Dad loved children. And he always wanted a 1 family. Eventually, he got what h
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Dad loved children. And he always wanted a 1 family. Eventually, he got what he wanted with twelve children in the family. Without fail, he would show us all to visitors.
Once, Dad 2 presented the first three children in the family, Ann, Mary and Ernestine, to some visitors. Then he picked up a fourth child, and said, “And this is our 3 model, complete with all the improvements. And don’t think that this is all, we are 4 the 1953 model some time next month.”
But what he 5 most was taking us out for a drive. On one occasion a man in a village we were passing through shouted 6 that he had seen eleven people in our car, not 7 Mum and Dad. 8 , Dad called out over his shoulder, “You 9 the second baby up from the front here, Mister.”
Another time, Dad told us this joke, though we were not sure whether he was telling us the 10. Mum, who was a psychologist, once went to give a lecture and left Dad in charge of the 11 . When Mum returned, she asked him if everything had been OK. He said everything was 12 except that one of the children had been taught a lesson because he had been 13 . When he pointed at the child that had been 14 Mum looked at him calmly and said, “That’s not one of ours, dear. He 15 next door.”
| 小题1: | | A．rich | B．lovely | C．close | D．large |
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| 小题2: | | A．surprisingly | B．nervously | C．generously | D．proudly |
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| 小题3: | | A．dearest | B．smallest | C．latest | D．youngest |
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| 小题4: | | A．ordering | B．selling | C．expecting | D．improving |
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| 小题5: | | A．hated | B．enjoyed | C．cared | D．hoped |
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| 小题6: | | A．doubtfully | B．excitedly | C．calmly | D．directly |
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| 小题7: | | A．counting | B．naming | C．showing | D．reading |
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| 小题8: | | A．Immediately | B．Carefully | C．Angrily | D．Easily |
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| 小题9: | | A．saw | B．missed | C．forgot | D．left |
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| 小题10: | | A．truth | B．story | C．adventure | D．accident |
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| 小题11: | | A．lecture | B．house | C．office | D．activity |
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| 小题12: | | A．expensive | B．regular | C．correct | D．fine |
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| 小题13: | | A．troublesome | B．careless | C．active | D．quiet |
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| 小题14: | | A．found | B．caught | C．punished | D．wounded |
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| 小题15: | | A．goes to | B．belongs to | C．works | D．plays |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:A
小题9:B
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:D
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:B |
解析
试题分析：
小题1:根据下文Eventually, he got what he wanted with twelve children in the family，最后，他获得了他想要的结果，家里有十二个孩子，可知我的父亲想要一个大家庭，选D。
小题2:我的父亲拥有一个这样的大家庭，所以他感觉很骄傲，故选D。
小题3:结合上文the 1953 model some time next month.下个月的模特，所以可知父亲介绍第四个孩子是最新的模特，故选C。
小题4: some time next month，下个月的某时，还没有发生，所以是期待，选C。
小题5:上一个自然段提到父亲喜欢给客人介绍自己的孩子，这个句子想说父亲最喜欢的事是驱车带我们外出。选B。
小题6:曾经有一次，我们经过一个村庄，有一个人大声喊他看到我们的车里有十一个人，所以判断他看到这一幕时，很激动。故选B
小题7:有一个人大声喊他看到我们的车里有十一个人，还不包括我的爸爸和妈妈，故选A，计算在内。
小题8:听到那个人说的话，父亲应该是立即喊道，故选A。
小题9:父亲立即喊道，你还落了一个，故选B。
小题10:父亲告诉我们一个笑话，尽管我们不确定他是否说出了事实，故选A。
小题11:妈妈出去演讲，留下爸爸管理家，故选B。
小题12:根据When Mum returned, she asked him if everything had been OK.当妈妈回来以后，她问是不是一切都好，父亲说一切都好，故选D。
小题13:根据the children had been taught a lesson，有一个孩子被教训了，所以确定这个孩子很难管，故选A 。
小题14:根据one of the children had been taught a lesson，所以这里父亲指向那个被惩罚的孩子，故选C。
小题15:根据Mum looked at him calmly and said, “That’s not one of ours, dear.妈妈说那不是我们的孩子，所以可知那个孩子属于邻居家，故选B。
点评：答题前一定要读懂全文，弄清文章要表达的思想，注意前后段落之间的关系。答题中，一定要认真分析，注意选项与上下文的关系，与前后单词的关系。对于一时没有太大的把握的题可以放到最后再来完成，因为有时答案可以从下文内容体现出来。答完后再通读一篇文章，看看所选选项能不能是语句通顺，语意连贯。 |
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Dear Volunteers，
The service you will provide to elderly individuals in Abilene as a Meals on Wheels volunteer is deeply appreciated. I want to take this opportunity to thank you for the many miles you will travel and all of the hours you will contribute to help make this one of the best programs in the entire state.
