题目内容
What is [is]?
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A. this B. that C. these D. those
I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company(公司). “What is it?” I wondered. I turned it over. There, in faded ink, was a hand-written address. Immediately my mind traveled many years back.
I was nine years old, walking down the cold and wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of magazines on my shoulder. That day, I came to the company finally, the owner, Mr. Rader, had always taken me there to ask his workers if they wanted any magazines.
Shaking off the rain like a wet dog, I went into Mr. Rader’s office. After a quick look he took me over to the fireplace. Noticing the hole in the top of my shoe, he said, “Come with me!” pulling me into his car. We stopped in front of a shoe shop. Inside, a salesman fitted me with the finest pair of shoes I had ever seen. I felt about 10 feet tall when I got up in them. “We’d like a pair of new socks, too.” Mr. Rader said.
Back in his office, Mr. Rader took out a car, wrote something on it and handed it to me. With tearful eyes, I read, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” He said kindly, “Jimmy, I want you to know I love you.” I said good-bye, and for the first time I sensed a piece of hope that things would be better. With people like Mr. Rader in the world, there was hope, kindness and love, and that would always make a difference.
【小题1】The writer went to Queen City Casket Company to .
| A.borrow some money | B.ask Mr. Rader for help |
| C.sell magazines | D.find a job there |
| A.helpful | B.thankful | C.polite | D.kind |
| A.he wanted to set a good example to his workers. |
| B.he wanted to show kindness to the boy. |
| C.the writer needed his help. |
| D.he wanted others to return his help. |
| A.If you want somebody’s help, you have to help him first. |
| B.You should do the things that others want you to do. |
| C.Before you do anything, think about what others do to you. |
| D.If you want others to do kind things to you, you’d better be kind to them. |
US teenagers may be facing a challenge (挑战) today. A recent survey suggests (表明) that they are less honest than previous generations (上一代人).
The survey was done among 29,760 students at 100 US high schools. The results suggest that in the past year, 30 percent of US high school students have stolen from a store. And 64 percent may have cheated on a test.
However, 93 percent of the students said they were satisfied (满意) with their honesty. And 77 percent said,“when it comes to doing what is right, I am better than most people I know.”
Some teachers were unhappy about the survey results. Some, however, defended (为……辩护) today’s students.
“The competition is greater and the pressures (压力) on kids have increased greatly,”said Mel Riddle, who was a high school teacher and headmaster for 40 years.“It is the pressures that make it easy for students to be dishonest.”
“I think these students are better than other generations,”he said.“I find them more active, better to work with and more thankful for support.”“ We have to create situations where it’s easy for kids to do the right things, ”he added.“We need to create classrooms where learning is more important than having the right answer.”
【小题1】According to the survey, what challenge do US teenagers face today?
| A.They have trouble getting pocket money |
| B.They don’t get along well with teachers |
| C.They are not so honest as older generations |
| D.They have too many tests to take each week |
| A.behave worse |
| B.work harder |
| C.are less healthy |
| D.are busier at school |
| A.30 | B.64 | C.77 | D.93 |
| A.He gets really angry about it |
| B.He thinks parents must do something to stop it |
| C.He thinks the students should change their behavior |
| D.He thinks there are some reasons for being dishonest |
| A.Do not let students do anything |
| B.Make it easier for them to learn |
| C.Ask students to find right answers |
| D.Give students more free time to have fun |