| 阅读理解。 |
Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12, a white gardenia (栀子花) was sent to my house.
It did not come with a card or note of any kind, but I loved the beauty and sweet smell of the flower.
And I never stopped imaging who the giver might be. My mother helped me to imagine. She"d ask me if
I had done something kind for anyone. Perhaps the neighbor I"d helped carry heavy bags for, or one of my
classmates who I helped the lessons with. As a teenager, though, I had more fun thinking that it might be a
boy I liked at school.
When I was 17, a boy broke my heart and I cried myself to sleep. When I woke up in the morning, there
was a message on my mirror, "If we let sadness go, happiness will surely come to you." I thought about those
words for a long time. When I finally went to get the glass cleaner, my mother knew everything was all right
again.
One month before I finished high school, my father left us forever. I lost interest in all the celebrating
activities such as the class play, taking photos with classmates before leaving the high school where I had
studied for three years. Although my mother was very sad, she still encouraged me to take part in all those.
She wanted her child to have a sense that there was still beauty in the face of bad luck, just like the
gardenia-lovely, strong and perfect.
My mother died 10 days after I was married. I was 26. That was the year gardenias stopped coming. |
| 1. From the age of ________, the writer began to receive a gardenia every year on her birthday. |
A. 17
B. 12
C. 26
D. 10 |
| 2. What can we infer (推断) from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3? |
A. Mother was clever.
B. I was still sad.
C. The glass was dirty.
D. Mother really understood me. |
| 3. The writer lost interest in activities before leaving high school because ________. |
A. no flowers were sent to her
B. a boy broke her hear
C. her father died
D. there was no beauty in her life |
| 4. In fact it was ________ who sent the flowers. |
A. the writer"s father
B. the writer"s mother
C. a boy classmate
D. one of the neighbors |
| 5. The passage mainly talks about ________. |
A. mother"s love
B. the writer"s bad luck
C. teenagers" problems while growing up
D. how to pace difficulties |
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试题【阅读理解。 Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12, a white gardenia】；主要考察你对
日常生活类等知识点的理解。
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| 阅读理解。 |
How can you buy a meal for lunch without any money in your pocket? Students in Class 9, Grade 8 at
Mountain and Lake Middle School in Chengdu,Sichuan,have their ways. They give out flyers (传单), draw
portraits (人物素描) and work as waiters.
The class, working in eight groups, finished the activity. Experiencing Life for Seven Hours,on March 18,
"I found students waste their food in the dining-hall," the class teacher, Deng Guiyong said, "So I held this
activity to help them understand how hard it is to make money."
Jiang Yao, 15, and his group members stood in the streets giving out flyers for about two hours and got
the money for their lunch. Then they worked as waiters in a pizza restaurant-cleaning the floor；and toilets
and getting food for guests,"We were busy all along, so we were terribly exhausted after the day"s hard work.
"said Jiang."We each got a pizza as a prize, which tasted much better than one I ate with my parents before."
When Xie Ni"s group didn"t make any money in three hours, the members became nervous about their
lunch. The 14-year-old girl came up with the idea of drawing portraits to sell, "I sold four portraits and one
tourist even paid us 100 yuan for his portrait," said Xie.
Xie realized that life is really hard. "We have to work hard to get the money to pay for even a simple meal."
Xie said, "We must value the happy life today."
On top of making money, each group was asked to do at least five good deeds during the seven hours.
Students helped the old cross the road, gave directions to tourists and turned in a lost bus card. |
| 1. From the teacher"s words, we can see that the students ________. |
A. usually waste food in their daily life
B. realize life is really not easy
C. know it"s hard to make money
D. have their own ways to get food without money |
| 2. The underlined word "exhausted" in Paragraph 3 means ________. |
A. happy
B. crazy
C. tired
D. boring |
| 3. In order to make money, the students have done all except ________. |
A. help the old cross the road
B. give out flyers
C. draw portraits
D. work as waiters |
| 4. The purpose of this activity is to ________. |
A. let the students get food
B. help the students learn to value their today"s life
C. help people in need
D. give the students a chance to learn to work |
| 5. What"s the best title for the passage? |
A. Life Is Really Hard
B. It"s Good To Be A Volunteer
C. How To work For People
D. Experiencing Life For Seven Hours |
| 用方框内所给单词的适当形式填空。 |
| someone move careful student ring young answer when with angry | | 完形填空。 | Robby was 11 years old when his mother sent him to have his first piano lesson. I prefer that students
begin at an earlier age, but Robby said 1 had always been his mother"s dream to hear him play the
piano. So I took him on 2 my student.
