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  I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise.At the end I said“Sonny remember:slow and steady wins the race.Don’t you think there’s something to learn from the tortoise?”He opened his eyes wide.“Do you mean next when I’m entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy and Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep half-way?”

  I was shocked.“But the tortoise didn’t wish the hare would fall asleep!”

  “He must have wished that,”Sonny said.“Otherwise how could he be so stupid as to race with the hare?He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he time if did.”“He didn’t have such a wish,”I insisted.“How won the race by perseverance,(毅力),by pushing on steadily.”

  Sonny thought for a while.“That’s a lie,”he said.“He won it because he was lucky.If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race.He could be as steady, as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never have won the race.That’s for sure.”

  I gave up.Today’s children are not like what we used to be.They’re just hopeless.

(1)

The writer argued with his son because ________.

[  ]

A.

he liked tortoise while his son like hare

B.

they disagreed about whether the tortoise was stupid

C.

he liked the story of the hare and the tortoise while his son didn’t

D.

he tried to teach his son the moral lesson of the story but the son rejected it

(2)

Sonny believed that the tortoise ________.

[  ]

A.

won the race by his own effort

B.

took arise by agreeing to race

C.

was not given a fair chance in the race

D.

in fact did not win the race

(3)

Billy, Tony and Sandy must be boys ________.

[  ]

A.

who were unknown to Sonny’s father

B.

Sonny had run races with before

C.

Sonny had never raced with before

D.

Sonny did not expect to race with again

(4)

The writer thinks that his generation ________.

[  ]

A.

were more clever than Sonny’s generation

B.

had the same idea about life as Sonny’s generation

C.

were more hopeful than Sonny’s generation

D.

had the foolish ideas about life from Sonny’s Generation

答案:1.D;2.D;3.B;4.C;
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 Some people are lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even if they have only visited a place once, they will be able to find it again years later.
  I am one of those unfortunate people who have poor sense of direction and I may have visited a place time after time but I still get lost on my way there. When I was young I was so shy that I never dared ask complete strangers the way and so I used to wander round in circles and hope that by some chance I would get to the spot I was heading for.
  I am no longer too shy to ask people for direction, but I often receive replies that puzzle me. Often people do not like to admit that they didn’t know their hometown and will insist on telling you the way, even if they do not know it; others, who are anxious to prove that they know their hometown very well, will give you a long list of directions which you can not possibly hope to remember, and still others do not seem to be able to tell between their left and their right and you find in the end that you are going in the opposite direction to that in which you should be going.
  If anyone ever asks me the way to somewhere, I always tell them I am a stranger to the town in order to avoid giving them wrong direction but even this can have embarrassing results.
  Once I was on my way to work when I was stopped by a man who asked me if I would direct him the way to the Sunlight Building. I gave my usual reply, but I had not walked on a few steps when I realized that he had asked for directions to my office building. However, at this point, I decide it was too late to turn back and search for him out of the crowd behind me as I was going to meet with someone at the office and I did not want to keep him waiting.
  Imagine my embarrassment when my secretary showed in the very man who had asked for directions of my office and his astonishment when he recognized me as the person he had asked.
  60. What is the writer going to do when someone asks him for direction?
     A. He will direct the right way to the person willingly.
     B. He will reply to it by the means of being a stranger to the town.
     C. He will give the very person long list of direction.
     D. He is going to show the man an opposite direction.
  61. Why did the writer consider himself to be an unlucky dog?
     A. Because of his poor sense of direction.
     B. Because he always forget the way to home.
     C. Because he did not have any friend.
     D. Because he used to be shy and dared not ask others the way.
  62. How did the visitor feel when he was showed into the very room?
     A. He felt strange.                              B. He felt embarrassed.
     C. He felt very sad.                                   D. He felt astonished.
  63. Who showed the right way to the interviewee according to the passage?
     A. Someone we don’t know.                 B. The writer did it for himself.
     C. The secretary did so.                        D. A warm-hearted old lady did it.

