阅读理解。阅读下列四篇短文,从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

Papa’s jaw dropped when Mama told him that Sister had cheated on her final exams—not to succeed but to fail. “It’s unbelievable!” he said. “Sister has always been so proud of her good grades!”

“Yes, she has,” said Mama. “But it’s not unbelievable. It just shows how badly she wanted off the swimming team.”

“She never said anything about that to me.” said Papa.

“Of course she didn’t,” said Mama. “She was afraid you’d blow your top. You already had her getting a swimming scholarship to college and winning gold medals at the Olympics. Can you imagine how much pressure she must have felt?”

“Oh, my gosh!” Papa said, “I’ve been so stupid! I just thought she’d want to be a champion swimmer because she’s so good at it.”

“It’s like anything else, dear,” said Mama, “No matter how good at it you are, if it stops being fun, you won’t want to do it anymore.”

“She must be really mad at me,” he mumbled (嘟哝). “Maybe I should say sorry to her.”

Sister’s footsteps could be heard on the stairs. She came into the kitchen and looked hopefully up at her parents.

“Honey,” said Mama with a smile, “Your papa and I have decided that there’s no reason for you to be on the swimming team if you don’t want to.”

Sister’s face lit up like a Christmas tree. She ran to Papa and jumped into his arms, giving him a big hug. “I’m going to play cards with Lizzy!” she said. “See you later!”

From the kitchen window, Mama and Papa watched their daughter run down the sunny road toward Lizzy’s house.

“It’s good to see her happy again,” said Mama.

“Well, it’s not too late, anyway.” Papa said.

1.Mama insisted that the child should do ________.

A. what she felt easy to B. what she was willing to

C. what she felt right to D. what she was able to

2.The underlined expression “blow your top” probably means “________” in the text.

A. change your opinion B. become very excited

C. get very angry D. fall down with fear

3. Which of the following words best describes Papa?

A. Foolish. B. Patient.

C. Stubborn. D. Considerate.

4. What might be the best title for the text?

A. Better Late Than Never

B. Easier Said Than Done

C. Never Too Old To Learn

D. No Pleasure Without Pain

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

From the very beginning, the girl's family objected strongly to her dating this guy. Though the girl loved the guy ____, she always asked him: "How deep is your love for me?" As the guy was not good at words, this often caused the girl to be very ____.

After a couple of years, the guy finally graduated and decided to ____ his studies overseas. Before leaving, he proposed marriage to the girl and promised to ____ her for the whole life. The girl agreed, and with the guy's determination, the family finally ____. Before he went abroad, they got engaged.They often sent their ____ through emails and phone calls. Though it was hard, both never thought of giving up.

One day, while the girl was on her way to work, she was _____ by a car. The collision (碰撞) on her brain has caused her to lose her voice. The girl did not want to be a _____ to him. She ____ him saying that she did not wish to wait any longer. With the letter, she sent the ring back to him.

The girl decided to move away, hoping that she could completely forget ____. In the new environment, the girl learnt the ____ and started a new life. She told herself every day that she must ____ the guy. One day, her friend came and told her that he was ____. She asked her friend not to let him know what had happened to her. Since then, there wasn't any more ____ of him.

A year later, her friend came with an envelope, ____ an invitation card for the guy's wedding. The girl was shattered (打击). When she opened the letter, she saw her own ____ in it. She was about to ask her friend what was the matter ____ she saw the guy standing in front of her. He used the sign language telling her, "I've spent a year ____ the sign language. I want you to know I haven’t forgotten my ____. Let me have the chance to be your voice. I love you." With these, he slipped the ____ back into her finger. The girl finally smiled.

