阅读理解 "How was school, Ben?" I asked my grandson after he began kindergarten
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work is too long...and there"s not enough time to play, " he replied.
I couldn"t help but remember Ben"s own mother, my daughter, Jane, and her reaction (反应) to the
first day of school.Julie was also disappointed with the first day of school and so was her
little sister."Iwant to go "sool"and you not let me!" my threeyearold daughter announced angrily after her big sister got
on the big yellow school bus.
When Julie returned home that afternoon I asked her the same question that I asked Ben, "How was
school, Julie?" Julie replied, "I didn"t learn to read today."
This year as the school bus went by my house, my mind went back to those school days again.I could
almost smell the chalk dust in the air.I also wonder what the children these days manage to get chosen to
do in order to get out of school for a few moments since there are no erasers to clean.It was fun to be
"chosen" for eraser cleaning duty.This was a task finished by going outside and beating erasers together
while sneezing and coughing.No_wonder_so_many_babies_now_have_allergies_(过敏症), it"s_simply_
because_we_all_have_chalk_dust_in_our_lungs!
On the first day of school, the expectation was so great that I would ready long before it was time to
leave for school.We didn"t miss having backpacks because we had cigar boxes.We carried our small
supplies inside a cigar box from one of the local stores.We saved the cigar boxes
and used them from year to year until they fell apart.
The first day of school was exciting.It was a new beginning.The doors of knowledge had been opened.The first day of school is an event in our lives that most of us remember.It"s a big step for a small child
toward leaving babyhood behind and so "there isn"t enough time to play".
No matter how old we get, nor how much we learn, it still seems like "The work is too long...and
there"s not enough time to play."
B. Because there was too much work for her to do at school.
C. Because she had no time to play at sch
ool.D. Because she wasn"t allowed to go to school.
was thinking of her school days jokinglyB. the author warned students against the harm of chalk dust
C. the author suffered from an allergy because of chalk dust
D. the author doubted whether her lungs had chalk dust
B. used to fill a cigar box with small things
C. wasn"t happy and expected nothing
D. often had a cigar box instead of a backpack
B. a day when a child does much work
C. the beginning of great learning
D. the end of childhood full of toys
B. Teachers should make their classes interesting on the first day of school.
C. School days haven"t changed over years.
D. People never have enough time to play once they start school.
答案
举一反三
was a good opportunity to__1__my 7yearold son’s room and__2__ some toys that were
no longer suitable for him to play with.We__3__that all the money we got from selling the
toys would be his money.
The night before the__4__，we loaded up the truck with toys and a little bike that was
too__5__for him.In the yard he__6__the bike for the last time and then happily put it onto
the truck.This little bike had at least two previous owners as far as we__7__.I wasn’t in the
best__8__and was certainly not new，but the tires were__9__good.
We put a price of $10 on it，but it didn’t sell.So，after the sale was__10__，my friend
put it on the sidewalk with a sign that__11__ “FREE BIKE”．Within five minutes her
doorbell rang.A little boy was__12__there.In poor English he asked whether the bike was
__13__free.She said yes and that he could have it for__14__.He smiled，got on the bike
and rode away.
Later that evening when I told my son how much money he had made at the sale，he was
very__15_，shouting happily.He asked about a few of his things，wondering__16__they
had been sold.When he asked about the bike，I told him about the little boy and that made
him__17__.He was much happier than when I told him how much he had__18__.He was so
happy to__19__that someone else would make good__20__of that little bike!
( )2.A.look for
( )3.A.refused
( )4.A.trip
( )5.A.weak
( )6.A.rode
( )7.A.doubted
( )8.A.time
( )9.A.also
( )10.A.ahead
( )11.A.said
( )12.A.jumping
( )13.A.barely
( )14.A.something
( )15.A.calm
( )16.A.when
( )17.A.smile
( )18.A.enjoyed
( )19.A.hear
( )20.A.interest
B．go through
B．agreed
B．show
B．small
B．found
B．knew
B．chance
B．never
B．on
B．repeated
B．standing
B．usually
B．anything
B．scared
B．if
B．worry
B．lost
B．understand
B money
C．show off
C．wrote
C．sale
C．new
C．watched
C．told
C．place
C．still
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C．copied
C．walking
C．really
C．everything
C．excited
C．why
C．leave
C．bought
C．remember
C．use
D．deal with
D．lied
D．decision
D．thin
D．felt
D．thought
D．shape
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D．over
D．expressed
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D．always
D．nothing
D．disappointed
D．how
D．cry
D．made
D．think
D．price
for new _1_ in high school.
