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One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap(包装).
On September 11th. 1958. Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying. "I promised you a gift, and here it is. " What an honor! I turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night. I sang to it. I told it stories. 1 told it over and over how much I loved it!
One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it. Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days, I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as "hopeless", "pitiful", and "dying", which sounded ominous.
Christmas was coming. "Don’t expect any presents this year." Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living room. "If your baby brother lives, that"ll be Christmas enough.” As he spoke, his eyes filled with tears. I"d never seen him cry before.
The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it. From my bedroom I heard him say. "What? He"s all right?" He hung up and shouted upstairs. " The hospital said we can bring Richard home!"
"Thank God."" I heard Mum cry.
From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I downstairs. My sacks still hung there flat. But I knew they were not empty; they were filled with love!
小题1:What happened to the author on September 11 1958 ?| A．He received a doll | B．He got a Christmas gift. | | C．He became four years old. | D．He got a baby brother. |
小题2:What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean？| A．Fearful. | B．Boring. | C．Difficult. | D．Impossible. |
小题3:Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming?| A．Excitement. | B．Happiness. | C．Disappointment. | D．Sadness. |
小题4:What is the passage mainly about ?| A．A sad Christmas day. | B．A special Christmas gift. | | C．Life with a lovely baby. | D．Memories of a happy family. |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:B |
解析
试题分析：文章大意：故事发生在圣诞节前后，为了拯救出生不久的患病的孩子（作者的弟弟），全家都承受了巨大的心理压力。文章用一个小孩简单的感受，通过对父母的语言描写和神态动作观察和描写，表达了亲情在这个并不富裕的家庭里的巨大感召力。孩子的康复出院，实在是给这个家庭、给作者最好的圣诞礼物。
小题1:D细节理解题。从第二段第一句“On September 11th ，1958，Mum gave birth to Richard.”，我们可以看出作者的弟弟诞生了。故D正确。
小题2:A词义推测题。ominous本意是“不吉利的；凶兆的”。作者当时还是个孩子， “For several days I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as “hopeless”, “pitiful”, and “dying””，在他幼小而懵懂的心里，这些词是有一定的惊吓作用的。故A正确。
小题3:D推理判断题。根据短文，在圣诞节即将来临之际，作者的弟弟仍然在住院而且情况不容乐观，为此，作者的父亲感到悲伤。故D正确。
小题4:B主旨大意题。根据文章大意：文章用一个小孩简单的感受，通过对父母的语言描写和神态动作观察和描写，表达了亲情在这个并不富裕的家庭里的巨大感召力。孩子的康复出院，实在是给这个家庭、给作者最好的圣诞礼物。。故B正确。 |
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Surfing: It"s Not Just for Boys Anymore
If you asked high school girls to name their favorite sports, most would probably say basketball or volleyball. I happen to be one of the few girls who would : surfing. But isn"t that a boy thing? Some people . Most certainly not.
I started surfing about five years ago and in love with the sport on the very first day. Riding that first was the best feeling I had ever experienced.
When I try to surfing with other things, I find it very difficult because, in my , there"s nothing like it. It involves body, , and soul. There"s sand between my toes and cool, salt water all us. The feeling I get when I"m surfing across that , becoming one with the , is like I"m weightless.
The one thing I can from surfing and not any other sport is endless challenge. You can never be the "best surfer" because the ocean an uncountable variety of waves that nobody can ever master. The variations of surfing styles are wonderful. Some surfers are free and flowing; others are very aggressive and . All of these things attract me to surfing and make it from any other sport.
I"ve to tell every girl I know to do something that people don"t think girls can do. It"s part of being human to advance to new , so shouldn"t it be expected that girls should step up and start the limits of things boys and men used to dominate（主宰）？
There"re women side by side with the President of our country, so why not side by side with the boys the football team or out in the water surfing? Give girls a chance to , and they will.
| 小题1: | | A．tell | B．answer | C．give | D．realize |
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| 小题2: | | A．wonder | B．understand | C．reply | D．believe |
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| 小题3: | | A．stayed | B．came | C．dropped | D．fell |
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| 小题4: | | A．wave | B．storm | C．sail | D．boat |
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| 小题5: | | A．bring | B．connect | C．compare | D．tie |
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| 小题6: | | A．work | B．study | C．holiday | D．life |
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| 小题7: | | A．mind | B．effort | C．health | D．time |
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| 小题8: | | A．along | B．above | C．around | D．by |
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| 小题9: | | A．beach | B．water | C．board | D．lake |
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| 小题10: | | A．sky | B．world | C．earth | D．ocean |
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| 小题12: | | A．catches | B．includes | C．offers | D．collects |
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| 小题13: | | A．sharp | B．great | C．hard | D．calm |
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| 小题14: | | A．known | B．right | C．far | D．different |
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| 小题15: | | A．chosen | B．tried | C．learned | D．promised |
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| 小题16: | | A．levels | B．points | C．steps | D．parts |
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| 小题17: | | A．reaching | B．accepting | C．pushing | D．setting |
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| 小题18: | | A．sitting | B．walking | C．fighting | D．working |
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| 小题20: | | A．think | B．succeed | C．perform | D．feel |
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Family traditions were important in our house, and none was more appreciated than the perfect Christmas tree
"Dad, can we watch when you trim（修剪）the tree?" My eldest son. Dan, nine, and his seven -year-old brother John, asked
"I won"t be cutting this year," my husband Bob said. "Dan, you and John are old enough to measure things. Do it all by yourselves. Think you boys can handle it?
