阅读理解 John Carlin was a "jack-of-all-trades." He was an artist and writer. He
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John Carlin was a "jack-of-all-trades." He was an artist and writer. He taught himself five foreign languages. He
was a leader among the deaf. John Carlin"s father was a poor shoemaker. John did not need to do things that other
children of his age had to do. John showed his talent for drawing early in life. He often drew pictures on the floor
with chalk. John worked as a house painter when he was 12. His days were busy with work. However, he taught
himself foreign languages at night. When he was 20, he went to New York to learn drawing. When he ran out of
his money, he went to work again. But he would return to learn drawing whenever he could afford it.
John was the first person to receive an honorary degree(荣誉学位) from Gallaudet. He beat all difficulties and
became a successful American. |
| 1. The underlined phrase "jack-of-all-trades" may mean "__________" in Chinese. |
A. 多面手
B. 生意经
C. 工作狂
D. 守财奴 |
| 2. John Carlin ________when he was young. |
A. worked hard at school
B. learned five languages at school
C. didn"t go to school
D. walked around after school |
| 3. John showed his talent for drawing __________. |
A. before 12 years old
B. at the age of 12
C. when he was 20
D. in his early thirties |
| 4. John went to New York to learn drawing with money __________. |
A. donated(捐赠) by an organization
B. by selling his paintings
C. that his parents gave him
D. that he earned by himself |
| 5. "Gallaudet" in the last paragraph is probably the name of __________. |
A. a college
B. a hospital
C. a man
D. a factory |
答案
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Museums are often 1 interesting and beautiful things, but in most museums you can only look at the
things there, you can"t touch them. This is not very 2 for most of us. People want to touch things. They
want to use them and 3 them. That is 4 we learn about things. If we are interested in 5 ,we
learn about it 6 . But some museums are quite different. For example, at the Boston 7 Museum
in Boston, young people can use computers and other modern machines. They can also move and play
games there. 8 this kind of museum. boys and girls feel very happy. They can 9 a lot 10 the
same time. |
( )1. A. full of
( )2. A. interested
( )3. A. play
( )4. A. how
( )5. A. anything
( )6. A. much easily
( )7. A. Child"s
( )8. A. In
( )9. A. look at
( )10. A. from | B. full with
B. interesting
B. play together
B. why
B. something
B. much easier
B. Children"s
B. At
B. see
B. at | C. filled of
C. interest
C. play for
C. where
C. nothing
C. more easily
C. Childs"
C. Into
C. watch
C. in | D. fill with
D. interests
D. play with
D. when
D. all thing
D. more easier
D. Childrens
D. For
D. learn
D. of |
| 阅读下面短文，用所给词的适当形式填空 |
Dear mom,
I"m having a great time in Hong Kong, although I have to be honest and say that I prefer Shanghai. Still, it"s a
great place (1)__________(visit) and I"m (2)__________(luck) to be here for my six-month English course. My
accommodation is with an English family. They are (3)__________(friend) to me. We are getting on well with each
other. By the way, my host family (4)__________(take) me to an Indian film festival next weekend.
There are so many things (5)__________(see) and to do here. Every day I have many (6)__________(activity)
which take place after class. I can (7)__________(take) trips to the beaches, Disneyland and soon I can also go to
various (8)__________(shop) centres, sports centres, cinemas and concerts.
There are lots of different kinds of food here. Last night I (9)__________(go) for Italian food before the concert.
Do you like it? I don"t know what (10)__________(try) next.
Recently I (11)__________(make) progress with my speaking and listening skills. My host family also teaches
me something about English culture.
In general, I (12)__________(have) a good time, but I miss you very much.
Yours,
Li Feng |
| 阅读下面短文,用所给词的适当形式填空,必要时可加助动词。 |
Rose is one of the 1__________(funny) girls in her class. She looks like a boy, and she is good at
2_______(perform). So she 3__________(choose) to play Harry Potter by her classmates last week.
She said 4______(happy), "I"m sure that I am able 5____(do) the job well because I 6__________
(see) the movie many times already."
Dick, one of Rose"s best classmates, is also an actor in the play. He 7___________(like) to perform
the play with Rose. He said, "We are confident that we 8__________(do) well in our school art festival
next week."
Mrs. Smith, their teacher, _9________(pay) much attention to their play. She often 10__________
(encourage) them. Yesterday afternoon when she 11___________(watch) their performance, she
12________(take) photos of them. |
| 阅读下面的短文，用括号内所给的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词。请将答案填写在文后相应的横线上。 |
"For those who 1 (never be) to Tibet, Tibet is a dream ; for me, Tibet is a memory." said Li Wan,
a graduate from Zhongshan University.
Ms. Li became 2 (interest) in Tibet after having worked in a company for less than three months.
Since 1998, Li has been spending 3 (much) of her time on the challenge-she 4 (get) to almost every corner of Tibet.
Li"s 5 (one) trip to Tibet was only out of her loving freedom. She entered Tibet along the
Yunnan-Tibetan road. Although she couldn"t say a word of Tibetan language, this did not really prevent
her from 6 ( talk) with local people 7 (success). "To me, they are free, 8 (friend), happy and close
to nature. People should live in this way, singing while 9 ( work), dancing while living," Li said. Li 10 (describe) Tibet in words and photos. She made a plan for 11 (she)—"My goal in the next ten years is
_12_(make) a good documentary." said Li. |
| 阅读下面短文，并根据短文后的要求答题。 |
Mr King worked in a shop and drove a car for the manager. He drove carefully and could stay cook
in time of danger. And he escaped from several accidents.
Mr Baker, one of his friends, worked in a factory outside the city. (1)It"s far from his house and he
had to go to work by bus. As the traffic was heavy in the morning, sometimes he was late for work. His
manager said the young man would be sent away unless he got to his office on time. Mr Baker hoped to
buy a car, but he didn"t have enough money. Then he decided to buy an old one. He went to the market
and at last he chose a beautiful but cheap car. He said he wanted to have a trial drive, the seller agreed.
He asked Mr King to help him.
Mr King examined the car at first and then drove it away. It was five in the morning. (2)There were
few cars in the street. (3)At first he drove slowly and it worked well. Then he drove fast. And when he
reached a crossing, the lights turned red. He tried to stop it, but he failed and nearly hit an old woman. A
policeman told him to stop, but the car went on until it hit a big tree by the road.
"(4)Didn"t you hear me?" the policeman asked angrily.
"Yes, I did, sir," said Mr King, "but the car didn"t." |
1. 写出(1)处划线句子的同义词。
It"s far from his house and he had to a bus work. |
2. 将(2)处划线句子改为反意疑问句。
There were few cars in the street, ___ _? |
3. 把 (3) 处划线句子译成汉语。
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4. 用don"t和know 仿造一个与 (4) 处划线句子相似的句子。
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5. Why did Mr Baker want to buy an old car?(根据短文内容回答问题)
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