When I was young, I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any
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When I was young, I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. He never shouted at us for playing in his yard. I remembered him as a neighbor who was nicer than anyone else in the neighborhood. When Dr. Gibbs was happy, he was planting trees. And his life’s goal was to make it a forest. Dr. Gibbs had some interesting theories about planting. He talked about trees that weren’t watered would grow deep roots in search of water. So he never watered his trees. He planted an oak (橡树) and, instead of watering it every morning, he beat it with the rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree’s attention. Dr. Gibbs died a couple of years. Every now and again, I walk by his house and look at the trees that he planted twenty-five years ago. They’re very strong now. I planted a couple of trees a few years later. I watered them regularly and took good care of them. Whenever a cold wind blows, they shake their leaves and branches. The funny thing about those trees of Dr. Gibbs was that difficulty seemed to help them in ways comfort and ease never could. 小题1:What was Dr. Gibbs’ life goal?A.To build a forest. | B.To save more lives. | C.To make a lot of money. | D.To study plants. | 小题2:One of Dr. Gibbs’ theories about planting was that ______.A.he often talked to the trees | B.he kicked the trees heavily | C.he never watered the trees | D.he buried the leaves around the roots | 小题3:What does the writer mainly want to tell us?A.Trees are not as weak as we think. | B.We should listen to others’ advice. | C.Difficulty is necessary for growth. | D.Planting trees is good for the environment. |
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小题1:A 小题2:C 小题3:C |
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试题分析:作者通过他的邻居种树的经历来告诉我们对于成长来说有时候困难是必备的。 小题1:A 细节题。根据第一段最后一句And his life’s goal was to make it a forest.说明他的目标就是种出一片森林,巩固A正确。 小题2:C 细节题。根据第二段前3行Dr. Gibbs had some interesting theories about planting. He talked about trees that weren’t watered would grow deep roots in search of water. So he never watered his trees.说明C正确。 小题3:C 推理题。根据文章最后3行The funny thing about those trees of Dr. Gibbs was that difficulty seemed to help them in ways comfort and ease never could.说明文章想告诉我们的就是对于成长来说有时候困难是必备的。作者通过他的邻居种树的经历来告诉我们这个道理。 点评:本文细节题居多,答题时在文章找到对应的地方,用笔进行标记,这有利于后期有时间检查时可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔细理解作者所讲的意思,再结合选项,通过排除法和自己对全文的把握,选出正确答案。 |
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We were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had __36__ me to this spot in a small town not far from our home in Rome. I wondered __37__. “Look __38__, Elsa,” Father said. I gathered all my __39__ and looked down. I saw the square in the centre of the village. And I saw the crisscross(十字形) of twisting, turning streets leading to the __40__. “See, my dear,” Father said gently. “There is more than one way to the square. __41__ is like that. If you can’t get to the place where you want to go __42__ one road, try another.” Now I understood why I was there. __43__ that day I had begged my mother to do __44__ about the terrible lunches that were served at school. But she __45__ because she could not believe the lunches were as __46__ as I said. When I __47__ my father for help, he would not help. __48__, he brought me to this high tower to __49__ me a lesson — the value of an open, searching mind. By the time we reached home, I had a __50__. At school the next day, I __51__ poured my lunch soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I asked our cook to __52__ it to mother at dinner. The plan __53__ perfectly. She swallowed one spoonful and said, “The cook must have gone mad!” Quickly I told what I had done, and mother said firmly that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day. In the years that followed I often remembered the lesson father taught me. I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago. I wouldn’t stop working __54__ I tried every possible means to my goal. Father’s wise words always __55__ me that there is more than one way to the square.
