A group of class friends, rich and successful, got together to visit their old university professor. They a lot. Soon their conversation turned into complaining stress in work and life．
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the and returned with a large pot of coffee and some —porcelain(瓷的), plastic, glass, crystal(水晶的).Some were cheap, while others were expensive. He told them to one for themselves to the coffee．
When all the students had a cup of coffee in each ,the professor said：“If you noticed，everyone had chosen the nice looking expensive cups , behind the cheap ones. While it is natural for you to choose only the best for yourselves, that’s you always feel so stressed out．Be sure that the cup itself does not make the coffee taste . What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, you consciously (自觉地) chose the best cups．Now consider this：Life is the ; the jobs, money and success are the cups. They are only to hold life, and the type of cup does not mean anything. Sometimes, by concentrating only the cup, we to enjoy the coffee God has made for us. ”
The happiest people don’t have the best of everything．They just make the best of everything．Live simply．Love gently．Care deeply．Speak kindly．Leave the to God．
| 小题1: | | A．told | B．sang | C．talked | D．cried |
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| 小题3: | | A．living-room | B．bedroom | C．waiting-room | D．kitchen |
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| 小题4: | | A．cups | B．spoons | C．bowls | D．dishes |
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| 小题5: | | A．choose | B．help | C．take | D．put |
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| 小题6: | | A．stomach | B．hand | C．arm | D．mouth |
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| 小题7: | | A．running | B．leaving | C．hiding | D．staying |
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| 小题9: | | A．well | B．badly | C．better | D．hot |
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| 小题11: | | A．tea | B．water | C．wine | D．coffee |
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| 小题12: | | A．brought | B．gave | C．used | D．bought |
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| 小题14: | | A．fail | B．succeed | C．wish | D．try |
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| 小题15: | | A．idea | B．view | C．rest | D．thought |
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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:A
小题6:B
小题7:B
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:C
小题11:D
小题12:C
小题13:D
小题14:A
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试题分析：本文叙述了一群同学来看教授时，抱怨自己的工作和生活。教授通过让他们选择杯子来教育他们。他们都选择好看的，昂贵的杯子。教授说杯子并不能使咖啡变得好喝。同时还比喻咖啡是生活，杯子是金钱，工作和成功。大家应该享受生活而不应该只关注容纳生活的金钱，工作这些东西。
小题1:考查动词及语境的理解。A．told告诉；B．sang 唱歌；C. talked 谈论； D．cried哭。根据后文的Soon their conversation可知他们在谈论一些事。句意：他们谈论了很多。故选C。
小题2:考查介词及语境的理解。A．about关于；B．to向，朝；C．on关于； D．for为了。complaint about对……抱怨。句意：很快他们的谈话变成了对工作和生活的抱怨。故选A。
小题3:考查名词及语境的理解。A．living-room客厅；B．bedroom卧室； C.waiting-ro候诊室； D．kitchen 厨房。根据后文的returned with a large pot of coffee可知教授从厨房出来，端出来一大壶咖啡。句意：教授去了厨房端出来一大壶咖啡。故选D。
小题4:考查名词及语境的理解。A．cups杯子；B．spoons 勺子；C．bowls 碗； D．dishes盘子。根据后文的everyone had chosen the nice looking expensive cups , behind the cheap ones.可知此处教授还拿出了一些杯子。句意：教授拿出了一大壶咖啡和一些杯子。故选A。
小题5:考查动词及语境的理解。A．choose 选择； B．help 帮助；C．take拿走；D．put放。根据后文的everyone had chosen the nice looking expensive cups ,可知教授让他们自己选杯子。句意：他告诉他们自己选杯子来喝咖啡。故选A。
小题6:考查及语境的理解。A．stomach胃；B．hand手；C．arm 胳膊； D．mouth嘴。句意：当所有的学生每个人手里都有自己的杯子。结合句意，杯子要放在手里。故选B。
小题7:考查动词及语境的理解。A．running跑；B．leaving 剩下；C．hiding躲藏；D．staying停留。leave behind留下。句意：你们注意到了，每个人选择漂亮的看起来贵的杯子，剩下便宜的杯子。故选B。
小题8:考查副词及语境的理解。A．how如何；B．why 为什么；C．when什么时候；D．where哪里。根据前文的While it is natural for you to choose only the best for yourselves, 可知每个人都为自己挑选最好的，因此都争着要最好的，因此会有压力，生怕自己抢不到最好的。句意：那就是为什么你总是感到有压力。故选B。
小题9:考查形容词及语境的理解。A．well健康的；B．badly 厉害的；C．better 更好的；D．hot热的。根据后文的What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, 可知你真正想要的是咖啡，不是杯子，所以好看的，贵的杯子没有让咖啡更好喝。句意：杯子本身并没有使咖啡更好喝。故选C。
小题10:考查连词及语境的理解。A．so 所以；B．or或者；C．but 但是；D．and而且。根据Be sure that the cup itself does not make the coffee taste . 可知前面说杯子不会影响咖啡的口味，后面却说你选最好的杯子来喝咖啡，因此前后是因果关系，故用连词but。句意：但是你自觉的选择最好的杯子。故选C。
小题11:考查名词及语境的理解。A．tea茶；B．water 水；C．wine酒；D．coffee咖啡。根据后文的They are only to hold life, and the type of cup does not mean anything.可知作者把生活比作咖啡，把金钱，成功，工作比作杯子。句意：生活就是咖啡。故选D。
小题12:考查动词及语境的理解。A．brought带来；B．gave给； C．used使用；D．bought买。be used to do sth. 被用于做某事。句意：他们被用于容纳生活。故选C。
小题13:考查介词及语境的理解。A．for 为了；B．into 到……里； C. by 通过； D．on关于。concentrate on集中精力于，专心于。句意：有时候只关注杯子。故选D。
小题14:考查动词及语境的理解。A．fail 失败；B．succeed 成功； C．wish希望；D．try尝试。 fail to do sth. 无法做某事。句意：我们就无法享受上帝给我们制造的咖啡了。故选A。
