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When I was young, I always helped my grandfather in the fields. As I worked beside him, he   １  to tell a story about a man named Joe, and his wife, who moved to a new farm with their three sons. They were setting into the new place   ２  a nearby farmer told Joe that there was gold in the earth. Joe was very   3 , and told his sons about it.
They began to dig in one corner, and they got to the end of the field. At the same time, Joe thought he would   4  some crops where the earth had been   5 . The plants included corn, tomatoes, potatoes, etc. His sons continued to dig through the soil, made up their mind to find the gold. Since   6  soil was being turned, Joe could plant more crops. Joe had never farmed before, but it had always been his   7 .
As different crops came ready to be harvested, Joe started to   8  that there were more vegetables than he and his family could ever   9 . One of Joe’s neighbors suggested that he   10  a vegetable shop. Joe and his wife did that very thing. They called it Joe and Family Vegetable. Joe even had to leave some crops in the fields,   11  he had more than enough to supply the vegetable shop.
This went on for years, and Joe and his wife became quite   12  from their little vegetable shop. They were even able to   13  their sons to college.
Remember the beginning of the story, when Joe was told by his new neighbor that there was gold in the land? Well, the truth is, Joe’s   14 of the English language was less than perfect. His new neighbor friend actually meant that his land had rich   15 . So you can see where the concept（概念）of gold comes from.

小题1:

A．feared

B．agreed

C．used

D．failed

小题2:

A．while

B．as

C．when

D．after

小题3:

A．happy

B．disappointed

C．angry

D．calm

小题4:

A．harvest

B．plant

C．water

D．feed

小题5:

A．controlled

B．burned

C．destroyed

D．turned

小题6:

A．more

B．most

C．much

D．few

小题7:

A．job

B．problem

C．pity

D．dream

小题8:

A．realize

B．promise

C．relate

D．regret

小题9:

A．feed

B．sell

C．plant

D．eat

小题10:

A．take up

B．set up

C．turn up

D．make up

小题11:

A．now

B．though

C．so

D．because

小题12:

A．careful

B．rich

C．alone

D．cheerful

小题13:

A．bring

B．take

C．send

D．make

小题14:

A．understanding

B．knowledge

C．thinking

D．skills

小题15:

A．mud

B．gold

C．soil

D．material

答案

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

解析

试题分析：本文主要讲的是乔一家因为没有完全理解邻居的一句话而开始努力挖土地找黄金，后来开始种植农作物，最后通过蔬菜而变富有的故事。文章最后揭开了谜底：并不是邻居说真的有黄金，而是说那块土地很肥沃。只是乔对英语的理解不好而造成的。
小题1:短语辨析。feared to 害怕做某事；agreed to 同意做某事；used to do 过去常常做某事；failed to未能做某事.结合语境可知此处指的是，我的爷爷过去常常给我讲一个故事。所以选C
小题2:连词辨析。A.当……时，一边……一边，强调主从句中动作同时发生；B.随着，强调动作的伴随性；C. 当……时，D.接时间点，表示在……之后。联系上下文，可知此处指的是，当一个附近的农民告诉他们那儿的地里有黄金时，他们正要在入住这个地方。故选C。
小题3:联系前一句关于地里有黄金的描述，可知乔很高兴。故选A。
小题4:动词辨析。A. 收获；B.种植；C.浇水；D.喂养。联系上下文，可知此处指的是在地里面种植一些庄稼。故选B。
小题5:动词辨析。A.控制；B.燃烧；C. 毁灭；D. 转动，反过来。联系前文描述，可知此处指的是那些被翻过的地方。故选D。
小题6:联系后一句Joe could plant more crops.描述，可知此处指的是，由于更多的土地被翻过了。故选A，更多的。
小题7:名词辨析。A. 工作；B.问题，难题；C. 怜悯，遗憾；D. 梦想，愿望。联系前文，他从来没有种过田，但是……，可知此处指的是他的愿望。故选D。
小题8:动词辨析。A.认识到，了解；B. 允诺；C.涉及，符合；D.后悔，惋惜。联系下文描述，可知此处指的是，他意识到他和他的家庭将会有比以前更多的蔬菜可吃。故选A。
小题9:动词辨析。A. 喂养；B. 销售；C.种植；D.吃。联系前文描述，可知此处指的是他的家庭将会有比以前更多的蔬菜可吃。故选D。
小题10:短语辨析。A. 拿起，开始从事；B.建立，开业；C.出现，发生；D. 组成，整理。联系下文a vegetable shop 可知此处指的是开一家商店。故选B。
小题11:连词辨析。A. 由于，既然；B. 虽然，尽管；C. 因此；D. 因为；联系上下文，可知前后为因果关系，后面表示原因，now在表示原因时，常位于句首，故选D，因为他们的蔬菜店里面供大于求，他们甚至不得不把一些作物丢在地里面。
小题12:形容词辨析。A. 小心的；B.富有的；C.独自；D.快乐的，高兴的。联系上一段描述，可知此处指的是他们变得相当富有了。故选B。
小题13:动词辨析。bring带来；take拿，取，带走；send送； make制作，使得。联系下文描述，可知此处指的是送他们的儿子上大学，故选C，送。
小题14:词义辨析。Understanding of对．．．的理解； knowledge知识学问；thinking　思考，理解；skills　技能．联系下文，可知此处指的是乔对英语的理解并不是很好。故选A。
小题15:名词辨析。Mud泥；gold黄金； soil土地，土壤；material材料，原料。联系前文描述，可知此处指的是这块土地上有富饶的土壤，故选C。
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。

