The Albinas married when Mr. Albina was 30, and they spent the early marriage in

The Albinas married when Mr. Albina was 30, and they spent the early marriage in

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The Albinas married when Mr. Albina was 30, and they spent the early marriage in Argentina. Then they decided to move to Chile, which meant they had to cross the Andes Mountains. They and their 20s sons made the difficult two-week journey on horses. One night there was a terrible snow storm in the mountains, during which Mrs Albina gave birth to triplets (三胞胎), a boy and two girls.
Mrs Albina now has 30 more girls, including the twins who are 15 months old. The oldest Albina children are in their 30s and 40s. They are on their own now, but 18 of the kids still live with their parents in a two-room house. The house has electricity but no toilet or running water. Clearly, the Albinas don’t have enough money and food for the big family. Why, then, do they continue to have children?
The Albinas do not use birth control because it is against their religion. They can let other people take care of their kids, but Mrs Albina doesn’t allow it. “When we were babies,” she said, “our mother left us at an orphanage and never returned. Then a couple adopted my brothers, and I was left behind. I was heartbroken. I promised that when I became a mother I would never give my children away.”
So the Albina family continues to grow. They have so many kids that they run out of names and have to give some children the same name. There are three Susannas, three Miriams, two Estrellas, and two Soledades.
Will the family stop at 53 kids? Mr Albina is 77, and Mrs Albina is 59. “I am getting old,” she said with a smile, “and I would like God to think of me and consider my age. But if God sends more children to me, yes, there will be more.”  
小题1:What is said about the children in the Albinas in the passage?
A.Some children are raised by others.
B.God sent the children to the Albinas.
C.The children are all twins or triplets.
D.Most of the children are independent now.
小题2: It can be inferred from the passage that______.
A.Mrs Albina experienced a hard childhood
B.the Albinas would like to use birth control
C.ten kids in the family share the same name
D.the Albina family has lived in three countries
小题3:How old was Mrs Albina when the Albinas got married?
A.30.B.25.C.12.D.18.
小题4:What is the attitude of Mrs. Albina to continuing to have babies?
A.He is very positive.
B.He doesn’t want to have more.
C.He hopes God will give them more.
D.He lets nature take its course.

答案

小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:D
解析

试题分析:全文主要介绍了Albina一家是世界上最大的家庭,介绍了这个家庭的组成成员。
小题1:细节题:从第二段的句子: The oldest Albina children are in their 30s and 40s. They are on their own now, but 18 of the kids still live with their parents in a two-room house. 可知大多数孩子还没有独立, 选D
小题2:推理题:从第三段的句子:“When we were babies,” she said, “our mother left us at an orphanage and never returned. 可知Mrs Albina的童年是不幸的,选 A
小题3:计算题:从第一段的句子:The Albinas married when Mr. Albina was 30,从最后一段的句子; Will the family stop at 53 kids? Mr Albina is 77, and Mrs Albina is 59. 可知现在Mrs Albina59岁,Mr Albina 77岁,可知Albina结婚时,Mrs Albina12岁,Mr Albina 30岁,选C
小题4:细节题:从第三段的句子:The Albinas do not use birth control because it is against their religion. 可知Albina太太对继续生孩子的态度是顺其自然,选 D
举一反三
“Look,it"s Baldy!”A boy shouted in my direction across the playground.Even though I was used to regular insults(侮辱)because of the____on my head,it was____ horrible to hear.I sighed as I headed back to the class.
When I was just 20 months old,I suffered serious____ after a bowl full of hot oil fell on my head.I was____ to hospital and had to stay there for weeks,while the doctors___ to save my life.“Holly"s very____to be alive,” they told Mum and Dad.“But she"ll be____ with scars on her head,and of course her hair won"t grow there.”
As a child,I cared much about my scars ,so I____wore a scarf to cover them up when I left home.____I didn"t,people would call me horrible names like Baldy.Although my friends were always comforting me, they never____understood how it felt.
Then through the hospital I was____ to a children"s burns camp,where children like me can get any help.There,I____14-year-old Stephanie,whose burns are a lot more serious than mine.But she is so __ that she never lets anyone put her down.“You shouldn"t____what people say about what you look like because we"re not different from anyone else,Holly,”she____me.“And you don"t need to wear a scarf because you look great ____ it!”For the first time in my life I could speak to someone who"d been through something____.So weeks later,at my 13th birthday party,____by her bravery,I gave up my scarf and showed off my scars.It felt amazing not having to____away behind my scarf.
Now,I am____ of what I look like and much happier,because I have realized it is your personality(个性)that decides who you truly are.                  
小题1:
A.hatB.scarfC.scarsD.cuts
小题2:
A.stillB.justC.neverD.seldom
小题3:
A.hungerB.coldC.defeatsD.burns
小题4:
A.rushedB.ledC.invitedD.forced
小题5:
A.learnedB.foughtC.returnedD.decided
小题6:
A.happyB.luckyC.lonelyD.poor
小题7:
A.pressedB.occupiedC.leftD.painted
小题8:
A.possiblyB.usuallyC.finallyD.nearly
小题9:
A.AlthoughB.SinceC.IfD.Before
小题10:
A.correctlyB.roughlyC.easilyD.really
小题11:
A.promotedB.introducedC.reportedD.carried
小题12:
A.metB.recognized
C.rememberedD.caught
小题13:
A.honestB.strong
C.activeD.young
小题14:
A.write downB.agree with
C.pass onD.listen to
小题15:
A.promisedB.encouraged
C.orderedD.calmed
小题16:
A.inB.forC.withoutD.beyond
小题17:
A.similarB.strange
C.hardD.important
小题18:
A.allowedB.requiredC.guidedD.inspired
小题19:
A.hideB.giveC.keep D.put
小题20:
A.sickB.awayC.tiredD.proud

