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My 8-year-old daughter is making an experiment. She has been making her own colorful smile cards and often takes them with her everywhere.
Last Sunday, I took my kid to go shopping with me. She was hoping to see John, who is an elderly man and gives out samples. We see him from time to time and he is so happy and friendly. John wasn’t at the store on Sunday, so my daughter decided that it would be a good idea to distribute her smile cards to the store’s other employees.
So she did. In the produce department, she gave a card to a young man and she hoped it would make him smile. And he smiled at her and thanked her. Then she came across an older gentleman who looked rather impatient. And she snuck a card into his cart on top of his groceries, remarking to me later that he looked at her suspiciously as if she was dumping trash in his cart. But I thought he would be happy later.
When we got back from our shopping trip, she had run out of cards. She was walking by a woman with two babies in her cart. My daughter smiled at her and the young mother smiled back. My daughter came to me and said excitedly, “Mom, I just realized something. You don’t need cards to make someone smile. All you need to do is make eye contact and smile into their eyes and they will smile back.”
What a beautiful lesson my daughter reminded me of. You are never too young or too old to experiment with kindness and smiles.
小题1:At first, the writer’s daughter made an experiment by ______.| A．giving smile cards | B．giving samples | | C．making eye contact | D．giving groceries |
小题2:According to the text, John was a man ______.| A．who is very young and lively | B．who may be a salesman | | C．who is in trouble and needs smiles | D．who is never seen to smile |
小题3:The underlined word “distribute” in paragraph 2 probably means ______.| A．make up | B．tear up | C．give out | D．sell out |
小题4:From the text, we can learn that ______.| A．John got a smile card from the writer’s daughter | | B．the older gentleman would smile later after he got the smile card | | C．we could make others smile only by giving them what they wanted | | D．the mother with two babies smiled because she got a smile card |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:B |
解析
文章讲述了一个让人温暖的小故事。
小题1:细节题。文章第二段可知女儿是四处发笑脸的卡片。
小题2:推理题。根据第二段可知我们是去商场看他，他应该是一个售货员。
小题3:猜测词义题。it would be a good idea to distribute her smile cards to the store’s other employees. 女儿应该是把卡片分发给其他人。
小题4:细节题。根据文章第三段最后两句And she snuck a card into his cart on top of his groceries, remarking to me later that he looked at her suspiciously as if she was dumping trash in his cart. But I thought he would be happy later.可知答案为B。 |
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Last year when Tom graduated from school, he came to Taibei. He didn"t like to work on his father"s farm and hoped to find a job in a big city. He went from one company to another but no one wanted him. With little money left, he got to the station, sad and tired. All he wanted to do was go back to his small town. It was very late at night and the station was full of people. They were waiting to buy tickets of the last train. He bought the last ticket, and he was very happy.
At that time, a woman with a crying baby walked to him and asked him to sell her the ticket. He gave her the ticket because he thought they needed it more than he did. After the train left, he sat on the bench and didn"t know where to go. Suddenly, an old man came and said, "Young man, I have seen what you did to the woman. I am the owner of a big company. I need a good young man like you. Would you like to work for me?"
小题1:Tom came to the station to _______.| A．find a job | B．take the train home | | C．sell the ticket | D．take the train to Taibei |
小题2:The woman walked to Tom because _______.| A．she was Tom"s old friend | | B．her child wanted to talk to Tom | | C．she needed to take the train | | D．she had no money to buy a ticket |
小题3:Tom didn"t take the train because _______.| A．he didn"t take a train ticket | | B．he missed the train | | C．he wanted to talk to the old man | | D．he gave his ticket to the woman |
小题4:What can we learn from this story?| A．Many people find job in a train station. | | B．Don"t buy the last ticket of the train. | | C．If we try our best to help others, others will help us. | | D．We should not give our ticket to others in a train station. |
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It was when I was attending high school that I first read Asimov’s stories. At the time, a few science fiction magazines began to introduce this author, and to translate a few pieces from his “Robot Series”. Of Asimov’s works, the one that left the deepest impression on me was Pebble in the Sky. This novel directly influenced my early science fiction writing. Asimov was one of the leading writers of western science fiction’s Golden Age, so although his writing may not have a direct influence on writers of today, his underlying (潜在的) influence on many levels is undeniable — the famous Three Laws of Robotics, and many classic writing techniques, for example. Asimov’s novels are marked by a fully integrated (完整的) logical system, and his stories are a pleasure to read. This is the reason his novels still attract readers today. Naturally, western science fiction has few people these days who follow Asimov’s creative methods. But still the majority of Chinese science fiction readers would rather read the classic works of Asimov. Compared with the “Robot Series”, Asimov’s “Foundation Series” is a little less well-known in China. In fact, the “Foundation Series” creates an entire world, even grander than that of the “Robot Series”; this science fiction had a direct influence on later western science fiction, the most famous example being Star Wars.
