A few months earlier I had been painting two portraits for each of my parents．I"
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A few months earlier I had been painting two portraits for each of my parents．I"d planned to give them the portraits as Christmas gifts．This would be a 36 for everyone，as I had not studied 37 ．
While painting one day, I was surprised by a knock on the door. Quickly having put all my 38 materials out of sight, I opened the 39 . To my astonishment, my father came in .
Immediately I wanted to show him the paintings, but I was 40 to destroy his Christmas surprise. Yet something 41 me to share the gifts with him. After making him promise to keep it secret, I 42 he keep his eyes closed until I had the portraits set on easels(画架). “Okay, Daddy. Now you can 43 !”
He appeared dazed at first. Finally , he said, “I don’t believe it. The eyes are so 44 that they follow you everywhere—and look how 45 your mother is. Will you let me have them 46 ?”
Excited with his response, I happily volunteered to 47 them to the frame shop the next day. Several weeks passed. Then one night the 48 rang—my father had a stroke(中风). He died the next day, and it seemed all 49 escaped from the life of my mother and me .
I finally remembered to 50 about the framed portraits. I was surprised when the shopkeeper told me my father had visited the shop, 51 for the framing and had them gift-wrapped.
52 we had lost our loved people, everyone gathered on Christmas Day making an effort to be 53 . As I looked into my mother’s sad eyes and unsmiling face, I decided to give her Daddy’s and my 54 . After she saw it, with a wide smile, she quickly said, “I knew Daddy would be with us on Christmas Day!”
I glanced at the gift card written in my father’s 55 . “ Mother—Our daughter reminded me why I am so blessed. I’ll be always looking at you.—Daddy.”
| 小题1: | | A．comfort | B．success | C．chance | D．surprise |
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| 小题2: | | A．art | B．music | C．dance | D．literature |
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| 小题3: | | A．1istening | B．painting | C．writing | D．reading |
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| 小题4: | | A．window | B．drawer | C．door | D．bag |
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| 小题5: | | A．reluctant | B．sorry | C．content | D．eager |
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| 小题6: | | A．forbade | B．forced | C．advised | D．encouraged |
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| 小题7: | | A．suggested | B．insisted | C．required | D．ordered |
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| 小题9: | | A．big | B．bright | C．real | D．clear |
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| 小题10: | | A．honest | B．old | C．shy | D．beautiful |
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| 小题11: | | A．hung | B．framed | C．signed | D．sold |
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| 小题12: | | A．drive | B．see | C．drop | D．leave |
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| 小题13: | | A．bell | B．clock | C．phone | D．whistle |
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| 小题14: | | A．anxiety | B．pain | C．trouble | D．joy |
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| 小题15: | | A．worry | B．call | C．care | D．talk |
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| 小题16: | | A．paid | B．waited | C．stayed | D．prepared |
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| 小题17: | | A．In case | B．As soon as | C．Even though | D．Now that |
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| 小题18: | | A．sad | B．cheerful | C．quiet | D．calm |
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| 小题19: | | A．heart | B．secret | C．advice | D．gift |
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| 小题20: | | A．words | B．saying | C．handwriting | D．1etters |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:D
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:D
小题11:B
小题12:A
小题13:C
小题14:D
小题15:B
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:B
小题19:D
小题20:C |
解析
试题分析：本文讲述作者为父母画肖像画做为圣诞礼物的故事，父亲知道后，提出包画装裱起来，还主动去付了钱，不幸的是父亲中风离开了，但是看到了画就像看见父亲一样。
小题1:考查名词;从后面的句子：as I had not studied 37 ．可知作者会给每个人惊喜。选D
小题2:考查名词：从前面的给每个人惊喜，可知作者没有学习过绘画。选A
小题3:考查上下文串联：从后面的While painting one day可知是把绘画材料收起来。选 B
小题4:考查词组：open the door开门。选C
小题5:考查形容词：A．reluctant不情愿的；B．sorry抱歉的，C．content满意的D．eager渴望的，从but，可知作者不愿破坏爸爸的惊喜。选A
小题6:考查动词：句意;有什么东西鼓励我和他分享礼物。选D