When I was growing up in America, I was ashamed of my mother’s Chinese English. Because of her English, she was often treated unfairly. People in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.
  My mother has long realized the limitations of her English as well. When I was fifteen, she used to have me call people on the phone to pretend I was she. I was forced to ask for information or even to yell at people who had been rude to her. One time I had to call her stockbroker (股票经纪人). I said in an adolescent voice that was not very convincing, "This is Mrs. Tan.”
  And my mother was standing beside me, whispering loudly, "Why he don’t send me check, already two week late.”
  And then, in perfect English I said, "I’m getting rather concerned. You agreed to send the check two weeks ago, but it hasn’t arrived. "
  Then she talked more loudly.  "What he want? I come to New York tell him front of his boss. "And so I turned to the stockbroker again, "I can’t tolerate any more excuse. If I don’t receive the check immediately, I am going to have to speak to your manager when I am in New York next week. "
  The next week we ended up in New York. While I was sitting there red-faced, my mother, the real Mrs. Tan, was shouting to his boss in her broken English.
  When I was a teenager, my mother’s broken English embarrassed me. But now, I see it differently. To me, my mother’s English is perfectly clear, perfectly natural. It is my mother tongue. Her language, as I hear it, is vivid, direct, and full of observation and wisdom. It was the language that helped shape the way I saw things, expressed ideas, and made sense of the world.
【小题1】Why was the author’s mother poorly served?

A.She was unable to speak good English.B.She was often misunderstood.
C.She was not clearly heard.D.She was not very polite.
【小题2】From Paragraph 2,we know that the author was        .
A.good at pretending B.rude to the stockbroker
C.ready to help her mother D.unwilling to phone for her mother
【小题3】After the author made the phone call,       .
A.they forgave the stockbrokerB.they failed to get the check
C.they went to New York at once D.they spoke to their boss at once
【小题4】What does the author think of her mother’s English now?
A.It confuses her.B.It makes her ashamed
C.It helps her understand the world.D.It helps her bear rude people.
【小题5】We can infer from the passage that Chinese English       .
A.is clear and natural to non-native speakers
B.is interesting and straight to non-native speakers
C.leaves a very bad impression on America
D.may bring inconvenience in America

When I was growing up in America, I was ashamed of my mother’s Chinese English. Because of her English, she was often treated unfairly. People in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.

  My mother has long realized the limitations of her English as well. When I was fifteen, she used to have me call people on the phone to pretend I was she. I was forced to ask for information or even to yell at people who had been rude to her. One time I had to call her stockbroker (股票经纪人). I said in an adolescent voice that was not very convincing, "This is Mrs. Tan.”

  And my mother was standing beside me, whispering loudly, "Why he don’t send me check, already two week late.”

  And then, in perfect English I said, "I’m getting rather concerned. You agreed to send the check two weeks ago, but it hasn’t arrived. "

  Then she talked more loudly.  "What he want? I come to New York tell him front of his boss. "And so I turned to the stockbroker again, "I can’t tolerate any more excuse. If I don’t receive the check immediately, I am going to have to speak to your manager when I am in New York next week. "

  The next week we ended up in New York. While I was sitting there red-faced, my mother, the real Mrs. Tan, was shouting to his boss in her broken English.

  When I was a teenager, my mother’s broken English embarrassed me. But now, I see it differently. To me, my mother’s English is perfectly clear, perfectly natural. It is my mother tongue. Her language, as I hear it, is vivid, direct, and full of observation and wisdom. It was the language that helped shape the way I saw things, expressed ideas, and made sense of the world.

1.Why was the author’s mother poorly served?

A.She was unable to speak good English.       B.She was often misunderstood.

C.She was not clearly heard.                 D.She was not very polite.

2.From Paragraph 2,we know that the author was        .

A.good at pretending                      B.rude to the stockbroker

C.ready to help her mother                 D.unwilling to phone for her mother

3.After the author made the phone call,       .

A.they forgave the stockbroker              B.they failed to get the check

C.they went to New York at once             D.they spoke to their boss at once

4.What does the author think of her mother’s English now?

A.It confuses her.                         B.It makes her ashamed

C.It helps her understand the world.          D.It helps her bear rude people.

5.We can infer from the passage that Chinese English       .

