The Catherine family enjoyed the good things in life as much as anyone else. They ____ games, books, music, toys, good food and good times. But sometimes _____seemed, especially to Mrs. Catherine that they had too many things in the house, which made Mrs. Catherine a little ____.
One day, at breakfast, Mrs. Catherine made a(n) __ _. "This family," she said, "has too many things. It"s time to deal with some of them. "The three children all _____with this idea and helped pack used things and unused things into the car.
Their first __ _was Home for the Elderly. Nurses and doctors looked after them, but sometimes the older got a little lonely and ____. They liked visitors and things to do. When
the family arrived, they ____out their games and puzzles to the older and then sat down to play games and do puzzles with them. They had a _____time and they were sorry when it was time to leave.
Their next stop was the Young Cubs Hospital. The Catherine family brought a lot of used toys which were very welcome. The hospital workers said the toys would be given out at the hospital _____party.
Their last stop was People Who Care store. This was a store that sold things to _____money for those who needed warm clothes and good food. The Catherine family left all their old clothes and furniture there.
After that, the Catherine family __ _home with warm feelings about what they had done. _____they drove along, they passed the lighted _____of supermarkets which were beautifully decorated for Christmas. There was window after window of the very latest things, but they were so filled with special thoughts about helping others that they ___noticed the wonderful things in the windows.
| 小题1: | | A．read | B．played | C．had | D．enjoyed |
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| 小题3: | | A．uncomfortable | B．happy | C．satisfied | D．pleased |
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| 小题4: | | A．report | B．reply | C．mistake | D．decision |
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| 小题5: | | A．did | B．agreed | C．argued | D．delt |
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| 小题6: | | A．stop | B．home | C．thing | D．person |
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| 小题7: | | A．bored | B．surprised | C．excited | D．relaxed |
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| 小题9: | | A．terrible | B．sad | C．bad | D．wonderful |
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| 小题10: | | A．Thanksgiving | B．Christmas | C．Halloween | D．Eastern |
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| 小题11: | | A．borrow | B．pay | C．raise | D．waste |
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| 小题12: | | A．left | B．drove | C．walked | D．rode |
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| 小题13: | | A．As | B．Though | C．Since | D．Before |
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| 小题14: | | A．rooms | B．windows | C．doors | D．houses |
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| 小题15: | | A．hardly | B．nearly | C．closely | D．immediately |
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试题分析：短文大意：凯瑟琳的家人和其他人一样尽可能多地享受生活中的美好事物。他们喜欢游戏，玩具，书籍，音乐，美食和美好的时光。但有时似乎特别是对凯瑟琳夫人来说他们屋子里的东西太多了。这使凯瑟琳夫人一点也不舒服。
小题1:考查动词及语境理解。句意：他们喜欢游戏、图书、音乐、玩具、可口的食物和美好的时光。 read 读； played 玩；had 有；enjoyed欣赏。对应上文的enjoyed the good things。此处是上文的具体说明。所以选D。
小题2:考查代词及语境理解。句意：但有时似乎特别是对凯瑟琳夫人来说他们屋子里的东西太多了。this这； they他们；it它； that那。it seems that...似乎……；好像……，是一个固定句型。所以选C。
小题3:考查形容词及语境理解。句意：这使凯瑟琳夫人一点也不舒服。uncomfortable不舒服的；happy愉快的；satisfied满意的；pleased高兴的。根据句意结合语境可知该选A。
小题4:考查名词及语境理解。句意：有一天早餐时凯瑟琳夫人做了一个决定。report报道；reply回答；mistake错误；decision决定。根据下文可知此处是说做了一个决定，因此选D。
小题5:考查动词及语境理解。句意：这三个孩子都同意这个想法帮助她打包使用过的东西和不用的东西并放在车里。did做；agreed同意；argued争吵； delt处理。结合下文的helped可知三个孩子都同意Mrs. Catherine的想法。因此选B。
小题6:考查名词及语境理解。句意：他们的第一站是养老院。stop站；home家；thing事；person人。与下文的next stop和last stop相呼应。所以选A。
小题7:考查形容词及语境理解。句意：但老人们有时感到寂寞和无聊。bored 无聊的； surprised惊奇的； excited 兴奋的； relaxed轻松的。lonely和bored相呼应。故选A。
小题8:考查动词及语境理解。句意：当家人赶到时，他们拿出他们的游戏和拼图，然后坐下来和他们玩游戏。 found找到； sold卖；took带走，拿走；put房。Take out拿出，取出，是一个固定短语，所以选C。
小题9:考查形容词及语境理解。句意：他们玩得很开心。terrible可怕的；sad 悲伤的；bad 坏的；wonderful精彩的。Have a wonderful time玩得很开心，所以选D。
小题10:考查名词及语境理解。句意：医院工作人员说，在医院的圣诞晚会上会分发玩具。Thanksgiving感恩节；Christmas圣诞节；Halloween万圣节；Eastern复活节。结合下文的decorated for Christmas可知此处应是“圣诞晚会” 。所以选B。
小题11:考查动词及语境理解。句意：这商店出售商品为那些需要暖和衣服和良好食物的人筹钱。borrow借；pay 付款；raise 筹集；waste浪费。raise money for为……募捐，是一个固定短语。故选C。
小题12:考查动词及语境理解。句意：之后，凯瑟琳的家人带着温暖的感受开车回家。left离开；drove驾驶；walked步行；rode骑。根据后文__they drove along 可知该选B。
