Building a house is an operation which costs quite a lot of money．Suppose you pl
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Building a house is an operation which costs quite a lot of money．Suppose you plan to
1 a house，your first step is to find a suitable piece of 2 ，You will probably try to find a sunny place，in a 3 situation，near stores and bus stops，not too far from your friends and the place where you work．
Next you will find an 4 builder．And together with the builder you will make a
5 ，The builder will draw it．The builder will also 6 the cost of your house．He will estimate(估计)the cost of the wood，the glass，and everything else that he must use in building the house．Later on，when he starts to build，this estimate must 7 ，because the prices may 8 ，and many other thing may happen between the time when he makes the estimate and the time when he builds the house．
9 the builder gives you his estimate，you may wish to change your plan．You may find that some of the things you wanted at first cost too much，or that you can 10 a little more and add something to your original plan．
| 小题1: | | A．buy | B．decorate | C．build | D．find |
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| 小题2: | | A．floor | B．place | C．land | D．playground |
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| 小题3: | | A．mysterious | B．surprised | C．pleased | D．pleasant |
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| 小题4: | | A．excited | B．experienced | C．interesting | D．extra |
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| 小题5: | | A．map | B．plan | C．decision | D．discussion |
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| 小题6: | | A．find out | B．carry on | C．work out | D．work on |
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| 小题7: | | A．be corrected | B．be copied | C．be read | D．be written |
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| 小题8: | | A．swap | B．change | C．exist | D．influence |
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| 小题9: | | A．When | B．While | C．Until | D．Since |
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| 小题10: | | A．cost | B．spend | C．take | D．pay for |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:B
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:A
小题10:B |
解析
试题分析：本文介绍了一个盖房子的问题。文章具体讲述了盖房子的一些基本步骤，比如选地基，做计划等问题。
小题1:联系上文可知句意为，假设你现在计划建一座房子，故选C。
小题2:词义辨析。floor 地板，楼层； place地方，作为；land陆地，地面；playground 运动场，操场。联系上下文可知句意为：你的你一步是找一块合适的地面，故选C。
小题3:词义辨析。Mysterious神秘的；surprised吃惊的；pleased高兴的；pleasant 令人愉快的，舒适的。结合语境可知选D，在一个舒适的环境里。
小题4:结合下文builder，建筑者，可知选B有经验的。
小题5:联系下文可知句意为：你和这个建筑者一起做个计划，故选B。
小题6:联系下文the cost of your house可知选C，计算出你房子的花费。
小题7:联系下文可知句意为：这个估价必须得修正，故选A。
小题8:联系下文可知句意为：因为价格可能变化，故选B。
小题9:考查联系。When当……时；While 一边……一边，强调动作的同时发生；Until直到……才；Since自从……以来；结合语境可知选A，当建筑者给你他的估价时，你可能想改变你的计划。
小题10:词义辨析。take 用于 it takes sb ... to do sth句型，仅指花费时间（three hours等），必须用it作形式主语；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；cost用于 sth costs sb sth，主语必须是物，多指花费金钱，少数情况可指花费时间、气力，有时表示成本的消耗；pay的基本用法是：(1) pay (sb.) money for sth. 付钱（给某人）买……。 (2)pay for sth. 付……的钱。 (3)pay for sb. 替某人付钱。(4)pay sb. 付钱给某人。本句主语为人，故选B。
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。个别小题可以当做单独的词义辨析题来做，区分词义，选出最能使语句通顺的答案。 |
举一反三
A 14-year-old boy from the USA was 1 as a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country．
Dean Bluey from Dallas，Texas，was a school boy who has much interest in computer．One day，he 2 an email to a friend on the Internet．Suddenly he received a message 3 “Help! Pain! Help!”．The message was from Finland，thounds of kilometers away from America．
“I didn"t know 4 I should do，” Dean said to a reporter afterwards．“It was really 5 to tell if the message was real．”So Dean did nothing at first. But the message kept coming．
By then it was easy to see that someone was in trouble,” Dean explained. He 6 and discovered that the sender was a student called Tarja, 7 was alone in a university library. She was ill. What was 8 , there was no phone around her. Her only way of communicating with the world was by email. Dean got in touch 9 the police immediately. And they realized that the situation was quite serious. They called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance rushed to the library. Luckily, she was still alive and was sent to the hospital quickly.“I"m glad she"s OK,” Dean said. “It"s hard to believe, but 10 saved her life.”
| 小题1: | | A．described | B．describing | C．looked | D．looking |
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| 小题2: | | A．sent | B．sends | C．was sending | D．is sending |
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| 小题3: | | A．talk | B．talking | C．say | D．saying |
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| 小题4: | | A．how | B．what | C．where | D．when |
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| 小题5: | | A．patient | B．painful | C．easy | D．difficult |
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| 小题6: | | A．telephoned | B．replied | C．found | D．talked |
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| 小题8: | | A．better | B．worse | C．harder | D．easier |
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| 小题10: | | A．a boy | B．doctors | C．the police | D．email |
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The idea of what shaking the head means is not always the same in different countries. Maybe some visitors would be surprised when they first came to India. When they talked to an Indian,he would often shake his head.The visitors might think that the Indian did not like what they said.But, in fact, they would be completely wrong.
