I grew up in a small town. When I was in the third grade, I was chosen to be the in the school play. My mother helped me practice my lines for weeks. But once I stepped onto the stage, I was too nervous to the words. Finally, my teacher asked me to the role to a storyteller. I didn’t tell my mother had happened when I went home for lunch that day. She knew that I was from my look. She asked if I wanted to go for a walk in the yard.
It was a lovely day and the grass was turning green. We could see a lot of yellow dandelions(蒲公英）in the grass. I watched my mother walking towards a dandelion and it up by its roots(根茎). “From now on, we’ll have only roses in this garden.” she said. “But I like dandelions,” I said. “All are beautiful —— even dandelions!”
“Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way. And that is true of too. Not everyone can be a princess. You will be a beautiful storyteller,” my mother said, reminding me of how much I to read stories to her. “The storyteller’s part is just as as the part of a princess.”
The big day came. A few minutes before the play, my teacher handed me a . I looked at it and thought of our talk. It made me .
After the play, I took the flower home, and kept it in our family dictionary.
| 小题1: | | A．king | B．snowman | C．princess | D．witch |
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| 小题2: | | A．forget | B．remember | C．find | D．write |
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| 小题3: | | A．act | B．play | C．change | D．take |
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| 小题4: | | A．which | B．what | C．that | D．this |
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| 小题5: | | A．energetic | B．unhappy | C．excited | D．dishonest |
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| 小题6: | | A．spring | B．summer | C．autumn | D．winter |
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| 小题7: | | A．putting | B．pulling | C．setting | D．looking |
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| 小题8: | | A．seasons | B．rainbows | C．flowers | D．scenes |
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| 小题9: | | A．animals | B．plants | C．people | D．food |
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| 小题10: | | A．hated | B．loved | C．tried | D．planned |
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| 小题11: | | A．interesting | B．common | C．important | D．cheerful |
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| 小题12: | | A．suddenly | B．finally | C．usually | D．slowly |
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| 小题13: | | A．rose | B．dandelion | C．present | D．hairclip |
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| 小题14: | | A．breakfast time | B．lunchtime | C．suppertime | D．teatime |
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| 小题15: | | A．imaginative | B．generous | C．confident | D．humorous |
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小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:B
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:C
小题9:C
小题10:B
小题11:C
小题12:B
小题13:B
小题14:B
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试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是作者要在学校的话剧中扮演公主的角色，但是因为太紧张在舞台上说不出话来，被老师换成了其他的角色，作者很不开心。作者的妈妈看出了作者的不高兴，带着她去院子里散步。在院子的草地上，他们看到了蒲公英，妈妈说每朵花都是漂亮的，正如在一部话剧中每个角色都是重要的一样，作者从妈妈的话里受到了启发。
小题1:考查名词及语境的理解。句意：在我三年级的时候，我被选中在学校的话剧中扮演公主的角色。这题的答案应该从下文中才能选出来，根据下文第三段中Not everyone can be a princess. You will be a beautiful storyteller可知，妈妈说，不是每个人都可以当公主，你会是一个美丽的故事讲述者。从这个地方，我们可以知道，本来是让作者在话剧中扮演公主的角色。故选C。king 国王；snowman 雪人；witch 女巫。
小题2:考查动词及语境的理解。句意：但是我一站在舞台上，就紧张得记不住台词。本句中使用了too...to 结构，表示太……以至不能……，由句意可知作者是在台上紧张得记不住台词，故用remember。forger 忘记；find 发现；write写。故选B。
小题3:考查动词及语境的理解。句意：最后老师让我把角色改成了讲故事的人。act 行动；play 玩，打球；change 改变；take 带走。根据文意，这里是因为作者在台上紧张得说不出话来，所以给作者变换了一个角色，让她去当讲故事的人。故选C。
