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I grew up in New Hampshire, a small town in South Canada, where in my father’s words for the seasons were “Spring, Summer, Fairtime and Winter!” At that time, a week-long fair was held in the town every autumn. Thousands of people from other towns came to sell and buy things. It was the busiest time of the year.
When “Fairtime” came, my grandma became the most “useful” and busiest person of the family. Grandma was a kind, well-educated old lady. She was good at cooking. All her rrelatives liked the foodshe cooked. During “fairtime”, they would come to live in her house and have meals there. Grandma was always happy to look after them.
Year after year, many people moved to big cities. There was no loner “Fairtime”. Grandma became very old and was gradually going blind. My parents and I moved to live with Granma in her house. We did our best to make her day-to-day life as comfortable as possible. I was at high school then. What I often did at home was to help Grandma with the daily newspaper’s crossword puzzle. However, she didn’t look happy. She often sat in her room for hours, without saying a word.
To attract people to move back, the Town Hall decided to reopen the Fair. One day, when I came back room school, I saw Grandma wearing her glasses, washing the dishes in the kitchen. With a big smile on her face, she looked a lot much younger. She told me that her two nieces would come. “They said the food I cooked was very delicious and they want to stay in my house again.” Grandma said happily. “They will stay here for one week and we can have a big party. That must be the busiest week I’ve had in years!”
I suddenly realized that Grandma didn’t want to be looked after. She wanted to be “useful”, appreciated and helpful.
小题1:Thousands of people came to the town to __________ at the Fair.
A．enjoy Grandma’s foodB．sell and buy things
C．learn to cookD．have a big party
小题2:Why was Grandma unhappy?
A.She was too busy.   B. No one lived with her.
B.She was not “useful”.  D. She couldn’t see anything
小题3:Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A．Grandma was good at cooking
B．Many people moved to big cities.
C．Grandma didn’t like “Fairtime”
D．Grandma was a kind old lady.
小题4:What’s the best title for the passage?
A．FairtimeB．My “Old” Grandma
C．A Small TownD．Grandma’s Family

答案

小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:C
小题4:B
解析

试题分析：本文叙述了在加拿大南部小镇New Hampshire，每年秋天都会有一周的集会，在这期间作者的奶奶成为最忙碌的人。因为他要为亲戚们做饭。后来因为很多人都搬到了大城市，集会就没有了，而奶奶也变得越来越老，甚至失明了。后来又恢复了集会，奶奶也变得开心了。作者意识到，奶奶不想被人照顾，她希望帮助别人，成为有用的人。
小题1:细节理解题。根据第一段“Thousands of people from other towns came to sell and buy things.”可知选B。
小题2:细节理解题。根据第三段“There was no loner “Fairtime”. Grandma became very old and was gradually going blind.”和第四段““They said the food I cooked was very delicious and they want to stay in my house again.” Grandma said happily.”的对比，可知奶奶不开心是因为没有人去需要她照顾了，所以她感到自己没有用。故选C。
小题3:细节理解题。根据第二段“She was good at cooking.”可知A正确；根据第三段“many people moved to big cities.”可知B正确；根据第二段“Grandma was a kind, well-educated old lady.”可知D正确。故选C。
小题4:标题归纳题。本文主要讲奶奶因为太清闲而变老，后来又因为能为别人做饭照顾他人而开心。根据这位老人的变化可知选B。
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Perhaps the only test score that I remember is the 41. I was in high school. The test was the final for the class. It was a rather   36   test. I didn’t know how   37  I had done but I knew there were things on   38   that I didn’t know.
I remember   39  waiting for the result. When Mr. Bales   40  my paper on my desk, I was    41   . There in big   42   numbers, circled to draw attention, was my grade — 41! I   43   my paper so that others couldn’t see it. A 41 was not   44    that you wanted your classmates to see. Finally, Mr. Bales stood behind the desk and   45  the class. “The grades were not very good;    46  of you passed,” he announced. “ The highest grade in the class was a 41, so all of you failed.”
A 41. That was me. Suddenly my dismal (阴沉的) face didn’t look quite so bad. I had the highest grade. I felt a lot   47  . As soon as I got home, my mother asked me, “How did you do on your test?” “I made a 41,” I said. My mother’s   48   changed suddenly. “You failed.” “But I had the highest grade in the class!” I replied. “ I don’t    49   what everyone else had. You failed. It doesn’t matter if everyone else failed too; what matters is what you do,” my mother    50   answered.
For years, I thought that was a harsh (严厉的) judgment. My mother was always that   51   . It didn’t matter what the other kids did; it only mattered what I did and    52     I did it excellently.
We often don’t understand the wisdom of good parents until we ourselves stand   53   the parenting shoes. My mother’s philosophy（人生态度）has    54   me throughout life. The path of the crowd is wide but the path to pass the tests of life is   55   and there are very few people on it.
小题1:
A．easyB．difficultC．excitingD．disappointed
小题2:
A．muchB．goodC．wellD．long
小题3:
A．thisB．themC．itD．one
小题4:
A．happilyB．anxiouslyC．excitedlyD．calmly
小题5:
A．fellB．handedC．droppedD．lay
小题6:
A．excitedB．worriedC．delightedD．shocked
小题7:
A．redB．blackC．blueD．green
小题8:
A．collectedB．gatheredC．hidD．kept
小题9:
A．everythingB．somethingC．anythingD．nothing
小题10:
A．talkedB．declaredC．spokeD．addressed
小题11:
A．someB．eachC．noneD．most
小题12:
A．worseB．betterC．bestD．good
小题13:
A．judgmentB．appearanceC．eyesD．expression
小题14:
A．understandB．careC．mindD．want
小题15:
A．rudelyB．politelyC．firmlyD．impatiently
小题16:
A．methodB．mannerC．behaviorD．way
小题17:
A．thisB．thatC．whichD．what
小题18:
A．onB．atC．inD．of
小题19:
A．takenB．toldC．understoodD．supported
小题20:
A．wideB．deepC．narrowD．straight

