There was once a farmer. His land was hilly and the soil was not the best. He ha
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There was once a farmer. His land was hilly and the soil was not the best. He had a cow that wasn’t giving much milk and he had chickens who were laying few eggs. The place looked run-down (破败的) and the barn and fences (篱笆) needed repair. The farmer and his wife felt dejected.
One stormy evening, a poorly-dressed man knocked on their door, asking if he could get shelter for the night. They shared the food that had been prepared, while they talked a great deal about the farm.
When the stranger left the following morning, he thanked the farmer and his wife and pulled a little bag of gold pieces out of his pocket. He said that maybe this would help them. He added that he’d come by next year with hopes of finding a revived farm.
After this, the farmer and his wife often talked about whether they should buy a more promising cow. Other times they considered whether they should buy chickens who laid more eggs. However, every conversation ended with the farmer trusting the farm would improve as he found himself fixing the barn and the fences, caring for the animals, preparing food for themselves and their animals.
The farmer beamed (眉开眼笑) when the stranger did come by again a year later. Everything looked so much better. The stranger asked, “What did you use the gold for?”
The farmer said, “We hid the gold under a kitchen tile (地砖) and, while we often thought of it, we never did think of anything we needed the gold for.”
Then the farmer added thoughtfully, “I do thank you, though, ever so much. You gave us what we really needed to keep going — you lifted our spirits.”
Saying that, the farmer removed the tile and cheerfully returned the gold to the stranger.
小题1:The underlined word “dejected” in Paragraph 1 probably means “_____”. | A．kind and generous | | B．surprised and delighted | | C．disappointed and unhappy | | D．strong and fearless |
小题2:One year later, the stranger visited the farmer to _____.| A．get his gold pieces back | | B．see if the farm had improved | | C．get shelter for the night | | D．give the farmer more money |
小题3:From the passage, we can conclude that what the farmer really needed was _____. | A．land rich enough to farm on | | B．something to keep their spirits up | | C．scientific knowledge of agriculture | | D．money to improve his farm |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:B |
解析
试题分析：文章讲述了一对农民夫妇的农场很破败，在一个陌生的来访者给了一些金子后，他们并没有将金子花掉来修理农场，而是通过自己的努力和勤奋将农场打理的非常好。
小题1:细节推断题。从文章The place looked run-down (破败的) and the barn and fences (篱笆) needed repair. 可知这个地方破败不堪，谷仓和篱笆都要修理，所以他们肯定感觉不高兴和沮丧，故选C
小题2:细节题。从文章He said that maybe this would help them. He added that he’d come by next year with hopes of finding a revived farm. 可知，这个陌生人第二年再来农村是想看一下是否农村的情况有所改进，故选B
小题3:细节推断题。从Then the farmer added thoughtfully, “I do thank you, though, ever so much. You gave us what we really needed to keep going — you lifted our spirits.”可知农民真正想要的是一些使自己的精神振奋的东西，故选B
点评：本文文脉清晰，每个故事都说明了一个寓意深刻的道路，把握好这条主线，文章推断题居多，答题中要注意理解作者所讲细节的目的，是来阐述一种什么现象，把握好这几点，再将题目和文章进行对比即可得出正确的答案。 |
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When I received my grade on my first writing assignment, I was very disappointed．I met with Dr．Caldwell to discuss my 41 and my work．She gave me lots of _42 and allowed me to rewrite my paper．My grade improved but I was 43 not completely satisfied．Dr．Caldwell decided to help me and 44 me into a good writer, Before each paper was due, I turned in a 45 draft and she corrected it for me, Her dedication to my success was very encouraging because she 46 _ the time to personally help me time and time again．
Dr．Caldwell was behind my dedication to the learning process．Not only did she help me, but also Dr．Caldwell 47 me to become a teacher and dedicate my life to helping children who struggle through school. My most memorable 48 as a teacher was when I tutored a fourth-grade boy, Darnell, in math．He was unable to add, minus, multiply, or divide．He was far 49 his classmates and needed personal 50 to help him work at the same level．
51 we first began our sessions, Darnell was very quiet and 52 _ in learning．I was becoming annoyed and impatient because after two weeks, it seemed as if we had not 53 a thing．To my surprise, Darnell finally _54 __ up to me and began to work hard at his lessons．His progress began to show through and his teacher told me his grades in class had 55 greatly, I was very happy with the progress that we had made and． became even more dedicated to Darnell"s success, We had a lot of 56 learning math; we created many games and played them to make learning more 57 for Darnell． All that Darnell needed was the one-on-one attention that I was able to give him and once he 58 it, his improvement was evident almost 59 . I was able to work with Darnell and encourage him to learn the 60 Dr. Caldwell worked with me to become a better writer．
| 小题1: | | A．grade | B．study | C．future | D．essay |
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| 小题2: | | A．solutions | B．approaches | C．assessments | D．suggestions |
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| 小题3: | | A．still | B．also | C．again | D．even |
