Charlotte’s Web by E．B． White is a children’s book．As the story opens,eight-year
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Charlotte’s Web by E．B． White is a children’s book．
As the story opens,eight-year-old farm girl Fern Arable stops her father from killing a baby pig who is weaker than his brothers and sisters．The little pig,Wilbur,becomes one of the main characters in the story．Later he will be treated as a friend by Charlotte,a wise and loving spider living on the same farm．Wilbur slowly realizes that the farmer will kill him for his meat in a few months ,and Charlotte decides to help him out．She tries many things to keep Wilbur alive．She writes words in her web describing how wonderful Wilbur is and this makes the farm famous．
White creates a sort of modern animal fable（寓言）,in which animals can speak both with each other and with Fern．Also there are many great characters in this book．
The society of animals has many lessons to teach children and adults:friendship,sacrifice（牺牲），hope,determination,love,duty,fairness,respect,and many more．
Part of this novel’s success is the fact that the author makes a heroine（女主角）out of a spider,a creature that many people probably dislike．Unlike a lovely little pig or other creatures,a spider is a creature greatly different from humans．White’s Charlotte is a truly wonderful character．He tells the story of Charlotte and her friends in a special way．This is a book that no one could ever dislike．It has much to offer to children as well as to older teens and adult readers．
小题1:According to the descripion of the book,Charlotte ______．| A．is a nice and clever spider | | B．often teaches her friends good lessons | | C．always sacrifices herself for her friends | | D．is disliked by many animals around her |
小题2:According to the writer,which of the following is a factor in the success of the book?| A．That there are many animals in the book． | | B．That the author of the book is very famous． | | C．That the author knows children very well． | | D．That the author makes a heroine out of a spider． |
小题3:We learn from the passage that Charlitte’s Web ______．
A．is the most interesting book for children
B．is E．B． White’s only book written for children
C．is a good book not only for children but also for adults
D．is mainly about how animals get along with each other
小题4:What is the purpose of the writer in writing this passage?| A．To introduce the book Charlitte’s Web | | B．To discuss what kinds of books are good to read | | C．To explain why Charlitte’s Web is a good book | | D．To tell us the importance of friendship in our life |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A |
解析
试题分析：文章介绍了E．B． White 的《夏洛特的网》这本书，介绍了故事梗概，这本书受欢迎的原因和它的成功之处。
小题1:细节题：从第二段的句子：Later he will be treated as a friend by Charlotte,a wise and loving spider living on the same farm．可知Charlotte 是个聪明的可爱的蜘蛛，选A
小题2:细节题：从第四段的句子：Part of this novel’s success is the fact that the author makes a heroine（女主角）out of a spider,a creature that many people probably dislike．可知这本书的成功在于作者用蜘蛛创造了一个女英雄，选D
小题3:细节题：从文章的最后一段的句子：It has much to offer to children as well as to older teens and adult readers．可知《夏洛特的网》对孩子和成人都是本好书，选C。
小题4:主旨题：纵观全文和第一段的句子：Charlotte’s Web by E．B． White is a children’s book．可知文章介绍了E．B． White 的《夏洛特的网》这本书，选A |
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For centuries, the body"s blood has been linked closely with the emotions. People who show no human emotions or feelings, are said to be cold-blooded. For example, the police are searching for a cold-blooded killer. He seems to kill for no reason, and no emotion, as if taking someone"s life as nothing．
Cold can affect other parts of the body. The expression “get cold feet” has nothing to do with cold or your feet．The expression means being afraid to do something you have decided to do．For example, you agree to be president of an organization．But then you learn that all the other officers have resigned（辞职）, and all the work of the organization will be your responsibility. You are likely to get cold feet about being president when you understand the situation．
The expression “give someone the cold shoulder” probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone, instead of speaking to him face to face. You may give a cold shoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to you. Or, to someone who has lied about you to others．
A cold fish is not a fish．It is a person．But it is a person who is unfriendly, and shows no love or warmth. A cold fish does not offer much of himself to anyone. Someone who is a cold fish could be cold-hearted. Now a cold-hearted person is someone who has no sympathy. Several popular songs in recent years were about cold-hearted men or cold-hearted women who, without feelings, broke the hearts of their lovers．
“Out in the cold” means not getting something that everybody else got. A person might say that everybody but him got a pay raise. He was left out in the cold. And it is not a pleasant place to be．
小题1:When you refuse to speak to a man and treat him in a distant way, you may express by “_____”．| A．I give him the cold shoulder | | B．I think he is a cold-blooded man | | C．I think he is a cold fish | | D．I"m likely to get cold feet |
小题2:If Sue shows absolutely no reaction to those awful pictures of starving children in Africa, you will say ______．| A．she is a cold-blooded killer | B．she gets cold feet | | C．she is a cold fish | D．she is out in the cold |
小题3:We can use the expression “_____" to describe a man who hurts his lover without mercy．| A．cold-blooded | B．cold-hearted | C．cold feet | D．cold shoulder |
小题4:The topic of this passage is about _____．| A．the relationship between cold and our body | | B．some expressions about friendship | | C．some expressions connected with cold | | D．how cold weather comes into being |
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When I put a foot in the school for the first time, the thing that I will never forget is a big smile coming from the people of the reception. This is the kind of things that means a lot to you when you are feeling like a strange person in a country that you have never been, as it was in my case.