小题1:We learn from the passage that the writer is probably a _________.| A．science fiction writer | B．science fiction publisher | | C．high school student | D．science fiction fan |
小题2:The purpose of the passage is to _________.| A．compare Asimov with other science fiction writers | | B．advise people to read Asimov’s stories | | C．give some comments on Asimov’s influence | | D．explain why Asimov is popular in China |
小题3:According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?| A．Asimov is criticized by today’s science fiction writers. | | B．Asimov still has many readers in China. | | C．Asimov wrote Star Wars in his later life. | | D．Asimov’s writing techniques are still widely used. |
小题4:In the writer’s opinion, Asimov’s “Foundation Series” _________.| A．was not as successful as his “Robot Series” | | B．is better known to readers than his “Robot Series” | | C．was more logically organized than his “Robot Series” | | D．was written better than his “Robot Series” in some ways |
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Mr. Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea."
"OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn"t remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.
Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.
The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more." The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?"
"Burnt yesterday evening."
小题1:Mr. Brown told his son that _____.| A．he would be away from home for four days | | B．he would be back in seven days | | C．he would be back in a month | | D．he liked a cup of tea |
小题2:Mr. Brown wrote the words down on ________.| A．the wall | B．the door | C．a piece of paper | D．his son"s pocket |
小题3:A man came to visit the boy"s father on ________.| A．the second day | B．the third day | C．the fourth day | D．the fifth day |
小题4:The man was very surprised because _________.| A．he thought the child"s father was dead | | B．the child didn"t ask him to sit down | | C．the child gave him a cup of tea | | D．he couldn"t find that piece of paper |
小题5:What was burnt? | A．The piece of paper | B．Mr. Smith | C．The visitor | D．The boy |
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The hardworking blacksmith(铁匠) Jones used to work all day in his shop and so hard working was he that at times he would make the sparks fly from his hammer.
The son of Mr. Smith, a rich neighbor, used to come to see the blacksmith everyday and for hours and hours he would enjoy himself watching how the blacksmith worked. "Young man, why don"t you try to learn to make shoe tacks（鞋钉）, even if it is only to pass the time?" said the blacksmith. "Who knows, one day, it may be of use to you." The lazy boy began to see what he could do. But after a little practice he found that he was becoming very skilled and soon he was making some of the finest tacks.
Old Mr. Smith died and the son because of the war lost all his goods. He had to leave home and settled down in another country. It so happened that in this village there were many shoemakers who were spending a lot of money to buy tacks for their shoes and even at times when they paid high prices they were not always able to get what they wanted, because in that part of the country there was a high demand for soldiers" shoes.
Our young Mr. Smith, who was finding it difficult to earn his daily bread, remembered that he had learned how to make tacks and had the sudden idea of making a bargain with the shoemakers. He told them that he would make the tacks if they would help to get him settled in his workshop. The shoemakers were only too glad of the offer. And after a while, Mr. Smith found that he was soon making the finest tacks in the village.
"How funny it seems," he used to say, "even making tacks can bring a fortune（财富）.”
小题1:From the passage, we can learn the young Mr. Smith became rich ______.
A by selling shoes B by making shoe tacks C with his father’s help D by making bread
小题2:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A The young Mr. Smith’s father was very wealthy.
B The young Mr. Smith was lazy before learning to make shoe tacks.
C The shoemakers offered him a working place to make shoe tacks.
D The shoemakers were unwilling to buy the young Mr. Smith’s tack.
小题3:What can we learn from the young Mr. Smith’s success?| A．It is no use crying over the spilt milk. | | B．A friend in need is a friend indeed. | | C．All roads lead to Rome. | | D．Seeing is believing. |
小题4:What is the right order of the events related to the young Mr. Smith?
a. He was born in a rich family.
b. He became rich by selling tacks.
c. His father died and he became poor.
d. He was asked to learn to make shoe tacks.
e. He settled in another country.| A．a-d-c-e-b | B．a-d-b-c-e | C．b-d-c-e-a | D．b-d-a-e-c |
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Kong Zi , also called Confucius (551-479 B.C) , and Socrates（苏格拉底） (469-399 B. C) lived only a hundred years apart , and during their lifetimes there was no contact （联系）between China and Greece, but it is interesting to look at how the world that each of these great philosophers（哲学家） came from shaped their ideas , and how these ideas in turn ,shaped their societies.
Confucius suggested the Golden Rule as a principle for the conduct of life:” Do not do to others what you would not want others to do to you.” He assumed that all men were equal at birth, though some bad more potential than others, and that it was knowledge that set men apart. Socrates focused on the individual, and thought that the greatest purpose of man was to seek wisdom. He believed that the superior class should rule the inferior(下层的)classes.
For Socrates, the family was of no importance, and the community of little concern. For Confucius, however, the family was the centre of the society, with family relations considered much more important than political relations.
Both men are respected much more today than they were in their lifetimes.
小题1:Which of the following is TURE according to the first paragraph?| A．Socrates and Confucius had much in common, | | B．Confucius had much influence on Socrates’ ideas. | | C．The societies were influenced by the philosophers’ ideas. | | D．There were cultural exchanges between China and Greece. |
小题2:Socrates shared with Confucius the idea that .| A．all men were equal when they were born | | B．the lower classes should be ruled by the upper class | | C．the purpose of man was to seek freedom and wisdom | | D．people should not ask others to do what they did not want to |
小题3:What made some people different from others according to Confucius?| A． Family. | B．Potential（潜力）. | C．Knowledge. | D．Community. |
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