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Going back as far as I can remember as a child in an Indian area, I had no senses of knowing about the other people around me except that we were all somehow equal…There was only one class. Nobody was interested in getting on top of anybody else.
You could see it in our games. Nobody organized them. There weren’t any competitive sports. But we took part in lots of activities and we were organized, but not in the sense that there were wars of finding out who had won and who had lost. We played balls like everyone else, but no one kept scores. Even if we did formally take part in the games we played, no one was a winner though someone may have won. It was only at that moment. If you beat someone by pulling a bow and arrow and shooting the arrow further, it didn’t mean you were better in any why. It just meant that at that particular time the arrow went further; maybe it was just the way you let the bow go. These kinds of things are very important to me and that is why I am talking about them.
One of the very important things was the relationship we had with our families. We didn’t always live at home. We lived wherever we happened to be at that particular time when it got dark. If you were two or three miles away from home, then that was where you slept.
56. According to the write __________.
A. all the people were kind and equal in different activities
B. all the people quarreled with each other in every fightings
C. people often took part in different fightings
D. every child tired to climb the top of all the activities
57. The underlined word“competitive”means __________.
A. united B. breaking C. common D. fighting
58. From the passage, we can infer that __________.
A. they pretended to lose when they could win the games
B. they didn’t think it was very important who was the winner among their activities
C. they didn’t hold any activities which could produce winners or losers
D. they thought it was a good idea that no one could win in their activities
59. In their area, it was said that __________.
A. people could spend their nights anywhere whether it was their home or not
B. people only served their friends to spend their nights at home
C. people had to return to their home to spend their nights whether they were far away or not
D. strange people had to spend their nights in the field when it got dark
56. A。从第一段可以看出, 作者生活的地方人都是平等的(equal), 且无人争强好胜, 故人都和气(kind)。
57. D。通过后来对运动、游戏的描述, 知它不是为争输赢而进行的, 即非竞争性的。
58. B。可以从第二段推断出。无人关心输赢, 大家只注视当时的活动、感觉。
59. A。可从文章最后一句话推测出。
Going back to school is a very exciting event for my two boys. It means getting new school bags and books, and seeing friends again after the summer holiday.
My oldest son, 9-year-old Salem, asked me several times where we would go to buy a backpack, while my other son, 6-year-old Abdullah, asked what school would be like this year.
For the last three years, school was a nightmare for many children and their parents as violence increased and there were more attacks on schools and teachers. As a result, many parents prevented their children from going to school. One of six children in this country did not attend primary school in 2009. Many kids who did attend school were accompanied by a parent for the entire day to make sure nothing happened to their children.
For poor families or those with large families, back to school can be an expensive time. The government gives some help to those living in poor neighborhoods, and school bags, note books and other items(商品) are given for free.
Most of the merchants who sell notebooks and pens now sell their products out on the street instead of in stores. They sit on the ground and lay their items on the ground or they have a small table to sell their goods.
The bags cost between $10 and $20, while clothes and shoes cost between $20 and $30. I found all the things I needed for my sons and even bought something for myself. I spent about $50 on each of them, including school uniforms.
At the end of the day, we returned to our home carrying many shopping bags filled with items that made my children happy and excited to go back to school. I just hope this school year will be a peaceful one.
【小题1】The author’s children are ________ to go to school.
A.eager | B.afraid | C.unwilling | D.surprised |
A.fantasy | B.dream world | C.prison | D.terrible situation |
A.the terrible education system | B.security problems and poverty |
C.parents’ distrust in schools | D.the government’s inability |
A.is unable to afford his kids’ schooling | B.is unwilling to send his kids to school |
C.hopes his kids have a happy school life | D.complains school education costs too much |
A.Many parents prevented their children from going to school for great study pressure. |
B.School bags, note books and other items(商品) are given to those living in poor neighborhoods for free. |
C.The author spent about $100 for her two sons. |
D.The items the author bought made her children happy and excited to go back to school. |
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Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报)," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.
He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.
In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."
He found a taxi (出租车) and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.
"Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."
1. Dick flew to New York because ___.
A.he went there for a holiday |
B.he had work there |
C.he went there for sightseeing (观光) |
D.his home was there |
2.Why did his wife want a telegram from him?
A.Because she didn't know his address yet |
B.Because she wanted to go to New York, too |
C.Because she might send him another telegram |
D.Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York |
3.Where did Dick stay in New York?
A.In the center of the city. |
B.In a hotel. |
C.In a restaurant. |
D.At his friend's house. |
4. Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?
A.The manager (经理) of his hotel. |
B.The police office. |
C.The taxi driver. |
D.His wife. |
5.Which of the following is not true?
A.Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city. |
B.Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival. |
C.Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram. |
D.Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi. |