小题4:考查连词及语境的理解。句意：那天回家吃午饭的时候我没有告诉妈妈发生了什么。这里是what 引导的一个宾语从句，做tell的宾语，what在从句中做主语。which 哪一个，不符合句意；that 引导宾语从句时在从句中不做成分；this是代词，不能引导宾语从句。故选B。
小题5:考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：她从我的表情上知道我不高兴。energetic 精力充沛的；unhappy 不高兴的；excited 兴奋的；dishonest不诚实的。由上文可知，作者被调换了角色，从台上的公主变成了讲故事的人，所以应该是不高兴的。故选B。
小题6:考查名词及语境的理解。句意：这是一个美好的春天的一天，草都变绿了。由后面的这一句草变绿了，可知现在是春天。spring 春天；summer 夏天；autumn 秋天；winter冬天。故选A。
小题7:考查动词及语境的理解。句意：我看到妈妈走向一颗蒲公英，把它连根拔起来。put 放；pull 拉，拔；set 放置，坐落；look看，看起来。这里说的是妈妈拔下来一颗蒲公英。故选B。
小题8:考查名词及语境的理解。句意：我说，所有的花都是美丽的，即使是蒲公英也是一样的。season 季节；rainbow 彩虹；flower 花；scene 景色。根据后面作者加的这句even dandelions 可知，作者这里说的是花都是美丽的，故选C。
小题9:考查名词及语境的理解。句意：每朵花都有自己的方式给别人带来快乐，这对人来说也是一样的。animal 动物；plant 植物；people 人，人们；food 食物。这里是妈妈在用花来比喻人，每朵花都是美丽的，包括蒲公英这样很平常的花，所以每个人也都有自己存在的价值。故选C。
小题10:考查动词及语境的理解。句意：妈妈说，不是每个人都可以当公主，你会是一个美丽的故事讲述者的。妈妈的话让我想起了我是多么喜爱跟她讲故事。hate 讨厌，恨；love 喜欢，喜爱；try 尽力，尝试；plan 计划。这里是妈妈的话让作者想起来自己是非常喜欢讲故事的，所以自己会是一个很好的讲故事的人的。故选B。
小题11:考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：故事讲述者的角色就像公主角色一样的重要。interesting 有趣的；common 普通的，普遍的；important 重要的；cheerful 欢呼的。这里是作者的妈妈在劝告作者，在一部话剧中，每个角色都是重要的。故选C。
小题12:考查副词及语境的理解。句意：这么重要的一天终于到来了。suddenly 突然的；finally 最后，最终；usually 通常；slowly 慢地。这里说的是作者表演话剧的这一天终于来了。故选B。
小题13:考查名词及语境的理解。句意：在话剧开始前几分钟，我的老师递给我一颗蒲公英。这里是根据下文选出的，根据文章最后一段After the play, I took the flower home，在话剧表演完后，我把这朵花拿回了家。这里的花指的就是蒲公英。故选B。rose 玫瑰，文章中并没有提到；present 礼物；hairclip 发夹，这两项都不符合文意。故选B。
小题14:考查名词及语境的理解。句意：我看着它，想起了我和妈妈午饭时间的谈话。根据上文第一段when I went home for lunch that day. She knew that I was unhappy from my look. She asked if I wanted to go for a walk in the yard.可知，作者是在午饭时间和妈妈进行了一次谈话，故选B。breakfast time 早饭时间；suppertime 晚饭时间；teatime 下午茶时间。
小题15:考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：我看着它，想起了我和妈妈午饭时间的谈话，它让我充满自信。根据对文意的理解，从作者和妈妈进行了一次谈话后，作者知道了每个角色都是重要的，而且自己会是一个美丽的故事讲述者，故作者对自己充满了自信，故选C。imaginative 有想象力的；generous 慷慨的；confident 自信的；humorous 幽默的。 |
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试题【I grew up in a small town. When I was in the third grade, I was chosen to be the】；主要考察你对
人物故事类等知识点的理解。
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When I drove to work yesterday, I met a traffic jam. As I looked out of my window, a handsome young man was walking on the street. He was walking towards the bridge. There were some homeless men with their cups around there. The young man went to one of them. He brought out some money from his pocket, said a few words to him and put the money into his cup. He continued to walk and then saw another homeless man. He stopped for a minute, said a few words and then gave the man a candy.
And then he saw the next homeless man. He was shivering because of coldness. The young man now stopped for a second and gave his scarf to him. He then said goodbye to him with a big smile and went away in the snow. At that moment, I was in tears. I gave this young man my best wishes with love and blessings.
小题1:How many homeless men did the young man help in this passage?小题2:The story probably happened in __________.| A．spring | B．summer | C．autumn | D．winter |
小题3:The man was shaking slightly because of __________.| A．hunger | B．coldness | C．illness | D．worries |
小题4:What did the young man give the homeless men?| A．Some money, his scarf and a candy. | B．His scarf, his coat and some money. | | C．A candy, his hat and his coat. | D．His coat, some money and a candy. |
小题5:The writer felt __________ after seeing the young man’s behavior.| A．sad | B．surprised | C．moved | D．interested |
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I watched as my little brother was caught in the act. He was sitting in the corner of the living room, a _____in one hand and my father’s hymnbook(赞美诗集)in the other.
