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Dad lost his job after arguing(争吵) with the boss, and when Christmas came that year, we had no money at all. On Christmas Eve, Dad took me out into the park. I had a blanket(毛毯) wrapped(卷绕) around me, so I offered to share        with Dad, but he said no thanks. We looked           at the sky. Those shining stars were one of the       treats for people like us who lived out in the wildness(荒凉). Rich city people, he’d say, live in fantastic flats, but their air was so polluted(污染的) that they could not even see the stars.
       out your favorite star.” Dad said that night. He told me I could have it for keeping. He said it was my Christmas present. “You can’t give me a star,” I said, “Nobody       the stars.”
“Right,” Dad said, “But you can suppose it is yours. And when you do that, it is yours.”
      my head, looked at the stars, and tried to figure out(断定) which was the best one. Then, I found one.
“I       that one.” I said.
Dad smiled. “That’s Venus(金星),” he said, “Venus was only a planet. She looked bigger and brighter because she was much       than the stars. Poor old Venus didn’t even make her own light. She shone only from reflected(反射)       .”
“I like it anyway,” I said, “I had loved Venus even       that Christmas. You could see it in the early evening, and if you got up early, you could still see it in the morning, after all the stars had disappeared.”
Dad said, “Ok, it’s Christmas. I       your decision. You can have it if you want.” And he gave me Venus.
We all laughed about the kids who believed in the Santa myth(圣诞传说) and got nothing for Christmas but a bunch(堆) of cheap plastic toys. “Many years later, when all the junk(废物) they got is broken and long forgotten,” Dad said, “you will       have your star.”
小题1:
A.itB.meC.usD.him
小题2:
A.upB.forC.out D.after
小题3:
A.strangeB.specialC.importantD.impossible
小题4:
A.GoB.PutC.TakeD.Pick
小题5:
A.ownsB.seesC.likesD.reaches
小题6:
A.lowedB.putC.raisedD.rose
小题7:
A.needB.wantC.haveD.hope
小题8:
A.slowerB.fartherC.closerD.higher
小题9:
A.sunB.starC.planetD.light
小题10:
A.when B.beforeC.afterD.until
小题11:
A.dislikeB.refuseC.acceptD.consider
小题12:
A.evenB.still C.neverD.already

答案

小题1:A
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:A
小题6:C
小题7:B
小题8:C
小题9:D
小题10:B
小题11:C
小题12:B
解析