举一反三

根据短文内容,完成下列表格,每空一词。
The home of the future won’t be completely different and we will be living in houses and flats as we do today. But people will want to shape their homes to match their dreams. No two homes will be the same. People will be able to buy “house materials” containing moveable walls, doors and windows. They will put together the different parts to create the home they want.
Many jobs that we do today will disappear, others will still be done but will change and new jobs will be created. Skilled workers such as builders, gardeners and electricians won’t disappear because machines can’t take the place of them. We will still have teachers because students need human contact. But they will be using modern technology in class more and students will be working more from home.
Space holidays will develop in the future, but these holidays won’t be for everyone because they won’t be cheap. Short space trips will develop first, then hotels will move around the earth where it will be possible to have a longer vacation. By the end of the next century, there will be holiday centers on the moon with things needed for families.
There will be no paper in the future. Instead, there will be e-paper which people will be able to use over and over again. This will develop in order to protect nature. E-newspapers and e-magazines will take the place of traditional newspapers and magazines and we will download information and news articles from the Internet every day onto our re-useable paper.
As we know, the earth is going to disappear sometime in the future. This isn’t going to happen tomorrow but scientists say that it will happen in five billion years. We will have to find another home. At sometime in the future far away, either we stay on the earth and die with it, or we leave and move to another plant. There won’t be any other choice.

Title: Tomorrow’s 小题1:
Things talked about	Changes described
Houses	Homes of future will all be 小题2: from one another.
小题3:	Skilled workers will still be 小题4:. Teachers’ work will change a lot 小题5: of modern technology.
Vacations	Space trips and staying in space hotels will still only be for 小题6: people because they won’t be cheap. Some people can 小题7: their holidays on the moon.
Information	E-paper will be used 小题8: of traditional paper and the 小题9: of the e-paper will protect nature.
The future	People will have to 小题10: to another planet.

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请先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）

There once was a master who went to India. In those times, we didn"t have airplanes or many kinds of transportation that we do now. So the master went to India 1 . And when he got there, he saw a lot of fruit. In India they have plenty of fruit to sell, but much of it is 2 because they can"t grow much 3 the water situation. So he saw one basket, a big basket of some very red, long fruit. And it was the cheapest in the shop, not expensive at all.
So he 4 and asked, "How much per kilo?" And the shopkeeper said, "Two rupees."(印度货币) Two rupees in India is 5 ; it"s like dirt (尘土). So he bought a whole kilogram of the fruit and started eating it. But after he ate some of it: Oh, my God! His 6 watered, his mouth watered and burned, his eyes were burning, his head was burning and his face became 7 . As he coughed terribly , he 8 up and down, saying, "Ah! Ah! Ah!"
But he still continued to eat the fruit! Some people who were looking at him shook their heads and said, "You"re crazy, man. Those are chilies（辣椒）! You can"t eat so many; they"re not good for you! People use them 9 a condiment（作料）, but only a little bit to put into food for taste. You can"t just eat them by the handful like that; they"re not 10 !" So the silly master said, "No, I can"t stop! I paid money for them, 11 now I"ll eat them. It"s my 12 !"
And you think that master was silly, right? Similarly, we sometimes do a lot of things like that. we still continue just because we"ve 13 money, time, effort and love into it. Just like the man who ate the chilies and felt so bad but couldn"t stop because he didn"t want to waste the money he"d paid.
So 14 you"ve lost something, let it go and move on. That"s better than continuing to 15 .

小题1:

A．by air

B．on foot

C．by taxi

D．by car

小题2:

A．delicious

B．cheap

C．expensive

D．fresh

小题3:

A．because of

B．with the help of

C．in need of

D．as a result

小题4:

A．got up

B．went up

C．turned up

D．looked up

小题5:

A．something

B．nothing

C．everything

D．anything

小题6:

A．eyes

B．ears

C．mouth

D．nose

小题7:

A．sad

B．ugly

C．red

D．cold

小题8:

A．searched

B．climbed

C．jogged

D．jumped

小题9:

A．as

B．for

C．to

D．with

小题10:

A．medicine

B．vegetables

C．fruit

D．food

小题11:

A．instead

B．and

C．but

D．also

小题12:

A．money

B．food

C．fruit

D．drink

小题13:

A．joined

B．spent

C．paid

D．put

小题14:

A．as if

B．ever since

C．even if

D．so that

小题15:

