Every year between February and April,when the southwest monsoon (季风)blows ,a fe
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Every year between February and April,when the southwest monsoon (季风)blows ,a fever seizes the Thais (泰国人).It is the kite flying in Thailand __1__a strong feeling of interest that is nothing 2 of feverish. During the summer, in the moths of March and April ,the skies 3 cities ,towns and villages throughout the Kingdom are 4 with kites of all descriptions --long-tailed dragons,twisting snakes ,beautiful butter-flies,or familiar cartoon characters wheeling and weaving in the waim air. One afternoon ,a friend and long-time kite flier invited me to 5 him at the Pramane Ground ."What"s the attraction?"I asked as he flew a huge kite."Well ,you can feel a bit of a 6 at first ."he replied,""a grown man standing there holding the end of a string and 7 up into the sky .But once you forget yourself ,you get caught up in the 8 of controlling something inthe air where you cannot follow.You"re on the ground :the kite"s in the air but it"s you that are making it al 9 .Come on ,go fly a kite." I took his advice in the 10 it was meant and ,holding the hand of my young daughter si that others woukd think I was only satisfying a child"s 11 ,I bought a rainbow-colored snake .After a few failed runs we got the kite into the air 12 greater ease than I expected.It was only at my daughter "s crying ,"My go,my go "that I realized I"d been holding the string ,completely 13 what I was discovering was a very pleasing pastime. Like many other 14 of popular culture ,the sport of kite flying in Thailand has been 15 down from generation to generation.Its origins(起源)are 16 probably in ancient China,although it seems likey that Thai kites are as old as the 17 itself.It was a craze 18 by everyone from the king down. "It"s a great tradition (传统),that has the 19 of bringing generations togeter,"says my friend ,"What you see today at the King"s Cup is the 20 as the people of the past would have seen more than two hundred years ago." 1.A.fires B.fights C.turns D.keeps 2.A.long B.short C. fond D.proud 3.A.on B.over C.around D. in 4.A.alive B.ready C.open D.equal 5.A.see B.care C.accept D. join 6.A.hero B.fool C.master D.fireman 7.A.flying B.missing C.staring D. jumping 8.A.match B.comfort C.excitement D.movement 9.A.happen B.begin C. attend D.break 10.A.way B.while C.language D. need 11.A.game B.sport C. request D. best 12.A.for B.with C.beyond D.under 13.A.tired of B.fit for C. helped with D. devoted to 14.A.laws B.rules C.forms D. researches 15.A.put B.handed C.sat D.looked 16.A.rooted B.left C.dated D.hoped 17.A.history B.Kingdom C.time D.earth 18.A.imagined B.used C.enjoyed D.told 19.A.effect B.right C. name D.science 20.A.same B.kite C. invention D. relation |
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1-5 ABBAD 6-10 BCCAA 11-15 CBDDB 16-20 ABDAA |
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1.A 易错选C和D,A项意为“激发,使---充满---”,例如:The story fired his imagination. 2.B 易错选C和D,nothing short of 意为“不比---差,简直可以说---”。整句意为“正是飞翔在泰国上空的风筝激发了人们那种简直可称为狂热的兴趣感”。 3.B“在城市上空”用介词over。 4.A alive“活生生的,有生气的” 5.D join sb “加入到---(人)中” 6.B 易错选A和C,注意此空后解释的原因“一个大人攥着绳的末端(傻乎乎地)盯着空中(让人觉着不可思议)”。 7.C 易错选A和D ,注意此空的动作发出者是前面的a grown man. 8.C 易错选D,注意此空后解释的放风筝的感觉“你不能飞到空中去,但你却控制着高空中的东西(给人一种成就感)”另外文中“fever, interest ,come on ,craze"等词也是信息提示。 9.A“但正是你让那所有的事情发生的。” 10.A in the way "用那种方式”,其后省略了that /in which。 11.C 易错选A,此为固定短语satisfy one"s request/needs "满足---的需求要求”。 12.B 易错选C,此为固定短语with great ease “轻松地,毫不费力地”。 13.D易错选B,此为固定短语be devoted to ...(专心致志的,沉迷于…的热衷于…的),13空为过去分词短语做状语,表伴随前面的hold一个状态。 14.D“流行的文化形式” 15.B hand down/pass down (on)“流传传递” 16.A 易错选C,此空后有in 构成固定短语be rooted in “(根)源于” 17.B此空后有itself 提示答案,“与泰国本身一样历史悠久” 18.D此空为过去分词短语做后置定语,表“被喜爱的”。 19.A固定短语have an (the ) effect of .... 20.A固定短语the same as... |
