After my husband died, my world crashed around me. My six children were 10, nine, eight, six, three and 18 months, and I was overwhelmed with the responsibilities of earning a living, caring for the children and simply keeping my head above water.
I was fortunate to find a wonderful housekeeper to care for the children during the week, but from Friday nights to Monday mornings, the children and I were alone, and frankly I was uneasy. Every unusual noise or any late-night phone call filled me with fear. I felt incredibly alone.
One Friday evening I came home from work to find a big beautiful German shepherd(牧羊犬) on our doorstep. It was obvious he wanted to make the house his home. The children took an instant liking to "German" and begged me to let him in. I agreed to let him sleep in the basement until the next day. That night I slept peacefully for the first time in many weeks.
The following morning we made phone calls and checked lost-and-found ads for German’s owner, but with no results. Saturday night he was still with us.
On Sunday I had planned to take the children on a picnic. Since I thought it best to leave German behind in case his owner came by, we drove off without him. When we stopped to get gas at a local station, we were amazed to see German racing to the gas station after us. He stayed again Sunday night.
Monday morning I let him out for a run while the children got ready for school. He didn’t come back. We thought we’d never see him again. On Friday evening, German was back again. We took him in, and again he stayed until Monday morning, when our housekeeper arrived. It went like this for almost 10 months. We looked forward to his coming each Monday morning he left home.
Each week, between German"s visits, I grew a little braver, but every weekend I enjoyed his company. Then one Monday morning we patted his head and let him out for what turned out to be the last time. He never came back.
小题1:What does the underlined part in the first paragraph mean? | A．trying to keep calm in public | B．trying to get attention from other men | | C．showing her high spirit in the face of trouble | D．managing to continue to live |
小题2:When the author’s husband died, ______.| A．she couldn’t raise the six children on her own | | B．she couldn’t relax on the weekends | | C．The housekeeper only came on weekends | | D．she was too busy to feel lonely |
小题3:Which of the following is Wrong according to the article?| A．German was fond of living with the family. | | B．The writer felt safe and protected with German around. | | C．The dog stayed until the writer was strong enough to go on alone. | | D．The writer was too busy that weekend to go find the dog’s owner. |
小题4:Which is the best title for the passage?| A．A homeless dog | B．A friend’s strength | | C．How to keep a dog | D．Keep up when in trouble |
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小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:B |
试题分析：这篇短文记述了一位带着六个孩子艰难度日的母亲，从一条流浪狗的身上获得了生活的勇气。勇敢面对艰难生活的故事。
小题1:联系本段描述，可知此处指的是努力生存下去的意思，故选D。
小题2:根据第二段but from Friday nights to Monday mornings, the children and I were alone, 描述，可知这位母亲在周末也不能休息，故选B。
小题3:根据The following morning we made phone calls and checked lost-and-found ads for German’s owner, 描述，可知这位母亲虽然忙，但是还是尽力去找这条狗的主人，故选项D描述错误。
小题4:这篇短文中的母亲正在因为生活的艰难而情绪低落时，是一条流浪狗带给了她生活的勇气，让她明白了自己并不孤独。故选B，朋友的力量。
点评：本文中长句较多，一时很难读懂句子含义，注意多读几遍，不要强求非得理解一词一句的含义，能把握文章大意就行。然后带着问题阅读短文，一般就能顺利找出答题依据。对于不能直接找到根据的问题注意联系上下文，根据短文中心总结出正确答案。 |
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试题【After my husband died, my world crashed around me. My six children were 10, nine】；主要考察你对
人物故事类等知识点的理解。
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When I was young, I always helped my grandfather in the fields. As I worked beside him, he １ to tell a story about a man named Joe, and his wife, who moved to a new farm with their three sons. They were setting into the new place ２ a nearby farmer told Joe that there was gold in the earth. Joe was very 3 , and told his sons about it.
They began to dig in one corner, and they got to the end of the field. At the same time, Joe thought he would 4 some crops where the earth had been 5 . The plants included corn, tomatoes, potatoes, etc. His sons continued to dig through the soil, made up their mind to find the gold. Since 6 soil was being turned, Joe could plant more crops. Joe had never farmed before, but it had always been his 7 .
As different crops came ready to be harvested, Joe started to 8 that there were more vegetables than he and his family could ever 9 . One of Joe’s neighbors suggested that he 10 a vegetable shop. Joe and his wife did that very thing. They called it Joe and Family Vegetable. Joe even had to leave some crops in the fields, 11 he had more than enough to supply the vegetable shop.