__2_, high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts(选拔赛) for cheerleaders
(拉拉队队员). She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be __3_ for her to
be selected. Two hours later, the __4__ read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart __5__ as
the list ended without her name. Feeling __6_, she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of
homework.
Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was
__7__.She moved on to English and history, and was __8_ to find that she didn"t have any trouble with
those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to __9_ math for the time being.
The next day Jenna went to see Mrs Biden about being on the school 10 . Mrs Biden wasn"t as 11
as Jenna. "I"m sorry, but we haveenough 12 for the newspaper already. Come back next year and
we"ll talk then." Jenna smiled 13 and left. "Why is high school so 14 ?" she sighed.
Later in 15 class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much 16 .
By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided
she"d continue to try to 17 at her new school. She wasn"t sure if she"d succeed, but she knew she had
to 18 . High school was just as her mom had said: "You will feel like a small fish in a big pond 19 a
big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the 20 fish you can be."
| ( )1. A. processes ( )2. A. Therefore ( )3. A. difficult ( )4. A. editor ( )5. A. jumped ( )6. A. strange ( )7. A. struggling ( )8. A. ashamed ( )9. A. put up ( )10. A. committee ( )11. A. enthusiastic ( )12. A. speakers ( )13. A. widely ( )14. A. similar ( )15. A. physics ( )16. A. pleasure ( )17. A. fit in ( )18. A. swim ( )19. A. in return for ( )20. A. slimmest | B. decisions B. However B. easy B. boss B. sank B. happy B. improving B. disappointed B. prepare for B. newspaper B. artistic B. readers B. weakly B. ordinary B. history B. hope B. look out B. try B. in case of B. smallest | C. challenges C. Otherwise C. boring C. candidate C. stopped C. awful C. working C. shocked C. worry about C. radio C. sympathetic C. cheerleaders C. excitedly C. different C. English C. trouble C. stay up C. ask C. in terms of C. best | D. exercises D. Besides D. interesting D. judge D. raced D. lonely D. complaining D. relieved D. give up D. team D. realistic D. writers D. brightly D. familiar D. math D. sorrow D. get around D. escape D. instead of D. gentlest |
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| It was a Sunday and the heavy storm had lasted all night.The morning after the storm, though, was beautiful:blue skies, warm air and a calm, inviting sea touching the shore gently. My father realised it was a good day for fishing and invited my sister and me to go with him.I was only 14 and fishing had never been my thing, but I decided to go all the same.I"m_so_glad_I_did. On the road to the harbour we could see the terrible destruction on the coast, but the harbour itself was in fairly good shape.After all, it was protected by the arms of a bay that had only one tiny channel to the sea.As we got on board, we noticed two big humps(脊背) in the distance. On approaching them, we saw it was a mother whale with her baby.We couldn"t believe it-there aren"t any whales along the coast here.The storm must have driven them across the ocean into the bay, in which the still water was so badly polluted that nothing could survive. The little baby whale-actually as big as our boat-was obviously stuck and could not move.The mother dived under the water and came up suddenly, making big whirlpools(漩涡) and waves."She"s trying to help her baby, but on the wrong side, "my father said.At this point, my father moved our boat in a semicircle to the other side and, heading the boat towards the baby whale, pushed it gently.With our several gentle pushes the big hump turned over and disappeared under water.Then it swam up right beside its mum.They struggled in their desperate attempts to escape but missed the exit and started heading in the wrong direction.We hurried up to the whales and tried to lead them towards the bay channel.Slowly, they let us lead them, sometimes rising from the water right beside us to breathe-and to give us a trusting look with those huge eyes. Once they hit their first part of clean water flowing straight from the sea, the mum gave us a wave with her tail and off they swam into the distance. In the excitement it had felt like only a few minutes, but we had been with those wonderful animals for almost an hour and a half.That was the simple and lasting beauty of the day.Nearly four decades later, I still look back fondly to that golden day at sea. | |||
| 1. The author says "I"m so glad I did."(in Para. 2)because . | |||
| A. he witnessed the whole process of fishing B. he enjoyed the beauty of the calm sea C. he experienced the rescue of the whales D. he spent the weekend with his family | |||
| 2. The harbour survived the storm owing to ________. | |||
| A. the shape of the harbour B. the arms of the bay C. the still water in the channel D. the long coast line | |||