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A man claiming to be a pastor(牧师) apparently tried to stiff a waiter on a tip, explaining that his work for God allowed him not to leave one.
A photo of the receipt, posted to Reddit.com, shows a bill for $34.93 with an automatic 18 percent gratuity(小费) (or $6.29) added above a blank space for an additional tip.
“I give God 10%,” the diner wrote on the receipt, scratching out the automatic tip. “Why do you get 18?” He then wrote “Pastor” above his signature, and an emphatic “0” where the additional tip would be. (The automatic gratuity, however, had already been added to the total.)
The Reddit user who submitted the image explained in the comments section that the receipt was part of a total bill for a party of 20, which is why the gratuity was automatically added.
“Parties up to eight ... may tip whatever they’d like, but larger parties receive an automatic gratuity," the server wrote. "It’s in the computer; it’s not something I do.”
The server added: “They had no problem with my service, and told me I was great. They just didn’t want to pay when the time came.”
Scribbling(乱涂) notes on receipts has become something of a trend. Earlier this month, the manager of a North Carolina Red Robin surprised an overdue pregnant woman by comping her meal.
“Once seated, a manager came up to us and started talking,” the woman"s husband told Consumerist. “He was extremely friendly and jokingly asked my wife if this was her last meal before heading to the hospital.”
When the check came, a note from the manager next to her portion of the bill read: “MOM 2 BEE GOOD LUC.”
“It was a pleasant surprise and made my tired-of-being-pregnant wife a little more cheery,” the man said.
小题1:What did the pastor mean by saying, “I give God 10%. Why do you get 18?”
A．He was bargaining with the waiter.
B．He didn’t mean to pay the gratuity at all.
C．God gave him the privilege not to pay a gratuity.
D．The gratuity had already been paid by his friends.
小题2:What do you learn from the article?
A．The pastor paid ten percent gratuity of the meal to God.
B．A party of six diners can choose whatever gratuity they want to pay.
C．According to the husband, the wife enjoyed the process of being pregnant.
D．The pastor paid $34.93 in total for the meal.
小题3:What does the underlined word “stiff” mean?
A．amuseB．abuseC．persuadeD．fail to pay