This went on for years, and Joe and his wife became quite 12 from their little vegetable shop. They were even able to 13 their sons to college.
Remember the beginning of the story, when Joe was told by his new neighbor that there was gold in the land? Well, the truth is, Joe’s 14 of the English language was less than perfect. His new neighbor friend actually meant that his land had rich 15 . So you can see where the concept（概念）of gold comes from.
| 小题1: | | A．feared | B．agreed | C．used | D．failed |
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| 小题3: | | A．happy | B．disappointed | C．angry | D．calm |
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| 小题4: | | A．harvest | B．plant | C．water | D．feed |
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| 小题5: | | A．controlled | B．burned | C．destroyed | D．turned |
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| 小题7: | | A．job | B．problem | C．pity | D．dream |
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| 小题8: | | A．realize | B．promise | C．relate | D．regret |
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| 小题10: | | A．take up | B．set up | C．turn up | D．make up |
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| 小题11: | | A．now | B．though | C．so | D．because |
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| 小题12: | | A．careful | B．rich | C．alone | D．cheerful |
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| 小题13: | | A．bring | B．take | C．send | D．make |
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| 小题14: | | A．understanding | B．knowledge | C．thinking | D．skills |
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| 小题15: | | A．mud | B．gold | C．soil | D．material |
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根据短文内容,完成下列表格,每空一词。
The home of the future won’t be completely different and we will be living in houses and flats as we do today. But people will want to shape their homes to match their dreams. No two homes will be the same. People will be able to buy “house materials” containing moveable walls, doors and windows. They will put together the different parts to create the home they want.
Many jobs that we do today will disappear, others will still be done but will change and new jobs will be created. Skilled workers such as builders, gardeners and electricians won’t disappear because machines can’t take the place of them. We will still have teachers because students need human contact. But they will be using modern technology in class more and students will be working more from home.
Space holidays will develop in the future, but these holidays won’t be for everyone because they won’t be cheap. Short space trips will develop first, then hotels will move around the earth where it will be possible to have a longer vacation. By the end of the next century, there will be holiday centers on the moon with things needed for families.
There will be no paper in the future. Instead, there will be e-paper which people will be able to use over and over again. This will develop in order to protect nature. E-newspapers and e-magazines will take the place of traditional newspapers and magazines and we will download information and news articles from the Internet every day onto our re-useable paper.
As we know, the earth is going to disappear sometime in the future. This isn’t going to happen tomorrow but scientists say that it will happen in five billion years. We will have to find another home. At sometime in the future far away, either we stay on the earth and die with it, or we leave and move to another plant. There won’t be any other choice.
Title: Tomorrow’s 小题1:
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Teachers’ work will change a lot 小题5: of modern technology.
| Vacations
| Space trips and staying in space hotels will still only be for 小题6: people because they won’t be cheap.
Some people can 小题7: their holidays on the moon.
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| E-paper will be used 小题8: of traditional paper and the 小题9: of the e-paper will protect nature.
| The future
| People will have to 小题10: to another planet.
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请先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）
There once was a master who went to India. In those times, we didn"t have airplanes or many kinds of transportation that we do now. So the master went to India 1 . And when he got there, he saw a lot of fruit. In India they have plenty of fruit to sell, but much of it is 2 because they can"t grow much 3 the water situation. So he saw one basket, a big basket of some very red, long fruit. And it was the cheapest in the shop, not expensive at all.
So he 4 and asked, "How much per kilo?" And the shopkeeper said, "Two rupees."(印度货币) Two rupees in India is 5 ; it"s like dirt (尘土). So he bought a whole kilogram of the fruit and started eating it. But after he ate some of it: Oh, my God! His 6 watered, his mouth watered and burned, his eyes were burning, his head was burning and his face became 7 . As he coughed terribly , he 8 up and down, saying, "Ah! Ah! Ah!"
But he still continued to eat the fruit! Some people who were looking at him shook their heads and said, "You"re crazy, man. Those are chilies（辣椒）! You can"t eat so many; they"re not good for you! People use them 9 a condiment（作料）, but only a little bit to put into food for taste. You can"t just eat them by the handful like that; they"re not 10 !" So the silly master said, "No, I can"t stop! I paid money for them, 11 now I"ll eat them. It"s my 12 !"
And you think that master was silly, right? Similarly, we sometimes do a lot of things like that. we still continue just because we"ve 13 money, time, effort and love into it. Just like the man who ate the chilies and felt so bad but couldn"t stop because he didn"t want to waste the money he"d paid.