| 3. The mother whale failed to help her baby because ________. | |||
| A. she had stayed in the polluted water for too long B. the whirlpools she had made were not big enough C. she had no other whales around to turn to for help D. the waves pushed her baby in the wrong direction | |||
| 4. What is the theme of the story? | |||
| A. Saving lives brings people a sense of happiness. B. Fishing provides excitement for children. C. It"s necessary to live in harmony with animals. D. It"s vital to protect the environment. | |||
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| About 70 scientists were working on a very busy project.All of them felt really desperate due to the pressure of work and the demands of their boss but everyone was loyal to him and did not think of quitting their job. One day,one scientist came to his boss and told him,"Sir,I"ve promised to take my children to the exhibition going on in our township so I want to leave at 5:30 pm" His boss replied,"OK.You"re permitted to leave the office early today." The scientist started working.He continued his work after lunch.As usual, he got involved to such an extent that he looked at his watch only when he felt he was close to completion.The time was 8:30 pm. Suddenly he remembered his promise to the children.He looked for his boss but he was not there.Having told him in the morning himself, he closed everything and left for home.Deep within himself, he was feeling guilty for having disappointed his children.He reached home.The children were not there.His wife alone was sitting in the hall and reading magazines.The_situation_was_explosive；any_talk_would_boomerang_on_him.His wife asked him,"Would you like to have coffee or shall I straight away serve dinner if you are hungry?" The man replied,"If you would like to have coffee, I will have too, but what about the children?" His wife replied,"You don"t know?Your boss came here at 5:15 pm and has taken them to the exhibition." What had really happened was the boss who gave him permission was observing him working seriously at 5:00 pm. He thought to himself:this person will not leave the work,but he"s promised to take his children to the exhibition.So he took the lead in taking them there.The boss does not have to do it every time.But once it"s done, loyalty is established. That is why all the scientists at Thumba continued to work under their boss even though the stress was extraordinarily huge.By the way,can you boldly guess who the boss was?He was none other than the mastermind behind India"s successful nuclear weapons program,Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam,former president of India. | |||
| 1. The scientist asked for an early leave because________. | |||
| A. he felt increasingly desperate about his work B. he meant to accompany his wife at dinner C. the task at hand was close to completion D. he"d promised to take his kids to a show | |||
| 2. The underlined sentence implies that the scientist thought his wife was________. | |||
| A. dissatisfied with his coming home late B. ready to serve dinner for him C. grateful to his kindhearted boss D. delighted to see him back home | |||
| 3. The boss took the children to the exhibition________. | |||
| A. when it was too late for the scientist to do so B. because the scientist was absorbed in his work C. because he also wanted to see what was on show D. when the man"s wife asked him to do so | |||
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| I had offered to watch my 3yearold daughter, so that my wife could go out with a friend. I was getting some work done in my study while she __1_ to be having a good time in the other room. No problem, I figured. But then it got a little too __2_ and I shouted, "What are you doing?" No response. I __3_ my question and heard her say, "Oh …nothing." " Nothing?" I got up-from my desk and ran out __4_ the living room, where I saw her running across the hall. I followed and watched her as her little behind made a quick __5_ into the bathroom. I had her __6_! I told her to turn around. She __7_. I pulled out my big Daddy voice, "Young lady, I said turn around!" __8__, she turned toward me. In her hand was what was left of my wife"s new lipstick. And every square inch of her face was __9__ with bright red! As she looked up at me with fearful eyes, I heard 10 voice that had been shouted to me as a child. "How could you…You should know…How many times have you been 11 … What a bad thing to do…" It was just a matter of my picking out which old 12 I was going to use on her so that she would know what a bad girl she had been. But 13 I could let loose, I looked 14 at the sweater on her. In big 15 it said, "I"M A PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL(天使)!" I looked back up into her tearful eyes and, 16 seeing a bad girl who didn"t listen, I saw a little angel full of 17 that I had come dangerously close to 18 . "Sweetheart, let"s take a picture so Mommy can see how 19 you look." I took the picture and thanked God that I didn"t 20 the chance to prove what a perfect little angel she had given me. | |||