Churchill"s full name was Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. He was born in 1874
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Churchill"s full name was Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. He was born in 1874. He was educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
In 1900 Churchill was elected a member of parliament .As First Lord of the Admiralty , in 1911, he was responsible for strengthening the British navy.
During World War I, he still remained a member of parliament, but he resigned from his post in the British navy, and became a soldier again, fighting in France. In 1917, however, he became Minister of Munitions . In this job, he encouraged the development and use of the tank, which was then a new weapon. After the war, Churchill held several government posts.
From 1931 to 1939, he was only a member of parliament. He had fallen into dislike because of his militant (war-loving) attitude. Even his closest friends discouraged him from seeking higher office. But when World War II started in 1939. Churchill returned to his former job as First Lord of the Admiralty.
In May 1940, he became Prime Minister. Throughout the war, Churchill showed great strength and energy. He worked for long periods with little sleep and traveled many thousands of miles. By the courage and determination expressed in his speeches, he inspired the people of Britain to keep on fighting. His speeches also gave hope to people in parts of Europe occupied by enemy forces.
In the general election at the end of the war, the Conservative Party, of which he was leader, was defeated. But he became Prime Minister again in 1951. He resigned as Prime Minister in 1955. However, he remained a member of parliament until 1964. Some time later, in 1965, he died.
小题1:Before World War I, Churchill worked for his country as ____.| A．headmaster of Harrow School | B．a leader of the Britain Navy | | C．a leader of the Conservative Party | D．Prime Minister of Britain |
小题2:How many times was Churchill elected Prime Minister?| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
小题3:What can we learn from Para. 4?| A．In 1938 Churchill left the parliament. | | B．Churchill"s closest friends were against his attitude toward war. | | C．Churchill"s closest friends always inspired him to seek higher office. | | D．Churchill and his closet friends served in the army before World War II. |
小题4:We can know all the following from the text EXCEPT that ____.| A．Churchill gave up as Prime Minister in 1955 | | B．Churchill once became a soldier, fighting in France | | C．Churchill"s speeches encouraged the British people to keep on fighting | | D．Churchill led his army to fight bravely and defeated the enemy in World War I |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:B
小题4:D |
解析
试题分析：
小题1:细节题。从文章第二段第二句As First Lord of the Admiralty , in 1911, he was responsible for strengthening the British navy.可知答案是B。
小题2:细节题。根据最后两段可知答案。第一次在1940年。第二次在1951年。可知填B
小题3:推理判断题。根据第四段:He had fallen into dislike because of his militant (好战的) attitude. Even his closest friends discouraged him from seeking higher office.可知答案是B。
小题4:信息判断题。答案D在文中没提到。A句在文中第六段能找到；B在文中第三段提到；C在文中第五段提到。选D
点评： 本文对细节和推理能力要求很高，要求考生阅读时抓住故事发展的时间顺序。 |
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I receive many letters from children and can’t answer them all – there wouldn’t be enough time in a day. I’ll try to answer some of the questions that are commonly asked.
Where did I get the idea for Stuart Little and for Charlotte’s Web? Well, many years ago, I went to bed one night in a railway sleeping car, and during the night I dreamed about a tiny boy who acted rather like a mouse. That’s how the story of Stuart Little got started.
As for Charlotte’s Web, I like animals and my farm is very pleasant place to be – at all hours. One day, when I was on my way to feed the pig, I began feeling sorry for the pig because, like most pigs, he was going to die. This made me sad. So I started thinking of ways to save his life. Three years after I started writing it, it was published. (I am not a fast worker, as you can see.)
Sometimes I’m asked when I started to write, and what made me want to write. I started early – as soon as I could spell. Children often find pleasure through trying to set their thoughts down on paper, either in words or in pictures. I was not good at drawing, so I used words instead. As I grew older, I found that writing could be a way of earning a living.
Well, here is the answer to the last question. No, they are imaginary (虚构的) tales. In real life, a family doesn’t have a child who looks like a mouse and a spider doesn’t write words in her web. Although my stories are imaginary, I like to think that there is some truth in them, too – truth about the way people and animals feel, think and act.
小题1:E.B. White wrote this passage to ______.
