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Tom was not old, but he did not have much hair. His wife, Grace, had thick, beautiful, black hair. They had one daughter. Her name was Jane, and she was four and a half years old. There was a photo of her father in the living-room, and a few days ago, Jane looked at it for a long time and then said to her mother, “Mummy, why had Dad got very little hair? ”
Grace laughed and said, “He’s got very little hair because he thinks a lot, Jane. He’ s a clever man.”
Jane looked at her mother’s thick, black hair for a few seconds(秒钟), and then she asked, “Mum, why have you got a lot of hair? ”
小题1:Tom had ________ hair.
A.very littleB.a littleC.very fewD.a few
小题2:Grace had ________ hair than Tom.
A.muchB.moreC.the mostD.many
小题3:There was a photo of ________ in the living-room.
A.JaneB.Jane’s parentsC.Jane’s motherD.Jane’s father
小题4:Jane wanted to know why her mother had ________ hair,too.
A.blackB.beautifulC.lessD.lots of

答案

小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:D
解析

小题1:本问第一句为Tom was not old, but he did not have much hair.意思为汤姆有很少的头发,little修饰不可数名词头发,表示很少,几乎没有的含义,故本题选A。
小题2:本文第二句提到汤姆的妻子格蕾丝有浓厚的黑发,也就是说格蕾丝的头发比汤姆要多,more用于比较级表示多的含义,故本题选B。
小题3:本文第一段第三行有一句为There was a photo of her father in the living-room, 本句中的her指代前句的Jane,故本题选D。
小题4:本文最后一句是简问她的母亲为何有许多的头发,也就是说她想知道原因,故本题选D。
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Long long ago, an old scientist made a few tests on different animals to find out which was the cleverest of all the animals.
In one test the old scientist put a monkey in a room. In the room there were many boxes. Some boxes were inside other boxes. The smallest box had some food in it. The scientist wanted to watch the monkey and to find out how long it would take the monkey to find the food. The scientist left the room. He waited for a few minutes outside the door. Then he put his eye to the keyhole(钥匙孔). What did he see? To his surprise, he found himself looking into the eye of the monkey. The monkey was on the other side of the door and looked at the scientist through the keyhole.  
小题1:The scientist wanted to know ____.
A.if the monkey came into the small boxB.if the monkey would sleep
C.which animal was cleverer than other animalsD.if some boxes were inside other boxes
小题2:After the scientist left the room, the monkey _______.
A.looked at the scientist through the keyholeB.began to look for food
C.came into the boxes one after anotherD.began to eat the food
小题3:To the scientist’s surprise, _____.
A.the monkey went out of the room
B.the monkey looked at the scientist through the window
C.began to look for food
D.put its eyes to the keyhole.

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A little boy was attracted(吸引)by a board above the door of a shop. It read, "Little Dogs for Sale." A    16   like that has a way of attracting small children into the shop.
The little boy walked into the shop and found a dog behind other dogs and said, "What’s 17  with that little dog?"
The store owner said that the vet(兽医)   18  the little dog and found it was   19 . It would always be lame(破的).
The little boy became   20  ."That is the dog that I want to buy. "
The store owner said, "No, you don’t need to buy that little dog. If you really want him,
I’ll just give him to you. "
The little boy got quite sad. He said angrily, "I don’t want you to give him to me. I’ll 21    the full price for him. In fact, I’ll give you $ 2.37 now, and 50 cents a month   22 I have paid the full price. "
The store owner continued, "He is   23  going to be able to run and jump and play with you like the other dogs."
To his   24  ,the little boy rolled up(卷起)his trousers to show his badly hurt left leg. He looked at the store owner and    25   answered," Well, I don’t run so well myself and the little dog will need someone who understands him. "
小题1:
A.signB.schoolC.markD.signal
小题2:
A.wrongB.matterC.reasonD.purpose
小题3:
A.wentB.curedC.treatedD.left
小题4:
A.deafB.blindC.disabledD.homeless
小题5:
A.silentB.excitedC.excitingD.interesting
小题6:
A.spendB.costC.takeD.pay
小题7:
A.sinceB.soC.untilD.and
小题8:
A.alwaysB.neverC.everD.sometimes
小题9:
A.joyB.sadnessC.surpriseD.delight
小题10:
A.softlyB.shortlyC.badlyD.correctly

