题目
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As the little boy grew up, he no longer played around the tree.? One day the boy came back to the
tree. He looked sad.
"What"s troubling you?" asked the tree.
The boy replied (回答): "I want my own house. I need money to buy it."
"You can pick my apples and sell them. Then you will have money."
The boy was so excited. He picked all the apples on the tree and left happily.
A few years later, the boy returned. He told the tree that he wanted to go sailing around the world."Use
my branches (树干) to build your boat. You can sail far and be happy." So the boy cut the tree branch to
make a boat. He went sailing and didn"t return for a long, long time.
Many years later, the boy returned. "Sorry, but I don"t have anything for you anymore," the tree said,
crying.
"All I need is a place to rest. I am tired after my travels."
The tree replied: "Good! Old tree roots are the best place to rest." The boy sat down and the tree was
glad.
The tree in this story is like your parents. Your parents are stable (可靠的) and giving, like a tree, and
will always love you, no matter where you are.?
Key words: trouble v. 麻烦 return v. 回来,归还 sail v. 航海
答案
2. He picked all the apples on the tree and sold them.
3. He built a boat with them / used the branches to build a boat and went sailing around the world.
4. He felt tired.
5. The writer compares the tree to parents.
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试题【阅读表达。 A LONG time ago, there was a big apple tree. A little boy liked playin】；主要考察你对人物故事类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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falls to the ground. The train is running faster and faster and he can"t pick it up. Then he quickly takes
off the other one and throws it on the ground"near the fallen shoe.A little boy on the train asks him,"
Why do you do that?" "I"ve already lost one shoe," Mr Smith answers. "If a man picks them up, he may
get a pair of shoes."
B. by train
C. by bike
D. on foot
B. his watch
C. one of his shoes
D. nothing
B. the little boy has picked it up
C. he thinks it is too old
D. the train has already started
B. The little boy
C. Nobody
D. The man and the boy
B. Mr Smith doesn"t want the shoes.
C. Mr Smith throws his fallen shoe on the ground.
D. Mr Smith thinks a man may get a pair of shoes to wear if he throws the other near the fallen shoe.
阅读理解。
party went on. They were drinking happily. Then the bell rang. Several people shouted, "Come
in!"A small man opened the front door and came in. Nobody knew him but the host went to meet
hirn and took him to have a drink. The man sat there happily for an hour and a half and drank. Then
suddenly he stopped and looked at the host."Do you know me?"he said."Nobody asked me to this
party.I don"t know you.I don"t know yrour wife and I don"t know any of your guests. My wife and
I wanted to go out in our car, but one of your guests" cars was in front of our gate, so I came here to
find him and my wife is waiting in our car for me to come back."
根据短文内容每空填一个英语单词。
It was Christmas Day. There was a 1.____ in the room. When the bell rang, the guests were
2.____ 3.____. A short man 4.____in. The host 5.____ him to 6.____a 7.____.The short man
knew 8.____ of the people. He came to the house to 9.____a man. The man"s car was in front of
his car. The short man"s wife was 10____ in their car; perhaps she got very angry.
help their teacher. They__ 2__ for an hour. Then the teacher said, "Thank you, boys. We will finish the
work tomorrow. Now you must go home."
When the boys __3__ home, it was seven o"clock. There was light inside their house and the door was
___4__. They could see a man inside, too.
"Who can it be?" thought Peter. "Father and Mother have gone shopping. They won"t be home __5__
eight o"clock."
When the ___6__ man saw Peter, he smiled and said, "Come in! You don"t know me, but I"m your
__7__friend. He asked me to fetch (取)some money for him." The man did not see James.
Peter went inside and began talking to the man but James did not. He quietly but quickly ran off to call
the police. He soon found a policeman and __8__ him back to their home. The man was still there, but
when he saw the policeman, he tried to run off. The policeman __9__ him and held his arm.
Just then Mr. and Mrs. Baker, the boys" parents _10__.
"No!" said Baker. "I don"t know him. He must be a thief. I am glad you have caught him."
| ( )1. A. if ( )2. A. studied ( )3. A. arrived in ( )4. A. open ( )5. A. at ( )6. A. away ( )7. A. father ( )8. A. brought ( )9. A. stoped ( )10. A. returned | B. when B. worked B. went to B. opened B. since B. out B. fathers B. bring B. stopped B. come | C. before C. stayed C. got to C. opening C. until C. outside C. father"s C. take C. catch C. arrive | D. until D. watched D. reached D. close D. after D. inside D. brother"s D. caught D. saw D. reached |
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Miss Evans taught physics in a London school. Last month she was explaining to her class about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her work. She said to them, Now, I have a sister in Washington. If I was calling her on the telephone, and at the same time you were 20 meters away and listened to me from the other side of the street, who could hear what I said earlier, my sister or you? And why? The cleverest boy at once answered, "Your sister, Miss Evans, because electricity (电) travels faster than sound waves(波)." That"s very good, Miss Evans answered, but then one of the girls put up her hand, and Miss Evans said, Yes, Betty? "I don"t think so. Betty said, Your sister would hear you earlier because when it"s eleven o"clock here, it"s only six o"clock in Washington." | |||
| 1. Miss Evans was teaching her class ______. | |||
| A. about sound B. to hear some strange sound C. about electricity D. how to say time | |||
| 2. She wanted to make her students know______. | |||
| A. whether she could hear her sister in Washington B. whether her students could hear her from 20 meters away C. which was faster, London or Washington D. electricity travels faster than sound waves | |||
| 3. The cleverest boy thought that______. | |||
| A. sound waves travel faster than electricity B. they would hear her sister in Washington first C. Miss Evans"s question wasn"t right D. Miss Evans"s sister would hear her earlier | |||
| 4. Miss Evans______. | |||
| A. thought Betty"s answer was much better B. thought the cleverest boy"s answer wasn"t so good C. was satisfied with what the girl had said D. was satisfied with(对...感到满意) what the cleverest boy had said | |||
| 5. Betty thought the cleverest boy was wrong, because______. | |||
| A. clocks in Washington showed a different time from those in London B. electricity was slower than sound waves C. they were only 20 meters away from the telephone D. electricity travels as fast as sound waves | |||
| 完形填空 | |||
| Laura lived in a small village near the sea. One day she decided to go for a swim in the sea. She knew that the sea near the _1_ has a strong tide (浪), but she was a good swimmer, so she wasn"t _2_. Laura left her friends lying on the sands and ran into the sea. She swam quite far from the beach and waved (挥舞) to her friends in the distance. After a short while she decided to swim _3_. She tried her best, but she couldn"t get any closer to the beach. The tide kep_4 _her back. She waved her arms in the air to let her friends know that she was_5_ , but they just waved back, for they didn"t know what she 6 . After a long time, Laura became very _ 7_ and she couldn"t swim any more. Her legs _8_ and she lost hope. Suddenly, her foot touched _9_! All the time she had been swimming in a place where the water wasn"t deep! When at last she went back to the beach, one of her friends asked, " Did you _10_ your swim?" "Yes, it was lovely." She answered. She never told them what really happened. | |||