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Once upon a time, there were two very good friends who lived together in the shade of a rock. Strange as it may seem, one was a and one was a tiger. They had met when they were too to know the difference between lions and tigers. So they did not think their was at all unusual. Besides, it was a peaceful part of the mountains, possibly the influence of a gentle forest monk who lived nearby. He was a hermit, one who far away from other people.
For some unknown reason, one day the two friends got into a silly . The tiger said, “Everyone knows the cold when the moon wanes from full to new! ” The lion said, “Where did you hear such nonsense? Everyone knows the comes when the moon waxes from to full! ”
The argument got stronger and stronger. Neither could the other. They could not any conclusion to resolve the growing dispute. They started calling each other names! Fearing for their friendship, they decided to go to ask the learned forest , who would surely know about such things.
Visiting the hermit, the lion and tiger bowed respectfully and put their question to him. The friendly monk thought for a while and then gave his . “It can be cold in any phase of the , from new to full and back to new again. It is the wind that brings the cold, from west or north or east. Therefore, in a way, you are both right! And neither of you is by the other. The most important thing is to live without conflict, to remain . Unity is best by all means. ”
The lion and tiger thanked the wise hermit. They were happy to be friends.
| 小题2: | | A．weak | B．unforgettable | C．young | D．poor |
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| 小题3: | | A．friendship | B．difference | C．relationship | D．connection |
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| 小题4: | | A．in turn | B．due to | C．according to | D．as to |
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| 小题5: | | A．lived | B．survived | C．walked | D．moved |
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| 小题6: | | A．argument | B．decision | C．activity | D．conference |
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| 小题7: | | A．happens | B．bears | C．comes | D．seems |
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| 小题8: | | A．clean | B．cold | C．cool | D．good |
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| 小题9: | | A．wonderful | B．fresh | C．delicious | D．new |
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| 小题10: | | A．solve | B．compete | C．convince | D．remind |
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| 小题11: | | A．arrive | B．reach | C．cause | D．paint |
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| 小题13: | | A．monk | B．teacher | C．mother | D．parent |
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| 小题14: | | A．kind | B．different | C．peaceful | D．rich |
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| 小题15: | | A．answer | B．speech | C．comment | D．remark |
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| 小题16: | | A．sun | B．weather | C．moon | D．day |
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| 小题17: | | A．whether | B．until | C．if | D．when |
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| 小题18: | | A．rewarded | B．won | C．defeated | D．awarded |
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| 小题19: | | A．moved | B．united | C．interested | D．amused |
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| 小题20: | | A．too | B．quite | C．also | D．still |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:B
小题5:A
小题6:A
小题7:C
小题8:B
小题9:D
小题10:C
小题11:B
小题12:D
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:A
小题16:C
小题17:A
小题18:C
小题19:B
小题20:D |
解析
试题分析：本篇是一则童话故事，叙述了一只老虎和一只狮子的故事。老虎和狮子同住一块岩石下，他们相互认识时由于年龄太小而不知道狮子和老虎之间的区别。所以他们并不认为他们之间的友谊有什么非同寻常。有一次老虎和狮子为了一件无所谓的事情进行了争吵，争吵愈演愈烈，甚至到了互相辱骂的程度。担心他们之间友谊会出问题，他们决定带着所争论的问题去请教博学睿智的森林和尚。在和尚的充满智慧的答复下，老虎和狮子又重归于好。故事告诉我们：不要因为小事而伤了朋友之间的友谊。
小题1:D 原词重现，下文有“lion”提示。不是“狐狸、鸡子或猴子”。
小题2:C 根据常识推断“因为年纪小，即太年轻而不知道”。 weak软弱；unforgettable难忘的；poor
贫穷；。
小题3:A 原词重现。下文“Fearing for their friendship, they decided to go to ask the learned forest ,”有提示。上下文意思是说“他们是太年轻了，以致于不知道狮子和老虎之间的区别。所以他们不认为他们的友谊是在所有中不寻常的。”故排除B项。relation关系；connection联系。
小题4:B上下文存在因果关系。这部分山区的安宁可能受住在附近的一位温和的和尚的影响的缘故。in turn反过来；according to根据；as to至于。
小题5:A live居住；survive生存；walk步行，走；move迁移。根据上下文分析“和尚”应该是“居住在附近”。
小题6:A原词重现，下文“The argument got stronger and stronger”有提示。不知什么原因，有一天，两个朋友陷入了愚蠢的争吵。decision决定；activity活动；conference会议。
小题7:C原词复现，与下题互为提示。happen发生；bear忍受；seem似乎。
