kind to others, they will usually be kind to you. There are hundreds of little things you can do to show kindness. Open the door for someone. Wave to a friend and so on.
★Don’t complain. Learn to accept what you can’t change, and work hard to change what you can. No one is willing to hear your complaining all the time.
★Never give up. Even if you are faced with some closed-minded people, never give up. And try to find someone who will understand you.
【小题1】 Why do we need friends according to the passage?
| A．Friends can do everything for us. |
| B．Friends can bring us happiness. |
| C．Friends accept our ideas all the time. |
| D．Without friends we could not live. |
| A．To help others. |
| B．To smile to others. |
| C．To get along with others. |
| D．To listen to others’ complaints. |
| A．Opening the door for someone. |
| B．Complaining to others all the time. |
| C．Laughing at ourselves and our weakness. |
| D．Finding someone who will understand us. |
| A．Five. | B．Seven. | C．Nine. | D．Eleven. |
| A．Learn to help your parents |
| B．Learn to make lots of friends |
| C．Learn to change yourself |
| D．Learn to accept what you can’t change |
We went into a secondhand shop to get out of the rain.
I took my 6-year-old daughter’s hand and we started to walk around. Suddenly she reached out her hand to touch a pair of shiny black shoes.
“Buy for me?” she asked.
“Oh, Sweetie, they are tap dancing (踢踏舞) shoes. You aren’t taking tap dance.”
“Buy for me?” she repeated.
“Well, let’s try them on.”
She sat on the floor and took off her bright pink rain boots . When she stood up we heard “click”. She took a step, “click, click, click.”
The sun came out and we went on our way. Our next stop was the grocery store(杂货店).
“Click, click, click…” people turned to look as we entered the store. People would never allow their ?daughter to wear tap dancing shoes to the grocery store .
“Excuse me, dear. Why would you allow your daughter to wear tap dancing shoes here? They make such a noise.”
“Isn’t it wonderful?”
“Wonderful? My dear, this is not the place to wear those shoes.”
“You don’t understand. When she was a baby, doctors told us that she would never walk or talk. It has taken a lot of hard work and patience, but she asked for the shoes and the ‘click, click, click’ says that she can walk,” I said.
My daughter is 18 now and will graduate from grade 12 in June. It has not always been easy, but it has all been worthwhile (值得做的). She has taught me that it doesn’t matter what others think. They don’t walk in your shoes.
【小题1】Why did the mother and daughter go to the secondhand shop?
| A．They just went window shopping. |
| B．The daughter loved the place. |
| C．They just found the place to hide from the rain. |
| D．The mother wanted to buy cheap shoes for her daughter. |
because _________.
| A．they make noise | B．they are expensive |
| C．they are dirty | D．it is not allowed |
| A．The mother didn’t buy the tap dancing shoes for her daughter. |
| B．The mother allowed her daughter to do anything she wanted. |
| C．The mother had once thought of giving her daughter up. |
| D．For the mother, the “click” noise sounded beautiful. |
| A．They don’t have the same shoes as yours. |
| B．They don’t know how you feel. |
| C．They don’t walk the same way as you. |
| D．They don’t know the size of your shoes. |
| A．the love between mother and daughter is strong |
| B．sometimes you shouldn’t care what others say |
| C．you should wear the wrong shoes for your feet |
| D．wearing your own shoes helps you walk faster |
When I was ten, my mother worked all day so I had to take care of my younger brother. At that time my little brother was about four years old and he missed mum all the time.
One day, after I had given him his dinner, he started crying for mum. He was so young and really needed mum. So I dressed him, put on his shoes, carried him on my back and walked out. Soon he fell asleep. About half an hour later, I found that he had lost a shoe while sleeping. I took him off my back and put him down. I knew we needed to find that shoe, for our mother couldn’t afford new shoes. We had to go back to find it, so I told my brother to wait right there. A man heard it and stopped me just before I walked off. He asked me, “You are leaving your brother here to find the shoe? What would you do if he is not here when you return?” I did not know how to answer that question. He continued, “It’s OK if you can’t find the shoe, but it is not OK to lose your brother.” Then he sent us to mum’s workplace by taxi.
My whole life I have depended on (依靠) the kindness of many strangers, I feel regretful that I cannot find them and say thank you. I do not even remember what the man’s face looked like, but he taught me a lesson—people are more important than things.
【小题1】Why did the younger brother cry for his mother?
| A．Because he was hungry. |
| B．Because he missed his mother. |
| C．Because he wanted to sleep. |
| D．Because he wanted to play outside. |
| A．Sorry. | B．Happy |
| C．Excited | D．Angry |
| A．People are more important than things. |
| B．Things are more important than people. |
| C．Both the shoe and your brother are important. |
| D．The shoe is more important than your brother. |
| To Max Today we had to let you go, It broke our hearts in two, We had to leave you at that place, Alone and feeling blue, The only thing that we could do, Was to drive back home and cry, For we just couldn’t keep you, No matter (无论) how we tried, You’ll never be forgotten, As long as we two live, You gave us all the love, A little dog could give, Looking at your small hutch, We know you are not with us, From this moment on, We begin to miss you much, We’ll think about you often, And wanna know where you are, And in our hearts we’ll hear your bell, Tinkling from afar (远处). |
| A．their new friend | B．their own son |
| C．the new master of their dog | D．their pet dog |
| A．The dog lived in a small hutch before. |
| B．The writer and the dog loved each other. |
| C．The dog came back with his bell. |
| D．The dog no longer lives with the writer now. |
| A．Sad. | B．Happy. |
| C．Excited. | D．Nervous. |
That was my grandmother's first Christmas without Grandfather. When my parents and I arrived at her little house ,we found she had waited up all night for us.
