阅读理解A young, dark haired woman appeared in the doorway."Good morning, children!
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"Good morning, children! My name is Mrs. Murray. I am replacing your regular teacher," she said, as
she wrote her name on the blackboard. "I will enjoy getting to know each of you personally, over the
next few months."
The children in the class remained silent, as this was totally unexpected.
"Come on, someone say something," she thought nervously. The children were too quiet.
"This probably won"t last long," she thought, smiling kindly at them. Grade Three students were normally
very lively and seldom, if ever silent. "If you have problems, please come to me. I will help you."
The children gradually began to relax, but not one of them spoke.
"How can I get them to accept me?" she wondered. Suddenly, she had an idea.
"Your first homework will be to write a new song. To make it even more exciting, challenging and fun for
everyone, it must be a new love song for Valentine"s Day. The winner will be awarded a prize, at our class party."
The children looked amazed, but pleased.
"You may sing your new song, or play it with a musical instrument."
As if something had suddenly awakened the children, the silence in the room ended suddenly.
"A love song?" a boy asked, smiling sweetly, at his new teacher.
"We each have to write one," said a dark haired girl, "We never had to do that before."
"And perform it too!" a red haired boy responded, laughing aloud. "I love it! Me, sing a love song?"
"Want to know what the first prize will be?"
Immediately, every hand in the room went up.
Mrs. Murray reached into her handbag and pulled out a harmonica(口琴).
"What do you think of this?" She waited.
"I am also a music teacher, so I will be able to help you write your new love songs." added Mrs. Murray,
smiling at her new students. Obviously, her smile and intelligent idea about the homework impressed every student in the class.
1. The children remained silent at the beginning because __________.
A. they missed their former teacher
B. they were surprised at the situation
C. they didn"t know the teacher"s name
D. they were not allowed to speak in class
2. We can learn from the passage that __________.
A. children in the class liked to write their own love songs
B. most children in the class were good at performing music
C. it was the prize that made the students accept their new teacher
D. the students in this class are not as active as other Grade Three students
3. Which of the following words can best describe Mrs. Murray?
A. Kind and curious.
B. Helpful and clever.
C. Faithful and honest.
D. Patient and humorous.
答案
举一反三
downstairs that Sunday morning was that her 1 window was open. In fact, it was so wide open that
she had 2 closing it. Then she realized that things were not in their proper 3 . Finally, when she
found her empty 4 on the kitchen table, she realized the awful 5 . At first, she didn"t know what to
do. Then she decided to 6 her son, Derek.
Derek"s wife Sybil answered the phone, "It"s your mother," she 7 him, coldly. Louise told Derek
about the open window, about things being in the wrong places and about the 8 missing from her
purse.
"All right," said Derek, "Don"t 9 anything. I"ll be 10 in half an hour."
Louise 11 and made herself a pot of tea and some toast. Then she went from room to room
wondering 12 anything else was missing.
When Derek arrived, he was content to 13 her looking so calm. "Have you rung the 14 ?" he
asked. "No? Then I"ll do that straight away." So he rang the police.
As it was Sunday, 15 the only detectives were out. However, the police were polite, but vague
（含糊的）. "We"ll send 16 round as soon as possible," they said.
Derek telephoned his wife. "I"m not sure when I"ll be home, love," he told her. "I"ve got to 17 for
the police." While Derek and his mother waited, Derek 18 the catches（挂钩）on the windows and
locks on the doors. All of them were old and some of the catches hardly 19 at all. Derek felt 20 .
His mother was an old woman, after all. "I"ll have to change all these," he told her.
One windy sprind day,I observed young people having fun by flying their kites in the wind.Colorful 1
of varying shapes and sizes filled the blue and clean skies like beautiful birds 2 . As the strong winds
blew against the kites,a 3 kept them in control.
Instead of blowing away with the wind,they went up against it to achieve great 4 .They shook and
pulled,but the control string and the long tail kept them under 5 , facing upward and against the 6 . As
the kites struggled and trembled against the string,they seemed to be saying,"Let me go!Let me go!I want
to be 7 !"They flew beautifully even as they fought the control of the string.Finally,one of the kites 8 in
breaking loose."Free at last,"it seemed to be saying,"Free to fly with the wind."
Yet freedom from control simply put it at the 9 of an unsympathetic wind.It
10 ungracefully to the ground and landed in a wild mass of weeds."Free at last"-free to 11 powerlessly
in the dirt,and to be blown 12 along the ground...
