题目内容
12.Outside her cottage,old Mrs.Taylor was hanging out laundry on a wire line,unaware that some children were hiding in a nearby tree watching her every move.They were determined to find out if she really was a witch.(女巫)They watched nervously as she took a broomstick(长柄扫帚)to sweep the dirt from her stone steps.But much to their disappointment,she didn't get on the broomstick and fly off.The old lady only looked up when her hen began to make sounds loudly-signaling that she had laid an egg in the nest on the top of the haystack.(干草堆).
The old lady put aside her broomstick and walked to the haystack,followed by Michael,a black cat she had rescued from a fox trap.With only three legs,it was hard for Michael to keep up with his mistress.The cat was proof for the children that only a witch would own a black cat with three legs!Crawling further along the branches,they could clearly see the haystack.
Mrs.Taylor was standing on a wooden box with the new-laid egg in one hand.Placing the egg in her pocket,she readied herself to climb down.Then,without warning,the box broke under her and she crashed to the ground.The children were in horror.
"Should we go and help her?"asked Mia.
"What if it's a trick?"replied Patrick."She probably knows we're here.Witches know things like that!"
After thinking for a while,Julia said"Anyway,we should go and check whether she is all right."
Approaching prudently,they could see a wound on the old lady's forehead.She had knocked her head on a stone and was unconscious.
"Go and get Dad,"Mia yelled to her brothers."Tell him about the accident."
The boys didn't need another excuse to leave.They ran as fast as they could for help,hoping that Mrs.Taylor would not regain consciousness and turn the girls into frogs.
Later,in the hospital,the old lady smiled her thanks."I was so lucky that you lovely children happened to be passing when 1fell.I must have yelled quite loudly."
The children exchanged guilty glances,but were very pleased that she was not a witch after all!
21.Mrs.Taylor stopped sweeping whenB.
A.her doorstep became very clean
B.she heard the hen making sounds loudly
C.she noticed the children in the tree
D.her cat Michael managed to get her attention
22.Why was Patrick not willing to help Mrs.Taylor when she fell?A
A.He thought that she could be cheating them.
B.He was afraid of the three-legged black cat.
C.He did not think that she was hurt in the fall.
D.He knew he and the others shouldn't have been in her tree.
23.Which of the definitions is closest in meaning to the underlined word"prudently"?C
A.Slowly.
B.Hurriedly.
C.Carefully.
D.Quietly.
24.Which of these old sayings best summaries the lesson from story?B
A.Make hey while the sun shines.
B.Never judge a book by its cover.
C.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
D.People in glasshouses shouldn't throw stones.
分析 文章讲述了孩子们怀疑Mrs.Taylor是巫婆,因为她的外表、她的黑猫都符合巫婆的样子,但后来Mrs.Taylor的举动表明她就是个普通的老太太,故该文章告诉我们:不要以貌取人.
解答 21.B细节理解题.由第二段中的"The old lady only looked up when her hen began to make sounds loudly"可知,当她的母鸡发出大的声响的时候,Mrs.Taylor才停下扫帚抬头看一看.故B选项题.
22.A细节理解题.由第六段中的"‘What if it's a trick?'replied Patrick.‘She probably knows we're here.Witches know things like that!'"可知,Patrick怀疑Mrs.Taylor摔倒是她耍的一个诡计,目的是诱骗孩子们过去扶她.故Patrick不愿意去帮助Mrs.Taylor.
23.C词义猜测题.由第五、六、七段中孩子们所说的话可知,孩子们对于帮助Mrs.Taylor心存犹豫,害怕是Mrs.Taylor耍的诡计,所以他们在靠近Mrs.Taylor的时候小心翼翼.故该画线单词意思接近"carefully",C选项题.
24.B推理判断题.文章一开始提到孩子们怀疑Mrs.Taylor是巫婆,因为她的外表、她的黑猫都符合巫婆的样子,但后来Mrs.Taylor的举动表明她就是个普通的老太太,故该文章告诉我们:不要以貌取人.B选项题.
点评 本文是一个人物故事类阅读理解,题目涉及多道细节理解题,做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析,结合选项选出正确答案.推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案,切忌胡乱猜测,一定要做到有理有据.

---I've never seen a person with ________ sense of art.( )
A. | the better | B. | a better | C. | a good | D. | the best |
I had a philosophy(哲学)professor,whose untidy appearance was highlighted(突出)by a (41)B sport coat and poor-fitting thick glasses,which often (42)C on the tip of his nose.Every now and then,as most philosophy professors do,he would go off on one of those hard-to-understand"what's the meaning of(43)A"discussions.Many of those discussions went (44)D,but there were a few that really hit home(切中要害).This was one of them.
"(45)B to the following questions by a (46)A of hands,"my professor instructed.
"How many of you can tell me something about your parents?"Everyone's hand(47)B.
"How many of you can tell me something about your grandparents?"About three-fourths put up their hands.
"How many of you can tell me something about your (48)C?"Two out of sixty students raised their hands.
"Look around the room,"he said,"In just two short generations (49)D any of us even know(50)D our own great-grandparents were.Oh sure,maybe we have an old photograph in a musty(发霉的)cigar box.(51)A maybe we know the classic family(52)B about how one of them walked five miles to school barefoot.But how many of us (53)D know who they were,what they thought,what they took pride in,what they were afraid of,or what they dreamed about?Think about that.Within three generations our ancestors are all but forgotten.Will this (54)A to you?"
"Here's a better question.Look (55)B three generations.You are long (56)C.Instead of you sitting in this room,now it's your great-grandchildren.What will they have to say (57)D you?Will they know about you?Or will you be (58)A,too?"
"Is your life going to be a (59)C or an example?What legacy will you leave?The(60)D is yours.Class dismissed."
Nobody rose from their seats for five minutes.
41.A.well-designed | B.well-worn | C.well-ironed | D.well-cut |
42.A.ran | B.stood | C.rested | D.walked |
43.A.life | B.family | C.work | D.study |
44.A.somewhere | B.anywhere | C.everywhere | D.nowhere |
45.A.Answer | B.Respond | C.Contribute | D.Relate |
46.A.show | B.clap | C.touch | D.rub |
47.A.went down | B.went up | C.went around | D.went forward |
48.A.great-grandchildren | B.legacy | C.great-grandparents | D.family-tree |
49.A.almost | B.nearly | C.no | D.hardly |
50.A.how | B.where | C.which | D.who |
51.A.Or | B.And | C.But | D.So |
52.A.history | B.story | C.tree | D.song |
53.A.simply | B.roughly | C.generally | D.really |
54.A.happen | B.belong | C.refer | D.pass |
55.A.back | B.ahead | C.for | D.around |
56.A.ready | B.alive | C.gone | D.left |
57.A.to | B.for | C.behind | D.about |
58.A.forgotten | B.remembered | C.respected | D.scolded |
59.A.learning | B.meaning | C.warning | D.turning |
60.A.way | B.reason | C.explanation | D.choice. |