I used to work in an office, which had a Iocust tree growing outside the window.
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I used to work in an office, which had a Iocust tree growing outside the window. It had grown into a tall tree and must have been there for a long time. The tree blocked the view and made the office seem dull. Unfortunately, this happened to be the room assigned to me, and l was dep ressed by it for quite some time.
When the first spring came, everything was green except the locust tree.I felt very happy because I had thought it had died!
One morning, when I opened the window for some fresh air, I unexpectedly smelt a familiar sweet scent floating into my office which I could not name. Suddenly,I realized it was the locust tree!The tree that I thought dead was in full bloom!
From then on, I usually came to the office very early to see dew forming on the locust tree blossoms, and was eager to see spring again every year.
During summer, the green leaves provided shade protecting me from the harsh sunlight, but allowing enough light in to make it pleasant. In autumn, the leaves turned many different colors. Its beauty touched my soul. Many times, I thought to take photos but never did. Then, I had to leave in a hurry. Later in life, it became a great regret that I had not done so.
Actually, many times in our lives we think we own something and thus do not value it. We don"t feel regretful until we lose it one day! Moreover, sometimes, we have to accept the things we don"t want and need to discover the hidden beauty to find unexpected joy!
小题1: The locust tree first attracted the author most by____.| A．the way it blocked the view | B．its height | | C．the smell of its flowers | D．its green leaves |
小题2:In which season do you think the author paid the least attention to the locust tree?| A．Spring. | B．Summer | C．Autumn. | D．Winter. |
小题3:Which of the following statements is true of the author according to the passage?| A．He would have regretted if the locust tree had died as he had thought it had. | | B．The locust tree turned out to be a lovely memory for him. | | C．He felt unhappy as he had forgotten to take the photos with him. | | D．His work in the office changed with the seasons every year. |
小题4:It can be inferred from the passage that _______.| A．the locust tree died soon after the author left the office | | B．the author worked in the office for at least a few years | | C．it was summer when the author took his job in the office | | D．the weather was dry when the author first saw the tree |
小题5:What advice does the author intend to give us?| A．Treasure what we"ve owned. | B．Look before you leap. | | C．Treat everything calmly. | D．Never forget the past. |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:B
小题5:A |
解析
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Many people go to school for an education. They learn languages, history, geography, physics, chemistry and mathematics. Others go to school to learn a skill so that they can make a living. School education is very important and useful. Yet no one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows, cannot teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher’s job is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So, much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.
It is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to memorize (记住) some facts or a formula (公式). It is usually quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula in mathematics. But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a maths problem. Great scientists, such as Einstein, Newton and Galileo didn’t get everything from school. But they were all so successful. They invented so many things for mankind. Above all, they knew how to use their brains.
小题1: Whether he is more ________or less, a teacher can’t teach his students everything they want to know.| A．important | B．useful | C．difficulty | D．knowledgeable (有知识的) |
小题2:A teacher’s job is mainly to train his students to master the ability of __________.| A．learning by themselves | B．making a living | | C．reading and thinking | D．studying all the subjects |
小题3: The reason for scientists’ success is that _______.| A．they read books that were not taught at school | B．they worked all their lives | | C．they wasted not a single moment | D．they knew how to use their brains |
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Rules of safety are made to keep people from getting hurt. It is important for everyone to learn how to live safely while at home, work, or play. You should always remember this. Put safety first.
Safety can be practiced at home by following some simple rules. Use ladders instead of stepping up on tables and chairs. Keep stairs well lighted and clear of things for someone to trip over. Fasten down loose rugs. Turn handles of pots inward from the edges of stoves. Keep matches and medicines out of the reach of small children.Keep electric wiring in good repair.
Safety at work has been getting attention from groups of people for many years. Safer machines have been built to cut down on accidents. Red lights warn when equipment is out of order and is not to be used. The proper shoes, gloves, robes, hats, or coats help protect workers on the job.
