When I come across a good essay in reading newspapers,I am often inclined to cut and keep it.But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the opposite side is as much interesting.It may be a 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms, though my teacher emphasized(强调) the importance again and again. But soon, the importance of English idioms was shown in an amusing experience.
One day, I happened to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be astonished. Gently shaking his head, shrugging his shoulders, he said, “You don’t say!” “You don’t say!” I was puzzled. I thought, perhaps this is not an appropriate topic(适当的话题). “Well, I’d better change the topic.” So I said to him. “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? By the way, have you ever been there?” “Certainly, everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it. It was magnificent.” He was deep in thought when I began to talk like a tourist guide. “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. We are very proud of it.” Soon I was interrupted again by his words：“You don’t say!” I couldn’t help asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t request you to do so, ” he answered, greatly surprised. I said, “Didn’t you say’ you don’t say？” Hearing this, the Englishman laughed to tears. He began to explain, ‘You don’t say’ actually means ‘really!’ It is an expression of surprise. Perhaps you don’t pay attention to English idioms.” Only then did I know I had made a fool of myself. Since then I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions. Remember: what the English teachers said is always right to us students.
小题1:A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms because _______.

A．English idioms were not important

B．I was not careful with English idioms

C．my teacher didn’t emphasize the importance of them

D．I had no interest in them

小题2:At first, on hearing “You don’t say,” I thought the foreigner meant _______.

A．he was not interested in the topic

B．he was only interested in the Great Wall

C．I had talked too much

D．I had to stop talking

小题3:The underlined word in the first paragraph probably means _______.

A．interesting	B．important
C．terrible	D．unlucky

小题4:Which of the following is true according to the passage？

A．The Englishman left China without seeing the Great Wall.

B．The Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about it.

C．The Englishman wanted me to act as his guide.

D．The Englishman visited the Great Wall and thought it worth visiting.

小题5:After the Englishman explained the idiom, _______.

A．I thought the Englishman had made me a fool

B．the Englishman became a real fool.

C．I felt very silly

D．I became more carefully in everything

Between ten and midnight the United States is politically leaderless—there is no center of information anywhere in the nation except in the New York headquarters of the great broadcasting companies and two wire services. No candidate and no party can afford the investment on election night to match the news-gathering resources of the mass media; and so as every citizen sits in his home watching his TV set or listening to his radio, he is the equal of any other in knowledge. There is nothing that can be done in these hours, for no one can longer direct the great strike for America’s power; the polls have closed. Good or bad, whatever the decision, America will accept the decision—and cut down any man who goes against it, even though for millions the decision runs contrary to their own votes. The general vote is an expression of national will, the only substitute for violence and blood. Its decision is to be defended as one defends civilization itself.
There is nothing like this American expression of will in England or France, India or Russia. Only one other major nation in modern history has tried to elect its leader directly by mass, free, popular vote. This was the Weiman Republic of Germany, which modeled its unitary vote for national leaders on the American practice. Out of its experiment with the system it got Hitler. Americans have had Lincoln, Wilson and two Roosevelts. Nothing can be done when the voting returns are flooding in; the White House and its power will move to one or another of the two candidates, and all will know about it in the morning. But for these hours history stops.
小题1:Between ten P.M. and midnight the United States is politically leaderless because ________.

A．the president has been murdered

B．the general strike for power has ended

C．the government has resigned

D．the general vote is being held

小题2:“The great strike for America’s power” in Paragraph 1 refers to ________.

A．the strike of the government members

B．the great vote

C．the election campaign

D．the strike of the government employees

小题3:The author believes that the decision at the polls will ________.

A．lead to a civil war	B．result in a general strike
C．cause violence and blood	D．be defended by all Americans

小题4:Without the general vote, the author implies ________.

A．there would be a civil war	B．there would be a general strike
C．there would be an election campaign	D．there would be a fierce debate

After sunset on our last day at the farm I walked out into the desert. In this, the first pleasant moment for a walk after long hot hours, I thought I was the only thing out of doors. Suddenly I stopped. Before me a rattlesnake lay fixed, its head not yet drawn back to strike but only turned a little to watch what I would do. Many snakes will run away at the sight of a man but this rattlesnake felt no necessity to get out of any-body's way. He held his ground in calm watch-fullness waiting for me to show my intentions. My first aim was to take no notice of him; I had never killed an animal if I was not forced to kill. But I remembered that there were children, dogs and horses at the farm as well as men and women with thin clothes on; my duty was to kill the snake. I went back to the farm and returned with a stick. The rattlesnake had not moved; he lay like a wire but more quickly than I could stride he shot into a bush and set up his rattling, warning me by this that I had made an unreasonable attack and attempted to take his life and that if I insisted he would have no choice but to take mine if he could. For a moment I listened to this terrifying sound and then I struck into the bush with my stick and, chop-ping about, dragged him out of the bush with his back broken.
He struck once more at the stick but a moment later his neck was broken and he was soon dead although when I picked him up by the tail his mouth opened, proving that a dead snake may still bite. There was blood in his mouth and poison was dropping; it was not only a dis-gusting(令人作呕的) sight but a pitiful one too. I dropped the body into a green bush and, as I did so, I saw him in my imagination, crawling over the sands as he might have done if I had let him go.
小题1:At the sight of the author, the rattlesnake .