Although Robby tried very hard, 3 he was not good at music. However, he continued and 4 the end of
each weekly lesson he"d always say: "My mom is going to hear me play someday." But it
seemed hopeless. He didn"t have a talent for music.
One day, Robby stopped 5 to our lessons. He told me that his mom had been sick and unable to
take him to piano lessons, but he was still practicing. He asked 6 he could take part in my concert
and I agreed.
The night of the concert came. The high school gym 7 with parents, friends and relatives. The concert
was going well. Then Robby came up on the stage, and began to play the piano.
He played 8 well that everyone was on their feet, clapping (鼓掌) excitedly. In tears, I ran up on
the stage, "Oh, Robby! 9 did you do it?".
"Well, Miss Green…remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, actually she had cancer and died this
morning. And well…she was born deaf, so tonight was the 10 time she ever heard me play the piano.
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( )2. A. with
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( )4. A. in
( )5. A. come
( )6. A. why
( )7. A. packed
( )8. A. so
( )9. A. Why
( )10. A. good | B. it"s
B. for
B. but
B. by
B. to come
B. if
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B. such
B. How
B. better | C. that
C. in
C. /
C. to
C. coming
C. when
C. were packed
C. very
C. What
C. best | D. he
D. as
D. so
D. at
D. came
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D. quite
D. When
D. worst | | 阅读理解。 | Having a part-time job is an important part of growing up for American teenagers. It can teach them
important skills that will be useful for the rest of their lives. And many teenagers find that making their own
money gives them a sense of pride and freedom.
American teenagers are allowed to do part-time jobs at the age of 14. During the school year, teenagers
may go to work a few times a week after school, and work for longer at weekends.
In summer, top part-time jobs for teenagers include at camps, swimming pools and amusement parks.
These jobs are great for those who want to be active and have fun while making money.
Some of the most stressful jobs include teaching, nursing, and police work. These skills help to prepare
teenagers for their later lives. When they grow up, the students with work experience are more likely to
succeed than those without work experience.
A favorite job for many teenagers is babysitting, and they can start before the age of 14 if their parents
agree. As long as they stay in the house and make sure the kids are okay, babysitters can do their homework,
watch TV, or talk on the phone with friends. After the kids go to bed and before the parents come home,
babysitters have lots of freedom.
It can be stressful to balance school, homework, and a part-time job. However, many American teenagers
value their work experience and the skills they get from the job. | | 1. Why do American teenagers like to have a part-time job? | A. Because they don"t want to be stressed out.
B. Because they can learn skills and get money.
C. Because they can get a good job in the future.
D. Because they can do anything they like. | | 2. Which kind of part-time job is less stressful for American teenagers? | A. Working at police.
B. Nursing
C. Working at camps.
D. Teaching. | | 3. Which kind of part-time job can a 13-year-old girl do in America? | A. Working at parks.
B. Working at a swimming pool.
C. Looking after babies.
D. Doing the dishes in a restaurant. | | 4. What"s the meaning of the underlined word "value"? | A. 喜欢
B. 追求
C. 向往
D. 珍视 | | 阅读理解。 | "You know, these cups brings to my mind a story I heard," Mary said to her students.
She poured some tea. There were four of them and there were four completely different cups on the
tables.
"I heard there was a teacher who took all his students for tea. His students were surprised that all the
cups on the table were different. They all took a cup and started drinking their tea, each looking at the cups
of others. The teacher said, "Did you notice your behavior? You are all looking at each other"s tea cup and
some of you even envy (羡慕) the finer cups of others."
"I put the different cups here on purpose. I want to say life is like this tea. You all have the same thing in
your cups--tea. And yet you cannot truly enjoy it in your envy of another"s cup. You forget to enjoy your own
life when you envy someone else"s life. We all have the same thing--life. We should care more about the tastes
of your own life. So now, taste your own tea. Does it matter from which cup it came from?" Mary finished
telling her story and her students all sat in silence for a while, enjoying their tea. And it really did not matter
a bit from which teacup they drank. | | 1. Which of the following statement is TRUE? | A. All of the students had the same kind of cups.
B. One of the cups is different from others.
C. All of the cups were filled with the same tea.
D. There was different tea in different cups. | | 2. What should we learn from the story? | A. Envy others and make progress.
B. All the lives are the same.
C. Work hard and catch up with others.
D. Try to enjoy your own life. | | 3. Which is the best title for the story? | A. More than tea in a cup
B. The same cups, the same tea
C. The taste of the tea
D. Different cups, different tea |
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