As kids, my friends and I spent a lot of time out in the woods. “The woods” was
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As kids, my friends and I spent a lot of time out in the woods. “The woods” was our part-time address, destination, purpose, and excuse. If I went to a friends house and found him not at home, his mother might say, “Oh, he’s out in the woods, ” with a tone(语气) of airy acceptance. It is similar to the tone people sometimes use nowadays to tell me that someone I’m looking for is on the golf course or at the gym, or even “away from his desk.” For us ten-year-olds, “being out in the woods” was just an excuse to do whatever we feel like for a while.
We sometimes told ourselves that what we were doing in the woods was exploring(探索). Exploring was a more popular idea back then than it is today. History seemed to be mostly about explorers. Our explorations, though, seemed to have less system than the historic kind: something usually came up along the way. Say we stayed in the woods, throwing rocks, shooting frogs, picking blackberries, digging in what we were briefly persuaded was an Indian burial mound.
Often we got “lost” and had to climb a tree to find out where we were. If you read a story in which someone does that successfully, be skeptical: the topmost branches are usually too skinny to hold weight, and we could never climb high enough to see anything except other trees. There were four or five trees that we visited regularly—tall beeches, easy to climb and comfortable to sit in.
It was in a tree, too, that our days of fooling around in the woods came to an end. By then some of us had reached seventh grade and had begun the rough ride of adolescence(青春期). In March, the month when we usually took to the woods again after winter, two friends and I set out to go exploring. We climbed a tree, and all of a sudden it occurred to all three of us at the same time that we really were rather big to be up in a tree. Soon there would be the spring dances on Friday evenings in the high school cafeteria.
小题1:The author and his friends were often out in the woods to _______.| A．spend their free time | | B．play golf and other sports | | C．avoid doing their schoolwork | | D．keep away from their parents |
小题2:What can we infer from Paragraph 2 ?| A．The activities in the woods were well planned. | | B．Human history is not the result of exploration. | | C．Exploration should be a systematic activity. | | D．The author explored in the woods aimlessly. |
小题3:The underlined word “skeptical” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.| A．calm | B．doubtful | C．serious | D．optimistic |
小题4:How does the author feel about his childhood?| A．Happy but short. | | B．Lonely but memorable. | | C．Boring and meaningless. | | D．Long and unforgettable. |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:A |
解析
试题分析：
小题1:A 事实细节题。由文章第一段一、二两句可得到答案。
小题2:D 推理判断题。由第二段第三句“但是我们的探索与历史上的相比不够系统，有些东西通常都是在沿途中偶然出现的”可知，作者探索是aimlessly（无目的的）
小题3:B 猜测词义题。由画线词的后一句“最高的树枝通常太细以至于不能承重，所以我们从来不能爬到可以看到除了树以外的其它事物。因此，爬到树上找出路是“不可信”的。
小题4:A 推理判断题。从全文看，作者在“树林”里过的很愉快，又由最后一段可知，当我们一部分人上了七年级之后。我们在“树林”中的玩耍就结束了。很短暂。因此，正确选项为A. |
举一反三
Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel through Europe．I had been abroad a couple of times， 36 I could hardly claim to know my way around the continent．Moreover， my 37 of foreign languages was 38 to a little college French．
I 39 ．How would I，unable to speak the language and totally 40 with local geography or transportation systems， 41 interviews and do research? It seemed 42 ，and with much regret I sat down to write a letter begging 43 ．Halfway through，a thought ran through my mind：you can’t learn if you don’t 44 ．So I accepted the assignment.
There were some bad news. But by the time I had 45 the trip I was an experienced 46 ．And ever since，I have never hesitated to 47 for even the most remote places，without guides or even 48 bookings，confident that somehow I will 49 .
The point is that the new，the 50 ，is almost by definition scary．But each time you try 51 ，you learn，and as the learning piles up，the world 52 to you.
