Once there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it
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Once there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it every day. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.
Time went by — the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree every day. One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad. “Come and play with me,” the tree asked the boy. “I’m no longer a kid. I wouldn’t play around the tree any more.” the boy replied. “I want toys. I need money to buy them.” “Sorry, I don’t have money. But you can pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money.” The boy picked all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy never came back after he picked the apples.
One day, the boy returned and the tree was so excited, “Come and play with me,” the tree said. “I don’t have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help?” “Sorry, I don’t have a house. But you can cut off my branches to build your house.” So the boy cut all the branches off the tree and left happily. The tree was glad to see him happy but the boy never came back since then. The tree was again lonely and sad.
One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was pleased. “Come and play with me!” the tree said. “I am sad and getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?” “Use my trunk to build your boat. You can sail far away and be happy.” So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and never showed up for a long time.
Finally, the boy returned after he left for so many years. “Sorry, my boy. But I don’t have anything for you any more. The only thing left is my dying root,” the tree said with tears ①
“Good! Old tree root is the best place to lean on and rest. Come and sit down with me and rest.” The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears ② ……
小题1:Why did the boy pick all the apples on the tree? Because __________. | A．he wanted to eat them | | B．he needed money to buy toys | | C．he liked the tree without apples | | D．he wanted to share them with friends. |
小题2:When did the boy come back to the apple tree? He came back _________. | A．whenever he was happy | B．if he missed the apple tree | | C．when he was in times of difficulty | D．as soon as he was free |
小题3:What did the boy want at last? He wanted ___________. | A．to have a house to live in | B．nothing except a place to rest | | C．the root of the apple tree | D．anything that the apple tree had |
小题4:What can we learn from the story? We should _________. | A．plant more apple trees | B．learn from the boy | | C．always stay at home | D．be thankful to our parents |
小题5:According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true? | A．The phrase “with tears ①” means that the apple tree was sad because the boy asked for too much. | | B．The phrase “with tears ②” means that the apple tree was still happy because she could help the boy for the last time. | | C．Each time the boy asked the apple tree for help, the tree tried her best to satisfy him. | | D．After reading the passage, we can easily think of the old Chinese saying “Parents’ love is universal!” |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:A |
解析
试题分析：短文大意：本文作者旨在通过男孩和苹果树的故事告诉读者要感恩父母，不忘父母养育之恩。
小题1:细节理解题。根据第二段中the boy replied. “I want toys. I need money to buy them.” “Sorry, I don’t have money. But you can pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money.” The boy picked all the apples on the tree and left happily.可知该选B。
小题2:细节理解题。根据第三段中“I don’t have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help?”可知该选C。
小题3:细节理解题。根据最后一段“Good! Old tree root is the best place to lean on and rest. Come and sit down with me and rest.” The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears可知该选B。
小题4:推理判断题。通过读短文我们应该感谢父母，所以选D。
小题5:细节理解题。在文中The phrase “with tears都意味着苹果树很高兴能帮助那个男孩，所以选A。 |
举一反三
People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. When you figure out which one it is, you will know exactly to do for each person.
When people are in your life for a reason, it is to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, any wrong doing on your part or at any inconvenient time, they will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die, sometimes they away, and sometimesthey act up and force you to take a stand. What you must is that your need has been met, and your desire fulfilled. When their work is done, it is time to on.
When people come into your life for a season, it is because your turn has come to share, grow and learn. They bring you a(n) of peace, or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it! It is real! But, only for a season.
Lifetime relationships teach you lifetime lessons: those things you must build upon in order to have a emotional (情感的) foundation. Your job is to accept the lessons, love the person, and put what you have to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is sacred but friendship is sensible.
In a word, thank you for being part of my life, you were here for a reason, a season or a lifetime.
| 小题2: | | A．hardly | B．closely | C．usually | D．finally |
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| 小题3: | | A．provide | B．instruct | C．teach | D．fill |
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| 小题4: | | A．besides | B．since | C．until | D．without |
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| 小题6: | | A．realize | B．understand | C．learn | D．forget |
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| 小题8: | | A．progress | B．hope | C．instruction | D．experience |
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| 小题9: | | A．even | B．never | C．just | D．ever |
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| 小题10: | | A．solid | B．soft | C．new | D．rapid |
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| 小题11: | | A．known | B．written | C．learned | D．heard |
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| 小题12: | | A．before | B．for | C．or | D．whether |
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Before my first summer vacation at college, my roommate Ted asked me to work with him on his father’s farm in Argentina. The idea of spending two months in Argentina was exciting. But I was afraid of it. I had never been far from New England. What would it be like in a strange country? What about the language? The more I thought about it, the more the idea worried me.
In the end I turned down the invitation. As soon as Ted asked somebody else to go, I began kicking myself. I had turned down something I wanted to do because I was afraid, and had ended up feeling depressed (沮丧的) . That unhappy summer taught me a valuable lesson out of which I developed a rule for myself: do what makes you worried; don’t do what makes you depressed.
At the end of my senior year, I began to think about becoming a writer. But my professor was telling me to aim at teaching. I hesitated (犹豫). The idea of trying to live by writing was a lot scarier than spending a summer in Argentina. Back and forth I went, making my decision, unmaking it. Suddenly I realized that every time I gave up the idea of writing, that downhearted feeling went through me.
Giving up on what I really wanted to do depressed me. Right then I learned another lesson. To avoid that kind of depression meant having to bear a certain amount of worry and concern.
