On Sundays my father always wore that gray apron(围裙)—the one with the race cars
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On Sundays my father always wore that gray apron(围裙)—the one with the race cars all over it. The ritual (老规矩) began. breakfast when Dad always announced, “Go ahead everyone. I’ll the dishes!” For the next hour Dad did the dishes, singing ballads (歌谣) like “I Had a Hat When I Came in.” and “Who Put the Chow in Mrs. Marphy’s Chowder?”
I suppose it was for a boy’s father to wear an apron—even one with race cars— I never thought much of it until the day that Dad broke with tradition. It was the last Sunday in August. As we home slowly from church together, my father seemed very . “Tommy,” he said letting my name roll off his . “There comes a time in every boy’s when he must take on responsibilities. It’s time you a greater role in the family. From now on, I want you to the dishes on Sunday morning, so your mother and I can work the crossword puzzle (纵横字谜) together.”
“The dishes!?” I in surprise.
“Anything wrong with taking over the dishes, son?” father said.
I started to say something about a man’s or woman’s work, but I knew immediately that my protests (抗议) would be .
I didn’t taste a bit of that morning. Dad seemed joyful as he described an American game.[]
At the end of the meal, my father , “Let’s go to read the paper, honey.” “Aren’t you doing the dishes?” my 51 asked surprisedly. Father smiled and said, “your oldest son has to fill the position.”
“I want you to have this apron on, Tommy. It’ll keep your clothes from getting .” And before I could go against it, he had put the thing on me. “Thanks, Son. Your mother and I this.”
With that he disappeared into the Sunday paper. I looked at the dishes. I could see my dad reaching for the dishes. He was always happy to help the family. My anger soon flew off and I began to sing.
| 小题1: | | A．Until | B．During | C．Before | D．After |
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| 小题2: | | A．keep up | B．take care of | C．look for | D．turn over |
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| 小题3: | | A．important | B．natural | C．strange | D．exciting |
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| 小题5: | | A．rushed | B．hurried | C．walked | D．danced |
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| 小题7: | | A．eyes | B．tongue | C．ears | D．hands |
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| 小题8: | | A．death | B．school | C．work | D．life |
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| 小题9: | | A．made | B．played | C．did | D．carried |
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| 小题11: | | A．smiled | B．laughed | C．whispered | D．screamed |
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| 小题12: | | A．game | B．joy | C．job | D．feeling |
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| 小题13: | | A．turned down | B．turned to | C．turned up | D．turned off |
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| 小题14: | | A．breakfast | B．lunch | C．supper | D．juice |
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| 小题15: | | A．ordered | B．announced | C．demanded | D．chatted |
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| 小题16: | | A．brother | B．sister | C．mother | D．friend |
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| 小题17: | | A．started | B．gone | C．managed | D．offered |
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| 小题19: | | A．hate | B．scold | C．appreciate | D．require |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:B
小题10:A
小题11:D
小题12:C
小题13:A
小题14:A
小题15:B
小题16:C
小题17:D
小题18:D
小题19:C
小题20:B |
解析
试题分析：文章大意：本文主要叙述了一位父亲如何让自己的男孩学会承担责任的故事。从让孩子开始洗碗开始，父亲在教育孩子落实到日常生活中。
小题1:D 介词辨析。A直到……才；B在……期间；C在……之前；D在……之后。根据后文的“did the dishes洗餐具”可知应选D。
小题2:B 动词短语辨析。A坚持；B照顾，对付，处理；C寻找；D反过来。根据词义辨析和第1题和后面的did the dishes洗餐具可判断答案。
小题3:C 形容词辨析。根据后文的never thought判断答案。important重要的；natural自然的；strange奇怪的；exciting激动的，兴奋的。
小题4:A 上下文串联。这里是前后句子之间存在转折关系。
