题目内容
It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were dying. Cows had stopped giving milk. The streams were long gone back into the earth. If we didn’t see some rain soon we would lose everything.
I was in the kitchen making lunch for my husband and his brothers when I saw my six-year old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. He was obviously walking with a great effort... trying to be as still as possible. Minutes after he disappeared into the woods, he came running out again, toward the house.
Moments later, however, he was once again walking in that slow purposeful long step toward the woods. This activity went on for over an hour: walking cautiously to the woods, then running back to the house. Finally, my curiosity got the best of me. I crept out of the house and followed him on his journey.
He was cupping both hands in front of him as he walked; being very careful not to spill(溅出) the water he held in them. Branches and thorns slapped his little face but he did not try to avoid them. He had a much greater purpose. As I leaned in to spy on him, I saw the most amazing site.
Several large deer appeared threatening in front of him. But Billy walked right up to them. I almost screamed for him to get away. And I saw a baby deer laying on the ground, obviously suffering from heavy loss of water and heat exhaustion, lift its head with great effort to lap(舔) up the water cupped in my beautiful boy’s hand.
I stood on the edge of the woods watching the most beautiful heart I have ever known working so hard to save a life. As the tears that rolled down my face began to hit the ground, they were suddenly joined by other drops... and more drops... and more. I looked up at the sky. It was as if God, Himself, was weeping with pride.
1.What can be learned from Paragraph 1?
A.The writer lived in the hottest place.
B.It wouldn’t rain during the dry season.
C.All the crops in the area were dead.
D.People were in great need of rain.
2.Billy walked carefully to the woods because ______.
A.he was not old enough to walk freely
B.he didn’t want to be followed by his mother
C.he tried not to spill the water in his hands
D.he wanted to attract his mother’s attention
3.Why did the writer almost scream for Billy to get away?
A.Because she saw the most amazing site in the woods
B.Because those large deer appeared dangerous
C.Because she saw a baby deer laying on the ground
D.Because the deer suffered from heavy loss of water
4.After learning about the truth, the author felt _______.
A.curious and confused B.scared and excited
C.moved and curious D.proud and moved
5.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A.The Water of Life B.Importance of Water
C.How to Save Animals D.Animals in Danger
1.D
2.C
3.B
4.D
5.A
【解析】
试题分析:本文叙述了由于一个多月没有下雨了,眼看就要颗粒无收,这时作者看见自己的儿子多次想森林跑去很好奇,于是有一次就悄悄地跟去,发现儿子小心翼翼地端着水在拯救快要渴死的小鹿,作者想到自己就快没有水喝了,儿子却在给动物喝水,很是感动,这时也可能感动了老天,天开始下雨,他们高兴极了。
1.细节理解题。根据If we didn’t see some rain soon we would lose everything.他们急需水,故选D。
2.细节理解题。根据being very careful not to spill(溅出) the water he held in them. 他小心地怕把水洒了,故选C。
3.细节理解题。根据Several large deer appeared threatening in front of him几只大鹿似乎对孩子有危险,故选B。
4.细节理解题。根据I stood on the edge of the woods watching the most beautiful heart I have ever known working so hard to save a life. As the tears that rolled down my face began to hit the ground,作者感到自豪和感动,故选D。
5.标题归纳题。根据整篇短文都在围着水来讲,故选A。
考点:故事类短文阅读。
点评:一般来说,标题的写作格式是:以话题为中心,将控制性概念的词按一定的语法浓缩为概括主题句句意或中心思想的词组。做此类题时,要避免如下三种错误:一是概括不够。多表现为部分替代整体。二是过度概括。多表现为人为扩大范围。三是以事实、细节替代抽象的大意。
A good friend of mine was complaining about her son the other day.“Did you notice,” she started, “how he didn’t wait for me to get my salad before he dove into his?”
True enough, the boy attacked his plate faster than a cat in the wild.Without manners, we’re no more than animals.Actually, that’s not true.I’ve been watching and feeding a group of wild cats, and they show unusual politeness toward each other.Even when food is scarce, they take turns, leaving at least a small part for the next in line.
My mother educated her three children to have good manners all the time.We were made to feel very uncomfortable as if we were sitting on pins and needles until we got used to saying please, thank you, pardon me, and I’m sorry.And I have to say, while it was a painful learning experience, it was one of the most valuable.
I can’t tell you how often I sat with my friends, eating at their dinner tables, and their parents thought highly of my good manners.While it was a little embarrassing, I knew even then that my mother’s teachings were paying off.
Many years later, when I was attending seminars across the country, my manners were quite useful.
While I regret that I haven’t been a perfect example, I’m still working on it.I suppose, in this regard, my mother lives on through me.I didn’t have her beautiful singing voice or her green eyes, but she did make sure I received one of her finest characteristics.
【小题1】What did the writer’s friend most probably complain about?
