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you now what the lie was. I was only seven years old then.
Grandfather was not cross with me.
"Ask Jim to get a long ladder," he said. "My boy now jumps from the tops of houses, up to the roof
(屋顶)."
Jim brought the big ladder. Then Grandfather said,"My boy now jumps from the tops of houses. The ladder
is for him."
I knew at once what he was telling me. I had often heard the old saying, "A lie is a jump from the top of a
house."
I said nothing. But I felt like crying.
The minutes went by. What would people think about the ladder? It stood by the front door. I was afraid it
might be there a long time. I had to do something!
At last I went to Grandfather. He was reading a book. I went up to him and put my face on his arm.
"Grandfather," I said, "I will not tell a lie again. We don"t need the ladder now." Grandfather seemed very
happy once again. He called Jim. "Take the ladder away," he said. "My boy does not jump from the tops of
houses."
His words made me happy once again.
B. what the lie was
C. what Grandfather did with the boy
D. how the story ended
B. surprised
C. happy
D. kind
B. help the boy to climb to the top of the house
C. let the boy know it was wrong to tell a lie
D. make the boy cry
B. take the ladder away
C. come to learn the roof
D. come to take care of Grandfather
B. sad
C. not clear
D. untrue
答案
核心考点
试题【阅读理解。 My grandfather was a fine man. I loved him very much. But one day I to】；主要考察你对人物故事类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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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."Oh, dear me," she said. "The model can speak. Then it must be a
robot of a new type."
B. to play a joke on someone
C. to try things on
B. model
C. robot
B. she was too old to see well
C. she was not a good assistant
B. she wanted to show that she was not a model
C. she thought the old woman had insulted (侮辱) her
B. she didn"t expect the assistant would speak
C. she had thought the assistant was a robot
how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be very surprised, gently shaking his head and saying "You
don"t say!" I was puzzled, and I thought, "Perhaps this is not a right thing to talk about." So I said to him. "Well,
shall we talk about the Great Wall? Have you ever been there?"
"Certainly! Everyone at home will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it. The Great Wall is wonderful!"
"Yes, it is one of the wonders in the world. And people of many countries have come to visit it." As I went on
more about it, he stopped me again, "You don"t say!"
I couldn"t help asking, "Why do you ask me not to talk about it?"
"Well, I don"t ask you to do so," he answered, greatly surprised.
"Didn"t you say "You don"t say"?" I asked again.
Hearing this, the foreigner laughed loudly. He began to explain, " "You don"t say!" means "Really?". Perhaps
you know little about English idioms (习语)."
Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I began to learn more English idioms.
B. the writer himself didn"t understand the meaning of "You don"t say!"
C. the foreigner was not polite
B. The writer"s talking about the Great Wall.
C. The writer"s question.
B. America
C. England
B. twice
C. three times
B. You"re right.
C. Thank you.
would spend my holiday. I was especially excited about the invitation that my uncle had given me. I would
stay with him for a few days in Cambridge.
Soon it was time for the subject, physics. My friends and I were doing the last minutes" revision (复习)
and also discussing the questions that were supposed to come in the paper. Suddenly the bell rang. We got
into our classroom. The teacher came and quickly handed out the paper. The exam lasted two hours. I
finished it almost forty-five minutes earlier. I started thinking about the place my friends and I had planned
to go to after the exam.
Though I had thought for a long time, the time seemed to be endless. So I thought of drawing something
on the question paper and turned it over. I was shocked to see that the page. Which was supposed to be
blank (空白的), had four more questions on it. They were the additional (附加的) questions. They would
carry 20 marks and it would take at least fifteen minutes to complete them. I had a quick look at my watch.
There was only 10 minutes left. Just then, our physics teacher came in and told all of us that only 2 out of
the 4 additional questions had to be solved. I felt relieved.
B. he thought the examination was easy
C. he would spend his holiday soon
D. he could finish the examination quickly
B. less excited
C. more surprised
D. less worried
B. The writer lost 20 marks for the last question.
C. The writer"s uncle invited him to spend the holiday in Cambridge.
D. The questions on the paper were difficult for the writer.
B. the writer finished all the additional questions
C. the writer spent 45 minutes finishing the whole paper
D. the writer got full marks in the physics exam
B. concentrate on (全神贯注于) what we are doing
C. try our best to do well in the exam
D. draw something on the question paper
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| decide, without, make, be, help, pay, die, study, hard, need, like, cost |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Living in a foreign culture can be exciting, but it can also be confusing (令人迷惑的). A group of Americans who taught English in other countries recently discussed their experiences. They decided that miscommunications were always possible, even over something as simple as "yes" and "no". On her first day in Micronesia, an island in the Pacific, Lisa thought people weren"t paying any attention to her. The day was hot. She went into a store and asked, "Do you have cold drinks?" The woman there didn"t say anything. Lisa repeated the question. Still the woman said nothing. She later learned that the woman had answered her: She had raised her eyebrows (眉毛), which in Micronesia means "yes". Jan remembered an experience she had in Bulgaria, a country in Europe. She went to a restaurant that was known for its cabbage. She asked the waiter, "Do you have cabbage today?" He nodded his head. Jan waited, but the cabbage never came. In that country, a nod means no. Tom had a similar problem when he arrived in India. After explaining something in class, he asked his students if they understood. They answered with many different nods and shakes of the head. He thought some people had not understood, so he explained again. When he asked again, they did the same thing. He soon found out that his students did understand. In India, people nod and shake their heads in different ways depending on where they come from. You have to know where a person is from to understand whether they mean "yes" or "no". |
| 1. These Americans teaching English in other countries found that they ______. |
| [ ] |
| A. should go abroad for vacations B. needed to learn foreign languages C. should often discuss their experiences D. had problems with communications |
| 2. People in Micronesia show "yes" by . |
| [ ] |
| A. nodding heads B. raising eyebrows C. shaking heads D. saying"no" |
| 3. Tom misunderstood his class at first because . |
| [ ] |
| A. he did not know much about Indian culture B. he didn"t explain everything clearly enough C. some students didn"t understand his questions D. he didn"t know where the students came from |
| 4. Which of the following is TRUE according to (根据) this passage? |
| [ ] |
| A. In Bulgaria, nodding heads means no. B. Jan taught English on a Pacific island. C. Lisa was trying to buy some cabbage. D. In India, only shaking heads means"YES". |
| 5. The passage is mainly about . |
| [ ] |
| A. body language in foreign restaurants B. class discussion in Indian schools C. miscommunication in different cultures D. English teaching in other countries |