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A Frenchman went to a small Italian town and was staying with his wife at the best hotel there. One night, he went out for a walk alone. It was late and the small street was dark and quiet. Suddenly he felt someone behind him. He turned his head and saw an Italian young man who quickly walked past him. The man was nearly out of sight when the Frenchman suddenly found that his watch was gone. He thought that it must be the Italian who had taken his watch. He decided to follow him and get back the watch.
Soon the Frenchman caught up with the Italian. Neither of them understood the other’s language. The Frenchman frightened the Italian with his fist(拳头) and pointed at the Italian’s watch. In the end the Italian gave up his watch to the Frenchman.
When he returned to the hotel, the Frenchman told his wife what had happened. He was greatly surprised when his wife pointed to the watch on the table. Now he realized that by mistake he had robbed the watch and it was the Italian’s.
小题1:The Frenchman went to a small Italian town _______. | A．alone | B．with his wife | C．with his friend | D．with an Italian |
小题2:One night he went out for _______ alone. | A．a ride | B．a walk | C．a drink | D．rest |
小题3:Suddenly he found his_______ was gone. | A．watch | B．money | C．book | D．ring |
小题4:The Italian gave up his watch to him at last because ________. | A．he had stolen the watch from the Frenchman. | | B．he understood what the Frenchman wanted | | C．he had picked up the watch on his w ay from work | | D．he was afraid of the Frenchman |
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答案
小题1:B
小题1:B
小题1:A
小题1:D |
解析
本文讲述了法国人与意大利人语言不通发生误解的一个有趣的故事。法国人在散步时以为自己的手表被经过的意大利人偷了，于是他向意大利人举起了他的拳头将手表拿了回来。而他回到旅店发现他的手表安然无恙地躺在桌上。
小题1:B。文章的第1句说The Frenchman是staying with his wife at the best hotel，由此句可推知答案。
小题1:B。文章第1段的第2句说He went out for a walk alone由此句可推知答案。
小题1:A。根据第1段的第4行当Italian was nearly out of sight的时候这个法国人就发现他的手表不见了。据此可知答案为A。
小题1:D。根据第2段中说The Frenchman frightened...我们可以推知这个意大利人是害怕这个法国人的拳头才把手表给他。 |
举一反三
Recently I was invited to attend a party that helps children seriously injured in the big earthquake that happened this May. I went because I 31 .
At the party, all the children were given paints in bright, beautiful colors. After a short time, as I 32 , I saw blue clouds, orange sunrises and purple flowers. The 33 were all bright.
The boy sitting next to me was painting a heart, but it was 34 and lifeless. It lacked (缺乏) the bright colors that his fellow (同伴) “_35_” had used.
I thought maybe he took the only paint that was 36 and it just happened to be dark. But when I asked him about it, he said his 37 was that color. I asked him why and he told me that he was very 38 . He looked straight into my eyes and said, “There is 39 anyone can do that will help.”
I certainly 40 why he was sad. I said, “It isn’t 41 that there is nothing anyone can do to help. Other people may not be 42 to make you recover better…but we can do things 43 giving bear hugs (拥抱), which will 44 when you are feeling sad.” I also told him that I’d be happy to give him one 45 he could see what I meant. He immediately gave me a huge hug and I thought my own heart would burst with the 46 I felt for this sweet boy.
As the day was coming to an end, I was getting ready to 47 home. I turned around and found that standing there with 48 on his face was the little boy. He said, “My heart is 49 colors. It is getting brighter. Those 50 really do work.” On my way home I felt my own heart had changed to a brighter color, too.
| 小题1: | | A．moved | B．touched | C．hated | D．cared |
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| 小题2: | | A．looked up | B．looked down | C．looked over | D．looked around |
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| 小题3: | | A．pictures | B．walls | C．pencils | D．lights |
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| 小题4: | | A．bright | B．dark | C．active | D．brave |
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| 小题5: | | A．artists | B．writers | C．teachers | D．visitors |
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| 小题6: | | A．used | B．chosen | C．allowed | D．left |
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| 小题7: | | A．hand | B．heart | C．skin | D．memory |
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| 小题8: | | A．wise | B．silly | C．sick | D．healthy |
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| 小题9: | | A．anything | B．something | C．everything | D．nothing |
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| 小题10: | | A．understood | B．doubted | C．noticed | D．liked |
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| 小题11: | | A．wrong | B．true | C．reasonable | D．clear |
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| 小题12: | | A．happy | B．anxious | C．able | D．willing |
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| 小题14: | | A．use | B．help | C．cheer | D．enjoy |
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| 小题15: | | A．so that | B．as if | C．even if | D．in case |
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| 小题16: | | A．feeling | B．love | C．sense | D．impression |
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| 小题18: | | A．a surprise | B．anger | C．a smile | D．fear |
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| 小题19: | | A．changing | B．having | C．developing | D．drawing |
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| 小题20: | | A．words | B．smiles | C．hugs | D．photos |
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A few months ago I was at a bus stop in town in the evening. The bus came on time and I took the window seat. The bus was travelling by the seashore and I was enjoying the soft wind while watching the sea waves (海浪). After a few minutes the bus made its next stop. A young boy and a girl got on. They were standing on my left when the bus pulled off. I looked at them in surprise and realized that all the window seats were taken up. They could sit but not together. Suddenly a different wave passed through my body and my inner mind gave me the advice to get up. I got up and offered them my seat. The young lady smiled kindly and said thanks. I took another seat and we parted our ways. I don’t remember whether I got off the bus before them or not.
