阅读理解。 Tom was eight years old. He was a good boy. But he couldn"t get up ear
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o"clock in the morning. He was often late for school.
Tom"s mother didn"t want him to be late for school. So she bought him an alarm clock. She said to
Tom, "You must get up when you hear the clock ring."
"Yes, Mum," said Tom. After that Tom got up at seven thirty when he heard the clock ring.
One day his mother forget to make the clock get ready to ring. And the next morning Tom didn"t get up
at seven thirty. It was time for breakfast. Mother went to see him. Tom was in bed and his eyes open.
"Why didn"t you get up?" Mother was angry.
"You told me to get up when I heard the clock ring. So I am waiting for the bell."
B. student
C. worker
B. it was very beatiful
C. it was Tom"s birthday that day
B. 7:00
C. 7:30
B. Tom was ill
C. The clock didn"t ring
B. didn"t want to go to school
C. didn"t want to have breakfast
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and the shopkeeper liked him. But he couldn"t work when he drank too much. And once he almost fell into
the river when he drove along the bridge. Mr Black became angry and was going to send him away. He had
a big family and was afraid of it and promised (许诺) he would stop drinking at once. The man told him to
wait to be dealt with (处置).
One Monday morning Mr Smith came into the office with badly burned ears.
"What happened to your ears?" asked Mr Black.
"Well", said the man. "I went to watch a football match yesterday while my wife was ironing (熨) clothes.
She had put the iron (熨斗) nearthe telephone before she went to cook supper. Our team lost the game and I
felt sorry for it. As soon as I went in the sitting-room, the phone rang and I answered the iron!"
"And what happened to the other ear?"
"When I put the iron down the table, the telephone rang again!"
B. Mr Smith drank too much
C. Mr Smith forget they were on the bridge
D. Mr Smith couldn"t work in the morning
B. Tuesday
C. Saturday
D. Sunday
B. Mr Smith was very angry with his team
C. Mr Smith didn"t drink those days
D. Mr Smith watched the match those days
B. drinking
C. iron
D. irons
B. He would join his football team.
C. He would never watch any matches.
D. Mr Black would send him away.
climbed the tree, ate the apples… He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.
Time went by…The little boy grew up and he no longer played around the tree.
One day, the boy came back to the tree and looked sad. The boy told the tree that he wanted the toys
but he didn"t have money. The tree asked the boy to pick all the apples and sell them. The boy did it and left
happily. He didn"t come back after he picked the apples. Several years later, the boy returned again and said
he needed a house for his family. The tree asked the boy to cut off his branches (树枝) to build the house.
Years later, the boy returned again. This time he wanted to go sailing but he didn"t have a boat. The tree
said that the boy could use his trunk (树干) to make the boat. He went sailing and did not show up (露面)
for a long time.
After many years, the boy returned. The tree said with tears, "Sorry, my boy. But I don"t have anything
for you anymore. No more apples for you, No more trunk for you to climb on…Now the only thing left is
my dying roots (根)." "I don"t have teeth to bite (咬) the apple and I am too old to climb the tree. I just need
a place to rest. I am tired after all these years," the boy replied. "Good! Old tree roots are the best place to
lean on (依靠) and rest. Come here, please sit down with me and have a rest." The boy sat down and the
tree was glad and smiled with tears…
This is everyone"s story. The tree is our parent. When we are young, we love to play with Mom and Dad.
When we grow up, we leave them, and only come to them when we need something or when we are in
trouble. No matter what, parents will always be there and give everything they have to make us happy.
You may think that the boy is cruel (残忍) to the tree but that"s how all of us are treating (对待) our
parents.
B. By cutting off the branches and selling them.
C. By making money on his own.
D. By helping the farmers pick the apples.
B. He asked the boy to use the trunk to make a boat.
C. He asked the boy to use the root to make boat.
D. He offered the apples to the boy and asked him to sell them
① ② ③ ④
B. ④①③②
C. ④②①③
D. ①④③②
B. When children grow up, they only come to them when they need something or they are in trouble.
C. Parents are always there and they are willing to (愿意) give everything to their children.
D. Children are always kind to their parents and they always like to stay with their parents.
B. to plant more trees
C. to treat their parents kindly
D. to stay at home with their parents
important.
It happened last term just after I had got a 2 result in an exam. I was sad and had lost my confidence.
