I live with my grandmother in a Beijing yard house. One day last year, I was sur
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I live with my grandmother in a Beijing yard house. One day last year, I was surprised to see a big foreigner coming out of the house next door to ours. He was very tall with short brown hair and a pair of glasses.
The first time I saw him, I was too shy to speak to him. “My English is too poor!” I thought. My grandmother told me that he had just moved into our yard. “I don’t like it!” she said. “Foreigners aren’t like us. Maybe he’ll play loud music and parties every night! I’m sure he’s going to cause trouble.”
Several days later, I met the foreigner as I was walking home after work. “Hello!” he said (in Chinese！). “My name’s Tony. I’ve just moved into the house next door to yours.” While I was wondering what to say, he continued, “There’s a nice bar down the road. Why don’t you and your family come and have dinner with me?” “Bars are bad places,” said my grandmother when I told her, but we decided to go.
The bar was not at all what I had expected. It was in a beautiful little yard house, with several large bookshelves and pictures of Tibet on the walls. Several Chinese people and foreigners were sitting drinking or reading books. I noticed that some of the foreigners were speaking Chinese in a low voice to each other! “Oh, what a civilized place!” my grandmother exclaimed.
The bar served special “hutong pizzas”. As we ate, Tony told us about himself-he is an English expert in environment. He always likes to be quiet. My grandmother said to me, “He really seems like a very nice young man.”
小题1:When the writer first saw the foreigners, she______.| A．was frightened to him | | B．wanted to practice English with him | | C．felt too shy to speak to him | | D．hoped to invite the foreigner to the bar |
小题2:From the sentence “Bar are bad places”, we can know that the grandmother______.| A．was very excited | B．didn’t go to the bar | | C．didn’t like bars | D．was angry with Tony |
小题3:What’s the meaning of the word “civilized” in the passage?小题4:Which of the following sentence is Not true?| A．Tony made a lot of noise every night. | | B．Tony was an English expert in environment. | | C．There were some foreigners speaking Chinese in the bar. | | D．The grandmother thought Tony might cause some trouble. |
小题5:The best title for this story is______.| A．A Bar in Tibet | | B．A Foreigner in Beijing | | C．Bars are Bad Places | | D．Foreigners Like Bars |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:A
小题5:B |
解析
小题1:根据文章内容I was surprised to see a big foreigner coming out of the house next door to ours.可知答案为C
小题2:根据文章内容While I was wondering what to say, he continued, “There’s a nice bar down the road. Why don’t you and your family come and have dinner with me?” “Bars are bad places,” said my grandmother when I told her, but we decided to go.可知答案为C
小题3:根据单词的意思和语境，可知答案为A
小题4:根据文章内容大意，可知答案为A
小题5:根据文章内容大意，可知答案为B |
举一反三
As a girl, I"ve spent a great deal of my time on earth concerned about my weight. So I do know something about exercise. Let me tell you about the calorie-burning activities I"ve tried or will try.
Salsa (萨尔萨舞)
I try to maintain my weight through dancing. Dancing improves my coordination and sense of rhythm in addition to burning calories. I"m personally interested in salsa, which I find sexy and expressive(有表现力的). But I have not yet to start classes, because classes are very expensive, and I cannot find a dance partner.
Ping-Pong
Ping-pong is the national sport of China, so how could I know nothing about it?
My father is a ping-pong fan, and a really good player. He"s won several informal (非正式的) matches. My relationship with ping-pong has always been on-and-off. I"ll get into it for a while, and then lose interest. The reason is because I can’t find a good partner. Some stronger can depress you, while someone weaker (or just as weak) can make the game boring.
Tae Kwon Do （跆拳道）
I"ve recently decided to try tae kwon do as my regular exercise activity. There’s a story behind this choice: A few weeks ago, I was sitting on a bus, concentrating on a book. Suddenly, the bus became very quiet except for the sound of a woman’s crying. I looked up to see what had happened and overheard whispers that she had just quarreled with a man, and the man slapped(拍打) her face. No one on the bus dared say anything because the man looked really strong. Even now I feel ashamed I was among the silent.
