A little boy went to a telephone booth at the cash counter of a store and made a phone call. The store owner looked at him and listened to the conversation.
Boy: “Lady, can you give me the job of cutting your lawn (草坪)?”
Woman (at the other end of the phone line): “No, thank you. I already have someone to cut my lawn.”
Boy: “Lady, I will cut your lawn for half the price the person who cuts your lawn now.”
Woman: “I’m very satisfied with the person who cuts my lawn.”
Boy with more perseverance (执着) : “Lady, I’ll even sweep the floor and the stairs of your house for free.”
Woman: “No, thank you.”
With a smile on his face, the little boy hung up the phone. The store owner, who was listening to all this, walked over to the boy.
Store owner: “Son... I like your attitude (态度). I like that positive (积极的) spirit and would like to offer you a job.”
Boy: “No, thanks.”
Store owner: “But you were really asking for one.”
Boy: “No, Sir. I was just checking my performance (表现) at the job I already have. I am the one who is working for that lady I was talking to.”
小题1:In fact, how many people are mentioned (提及) in the story? ________________.小题2:The boy said to the lady that he would even sweep her floor and stairs for free because______.| A．he wanted her to let him continue his job | | B．he thought that the lady was too poor | | C．the lady thought the money she paid the boy was too much | | D．he wanted to know if he did his job well enough and couldn’t be replaced (取代) by others. |
小题3:Which is TRUE according to the story?| A．The boy was angry with the lady. | | B．The store owner wasn’t kind-hearted. | | C．The lady wanted to find another person to do the boy’s job. | | D．The boy was happy to know that the lady was satisfied with his performance. |
小题4:The best title for the story is “_____________”.| A．Asking for a job | B．The lady and the boy | | C．Self-appraisal (自我测评) | D．The boy and the store owner |
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:D
小题4:C |
试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了一个小男孩去电话亭拿起电话打给他所工作的那家主人，商店主人听到了整个对话，通过一系列对话商店主人了解到他是个有积极精神和执着态度的一个好孩子，并要为他提供工作，但这个男孩拒绝了，因为他打这个电话只是为了自我测评。
小题1:细节理解题。根据对整篇短文内容的理解，可知故事中提及到商店主人，这个男孩，还有男孩工作那家的女主人，故选择B。
小题2:细节理解题。根据对整篇短文内容的理解，可知D选择符合题意，因为他想知道他的工作做的是否足够的好并且不能被其他人所替代，故选择D。
小题3:细节理解题。根据With a smile on his face, the little boy hung up the phone.可知那个男孩知道那个女士对他的表现满意很高兴。故选择D。
小题4:细节理解题。根据对整篇短文内容的理解，可知这个故事最好的标题是自我测评，故选择C。 |
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“But I feel good doing this!” the little boy’s voice rang in my ears when I entered the mall. He stood raising for cancer research. In the cold wind, he pulled his hat down over his ears. He warmed one hand in his pocket and held a list with the other hand. I noticed him greeting the people passing by gloves on his hands.
I checked my purse but I didn’t find any change. I was ready to give money because I wished cancer could be cured (治愈) one day.
“I’ll bring you some money when I returned” I the little boy.
“Thank you!” he smiled and he seemed almost in the cold air. I suggested he come inside the mall, but he said, “The guard there said is allowed to raise money for charities (慈善) in the mall. But I feel good doing this here. It’s OK.”
I did my shopping and about buying something for him. Finally, I bought a pair of gloves, brown ones. The cashier (收银员) felt curious when I the boy’s words “But I feel good doing this!”
The boy still stood where he had been. I offered some money to him and in the list that he handed to me. Then he told me that his best friend George had leukemia (白血病). He did this in order to help him out of .
With tears full of my eyes, I put the gloves that I bought for him into his hands.
“Will the cancer research give you something to thank you for doing this?”
“Oh yes!” the boy said and his eyes up with joy, “They sure do! Now I can stand here much than I expected!”
“What do you receive then?” I asked. He answered with a smile, “I get another new, empty list.”
| 小题1: | | A．cards | B．money | C．bottles | D．information |
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| 小题2: | | A．without | B．except | C．into | D．from |
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| 小题3: | | A．never | B．seldom | C．sometimes | D．always |
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| 小题4: | | A．cheated | B．refused | C．promised | D．praised |
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| 小题5: | | A．relaxed | B．bored | C．frozen | D．pleased |
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| 小题6: | | A．everyone | B．anyone | C．someone | D．no one |
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| 小题7: | | A．thought | B．worried | C．talked | D．cared |
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| 小题8: | | A．introduced | B．repeated | C．heard | D．kept |
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| 小题9: | | A．called | B．filled | C．gave | D．got |
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| 小题10: | | A．sight | B．work | C．trouble | D．breath |
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| 小题11: | | A．lit | B．came | C．caught | D．took |
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| 小题12: | | A．lower | B．less | C．earlier | D．longer |
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A man and his wife had a dog to keep their house. When they went out, they always the dog inside the house.
One evening they wanted to go to the cinema, they left the dog in the house and locked the door and their garden gate. They went there heir car.
