When I was in the third grade, I was picked to be the princess in the school pla

When I was in the third grade, I was picked to be the princess in the school pla

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When I was in the third grade, I was picked to be the princess in the school play. For
Weeks my mother had helped me practice my lines .But once on stage, every word disappeared from my head. Then my teacher told me she had written a narrator"s(解说者的)part for the play ,and asked me to change roles. Though I didn"t tell my mother what had happened that day, she sensed my unhappiness and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the yard.
It was a lovely spring day. We could see dandelions (蒲公英)popping through the grass in bunches as  if a painter had touched our landscape with bits of gold. I watched my mother carelessly bend down by one of the bunches." I think I am going to dig up all these weeds, "she said. "From now on, we"ll have only roses in this garden."
"But I like dandelions," I protested. "All flowers are beautiful-even dandelions!"
My mother looked at me seriously. "Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn"t it? "she asked thoughtfully. I nodded. "And that is true of people, too, "she added.
When I realized that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry and told her the truth.
“But you will be a beautiful narrator, ”she said, reminding me of how much I loved to read stories aloud to her.
Over the next few weeks, with her continuous encouragement, I learned to take pride in the role. The big day finally came. A few minutes before the play, my teacher came over to me. “Your mother asked me to give this to you,” she said, handing me a dandelion. After the play, I took home the flower, laughing that I was perhaps  the only person who would keep such a weed.
1.The girl did not play the role of the princess mainly because _______.
A. she felt nervous on the stage.
B. she lost her interest in that role.
C. she preferred the role of the narrator
D. she had difficulty memorizing her words
2.Why did the mother suggest a walk in the garden?
A. To remove the dandelions
B. To enjoy the garden scene
C. to have a talk with her daughter.
D. to help her daughter with the play.
3.What is the main idea of the story?
A. Everybody can find his or her own way to success.
B. Everybody has his or her own value in the world.
C. Everybody should learn to play different roles
D. Everybody has some unforgettable memory.
答案

ACB
解析

本文论述了每个人都有自己的生存价值的观点。
1 A细节理解题。从第一段得知,虽然母亲帮她练习台词,但一上台还是紧张,以至忘记了台词。
2 C推断题。母亲看出我不高兴,建议去花园走走,其目的是借此来安慰我。
3 B 主旨归纳题。母亲借助蒲公英说明一个道理:任何人在这个世界上都有自己的价值。
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The Quiet Hero 沉默的英雄
It was Mother’s Day, the day we celebrate everything mothers are and everything we do. But I’ll   1   that Sunday in 2000 was bittersweet for me. As a single mother I   2   to think of my shortcomings — how many evenings I couldn’t spend with my children, and how many things I couldn’t   3   my waitress’ salary to buy.
But what   4   kids I had! My daughter Maria was a senior in college, and Denny was home visiting from his freshman year at Harvard University. They were   5   impolite enough to complain, but there was so much more I   6   I had done for them. I just hoped they   ___7 .
As I walked into the   8   quietly to start breakfast, I was greeted by a vase   9   a dozen red roses! When had Denny possibly slipped down to leave them? But even their delicate beauty was overshadowed by the note sitting beside them, in the quick, manly   10   of an eighteen-year-old. It was about a story that happened between Denny and me long ago. It   11  :
She took a day off from her busy   12   to take the boy to see his hero in the flesh at the stadium. It took 3.5 hours just to get there, and they had to be there early   13   he could see his hero take batting practice.   14   their arrival, she took her hard-earned money to buy an overpriced T-shirt on which was   15   his hero making a diving catch. After the game, of course he had to   16   his hero’s signature, so she stayed with the little boy   17   one in the morning…
It took me long enough to   18   it, but I finally know who the   19   hero is. Mom, I love you!
And suddenly, it was a   20   Mother’s Day, after all.
小题1:
A.admitB.adoptC.deny D.refuse
小题2:
A.intendedB.likedC.tended D.hesitated
小题3:
A.stressB.spareC.strengthen D.spend
小题4:
A.poorB.greatC.faithless D.pretty
小题5:
A.merelyB.usuallyC.neverD.often
小题6:
A.wishedB.hopedC.expected D.desired
小题7:
A.supportedB.understoodC.approved D.disgusted
小题8:
A.1iving-room B.kitchenC.bed loom D.study
小题9:
A.includingB.containingC.possessing D.pinning
小题10:
A.handwritingB.descriptionC.tone D.scratch
小题11:
A.wroteB.recordedC.memorized D.read
小题12:
A.eventB.contentC.schedule D.circumstance
小题13:
A.orB.forC.but D.so
小题14:
A.AtB.InC.On D.By
小题15:
A.impressedB.printedC.presented D.pressed
小题16:
A.buyB.abandonC.get D.swap
小题17:
A.beforeB.untilC.after D.when
小题18:
A.seeB.hearC.realize D.tell
小题19:
A.actualB.trueC.imaginary D.visual
小题20:
A.sadB.bitterC.happy D.exciting