When I first began writing articles, I was frequently required to interview big names. Before each interview I would get anxieties (焦虑) in the mind and my hands would shake. One person I particularly admired was the great composer Duke Ellington. On the stage and on television, he seemed the very model of confidence. Then I learned Ellington still got stage fright and had anxietyattacks. I went on doing those frightening interviews. Then I realized that I was even looking forward to the interviews. What had happened to those anxieties?
Well, in truth, the anxieties were still there, but there were fewer of them. I had benefited from a process of overcoming them. If you put an individual in an anxious situation often enough, he will eventually learn that there isn’t anything to be worried about. This brings me to a conclusion: you’ll never get rid of anxiety by avoiding the things that caused it. The point is that the new, the different, is definitely scary (可怕的). But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning piles up, the world opens to you.
小题1:What does the phrase “turned down” mean in the second paragraph? | A．To say “No” to his roommate. | B．To say in a low voice. | | C．To put away the invitation. | D．To take the invitation. |
小题2:We can infer from the passage that the writer________.| A．finds it difficult to make decision | | B．has found out what causes anxiety | | C．was inspired (受启发的) by Duke Ellington’s stage fright | | D．no longer feels anxious about new experiences |
小题3:Which of the following opinions does the writer probably accept?| A．Hesitation leads to depression. | | B．Anxiety can be a positive drive. | | C．Avoiding anxiety reduces depression. | | D．Depression is a signal that one is growing up. |
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Last Saturday, Tonny went to see Benny.But he didn’t know Benny lived. the way, he stopped in front of a yellow house, and asked an old woman the to Benny’s house. “ His house is not far from my house,” said the woman, “ It’s behind the trees. But you can’t get there . You can go there by bus. It’ll you hours to get there foot.” “What’s with her ?”Tonny thought. “I can see Benny’s house from here now. It’s behind the .” Then Tonny walked to the other side of the trees. He found the old woman was there. There was a river in front of him, and he couldn’t see a boat. The house was on the other side of the .
| 小题4: | | A．well | B．now | C．easily | D．hurry |
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| 小题5: | | A．spend | B．take | C．bring | D．carry |
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| 小题7: | | A．matter | B．trouble | C．wrong | D．right |
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| 小题8: | | A．houses | B．rivers | C．trees | D．boats |
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| 小题9: | | A．right | B．good | C．wrong | D．fine |
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| 小题10: | | A．road | B．street | C．tree | D．river |
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A man was sitting in his doctor’s office. He was telling the doctor about his problem.
“I like football, you know, doctor,” he said. “And my wife has never been good to me since I became interested in it. She often hears me shouting in my dreams. Night after night, when I close my eyes, I’m out there on the field and running after a flying ball. When I wake up, I always feel tired. I’m getting thinner and thinner. So, what am I going to do?”
The doctor sat back and said, “First, you will have to try your best not to dream about football. When you close your eyes, try to think about something else. Try to think, for example, that you are at a party or someone is going to give you several million dollars.”
“Are you crazy, doctor?” the man shouted, “I’ll miss my ball then!”
小题1:The man went to his doctor’s office because .| A．he was asked to talked about the footballs | | B．he wanted to get some medicine | | C．he wanted to get some ideas about his problems | | D．he could not go to sleep at night |
小题2:The man always felt tired when he woke up because .| A．he often got up during the night to play football | | B．he thought of his football even in his dreams | | C．he had a lot of housework to do at night | | D．he often ran after the flying ball during the night |
小题3:The doctor told the man .| A．not to dream in his sleep | | B．not to think of football when he was sleeping | | C．to close his eyes when he was lying in bed | | D．to play with a rich man and ask for several million dollars |
小题4:From the passage we find that .| A．football is one of the most popular games | | B．the man’s wife was also a football fan | | C．football made the man’s life terrible | | D．the doctor always told his patients to became rich |
小题5:The best title for this story would be .| A．A Crazy Doctor | B．A Man Crazy about Football | | C．A Football Fan and His Wife | D．Exciting Football Games |
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There is a lion in a forest. Every day he goes about to look for food. The small animals in the forest are all afraid of him. Not far from the forest there are four bulls( 公牛 ). They are good friends, and often go about together. The lion tries many times to catch them, but can’t do so. Every time he comes near, the four bulls stand together to fight him. So he can do nothing to him.
One day the bulls have a quarrel( 吵架 ). After that each of them goes his own way. When the lion sees this, he is happy. He catches one bull and eats him up. Then he catches another. One by one he catches all the four bulls and eats them up.
小题1:How many animals are there in the story?小题2:Does the lion want to eat the bulls?| A．Yes,we want. | B．No,he can’t. | C．Yes,he does. | D．No,he doesn’t |
小题3:Why can’t the lion want catch the bulls at first?| A．Because the bulls are too big. | | B．Because the bulls are good friends. | | C．Because the bulls stand together to find him. | | D．Because he is not strong enough to fight bulls. |
小题4:How can the lion eat the bulls at last?| A．He catches them at one time and eats them up. | | B．He catches one bull at a time and eats it up. Then he catches another. | | C．He catches them at the time and eats them up. | | D．One day he catches all the bulls and eats them up. |
小题5:What does the story want to tell us?| A．The lion is the King in the forest. | | B．Bulls are foolish to quarrel with each other. | | C．Lions are stronger than bulls. | | D．Untion(团结) is strength(力量) |
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