When the film finished, they came back home. They opened the and put the car away. But when they came to the front door, they found that part of the glass on the door was The door was unlocked and half-open. A robber (抢劫犯)! They went in and quickly looked in all the rooms to see things the robber had taken. But everything was in the right place and nothing at all was
The dog was sleeping in the sitting room on the floor. The lady was the dog. "Why didn"t you keep the house ?" she said. The dog was pleased to see its owners. It began to wag (摇) its tail (尾巴) and then it went to a corner of the room and picked up something in its .It went to the lady and the thing at her feet. When the lady had a look at it, she was very surprised. Can you guess what the dog’s present was? It was …a …man’s finger.
| 小题1: | | A．stayed | B．left | C．ordered | D．asked |
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| 小题4: | | A．a present | B．house | C．gate | D．car |
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| 小题5: | | A．stolen | B．fixed | C．broken | D．repaired |
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| 小题6: | | A．when | B．where | C．that | D．what |
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| 小题7: | | A．missing | B．going | C．leaving | D．closing |
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| 小题8: | | A．afraid of | B．angry with | C．worried about | D．surprised at |
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| 小题10: | | A．pulled | B．ate | C．dropped | D．caught |
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Life is important. You should always have fun and new experiences, because you never know what day will be your last. You shouldn’t hold anger. You never know what could happen next. I learn all this at the age of nine.
It was the summer before fifth grade. My best friend Nessa and I were playing. We got angry with each other and had a fight. My older cousin, Tiffany, broke up our fight. I remember Nessa storming out of my grandmother’s house saying, “ I hope we never speak again !”
I replied, “good, I don’t need you as a friend!”
I went into the house and tried to be quiet. Then I heard people shouting outside. My cousin rushed in. she said that Nessa had been hit by a street truck as she crossed the road. The driver didn’t see her. I felt sad. I wished it had been me instead. It could have been avoided if we hadn’t had that fight!
When the ambulance救护车arrived a few minutes later, they said she was dead. I was a real mess. I had to see a psychologist心理医生for the rest of the summer.
I miss Nessa so much and I think of her always. She taught me how valuable and important life is and that you should never hold anger because you never know when you’ll see that person again.
小题1:the story happened when___| A．the writer was Grade Five | B．summer vacation was coming | | C．Nessa was nine years old | D．the writer was nine years old |
小题2:Nessa and the writer were playing ___ on that day| A．at Nessa’s house | | B．at the house of the writer’s grandma | | C．at the writer’s house | | D．at the house of the writer’s cousin |
小题3:which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A．Nessa and Tiffany got angry with each other and had a fight | | B．the writer played games happily with Nessa all the time | | C．Nessa was hit by a truck after they had a fight | | D．Nessa was sent to the hospital and saved by the doctors |
小题4:from the last paragraph we can infer 推断that the writer___| A．has never thought of Nessa since then | | B．didn’t regret for what had happened that day | | C．will be more kind to others | | D．lives a good life because of Nyssa |
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An old woman has two large pots, one on each end of a pole（扁担）. She carried the pole with the pots（壶）__ __ her neck.
One of the pots had a crack（裂缝）in it while the other pot was perfect and always filled a full pot of water. At the end of the long __ _ from the well（井）to the house, the cracked pot _ only half-full left.
For two years this happened daily, with the woman bringing home only __ ___ pots of water. Of course, the perfect pot was _ __. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection.
One day, the cracked pot spoke to the woman _ __ the well:“I am ashamed of myself because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your __ __.”
The old woman smiled:“Did you notice that there are ___ __ on your side of the path, but not on __ __ pot’s side? That’s because I have __ _ known about your crack, so I __ __ flower seeds（籽）on your side of the path. And every day while we walk back, you ___ __ them.” She added, “ For _ _ years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate（装饰）the table. Without you, being just the ___ ___ you are, I would not have this beauty.”
Each of us has our own cracks. But it’s these __ _ that make our lives together so interesting and meaningful.
| 小题1: | | A．cross | B．across | C．past | D．through |
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| 小题2: | | A．travel | B．ride | C．walk | D．trip |
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| 小题3: | | A．arrived | B．held | C．reached | D．meant |
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| 小题4: | | A．one or two | B．one and a half | C．two | D．half and one |
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| 小题5: | | A．proud | B．sad | C．happy | D．worried |
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| 小题7: | | A．field | B．side | C．well | D．house |
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| 小题8: | | A．seeds | B．pots | C．plants | D．flowers |
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| 小题9: | | A．other | B．the other | C．another | D．others |
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| 小题10: | | A．never | B．ever | C．always | D．often |
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| 小题11: | | A．took | B．made | C．planted | D．kept |
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| 小题12: | | A．water | B．see | C．visit | D．understand |
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| 小题13: | | A．many | B．a few | C．two | D．three |
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| 小题15: | | A．decorations | B．seeds | C．flowers | D．cracks |
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Five years ago, I met her in a shopping center. I was walking through the shop when I saw her. Then she came back to my house with me. After that, we became friends.
Once she had to go into hospital to have an operation(手术) on her leg. I was worried about her and looked after her every day. I made breakfast for her. I was not good at cooking, but she never complained. I also helped her take showers.
I have no idea why we can be good friends, because she is quite different from me. I like writing, reading and playing computer games. But she loves outdoor activities. She likes playing balls best. She also loves sleeping.
She will run all around the house to lick(舔) my face if someone shouts “Kiss for Dad.” That is the only name she knows me by—Dad, though I call her by many names—Pickle, Missile and Little. But her real name is Pixar. This week she turns seven years old.
小题1:Where did the writer met Pixar?| A．On the street. | B．In a hospital. | | C．In a shopping center. | D．In an animal center. |
小题2:Pixar was years old when the writer met her.小题3:What can we learn from the passage?| A．Pixar once had an operation on her head. | | B．Pixar doesn’t like playing outside. | | C．Pixar is the writer’s dog. | | D．Pixar calls the writer “Dad” every day. |
小题4:What’s the best title for the passage? | A．How to Make Friends | B．My Good Friend | | C．Strange experience. | D．How to Be a Good Friend |
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