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Once upon a time, a rich man wanted to make a trip (旅行) to another town. He tried not only to take things to sell but also to take money to 36 things with. He 37 to take ten servants with him. They would 38 the things to sell and the food to 39 on their trip. Before they started, a little boy ran up to 40 and asked to 41 with them.
The rich man said to the little boy, “Well, 42 may go with us. 43 you are the smallest, the thinnest and the weakest of all my 44, you can’t carry a 45 load (担子). You must 46the lightest one to carry.” The boy thanked his master and chose the biggest load to carry. That was bread.
“You are 47.” said his master, “That is the biggest and the heaviest one.” The boy didn’t say 48 and lifted the load gladly.
On the trip they walked for days and at last they got to the town. All the servants were very tired 49 the little servant. Do you know 50? Most of the bread was eaten during the trip and a little was left when they arrived at the town.

小题1:

A．eat

B．buy

C．change

D．get

小题2:

A．decided

B．liked

C．hoped

D．tried

小题3:

A．take

B．bring

C．carry

D．borrow

小题4:

A．cook

B．eat

C．buy

D．drink

小题5:

A．them

B．the servants

C．the road

D．the rich man

小题6:

A．stop

B．stay

C．go

D．talk

小题7:

A．you

B．he

C．I

D．they

小题8:

A．Since

B．If

C．Because

D．But

小题9:

A．family

B．guests

C．servants

D．things

小题10:

A．heavy

B．light

C．small

D．difficult

小题11:

A．eat

B．choose

C．pick up

D．understand

小题12:

A．brave

B．right

C．clever

D．foolish

小题13:

A．sorry

B．anything

C．angrily

D．good-bye

小题14:

A．besides

B．of

C．except

D．with

小题15:

A．who

B．him

C．that

D．why

答案

小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:D
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:D
小题13:B
小题14:C
小题15:D

解析

试题分析：这篇短文描述了一个小男孩选择挑重担，在路上偷吃面包，使担子变轻的故事。
小题1:联系前文描述，可知此处指的是带钱去买东西。故选B，买。
小题2:动词辨析。A.决定；B.喜欢；C.希望；D.尝试，试图。结合语境可知此处指的是他决定带十个仆人跟着他。故选A。
小题3:动词辨析。A.拿，取，带走；B. 带来；C.运送，携带；D. 借入。结合语境可知此处这些仆人将会运送东西。故选C。
小题4:联系前文the food ，可知此处指的是吃的食物。故选B，吃。
小题5:联系后一句The rich man said to the little boy,描述，可知这个小男孩是跑向这个富人，故选D，这个富人。
小题6:联系后一句“Well, 42 may go with us.描述，可知这个小男孩要求和他们一起去。故选C，去。
小题7:结合语境可知这个富人说的是，你可以和我们一起去。故选A，你。
小题8:联系上下文，可知前后是转折关系，故选D，但是你是最小的……。
小题9:联系前文，可知此处这个富人指的是自己的仆人们。故选C，仆人们。
小题10:联系下文the lightest one to carry 描述，可知此处指的是重担。故选A，沉重的。
小题11:联系下文and chose the biggest load to carry.描述，可知此处指的是，你必须选择最轻的一副担子来挑。故选B，选择。
小题12:联系下文这个富人的话，可知此处指的是，你很傻。故选D，傻的，愚蠢的。
小题13:词义辨析。A.抱歉；B.任何事，任何东西；C.愤怒的；D.再见。联系后半句，可知这个男孩什么也没有说。故选B。
小题14:联系下文描述，可知此处指的是除了这个小男孩之外，所有的仆人都感到非常累。故选C，除了。
小题15:联系下文，可知此处问的是，你知道为什么吗？故选D，为什么。
点评：这篇短文内容比较简单，理解不难。各小题与上下文联系比较紧密，答题中一定要注意联系上下文。答完后多读几遍，看看是否符合逻辑，适当修改。个别小题可以当作单独的词义辨析题来做，先区分词义，结合语境选出最能使语句通顺的答案。

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Jim Carrey has become one of the most well-known faces in the world. And it is because of his face that he has made such achievements.
Jim Carrey was born in a working class family, and life was poor for young Jim. While in his teens, he had to take a job as a doorkeeper when his father lost his job, and finally he dropped out of school. At that time, he developed his sense of humour to help him deal with anger at the world.
He was often alone. He said he didn’t have any friends because he didn’t want any. At 15 he started performing at a comedy club. Later he moved to Los Angeles and there he got the attention from a famous comedian, Rodney Dangerfield, and his life started to change.
Jim Carrey got his big break in 1990, when he played a role on the new comedy show, In Living Color. He broke into films in 1994. It was the year of Funny Face. First there was Pet Detective, a success that showed Carrey’s comic style. Next came The Mask, which was another success for him.
Jim Carrey has come a long way from his unhappy childhood. In fact, he seems to be having a second childhood now. The future looks good for him. He has developed a large crowd of fans and he also has proved his ability to get through a storm and come out on top, which is important for any person.
小题1:Why didn’t Jim Carrey have any friends when he was young?

A．Because he dropped out of school

B．Because he was in a working class family.

C．Because he didn’t want to make friends

D．Because he was angry at the world.

小题2:The underlined phrase “got his big break” in Paragraph 4 may mean “__________”.

A．got a good chance

B．made a lot of money

C．felt tired

D．had a rest

小题3:From the last paragraph we can learn that __________.

A．Carrey didn’t finish his school education

B．many people like Jim Carrey

C．he once survived a storm

D．Rodney Dangerfield changed Carrey’s life

小题4:Which of the following is True according to the passage?

