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When I was fifteen months old．I fell on a glass rabbit which cut my eye badly enough to blind it．And as I grew，this sightless eye , in so many ways controlled me that I walked with my face looking at the floor so people would not see the ugly me．
Yet Mama would hold me in her arms and stroke my hair and say，“If you hold your head up high，it will be OK．And people will see your beautiful soul．”She continued this message whenever I wanted to hide．
As a little child，I thought Mama meant，“Be careful or you will fall down or bump into something because you are not looking．”As a teenager, I found that my mama’s words helped me begin to realize that by letting people look at my face，I let them recognize the intelligence and beauty behind my eyes．
In high school I was successful both academically and socially．I was even elected class president，but inside me I still felt like a freak(畸形人)．When things got really bad，I would cry to my mama and she would look at me with loving eyes and say, “Hold your head up high and face the world．Let them see the beauty that is inside．”
When I met the man who became my partner for life，we looked each other straight in the eye，and he told me I was beautiful inside and out．Mama’s love and encouragement were the spark that gave me the confidence to overcome my own doubt．
“Hold your head up high” has been heard many times in my home．Each of my children has felt its invitation．The gift my mama gave me lives on in another generation．
小题1:What is TRUE of the writer’s eyes?| A．She was blind in one eye when she was born． | | B．Her blindness was caused by a traffic accident． | | C．She became blind in one eye because of a fall． | | D．She lives unhappily because of her blindness． |
小题2:When the writer was a high school student，she ________ ．| A．was proud of her beauty that was inside | | B．was active in taking part in social activities | | C．was filled with doubts and worries about her sightless eye | | D．was good at her study but sometimes lacked confidence |
小题3:What does the underlined word “invitation” mean?| A．encouragement | B．advantage | C．warmth | D．weight |
小题4:What’s the author’s purpose in writing the passage?| A．To show the power of confidence． | | B．To express her attitude to her mom． | | C．To explain how to build confidence． | | D．To inspire people to face difficulties |
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答案
小题1:C
小题1:D
小题1:A
小题1:B |
解析
小题1:细节题：从第一段的句子：When I was fifteen months old．I fell on a glass rabbit which cut my eye badly enough to blind it．可知作者因为跌了一跤导致一个眼睛失明。选C
小题1:推理题：从第二段的句子：In high school I was successful both academically and socially．I was even elected class president，but inside me I still felt like a freak(畸形人)．可推断出作者学习很好，但没有自信。选D
小题1:猜词题：从最后一段的句子：“Hold your head up high” 可知这个单词是鼓励。选A
小题1:写作意图题：从全篇文章和倒数第二段的句子：Mama’s love and encouragement were the spark that gave me the confidence to overcome my own doubt．可知作者是想对妈妈表示感谢。选B |
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A quarrel at home may result in your falling ill. Don’t laugh, it’s true. Family matters including living habits and even the way we speak have a big effect on our health, doctors say.
Wang Xiaoyu, a Senior 2 girl from Xichang, Sichuan Province, fainted (晕倒) in class when she heard her classmates quarrel at the top of their voices. Quarrels between her parents also put the girl into a coma. It is because she is suffering from depression (抑郁症), caused by bad relations at home, doctors explained.
“We don’t get sick or stay well by ourselves,” says Dr Robert Ferrer from the US. Ferrer shows that family forces may explain up to a quarter of health problems, in his recent research. The genes you get from your family may cause illness. If one of your parents has a heart attack, your risk of being affected may double. But effects on health are not only written in our DNA.
Unrelated people who live under the same roof also get similar problems. Diet, lifestyle and environment affect our health, too. Ferrer’s research also found that if teenagers feel they are ignored or unimportant at home they are more likely to get sick.
We may never fully understand all the effects that families have on our health. But just as individual (个别的) problems can have effects on others, a small improvement can have big benefits, Ferrer said.
