题目内容
Joe was an old man. The 75-year-old lived very happily in a village and had a beautiful family. Joe had four grandchildren, and they visited him during their holidays.
During one vacation, Joe was preparing his home for the kids: cleaning and buying their favorite foods. After he finished working, he realized he lost his favourite watch. The watch was a gift from his wife when their first child was born. Joe treasured the watch very much, especially after his wife’s death. He was very upset about losing it.
Once his grandchildren came, they promised him they would find the watch.
One granddaughter asked: “Grandpa, do you remember when you saw the watch last before it went missing?”
“I guess when I was cleaning the barn(谷仓)！” Joe replied.
The children looked for more than two hours with Joe, but they could not find it. The kids were now also sad, but they tried to comfort(安慰) their grandfather.
One grandson went back to the barn to search again. Joe asked why he was going there a second time. But the little boy just asked the others not to follow him and to remain silent.
He was there for about fifteen minutes and then rushed to his grandfather. He found the watch and happily gave it to Joe.
Joe was surprised and asked how he was able to find it. The little boy replied: “I sat there without making a noise, and the barn was so silent. After a few minutes, I heard the ‘tick, tick’ sound and found the watch.”
Joe hugged and thanked the little boy.
This is the power of silence. If we stay calm, we are more able to find the solution!
1.From Paragraph 2, we learn that Joe__________.
A. knew his grandchildren very well B. liked doing housework very much
C. got tired of his grandchildren’s visits D. looked forward to his grandchildren’s visits
2.The underlined word “treasured” means “_________”.
A. stored for future use B. valued highly
C. wore anytime D. mentioned carefully
3.How did one of the grandchildren find the watch?
A. He did a thorough cleaning of the barn.
B. He searched the barn carefully for two hours.
C. He made no noise and followed the ticking sound.
D. He asked other children for help.
4.Which is the right order of what happened in the story?
a. His grandchildren came.
b. They searched for more than two hours.
c. The little boy sat in the barn without making a sound.
d. One grandson went back to the barn again.
e. Joe lost his watch accidentally.
A. e a b d c B. e b a c d C. a e d b c D. a e c b d
5.What can we learn from the story?
A. Love keeps us busy all the time.
B. Helping those in need makes one feel good.
C. Believe in yourself and you can surely succeed in the end.
D. Silence sometimes is more powerful than using your voice.
1.D
2.B
3.C
4.A
5.D
【解析】
本文讲述了乔的手表找不到了，非常伤心。他的孙子和孙女都来帮助他找那块手表。最后，他的一个孙子坐在谷仓里，不出声，听见了手表的“滴答”声，找到了那块手表。乔拥抱并感谢这个小男孩。
1.D
推理判断题。根据During one vacation, Joe was preparing his home fo...
--- ________? --- No, it isn’t.
A. Is this your aunt B. What’s this C. Who’s this D. Is he your son
A
【解析】
句意：——这是你的叔叔吗？——不，它不是。A. Is this your aunt这是你的叔叔吗； B. What’s this这是什么；C. Who’s this 这是谁；D. Is he your son他是你的儿子吗？答案B,C是特殊疑问句，不能用Yes, No来回答，要排除；this在答语中可以用it替代，he在答语中必须还是he，故答案为A。 _____ they’re brother and sister, they don’t look the same.
A. Though B. When C. Because D. If
A
【解析】
句意：尽管他们是姐弟，但是他们看起来不一样。A. Though尽管，即使；B. When当……时候；C. Because因为；D. If如果。根据句意可知，上下句是表示转折关系，且句子中没有出现but，前面应该用though。故答案选A。 — Are you going to _______ any of the events?
— Yes. Maybe long jump and high jump.
A. take part in B. join
C. attend D. join in
D
【解析】
句意：-你将要参加任何活动吗？-是，可能是跳远和跳高。take part in 指参加会议或群众性活动等，着重说明句子主语参加该项活动并在活动中发挥作用，这里参加的是“比赛”，不合适，排除A。join有两个用法：(1)指加入某个党派，团体组织等，成为其成员之一，意为：“参军、入团、入党”等 。(2)和某人一道做某事，其结构为：join sb. in (doing) sth... It’s k1. that China is a country with the largest population in the world. To deal with the population problem, our government decided to have one-child policy (政策). After the policy was carried out for some time, while it did help to c2. the population growth, problems like aging also became clear. So all Chinese c3. were told that they could be allowed to have two children. As the one-child policy came to an end, many Chinese children, i4. you may have a brother or sister in the future.
But what would your l5. be like growing up with a brother or a sister?
Having a brother or sister can keep you away from some bad f6., such as loneliness and fear. Your brother or sister can give you something that parents can’t give you. You may not feel lonely at home any more b7. there will be someone playing with you and sharing secrets with you. Of course, sometimes you may argue or e8. fight with him or her, but you will forgive each other soon.
Although now the government e9. people to have more children, most young people don’t want more children because of the pressure from work and family. M10. it takes a period of time for people to accept the new policy.
1.known
2.control
3.couples
4.including
5.life
6.feelings
7.because
8.even
9.encourages
10.Maybe
【解析】
试题本文论述了中国政府为解决人口老龄化问题而放开二孩政策的好处和遇到的问题，指出接受新政策尚需时间。
1.句意：众所周知，中... — What do you think is the most important part of being an athlete(运动员)?
— ________, isn’t it?
A. Try one’s best B. To try one’s best
C. To trying one’s best D. Tries one’s best
B
【解析】
句意：——你认为作为一名运动员最重要的部分是什么？——尽最大努力不是吗？完整的句子应是尽最大努力是作为一名运动员最重要的部分，尽最大努力是句子的主语，动词做主语时用doing或者to do结构，根据语法故选B —I’m sorry, sir. I’ve made lots of mistakes in the monthly exam.
— Never mind. ___________, the exam is a bit difficult.
A. In all B. Above all
C. After all D. First of all
C
【解析】
试题句意为：先生，对不起。在月考中我犯了许多错误。---不要紧，毕竟，这个考试有点难。In all：总之；Above all：以上所有；After all：毕竟、终究；First of all：首先、起初。根据语境可知应选C。 -- Don't be shy! Foreigners will not laugh at you. ________, they will encourage you.
-- Thanks for your reminding and support.
A. Instead
B. So
C. Or
D. Nor
A
【解析】
句意：-不要害羞！外国人不会嘲笑你，相反地，他们会鼓励你。-谢谢你的提醒和支持。Instead相反地；So因此，所以；Or否则；或者；Nor也不。根据句意will not laugh at you….will encourage you可知，这里表示与嘲笑相反的情况，故应选A。 It was a real race ______ time to get the project done. Luckily, we made it.
A. over B. against C. beyond D. between
B
【解析】句意：完成这个项目真的是一场和时间的赛跑，幸运的是，我们做到了。over超过；against 反对，对抗；beyond超越；between在两者之间。根据句意可知，做这件事是与时间对抗，和时间赛跑，因此选B合适。