It was a bright Saturday morning. I stopped at a café to enjoy a cup of coffee a
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It was a bright Saturday morning. I stopped at a café to enjoy a cup of coffee and read the morning newspaper. Suddenly, I felt a hand on the back of my jacket and heard someone say, “Hey Steve! How are you doing?”
Looking back, I saw a man. He looked familiar, but I couldn’t remember where we had met.
The young man also held a cup of coffee, so I asked him to join me. Very soon, his story began to thaw out my memory.
Five years earlier, Johnson was traveling home late on a February night. A heavy snow had arrived that afternoon, and by midnight, the snowdrifts(雪堆)were getting deep. His car was stuck in a snowdrift just down the road from my house.
He walked to my house for help. I helped him pull his car out of the snowdrift and up to the street where the snow had been cleaned away.
This was a normal happening here during the winter. I couldn’t count the times someone has helped me to pull my car from a snowdrift. However, it was an unforgettable experience for him. He was only eighteen at that time, and he said he was very afraid. No one wants to be stuck in a snowdrift at night.
Sometimes, one simple kindness at the right moment can change the direction of a life. So, be kind and helpful.
小题1:Where did Steve meet Johnson for the first time?| A．At a café. | B．At Steve’s house. | C．At a bus station. | D．On a street. |
小题2:The underlined phrase “thaw out” in Paragraph 3 means “_______” in Chinese.小题3:Johnson asked Steve for help one night because_______.| A．he lost his way home | | B．his friend was injured | | C．he was caught in a heavy snow | | D．his car broke down on the way |
小题4:According to Steve, helping Johnson was_______.| A．a normal thing | | B．a strange thing | | C．an unusual behavior | | D．an unforgettable experience |
小题5:The writer’s purpose of writing the passage is to tell us_______.| A．friendship is very important | | B．even a simple kindness matters | | C．meeting an old friend is a pleasure | | D．it is better not to drive in a snowy night |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:B |
解析
试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了作者在帮助了一个年轻人后在很久以后有好那人见面，那人对她表示感激之情。作者想告诉我们有时候,一个简单的善良之举有时可以改变人们的生活的方向。所以,我们要做善良而乐于助人的人。
小题1:细节理解题。根据短文中那个男人讲述的故事可知，在他到我家求助时，我们第一次见面，故选B
小题2:词意猜测题。根据后文描述，可知那个人的告诉使我记起那件事，故选D唤起。
小题3:推理判断题。根据His car was stuck in a snowdrift just down the road from my house.以及I helped him pull his car out of the snowdrift可知他的车被困住雪里，故选C
小题4:细节理解题。根据This was a normal happening here during the winter描述，故选A
小题5:归纳理解题。根据最后一段Sometimes, one simple kindness at the right moment can change the direction of a life.描述可知作者想告诉我们，小善举也是能帮助人的，即使是一个小的善举也很重要，故选B |
举一反三
This was the first real task I received in my new school. It seemed simple: go on the Internet and find information about a man named George Washington. As I searched the name, I found that there were two famous people having the same name who looked completely different! One invented hundreds of uses for peanuts（花生）, while the other led some sort of army across America. I stared at the screen, wondering which one my teacher meant. I called my grandfather for a golden piece of advice; let the coin decide. I flipped(掷) a coin and Ah! Tails (背面)! My report would be about the great man who invented peanut butter, George Washington Carver.
Weeks later, I stood in front of the classroom and proudly read my homework. But things started to get strange. I looked around the room, only to find my classmates with big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes and my stone-faced teacher. I was completely lost. “What could be causing everyone to act this way?”
Oh well, I dropped the paper and sat down at my desk, burning to find out what I had done wrong. As a classmate began his report, it all became clear, “My report is on George Washington, the man who started the American War of Independence.” The whole world became quiet! How could I know that my teacher meant that George Washington?
Of course, my subject result was awful. Sad but fearless, I decided to turn this around. I talked to the headmaster Miss Lancelot, but she said firmly: No re-dos; no new score. I felt that it was not fair, and I believed I deserved a second chance. So I threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year. Ten months later, I sat in the headmaster’s office again, but this time a completely different conversation. I smiled and flashed back to the terrible moment at the beginning of the year as the headmaster told me I was good enough to skip(跳过) the 6th grade and started the 7th grade next term.
