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One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap(包装).

On September 11th, 1958, Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying. "I promised you a gift, and here it is." What an honor! I turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night. I sang to it. I told it stories. I told it over and over how much I loved it!

One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it. Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days, I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as "hopeless", "pitiful", and "dying", which sounded ominous.

Christmas was coming. "Don’t expect any presents this year." Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living room. "If your baby brother lives, that'll be Christmas enough." As he spoke, his eyes were filled with tears. I'd never seen him cry before.

The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it. From my bedroom I heard him say. "What? He's all right?" He hung up and shouted upstairs. “The hospital said we can bring Richard home!"

"Thank God.'" I heard Mum cry.

From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran downstairs. My socks still hung there flat. But I knew they were not empty; they were filled with love!

1.What happened to the author on September 11th 1958?

A. He got a baby brother

B. He got a Christmas gift

C. He became four years old

D. He received a doll

2.What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean？

A. Impossible. B. Boring

C. Difficult D. Fearful

3.Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming?

A. Excitement. B. Happiness.

C. Sadness. D. Disappointment.

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A. A sad Christmas day

B. Life with a lovely baby

C. A special Christmas gift.

D. Memories of a happy family

 

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.C

【解析】

试题分析: 本文介绍了我所度过的一个特别的圣诞节，我的弟弟从医院康复回家了，给我带来了很多的快乐，虽然我用来装礼物的袜子是空的，但是里面充满了幸福

1.A 细节题。根据第二段第一句On September 11 th , 1 958，Mum gave birth to Richard．说明妈妈生下来弟弟，故A正确

2.D 推理题。根据本句I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as “hopeless”，“pitiful"，and “dying”, which sounded Ominous ．“hopeless”，“pitiful"，and “dying”都是用来形容弟弟的，真是让人害怕，故D项正确

3.C 推理题。根据第四段最后一句As he spoke，his eyes filled with tears． I’d never seen him cry before．爸爸哭了说明他很难受，故C正确。

4.C 主旨大意。本文介绍了我所度过的一个特别的圣诞节，我的弟弟从医院康复回家了，给我带来了很多的快乐，虽然我用来装礼物的袜子是空的，但是里面充满了幸福，故C项符合题意。

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1.Which of the following about sign language is TRUE?

A. It is a special language used in a few countries in the world.

B. It is a way to express one’s ideas without words.

C. It is only used by the deaf.

D. It can be heard.

2.If you want to express the idea that “I am very friendly” to someone, you will ______.

A. raise your hand

B. put one hand onto the other

C. smile to the person

D. make a roof with your hands

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Hand signs instead of finger signs are used everyday.

B. There are schools, colleges and universities for the deaf in the USA.

C. The French priest Charles invented sign language.

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4.The passage is mainly about ______.

A. an introduction to sign language

B. the importance of sign language

C. a famous priest in France

D. how to use sign language

 

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1.The cries of American and Chinese babies are ________.

A. different B. the same

C. not like each other D. like each other

2.According to the article, which of the following is TRUE?

A. You must think in English all the time.

B. If you translate a sentence into Chinese, you should think about the meaning of the sentence in Chinese carefully first.

C. After speaking English for a long time, you may probably think in English language naturally.

D. The best way of learning English is to live in America.

3.The article mainly tells us __________ .

A. American English and Chinese

B. the differences between English and Chinese

C. the English language

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After completing his college studies, Larry Bird began playing professional basketball for the Boston Celtics. He remained with the Celtics for all his professional career. During those 13 years, Larry Bird was named the Most Valuable Player of the Year three times. He scored more than 21, 000 points, and he played in 13 of the highest scoring games in his team’s history. Once he scored 60 points in just one game.

During his very successful basketball career, Larry Bird suffered a number of injuries. In 1989, he stopped playing because of pain in his feet. He returned in 1990, but the pain in his feet returned too. In the next two years he experienced more medical problems, and he missed many games.

Larry Bird did play on the Dream Team－the first Olympic Team with professional players. However, after winning the gold medal in Barcelona, he announced that he would retire from professional basketball. Larry Bird said he would have liked to play a little longer, but he could not because of his health problems. He also said it was a good time to leave the game. He wanted to be remembered as a winner.

1.The underlined word “scored” in the second paragraph means ________.

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2.When he returned to his team in 1990, ________.

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A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She didn’t know what she could do and wanted to . She was tired of fighting and fighting. One problem had been settled, but appeared.

Her father, a cook, took her into the . He poured water into three pots and boiled it. After the water came to a boil, he put some in the first pot, eggs in the second and coffee in the last. He waited for them for a few minutes any words.

The girl closed her mouth and waited, impatient and by what her father was doing. After about 20 minutes, her father the stove, took out the carrots and put them in a bowl. He took the eggs and put them in another bowl. After that he the coffee into a cup. Turning back to his , he asked, “Sweetheart, what do you see?”

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Her father asked her to the carrots. She did and felt that the carrots were .

he asked her to take the eggs and break them. After peeling them, she felt the eggs were hard.

Last, her father asked her to smell the coffee.

She asked, “What does this , Father?”

He that each of the things had felt the same unfortunate fate. They were all boiled in , but with a result. The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after being boiled. The fragile(易碎的) eggs became after cooking. Coffee grounds were very unique. They could change the water.

“ one are you?” asked her father. “When calamity（不幸的事） on your door, what will your be? Are you carrots, eggs of coffee?”

1.A. give in B. give up C. go on D. carry on

2.A. the other B. the rest C. another D. the second

3.A. kitchen B. storeroom C. backyard D. bedroom

4.A. potatoes B. carrots C. tomatoes D. apples

5.A. with B. over C. beyond D. without

6.A. confused B. excited C. surprised D. relaxed

7.A. turned on B. turned down C. turned off D. turned out

8.A. put B. poured C. flew D. picked

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10.A. touch B. eat C. smell D. taste

11.A. strong B. heavy C. light D. soft

12.A. Now that B. Since then C. After that D. Once again

13.A. mean B. say C. refer D. think

14.A. questioned B. explained C. required D. suggested

15.A. water B. pot C. stove D. fire

16.A. similar B. same C. different D. wonderful

17.A. hard B. calm C. delicious D. broken

18.A. What B. Whichever C. Whose D. Which

19.A. looks B. touches C. knocks D. waits

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Mobile phones have become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have forbidden(禁止) students to carry mobile phones during school hours.

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Mary Bluett, an official, said mobile phone use is a distraction(分心的事) to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams.

She said some schools had tried to forbid mobile phones to be used at school. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t get in touch with their children. Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school office. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school: they were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies.

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