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I just finished the household chores for the night and was preparing to go to bed, when I heard a noise in the front of the house. I opened the door to the front room and to my surprise, Santa himself stepped out from behind the Christmas tree.
He placed his finger over his mouth so I would not cry out. “What are you doing?” I started to ask. The words choked up in my throat, and I saw he had tears in his eyes. His usual jolly manner was gone. Gone was the eager, boisterous soul we all know.
He then answered me with a simple statement“TEACH THE CHILDREN！”
I was puzzled; what did he mean?
Santa then reached in his bag and pulled out a FIR(杉木) TREE .“Teach the children that the pure green color of the stately fir tree remains green all year round，describing the everlasting hope of mankind，all the needles point heavenward, making it a symbol of man's thoughts turning toward heaven.”
He again reached into his bag and pulled out a brilliant STAR. “Teach the children that the star was the heavenly sign of promises long ago. God promised a savior(救世主) for the world, and the star was the sign of fulfillment of his promise.”
He then reached into his bag and pulled out a CANDLE. “Teach the children that the candle symbolizes that Christ is the light of the world, and when we see this great light we are reminded of he who displaces(取代) the darkness.”
Suddenly I heard a soft twinkling sound, and from his bag he pulled out a BELL. “Teach the children that as the lost sheep are found by the sound of the bell, it should ring mankind to the fold. The bell symbolizes guidance and return.”
Santa looked back and was pleased. I saw that the twinkle was back in his eyes. He said, “Remember, teach the children the true meaning of Christmas and do not put me in the center, for I am but an humble servant of the one that is, and I bow down to worship HIM, our LORD, our GOD.”
1.Author opened the door when he was going to sleep because________.
A. he heard something unusual
B. he was not sleeping at the moment
C. he saw the Santa at the moment
D. he wanted to step out of the room
2.According to Santa, the star was ________.
A. a symbol of man's thoughts turning towards heaven
B. the sigh of fulfillment of the Santa's promise
C. the symbol of the light of the world
D. the sound of the bell which ring mankind to the fold
3.What does the underlined word “twinkle” refer to?
A. Tears. B. Smiles. C. Glasses. D. Eyes.
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I just finished the household chores for the night and was preparing to go to bed, when I heard a noise in the front of the house. I opened the door to the front room and to my surprise, Santa himself stepped out from behind the Christmas tree.
He placed his finger over his mouth so I would not cry out. “What are you doing?” I started to ask. The words choked up in my throat, and I saw he had tears in his eyes. His usual jolly manner was gone. Gone was the eager, boisterous soul we all know.
He then answered me with a simple statement“TEACH THE CHILDREN！”
I was puzzled; what did he mean?
Santa then reached in his bag and pulled out a FIR(杉木) TREE .“Teach the children that the pure green color of the stately fir tree remains green all year round，describing the everlasting hope of mankind，all the needles point heavenward, making it a symbol of man's thoughts turning toward heaven.”
He again reached into his bag and pulled out a brilliant STAR. “Teach the children that the star was the heavenly sign of promises long ago. God promised a savior(救世主) for the world, and the star was the sign of fulfillment of his promise.”
He then reached into his bag and pulled out a CANDLE. “Teach the children that the candle symbolizes that Christ is the light of the world, and when we see this great light we are reminded of he who displaces(取代) the darkness.”
Suddenly I heard a soft twinkling sound, and from his bag he pulled out a BELL. “Teach the children that as the lost sheep are found by the sound of the bell, it should ring mankind to the fold. The bell symbolizes guidance and return.”
Santa looked back and was pleased. I saw that the twinkle was back in his eyes. He said, “Remember, teach the children the true meaning of Christmas and do not put me in the center, for I am but an humble servant of the one that is, and I bow down to worship HIM, our LORD, our GOD.”
- 1.
Author opened the door when he was going to sleep because______.
- A.he heard something unusual
- B.he was not sleeping at the moment
- C.he saw the Santa at the moment
- D.he wanted to step out of the room
- A.
- 2.
According to Santa, the star was______.
- A.a symbol of man's thoughts turning towards heaven
- B.the sigh of fulfillment of the Santa's promise
- C.the symbol of the light of the world
- D.the sound of the bell which ring mankind to the fold
- A.
- 3.
What does the underlined word “twinkle” refer to?
- A.Tears
- B.Smiles
- C.Glasses
- D.Eyes
- A.
He ________ more than 5,000 English words when he entered the university at the age of 15.
A. has learned B. would have learned C. learned D. had learned
查看习题详情和答案>>Where do most writers get their ideas? For Yoshiko Uchida, it all began with Brownie, a five-month-old puppy. So excited was Yoshiko by Brownie’s arrival that she started keeping a journal, writing about all the wonderful things Brownie did and the progress he made.