1.A. deeply B. affectionately C. gently D. kindly

2.A. pleasant B. foolish C. upset D. happy

3.A. add B. expand C. do D. further

4.A. take care of B. get along with C. wait for D. keep in touch with

5.A. gave up B. gave in C. gave away D. gave out

6.A. words B. letters C. secret D. love

7.A. blown down B. broken down C. knocked down D. torn down

8.A. burden B. package C. weight D. obstacle

9.A. explained to B. wrote to C. replied to D. spoke to

10.A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything

11.A. sign language B. native tongue C. Braille D. foreign language

12.A. remember B. forget C. leave D. miss

13.A. away B. out C. back D. in

14.A. sense B. report C. advice D. news

15.A. containing B. including C. owning D. combining

16.A. photo B. name C. promise D. agreement

17.A. while B. so C. until D. when

18.A. teaching B. learning C. writing D. creating

19.A. promise B. permission C. dream D. desire

20.A. card B. letter C. envelope D. ring

阅读下列四篇短文,从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.

Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog’s legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.

This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was to catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the frogs and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a better future. But the dream didn’t last long.

The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and there seemed to be more insects around lately.

The villagers decided that they couldn’t just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides (杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.

Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn’t been useless. They had been doing an important job—eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading (传播) diseases.

Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.

1.From Paragraph 1 we learn that the villagers __________.

A. worked very hard for centuries

B. were poor but satisfied

C. dreamed of having a better life

D. lived a different life from their forefathers

2.Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs?

A. The frogs made too much noise.

B. They needed money to buy medicine.

C. They wanted to please the visitors.

D. The frogs were easy money.

3.What might be the cause of the children’s sickness?

A. There were too many insects.

B. The crops didn’t do well.

C. The visitors brought in diseases.

D. There were too many frogs.

4.What is the main idea of the text?

A. Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country.

B. Health is more important than money.

C. The harmony (和谐) between man and nature is important.

D. Good old day will never be forgotten.

Lisa Pina never thought she would need the fire safety training she received during her apprenticeship (学徒期) as a union painter and dry waller. On Friday morning,she was thanking God she had it.

On Thursday night,while Pina was babysitting her granddaughter,nephew and two nieces in her sister’s apartment,she smelled smoke and realized the apartment building was on fire. When her 4?year?old granddaughter Ilean Garcia began saying,“We’re going to die,”she knew she had to act.Pina,39,first sealed the door,and then told all four children to get on the floor. After calling 911,she told the children to start singing and promised them all treats as soon as they reached safety. “I said,‘OK,we’re going to lie down and we’re all going to play a game,’” Pina said. “We all started singing our ABCs and 123s.I was just trying to make it fun.” Pina patiently waited,and a few minutes later,Riverside County sheriff’s deputies (治安官的助手) arrived. Pina,Ilean,8?year?old Gabriel Parga,5?year?old Aubreyana Parga and 4?year?old Meriyah Parga were all trapped on the second floor as flames filled the first story. Pina did the only thing she could. She opened the window and dropped the children,one?by?one,into the arms of the sheriff’s deputies about 15 to 20 feet below. “I just needed to keep the kids calm so they wouldn’t be afraid,”Pina said.“I was deathly afraid inside,but I couldn’t let them know that.”[Not long after dropping the children out of the window,firefighters arrived with a ladder and rescued her. Ten people were treated at the scene for suffering smoke,but nobody was seriously injured.

1.The text is mainly about________.

A. a big fire without serious injury

B. an urgent call 911

C. a brave babysitter

D. a babysitter rescuing kids from a big fire

2.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refers to________.

A. a union painter

B. a dry waller

C. the fire safety training

D. the apprenticeship

3.Before Lisa Pina called 911,in order to prevent the fire,she________.

A. let children get on the floor

B. opened the windows of the second floor

C. closed the door hard

D. had children start singing

4.According to the text,we know that________.

A. Lisa Pina was the last one to be rescued

B. the fire didn’t cause any injury

C. the children were sent to hospital after the fire

D. during the fire Lisa Pina wasn’t afraid at all

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阅读下面短文, 从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白的最佳选项。

Our planet isn't in very good shape right now. The air is . The ocean is polluted. The problem we’re facing is really . It may seem like there’s so much we need to do, to make things right. And that’s the . We don’t need to do more. we need to do less.

Let’s take a look at some of the we can use the power of LESS to save the planet.

Driving less, walking more. Not only will you be saving the environment, you’ll be saving your________ as well.

