It began a year ago, around Christmas. Every time I drove down our street, I
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It began a year ago, around Christmas. Every time I drove down our street, I an old man sitting in his front yard. He was usually smoking or drinking, and looking rather unhappy.
One day, while I was driving past him with my , I decided to wave at him with a lot of excitement. , when he noticed me waving at him, he looked a bit shocked. Then, I saw his hand go up and he waved back.
“ did you wave at him?” my daughter asked.
I told her it’s just an act of kindness that doesn’t anything. It gives both him and me a feeling of joy. My daughter replied that she felt a bit uncomfortable to wave to a , but next time she would try it as well.
We liked close to the old man, we saw him rather often. Whenever we drove by, both of us would start waving at him and, pretty soon, the old man started at everyone who passed by his house.
One time, my daughter’s friend came to visit and she told my daughter that she saw this strange old man near our home wave at her very . She mentioned that she waved back, although she didn’t know , and it felt really good.
As soon as my daughter heard this, she told her friend the of how all the waving began. Her friend answered: “Tell your mom that’s really cool!”
Other friends gave similar . This taught my daughter that an act of kindness can be natural and , if you really want to do it. It showed us how giving happiness can do good to the giver and the receiver.
Moved by the old man’s actions, we’re planning to give our waving neighbor a thank-you card to express our for his exciting waves. We are really thankful for him sharing his simple joy with all who pass by his house.
| 小题1: | | A．noticed | B．felt | C．heard | D．kept |
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| 小题2: | | A．husband | B．son | C．daughter | D．friend |
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| 小题3: | | A．Just now | B．On time | C．In the end | D．At the beginning |
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| 小题6: | | A．friend | B．driver | C．classmate | D．stranger |
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| 小题8: | | A．shouting | B．waving | C．laughing | D．looking |
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| 小题9: | | A．angrily | B．excitedly | C．loudly | D．carefully |
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| 小题11: | | A．lesson | B．accident | C．news | D．story |
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| 小题12: | | A．gifts | B．notes | C．opinions | D．books |
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| 小题13: | | A．easy | B．funny | C．usual | D．special |
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| 小题14: | | A．past | B．between | C．all | D．both |
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| 小题15: | | A．attention | B．thanks | C．suggestions | D．interests |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:D
小题7:C
小题8:B
小题9:B
小题10:A
小题11:D
小题12:C
小题13:A
小题14:D
小题15:B |
解析
试题分析：句意：这篇短文主要讲述了一对父女无意间一个善意的形容词，让一个原本悲观的老人开始客观起来，进而影响了一大批人。
小题1:考查语境理解及动词辨析。Noticed通知，注意到；felt感觉；heard听说；kept 保持，坚持。结合语境可知此处指的是，我注意到一个老人坐在前院，故选A。
小题2:考查语境理解及名词辨析。Husband丈夫；son儿子；daughter女儿；friend朋友。联系下文my daughter asked.可知我是带着女儿经过，故选C。
小题3:考查语境理解及短语辨析。Just now刚才；On time按时；In the end终于，最后；At the beginning一开始。结合语境可知此处指的是，一开始这个老人看到我们向他挥手，有点吃惊，故选D。
小题4:考查语境理解及疑问词辨析。Why为什么；How如何，怎样；When什么时候；Where 在哪儿。根据后一句描述，可知这个女儿问的是，你为什么向他挥手？故选A。
小题5:考查语境理解及动词辨析。Buy买；cost花费；hide隐藏；guess 猜测。联系前半句，可知此处指的是，这有不花费什么。故选B。
小题6:考查语境理解及名词辨析。Friend朋友；driver司机；classmate同学；stranger 陌生人。联系前两句描述，可知此处指的是，向陌生人挥手，故选D。
小题7:考查语境理解及连词辨析。Or或者，否则；but但是；so因此；yet然而。联系上下文，可知前后是因果关系，故选C，我们喜欢接近这个老人，因此我们经常看见他。
小题8:考查语境理解及动词辨析。Shouting喊叫；waving挥手；laughing笑；looking看。结合语境可知此处指的是，这个老人开始向每个经过他家的人挥手。故选B。
小题9:考查语境理解及副词辨析。Angrily愤怒地；excitedly兴奋地；loudly大声地；carefully 细心地。结合语境可知老人是兴奋地向他挥手，故选B。
小题10:考查语境理解及代词辨析。Him他；me我；her她；us 我们。联系前两句描述，可知此处代词指代的是前文提到的那个老人，故选A。
小题11:考查语境理解及名词辨析。Lesson课程，教训；accident事故，意外；news新闻；story 故事。结合语境可知她告诉了她的朋友这个故事是如何开始的。故选D。
小题12:考查语境理解及名词辨析。Gifts礼物；notes礼物，便笺；opinions意见，主张；books 书籍。结合语境可知此处指的是其它朋友也给了相同的意见，故选C。
小题13:考查语境理解及形容词辨析。Easy容易的；funny有趣的；usual通常的，平常的；special特殊的，专门的。结合语境可知此处指的是善意的形容词又自然又容易，故选A。
小题14:考查语境理解及词语辨析。Past越过，晚于；between在……两者之间；all所有都；both 两者都。联系下文the giver and the receiver 可知此处指的是对给予者和接受者都有好处，故选D。
小题15:考查语境理解及名词辨析。Attention注意力，关心；thanks感谢；suggestions建议；interests 兴趣。根据give our waving neighbor a thank-you card 描述，可知此处指的是表达谢意，故选B。 |
举一反三
Yesterday my son and I went to the grocery store. In front of us was a little girl with her mother. The little girl was asking her mother for a box of Smarties. The polite way she was asking broke the mother’s heart. “I’m sorry, honey, but we have no money to buy it.”
