An artist went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out with his paints and brushes and painted from morning to evening, and then when it got dark, he went back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.
At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said, “No, I don’t want money… but give me one of your pictures. What is money? In a week it will all be finished, but your painting will still be here.”
The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his pictures. The farmer smiled and answered, “It’s not that. I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. When he comes home next month, I’ll show him your picture, and he will not want to be an artist any more, I think. ”
小题1:__________ people are mentioned (提到) in the article.| A．Two | B．Three | C．One | D．Many |
小题2:The artist lived with the farmer __________.| A．for about a month | B．for a year | | C．for a holiday | D．for the farmer’s son |
小题3:The farmer asked the artist to give him a picture because __________.| A．he liked his picture | | B．he didn’t want his money | | C．he wanted to sell his pictures for some money | | D．he wanted to show it to his son |
小题4:The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer because __________.| A．the farmer didn’t want him to pay him | | B．the farmer decided to let his son learn from him | | C．the farmer’s son would be an artist like him | | D．he thought the farmer praised (表扬) him for his pictures |
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:D |
试题分析：这篇短文主要描述了一个画家和农民的故事，农民想以这位画家的作品来打消自己儿子学画的积极性，却被画家误以为是农民欣赏他的画作，闹出了一个最后令画家尴尬不已的笑话。
小题1:短文提到一个画家，农民和农民的儿子。故选B。
小题2:根据第一段An artist went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer.描述，可知选C。
小题3:根据最后一段描述，可知这个农民主要想给自己的儿子看这个画家的画。故选D。
小题4:根据短文第二段农民的话，可知画家认为农民是在表扬他。故选D。
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Today is fine.The sky is blue.Now it’snine o’clock in the morning.There’s a sports meeting in the forest on the big mountain.
Look,a horse,a panda and a cat are running.Over there a dog and two tigers are jumping.Two monkeys are climbing the trees.Four birds are flying around and singing.
There’s some other animals there, too.The elephants are standing.A monkey in sitting on an old elephant.The monkey has a flay in his hand.polly is sitting in the tree.A fox, ababy panda and some small animals are sitting under the tree.They are all watching.
小题1:What colour is the sky today?It’s _________.| A．white | B．blue | C．Black | D．yellow |
小题2:How many animals are running and jumping?| A．Fourteen | B．Six | C．Eleven | D．eighteen |
小题3:Which animal are climbing the trees?| A．The monkeys | B．The panadasand the foxes | | C．The elephants and the cats | D．The hens. |
小题4:There are _______ at the sports meeting.| A．not any birds | B．a lot of animals | C．many people | D．Many kids. |
小题5:What’s the weather like today? | A．rain | B．fine | C．windy | D．Cloudy |
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Mr Smith is a teacher. He is near-sighted(近视的). But he doesn’t wear glasses. One day, he is walking in a street. He is thinking something. Suddenly a strong wind blows his cap off his head. My Smith runs after it. He wants to catch it but he can’t. At this time, an old woman from a door of the house says to him.
“ Hi! What are you doing, sir?”
“Running after my cap.”
“Your cap? Aha……that’s my black cat. ”She says.
“Your cat? Sorry, but where is my cap?”
小题1:What’s the meaning in Chinese for “a strong wind”?| A．一阵狂风 | B．一场大雨 | C．一声雷响 | D．一声尖叫 |
小题2:Why does Mr Smith run after the cat?| A．He likes his cap | B．He wants to get his cap back | | C．He sees the cat and can’t catch it | D．He doesn’t find his cat |
小题3:What colour is Mr Smith’s cap?| A．White | B．Yellow | C．Black | D．Blue |
小题4:Who has the cat? | A．The old woman | B．Mr Smith | C．We don’t know | D．Nobody |
小题5:Which’s not true?| A．He runs after the old woman’s cat. | | B．He thinks that black cat is his black cap. | | C．He is wearing a pair of glasses. | | D．He is a teacher. |
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（By CCTV correspondent Vanessa Duffy 04/28/2013 08:36）
It’s been eight days since a 7.0-magnitude strong earthquake hit China’s Lushan Ya’an Sichuan Province.How the earthquake has affected one of Sichuan Province’s special residents（居民）—pandas.How are the animals living? And do they have enough food to eat?
There are more than 80 pandas living here at the Chengdu Panda Breeding Base（繁育基地）.The quake was felt strongly in Chengdu.Fortunately，all of the pandas here were out on the grounds when the earthquake hit，so they were very safe.