小题13:考查连词及语境理解。句意：在开车回家的过程中As当……的时候；Though虽然；Since自从；Before在……之前。此处意思是“在开车回家的过程中”。 as当……的时候。故选A。
小题14:考查名词及语境理解。句意：他们经过点亮的超市橱窗。 rooms 房间；windows窗；doors门； houses房屋。结合下文的window after window可知此处应是“超市的橱窗”。故选B。
小题15:考查副词及语境理解。句意：他们一直在想帮助别人，几乎没有注意到橱窗里精美的的东西。 hardly几乎不；nearly将近；closely adv.接近地; 紧密地; 严密地; 亲近地; immediately立即。所以选A。 |
核心考点
试题【The Catherine family enjoyed the good things in life as much as anyone else. The】；主要考察你对
人物故事类等知识点的理解。
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It was the first day of school. I had a new classmate, a little old lady with a warm smile.
She said, “ Hi, young man! I’m Rose. I’m 87 years old. Can I give you a hug(拥抱)?”
I said , “ Of course!”
“Why are you in college at an age?” I asked.
She joked, “ I’m here to meet a husband, get married, have children, and then travel around the world.”
“No, seriously,” I asked.
“ I always of having a college education. Now I’m getting one!” she told me .
After a year, Rose became popular. She easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention from .
At the end of the semester(学期) we invited Rose to at our party. I’ll never foget what she
taught .
“We do not stop playing becasuse we are old; we grow because we stop playing. Here are the of staying young. You have to laugh and find humour every_______. You’ve got to have a dream. When you your dreams, you die!”she said.
“There is a big between growing old and growing up. Anybody can grow old. That doesn’t take any talent or ability,” she added. “But to , you have to find the chance in change. Have no regrets(遗憾). We usually don’t have regrets for what we did, rather for things we did not do.”
Finally we graduated from the college with Rose. One week graduation(毕业), she died peacefully in her sleep. She taught us by example that it’s never too late to be all you can possibly be.
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| 小题4: | | A．hoped | B．wished | C．wanted | D．dreamed |
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| 小题5: | | A．another | B．the other | C．the others | D．others |
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| 小题6: | | A．say | B．speak | C．talk | D．discuss |
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| 小题9: | | A．stories | B．secrets | C．seasons | D．surveys |
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| 小题12: | | A．chance | B．change | C．difference | D．problem |
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| 小题13: | | A．stand up | B．grow up | C．grow old | D．keep healthy |
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| 小题14: | | A．because | B．so | C．though | D．but |
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Laura Fagan is a British girl. She is 29 years old now. She has a special job. Her job is an offical cake-taster. She began to work two years ago. She loves her job very much. She needs to try as many as 20 desserts a day. She needs to travel to different cities to taste different desserts.
Although the job seems to be great, it is hard. Usually , Laura begins tasting desserts as early as 8 a.m., and is still tasting new desserts at 6 p.m. before she goes back home. Fortunately, the job hasn’t made her too fat. She only worries about her teeth.
“ Of course I was afraid of becoming fat when I started the job, so I try to do exercise as often as possible. The main thing is my teeth. I don"t think my dentist would be happy if I told him what I do, so I try to brush my teeth as often as possible.” “When I tell people what I do, they say ‘ that’s the best job in the world’, and then they ask me what my favorite dessert is.”
Laura loves her job although it is hard. “ I can learn about new trends(趋势) in food. It is a hard job but someone has to do it.” she said.
小题1:To be a cake-taste is to _________________.| A．sell different cakes | B．make different cakes | | C．taste different cakes | D．buy different cakes |
小题2:The underlined word “ Fortunately” means “ ________________”| A．quickly | B．luckily | | C．lovely | D．terribly |
小题3: Which of the following is TRUE ?| A．Laura is very heavy because of her job. | | B．Laura doesn’t love her job because it is hard. | | C．Laura often works for a long time every day. | | D．People all think Laura’s job is very tired. |
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Can you imagine （想象）keeping an alien (外星)dog as a pet? This is what happens in CJ7—a wonderful movie made in China. Maybe some of you saw it. It came out in January, 2008. The movie is about a poor man Ti, his son Dicky and their alien dog CJ7.