小题5:C 动词辨析。A冲；B匆忙；C步行；D跳舞。根据下文的slowly可判断答案。
小题6:A 上下文串联。根据文章第一段父亲洗碗的过程都在唱着歌，所以此处应该是父亲看起来很高兴，自己的儿子长大了。
小题7:B 短语辨析。he said letting my name roll off his tongue他卷着舌头叫我的名字。
小题8:D 名词辨析。句意：“每个男孩子的一生中都需要承担责任，”in one’s life在某人的一生中。
小题9:B 固定短语。句意：现在到了你承担更多家务的时候了。It is time （that）从句用一般过去时，play a great role in在……起重要作用。
小题10:A 动词辨析。根据第一段中For the next hour Dad did the dishes判断选A。
小题11:D 上下文串联和调查动词辨析。根据空后的in surprise可判断选scream尖叫。whisper小声说；laugh嘲笑；smile微笑。
小题12:C 名词辨析。A比赛；B快乐；C工作；D感情。此处是男士的“job”与女士的“work”相对比。
小题13:A 动词词组辨析。be turned down被拒绝；turn to转向；turn up开大；turn off关上。句意：我立即就知道我的抗议将会被拒绝。故选A。
小题14:A 名词辨析。A早餐；B午餐；C晚餐；D果汁。根据空后的that morning判断选A。
小题15:B 动词辨析。A命令，订购；B宣布，叙说，说道；C强烈要求；D聊天。“Let’s go to read the paper, honey.”是作者父亲所说的话，故选B。
小题16:C 上下文串联。根据空前的父亲称呼为“honey”判断，此处肯定是作者的母亲。
小题17:D 动词辨析。A开始；B去；C设法做某事；D（主动）提出。offer to do sth主动提出做某事，此处父亲是在给作者以“尊严”。
小题18:D 上下文串联。apron围裙，穿上它当然是为了不弄“湿”衣服。“它不会使你的衣服变湿”。
小题19:C 动词辨析。A讨厌；B责备；C欣赏，感激；D需要。句意：你母亲和我都对此很感激。
小题20:B 副词辨析。此处是作者向“下”看自己面前的盘子，look down向下看；look up向上看；look out注意，当心，向外看。 |
举一反三
I remembered that when I was a little child, I used to look for Sunday of the week. Yes, I was so looking forward to an adventure.
Now, I still have a strong affinity for buses. I used to wonder where those gigantic (巨大的) buses finally stopped. On sunshine Sundays, that’s my adventure times. He took me to the bus stop. Time passed, while I was growing impatient, he was smiling, as he always does.
It was really not that easy to get on a bus as often as we do today. I was so worried that the bus driver would have missed us. I waved my hands so high with all my strength. I looked hopefully at him. He didn’t move at all. He was still standing. It seemed that the late and infrequent coming of the bus wasn’t any trouble to him at all.
He took my hand. We managed to find seats on the upper deck. I was so excited. Only sitting beside the windows made me happy. Looking at the rewinding buildings, streets and people through windows from a higher ground was so much fun. Then, he was sitting peacefully by me and whispered to me where the bus finally would stop. I was curious about what would be the next stop of our destination as much as what really means something to him.[]
That is me. I know now. I am all he cares. He wants me to be happy, as he always does. That’s the strong bond between father and son. Childhood, naive(天真) and precious, you showed me the world and the way I look at the world. I am so grateful for your presence in my life. Thanks, you are so wonderful!
小题1:Who is “he” throughout the text?| A．The brother of the writer. | B．The son of the writer. | | C．The father of the writer. | D．A bus driver. |
小题2:In the second paragraph, what is the probably meaning of “affinity”?| A．Hate. | B．Disappointment. | C．Liking. | D．Confusion. |
小题3:Where does this text probably come from?| A．A bus guide. | B．A student’s diary. | | C．An adventure story. | D．A transportation report. |
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Not too long ago, our teacher, being a “tree-hugger” (as the kids call her), had us write an essay on an environmental issue . I was eager to start, but something made me stop.
“What is an environmental issue ?” one kid asked . “What if we don’t care about the environment ?” another complained. “ It’s not like it affects me .”
These comments astounded me .I have always cared about the environment and assumed that others did too. From the surprised look on my teacher’s face, I could tell she felt the same way.
In no time, I finished my essay . In my essay I wrote about logging(伐木), which is an important industry, but if we continue to cut down trees without replacing them, it will damage the environment.
There are so many things that we can do to save our world. Recycling, of course, is always a good thing, but not everyone has a recycling plant nearby ( I don’t ) . There are other ways to help the environment . Plant a tree. Don’t waste water.
