A bag is useful and the word “bag” is useful, too. Here is an interesting phrase（短语）, “to let the cat out of the bag”. In meaning it is the same as “to tell the secret（秘密）”. And there is an old interesting story about it.
Long ago, when farmers wanted to sell chickens at the market, they would usually just throw the chickens in cloth (布) bags. But cats were cheaper than chickens at that time, so many farmers would put cats into the cloth bags but not chickens. One day, a woman asked a man for a chicken. The man gave her a cloth bag in which there was a cat. When the man opened the cloth bag, a big black cat ran out. Not a chicken! The man’s secret was out and everyone knew it.
Now when we say someone gives away a secret, we say “he lets the cat out of the bag”. And that is the story where the interesting phrase came from.
小题1:The underlined word “it” in the passage refers to (指的是) .| A．the useful bag | B．the phrase | C．the cat | D．the chicken |
小题2:The farmers put cats but not chickens in the bags to when they sold chickens.| A．tell the secret | B．sell the cats | | C．get more money | D．keep the cats quiet |
小题3:Which is the best for the blank (空白处) in the passage?| A．The woman was angry to see a cat. | B．The man put a cat in the bag. | | C．The man asked her to see the chicken. | D．The woman wanted to see the chicken. |
小题4:The writer wrote the story to tell us .| A．the woman was smart | B．how farmers sold their cats | | C．the phrase is useful | D．where the phrase came from |
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:D |
试题分析：这篇短文重点介绍了英语中一个短语的由来.
小题1:联系前文Here is an interesting phrase（短语）, “to let the cat out of the bag”.描述，可知it指的是这个短语，故选B。
小题2:根据第二段But cats were cheaper than chickens at that time, so many farmers would put cats into the cloth bags but not chickens. 描述,人们把猫当做鸡是为了多卖钱,故选C.
小题3:联系上下文,可知此处指的是,这个女人想看看这些鸡.故选D.
小题4:这篇短文重点介绍了英语中一个短语的由来,故选D.
点评：本文浅显易懂，层次分明，学生很容易把握文章中心内容。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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March 29, 2013 Sunny
Today was the Hungry Luncheon (饥饿午餐日). Every year, at our school, there is a lunch event called the Hungry Luncheon.
If you want to join the event, you must pay two dollars at the door of the dining hall and get a letter. All the money is used for helping those poor people who don’t have enough (足够的) food to eat. My letter was “K”.
After all the students sat down, the teachers called the letters for the meals: 15% of the students got to eat a best dinner. 25% of the students got to eat an Okay meal. But 60% of the students just had a small piece of bread and a small cup of water!
The purpose (目的) of this event is to tell us about the unfairness (不公平) of the world, and that we need to start helping the poor!
I was one of the 60% of the students. I was a little hungry for the rest of the day, but I learned something from this special lesson. Now every time I eat, I think about the poor. |
In many classrooms, it"s not 16 to find students spinning (旋转) their pens 17 they listen to their teachers.
Pen-spinning is also popular 18 Japanese students. It is a form of entertainment. Recently, a pen-spinning competition was held in Tokyo, Japan. Ryuki Omura, a 16-year-old high school student, became the first pen-spinning 19 .
276 people took part in the competition. The came from different age groups. Some were students 20 some were office workers. First, they 21 the videos of their pen-spinning skills to the organizer"s website. Then some of them came to the last round in Tokyo. 22 of them had 30 seconds to show their skills in front of 400 people, 23 reporters and fans. Omura took a pen from his little finger to the rest fingers, then to his palm(手掌) and the back of his hand. His wonderful show made him 24 the champion.
Omura said he began learning pen-spinning only about 14 months ago. He did 25 in the competition. If you like to spin your pen, you can practice it in your spare time. But when you are in the class, please don"t do that.
小题1:A. difficult B. easy C. common
小题2:A. before B. when C. after
小题3:A. for B. between C. among
小题4:A. chairman B. captain C. champion
小题5:A. or B. and C. with
小题6:A. were sent B. sent C. was sent
小题7:A. each B. Both C. Every
小题8:A.includes B. included C. including
小题9:A. become B. became C. becomes
小题10:A. quite good B. quite well C. quite better |
Growing up is not always easy. When we face difficulties, a spirit of depending on _ 41 is more useful than crying for help. That’s what Hong Zhanhui’s story of growing from boy to man 42 family hardship tells us.
Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua County(县), Henan Province. When he was only 11, his father became badly ill and one day he came back with an unwanted baby 43 . A year later, Hong’s mother 44 home. She no longer wanted to live such a poor life and face her sick husband. So everything hard fell onto the young boy’s 45 : to take care of his father and the younger sister Chenchen, and to go on to study.
Although his life was hard, Hong didn’t go away from his father and sister. He took several part-time jobs to 46 his family. He climbed tall trees to get birds’ eggs for his sister. He walked 2 hours at weekends to the market to 47 different things to sell around his school. A few years later, he studied at a college. To take care of Chenchen, he worked hard to 48 a room near his college for her, and sent her to school.
After Hong’s story went 49 , he became a hero in people’s eyes. But Hong ___50___ offers from others. He said he felt encouraged by kind offers, but he could depend on his own work.