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When 19-year-old Sophia Giorgi said she was thinking of volunteering to help the Make-A-Wish Foundation (基金会),nobody understood what she was talking about.But Sophia knew just how important Make-A-Wish could be because this special organization had helped to make a dream come true for one of her best friends .We were interested in finding out more,so we went along to meet Sophia and listen to what she had to say.
Sophia told us that Make-A -Wish is a worldwide organization that started in the United States in 1980.“It"s a charity(慈善机构)that helps children who have got very serious illnesses.Make-A-Wish helps children feel happy even though they are sick, by making their wishes and dreams come true ,” Sophia explained .
We asked Sophia how Make-A-Wish had first started.She said it had all begun with a very sick young boy called Chris ,who had been dreaming for a long time of becoming a policeman .Sophia said lots of people had wanted to find a way to make Chris"s dream come true—so, with everybody"s help, Chris, only seven years old at the time,had been a “policeman” for a day.” When people saw how delighted Chris was when his dream came true, they decided to try and help other sick children too,and that was the beginning of Make-A-Wish,” explained Sophia.
Sophia also told us the Foundation tries to give children and their families a special, happy time.A Make-A-Wish volunteer visits the families and asks the children what they would wish for if they could have anything in the world.Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true. They do this either by providing things that are necessary,or by raising money or helping out in whatever way they can.
小题1:Sophia found out about Make-A-Wish because her best friend had________.
A.benefited from itB.volunteered to help it
C.dreamed about itD.told the author about it
小题2:According to Sophia,Make-A-Wish________.
A.is an international charity
B.was understood by nobody at first
C.raises money for very poor families
D.started by drawing the interest of the public
小题3:What is said about Chris in Paragraph 3?
A.He has been a policeman since he was seven.
B.He gave people the idea of starting Make-A-Wish
C.He wanted people to help make his dream come true.
D.He was the first child Make-A-Wish helped after it had been set up.
小题4:Which of the following is true about Make-A-Wish volunteers?
A.They are important for making wishes come true.
B.They try to help children get over their illnesses.
C.They visit sick children to make them feel special.
D.They provide what is necessary to make Make-A-Wish popular.