We have our staff members make a home visit before adding each person to the program and try to visit everyone at least once every year. That is hardly enough, and we depend on your contact a great deal! It is important that you report back when you do not get an answer to your knock on the door. The person inside may be hurt or ill. They may be in hospital or out of town and fail to inform us. If they are frequently absent, we may need to determine if they still need meals.
If you find someone with a medical emergency, please call 911 to request medical assistance, and then call the Meals on Wheels office. If you find someone who needs assistance other than for a medical emergency, please call the Meals on Wheels office at 6725050, and we will try to find the appropriate agency or individual to call.
Let us know when a certain person needs extra food. We have a food preparation room of shelf stable items to share with them. Please feel free to take a few magazines when you deliver meals. Many of those we serve cannot afford magazines and enjoy reading. If someone is interested in getting books from the Abilene Public Library, let us know. We can sign them up for the Books on Wheels program. Call if you smell gas strongly when you deliver meals, or if someone needs a space heater, a blanket, or an electric fan. Please convey all needs to us, and we will try to see that they are met. Some of the elderly people who we offer our service may have cancers, liver diseases, AIDS, etc. If you do not want to deliver meals to the people with certain types of health problems, such as these, please let us know.
Sincerely,
Betty L. Bradley, LBSW,
Executive Director
小题1:Why does the author write this letter?| A．To express great thanks to volunteers. | | B．To explain how the old people get help. | | C．To tell volunteers what they are tasked with. | | D．To describe the life situation of the old people. |
小题2:What can we learn about the volunteers from the passage?| A．They order books for needy people. | | B．They design programs to help people. | | C．They offer medical help to sick people. | | D．They deliver food to the elderly people. |
小题3:How does the author learn about the needs of the people served?| A．The volunteers report back the information to him. | | B．His staff members call them to get the information. | | C．He visits them now and then to get the information. | | D．The family members send the information to his office. |
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The story of the touchstone(探金石) tells of a man who was told that if he could find the touchstone, its magical powers could give him anything he wanted. It could be found, he was 31 , among the pebbles (卵石) of a beach. All he need to do is 32 a stone.If it feels warm, the magical touchstone is 33 .
The man rushed to the beach without delay. When he 34 a pebble that felt cold, he threw it into the sea. He 35 this practice for weeks. Each pebble felt cold, and each pebble was 36 thrown into the sea..
But one morning, he 37 to take hold of a pebble that felt 38 , unlike the other stones. The man, who had 39 noticed the difference, threw it into the sea. He hadn’t 40 to, but he had formed a habit that can be 41 to break.
Any behavior one 42 is strengthened. Repeated often enough, it becomes a(n) 43 . A Spanish proverb says, “Habits are first cobwebs (蜘蛛网), then cables (钢索).” It works well for 44 habits that first trap us like a cobweb. And if we continue the behavior, the 45 grows stronger and can be as difficult to break as a steel cable. 46 some habits can work in our 47 , such as patterns of our lives, positive attitudes and healthy ways of thinking. We form our habits, then our habits form us 48 .