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Looking for a low-cost path to self-knowledge? A way to mine your subconscious①for clues to your motivations, desires and fears? No need to have years of treatment or analysis. Just look to your dreams. “You can ignore your dreams, but you are really doing harm to yourself,” says Lauri Quinn Loewenberg. “If so, you’re letting red flags pass you by, letting great ideas pass you by.” Some sleep researchers believe dreams are more directly related to our moods and emotions and can serve as tools to self-understanding. Dreams occur during the REM (rapid eye movement) cycles of sleep each night. For adults, that means about every 90 minutes. The first period of REM sleep may be short, 5 to 10 minutes, followed by longer periods, finally reaching an hour or more in the fourth or fifth period. When people are dreaming, brain scans show a lot of activities. The brain is online during dreams. The experiences you have during the day are connected during dream sleep. People we know or experiences we’ve had at different times in our lives may be different in the same dream. AmyBeth Gilstrap has had the same recurring② dream that annoyed her since Hurricane Katrina drove her and her daughter and friends out of New Orleans. Ms. Gilstrap says, “It is always spies. My job is to get people to some place.” She’s certain the dream is related to her effort in the hurricane to help several families leave. Sometimes her cats also are part of that dream. That’s because she went back into New Orleans, before it was allowed, to rescue her cats. Today, through brain scans scientists have known that the parts of the brain that control emotion and long-term memory are active during REM sleep. 1. The passage is mainly to tell readers ______. A. dreams are mainly caused by hard work B. dreams can offer us key to self-knowledge C. dreams are only activities of our brains D. how dreams help us solve our problems 2. According to the words from Lauri Quinn Loewenberg, ______. A. dreams can make you feel badly ill B. you often have red flags in your dreams C. dreams will make your life colorful D. you may get great help from your dreams 3. According to the passage, the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refers to ______. A. Ms. Gilstrap’s dream B. Ms. Gilstrap’s job C. Hurricane Katrina D. New Orleans 4. According to the passage, when you are dreaming at night, ______. A. your dream is connected with your work that day B. the dream will generally last about 5 to 10 minutes C. the longer dream should be in the later part of the sleep D. your eyes will still move slowly during the time |
On Wednesday afternoon Annie took the bus into town to shop in the market. For an hour or so she would walk up and down between the stalls looking at everything, buying here and there, and 1 a sharp lookout for the bargains that were something to be haD. And then, with all the 2 she needs bought she would leave the market for the 3 of the town to spend another hour 4 she liked best, looking in furniture-shop windows. One Wednesday she found a 5 shop full of the most delightful things, with a 6 inviting anyone to walk in and look round without 7 they had to buy something. Annie hesitated a moment 8 stepping through the doorway where, almost at once, she stopped 9 before a green armchair. There was a card on the chair which 10 ,“This fine chair is yours for less than a pound a week,” and very small at the bottom, “Cash price eighty-nine pounds fifty.” A pound a week …Why, she could almost pay that out of her housekeeping money and never 11 it! A voice at her shoulder made her 12 .“Can I help you, Madam?” She looked 13 at the assistant who had come softly to her 14 “Oh, well, no,” she said, “I was just 15 .” “We have chairs of all kinds in the 16 . If you"ll just come up, you will find something to 17 you.” Annie, worried at the thought of being 18 to buy something she didn"t 19 , left the shop 20 . 1. A. taking B. making C. fixing D. keeping 2. A. chairs B. furniture C. things D. bargains 3. A. shops B. streets C. delightful things D. bus station 4. A. in the way B. by the way C. in a way D. in one way 5. A. new B. noisy C. large D. strange 6. A. message B. notice C. note D. flag 7. A. arguing B. declaring C. frightening D. feeling 8. A. when B. before C. after D. while 9. A. doubted B. surprised C. puzzled D. delighted 10. A. wrote B. told C. informed D. said 11. A. lose B. miss C. pass D. make 12. A. jump B. run C. laugh D. surprise 13. A. round B. straight C. behind D. up 14. A. place B. back C. side D. front 15. A. thinking B. looking C. walking D. passing 16. A. doorway B. storehouse C. showroom D. market 17. A. suit B. fit C. serve D. match 18. A. advised B. made C. persuaded D. cheated 19. A. like B. afford C. pay D. need 20. A. slowly B. thoughtfully C. hurriedly D. carefully |
