Sarah Winchester lived in California. She was a very 1 woman. She didn’t buy ma
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Sarah Winchester lived in California. She was a very 1 woman. She didn’t buy many jewels(珠宝)or 2 clothes. 3 , she spent millions in 4 a house. She began to do it at the age of 45. The strange thing about Sarah’s 5 was that it seemed never finished. The work on the house went on for 38 6 because Sarah was afraid to 7 building it.
Sarah’s house was near San Jose. Every day, a lot of 8 arrived there to work for her. Sarah wanted more rooms and more doors and more windows, 9 the workers kept on building them. The house was seven floors high and had 160 rooms. There were 200 doors and 1,000 10 . There were also three lifts, nine kitchens, and 47 fireplaces.
Why did Sarah want a house that kept getting 11 ? It was because Sarah was afraid of 12 . She thought she would die when the house was finished, so she didn’t want her house to be finished.
Sarah Winchester’s 13 seemed to have worked 14 she lived to be 83 years old. But 15 , her house was finished.
| 小题1: | | A．poor | B．rich | C．useful | D．brave |
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| 小题2: | | A．cheap | B．expensive | C．simple | D．old |
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| 小题3: | | A．Still | B．Usually | C．Instead | D．Even |
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| 小题4: | | A．building | B．buying | C．selling | D．setting |
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| 小题5: | | A．door | B．window | C．kitchen | D．house |
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| 小题6: | | A．years | B．months | C．weeks | D．days |
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| 小题7: | | A．keep | B．enjoy | C．stop | D．help |
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| 小题8: | | A．drivers | B．workers | C．farmers | D．visitors |
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| 小题10: | | A．floors | B．kitchens | C．windows | D．rooms |
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| 小题11: | | A．bigger | B．smaller | C．stronger | D．cleaner |
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| 小题12: | | A．working | B．dying | C．living | D．growing |
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| 小题13: | | A．age | B．family | C．plan | D．husband |
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| 小题14: | | A．or | B．because | C．neither | D．nor |
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| 小题15: | | A．hardly | B．usefully | C．carefully | D．finally |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:D
小题6:A
小题7:C
小题8:B
小题9:D
小题10:C
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:C
小题14:B
小题15:D |
解析
试题分析：这篇短文描述了一个非常怕死的女人——萨拉温彻斯特。她很富有，但是钱都用来建房子了，因为她很怕死。认为只要房子完工了自己就会死去，因此她的房子建造了38年，直到她死去后房子才完工。
小题1:联系下文she spent millions in 4 a house 可知她是一个富有的女人，故选B，富有的。
小题2:联系上下文，可知此处指的是她不买昂贵的衣服，故选B，昂贵的。
小题3:副词辨析。A. 仍旧；B. 通常；C. 反而，代替；D. 甚至。联系前文，可知前后位转折关系，故选C，她反而花费上亿元建造一所房子。
小题4:spend用于sb spend. . . on sth或者sb spend. . . in doing sth（in可以省略），spend的主语必须是人，可以指花费时间、也可以指花费金钱；故选A。
小题5:联系上文，可知此处指的是她的房子，故选D，房子。
小题6:联系上文描述，可知这项工作持续了38年，故选A，年，岁。
小题7:结合语境可知她害怕停止建造这所房子，故选C，停止。
小题8:联系下文，可知此处指的是许多工人到达那里为她工作。故选B，工人们。
小题9:联系上下文，可知前后是因果关系，后面表示原因，故选D，因此工人们持续地建造他们。
小题10:联系前文有200扇门，可知此处指的是1000个窗户，故选C，窗户。
小题11:联系前文，可知她想要房子变得更大，故选A，更大的。
小题12:联系下文，可知她很害怕死，故选B，死亡。
小题13:联系上文描述，可知此处指的是她的计划，故选C，计划。
小题14:连词辨析。A. 或者，否则；B. 因为；C. 两者都不；D. 也不。联系上下文，可知前后只能是因果关系，故选B，因为她活到83岁。
小题15:联系下文，可知此处指的是最终，她的房子完工了。故选D，终于，最后。
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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Mrs. King is an American doctor. She is now in China. She works in a Children’s Hospital in Beijing. She is also learning Chinese medicine(医术) there. She likes Chinese medicine very much. She loves working for children. She works hard in the day and reads English books on（关于） Chinese medicine at night. She learns Chinese from the Chinese doctors and her Chinese friends. Now she can speak some Chinese. She can read some Chinese books, too.
Her husband Mr. King is a teacher. He teaches English in a junior high school in Beijing. He works hard, too. He works from Monday to Friday. He teaches three classes every day. Sometimes, on Saturdays and Sundays, he teaches other English classes. He wants to make more money（挣更多钱）.
小题1:Mrs. King works in a _____ .| A．shop | B．junior high school in Beijing | | C．hospital in America | D．hospital in Beijing |
小题2:Both of the Kings _____ .| A．live in America | B．live in Shanghai | | C．work hard | D．work every day |
小题3:Mrs. King learns Chinese from _____ .| A．her teacher | B．the books | | C．the doctors | D．the Chinese doctors and her Chinese friends |
小题4:Which of the following sentences is NOT true?| A．Mrs. King can speak English and Chinese. | | B．Mrs. King knows much about Chinese medicine. | | C．Mrs. King is from America. | | D．Mr. King sometimes teaches other English classes on weekends. |
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There is an old tiger in the forest (森林). He doesn’t want to look for (寻找) food now. He often lets other animals get him some food to eat.