That’s why I"ve made up my mind to learn something that will help me protect others and myself.
小题1:We can guess that the girl is _____ according to the passage.| A．too thin | B．a little fat | C．careful | D．brave |
小题2:Why doesn’t the girl want to go to learn salsa?| A．The dance is too difficult to learn. | | B．Nobody wants to dance with her. | | C．She has no time to join the classes. | | D．She finds it sexy and expressive. |
小题3:She is interested in ping-pong because ________.| A．she can play it well | | B．it is the national sport | | C．her father plays it well | | D．she finds a good partner |
小题4:She has made up her mind to learn Tae Kwon Do mainly because______.| A．she wants to lose weight | | B．she wants to protect others and herself | | C．she wants to win some matches | | D．she wants to beat a strong man |
小题5:We can learn from the passage that________.| A．the girl has learnt salsa for a long time | | B．the girl has played ping-pong many times | | C．the girl was brave enough to beat the man | | D．she has learnt tae kwon do well |
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A woman repeated a bit of gossip（流言） about a neighbor. Within a few days, the whole village knew the story. The person she talked about was deeply hurt and angry.
Later, the woman spreading the rumor（谣言） learned that it was completely untrue. She was very sorry and went to a wise man to find out what she could do to repair the harm.
"Go to the marketplace," he said, "buy a chicken, and have it killed. Then on your way home, pick its feathers and drop them one by one along the road." Although surprised by this advice, the woman did what she was told.
The next day the wise man said, "Now, go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring them back to me."
The woman followed the same road, but she was so discouraged when she found the wind had blown the feathers all away. After searching for hours, she returned with only three in her hand.
"You see," said the wise man, "it"s easy to drop them, but it is impossible to get them all back. So it is the same with gossip. It doesn"t take much to spread a rumor, but once you do, you can never completely undo（ 弥补） the wrong."
小题1:Why did the the woman feel sorry ?| A．She didn’t know the story. | | B．She hurt her neighbor deeply. | | C．She was hurt deeply. | | D．She was told an untrue story. |
小题2:What did the wise man tell the women to do?| A．Kill a chicken. | | B．Drop the feathers of a chicken. | | C．Collect the feathers of a chicken. | | D．All above. |
小题3:The underlined word “discouraged” might mean .| A．surprised | B．excited | C．upset | D．pleased |
小题4:Which of the following statements is true?| A．The gossip didn’t hurt anyone at all. | | B．The wise man was not kind enough. | | C．All the feathers had been blown away. | | D．The woman was given a lesson. |
小题5:What the wise man said has nearly the same meaning as the Chinese phrase______.| A．覆水难收 | B．欲速不达 | C．无中生有 | D．得道多助 |
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Sally was a student. It was going to be her mother’s birthday. She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not expensive.
A week before her mother’s birthday, she went shopping after a quick and simple lunch. When she had been looking for half an hour, she found a shop that was selling cheep umbrellas（伞）, and decided to take a black one, since her mother had lost hers the month before.
She thought, “You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color.” So she decided to buy a lovely black umbrella and took it back to school with her until her classes had finished.
On her way back home in the train that evening, she felt hungry because she had such a small lunch that she went along to the buffet car（餐车） for another sandwich and cup of coffee. She had left the black umbrella above her seat in the compartment（车厢）, but when she got back, it had gone! When she had left the compartment, there had been no other passengers（乘客） in it, but now there were three.
Sally began to cry when she saw that the umbrella was no longer there. The other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what the matter was. She told them that the black umbrella she had bought for her mother was gone, and that she had to get out at the next station. After the three other passengers heard it, they asked her for her mother’s address so that they could sent the umbrella to her if someone had taken it by mistake and brought it back after Sally had got out of the train.
The next week, Sally heard from her mother. It said, “Thank you very much for your lovely presents, but why did you send me three black umbrellas?”