In the classes, I don’t know if I’m a lucky person, but the teachers that I have had, in my opinion, are excellent, very professional in their jobs, and they just seem to enjoy teaching, and make the lessons useful and classes amusing.
Another fact that I’ve really enjoyed is that the school is not only aimed at the English language knowledge. You can also find every kind of activity intended to entertain the students in their free time, with things like going to museums and galleries, visiting special places in the city or going to the very famous pub night to have a few beers with your friends. So here you have the opportunity to enjoy the stay in London, to meet new friends, and also to learn everything about the city and the British culture.
Personally, there are some facts that have not been easy for me since I arrived, like being so far away from my family, the differences between English food and the food I used to eat, and the high prices for everything. However, I am impressed about a very developed and multicultural city, with people aware of the sense of living in community, with a public transport amazingly thorough, with outstanding tourist places, with opportunities for work and with food from every part of the world that you can imagine.
I’ve experienced something priceless with my friends in London. Every time I made contact with my friends from another country, I learn about their culture. I was lucky to have such good friends. I think that time was a present for me.
小题1:What is the passage mainly about?| A．The author’s learning experience in London. | | B．The friends the author made while in London. | | C．The author’s progress in learning English. | | D．The poor memories in a foreign country. |
小题2:When setting foot in the new country, the author ________.| A．felt the great pressure from foreigners | | B．was uneasy in the unfamiliar environment | | C．missed everything and everyone in his back home | | D．had difficulty dealing with different cultures and customs |
小题3:Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?| A．The author’s experience in London is worthless. | | B．Schools in London focus on no activities. | | C．The author had some difficulty in adapting to the life in London. | | D．The teachers are easily confused by the international students. |
小题4:What did the author do besides his studies while in London?| A．He learned the differences between languages. | | B．He got to know the city with different cultures. | | C．He served at many outstanding tourists places. | | D．He made contact with friends from his home. |
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Future history books might record that we were robbed of the use of our eyes ,In our hurry to get from one place to another, we fail to see anything on the way, Air travel gives you a bird’s –eye view of the world ---or even less if the wing of the aircraft happens to get in your way, When you travel by car or train , you are moving so quickly that you do not see the countryside clearly , Car drivers are forever thinking about going on and on; they never want to stop, Is it the great motorways ,that attract them, or what? And as for sea travel ,it hardly deserves mention ,It is perfectly summed up in the words of the old song：’I joined the navy to see the world ,and what did I see? I saw the sea’. You mention the place names in the world like EI Dorado, Kabul and someone is sure to say‘I’ve been there’meaning ,‘I drove through it at 100 miles an hour on the way to somewhere else.’
When you travel at high speeds, the present means nothing :you live mainly in the future because you spend most of your time looking forward to arriving at some other place, But actual arrival ,when it is achieved , is meaningless , You want to move on again . By traveling like this, you suspend （中止）all experience; the present stops being a reality：you might just as well be dead.
The traveler on foot, on the other hand , lives constantly in the present, For him traveling and arriving are one and the same thing: he arrives somewhere with every step he makes, He experiences, the present moment with his eyes, his ears and the whole of his body, At the end of his journey he feels a delicious physical tiredness, Satisfying sleep will be his: the just reward of all true travelers.
小题1:The underlined words “get in your way”in Paragraph I can be replaced, by .| A．block your sights | | B．expend your range of vision | | C．prevent you from going out of the plane halfway | | D．make your travel continue |
小题2:What does the author think of the travelers mentioned in Paragraph 1?| A．They get a good view of the landscape | | B．They make full use of their eyes | | C．They fail to see the scenery with their heart | | D．They are eager to see everything on the way. |
小题3:Why does “the present”mean “nothing ”when we travel at high speeds?| A．Because we change our aims all the time | | B．Because we are eager to go to another place | | C．Because we are looking forward to the future life | | D．Because we cannot enjoy the experience we have had |
小题4:What will the author most probably advise us to do?| A．To go hiking in the mountain | B．To travel at a high speed | | C．To travel by car or train | D．To go around the world |
小题5:What would be the best title for the passage?| A．Different travelers | B．The use of eyes | | C．Ways of traveling | D．True traveling |
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The island of Great Britain being small (compare the size of Australia), the natural place for holiday relaxation and enjoyment is extensive coastline, above all its southern and eastern coasts, and the favorite resort of the mass-population of industrial Lancashire, is on the north-west coast. Distant and little-inhabited area like Northern Scotland, are too remote for the development of large seaside resorts.