小题1:The task I received was to find information about ________. | A．uses for peanuts | B．American War of Independence | | C．George Washington | D．my headmaster Miss Lancelot |
小题2:________ helped me decide what my report would be about. | A．The Internet | B．My classmates | C．My grandpa | D．A coin |
小题3:People in the class acted strangely because ________. | A．I was too proud of my homework | | B．I mistook what the homework was about | | C．the whole world suddenly became quiet | | D．the teacher’s face turned to a stone |
小题4:I ________ after I failed the subject.| A．worked harder to prove my ability | | B．started to study from the 7th grade | | C．was so frightened at the awful result | | D．was given a second chance to redo the work |
小题5:We can infer(推断) from the passage that ________. | A．the headmaster didn’t like the writer at all | | B．the writer’s classmates felt sad at his mistake | | C．the writer knew little about American history | | D．the writer’s grandpa was a very wise man |
小题6:Which of the following proverbs can best describe the main idea of this story?| A．Seeing is believing. | | B．Where there is a will, there is a way. | | C．One is never too old to learn. | | D．A friend in need is a friend indeed. |
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Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文)
When I was sixteen, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been abroad. Like most English children, I learned French at school. And I had often been to France, so I was used to speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand French. I believed that I wouldn’t have any problems when I went to America. So I was really looking forward to having a nice easy holiday there.
How I was! The misunderstanding (误解) began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to call my friend Danny who had been in America for two years and told her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking confused and asked if he could me.
“Yes,” I said, “I want to give my friend a ring.”
“Well, that’s nice,” he said. “Are you getting married ? But aren’t you a bit too ?”
“Who is talking about marriage?” I replied. “I just want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived. Can you tell me the phone box is?”
“Oh! I see. ” he said, “there’s a phone downstairs.”
When Danny and I met up, she explained the misunderstanding to me.
“Don’t worry,” she said to me. “I had so many difficulties at first. There are lots of words which the Americans use differently in meaning from the British. You’ll soon get used to all the funny things they say . Most of the time British and American people understand each other!
| 小题1: | | A．money | B．time | C．sleep | D．language |
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| 小题2: | | A．excited | B．wrong | C．poor | D．successful |
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| 小题3: | | A．know | B．help | C．select | D．teach |
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| 小题4: | | A．strict | B．lucky | C．young | D．ordinary |
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| 小题5: | | A．how much | B．whose | C．where | D．how heavy |
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| 小题6: | | A．at present | B．at once | C．at the same time | D．at last |
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Hao Xue, a Grade Nine top student had a problem recently. She used to get marks of over 110 points on her math tests. But in the last final exam, her math score was only 90 points.
It was a shock. "I don"t know what happened, "said Hao, who kept feeling nervous and frustrated like Hao, many of us have setbacks(挫折) in life. What should you do to deal with these setbacks?
Hao chose to face her problem. Her parents and teachers also gave her help. After some hard work her math marks were between 100 and 110. Although she still wasn"t at her original level, she didn"t panic anymore."Don"t be scared by setbacks, you will beat it. "said Hao.
Chen Xingzhu in Shenzhen also has a story to tell. The 15-year-old girl is not good at doing sit-ups,
which is necessary for the coming high school PE entrance exam. One student has to do at least 35 sit-ups in a minute to pass the test. Most of her classmates can do 40. However, she can only do 20.
Feeling worried, Chen decided to do something. She did sit-ups for half an hour every day after school. Now after a month, she can do 30 sit-ups in a minute."I finally found what made me slow through
continuous practice and then improved little by little."said Chen, "I believe I will be able to do 40 next month."
小题1:Why did Hao Xue keep feeling nervous and frustrated?
A. She lost interest in math.
B. Her math score dropped.
C. She couldn"t catch up with her classmates.
小题2:The word "panic" in the fourth paragraph probably means ______.
A. be scared B. feel relaxed C. work hard
小题3:How many sit-ups could Chen Xingzhou do at first?
A. 20. B. 30. C. 40.
小题4:We can tell from the story that Hao and Chen both______.
