阅读下面一篇短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。In America, where labor（劳工） costs are
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阅读下面一篇短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。
In America, where labor（劳工） costs are so high, "do-it-yourself" is a way of life. Many people 31 their own cars, build their own garages, and even rebuild their own houses. 32 many of them will also write their own books. In Hollywood there is a 33 that publishes（出版）children"s books with the help of computers. 34 other book companies also publish that way, this company is not like the others. It 35 the reader to become the main character with the help of computers. Here is 36 they do it. Let us suppose a child is named Hody. The computer uses this information to make up a story 37 pictures. The story is then printed up. "This book is about me," a child who 38 such a book might say. So the company is called "Me-Books Publishing Company".
39 like me-books because they like to see in print their own names, their pictures, and the names of their friends and their pets. But more 40 , in this way, readers are much more interested in reading the stories. Me-books are helping children to learn how to read.
| 小题1: | | A．make | B．build | C．buy | D．repair |
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| 小题2: | | A．Otherwise | B．Only | C．Once | D．Soon. |
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| 小题3: | | A．director | B．person | C．company | D．computer. |
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| 小题4: | | A．However | B．Although | C．That | D．Unless. |
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| 小题5: | | A．allows | B．hates | C．hires | D．pays. |
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| 小题7: | | A．with | B．about | C．for | D．except |
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| 小题8: | | A．prints | B．borrows | C．sells | D．receives. |
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| 小题9: | | A．Writes | B．Children | C．Companies | D．Friends |
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| 小题10: | | A．impossible | B．imaginative | C．important | D．inactive. |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:A
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:D
小题9:B
小题10:C |
解析
试题分析：
小题1:．由于美国劳工成本高，所以美国人亲自做事是他们生活的方式，许多人自己修车，建车库，甚至是重建他们自己的房屋，故本题的空格根据句意应该填repair，故本题的空格选D。
小题2:本句的含义为以后他们中有许多人将会写他们自己的书，表示将来，意思为很快或不久可用soon来表示，故本题的空格处选D。
小题3:本句后面提到公司，所以本句的含义为在好莱坞有一个出版儿童书的公司，company表示公司的意思，故本题选C。
小题4:本句的含义为虽然别的书籍公司也是以这种方式来出版书籍，但这个公司与别的公司不同，它可以是读者成为主角，表示让步可用although表示虽然的意思，故本题选B。
小题5:本句的含义是在电脑的帮助下，这个公司可以使读者成为书的主角，allow sb to do表示使某人做某事，故本题选A。
小题6:本句的含义是下面谈论的是如何把自己变成书的主角，how表示方式，故本题选B。
小题7:本句的含义是电脑根据信息使用图片编造故事，with可以表示用的意思，故本题选A。
小题8:书是关于我的，所以接受到书的孩子们可以把此公司叫做我书出版公司，receive表示接受的意思，故本题选D。
小题9:孩子们喜欢我书出版公司是由于书中是关于自己和朋友们的有关情况，根据句意本空应填孩子们的单词children，故本题选B
小题10:本句的含义为更重要的是，通过这种方式，读者对看这样的故事更加感兴趣，重要的比较级为更重要的more important，故本题选C。
点评：本文谈论了美国劳工成本高，通常自己完成生活中的许多琐事，同时主要谈论了新类别出版公司，用电脑制作有关自己的书，提出它与其它书籍的不同，以及读者对它喜爱的原因。阅读本文时，我们可以根据我书出版公司各方面的内容通读全篇，把握文章的内容。 |
举一反三
阅读下面短文，判断下列句子是否符合短文的内容，符合的用“A”表示，不符合的用“B”表示。
Travelling has been popular with people for a long time. Many of today’s travellers are trying to find an unusual experience or adventure. Hiking may be a good choice.
Instead of spending your vacation on a bus, in a hotel or sitting on the beach, you may want to try hiking. Hiking is a great way to travel. You will get close to nature and take exercise at the same time. Hiking is easy to do and doesn’t have to be very expensive. You can hike close to home or travel to other places. The basic equipment（设备）you need for hiking is simple: good shoes, clothes and a backpack. You can hike in the mountain, in a forest or along a river. You can also go for a hike in the city.