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| 小题5: | | A．tough | B．similar | C．rough | D．general |
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| 小题6: | | A．spent | B．took | C．cost | D．paid |
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| 小题7: | | A．encouraged | B．forced | C．expected | D．begged |
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| 小题8: | | A．experiment | B．experience | C．example | D．moment |
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| 小题9: | | A．behind | B．below | C．out of | D．ahead of |
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| 小题10: | | A．influence | B．sympathy | C．comfort | D．attention |
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| 小题11: | | A．When | B．Before | C．While | D．Once |
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| 小题12: | | A．absorbed | B．delighted | C．concerned | D．uninterested |
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| 小题13: | | A．conveyed | B．submitted | C．learned | D．accomplished |
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| 小题14: | | A．looked | B．opened | C．walked | D．came |
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| 小题15: | | A．obtained | B．raised | C．improved | D．decreased |
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| 小题16: | | A．trouble | B．patience | C．fun | D．difficulty |
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| 小题17: | | A．difficult | B．important | C．reasonable | D．enjoyable |
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| 小题18: | | A．learned | B．received | C．afforded | D．failed |
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| 小题19: | | A．instantly | B．punctually | C．slowly | D．gradually |
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| 小题20: | | A．skill | B．means | C．knowledge | D．way |
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Twenty-six years after a terrible bicycle accident left her comatose（昏迷） for two months and with permanent brain injuries, Barbara Buchan, performs many actions more slowly than others. But on September 10 in Beijing, Buchan, at 52, the oldest member of the United States Paralympic team, broke the record and won the gold medal for her disability class in the individual 3,000-meter cycling pursuit.
“You can be very upset at the world and have everyone take care of you,” Buchan said by telephone from Beijing, “or get back on your feet again.”
Buchan first dreamed of Olympic gold at age 15 while watching the 1972 Munich Games. She became a top American cyclist by July 1982, when a terrible road-race crash injured her brain and left doctors doubtful about whether she would survive. She was wearing only a soft leather helmet at the time; her accident made the rule put into practice that cyclists wear the hard-shell helmets that are now common.
Buchan recovered enough of her athletic ability to run track in the 1988 Paralympics in Seoul, where she won a silver medal in the 800 meters. Women’s cycling was not included in the Paralympics yet, so Buchan trained to the point where she raced against men in the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney, Australia — she finished 9th and 10th in two races — and then successfully fought for a separate women’s cycling program beginning in 2004 in Athens, where she did not get a medal.
Even though she was approaching her 50s, Buchan kept racing and again made the United States Paralympic team for Beijing — where she is twice the age of most of her teammates and competitors.
“Barbara’s almost the leader of our team — she’s been through it all,” said Craig Griffin, the United States cycling coach. “She’s never retired. She’s never let her body go and then come back. I don’t think age is as big of a deal as people make it out to be.”
小题1:According to the passage, after the accident, ____________.| A．Buchan asked her friends to take care of her | | B．cyclists started to wear helmets in competition | | C．Buchan could not answer questions correctly | | D．doctors doubted whether Buchan could come back to life |
小题2:What’s the right order of the events related to Buchan?
a. She won a gold medal in Beijing.
b. She became a top American cyclist.
c. She won a silver medal in the 800 meters.
d. She suffered a terrible bicycle accident.
e. She took part in a cycling program in Athens.| A．c-d-b-a-e | B．b-c-d-a-e | C．b-d-c-e-a | D．c-b-d-e-a |
小题3:What does the underlined phrase “get back on your feet” in the second paragraph mean?| A．rise to your feet | B．walk on your way | | C．go beyond yourself | D．depend on yourself |
小题4:Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?| A．The Making of a Hero | B．From a Loser to a Winner | | C．All Roads Lead to Rome | D．Health is Better than Wealth |
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Helen Keller was born in America in June, 1880. Everything was all right when she was born. But when she was 19 months old, an attack of fever left her blind and deaf for the rest of her life. She was so young when she became blind that as she grew older she did not remember being able to see; and she became deaf before she had any idea of the importance of human speech. She lived in darkness and silence.