Dan and John seemed to grow six inches in their chairs at the thought of such an amazing responsibility. "We can handle it." Dan promised. "We won"t let you down." .
A few days before Christmas. Dan and John rushed in after school. They gathered the tools they"d need and brought them out to the yard .where the tree waited. I was cooking when I heard the happy sounds as the boys carried the tree into the lying room. Then I heard the sound that every mother knows is trouble: dead silence I hurried out to them. The tree was cut too short. John crossed his arms tight across his chest. His eyes filled with angry tears.
I felt worried The tree was central to our holiday. I didn"t want the boys to feel ashamed every tune they looked at it. I couldn"t lower the ceiling, and I couldn"t raise the floor either. There was no way to undo the damage done. Suddenly, a thought came to my mind, which turned the problem into the solution.
“We can"t make the tree taller." I said. "But we can put it on a higher position"
Dan nodded his head sideways. "We could put it on the coffee table. It just might work! Let"s try it!“
When Bob got home and looked at the big tree on top of the coffee table, Dan and John held their breath.
"What a good idea!" he declared "Why didn"t I ever think of such a thing?"
John broke into a grin Dan"s chest swelled with pride.
小题1:Who trimmed the Christmas tree this year?| A．The writer | B．Bob | C．Dan and John | D．The whole family |
小题2:The underlined part "grow six inches" (Para. 4) implies the brothers felt ______.| A．proud | B．nervous | C．worried | D．scared |
小题3:What happened after the brothers moved the Christmas tree into the living room?
A. They rushed into school.
B They began to decorate the tree.
C. They got angry with each other
D. They found the tree was cut short
小题4:What the writer"s husband said in the end showed________.| A．he expected too much of the brothers_ | | B．he should not have given the brothers the task to trim the Christmas | | C．he was too stupid to think of such an idea_ | | D．he really appreciated what the brothers had done. |
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Sure. you know their names, possibly better than you know the name of the street you live on.
When the need comes, these names roll off our tongues like they were our own brothers. I am writing about the famous Webster s Dictionary and Roget s Thesaurus.
Webster s Dictionary. Many people can respond immediately: Noah Webster. We are aware that he is the father of the dictionary. But who was he? What did he do for a living? When did he live?
Noah was born in 1758, graduated from Yale University in 1778. and later graduated from law school He produced the first American dictionary in 1806 and published his influential work An American Dictionary of the English Language in l828. His interests led him to be a lexicographer (词典编纂者). textbook editor, author, Bible translator and spelling reformer. He also produced a large number of writings in medicine, mythology (神话), and the relationship of European and Asian languages. In addition, he .founded the first New York daily newspaper in 1793. He died in 1843.
Roget"s Thesaurus. And it gives us The chance to learn about Roget, the man-Peter Mark Roget, And who? What? When?
Englishman Peter Roget, MD, was born in 1779. He studied medicine and mathematics at the University of Edinburgh. He is considered as the creator of the first-ever thesaurus (同义词典). It has been called one of the three most important books ever printed. along with the Bible and Webster s Dictionary. He began his work Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases in I 805 but did not publish it until 1852-47 years later. In his lifetime. he became a noted lecturer and writer on anatomy(解剖学 ). geology(地质学).bees，and more . When Roget died in 1869 at age 90. his son, John . took over the Thesaurus arid he gradually expanded it.
So now you know the two famous books. Not enough information? As well-known humourist James Thurber suggested in the title of his 1941 magazine short story about baseball, You Could Look It Up!
小题1:The author states that "these names roll off our tongues" in order to show that people______.| A．will learn from the two writers | B．have ignored the two writers | | C．are familiar with the names | D．know a lot about the two |
小题2:According to the text. Noah Webster and Peter Roget are alike because they both______.| A．had many interests | B．studied medicine | | C．were professors | D．liked baseball |
小题3:The purpose of the last paragraph is to_______.| A．attract more readers | B．come to a conclusion | | C．encourage further research | D．provide background information |
小题4:Which of the following shows the structure of the whole text? |
"How was school, Ben?" I asked my after he began kindergarten(幼儿园) this year. "The work is too and there"s not enough time to play." he replied with a deep .
