阅读理解。 The expression "down to earth" means being open and honest. It is easy - 初中英语试题 - 超级试练试题库

阅读理解。     The expression "down to earth" means being open and honest. It is easy to get on with someone who
is down to earth. A down-to-earth person is the opposite of someone who acts important or proud.
     Down-to-earth people could be important members of society. But they do not consider themselves to be
better than others who are less important. A person who is filed with his own importance and pride is said to
have his nose in the air.
     Americans use another expression that is similar in some ways to down to earth. The expression is both
feet on the ground. Someone with both feet on the ground is a person with a good understanding of reality
(现实). He may have dreams, but he does not allow them to have influence on his understanding of what is
real.
     The opposite kind of person is one who has his head in the clouds. Someone with his head in the clouds
is a person whose mind is not on what is happening in real life. Such a person may be called a day－dreamer.
     When we have both our feet on the ground, and when we are down to earth, we do not have our noses
in the air. We act honestly and openly to others. Our lives are like the ground below us—solid (牢固的) and
strong. 1. A down-to-earth person could be _________. A. social and proud
B. good and opposite
C. real and important
D. strong and changeable 2. The expression "has one"s nose in the air" means _________. A. 眉飞色舞
B. 目中无人
C. 瞻前顾后
D. 春风得意 3. This passage mainly talks about _________. A. the use of some expressions
B. dreams and achievements
C. the lifestyle of honest people
D. honesty and understanding 4. If you want to understand what is real in life, you have to _________. A. get along with other people easily
B. learn from those who are down to earth
C. be a good dreamer with quick mind
D. have both your feet on the ground 5. If you only consider your own importance, _________. A. you"ll think you are better than others
B. your life will be like the solid and strong ground
C. you"ll be hated by down-to-earth people
D. your life will be filed with love

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阅读理解。     I usually get up at 5:00. I make coffee, go to my desk and work. When my boys get up, I"m theirs. I
follow the min to the kitchen and make them breakfast. While they"re eating, I make their lunch, pick out
their school clothes and get the little one dressed.
     My wife takes them to school. I bring them home. I am not the only father at the school gate. The boys
and I walk the 12 blocks home unless the weather is terrible. Then we take the subway. I remind them of
looking out, like an animal looking after their babies.
     At home, they play on the computer and the little one will draw, sometimes for hours. When their mother
comes home, they run to her. She has been in the official day and tired, but her attention is all on them.
     I have made dinner. We sit down and eat together. After they do their homework, Karen takes them to
bed. I listen to the noise of the boys" and their mother"s voice.
     One afternoon when we were on the way home from school, the boys and I stopped at the clothing store.
The saleswoman looked at the boys and said to me in a low voice, "You"re Mr. Mom, aren"t you?" I felt very
angry. I"m not Mr. Mom. That"s not how I look at myself. The boys have a mother, a wonderful mother.
She works outside the home, I work in the home. We are parents together. I"m a father! 1. The first paragraph talks about _________. A. what the children have for breakfast
B. how busy the man is in the morning
C. why the man cooks lunch
D. when the children go to school 2. We know from the second paragraph that _________. A. they take the subway to school when the weather is bad
B. the man drives a car and his wife walks to work
C. the man goes to meet the boys before school is over
D. it doesn"t take them long to arrive home 3. Paragraph 3 tells us that _________. A. the children"s mother is very strict with them
B. the man"s wife works in an office very near the school
C. the children"s mother used to be back hours later than them.
D. the man has three or more children and the youngest loves drawing 4. We learn from the last two paragraphs _________. A. what the saleswoman said has hurt the man a lot
B. before the children get to sleep, the man"s wife tells stories
C. what the man hast o do from morning to night everyday
D. the man"s wife is Karen and she talks a lot 5. This passage tells us _________. A. never to call a man Mr. Mom
B. the man doesn"t enjoy working at home
C. something about the children"s school life
D. what kind of people the man and his wife are

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阅读理解。 Without question, the most stressful years for parents are when their children are between 13 and 20.
With young children, control seems to be quite easy. If a child doesn"t do what he is told to do, he is just
made to do it. If a child is leaving the house and doesn"t listen when the parent calls him back, the parent
simply goes after the child picks him up and brings him back. But as the child grows older and bigger,
parents can"t do that any more. They can"t just pick the child up and bring him back. With older children,
control is best achieved when the parents do those things the children want. In this way, the things do the
controlling for you. For example, parents may think it is necessary for the child to clean his own room, but
the child may think it"s no use and refuses to clean his room. It is important for parents to understand how
their use of control must change as their children grow older. 1. Many children do what they are ________ to do ________ they are under the age of thirteen.
2. A child sometimes ________ to his parents when he grows older.
3. If a child leaves the ________ without permission (同意), he will be brought ________.
4. When a child ________ to clean his room, he may think it"s not ________.
5. It"s important for parents to ________ their children and ________ their way of controlling as time goes on.

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完形填空。                                               Bob"s Travel Diary (旅游日记)
Tuesday, July 16th
     Today is rained, so we went to a museum (博物馆). It was  1  boring. I found (发现) a small boy  2 in the
corner. He was lost (迷路) and I helped him find  3  father. That  4  me feel very happy. I didn"t have  5  money
for a taxi, so we walked back  6  the hotel. I was really tired. Wednesday, July 17th Today the  7  was cool, so
we decided to  8 tennis (网球). We played all morning. It was really fun. We had Sichuan  9 for dinner.  10
was delicious (美味可口的)!

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