Indians always shake their heads when they talk to others. It does not have the same meaning as our “No.” If someone wants to visit India, he should know this, or it will give him some trouble.
One day, a foreign officer went to India on business. He hired a car and an Indian to drive it. When he told his driver to send him to his office,the Indian shook his head at once.The officer said again,and the driver shook his head again. At last the offcer, of course,got angry.
“How dare you refuse my order?” he shouted. “Drive me to my office at once!”
The driver answered in quite loud voice,too. “Yes, sir!” But to the officer’s surprise, the driver shook his head at the same time.
The car started, and the foreign officer was now too surprised to say a word. He thought about it for a while, and with a smile, “No means Yes here!”
小题1:An Indian would shake his head when __________．| A．he didn’t want to say anything | | B．he agreed with others | | C．he talked to others | | D．other people were wrong |
小题2:The foreign officer was surprised that _________.| A．the driver could not understand him | | B．the driver refused his order | | C．the driver drove him to another place | | D．the driver shook his head as he said “Yes” |
小题3:The underlined word “Order” means .小题4:The sentence “No means Yes here” means .| A．in India the words Yes and No have the same meaning | | B．Indians shake heads when they agree with each other | | C．there is no difference between Yes and No | | D．we shake our heads to say No,not Yes as Indians do |
小题5:According to the passage，which of the following is NOT true?| A．Shaking the head doesn’t always have the same meaning in different countries． | | B．When an Indian shakes his head, he really means Yes． | | C．In India, the word No means Yes． | | D．In China shaking the head means No． |
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Once a beggar(乞丐) had walked about five miles in the hot sun. He was quite tired and wanted to 1 . As he came to a crossing, he saw a tall tree. On one side 2 the tree he saw a board(木牌). “Take This Road To Franklin” was written on the board.
“I will rest under the 3 ,” said the beggar. “I can lie on the board while I sleep.” As the beggar 4 , a doctor rode up to him. “Wake up, beggar!” said the doctor. “I am lost. Can you tell me 5 road to take to Franklin?” “It is too hot to think,” said the beggar. “Thinking is work in such a 6 day.” “Here is a dollar,” said the doctor, “now, will you think?” “Of course, I will, sir!” said the beggar, “ 7 that road to Franklin.” After a while, a driver stopped to 8 the beggar which road to take to Franklin. “You must give me a dollar,” said the beggar, “for me to start thinking.” The driver gave him a dollar. “Turn to the left,” the beggar said.
The beggar went back to 9 . Before long a farmer woke him up.
“Which is the road to Franklin?” he asked. The beggar got 10 dollar and the farmer went along the road.
“A doctor gets paid when he doctors.” said the beggar to himself, “A driver gets paid when he drives, and a farmer gets paid when he farms. But this time a beggar got paid, and all he did was thinking!”
| 小题4: | | A．thought | B．said | C．passed | D．slept |
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| 小题5: | | A．right | B．which | C．short | D．only |
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| 小题9: | | A．sleep | B．work | C．read | D．write |
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| 小题10: | | A．three | B．more | C．paid | D．another |
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When I was in primary school，I got into a major(主要的) argument with a boy in my class. I can"t 1 what it was about，but I have never forgotten the 2 I learned that day.
I was sure that I was right and he was wrong－and he strongly believed that I was wrong and he was right. The 3 decided to teach us a very important lesson. She 4 both of us up to the 5 of the class and placed him on one side of her desk and me on the other. In the 6 of her desk was a large，round object. I could 7 see that it was black. She asked the boy what 8 the object was. "White," he answered in a loud voice.
I couldn"t believe he said the object was white, 9 it was obviously black！Another 10 started between my classmate and me，this 11 about the color of the object.
The teacher told me to go stand where the boy was standing and told him to come stand where I had been. We changed 12 ，and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I 13 answer，"White." It was an object with two 14 colored sides，and from his side it was white. 15 from my side was it black.
My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day：You must stand in the other person"s shoes and look at the situation through their eyes in order to truly understand their view.
| 小题1: | | A．think | B．suppose | C．remind | D．remember |
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| 小题2: | | A．lesson | B．speech | C．class | D．text |
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| 小题3: | | A．officer | B．teacher | C．doctor | D．parent |
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| 小题4: | | A．told | B．came | C．brought | D．woke |
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| 小题5: | | A．back | B．front | C．middle | D．side |
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| 小题6: | | A．middle | B．way | C．front | D．back |
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| 小题7: | | A．happily | B．luckily | C．clearly | D．nearly |
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| 小题8: | | A．width | B．shape | C．color | D．size |
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| 小题9: | | A．when | B．unless | C．until | D．if |
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| 小题10: | | A．fight | B．argument | C．conversation | D．game |
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| 小题11: | | A．time | B．year | C．month | D．day |
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| 小题12: | | A．places | B．seats | C．attitudes | D．glasses |
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| 小题13: | | A．needed to | B．was able to | C．hoped to | D．had to |
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| 小题14: | | A．similarly | B．differently | C．beautifully | D．surprisingly |
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| 小题15: | | A．Still | B．Since | C．Only | D．Also |
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