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As an experienced photojournalist in Nashville, Tennessee, I was hired by USA Today newspaper to photograph a spinal bifida (脊柱畸形) corrective surgical procedure. It was to be performed on a twenty-one week old fetus（胎儿）in uterus（子宫）at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. At that time, in 1999, twenty-one weeks in uterus was the earliest that the surgical team would consider for surgery. The worst possible outcome would be that the surgery would cause premature delivery, and no child born earlier than twenty-three weeks had survived.
The tension could be felt in the operating room as the surgery began. A typical C-section cut was made to access the uterus, which was then lifted out and laid at the junction of the mother’s thighs（大腿）. The entire procedure would take place within the uterus, and no part of the child was to breach the surgical opening. During the procedure, the position of the fetus was adjusted by gently moving the outside of the uterus. The entire surgical procedure on the child was completed in one hour and thirteen minutes. When it was over, the surgical team breathed a sigh of relief, as did I.
As a doctor asked me what speed of film I was using, out of the corner of my eye I saw the uterus shake, but no one’s hands were near it. It was shaking from within. Suddenly, an entire arm thrust out of the opening, then pulled back until just a little hand was showing. The doctor reached over and lifted the hand, which reacted and squeezed the doctor’s finger. As if testing for strength, the doctor shook the tiny fist. Samuel held firm. I took the picture! Wow! It happened so fast that the nurse standing next to me asked, “What happened?” “The child reached out,” I said. “Oh. They do that all the time,” she responded.
The surgical opening to the uterus was closed and the uterus was then put back into the mother and the C-section opening was closed.
It was ten days before I knew if the picture was even in focus(对焦). To ensure no digital manipulation(篡改) of images before they see them, USA Today requires that film be submitted unprocessed. When the photo editor finally phoned me he said, “It’s the most incredible picture I’ve ever seen.”
小题1:What may be the best title for the passage?
A．An Amazing MomentB．A Pitiful Fetus
C．An Honorable Job as a PhotographerD．An Impressive Surgeon
小题2:In 1999, people believed that it was ________.
A．possible for a fetus 21 weeks born to survive
B．likely for a fetus born 21 weeks to become abnormal
C．right time for a fetus born 21 weeks to receive an operation
D．risky for a fetus 21 weeks in uterus to receive an operation
小题3:From the second paragraph, we can see that the surgery was ________.
A．challenging but successfulB．demanding and unsuccessful
C．simple and shortD．long-lasting and difficult
小题4:The underlined “It” in paragraph 3 refers to ________.
A．the uterusB．the arm of the fetus
C．the pictureD．the head of the fetus
小题5:From what the editor said in the last paragraph, we know he was very ________.
A．disappointedB．satisfiedC．confidentD．depressed

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Brief  Introduction
(Adeline) Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English novelist and essayist, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of One"s Own (1929), with its famous dictum, "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."
Main  body
My dear，
"Dearest, I feel certain I am going mad again. I feel we can"t go through another of those terrible times. And I shan"t recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and I can"t concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do. You have given me the greatest possible happiness. You have been in every way all that anyone could be. I don"t think two people could have been happier till this terrible disease came. I can"t fight any longer. I know that I am spoiling your life, that without me you could work. And you will I know. You see I can"t even write this properly. I can"t read. What I want to say is I owe all the happiness of my life to you. You have been entirely patient with me and incredibly good. I want to say that - everybody knows it. If anybody could have saved me it would have been you. Everything has gone from me but the certainty of your goodness. I can"t go on spoiling your life any longer.
I don"t think two people could have been happier than we have been...........................from the last letter of virginia woolf
小题1:According to the first paragraph we can infer that            
A．During the interwar period，virginia woolf was important for London people.
B．She has been living for 55 years
C．Her first the novels Mrs Dalloway in 1925
D．She regarded as one of the foremost romanticism literary figures of the twentieth century
小题2:what is form of The main body？
A．letter of resignationB．Letter of condolence
C．Letter of suicideD．Letters of Apologies ;
小题3:Where can I see this article？
A．newspaperB．biography
C．German LiteratureD．television
小题4:According to the main body, which of the following is not the reason of her Dutch act（自***）？
A．She can"t go on spoiling your life any longer
B．I feel certain I am going mad again
C．She cannot bear her husband"s interference
D．The approach of war makes her psychological problems aggravated