A. introduce his new books
B. introduce two funny stories
C. explain why he enjoys writing
D. answer some readers’ questions
小题2:We can know from the passage that E.B. White is a writer who ______.
A. writes very fast
B. works on a friends’ farm
C. mainly writes stories for adults
D. writes imaginary tales for children
小题3:What inspired E.B. White to write Charlotte’s Web?
A. That he wanted children to love animals.
B. That he was deeply impressed by a clever pig.
C. That he wanted to use his own way to save a pig.
D. That he wanted to save the animals on a farm.
小题4: E.B. White started to write because he wanted to ______.
A. improve his spelling
B. express his thoughts
C. show his sadness
D. make a good living
小题5:What is probably the last question?| A．Are your stories true? | | B．What is the truth in your stories? | | C．Will you write more imaginary tales? | | D．Do you know a child looking like a mouse? |
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Nancy had just got a job as a secretary in a company. Monday was the first day she went to work, so she was very 36 and arrived early.
She 37 the door open and found nobody there. “I am the 38 to arrive.” She thought and came to her desk. She was surprised to find a bunch of 39 on it. They were fresh. She 40 them and they were sweet. She looked around for a 41 to put them in. “ Somebody has sent me flowers the very first day!” she thought 42 . “ But who could it be?” she began to 43 .
The day passed quickly and Nancy did everything with 44 interest. For the following days of the 45 , the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the followers and then 46 her work.
Then came another Monday. 47 she came near her desk she was overjoyed to see a(n) 48 bunch of flowers there. She quickly put them in the vase, 49 the old ones.
The same thing happened again the next Monday. Nancy began to think of ways to find out the 50 .
On Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to hand in a plan to the 51 . She waited for his directives(命令)at his secretary’s 52 . She happened to see on the desk a half-opened notebook, which 53 : “ In order to keep the secretaries 54 , the company has decided that every 55 a bunch of fresh flowers should be put on each secretary’s desk.”
Later, she was told that their general manager was a business management psychologist（心理学家）.
| 小题1: | | A． depressed | B． encouraged | C． excited | D． surprised |
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| 小题2: | | A． turned | B． pushed | C． knocked | D． forced |
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| 小题3: | | A． last | B． second | C． third | D． first |
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| 小题4: | | A． keys | B． grapes | C． flowers | D． bananas |
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| 小题5: | | A． smelled | B． ate | C． took | D． held |
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| 小题6: | | A． vase | B． room | C． glass | D． bottle |
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| 小题7: | | A． angrily | B． quietly | C． strangely | D． happily |
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| 小题8: | | A． seek | B． wonder | C． Work | D． ask |
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| 小题9: | | A． low | B． little | C． great | D． general |
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| 小题10: | | A． month | B． period | C． year | D． week |
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| 小题11: | | A． set about | B． set up | C． set out | D． set off |
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| 小题12: | | A． Unless | B． When | C． Since | D．Before |
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| 小题13: | | A． old | B． red | C． blue | D． new |
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| 小题14: | | A． covering | B． demanding | C． replacing | D． forbidding |
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| 小题15: | | A． sender | B． receiver | C． secretary | D． waiter |
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| 小题16: | | A． assistant | B． colleague | C． employee | D． manager |
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| 小题17: | | A． notebook | B． desk | C． office | D． house |
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| 小题18: | | A． said | B． written | C． printed | D． signed |
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| 小题19: | | A． at home | B． on time | C． in high spirits | D． in low spirits |
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| 小题20: | | A． Sunday morning | B． Monday morning | C． Monday afternoon | D． Tuesday afternoon |
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Once there was a poor farmer and his farm belonged to(属于) a rich man. One day he brought a basket of apples to the rich man’s house. On the doorsteps, he met two monkeys dressed like children. They jumped onto the basket to eat the apples and threw some on the ground. The farmer politely took off his hat and asked the monkeys to get off. They obeyed(服从) and the farmer went into the house. He asked to see the rich man. A servant took him to the room where the rich man was sitting.
“I have brought you the basket of apples you asked for,” he said.
“But why have you brought a half-empty basket?” the rich man asked.