小题7:考查动词：A．suggested 建议，B．insisted坚持要求C．required请求， D．ordered命令， B项符合句意：我坚持要他闭上眼睛。
小题8:考查上下文串联：从前文的keep his eyes closed 可知是：现在可以看了。选A
小题9:考查形容词：从下面的that they follow you everywhere 可知是true，真的。选C
小题10:考查形容词：修饰妈妈用beautiful，选D
小题11:考查动词：have them framed把它们装裱起来，从后面的the frame shop 也可知答案是B
小题12:考查动词：drive sth to…开车送…去…,选A
小题13:考查动词;从后面的rang可知是电话响了。选 C
小题14:考查名词：从后面的escape from my mother and me，可以知道是我们没有快乐。选D
小题15:考查词组：call about找…谈某事，指作者打电话询问装裱画的事情。选B
小题16:考查词组：pay for为…付钱。选A
小题17:考查连词：句意：即使我们失去了亲爱的人，但每个人都在圣诞节聚在一起，努力高兴起来。选C
小题18:考查形容词，从上题的句意可知答案是B。
小题19:考查上下文串联，前面多次提到给父母的礼物。选D
小题20:考查名词：下文是爸爸的笔迹，选C
点评：这是一篇感人的故事，让我们知道亲情的重要，题目设置合理，重在考查动词名词形容词副词四种实词重点考，注重逻辑，弱化语法，做题时要瞻前顾后，关注上下文。 |
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It was an afternoon Truman would never forget．
Rayburn and his friend were talking in the office before Truman arrived. The telephone rang. It was a call from the White House asking whether Vice-President Truman had arrived yet. No, Rayburn replied. The caller asked to have him telephone the White House as soon as he arrived.
Truman entered a minute later. He immediately called the White House. As he talked, his face became white. He put down the phone and raced out of the door to his car.
Truman arrived at the White House within minutes. An assistant took him to the president’s private living area. Eleanor Roosevelt, the president’s wife, was waiting for him there. “Harry,” she said, “the president is dead.” Truman was shocked. He asked Mrs. Roosevelt if there was anything he could do to help her. But her reply made clear to him that his own life had suddenly changed. “Is there anything we can do for you ?” Mrs. Roosevelt asked the new president, “You are the one in trouble now.”
Truman had been a surprise choice for vice-president at the Democratic Party nominating convention in nineteen forty-four. Delegates considered several other candidates before they chose him as Roosevelt’s running mate. That was at a time when presidential candidates did not make their own choices for vice-president．
Harry Truman lacked the fame，the rich family and the strong speech-making skills of Franklin Roosevelt．He was a much simpler man．He grew up in the Midwestern state of Missouri．Truman only studied through high school but took some nighttime law school classes．He worked for many years as a farmer and a small businessman，but without much success．
Truman had long been interested in politics．When he was almost forty，he finally won several low-level positions in his home state．By nineteen thirty-four，he was popular enough in Missouri to be nominated and elected to the United States Senate. And he won re-election six years later．
Most Americans, however, knew little about Harry Truman when he became president．They knew he had close ties to the Democratic Party political machine in his home state．But they had also heard that he was a very honest man．They could see that Truman had strongly supported President Roosevelt’s New Deal programs．But they could not be sure what kind of president Truman would become．
At the center of all the action was Harry Truman．It was not long before he showed Americans and the world that he had the ability to be a good president．He was honest，strong and willing to make decisions．
小题1:When Mrs. Roosevelt said”You are the one in trouble now”，she really meant that ．| A．Truman’s life had suddenly changed | | B．Truman was at the center of all the action | | C．Truman was a surprise choice for vice-president | | D．Truman had close ties to the Democratic Party |
小题2:According to the passage，of Truman’s day，the president’s running mate was ．| A．decided by delegates | | B．recommended by presidential candidates | | C．chosen by the Democratic Party | | D．elected by vice-president |
小题3:Truman served as the U．S．Senator ．| A．for ten years | B．before he was forty | | C．before 1943 | D．for two terms |
小题4:What’s the best title of the passage?| A．An Unforgettable Afternoon | | B．Vital Telephone Call Makes a Difference | | C．Truman Makes His Decisions | | D．Roosevelt’s Death Makes Truman President |
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
There was a boy who was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting (attracting) apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, _36_ a bar of chocolate if given the choice, _37_, as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the _38_ he felt and the more he wanted that apple.
