阅读下面短文.从每题所给的四个选项中.选出一个最佳选项.并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.One day, Raul was miles away from the small ranchhouse in a large valley. seemed to be all right.yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy. The wind had 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One day, Raul was miles away from the small ranch（牧场）house in a large valley. ______ seemed to be all right，yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy. The wind had picked up，and angry，dark clouds _______ across the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did. _____，the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly ____ Raul. The thunder（雷声）was so loud that he buried his ______ in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard it. Hoofbeats（蹄声）. He _____. There before him stood a tall, white____. An old man stared down at him from its back. “Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?" asked Raul.“My name is Gray Cloud,”the old man answered_______．"Come with me.”

Raul followed on his horse. A ______ feeling came over him. All _____ them the rain was pouring down，_______ not a drop fell on them. They seemed to be ______ back toward Raul' s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once he found _____ at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse，_____ his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again. The old man and his horse were _______

Raul's father ran out across the yard to ______ him. "We have been _____ sick about you. Are you okay? Hurry. Let's get in out of the _____．”

"Wait,”said Raul. "Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?"

"Can't say I…wait. I _____ my great-grandfather used to tell stories about a man called Gray Cloud. He died a long time ago. They say he was _______ by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?"

1.A. Something B. Everything C. Anything D. Nothing

2.A. dropped B. fell C. rolled D. covered

3.A. Suddenly B. Strongly C. Quickly D. Hardly

4.A. beating B. blinding C. burning D. touching

5.A. nose B. hair C. neck D. head

6.A. looked up B. woke up C. lay down D. sat down

7.A. tiger B. horse C. lion D. elephant

8.A. lazily B. angrily C. coldly D. slowly

9.A. natural B. common C. strange D. bad

10.A. around B. beside C. through D. above

11.A. yet B. for C. so D. or

12.A. walking B. leading C. heading D. returning

13.A. them B. themselves C. him D. himself

14.A. shook B. waved C. held D. took

15.A. gone B. left C. followed D. lost

16.A. see B. meet C. beat D. ask

17.A. waited B. thought C. worried D. excited

18.A. yard B. wind C. grass D. rain

19.A. believe B. consider C. doubt D. forget

20.A. defeated B. caught C. damaged D. struck

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With more and more people involved in the matter，the _______ became tense．

A．case B．condition

C．situation D．function

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

如果答案为E，就涂AB；答案为F，涂AC；答案为G，涂AD

Five Ways to Improve Reading Comprehension（理解）

Help your child keep what he reads--an important skill，especially as he gets older and needs to gain important information from textbooks．

Have him read aloud．This forces him to go slower，which gives him more time to process (加工) what he reads．1.．

Provide the right kinds of books．Make sure your child gets lots of practice reading books that aren't too hard．2.Stopping any more often than that to figure out（弄明白）a word makes it tough（艰苦） for him to focus on the overall meaning of the story．

3.To gain meaning from text，your child needs to read quickly and smoothly--a skill known as fluency．Rereading familiar，simple books gives your child practice at decoding words quickly so he'll become more fluent．

Talk to the teacher．If your child is struggling hard with comprehension，he may need more help with his reading--for example，building his vocabulary or practicing phonics skills．

Talk about what he's reading．This “verbal processing” helps him remember and think through the themes of the book．4. For example:

● Before: “What interests you in this book？ What doesn't？”

● During: “5. Is it turning out the way you thought it would？ ”

● After: “Can you summarize the book？ What did you like about it？”

A．Reread to build fluency．

B．What's going on in the book？

C．Look up new words in the dictionary．

D．Do you know all the characters in the story？

E．Ask questions before，during，and after a reading session．

F．Plus，he's not only seeing the words，he's hearing them，too．

G．He should recognize at least 90 percent of the words without any help．

When we were young，every evening my brother and I ______ stay at home waiting for our mother．

A．would B．might

C．should D．could

“You can’t catch me!”Jane shouted，________ away．

A．run B．running

C．to run D．ran

After spending a year in Brazil on a student exchange program, her mother recalled(回忆), Marie Colvin returned home to find that her classmates had narrowed down their college choices. “Everyone else was already admitted to college,” her mother, Rosemarie Colvin, said from the family home. “So she took our car and drove up to Yale and said, ‘You have to let me in .’ ”

“Impressed--she was a National Merit (全国英才) finalist who had picked up Portuguese in Brazil. Yale did, admitting her to the class of 1978, where she started writing for the Yale Daily News and decided to be a journalist,” her mother said.

On Wednesday, Marie Colvin, 56, an experienced journalist for The Sunday Times of London, was killed as Syrian forces shelled(炮击) the city of Homs. She was working in a temporary media center that was destroyed in the attack.

“She was supposed to leave Syria on Wednesday”, Mrs. Colvin said. “Her editor told me he called her yesterday and said it was getting too dangerous and they wanted to take her out. She said she was doing a story and she wanted to finish it.”

Mrs. Colvin said it was pointless to try to prevent her daughter from going to conflict （冲突）zones. “If you knew my daughter,” she said, “it would have been such a waste of words. She was determined, she was enthusiastic about what she did, it was her life. There was no saying ‘Don’t do this.’ This is who she was, absolutely who she was and what she believed in: cover the story, not just have pictures of it, but bring it to life in the deepest way you could.” “So it was not a surprise when she took an interest in journalism,” her mother said.

