The Vietnam (越南) War broke out. The young husband the army and died in the war. His wife and son began to have a life after that. Even though their life was very hard and sometimes they didn’t have enough food to eat, the still decided to raise her son by herself.
Several years later her son immigrated (移民) to America finally became an engineer. He often sent letters to his mother with much money. However, with many excuses, the son to come back home to visit his mother.
his mother died, the son returned. But he didn’t cry. His mother left a box behind. During the funeral (葬礼), the son opened the box and cried and shouted, “Mom! Mom!” looked at each other and then looked at the box. It was full of $100 bills and a piece of paper.
It read, “Son, I don’t spend too much money. I miss you a lot. Every time I heard a motorcycle , I ran out of the door but it wasn’t you. I saved money you in case (以防) you get sick.”
| 小题1: | | A．joined | B．moved | C．found | D．sent |
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| 小题2: | | A．comfortable | B．easy | C．hard | D．happy |
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| 小题3: | | A．son | B．father | C．husband | D．wife |
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| 小题5: | | A．refused | B．agreed | C．asked | D．offered |
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| 小题6: | | A．Before | B．When | C．While | D．As |
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| 小题7: | | A．slowly | B．hardly | C．quickly | D．suddenly |
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| 小题8: | | A．Nobody | B．Anyone | C．Everyone | D．Somebody |
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| 小题9: | | A．passing by | B．going away | C．showing up | D．running off |
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小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:A
小题6:B
小题7:D
小题8:C
小题9:A
小题10:D |
试题分析：本文叙述了一个妻子在丈夫牺牲在战场上后，辛苦地独立抚养儿子长大。儿子后来移民到美国，他经常寄信和钱给他的母亲，但是拒绝回来看望他的母亲。后来他母亲去世了，留给他的儿子许多钱，并且写了一封信给他的儿子说，她只想看到她的儿子，不需要很多钱，把这些钱给她的儿子，以防他生病。儿子看到这些，突然哭了。
小题1:考查动词及语境的理解。A.joined 加入；B. moved移动； C. found 找到；D. sent发送。句意：年轻的丈夫参军，死在了战场上。根据短语join the army参军。故选A。
小题2:考查形容词及语境的理解。A. comfortable舒服的； B. easy 容易的；C. hard困难的，辛苦的；D. happy高兴的。句意：从那儿以后，他的妻子和儿子开始过着艰难的生活。 根据Even though their life was very hard可知他们的生活是困难的。故选C。
小题3:考查名词及语境的理解。A. son 儿子；B. father父亲； C. husband 丈夫；D. wife妻子。句意：这个妻子仍然决定自己抚养她的儿子。根据The young husband the army and died in the war.可知丈夫死了，只有妻子来抚养孩子。故选D。
小题4:考查连词及语境的理解。A. but 但是；B. and 而且；C. so 所以；D. or或者。句意：几年后，她的儿子一名到了美国，并且终于成为了一名工程师。这里表示动作的承接，去了美国，然后成了工程师，故用连词and。故选B。
小题5:考查动词及语境的理解。 A. refused拒绝； B. agreed 同意；C. asked 问； D. offered提供。句意：然而，她的儿子用很多借口拒绝回来看望他的母亲。根据Every time I heard a motorcycle , I ran out of the door but it wasn’t you.可知她的儿子不回来看她，故此处是拒绝回来。故选A。
小题6:考查连词及语境的理解。A. Before 在......之前； B. When 当......时候，在从句中用瞬间性动词；C. While 当......时候，在从句中用持续性动词； D. As当......时候，表示伴随。句意：当她母亲去世了，儿子回来了。因此动词died是瞬间性动词，故用连词when。故选B。
小题7:考查副词及语境的理解。A. Slowly缓慢地；B. hardly 几乎不；C. quickly快地； D. Suddenly突然地；句意：在葬礼期间，儿子打开盒子，突然哭了。根据But he didn’t cry可知他一开始没有哭，此处是看到了某个东西突然哭了，故选D。
小题8:考查代词及语境的理解。A. Nobody没人；B. Anyone任何人； C. Everyone 每个人；D. Somebody某个人。句意：每个人互相看了看，然后看看那个盒子。结合上下文，这是在葬礼上，参加葬礼了人见他突然哭了，每个人都很惊讶，于是互相看了看。故选C。
小题9:考查动词短语及语境的理解。A. passing by路过；B. going away离开；C. showing up 显示；D. running off跑开。句意：每次我听见摩托车路过，我就跑出门，但是不是你。根据I ran out of the door 可知此处听见门外有摩托车的声音，就跑出来，故此处指摩托车路过。故选A。
小题10:考查介词及语境的理解。 A. with用；B. on 在......之上； C. to向；D. for为了。句意：我为你攒钱，以防万一你生病了。根据His mother left a box behind. 可知他母亲攒钱是为了他。故选D。 |
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There was a boy and his family was very rich. One day his father took him on a trip to a place. He wanted to show his son how poor people were there. They spent several days on a farm. There were many poor families living on the farm.
