A woman repeated a bit of gossip (流言) about a neighbour. Within a few days the whole neighbourhood knew the story. The neighbour was deeply hurt. Later the woman responsible (负责) for spreading the gossip learned that it was completely untrue. She was very sorry and went to a wise old man to find out what she could do to repair the harm.
“Go to the marketplace,” he said. “and buy a chicken, and have it killed, then on your way home, pluck (拔) its feathers and drop them one by one along the road. ” Although surprised by this advice, the woman did what she was told.
The next day the wise man said, “ Now, go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring them back to me. ”
The woman followed the same road, but she was so discouraged when she found the wind had blown all the feathers away. After searching for hours, she returned with only three in her hand.
“ You see, ” said the old man, “it’s easy to drop them, but it’s impossible to get them back . So it is with gossip. It doesn’t take much to spread a gossip, but once you do, you can never completely undo the wrong.”
小题1:The woman was very _________ the harm she had done to her neighbour.| A．happy about | B．angry about | C．sorry for | D．excited about |
小题2:Which of the following statements is TURE?| A．The gossip didn’t hurt anyone at all. | | B．The wise man was not kind enough. | | C．The woman found all the feathers at last. | | D．The woman was given a lesson. |
小题3:What the wise man said has nearly the same meaning as the Chinese phrase “_________” |
小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:A |
小题1:根据文章内容“She was very sorry and went to a wise old man to find out what she could do to repair the harm.”可知答案为C
小题2:根据文章内容可知答案为D
小题3:根据意思可知答案为A |
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Mr. Brown lived in a house less than two miles from his office, so he was able to drive home every day for lunch. Every time he drove home at noon, he found many cars were parked outside his house and there was no room for his own car. He had to drive somewhere else to park his car. Then he had to walk back home. This made him very angry.
He had put up a board, which said, “ No parking” in the garden facing the road, but nobody noticed it. People seemed to obey(遵守) only a police notice with letters on a blue board:
POLICE NOTICE
NO PARKING
Mrs. Brown suggested that he could steal a police notice. He was afraid to do so. She then suggested that he could make one just like a police notice. He said he was not the police and couldn’t use the word “police”. Several days later, Mr. Brown made a blue board with white letters:
POLITE NOTICE
NO PARKING
“ Oh!” Mrs. Brown said, “You told me you weren’t going to use the word “police”, but why do you use it now?” “Really?” he asked, “Look again.” She started to laugh. “You are really clever.”
小题1:How many notice boards did Mr. Brown make altogether?| A．Only one | B．Two | C．Three | D．None |
小题2:Mr. Brown made a notice board which ________________ in the end.| A．was just the same as a police notice | | B．was different in colour from a police notice | | C．looked just like a police notice | | D．said “ POLICE NOTICE, NO PARKING” |
小题3:We can infer(推断) that ____________ after he put up the blue board.| A．more people will park their cars outside his house | | B．more policemen will come to park their cars at noon | | C．fewer people will visit him at noon later on | | D．fewer people will park their cars outside his house |
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Many students have hobbies, such as reading, painting, growing vegetables in their gardens, and looking after animals. Some hobbies are relaxing and ___(1) are creative（有创造性的）. Hobbies can develop your interests and help you learn new skills.
David Smith is a student. His hobby is writing. ___(2) the summer of 2000, he spent four weeks on a summer camp. As well as the usual activities, such as sailing, climbing and mounting biking, there was a writing workshop with a profession ___(3). “She asked us to imagine that we were in a story. Then we wrote about our ___(4) at the camp.”
In senior high school David wrote a story about teenage life, and it ___(5) as a book in 2003. Many teenagers love his book, and as a result, David has become a ___(6) young writer.
David has been very lucky ___(7) his hobby has brought him enjoyment and success. But he is ___(8) interested in many other things. “I like playing volleyball, too.” says David. “I spend some of my free time playing volleyball for my school team. ___(9) I’ll write more books in the future, but I’m not sure.”
