----The weather isn’t good enough for an outing, is it? ---- No, we can’t have at this time of the year. A, a nicer day B. a worst day C. so fine a day D. a worse day 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的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。

One day in September we were doing repair work on my parents' old house to get it ready for my youngest daughter's wedding. We had to a great climbing plant that had grown a roof beam （房梁）, so that we could repair the roof and the walls.

When my husband was taking the plant away, he found the of a blackbird that had made its home in the leaves. He then something among that mass of earth and straw of the nest. He broke the earth around it into pieces with his finger tips and, to his ,saw glittering gold. It was a child's bracelet （手镯）. With it, he ran into the house to me. "You won't that the thieving blackbirds not only steal the best fruit we to feed on," he said, "but they also want their children to in a cradle of gold！"

When my daughter came over on the eve of the , we told her about this

occurrence.

"Don't you remember, Mother?" she said with a loud . "When I was eight, you gave me a bracelet that I it a few days later while out playing in the yard? It was this one!"

As the bracelet no longer its owner and was dirty, I decided to take it into my safekeeping.

In December of the following year, the young couple's baby son was baptized （受洗礼）. Among the the newborn baby received, I placed his mother's bracelet, now shining like

. I hope that if my grandson loses it, one of the that live in my backyard is somewhere nearby.

A．remove B．cover C．grow D．water

A．beyond B．over C．across D．through

A．build B．paint C．rescue D．print

A．nest B．baby C．body D．egg

A．moved B．got C．picked D．noticed

A．nice B．colorful C．shiny D．special

A．horror B．surprise C．delight D．disappointment

A．ask B．tell C．show D．give

A．know B．hope C．consider D．believe

A．buy B．plant C．store D．collect

A．lie B．sing． C．listen D．wait

A．party B．Christmas C．birthday D．wedding

A．important B．strange C．terrible D．funny

A．cry B．sigh C．laugh D．sound

A．hid B．threw C．lost D．broke

A．fitted B．satisfied C．matched D．interested

A．jewels B．toys C．clothes D．presents

A．attractive B．new C．modern D．golden

A．certainly B．nearly C．surprisingly D．unluckily

A．blackbirdsB．grandchildren C．neighbors D．mice

Joy in the journey

If you have ever been discouraged because of failure, please read on. For often, achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing. Let me explain.

Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys stopped by to . “What are you doing?” asked one of the visitors. “We plan to dig a hole all the way through the !” one of the brothers volunteered .

The older boys began to , telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was . After a long silence, one of the picked up a jar full of spiders, worms and many other kinds of insects. He the lid and showed the wonderful to the scoffing（嘲笑的）visitors. Then he said quietly and , “Even if we don’t dig all the way through the earth, look at what we have found the way!”

Their goal was far too ambitious, but it did cause them to dig. And that is a goal is for — to cause us to move in the we have chosen, in other words, to keep us ! But not every goal will be fully . Not every job will end . Not every hope will come to pass. Not every love will last. Not every dream will be . But when you fall of your aim, perhaps you can say, “Yes, but look at what I found along the way! Look at the wonderful things my life because I tried to do something!” It is in the digging life is lived. And I believe it is the joy in the journey, in the end, that truly .

1.A. rest B. work C. watch D. laugh

2.A. house B. earth C. wall D. road

3.A. calmly B. patiently C. excitedly D. impatiently

4.A. laugh B. think C. stare D. smile

5.A. important B. difficult C. impossible D. interesting

6.A. passers-by B. watchers C. visitors D. diggers

7.A. moved B. removed C. broke D. pushed

8.A. contents B. scenes C. pictures D. jars

9.A. properly B. confidently C. carefully D. happily

10.A. in B. along C. to D. out

11.A. what B. how C. where D. which

12.A. way B. direction C. life D. sight

13.A. thinking B. moving C. digging D. living

14.A. made B. prepared C. kicked D. achieved

15.A. hopelessly B. pleasantly C. surprisingly D. successfully

16.A. come true B. realized C. made D. treasured

17.A. short B. lost C. out D. behind

18.A. breaking into B. turning to C. coming into D. holding to

19.A. when B. where C. which D. that

20.A. matters B. happens C. appears D. exists

Joy in the journey

If you have ever been discouraged because of failure, please read on. For often, achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing. Let me explain.

Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys stopped by to . “What are you doing?” asked one of the visitors. “We plan to dig a hole all the way through the !” one of the brothers volunteered .

The older boys began to , telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was . After a long silence, one of the picked up a jar full of spiders, worms and many other kinds of insects. He the lid and showed the wonderful to the scoffing（嘲笑的）visitors. Then he said quietly and , “Even if we don’t dig all the way through the earth, look at what we have found the way!”

