题目内容
Once on a dark winter's day,when the yellow fog hung so thick and heavy in the streets of
London that the lamps were lighted and the shop windows blazed with gas as they did at night,
an odd-looking little girl sat in a cab with her father and was driven rather slowly through the
main street.
Sara Crewe leaned against her father,who held her in his arms,as she stared out of the
window at the passing people with an old-fashioned thoughtfulness in her big eyes. At this
moment she was remembering the voyage she had just made from Bombay with her father,
Captain Crewe. She was thinking of what a strange thing it was that at one time one was in India
in the hot sun,and then in the middle of the ocean,and then driving in a strange vehicle through
strange streets·
“Papa,” she said in a low,mysterious little voice which was.almost a whisper.
“What is it,darling?”Captain Crewe answered,holding her closer and looking down into
her face.
"Is this the place?"Sara whispered.
"Yes,little Sara,it is. We have reached it at last.,,
It seemed to her many years since he had begun to prepare her mind. for "the place”,as she
always called it. Her mother had died when she was born,so she had never known or missed her.
Her young,handsome,rich father seemed to be the only relation she had in the world.
During her short life only one thing had troubled her,and that thing was "the place,, she was
to be taken to some day. The climate of India was very bad for children,and as soon as possible
they were sent away from it-generally to England and to school.
"Couldn't you go to that place with me,Papa?"she had asked when she was five years old.
"Couldn't you go to school,too? I would help you with your lessons.,,
"But you will not have to stay for a very long time,little Sara,”he had always said. "You
will grow so fast that it will seem scarcely a year before you are big enough and clever enough to
come back and take care of Papa.”
She had liked to think of that.She liked to talk to him and read his books-that would be
what she would like most in the world,and if one must go away to "the place,, in England to
attain it,she must mAke up her mind to go.She liked books more than anything else,and was,
in fact,always inventing stories of beautiful things and telling them to herself.
Captain Crewe held her very closely in his arms as the cab rolled into the big,dull square in
which stood the house which was their destination.
60. The story happened_______.
A. on a moonless night B. on a foggy day
C. on a hot day D. on a starry night
61.Sara Crewe came to England to_______
A. visit her relatives B. see her mother's house
C. receive education D. buy books for her father
62. We can learn from the story that Sara Crewe was_______.
A. sceptical B. curious C. cheerful D. imaginative
BCD

For a long time, a boy wondered why his next-desk-pal was always the first in the class, whereas he could only rank the 21st. At home, he asked his mom, “Am I more stupid than other kids? How come I always lag behind? I just can’t come up with an answer.” Mom was aware that her son’s self-respect had been damaged by the ranking system, but she didn’t know what to say to help.
She was tempted (想要) to say that intelligence differs and that yes, her son’s friend really was the smarter boy. But that would have so upset her son. Thank goodness she resisted the temptation to say it.
Her son and his friend went on to high school that year, but despite trying as hard as he could, her son’s friend still outdid him. But she was proud of her boy for his hard work, sincerely proud. It was around this time she decided to take him on a trip to the seaside. On the trip, she at last found an answer for him.
Today her son no longer cares about rankings. He doesn’t have to, for he himself is now the top of the class – at the top national university he attends. Invited to speak to his old high school, he mentioned a valuable childhood experience: “Once, on a trip to the sea, my mother and I were lying on the beach. She pointed to the sea and said to me: ‘Do you see the seabirds fighting for food out there? When a wave comes near, the little birds rise quickly. The “clumsy” seagulls (海鸥) are far less agile (灵活的) and have to struggle to get away from the wave. But these “clumsy” birds prove to have the biggest, strongest wings, which open the widest and allow the bird to travel the furthest. When the season changes, they leave for foreign shores, leaving the little birds behind. Son, I have a feeling that you are one of those seagulls.”
【小题1】From the first paragraph, we could conclude the mother ______.
A.knew her son was not bright enough |
B.saw the negative effects of the ranking system |
C.decided to help with her son’s school work |
D.was troubled by her son’s low rankings |
A.she knew her son would forget his rankings soon |
B.she felt intelligence doesn’t mean everything |
C.she knew he was not strong enough for the truth |
D.she wanted to avoid another blow to her son’s self-respect |
a. only rankings show intelligence
b. hard work and confidence can lead to a change in rankings
c. parents should see children’s strengths and encourage them
d. competition between students is good for society
A.bc | B.cd | C.abc | D.bcd |