It"s something difficult ___(10) that we shouldn"t spend all our time on our favourite hobby. There are many other interesting things to do in life, and we should try to do something new or different.
| 小题1: | | A．other | B．others | C．the other | D．another |
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| 小题3: | | A．manager | B．doctor | C．singer | D．writer |
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| 小题4: | | A．experiences | B．examples | C．excuses | D．experiments |
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| 小题5: | | A．took out | B．tried out | C．came out | D．went out |
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| 小题6: | | A．successful | B．normal | C．polite | D．lonely |
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| 小题7: | | A．or | B．but | C．because | D．though |
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| 小题8: | | A．too | B．also | C．only | D．either |
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| 小题9: | | A．Usually | B．Immediately | C．Maybe | D．Once |
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| 小题10: | | A．remember | B．remembers | C．remembered | D．to remember |
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When you write a letter or make a telephone call, your words carry message（信息）. People talk with words. Do you think you can talk 1 words? A smile 2 your face shows you are happy and friendly. Tears（眼泪） in your eyes tell __3 that you are sad. When you put up your hand in class, the teacher knows you want to say something 4 ask questions. You shake（摇头）your head, and people know you are saying “no”. You nod and people know you are saying 5 .
Other things can also give some information. For example, a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus 6 . A sign on the wall of your school helps you to find the library. Signs on doors tell you 7 to go. Do you find that there are a lot of signs 8 you and that you get messages from them all the time? People can talk to each other 9 many other ways. An artist can use his pictures to tell about beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things. Writers write books to 10 you about all wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas. Books, magazines, TVs and radios and films all help us to talk with other people. They all help us to know what is happening in the world.
| 小题3: | | A．others | B．the others | C．other | D．the other |
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| 小题5: | | A．no | B．hello | C．yes | D．nothing |
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| 小题6: | | A．to get | B．to choose | C．to have | D．to take |
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| 小题7: | | A．which | B．where | C．how | D．what |
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| 小题8: | | A．beside | B．next to | C．between | D．around |
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Before you go to another country it is a great help if you know the language（语音） and some of the customs（风俗）of the country.
When people meet each other for the first time in Britain, they say “How do you do?” and shake hands(握手). Usually they do not shake hands when they just meet or say goodbye. But they shake hands when they haven’t met for a long time or when they will be away from each other for a long time.
Last year a group of German students went to England for a holiday. Their teacher told them that the English people hardly ever shake hands. So when they met their English friends at the station, they kept their hands behind their backs. The English students had learned that the Germans shake hands as often as possible, so they put their hands in front and got ready to shake hands with them. It made both of them laugh.
小题1:It is _____ if you know the language and some of the customs of a country before you pay a visit to that country.| A．not useful | B．not helpful | C．very helpful | D．very bad |
小题2:English people usually shake hands when they ______.| A．meet every time | B．meet for the first time | | C．say goodbye to each other | D．say hello to each other |
小题3:Usually, English people don’t shake hands _____.| A．when they will be away for a long time | | B．when they say “How do you do?” | | C．when they just meet or say goodbye | | D．when they haven’t met for a long time |
小题4:Which is right?| A．German people shake hands as often as possible. | | B．English people like shaking hands very much | | C．German people hardly ever shake hands. | | D．Both English people and Germans don’t like shaking hands. |
小题5:This story is about _____.| A．shaking hands | B．languages | C．customs | D．languages and customs |
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Mr Smith is an English teacher. He comes from America. He has a daughter.
Her name is Amy, and she is a good engineer in New York. Mr Smith likes traveling very much, and he can speak Spanish very well. Now he is in China, so he wants to learn some Chinese. He works very hard at his Chinese, and goes to Chinese classes every evening. He has a lot of friends in China and they often help him. He likes to talk with them. He tells his daughter that he can speak good Chinese, and he doesn’t have any trouble（麻烦）with his Chinese, but the Chinese have a lot .
小题1:Mr Smith works in _________.| A．a hospital | B．a police station | C．a school | D．a restaurant |
小题2:Mr Smith is good at（擅长）__________.| A．Chinese | B．Japanese | C．Spanish | D．French |
小题3:He learns Chinese __________ .| A．very well | B．not very well | C．we don’t know | D．very good |
小题4:Where does he learn Chinese? _________.| A．In an evening school . | B．At home. | | C．In his friend’s home. | D．In a park. |
小题5:Does he study very hard ? _________.| A．Yes, he doesn’t. | B．No, he doesn’t. | | C．Yes, he does. | D．No, he don’t. |
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