My son was watching that dialogue. By the way, he had been raking leaves in our garden to himself some money to buy a bike. As he watched the mother and daughter leave the , he ran to the candy counter and bought a box of Smarties with his money. Then he ran out after the little girl and her mother, and gave them the . He came back and told me what he told them, “Every kid should have a pack of Smarties because they can make you .”
I was so excited I bought a pack of Smarties for my son. I told him that I was proud of him, and that was for his act of generosity because he gave his own Smarties to others. Quickly, he , “But you do nice things for people and you never get anything for it.” I explained, “When you do something nice for someone, you shouldn’t get anything, but when you do get something you should be very .”
| 小题1: | | A．in order | B．in line | C．in place | D．in control |
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| 小题2: | | A．almost | B．hardly | C．seldom | D．never |
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| 小题3: | | A．buy | B．pay | C．provide | D．raise |
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| 小题4: | | A．store | B．house | C．mall | D．centre |
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| 小题5: | | A．money | B．box | C．leaves | D．bike |
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| 小题6: | | A．happy | B．smart | C．sweet | D．lovely |
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| 小题8: | | A．replied | B．told | C．lied | D．talked |
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| 小题9: | | A．answer to | B．apply to | C．expect to | D．turn to |
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| 小题10: | | A．hopeful | B．wonderful | C．thankful | D．helpful |
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The sky was clear and the sun was shining brightly before the deadly disaster of the typhoon. Bernadette Tenegra, a 44-year-old high school teacher, was in her which was on the bank of a river. The Tenegra family together in their shelter to keep away from the storm. They thought that the powerful storm would die out soon as it did .So they were just hanging on there.
But things didn’t happen they had thought, the water rose with a frightening speed and their house fell down, sweeping away the occupants (居住者)，including Tenegra’s husband and her other daughter. They were able to struggle to , but the 6-year-old Tenegra was against the strong wind and water, along with sharp deadly debris(残骸). Bernadette made her way to the child and was holding her and kept her to keep on.
“I crawled(爬) over to her, and I tried to pull her up. But she was too and wasn’t able to make it. It seemed she had already , ” Tenegra said, crying. “I screamed but it didn’t work."
The mother said that she would never forget the last words of her daughter before , “Ma, just let go, just let go. Save . I love you forever.
“Yolanda” , the super typhoon destroyed a great number of houses and buildings. The 6-year- old Tenegra her life. She has just seen a small part of this wonderful world that short lifetime, while the whole world witnessed all the beauty of her.
| 小题1: | | A．family | B．school | C．building | D．home |
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| 小题2: | | A．marched | B．stayed | C．arranged | D．collected |
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| 小题3: | | A．in the past | B．in the day | C．in the end | D．in the future |
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| 小题4: | | A．while | B．before | C．as | D．since |
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| 小题5: | | A．wooden | B．golden | C．hidden | D．modem |
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| 小题6: | | A．strength | B．warmth | C．safety | D．difficulty |
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| 小题7: | | A．fighting | B．beating | C．touching | D．preventing |
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| 小题8: | | A．inviting | B．ordering | C．training | D．telling |
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| 小题9: | | A．sleepy | B．weak | C．impatient | D．careless |
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| 小题10: | | A．given hack | B．given away | C．given up | D．given off |
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| 小题11: | | A．excitedly | B．sadly | C．angrily | D．confidently |
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| 小题12: | | A．arrival | B．break | C．choice | D．death |
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| 小题13: | | A．myself | B．yourself | C．himself | D．herself |
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| 小题14: | | A．lost | B．saved | C．spent | D．changed |
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| 小题15: | | A．above | B．below | C．during | D．beyond |
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Katherine Com male is an 11-year-old girl from Pennsylvania. At the age of five she began raising money to buy nets for children in Africa to help stop the spread of malaria(疟疾).