Safety at play is important, too. Children should use swings and slides properly. Common sense by people boating and swimming will also help everyone around stay safe. Good manners and care for others are part of safety.
Living safely can be fun for you as well as for those around you, You will be able to help others think before they act. Try to work for safety in everything you do.
小题1:Which of the following statements is not included in the rules listed in the passage?| A．Use ladders to reach a high place or object, | | B．Light stairs all the time. | | C．Keep wires in good condition. | | D．Keep matches out of the reach of small children. |
小题2:The first sentence in the third paragraph implies______.| A．people .have been absorbed in safety at work for many years | | B．safety at work has been an attractive problem for a long time | | C．safety at work has drawn people"s attention since many years ago | | D．people paid more and more attention to safety at work |
小题3:From the last paragraph we know that_____.| A．living safely is meaningful | B．you can help others think and do | | C．we should try to work well | D．all of the above |
小题4:This passage mainly teaches us_______.| A．how to behave well | B．what we should pay attention to at work | | C．we should do things safely | D．rules of safely |
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Dear Xiaohua:
I’m very glad to receive your letter. From your letter, I know you have shown 小题1: great interest in inventing new things. That’s great. As for how to be an inventor, there is no quick answer to 小题2: .
Coming from different cultures and having different backgrounds, inventors do not seem to have much 小题3: common. But creative thinking, 小题4: is greatly valued, is perhaps the basic skill an inventor should have. In order to explore new possibilities, you will have to learn to break 小题5: from old thought patterns. When you get stuck, try to look at the problem in 小题6: many ways as possible. Each new 小题7:may improve your understanding.
More importantly, always keep it in your mind 小题8: success is no accident. It is the result of a long process of trial and error. Above all, the main task for you is to study hard and try to learn more knowledge. This, of course, will lay a solid foundation.
Hope your future invention will make a difference.
Good luck.
Yours,
Wang Li |
For most of the day construction worker Sidney Smith and his brother – in – law Joseph Chambers had been 21 along the banks of Lake Waco with little 22 . Chambers suggested they go home, but Smith 33 that there were still several hours of daylight 24 and there was one other place they might try a bit longer before 25 .
Smith drove his pickup（小货车）a couple of miles along the 26 road to get to the other side of the lake. This road, in the truest sense, was a path wagging in the heavy 27 area. Even with the sun still high in the cloudless sky, the 28 of trees formed a leafy 29 over the road and it suddenly seemed 30 in the evening.
“A guy could get lost and nobody would ever find him,” said Chambers.
Smith smiled, “We’re 31 there.” He said. A few seconds later, the smile was 32 from his face.
“What the hell is that?”
He braked to a stop. Less than twenty feet away was what appeared to be a 33 .
For several minutes the two men sat in the pickup 34 to decide whether they had happened to 35 someone’s bad practical joke or something far more serious. Smith with his brother-in-law got out of the pickup and 36 walked towards that thing some distance before them.
It was a young man who was already dead. They had got to tell 37 . Back into the pickup, Smith backed the pickup down the road 38 he could turn around, then 39 back. With the dead young man still on his mind, Smith felt as if he was going to be sick. God, how he 40 they had given up fishing and gone home early.