On their way home, the father asked the son, “How was the trip?” “It was great, Dad,” the son answered. “Did you notice how poor people were there?” asked his father. “Oh, yes,” said the son. “So, tell me,” said his father. The son said, “Well, we have one dog and they have four. We have a pool in our garden, while they have a river that has no end. We have expensive lanterns (灯), but they have stars above their heads at night. We have only a small piece of land to live on, while they have the endless fields. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have high walls around our houses to protect us, but they don’t need walls, because their friends will protect them.”
The father had nothing to say. Then the boy added, “Thank you, Dad, for letting me see how poor we are.”
小题1: The father wanted to show his son ________.| A．how people on the farm worked | | B．how poor people were on the farm | | C．how beautiful the farm was | | D．how far it was from the city to the farm |
小题2:How often did they go to the farm?| A．Once a week. | B．Twice a month. | | C．Every year. | D．The writer doesn’t tell us. |
小题3:When the father asked the son how the trip was, the son thought it ________.| A．great | B．tiring | | C．terrible | D．boring |
小题4:According to the boy, people on the farm can see ________ at night.| A．expensive lanterns | B．a lot of cars | | C．stars above their heads | D．many horses |
小题5: Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?| A．The boy was from a very poor family. | | B．The father and the son spent several weeks on a farm. | | C．People on the farm have high walls around their houses. | | D．The boy thought that people on the farm lived a happy life. |
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The first day of school, our professor introduced an old lady Rose to us.
“Why are you in college at such an age?” I asked her. She replied, “I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” We became friends quickly.
At the end of the term I invited Rose to make a speech to our football team. I’ll never forget what she taught us. She said, “There are some secrets of staying young and being happy. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You must have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you will die. There is a huge difference between growing old and growing up. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t need any talent or ability. To grow up, you must always find the opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The people who are afraid of death are those with regrets.”
At the end of the year, Rose finished her college. One week after graduation, Rose died peacefully in her sleep. We would always remember the great woman.
小题1:From the passage, we can learn that Rose ________.| A．went to college at an old age | | B．became a professor later | | C．once worked in a hospital | | D．died before college graduation |
小题2:At the end of the term the writer invited Rose to ________.| A．go to a party | B．play football | | C．make a speech | D．write a book |
小题3:The underlined word “talent” in the third paragraph means “________” in Chinese.小题4: If you want to stay young and be happy, ________, according to Rose.| A．never grow up | | B．don’t be afraid of death | | C．have a dream and never lose it | | D．don’t find the opportunity in change |
小题5:What is the best title of the passage?| A．Laughing every day | | B．Never too old to learn | | C．Growing old and growing up | | D．How to stay young and being happy |
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Emily and Alex were happy when their family moved to a house with a very big garden. They could climb up trees, grow flowers and even play badminton. They liked to watch the birds flying among the trees in the garden. They even started to put food out to attract more birds.
Everything was fine for a few days until one afternoon there was a strange bumping noise on a window. Emily went outside and found a small bird dead on the grass. Its neck seemed to be broken.
“It must have flown into the window,” Alex said when his sister Emily called him to have a look. “Ah, yes, look here. You can see the mark where it hit the window. There are a couple of tiny feathers stuck(粘贴) on the window.”
“Poor thing!” Emily said.
During the next month, five more birds died in the same way. “Why would they fly to the windows?” they wondered. Finally they found out the truth. When the birds were flying, they couldn’t see into the rooms. All they saw was the reflection(反射) of the garden. They thought that they were flying into trees because they saw trees reflected by the window.
