题目内容

My mother loves flowers. As soon as warm weather comes around, you will find her planting, watering and weeding over everything .For many years we lived next door to each other, and she spent as much time in my garden as she did her own. After the flowers became plentiful each summer, she would cut colorful bouquets(花束)to enjoy inside the house—both hers and mine . I would often come home from work and find a beautiful arrangement(布置)of fresh flowers on my coffee table.

Shortly before Christmas one year, a local flower shop offered a bouquet-a-month special. It seemed to be a great way to thank her for all of the flowers she had given me through the years.

After the holidays, in early January, I drove her to the flower shop to pick up her first month’s bouquet. the small fresh colorful bouquet would hardly fill a small vase(花瓶).

I was so embarrassed(尴尬的).However, after we returned home, she began to arrange the flowers she had received.“Mom, I’m sorry, ”I told her.“I can’t believe how skimpy that bouquet is.”She looked at me and smiled.“It’s okay,”she said“It allows me to better enjoy the beauty of each one.”

Mom’s words helped me to realize something bigger and more important—when we have too many good things, we often fail to enjoy the beauty of each one.

Thanks, Mom ,for helping me understand that less is sometimes more.

1.According to paragraph 1 ,which of the following is TRUE?

A. The author’s mother put fresh flowers on the author’s coffee table.

B. The author used to buy some fresh flowers on her way home.

C. The author’s mother usually bought flowers for her daughter.

D. The author and her mother shared a beautiful garden.

2.The author bought her mother flowers to_______.

A. celebrate the coming Christmas

B. express thanks for all her mother’s done

C. bring more flowers to her mother’s garden

D. arrange her mother’s new house

3.The underlined word“skimpy”in Paragraph 4 means_______.

A. beautiful B. colorful

C. cheap D. small

4.What did the author learn from her mother?

A. How to grow flowers.

B. How to arrange flowers

C. Enjoying life if possible

D. Considering things in other ways.

1.A

2.B

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题解析：本文讲的是妈妈跟女儿之间的故事，本来妈妈在她跟女儿的院子里种了花，并用花女儿装饰了房子，女儿为感谢妈妈而去花店为妈妈买了一束花，但是这一束花太少了，女儿对妈妈感到抱歉，但是妈妈却教给女儿一个道理；有时候有些东西不是越多越好，数量少一点，对个体的关注就多一些。

1. I would often come home from work and find a beautiful arrangement of fresh flowers on my coffee table.我每次放学回家，总会发现咖啡桌上布置了漂亮的花束。可见是她妈妈在她的桌子上放下这些花的。故选A

2. seemed to be a great way to thank her for all of the flowers she had given me through the years.这似乎是个感谢妈妈这些年为她所做的好机会。故选B

3. small fresh colorful bouquet would hardly fill a small vase.小花束很难填满这个小花瓶。她感到很窘迫，因为她感觉到自己松的花束太小了，这里根本没有提及价格。Skimpy，就是瘦小的。故选D

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Nowadays, the increase in the prices of agricultural products is one of the greatest concerns of the people and the government. The government has announced a series of policies(政策) to prevent the prices from rising further. Rising housing prices is still a big concern for the people, but since farm products are needed every day, the increase in their prices has made life very difficult for them.
Many people may think the increase will help farmers. But have higher prices of farm products really benefited the farmers?
Take the increase in vegetable prices in the first half of this year for example. Though natural disasters such as droughts and spring frost did not cause the prices of farm products to increase greatly—in fact, prices of some products did not increase at all—vegetables have become dearer by as much as 20 percent compared to that of last year. This means only a small part (or even none) of the extra money that city people have paid to buy farm products has gone to the farmers. The extra cost actually has gone to middlemen.
As the fact shows, just increasing prices of farm products will have negative influence on the entire economy. On one hand, the price increase has created some abnormal phenomena, which hurts farmers’ interests. On the other hand, resources will enter the agriculture because of the high price of farm products, which would finally create negative effect on the whole economy.
In such a case, it would be better to leave the market to decide the prices instead of raising farm products’ prices to protect the interests of farmers. Actually, such a way will be better for farmers in the long run.