How we are like kites sometimes!The Heaven gives us adversities(逆境),limits and rules to 13 from
which we can grow and gain strength.Control is a 14 opponent to the winds of opposition.We can never
go up high enough to achieve our goals sometimes if we lose our necessary 15 or the rules.
| ( )1. A. balloons ( )2. A. dancing ( )3. A. belt ( )4. A. skies ( )5. A. charge ( )6. A. wall ( )7. A. quicker ( )8. A. ended ( )9. A. mercy ( )10. A. trembled ( )11. A. sit ( )12. A. patiently ( )13. A. escape ( )15. A. opponent | B. clouds B. singing B. string B. lengths B. repair B. wind B. higher B. stuck B. top B. dropped B. stand B. silently B. follow B. friend | C. creations C. fighting C. wire C. depths C. condition C. tree C. free C. failed C. bottom C. struggled C. exist C. helplessly C. break C. assistant | D. planes D. chatting D. cloth D. heights D. control D. ground D. quiet D. succeeded D. expense D. pulled D. lie D. comfortlessly D. suffer D. supporter | ||||
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| Galaxy saw a man and a woman who communicated with the sign language at the train station when she was on the way home one evening. She noticed that the woman asked the man for the direction. He told her that he did not know. Galaxy decided to help them. She had learned the sign language when she served as a volunteer in the deaf and mute（聋哑）school. Then she showed the woman the direction and left her email address to them in case they needed her help later. She received an email from that man the next day. Kazrim was his name. Galaxy replied his mail sincerely. They both started chatting online soon after and began seeing each other. Although they only communicated with the sign language, it never bothered her. Galaxy was fond of him gradually. Obviously, Kazrim was the same too. He presented Galaxy with a bunch of sunflowers and asked her sincerely, "Are you willing to be my girlfriend?" Galaxy was pleasantly surprised. She requested him to give her some time to persuade her parents. As she had expected, her parents were very angry after they had learned of their love story. Galaxy explained, "Kazrim is an excellent and a very optimistic person. He has a very positive attitude towards life and work. He cares for others always. He is 100％ better than the normal. Moreover, the mute is still a human. He should possess a perfect and wonderful love." Her parents asked to see him, then. The very worried Galaxy took Kazrim home a few days later. When they were on the train, Kazrim told her, "I"m going to tell your parents I’ll be looking after you well with all my life!" Galaxy was deeply moved. As soon as they had entered the house, Galaxy introduced him to her parents. She said, "This is Kazrim." Just right after her speech, an unbelievable thing happened. Kazrim threw the gift away and held her in his arms tightly. He said, "YOU CAN TALK?" It was the same question that Galaxy wanted to ask, too. The four people were shocked all of a sudden. As a matter of fact, Kazrim always believed that Galaxy was a mute and he still fell in love with her deeply. | |||||||
| 1. How did Galaxy and Kazrim get to know each other? | |||||||
| A. They were introduced to each other. B. They met each other by chance. C. They once studied at the same university. D. They both served in a special needs school. | |||||||
| 2. How did Galaxy probably communicate with Kazrim before she took him home? | |||||||
| A. Writing words on paper. B. Speaking her native language. C. Judging from his expression. D. Using the sign language. | |||||||
| 3. What did Galaxy expect her parents to do? | |||||||
| A. To have a talk with Kazrim. B. To prepare for her marriage. C. To accept Kazrim as her boyfriend. D. To treat Kazrim as a normal man. | |||||||
| 4. What can we learn about the two young people from the passage? | |||||||
| A. They mistook each other for being mutes. B. They cheated each other to win love. C. They fell in love at the first sight. D. They ignored the anger of Galaxy"s parents. | |||||||
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| An owner of a shop was fixing a sign above his door that reads "Puppies for __1__". A little boy appeared under the store owner"s sign."How much are you going to sell the puppies for?"he asked.The shop owner replied, "__2__ from $30 to $50."The little boy __3__ in his pocket and pulled out some change."I have $2.37, " he said."Can I please look at them?"The shop owner smiled and __4__ and out of the kennel came Lady, who ran down the aisle of his shop followed by five tiny balls of __5__.One puppy was lagging considerably behind. __6__ the little boy singled out the lagging, limping puppy and said, "What"s wrong with that little dog?"The shop owner explained that the veterinarian had __7__ the little puppy.It would always be lame.The little boy became __8__, "That is the little puppy that I want to buy."The shop owner said, "No, you don"t want to buy that little dog.If you really want him, I"ll give him to you."The little boy got quite __9__.He said, "I don"t want you to give him to me.That little dog is worth every bit as __10__ as all the other dogs and I"ll pay full price.In fact, I"ll give you $2.37 now, and 50 cents a month until I have him paid for."The shop owner countered, "He is __11__ going to be able to run and jump and play with you like the other puppies." To this, the little boy reached down and __12__ up his pant leg to reveal a badly twisted, crippled left __13__ supported by a big metal brace.He looked up at the store owner and __14__ replied, "Well, I don"t run so well myself, and the little puppy will need someone who __15__!" | |||||||
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