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The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honored by their children. On the third Sunday in June, fathers all across the United States are given presents, treated to dinner or otherwise made to feel special. However, the idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington. A woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father’s Day while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon① in 1909. Having been raised by her father, Henry Jackson Smart, after her mother died, Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices② and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a selfless and loving man. Sonora’s father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration in Spikane, Washington on the 19th of June, 1910. In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge declared the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day. Roses are the Father’s Day flowers: red to be worn for a living father and white if the father has died. When children can’t visit their fathers or take them out to dinner, they send a greeting card. Traditionally, fathers prefer greeting cards that are not too sentimental③. Most greeting cards are too special so fathers laugh when they open them. Some give heartfelt thanks for being there whenever the child needed Dad. Notes: ① sermon v. 布道 ② sacrifices n. 牺牲 ③ sentimental adj. 感伤的 1. The United States is special in Father’s Day because ______. A. many people celebrate the day B. only America celebrates the day C. America makes it an official day D. all men are honored in America 2. At first, Father’s Day was fixed on June 19th because ______. A. Sonora honored her father on her father’s birthday B. Sonora’s birthday was June 19 C. it was decided by the president at that time D. her mother died on June 19 3. How many years has passed before Father’s Day became an official day since the father’s day was celebrated? A. 4 B. 10 C. 14 D. 24 4. According to the passage, on Father’s Day, ______. A. people will wear the same flowers to honor their fathers B. only daughters wear red flowers to honor their fathers C. children must go home to honor their fathers D. fathers are often honored in different ways 5. According to the passage, we can infer that Henry Jackson Smart ______. A. was very kind to anyone B. did a lot for his daughter C. was the first father honored in 1924 D. always help others by giving money |
During a recent holiday I visited Dusseldorf, a city in the former West Germany. The nine-day trip left a deep impression 1 me. I arrived at Dussedorf airport at 7 pm. It was already 2 outside. The first thing I needed to do was to find a place to 3 . I decided to telephone the youth hotel. But to use the phone I needed some 4 , I asked a lady for help. To my 5 she gave me three coins to use. But all the phones in the 6 needed phone cards. And phone cards could only be bought at post offices during the 7 . I was 8 I would not be able to call the hotel. An old gentleman helped me. He couldn’t speak English 9 understand that I needed to 10 a phone call. He showed me where the phone was and inserted 11 phone carD. I called the youth hotel and found a place to stay that night. The 12 of the German people made me feel that I was not 13 my first day in Germany wasn’t as 14 as I expecteD. Whenever I went, I asked people for 15 . It surprised me that 16 every young German could speak English fluently. Older Germans couldn"t speak English very well, but they would try to help me 17 they coulD. One middle-aged man I asked for directions even 18 me to the place I was looking for. My 19 in Germany totally changed my impression of Germans. Now I think the people couldn"t be more 20 . 1. A. on B. for C. to D. about 2. A. late B. dark C. light D. early 3. A. visit B. eat C. stay D. keep 4. A. cards B. information C. money D. coins 5. A. joy B. disappointment C. emotion D. surprise 6. A. hotel B. airport C. city D. pavement 7. A. night B. daytime C. trip D. rush-hour 8. A. afraid B. sure C. glad D. eager 9. A. orB. but C. and D. so 10. A. make B. have C. do D. answer 11. A. another B. a C. my D. his 12. A. use B. success C. care D. kindness 13. A. really B. nearly out of C. far from D. close to 14. A. interesting B. goodC. bad D. busy 15. A. direction B. distance C. travel D. serve 16. A. almost B. even C. only D. already 17. A. whenever B. whatever C. wherever D. however 18. A. drove B. reached C. moved D. came 19. A. experience B. victory C. visit D. memory 20. A. friendly B. unfriendly C. cold-hearted D. valuable |
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