Last night I had the best gift ever. My older son was reading a detective novel
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Last night I had the best gift ever.
My older son was reading a detective novel while my younger son was reading fairy tales. They were each in different rooms, engrossed in their books with no TV, music or anything else distracting (使分心) their attention.
I read a lot during my childhood, curling (蜷缩) up in sofa or lying in bed. Like anyone else, I had lots of other interests, but once I discovered reading, I really enjoyed it. I read everything — books, magazines, newspapers, even the back of food packages if there was nothing else to read at the moment. I must thank my parents for their love of reading. Longing for more information and knowledge, my parents were always reading a lot.
Today’s children are provided with a variety of choices. It is so easy for them to become uninterested in reading and to view it as boring, uncool and unnecessary. There are TVs with astonishing choices of programs; there are MP3 players with thousands of songs at their fingertips; there are the Internet and mobile phones.
I’ve told my sons that reading comes with information, understanding and connection, each of which will help them at every stage in their lives now and forever. So when my sons were reading their books last night, I watched them, noticing them put a bookmark into their books. That’s the most amazing gift that I have ever received.
小题1:The best title for this passage is _____.| A．My Two Sons | B．An Amazing Gift | | C．My Favorite, Reading | D．Let’s Read Together |
小题2:The phrase “engrossed in” in the second paragraph can be replaced by “_____”.| A．connected by | B．separated by | | C．devoted to | D．worried about |
小题3:What does the author think of TVs, MP3 players, the Internet and mobile phones?| A．They are boring, uncool and unnecessary. | | B．They are too expensive for a family to afford. | | C．They might distract children’s attention. | | D．They might enrich children’s lives and make them happy. |
小题4:According to the passage, the author’s best gift is _____.| A．her sons’ love for reading | B．reading books alone | | C．bookmarks from her sons | D．having a happy family |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:C
小题4:A |
解析
本文讲述了儿子喜欢读书是送给妈妈最好的礼物。
小题1:主旨大意题。根据文章第一段和最后一段最后一句话，可知答案为B。
小题2:词义猜测题。根据第一段所说的儿子们在没有任何干扰下读书，可见是“埋头于”的意思，所以C项正确。
小题3:细节题。根据文章It is so easy for them to become uninterested in reading and to view it as boring, uncool and unnecessary. There are TVs with astonishing choices of programs; there are MP3 players with thousands of songs at their fingertips; there are the Internet and mobile phones.可知答案为C。
小题4:语篇理解题。根据文章第一、二段可知。 |
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One afternoon，my son Adam asked me, "Are all people the same even if they are different in color?"
I thought for a minute, and then I said, "I"ll explain，26 you can just wait until we make a quick 27 at the grocery store. I have something 28 to show you.”
At the grocery store, we 29 some apples --- red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Adam, "It"s time to 30 your question. " I put one apple of each 31 on the table. Then I looked at Adam, who had a 32 look on his face.
"People are like apples. They come in all 33 colors, shapes and sizes. On the 34 , some of the apples may not 35 look as delicious as the others." As I was talking, Adam was 36 each one carefully.
Then, I took each of the apples and peeled （削皮) them, 37 them back on the table, but 38 different place.
"Okay, Adam, tell me which is which. "
He said, "I 39 tell. They all look the same now. " "Take a bite of 40 . See if that helps you 41 which one is which.”
He took 42 , and then a huge smile came across his face. "People are 43 like apples! They are all different, but once you 44 the outside, they"re pretty much the same on the inside. "
He totally 45 it. I didn"t" need to say or do anything else.
| 小题1: | | A．although | B．so | C．because | D．if |
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小题2:A. stop B. start C. turn D stay
小题3:A. expressive B. encouraging C informative D. interesting
| 小题4: | | A．bought | B．counted | C．saw | D．collected |
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| 小题5: | | A．check | B．mention | C．answer | D．improve |
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小题6:A. size B. type C: shape D. class
| 小题7: | | A．worried | B．satisfied | C．proud | D．curious |
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| 小题8: | | A．ordinary | B．normal | C．different | D．regular |
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| 小题9: | | A．outside | B．whole | C．table | D．inside |
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| 小题10: | | A．still | B．even | C．only | D．ever |
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小题11:A. examining B. measuring C: drawing D. packing
| 小题12: | | A．keeping | B．placing | C．pulling | D．giving |
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小题14:A. mustn"t B. can"t C shouldn"t D. needn"t
| 小题15: | | A．each one | B．each other | C．the other | D．one another |
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| 小题16: | | A．admit | B．consider | C．decide | D．believe |
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小题17:A. big bites B. deep breaths C a firm hold D. a close look
| 小题18: | | A．just | B．always | C．merely | D．seldom |
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小题19:A. put away B. get down C hand out D. take off
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Dinah is one of the most good-natured children that ever lived, but she is very, very lazy. There is nothing she likes, or used to like, so much as to curl up in some warm corner in the sun and do nothing.