I can’t stand it when a person’s excuse for not caring is “Nothing’s going to happen in my lifetime, so why should I care ?” Sure, the chances of something terrible happening are slim, but I want people to realize that if we don’t deal with it, someone will have to eventually. Do you want that to be your children ?
When my teacher told me to read my essay to my class, I was a little embarrassment because I didn’t want everyone to call me “tree- hugger”. I realize now that if being a tree-hugger means you cares about the environment, I’m a tree-hugger 100 percent. I just wish more people were too.
小题1:Why do the students call her teacher “tree-hugger” ?| A．She likes hugging trees. | | B．She knows a lot about trees. | | C．She grew up in the country. | | D．She cares a lot about the environment. |
小题2:The underlined word in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by ____.| A．helped | B．changed | C．shocked | D．interested |
小题3:Paragraph 5 is mainly about ____.| A．what we can recycle | | B．how we can save the earth | | C．why we should protect the earth | | D．what damage we are doing to the earth |
小题4:We can infer from the text that _____| A．the students don’t like the teacher | | B．the teacher liked the author’s essay | | C．the author is ashamed of being a tree-hugger | | D．the author should have written a better essay |
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It was late in the afternoon. Several hundred villagers left their houses and gathered in the open air outside the village. They were staring __ __ at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with __ __ —beautiful and dangerous.
The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. Mountain climbers had __ __ the top, using the southern route. But no one had __ __ dared to try a winter climbing up the northern side. But now one man was daring to try the __ __ route— the northern route, which was more difficult. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber from Italy.
For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him __ __. Now they were waiting to see his ____. If he planned to __ __ the next day, he would light a green signal. A red light would mean that he was __ __.
A tiny green light __ __ high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people __ __.
The next day he continued his way upward. He was so lonely and so __ __！But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the __ __ light.
In the morning, Bonatti __ __. He could not see the top, but he knew he was __ __ there. Though the climb was painful, he moved up.
Bonatti had spent months __ __ for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and ____ to climb to the top?
He was finally at the top! News about his __ __ was radioed to the world.
The trip __ __ the southern route was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the “ __ __ ”，and would be well remembered as a climber of all time.
| 小题1: | | A．back | B．forward | C．down | D．up |
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| 小题2: | | A．flowers | B．ice and snow | C．green trees | D．leaves |
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| 小题3: | | A．watched | B．passed | C．reached | D．climbed |
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| 小题4: | | A．even | B．never | C．seldom | D．ever |
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| 小题5: | | A．different | B．unique | C．same | D．easy |
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| 小题6: | | A．patiently | B．carefully | C．anxiously | D．eagerly |
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| 小题7: | | A．face | B．figure | C．flag | D．signal |
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| 小题8: | | A．slide | B．continue | C．rest | D．stop |
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| 小题9: | | A．turning back | B．moving up | C．staying away | D．keeping on |
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| 小题10: | | A．existed | B．appeared | C．turned | D．traveled |
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| 小题11: | | A．cheered | B．laughed | C．whispered | D．sighed |
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| 小题12: | | A．determined | B．excited | C．tired | D．happy |
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| 小题13: | | A．yellow | B．blue | C．green | D．red |
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| 小题14: | | A．woke up | B．turned up | C．got up | D．looked up |
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| 小题15: | | A．already | B．almost | C．hardly | D．surely |
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| 小题16: | | A．training | B．applying | C．planning | D．asking |
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| 小题17: | | A．idea | B．skill | C．money | D．wish |
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| 小题18: | | A．victory | B．return | C．climb | D．courage |
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| 小题20: | | A．necessary | B．important | C．attractive | D．impossible |
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Richard Wagner was a German musician has been a very controversial(有争议的) person, but he has gained great fame by writing opera, a form of performance combining singing, music on instruments, and drama.
While he wrote excellent music, many people think his operas are too dark and serious, lacking the fun common in operas written before his time.
Wagner, on the other hand, thought the opera of his time was too simple．He wanted to make opera a serious form of art that combined drama and music to tell deep stories that would have a strong effect on the audience.