“I met your children outside, and they stole some of the apples.”
小题1:Why did the farmer bring apples to the rich man? Because .| A．he was poor | | B．he liked the rich man | | C．his farm belonged to the rich man | | D．the rich man’s children liked apples |
小题2:What did the monkeys do when the farmer was on the doorsteps?| A．They jumped and jumped. | | B．They played. | | C．They ran away. | | D．They ate some of the apples. |
小题3:The monkeys left the basket because . | A．they had thrown apples on the ground | | B．the farmer had politely asked them to get off | | C．they were afraid of the hat | | D．the farmer was angry wit h them |
小题4:How did the rich man feel when he saw the basket? He felt .| A．pleased | B．moved | C．excited | D．unhappy |
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Jenny went to visit her friends in New York last weekend. Her friends met her at the airport on Friday afternoon and drove her to the hotel. They had dinner at a Chinese restaurant and went to see a film after that.
Jenny and her friends set out early on Saturday morning for a farm and stayed there until Sunday morning. During their stay, they went fishing and swimming in the small river on the farm. They played football in the field and enjoyed a big meal around a camp fire（篝火）, singing and dancing till late into the night.
Nobody could get up early on Sunday morning. So when they got back to New York City, it was about three o’clock in the afternoon. They drove right to the airport because Jenny didn’t want to miss her plane back home. Jenny only stayed in New York for two nights but she had a great time with her friend.
小题1:Jenny went to New York________.| A．to do some shopping | | B．to see her friends | | C．to spend her summer holiday | | D．to find a job |
小题2:How did Jenny get to New York?| A．By train. | B．By bus. | C．By plane. | D．On foot. |
小题3:Where did Jenny and her friends go on Saturday?| A．To the farm. | B．To the Chinese restaurant. | | C．To the airport. | D．To the railway station. |
小题4:When did Jenny go back home?
| A．On Saturday afternoon. | B．On Sunday morning. | | C．On Saturday evening. | D．On Sunday afternoon. |
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Mr. and Mrs. Wu were fed up with their neighbor. He was always borrowing things from them.
“It’s not right.” Mr. Wu said to his wife one evening. “At some time or another that man has borrowed nearly everything we have. Almost every day he comes over to borrow something.”
“You are quite right,” his wife replied, “and most of the things he’s never returned.”
“What I want to know,” her husband said, “is why he can’t buy the things he needs like everyone else.”
“Because people like us are foolish enough to lend him what he needs.” she replied. “As long as we are willing to lend, he’ll keep on borrowing.”
“Then we’ll never lend him anything again.” Mr. Wu said. “The next time he asks to borrow something, I’ll say no.”
“We must have a good reason for saying no,” his wire said, “and we must always try to be polite to him. We don’t want to make an enemy of the man.”
It was not long before their decision not to lend their neighbor anything ever again was put to the test.
The next morning there was a knock on the door.
Mr. Wu went to answer it.
Their neighbor was standing there. Mr. Wu knew he was going to ask to borrow something, and was ready to refuse him politely.
“Good morning,” their neighbor said, “I’m sorry to trouble you, but I wonder if I could borrow your garden scissors.”
“I’m sorry,” Mr. Wu said, “but I’m afraid my wife and I will be using them today. We’ll be spending all day working in the garden.”
“Oh, ! see.” the neighbor said, “In that case, may I borrow your golf clubs? You won’t be needing them if you are working in the garden all day, will you?”
小题1:What did the neighbor do with most of the things he had borrowed?| A．He hid them. | | B．He never returned them. | | C．He lent them to others. | | D．He broke them. |
小题2:Mr. and Mrs. Wu’s decision to treat their neighbor was| A．not to lend anything more | | B．to be impolite to him in order to show their dislike | | C．to give him anything he would ask | | D．to keep on lending |
小题3:When did the neighbor want to borrow again?| A．The next day. | | B．A week later. | | C．The morning after the following month. | | D．A few days later. |
小题4:How did the neighbor manage to get what he really wanted?| A．He first asked for something else. | | B．He asked for it earnestly (诚挚地). | | C．He worked for them. | | D．He spoke highly of Mr. Wu. |
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