As my father walked into the room, my brother cowered slightly(轻微地畏缩). He sensed that he had done something _____. Form a distance I could see that he had _____my father’s new hymnal and scribbled(乱涂)in it. Now looking at my father fearfully, we _____ waited for his punishment.
My father _____his book, looked at it, and then sat down without saying a word．He was a clergyman(神职人员) and for him, books were knowledge. And yet he _____ his children. What he did next was unbelievable. Instead of punishing my brother, he sat down, _____ the pen from my brother’s hand, and then wrote in the book himself, alongside the scribbles John had made:
“John’s work, 1959, _____ 2.” How many times have I looked into your beautiful face and into your warm eyes looking up at me and _____God for the one who has now scribbled in my new hymnal. You have made the book sacred(神圣的), as have your brother and sister.
“Wow,” I thought. “This is punishment?”
The years and the books came and went. Our family _____ what all families go through and perhaps a little bit more. But we _____ knew our parents loved us and that one of the proofs(证明)of their love was the hymnal by the piano.
Dad taught us about_____really matters in life: people, not objects; tolerance(宽容), not judgment; love, not anger. Now I, too, am a father. But unlike my father, I do not wait for daughters _____ to take books from my bookshelf and scribble in them. From time to time I take one down, and give it to one of my _____to scribble in. and as I look at their artwork, I think about my father and the_____he taught me.
| 小题2: | | A．wrong | B．special | C．dangerous | D．different |
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| 小题3: | | A．dropped | B．read | C．borrowed | D．opened |
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| 小题4: | | A．all | B．both | C．either | D．each |
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| 小题5: | | A．picked up | B．put up | C．made up | D．wrapped up |
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| 小题6: | | A．hated | B．needed | C．loved | D．disliked |
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| 小题7: | | A．moved | B．took | C．brought | D．borrowed |
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| 小题8: | | A．old | B．birthday | C．aged | D．named |
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| 小题9: | | A．thanked | B．asked | C．respected | D．pleased |
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| 小题10: | | A．spent | B．experienced | C．supported | D．afforded |
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| 小题11: | | A．ever | B．sometimes | C．never | D．always |
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| 小题13: | | A．quickly | B．secretly | C．carefully | D．suddenly |
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| 小题14: | | A．children | B．sisters | C．brothers | D．parents |
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| 小题15: | | A．skills | B．rules | C．lessons | D．subjects |
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My father had a small business, employing（雇用）fifteen people at any given time. We sold all kinds of milk products. I had worked for my father since I was young, did all seven kids in my family.
One day, we had a new employee, Debbie, who wanted to work in the store for the summer. She had done this type of work before, but planned to give it her all.
On her first day, Debbie made just about every mistake in the . She charged the wrong prices for items, she gave the wrong bag of food to the wrong customer, and she and broke a half gallon of milk. The torture（折磨）of watching her fighting her way was too much for me. I went into my father’s office and said, “Please go out there and put her out of her misery（苦恼）.” I him to walk right into the store and let her go away from our store.
Since my father’s office was situated within view of the sales counter, he had surely what I was talking about. He sat, , for a moment. Then he got up from his desk and walked over to Debbie, who was standing behind the counter.
“Debbie,” he said, as he put his hand on her shoulder. “I have been watching you all day, and I saw how you Mrs. Forbush.”
Debbie’s face turned red and tears began to in her eyes as she tried hard to remember Mrs. Forbush from the many women she had given the wrong change to or drop off her milk onto the floor.
My father continued, “I’ve never seen Mrs. Forbush be so to any one of my employees before. You really knew how to deal with her. I am sure that she is going to want you to her every time she comes in. Keep up the good work.”
