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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 11, 1958, mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap（大腿）, 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 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. 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 could 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 so happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran downstairs. My socks 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 got a baby brother. | B．He got a Christmas gift | | C．He became four years old. | D．He received a doll |
小题2:What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean？| A．Impossible. | B．Boring | C．Difficult | D．Fearful |
小题3:Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming?| A．Excitement. | B．Happiness. | C．Sadness. | D．Disappointment. |
小题4:What is the passage mainly about ?| A．A sad Christmas day | B．Life with a lovely baby | | C．A special Christmas gift. | D．Memories of a happy family |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:C |
解析
这篇文章是简单的叙事文，是一篇关于亲情的文章。笔触平实，情感动人。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:细节题：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。这个弟弟并非是真正的doll洋娃娃，这点同学们千万要读懂。选A。
小题2:猜词题：ominous本意是“不吉利的；凶兆的”，这道题就要考查考生们的理解能力了。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。故选D。
小题3:推理题：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。因此，正确答案为C选项。
小题4:主旨题：容易选成D。我相信这个家庭因为有亲情，他们内心肯定是快乐的，但是但从文章来看，这件事并不是快乐的。同理，这个圣诞节虽然过得提心吊胆、愁云密布，但最终的结果却是快乐和令人欣慰的，故不选A。 |
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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入
空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A wealthy man and his son loved to collect rare works of art. They had a large , from Picasso to Van Gogh. They would often sit together and the paintings of great artists. When the Vietnam conflict , the son went to war. he died in battle while rescuing another soldier. The father was in deep .
A month later, a young man came with a large in his hands. He said, “Sir, I am the soldier for whom your son his life. He often talked about your love for . So please accept it as a gift.” The father opened the package and saw a of his son. The father was so drawn to the picture that his eyes welled up with tears.
A few months later, the wealthy man died. There was to be a great auction (拍卖) of his
. Many people gathered, over having an opportunity to one painting. The auctioneer said, “We will start the bidding (竞拍) with this picture of the son. Who will bid for it?” There was . Then a voice shouted, “We want to see the famous paintings. Just
it.” “The son! Who’ll take the son?” the auctioneer continued.
Finally, a came from the very back. It was the gardener of the old man. “I’m poor and can only $10 for that.” The auctioneer asked the crowd to bid more. , they still kept silent. So he pounded the gavel (小锤). “SOLD for $10!” A man shouted, “Go on with the collection!” The auctioneer said, “I’m sorry, the auction is . According to will, only the picture of the son would be auctioned. Whoever bought that picture would be with all of the possessions, including the paintings.”
| 小题1: | | A．library | B．collection | C．house | D．garden |
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| 小题2: | | A．admire | B．process | C．sell | D．arrange |
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| 小题3: | | A．broke away | B．broke up | C．broke out | D．broke off |
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| 小题4: | | A．Unwillingly | B．Surprisingly | C．Generally | D．Unfortunately |
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| 小题5: | | A．mood | B．sorrow | C．pressure | D．nerve |
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| 小题6: | | A．package | B．book | C．box | D．case |
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| 小题7: | | A．cost | B．gave | C．assessed | D．concluded |
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| 小题8: | | A．music | B．smoking | C．clothes | D．art |
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| 小题9: | | A．watch | B．picture | C．gift | D．letter |
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| 小题10: | | A．house | B．garden | C．paintings | D．son |
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| 小题11: | | A．disappointed | B．excited | C．puzzled | D．stressed |
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| 小题12: | | A．buy | B．search | C．steal | D．adopt |
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| 小题13: | | A．noise | B．shout | C．delight | D．silence |
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| 小题14: | | A．ignore | B．defeat | C．divide | D．tolerate |
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| 小题15: | | A．seller | B．painter | C．voice | D．scream |
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| 小题16: | | A．spend | B．sponsor | C．contribute | D．afford |
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| 小题17: | | A．Thus | B．However | C．Therefore | D．Besides |
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| 小题18: | | A．over | B．on | C．apart | D．alongside |
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| 小题19: | | A．the gardener’s | B．the son’s | C．the young man’s | D．the old man’s |
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| 小题20: | | A．supplied | B．appointed | C．presented | D．equipped |
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When Regina Mary" parents refused to let her get a horse ,the smart 15-year-olddidn’t sit in her room and complain. Instead she turned to a cow called Luna to make her riding dreams come true.
Hours of training ,and tons of treats later, the results are impressive: not only do the two regularly go on long rides through the southern German countryside, they can even do some difficult jumps successfully. Regina joked while sitting on her brown-and-white companion: “It’s unbelievable really , She thinks she’s a horse.”
The pairs unlikely friendship started about two years ago, shortly after Luna was born on the Mayer’s farm. They
started off with walks in the woods. Then Mayer slowly got her cow more adapted to human contact and riding equipment.
About six months later, it was time to see how Luna would respond to a rider on her back in a competition for horses. Mayer sat in the saddle(马鞍),and all went as planned. “She was really well behaved and walked normally, but after a couple of meters, she wanted to get me off her back! You could see that she got a bit peeved.” said Mayer.
Luna and Mayer are now soul mates, spending most afternoons together once the teen—who dreams of becoming a nurse one day—come home from school.
小题1:The underlined word “peeved” in paragraph 4 probably means ________.| A．excited | B．sorry | C．angry | D．puzzled |
小题2: Regina’s plan is to be ________ in the future. | A．an animal trainer | B．a horse rider | C．a farmer | D．a nurse |
小题3: The passage mainly talks about ________.| A．a cow performing in a horse competition | | B．a German girl training a cow successfully | | C．the way of gaining friendship from a cow | | D．the efforts of a cow to adapt to riding equipment |
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Joseph Rudyard Kipling, who enjoyed early success with his poems, was born on 30 December 1865 in Bombay, India. Some of Kipling’s earliest and fondest memories are of his and sister Alice’s trips to the fruit market with their woman servant, or walking with his parents alongside the sea at night.