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My mind went blank when I saw the gun pointing against the car window as we pulled out of the garage. This can"t be happening to me. Then I felt the gun, cold, against my head, and I heard my friend Jeremy saying,“What do you want? Take my wallet,” but at the time I thought of nothing.
I remember being a little annoyed when the gunman pulled me from the car by the hair. I remember the walk to the house—Jeremy, me, the two men with two guns. I remember the fear and anger in the gunmen"s voices because Jeremy was being slow, and I remember wondering why he was being slow. I did not realize that Jeremy had thrown the keys into the bush. But I remember that sound of the gun hitting Jeremy"s head and the feeling as the man who had hold of my hair released me. And I remember the split second when I realized he was looking at Jeremy,and I remember wondering how far I could run before he pulled the trigger. But I was already running, and upon reaching the car across the street, I didn"t crouch (蹲伏) behind it but screamed instead.
I remember thinking there was something ridiculous and illogical about screaming “Help, help!” at eight o"clock on a Tuesday evening in December and changing my plea(恳求) to the  more specific “Help, let me in, please let me in!” But the houses were cold, closed, unfriendly, and I ran on until I heard Jeremy"s screams behind me announcing that our attackers had fled.
The neighbors who had not opened their doors to us came out with baseball bats and helped Jeremy find his glasses and keys. In a group they were very brave. We waited for the police to  come until someone said to someone else that the noodles were getting cold, and I said politely,“Please go and eat. We"re OK.”
I was happy to see them go. They had been talking of stricter sentences for criminals, of  bringing back the death penalty(处罚) and how the President is going to clean up the country. I  was thinking, they could be saying all of this over my dead body, and I still feel that stiffer  sentences wouldn"t change a thing. In a rush all the anger I should have felt for my attackers was  directed against these contented people standing in front of their warm, comfortable homes  talking about all the guns they were going to buy. What good would guns have been to Jeremy  and me?
People all over the neighborhood had called to report our screams, and the police turned out  in force twenty minutes later. They were ill­tempered about what was, to them, much trouble  about nothing.  After all, Jeremy was hardly hurt, and we were hopeless when it came to  describing the gunmen. “Typical,” said one policeman when we couldn"t even agree on how tall  the men were.  Both of us were able to describe the guns in horrifying detail, but the two  policemen who stayed to make the report didn"t think that would be much help.
The policemen were matter­of­fact about the whole thing. The thin one said,“That was a  stupid thing to do, throwing away the keys. When a man has a gun against your head you do  what you"re told.” Jeremy looked properly embarrassed.
Then the fat policeman came up and the thin one went to look around the outside of the  house. “That was the best thing you could have done, throwing away the keys,” he said. “If you  had gone into the house with them...” His voice became weaker. “They would have hurt her” ——he twisted his head toward me——“and killed you both.” Jeremy looked happier. “Look,” said the fat policeman kindly, “ there"s no right or wrong in the situation. There"s just luck.”
All that sleepless night I replayed the moment those black gloves came up to the car  window. How long did the whole thing last? Three minutes, five, eight? No matter how many  hours of my life I may spend reliving it, I know there is no way to prepare for the next time—no  intelligent response to a gun. The fat cop was right. There"s only luck. The next time I might end up dead.
And I’m sure there will be a next time.  It can happen anywhere, anytime, to anyone.Security is an illusion(幻觉); there is no safety in locks or in guns. Guns make some people feel safe and some people feel strong, but they"re fooling themselves.
小题1:When the writer saw the gun pointing against the car window,________.
A.she felt very annoyed
B.she lost consciousness
C.she felt very much nervous
D.she lost the power of thinking
小题2:What most possibly drove the two gunmen away?
A.Jeremy"s fighting.
B.The author"s screaming.
C.Their neighbour"s brave action.
D.The police"s arrival.
小题3:When the author called for help, the neighbors didn"t come out immediately because________.
A.they were much too frightened
B.they were busy preparing dinners
C.they needed time to find baseball bats
D.they thought someone was playing a trick
小题4:What the author wants to tell us is that________.
A.neighbors are not helpful in moments of difficulty
B.the police are not reliable when one is in trouble
C.security is impossible as long as people can have guns
D.preventing robbers entering your house is the best choice