For most children, going to the seaside suggests a week or fortnight of freedom on the beach, ideally a sandy one providing enough opportunities for the construction of sandcastle, fishing in pool, paddling in shallow water or swimming in deep water. Their parents spend sunny days swimming in the sea and sunbathing on the beach. Not that the British sun can be relied on and the depressing sight of families wandering round the town in old –fashioned and under umbrellas is only too common. However, there are always shops with their tourist souvenirs, plenty of cafes and if the worst comes to the worst, the cinema to offer a refuge.
The average family is unlikely to seek accommodation in a hotel as they can stay more cheaply in a boarding-house. There are usually three or four-storeyed Victorian buildings, whose owners spend the summer season letting rooms to a number of couples or families and providing three cooked meals a day at what they describe as a reasonable price, with the hope that in this way they will add enough to their savings to see the winter through. Otherwise there are the camping sites for those who prefer self-catering.
Nowadays, even when an increasing number of people fly off to Mediterranean resorts where a well-developed suntan (晒黑) can be assured, or explore in comfort Swiss lakes and mountains or romantic Italian or Spanish cities, the British seaside is still the main attraction for families, especially those with younger children. As they queue for boats trips, cups of tea or ice-cream under gray skies and in dizzling rain, the parents are reliving (重温) their own childhood when time seemed endless, their own sandcastles the most splendid on the beach, the sea always blue and friendly and the sun always hot.
小题1:Children enjoy the seaside because ________.| A．their parents can live and play with them | | B．they can buy what they want there | | C．there are a variety of enjoyable ways of spending time there | | D．they can learn how to build sandcastles, how to swim, etc. |
小题2:The reason suggested for running a boarding-house is that ________.| A．people can live as where they live at home | | B．people can cook what they are favorite | | C．the owners provide three cooked meals a day at a reasonable price | | D．the resulting additional income will ensure a living for several months |
小题3:Many parents once played on the British beach and ________.| A．still have their happy memories of it | | B．don’t want to have a holiday there | | C．don’t want to take their children to have a holiday there. | | D．want to build their own sandcastles the most splendid on the beach again |
小题4:Nowadays more and more people fly off to Mediterranean resorts for ________.| A．an exploration of lakes in comfort | B．a well-developed suntan | | C．a well-equipped boarding-house | D．a romantic party |
小题5:Which of the following is True according to the passage?| A．It is suggested that as a form of holiday entertainment the cinema is the best place to go in bad weather. | | B．A reason suggested in the first paragraph for the appeal of the English seaside is that it is an ideal place for children. | | C．Northern Scotland is little-inhabited and remote. | | D．Few people in Britain go abroad for holiday relaxation and enjoyment. |
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In the 18th century, New York was smaller than Philadelphia and Boston. Today it is the largest city in America. How can the change in its size and importance be explained?
To answer this question we must consider certain facts about geography, history, and economics. Together these three will explain the huge growth of America’s most famous city.
The map of the Northeast shows that the four areas with the largest populations in this region are around seaports. At these points materials from across the sea enter the United States, and the products of the land are sent there for export across the sea.
We know that places where transportation lines meet are good places for making raw materials into finished goods. That is why seaports often have cities nearby. But cities like New York needed more than their geographical location in order to become great industrial centers. Their development did not happen simply by chance.
About 1815, when many Americans from the east had already moved toward the west, transportation routes from the seaports to the central regions of the country began to be a serious problem. The slow wagons of that time, usually drawn by horses, were too expensive for moving heavy freight (货物) very far. In New York State a canal seemed the best answer to the transportation problem. From the eastern end of Lake Erie all the way across the state to the Hudson River there is a long strip of low land. Here the Erie Canal was built, and after several years of work it was completed in 1825.
The canal produced an immediate effect. Freight costs were cut to about one tenth of what they had been. New York City, which had been smaller than Philadelphia and Boston, quickly became the leading city of the coast. In the years that followed, transportation routes on the Great Lakes were joined to routes on the Mississippi River. Then New York City became the end point of a great inland shipping system that started from the Atlantic Ocean far up the western branches of the Mississippi.
小题1:Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?| A．The Development of Transportation in New York | | B．Export and Import of New York | | C．How New York Became America"s Largest City | | D．How New York Exchanged with Europe |
小题2:According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?| A．The Erie Canal connected Lake Erie with the Hudson River. | | B．Economists are of the opinion that places where farming is done are good for making raw materials into finished goods. | | C．Wagons drawn by horses and oxen soon proved to be better and cheaper than canal transportation. | | D．The seaports usually have less population but more business. |
小题3:Freight costs were reduced to 10% of what they had been because of ________.| A．cheap and fast wagons | B．the new sea routes | | C．the construction of the Erie Canal | D．the development of industry |
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