Grandfather had always said that the Christmas tree was the most important decoration (装饰物) of all. So first we took out the beautiful tree that was stored in the closet (贮藏室). But the star was missing. It was my grandmother's favorite part of the tree.
"Why? It must be somewhere in the closet," my grandmother said.
As we opened up boxes one by one and found no star, my grandmother's eyes were full of tears. Grandfather had given it to her some fifty years ago, on their first Christmas together. But on her first Christmas without him, the star was gone.
The next morning, my family sat down together to open the presents.
"The last gift is to Grandmother from Grandfather," Father said, in a strange voice.
"From whom?" There was surprise in my grandmother's voice.
"I found this gift in Grandfather's closet when we got the tree down," Mother explained.
My grandmother opened the box. There was a shinning (发亮的) golden star and a note in it:
Don't be angry with me, dear. I broke your star while putting away the decorations, and I couldn't bear to tell you. I hope it brings you as much happiness as the first one. Merry Christmas!
Love, Bryant
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。（10分）
【小题1】 The family couldn't find the star on the Christmas tree because _____.
| A．the grandfather had taken it away with him |
| B．the grandfather put it in a box |
| C．the grandfather had broken it |
| D．the family didn't look carefully enough for it |
| A．She lived with the author's family. |
| B．She felt sad when the star was missing. |
| C．She had never got a Christmas present from her husband. |
| D．She couldn't believe her husband's death. |
| A．She would ask her children to buy a new star. |
| B．She would get angry with her husband. |
| C．She would be greatly moved (感动). |
| D．She would throw away the new star. |
| A．褪色的 | B．错过的 |
| C．想念的 | D．找不到的 |
| A．The grandfather was afraid of his wife. |
| B．The grandfather loved his wife very much. |
| C．The grandmother didn't know how to spend Christmas Day. |
| D．The grandfather left home on Christmas Day. |
Everyone worries. But how do you deal with your worries? Whether your worries are big or small, you can take these three steps to deal with your worries:
1. Try to find out what you're worried about
Sometimes, you will know what you're worried about. Other times, you might not. Try to find it out first; if you can't, you can ask for help.
2. Think of ways to make it better
There is always something you can do to help you feel less worried. Sitting there worrying is no fun and it won't solve your problem.
Grades at school are often top worries for kids. If you're worried about grades, ask yourself these questions:
★ Why are grades important? What do grades mean to me?
★How do I get ready for class? Do I go over my notes even when there isn't a test?
★ Do I have a good place to do my homework?
★ Have I tried different ways of studying?
If your worry is about a fight you had, you might write down all the things you could do: write a note to him or her, invite him or her to a basketball game, say sorry to him or her, etc. Once you have a list of things you could do, you can choose the one that gets your friend back.
3. Ask for help
When you're worried, it can help to find someone to talk to. You can ask your parents, friends, or teachers for help.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。（5分）
【小题1】How should you deal with the worry first if you don't know what we're worried about?
| A．We should try to find it out. | B．We should ask others. |
| C．We should help others first. | D．We should sit there worrying. |
| A．When my friends don’t like me. |
| B．When I don’t try different ways of studying. |
| C．When I finish my homework. |
| D．When we're worried about grades. |
| A．翻滚 | B．复习 |
| C．转向 | D．越过 |
| A．I will make a new friend. |
| B．I don’t want to talk to him or her any more. |
| C．I will have another fight |
| D．I will invite him or her to a basketball game. |
| A．who is often worried | B．when people are worried |
| C．how to deal with our worries | D．what kind of worries people have |
Lester was walking in the street with two huge and heavy suitcases. A stranger walked up to him and asked ,“Have you got the time ?”
Lester stopped , put down the suitcases and looked at his watch .“It’ s five fifteen ,”he said .
“Hey , what a nice watch !”said the stranger .
Lester smiled a little and said ,“Yes , it’ s not bad . Look at this .”Then he showed the stranger a time display for the 86 largest cities in the world .
He hit a few buttons（按钮）and a voice told the time in Chinese . Lester continued ,“Its voice can be set（设置）for different languages .”
The stranger seemed very interested in the watch .
“That’ s not all ,”said Lester . He then pushed a few more buttons and a small map appeared on the watch .“The map can show where we are ,”explained Lester .
“I want to buy this watch !”said the stranger .
“Oh , no , I’ m not selling it . I have spent nearly two years making it ,”said Lester .
“I’ ll give you $ 1,000 for it !”
“Oh , no , I’ ve already spent more than that .”
“I’ ll give you $ 5,000 for it !”
Lester stopped to think . The stranger quickly gave him a check（支票）and said ,“$ 5,000 . Here it is .”
Lester finally agreed to sell the watch . When the stranger was going to leave with the watch , Lester pointed to the two huge suitcases and said ,“Hey , wait a minute . Don’ t forget your batteries .”
【小题1】Lester stopped in the street because _____ .
| A．the suitcases were very heavy |
| B．he felt very tired |
| C．a stranger wanted to buy his watch |
| D．someone asked him what the time was |
| A．Money . | B．Batteries . | C．Watches . | D．Paper . |
| A．engineer | B．sportsman | C．artist | D．doctor |
| A．nothing | B．$ 1,000 | C．$ 5,000 | D．$ 4,000 |
| A．It can tell the time in different languages . |
| B．It can tell you where you are . |
| C．It is easy to wear and carry . |
| D．It can show a time display for many large cities around the world . |