Mary is an French girl. She is now in Beijing with her parents. Mary doesn’t know much Chinese. But she is trying to learn and speak it. She often speaks Chinese to her Chinese friends, but they don’t understand her because she can’t speak Chinese very well.
It’s Sunday morning. Mary is going to the zoo to see the elephants and monkeys, but she doesn’t know how to get there. She asks a Chinese boy the way. The boy can’t understand her. Then she finds a way to express(表达)what she wants to say. She takes out a pen and some paper. She draws an elephant on it and shows the picture to the boy. The boy understands,and shows Mary the way to the zoo.
小题1:Mary is from______| A．China | B．England | C．Japan | D．France |
小题2:Mary is in _________with her parents now.| A．England | B．China | C．New York | D．London |
小题3:Mary doesn’t know how to get to_________| A．the zoo | B．the park | C．her home | D．her school |
小题4:Mary can’t speaks________very well.| A．English | B．England | C．China | D．Chinese |
小题5:At last the boy_________| A．can understand Mary’s Chinese. | | B．takes her to the zoo | | C．shows her the way to the zoo | | D．draws a picture for Mary ,too. |
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小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:C |
试题分析：这篇短文描述了一个来自法国的女孩在中国问路的故事。由于不太懂汉语，人们不能理解她的意思，最后她借助于一幅画，让人们明白了她的意思。
小题1:根据Mary is an French girl.可知她来自法国，故选D。
小题2:根据She is now in Beijing with her parents.可知北京是中国的城市，故选B。
小题3:根据Mary is going to the zoo to see the elephants and monkeys, but she doesn’t know how to get there.描述可知选A。
小题4:根据because she can’t speak Chinese very well.描述可知选D。
小题5:根据She draws an elephant on it and shows the picture to the boy. The boy understands,and shows Mary the way to the zoo.可知最后这个男孩明白了她的意思，指给了她去动物园的路。故选C。
点评：本文浅显易懂，层次分明，学生很容易把握文中中心内容。答题中注意带着问题阅读短文，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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In the jungle of Africa, there lives a family of monkeys. There is a Mama Monkey and a Papa Monkey, and they have a young daughter named Hananh. The monkey family lives very happily，swinging and playing in the trees. But it isn’t all play. Papa Monkey has to make sure their home is warm and safe. Mama is responsible for the sewing and cooking of the family’s meals. Hannah helps with the cleaning ,but her main job is to collect all the bananas and other fruit for the monkey family’s meals
小题1:There are ____monkeys in the family .小题2:Who must keep their home warm and safe?| A．Mama monkey | B．Papa monkey | | C．Hannah | D．the son |
小题3:The daughter does the cleaning and collects ____| A．apples | B．bananas | | C．other fruit | D．B and C |
小题4:Where do they live?---They live___________.| A．in the jungle | B．near the beach | | C．in the lake | D．under the sea |
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Miss Carter is a beautiful girl. Her father __1___ two years ago and her mother made a terrible mistake and was sent away. They began to live a 2 life. When she __3__ middle school, she couldn"t go on studying. Her uncle found a __4__ for her. Mr. Baker, a rich shopkeeper, hired (雇) her. Her work was to clean the rooms and sweep the floors. She tried her 5 and worked hard. Mrs. Baker liked her and paid her 6 than the other servants (佣人).
It was Sunday. Mr. Baker was reading and Mrs. Baker was watching TV in the sitting room. The girl came in and said, “I"m ___7__, Mrs. Baker. I have to tell you I can"t work for you any longer.”
It 8 Mr. and Mrs. Baker. The woman asked, “What makes you say that? Aren"t we _9__ to you?”
“Yes, you are, Madam,” the girl said. "Have you found a piece of __10__work yet?" Mrs. Baker asked.
“No, I haven"t,” Miss Carter said. “ 11 I don"t think you trust me.”
“You are __12__, Miss Carter,” said Mr. Baker. “I always think you are a 13 girl. And I often leave my keys in my study.” “It was 14 that you often left the keys in your study,” said the girl. “But I could use none of them to 15 the safe(保险箱).”