Dinah’s mother wished very much that her child should learn to read, but the lady who tried to teach her soon give it up. “It is no 16 ,” she said, “Dinah 17 not learn. She is not stupid, but too lazy.”
It happened soon that a young man from Massachusetts came to the house where Dinah lived. He brought with him something no one else in the neighborhood had ever seen before－a pair of roller-skates.
When Dinah saw the young man going rapidly up and down the piazza (广场) on his skates she was so 18 . She ran after him like a cat, her black eyes shining.
One day the young man allowed her to 19 the skates. The child was too happy for words. Of course she fell down, but did not 20 at all.
“Look here, Dinah,” said the young man, “I understand that my aunt has been trying to teach you to read. Why didn’t you learn? Now, if you can read, I will send you a pair of good roller-skates.”
For a moment she said 21 , then exclaimed decidedly, “I’ll have those skates, sure.”
And she did. When she 22 her mind on her work, she could always do it well, 23 it was.
The lady who had before this found her 24 difficult a child to teach, now had no trouble. If Dinah showed the least 25 of her former laziness, the word SKATES was enough to draw her attention back to her lesson instantly.
On New Year’s morning she received a box marked in large printed letters:
MISS DINAH MORRIS,
Care of Mrs. Lawrence Delaney,
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
If she can read what is on the outside of this box she can have what is inside.
And as Dinah read every word clearly and quickly, of course she had the fine roller-skates the box held. And now sitting curled up in the sun, doing nothing, is not the thing she likes to do best.
| 小题1: | | A．need | B． way | C． use | D． importance |
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| 小题2: | | A．shall | B． will | C． must | D． can |
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| 小题3: | | A．astonished | B． terrified | C． frightened | D． shocked |
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| 小题4: | | A．put up | B． try out | C． try on | D． have on |
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| 小题5: | | A．move | B． hurt | C． cry | D． mind |
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| 小题6: | | A．something | B． nothing | C． anything | D． everything |
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| 小题7: | | A．paid | B． drew | C． bent | D． made |
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| 小题8: | | A．whenever | B． however | C． whatever | D． wherever |
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| 小题9: | | A．such | B． so | C． still | D． very |
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| 小题10: | | A． sign | B． impression | C． mark | D． expression |
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People often said Thomas Edison was the greatest genius of his age. There are only a few men in all of history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be pleased only because someone said he was a genius. "There is no such thing as genius," Edison said. He thought what people called genius was mostly hard work.
But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. He tried to understand them, and then he tried to learn what he could usefully do with them.
Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people would do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking could give men enjoyment and pleasure.
Edison could not understand how anyone could not be interested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what idea he had about life. “Work,” he answered, “Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier.” He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.
小题1:According to Thomas Edison, what"s genius?| A．Hard thinking. | B．Useful inventions | | C．Useful dreams. | D．Hard work. |
小题2:After exploring the secrets of nature, Edison always tried to______．| A．make them useful in life | | B．carry out a new experiment | | C．write down what he had learnt | | D．share them with others |
小题3:Edison could not understand______.| A．how anybody enjoyed life | | B．how anybody loved working | | C．why anybody loved thinking | | D．why anybody was tired of life |
小题4:The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means that______．| A．Edison was able to live another 100 years | | B．life was too short for Edison to work for human beings | | C．Edison was born to be a great inventor | | D．Edison was ready to make his l00th invention |
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I"m glad you showed great interest in what is happening in China. You are right. I am very 21 of the great achievement that the Long March-2F carrier rocket successfully sent China"s manned Shenzhou-9 spacecraft into space on June 16, 2012. Now, China is the third country in the world to use its own 22 to send a female into space.
I agree with you that if we work together and 23, the future will be ours, the two old civilizations will rejuvenate(焕发青春). The last thirty years has 24 great changes that have taken place in both India and China. We are lucky we are living in this great period.