试题分析:这篇文章讲了作者的父亲在那年圣诞节来时失了业,虽然没有了钱,但他们父子仍能够乐观的生活,并快乐的度过圣诞节,这种人生态度值得人们学习。
小题1:考查代词与语境理解。A. it它;B. me我;C. us我们;D. him他,句意:我用一条毛毯围着我,我提出来和父亲共用它。根据句意此空指代毛毯,所以选A。
小题2:考查介词与语境理解。A. up 向上;B. for 为了;C. out 外面;D. after在……之后,句意:我们向上看天空。“向上看”是look up,故选A
小题3:考查形容词与语境理解。A. strange  奇怪;B. special特殊;C. important重要;D. impossible不可能,句意:那些闪亮的星星是对象我们生活在外面荒凉之中的人们的特殊待遇之一。根据句意及上下文此题选B。
小题4:考查动词与语境理解。A. Go去;B. Put放下;C. Take带走 D. Pick捡起来,句意:挑拣出你最喜欢的星星。根据句意此空应用动词pick,故选 D。
小题5:考查动词与语境理解。A. owns拥有;B. sees看到 C. likes喜欢;D. reaches 到达,句意:没有人拥有星星。根据句意及上下文此题选A。
小题6:考查动词与语境理解。A. lowed放低;B. put放下;C. raised举起,抬起;D. rose升起,句意:我抬起了头,根据句意此题选 C。
小题7:考查动词与语境理解。A. need   需要;B. want想要;C. have有;D. hope希望,句意:我想要那一颗。根据句意此题选 B。
小题8:考查形容词的比较级与语境理解。A. slower较慢的; B. farther较远的; C. closer较近的;D. higher较高的,句意:她看起来又大又亮是因为她比其他星星离我们近得多。根据句意及上下文此题选C。
小题9:考查名词与语境理解。A. sun太阳;B. star星星;C. planet行星;D. light 光,句意:她发出的只是来自反射的光。根据句意此题应选D。
小题10:考查连词与语境理解。A. when 当……时候; B. before   在……之前; C. after在……之后;D. until直到,句意:在那个圣诞节之前我就喜欢金星了。根据句意及上下文此题选B。
小题11:考查动词与语境理解。A. dislike不喜欢; B. refuse拒绝; C. accept接受;D. consider认为,句意:好吧,今天是圣诞节,我接受你的决定。根据句意此题选C。
小题12:考查副词与语境理解。A. even甚至;B. still仍然;C. never从不;D. already已经,句意:你将仍然拥有你的星星。根据句意及上下文此题选B。
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试题【Dad lost his job after arguing(争吵) with the boss, and when Christmas came that y】;主要考察你对人生百味类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Now you’ve finished three years of English study. There’s one way to demonstrate(展示) what you’ve learned-take a test!
Do you have any special methods you use to help you do better on a test? How well you do is often a matter of how well prepared you are. Here are some ways to make sure you’re at your best on test days.
Go to bed early. The night before a test is not the time to stay up watching TV. You want to be rested and wide-awake for test day.
Have a good breakfast. Test day isn’t a morning for donuts. Nor is it a time to starve(挨饿) yourself. Eat plenty of low-sugar, high-energy food to keep your brain and body working their best.
Be prepared. Make sure you have two pencils and anything else you were asked to bring.
Watch the numbers. Make sure that the number of the items(项目) on your answer sheet matches the number of the question.
Look over all the answer choices. Don’t assume(假定) that choice A is correct until you’ve checked the others. You may find a better one. And it is wrong to eliminate(排除) any choice that you can see at once. You’ll have a better chance of finding the right answer.
Check the clock. Make sure you allow yourself enough time to answer every question and go back and check your answers. Don’t spend too much time on any difficult question. Skip it and come back to it later.
Keep up with your schoolwork all year long. That’s how you get the skills you need for
taking test.
小题1: Is taking a test a way to demonstrate what you’ve learned?
小题2: How many ways are mentioned in this passage?
小题3: What should you take to prepare for a test?
小题4:What do you do if you meet any difficult question?
小题5:What’s the passage mainly about?
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科I am a mother of three and have recently completed my college degree. The last class I had to take was sociology(社会学). The teacher was really great. The class was asked to go out and smile at three people.
I am a very       person and thought this would be a piece of cake. Soon after, my husband, youngest son and I went out to McDonald’s. We were standing in line, waiting to be       , when all of a sudden everyone around us began to     away, and then even my husband did.
As I turned around I smelled a terrible “dirty body” smell, and there standing behind me were two poor        men. As I looked down at the short gentleman, he was “     ”. His beautiful sky blue eyes were full of God’s Light as he searched for acceptance. He said, “Good day.” as he counted the few       he had been holding.
The young lady at the counter(柜台) asked him what they       . He said, “Coffee is all Miss.” because that was all they could afford. He just needed to be warm.
Then I really        it—the compulsion(冲动) was so great that I almost      out and hugged the little man with the blue eyes.
That is when I noticed all eyes in the restaurant were set on me, judging my every action. I smiled and asked the young lady behind the counter to give        two more breakfast meals on two plates.
I then picked up the plates and walked around the counter to the             that the men had chosen as a resting place. I put the plates on the table and laid my hand on the  blue-eyed gentleman’s        hand. He looked up at me, with tears in his eyes, and said, “Thank you.”
I graduated with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn:acceptance without condition.
小题1: 
A.friendlyB.healthyC.proudD.careful
小题2: 
A.treatedB.servedC.welcomed D.greeted
小题3: 
A.giveB.putC.throw D.move
小题4: 
A.happyB.carelessC.homelessD.pleasant
小题5: 
A.smilingB.cryingC.thinkingD.nodding
小题6: 
A.applesB.flowersC.booksD.coins
小题7: 
A.hated B.wantedC.learnt D.ate
小题8: 
A.madeB.feltC.gotD.took
小题9: 
A.put B.tookC.went D.reached
小题10:
A.her B.himC.me D.it
小题11:
A.cornerB.doorC.kitchenD.table
小题12:
A.cold B.warm C.clean D.dirty