The beautiful days were to end when in 1871 Rudyard and Alice were sent to school in Southsea, England, to live with Captain Holloway and his wife. She ruled the boarding house with punishment and Kipling was often beaten by her and her son. “Then the old Captain died, and I was sorry, for he was the only person in that house as far as I can remember who ever threw me a kind word.” So he wrote in his later books. Kipling soon learned to read and found comfort in literature and poetry.
Freedom from the Holloway household was gained when he spent one month a year in London with his mother’s kind sister Aunt Georgie and her husband, pre-Raphaelite painter Edward Burne Jones and their children. Those months of December were a really paradise to Kipling.
In 1877 Kipling’s mother returned to England and collected him so that he could attend the United Services College in Devon. Now he was able to settle into the life of a student and in his second year started writing his own Schoolboy Lyric poems printed by his parents. In 1878 his father took him to the Paris Exhibition where he was allowed to wander freely and gained much appreciation for French culture which he wrote about in “Souvenirs of France”.
小题1: Kipling first left his parents in __________.小题2: Kipling fell in love with literature and poetry __________.| A．before the old Holloway died | | B．when he was a little boy with his parents | | C．when he attended the United Services College | | D．when he was in school, living with the Holloways |
小题3: From the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 we learn that __________.| A．he felt free and happy with his aunt’s family | | B．he felt terrible when he stayed with the old Captain | | C．the death of the old captain influenced him a lot | | D．the days at his aunt’s helped him become a successful poet |
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Michel is a young girl who works for the police a handwriting expert (专家). She has helped many criminals (罪犯) by using her special talents (天才).
When she was fourteen, Michel was already interested in the differences in her friends" that she would spend hours them. After college she went to France for a two-year class in handwriting at the School of Police Science.
Michel says that it is for people to hide their handwriting. She can of what she needs to know simply looking at the writing with her own eyes, she also has machines help her make different kinds of paper and ink. This knowledge is often great help to the police.
Michel believes that handwriting is a good of what kind of person the is. "I wouldn"t go out with a fellow I didn"t like his handwriting.” She says. But she she fell in love with her future husband, a young policeman she studied his handwriting. It is later proved to be , however.
| 小题2: | | A．search | B．follow | C．catch | D．judge |
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| 小题4: | | A．books | B．letter | C．tongues | D．handwriting |
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| 小题5: | | A．writing | B．studying | C．settling | D．uncovering |
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| 小题6: | | A．attending | B．finishing | C．starting | D．stepping into |
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| 小题7: | | A．powerful | B．natural | C．special | D．common |
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| 小题8: | | A．main | B．safe | C．easy | D．impossible |
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| 小题9: | | A．most | B．nothing | C．little | D．sight |
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| 小题12: | | A．they | B．in which | C．that | D．those |
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| 小题15: | | A．test | B．sign | C．means | D．habit |
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| 小题16: | | A．thief | B．criminal | C．writer | D．policeman |
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| 小题17: | | A．whether | B．unless | C．if | D．after |
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| 小题18: | | A．adds | B．tells | C．repeats | D．cries |
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| 小题19: | | A．before | B．after | C．so | D．and |
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| 小题20: | | A．necessary | B．all right | C．important | D．quite easy |
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Everyone wants some degree of success. Many people believe that they deserve success simply because they believe that they deserve success.
But there is a widespread belief that people who get on in life may be successful not because they deserve it, but because of influential (有影响的) friends or the right background. Sometimes it may just be a comforting and harmless belief, while at the other extreme it can be very destructive. I once met a brilliant young engineer who worked in a chemical plant. Because of her knowledge and experience, she should have been promoted to Production Manager. Instead, the job went to a man who was totally unsuited for the post. Everyone knew that he only got it because he was politically acceptable to his superiors (上司). This injustice discouraged the young engineer and many of her colleagues. It also meant that the factory was much less efficient than it could have been.
At the same time, we should not be pessimistic (悲观的). More and more the modern world depends on having people who are in the job because they are good enough, not just because their faces fit. There is a story of a factory owner who sent for an engineer to see to a machine which would not go. He examined it, then took out a hammer and tapped, once. The machine started up immediately. When he presented his bill, the owner protested, "This can"t be right! $ 100 just for tapping a machine with a hammer?" The engineer wrote out a new bill: "For tapping a machine, $1; for knowing where to tap. $99."
小题1:The engineer at the chemical plant was not promoted because _____.| A．it was politically less good for the boss to accept her than the man | | B．her boss did not think she had the fight qualifications for the job | | C．the man who got the promotion was more experienced than she was | | D．it is more difficult for a woman to get a promotion than for her male colleague |
小题2:The engineer who repaired the machine was right in charging $ 100 because____. | A．he hit the machine to get it started again | | B．the factory owner could not have repaired it himself | | C．he was charging for his knowledge and expert skills | | D．he was the only person who could find out what was wrong with it |
小题3:What can we learn about the author"s attitude toward the widespread belief that "people get on in life may be successful not because they deserve it"?| A．He quite agrees with it. | | B．He doesn"t express his opinion his opinion at it. | | C．He completely disagrees with it. | | D．He doesn"t quite agree with it. |
小题4:According to the text, which of the following is NOT true?| A．Having influential friends or right background seems helpful sometimes. | | B．The engineer had good reason to overcharge the factory owner. | | C．Not all those who are good in their jobs have the chance to be promoted. | | D．Those who are good in their jobs are still largely needed by the modern society. |
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