As she grew older, she, too, wanted to express her ideas and feelings. But she realized she was cut off from others. Her parents were greatly worried. How could anyone make touch with Helen’s mind and intelligence in darkness and silence without speech? Helen was nearly seven before a teacher was found. Her name was Miss Sullivan.
Miss Sullivan had a lot of difficulties in teaching Helen Keller. As the child could neither see nor hear, she had to use manual alphabet. But Helen’s energy and intelligence and strong spirit as well as Miss Sullivan’s skill and patience, overcame all the difficulties. As Helen grew up, she became an able student, passed examination and finally took a university degree in English literature. She then devoted all herself to helping the blind and the deaf. Her personal success, together with the work she had done for others, made her one of the greatest women in modern times. She wrote many books and “The Story of My Life”is a wonderful one.
小题1:Which of the following statements is TRUE?| A．Helen Keller was born blind and deaf. | | B．She first became blind and then deaf. | | C．She became blind and deaf in 1880. | | D．She became blind and deaf sometime about January 1882. |
小题2:Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?| A．Helen became blind and deaf because she suffered from a high fever. | | B．Helen became blind before she could see anything. | | C．Helen became deaf before she realized how important it was to be able to hear and speak. | | D．Helen, too, wanted to touch with others with speech. |
小题3:Helen was finally successful mainly because of______.| A．her parents’ help | | B．the manual alphabet Miss Sullivan used in teaching her | | C．the help she got when she was studying for a university degree | | D．her hard work, cleverness and will-power as well as Sullivan’s great efforts |
小题4:Helen Keller finally became______.| A．an able student | | B．a writer | | C．the greatest woman in modern times | | D．a student who took a university degree in English literature |
小题5:Helen Keller’s parents were greatly worried because___.| A．She was growing older | | B．She was cut off from others | | C．she, too, wanted to express her ideas and feelings but she could not | | D．she was almost seven years old and yet they were not sure whether they could find a suitable teacher for her |
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The Pecan Thief
When I was six years old, I was visiting my grandfather"s farm in Kansas. Grandpa had sent me into the 36 to gather pecans for us to enjoy later.
Pecan picking was really 37 work and my little basket was only half full. I wasn"t about to 38 Grandpa down. Just then something caught my 39 . A large brown squirrel was a few feet away. I watched as he picked up a pecan, hurried to a tree and 40 in a large hole in the trunk. A moment later the squirrel 41 out and climbed down to the ground to pick up another nut. Once again, he took the pecan back to his hiding place.
Not so 42 anymore, I thought. I dashed over to the tree and looked into the hole. It was 43 with pecans! Golden pecans were right there for taking. This was my 44 . Handful by handful, I scooped all of those pecans into my basket. Now it was full! I was so 45 of myself. I couldn"t wait to show Grandpa all the pecans. 46 , I ran back and shouted, “Look at all the pecans!” He looked into the basket and said, “Well, well, how did you find so many ? ” I told him how I"d 47 the squirrel and taken the pecans from his hiding place.
Grandpa congratulated me on how smart I"d been in observing the squirrel and his habits. Then he did something that 48 me. He handed the basket back to me and put his arm gently 49 my shoulders.
“That squirrel worked very hard to gather his winter 50 of food, ” he said. “Now that all of his pecans are gone, don"t you think that little squirrel will 51 the cold winter? ”
“I didn"t think about that,” I said.
“I know, ” Grandpa said. “But a good man should never take 52 of someone else"s hard work.”
Suddenly I felt a bit 53 . The image of the starving squirrel wouldn"t 54 my mind. There was only one thing I could do. I carried the basket back to the tree and poured all the nuts into the hole.