Months passed by. Suddenly one day while I was standing at the same bus stop waiting some time for the bus to arrive I heard a voice.
“Excuse me, Uncle.” I looked in the direction of the voice. It was a beautiful young lady.
Puzzled, I said, “I do not recognize you.”
She said, “Do you remember you gave us your window seat?”
Puzzled, I said, “Maybe, but what is so great in that?”
She said, “If you had not given your seat that day, perhaps I would have not sat with my
friend. By sitting together it helped us bridge a misunderstanding that had been between us forever. Do you know we are getting married next month?”
“Good! God bless both of you,” I replied.
The young lady again said thank you and went on her journey. I realized the importance of giving that day.
小题1:Why were the young boy and the girl standing on the bus?| A．Because they couldn’t sit together. | | B．Because they wanted to enjoy the sea weaves. | | C．Because there were no empty seats. | | D．Because they preferred to stand. |
小题2:The underlined sentence in the first paragraph probably means that the author had a feeling that ______.| A．the sea wave made him upset | | B．he wanted to do something special | | C．a wave from the sea passed by him | | D．he wanted to make a sea wave in his heart |
小题3:The author’s act of kindness helped the young boy and the girl ______.| A．begin to talk to each other again after a time of silence | | B．sit together and become friends very soon | | C．know each other and get married | | D．clear up a misunderstanding between them |
小题4: From the story, we can know that ______.| A．small things can create great happenings in life | | B．giving is more important than receiving | | C．offering one’s seat to others will lead to a marriage | | D．we sometimes forget what happened in the past |
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John H. Johnson was born in a black family in Arkansas City in 1918. His father died in an accident when John was six. He was reaching the high school age, but his hometown offered no high school for blacks.
Luckily he had a strong-willed caring mother. John remembered that his mother told him many times, “Son，you can be anything you want really to be if you just believe.” She told him not to depend on others，including his mother. “You have to earn success,” she said. “All the people who work hard don’t succeed, but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard.”
These words came from a woman with less than a third grade education. She also knew that believing and hard work don’t mean everything. So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son, who was then 15，to Chicago.
Chicago in 1933 was not the promised land that black southerners were looking for. John’s mother and stepfather could not find work. But here John could go to school, and here he learned the power of words — as an editor of the newspaper and yearbook at Du Sable High School. His wish was to publish a magazine for blacks.
While others discouraged (使气馁) him, John’s mother offered him more words to live by: “Nothing beats a failure but a try.” She also let him pawn（典当）her furniture to get the ＄500 he needed to start the Negro magazine.
It is natural that difficulties and failures followed John closely until he became very successful. He always keeps his mother’s words in mind: “Son, failure is not in your vocabulary!”
Now John H. Johnson is one of the 400 richest people in America — worth $150 million.
小题1: John’s father died in ________. | A．1922 | B．1933 | C．1924 | D．1923 |
小题2:John’s mother decided to move to Chicago because _______. | A．his father died when John was very young | | B．life was too hard for them to stay on in their hometown | | C．there were no schools for black people in their hometown | | D．John needed more education badly |
小题3: John’s mother ________． | A．didn’t believe in or depend on others | | B．thought no one could succeed without working hard | | C．believed one would succeed without working hard | | D．thought one could be whatever one wanted to be |
小题4:The story mainly tells us ________ . | A．about the spiritual support John’s mother gave him | | B．how John H. Johnson became successful | | C．about the importance of a good education | | D．about the key to success for blacks |
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Riding was the favourite activity of Thomas Jefferson, who was the third President of the United States. He usually rode good horses.
One day, he was riding outside Washington, when a jockey (赛马师) came near. He did not know the President, but his professional eye was attracted by Mr. Jefferson’s horse. He stopped and said that he wanted to buy the horse, but Mr. Jefferson politely refused his offer.
