Once there was an old farmer. He had a horse and the horse was almost as old as
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Once there was an old farmer. He had a horse and the horse was almost as old as himself. One morning he set out with his young son to sell the horse before it died. The father and the son walked because the farmer did not want the horse to be too tired（疲劳）. They met two men on the road. They said, “Why are you walking, farmer? You have a horse. It"s a long way to get to the market. ”The farmer knew that this was true, so he rode on the horse while his son walked. Then they met two old ladies. “What are you doing up there, farmer? Can"t you see how tired your son is? ”So the farmer got down, and let his son ride on it. Twenty minutes later, three old men stopped them. One said, “Why are you walking, farmer? Get up; it’s too hot for an old man like you to walk today. ”So the farmer got up behind his son and they went on riding. Some time later, a young woman passed them. “Why aren"t you walking?”She asked, “It isn"t far to the market. Give your poor old horse a rest. ” So the farmer and his son got down once again. It is a fact that you cannot please all the people all the time.
小题1:The farmer was ____. | A．nearly the same age as his horse | B．almost always older than his horse | | C．not quite as old as his horse | D．a little older than his horse |
小题2:The two men on the road ____. | A．asked how far it was to the market | | B．said they thought the horse looked very tired | | C．asked why the farmer was not riding on his horse | | D．told the farmer"s son to get off the horse and walk |
小题3:The two old ladies said it was wrong for ____.| A．the farmer to ride such a tired horse | | B．the farmer to ride while his young son walked | | C．the boy to ride instead of his father | | D．only one person to ride such a long way |
小题4:The farmer got up behind his son because ____. | A．the old man said nothing. | | B．the three old men stopped them on the road | | C．he did not know why he was walking | | D．his son could not ride the horse by himself |
小题5:What did the writer really want to tell us? | A．The old man was a fool | | B．The horse was old and was going to die | | C．It is right to listen to others | | D．It is impossible for a man to make everyone satisfied（满意）all the time. |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:B
小题5:D |
解析
讲述的是父子骑马的故事。
小题1:由第一句描述’Once there was an old farmer. He had a horse and the horse was almost as old as himself.”可知答案为A
小题2:由文章中“They met two men on the road. They said, “Why are you walking, farmer? You have a horse. It"s a long way to get to the market.”可以推断答案为C
小题3:由文章中“Then they met two old ladies. “What are you doing up there, farmer? Can"t you see how tired your son is? ”So the farmer got down, and let his son ride on it. Twenty minutes later”可知答案为B
小题4:由文章中“Twenty minutes later, three old men stopped them. One said, “Why are you walking, farmer? Get up; it’s too hot for an old man like you to walk today. ”So the farmer got up behind his son and they went on riding.”可知答案答案：B
小题5:纵观本文可知答案为D |
举一反三
John and Henry studied in the same school. John lived in fear of Henry — every day he gave his lunch money to Henry, but Henry still beat (揍) him up. He said that if John told anyone he would beat him up in front of all the other kids in his class. John had to ask his mom for more and more lunch money, but he seemed 1 than ever and came home from school hungry every day.
John even cried one day, and a girl told everyone that he was just like a baby and had cried. John was 2 and felt so bad about himself and about school.
One day, John met Jimmy, a boy 3 also had to give his lunch money to Henry. John told Jimmy how he 4 bullying (欺侮), and found that Jimmy felt the same. They finally thought of a good way of dealing with their 5 .
The following day, Henry came to John to ask him for his lunch money.
“I don’t want to give my money to you,” said John.
“What?” Henry shouted.
John said 6 , “I want to have my lunch today, and you, get away (滚开)!”
“You want to get beaten up?!”
Just then Henry’s fist (拳头) was hitting John’s face, they heard 7 shout, “Stop!” Henry was very angry to hear that. He turned around 8 found that his teacher Ms Brown was standing just behind him. He felt very surprised. Jimmy had taken Ms. Brown to John’s class and she 9 the bullying with her own eyes. Henry was taken to the head teacher’s office. 10 that, he never bullied others again. John and Jimmy helped not only themselves but Henry and other kids.
| 小题1: | | A．better | B．thinner | C．heavier | D．happier |
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| 小题2: | | A．embarrassed | B．excited | C．relaxed | D．pleased |
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| 小题4: | | A．liked | B．suggested | C．appreciated | D．hated |
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| 小题5: | | A．accident | B．task | C．trouble | D．friendship |
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| 小题6: | | A．strongly | B．politely | C．sincerely | D．fortunately |
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| 小题7: | | A．nobody | B．anyone | C．everybody | D．someone |
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| 小题9: | | A．listened | B．saw | C．looked | D．heard |
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| 小题10: | | A．Before | B．Behind | C．After | D．Except |
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When Jack was very young, he played a lot of football and he was very 1 at it. But then he went and worked in a town and there was no team for him, so he stopped 2 .Then he began to get rather 3 . So he thought, “ I’ve stopped playing football, and now I’m getting fat. 4 am I going to do?” He thought about it for 5 . And then he said to himself,” I know , I’ll play tennis.”