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In front of my daughter, Shelly, was a bowl filled with cabbage. She hated cabbage. She only sat there in silence with tears in her eyes.
“Shelly, my dear, why don’t you eat a little? If not, your mum will shout at us.”
Shelly didn’t feel happy. “OK, dad. I will eat, just a little.” Then Shelly said, “Dad, if I eat it all, will you give me what I want?”
“Yes.”
Slowly she began to eat. It took her almost half an hour to finish all the food in the bowl. Then she came up to me and said, “Dad, I want to have my hair cut off!”
“Shelly, why don’t you ask for something else? If we see your head like that, we’ll feel very sad,” I said.
“But Dad, you promised! Now you’re going back on your words. ”
I had to keep my promise. Shelly had all her hair cut off. She smiled.
On Monday morning, I took Shelly to school. Just when I arrived, a boy got out of a car and shouted, “Shelly, please wait for me!”
Guess what? The boy had no hair, either.
“Sir, your daughter is great!” a man got out of the car and said, “This boy is my son, Harish. He has cancer. He lost his hair when he got ill. Shelly cut hers off so Harish felt less different. She is a special girl.”
I stood for a while, “My little daughter, you teach me how selfless real love is!”
小题1: Shelly _____________ before she ate her meal.
A.felt happyB.felt unhappy
C.cut off her hairD.shouted at her dad
小题2: In order to get what she wanted, Shelly ate ______________ at last.
A.all the food in the bowlB.nothing
C.just a little of the cabbageD.everything except the cabbage
小题3: By cutting off her hair, Shelly only meant _____________.
A.to tell people she was selfless
B.to become more different
C.to look more special and beautiful
D.to show her care and love for Harish

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“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I was disappointed. “If you go on, one day something good will happen.” When I graduated from college, I decided to try for a job in a radio station and then work hard to become a sports announcer (广播员).
I took a taxi to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station, but I was turned down every time because I didn’t have any working experience. Then, I went back home.
My father said Montgomery Ward wanted a sports-man to help them. I applied (申请), but I didn’t get the job, either. I was very disappointed.“Everything happens for the best,” Mom reminded me. Dad let me drive his car to look for jobs. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, Peter MacArthur, told me they had already had an announcer. His words made me disappointed again. After leaving his office, I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling after me, “What did you say about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to broadcast an imaginary (虚构的) game. I did so and Peter told me that I would be broadcasting Saturday’s game!
On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words again:“If you go on, one day something good will happen.”
小题1:What kind of job did the writer want to get after he graduated from college?
A.A programmer. B.A sports announcer.
C.A sportsman. D.A taxi driver.
小题2:Why couldn’t the writer get a job at first?
A.Because he didn’t want to get it.
B.Because he didn’t have any experience.
C.Because his parents didn’t agree with him.
D.Because no stations needed an announcer.
小题3: Every time the writer couldn’t get a job, his mother ________.
A.said nothing to himB.told him to give up
C.encouraged him to go on tryingD.advised him to get further education
小题4:The underlined phrase “turned down” is closest in meaning to the word “______”.
A.askedB.invited
C.refusedD.taken
小题5:Which of the following is NOT true about the writer in the passage?
A.He disliked the job in Montgomery Ward.
B.He got a good job in Davenport, Iowa at last.
C.He was given a chance by Peter.
D.His father also gave him some help.

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Now some women are spending a weekend at Mother’s Camp(营地). There, husbands and children are not allowed. Why would a woman want to take a vacation without her family? Some women say they need time to be alone.
At Mother’s Camp a woman has room to herself. She can sleep, read or watch TV, and no one will bother her. No children will ask,“Mom, what’s for dinner?” No husband will say, “Oh, dear, I can’t find any clean socks.”In fact almost 50% of women in the United States work outside the home. Many of them work full-time and then come home to a second job-taking care of their homes and families. These working women say one of their biggest problems is housework.
In the United States, working wives do about 75% of the housework. Many of their husbands say they want to help. But then they burn the rice or they can’t find the pans. They ask so many questions that their wives decide it is easier to do the job themselves.
Some women go to Mother’s Camp just to get a break from housework. For two days they don’t cook, they don’t clean, they don’t look after their children and husbands. What do they do? They enjoy warm, sunny weather, walking, swimming or boating in a clear blue lake and sing songs around the campfire. They relax away from home. They have a really wonderful vacation at Mother’s Camp.
小题1:From this passage we can see      in the United States.
A.women want to work outside the home
B.working wives do most of the housework
C.hushands do as much housework as their wives
D.women do not like to stay at home with their families
小题2:At Mother’s Camp, women can’t        .
A.watch TVB.read newspapers
C.swirn in the lakeD.bring their husbands and children
小题3:Why would some mothers like to be alone? Because        .
A.they don’t like their husbands and children
B.they have to work full-time
C.they are too busy to relax themselves
D.they want a new life
小题4:      is one of the biggest troubles for working wives in the United States.
A.HouseworkB.Working outside the home
C.When to take a vacationD.Looking after their children
小题5:What’s the best title(标题)for this passage?
A.Busy Working MothersB.Welcome to Mother’s Camp
C.Mothers Relax Away from HomeD.Mothers in the US

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