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Once upon a time, a boy was walking through a wood and he thought he could hear a sad cry. Following the sound he came to a big, round, mysterious, grey fountain. The sad sound seemed to be coming from the fountain pool. The boy swept aside the pool’s dirty surface water and saw a group of grey fish swimming in a slow circle through the pond.
Amused by this, the boy tried to catch one of these incredible talking fish. But when he stuck his arm into the water it turned grey right up to the elbow. As this happened, a huge sadness entered into him, and he suddenly understood how sad the fish were feeling.
He quickly pulled his arm out of the water, and ran from that place. But the arm stayed grey, and the boy continued feeling sad. He tried so many times to cheer himself up, but nothing worked. That was, until he realized that if he were to make the Earth happy then that happiness would be, in turn, transmitted back to him, through the earth on his arm. X|k | B|  1  .  c|O  |m
From then on, he set about looking after countryside. He cared for the plants, and he did what he could to keep the water from being polluted. He encouraged others to do the same. He was so successful that his arm started to recover its normal color. When the grey had disappeared completely, he started feeling happy again, and he decided to go and visit the fountain. When he was still some way from the fountain he could hear the fish singing happily.
小题1: What happened to the boy when he stuck his arm into the water?
A.He caught some fish.B.His arm was bitten by the fish.
C.He felt great sadness.D.Nothing special happened.
小题2:The underlined word recover means “      ” in Chinese.
A.转变B.进化C.变异D.恢复
小题3: Which of the following didn’t happen after the boy left the fountain?
A.He started to look after the countryside.
B.He stopped the water from being polluted.
C.He encouraged people to protect the earth.
D.His arm kept grey and he never felt happy.
小题4:What can we learn from the passage?
A.We should protect the earth.B.We shouldn’t catch fish.
C.Even the fountain may cry.D.We should visit the fountain.
小题5: What is the best title of the passage?
A.The Beautiful Countryside.B.The Talking Fish.
C.The Sad Cry.D.The Grey Fountain.

答案

小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:D
解析

试题分析:本文叙述了一个小男孩因胳膊伸进了灰色泉水里,胳膊变成灰色,心情很悲伤。他想了很多办法让自己高兴起来,都做不到。于是他意识到,只有让地球高兴了,地球上的东西才会高兴,于是他开始照顾地球上的植物,防止水污染,后来他恢复了。这个故事告诉我们要保护好地球,保护地球就等于保护好我们自己。
小题1:细节理解题。根据But when he stuck his arm into the water it turned grey right up to the elbow. As this happened, a huge sadness entered into him,可知当这个男孩把胳膊伸进水里,他的胳膊直到胳膊肘变成了灰色,同时,他感到悲伤。故选C。
小题2:词义猜测题。根据When the grey had disappeared completely, he started feeling happy again,可知他的胳膊上的灰色完全消失,他又感到快乐,因此说他恢复乘正常的状态。故选D。
小题3:细节理解题。根据But the arm stayed grey, and the boy continued feeling sad.可知这个小男孩离开那口泉水后,胳膊仍然是灰色的,继续感到悲伤。故选D。
小题4:推理判断题。文中讲小男孩为了让自己高兴起来,帮助照顾地球,地球高兴了,他也就高兴了,故推断我们应该保护好地球,地球好了,我们就会很好。故选A。
小题5:标题归纳题。文中围绕着小男孩碰到了灰色泉水之后发生的变化,故本文主要讲灰色泉水的故事。故选D。
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试题【Once upon a time, a boy was walking through a wood and he thought he could hear 】;主要考察你对人生百味类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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From my father I have learned a lot. And I’m very thankful to him. I remember when I was a child my father always got up very early, quietly putting on his clothes and going off to work. To arrive in time to open his tiny store at 8:30, he needed to leave our apartment at 6:30. After all, he had to take a bus and then the subway. The last journey was a long walk through a neighborhood much of which was full of the smell of rubbish. I learned: it is very important to work. No excuse.
When I was 12, I would, on some Saturdays, go to my father’s store to help out. After helping set up the outside clothing display, for the rest of the day, I’d watch to make sure no one stole anything. When I noticed someone looking unusual or strange, I would look the person in the eye, smile and say, “May I help you?” Usually that worked, but sometimes, someone would run off with something. The first time, I ran after the thief but my father shouted, “Martin, stop! There is no need to do that.” It’s true that safety is more important than money.
After 10 years of hard work, he saved up enough money to buy his first car, a cheap one—he wouldn’t buy one until he could afford to pay for it without borrowing money. I learned: buy only what you can afford. Buying necessary food and clothing won’t make us go in debt(债务). The unnecessary things won’t give us happiness, which comes from achievement only.
小题1: What shop did the author’s father own?
A.A bookshop.B.A coffee shop.
C.A clothing shop.D.A food shop.
小题2: Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.The author ran after thieves many times.
B.The author thanked his father a lot.
C.The author’s father worked very hard.
D.The author’s father made some money.
小题3: All the following are talked about in the passage EXCEPT       .
A.the importance of working
B.the good ways to keep healthy
C.that safety comes before money
D.that it’s bad to spend more than you make
小题4: According to the author, what usually makes people go in debt?
A.To rent a house for the family.
B.To send their children to school.
C.To enjoy something unnecessary.
D.To buy enough food for the family.
小题5: What is the passage mainly about?
A.How to live a happy life.
B.What makes a person successful.
C.The help the author got from his father.
D.What the author learned from his father.

