When I was ten, my mother worked all day so I had to take care of my younger bro

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When I was ten, my mother worked all day so I had to take care of my younger brother. At that time my little brother was about four years old and he missed mum all the time.
One day, after I had given him his dinner, he started crying for mum.He was so young and really needed mum. So I dressed him, put on his shoes, carried him on my back and walked out. Soon he fell asleep. About half an hour later, I found that he had lost a shoe while sleeping. I took him off my back and put him down. I knew we needed to find that shoe, for our mother couldn’t afford new shoes. We had to go back to find it, so I told my brother to wait right there. A man heard it and stopped me just before I walked off. He asked me, “You are leaving your brother here to find the shoe? What would you do if he is not here when you return?” I did not know how to answer that question. He continued, “It’s OK if you can’t find the shoe, but it is not OK to lose your brother.” Then he sent us to mum’s workplace by taxi.
My whole life I have depended on the kindness of many strangers, I feel regretful that I cannot find them and say thank you. I do not even remember what the man’s face looked like, but he taught me a lesson—people are more important than things.
小题1: Why did the younger brother cry for his mother?

A．Because he was hungry.	B．Because he missed his mother.
C．Because he wanted to sleep.	D．Because he wanted to play outside.

小题2:What does the underlined word “regretful” in the last paragraph mean?

A．Sorry.

B．Happy.

C．Excited.

D．Angry.

小题3:What did the man mean by saying “It’s OK if you can’t find the shoe, but it is not OK to lose your brother.”?

A．People are more important than things.

B．Things are more important than people.

C．Both the shoe and your brother are important.

D．The shoe is more important than your brother.

小题4:According to the passage, which word can best describe the man?

A．Rude.

B．Funny.

C．Silly.

D．Kind.

答案

小题1:B
小题1:A
小题1:A
小题1:D

解析

【主旨大意】本文主要讲述了作者年幼的时候照看弟弟的故事。有次他带着弟弟去找妈妈，把弟弟的一只鞋丢了，准备放下弟弟去找鞋子的时候，一个陌生人帮助了他，告诉他人比鞋更重要。
小题1:细节理解题。根据句子“He was so young and really needed mum.”可知因为弟弟想妈妈，所以，他哭着找妈妈。故选B。
小题1:词义猜测题。由regretful之后的句子“I cannot find them and say thank you.”“我不能找到他们，对他们表示谢意”可推出regretful和sorry同义，意为“遗憾的；抱歉的”。故选A。
小题1:推理判断题。男人的话的意思是“丢了鞋子可以，但是丢了弟弟就不行了。”言外之意就是人要比东西

更重要。故选A。
小题1:主旨大意题。rude意为“粗鲁的”，funny意为“有趣的”，silly意为“蠢笨的”，kind意为“友善的”。这个男子热心帮助作者，所以是善良的。故选D。

举一反三

The lady with the white fence（篱笆）taught me to leave the gale to life open.. .
My husband died in an accident and I became very angry. I hated being alone. One day, as I was 43 down a busy street, I suddenly noticed a new fence around a house. I pulled off to really watch it. It was such a good 44 that I was deeply touched. I could not send 45 away. The fence still smelled of fresh paint.
“Hello!" I came up and said to a lady in the back garden, “I came to see the fence. It"s so beautiful!"
“Oh! The fence is not there for me," the lady explained to me in a calm voice, “I live alone. _ 46_

so many people pass by every day, and I think they may be pleased to see something really attractive. 47 stop like you and come up to have a chat. "
"But weren"t you sad when they expanded (拓宽) the road and everything changed so much?"
"Change is part of life

and takes part in    48   us who we are. When something we do not
like happens to us, we have two choices—to become a    49   person or to become a better person."
Her reply changed my life. I carefully left the gate open and drove on   50   a new feeling inside me. I could not tell  51  it was, but I could feel the thick stone wall around my angry heart breaking off. And  52   a pretty white fence was built. I decided that I would keep the gate open for everything and everyone that came my way.

