Mum, what does it mean when someone tells you that they have a skeleton(骨骼) in the closet (衣橱)?” Jessica asked. “A skeleton in the closet?” her mother thought for a while. “Well, it’s something that you would rather not have anyone else know about. For example, if in the past, someone in Dad’s family had been arrested for stealing a horse, it would be ‘a skeleton in his family’s closet’. He really wouldn’t want any neighbor to know about it.”
“Why pick on my family?” Jessica’s father said with anger. “Your family history isn’t so good, you know. Wasn’t your great-great-grandfather a prisoner who was brought to Australia for his crimes?” “Yes, but people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as prisoners.” “Gosh, sorry I asked. I think I understand now,” Jessica cut in before things grew worse.
After dinner, the house was very quiet. Jessica’s parents were still quite angry with each other. Her mother was ironing clothes and from time to time she looked angrily at her husband, who hid behind his newspaper pretending to read. When she finished, she gathered the freshly pressed clothes in her arms and walked to Jessica’s closet. Just as she opened the door and reached in to hang a skirt, a bony arm stuck out from the dark depths and a bundle of white bones fell to the floor. Jessica’s mother sank in a faint(晕倒), waking only when Jessica put a cold, wet cloth on her forehead. She looked up to see the worried faces of her husband and daughter.
“What happened? Where am I?” she asked. “You just destroyed the school’s skeleton, Mum,” explained Jessica. “I brought it home to help me with my health project. I wanted to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as I said something about skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad.” Jessica looked in amazement as her parents began to laugh madly. “They’re both crazy,” she thought.
小题1:According to Jessica’s mother, “a skeleton in the closet” means ________.| A．a family honor | B．a family secret | | C．a family story | D．a family treasure |
小题2:Why did Jessica bring a skeleton home?| A．She was curious about it. | B．She planned to keep it for fun. | | C．She needed it for her school task. | D．She wanted to scare her parents. |
小题3:Jessica’s parents laughed madly at the end of the story probably because ________.| A．they realized their misunderstanding | | B．they were crazy | | C．they were over excited | | D．they both thought they had won the quarrel |
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A |
试题解析：本文大意：杰西卡拿回家一个骨骼，放在了衣橱里。还没来的及告诉妈妈，一说起衣橱里的骨骼，就引起了妈妈和爸爸的误会。妈妈说衣橱里的骨骼指的是不想让别人知道的秘密，比如过去爸爸家的某人因为偷马被捕了，就是他家衣橱里的骨骼。他真的不想邻居们知道。爸爸生气地说为什么拿他家举例子。说妈妈家的历史也不光彩，她的曾曾曾祖父是个因为犯罪带到澳大利亚的犯人。妈妈反击说，过去人们说直到爸爸的祖先做为犯人到了澳大利亚他才成为真正的澳大利亚人。晚会后妈妈熨完衣服把衣服放进衣橱里时，被一堆白骨吓晕了。等醒过来后，杰西卡向他们解释把骨骼带回家是为了自己的健康项目，担她刚一说就引起了他们的误会。杰西卡的爸妈听后大笑不止。
小题1:细节理解题。根据Well, it’s something that you would rather not have anyone else know about. 指的是不想让别人知道的秘密，可知答案选B
小题2:细节理解题。根据I brought it home to help me with my health project.我把骨骼带回家是为了自己的健康项目，可知答案选C
小题3:推理判断题。根据I wanted to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as I said something about skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad.我想告诉你们，但似乎我一说关于骨骼和衣橱的事情，就引起了你们之间的问题，可知答案选A |
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人物故事类等知识点的理解。
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One day my chair had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty getting it fixed (修理) as there were many furniture shops nearby. So I left home with the chair. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception (接待). I was wrong. The man wouldn’t even look at my chair.
The second shop was just the same, and the third and the fourth.
I entered another shop with a plan in my mind. I said to the shopkeeper, “Would you like to buy the chair?” He looked it over carefully and said, “Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?” “Twenty dollars,” I said. “OK,” he said. “It’s got a broken leg,” I told him. “Yes, I noticed that. It’s nothing.”
Everything was going according to the plan. “What will you do with it?” I asked. “Oh, I’ll sell it after fixing it.” “I’ll buy it,” I said. “What? You’ve just sold it to me,” he said. “Yes, but I’ve changed my mind.” “You must be crazy,” he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped (目的达到).“I know what you want. You want me to fix the chair,” he said. “We don’t do repairs (修理), not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll fix this for you.”
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Early one morning, an old woman was carrying a big basket of potatoes on her head to the market. She hoped to them to the people from town.
The mountain road was narrow (窄的) and the old woman was walking , because she did not want to have and lose her potatoes.
Suddenly she a loud bell, and a bicycle came round the corner.
It passed her and went very fast the hill. The old woman had to jump to one side of the so quickly that the basket of potatoes nearly fell into the valley (山谷).