The jockey offered more money for the horse, because the closer he looked at the horse, the more he liked it. All of his offers were refused, which made him angry. He then became rude, but his rudeness left as little an impression as his money, for Jefferson had a very good temper. At last, he hit Mr. Jefferson’s horse with his whip, getting it to run suddenly. This would have thrown a less skillful rider to the ground, but Jefferson stayed on his seat, and controlled his horse well.
The jockey then gave up. He rode with Mr. Jefferson side by side and began to talk with him about politics. Jefferson joined in the conversation. When they got into the city and came close to the gate of the presidential mansion (总统府), Mr. Jefferson stopped, and politely invited the man to enter.
The jockey was surprised and asked, “Why? Do you live here?”
“Yes” was the simple reply.
“Why, stranger, what’s your name?”
“My name is Thomas Jefferson.”
Embarrassed, the man quickly left, while the President looked at him with a smile and then rode through the gate.
小题1:Which is the best title for the passage?| A．Jefferson and the Jockey | B．Jefferson’s Interest | | C．Be Polite to Everyone | D．No Pain, No Gain |
小题2: Which word can best describe the jockey?| A．Professional. | B．Skillful. | C．Impatient. | D．Impolite. |
小题3:The underlined word “embarrassed” can be replaced by “__________”.| A．worried | B．pleased | C．hurried | D．ashamed |
小题4:We can infer from the passage that __________.| A．the jockey had once bought a horse from another stranger | | B．Mr. Jefferson was very good at riding a horse | | C．Mr. Jefferson would invite the jockey to his own house later | | D．the jockey would not talk about this experience to others |
小题5:According to the passage, which of the following statement is true?| A．The President of the US is fond of riding. | | B．The jockey managed to buy the horse from Mr. Jefferson. | | C．Mr. Jefferson, the third President of the United States, was a man of good manners. | | D．All the presidents of the US have expensive horses. |
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IF and WHEN often had lunch together. Their conversation always 36 on the things they hoped to achieve and they loved to talk about them. ]
This particular Saturday when they met for lunch, WHEN 37 IF wasn’t in a great mood（心情）. After they sat at the usual table 38 for them, WHEN asked IF, “You don’t seem your usual 39 self(样子)?” IF replied,“Yesterday I saw a course I wanted to take. If only I 40 the time.”
WHEN knew exactly how IF felt and said, “I too saw a 41 and I’ m going to register when I get 42 money.” WHEN then questioned IF, “What about the new job you were going to apply for?” IF answered, “I would have applied, but my 43 broke down. I couldn’t type my resume(简历).”
“Don’t worry. I’ve been thinking about looking for another job also, 44 I’ll wait and when the weather gets 45 I will look then. I hate this awful weather.”
The man sitting nearby heard them talking about when this and if that. When he couldn’t 46 it anymore, he went to them and said, “I think I know 47 you could solve your problems.”
IF smiled and thought that even if he knew the 48 they faced, there was no way he could help! 49 , IF asked the man for advice. The man said, “Your conversation reminds me of an old 50 : IF and WHEN were planted, and nothing 51 .”
IF and WHEN both looked surprised and began to feel 52 of living their life for the “ifs” and “whens”. Finally they came to a(n) 53 : next time they met, there would be no “ifs” or “whens”; they would 54 talk about what they had 55 !
小题1: A. agreed
小题2: A. sensed
| B. focused
B. insisted
| C. relied
C. declared
| D. took
D. promised
| 小题3:A. cleaned
| B. made
| B. bought
| D. reserved
| | 小题4: | | A．sensitive | | B．honest | | C．cheerful | | D．clumsy |
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| | 小题5: | | A．had | | B．spent | | C．seized | | D．valued |
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| | 小题6: | | A．notice | | B．job | | C．course | | D．chance |
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| | 小题7: | | A．lucky | | B．pocket | | C．enough | | D．paper |
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| | 小题8: | | A．computer | | B．fridge | | C．camera | | D．recorder |
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| | | 小题10: | | A．drier | | B．colder | | C．wilder | | D．nicer |
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| 小题11:A. take
小题12: A. if
| B. decline
B. where
| C. support
C. why
| D. watch
D. how
| | 小题13: | | A．changes | | B．expenses | | C．challenges | | D．possibilities |
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| | 小题14: | | A．Anxiously | | B．Curiously | | C．Surprisingly | | D．Stubbornly |
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| | 小题15: | | A．saying | | B．story | | C．habit | | D．fiction |
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| | 小题16: | | A．rose | | B．grew | | C．removed | | D．remained |
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| | 小题17: | | A．tired | | B．proud | | C．ashamed | | D．aware |
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| | 小题18: | | A．ambition | | B．conclusion | | C．description | | D．agreement |
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| | 小题19: | | A．even | | B．only | | C．still | | D．thus |
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| | 小题20: | | A．discussed | | B．promised | | C．arranged | | D．achieved |
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