Through his hard life, he has grown up from boy to man.
| 小题1: | | A．parents | B．friends | C．yourself | D．God |
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| 小题2: | | A．out of | B．into | C．without | D．with |
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| 小题4: | | A．left | B．arrived | C．went | D．came |
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| 小题5: | | A．back | B．shoulders | C．head | D．body |
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| 小题6: | | A．help | B．save | C．protect | D．feed |
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| 小题7: | | A．make | B．buy | C．produce | D．collect |
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| 小题8: | | A．build | B．borrow | C．rent | D．share |
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| 小题10: | | A．accepted | B．asked | C．received | D．refused |
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“You speak very good English”
The other day I heard an American say to a Chinese student of English. “You 41 very good English.” But the student answered, “ No, my English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite
42 at the answer. Thinking he had not made himself 43 or the student had not heard him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak it very well.” But the Chinese student still 44 saying “No”. 45 the foreigner gave up and didn’t know what to say.
What’s wrong with the student’s answer? It is because he didn’t accept a compliment as the American people 46 . He should have said “Thank you” instead of “No”. He actually understood what the American had said. But he thought he should be modest. If someone says to a woman, “ You look 47 beautiful with the new clothes 48 .” she should be very happy and answer, “Thank you.” In our country we think 49 modest is a virtue and showing off is a bad behavior. But in the West, if you are modest and say, “ No, 50 I can’t do it well,” then the others will take it for granted (理所当然)that you 51 can not do it. If you often say,“No”, you will certainly be looked down upon by 52 . When 53 for a job, if one says something like “Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “ Let me have a try on the job”, he or she can expect to get it. So in the West, one should always be confident. 54 self-confidence, he can’t go anywhere. Confidence is of great 55 to one in a country where competition is quite keen.(激烈)
| 小题2: | | A．surprising | B．surprised | C．laughed | D．laughing |
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| 小题3: | | A．understood | B．understand | C．to understand | D．understanding |
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| 小题4: | | A．keep | B．keeping | C．keeps | D．kept |
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| 小题5: | | A．At first | B．By the way | C．In the end | D．First of all |
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| 小题9: | | A．being | B．be | C．having | D．have |
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| 小题10: | | A．I’m afraid | B．I’m not sure | C．I don’t mind | D．I don’t know |
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| 小题11: | | A．hardly | B．really | C．badly | D．luckily |
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| 小题12: | | A．another | B．other | C．the other | D．others |
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| 小题13: | | A．asking | B．ask | C．provide | D．providing |
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| 小题14: | | A．With | B．Without | C．by | D．under |
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| 小题15: | | A．importantly | B．unimportant | C．important | D．importance |
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Sheila bought a new lunch bag for school.
On the way to school, she looked inside. She hoped that a new lunch bag meant something new for lunch, 16 she found the same lunch as always---a sandwich.
When the lunch bell rang. Sheila found her bag and carried it to the dining hall. She opened it and 17 two pieces of fried chicken, several strawberries, and an egg.
“Wow!” Sheila said, “That’s what I call 18 !”
The next morning, Sheila opened her lunch bag and looked inside. Sure enough, she found another 19 . But when she opened the bag at lunchtime in the dining hall, she discovered a piece of pizza, an orange, and a cake.
“My lunch bag 20 be magic,” Sheila said.
“There’s no such thing as magic,” her friend Douglas 21 .
“There is,” Sheila said. “My mother 22 packs me a sandwich. But ever since I got this new lunch bag, the sandwich has changed into something I like.”
“Maybe your mother’s packing 23 things for a change.”
“No,” Sheila said. “I checked in the morning. The sandwich changes 24 .”
“You are not the 25 one with a magic lunch bag,” Beatrice said, turning around from the table behind her. “I have one, too. See? This is my magic bag.”
“Hey,” Sheila said. “My lunch bag really looks like yours.”
“Mine is magic,” said Beatrice. “Every day my dad 26 leftovers(剩饭), but at lunchtime I find a sandwich---my favorite!”
Sheila started 27 .
“What’s so funny?” Beatrice asked.
“That’s the sandwich my mother packs,” Sheila said. “We’ve been getting our lunch bags 28 up.”
Sheila and 29 shared their lunches every day after that. Sheila loved making new discoveries each time she opened her lunch bag. But her best discovery was magically finding a new 30 .
| 小题2: | | A．showed | B．discovered | C．wanted | D．offered |
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| 小题3: | | A．lunch bag | B．dining hall | C．breakfast | D．lunch |
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| 小题4: | | A．sandwich | B．chicken | C．egg | D．orange |
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| 小题6: | | A．disturbed | B．discovered | C．disappeared | D．disagreed |
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| 小题7: | | A．never | B．seldom | C．often | D．ever |
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| 小题8: | | A．different | B．same | C．easy | D．delicious |
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| 小题9: | | A．at home | B．during school | C．on the way | D．after lunchtime |
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| 小题10: | | A．last | B．next | C．extra | D．only |
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| 小题11: | | A．packs | B．cooks | C．leaves | D．checks |
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| 小题12: | | A．shouting | B．nodding | C．laughing | D．finding |
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| 小题13: | | A．fixed | B．used | C．broken | D．mixed |
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| 小题14: | | A．Douglas | B．Beatrice | C．Sheila’s mother | D．Beatrice’s father |
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| 小题15: | | A．friend | B．classroom | C．classmate | D．school |
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