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The Abominable Snowman喜马拉雅雪人
He has been called the “missing link.” Half-man, half-beast. He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world-Mount Everest.
He is known as the Abominable Snowman. The   1  of the Snowman has been around for    __2 . Climbers in the 1920s reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mound Everest. The native people said they   3  this creature and called it the “Yeti,”and they said that they had   4  caught Yetis on two occasions   5  none has ever been produced an evidence(证据).
Over the years, the story of the Yetis has   6  . In 1951, Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest. Shipton believed that they were not   7  the tracks of a monkey or bear and   8  that the Abominable Snowman might really   9 .
Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis. But the only things people have ever found were   10  footprints. Most believe the footprints are nothing more than   11  animal tracks, which had been made   12   as the melted(融化)and refroze in the snow.   13 , in 1964, a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was   14  and was a remaining link with the prehistoric humans. But,   15 . no evidence has ever   16  been produced.
These days, only a few people continue to take the story of the Abominable Snowman   __17 . But if they ever   18  catching one, they may face a real   19 : Would they put it in a   20  or give it a room in a hotel?
小题1:
A.eventB.storyC.adventureD.description
小题2:
A.centuriesB.too longC.some timeD.many years
小题3:
A.heard fromB.cared forC.knew ofD.read about
小题4:
A.evenB.hardlyC.certainlyD.probably
小题5:
A.asB.thoughC.whenD.until
小题6:
A.developedB.changedC.occurredD.continued
小题7:
A.entirelyB.naturallyC.clearlyD.simply
小题8:
A.foundB.declaredC.feltD.doubled
小题9:
A.existB.escapeC.disappearD.return
小题10:
A.clearerB.moreC.possibleD.rare
小题11:
A.hugeB.recentC.ordinaryD.frightening
小题12:
A.strangeB.largeC.deepD.rough
小题13:
A.In the endB.ThereforeC.After allD.However
小题14:
A.imaginedB.realC.specialD.familiar
小题15:
A.soB.besidesC.againD.instead
小题16:
A.rightlyB.actuallyC.normallyD.particularly
小题17:
A.lightlyB.jokinglyC.seriouslyD.properly
小题18:
A.succeed inB.insist onC.depend onD.join in
小题19:
A.decisionB.situationC.subjectD.problem
小题20:
A.zooB.mountainC.museumD.laboratory

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My Forever Valentine我永远的“情人”
Valentine’s Day was the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in his life. Over the years I fondly (天真的) thought   1  him as my “Valentine man”.
My first recollection of the   2  he could bring to Valentine’s Day came when I was six. That morning at the breakfast table I found a card and a gift-wrapped package at my chair. The card was   3  “Love, Dad” and the gift was a ring with a small piece of red glass to   4  my birthstone, a ruby (红宝石). There is   5  difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six, and I remember   6  that ring with pride that all the cards in the world   7  not surpass (超越).
  8  I grew older, the gifts gave   9  to heart-shaped boxes filled with my   10__  chocolate and always included a   11  card signed “Love, Dad”. In those years my thank-you became   12  of a perfunctory (敷衍) response. The cards seemed less   13 , and I took for granted that the Valentine would   14  be there. I had   15  my hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from “significant others” and “Love Dad” just didn’t seem quite   16 .
His final card remains on my desk today. It’s a   17  of how special fathers can be and how important it has been to me over the years to know that I had a father who continued a   18_       of love with simple acts of understanding and an ability to express happiness over the people in his life.
Those things never   19 , nor does the memory of a man who never   20  being my Valentine.
小题1:
A.ofB.about C.upD.over
小题2:
A.memoryB.magicC.puzzleD.presents
小题3:
A.readB.writtenC.shownD.signed
小题4:
A.recoverB.resembleC.representD.replace
小题5:
A.muchB.little C.greatD.less
小题6:
A.havingB.owningC.wearingD.watching
小题7:
A.couldB.did C.mustD.should
小题8:
A.BecauseB.SinceC.WhenD.As
小题9:
A.roomB.wayC.honourD.seat
小题10:
A.favoriteB.lovelyC.dearD.precious
小题11:
A.usualB.commonC.strangeD.special
小题12:
A.lessB.littleC.moreD.much
小题13:
A.importantB.beautifulC.familiarD.standard
小题14:
A.surelyB.alwaysC.regularlyD.often
小题15:
A.letB.keptC.placedD.remembered
小题16:
A.suitableB.enoughC.effective D.sacred
小题17:
A.signalB.certificateC.consequenceD.reminder
小题18:
A.traditionB.hobbyC.habitD.custom
小题19:
A.loseB.dieC.missD.appear
小题20:
A.thoughtB.wantedC.triedD.stopped