小题1: Which of the following can best explain why Wang Xiaoyu fainted in class?| A．Because her classmates often quarreled in class. | | B．Because her parents used to quarrel. | | C．Because of her depression caused by bad family relations. | | D．Because her classmates shouted loudly at her. |
小题2: According to Dr Ferrer, which of the following statements is TRUE?| A．We get sick or stay well by ourselves. | | B．Only the genes we get from our family have a big effect on our health. | | C．Our health has nothing to do with diet, lifestyle and environment. | | D．Teenagers who are ignored at home get sick more easily than those who are not. |
小题3: The underlined word “coma” in Paragraph2 probably means ________.| A．surprise | B．faint | C．tiredness | D．sadness |
小题4:The best title for this passage is ________.| A．Family relations. | B．The reasons why we get sick. | | C．Family---- another cause to health | D．A research about health. |
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Mary likes to invent things. She creates a new language and teaches it to her friend, Jean. Mary and Jean like to talk to each other in their own language because they think no one understands them and it is funny. When they go shopping, they say things like: “Look! He is fat.” “This CD is awful.” “I want to eat free hamburgers.” A clerk comes but he can’t understand what they say. He asked them: “May I help you?” Mary and Jean just laugh. What fun it is to create something new.
小题1:Which is Mary’s invention?| A．Teaching her friend. | | B．A new language. | | C．Go shopping. | | D．Making hamburgers. |
小题2:Why does Mary like speaking her new language with her friend Jean?| A．Because they can talk but no one knows what they say. | | B．Because it’s easy to speak new language. | | C．Because her friend Jean likes it. | | D．Because she wants free hamburgers. |
小题3:What do they do in the store?| A．They buy some things. | | B．They talk with the clerk. | | C．They want to understand what people say. | | D．They use their new language and talk about people and things. |
小题4:The clerk may think that ________, so he comes to help them.| A．maybe they need help | | B．they talk about him | | C．they laugh at him | | D．they invent things |
小题5:According to the passage, creating something new is _____.| A．boring | | B．interesting | | C．hard | | D．easy |
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The children often play soccer in the garden and sometimes break Mr Black’s windows. One afternoon Mr Black is at home and reads a book. In a minute he closes his eyes and goes to sleep. At that time a little boy knocks at the door. Mr Black opens his door and asks, “Do you break my window again?”
“Oh, no,” says the boy, “Your window is open this time and our soccer ball is in your room. May I get it, please?”
根据短文内容，判断下列句子T（正确）还是F（错误）
小题1:The children often play soccer in the park.
小题2:Sometimes the children break Mr Black’s windows.
小题3:Mr Black watches TV one afternoon.
小题4:The children’s soccer ball is in Mr Black’s room.
小题5:The children break Mr Black’s window again. |
Frank is my good friend. We are in the same class. He is fourteen, one year older than me. His parents are both teachers in No 7 Middle School. Frank studies hard. His English and math are very good. He often helps other students with their English and math. Our teachers like him very much.
We go to school together by bike in the morning. We have lunch at school. After school in the afternoon, we often play sports. We play soccer and baseball. In the evening, he does his homework at home. Sometimes he watches soccer games on TV. On Sundays, he goes out with his parents in his father’s car. They play in the park and do sports there. Sometimes my father takes me there, too. We play sports together. We have a good time.
小题1:Who is Frank? He is a _________.| A．teacher | B．soccer player | C．student | D．driver |
小题2:I’m ________ years old this year.| A．fourteen | B．thirteen | C．fifteen | D．sixteen |
小题3:Frank is good at __________.| A．math and Chinese | B．English and Chinese | | C．math and English | D．music and Chinese |
小题4:Frank __________ at school.| A．has breakfast | B．has supper | C．has lunch | D．watches TV |
小题5:When does Frank do his homework?| A．In the evening | B．In the morning | C．In the afternoon | D．At noon. |
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Thomas Edison was one of ten said to be the greatest genius of his age. There are only a few men in all of the 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 happy only because someone said he was a genius.“ There is no such thing as genius,” Edison said. He said that 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. Nature, he often said, is full of secrets. He tried to understand them; then, he tried to learn what could usefully be done with them.
Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people will do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking can give men enjoyment and pleasure.
Edison could not understand how anyone could be uninterested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what ideas 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: Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?| A．Edison invented the electric light. | | B．Many other people have changed Edison’s life. | | C．Edison has changed the life of many other people. | | D．Few men in history can change other people’s life. |
小题2: Edison thought .| A．he could be happy if he was a genius | | B．genius plays the most important part in one’s success | | C．hard work could do better than genius | | D．genius could do better than hard work |
小题3: Edison was .| A．very much interested in nature | | B．interested in discovering the secrets of nature | | C．interested in changing people’s ideas | | D．uninterested in making people happier by discovering the secrets of nature |
小题4:In Edison’s opinion, .| A．thinking can supply people with enjoyment and pleasure as well as help | | B．people’s success lies mostly in genius | | C．hard work is the second important thing in making people successful | | D．there are few secrets for him to discover later |
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