He stood on tiptoe, _39_as high as he could, but even at his tallest _40_he was unable to touch it. He began to _41_ up and down, as high as he could, at the _42_of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of _43_.
Not giving up, he thought, if only he had something to _44_on. His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to _45_the things inside, like his lunch box, pencil box, pencil case, and Gameboy. Looking _46_, he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or, _47_ luck, even a ladder, but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use.
He had tried everything he could think to do. _48_seeing any other choices, he gave up and started to walk_49_. At first, he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his _50_, and how he really wanted that apple. The more he _51_like this, the more unhappy he became.
_52_, the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t get what he wanted. He started to say to himself, “This isn’t_53_.I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling sad as well. There is _54_ more I can do to get the apple— that is unchangeable —but we are supposed to be able to _55_our feelings. If that is the case, what can I do to feel better?
| 小题1: | | A．offering | B．preferring | C．receiving | D．allowing |
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小题2:A so B then C. or D. but
| 小题3: | | A．sadder | B．hungrier | C．angrier | D．tastier |
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| 小题4: | | A．stretching | B．swinging | C．expanding | D．pulling |
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小题5:A. strength B. height C length D. range
| 小题6: | | A．jump | B．look | C．walk | D．glance |
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| 小题8: | | A．touch | B．hand | C．reach | D．sight |
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| 小题10: | | A．shake | B．break | C．take | D．strike |
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| 小题11: | | A．up | B．forward | C．around | D．down |
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| 小题13: | | A．After | B．Without | C．Through | D．Upon |
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| 小题15: | | A．wishes | B．beliefs | C．goals | D．efforts |
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| 小题16: | | A．imagined | B．tried | C．claimed | D．thought |
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| 小题17: | | A．Therefore | B．Moreover | C．However | D．Otherwise |
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| 小题18: | | A．skilful | B．helpful | C．cheerful | D．harmful |
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| 小题19: | | A．something | B．nothing | C．anything | D．everything |
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| 小题20: | | A．express | B．forget | C．change | D．describe |
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Grandma Moses is among the most famous twentieth-century painters of the United States, yet she did not start painting until she was in her late seventies. As she once said to herself: " I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me." No one could have had a more productive old age.
She was born Anna Mary Robertson on a farm in New York State, one of five boys and five girls. At twelve she left home and was in domestic service until, at twenty--seven, she married Thomas Moses, the hired hand of one of her employers. They farmed most of their lives, first in Virginia and then in New York State, at Eagle Bridge. She had ten children, of whom five survived; her husband died in 1927.
Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery (刺绣) pictures as a hobby, but only changed to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at the local drugstore and at a market and were soon noticed by a businessman who bought everything she painted. Three of the pictures exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art, and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York. Between the 1930"s and her death, she produced some 2,000 pictures: detailed and lively portrayals of the country life she had known for so long, with a wonderful sense of color and form. "I think really hard till I think of something really pretty, and then I paint it" she said.
小题1:According to the passage, Grandma Moses began to paint because she wanted to_______.| A．make herself beautiful | B．become famous | | C．earn more money | D．keep active |
小题2:Grandma Moses spent most of her life ________.| A．nursing | B．painting | C．farming | D．embroidering |
小题3:The underlined word “portrayals ” means ________.
A. expressions B explanations C. descriptions . D. impressions
小题4:From Grandma Moses" description of herself in the first paragraph, it can be inferred that she was ________.| A．pretty | B．nervous | C．rich | D．independent |
小题5:Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?| A．The Children of Grandma Moses. | B．Grandma Moses: Her Life and Pictures. | | C．Grandma Moses: Her Best Exhibition. | D．Grandma Moses and Other Older Artists. |
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1－15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
On Thursday afternoon Mrs Clarke locked the door and went to the women`s club as usual. It was a pleasant way of passing time for an old woman who lived 1____
When she came home she sensed something 2____ . Had someone got in? The back door and the windows were all locked and there was no 3____ of forced entry (进入). Had anything been taken? She went from room to room, checking , and found her camera and spare watch missing.