小题15:考查名词及语境的理解。A. idea 想法; B．view 观察； C．rest休息；D．thought思想。根据Live simply．Love gently．Care deeply．Speak kindly．可知我们要简单的生活，温柔的爱，细心呵护，和蔼的说话，其余的就不用再想了。句意：把剩下的部分留给上帝。故选C。 |
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A group of frogs were travelling through the woods. Two of them, Nick and Jack, fell into a deep pit(坑). All the other frogs gathered around the pit. When they saw how deep the pit was, they told Nick and Jack that they were as good as dead.
Nick and Jack ignored(不理睬) what the other frogs said and tried to jump up out of the pit with all of their strength. The other frogs went on telling them to stop, and that they were as good as dead. Nick listened to them and gave up. Finally, he fell down and died.
Jack continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the frogs around the pit shouted at him to stop the pain(痛苦) and just die. Jack jumped even harder and finally got out. When he was out, the other frogs asked, “Did not you hear us?” Jack explained to them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him all the time.
小题1: Nick and Jack fell into a pit when they were __________.| A．holding a meeting | B．taking exercise | | C．travelling through the woods | D．sleeping in the woods |
小题2:The other frogs told Nick and Jack to stop because they thought the pit was too ______.| A．big | B．strange | C．small | D．deep |
小题3:From the story we know _______ died in the end.| A．Nick | B．Jack | C．Nick and Jack | D．all the frogs |
小题4:When the other frogs shouted at Jack to stop the pain and just die, he __________.| A．stopped jumping | B．jumped harder | | C．fell down and died | D．gave up trying |
小题5:Jack finally got out because ________.| A．the pit wasn’t deep | B．he thought the others encouraged him | | C．he climbed a ladder | D．his friends pulled him out |
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Jane Austen, a famous English writer, was born at Steventon, Hampshire, on December 16, 1775, and died on July 18, 1817. She began writing early in life, although the prejudices（偏见） of her times forced her to have her books published anonymously （匿名）.
But Jane Austen is perhaps the best known and best loved of Bath"s many famous local people and visitors. She paid two long visits here during the last five years of the eighteenth century and from 1801 to 1806, Bath was her home. Her deep knowledge of the city is fully seen in two of her novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, which are largely set in Bath. The city is still very much as Jane Austen knew it, keeping in its streets and public buildings the well-ordered world that she described so well in her novels. Now the pleasure of learning Jane Austen"s Bath can be enhanced （增强）by visiting the Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street. Here, in a Georgian town house in the heart of the city, you can find out more about Bath in Jane Austen"s time and the importance of Bath in her life and work.
The Centre has been set up with the help and guidance of members of the Jane Austen Society. After your visit to the Centre, you can look round the attractive shop, which offers a huge collection of Jane Austen related（相关的） books, cards and many specially designed gifts. Jane Austen quizzes are offered to keep the children busy.
You can also have walking tours of Jane Austen"s Bath, which is a great way to find out more about Jane Austen and discover the wonderful Georgian city of Bath. The tour lasts about one and a half hours. The experienced guides will take you to the places where Jane lived, walked and shopped.
小题1:Jane Austen paid two long visits to Bath________.| A．in her early twenties | B．in her early teens | | C．in her late twenties | D．in her late teens |
小题2:What can we learn about Bath from the passage?| A．Bath has greatly changed since Jane Austen"s death. | | B．The city has changed as much as Jane Austen knew it. | | C．Bath remains（保持） almost the same as in Jane Austen"s time. | | D．No changes have taken place in Bath since Jane Austen"s time. |
小题3:The author writes this passage in order to________.| A．attract readers to visit the city of Bath | | B．ask readers to buy Austen"s books | | C．tell readers about Jane Austen"s experience | | D．give a brief introduction to the Jane Austen Society |
小题4:It takes you about one and a half hours________.| A．to get to the Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street | | B．to buy Jane Austen related books, cards and gifts | | C．to find a guide to take you to the Centre | | D．to look around the city of Bath on foot |
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When I was young, I liked to play jokes on people I knew, especially on my parents and friends. One day my mother was and I was playing with my younger brother Tony.