小题1: | A.taken | B.sent | C.brought | D.left |
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小题4: | A.strength | B.courage | C.spirit | D.bravery |
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小题5: | A.tower | B.church | C.square | D.village |
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小题6: | A.School | B.Society | C.Family | D.Life |
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小题8: | A.Earlier | B.Later | C.After | D.During |
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小题9: | A.her best | B.a favor | C.something | D.everything |
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小题10: | A.defended | B.refused | C.excused | D.agreed |
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小题12: | A.belonged to | B.turned to | C.tried to | D.led to |
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小题13: | A.Therefore | B.So | C.Instead | D.Anyway |
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小题14: | A.show | B.make | C.prepare | D.give |
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小题15: | A.plan | B.question | C.problem | D.suggestion |
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小题16: | A.angrily | B.secretly | C.kindly | D.politely |
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小题17: | A.cook | B.boil | C.make | D.serve |
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小题18: | A.made | B.failed | C.worked | D.took |
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小题19: | A.if | B.once | C.since | D.until |
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小题20: | A.remind | B.approve | C.affect | D.limit |
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After Mom died, l began visiting Dad every morning before I went to work. He was frail and moved slowly, but he always had a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice on the kitchen table for me, along with an unsigned note reading," Drink your juice." Such a gesture, l knew, was as far as Dad had ever been able to go in expressing his love. In fact, l remember, as a kid I had questioned Mom "Why doesn"t Dad love me?" Mom frowned, "Who said he doesn’t love you?" "Well, he never tells me, "I complained." He never tells me either," she said, smiling. " But look how hard he works to take care of us, to buy us food and clothes, and to pay for this house. That"s how your father tells us he loves us. " I nodded slowly. I understood in my head, but not in my heart. l still wanted my father to put his arms around me and tell me he loved me. Dad owned and operated a small scrap (片) metal business, and after school I often hung around while he worked. Dad handled scrap steel into a device that chopped it as cleanly as a butcher chops a rack of ribs. The machine looked like a giant pair of scissors, with blades thicker than my father"s body. If he didn’t feed those terrifying blades just right, he risked serious injury. "Why don" t you hire someone to do that for you?" Mom asked Dad one night as she bent over him and rubbed his aching shoulders with a strong smelling liniment. "Why don’t you hire a cook?" Dad asked, giving her one of his rare smiles. Many years later, during my first daily visit, after drinking the juice my father had squeezed for me. l walked over, hugged him and said, "I love you, Dad." From then on I did this every morning. My father never told me how he felt about my hugs, and there was never any expression on his face when I gave them. 小题1:What would be the best title for the passage?A.My father never loved me | B.I just couldn"t understand my father | C.My hard-working father | D.Silent fatherly love | 小题2:The author’s father always prepared a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice for him because____.A.that was the author"s favorite | B.that was a gesture of love | C.the author was always complaining | D.he was sure the author would be thirsty | 小题3:The author’s father didn’t hire a helper because________. .A.he wanted to save money | B.his job required high skills | C.his job was too dangerous | D.he was not good at communicating with others | 小题4:We may infer from the passage that _______. A.the author"s father lacked a sense of humor | B.the author"s-father didn"t love him very much | C.the author quite understood his father as time went on | D.the author"s father was too strict with him |
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Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to 31 in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the 32 ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too 33 for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of 34. One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there _35 between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She 36 her head and continued to sew the quilt. I was very worried because I thought I had _37_ her. I was 38_ and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words: “Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread.Sometimes it __39_, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt _40__. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread.It can hardly be seen _41 , but it’s really there. Love is 42_.” I listened carefully but I __43_ her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly _44 seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked __45_. It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father 46__ on the country road. “Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day. “Susan, don’t _47 me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.”_48_ his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply. Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and 49 . But from this experience, I understand that love is just _50_ in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
小题1: | A.keep fit | B.rise early | C.collect money | D.earn money |
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小题2: | A.romantic | B.magic | C.fantastic | D.attractive |
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小题3: | A.simple | B.luxurious | C.relaxing | D.easy |
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小题4: | A.question | B.the question | C.reach | D.control |
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小题5: | A.feeling | B.quarrel | C.love | D.smile |
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小题6: | A.bowed | B.shook | C.nodded | D.raised |
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小题7: | A.hurt | B.injured | C.wounded | D.harmed |
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小题8: | A.in great surprise | B.with deep depression | C.in a great embarrassment | D.at extreme sorrow |
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小题9: | A.happens | B.comes about | C.occurs | D.appears |
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小题10: | A.warm and soft | B.hot and hard | C.thin and cool | D.strong and durable |
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小题11: | A.more or less | B.here and there | C.somewhere and sometime | D.anywhere or anytime |
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小题12: | A.inside | B.outside | C.faraway | D.nearby |
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小题13: | A.could believe | B.wouldn’t recognize | C.couldn’t understand | D.might know |