小题1:

A．walking

B．riding

C．driving

D．running

小题2:

A．street

B．paint

C．house

D．job

小题3:

A．it

B．them

C．myself

D．her

小题4:

A．But

B．Thus

C．And

D．As

小题5:

A．Few

B．A few

C．Everyone

D．None

小题6:

A．finding

B．telling

C．catching

D．making

小题7:

A．fitter

B．bitter

C．smarter

D．sweeter

小题8:

A．with

B．for

C．to

D．by

小题9:

A．when

B．where

C．who

D．what

小题10:

A．beyond

B．once

C．instead

D．though

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This Thursday, across the US, kids are skipping school(缺课)and going to work with their parents. They’ll be making copies, sending faxes(传真)and sweeping floors. This is because April 28 is Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day all over the US. This holiday shows kids what it means to be a grown-up in the working world.
I still remember when this day started, I was very happy. Not only did I have the chance to miss school, but I also got

to sit in my dad’s taxi all day long and we would go to a

restaurant for lunch.
But after only 20 minutes of driving around the city. I was very bored. I couldn’t read my book in the car as I would get carsick(晕车)and my dad didn’t like to turn on the radio. I got hot and uncomfortable. people wouldn’t get into his taxi because they thought he already had a passenger: me—so nothing happened. It seemed years before we went out for lunch. I actually started to miss school.
While the point of the day is to give kids a chance to experience real-life jobs and give them an idea of the possibilities(可能性) for their futures, I got something completely different from the day. I learned to appreciate(重视) school. Where else do you get to play with your friends, do science experiments, read great books

and write stories all in one day?
Just as you’ll have to learn to love your job later in life, learn to love school now. If you don’t already, try spending the day at work with your dad.
小题1:When is the “Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day”all over the US?

A．On February 28.

B．On March 28.

C．On April 28

D．On May 28.

小题2:That day the writer was happy at first for the following reasons except _____.

A．she didn’t have to go to school	B．she would work as a grown-up
C．she could sit in her father’s taxi all day.	D．she would go our for lunch with her father

小题3:Why didn’t people get into the writer’s father’s taxi?

A．Because her father didn’t like to turn on the radio.

B．Because they thought the writer was a passenger.

C．Because her father’s car was hot and uncomfortable.

D．Because her father didn’t stop to take any passengers.

小题4:Which of the following is NOT the purpose of the “Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day”?

A．To teach kids to appreciate school.

B．To give kids a chance to experience real-life jobs.

C．To give kids an idea of the possibilities for their futures.

D．To show kids what it means to be adults in the working world.

小题5:What did the writer learn that day?

A．It’s boring to drive a taxi.	B．Working with dad is fun.
C．It’s hard to make money.	D．School life is much better.

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When I had something difficult to do， I used to ask my mother for help. But she always said， “Do it yourself，dear.” I was not     1    at all. I thought she was the 2    mother in the world!
For example，one day， I decided to     3   some friends to my home. My bedroom was not in order. Books were everywhere. And I didn’t make the bed. I asked my      4   to help me clean it，   5      she still said，“Do it yourself，girl.”
Because of my “lazy mother”，I have to     6    my clothes and clean my room. I have to help my parents      7    I even have to go to the dentist by myself. It is really hard for me to do everything well，but I have learned     8   .
As time goes by， I understand my mother. She makes me clever and diligent (勤奋的)    9   a great mother! A     10  mother is worth（等值于） one hundred teachers! Don’t you think so?
小题1:A. old             B. glad             C. thin
小题2:A. tallest           B. most foolish      C. laziest
小题3:A. leave            B. invite           C. visit
小题4:A. mother          B. father           C. brother
小题5:A. or              B. when           C. but
小题6:A. wash           B. lead            C. knoc
小题7:A. do housework    B. go swimming     C. go camping
小题8:A. on show         B. by mistake       C. a lot
小题9:A. Which          B. What            C. Who
小题10:A. young         B. good             C. happy