| 小题1: | | A．playing | B．boating | C．fishing | D．walking |
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| 小题2: | | A．failure | B．success | C．disappointment | D．interest |
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| 小题3: | | A．quarreled | B．argued | C．reasoned | D．shouted |
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| 小题4: | | A．remaining | B．staying | C．keeping | D．leaving |
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| 小题5: | | A．starting off | B．running out | C．sending away | D．giving up |
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| 小题6: | | A．winding | B．widening | C．leading | D．blocking |
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| 小题7: | | A．grassed | B．wooded | C．iced | D．snowed |
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| 小题8: | | A．trunks | B．shadow | C．shade | D．shape |
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| 小题9: | | A．hat | B．umbrella | C．sheet | D．overcoat |
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| 小题10: | | A．foggy | B．late | C．early | D．rainy |
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| 小题11: | | A．almost | B．already | C．only | D．fairly |
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| 小题12: | | A．escaped | B．lost | C．gone | D．missed |
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| 小题13: | | A．body | B．trap | C．pile | D．stream |
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| 小题14: | | A．talking | B．hoping | C．wanting | D．trying |
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| 小题15: | | A．come across | B．turn out | C．bring about | D．make up |
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| 小题16: | | A．loudly | B．quietly | C．quickly | D．slowly |
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| 小题17: | | A．everybody | B．somebody | C．anybody | D．nobody |
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| 小题18: | | A．until | B．before | C．after | D．when |
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| 小题19: | | A．turned | B．ran | C．headed | D．walked |
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| 小题20: | | A．expected | B．hoped | C．wished | D．prayed |
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I remember one Thanksgiving when our family had no money and no food, and someone came knocking on our door. A man was __36_____ there with a huge box of food, a giant turkey and even some ___37___to cook it in. I couldn’t ___38_____it. My dad demanded, “Who are you? Where are you from?” The stranger announced, “I’m here because a friend of yours knows you’re in need and that you wouldn’t accept ___39_____help, so I’ve brought this for you. Have a great Thanksgiving.” My father said, “No, no, we ___40_____ accept this.” The stranger replied, “You don’t have ___41_____” , closed the door and left.
Obviously that experience had a profound impact（深刻影响）on my life. I ____42____myself that someday I would do well enough financially ___43____ I could do the same thing for other people. By the time I was eighteen I had created my Thanksgiving ritual（习惯）. I would go out __44_____ and buy enough food for one or two __45_____. Then I would dress like a delivery boy, go to the ____46____ neighborhood and just knock on a ___47_____ . I always ___48_____ a note that explained my Thanksgiving experience ____49____a kid. The note said, “All that I ask __50______is that you take good enough care of __51_____ so that someday you can do the same thing for someone else.” I have received more from this annual ritual than I have from any amount of ___52_____ I’ve ever earned.
Years ago I was in New York City with my new wife during Thanksgiving. She was sad because we were not with our family. ___53____she would be home decorating the house for Christmas, but we were ___54_____ in a hotel room. When I told her what I always did on Thanksgiving, she got excited.
We packed enough food for seven families for thirty days and went to buildings where half a dozen people lived in one room with no electricity and no heat in winter surrounded by rats, cockroaches（蟑螂）and the smell of urine（尿）. It was both an ___55______realization that people lived in this way and a truly fulfilling experience to make even a small difference.
| 小题1: | | A．speaking | B．standing | C．looking | D．shouting |
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| 小题2: | | A．meat | B．vegetables | C．pans | D．firewood |
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| 小题3: | | A．believe | B．accept | C．help | D．refuse |
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| 小题5: | | A．may not | B．needn’t | C．can’t | D．daren’t |
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| 小题6: | | A．any money | B．a choice | C．food | D．a turkey |
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| 小题7: | | A．permitted | B．promised | C．asked | D．said |
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| 小题8: | | A．when | B．so that | C．even if | D．as if |
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| 小题9: | | A．driving | B．playing | C．offering | D．shopping |
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| 小题10: | | A．people | B．children | C．families | D．days |
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| 小题11: | | A．nearest | B．farthest | C．largest | D．poorest |
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| 小题12: | | A．house | B．door | C．window | D．gate |
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| 小题13: | | A．concluded | B．included | C．wrote | D．took |
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| 小题15: | | A．in return | B．later | C．in future | D．for |
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| 小题16: | | A．others | B．yourself | C．your family | D．the presents |
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| 小题17: | | A．warmth | B．thanks | C．money | D．encouragement |
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| 小题18: | | A．Unfortunately | B．Obviously | C．Normally | D．Gradually |
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| 小题19: | | A．stuck | B．excited | C．free | D．delighted |
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| 小题20: | | A．exciting | B．astonishing | C．encouraging | D．Outstanding |
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