Sam Kaye is only 12 years old. But he is a famous photographer (摄影师) not only in

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Sam Kaye is only 12 years old. But he is a famous photographer (摄影师) not only in the UK, but also in＿countries. He is even the youngest member of the Royal Photographic Society (RPS,皇家摄影协会) of the UK. It was＿in 1853 and it has a long history. It was the＿photographic society in the world. About one third of its members are famous photographers all over the world.
Sam Kays started taking photos＿the age of six. Last year, the UK schoolboy went on a trip to Africa with his parents. He took lots of photos of African ＿such as lions, elephants, foxes and birds. He＿these photos to the Royal Photographic Society of the UK. People at the RPS were＿to see Sam’s photos. They said the photos were so great.
Sam likes photography and his dream is to be a＿in the future. Sam’s parents are＿of their son. They encourage him to＿his dream. They say his dream can come true one day.

小题1:

A．another

B．the other

C．other

D．others

小题2:

A．picked up

B．set up

C．put on

D．got on

小题3:

A．youngest

B．newest

C．oldest

D．fewest

小题4:

A．for

B．in

C．on

D．at

小题5:

A．plants

B．animals

C．history

D．buildings

小题6:

A．received

B．got

C．sent

D．took

小题7:

A．surprising

B．glad

C．boring

D．bored

小题8:

A．doctor

B．photographer

C．teacher

D．painter

小题9:

A．sad

B．pleased

C．proud

D．strict

小题10:

A．keep

B．lose

C．miss

D．Choose

答案

小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:C
小题7:B
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:A

解析

试题分析：本文介绍了一个12岁的男孩萨姆爱好摄影，尽管很年轻，但已经是英国皇家摄影协会的成员了。他拍摄的动物的照片很受大家的喜爱。
小题1:考查不定代词及语境的理解。But he is a famous photographer (摄影师) not only in the UK, but also in＿countries.但是他不仅在英国，而且在其他国家都是一个著名的摄影师。A. another另一个B. the other（只有两个）另一个C. other 其他的D. others；这里指其他很多国家，故选C。
小题2:考查动词短语及语境的理解。It was＿in 1853 and it has a long history.它创建于1853年，有着很悠久的历史。A. picked up捡起B. set up创建C. put on穿上D. got on上车；这里指英国皇家协会的创建，故选B。
小题3:考查形容词最高级及语境的理解。It was the＿photographic society in the world. 这是世界上最古老的摄影协会。A. youngest最年轻的B. newest最新的C. oldest 最古老的D. fewest最少的；上文提到，它有悠久的历史，应该是最古老的，故选C。
小题4:考查介词及语境的理解。Sam Kays started taking photos＿the age of six.萨姆在六岁时就开始摄影。at the age of…在几岁时，是固定短语，故选D。
小题5:考查名词及语境的理解。He took lots of photos of African ＿such as lions, elephants, foxes and birds.他拍了很多非洲动物的照片，像狮子、大象、狐狸和鸟。A. plants植物B. animals动物C. history历史D. buildings建筑；后面的举例都是动物，所以他拍的是动物的照片，故选B。
小题6:考查动词及语境的理解。He＿these photos to the Royal Photographic Society of the UK.他把这些照片寄到皇家摄影协会。A. received收到B. got得到C. sent寄，发送D. took拿；因为是萨姆拍的照片，他要寄或发送给皇家摄影协会，故选C。
小题7:考查形容词及语境的理解。People at the RPS were＿to see Sam’s photos. 皇家摄影协会的人很高兴看到萨姆拍的照片。A. surprising令人惊讶的B. glad 高兴的C. boring无聊的D. bored厌烦的；根据下文，他们说照片很好，可知他们高兴看到萨姆的照片，故选B。
小题8:考查名词及语境的理解。Sam likes photography and his dream is to be a＿in the future.萨姆喜欢摄影，他的梦想就是将来成为一名摄影师。A. doctor医生B. photographer摄影师C. teacher教师D.painter画家；他喜欢摄影，梦想应是成为一名摄影师，故选B。
小题9:考查形容词及语境的理解。Sam’s parents are＿of their son.萨姆的父母为他们的儿子感到自豪。A.sad难过的B. pleased 高兴的C. proud自豪的D. strict严厉的；be proud of sb.="take" pride in sb.为某人感到骄傲/自豪，故选C。
小题10:考查动词及语境的理解。They encourage him to＿his dream. 他们鼓励他坚持自己的梦想。A. keep坚持B. lose 丢失C. miss错过D. choose选择；父母为他骄傲，一定会鼓励他坚持梦想，故选A。