So 14 you"ve lost something, let it go and move on. That"s better than continuing to 15 .
| 小题1: | | A．by air | B．on foot | C．by taxi | D．by car |
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| 小题2: | | A．delicious | B．cheap | C．expensive | D．fresh |
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| 小题3: | | A．because of | B．with the help of | C．in need of | D．as a result |
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| 小题4: | | A．got up | B．went up | C．turned up | D．looked up |
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| 小题5: | | A．something | B．nothing | C．everything | D．anything |
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| 小题6: | | A．eyes | B．ears | C．mouth | D．nose |
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| 小题8: | | A．searched | B．climbed | C．jogged | D．jumped |
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| 小题10: | | A．medicine | B．vegetables | C．fruit | D．food |
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| 小题11: | | A．instead | B．and | C．but | D．also |
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| 小题12: | | A．money | B．food | C．fruit | D．drink |
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| 小题13: | | A．joined | B．spent | C．paid | D．put |
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| 小题14: | | A．as if | B．ever since | C．even if | D．so that |
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There is no doubt that mothers play an important leading role in the lives of their children. But what about a father"s role? I believe that fathers play just as important a role as mothers.
Fathers give us support. They are the shore（岸）we swim to when our arms and legs feel increasingly tired. They are the strength we rely on （依靠）as we take our first steps into the world. Fathers can be gentle and powerful, but they probably have the simplest love we ever know.
_______, the father is their first hero and possibly the only man they will ever feel comfortable loving.
For daughters, the father is the first man they admire and the first man whose eyes shine with happiness when they look at them. He is the first man to fall in love with them.
For mothers, the father of our children is the person we can believe in to watch over the babies as closely as we would. We are protectedin the knowledge of their love. A father is the person on the planet with whom we can do whatever we want ... one who will be just as interested and never feel bored in the face of our devotion.
Without fathers, we wouldn"t be mums. I would like to thank them from all our hearts for this honor and for being our partners in the business of raising children.
小题1:From the passage, we can know the writer is a_______.| A．father | B．mother | C．son | D．daughter |
小题2:Which of the following can be put on the line in the third paragraph?| A．For parents. | B．For families. | C．For others. | D．For sons. |
小题3:According to the passage, we can know that__________ .| A．fathers" love is different from mothers" | | B．fathers are always simple and strong | | C．fathers can look after their babies better | | D．fathers are more important than mothers |
小题4:The best title for the passage is_______.| A．Father, I love you | B．Fathers are our heroes | | C．The importance of fathers | D．Fathers and mothers |
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Now more and more people like talking about something that they are interested in. Here is a page from an Internet Forum (论坛). Some people are discussing who is a better singer.
Internet Forum
Writer
| Time
| Topic: Who’s a better singer, Andy Lau or Jacky Cheung?
| Lucy
| 1-17-2012
2:45 p.m.
| Some people say Jacky Cheung is the best Chinese singer. I don’t think so! Andy Lau is the best. I went to his concert last year. It was so hard to believe, I almost cried! OK, I did cry. That’s because Andy Lau is so handsome!
| Anita
| 1-17-2012
4:38 p.m.
| I don’t agree at all. Andy Lau sounds like every other singer. His voice is nothing special. However, Jacky Cheung’s is different from others’, and his songs are so romantic!
| Tom
| 1-17-2012
8:55 p.m.
| I think they are about the same. But Jacky Cheung is really a better actor. I’ve seen almost all of his movies. Remember the one that he played the lead role of an airplane pilot in, and his plane hit a hill. I love that movie!
| Peter
| 1-18-2012
10:17 a.m.
| I also think Jacky Cheung is a better singer, I prefer his Cantonese(粤语) songs. Maybe they sound better because Cantonese is his first language.
| Anita
| 1-18-2012
12:47 p.m.
| I agree. Jacky Cheung’s Cantonese songs are better than his Mandarin(普通话) songs though I still like all his songs.
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小题1:Who likes Andy Lau best? | A．Lucy | B．Anita | C．Tom | D．Peter |
小题2:Who think(s) Jacky Cheung a better singer ?| A．Anita | B．Peter | C．Tom | D．Anita and Peter |
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE?| A．Nobody likes Jacky Cheung’s movies. | | B．Jacky Cheung is a good singer and actor. | | C．Lucy has never seen an Andy Lau’s concert. | | D．Anita thinks Andy Lau’s voice is more special than Jacky Cheung’s. |
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