A. turned to their teachers and parents for help
B. felt worried and escaped from their problems
C. faced their problems and worked hard to solve them
小题5:Which of the following is TRUE?
A. When Hao felt down, nobody offered to help her.
B. With hard work, Hao is back to her original level in math.
C. Chen is confident and she will pass the coming PE test. |
Lester was walking in the street with two huge and heavy suitcases . A stranger walked up to him and asked ,“Have you got the time ?”
Lester stopped , put down the suitcases and looked at his watch .“It’ s five fifteen ,”he said .
“Hey , what a nice watch !”said the stranger .
Lester smiled a little and said ,“Yes , it’ s not bad . Look at this .”Then he showed the stranger a time display for the 86 largest cities in the world .
He hit a few buttons（按钮）and a voice told the time in Chinese . Lester continued ,“Its voice can be set（设置）for different languages .”
The stranger seemed very interested in the watch .
“That’ s not all ,”said Lester . He then pushed a few more buttons and a small map appeared on the watch .“The map can show where we are ,”explained Lester .
“I want to buy this watch !”said the stranger .
“Oh , no , I’ m not selling it . I have spent nearly two years making it ,”said Lester .
“I’ ll give you $ 1,000 for it !”
“Oh , no , I’ ve already spent more than that .”
“I’ ll give you $ 5,000 for it !”
Lester stopped to think . The stranger quickly gave him a check（支票）and said ,“$ 5,000 . Here it is .”
Lester finally agreed to sell the watch . When the stranger was going to leave with the watch , Lester pointed to the two huge suitcases and said ,“Hey , wait a minute . Don’ t forget your batteries .”
小题1:Lester stopped in the street because _____ .| A．the suitcases were very heavy | | B．he felt very tired | | C．a stranger wanted to buy his watch | | D．someone asked him what the time was |
小题2:What was in the suitcases that Lester was carrying ?| A．Money . | B．Batteries . | C．Watches . | D．Paper . |
小题3:We can infer from the passage that Lester was a(n) _____ .| A．engineer | B．sportsman | C．artist | D．doctor |
小题4:The stranger paid _____ for the watch .| A．nothing | B．$ 1,000 | C．$ 5,000 | D．$ 4,000 |
小题5:Which of the following is NOT true about the watch ?| A．It can tell the time in different languages . | | B．It can tell you where you are . | | C．It is easy to wear and carry . | | D．It can show a time display for many large cities around the world . |
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I used to have little passion（激情，热情）in my life. But what happened the other day changed my mind. It was then that I learned how it is to have a passion in life.
That day I went home in Mom’s car. When Mom at a red light, someone on the side of the road caught my eye. It was a man dressed rags. He was homeless. That didn’t interest me, because I had seen like him before. Those people usually looked unhappy and hopeless.
But this man was in some way. He was not sitting down with a expression. Instead, he had a in his hand and was dancing happily to the music. The radio seemed to be the most precious thing he had.
“Mom, why does that man have a radio he’s homeless?” I asked.
“He it, “ she replied.
“But why doesn’t he use the money to buy food or clothes? He something that he didn’t need.”
“Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren’t the most important.”
That man must care so much about that he bought a radio instead of food or clothes. I soon realized that is the key to life.
Since then I am always thinking of is truly important in life. A home, a meal, clothes – these things are part of the life. What we often forget is that we all need a joy, a light on a day. We all need a passion which gives a person the happiness they need to keep going.
| 小题1: | | A．strange | B．important | C．dangerous | D．difficult |
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| 小题2: | | A．stopped | B．walked | C．stood | D．exercised |
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| 小题5: | | A．common | B．different | C．polite | D．rude |
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| 小题6: | | A．sad | B．nervous | C．polite | D．rude |
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| 小题7: | | A．hat | B．phone | C．scarf | D．radio |
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| 小题8: | | A．though | B．because | C．until | D．unless |
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| 小题9: | | A．borrowed | B．made | C．fixed | D．bought |
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| 小题10: | | A．asked for | B．waited for | C．paid for | D．looked for |
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| 小题11: | | A．stories | B．music | C．news | D．languages |
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| 小题12: | | A．knowledge | B．health | C．happiness | D．friendship |
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| 小题15: | | A．warm | B．hot | C．dark | D．relaxing |
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