A boy selling magazines walked up to a house people seldom visited. The house wa
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A boy selling magazines walked up to a house people seldom visited. The house was old and the owner 36 came out. When he did come out he wouldn’t say hello to anybody 37 simply stared at them.
The boy knocked on the door and 38 . As he was ready to 39 away, the door slowly opened. “What do you want?” the old man said.
“Uh, sir, I’m selling these magazines and I was 40 if you’d like to buy one.” The old man 41 stared at the boy. The boy could see the inside of the house and 42 some dog figurines（小雕像）. “Do you 43 dogs?” the boy asked. “Yes, I do. They’re my family here and they’re all I have.” The boy felt sorry for the man, as he seemed to be very 44 . “I’ve a magazine here for collectors. It’s perfect for you. I also have one about dogs since you like dogs so much.” But the old man said, “I need 45 of the magazines, now goodbye.”
The boy was sad. He went home and then an idea 46 to him. He had a little dog figurine. He walked back to the old man’s house with the 47 . He knocked on the door again and this time the old man came right to the door. “Boy, I 48 I told you no magazines.”
“No, sir. I know that. I wanted to bring you a 49 . ” The boy handed him the figurine and the old man’s face 50 . “It’s a Golden Retriever. I have one at home. This one is 51 you.” The old man was 52 ; no one had ever shown him so much 53 . “Boy, you have a kind 54 . Thank you!” From that day on the old man 55 coming out of the house and talking with people.
| 小题1: | | A．hardly | B．never | C．regularly | D．nearly |
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| 小题3: | | A．hurried | B．left | C．remained | D．waited |
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| 小题4: | | A．walk | B．run | C．escape | D．drive |
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| 小题5: | | A．doubting | B．wondering | C．saying | D．hoping |
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| 小题7: | | A．loved | B．sensed | C．noticed | D．contacted |
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| 小题8: | | A．help | B．collect | C．raise | D．like |
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| 小题9: | | A．alone | B．cruel | C．lonely | D．terrible |
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| 小题10: | | A．nothing | B．none | C．either | D．some |
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| 小题11: | | A．happened | B．brought | C．reached | D．occurred |
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| 小题12: | | A．fear | B．magazine | C．idea | D．figurine |
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| 小题13: | | A．imagined | B．thought | C．wished | D．expected |
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| 小题14: | | A．friend | B．gift | C．dog | D．book |
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| 小题15: | | A．lit up | B．went up | C．grew up | D．turned up |
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| 小题17: | | A．calm | B．encouraged | C．disappointed | D．surprised |
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| 小题18: | | A．pity | B．happiness | C．politeness | D．kindness |
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| 小题20: | | A．continued | B．avoided | C．started | D．risked |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:A
小题6:D
小题7:B
小题8:C
小题9:A
小题10:B
小题11:D
小题12:C
小题13:B
小题14:C
小题15:D
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:B
小题19:C
小题20:B |
解析
本文讲述了一个孤独的从不与人打交道的老人，因为一个孩子的小小的善举，改变了两个人的一生。
小题1:考查副词辨析。根据后面一句可知，老人不常出门，故用hardly。
小题2:考查连词辨析。与前面的not构成not…but…句型，不是…而是…。
小题3:考查动词辨析。根据下文，他准备离开了，可见前面等了很久。
小题4:考查动词辨析。根据第一句话，可真是男孩是不行过去的，所以用walked。
小题5:考查动词辨析。was wondering不是表示过去进行时，而是表示一种委婉的说法。意为：我想知道。
小题6:考查副词辨析。老人只是(just)盯着男孩。
小题7:考查动词辨析。男孩向里面看，注意到(notice)一些小狗雕像。
小题8:考查上下文联系。根据后面的collector可知，应用collect.
小题9:考查形容词辨析。男孩觉得老人似乎非常孤独(lonely)，alone表示“独自”。
小题10:考查不定代词。因为有范围，所以用none,而不是nothing.
小题11:考查动词辨析。An idea occurred to sb.是固定句型。某人突然想到一个主意。
小题12:考查名词辨析。根据前面He had a little dog figurine.可知答案。
小题13:考查动词辨析。我本以为我已经告诉过你我不要杂志。
小题14:考查名词辨析。男子带着小狗雕像去的，所以是礼物。
小题15:考查动词词组。A照亮；脸上呈现喜悦的神色；go up上升 grow up成长 turn up出现。根据句意，老人脸上表现出高兴的神色。
小题16:考查介词辨析。This is for you.这是给你的。
小题17:考查形容词辨析。从来没人理老人，而小孩给他送礼物，他当然是很惊讶的。
小题18:考查名词辨析。从来没人对他表现如此的友好。
小题19:考查名词辨析。老人说男孩有颗善良的心。
小题20:考查动词辨析。老人开始走出门去与人交往。 |
举一反三
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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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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