When she was five, Katherine learnt about malaria in Africa. She learnt that every 30 seconds a child died from this disease. She, also learnt that people wouldn’t get that disease if they had enough bed nets. “I was really sad to learn that a child died every half a minute because of malaria.” Says Katherine, “I wanted to send nets right away, so that’s what I did.”
Five-year-old Katherine made presentations at churches and schools. She told students and others how important bed nets were for Africans. After people heard the presentations, many of them donated money. Katherine sent the money to NBN. NBN is an organization that sends bed nets to Africa.
Besides, every holiday Katherine makes something called “ net gift certificate” with the help of her friends and brothers. On each l0-dollar certificate there is a message. It explains that a bed net would be sent to Africa. When more certificate orders come, Katherine gets help from students in her school.
Katherine has helped to raise $200,000 for NBN. “It makes me proud to help African children. I won’t stop working until everyone in Africa has a bed net.” says Katherine.
小题1:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A．When Katherine was six, she began helping children in Africa. | | B．Katherine learnt that two children died from malaria one minute. | | C．Katherine did a lot and helped to raise $ 20,000 for NBN. | | D．Katherine’s parents helped her make “bed net gift certificate”. |
小题2:In Paragraph 4, “It” refers to “ ”.| A．a 10-dollar note | B．a gift certificate | | C．an organization | D．a message |
小题3:From the passage we know Katherine did the following EXCEPT _______.| A．raisinga great deal of money for NBN | | B．givingpresentations at churches and schools | | C．explainingthe importance of nets for Africans | | D．ordering people to learn to use the nets well |
小题4:It can be inferred from the passage that .| A．Katherine’s work is very helpful and meaningful | | B．thespread of malaria in Africa will be more serious | | C．everychild in Africa gets a net with Katherine’s help | | D．Katherinehas received much money from NBN |
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I often asked my mother for help when I had to do. But she always said, “Do it yourself, dear.” I was not happy about this at all. I thought she was the mother in the world!
For example, one day, I decided to invite some friends of to my home. My bedroom was in a mess. Books were , and I didn’t make the bed. I asked my mother to help me clean it, she still said, “Do it yourself.”
Because of my “lazy mother”, I to wash my clothes and clean my room. I had to help my parents do . I even had to go to the dentist by . It was really hard for me to do everything well, but I have learned a lot. As time , I understand my mother. She me clever and diligent (勤奋的). She is a great mother.
| 小题1: | | A．everything easy | B．anything easy | C．something difficult | D．nothing difficult |
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| 小题2: | | A．nicest | B．best | C．tallest | D．laziest |
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| 小题4: | | A．here | B．there | C．everywhere | D．nowhere |
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| 小题6: | | A．volunteered | B．wanted | C．offered | D．had |
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| 小题7: | | A．sports | B．chores | C．decisions | D．mistakes |
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| 小题8: | | A．myself | B．herself | C．ourselves | D．himself |
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| 小题9: | | A．goes back | B．goes over | C．goes by | D．goes up |
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| 小题10: | | A．helped | B．made | C．taught | D．thought |
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Confucius(孔子) is the greatest teacher in Chinese history. He was born on September 28, 551BC(公元前) in the Kingdom of Lu, in today’s Shandong Province. When he was young, he and his mother had a hard life. At the age of fifteen, he began to learn music, and he did well in it. Then he went on learning other subjects. When he was thirty, he became a teacher. He started his own school. He believed everyone should have a chance to get education whether(无论) they were rich or poor. He had about 3, 000 students and many of them became famous.
Chinese see Confucius as the greatest thinker and also the greatest teacher. His most important ideas are kindness and good manners. He said young people should take care of the old. People should stop thinking of themselves and work for others. His ideas are around in people’s everyday life. Today people can still hear them, and they go far into east and south Asia.
小题1: Confucius was born ______.| A．in Sichuan Province | | B．on August 28 | | C．in the Kingdom of Lu | | D．about 1500 years ago |
小题2: Confucius was good at ______ when he was fifteen.| A．music | B．Chinese | | C．math | D．other subjects |
小题3: As a teacher, Confucius thought that ______ could get education.| A．only the rich | | B．only the poor | | C．not only the rich but also the poor | | D．neither the rich nor the poor |
小题4: Which of the following isn’t Confucius’ idea?| A．Being kind. | | B．Looking after the old. | | C．Working for others. | | D．Thinking of ourselves. |
小题5: The underlined word “they” means ______.| A．good manners | | B．Confucius’ ideas | | C．Confucius and his students | | D．Confucius’ students |
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