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小题14: | A.got stuck | B.got sick | C.threw up | D.became disabled |
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小题15: | A.quite healthy | B.fairly red | C.very pale | D.much surprised |
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小题16: | A.walk slowly | B.go hurriedly | C.run fast | D.jump high |
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小题17: | A.think about | B.worry about | C.talk with | D.laugh at |
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小题18: | A.Saying | B.Seeing | C.Reading | D.Writing |
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小题19: | A.fresh roses | B.gold ring | C.beautiful jewelry | D.sweet kisses |
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小题20: | A.a needle | B.a thread | C.the cloth | D.the cotton |
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You have the ability to decide if you are happy or not. Happiness is a choice. You can"t depend on someone else to make you happy. That is a lesson I learned early on in my marriage. I realized that I couldn"t rely on my husband as my source of happiness. I learned that my happiness depended on me and not my husband"s actions. I learned that you have to choose to be happy. You can choose your emotions. True happiness comes from within; it can"t be forced by outside forces. So how do you choose happiness? The same way you choose to smile or choose to wear a certain outfit. You choose it because that"s what you want to experience in your life. You want to buy a new pair of shoes so you choose a pair that you like and feel good. You wouldn"t buy a pair of shoes that you don"t like or that don"t fit well, right? So why do we keep choosing emotions and feelings that don"t make us feel good? Choosing to be happy after you realize your anger has shown up (or even choosing to be calm) can be beneficial. We choose our feelings; no one can do that for us. If we let others get to us, influence our emotions - we are giving them power over us. When others cause us anger or pain, we are giving them our power. We need to keep our feelings in check and not react automatically to what is thrown at us. We need to think our actions out instead of just reacting to what someone says or does. Remember that we can always choose happiness. At first it will be difficult to just switch your thoughts and feelings from anger, self-doubt, or fear to joy and happiness. But it is only a thought away. Don"t dwell on what happens to you unnecessarily but realize what is causing you to feel that way. Realize that thoughts, feelings and emotions can change. Then move on and choose to be happy. 小题1:What’s the best title of this passage?A.Choose to Be Happy | B.Choose Your Emotions | C.Pretend to Be Happy | D.Find Happiness | 小题2:The lesson the writer learned in her marriage is ________.A.she can depend on her husband to find happiness | B.balancing the relationship between the husband and wife is an art | C.one can’t rely on someone else to make himself or herself happy | D.happiness can be influenced by outside forces | 小题3:Why did the writer mention buying shoes?A.To use it as an example to show the importance of choosing to be happy. | B.To offer advice on how to choose comfortable shoes. | C.To compare choosing shoes and choosing an outfit. | D.To help to move to the next paragraph easily. | 小题4:The writer suggests that we should ________.A.let others control our feelings | B.respond immediately to others’ words | C.pay more attention to words than actions | D.hold back our feelings properly |
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Years ago, if a teenager had some problems in his life, he might go home and write in his diary; now, a teenager with the 36 problems might go onto the Internet and write about them in a blog(博客). In many ways, a diary and a blog are very 37 , but what makes blogging different from writing in a(n) 38 diary? The biggest difference is that a blog is much more 39 than a diary. Usually, a teenager treats his diary like a book full of 40 that he does not want to 41 with others. It’s interesting that someone who writes in a blog 42 a diary will probably write nearly the same information. I have a little sister, and sometimes I go online to read her 43 . She writes about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry test. 44 I was her age, I wrote about the same thing, but 45 in my diary. Then, after I had finished writing, I would hide my diary in a secret place because I was 46 that my sister might read it. The biggest 47 with blogging is that anyone can read what you write. If I was angry with a friend during high school and wrote something 48 about him in my diary, he would never know. 49 , if my sister ever wrote something bad about a friend, that friend might 50 her blog and get angry. There are also 51 to blogging, of course. If I was feeling sad one day and wrote in my diary “ Nobody cares about me …”, no one would 52 about it. However, if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friend would quickly 53 and tell her how much they 54 her. Blog helps people 55 in contact with their friends and know what the people around them are doing.
小题1: | A.same | B.interesting | C.difficult | D.daily |
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小题2: | A.simple | B.special | C.similar | D.different |
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小题3: | A.personal | B.ordinary | C.meaningful | D.traditional |
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小题4: | A.attractive | B.public | C.exciting | D.quick |
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小题5: | A.thoughts | B.puzzles | C.ideas | D.secrets |
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小题6: | A.tell | B.share | C.publish | D.solve |
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小题7: | A.instead of | B.as well as | C.except for | D.besides |
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小题8: | A.blog | B.diary | C.report | D.web |
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小题9: | A.Although | B.Since | C.When | D.Because |
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小题10: | A.only | B.already | C.still | D.never |
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小题11: | A.angry | B.sad | C.glad | D.worried |
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小题12: | A.problem | B.doubt | C.question | D.mistake |
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小题13: | A.boring | B.wrong | C.bad | D.funny |
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小题14: | A.So | B.However | C.Therefore | D.Then |
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小题15: | A.steal | B.break | C.write | D.read |
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小题16: | A.reasons | B.wishes | C.shortcomings | D.advantages |
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小题18: | A.prepare | B.begin | C.respond | D.feel |
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小题19: | A.like | B.miss | C.need | D.stand |
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小题20: | A.lose | B.stay | C.leave | D.find |
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