A．shot into a bush

B．lay motionless but got ready to meet danger

C．drew itself up to strike

D．took no notice of his presence

小题2:The author had to kill the rattlesnake because .

A．it stood in his way

B．it attempted to take his life

C．it presented a disgusting sight

D．its presence was a danger to the people and animals at the farm

小题3:Which of the following best describes the rattlesnake?

A．It attacked man without any reason.

B．It would not attack unless it was attacked.

C．It ran away at the sight of man.

D．It exposed itself to danger.

小题4:It is implied at the end of the passage that the author____.

A．regretted having killed the snake

B．was glad that he had killed the snake

C．felt a little sorry for the snake

D．could not help thinking about the dead snake

Heaviest snow in half a century hit the south of the country. It snowed continuously for half a month, ___41__ the railways, highways, and runways in the airfields. Ice wrapped and paralyzed (使瘫痪)the power and communication system. Many people were trapped in railway stations, bus stations and airports, and ___42___ in cars, buses and trains. Governments and people did everything they could ___43___ the snow disaster, no one was killed __ 44___ cold and hunger. Gradually, trapped people all went back home safely. Many moving stories happened during the ___45___. While fighting the snow, people forgot their animal friends until a moving story of a swallow couple was ___46___on the internet.
The swallow couple had not eaten anything for several days ___47 _ the snow. They tried to fly into people's home to warm themselves, but every house was closed ___48 _. They got to a side of a balcony (阳台) ___49 _ wind could not reach. They jumped and flapped their wings to attract the attention of the people inside the house, who were busy with their own things. The wife's body was __50__, she could not move any longer. The husband came near and wrapped his wife with his wings. The husband lost his __51__ soon because of his opened wings. The couple died in the cold and hunger, one __52__ another.
The next morning, the housemaster went to the balcony to check his flowers and saw a __53__ swallow outside the window pane, touching it, he found that they were two embracing together. Thinking of the __54__ the snow had brought to the people, he was __55__ to tears. He took them in, giving them some warmness which they could not __56__ any longer. He found a small cardboard box, filled it with some hay and __57__ the swallow couple in. He buried them in the back garden.
In my hometown in the countryside, a swallow family lives in the roof of my house. They come back from the __58__ every spring to have babies. Then in autumn, when babies have grown up, they fly to the south for __59__. I wonder if they will come back this spring as they __60__.
41．A．protecting              B．maintaining            C．blocking                D．keeping
42．A．even                      B．still                       C．yet                        D．nevertheless
43．A．fight                      B．fighting                 C．to fight                  D．fought
44．A．to                          B．from                      C．with                             D．for
45．A．process                  B．procedure               C．practice                  D．progress
46．A．common                B．widespread             C．well-known            D．familiar
47．A．regardless of          B．instead of               C．in addition to          D．because of

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48．A．loosely B．tightly C．roughly D．lightly

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being.
She said, “Hi, girl! My name is Rose. I’m 87 years old. Can I give you a hug?”
I laughed and enthusiastically（热情地）responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.
“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked. She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of children, and then retire and travel!”
“No seriously,” I said. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.
“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me.
Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us.
“We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are only two secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor everyday. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die!” she said.
“There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn 20 years older. If I am 87 years old, and stay in bed for a year, and never do anything, I will turn 88. Anybody can grow older. But every minute counts for young men,” she added.
“The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.”
She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Song of Rose”. She challenged each of us to study the lyrics（歌词）and live them out in our daily lives.
At the year’s end, Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep.
4. Rose made herself known to the author in a ______ manner.
A. serious              B. cold           C. humorous          D. crazy
5. From the information provided in the passage, we know ______.
A. Rose finished the college degree within a year
B. Rose did realize her dream of meeting a rich husband and getting married through college education
C. Rose enjoyed her campus life very much
D. Rose grew so old that she stopped playing
6. Rose delivered the speech ______.
A. at the graduation                         B. which she prepared carefully
C. ended with “The Song of Rose”             D. to challenge all the other speakers
7. According to her speech, ______.
A. whenever you have a dream, you succeed
B. all people don’t grow up while growing older
C. Rose usually regretted having done something
D. a nine-year-old is as old as a 87-year-old if he doesn’t do anything

Directions： Read the passage carefully and then translate the underlined sentences into English or Chinese.
Write your answer on your answer sheet.
Laughter is the greatest medicine. 小题1: It helps those who cannot work out become fit.
First of all， laughing out loud helps improve your general fitness. This is because 小题2:笑能增强心肺功能. So it is easy to understand why some yoga exercises include laughter.
Second， a good laugh can relax your muscles. 小题3:As you laugh， the muscles participating in the laugh become active. After you laugh， these muscles start to relax. This movement is like a deep-breathing exercise， so it is very useful for people with breathing-problems.
Also， laughter makes us feel a sense of happiness. Experts say that the positive feelings produced by laughter not only make us happy but also help us reduce pain.
小题4:下次你再感到难过或失望时，别着急。 Enjoying a funny comedy or reading some jokes will drive away your negative feelings and make you feel much better.
小题5:Can you imagine what our life will be like without laughter？

A．Paper Cutting	B．Two Opposite Sides
C．Difficult Choices	D．Another Door

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