A．fight

B．fail

C．try

D．lose

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There is no doubt that mothers play an important leading role in the lives of their children. But what about a father"s role? I believe that fathers play just as important a role as mothers.
Fathers give us support. They are the shore（岸）we swim to when our arms and legs feel increasingly tired. They are the strength we rely on （依靠）as we take our first steps into the world. Fathers can be gentle and powerful, but they probably have the simplest love we ever know.
_______, the father is their first hero and possibly the only man they will ever feel comfortable loving.
For daughters, the father is the first man they admire and the first man whose eyes shine with happiness when they look at them. He is the first man to fall in love with them.
For mothers, the father of our children is the person we can believe in to watch over the babies as closely as we would. We are protectedin the knowledge of their love. A father is the person on the planet with whom we can do whatever we want ... one who will be just as interested and never feel bored in the face of our devotion.
Without fathers, we wouldn"t be mums. I would like to thank them from all our hearts for this honor and for being our partners in the business of raising children.
小题1:From the passage, we can know the writer is a_______.

A．father

B．mother

C．son

D．daughter

小题2:Which of the following can be put on the line in the third paragraph?

A．For parents.

B．For families.

C．For others.

D．For sons.

小题3:According to the passage, we can know that__________ .

A．fathers" love is different from mothers"

B．fathers are always simple and strong

C．fathers can look after their babies better

D．fathers are more important than mothers

小题4:The best title for the passage is_______.

A．Father, I love you	B．Fathers are our heroes
C．The importance of fathers	D．Fathers and mothers

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Now more and more people like talking about something that they are interested in. Here is a page from an Internet Forum (论坛). Some people are discussing who is a better singer.
Internet Forum

Writer	Time	Topic: Who’s a better singer, Andy Lau or Jacky Cheung?
Lucy	1-17-2012 2:45 p.m.	Some people say Jacky Cheung is the best Chinese singer. I don’t think so! Andy Lau is the best. I went to his concert last year. It was so hard to believe, I almost cried! OK, I did cry. That’s because Andy Lau is so handsome!
Anita	1-17-2012 4:38 p.m.	I don’t agree at all. Andy Lau sounds like every other singer. His voice is nothing special. However, Jacky Cheung’s is different from others’, and his songs are so romantic!
Tom	1-17-2012 8:55 p.m.	I think they are about the same. But Jacky Cheung is really a better actor. I’ve seen almost all of his movies. Remember the one that he played the lead role of an airplane pilot in, and his plane hit a hill. I love that movie!
Peter	1-18-2012 10:17 a.m.	I also think Jacky Cheung is a better singer, I prefer his Cantonese(粤语) songs. Maybe they sound better because Cantonese is his first language.
Anita	1-18-2012 12:47 p.m.	I agree. Jacky Cheung’s Cantonese songs are better than his Mandarin(普通话) songs though I still like all his songs.

小题1:Who likes Andy Lau best?

A．Lucy

B．Anita

C．Tom

D．Peter

小题2:Who think(s) Jacky Cheung a better singer ?

A．Anita

B．Peter

C．Tom

D．Anita and Peter

小题3:Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Nobody likes Jacky Cheung’s movies.

B．Jacky Cheung is a good singer and actor.

C．Lucy has never seen an Andy Lau’s concert.

D．Anita thinks Andy Lau’s voice is more special than Jacky Cheung’s.

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It feels like every time my mother and I start to have a conversation, it turns into an argument. We talk about something as simple as dinner plans and suddenly, my mother will push the conversation into World War III. She’ll talk about my lack of a bright future because I don’t plan to be a doctor. And much to her disappointment, I don’t want to do any job related to science, either. In fact, when I was pushed to say that I planned to major(主修) in English and communications, she nearly had a heart attack.
“Why can’t you be like my co-worker’s son?” she bemoans all the time. Her co-worker’s son received a four-year scholarship and is now earning 70,000 dollars a year as an engineer. I don’t know what to answer except that I simply can’t be like Mr. Perfect as I’ve called the unnamed co-worker’s son. I can’t be like him. I’m the type of person who loves to help out in the community, write until the sun goes down, and most of all, wants to achieve a career because I love it, not because of fame (名声) or salary(薪水).
I understand why my mother is worried about my future major. I’ve seen my mother struggle to raise me on her small salary and work long hours. She leaves the house around 6:30 a.m. and usually comes home around 5 p.m. or even 6 p.m. However, I want her to know that by becoming a doctor, it doesn’t mean I’ll be successful. I’d rather follow my dreams and create my own future.
小题1:Which of the following topics do the writer and his mother often talk about?

A．The writer’s studies.	B．The writer’s future job
C．Dinner plans	D．Wars around the world

小题2:We can infer from Paragraph 1 that the writer’s mother ____________.

A．doesn’t want the writer to major in English

B．doesn’t think the writer should be a doctor

C．gets along very well with the writer

D．doesn’t think working in the science field is a good idea

小题3:The underlined word “bemoans” in Paragraph 2 most probably means _____________.

A．agrees

B．shouts

C．complains

D．smiles

小题4:Which of following statements is probably TRUE about the writer?

A．He wants to be like his mother’s co-worker’s son.

B．He wants to find a job in his community in the future.

C．He doesn’t think his mother’s co-worker’s son is perfect.

D．He wants to do something he really likes in the future.

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