Hiking is fun and exciting, but you shouldn’t forget safety. Here are some basic tips for successful hiking:
﹡Don’t hike alone.
﹡Bring water, a good map and a cellphone.
﹡Wear a hat to protect yourself from the sun.
小题1:Hiking is a good way to get close to nature.
小题2:Good shoes, clothes and a backpack are the basic equipment for hiking.
小题3: People can only hike in the mountain, in a forest or along a river.
小题4:Hiking is always fun, exciting and safe
小题5: You’d better go hiking with others. |
When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings. Sometimes she said I was thin. Sometimes she said I was lazy. Sometimes she said I wasn’t a good student. Sometimes she said I talked too much, and so on. I tried to put up with(忍受) her as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me quietly, and then he asked, “Are the things she said true or not? Mary, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like? Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.” I did as he told me and to my surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true.
I brought the list back to my dad. He refused to take it. “That’s just for you,” he said. “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be helpful to you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you think is right.”
Many years have passed. The situation often appears in my mind. In our life we often meet with some trouble and we often go to someone and ask for advice. For some advice you will treasure(珍惜) all your life!
小题1:What did the writer’s father do after he heard her complaints(抱怨)?| A．He agreed with her “enemy”. | | B．he let her continue to put up with her “enemy”. | | C．He told her to write down all her “enemy” had said about her. | | D．He told her not to pay attention to what her “enemy” had said. |
小题2:The writer felt ____ when she did the things as her father had told her.| A．surprised | B．angry | C．disappointed | D．sad |
小题3:Which of the following can we know from the passage?| A．The “enemy” thought the writer was pretty. | | B．The “enemy” thought the writer studied hard. | | C．The writer and her “enemy” became best friends at last. | | D．The writer is grateful to her father. |
小题4:Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?| A．My Parents | | B．A Serious Criticism(批评) | | C．What People Say About You Is Always Right | | D．The Best Advice I Ever Had |
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Malls are popular places for Americans to go. Some people spend so much time at malls that they are called “mall rats（老鼠）”. Mall rats shop until they drop in the hundreds of stores.
People like malls for many reasons. They feel safe because malls have police stations. Parking is usually free, and the weather inside is always fine. The newest malls have beautiful rest places with waterfalls and large green trees.
The largest mall in the United States is the Mall of America in Minnesota. It covers 4. 2 million square feet（英尺）. It has 350 stores, eight nightclubs, and a large park! There are parking spaces for 12,750 cars. About 750,000 people shop there every week.
The first indoor mall in the United States was built in 1965 in Edina Minnesota. People love doing all their shopping in one place. More malls are built around the country. Now malls are like town centers where people come to do many things. They shop, of course, they also eat in food courts（广场）that have food from all over the world. They see films at theaters. Some people even get their exercise by doing the new sport of “mall walking”. Others go to malls to meet friends.
In some malls, people can see a doctor and even go to the church. In other words, people can do just about everything in malls. Now people can live in their favorite shopping center in fact.
小题1:Here “mall” means “ ”.| A．a large park | B．a big church | C．a square | D．a shopping center |
小题2:The largest mall in the United States .| A．was built in 1965 | B．has 12,750 cars in it | | C．has 350 shops in it | D．can hold 750,000 people |
小题3:The writer .| A．thinks malls make people’s life easier | | B．likes to live in his favorite malls | | C．is called “mall rats” by others | | D．often goes to the church in malls |
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Saturday morning was bright and fresh. There was a song in every heart, cheer on every face, and a spring in every step.
Tom appeared with a bucket（桶）of white paint in one hand and a brush in the other. His Aunt Polly told him to paint the fence（篱笆）around the garden. It was ninety feet long and nine feet high. He felt very blue.
Then he had a wonderful idea. He picked up his brush and started to work.
Soon Ben came along the road. He was happily eating an apple. He stopped to look at Tom. Tom went on painting and pretended（假装）not to see Ben.