Their goal was far too ambitious, but it did cause them to dig. And that is a goal is for — to cause us to move in the we have chosen, in other words, to keep us ! But not every goal will be fully . Not every job will end . Not every hope will come to pass. Not every love will last. Not every dream will be . But when you fall of your aim, perhaps you can say, “Yes, but look at what I found along the way! Look at the wonderful things my life because I tried to do something!” It is in the digging life is lived. And I believe it is the joy in the journey, in the end, that truly .

1.A. rest B. work C. watch D. laugh

2.A. house B. earth C. wall D. road

3.A. calmly B. patiently C. excitedly D. impatiently

4.A. laugh B. think C. stare D. smile

5.A. important B. difficult C. impossible D. interesting

6.A. passers-by B. watchers C. visitors D. diggers

7.A. moved B. removed C. broke D. pushed

8.A. contents B. scenes C. pictures D. jars

9.A. properly B. confidently C. carefully D. happily

10.A. in B. along C. to D. out

11.A. what B. how C. where D. which

12.A. way B. direction C. life D. sight

13.A. thinking B. moving C. digging D. living

14.A. made B. prepared C. kicked D. achieved

15.A. hopelessly B. pleasantly C. surprisingly D. successfully

16.A. come true B. realized C. made D. treasured

17.A. short B. lost C. out D. behind

18.A. breaking into B. turning to C. coming into D. holding to

19.A. when B. where C. which D. that

20.A. matters B. happens C. appears D. exists

Joy in the journey

If you have ever been discouraged because of failure, please read on. For often, achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing. Let me explain.

Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys stopped by to . “What are you doing?” asked one of the visitors. “We plan to dig a hole all the way through the !” one of the brothers volunteered .

The older boys began to , telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was . After a long silence, one of the picked up a jar full of spiders, worms and many other kinds of insects. He the lid and showed the wonderful to the scoffing（嘲笑的）visitors. Then he said quietly and , “Even if we don’t dig all the way through the earth, look at what we have found the way!”

Their goal was far too ambitious, but it did cause them to dig. And that is a goal is for — to cause us to move in the we have chosen, in other words, to keep us ! But not every goal will be fully . Not every job will end . Not every hope will come to pass. Not every love will last. Not every dream will be . But when you fall of your aim, perhaps you can say, “Yes, but look at what I found along the way! Look at the wonderful things my life because I tried to do something!” It is in the digging life is lived. And I believe it is the joy in the journey, in the end, that truly .

1.A. rest B. work C. watch D. laugh

2.A. house B. earth C. wall D. road

3.A. calmly B. patiently C. excitedly D. impatiently

4.A. laugh B. think C. stare D. smile

5.A. important B. difficult C. impossible D. interesting

6.A. passers-by B. watchers C. visitors D. diggers

7.A. moved B. removed C. broke D. pushed

8.A. contents B. scenes C. pictures D. jars

9.A. properly B. confidently C. carefully D. happily

10.A. in B. along C. to D. out

11.A. what B. how C. where D. which

12.A. way B. direction C. life D. sight

13.A. thinking B. moving C. digging D. living

14.A. made B. prepared C. kicked D. achieved

15.A. hopelessly B. pleasantly C. surprisingly D. successfully

16.A. come true B. realized C. made D. treasured

17.A. short B. lost C. out D. behind

18.A. breaking into B. turning to C. coming into D. holding to

19.A. when B. where C. which D. that

20.A. matters B. happens C. appears D. exists

根据课文内容填空。(20*0.5'=10')

1.后半夜来了一场暴风雨，大雨倾盆而下。我们躲进了自己搭起来的避雨棚，让木筏顺流而下。

There was a big storm after midnight and the rain _____ ______. We stayed inside the _____ we had built and let the _____ sail down the river.

2.作家的生活经历常常和他们所创造的角色的生活经历相似。马克吐温也不例外。

Often the lives of writers_______ the lives of the characters they ______. Mark Twain is _____ _______.

3.欧洲是狂欢节的发源地，在那里，狂欢节过后会有40天不食肉的日子。这期间，人们准备迎接基督教的节日——复活节。

In Europe, ______ it began, _______ was followed by forty days without meat, as people ______ ______ the Christian festival of Easter.

4.那时，他们把自己的脸涂成白色，模仿并取笑他们的主人。

They ______ their faces white, imitating their masters and _____ ______ _____ them.

5.但就是这种失败感，使他决心在新的生活中取得成功。

But it was this _____ _______ ______ that made him determined to ______in his new life.

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