I’ve 53 to ski at 40，and flown up the Rhine River in a balloon．And I know I’ll go on doing such things．It’s not because I’m 54 or more daring than others. I’m not. But I’ll accept anxiety as another name for 55 and I believe I can accomplish wonders．
| 小题1: | | A．though | B．and | C．but | D．since |
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| 小题2: | | A．knowledge | B．view | C．target | D．experience |
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| 小题3: | | A．forced | B．limited | C．reduced | D．increased |
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| 小题4: | | A．left | B．doubted | C．paused | D．hesitated |
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小题5:A. occupied B. unfamiliar C: mixed D. popular
| 小题6: | | A．get up | B．put up | C．set up | D．cheer up |
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| 小题7: | | A．impossible | B．possible | C．easy | D．disturbing |
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| 小题9: | | A．ask | B．try | C．practice | D．accept |
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| 小题10: | | A．finished | B．started | C．reserved | D．cancelled |
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| 小题11: | | A．traveler | B．reporter | C．writer | D．thinker |
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| 小题12: | | A．take | B．head | C．make | D．change |
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| 小题13: | | A．careful | B．free | C．professional | D．advanced |
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| 小题14: | | A．lose | B．win | C．manage | D．remember |
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| 小题15: | | A．different | B．same | C．old | D．bad |
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| 小题16: | | A．nothing | B．something | C．anything | D．everything |
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| 小题17: | | A．sticks | B．comes | C．opens | D．drinks |
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| 小题18: | | A．learned | B．hoped | C．forgotten | D．attempted |
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| 小题19: | | A．weaker | B．braver | C．worse | D．luckier |
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| 小题20: | | A．trouble | B．failure | C．victory | D．challenge |
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For some minutes, all was quiet in the street. Then from across the street someone came walking.
It looked like a man of middle height, dressed in a big raincoat, a soft hat and rubber-soled boots or shoes, and making little sound while walking. No one was in sight. It was a street with two rows of about fifty small houses and there were three lamps on either side. The lamp nearest to the child’s house could be seen clearly, but the others were almost hidden by the smoky air. A car passed the end of the street and its lights showed faintly，but clearly enough to show the smooth skin of a woman’s face. The car disappeared as the woman, wrapped up in her coat, reached the doorway of the child’s house. She put a key in the lock quickly, pushed the door open and stepped inside, then closed the door without looking round. She began to breathe hard.
She leaned against the door for a moment, then straightened up as if with an effort, and walked towards the door of the front room, the passage leading to the kitchen, and the narrow staircase. She hesitated outside the door, then went up the stairs quickly but with hardly a sound. There was enough light from the narrow hall to show the four doors leading off a small landing(楼梯平台). She pushed each door open in turn and shone a torch inside, and the light fell upon beds, walls, furniture, a bathroom hand-basin, a mirror which flashed brightness back; but this was not what the woman was looking for. She turned away and went downstairs, and hesitated again at the foot of the stairs, then turned towards the kitchen. Clearly there was nothing there, or in the small washroom that she wanted. Two rooms remained; the front room and a smaller one next to it. She opened the front room door. After a moment, she saw the child’s bed and the child.
小题1:The lights of the car passing the end of the street showed that ______.| A．a woman was driving the car | | B．someone was standing by a street lamp. | | C．a man and a woman were walking up the street. | | D．a woman was walking by herself up the street. |
小题2:After the woman closed the front door, she ___________.| A．looked round quickly | B．started breathing again | | C．rested before moving | D．walked straight towards the front door |
小题3: When she was upstairs, the woman _______.| A．saw that there was a wash-basin in each room | | B．noticed a mirror which she was looking for | | C．found a torch in one of the rooms | | D．opened four different doors |
小题4: Once she was in the house, the woman behaved as if what she was looking for ____| A．might be in the kitchen | | B．was more likely to be upstairs | | C．would be easily seen by the light from the hall | | D．would look frightening to a child |
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When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Week by week her list grew: I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, I was too proud, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me quietly, and then he asked. “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark(标记) the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”
I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could — and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I go to fairly clear picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused(拒绝) to take it. “That’s just for you,” he said. “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”
Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.