1.
What does the author mainly want to tell us by writing the passage?
1. A.
  Farmers benefit a lot from the price increase.
2. B.
  Price increase has not helped farmers.
3. C.
  We should be sorry for farmers.
4. D.
  Price increase has a bad effect on economy.
2.
Many people think the increase in the prices of farm products benefits ______ .
1. A.
  nobody
2. B.
  the country
3. C.
  middlemen
4. D.
  farmers
3.
The following statements are true EXCEPT ______ .
1. A.
  the government has done something to prevent the prices from rising further
2. B.
  it is better for farmers to leave the market to decide the prices in the long run
3. C.
  natural disasters did not cause the prices of farm products to increase greatly
4. D.
  rising housing prices has made life very difficult for people
4.
What is probably the author’s attitude to raising the farm products’ prices?
1. A.
  Negative.
2. B.
  Indifferent.(漠不关心的)
3. C.
  Enthusiastic.
4. D.
  Positive.

Until late in the 20th century most Americans spent time with people of different generations. Now middle-aged Americans may not keep in touch with old people until they are old themselves.
That's because we group people by age. We put our three-year-olds together in day-care centers, our 13-year-olds in schools and sport activities, and our 80-year-olds in senior citizen homes. Why?
We live far away from the old for many reasons. Young people sometimes avoid the old to get rid of fears of aging and dying. It is much harder to watch someone we love disappear before our eyes. Sometimes it`s got hard that we stay away from the people who need us the most.
Fortunately, some of us have found our way to the old. And we have discovered that they often save the young.
A reporter moved her family into a block filled with old people. At first her children were disappointed. But the reporter baked banana bread for the neighbors and had her children deliver it and visit them. Soon the children had many new friends, with whom they shared food, stories and projects. "My children have never been lonely, "the reporter said.
The young, in turn, save the old. Once I was in a rest home (养老院)when a visitor showed up with a baby, she was immediately surrounded. People who hadn't gotten out of bed in a week suddenly were ringing for a wheelchair. Even those who had seemed asleep woke up to watch the child. Babies have an astonishing power to comfort and cure.
Grandparents are a special case. They give their grandchildren a feeling of security and continuity. As my husband put it "My grandparents gave me a deep sense that things would turn out right in the end." Grandchildren speak of attention they don't get from worried parents. "My parents were always telling me to hurry up, and my grandparents told me to slow down," one friend said. A teacher told me she can tell which pupils have relationships with grandparents: they are quieter, calmer and more trusting.

1.
Now in an American family, people can find that___________.
1. A.
  children never live with their parents
2. B.
  not all working people live with their parents
3. C.
  aged people are supported by their grandchildren
4. D.
  grandchildren are supported by their grandparents
2.
Seeing a baby, the old people got excited because _______.
1. A.
  they had never seen a baby before
2. B.
  the baby was clever and beautiful
3. C.
  the baby brought them the image of life
4. D.
  the baby's mother would take care of them
3.
Why are some children quieter, calmer and more trusting ?
1. A.
  Because they have relationships with their grandparents.
2. B.
  Because their worried parents ask them to act like that.
  C . Because they have nothing to worry about.
  D. Because their teachers ask them to act like that.
4.
Which of the following can show the fact that the old often save the young?
1. A.
  The old can become friends of the children and the children may not feel lonely.
2. B.
  The old get excited when they see a baby.
3. C.
  The old can cure the young when they are sick.
4. D.
  Babies have an astonishing power to comfort and cure.
  BCAA

What does the author mainly want to tell us by writing the passage?

Many people think the increase in the prices of farm products benefits ______ .

The following statements are true EXCEPT ______ .

What is probably the author’s attitude to raising the farm products’ prices?

Now in an American family, people can find that___________.

Seeing a baby, the old people got excited because _______.

Why are some children quieter, calmer and more trusting ?

Which of the following can show the fact that the old often save the young?

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