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John loved basketball. One day, as he was walking to a basketball game, he dreamed about playing basketball for the college team the next year. Suddenly a car hit him and he was thrown three meters  36    .
John woke up in a hospital room. When the doctor told him that both his legs were broken, he knew his college basketball   37    was over. John did what the doctors told him. but it  38   . When he left the hospital, John was sent to a rehab center(康复中心).
A week   39   he arrived there, he met Sunny Chen. Sunny used to be a coach(教练). His legs were badly hurt in a skating accident.
Though he couldn’t move his legs, Sunny became the coach of a basketball team called the Suns. It was an on-wheelchair basketball team, because 40 on the team played from a wheelchair(轮椅). Sunny invited John to   41   the game. John played badly, but for the   42 time since the accident. he stopped feeling sorry for himself.
After becoming a part of the Suns. John improved quickly. Basketball was like medicine for him. John was much   43  than before. When John became unhappy, Sunny was there to comfort him. The day before John  44   the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny how he could be so happy even with his broken legs.
Sunny   45   and said, "It’s really quite easy. When you keep your face to the sun. the shadows will fall behind."
小题1:
A.awayB.fromC.outD.in
小题2:
A.gameB.dreamC.teamD.coach
小题3:
A.workedB.affectedC.didn’t workD.didn’t affect
小题4:
A.untilB.whenC.beforeD.after
小题5:
A.somebodyB.anybodyC.everybodyD.nobody
小题6:
A.joinB.showC.studyD.watch
小题7:
A.nextB.lastC.firstD.early
小题8:
A.worseB.betterC.busierD.smarter
小题9:
A.arrivedB.got toC.went toD.left
小题10:
A.smiledB.shoutedC.criedD.turned

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One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, "Look! There’s a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag." Thomas said, ’It isn’t worth the trouble." His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they lad a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries.
The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn’t a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost some time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, "My dear son, if you had bent down earlier to pick up that horseshoe. it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.
小题1:Who picked up the horseshoe at last?
A.Thomas.B.The old father.
C.Both the father and the son.D.Neither the father nor the son.
小题2:The farmer bought _______ with the money after lie sold the horseshoe.
A.some foodB.some waterC.some cherriesD.some pennies
小题3:When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father _______.
A.felt very happyB.didn’t say anythingC.beat the sonD.became a little angry
小题4:The father dropped the cherries one by one, because _______.
A.he wanted his son to eat them allB.he wanted his son to do more exercise
C.lie wanted to teach his son a lessonD.he wanted his son to pick them up
小题5: From the story, we can learn that _______.
A.cherries are so delicious that most of is like to eat-them
B.a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money
C.if the boy wants to eat cherries, he must pick up the horseshoe
D.if we want to do some great things, we should start with some small ones

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Most people will rest and relax when they are old. They do not work. And most people are certainly not famous. But Grandma Moses is different She starts a new job at the age of 76.
This is her story. She was born in a poor farmer’s family in 1860. Her parents named her Anna Mary Robertson. She married Thomas Moses in 1887. He was a farm worker.
Now it is 1930. Anna Mary Moses is 70, and is a grandmother. She begins to paint pictures. She does paintings of country life. One day, her daughter takes her paintings to a store in town. Her paintings are put in the window. A man from New York sees the paintings in the window and buys them. And he wants more!
The man likes Grandma Moses’ paintings. He wants to help her. So he takes her paintings to galleries(美术馆) in New York City. Otto Kallir has a famous gallery there. He likes the paintings by Grandma Moses. Now it is 1940 and Grandma Moses’ paintings are in Kallir’s gallery. She is 80 years old.
Grandma Moses suddenly becomes famous. Everyone wants her paintings. So she paints more and more. She wins many prizes for her paintings. She becomes famous in the United States and Europe .
When she is 100 years old, the State of New York makes her birthday "Grandma Moses’ Day". After her 100th birthday, she paints 6 more paintings. She dies at age 101 and a lot of people think she is amazing.
小题1:How is Grandma Moses different from most other old people?
A.She has more grandchildren.B.She has her own art gallery.
C.She lives an easy life.D.She starts a new job.
小题2: Grandma Moses starts to paint pictures_______.
A.when her daughter asks her to do thatB.when she gets married
C.at the age of 70D.in the year 1940
小题3:Grandma Moses’ paintings are first bought by _______.
A.a man from New YorkB.her daughter
C.Otto Kallir’s galleryD.the owner of a store in town
小题4:The writer of the passage thinks that _______.
A.Grandma Moses is too old to paint at age 100
B.people like her paintings but do not like her
C.it is never too late to start a new job
D.many people prefer paintings by old ladies
小题5: What would be the best title for the passage?
A.Grandma Moses and New York StateB.Grandma Moses and Painting
C.Grandma Moses’ familyD.Grandma Moses’ Day

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