When it 49 habits, practice may not make perfect. But practice will certainly make permanent. So form the habits you want and let them 50 you into the person you want to be.
| 小题1: | | A．tricked | B．informed | C．introduced | D．traced |
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| 小题2: | | A．look on | B．cut into | C．knock down | D．pick up |
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小题3:A made B. found C. controlled D. offered
| 小题4: | | A．knew | B．showed | C．grasped | D．grabbed |
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| 小题5: | | A．decided | B．stopped | C．required | D．continued |
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| 小题6: | | A．immediately | B．frequently | C．greatly | D．happily |
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| 小题7: | | A．tried | B．decided | C．hoped | D．happened |
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| 小题8: | | A．smooth | B．rough | C．warm | D．cold |
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| 小题9: | | A．commonly | B．necessarily | C．hardly | D．quickly |
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| 小题10: | | A．designed | B．determined | C．failed | D．meant |
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| 小题11: | | A．hard | B．easy | C．likely | D．sure |
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| 小题12: | | A．forgets | B．shows | C．adjusts | D．repeats |
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| 小题13: | | A．addiction | B．instruction | C．habit | D．regret |
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| 小题14: | | A．annoying | B．old | C．influential | D．bad |
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| 小题15: | | A．line | B．web | C．spirit | D．feeling |
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| 小题16: | | A．Then | B．Thus | C．But | D．Because |
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| 小题17: | | A．favor | B．memory | C．honor | D．wish |
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| 小题18: | | A．in force | B．in addition | C．in return | D．in vain |
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| 小题19: | | A．leads to | B．comes to | C．belongs to | D．points to |
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| 小题20: | | A．adjust | B．form | C．transfer | D．shape |
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DIY sailor Owen Warboys has finally launched his homemade boat — after spending nearly 30 years building it in his mum’s garden.
Owen, 66, a retired engineer from Hordle, New Milton, Hants, first started work on the 40ft—long boat in 1982 because he could not afford to buy his own. He told mum Edith that it would only take five years but after suffering “a few problems” it lasted nearly three decades.
When he finally finished, he was left with the head-scratching task of getting the 18-tonne boat out of the back garden. After some time he found a way. A huge crane (起重机) was brought in to carefully raise it 40ft in the air over his mother’s house and onto a lorry. It was then driven to the seaside and, to Owen’s delight, it floated and showed no signs of leaking when lowered into the water.
Now, 28 years after he first started, Owen is at last preparing to set sail in his beloved boat, Wight Dolphin, with his long-suffering wife Anne. Owen said, “I am so relieved that it’s finished. There were times when I thought it would never end but I’m the sort of person who likes to finish something once I’ve started.”
At first he persuaded his mum to let him do it in her garden and started taking in sheets of steel and pieces of wood. “My mother was happy for me to build it at her house but only bacause I told her it would only take five years.”
小题1:Why did Owen decide to make his own boat by himself?| A．He wanted to kill time after his retirement | | B．He wished to set a new world record | | C．He didn’t have enough money to buy a boat | | D．He had a hobby of making things by hand |
小题2:What problem did Owen face when he finished his boat?| A．It leaked when lowered into the water | | B．It couldn’t be sent onto a truck | | C．He couldn’t afford to hire a crane. | | D．He didn’t know how to move it out. |
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE about the boat ?| A．It was built by Owen and his supportive wife | | B．It was in good condition after being put in the sea | | C．Owen’s mother was relieved to see it was finished | | D．Owen and his wife will sail around the world in it |
小题4:We can infer from the passage that _____.| A．the boat will enter a race competition | | B．Owen retired early in order to make his boat | | C．Owen’s wife gave the boat the name of Wight Dolphin | | D．It took 23 more years to finish the boat than expected |
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Mickey was a nice, cheerful, optimistic boy. No one could remember ever having seen him 36;it seemed he didn’t 37 whatever people said to him. Even his teachers admired his good 38. It was so unusual that a story was going around that Mickey’s 39 must be due to some special secret. They asked Mickey so much that, one afternoon, he 40 his favorite teacher, Mr. Anthony, to tea. When they had finished, Mickey 41 Mr. Anthony around the house. When Mickey opened his bedroom door, the teacher 42 . The huge wall was a unique collage (拼贴画) of thousands of colors and shapes! It was the loveliest 43 Mr. Anthony had ever seen.
“Some people at school think I 44 think badly of anyone,” Mickey started to explain, “and that 45 at all bothers me, but that’s not true at all. I’m just like anyone else. I used to get angrier than all the other kids. 46 years ago, with the help of my parents, I started a small collage. With every little piece I stuck on I added some bad thought or act.”
