Born into a farmer’s family, life was not easy when I was a kid. We were so poor that we often did not know where our next meal was coming from. I had to sell cabbages at the marketplace to support my family.
A storyteller once came to the marketplace, and I went to listen to him. My mother was unhappy with me for forgetting my job. But that night, while she was making clothes for us under the weak light of an oil lamp, I couldn"t help retelling stories I"d heard that day. She listened impatiently at first, since in her eyes professional（职业的） storytellers were smooth-talking men—nothing good ever came out of their mouths. But slowly she was attracted by my retold stories, and from that day on, she never gave me any task on market days, unspoken agreement to enjoy new stories. As a repayment（回报）for Mother"s kindness and a way to show off my memory, I"d retell the stories for her in lively detail. Soon, she wasn"t the only member of my audience, which later included my elder sisters, my aunts, even my stubborn grandmother.
I knew she was worried about me. Talkative kids are not well thought of in our village, for they can bring trouble to themselves and to their families when they talk too much. Mother often reminded me not to talk so much, wanting me to be a silent and modest teenager. However, my natural desire（渴望）to talk never went away, and that is what makes my name – Mo Yan, which means ‘no speaking’. This strong wish to talk also improved my ability to express myself, which is important for writers who are also considered as storytellers.
小题1:Mo Yan lived a/an ________ life when he was young.| A．hard | B．colourful | C．easy | D．rich |
小题2:From the second paragraph, we can learn that ________.| A．little Mo Yan was interested in selling vegetables | | B．his mother was attracted by the retold story at first | | C．his mother didn’t let him listen to the new stories again | | D．little Mo Yan had quite a good memory |
小题3:Why did his mother dislike the professional storytellers?| A．Because she thought they never said anything good. | | B．Because she thought they couldn’t make much money. | | C．Because she thought they would affect Mo Yan’s schoolwork. | | D．Because she thought most people didn’t like listening to stories. |
小题4:In Mo Yan’s opinion, a writer should be a ________ child when they were young.| A．silent | B．modest | C．talkative | D．trouble-making |
小题5:Which is the best title（标题）of the passage?| A．My Unlucky Childhood | B．A Storyteller’s Childhood | | C．My Kind Grandmother | D．More talking leads to success |
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小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:B |
试题分析：文章主要讲述了莫言的童年生活的一些情况。
小题1:细节题。从文章Born into a farmer’s family, life was not easy when I was a kid. We were so poor that we often did not know where our next meal was coming from. 可知，莫言的小时候生活非常困难，故选A
小题2:细节推断题，从文章I"d retell the stories for her in lively detail. 可知，莫言小时候的记忆非常的好，故选D
小题3:细节题。从文章Talkative kids are not well thought of in our village, for they can bring trouble to themselves and to their families when they talk too much.可知他妈妈认为他们从不说一些好的东西，故选A
小题4:细节题。从文章However, my natural desire（渴望）to talk never went away, and that is what makes my name – Mo Yan, which means ‘no speaking’. 可以知道莫言年轻时很善谈，故选C
小题5:主旨题。文章主要讲述了莫言的童年生活的一些情况，故选B
点评：本文的思路清晰，结构明确。首先对文章的大致意思进行了解。初三英语阅读多为细节题，考察学生的信息捕捉能力。对于细节题，学生在理解全文的基础上要对题目中关键字在文章中迅速定位，找到相对应的出处，答题比较备选答案的区别及和文章信息最相关的是哪个，即那个就为正确答案。 |
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试题【Born into a farmer’s family, life was not easy when I was a kid. We were so poor】；主要考察你对
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Yesterday the police were joined by more than 20 volunteers in the continuing search for the two missing teenagers, Vicky Gray and Tom Hunter, and their guide, Gavin Jones. The police said that they had disappeared during an adventure tour of Cape York Peninsula.
This was the second day of the search and the police were now very worried about the safety of the three missing people.
The police said that the search had covered a wide area, but the rainforest was thick and their work was made harder by the recent rain. Later on Chief Inspector (警官) Roger Fleet said, “The travelers had a radio with them. If they had been in trouble, they would have called us.”
The three travelers left Cooktown very early on Saturday morning in a Toyota car. They took a small dirt road that runs down to the Daintree River, a dangerous river full of crocodiles (鳄鱼). Chief Inspector Roger Fleet said the tourists wouldn’t have got into trouble if they had stayed on the main road.