小题8:B原词复现，与上题互为提示。Clean清洁，清楚；cool凉爽，酷；good好的。
小题9:D原词重现，上文“Everyone knows the cold when the moon wanes from full to new!”有提示。狮子跟老虎所说的正好相反。wonderful精彩的；fresh新鲜的；delicious可口的。
小题10:C上文说“争论越来越激烈”说明“谁也不服谁”。solve解决；compete与……竞争，比赛；convince说服，使信服；remind提醒。
小题11:B既然“谁也不服谁”说明他们对争论的问题“没有得出结论not reach any conclusion”。arrive到；cause引起，paint绘画。
小题12:D老虎跟狮子争吵得不可开交，“甚至(even)到了互相辱骂的程度”。far 远远地；ever曾经； yet还，也，仍。
小题13:A 原词重现，上文“possibly the influence of a gentle forest monk who lived nearby.” 有提示。Monk和尚；teacher老师；mother母亲；parent父亲或母亲。
小题14:C “hermit”是“隐士”的意思。根据常识用来形容“隐士”的最佳词汇是“peaceful(安静的)”。Kind友善的；different不同的；rich富有的。
小题15:A 对应上文“the lion and tiger bowed respectfully and put their question to him.”这儿应该用“answer(回答)”。speech演讲；comment评论，注释，意见，说明；remark评论，谈论。
小题16:C 老虎与狮子争论的问题是围绕“cold”和“moon”展开的。所以答案为C项。sun太阳；weather天气；day白天。
小题17:A whether...or无论是……还是；until直到；if 如果；when当……时候。
小题18:C 根据上文“Therefore, in a way, you are both right(从某种程度上说，你们俩谁都没有错)”说“谁被谁打败了(defeated)”的问题。reward酬谢，奖赏，报答；win赢；award授予，奖给。
小题19:B 根据下文“Unity is best by all means”的提示应该选“united(团结的)”。moved移动的，迁移的；interested感兴趣的；amused有趣的，好玩的。
小题20:D 争吵圆满地解决了，老虎和狮子“还是(still)好朋友”。Too也；quite相当，十分；also也。 |
举一反三
People think that writing short stories is easy because they are short. But in fact they are hard to write well. There are only a few writers of good short stories and the American writer O. Henry is one of them.
His real name was William Sydney Porter and he grew up in North Carolina. He was not very successful at school but he loved reading. When he was about twenty years old he left North Carolina and moved to Texas. He thought there would be more opportunities for work there. At first he worked on a newspaper but as this did not provide enough money he changed his job. He decided to work in a bank. All went well until some money went missing. William was believed to have stolen it and was sent to prison. Although this was a horrible experience it helped in one way because he realized that he could write well. William began writing short stories and O. Henry was born! When he left prison he began writing as a career and published many of his stories. They were mostly about the people that he met or he knew in New York and they had interesting or surprising endings. People enjoyed reading them. His life, however, was not a happy one. He drank too much and died in 1910 in New York but he left behind stories that are still read and enjoyed by millions of people.
小题1:In which order did O. Henry do the following things?
a. Lived in New York. b. Worked in a bank.
c. Travelled to Texas. d. Was put in prison.
e. Had a newspaper job. f. Learned to write stories.| A．e, c, f, b, d, a | B．c, e, b, d, f, a | | C．e, b, d, c, a, f | D．c, b, e, d, a, f |
小题2:People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because .| A．they had surprise endings | | B．they were easy to understand | | C．they showed his love for the poor | | D．they were about New York City |
小题3:O. Henry went to prison because .| A．people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper | | B．he broke the law by using violence | | C．he wanted to write stories about prisoners | | D．people thought he had taken money that was not his |
小题4:What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?| A．He was well-educated. | B．He was not serious about his work. | | C．He was devoted to the poor. | D．He loved reading. |
小题5:Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories? | A．His life inside the prison. | | B．The newspaper articles he wrote. | | C．The city and people of New York. | | D．His exciting early life as a boy. |
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The two teachers were sitting in the teacher’s room. For a moment there was . Then one of them, Miss Smith said “I’m afraid I’d have to him.”
“Now, Alice,” said her friend Mrs. Jackson, “is he such a terrible student?”
“That’s just the ,” the other woman replied. “Tom is my best student. The problem is that he’s now so lazy that he never gets done. He hasn’t handed me of his homework for three weeks and I’d be surprised he did now.”
before had Mrs. Jackson seen Miss Smith look so unhappy. “Have you with him about it?” she asked.
“Why should I? He knows he has to prepare his lessons and do his homework. I that clear the first day for class. When the course started , he did so that I considered asking the to give him a scholarship (奖学金). But now he even in class! I’ve never seen such a in a student.”
“You should have a with him. Give him a chance to tell his side of story.”
