One day, my younger sister Clemence, who loved Dad very much, wanted to help him. So she cut the carnations from their stems (枝干) one by one and arranged them on the ground. She believed that Dad would be very pleased to see them that way. When Mom and I realized what my sister had done, we became completely speechless. However, my sister didn’t know why no one showed her any appreciation (欣赏). When Dad came back, he went straight to watch the flowers as usual. Seeing his flowers lying on the ground like dead animals, he was surprised at first. He looked towards the street to see if it was any of the neighbor’s children who could have done it. Then he looked at Mom in silence. Finally Mom, who always taught us to tell the truth, said, “No bad neighbors did this great job, only your lovely daughter Clemence.” Dad’s face changed into a smile and then he said, “Do I have better flowers than my lovely daughter?” My younger sister smiled and hugged Dad strongly.
小题1: How many kinds of colors do carnation have according to the passage?| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
小题2:Why did Clemence cut the carnations from their stems?| A．Because she didn’t like them. | | B．Because Dad told her to do so. | | C．Because Mum told her to do so. | | D．Because she wanted to help her dad. |
小题3:What does the underlined word “speechless” mean in Chinese?小题4:What did the father feel after hearing what the mother said?| A．Angry. | B．Excited. | | C．pleased. | D．Sad. |
小题5:What’s the best title for this passage?| A．My Cleverest Sister | B．My Dad’s Best Flower | | C．My Dad’s Carnations | D．My Honest Mother |
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小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:B |
试题分析：这篇文章主要告诉讲了一件事情。我爸爸非常喜欢康乃馨，我妹妹为了帮助爸爸，自以为是地把这些花剪掉了，放在地上，我爸爸知道后，说：没有比女儿更好的花了。
小题1:推理判断题。When I was young, my father used to grow carnations — a kind of flower that was red, pink and white.句意：当我小的时候，我父亲常常种康乃馨----一种红色、粉色、或是白色的花。可知有三种颜色。故选C。
小题2:细节理解题。根据One day, my younger sister Clemence, who loved Dad very much, wanted to help him. So she cut the carnations from their stems (枝干) one by one and arranged them on the ground.句意：一天，我妹妹Clemence，她非常爱爸爸，想要帮助他。所以，她把康乃馨从枝干上一朵朵砍下来，把他们放在地上。根据此句，可知应选D。
小题3:词义猜测题。根据When Mom and I realized what my sister had done, we became completely speechless.句意：当妈妈和我意识到妹妹做的事情，我们完全无语了。speech语言，less少的，根据构词法，可知这个单词意为无语。故选A。
小题4:推理判断题。根据Dad’s face changed into a smile and then he said, “Do I have better flowers than my lovely daughter?”句意：爸爸微笑了，然后他说：“我有比可爱的女儿更好的花吗？”从smile判断出，爸爸听了妈妈的话后很高兴。故选C。
小题5: 标题归纳题。这篇文章主要想告诉我们爸爸爱花，但更爱女儿。女儿就是爸爸最好的花。可知应选B。
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[详细]举一反三
It was a cold afternoon in winter. My oldest son, Stephen, was at school, and Reed, my husband, at work. My little ones were sitting around the kitchen table. Tom was perfecting a paper plane, while Sam was on an oil painting.
But Laura, our only daughter, sat quietly and was in her project. Every once in a while she would ask how to the name of someone in our family, then carefully form the letters one by one. Next, she would add flowers with small items. She finished off each with a sun in the upper right hand corner. Holding them at eye level, she let out a long sigh (叹息) of .
“What are you doing, Honey?” I asked. She looked quickly at her brother before looking back at me. “It’s a .” she said, covering up her work with her hands.
Next, she put her work into a box. When she had finished, she disappeared up the stairs.
It wasn’t until later that evening that I a “mailbox” taped onto the doors to each of our bedrooms. There were little notes saying that she loved all of us. She hadn’t Sam or baby Paul. They are pages of colored scenes including flowers with happy faces. “He can’t read yet,” she whispered (低声说), “ he can look at the pictures.” Each time I received one of my little girl’s gifts, it my heart. I was touched at how carefully she paid attention to what wrong happened to us. When Stephen lost a baseball game, there was a letter telling him she thought he was the best ballplayer in the whole world. After I had a day, there was a message thanking me for my efforts.