“I’m going swimming,” said Ben. “Do you want to go swimming, Tom? But I guess you can’t. You have to stay and work, don’t you?”
“Work?” Tom said. “This isn’t work. I’m enjoying myself. Does a boy get a chance to paint a fence like this every day?”
Ben thought about this. Tom continued painting carefully. Sometimes he stopped, stood back to look at the fence like an artist, and then added（增加）a bit more paint in just the right place. Ben was watching Tom paint with great interest. He was getting more and more eager（渴望的）to have a try himself.
After a while, Ben asked Tom if he would let him paint a little. Tom thought about it, and said, “No, Ben, I can’t. You see. Aunt Polly wants it to be done well. Aunt Polly said that I must paint it with great care.”
“Oh, please, Tom,” begged Ben. “I can do it. I’ll be really careful. Just let me try. I’ll give you half of my apple. Well, I’ll give you all of it!”
“Well, all right, Ben,” said Tom. “You must be very careful.”
He gave Ben his brush with worry on his face but joy in his heart. He sat down under the tree, and started to eat Ben’s apple. All day, boys came to make fun of Tom, but they ended up staying to paint. When Ben got tired, Billy was waiting. He gave Tom a kite for a chance to paint. Then Johnny offered him a basketball, and so on.
By late afternoon Tom had got all kinds of toys, and the fence had got three coats of paint. Later Aunt Polly came to look at the painted fence. She was so pleased with Tom’s work that she gave Tom a large cake!
小题1:Why did Tom pretend not to see Ben when he came and watched him painting? | A．He saw Ben eating an apple happily. | | B．He tried to make Ben interested in it. | | C．He didn’t want to go swimming with Ben at all. | | D．He didn’t want Ben to share the chance to paint the fence. |
小题2:What does the underlined word “spring” probably mean in Chinese? 小题3:What do you think of Tom? | A．Honest. | B．Smart. | C．Shy. | D．Stubborn. |
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If you could see a movie of your life before you lived it, would you want to live it? Probably not. The excitement of living is that you don’t know what’s coming.
Sure, it’s hard to see uncertainty in such positive（积极的）light when you’re out of work, or when you feel like you’re failing. But uncertainty is really another word for chance.
When Allison graduated from Harvard, she had chances all over the place but had no idea what she wanted to do. She took a job in consulting（咨询）, but she knew she wouldn’t stay there. She took the GRE and scored so high that she was able to increase her income（收入）by teaching students. Still, she didn’t think she wanted to go to graduate school. Allison knew she wasn’t doing what she wanted, but she didn’t know what she wanted.
She worried. All her friends were going to graduate school or starting their own businesses. She was lost and felt that she would never find anything out. After six years, Allison, by having a general（全面的）plan in mind, got married, moved to the Midwest, and used her consulting experience to get a great job. Allison realized that she spent her years finding her way: time well spent, and time we must all take if we’re being honest with ourselves.
The only way to lead an interesting life is to face uncertainty and make a choice. Otherwise your life is not your own—it is a path someone else has chosen. Moments of uncertainty are when you create your life, when you become who you are. Uncertainty usually begins with a job hunt, but it doesn’t end there. Every new role we take on means another round of uncertainty. Instead of fearing it, you should find some ways to deal with uncertainty.
小题1:From the first two paragraphs, we can learn that .| A．being out of work is a sad thing | | B．uncertainty is what makes life interesting | | C．life in a film is more exciting than real life | | D．chance never appears when we need it |
小题2:What troubles Allison after graduation?| A．She couldn’t find a well-paid job. | | B．She had no money to start a business. | | C．She was not sure what to do. | | D．She didn’t score high enough for graduate school. |
小题3:How did Allison feel about her six years’ working experience?| A．Uncertain. | B．Amazed. | C．Sorry. | D．Satisfied. |
小题4:What may be discussed in the following paragraph?| A．How to deal with uncertainty. | | B．What role uncertainty plays in life. | | C．Why people fear uncertainty. | | D．Whom to go to when facing uncertainty. |
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