举一反三

I live with my grandmother in a Beijing yard house. One day last year, （1）我惊讶的看到一个外国人从我家隔壁的房子里出来. He was very tall with short brown hair and a pair of glasses. The first time I saw him, （2）I was too shy to speak to him. “My English is too bad！”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 have 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 to the bar and have dinner with me? “Bars are bad places," said my grandmother when I told her, but we decided to go. （3）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 reading books. I noticed that some of the foreigners were speaking place.
The bar served special "hutong pizzas". As we ate, Tony told us about himself—he is an English expert (专家) in environment. He always likes to be quiet. My grandmother said to me, “He really seems like a very nice young man.” Yes, Tony is my new neighbor, a nice foreigner.
阅读短文，按要求完成下面的任务。
小题1:把1处的汉语译为英语。
小题2:把2处改为同义句。
小题3:把3处的英语译为中文。
小题4:What did the writer’s grandmother think of Tony at first?
小题5:给短文拟一个标题。

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There was a story many years ago of a school teacher--- Mrs. Thompson. She told the children on the first day that she loved them all the same. But that was a lie. There in the front row was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. He didn’t play well with the other children and he always needed a bath. She did not like him.
Then Mrs. Thompson got to know that Teddy was actually a very good boy before the death of his mother. Mrs. Thompson was ashamed(惭愧的) of herself. She felt even worse , like all her other students, Teddy brought her a Christmas present too. It was his mother’s perfume(香水)。
Teddy said, “Mrs. Thompson, today you smell just like my Mom used to.” After the children left she cried for at least an hour. On that day, she stopped teaching reading, writing and math. Instead, she began to teach children.
Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. The boy’s mind seemed to come alive. The more she encourage him, the faster he improved. By the end of the sixth grade, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class.
Six years went by before she got a note from Teddy. He wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life. He went to college. Mrs. Thompson got two more letters from him with the last one signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, M. D.(医学博士).
The story doesn’t end there. On his wedding（婚礼） day, Dr. Stoddard whispered（低声的说） in Mrs. Thompson’s ear, “Thank you, Mrs. Thompson, for believing in me. You made me feel important and showed me that I could make a difference.”
Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back, “Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn’t know how to teach until I met you.”
小题1:What did Mrs. Thompson do on the first day of school?

A．She made Teddy feel ashamed.

B．She told the class something untrue（不真实的） about herself.

C．She changed Teddy’s seat to the front row.

D．She asked the children to play with Teddy.

小题2:What did Mrs. Thompson find out about Teddy?

A．He often told lies.	B．He was good at math.
C．He needed motherly care.	D．He enjoyed playing with others.

小题3:Why did Mrs. Thompson feel even worse ?

A．Because her students didn’t like her.

B．Because Teddy brought her his mother’s perfume as Christmas present.

C．Because she was very ill.

D．Because she couldn’t do well in her teaching.

小题4:In what way did Mrs. Thompson change?

A．She taught fewer school subjects.

B．She became stricter with her students.

C．She no longer liked her job as a teacher.

D．She cared more about educating students.

