People often said Thomas Edison was the greatest genius(天才) of his age. There are only a few men in all of history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be pleased only because someone said he was a genius. “There is no such a thing as genius,” Edison said. He thought what people called genius was mostly hard work.
But Edison was a thinker as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. He tried to understand them, and then he tried to learn what he could usefully do with them.
Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people would do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking could give men enjoyment and pleasure.
Edison could not understand why anyone could not be interested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what idea he had about life. “Work,” he answered, “Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier.” He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.
小题1:What is genius according to Thomas Edison?| A．Hard thinking. | B．Hard work. | C．Useful ideas. | D．Useful inventions. |
小题2:How did Edison always deal with the secrets of nature after exploring them?| A．To write down what he had learned. | | B．To carry out a new experiment. | | C．To make them useful in life. | | D．To share them with others. |
小题3:What does the last sentence in the passage mean?| A．Edison was born to be a great inventor. | | B．Edison was able to live another 100 years. | | C．Edison was ready to make his 100th invention. | | D．Life was too short for Edison to work for human beings. |
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D |
试题分析：短文大意：这篇短文主要介绍了著名发明家爱迪生的工作生活等情况，告诉我们天才就是那些勤奋的人。
小题1:细节理解题。根据短文第一段He thought what people called genius was mostly hard work.描述，可知爱迪生认为天才就是勤奋的人。故选B。
小题2:细节理解题。根据短文第二段He tried to understand them, and then he tried to learn what he could usefully do with them.描述，可知爱迪生在发现自然的秘密后，经常尝试把它们应用到实际生活中去。故选C。
小题3:句意理解题。结合本文描述，可知这是爱迪生在感叹生命的短暂。故选D，对于爱迪生来说，为人们工作的生命太短了。 |
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My parents quarreled a lot, and I was really worried about it. I didn’t know who I should talk with about how I was feeling. So I asked Mom to allow me to stay the night at my best friend’s house. Though I knew I wouldn’t tell her about my parents’ situation, I was looking forward to getting out of the house. I was packing up my things when suddenly the power (电) went out in the neighborhood. Mom came to tell me that I should stay with my grandpa until the power came back on.
I was really disappointed(失望的) because I felt that we did not have much to talk about. But I knew he would be frightened alone in the dark. I went to his room and told him that I’d stay with him until the power was restored(恢复). He was quite happy and said.
“Great chance.”
“What is?” I asked.
“To talk, you and I,” he said. “To hold a one-to-one little meeting about what we’re going to do with your mom and dad, and what we’re going to do with ourselves and the situation we are in now.”
“But we can’t do anything about it, Grandpa,” I said, surprised that here was someone with whom I could share my feelings and someone who was in the same “boat” as I was.
And that is how the most amazing friendship between my grandfather and me started. Sitting there in the dark, we talked about our feelings and fears of life from how fast things change to how they sometimes don’t change fast enough. That night, because the power went out, I found a new friend, with whom I could safely talk about all my fears and pains, whatever they may be.
Suddenly, the lights all came back on. “Well,” he said, “I guess that means you’ll want to go now. I really like our talk. I hope the power will go out every few nights!”
小题1:Why was Grandpa happy to see the writer?| A．Because he felt quite lonely. | | B．Because he could discuss the problem with him. | | C．Because he was afraid of darkness. | | D．Because he had not seen him for a long time. |
小题2:In which order(顺序) did the story happen?
a. The lights came back on.
b. The writer went to his grandpa’s room and stayed with him.
c. The power in the neighbourhood suddenly went out.
d. The writer worried about the parents’ disagreement and wanted to leave his home.
e. The writer had a talk with his grandpa and started the most amazing friendship between them.| A．d-b-e-c-a | B．a-b-e-c-d | C．c-d-b-e-a | D．d-c-b-e-a |
小题3:What can be inferred(推断) from the story?| A．The lights would go out again. | | B．The writer wanted to leave very much. | | C．They would have more chats. | | D．It would no longer be dark. |
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Bruno was a boy of eight. His father worked in a cinema and his mother worked in a shop. He lived not far from his school. He always walked there and walked home. On his way to school he had to pass a playground. It was very wet after it rained. One day, when he got home, his clothes were all wet. His mother became angry and said, “Don‘t play in the water on your way home from school!” On the next day Bruno came home with wet and dirty clothes. His mother became even angrier. “I ‘ll tell your father if you come back wet again.” said his mother. “He will punish you, you know.”
The third day the little boy was dry when he came home.
“You ‘re a good boy today.” His mother said happily. “You didn’t play in the water.”
“No, ”the boy said unhappily. “There were too many older boys in the water when i got there this afternoon. There wasn’t any room for me at all.”
小题1:Bruno went to school __________ every day.| A．by bike | B．by bus | C．by car | D．on foot |
小题2:The playground was between ____________.| A．two classrooms | B．the cinema and shop | | C．Bruno’s house and school | D．the shop and Bruno’s |
小题3:The little boy liked to play on the playground ___________.| A．when it snowed | | B．when there was some water there | | C．when the children played football there | | D．When his father was busy with his work |
小题4:Bruno was afraid of ______________ the most.| A．his father | B．his mother | C．his teacher | D．the older boys |
小题5:That afternoon, the boy’s clothes were dry because __________.| A．nobody made room for him in the water. | | B．there was no water on the playground | | C．He took off his clothes before he played there. | | D．He played in the water carefully. |
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This morning, I got a funny feeling. Today I had to give a report in my , and I had been afraid to do so for a long time.
Mom came into the kitchen, asking , “Are you ready, ?”
“ Yes.” I answered quietly. in fact I wasn’t ready!
On my way school, I could feel my heart beating. I hated this!