I didn"t eat any pecans that night, but I had something much more filling—the 55 of knowing I had done just the right thing.
| 小题1: | | A．woods | B．rooms | C．holes | D．roads |
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| 小题2: | | A．dirty | B．hard | C．light | D．easy |
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| 小题3: | | A．settle | B．let | C．have | D．keep |
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| 小题4: | | A．sweater | B．basket | C．hand | D．eye |
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| 小题5: | | A．joined | B．lived | C．disappeared | D．discovered |
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| 小题6: | | A．held | B．jumped | C．stood | D．found |
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| 小题7: | | A．secret | B．strange | C．anxious | D．patient |
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| 小题8: | | A．filled | B．covered | C．rebuilt | D．decorated |
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| 小题9: | | A．time | B．choice | C．achievement | D．chance |
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| 小题10: | | A．afraid | B．ashamed | C．proud | D．careful |
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| 小题11: | | A．Otherwise | B．However | C．Therefore | D．Besides |
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| 小题12: | | A．followed | B．driven | C．protected | D．caught |
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| 小题13: | | A．annoyed | B．satisfied | C．delighted | D．surprised |
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| 小题14: | | A．off | B．beside | C．around | D．over |
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| 小题15: | | A．cost | B．supply | C．support | D．preparation |
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| 小题16: | | A．escape | B．spend | C．flee | D．survive |
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| 小题17: | | A．place | B．notice | C．charge | D．advantage |
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| 小题18: | | A．unconfident | B．guilty | C．embarrassed | D．nervous |
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| 小题19: | | A．leave | B．open | C．cross | D．occupy |
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| 小题20: | | A．inspiration | B．expectation | C．satisfaction | D．impression |
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Prince Roman was a Polish nobleman, a captain in the army of Czar Nicholas of Russia. When his young wife died, the prince left the army and returned in sorrow to his native Poland.
In time, love for his country and its people took the place of his lost love. He joined a Polish rising against the Russians. The rising was crushed, and Prince Roman was taken prisoner. His relatives and friends begged the military court to have mercy on him.
The president of the court received these appeals kindly. He was a good Russian, but he was also a good-natured man. Russian hatred of Poles was not as fierce at that time as it became later; and the Russian felt sympathetic as soon as he saw the prince"s thin, tired, sun-burnt face.
The court of three officers sat in a bare room, behind a long black table. Some clerks sat at the two ends, but no one else was there when the guards brought in the prince.
Those four walls shut out from Prince Roman all sights and sounds of freedom, all hopes of the future, all comforting thoughts. How much love for Poland remained in him then? How much love of life? He stood before his judges alone, having refused their permission to sit. He answered their first formal questions — his name and so on — clearly and politely although he felt too weary to talk.
Then the president of the court seemed to suggest how the young man could best help himself. He asked questions in a way that almost put the right answers in the prisoner"s mouth.
“Didn"t your wife"s death drive you to despair? Wasn"t your mind unbalanced by that sad event ?”
Prince Roman was silent.
"You were not fully responsible for you conduct, were you?"
Prince Roman was silent.
"You made a sudden blind decision to join the rising. You didn"t realize that your actions were dangerous and dishonourable. Isn"t that the truth of this unfortunate matter?"
The judges looked at the prisoner hopefully. In silence the prince reached for a pen and some paper. He wrote, "I joined the rising because I believe it was just." He pushed the paper towards the president, who took it and read it in silence.
Prince Roman was sentenced to hard work for life in the Siberian salt mines. It was a sentence of delayed death.
When Czar Nicholas read the report and sentence, he added in his own handwriting, "Make sure that this prisoner walks in chains every step of the way to Siberia."
小题1:What does the passage tell us of Poland at the time?| A．Polish officers in the Russian army had to return to Poland. | | B．Russia was at war with Poland, so the Poles were enemies. | | C．The Russians were very cruel rulers of Poland. | | D．It was ruled by Russia, and Poles served in the Russian army. |
小题2:How much love for Poland remained in the prince when he stood trial?| A．Not much, probably, after the failure of the rising. | | B． More than he had ever felt before. | | C．As much as he had ever felt. | | D．The passage doesn"t suggest an answer to the question. |
小题3:The questions which the president asked show that ______.| A．he was trying to find excuse for the prince"s conduct | | B．the court wanted the prince to admit his own guilt | | C．he wanted to learn the truth about the Polish rising | | D．Prince Roman was a weak person |
小题4:In the trial, Prince Roman ______.| A．was afraid to be responsible for his actions | | B．blamed others for his actions | | C．accepted responsibility for his actions | | D．admitted his guilt |
小题5:According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?| A．The judges were less sympathetic than Czar Nicholas. | | B．Czar Nicholas was as kind as the judges. | | C．Czar Nicholas was not as sympathetic as the judges. | | D．The judges were as cruel as Czar Nicholas. |
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