I couldn"t help but remember Ben"s mother. my daughter, Jane, and her to the first day of school. When Julie home that afternoon. I asked her the same question . She also replied with a long, face but her answer was a little different as she announced . " I didn"t learn to today."
What a disappointment for a little girl who thought she would know how to read her little books after the first day of school. I had to explain to her that she would learn to read but didn"t happen quite that fast.
My went back to my school days again I could almost the chalk dust in the air. I suppose few schools still use chalk and blackboards. They have probably been with newer equipment and large computer screens
On the first day of school, the expectation was s0 that I would be up early in the morning and long before it was time to leave for school We . about 6 blocks to school new shoes that felt tight and carried our small supplies inside a cigar box from one of the local stores. The stores must have saved cigar boxes just to give to us children .We them from year to year until they fell apart.
The first day of school was a new beginning, although there might be on the first day. The doors of knowledge had been opened and we great learning adventures. It is an in our lives that most of us remember. It"s a big step for a small child toward leaving babyhood and so "there isn"t enough time to play".
| 小题1: | | A．son | B．grandson | C．brother | D．cousin |
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| 小题2: | | A．short | B．loose | C．hard | D．long |
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| 小题3: | | A．cheer | B．expression | C．concern | D．sigh |
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| 小题4: | | A．attention | B．approach | C．reaction | D．access |
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| 小题5: | | A．returned | B．left | C．headed | D．escaped |
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| 小题6: | | A．cheerful | B．friendly | C．sad | D．familiar |
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| 小题7: | | A．write | B．read | C．listen | D．speak |
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| 小题8: | | A．widely | B．magically | C．perfectly | D．commonly |
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| 小题9: | | A．eventually | B．originally | C．occasionally | D．constantly |
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| 小题10: | | A．idea | B．view | C．mind | D．sight |
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| 小题11: | | A．smell | B．imagine | C．taste | D．reach |
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| 小题12: | | A．decorated | B．replaced | C．exchanged | D．equipped |
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| 小题13: | | A．small | B．great | C．faint | D．slight |
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| 小题14: | | A．anxious | B．nervous | C．curious | D．ready |
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| 小题15: | | A．walked | B．drove | C．ran | D．rode |
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| 小题17: | | A．saved | B．used | C．protected | D．hid |
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| 小题18: | | A．excitement | B．anxiety | C．disappointment | D．sorrow |
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| 小题19: | | A．expected | B．promised | C．demanded | D．appreciated |
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| 小题20: | | A．matter | B．affair | C．fact | D．event |
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When us teenager Jake Olson isn’t playing football or golf for his high school, he’s often offering inspiration through his new book about his own life.
These activities might be too much for the average 16-year-old to deal with, but Jake is blind. When people ask him how he can possibly play golf without being able to see the ball, he says he is thankful for his father’s guidance.
It seems apparent that his early experience playing sports as a person with sight and muscle memory— repeating behaviors over and over until they become second nature — have also enabled Jake to hit the ball quite well.
Jake was born with a rare kind of eye cancer that took away the vision from his left eye when he was an infant and eventually his right eye, in 2009, when he was 12 years old. Rather than letting the disease hold him back, Jake used his loss of sight and his faith as sources of motivation .
“If I was going to sit on the couch all day feeling sorry for myself, I wasn’t going to do anything. I decided right then and there that I wasn’t going to let it stop me and that I was going to go out and persevere (坚持不懈),” he said.
It was with that mind-set that the student from Orange Lutheran High School in California was able to write his first book, Open Your Eyes: 10 Uncommon Lessons to Discover a Happier Life. “It’s about opening the readers’ eyes to their true potential in life and making sure that they use all the abilities that they have,” Jake said.
Jake’s father, Brian Olson, said the family is impressed with what he has done with his life, including showing people that they can get through hardships. “Your darkest hour can soon become your brightest, and with every setback, there’s a setup,” Jake said. “In every one of us, there’s more potential than we can ever imagine, and it really is a choice.”
小题1:We can learn from the article that Jake Olson ______.| A．was born a blind child | | B．could have been a golf master | | C．has great muscle memory | | D．is trying to find the cure for his disease |
小题2:According to the article, Jake’s family members ______.| A．pity him deeply | | B．once gave up hope on him | | C．encouraged him to write the book | | D．admire his efforts and determination |
小题3:The purpose of the book Open Your Eyes: 10 Uncommon Lessons to Discover a Happier Life is to ______.| A．promote good approaches to getting along with disabled people | | B．inspire people to discover and use their hidden abilities | | C．help people come up with better life goals | | D．explain different definitions of “a happier life” |
小题4:The underlined word “setback” is closest in meaning to ______.| A．fight | B．failure | C．opportunity | D．success |
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