“Well,” said Mr. Baker. “You can go right now!”
| 小题1: | | A．died | B．dieded | C．dying | D．dead |
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| 小题2: | | A．excellent | B．fine | C．good | D．hard |
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| 小题3: | | A．finished | B．stopped | C．end | D．over |
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| 小题4: | | A．work | B．works | C．job | D．jobs |
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| 小题5: | | A．better | B．good | C．best | D．well |
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| 小题6: | | A．much | B．more | C．little | D．less |
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| 小题7: | | A．sorry | B．glad | C．angry | D．please |
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| 小题8: | | A．in surprise | B．surprise | C．surprised | D．surprises |
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| 小题9: | | A．friendly | B．friend | C．rich | D．cold |
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| 小题10: | | A．good | B．better | C．best | D．well |
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| 小题11: | | A．But | B．And | C．Though | D．What |
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| 小题12: | | A．wrong | B．right | C．foolish | D．bright |
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| 小题13: | | A．bad | B．good | C．well | D．happy |
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| 小题14: | | A．poor | B．true | C．bad | D．well |
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| 小题15: | | A．break | B．answer | C．find | D．open |
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完形填空 阅读短文, 从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
Peter’s job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier（国境） to make sure that they were not smuggling(走私) anything into the country. Every evening he would see a factory worker coming 1 the hill towards the frontier, pushing a bike with a pile of goods(货物) of old straw on it. When the bike 2 the frontier, Peter would stop the man and 3 him take the straw off and untie（解开） it. Then he would examine the straw very 4 to see 5 he could find anything, then he would look in all the man’s pockets 6 he let him tie the straw again. The man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it. Although Peter was always 7 to find gold or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he never found anything. He was sure the man was 8 something, but he was not 9 to think out what it could be.
Then one evening, after he had looked through the straw and emptied the worker’s pockets 10 usual, he 11 to him, “Listen, I know you are smuggling things 12 this frontier. Won’t you tell me what it is? I’m an old man, and today is my 13 day on the job. Tomorrow I’m going to retire(退休). I promise I shall not tell 14 if you tell me what you’ve been smuggling.” The worker did not say anything for 15 . Then he smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, “Bikes.”
| 小题2: | | A．arrived | B．appeared | C．came | D．reached |
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| 小题4: | | A．carefully | B．quickly | C．silently | D．horribly |
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| 小题6: | | A．before | B．after | C．first | D．so |
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| 小题7: | | A．lucky | B．hoping | C．thinking | D．wondering |
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| 小题8: | | A．taking | B．smuggling | C．stealing | D．pushing |
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| 小题9: | | A．possible | B．strong | C．able | D．clever |
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| 小题11: | | A．told | B．cried | C．ordered | D．said |
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| 小题12: | | A．cross | B．past | C．across | D．into |
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| 小题13: | | A．last | B．first | C．newest | D．second |
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| 小题14: | | A．everyone | B．anyone | C．no one | D．someone |
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| 小题15: | | A．moment | B．long time | C．sometime | D．some time |
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An old woman walked into a clothes shop. She asked the salesgirl to let her have a look at a new dress on display, but the girl stood still behind the counter, taking no notice of the request.
The old woman spoke to the girl again, raising her voice a bit, but still received no answer. The old woman looked closely at the girl and nodded to her, "I am too old to see well." I can"t even tell a plastic (塑料的) model from a real girl."
On hearing this, the salesgirl shouted at the old woman, " What? Did you call me a plastic model?"
The old woman was greatly surprised. "On, dear me," she said. "The model can speak. Then it must be a robot of a new type."
小题1:The old woman wanted ______in the clothes shop.| A．to buy something | | B．to play a joke on someone | | C．to look for someone | | D．to talk to the girl |
小题2:The assistant was a ________.| A．woman | B．model | C．robot | D．man |
小题3:The assistant took no notice of the old woman because _______.| A．she was a plastic model | | B．she was a robot | | C．she was not a good assistant | | D．she had bad hearing |
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Once there was a piano player in a bar (酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.
“I don’t sing,” said the man.
But the lady told the waiter, “I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!”
The waiter shouted across the room, “Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!”
So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.
You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.
小题1:The lady asked the player to sing a song because ________.| A．she had paid him for this | | B．she knew him very well | | C．she was tired of listening to the piano. | | D．she enjoyed his singing |
小题2:Nat King Cole succeeded because ________.| A．the lady helped him a lot | | B．he caught the chance(机会) | | C．he continued to play in the bar | | D．he played the piano well |
小题3:The words “sit on” in the passage probably mean “________”.| A．fail to realize | B．forget to use | | C．try to develop | D．manage to show |
小题4:From the story we know if you have some talent, you should __________.| A．hide it and wait | | B．ask others for help | | C．pay no attention to it | | D．work hard to improve yourself |
小题5:Which could be the best title(标题) for the passage?| A．Sing in the Bar | | B．Achieve Success in Life | | C．Never Lose Heart | | D．Find Your Hidden（隐藏的） Talent |
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