You wanted to know more about Xi’an. Let me tell you: Xi’an is the biggest city in the 25 of China, with a population of over 9 million. Xi"an 26 the capital of China for over 13 dynasties. It was perhaps the most 27 and culturally advanced city in the entire world. 28 this place silk roads went westwards through Asia to Europe and Africa. Along one of the silk roads, over 1300 years ago, a great thinker called XuanZang 29 all the way from Xi"an to India with the 30 of getting true spirit of Buddha(佛). He succeeded after many 31 difficulties. After that, some new ideas from India spread over China, Japan and Korea. A 65-meter-high 32 called Dayan Pagoda was built for him for what he had done for the nation after he died, which 33 stands in the south of Xi"an, the most famous 34 of the city.
Xi"an is a city with splendid 35. A lot of historical interests attract millions of visitors from both China and all over the world, 36 which the Terra Cotta Warriors and the Old City Walls are the most well-known, whose details you can 37 find through the Internet.
Today"s Xi"an is modern and even more beautiful, 38 to film-makers, IT experts, and business people of every description. Here in this city, famous for calligraphy(书法), a new chapter in China"s history is being 39
I think you may have some idea of where I"m living. If you want to know more, come to China, I"ll be your 40.
Tell me more about your city. Maybe my next long journey is India.
Hope to get your reply.
Liu Shaowen
| 小题1: | | A．proud | B．happy | C．sorry | D．excited |
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| 小题2: | | A．money | B．machines | C．technologies | D．information |
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| 小题3: | | A．cooperate | B．trade | C．devote | D．believe |
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| 小题4: | | A．found | B．spotted | C．saw | D．discovered |
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| 小题5: | | A．southeast | B．northeast | C．northwest | D．southwest |
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| 小题6: | | A．being | B．has been | C．was | D．is |
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| 小题7: | | A．rich | B．quiet | C．fast | D．open |
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| 小题9: | | A．walked | B．climbed | C．drove | D．ran |
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| 小题10: | | A．demand | B．need | C．want | D．hope |
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| 小题11: | | A．hard | B．fierce | C．violent | D．unbearable |
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| 小题12: | | A．museum | B．temple | C．tower | D．pyramid |
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| 小题13: | | A．still | B．yet | C．therefore | D．then |
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| 小题14: | | A．brand | B．trade-mark | C．landmark | D．footmark |
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| 小题15: | | A．scenery | B．landscape | C．history | D．location |
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| 小题16: | | A．for | B．from | C．among | D．beyond |
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| 小题17: | | A．barely | B．hardly | C．rarely | D．easily |
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| 小题18: | | A．habitat | B．home | C．birthplace | D．residence |
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| 小题19: | | A．written | B．recorded | C．composed | D．painted |
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| 小题20: | | A．leader | B．teacher | C．adviser | D．guide |
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Frankenstein is one of the world’s most famous horror stories. It’s about a doctor who creates a new man from the body parts of dead people and brings it to life. But the experiment goes wrong and the monster(怪兽) kills the doctor and many others. The story has been read by millions since it was first published and in the last hundred years it has been made into dozens of movies. Many people are surprised to learn its writer was a 19-year-old woman, called Mary Shelley.
Mary was born into a rich London family in August 1797. She was educated by her parents and when she was 13 she decided to become a writer. In 1812, she met the famous writer Percy Shelley and they soon got married. Sadly for Mary, their first child died soon after birth in Italy. In her diary, Mary wrote about a dream：“I dreamt that my little baby came to life again---that it had only been cold and that we rubbed it before the fire and it lived.”
In 1816, Percy Shelley and 19-year-old Mary visited the poet Lord Byron at his home in Switzerland. Because of the bad weather they stayed indoors reading horror stories. On night, Byron asked everyone to write their own story. Mary thought of her dream and wrote the story of Frankenstein
Frankenstein was published when Mary was 21, and became a huge success. Many people didn’t think a 19-year-old woman could write so well and believed her husband was the real writer.
Although famous, Shelley’s life was full of sadness. Only one of her four children lived and in 1822 her husband died in a swimming accident. Mary was broken-hearted and decided not to marry again. She devoted herself to her child and continued to write until her death in 1851.
小题1:Where was Mary Shelley when she wrote the story Frankenstein ? | A．In England | B．In Italy | C．In Switzerland | D．In France |
小题2:In which order do the following take place?
a. Bad weather made everyone stay indoors reading horror stories.
b. The story Frankenstein was first published.
c. Mary wrote about a dream in her diary.
d. Mary met the famous writer Percy Shelley.
e. Movies based on the story of Frankenstein were made.| A．a,c,b,e,d | B．d,c,a,b,e | C．c,a,b,d,e | D．b,a,d,c,e |
小题3:How old was Mary Shelley when she died? |
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