A．Carrey’s success comes from his handsome face

B．Carrey was happy in his childhood.

C．Carrey’s sense of humour came from the difficult environment.

D．The film “The Mask” was not a success at first.

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Dou Kou, a Chinese boy, is called "the youngest writer in the world" .He has written 3 books now.
Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu Province in 1994. When he was 7 months old, his parents started working in over 30 different cities, such as Xi"an and Shenzhen .This kind of life gave him things to think
and write about.
When Dou Kou was 9 months old, he could speak and at the age of one he could say five to six hundred words. At 3, he could look up words in the dictionary. At 4, his father taught him to learn something. His parents like reading very much. So does he. At the age of 5, he began writing fairy tales
(童话).
His fairy tales are all from his life. One day ,he found many mice in the house. They not only ate their food but also hurt his mother"s hand. So he thought, "lf we give mice the stomachs (胃)of cows, they"ll eat grass and it"ll be helpful to people. " This was his first fairy tale Change, Stomach for Mice.
At 6, he wrote a novel about his own life in different cities with his parents.
Now, he studies well in a middle school. He has written his third book, the novel- called Eyes of Childhood .He says ,"l am not different from other children .I just wrote several books. "
小题1:How many books has Dou Kou written?

A．Three.

B．Four.

C．Five.

D．Six

小题2:Because of _____ Dou Kou could write his books.

A．his mother	B．his father
C．school life	D．life in different cities

小题3:Dou Kou began to use a dictionary _____

A．when he wrote fairy tales

B．before his father taught him to study

C．after he went to school

D．after his mother taught him how to learn something

小题4:The underlined (画线的) sentences at the end of the passage show us that _____ .

A．Dou Kou is different from other children

B．Dou Kou doesn"t tell the truth

C．Dou Kou is the same as other children

D．Dou Kou likes his books

小题5:Which is the best title (标题) of this passage?

A．Three Books by a Child

B．How to Write Fairy Tales

C．How Clever the Boy is

D．Dou Kou, the Youngest Writer

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One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood near a river. Suddenly his old axe(斧头) fell into the water. He felt very sad because he lost his only axe. Then all at once a beautiful fairy(仙女) came out and asked the man what was the matter.
“I have lost my axe.” he said. “It fell into the water when I was cutting the wood.” The fairy showed him a gold axe and asked, “Is this yours?” “No.” said the man.
The fairy then showed him a silver axe and asked again. “Is this yours?” “No.” again answered the man. Then she showed him the old axe.
“Yes, this is mine.” called out the happy man. “I know that well enough.” Said the fairy, “I only want to see if you can tell me the truth, and now I’ll give you the gold axe and the silver axe besides your own one.”
小题1:The man with his old axe fell into the river.
小题2:The fairy came out and asked what was wrong with him.
小题3:The sad man only wanted the gold and silver axes.
小题4:The fairy found his lost axe for the man.
小题5: From the story, we know that an honest man may get more.

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Michelle, a famous lady, has found that more than 25% students are too fat in her country. It is a very serious prom. So she starts a health program to deal with it. The health program is to reduce(减少) the amount （数量）of fat students today and in the future.
The program will get families, schools, newspapers, magazines and TVs to join together and deal with the students’ obesity so that students will be at a healthier weight. The program includes: Food stores should sell healthier foods. Schools should serve healthier meals with less fat and should also offer gym classes.
The lady is trying to fight the students’ obesity all over the country because it can cause illnesses and higher health cost. She wants the students to eat right, exercise more and control (控制) their weight. She also wants the students to understand it is important to have less sweet food, and drink water, milk and fresh juices, but not to choose cokes. At the same time she has also set a good example by planting a vegetable garden. She hopes that the garden will encourage more people to plant one too.
The health program is really helpful to the students today and in the future. As she says, we cannot always build the future for youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出正确选项，并将所选答案涂到答题卡（填在答题卷）的相应位置上。（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
小题1:In Michelle’s country over _______ of the students are too fat.

A．75%

B．a quarter

C．a half

D．15%

小题2:The word “obesity” in the second paragraph means ________ in Chinese.

A．厌食症

B．抑郁症

C．肥胖症

D．强迫症

小题3:What does the lady want the shops to do?

A．To offer gym classes.	B．To plant a vegetable garden.
C．To serve meals with less fat.	D．To sell healthier foods.

小题4: It’s a good way for fat student to have ______ every day.

A．more vegetables

B．sweet foods

C．many cokes

D．much fat

小题5:What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．The lady introduces healthy drinks.	B．The lady cares about food cost.
C．The lady fights obesity in students.	D．The lady feel worried about the height.

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Dr.Jack Todd is very interested in clean water .__小题1:_,so it"s natural that he is to developer of a small and affordable system(系统）to clean waste water, His “Living Machine" can clean wastewater in your home or in your business.
__小题2:_ The wastewater goes into a big plastic tank where bacteria(细菌）start to break down the waste.A few days later after it is dealt with, the water is brought into a greenhouse filled with plants and fish.With the help of sunlight, the plants and animals remove more chemicals from the water,making it cleaner,Then the water can be reused for washing or bathing _小题3:__ but the water is clean enough for watering the flowing, washing the dog, or even for bathing or swimming.
The advantage of this technology is that it is affordable and good for the environment. __小题4:__. It can help to use less fresh water, and it can help keep the water supply unpolluted.

A.    If enough homes and businesses use “Living Machines”
B.     People like to plant trees around their houses
C.     He is also interested in saving money
D.    It cannot be used for drinking or cooking
E.     The “Living Machine” is a system for cleaning wastewater

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