题目内容
When an earthquake hit a small town,many houses fell down.After the earthquake,all the newspapers reported many stories about some of the families who were in trouble.
One Sunday,when I was reading a newspaper,a special picture touched me.It gave the clothing sizes of each family member.I thought that this would be a good chance to teach my children to help those who were less lucky than themselves.I said to my seven?year?old twins,Brad and Brett,and three?year?old Meghan,“We have so much,and these poor people now have nothing.We’ll share what we have with them.”
I filled a box with foods and clothes.While I was doing this,I encouraged the boys to choose their toys and donate some of their less favourite things.Meghan watched quietly as the boys took out their old toys and games and put them together.Then she walked away.A few minutes later she came back with Lucy,her much?loved doll.She put the doll on top of the other toys.“Oh,dear,”I said.“You don’t have to give Lucy.You love her so much.”Meghan said,“Lucy makes me happy,Mommy.Maybe she’ll make another little girl happy, too.”
I looked at Meghan for a long moment.She taught me a lesson.It’s easy to give something that we don’t want any more,but hard to give what we cherish(珍爱),isn’t it?
1.The writer has ________ children.
A.one B.two C.three D.four
2.The underlined word “donate” probably means “________”.
A.捐赠 B.丢掉 C.展出 D.放好
3.Lucy is the name of ________.
A.a girl B.a game C.a doll D.an earthquake
4.Which of the following is true?
A.An earthquake happened in the writer’s hometown.
B.The writer let Meghan give her much?loved doll.
C.The writer decided to buy some clothes for those people in trouble.
D.The writer thinks it is more difficult to give what we love a lot.
。
5.What’s the best title of this passage?
A.A Family Story B.The Spirit of Giving
C.The Way of Helping Others D.A Sad Experience
1. 答案 C
解析 细节理解题。根据“I said to my seven?year?old twins,Brad and Brett,and three?year?old Meghan.”判断可知。
2. 答案 A
解析 细节理解题。由孩子们找玩具及“Lucy makes me happy,Mommy.Maybe she’ll make another little girl happy,too.”判断可知。
3. 答案 C
解析 细节理解题。由“...she came back with Lucy,her much?loved doll.”判断可知。
4. 答案 D
解析 细节推理题。根据短文最后一段分析可知
5.答案 B
解析 主旨归纳题。全文介绍作者看了报纸报道地震之后许多家庭陷入困境,她想借此机会让孩子们学会关爱他人,结果女儿给自己上了一课。
Lexi Peters, a 14-year-old girl in New York, loves hockey. She’s not only good at playing on her after-school team, but also at playing hockey video games. But when Peters played the popular NHL (National Hockey League) games made by Electronic Arts, something really bothered her. The virtual (虚拟的) character in the game could only be a boy — not a girl.
She didn’t think that was reasonable. There must be many girls playing hockey in the US. So she wrote a letter to Electronic Arts.
“Being represented by a man is unfair to women and girl hockey players,” Peters wrote. “Women’s hockey is a fast-growing sport. I am confident that I’m not the only woman interested in the opportunity to create herself in the game.”
Several weeks later, Peters received an unexpected e-mail from the senior producer for EA Sports’ NHL games, David Littman. “Hi, Lexi,” the e-mail began. “We agree with you!”
Electronic Arts said it would create a female player in the game. “I was thinking you could be the model,” Littman wrote. Peters almost couldn’t believe it. Later, she sent photos of herself taken at all different angles (角度).
And so, when Electronic Arts released the newest version of their game, NHL 12, this fall, Peters was the face of the female player. She can now skate with the NHL’s great players. “It’s strange at first, but you get used to it,” said Peters. “It’s really funny and cool.”
For Peters, there is also an important lesson that she will take with her the rest of her life. “If you have something to say, and you think it’s important, go for it!” she said.
【小题1】What bothered Peters when playing NHL games?
A.There was no girl character in the game. |
B.The characters were not real at all. |
C.No girls would like to play the game. |
D.It was not like playing real hockey games. |
A.girls were not allowed to play hockey in the past |
B.female players can be represented by men |
C.boys don’t like to play hockey with girls |
D.more and more girls are interested in hockey |
A.He ignored it. | B.He disliked it. |
C.He agreed to it. | D.He voted against it. |
A.enjoy the fun of being a model |
B.do what you think important to do |
C.work hard to get used to any new situation |
D.think about problems from different angles |
E
A year after graduation, I was offered a position teaching a writing class. Teaching was a profession I had never seriously considered, though several of my stories had been published. I accepted the job without hesitation, as it would allow me to wear a tie and go by the name of Mr. Davis. My father went by the same name, and I liked to imagine people getting the two of us confused. “Wait a minute” someone might say, “are you talking about Mr. Davis the retired man, or Mr. Davis the respectable scholar?”
The position was offered at the last minute, and I was given two weeks to prepare, a period I spent searching for briefcase (公文包) and standing before my full-length mirror, repeating the words, “Hello, class. I’m Mr. Davis.” Sometimes I would give myself an aggressive voice. Sometimes I would sound experienced. But when the day eventually came, my nerves kicked in and the true Mr. Davis was there. I sounded not like a thoughtful professor, but rather a 12-year-old boy.
I arrived in the classroom with paper cards designed in the shape of maple leaves. I had cut them myself out of orange construction paper. I saw nine students along a long table. I handed out the cards, and the students wrote down their names and fastened them to their breast pockets as I required.
“All right then,” I said. “Okey, here we go.” Then I opened my briefcase and realized that I had never thought beyond this moment. I had been thinking that the students would be the first to talk, offering their thoughts and opinions on the events of the day. I had imagined that I would sit at the edge of the desk, overlooking a forest of hands. Every student would yell. “Calm down, you’ll all get your turn. Once at a time, once at a time!”
A terrible silence ruled the room, and seeing no other opinions, I inspected the students to pull out their notebooks and write a brief essay related to the theme of deep disappointment.
【小题1】The author took the job to teach writing because ______.
A.he had written some stories | B.he wanted to be expected |
C.he wanted to please his father | D.he had dreamed of being a teacher |
A.write down their suggestions on the paper cards |
B.cut maple leaves out of the construction paper |
C.cut some cards out of the construction paper |
D.write down their names on the paper cards |
A.They began to talk. | B.They stayed silent. |
C.They raised their hands. | D.They shouted to be heard. |
A.he got disappointed with his first class | B.he had prepared the topic before class |
C.he wanted to calm down the students | D.he thought it was an easy topic |