This same little girl is grown now, driving off every day to the state college, but some things about her have changed. Yesterday I found a love note next to my bedside. “Thanks for always being there for me, Mom,” it read, “I’m glad that we’re the best friends.”
There are angels among us. I know I live with one.
| 小题2: | | A．working | B．getting | C．holding | D．putting |
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| 小题3: | | A．absent | B．lost | C．bored | D．upset |
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| 小题4: | | A．complete | B．afford | C．spell | D．check |
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| 小题5: | | A．satisfaction | B．carefulness | C．tiredness | D．regret |
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| 小题6: | | A．goal | B．dream | C．wish | D．surprise |
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| 小题7: | | A．realized | B．noticed | C．knew | D．predicted |
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| 小题8: | | A．cared | B．remembered | C．followed | D．forgotten |
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| 小题10: | | A．deepened | B．froze | C．broke | D．brightened |
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| 小题11: | | A．boring | B．different | C．hard | D．crazy |
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| 小题12: | | A．never | B．already | C．ever | D．Even |
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Researchers have found that there are some basic things that you can do to become happier.
◆Self
Yourself includes your education, your health, and your sense of purpose. It is important to take care of yourself and to connect the people around you. First, find a hobby. This gives you a chance to meet people with similar interests. You can also volunteer. Volunteering takes the focus off your own problems and makes you feel grateful for what you have.
◆Home
Create a quieter, dark area where you can sit and relax. Paint your living room yellow – it can increase energy and improve mood (情绪). It also helps to own a pet. Pets can make their owners feel calm, and provide love and friendship.
◆Financial (财务的) life
According to Ed Diener, the key to greater well-being is to have money, but not to want it too much. Try to spend money on things that give you long-lasting pleasure. Buy things that will enrich your life, such as music lessons and dinners with friends and family.
◆Social life
Have friends that encourage you to eat right, to be active, to laugh, and to do your best. Meet with your friends regularly and share with them when you have more of something than you need. Support each other in difficult times.
◆Workplace
Your office should be a place that you like. Find a job with people that you enjoy being around. That includes your boss. And do something that you feel strongly about. That is more important than money.
◆Community
If possible, live near people who have about the same amount of money as you. This makes you less aware (意识到的) of what you don’t have. Live in a neighborhood where you feel safe and where you can walk a lot. Walking makes you healthier, and healthier people are happier people.
小题1:What does yourself include according to the passage?
小题2:How can we increase our energy and improve mood?
小题3:What is the key to greater well-being, according to Ed Diener?
小题4:Why should we live near people as rich as ourselves?
小题5:What does the passage mainly talk about? |
My life, as it really is, is always filled with sadness and little joy. However, no matter what happens, I can always face it .
In July, last year, I couldn"t believe the news that I was to enter the only key high school in my hometown. Then I rushed to my home and told my parents. But my father didn"t seem as as I was. He just kept smoking without saying a word and my mother put her head down and couldn"t help _ .
What I saw didn"t make me surprised. I knew very well _ my family was like. My mum had been in bed for two years because of her disease. I knew my family lived a hard life and couldn"t afford my tuition fee(学费). I felt so upset at that moment but I could say to my parents.
I decide to help my father with his work to support my family instead of my schooling.
To my surprise, things completely changed just three days before the beginning of the new term. My head teacher who had taught me three years came to my family with some money, which had been raised(筹集) by my schoolmates. He encouraged me, “Always have .”
At the same time, my father also earned some extra money, he tried his best to afford part of my tuition fee.
I knew I was such a lucky dog and decided to study harder in return. With tears in my eyes, I stepped into the key high school I had dreamed of.