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Practicing yoga(瑜伽) is a helpful, popular way to keep fit. It has many followers around the world. There are many kinds of yoga. You may have heard of “hot yoga” before. Now, in India, a new kind of yoga, water yoga, is becoming more and more popular among the local people.
In the city of Agra, people practice yoga in water. It is more difficult to practice yoga in water than on land. But practicing yoga in water can be good for your flexibility (灵活性).
Harish Chaturvedi, a lawyer, teaches people water yoga for free—even the poor people can learn from him. “Water yoga can become more popular than other kind of yoga, because the body does not get tired so quickly,” he said. “Everybody can learn to swim, but if they learn yoga at the same time, they will never feel tired.”
“The level of Oxygen(氧气) is very high in water, and you will not have any breathing problem,” he added.
Harish believes that water yoga really helps people to keep away from illness. He mainly trains children. He has classes at the swimming pool of a local sports room regularly. Many children are interested in it and come to team from him.
“Harish is very good at performing yoga in water,” said Sudhir Narayan, a water yoga student. “He is teaching children free of cost and that is a very good thing.”
小题1:What is Harish Chaturvedi?
A.A teacher.B.A lawyer.
C.A doctor.D.A swimmer.
小题2:Why is water yoga more popular than others?
A. Because you can learn to swim at the same time. 
B. Because you don’t get tired so quickly.
C. Because it can keep people fat.
D. Both A and B.
小题3: The underlined phrase “for free” in the passage means _______.
A.快乐地B.自由地
C.免费地D.规律地
小题4:There are more _______ than _______ in Harish’s yoga class.
A.children; adults B.adults; childr
C.women; menD.olds; adults
小题5: What can be the best title of the passage?
A.Ways to keep fitB.Water yoga in India
C.Hot yoga in the worldD.Harish Chaturvedi and his classes

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Do your parents make you do lots of after-school activities? My parents did. I used to listen to them. But now, I decide to think for           .
My parents made me do a lot of after-school activities: taking guitar lessons, taking         class, playing tennis and doing different kinds of other things.
I didn’t like many of them. I often asked my parents to stop         me.
This year, I will stop some activities. I decide to         the guitar because I don’t like to play it at all. I think I can learn English by myself at home         I won’t go to the English class any more
My mother doesn’t think that I get enough         . But I don’t think so.I walk two miles to school every day. I think that is         for me. So I don’t want to play tennis.
One day, my mother         me to go to a swimming club, but I refused.She was         and said,“The more you study, the more skills you will have, and then the more independent you will be.”          she’s right, but I really don’t want to go.
Dear friends, am I right? What will you do if you meet the situation?
小题1:
A.herselfB.themselvesC.myselfD.ourselves
小题2:
A.ChineseB.EnglishC.mathD.science
小题3:
A.droppingB.offeringC.beatingD.pushing
小题4:
A.give upB.make upC.take upD.set up
小题5:
A.and B.soC.butD.or
小题6:
A.exerciseB.foodC.sleepD.study
小题7:
A.badB.easyC.importantD.enough
小题8:
A.allowedB.hatedC.askedD.helped
小题9:
A.nervousB.excitedC.angryD.glad
小题10:
A.InsteadB.MaybeC.HoweverD.Anyway