In return for being a wise and kind employer, my father got a trusty and hardworking employee for fifteen years … and a friend for life.
| 小题1: | | A．unless | B．neither | C．as | D．nor |
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| 小题2: | | A．already | B．yet | C．never | D．ever |
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| 小题3: | | A．vision | B．book | C．spirit | D．position |
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| 小题4: | | A．dropped | B．lost | C．touched | D．missed |
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| 小题5: | | A．encouraged | B．forced | C．expected | D．influenced |
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| 小题6: | | A．followed | B．seen | C．guessed | D．heard |
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| 小题7: | | A．careful | B．upset | C．angry | D．thoughtful |
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| 小题8: | | A．gently | B．seriously | C．lightly | D．directly |
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| 小题9: | | A．accepted | B．agreed | C．treated | D．considered |
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| 小题10: | | A．run | B．well | C．appear | D．rise |
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| 小题11: | | A．funny | B．hopeless | C．rude | D．polite |
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| 小题12: | | A．wait on | B．look after | C．stand for | D．depend on |
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Tina was a seventeen-year-old girl who always wore a bright smile. She got a serious disease and had to use a walker most of the time. People didn’t speak to __ __ very often. Maybe it was because she looked __ __ and people didn’t know how to come near to her. Tina usually _____ the ice with people she met with a big “Hi”.
In one class, I gave the students an assignment (作业) to __ __ a poem. I only made the assignment worth a very small part of their total grade since I knew most of my __ __ wouldn’t do it anyway. In the class, one by one each student __ __ to correctly recite the poem. Finally, annoyed (生气) and half kidding（开玩笑）, I said that the next student who couldn’t recite the poem had to do three push-ups. To my __ __, Tina was next. She used her walker to move to the front of the class. When she recited, she made a mistake. __ ___I could say a word, she threw her walker and started doing push-ups. I wanted to say, “Tina, I was just kidding!” But she __ __, continued the poem and she finished the rest perfectly.
When she finished, a student asked, “Tina, why did you do that? It’s not an important assignment!”
“Because I want to be like yours! To be __ __ ” Tina said.
Silence fell on the whole room when another student cried out, “Tina, we’re not normal! We are teenagers! We get in __ __all the time.”
“I know.” Tina said as a big smile spread across her face. The rest of the students laughed, too.
Tina got only a few __ __ that day, but she got the love and respect of her classmates. To her, that was worth a lot more than a grade.
| 小题2: | | A．strong | B．different | C．short | D．young |
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| 小题3: | | A．gave | B．ate | C．broke | D．brought |
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| 小题4: | | A．read | B．copy | C．find | D．recite |
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| 小题5: | | A．friends | B．students | C．teachers | D．parents |
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| 小题6: | | A．started | B．planned | C．continued | D．failed |
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| 小题7: | | A．surprise | B．joy | C．excitement | D．satisfaction |
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| 小题8: | | A．Because | B．After | C．Before | D．If |
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| 小题9: | | A．woke up | B．gave up | C．stood up | D．made up |
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| 小题10: | | A．happy | B．normal | C．social | D．true |
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| 小题11: | | A．attention | B．thought | C．touch | D．trouble |
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| 小题12: | | A．points | B．chances | C．mistakes | D．exercises |
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Kindergartens may teach you very important things you need to know. Dancy, a 5-year-old boy, saved his father’s life with the skills he learned.
The boy’s father became seriously ill on the way home from a father-son shopping. He couldn’t speak and could hardly move, but he tried hard to stop the car safely. At that point, Dancy used his father’s phone to call his mother for help. The 5-year-old boy tried his best to give her useful information and he was able to tell where they were. Just as he had learned in the kindergarten, Dancy read the letters he saw on a nearby store sign: “F,U,R,N,I,T,U,R,E.” But that wasn’t enough for his mother to find them. Then he added that they were near a bridge. Finally, his mother understood he was talking about a store called Furniture 22 on New Jersey’s Route 22. The mother called 911 and the father was saved in time.
“He just thought his dad needed help,” Dancy’s mother told the reporter. She also pointed out that her husband was a hero, too. “It is surprising for him to get off the highway and get himself and his child to safety even when he was so sick,” she said.
Shine, head of the kindergarten, felt proud of his pupil. “Dancy’s spelling skills helped him seize（抓住）the moment,” he said. “And that’s the real value of education.”
小题1:When the father became seriously ill, he and his son were ______.| A．on the wayhome | B．in the kindergarten | | C．in a shopping center | D．at a bus station |
小题2:Dancy called ______for help when his father couldn’t speak.| A．911 | B．his mother | C．Shine | D．the reporter |
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A．Dancy drove his father home. | | B．The reporter was really a hero. | | C．Shine sent Dancy’s father to hospital. | | D．Dancy saved his father with his spelling skills. |
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