One day, he sees a monkey (猴子) and says,“I am hungry, monkey. Go and get me something to eat.”“I can’t do that now, tiger.” the monkey says,“There is another tiger over there（那边）. He doesn’t let me get anything for you to eat. I am afraid of (害怕) him.” “What?” says the old tiger. “Take me to the tiger. I want to talk to him.” The monkey and the tiger go to the bridge(桥) over the river(河). “Now look down at the water.” says the monkey. “Do you see the tiger?” “Yes, I do.” says the old tiger. “Let me eat him.” Then the tiger jumps(跳) into the river.
小题1:How many tigers and monkeys are there in the story?| A．Two tigers and two monkeys. | | B．Two tigers and one monkey. | | C．One tiger and two monkeys. | | D．One tiger and one monkey. |
小题2:Why do other animals get food for the tiger? | A．Because they are afraid of him. | | B．Because only they can find some food. | | C．Because they are his friends. | | D．Because they like to do that. |
小题3:The monkey ________.| A．goes to get something to eat | | B．goes to the bridge with the tiger | | C．knows there is another tiger | | D．tells the tiger to jump into the water |
小题4:Which of the following is right(正确的)?| A．The tiger is very clever. | | B．The monkey eats the tiger. | | C．The tiger eats another tiger. | | D．The tiger jumps into the water. |
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I am an American student. My name is Vicky King. I have a big family. I have two brothers. They and I are in the same school. My grandma and grandpa live with us. They are my father’s parents.
My father is from England, but my mother’s hometown is at the foot of the Great Wall of China. My brothers and I were all born in New York. Because my father works in a school in New York. He teaches English.
People often ask us, “What do you like eating?” It is not easy to answer this question! Well, let me tell you.
My grandpa has been to India, so he likes Indian food. My father likes hot dogs, potato chips and hamburgers. My mother likes rice, noodles and dumplings. She often does very nice Chinese food for us. So my brothers and I like Chinese food a lot but English food a little. We don’t like Indian food at all.
小题1:This is a family of_________| A．three | B．five | C．six | D．seven |
小题2:Her grandfather is __________.| A．from England | B．from China | C．from India | D．from America |
小题3:Her father is a ________| A．worker | B．doctor | C．teacher | D．player |
小题4:Her mother likes Chinese food because she_________.| A．has been to China | B．is from China | | C．can do Chinese food | D．knows her children like it |
小题5:The three children like___________ food very much.| A．Chinese | B．English | C．Indian | D．American |
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An English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for his journey back home. As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. The man closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell. When dinnertime came, he didn’t go to dinning room, saying that he was not feeling very well.
The next morning he still didn’t have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room. But at dinnertime he was so hungry that he went to the dinning room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him. He got ready for the quarrel.
“Bring me the bill,” he said. “The bill, sir?” said the waiter in surprise. “There isn’t any bill. On our ship meals are included (包括) in the money for the ticket,” said the waiter.
小题1:The story happened _______.| A．in England | | B．on a ship from Norway to England | | C．in Norway | | D．on a ship from England to Norway |
小题2:Why didn’t the traveler go to the dinning room first?| A．Because he had no money | | B．Because he didn’t feel very well | | C．Because he didn’t want to eat anything | | D．Because he didn’t hear the sound of the bell |
小题3:The traveler went to the dinning room to eat something because _______.| A．his friend had given him some money | | B．the waiter had asked him to change his mind | | C．he learned that there was no bill on the ship | | D．he was too hungry |
小题4:How many meals did the traveler have on the ship?| A．Only one | B．Two | C．Three | D．None |
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Do you like going to a zoo to see ___1___? How about ___2___ a zoo and feeding the animals yourself? It"s not a joke. It happened both in a film and in the ___3___.
Benjamin Mee is a newspaper writer in Los Angeles, the US. His wife dies and he has to ___4___ his two young kids. Hoping for a fresh start for his family. Mee ___5____ his job and buys an old house on 73000 square meters ___6___ the city. The land comes with a special gift: a zoo in the country called the Rosemoor Animal Park!
The zoo was ___7___ because of the economy crisis (经济危机). With ___8___ raising them, about 200 animals are still living there.
The Mee family decide to help reopen the zoo. But it"s not an easy job ___9___ they have no experience and little money. There are also unexpected ___10___, such as a bear running away one day.
This is the story of American movie We Bought a Zoo. It tells the real amazing story of Benjamin Mee.
| 小题1: | | A．tigers | B．lions | C．animals | D．birds |
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| 小题2: | | A．buying | B．visiting | C．building | D．renting |
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| 小题3: | | A．story book | B．international website | C．TV program | D．real world |
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| 小题4: | | A．look for | B．look after | C．look up | D．look at |
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| 小题5: | | A．finds | B．gets | C．quits | D．loses |
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| 小题6: | | A．outside | B．inside | C．behind | D．before |
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| 小题7: | | A．opened | B．closed | C．watched | D．rebuilt |
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| 小题8: | | A．engineers | B．nurses | C．doctors | D．zookeepers |
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| 小题9: | | A．since | B．though | C．whether | D．however |
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| 小题10: | | A．surprises | B．joys | C．problems | D．excitement |
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