She looked up and saw that a young boy was on the bicycle. He was on without even round to see whether the old woman was all right. The old woman began to shout, “Come back, young man! You dropped something!”
When he heard this, the boy stopped the bicycle so suddenly that he nearly fell off. Then he turned and began to the bicycle back up to the hill. “What is it?” he asked, “What did I drop?”
“Little boy,” the old woman answered, “you dropped your .”
| 小题2: | | A．careful | B．carefully | C．politely | D．quiet |
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| 小题3: | | A．a match | B．a rest | C．an accident | D．a talk |
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| 小题4: | | A．hit | B．made | C．found | D．heard |
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| 小题6: | | A．road | B．street | C．town | D．hill |
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| 小题7: | | A．driving | B．riding | C．running | D．walking |
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| 小题8: | | A．saw | B．watched | C．looking | D．found |
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| 小题9: | | A．carry | B．catch | C．give | D．push |
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| 小题10: | | A．fruit | B．potatoes | C．manners (礼貌) | D．bicycles |
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As a volunteer teacher, I traveled a long way to a small village school in Longzhou, Guangxi. On my way there, I thought about the village, the school and the children there. However, my heart sank when I arrived there. It wasn’t what I expected. It didn’t look like a school at all! The school had only three rooms, one for Grades 1,2 and 3, and the other for Graeds 4,5 and 6. There was a third one for me.
The children welcomed me warmly on my first day. They asked me a lot of questions, and I told them stories about myself and my life in Shanghai. The next day, I gave them a text to find out their level. To my surprise, thought the test was easy, over half of the students failed it, yet they all wanted to learn new things. I knew they needed me.
I was busy preparing lessons, reading test papers every night. I enjoyed teaching these lovely and hard-working children, and I could see that they were making progress with my help. I have also learned a lot from them. I understand their lives better, and we are now good friends.
I have worked in Longzhou for a year now. I’m very happy, and the experience has been very useful to me. I love the small village and the children. In fact, I would like to continue working here.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
小题1:The writer is a volunteer teacher who comes from _________.| A．Shanghai. | B．Xiamen | C．Beijing | D．Guangxi |
小题2:The writer found there were only _________ rooms in that shool.小题3:In the passage, the underlined words “my heart sank” mean that the writer__________.| A．was happy | B．was embarrassed | C．felt upset | D．got angry |
小题4:The writer found the students level was ________ she expected after the first test.| A．higher than | B．shorter than | C．lower than | D．just as |
小题5:Which of the following statements is NOT true?| A．Both the volunteer teacher and the students are working so hard. | | B．The students became better and better with the help of the volunteer teacher. | | C．The volunteer teacher has worked there for a year. | | D．The volunteer teacher doesn"t like to work there any longer. |
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A terrible earthquake happened in Wenchuan on May 12, 2008. people lost their lives and homes. During those days, a lot of stories about could be heard. Here is one of them.
After the earthquake, a fallen building, some soldiers （士兵）found that a died in a very strange way. When they were ready to take her away, they were surprised （吃惊）to find that a baby in her arms was alive（活着）.
The baby was sleeping and hurt at all. Between the dead mother the living baby, there was a mobile phone with a short on the screen, "My dear baby, if
you can survive (幸存), remember that I love you." Everybody when they read these words.
Besides this story, many other stories also moved us deeply. these stories, we know more about love. You"re lucky if you"re loved by others. You"re great if you love others when you"re in danger.
| 小题3: | | A．above | B．below | C．under | D．through |
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| 小题5: | | A．still(仍就) | B．often | C．never | D．not |
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| 小题8: | | A．story | B．film | C．message（信息） | D．song |
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| 小题9: | | A．screamed | B．shouted | C．smiled | D．cried（哭） |
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It"s time to go home now. I am on a bus on a rainy day, and a woman with a dog gets on the bus. It is a big dog and its feet (脚) are not clean. I don"t want the dog to sit next to me. But the woman says to the conductor (售票员), "Oh, I pay
for (付钱) my dog. Can he sit here like the other people?"
The conductor looks at the dog and says, "Yes, madam. But like the other people, he must put his feet under the chair."
小题1:I am going home ______. | A．by bike | B．by bus | C．by car | D．by jeep |
小题2:What do I see? | A．A bus | B．A conductor | C．A dog | D．A woman with a big dog |
小题3:I don"t want the dog to sit next to me, because ______. | A．the dog is big | B．the dog is not clean | | C．the dog has no ticket (票) | D．the dog isn"t mine |
小题4:Why do the woman and the dog get on the bus? | A．It is a rainy day | B．No one is on the bus | | C．The dog can sit | D．The woman is a conductor |
小题5:The meaning (意思) of the conductor"s words is ______. | A．the dog"s feet are like the other people | | B．the dog must like a man | | C．the dog must not (不可以) sit on the chair | | D．the dog can sit here |
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