A photo of Vicky and Tom was found by a policeman under the “Be Careful about crocodiles” sign near the river. Why was the photo left behind? This is just one of the unanswered questions. Other questions are: Why was the Toyota parked and locked at the edge of the rainforest? The police said that the travelers had left a map of the area behind. Why? Why had someone drawn a cross on the place where the car is? Is this a sign? What does it mean? If anyone can give information or has seen these three young people, contact the local police in Cooktown.
小题1:This article is probably taken from ________| A．a newspaper | B．a magazine | C．a storybook | D．a guidebook |
小题2:Which word best describes the search of the three missing people?| A．Helpless | B．Tough | C．Delightful | D．Successful |
小题3:Which of the following things wasn’t found by the police?| A．A touring map. | B．A photo of the travelers. | | C．The travelers’ radio. | D．The travelers’ car |
小题4:All the following questions are unanswered except________.| A．why they left a photo behind | | B．why they came to this area | | C．why their Toyota was parked in the place | | D．why a cross was drawn on the map |
小题5:The article asks people to ________.| A．join the police in searching for the missing people | | B．tell the police about the travelers’ ages and their appearance | | C．learn the lesson and stop taking adventure tours | | D．provide information about the missing people |
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A wise man was visiting a village with his students. He found a group of family members shouting in anger at each other. He turned to his students and asked: “Why do people shout in anger at each other?”
His students thought for a while, and one of them said: “Because when we lose our calm, we shout.”
“But, why should you shout when the other person is just next to you? You can just as well tell him what you have to say in a soft manner,” said the wise man.
Students gave some other answers but none were any good.
“When two people are angry at each other, their hearts become distanced,” the wise man explained. “To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the louder they will have to shout to hear each other and cover that great distance.”
The wise man then gave an example: “What happens when two people fall in love? They don’t shout at each other but talk softly because their hearts are very close. When they love each other even more, what happens? They don’t need to talk. They only look at each other and that’s all. That is how close two people are when they love each other.”
He looked at his students and said: “So when you argue, do not let your hearts get distant. Do not say words that distance you from others. Otherwise, there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the path to return.”
小题1:What did they find when a wise man and his students were visiting a village?| A．A group of people were traveling there. | | B．A group of family members were playing there. | | C．His students were shouting with a group of people. | | D．A group of family members were shouting at each other angrily. |
小题2:One of the students thinks family members shout at each other because .| A．they are not friends | | B．they don’t like each other | | C．they lose their calm | | D．they are far from each other |
小题3:What will happen when two people are angry with each other?| A．They fight with each other. | | B．Their hearts become distanced. | | C．They are far away from each other. | | D．They are too angry to say a word. |
小题4:What will usually happen to two people at first when they fall in love with each other according to the passage?| A．They talk softly. | | B．They shout at each other. | | C．They talk more. | | D．They don’t say anything to each other. |
小题5:What’s the topic of the passage?| A．Shouting is bad. | | B．Don’t shout. | | C．Cover the distance with love. | | D．The distance of love. |
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Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California"s Santa Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles from home. I couldn"t reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes, I thought I"d just go east.
A bus stopped. I got on and asked the driver how far she was going, "Ten more miles," she said. There was another bus I could take from there. This clearly was going to be a long night.
I got off at the end of the route and she told me which bus to look for. After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a bus came up. There was no lighted number above its windshield. It was out of service, but the door opened. It was the same driver.
“I just can"t leave you here,” she said. “This isn"t the nicest place. I will give you a ride home.”
“You will drive me home on the bus?" I asked, astonished.
“No, I will take you in my car,” she said.
“It"s a long way," I insisted.
“Come on, ” she said. “I have nothing else to do.”
As we drove from the station in the car, she began telling me a story, A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good man picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car. “I"m just passing the favor(善意的行为) along,” she said.
When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn"t accept. “Just do something nice for somebody. Pass it along," she said.
小题1:There was something wrong with the writer"s car ______.| A．late at night | B．early in the morning | | C．an hour before sunset | D．thirty minutes after sunset |
小题2:The writer changed his mind after waiting 30 minutes because ______.| A．he became impatient and a bit worried | | B．a taxi ride would be more comfortable | | C．he knew the driver would never return | | D．the bus driver had given him wrong information |
小题3:The bus driver drove the writer home later because ______.| A．her brother had told her to do so | | B．she wanted to earn more money | | C．she happened to go in the same direction | | D．she wanted to do something good for others |
小题4:The underlined word "astonished" in the passage probably means .| A．surprised | B．grateful | C．happy | D．angry |
小题5:The bus driver hoped that the writer .| A．would drive someone home | | B．would help someone in need | | C．would keep her in memory | | D．would give the money to others |
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Our English teacher was like a friend to us，and we all liked her．One day she came into the
classroom and shouted．“Who did this?”She held up a piece of broken glass and asked，“Who
__1__ the window?”She seldom became angry, __2__ this time she was．
I broke the window．I had done __3__ by throwing a baseball．I didn’t want to admit(承认)
It __4__ I didn’t have enough money to pay for a big window like that．“My father will be __5__,”I thought．At first I didn’t _6_ my hand，but later something strong in my heart
suddenly made me stand up.“I did it，”I said __7_．How difficult it was for me to say that!