The following Thursday she went out at her usual time, but didn`t go to the club. 4___ , she took a short walk in a park nearby and came home, letting herself in through the back door. She settled down to wait and see what would 5____
It was 4 o"clock when the front doorbell rang. Mrs Clarke was 6____ tea at the time. The bell rang again, and 7____she heard her letter box being pushed open .8____the kettle (壶) of boiling water, she moved quietly towards the door. A piece of wire appeared through the letterbox, and then a 9____ . The wire turned and caught around the knob (圆形旋钮) on the doorlock. Mrs Clarke raised the kettle and poured the water over the hand. 10____was heard outside as the 11____ fell to the floor and the hand was pulled back, which was 12____ by the sound of running feet.
It wasn`t long 13____ the police caught the thief. And Mrs Clarke was greatly 14____ at the club for her successful 15____ .
| 小题1: | | A．lonely | B．alone | C．away | D．busily |
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| 小题2: | | A．terrible | B．uncomfortable | C．unusual | D．bad |
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| 小题3: | | A．information | B．show | C．sight | D．sign |
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| 小题4: | | A．Therefore | B．However | C．Instead | D．Again |
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| 小题5: | | A．appear | B．follow | C．happen | D．do |
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| 小题6: | | A．cooking | B．making | C．burning | D．serving |
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| 小题7: | | A．the next moment | B．for a while | C．in time | D．at once |
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| 小题8: | | A．Putting down | B．Laying aside | C．Picking up | D．Taking away |
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| 小题9: | | A．knife | B．hand | C．letter | D．key |
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| 小题10: | | A．A sad voice | B．A strange noise | C．A low shout | D．A sharp cry |
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| 小题11: | | A．key | B．kettle | C．doorlock | D．wire |
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| 小题12: | | A．followed | B．caused | C．produced | D．ended |
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| 小题13: | | A．before | B．since | C．until | D．when |
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| 小题14: | | A．surprised | B．praised | C．encouraged | D．supported |
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| 小题15: | | A．self-satisfaction | B．self-protection | C．self-respect | D．self-service |
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Once a man came to a wise man’s house and said, “ I have many bad habits. Which one of them should I 36 first?” The wise man said, “Never tell lies 37 always speak the truth.” The man 38 to do so and went home.
At night the man was about to go out to steal. Before setting out, he 39 for a moment about the promise he made to the wise man. “If he asks me where I have been, what shall I say? Shall I say I went out 40 ? No, I cannot say that. But nor can I 41 . If I tell the truth, everyone will start 42 me and call me a thief. I would be 43 for stealing.” So the man 44 not to steal that night, and gave up this 45 habit.
Next day, he 46 to drink wine. When he was about to do so, he said to himself. “What shall I say to the wise man 47 he asks me what I did during the day? I cannot tell a lie.” And so he gave up the 48 of drinking wine.
In this 49 , whenever the man thought of doing something bad, he 50 his promise to tell the truth at all times. 51 , he gave up all his bad habits and became a very 52 person.
Telling the truth is a very good 53 . If you always speak the truth, you can save yourself from a lot of 54 and become a person whom everyone 55 and favors.
Make a promise: I shall always speak the truth.
| 小题1: | | A．give in | B．join in | C．set up | D．give up |
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| 小题3: | | A．promised | B．persuaded | C．preferred | D．began |
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| 小题4: | | A．played | B．drank | C．recognized | D．thought |
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| 小题5: | | A．walking | B．stealing | C．studying | D．climbing |
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| 小题7: | | A．hating | B．catching | C．killing | D．believing |
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| 小题8: | | A．expected | B．hurt | C．ignored | D．punished |
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| 小题9: | | A．asked | B．forgot | C．decided | D．pretended |
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| 小题10: | | A．special | B．bad | C．unfair | D．funny |
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| 小题11: | | A．went | B．wanted | C．learnt | D．stopped |
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| 小题14: | | A．base | B．block | C．place | D．way |
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| 小题15: | | A．recognized | B．planned | C．remembered | D．broke |
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| 小题16: | | A．At present | B．Face to face | C．On purpose | D．One by one |
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| 小题17: | | A．strong | B．good | C．rich | D．calm |
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| 小题18: | | A．habit | B．custom | C．game | D．hobby |
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| 小题19: | | A．tests | B．hopes | C．trouble | D．pleasure |
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| 小题20: | | A．serves | B．cheats | C．dislikes | D．likes |
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