Several days have passed and the earthquake seems to have made no negative（不利的） impact on the pandas.These two baby pandas Chengshuang and Chengdui are playfighting with each other and climbing trees.When they climbed too high，the breeders have to rescue them from the trees.
The quake zone is not only the home of these pandas，it’s also the source of their food.Fortunately，enough bamboo(竹子) has been stored away in five bamboo storehouses for the pandas，so there are no worries about food supplies.
Wu Kongju，Breeder，Chengdu Panda Breeding Base，said，“When the Wenchuan earthquake happened on May 12，2008，we were unprepared and had a shortage of bamboo.But we’ve been able to handle this earthquake event more smoothly.There are no problems with the food supply.”
小题1:When did the 7.0-magnitude earthquake happen in Lushan Sichuan Province?| A．On April 28，2013 | | B．On May 12，2008 | | C．On April 20，2013 | | D．On May 20，2013 |
小题2:The underlined word “ rescue” in this passage means ______ in Chinese.小题3:How did the Panda Breeding Base deal with the food supply after the earthquake in Wenchan in 2008?| A．They built 5 bamboo storehouses to store food for pandas. | | B．They were unprepared and had a shortage of bamboo. | | C．They handled this earthquake more smoothly. | | D．They let pandas out on the grounds. |
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Miss Brown would never forget the night when she met a robber(抢劫者) many years ago.
That evening, she went to a birthday party which 1 until two o’clock in the morning. Miss Brown walked in the 2 street alone. Suddenly from the back of the dark building a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out at her. “Good morning，lady.” the man said in a low voice, “I don’t think you wish to 3 here!” “What do you want?” “Your earrings. Take them 4 !”
Miss Brown suddenly had a 5 idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar(衣领)of her overcoat while she used the other hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly 6 them on the ground.
“Take them and let me go,” she said. The robber thought that the girl didn’t like the earrings at all, only trying to 7 the necklace. The earrings would cost 8 , so he said, “Give me your necklace.”
“Oh, sir. It doesn’t cost much. Please let me wear it.”
“I am not that 9 . Quick!”
With shaking 10 , Miss Brown took off her necklace. As soon as the robber left, she picket up her earrings and ran as fast as she could to one of her friends.
The earrings cost 2000 pounds and the necklace which the robber had taken away cost only six pounds.
| 小题1: | | A．ended | B．stayed | C．stopped | D．lasted |
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| 小题2: | | A．busy | B．quiet | C．noisy | D．wide |
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| 小题3: | | A．die | B．escape | C．fight | D．sleep |
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| 小题5: | | A．funny | B．safe | C．brave | D．great |
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| 小题6: | | A．handed | B．threw | C．passed | D．put |
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| 小题8: | | A．cheap | B．expensive | C．more | D．less |
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| 小题9: | | A．afraid | B．angry | C．silly | D．bad |
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| 小题10: | | A．hands | B．feet | C．head | D．body |
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A young woman 1 alone through the country. It was getting dark and raining. Suddenly she saw an old woman by the side of the road ,holding her hand out as if she needed a lift .
“I can’t leave her out in this weather”, the woman said to herself, so she stopped the car and opened the 2 .
“Do you want a lift?” she asked, the old woman nodded (点头) and 3 the car. After a while she said to the old woman, “Have you 4 for a long time?” The old woman shook her head. “Strange,” thought the young woman. She tried again, “Bad weather for the time 5 year.” She said. The old woman nodded. Although the driver tried some more, the lady said 6 except for a nod of the head or something else.
Then the young woman saw the lady’s hands, they were very large and with thick hair. Suddenly she knew the lady was a 7 ! She stopped the car. “I can’t see that mirror 8 ,” she said, “Would you mind cleaning it for me?” The lady nodded and opened the door.
As soon as the lady was out of the car, the young woman drove off quickly.
When she got to the next village she 9 . She found that the old lady had left a 10 behind. She picked it up and opened it. She gave out a deep breath(呼吸). Inside the bag was a gun!
| 小题1: | | A．has driven | B．had driven | C．was driving | D．drove |
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| 小题3: | | A．took in | B．got off | C．got into | D．went to |
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| 小题4: | | A．lain | B．kept | C．sat | D．waited |
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| 小题6: | | A．nothing | B．anything | C．something | D．everything |
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| 小题8: | | A．quickly | B．clearly | C．carefully | D．slowly |
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| 小题9: | | A．feared | B．slept | C．stood | D．stopped |
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| 小题10: | | A．shoe | B．box | C．handbag | D．watch |
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