My teacher __8__ a book from one of our book shelves and then began walking __9_ my desk. I was afraid that she was going to punish(惩罚)me．
“I know you like collecting __10__ very much，”she said，looking down at my __11__ face.
“Here is the hook about collecting stamps that you are looking for．Now，the book is__12__ and I shall not punish you．Remember，it’s because you _13_ the truth．”
I couldn’t believe it ! My teacher wasn’t punishing me．I didn’t _14_ to pay for the broken window. And I got my favorite book!
As time goes, the book is _15_，so is my wonderful teacher．But I will never forget the lesson the teacher gave me that day．
| 小题1: | | A．cleaned | B．climbed | C．broke | D．mended |
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| 小题4: | | A．because | B．if | C．when | D．though |
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| 小题5: | | A．pleased | B．excited | C．frightened | D．angry |
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| 小题6: | | A．put on | B．put up | C．put out | D．put away |
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| 小题7: | | A．terribly | B．honestly | C．easily | D．hardly |
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| 小题8: | | A．read | B．wrote | C．took | D．bought |
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小题9:A. towards B. opposite C, against D. behind
| 小题10: | | A．books | B．desks | C．stamps | D．windows |
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| 小题11: | | A．nervous | B．pretty | C．happy | D．square |
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| 小题12: | | A．you | B．your | C．yours | D．yourself |
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| 小题13: | | A．talked | B．spoke | C．said | D．told |
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| 小题15: | | A．opened | B．gone | C．left | D．closed |
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Anne Spencer Morrow was born in 1906 in Englewood, New Jersey. She went to Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She wanted to become a __1_. She won two major prizes from the __2_for her writing.
Anne Morrow was a quiet, shy and small young woman when she __3__Charles Lindbergh in 1927. The 25-year- old man was tall and good-looking. Charles Lindbergh was one of ___4__ people in the world. He had just become the first person___5__ a plane alone across the Atlantic Ocean, from New York to Paris. Two years __6_, Anne and Charles Lindbergh were married. Reports about their___7__ were on the front pages of newspapers.
After her marriage to Charles Lindbergh, Anne became a pilot too. She began _8__many long airplane flights with her husband. The Lindberghs explored new ways to fly around the world. They seemed to enjoy the greatest _9__ that any young people could not have.
Then in 1932, something__10__happened.They were in great sorrow (痛苦).The Lindberghs’ _11_baby,twenty-month-old Charles, was kidnapped from their home in New Jersey. The body of the baby was discovered more than ten weeks later.
There were a huge number of reports about the case. Newspapers __12__it "the Crime of the Century”. After the trial（审判）, the Lindberghs found it __13__ to live in the United States. There were threats(威胁) on the life of their second child. And there were too __14__ newspaper stories about them. So Anne and Charles Lindbergh moved to Europe in 1935. Four years later they moved __15___ to the United States.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh never fully recovered from the death of her first child. Yet, she and her husband had five more children. She continued flying. In 1934, she became the first woman to win the National Geographic Society"s Hubbard Gold Medal. She was honored for her exploration, research and discovery.
| 小题1: | | A．singer | B．writer | C．actor | D．driver |
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| 小题2: | | A．party | B．charity | C．college | D．country |
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| 小题4: | | A．the best | B．the most famous | C．the most careful | D．the most attractive |
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| 小题5: | | A．to take | B．to fly | C．to ride | D．to walk |
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| 小题6: | | A．after | B．ago | C．before | D．later |
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| 小题7: | | A．friendship | B．work | C．marriage | D．life |
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| 小题8: | | A．making | B．getting | C．giving | D．catching |
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| 小题9: | | A．unluck | B．luck | C．sadnesss | D．excitement |
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| 小题10: | | A．happy | B．exciting | C．interesting | D．terrible |
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| 小题11: | | A．second | B．third | C．fourth | D．first |
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| 小题13: | | A．easy | B．difficult | C．simple | D．hardly |
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| 小题14: | | A．much | B．few | C．many | D．little |
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| 小题15: | | A．out | B．away | C．back | D．out of |
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