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Living in South Africa, I had always taken the wildlife pretty much for granted. Not to say that we were surrounded by it, but the accessibility of game parks and wildlife sanctuaries（避难所，庇护所） always made it seem like a natural part of the environment. For this reason, I suppose that the way my European friends used to talk to me, wasn’t so strange after all. They would ask me what I thought at the time were really silly questions which got on my nerves. They’d say things like ‘Do you have a pet baboon?’ or ‘Do you travel to school by elephant?’.
When Amanda, a friend of mine who was visiting from England, invited me to join her and a group of friends on a wildlife expedition, I was not filled with enthusiasm. However, from the moment we entered the gates of the Zaluzi game reserve, I knew that this was not going to be anything like I had expected. We had been traveling along the National Road when, suddenly, we turned onto a dirt track which seemed to be hidden in the middle of nowhere. Amazingly, the scenery changed dramatically. The civilized environment took on a wild, chaotic（混沌的；一片混乱的） aspect and continued to do so as we walked deeper into the bush.
After having a good night’s sleep at one of the reserve’s bungalows, we were woken at the crack of dawn. After a quick breakfast we piled into a jeep and set off. Our guide assured us that the early start was necessary in order to have the best chance of seeing what was really worthwhile. Armed with just a thermos of coffee, we set out towards the shore of a small lake where it was expected that we could see that animals that used it as their morning watering hole.
On the way to our destination, we topped a hill and there, against the emerging morning light, were a group of animals.  It was a stunning sight. As we moved closer, the animals did not appear to be alarmed by our presence. Pet baboons aside, I had never before come within such close range of a pride of lions. It did cross my mind, however, that we might be in a certain amount of danger. When I asked Timothy, our game ranger, if we were actually in any danger, he replied straightforwardly that one is never entirely safe in the bush, but his knowledge and experience allowed him to anticipate any danger with reasonable accuracy.
However, the following day there was some cause for alarm. Not having started out so early, we missed the sightings of the day before. We decided to drive around for a while, hoping to come across something of interest. Suddenly our tracker perched up on the back of our vehicle, signaled to the driver to halt and at the same moment I realized that this time we had stumbled right into a pride of lions. The driver promptly turned off the engine and in a low voice warned us to remain seated and not to make any abrupt movements. The lions were picking at what looked like the remains of a zebra. Timothy, later told us how much to our advantage this was. Had their bellies not been full, their reaction to us would surely have been otherwise. As the nearest lion was less than three meters away from the jeep, I considered that we had been very lucky indeed.
All in all, it was a wonderful trip. Our near miss with the lions was without a doubt the highlight, but what it taught me yet again was how easy it is to be indifferent to our surroundings and not to have a full appreciation of the beauty around us.
小题1:How did the writer feel about the questions her European friends asked?
A．ridiculousB．annoyedC．strangeD．embarrassed
小题2:When did the writer’s attitude change about the expedition?
A．When she was traveling along the dirt track.
B．When she received her invitation.
C．When she arrived at the game reserve.
D．When her friend arrived from England.
小题3:What does the underlined word ‘It’ (in the fourth paragraph) refer to?
A．the pride of lionsB．the destination
C．the top of the hillD．the morning light
小题4:Timothy’s experience as a game ranger was valuable because he ______________
A．could supply a straightforward answer to any question.
B．knew how to frighten the animals.
C．knew the game reserve well.
D．could identify trouble in advance.
小题5:What does the writer mean by the underlined sentence ‘we had been very lucky indeed’ in the fifth paragraph?
A．They had seen the lions up close.B．They hadn’t been attacked.
C．They had a good guide with them.D．They had gone on a trip.
小题6:What conclusion does the writer of the text come to?
A．We often do not realize how attractive our environment really is.
B．It is not clever to unnecessarily put ourselves in dangerous situations.
C．We don’t respect wild animals enough.
D．We should protect our surroundings.

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