小题1:What does “Week by week her list grew” mean in the first paragraph?| A．As time went by, she discovered more shortcomings of mine. | | B．She made a longer list of my shortcomings the next week. | | C．She more and more disliked me as time went by. | | D．She added one more shortcoming on the list every week. |
小题2:What did the father ask her daughter to do when she complained(抱怨) about her “enemy”?| A．To pay no attention to her “enemy’s” gossiping. | | B．To keep away from her “enemy” at school. | | C．To write down what the girl said and accept the truth. | | D．To do whatever she wanted to as usual. |
小题3:Why did her father refuse to take the list her daughter made?| A．Because he wanted her daughter to perfect herself. | | B．Because what the list said were not his shortcomings. | | C．Because he thought the list didn’t belong to him. | | D．Because he believed the list could be well kept by her. |
小题4:Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?| A．Not an Enemy, But a Good Friend | B．The Best Advice I’ve Ever Had | | C．My Father and I | D．My Childhood |
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Selina, Michael, Tony and Sam enjoy listening to the radio. Read the following description and help them make proper choices.
57. ________ Tony, a sports lover, always cares much about sports events. He dreams to be a sports reporter after graduation.
58. ________ Michael is a university student. He likes music very much, especially rock and pop music.
59. ________ Sam is a teacher. He is one of the most popular teachers, because he always likes to tell his students what is going on world widely. So he needs to know global events of all kinds.
60. ________ Selina has three children. They are very lovely. They are interested in drama, reading and watching TV as well.
A. BBC Radio 3
BBC 3 broadcasts radio entertainment all day, every day. Hear the original radio comedies which became TV hits and the all-time comedy greats. There’s drama as well as reading of favourite books and a daily show just for kids.
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BBC Radio 2 Music celebrates the very best in music. It’s a station for people who are passionate about rock and pop music. The station plays a rich mix of modern and classic artists and is devoted to the success of new rising bands.
| C. BBC Radio 1
Devoted to giving you comments on news and sports events. Special rights on all the major sports events including up to the minute news and debates.
| D. BBC World Service
World Service gets to the heart of global events. Programmes cover news to science and the environment to arts, religion and music of all kinds.
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One day a famous speaker gave a speech to a crowd of people. He held up a 21 bill. He asked, “Who would like this $20 bill ? ” Hands were 22 . Then he said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you, but first let me do this.” He began to crumple（弄皱）the 23 . He then asked the audience, “ 24 still wants it ?” Still the hands went 25 in the air.
“ What 26 I do this? ” He asked, and he 27 it on the ground, and started to step on it. He 28 it up. Now the bill was 29 and crumpled. “ Now who still wants it?” Still the hands went up.
“My friends,” He continued, “You have all 30 a good lesson . No matter 31 I did to the money, you still wanted it because the bill did not lose its 32 . It was still worth $20. Many times in our 33 , we are dropped, crumpled, and stepped on, because we sometimes 34 wrong decisions, or we may 35 with something we do not 36 .When that happens, we feel depressed and think we are 37 . But in fact no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value. The worth of our life comes not 38 what we do or whom we know, but in who we are! Don’t forget ‘the worth of a thing does not depend on its outside 39 , but on its inner value.’ This is the 40 of life.
| 小题1: | | A．20 dollar | B．20 dollars | C．20-dollars | D．20-dollar. |
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| 小题2: | | A．risen | B．put | C．raised | D．held |
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| 小题3: | | A．bill | B．paper | C．cash | D．change |
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| 小题4: | | A．Somebody | B．Nobody | C．Anybody | D．You |
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| 小题5: | | A．up | B．down | C．above | D．around |
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| 小题6: | | A．should | B．can | C．if | D．Whether |
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| 小题7: | | A．threw | B．dropped | C．fell | D．put |
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| 小题8: | | A．showed | B．lifted | C．brought | D．picked |
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| 小题9: | | A．good | B．clean | C．large | D．dirty |
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| 小题10: | | A．given | B．learned | C．taught | D．taken |
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| 小题12: | | A．value | B．price | C．effect | D．part |
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| 小题13: | | A．studies | B．work | C．fields | D．lives |
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| 小题16: | | A．like | B．hope | C．wish | D．Expect |
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| 小题17: | | A．worthless | B．weak | C．poor | D．careless |
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| 小题19: | | A．beauty | B．face | C．looks | D．impression |
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| 小题20: | | A．lesson | B．truth | C．saying | D．story |
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