I decided to go to a class which can tell me how to be 3 .
The speaker walked into the room. But he did not start talking 4 a teacher. Instead, he held up a
twenty yuan note!
"Who wants this?" he asked. Unsurprisingly, 5 of us in the class put up our hands.
The speaker smiled. Then he put up the note on the blackboard and asked the same question. Again, we
all put up our hands. The speaker smiled again, but 6 nothing. Suddenly, he threw the note onto the floor!
Then he asked the same 7 a third time.
I didn"t 8 what the speaker was doing. Why was he asking the same question again and again? I didn"t
know what to do. I wanted the note, 9 I put my hand up again. After a while, he 10 the note and started
to laugh. "You have all just told me how to become successful," 11 said to us with the note in his hand.
"The note is worth (值) twenty yuan. It is 12 worth twenty yuan, even though I throw it on the floor.
You are like the note. No matter 13 happens to you, you still have your worth."
When I heard those words, I was deeply moved. Suddenly, I 14 I was worth a lot. I may have done
badly in an exam, but it doesn"t 15 I can"t do well in the future. If I believe in myself, I will be successful.
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| Stephen, a young worker, got serious heart disease unluckily. And he used to work in a big computer company. But now he couldn"t work for a long time. Thinking he could still do something for them, he decided to be a volunteer at a Children"s Hospital. Stephen loved children very much. With his love, he did his job well. Every time he lost one of his children in hospital, he felt sad in his room alone. They died. At that time, he would tell these sad parents that he would be with their children in heaven and he would take care of them. His words seemed to help those parents. There was a girl who could not walk because of a disease. She couldn"t do anything and she was very unhappy. What was worse, the doctors said that they could do little for her. Stephen decided to help her. He started visiting her, bringing brushes and paper. He put the brush in his mouth and could do anything she wanted. With the help of Stephen, at last she began to draw with her mouth. She and Stephen became friends. By and by, the little girl was getting better and better. She was allowed to leave the hospital. One day, to Stephen"s surprise, she walked to see him on her own feet! She gave him a picture she had drawn. At the top, it said:"Thank you for helping me walk. It"s because of your love." Love can sometimes be more powerful than doctors and medicines. Love makes world more beautiful and colorful. Stephen died a few days later quietly after the girl gave him the picture. | |||
| 1. Stephen didn"t go to work because ______. | |||
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| A. he hated working in a computer company B. he wanted to get more money in a hospital C. he began to help others D. he got serious disease | |||
| 2. The children in hospital like Stephen very much because ______. | |||
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| A. he offered his love to them B. They enjoyed his stories very much every day C. He always gave them presents D. He drew a lot of beautiful pictures for them | |||
| 3. Stephen drew pictures for the little girl with his mouth so that ______. | |||
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| A. the girl could believe he got heart disease B. he could show the girl everything was possible C. the girl could know he was a good painter D. the girl would listen to him and stopped crying | |||
| 4. Which is the best title of the passage? | |||
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| A. Stephen"s Life B. Love is More Powerful C. The Little Girl"s Disease D. Children"s Hospital is the Best | |||
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| Some people believe that dreams can tell them what will happen in the future. 1 knows why this is so, but there are many stories about people who had dreams that 2 . One of these people was a man called John Chapman, who lived in Swaffham in England many years ago. John Chapman dreamt that he was standing on London Bridge and a man told him how to become rich. John Chapman was a poor man and he needed 3 , so the next day he decided to leave for London. 4 was 100 miles from Swaffham to London. He walked for a few days and at last he 5 London Bridge. There were many people on the bridge, but they weren"t interested in John Chapman. No one talked to him. After three days, John Chapman decided to go home, 6 before he could do this, a shopkeeper came up to him. "I"ve been watching you," he said. "Are you 7 someone?" "Yes," said John. "I had a dream about a man here. He would help me to get much money." "Oh," said the shopkeeper. "You shouldn"t believe in dreams. If I believe in dreams, I"d be in Swaffham right now. I had a dream a few days ago about a man called John Chapman from Swaffham. He had 8 in his garden, near an old apple tree." John Chapman was 9 at what the shopkeeper said. At once he went home and dug (挖) near the old apple tree. He soon found many pieces of gold. He was so happy 10 he gave some of the gold to his church. For the rest of his life, he was a rich man. |