Dicky, a 10-year-old boy, lives a poor life with his father Ti, a worker. One day,his father finds a ball in the trash (废物)and he gives it to Dicky. The ball becomes a cute alien dog. It’s a small dog with big eyes and green hair. It can talk and do magic（魔法）. Soon the dog comes to love Ti and his son. It goes to school with Dicky. It makes him laugh, but it makes trouble, too.
When Ti falls off a building and dies, CJ7 saves his life. Because the dog loses all its power(能量), it becomes a doll. But Dicky still wears the dog around his neck. He hopes that CJ7 will come back to life one day.
小题1: Dicky’s father finds CJ17 in the ________.| A．classroom | B．street | | C．trash | D．tree |
小题2: This passage tells us CJ17 can _______.| A．help do some housework | B．talk and do magic | | C．sing and dance | D．help Dicky do homework |
小题3: Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A．CJ17 becomes a doll in the end. | | B．CJ17 never makes trouble. | | C．CJ17 doesn’t like Dicky’s school | | D．CJ17 makes a lot of money for Dicky. |
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When the plane was waiting at the airport，a big snake climbed up the steps and into the plane. It went to sleep under the pilot’s(飞行员) seat. Nobody noticed. Soon the passengers(乘客) get on the plane and it took off. A little girl called Mary took out a whistle(哨子) and began playing. But none of the passengers liked the music. They got the stewardess(女乘务员)to ask the girl to stop.
The sound of the plane’s engines(发动机) woke up the snake. It put its head out and looked around the captain’s(机长的) room. When the captain saw the snake, he was so frightened that he could hardly breath. He was so afraid that he could not control(控制) the plane. The plane began to swing（摇晃）from side to side. The stewardess told the passengers what was happening and ask them to calm down. Mary was not afraid. She ran to the captain’s room with her whistle and began to play the slow tune(曲子). At once the snake followed her. The girl returned to her seat and the snake lay on the floor beside her. Dancing to the music.
When the plane landed the airport the snake was taken in a net to a zoo near Mary’s house. She often went to visit the snake.
小题1:________ saw the snake climb into the plane.| A．Somebody | B．Nobody | | C．Anybody | D．Everybody |
小题2:Mary________ playing her whistle after the stewardess asked her to stop.| A．didn’t stop | B．went on | | C．was still | D．stopped |
小题3:The plane was in danger because________.| A．there was trouble in one of the engines | | B．the pilot suddenly fell ill | | C．the capital was so frightened by the snake that he could not control the plane | | D．the snake killed the pilot |
小题4:The snake________ the music Mary was playing.| A．liked | B．didn’t enjoy | | C．was frightened by | D．became afraid of |
小题5:It was________ who saved all the people’s lives in the plane.| A．a brave man | B．stewardesses | | C．Mary | D．the captain |
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Nothing was going right for Dr. Turner at the hospital. He made a mistake while operating on a patient. He felt sure he was no longer trusted and decided to change his job. One day he learned from the paper that a doctor was looking for a partner(合作伙伴). The doctor, whose name was Johnson, lived in Thorby, a small town in the north of England.
A few days later Dr. Turner went to Thorby, and arrived at Dr. Johnson’s home early in the afternoon. Though old and a little deaf, Dr. Johnson still had a good brain. He kept talking to the visitor about the town and its people. When they turned to the question of partnership, it was already seven in the evening. Dr. Johnson invited Dr. Turner to have dinner with him in a restaurant before catching the train back to London. Dr. Turner noticed that Dr. Johnson was fond of good food and expensive wines. They had an excellent meal. When the bill was brought, Dr. Johnson felt in his pocket. “Oh, dear,” he said. “I’ve forgotten my money.” “That’s all right,” Dr. Turner said. “I’ll pay the bill.” As he did so, he began to wonder whether Dr. Johnson was worthy of trust.
小题1:Dr. Turner knew that a doctor was looking for a partner from______.| A．the Internet | B．the newspaper | | C．the radio | D．the magazine |
小题2: Dr. Turner decided to leave his present job because_______.| A．he had never been trusted | | B．it needed too great skills | | C．he believed it offered little hope for his future | | D．he thought the hospital would like him to leave |
小题3:The two doctors spent most of the afternoon talking about_______.| A．things of no interest to Dr. Johnson | | B．things of no importance to Dr. Turner | | C．health matters | | D．food and drink |
小题4:The story suggests that_______.| A．Dr. Johnson did not like Dr.Turner | | B．The two doctors would become friends | | C．The two doctors would not work together | | D．Dr. Turner decided to stay at his present job |
小题5:The words did so in the last sentence mean_______.| A．caught the train back to London | B．felt in his pocket | | C．paid the bill | D．said those words |
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