小题1:Which of the following is the best for the sentence “You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color?”| A．You can carry it when you are wearing any clothes. | | B．Any color of your clothes will be all right. | | C．The umbrella will be OK for your clothes in any colors. | | D．You can take any clothes that you like to wear. |
小题2:What does the story infer（推断）?| A．Her mother would write to her if she didn’t receive the presents. | | B．The three umbrella were sent by the girl. | | C．Only four people had ever been to the compartment. | | D．Nobody brought the umbrella back. |
小题3:How many umbrellas did Sally’s mother get at last?| A．No. | B．Only one. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
小题4:The best name of the story is ________.| A．A Lucky Girl | B．The Missing Umbrella | | C．A Happy Mother | D．Mother’s Present |
小题5:What does the writer want to tell us?| A．You should take care of your things when you are traveling. | | B．Show your love to others, and they will bring you love. | | C．Children should often come back to see their parents. | | D．It’s no use crying when you are in trouble. |
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There are many kinds of cars in this world. My grandfather thinks this is because cars are like their drivers. He says, “Rich people have expensive cars, big people have large cars, and old people drive old cars.” But I don’t agree with him.
My neighbor, Mrs. Hill, is 82 years old. She drives only on Tuesday, and then she drives only to the bank. She never drives more than 30 kilometers an hour. Do you think Mrs. Hill has a very old and small car? No! Her car is new. It’s very large, and it can go 200 kilometers an hour!
My friend Mike is an artist. He paints beautiful pictures with lots of colors. But his car is black. Mrs. Bates has a very, very old car. It often has some trouble. Does she drive that kind of car because she is poor? No, she has four restaurants and two million dollars in the bank. My uncle Joe has a very small car. Every Sunday, he drives to the country with his wife, his three children, his mother and his dog.
Now, you have read about my friends and their cars. Do you agree with my grandfather? Maybe you have a car. Does it say something about you?
小题1:The writer’s grandfather thinks ___.| A．a person has the same kind of car as himself (herself) | | B．different people have cars of the same kind | | C．poor people have large cars | | D．artists have black cars |
小题2:Mrs. Bates has an old car ___.| A．because she is poor | | B．because she is rich | | C．because she likes old cars | | D．and the passage doesn’t tell us why |
小题3:Though Uncle Joe has a very small car, ___.| A．he has a dog | | B．he has a large family | | C．he has no children | | D．he has few members in his family |
小题4:The writer’s friend Mike paints ___.| A．pictures in black | | B．colorful pictures | | C．colorless pictures | | D．pictures with only a few colors |
小题5:The writer thinks ___.| A．his grandfather’s idea about cars is right | | B．cars are often the same as their drivers in many ways | | C．artists shouldn’t drive black cars | | D．a car doesn’t say anything about its owner |
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From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and weekends they are free and 31 themselves. Some watch television or go to the cinema, others take part in sports. This is decided by their own 32 .
There are many different ways to spend our free time.
Almost everyone has some kind of 33 : it may be something from collecting stamps to ____34___ model planes. Some hobbies are very 35 , but others don’t cost anything at all. Some collections are worth(值得…的) 36 of money, others are valuable(有价值的) only to their owners.
I know a man who has a coin collection worth several 37 dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare(罕见的)fifty-cent piece which 38 him $250! He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600 of them, but I wonder(怀疑) if they are worth any money. However, 39 my brother they are quite valuable.
40 makes him happier than to find a new match box for his collection.
| 小题1: | | A．love | B．work | C．enjoy | D．Play |
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| 小题2: | | A．lives | B．interests | C．jobs | D．things |
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| 小题4: | | A．make | B．making | C．makes | D．made |
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| 小题5: | | A．interesting | B．exciting | C．cheap | D．expensive |
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| 小题6: | | A．a little | B．a few | C．a lot | D．a number |
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| 小题7: | | A．thousand | B．thousands | C．thousands of | D．thousand of |
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| 小题8: | | A．paid | B．cost | C．took | D．spend |
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| 小题10: | | A．Everything | B．Anything | C．Nothing | D．Something |
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