A.is clear and natural to non-native speakers

B.is interesting and straight to non-native speakers

C.leaves a very bad impression on America

D.may bring inconvenience in America

 

Some people are lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even if they have only visited a place once, they will be able to find it again years later.

  I am one of those unlucky people who have poor sense of direction and I may have visited a place time after time but I still get lost on my way there. When I was young I was so shy that I never dared ask complete strangers the way and so I used to wander round in circles and hope that by some chance I would get to the place I was heading for.

  I am no longer too shy to ask people for direction, but I often receive replies that puzzle me. Often people do not like to admit(承认)that they didn’t know their hometown and will insist on telling you the way, even if they do not know it; others, who are anxious to prove that they know their hometown very well, will give you a long list of directions which you can not possibly hope to remember, and still others do not seem to be able to tell between their left and their right and you find in the end that you are going in the opposite(相反的)direction to that in which you should be going.

  If anyone ever asks me the way to somewhere, I always tell them I am a stranger to the town in order to avoid giving them wrong direction but even this can have embarrassing results.

  Once I was on my way to work when I was stopped by a man who asked me if I would direct him the way to the Sunlight Building. I gave my usual reply, but I had not walked on a few steps when I realized that he had asked for directions to my office building. However, at this point, I decide it was too late to turn back and search for him out of the crowd behind me as I was going to meet with someone at the office and I did not want to keep him waiting.

  Imagine my embarrassment when my secretary showed in the very man who had asked for directions of my office and his astonishment when he recognized me as the person he had asked.

1.What is the writer going to do when someone asks him for direction?

   

A.He will direct the right way to the person willingly.

 

B.He will reply to it by the means of being a stranger to the town.

 

C.He will give the very person long list of direction.

 

D.He is going to show the man an opposite direction.

2.Why did the writer consider himself to be an unlucky dog?

A.Because of his poor sense of direction.

B.Because he always forget the way to home.

C.Because he did not have any friend.

D. Because he used to be shy and dared not ask others the way.

3.How did the visitor feel when he was showed into the very room?

A.He felt strange.

B.He felt embarrassed.

C.He felt very sad.

D.He felt astonished.

4.Who showed the right way to the interviewee according to the passage?

A.Someone we don’t know.

B.The writer did it for himself.

 

C.The secretary did so.

D.A warm-hearted old lady did itI.

 

 

  When I was in the third grade, I was picked to be the princess(公主)in the school play. For weeks my mother had helped me practice my lines. But once on stage, every word disappeared from my head. Then my teacher told me she had written a narrator's(解说者的)part for the play, and asked me to change roles. Though I didn't tell my mother what had happened that day, she sensed my unhappiness and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the yard.

    It was a lovely spring day. We could see dandelions(蒲公英)popping through the grass in bunches, as if a painter had touched our landscape with bits of gold. I watched my mother carelessly bend down by one of the bunches. "I think I am going to dig up all these weeds, "she said." From now on, we'll have only roses in this garden."

    "But I like dandelions, "I protested." All flowers are beautiful-even dandelions!"

    My mother looked at me seriously. "Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn't it?" she asked thoughtfully. I nodded. "And that is true of people, too," she added.

    When I realized that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry and told her the truth.

  “But you will be a beautiful narrator,”she said, reminding me of how much I loved to read stories aloud to her.

    Over the next few weeks, with her continuous encouragement, I learned to take pride in the role. The big day finally came. A few minutes before the play, my teacher came over to me. “Your mother asked me to give this to you,” she said, handing me a dandelion. After the play, I took home the flower, laughing that I was perhaps the only person who would keep such a weed.

1.The girl did not play the role of the princess mainly because_______.

    A. she felt nervous on the stage.

    B. she lost her interest in that role.

    C. she preferred the role of the narrator

    D. she had difficulty memorizing her words

2.Why did the mother suggest a walk in the garden?

    A. To remove the dandelions

    B. To enjoy the garden scene

    C. To have a talk with her daughter.

    D. To help her daughter with the play.

3.What is the main idea of the story?

    A. Everybody can find his or her own way to success.

    B. Everybody has his or her own value in the world.

    C. Everybody should learn to play different roles

    D Everybody has some unforgettable memory.

 

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