I have been studying hard since I entered the high school. Whenever I meet difficulties, I always think of my teacher and schoolmates, and I can always get enough courage to go on. Because I have a college dream and must work hard for it no matter how hard life is. Just as a saying goes, “When one door shuts, opens in life.”
| 小题1: | | A．differently | B．bravely | C．carefully | D．angrily |
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| 小题2: | | A．ordered | B．invited | C．allowed | D．persuaded |
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| 小题3: | | A．nervous | B．excited | C．interested | D．outgoing |
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| 小题4: | | A．smiling | B．shouting | C．crying | D．singing |
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| 小题6: | | A．nothing | B．something | C．anything | D．everything |
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| 小题7: | | A．to go on | B．continuing | C．enjoying | D．starting |
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| 小题8: | | A．money | B．a dream | C．time | D．a chance |
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| 小题10: | | A．it | B．another | C．other | D．the other |
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You are going to high school, aren’t you? Maybe you don’t know what to do. Well, here’s a list of the top six things to do when you are in high school. These things will give you ideas of what your high school life could be like. Here you go!
① Find your passion(激情) and what kind of person you are: Whether it’s dance, basketball, or drawing, the important thing is that you have found something you are interested in.
② Talk to people you wouldn’t usually talk to: meet new people, find new friends and even talk to people you don’t like. It will show what a great person you are. You never know what will happen after high school.
③ Take part in at least one contest(竞赛): This will give you tears of laughter, happiness and memories.
④ Get a job: This will help you see what it’s like to have responsibility(责任). It can also help you make a little money to spend on yourself.
⑤ Take a trip with your friends: It doesn’t matter where you go or what you do, the memories will happen on the way and go on till the final place.
⑥ Do your best at school: Don’t ever get lazy; working hard now will help you in the future.
小题1:The writer mainly tells you six things you should do _____.| A．in your high school years | | B．at the beginning of your high school years | | C．before your high school begins | | D．after finish your high school |
小题2:The writer gives you advice that you should talk to people you don’t like because _____.| A．you will feel sorry if not | | B．it will show how great you are | | C．it will show how clever you are | | D．you can make your study better |
小题3:Which of the following you’d better not do according to the passage?| A．Find your interest | B．Get a Job | | C．take a trip with your friends | D．Get lazy |
小题4:What’s the main idea of the passage?| A．Have a happy school life | | B．How to get along with your schoolmates | | C．Ideas of successful high school life | | D．Make sure your school life easy |
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Years ago I worked at a factory in a small county. Every day I got up very early and often did much extra work at night. I was so tired and exhausted. My whole life was hopeless. Then one day I read the following article from a magazine:
"A woman went to live with her husband in camp on the Mojave Desert during the war. She simply hated the place: the heat was almost un-bearable, 125 degrees in the shade, the wind blew incessantly, and there was sand everywhere. Finally, in desperation (不顾一切地) she wrote her parents in Ohio that she couldn"t stand it another minute and was coming home.
Quickly came the reply by airmail from her father——just two lines:
"Two men looked out from prison bars. One saw the mud, the other saw stars."
The daughter did some real thinking, not only with the intellect (思维) but also with her heart. She decided to stick to her post.
She made friends with the natives, learned to love the country, and eventually wrote a book about it.
The desert hadn"t changed, but her attitude had. Because she listened with her heart to the words her father sent, a whole new world opened up to her.
A change of attitude could change everything.
After reading the article, I was deep in thought (陷入沉思)…
小题1:At first, the woman the life with her husband in the desert.| A．could stand. | B．could accept. | | C．couldn’t stand. | D．couldn’t understand. |
小题2:The woman’s father wanted to tell his daughter to .| A．look at the mud. | B．look at the stars. | | C．come home. | D．stay with her husband. |
小题3:The main idea of this passage is that __________.| A．a woman went to live with her husband in camp. | | B．the desert hadn"t changed, but her attitude had. | | C．the daughter"s parents wanted her to stay with her husband. | | D．a change of attitude could change everything. |
小题4:After reading the story, the writer may .| A．give up the tiring work. | B．go to the desert. | | C．write a letter to father. | D．go on the work. |
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