Soon she was writing about other memorable events in her life, too, like the day her family got their first refrigerator. She also began writing stories, thanks to one of her teachers. Yoshiko wrote stories about animal characters such as Jimmy Chipmunk and Willie the Squirrel. She kept on writing, sharing the kitchen table with her mother, who wrote poems on scraps of paper and the backs of envelopes.
Yoshiko grew up in the 1930s in Berkeley, California. Her parents, both of whom had been born in Japan, provided a loving and happy home for Yoshiko and her sister. They also provided a stream of visitors to their home who later found their way into Yoshiko’s stories. One visitor who later appeared in several of Yoshiko’s stories was the bad-tempered Mr. Toga, who lived above the church that her family attended. Mr. Toga would scold anyone who displeased him. The children all feared him and loved to tell stories about how mean he was and how his false teeth rattled (咯咯响) when he talked.
Yoshiko also included in her stories some of the places she visited and the experiences she had. One of her favorite places was a farm her parents took her to one summer. The owners of the farm, showed Yoshiko and her sister how to pump water from the well and how to gather eggs in the henhouse. They fed the mules that later pulled a wagon loaded with hay while Yoshiko and the others rode in the back, staring up at the stars shining in the night sky. Yoshiko, who lived in the city, had never seen such a sight. As Yoshiko gazed up at the stars, she was filled with hope and excitement about her life. The images of that hayride stayed with her long after the summer visit ended, and she used them in several of her stories.
The experiences Yoshiko had and the parade of people who marched through her young life became a part of the world she created in over twenty books for young people, such as The Best Bad Thing and A Jar of Dreams. Because of such books, we can all share just a little bit of the world and the times in which this great writer grew up.
The author tells about Mr. Toga’s false teeth in Paragraph 3 in order to ____________.
A. show health care was not good enough in Berkeley during the 1930s
B. provide an interesting detail in Yoshiko’s life and stories
C. show Yoshiko’s young life was difficult and frightening
D. tell about a beloved relative who helped Yoshiko learn how to write
In Paragraph 4 “the stars” probably refer to ____________.
A. family relationships B. terrors in the night
C. limitless possibilities D. sacrifices to benefit others
What does the underlined part in the last paragraph mean?
A. Yoshiko loved to write about parades.
B. Yoshiko met many interesting people.
C. Yoshiko liked to go for long walks with others.
D. Yoshiko preferred to talk to her pets instead of to people.
What is the main idea of this story?
A. People who live in the city should spend as much time as they can in the country.
B. Writers like Yoshiko Uchida must communicate with as many writers as possible.
C. Those who move to the United States often miss their homelands for many years.
D. Writers like Yoshiko Uchida look to the richness of their lives for material.
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When Dunstan Cass left the cottage, Silas Marner was only a hundred meters away. He was
walking home from the village, where he had 36 to buy what he needed 37 his next day’s work. His legs were tired, but he felt almost happy. He was looking forward to 38 , when he would bring out his gold．Tonight he had an extra reason to hurry home. He was going to eat hot meat, which was 39 for him. And it would 40 him nothing, because someone had given him a piece of meat as a present. He left it 41 over the fire. The door key was needed to hold it safe in place, but Cass was not at all 42 about leaving his gold in the cottage with the door
43 . He could not imagine that a thief would 44 his way through the mist, rain and darkness to the little cottage by the quarry ( 采石场 ).
When he reached his cottage and opened the door, he did not notice 45 anything was different. He 46 is wet coat, and pushed the meat 47 he fire. 48 he was warm again, he began to think about his gold . It seemed a long time to wait until after super, when he usually brought out coins to look at. 49 he decided to bring out his gold immediately, while the meat was still cooking.
But when he 50 he floorboards near the loom, and saw the 51 hole, he did not understand 52 . His heart beat violently as his trembling hands felt all round the hole. There was 53 !he put his hands to his head and tried to think . Had he put his gold in a different place, and forgotten about it? He 54 every corner of this small cottage, until he could not pretend to himself any more. He had to accept the truth----his gold had been 55 !
36．A．arrived B．been C．left D．gone
37．A．to B．in C．for D．with
38．A．holiday B．old C．supper-time D．meat
39．A．ordinary B．unusual C．normal D．common
40．A．pay B．spend C．take D．cost
41．A．boiling B．cooking C．smoking D．making
42．A．interesting B．worried C．interested D．worrying
43．A．unlocked B．uncovered C．discovered D．locked
44．A．go B．lead C．find D．lose
45．A．whether B．that C．because D．as
46．A．turned off B．threw into C．threw off D．got off
47．A．away from B．farther on C．on to D．closer to
48．A．As soon as B．As well as C．No sooner D．As long as
49．A．But B．As C．So D．For
50．A．took down B．took after C．took over D．took up
51．A．dark B．empty C．small D．deep
52．A．at last B．at once C．at most D．at least
53．A．everything B．something C．nothing D．anything
54．A．search B．search for C．looked into D．found
55．A．gone B．missed C．lost D．stolen
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