A.Her son’s eating too quickly. |
B.Her son’s not having a healthy diet. |
C.Her son’s not having good table manners. |
D.Teenagers’ not having good manners. |
A.too much | B.not delicious |
C.not enough | D.quite hot |
A.was strict about her children’s manners |
B.never punished her children |
C.had beautiful blue eyes |
D.was not good at singing |
A.Easy and relaxing | B.Painful and valuable |
C.Easy but useless | D.Too horrible |
A.is surely liked by everyone around her |
B.is not satisfied with most people’s manners around her |
C.thinks she has been a perfect example to the young |
D.thanks her mother for teaching her the good manners a lot |
Ray Travers sat back at the large desk, and looked around his plush(豪华的)office.He was tired.
Ray's eyes stopped at a painting on the wall.It was a gift given by an old friend, Bull, as a farewell gift when he left his hometown.He recalled the life spent in that small town; pleasant times.The many hours he spent talking lo his good friend, and the tales he was told about hunting in the Africa of old.
Memories flowed back more than ten years; he remembered how he enjoyed hearing about the wonderful hunting, and how he wished he could have shared those times.
Ray opened his desk drawer and brought out a wooden box.He opened the lid and exposed a work of art, a hand-made hunting knife.This was a gift from Bull, given to Ray more than 20 years ago.It was one of the first knives Bull had made, and Ray had called it "Zambezi”, the river where Bull had been so many times.
He closed the box and sat upright at his desk; he was driving himself hard, and deserved a break.Things were going well with the business, everything running smoothly.He could afford a week off!
He went back home.A week in the hometown would be like going back in history."Man, it's going to be good," Ray said aloud, as he turned onto the highway and watched the city lights fast disappearing, as he looked in the rearview mirror.
It was well into the night when Ray pulled into an all-night gas station He walked around the gas station and the memories started … He was finally back on the road, the powerful car going its way through the night, headlights piercing (穿透) the darkness.Memories danced through the man' s mind.Memories of good times , when he knew what it was to relax , to talk, and to really visit.
Slowly entering town he looked around.Ray sat in his car, looking at the old building, smiling. Inside it was almost as though it was the same people as 15 years ago.
【小题1】We learn from the passage that Bull is .
A.Ray's colleague | B.a man in Ray' s hometown |
C.Ray's relative in Africa | D.an African woodcarving artist |
A.Bull loved Africa and knew much about it. |
B.Bull was good at making works of art. |
C.Ray missed his hometown and relatives. |
D.Ray missed the time he spent with Bull in his hometown. |
A.Ray visited Africa together with Bull many times. |
B.Ray and Bull often went hunting together. |
C.Zambezi is the name of a river in Hay a hometown. |
D.Ray planned to stay in his hometown for about a week. |
A.Ray knew how to relax after keeping busy for along time. |
B.Ray didn't want to leave his hometown because of so many memories. |
C.Ray's hometown changed a lot and was worth a visit. |
D.The visit to his hometown reminded Ray of the days together with Bull. |
A.The hard time Ray experienced in his career. |
B.Why Ray left his hometown alone. |
C.The situation in Ray's hometown. |
D.How Ray became a successful businessman. |
Recently, one of my best friends, whom I’ve shared just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me.Since I moved to a new town several years ago, we’ve both always looked forward to the few times a year when we can see each other.
Over the weekend, we spent hours and hours, staying up late into the night, talking about the people she was hanging around with.She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he experimented with drugs and was into other self-destructive behavior.I was blown away! She told me how she had been lying to her parents about where she was going and even stealing out to see this guy because they didn’t want her around him.No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she deserved better, she didn’t believe me.Her self-respect seemed to have disappeared.
I tried to convince her that she was ruining her future and heading for big trouble.I felt like I was getting nowhere.I just couldn’t believe that she really thought it was acceptable to hang with a bunch of losers, especially her boyfriend.
By the time she left, I was really worried about her and exhausted by the experience.It had been so frustrating, I had come close to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to continue our friendship,but I didn’t.I put the power of friendship to the final test.We’d been friends for far too long.I had to hope that she valued me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself.I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer anything.
A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our conversation, and then she told me that she had broken up with her boyfriend.I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face.It was one of the truly rewarding moments in my life.Never had I been so proud of a friend.
1.In the writer’s opinion, her friend ________.
A.was a girl with no self-respect |
B.could find a better boyfriend |
C.was brave enough to stick to her own choice |
D.didn’t value the writer’s suggestion |
2.What did the writer worry about?
A.She would lose the friendship with her. |
B.Her friend’s parents would be worried about their daughter. |
C.Her friend would get into great trouble with the boy. |
D.Her friend’s boyfriend would be in great trouble. |
3.We may leam from Paragraph 3 that the writer ________.
A.didn’t want to go anywhere else |
B.hated her friend’s hanging with her boyfriend |
C.couldn’t believe that her friend’s choice was acceptable |
D.doubted that she could in any way help her friend |
4.What can be concluded from the passage?
A.Friendship starting from childhood is not reliable. |
B.Friendship is a cure for any injury in life. |
C.Friendship should be everlasting once begun. |
D.Friendship can have magical power in life. |