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Jill Jones got a new job in a different part of the city. She had to go to work every day by train.
There was only one other person on the train with her. He was a well-dressed man reading a newspaper. Suddenly, about halfway through the journey, the man began tearing（撕） his newspaper into hundreds of small pieces. Then he picked them up, opened the window and threw them all out. Then he sat down, closed his eyes, and slept for the rest of the journey again.
The next day, Jill got on the same train. The same well-dressed man was there, reading a newspaper. As before, about halfway through the journey, the man began tearing his newspaper into hundreds of small pieces. Then he picked the pieces up, opened the window and threw them all out. This done, he sat down, closed his eyes, and slept for the rest of the journey. This happened every day for a week.
At last, on Friday, Jill spoke to the man. “Excuse me, sir,” she said, “I don’t want to be rude, but I must ask you a question. When we are halfway through our journey, you tear your newspaper into hundreds of pieces and then throw them all out of the window. Please tell me, sir. Why do you do this?”
The well-dressed man smiled. “There is a simple reason,” he said. “I like to sleep for part of the journey, but I cannot sleep if the train is full of elephants. So I throw the pieces of paper out to the elephants. It stops them from coming into the train.”
“But there aren’t any elephants on the train, ”Jill said.“I know,” the man said. “It works well, doesn’t it?
小题1: Who was on the train with Jill Jones?

A．An old woman.	B．Three children.
C．A well-dressed man.	D．A well-dressed woman.

小题2:What strange thing did the man do?

A．Went to sleep.	B．Tore a newspaper into small pieces.
C．Talked to Jill.	D．Read a newspaper.

小题3:Why did the man on the train do this?

A．He was playing a game.	B．He wanted to get rid of the elephants.
C．He was angry.	D．He couldn’t sleep.

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SEOUL, April 16 (Xinhua) -- A passenger ship with 471 people on it, mostly high school students, was sinking(沉没) in waters off South Korea"s southwest coast(海岸). The 6,825-ton passenger ship named "SEWOL" was sinking in waters off the Jindo Island, just off South Korea"s southwest corner, sending out a danger signal at around 8:55 a.m. local（当地的) time on Wednesday. The ship careened(倾斜) around 60°to the port.
Among the 471 people on the ship, there were together 190 people saved by 10:20 a.m. local time.
After the report, the South Korean sent seven ships and a helicopter(直升机) to the sea for help. The ship left South Korea"s eastern port city of Incheon for the country"s southern Jeju Island.
小题1:What is the name of the ship?
A. SEOUL. B. SEWOL. C. Incheon.
小题2:How many people were on that ship?
A. 281. B. 190. C. 471.
小题3:Where did that ship sink?
A. In waters off South Korea"s southeast coast
B. In waters off the Jindo Island,
C. In waters off the Jeju Island,
小题4:What time did the ship send out a danger signal?
A. At around 8:55 a.m. Beijing time.
B. At around 10:20 a.m. local time
C. At around 8:55 a.m. local time.
小题5:Which is TRUE according to the report?
A. 281 people were saved.
B. The South Korean only sent a helicopter for help.
C. Most of the people on the ship are students in high school.

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When young people talk about him, they see the big boy as a success in music. They think he is quiet and kind of shy. He doesn’t smile very often. But when he talks about music, he can talk too much. And he really has his own ideas about music.
Who is he? He is Jay Chou and he was born in Taiwan. His mother is a middle school teacher. When he was three years old, he got interested in music. He was popular in the middle school because he was good at playing the piano. And he was a waiter before he was famous.
“Chou is not very good-looking in fact”, one of his fans said. His fans often can’t hear him sing or talk clearly. But the big boy has so many fans here and there.
Jay Chou is 35 years old now. He is still popular with his fans. If you are not one of his fans, you will feel nothing about his new songs. But his fans will be very excited when they hear Jay Chou sing the new songs.

A super star
Name: Jay Chou	What	Young people think he is quiet and 小题1: .
	Where	Jay Chou was born in 小题2: .
	What	Jay Chou’s mother is a 小题3: .
	When	He became interested in music when he was 小题4: .
	How	When the fans hear Jay sing his new songs, they feel 小题5: .

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