Some people thought Wagner’s new kind of music was too different from the operas they were used to hearing．Wagner agreed with them．In fact, he didn’t call his works “operas” at all, using instead a German word that means “Musical Festival” or “Musical play”.
While many people today still do not like Wagner’s operas, they cannot deny that Wagner has had a lot of influence on opera as a form of art．Wagner invented the tradition of turning off the lights before starting a play．He also was the first person to make the whole audience sit down for an entire play．Today, almost all operas are performed in this manner.
Wagner as a man was even more controversial than Wagner as a writer of music．He hated Jewish people, and made many people angry, which we would today think of as evil．Some would say he was a good musician, while others would say that he was a bad musician．But it would be difficult to say he was not an important person in music and in the world.
小题1:Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage?| A．Richard Wagner is not worth talking about | | B．Richard Wagner has made many people angry | | C．Richard Wagner has contributed much to opera. | | D．Richard Wagner is a very controversial man. |
小题2:Why did Wagner write what is considered serious music?| A．He wanted to influence people with deep stories. | | B．He wanted to make his music simple to follow. | | C．He wanted to make it suitable for his deep voice. | | D．He was greatly influenced by previous musicians. |
小题3:Wagner’s works were different from normal opera of his time NOT because________.| A．he called his works “Musical Festivals” | | B．his drama, music and singing are combined | | C．the lights are off before starting a play | | D．the audience could sit down during his play |
小题4:Which of the following statements about Wagner’s works is TRUE?| A．His works are seldom accepted | | B．His works are known to be funny. | | C．His works started a new tradition. | | D．Most people are angry about his works. |
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A man was driving at 70 miles in a 40-mile zone, when a came behind him. Right away the man started thinking of to give.
As the policeman came to him, he said, “Hi, officer, I guess you me a little bit over the speed limit. I was in a rush to get , to be with my wife and kids. You know my younger son wasn’t feeling too when I left home this morning. I’m afraid he’s ill.”
The policeman said, “Well, I guess so,” and started something in his notebook. As minutes went by, he could see from the side view mirror, the policeman was writing. When the man was wondering why he hadn’t asked for his driving so far, the policeman came to his window, him a piece of paper, and returned to his car without saying a single word. The man wondered: how much was this going to be? However, the man was it was not a ticket at all and he began to :
“I had a daughter who was by a speeding car at the age of six by a speeding driver. He got a fine, a few months in , and then was free, free to hug his two daughters. I only had one, and now I have to until I get to heaven before I can hug her again. I have tried to that man a thousand times, and I thought I had. Maybe I really did forgive him. So pray for me, and be when you drive again. My son is all I have been left with.”
The man was completely and could not move for the next few minutes. When finally he did, he drove , even a few miles the speed limit, praying for forgiveness.
| 小题1: | | A．truck | B．police car | C．mail car | D．taxi |
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| 小题2: | | A．information | B．advice | C．views | D．excuses |
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| 小题3: | | A．remembered | B．recognized | C．mistook | D．caught |
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| 小题4: | | A．home | B．to school | C．out | D．to hospital |
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| 小题5: | | A．happy | B．well | C．free | D．healthy |
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| 小题6: | | A．writing | B．looking for | C．listing | D．looking up |
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| 小题7: | | A．even | B．really | C．never | D．still |
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| 小题8: | | A．insurance | B．journal | C．license | D．route |
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| 小题9: | | A．handed | B．sent | C．rewarded | D．pushed |
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| 小题10: | | A．paper | B．ticket | C．note | D．notice |
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| 小题11: | | A．excited | B．upset | C．angry | D．surprised |
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| 小题12: | | A．read | B．laugh | C．smile | D．think |
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| 小题13: | | A．hit | B．knocked | C．killed | D．trapped |
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| 小题14: | | A．fear | B．prison | C．trouble | D．danger |
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| 小题15: | | A．stay | B．wait | C．remain | D．escape |
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| 小题16: | | A．forgive | B．attack | C．educate | D．support |
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| 小题17: | | A．honest | B．thankful | C．careful | D．patient |
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| 小题18: | | A．disappointed | B．nervous | C．shocked | D．frightened |
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| 小题19: | | A．quickly | B．fortunately | C．rapidly | D．slowly |
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