It was 47. The teacher looked closely at the wall. In each one of the small 48 he could read, “fool”, “silly”, “pain”, “bore”, and a thousand other 49 things.
“This is how I started 50 all my bad times into an opportunity to 51 to my collage. Now I like the collage so much that, each time someone makes me angry, I couldn’t be 52 . They’ve given me a new piece for my work of 53 .”
That day, the teacher was impressed by Mickey’s secret to having an optimistic character. Without telling anyone, on that very day, Mr. Anthony 54 his own collage. He would often 55 it to his students. Years later, each house contained its own beautiful works of art, made by those cheerful and optimistic children.
| 小题1: | | A．angry | B．lonely | C．excited | D．calm |
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| 小题2: | | A．understand | B．accept | C．forget | D．mind |
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| 小题3: | | A．character | B．decision | C．method | D．dream |
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| 小题4: | | A．cleverness | B．goodness | C．anxiety | D．worry |
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| 小题5: | | A．introduced | B．helped | C．invited | D．followed |
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| 小题6: | | A．promised | B．drove | C．moved | D．showed |
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| 小题7: | | A．relaxed | B．appeared | C．froze | D．escaped |
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| 小题8: | | A．photo | B．decoration | C．door | D．color |
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| 小题9: | | A．never | B．often | C．ever | D．almost |
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| 小题10: | | A．something | B．nothing | C．everything | D．anything |
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| 小题11: | | A．As | B．But | C．Because | D．Though |
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| 小题12: | | A．reasonable | B．crazy | C．true | D．difficult |
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| 小题13: | | A．books | B．walls | C．boxes | D．pieces |
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| 小题14: | | A．negative | B．strange | C．clever | D．small |
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| 小题15: | | A．turning | B．throwing | C．cutting | D．packing |
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| 小题17: | | A．quicker | B．happier | C．more careful | D．more friendly |
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| 小题18: | | A．literature | B．movie | C．science | D．art |
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| 小题19: | | A．left | B．began | C．missed | D．bought |
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| 小题20: | | A．limit | B．lend | C．send | D．recommend |
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I had the meanest mother in the world. While other kids ate candy for breakfast, I had to have eggs and toast. Others had cokes and candy for lunch while I had to eat a sandwich. As you can guess, my supper was different from the other kids’. But at least I was not alone in my suffering. My sister and two brothers had the same mean mother as I did.
My mother insisted on knowing where we were at all times. She had to know who our friends were and what we were doing. We had to wear clean clothes every day. Other kids always wore their clothes for days. We reached the height of disgrace(丢脸) because she made our clothes herself, just to save money.
The worst is yet to come. We had to be in bed by 9:00 each night and up at 7:45 the next morning. So while my friends slept, my mother actually had the courage to break Child Labor Law. She made us work. I believed she lay awake all night thinking up mean things to do to us. Through the years, our friends’ report cards had beautiful colors on them, black for passing, red for failing. My mother, however, would merely be content with black marks. None of us was allowed the pleasure of being a dropout.
She forced us to grow up into educated and honest adults. Using this as a background, I’m now trying to bring up my three children. I’m filled with pride when my children think I am mean because now I thank God every day for giving me the meanest mother in the world.
小题1:From the passage we can learn that the writer’s mother was .| A．not generous at all | | B．very strict with her children | | C．very mean with money matters | | D．very cruel to her children |
小题2:Which of the following things did the writer hate to do most?| A．Eating differently from other kids. | | B．Wearing clean clothes made by mother | | C．Going to bed early and getting up early | | D．Letting mother know where they were |
小题3:It can be inferred from the passage that .| A．the writer worked hard and usually got good grades in studies | | B．mother was punished for breaking Child Labor Law | | C．all the other kids studied better than the writer | | D．the writer’s family lived a miserable life |
小题4:The passage was written in a tone.| A．humorous | B．hateful | C．unfriendly | D．angry |
小题5:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?| A．Mother tried to save every penny to run her home | | B．The writer is very grateful to her mother | | C．The writer is severe with her children when bringing them up | | D．The wrier hates her mother very much |
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