“Something has to be done to save the birds.” the parents decided.
At first, he family tried keeping curtains（窗帘）across the windows, but this made the room dark. Then they bought some strong black paper and cut out the shape of a hawk. They made six hawks – one for each window. They stuck the hawks to the windows. They looked pretty and did not keep out much light. When the birds saw the hawks, they would fly away.
After that, there were no more dead birds. The family were much happier.
小题1: They put food out to attract birds because they .| A．had a special garden for birds | | B．wanted to see more birds flying in the garden | | C．had too much bird food to feed the birds | | D．wanted to catch some birds in the garden |
小题2: birds died in the garden.小题3: The birds flew to the windows because they .| A．found the windows very clean | | B．fought for more food | | C．thought there were more trees ahead | | D．wanted to go into the room |
小题4:The underlined word “hawk” means .小题5:The story is mainly about .| A．why the birds died in the garden | | B．the family were good at paper-cutting | | C．the family had a very big new house | | D．how the family saved the birds in the garden |
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Mr. Green is an old man. He is very kind, and he has many friends. But there is _ wrong with his eyes. So he can"t see clearly.
One day, he went to New York train. He went there to visit his best friend. After he got here _ the evening, he found his friend at home. So he find a hotel to live in. The next day, his friend didn"t come back. In the afternoon he went to buy two bottles of wine(酒).When he came back to his room in the hotel, he found a fly(苍蝇) was on the wall. But he thought it was a snail(钉子),so he put the bottles on .Of course, the fly flew away and the bottles were broken. He had to buy two bottles.
The waitress in the hotel knew this, then she put a into the wall.
When he came back, he looked up at the wall and found the "fly" was there again. So he walked and hit（敲）it hard with his hands. At once(立刻)he cried .
| 小题1: | | A．something | B．everything | C．nothing | D．anything |
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| 小题4: | | A．was | B．wasn"t | C．did | D．didn"t be |
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| 小题5: | | A．could | B．would | C．did | D．had to |
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| 小题7: | | A．other | B．the other.. | C．more | D．another |
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| 小题8: | | A．fly | B．snail | C．bottle | D．friend |
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| 小题9: | | A．quickly | B．fast | C．careful | D．quietly |
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| 小题10: | | A．loudly | B．happily | C．quickly | D．clearly |
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"Uncle Sam," is usually used to refer to the United States or the US government. It is the nickname of the country.It is hard to believe that this nickname became known quite by accident and there was a man 75 "Uncle Sam."However,not many people have ever heard of such a man.Not even most young Americans.
The man was called Uncle Sam Wilson.He was born in Arlington,Massachusetts, September 13, 1776. At the age of 14 Sam joined the American Revolutionary War(美国革命）, and 76 in the army under George Washington until the end of the war.He then moved to Troy, New York states, and began a meatpacking business. He earned a reputation（赢得了声誉）for being honest and hardworking. He was locally respected and admired, thus greeted as Uncle Sam.
One day in 1812,a group of visitors came to Sam"s meatpacking plant(肉类加工厂）.Among them was Government official. He 77 the capitalized letters(大写字母） EAUS on the packages of meat and asked what they stood for. A worker man replied that EA stood for Elbert Anderson,the businessman for whom Sam was working.And he added 78 that US(actually it was the short form for United States) stood for Uncle Sam Wilson. Soon soldiers were saying all army supplies were from "Uncle Sam".
In May 1813,this story appeared in a newspaper published in New York.Since Uncle Sam was an example of a hard-working man and a lover of America, the idea of"Uncle Sam" as the name of this kind of man became well-known rapidly.Uncle Sam was ready to help 79 and place the interest of the nation(国家利益）above all---this is in line with (与……符合）the American spirit. This makes the American consider Uncle Sam 80 the symbol of the USA.In 1961 the US Congress made a decision that "Uncle Sam" is the America"s national symbol.
小题1:| A．was | B．named | C．asked | D．was called |
小题2:| A．served | B．stayed | C．joined | D．entered |
小题3:| A．saw | B．observed | C．studied | D．noticed |
小题4:| A．Surprisingly | B．seriously | C．jokingly | D．carefully |
小题5:| A．other | B．others | C．everyone | D．another |
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