I went into Mrs. Owens’ class. She was smiling, and saying to all her students as she did every morning.
“ Hi, Sam,” she said to me as I walked the classroom.
“ Hi,” I said and quickly sat in my . I looked at the clock. The time was near. Then Mrs. Owens started, “ Sam, it’s time for you to show yourself.” “Show ? Oh, no!”
I got up slowly, the ground as I walked to the front of the class. Then, I looked up, and everyone was looking at me. Mrs. Owens knew I was , so she came beside me, and put her hand on my back.
She said to the class, “Sam has worked very hard on his ,and I know it is a very interesting report.” Then she turned to me and asked, “Sam, did you like best about your report on Hawaii?”
I thought about the fun things I about surfing before, and I started to talk. I talked and talked the whole class, and I was not nervous at all. It was great fun. It wasn’t frightening. The class cheered as I finished and Mrs. Owens was .
In fact, I can do better than I think I can— if I try! I am proud of myself.
| 小题1: | | A．class | B．house | C．party | D．hometown |
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| 小题2: | | A．friends | B．classmates | C．Owens | D．Sam |
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| 小题5: | | A．sorry | B．hello | C．goodbye | D．thanks |
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| 小题6: | | A．into | B．out of | C．away from | D．far from |
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| 小题7: | | A．bed | B．seat | C．dinning room | D．reading room |
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| 小题8: | | A．me | B．us | C．myself | D．ourselves |
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| 小题9: | | A．looking after | B．look over | C．looking at | D．looking for |
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| 小题10: | | A．glad | B．nervous | C．active | D．happy |
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| 小题11: | | A．dictionary | B．magazine | C．newspaper | D．report |
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| 小题13: | | A．will read | B．reads | C．am reading | D．read |
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| 小题14: | | A．in front of | B．over | C．beside | D．near |
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| 小题15: | | A．playing | B．dancing | C．singing | D．smiling |
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There was once a lonely girl who wanted love very much. One day she was walking in the forests, she found two dying birds. She took them home and put them in a small . She was happy to have two “friends”. She them with love and the birds grew strong. One day the girl happened to the door of the cage open. The larger and the of the two flew out of the cage. The girl was that it would fly away. She caught it quickly. She felt glad that she caught the bird before it could fly away. Suddenly she couldn’t a sound from the bird. When she opened her , the bird was already dead. Her killed the bird！Then she noticed bird jumping up and down inside the cage. She could feel great need for freedom. It wanted to fly into the clear, blue . So she lifted it from the cage and let it fly away . The bird circled once, twice, and three times. The girl watched as the bird flew. She didn’t care about the bird any more. She wanted it to be happy. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the song she had ever heard.
The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tightly, and the best way to keep love is to give it wings(翅膀).
| 小题1: | | A．while | B．after | C．before | D．until |
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| 小题2: | | A．box | B．basket | C．cage | D．bag |
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| 小题3: | | A．looked for | B．looked at | C．looked after | D．looked over |
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| 小题4: | | A．forget | B．leave | C．lock | D．close |
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| 小题5: | | A．stronger | B．lazier | C．weaker | D．smaller |
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| 小题6: | | A．grateful | B．proud | C．afraid | D．happy |
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| 小题7: | | A．listen | B．make | C．describe | D．hear |
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| 小题8: | | A．door | B．window | C．hand | D．mouth |
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| 小题10: | | A．one | B．the other | C．another | D．other |
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| 小题12: | | A．sea | B．hill | C．forest | D．sky |
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| 小题13: | | A．angrily | B．happily | C．loudly | D．highly |
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| 小题14: | | A．losing | B．loving | C．killing | D．feeding |
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| 小题15: | | A．worst | B．oldest | C．newest | D．sweetest |
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Top student Lin Yijian had a problem recently . The 14-year-old boy from Xiamen used to get marks of over 110 points （out of 120 possible points）on his math tests . But during last semester’s final exams , his math score was only 90 points .
It was a shock . “I didn’t know what happened , ”said Lin , who kept feeling nervous and frustrated（沮丧的）about math during the following month. .
Like Lin , many of us have setbacks（挫折）in life . What would you do to deal with these setbacks ? Would you just let them be and give up ？
Lin chose to face his problem . His parents and teacher also gave him help . After some hard work he now gets marks between 100 and110 points on his math tests . Although he still isn’t at his original（原来的）level , Lin doesn’t panic anymore .
“Don’t be scared by setbacks ,”he said . “You will beat it . ”
Chen Xingzhu in Shenzhen also has a story to tell . The 15-year-old girl is not good at doing sit-ups（仰卧起坐），which is necessary for the coming high school PE entrance exam（体育中考）. One has to do at least 35 sit-ups in a minute to pass the test . Most of Chen’s classmates can do 40 . However , Chen could only do 20 .
Feeling worried , Chen decided to do something . She did sit-ups for half an hour every day after school . Now , after a month , she can do 30 sit-ups a minute .
“I finally found what made me slow through continuous （持续的）practice and then improved little by little , ”said Chen . “I believe next month I will be able to do 40 !”
小题1:What problem did Lin YIjian have recently ?| A．He used to get high marks . | | B．He did well in math . | | C．He did not so well as bofore in math . | | D．He had no time to study math . |
小题2:According to the passage , which is NOT true among the following statements ?| A．Lin chose to face his problems . | | B．His parents and teachers also helped him . | | C．After some hard work , he now gets marks over 110 points . | | D．Lin faced his problems instead of giving up . |
小题3:What problems does Chen Xingzhu have according to the passage ?| A．He is also not good at math . | | B．He is also not good at PE . | | C．He is also not good at sit-ups . | | D．He is also not good at PE entrance exam . |
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