1.From the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1, we can infer that ________ .

A. Yale was her last choice

B. Marie Colvin was confident of herself

C. Yale must keep its promise to Marie Colvin

D. Marie Colvin was good at persuading

2.Which of the following is the correct order to describe Marie Colvin’s life ?

a. She was doing a story in Syria and got killed.

b. She was admitted to Yale University.

c. She studied in Brazil as an excellent student.

d. She was hired by The Sunday Times of London.

e. She began to take an interest in journalism.

A. d→e→c→a→b B. b→c→d→e→a

C. e→d→c→b→a D. c→b→e→d→a

3.From the last paragraph, we can know that Mrs. Colvin ________.

A. dislikes the choice of her daughter

B. cares little about her daughter

C. knows her daughter very well

D. doesn’t fully appreciate her daughter

4.What can be the best title of the text?

A. Covering Stories in a Dangerous Conflict Area.

B. Applying for Top Universities, a Successful Case

C. Choosing Lifelong Careers Based on Your Own Interest.

D. Recalling Her Daughter, a Journalist Killed in Syria.

In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it．And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is．That is what “Keeping up with the Joneses” is about．It is the story of someone who tries to look as rich as his neighbors．

The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand．He told this story about himself．He began earning $125 a week at the age of 23．That was a lot of money in those days．He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City．When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day．When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors．It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up．The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life．They moved back to an apartment (公寓房间) in New York City．

Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbors．He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories．He called it ‘‘Keeping up with the Joneses”, because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you．Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years．

People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses．And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world．But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr．Jones always seems to be ahead．

1.Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they___________．

A．hope to be rich people like their neighbors

B．want others to know or to think that they are rich

C．want to hide their wealth from other people

D．would like to be common people

2.Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because “Jones” is____．

A．an important name for important people

B．a popular name in the United States

C．the name of the neighbor he did not like

D．a name which people did not use any longer

3.According to the writer, it is _________ to keep up with the Joneses．

A. correct B．interesting

C. impossible D．Good

When I was about twelve, I headed to a restaurant for dinner with my family. It was winter, and on that particular night, the wind was really blowing. As my mom and I headed towards the restaurant from our car, a girl about my age and her mother came up to us. They asked if we had any spare change. My mom immediately asked where they kept their things. They pointed to an old car in a parking across the street. The girl said there were six of them living in that car, which was the same size as my own family.

My mom said she had something to do after handing the people a few dollars. She sent me inside the restaurant with my dad and my three siblings. But she didn’t come.

Later, I found out she had gone home and practically emptied our cupboards into a few bags. Then, she brought that food over to the car and handed the bags to the family. I wasn’t there when that part happened, but I can only imagine the joy it brought to their faces.

A few days later, when I actually found out about what she had done, I asked her why she helped those people. She told me that they were not lucky. I remember the face of that girl who had asked us for change, she was the same age as me, yet we looked so different.

Here I stood, dressed in almost new clothes, headed to dine in a restaurant and then back home to the bedroom I shared with my younger sister. I remember thinking that the other girl didn’t have any food to eat. and she was heading back to a cold car shared with five other people.

After painting this picture in my mind, I understood why my mom had done what she did. I will never forget what she did that night, and how she taught me one of the best lessons I ever learned.

1. What can be inferred from the first paragraph?

A. The girl’s family lived a hard life.

B. The author was happy to go to a restaurant.

C. The girl’s family lived in an old house.

D. The author’s family was the same size as the girl.

2.Which of the following best describes the author’s mother?

A. Reliable and determined.

B. Considerate and enthusiastic.

C. Cautious and friendly.

D. Unusual and optimistic.

3.What might be the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A. To tell us to show love to others.

B. To seek help for the poor family.

C. To give a brief introduction of her mother.

D. To complain about some social problems.

4.What is the best title of the passage?

A. How to support the poor family

B.A friend in need is a friend in deed

C. the hard life of a little girl’s family

D.A lesson in kindness from my Mum

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Cell Phones: Hang Up or Keep Talking

Millions of people are using cell phones today. In many places, it is actually considered unusual not to use one. 1. They find that the phones are more than a means of communication – having mobile phone shows that they are cool and connected.

The explosions around the world in mobile phone use make some health professionals worried. Some doctors are concerned that in the future many people may suffer health problems from the use of mobile phones. Mobile phone companies are worried about the negative publicity(负面报道)of such ideas. _____2.____________

On the other hand, signs of change in the issues of the brain and head can be detected with modern scanning equipment. In one case, a traveling salesman had to retire at a young age because of serious memory loss. 3. This man used to talk on his mobile phone for about six hours a day, every day of his working week, for a couple of years.

4. The answer is radiation(辐射). High-tech machines can detect very small amounts of radiation from mobile phones. Mobile phone companies agree that there is some radiation, but they say the amount is too small to worry about.

As the discussion about the safety continues, it appears that it’s best to use mobile phones less often.

_____5. Use your mobile phone only when you really need it. In the future, mobile phones may have a warning label that says they are bad for your health. So for now, it’s wise not to use your mobile phone too often.

A. They will possibly affect their benefits.

B. In many countries, cell phones are very popular with young people.

C. What do the doctors worry about?

D. What is it that makes mobile phones potentially harmful?

E. They say that there is no proof that mobile phones are bad for your health.

F. He couldn’t remember even simple tasks.

G. Use your regular phone if you want to talk for a long time.

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