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As I held my father"s hands one night,I couldn"t help but notice their calluses(老茧) and roughness.His hands tell the story of his life as a ___,including all his struggles.
One summer,I remember,a drought(旱灾)hit Ontario,turning it into a____desert.On one of those hot mornings I was picking sweet corn with my dad to fill the last ___from the grocery store.Fifty dozen was all we needed,which____took twenty minutes. That morning,however,the process didn"t____ quickly.After forty minutes of aimlessly walking in the field,we____ needed twenty dozen.I was completely frustrated and ____.Dropping the basket heavily,I declared,“If the store wants its last twenty dozen,they can pick it themselves!”Dad____,“Just think,my little girl,only ten dozen left for each of us and then we"re____.”Such is Dad—whatever problem he ____,he never gives up.
____,the disastrous effects of the drought were felt all over our country.It was a challenging time for everyone,____Dad remained optimistic.He____to be grateful for other things like good health and food on our plates.Only then did I truly begin to____Dad and his faith that guided us through the hard times.
Dad is also a living example of real____.From dawn to dusk,he works countless hours to ___our family.He always puts our happiness ____his own,and never fails to cheer me on at my sports games___his exhaustion after long days.His loving and selfless nature has inspired me to become more sympathetic and____,putting others first.
Dad,the life____I have learned from you will stay with me forever.You are my father,teacher,friend and,most importantly,my hero.                  
小题1:
A.teacherB.gardenerC.farmerD.grocer
小题2:
A.stormyB.lively
C.disappearingD.burning
小题3:
A.orderB.formC.gapD.position
小题4:
A.repeatedlyB.normally
C.finallyD.really
小题5:
A.goB.beginC.occurD.change
小题6:
A.yetB.stillC.evenD.nearly
小题7:
A.surprisedB.nervous
C.angryD.frightened
小题8:
A.apologizedB.cried
C.complainedD.laughed
小题9:
A.lostB.doneC.goneD.touched
小题10:
A.meets withB.brings up
C.works outD.thinks about
小题11:
A.ThankfullyB.Hopefully
C.UnfortunatelyD.Strangely
小题12:
A.orB.forC.soD.but
小题13:
A.happenedB.seemed
C.continuedD.aimed
小题14:
A.faceB.appreciateC.examineD.question
小题15:
A.loveB.prideC.friendshipD.honesty
小题16:
A.supportB.settleC.startD.impress
小题17:
A.afterB.beforeC.besideD.under
小题18:
A.in spite ofB.in terms of
C.in control ofD.in place of
小题19:
A.carefulB.regretful
C.considerateD.humorous
小题20:
A.historyB.mottoC.patternsD.lessons

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Born in America,I spoke English,not Chinese,the language of my ancestors.When I was three,my parents flashed cards with Chinese ____ at my face,but I pushed them ____.My mom believed I would learn ___ I was ready.But the ____ never came.

On a Chinese New Year"s Eve,my uncle spoke to me in Chinese,but all I could do was ____ at him,confused,scratching my head.“ Still can"t speak Chinese?”He____ me,“You can"t even buy a fish in Chinatown.”
“Hey,this is America,not China.I"ll get some ____ with or without Chinese.”I replied and turned to my mom for ____.
“Remember to ask for fresh fish,Xin Xian Yu,”she said,handing over a $20 bill.I ____ the words,running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.
I found the fish ____ surrounded in a sea of customers.“I"d like to buy some fresh fish,”I shouted to the fishman.But he ____ my English words and turned to serve the next customer.The laugh of the people behind increased ____ their impatience.With every ____,the breath of the dragons(龙)on my back grew stronger—my blood boiling—____ me to cry out,“Xian Sheng Yu,please.”“Very Xian Sheng,”I repeated.The crowd erupted into laughter.My face turned ____ and I ran back home ____,except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket.
Should I laugh or cry?They"re Chinese.I"m Chinese. I should feel right at ____.Instead,I was the joke,a disgrace(丢脸)to the language.
Sometimes,I laugh at my fish ____,but,in the end.the joke is on ____.Every laugh is a culture ____;every laugh is my heritage(传统)fading away.
小题1:
A.customB.gamesC.charactersD.language
小题2:
A.aheadB.aroundC.alongD.aside
小题3:
A.whenB.beforeC.unlessD.until
小题4:
A.successB.studyC.timeD.attempt
小题5:
A.aimB.jokeC.nodD.stare
小题6:
A.cared aboutB.laughed at
C.argued withD.asked after
小题7:
A.right nowB.from now
C.at timesD.in time
小题8:
A.decisionB.permission
C.informationD.preparation
小题9:
A.repeatedB.reviewedC.spelledD.kept
小题10:
A.farmB.standC.pondD.market
小题11:
A.guessedB.forgotC.doubtedD.ignored
小题12:
A.byB.asC.withD.from
小题13:
A.secondB.effortC.desireD.movement
小题14:
A.forcingB.allowing
C.persuadingD.leading
小题15:
A.brightB.blankC.paleD.red
小题16:
A.thrownB.lostC.dividedD.reflected
小题17:
A.serviceB.homeC.riskD.root
小题18:
A.tradeB.deedC.challengeD.incident
小题19:
A.itB.usC.meD.them
小题20:
A.openmouthedB.tonguetied
C.emptyhandedD.brokenhearted

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