Suddenly I ran to my mother and said, “Tony fell from the open window!” She was very and ran out of the kitchen. Then I said, “Don’t worry, I’m just .” And my mother shouted at me, “If you do it , I’ll hit you.”
One day I went swimming with my in the sea. I wanted to play a joke on them. In the beginning, I went swimming , and I called out, “Help!” All my friends came to help me, only to find that I was joking. But the next time I wasn’t joking. I was so that I swam in deep water. I tried my test to call my friends for help, but this time came to help me.
they found I was telling the truth. They came and saved my life. They took me to the hospital. This is the best in my life. From then on, I haven’t joked on anyone.
| 小题1: | | A．writing | B．sleeping | C．cooking | D．running |
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| 小题2: | | A．angry | B．worried | C．sorry | D．excited |
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| 小题3: | | A．smiling | B．saying | C．playing | D．joking |
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| 小题5: | | A．friends | B．classmates | C．brothers | D．parents |
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| 小题6: | | A．fast | B．slowly | C．well | D．alone |
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| 小题7: | | A．careful | B．carefully | C．fast | D．slow |
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| 小题8: | | A．somebody | B．nobody | C．everybody | D．anybody |
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| 小题9: | | A．In the end | B．At first | C．Since then | D．At that time |
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| 小题10: | | A．time | B．sport | C．lesson | D．day |
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We were doing the best to control the fire of the burning garage (车库). Outside, I heard the sounds of cats crying. I couldn’t stop—I would have to look for the cats after the fire was put out.
It took a long time to finally bring the big fire under control. No one inside was hurt. At that point I was free to find out where the cat noises were from. There was still a lot of smoke and heat coming from the building. I followed the meowing to the sidewalk in front of the garage. There, crying and huddled (挤作一团) together, were five frightened kittens (小猫). They must have been inside the building, as their fur was badly hurt.
I wanted to find the mother cat. It was clear that she had gone into the burning garage and carried out all her babies, one by one—unbelievable.
We finally found her. Her paws and face were blackened, and her fur was burned all over. You could even see her reddened skin under the burned fur. She could hardly move. I picked her up, and she relaxed in my arms as much as her pain would allow. I decided to save this brave little cat and her family.
The vet told me they would watch the kittens and their mother for the night, but they weren’t confident about the mother’s chances.
About a week later, I found out she was going to live. We named her Scarlet because of her reddened skin.
I was happy to see Scarlet get together with the kittens again. She touched each of them, nose to nose. She had been in danger for five times and it had paid off. All of her babies had survived.
As a fireman, I see heroic acts every day. But what Scarlet showed me that day was the kind of bravery that can only come from a mother’s love.
小题1:Which of the following is TRUE according to the story? | A．The writer went to look for the cats as soon as he heard them crying. | | B．The firefighters put out the fire quickly and no one was hurt. | | C．The writer didn’t find the cats until the smoke and heat were gone. | | D．The mother cat moved all her babies out of the fire to a safe place. |
小题2:Why did the writer decide to save the cats? | A．Because he was amazed at the mother cat’s courage. | | B．Because the cats attracted many people’s attention. | | C．Because he didn’t want to see any living things die. | | D．Because it had taken him much time and effort to save them. |
小题3:The writer talks about the cat’s story to show that ________________. | A．animals should be taken good care of | | B．mother’s love can be great and brave | | C．it is meaningful to help others | | D．a cat always has nine lives |
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A thirsty bee went to a river to drink. As it was drinking, the bee was away by the running water.
A kind bird saw that the bee was in . It picked off a tree and threw into the water in front of the bee. The bee climbed the leaf, and it was brought to the land. The bee thanked the bird a lot and then .
Not that, the bird was sitting the branch of a tree. It did not know that a man was shooting at it. But the bee saw the man was doing. So it flew into the man’s and stung(刺) him. The in the man’s eye was so great that he was not able to the bird, and the bird flew away.
，the bee, life had been saved by the bird, was able to save the life of the bird.
| 小题1: | | A．flying | B．brought | C．flowing | D．carried |
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| 小题2: | | A．trouble | B．a trouble | C．danger | D．dangerous |
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| 小题3: | | A．a leaf | B．leaves | C．leaf | D．the leaf |
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| 小题6: | | A．safety | B．safe | C．saved | D．safely |
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| 小题7: | | A．climbed away | B．ran away | C．flew away | D．got away |
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| 小题8: | | A．long before | B．before long | C．after long | D．long after |
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| 小题10: | | A．that | B．what | C．which | D．when |
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| 小题12: | | A．pain | B．bee | C．bird | D．earache |
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| 小题13: | | A．shoot | B．shoot at | C．shoot to | D．shoot on |
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| 小题14: | | A．In the way | B．On the way | C．In a way | D．In this way |
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