Miss Smith spoke to Tom and all about it. He was studying all day and most of the night in a factory to pay for his education. Of course he was tired in the and sometimes could hardly keep . Miss Smith soon arranged for him to have a and he was able to give up his and concentrate (集中精力) on his studies .
| 小题1: | | A．distance | B．silence | C．pleasure | D．delight |
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| 小题2: | | A．fail | B．teach | C．beat | D．tell |
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| 小题3: | | A．lesson | B．thing | C．trouble | D．boy |
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| 小题4: | | A．homework | B．housework | C．cleaning | D．washing |
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| 小题5: | | A．some | B．plenty | C．any | D．lots |
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| 小题6: | | A．even | B．if | C．though | D．when |
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| 小题7: | | A．Long | B．Until | C．Ever | D．Never |
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| 小题8: | | A．quarreled | B．talked | C．dealt | D．discussed |
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| 小题9: | | A．said | B．thought | C．required | D．made |
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| 小题10: | | A．quickly | B．often | C．much | D．well |
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| 小题11: | | A．school | B．class | C．others | D．parents |
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| 小题12: | | A．talks | B．sleeps | C．laughs | D．walks |
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| 小题13: | | A．matter | B．change | C．habit | D．way |
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| 小题14: | | A．lesson | B．look | C．talk | D．meeting |
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| 小题15: | | A．studied | B．got | C．learned | D．understood |
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| 小题16: | | A．sleeping | B．working | C．spending | D．staying |
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| 小题17: | | A．morning | B．afternoon | C．evening | D．night |
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| 小题18: | | A．silent | B．clean | C．warm | D．awake |
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| 小题19: | | A．scholarship | B．room | C．teacher | D．position |
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| 小题20: | | A．education | B．sleep | C．job | D．pay |
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One day a lawyer’s wife fell ill, and he went to get a doctor. The doctor willingly came to see the woman and to do what he could for her, but before he went into the house, he made a short stop. He knew that the lawyer was famous for not paying his bills, even if they were due(正当的).He therefore said to the man.“But if I save your wife, I am afraid you may not pay me.”
“Sir,”replied the lawyer. “Here I have＄500,,whether you cure my wife or you kill her. I"ll give you all this.”
The doctor was reassured(使安心) and went into the house. When he reached the woman"s bedside, it soon became clear to him that he could do little. She was seriously ill, and though he prescribed(开药方) her medicine, she soon died.
He told the lawyer he was very sorry, and then asked for the money which he had promised. “Did you kill my wife?”asked the lawyer. “Of course I didn"t,” said the doctor. “Well! Did you cure my wife?” asked the man. “I"m afraid that was impossible,” replied the doctor.“Well, then since you neither killed my wife nor cured her, I have nothing to pay you.”
小题1:One day a lawyer’s wife fell ill, and the lawyer_____ .| A．cured his wife | | B．got a doctor for her | | C．got some medicine for her illness | | D．promised to pay＄500 to the doctor |
小题2:Before entering the lawyer’s house the doctor stopped for a while, because_____ .| A．the doctor wanted to ask something about his wife"s illness | | B．the doctor thought it impossible to save the woman | | C．the doctor was afraid that the lawyer would refuse to pay him | | D． the lawyer was too poor to pay his bills |
小题3:Because the lawyer’s wife was seriously ill, the doctor_____ .| A．couldn’ t do much and didn"t save her life | | B．tried his best and saved her at last | | C．had to do everything he could for her | | D．had to spend a lot of time to cure her |
小题4:From the story, we know_____ .| A．the lawyer was very clever | | B．how the lawyer"s wife died | | C．the doctor was stupid enough to be fooled | | D．the lawyer was dishonest and that he fooled the doctor |
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friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time telling us they are in a hurry and looking at their watches. It isn’t that our friends are all very busy, it is just that When we haven’t got a television. People think that we are very strange. “But what do you do in the evening?”，they are always asking. The answer is very simple. Both my wife and I have hobbies. We certainly don’t spend our evenings staring at the walls. My wife enjoys cooking and painting and often attends evening classes in foreign languages. This is particularly useful as we often go abroad for our holidays. I collect stamps and I’m always busy with my collection. Both of us enjoy listening to the music and playing chess together.
Sometimes there are power cuts and we have no electricity in the house. This does not worry us, we just light candles and carry on with what we were doing before. Our friends, however, are lost---no television!---So they don’t know what to do. On such evenings our house is very full ---they all come to us. They all have a good time. Instead of sitting in silence in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games.
小题1:The couple have not got a television, because .| A．they are not rich enough | | B．they are strange people | | C．they enjoy spending evenings in their own ways | | D．they don’t know what to do when there are power cuts |
小题2:Both of them are interested in .| A．learning languages | B．traveling | | C．staying home alone | D．watching people play games |
小题3:At night when there is no electricity, the couple .| A．have to stare at the walls | B．can do nothing but sit in silence | | C．will have many visitors | D．have to go out for candles |
小题4:The best title for this passage is _____.| A．Why Do We Need a Television? | | B．Candle! But No Electricity! | | C．Different Friends, Different Hobbies. | | D．We Go Without Televisions! |
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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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