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When he was 16, his father seriously said to him, “I’ll give you whatever you want before you are 18. But after that, I won’t care much about you, and you should give me whatever I want.” When his 18th birthday was coming, the young man began thinking about looking for a job. So he sent resumes(简历) to many companies he liked on the Internet. But, most got no reply, he said, “Maybe they were surprised about my primary school education.”
By chance, one of his friends was looking for someone, who could work as an egg porter(搬运工) in the supermarket, for 0.5 Yuan a box. Facing lots of difficulties in getting a job, he said, “I’ll take this job. At least I can make some money for my petrol(汽油).” Then every day, he drove his car, his 18th birthday gift, to work in the supermarket. He did that for three months.
Later, he heard that a newspaper was looking for a network technician(网络技术员), so he asked for it. But they were also worried about his school education. He practiced his skill right in front of the computer, and showed the managers web pages he had designed. He started to work the next day, and became the director of network department in less than a year.
And now, the 23-year-old man is a boss. In January 2005, he started a magazine for children, with himself as the editor in chief（主编）. And the only writer was his father.
小题1:It was difficult for the young man to get a job because _______.

A．he was only 18 years old

B．his father cared too much about him.

C．he had an expensive car

D．he didn’t have enough school education

小题2:What did the 18th birthday mean to the young man?

A．He could get a car as a gift.

B．He had to make a living all by himself.

C．He had to leave his parents.

D．He had to work in a supermarket.

小题3:The young man’s father might be_______.

A．a well-know and rich writer	B．a computer programmer
C．a very old and kind man	D．a manager of a big company

小题4:The magazine the young man started was perhaps______.

A．about network technicians	B．about working for newspapers
C．made of many funny stories	D．sold only in supermarkets

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下面文章中有5处需要添加小标题。请从以下选项（A、B、C、 D、E 和 F）中选出符合各段意思的小标题，并在答题纸上将相应选项的标号涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。
A. Lack of stone images also reflects religious belief.
B. Art is a good means to know about people’s faith.
C. Artists express their feelings and opinions in their works.
D. People know more about our culture through learning art history.
E. Art is by all means relevant to history.
F. Art history provides information of different places and people.
小题1:____________________________
A study of art history might be a good way to learn more about a culture than it is possible to learn in general history classes. Most typical history courses concentrate on politics, economics and war. But art history focuses on much more than this because art reflects not only the political values of a people, but also religious beliefs, emotions, and psychology.
小题2:____________________________
In addition, information about the daily activities of our ancestors---or of people very different from our own---can be provided by art. In short, art expresses the essential qualities of a time and a place, and a study of it clearly offers us a deeper understanding than what can be found in most history books.
小题3:____________________________
In history books, objective information about the political life of a country is presented; that is, facts about politics are given, but opinions are not expressed. Art, on the other hand, is subjective: it reflects subjective emotions and opinions. The great Spanish painter Francisco Goya was perhaps the first truly “political” artist. In his well-known painting The Third of May 1808, he criticized the Spanish government for its misuse of power over people. Over a hundred years later, symbolic images were used in Pablo Picasso’s Guernica to express the horror of war. Meanwhile, on another continent, the powerful paintings of Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros---as well as the works of Alfredo Ramos Martins---depicted（描述）these Mexican artists’ deep anger and sadness about social problems.
小题4:____________________________
In the same way, art can reflect a culture’s religious beliefs. For hundreds of years in Europe, religious art was almost the only type of art that existed. Churches and other religious buildings were filled with paintings that depicted people and stories from the Bible. Although most people couldn’t read, they could still understand biblical（圣经的）stories in the pictures on church walls.
小题5:____________________________
By contrast, one of the main characteristics of art in the Middle East was (and still is) its absence of human and animal images. This shows the Islamic belief that statues are unholy. Something else can be more religiously symbolic in history.

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