Wanting less, appreciating more. Instead of wanting a big home you can’t afford, maybe you should live in a smaller home in a ________ expensive area.

Talking less, listening more. We usually spend most of our time ________ . And actually you would be ________ how much people never really hear each other at all. Think about how your life can be improved by ________ people better.

Spend more ________ being mindful. We often ________ a lot of time trying to do too many things ________ . We try to print a report and ________ on the phone at the same time. Doing this we run the ________ of printing the wrong pages and saying the wrong thing.

Buy less things. The more things we ________ , the more resources we take from the planet. The more we buy, the larger that ________ becomes. Buying new things isn’t really a bad thing. ________ is our desire to buy the newest and greatest each year or every few months that is dangerous. After all, that ________ thing has to go somewhere. And it’s probably in the landfill somewhere.

How can you use the ________ of LESS to help save the planet? I would love to hear your ideas.

1.A. clean B. blue C. dirty D. fresh

2.A. perfect B. simple C. ridiculous D. untrue

3.A. problem B. manner C. measure D. hope

4.A. Specially B. Clearly C. Luckily D. Actually

5.A. suggestions B. ways C. plans D. tasks

6.A. wish B. mind C. thought D. heart

7.A. less B. much C. more D. little

8.A. listening B. talking C. reading D. writing

9.A. excited B. pleased C. amazed D. annoyed

10.A. treating B. thanking C. teaching D. understanding

11.A. money B. effort C. time D. energy

12.A. waste B. spend C. save D. spare

13.A. at once B. at last C. at least D. at all

14.A. tell B. scream C. talk D. hold

15.A. risk B. chance C. luck D. means

16.A. sell B. find C. know D. buy

17.A. debt B. resource C. energy D. doubt

18.A. This B. That C. It D. Such

19.A. new B. expensive C. useful D. old

20.A. ability B. power C. value D. help

While watching the Olympics the other night, I came across an unbelievable sight. It was not a gold medal, or a world record broken, but a show of courage.

The event was swimming and started with only three men on the blocks. For one reason or another, two of them false started, so they were disqualified. That left only one to complete. It would have been difficult enough, not having anyone to race against, even though the time on the clock is important.

I watched the man dive off the block and knew right away that something was wrong. I’m not an expert swimmer, but I can tell a good dive from a poor one, and this was not exactly medal quality. When he resurfaced, it was evident that the man was not out for gold—his arms were waving in an attempt at freestyle. The crowd started to laugh. Clearly this man was not a medal competitor.

I listened to the crowd begin to laugh at this poor man who was clearly having a hard time. Finally he made his turn to start back. It was pitiful. He made a few desperate strokes and you could tell he was worn out.

But in those few awful strokes, the crowd had changed.

No longer were they laughing, but beginning to cheer. Some even began to stand and shout “Come on, you can do it!” and he did.

A clear minute past the average swimmer, this young man finally finished his race. The crowd went wild. You would have thought that he had won the gold, and should have. Even though he recorded one of the slowest times in Olympic history, this man gave more heart than any of the other competitors.

Just a short year ago, he had never even swum, let alone race. His country had been invited to Sydney.

In a competition where athletes remove their silver medals feeling they have somehow been cheated out of gold, or when they act so proudly in front of their competitors, it is nice to watch an underdog.

1.The crowd changed their attitudes because _______.

A. they felt sorry for the young man

B. they wanted to show their sympathy

C. they were moved by the young man

D. they meant to please the young man

2.From the passage we can learn that the young man _______.

A. made his turn to start back pitifully

B. was skillful in freestyle in the game

C. swam faster than the average swimmer

D. was not capable enough to win the medal

3.According to the passage, “it is nice to watch an underdog” probably means _______.

A. it’s amusing to watch a man with awful swimming skills

B. it’s amazing to watch an ordinary man challenging himself

C. it’s cheerful for athletes to act proudly before their competitors

D. it’s brave enough for some athletes to remove the silver medals

4.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Go for it! B. Try again!

C. Compete for Gold! D. Break a Record!

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