He had a few lessons and then played for a few months. He met a nice girl ___6___ the tennis club one day, and they played a game of tennis against ___7___ young man and woman. Jack played very badly and was very 8 with himself.” I’ve never played as badly as this before,” he said to the girl, “Oh, ” she said ,” you 9 how to play tennis?” After that the girl taught him how to play tennis when she was free. And Jack ___10___ in love with her day by day. Now she becomes Jack’s wife. How amazing it is!
| 小题1: | | A．better | B．best | C．good | D．well |
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| 小题2: | | A．working | B．playing | C．studying | D．watching |
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| 小题3: | | A．fat | B．angry | C．short | D．tall |
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| 小题5: | | A．many years | B．quite a few years | C．about ten years | D．a few days |
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| 小题8: | | A．surprised | B．angry | C．interested | D．pleased |
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| 小题9: | | A．don’t know | B．know | C．didn’t know | D．knew |
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| 小题10: | | A．fall | B．fell | C．feel | D．falls |
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Jane was not a good student. Her head was in the clouds(处于幻想之中) most of the time. She wanted to listen in class, but other things seemed more important: her clothes, her hairstyle, films and television. Many times she tried to work hard at her lessons, but soon she became absent-minded.
One day, her math teacher gave the class an important lesson and told her students that there would be a test the next week. She helped them review all the week. Jane seemed to listen in class, but her mind went away again.
The day of the test arrived. Jane couldn’t answer many of the questions on the exam. Mike, a very hard-working student, sat next to Jane. So Jane decided to copy his. Mike was very angry when he found Jane was copying his answers. He changed all his answers so that they were not right. Before the bell rang, Mike quickly changed his answers back into right ones. After the test, Mike turned to Jane and said, “ All those answers you copied from my paper are wrong.”
小题1:Jane thought a lot of things EXCEPT ________.| A．her clothes | B．her study | | C．films and television | D．her hairstyle |
小题2:The math teacher helped her students review for a week because ________.| A．there would be an English test | | B．there would be an important lesson | | C．she wanted her students to study hard. | | D．she wanted them to pass the math test. |
小题3:Jane couldn’t answer many of the questions on the exam because _______.| A．her mind was not in the study most of the time | | B．she was not clever. | | C．she always slept in class. | | D．she didn’t know how to study |
小题4:Mike was angry when he ________.| A．was changing all his answers | | B．failed the math test | | C．found Jane was copying | | D．found Jane copying the wrong answers |
小题5:Which of the following is right?| A．Jane copied the wrong answers. | | B．Mike couldn’t answer the questions | | C．Jane sat before Mike. | | D．Jane tried her best in the exam. |
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Do you still remember the disaster(灾难)several years ago? In Indonesia (印度尼西亚) thousands of people were killed by the tsunami(海啸) that washed people out to sea and pulled children out of their parents’ arms. “The weather was fine with no clouds .There was no warning and suddenly the sea water just hit the city. In some parts the water was as high as two meters.” a man in the city said. “Sadli, an official at the hospital, said many of the dead in the city were children under the age of ten.” “Maybe the children were being carried by their hold but they fell over in the water and couldn’t hold on to their children .All the dead children drawed.” said Sadli. Officials said hundreds of houses had been swept away the force (力量) of five –meter –high waves across Aceh, which lies on the northern tip (末端)of Sumatra Island . “Tens of people saw the rushing water and didn’t run to high ground .Instead, they kept watching it .Several of my workmates are missing.” Lelana said by telephone.
小题1:According to the passage, ______were missing in the tsunami.| A．some officials | | B．some of Sadli’s friends | | C．some children under the age of ten | | D．some of Lelana’s workmates |
小题2:In the tsunami, ____ _swept away hundreds of houses.| A．huge waves | B．strong winds | | C．heavy rain | D．rushing river water |
小题3:“…. There was no warning and suddenly the sea water was as high as two meters.”“Warning”here means ________.
A. 预兆 B. 借鉴 C 教导 D 教训
小题4:“…but they fell over in the water and couldn’t hold on to their children.”
“They”here refers to ______.
A. officials B children
C. the dead D. the children’s parents
小题5:Some people saw the rushing water and didn’t run to high grounds because _____.| A．they couldn’t run fast | | B．the ground was too high to reach | | C．they didn’t know they were in danger | | D．the rushing water stopped them from running. |
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“ Tell me what you are going to do __1_ Sunday morning, Mike.” Mr. Zhang asks, “I’m going to see ___2_ new film. It’s an English film ___3___ the life of the students in America. Bill tells me it’s ____4___ interesting.”
“ After seeing the film, what are you going to do?” Mr. Zhang wants ___5___ . “ I’m going to read Chinese.” Mike says. “Do you like it?” asks Mr. Zhang. “Chinese is not ___6__ for me, but I like it very much. I’m going _7__ hard at it. After lunch I’m going to do my homework. I think I _8___ do it better than before.” “Then, __9 ___ about Sunday evening?” Mr. Zhang asks, “After supper I’m going to help Han Mei _10_ her English. She wants my help.” Mike says.
“You are going to have a busy day, aren’t you?” says Mr. Zhang.
| 小题5: | | A．know | B．knowing | C．knows | D．to know |
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| 小题6: | | A．easy | B．difficult | C．good | D．bad |
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| 小题7: | | A．to working | B．work | C．to works | D．to work |
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