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We often find that weekends and holidays feel so short while classes and work feel so long. Actually, though,
we know that this is not true. But we still wonder where that strange feeling comes from.
In fact, this is one of the ways that we"re tricked by time, according to the website All That Is Interesting. The website lists several wrong impressions we often have about time. Let"s have a look.
First of all, emotions affect our time-keeping abilities: Negative emotions, especially anxiety and boredom, make time seem longer because they make us concentrate more on the passage of time. However, when we are enjoying ourselves, we pay more attention to what we are doing and are likely to lose track of(失去对….的意识) time.
Here is another example. In 2007, a group of scientists carried out a test. In the test, people fell 50 meters into a safety net and were then asked about their experience. Although the experience took shorter than 3 seconds, the people thought it was much longer than it actually was.
This is because of the way our bodies reply to danger, according to the scientists. Our bodies produce a chemical called adrenaline (肾上腺素) when we are faced with danger. It allows us to concentrate better so that we can stay alive. As a result, we are able to remember far more details(细节)over a short period of time, which makes it seem like time is going more slowly.
Another situation when we make mistakes about time is when we take afternoon naps(午觉). Have you ever had trouble telling what time it is after a long nap? That"s because the best amount of time for a nap is 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, you enter a new stage of sleep called slow-wave sleep. If you wake up mid-way in this stage, it will take a while before you can correctly perceive(感知) time again.
Yes, time can be mysterious and there is no way to control it So, perhaps the best thing to do is to make good use of every minute.
小题1: According to the passage, what possibly makes people feel so long ?
A.weekends and holidaysB.weekends and work
C.classes and workD.holidays and work
小题2:Which is NOT the wrong impressions that we often have about time according to the website listing?
A.negative emotionsB.positive emotions
C.adrenaline D.scientists
小题3:According to the passage, in which situation do we make mistakes about time?
A.We have many problems left in the test paper, but the time is up.
B.We have a math test when we fall down from a high place.
C.We may have trouble telling what time it is after a long nap.
D.We go to school on the school bus as usual on weekdays.
小题4:According to the passage , what will NOT happen when we are faced with danger ?
A.Our bodies will produce a chemical called adrenaline.
B.We are able to feel that time seems to go more slowly.
C.Adrenaline will make us concentrate better to stay alive.
D.We will forget far more details over a short period of time.
小题5:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage ?
A.Negative emotions, especially anxiety and boredom, make time seem longer because they make us concentrate more on the passage of time.
B.When we are enjoying ourselves, we pay more attention to what we are doing and we are able to feel like time is going more slowly.
C.If we wake up mid-way after a long nap, it will take a while before we can correctly perceive time again
D.Time can be mysterious and there is no way to control it. So, perhaps the best thing to do is to make good use of every minute.

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A businessman sent his son to learn the secret of happiness from the wisest man. The boy walked through the desert for forty days      he reached a beautiful castle at the top of a mountain where the Sage (圣人) lived.
When he      a room, he saw lots of strange views: businessmen coming and going, a small music group      sweet music, and all kinds of delicious dishes on a large table.
The Sage      everyone. The young man had to wait for two hours until it was his     .
        enough patience, the Sage listened to the boy, but he was too      to explain to him the secret of happiness.      he suggested that the boy would walk around his palace and come back in two hours.
“However,” he added, handing the boy a teaspoon with two drops of oil in it, “while you walk,      this spoon and don’t let the oil spill.”
The boy began to walk around the palace,      keeping his eyes fixed on the spoon. At last he returned to the Sage.
“So,” asked the Sage, “did you notice anything amazing in my palace?”     , the boy said that he had seen nothing. He was only concentrating on the     .
“OK. Now go back and see the wonders of my world,” said the Sage. Now more     , the boy took the spoon and walked again through the palace. Returning to the Sage, he exactly reported all      he had seen.
“But where is the oil?” asked the Sage. Looking down at the spoon, the boy realized that he had spilled it all.
“Well, the secret of happiness lies in looking at all the wonders of the world and never      the two drops of oil in the spoon,” the Sage said with a smile. They were both important. Then the boy realized what happiness was.
小题1:
A.untilB.unlessC.afterD.while
小题2:
A.saw B.leftC.enteredD.lived
小题3:
A.hearingB.writingC.enjoyingD.playing
小题4:
A.looked forB.conversed withC.heard fromD.knew about
小题5:
A.timeB.wayC.turnD.duty
小题6:
A.ToB.ForC.InD.With
小题7:
A.busyB.angryC.happyD.funny
小题8:
A.ThoughB.WhileC.BecauseD.Since
小题9:
A.catchB.fetchC.grabD.take
小题10:
A.neverB.nearlyC.alwaysD.sometimes
小题11:
A.InterestedB.TerrifiedC.EmbarrassedD.Excited
小题12:
A.spoonB.manC.castleD.palace
小题13:
A.carefullyB.freelyC.luckilyD.difficultly
小题14:
A.whatB.whichC.whoD.that
小题15:
A.forgettingB.mindingC.realizingD.considering

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