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Stand Beside You Forever永远站在你身后
题材:感人故事难度:****词数:272标准时间:15分钟完成时间:______ 正确数:______
The passengers on the bus watched sympathetically as the attractive young woman with the white cane made her way carefully up the steps. She   1   the driver and, using her hands to feel the   2   of the seats, walked down and found the   3   which the driver had told her was empty. Then she settled in.
It had been a year since Susan, 34,   4   a medical misdiagnosis(误诊), was suddenly thrown into a world of   5  . Mark, her husband, was an Air Force officer and he loved Susan with all his heart. He   6   her how to rely on her other   7  , specifically her hearing, to determine where she was and   8   to adapt herself to the new environment. He helped her befriend the bus drivers who could   9   for her, and save her a seat.
  10  , Susan decided that she was ready to try the   11   on her own. Monday morning, she said good-bye and for the first time, they went their   12   ways.
On Friday morning, Susan took the bus to work as usual. As she was   13   the bus, the driver said, “Boy, I   14   envy you.” Susan had no   15  what the driver was talking about, and asked, “What do you   16  ?”
The driver answered, “You know, every morning for the   17   week, a fine-looking gentleman   18   a military uniform has been standing across the corner   19   you as you get off the bus. He   20   you cross the street safely and he watches until you enter your office building. You are one lucky lady.”           
Tears of gratitude poured down Susan’s cheeks.     
小题1:
A.thankedB.askedC.discoveredD.paid
小题2:
A.locationB.shapeC.sizeD.cost
小题3:
A.ticketB.busC.seatD.bag
小题4:
A.according toB.instead ofC.thanks toD.due to
小题5:
A.angerB.darknessC.happinessD.light
小题6:
A.askedB.encouragedC.taughtD.praised
小题7:
A.feelingsB.sightsC.sensesD.abilities
小题8:
A.howB.whenC.whereD.who
小题9:
A.make outB.watch outC.find outD.work out
小题10:
A.FinallyB.LuckilyC.HoweverD.Besides
小题11:
A.visitB.tripC.busD.work
小题12:
A.oppositeB.separateC.difficultD.usual
小题13:
A.getting onB.getting inC.getting offD.getting up
小题14:
A.mustB.mayC.willD.do
小题15:
A.ideaB.opinionC.wayD.thought
小题16:
A.wantB.meanC.sayD.suggest
小题17:
A.nextB.oldC.pastD.following
小题18:
A.byB.onC.withD.in
小题19:
A.searchingB.watchingC.callingD.noticing
小题20:
A.looks outB.takes upC.believes inD.makes sure

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Tilly Smith, the 11-year-old British girl, who was called as “Angle of the Beach”, saved 100 tourists from a Thai beach hit by the tsunami① in 2004 and has been named Child of the Year by readers of a French children’s newspaper.
She came ahead of a South African Aids orphan, a six-year-old girl who survived a kidnapping②and a young Parisian pop singer to win the Mon Quotidien award. Tilly had studied tsunamis with her geography teacher, Andrew Kearney, shortly before flying to Thailand for a holiday with her parents and younger sister last year. As she watched the waves suddenly begin to move back, and the sea was bubbling③, she warned her mother, Penny, that the beach was about to be struck by a tsunami. Mrs Smith and her husband, Colin, warned other holidaymakers and hotel staff and scores of people were cleared from Maikhao beach at Phuket.
Tilly, now 11, and back in Thailand for anniversary commemorations④of the disaster, said: “It’s really good, just to know about tsunamis or any natural disaster in case you are in one. I’m very glad that I was able to say on the beach that a tsunami was coming. And I’m glad that they listened to me.”
Tilly is unaware of her great popularity among French children. Her picture appears on the front page of Mon Quotidien, which is read by 10 to 14-year-olds.
“Our readers chose Tilly because they could identify with her,” said Francois Dufour. “To be a pop star at 11 seems impossible, and the idea of having Aids or being kidnapped is far from their lives.”
1. The passage mainly wants to tell readers that ______.
A. a little girl saved 100 tourists out of a tsunami
B. British “Angle of the Beach” was named Child of the Year
C. many people came for anniversary commemorations
D. the tsunami was able to be avoided
2. The underlined words “Mon Quotidien” (in Paragraph 4) should be the name of ______.
A. a magazine      B. a book       C. a novel       D. a newspaper
3. Which of the following about Tilly Smith is TRUE?
A. She could make full use of her knowledge from books.
B. She was ever kidnapped by a pop singer.
C. She visited Thailand by boat with her parents.
D. She had expected to attract the French children.
4. According to the Tilly Smith’s knowledge, when there is a tsunami, ______.
A. the sea water will not be clear         B. the sea will be bubbling when moving back
C. the sea water will make great noise     D. the sea will be bubbling when moving forward
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