Henry was a boy of nine. He was born in a family. His father was often ill and couldn’t go to work. Only his mother worked in a factory. She worked hard and hoped to give her four children and husband food and clothes. But she failed. Her family was sometimes hungry. Of course, she couldn’t send Henry to school. She was it but she didn’t know what to do. The boy was very clever and taught himself to read，write and at home in the evening. And in the daytime he was polishing（擦）shoes in the street, so he could make some for his family.
One afternoon the boy saw a young man’s shoes were , so he said to him, “ Let me polish your shoes.”
“No, thank you,” the young man said and walked away.
“You may pay me only one dollar, sir,” the boy shouted him. But the young man said no again. Then the boy thought for a while and told him that he would polish his shoes for nothing. The young man to this, and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly. The man showed shoe to the boy, but the boy said no to polish it if he wasn’t paid two dollars for his work. .The young man refused（拒绝）to anything on it and went away.
But his shoes were so different that he had to stop. He turned back and gave the boy two dollars. In a very short time the shoe was as bright as the other one.
| 小题1: | | A．happy | B．lucky | C．rich | D．poor |
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| 小题2: | | A．much | B．little | C．enough | D．many |
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| 小题3: | | A．afraid of | B．sorry for | C．useful to | D．friendly to |
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| 小题4: | | A．play | B．swim | C．count | D．sleep |
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| 小题5: | | A．books | B．clothes | C．shoes | D．money |
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| 小题7: | | A．under | B．above | C．in front of | D．behind |
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| 小题8: | | A．liked | B．agreed | C．worried | D．surprised |
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| 小题9: | | A．other | B．others | C．the other | D．the others |
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小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:A
小题7:D
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:A |
试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了亨利是一个九岁的男孩。他出世在一个贫穷的家庭。他的爸爸经常生病，他不能去工作。亨利非常聪明，他晚上自学读书，写字，算数。白天在街上擦鞋赚钱。他很聪明，他能够想办法擦更多的鞋，多赚钱。
小题1:考查形容词及语境的理解。从下文可知，他出世在一个贫穷的家庭。此处应是poor贫穷的。
小题2:考查形容词及语境的理解。She worked hard and hoped to give her four children and husband enough food and clothes.句子意思，她努力工作并且希望给四个孩子和她的丈夫足够的食物。enough足够的。故选A。
小题3:考查名词及语境的理解。她为此感到非常对不起孩子，但是她不知道做什么。Be sorry for 因…而感到对不起。故选B。
小题4:考查动词及语境的理解。句子意思，他晚上自学读书，写字，算数。count算数。可知故选C。
小题5:考查名词及语境的理解。他能够为他的家庭赚钱。make money 赚钱。故选A。
小题6:考查形容词及语境的理解。句子意思，一天下午他看到一个年轻人的鞋是脏的。故选B。
小题7:考查介词及语境的理解。句意为：男孩在他后面喊，你可以仅付给我一美元。behind在…后面。故选D。
小题8:考查形容词及语境的理解。句意为：这个年轻人听到后感到很惊讶。故选B。
小题9:考查代词及语境的理解。指两个中的另一个，用the other.故选C。
小题10:考查固定短语及语境的理解。spend…on…在…花费…。故选A。 |
核心考点
试题【Henry was a boy of nine. He was born in a family. His father was often il】；主要考察你对
人生百味类等知识点的理解。
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The Beets were a new couple (夫妇). The things in their rooms, such as the television, the computer, the fridge, furniture(家具) and so on, were all left by their parents. They only paid some money for their food and clothes. But they tried their best to save money. If they had something important to tell their friends, they always visited them instead of calling them.
One day, it was a quarter past nine. Mr. Beet didn’t come back. His wife was a little worried. The supper was cold and she had waited for two hours. She was sitting by the table in the dark (黑暗) room.
Suddenly the woman heard someone coming upstairs. It was her husband’s step. She hurried to open the door. In the dark she could hear his deep breathing(呼吸). As soon as he sat down, she turned on the light and found he looked very tired.
“Why do you come back so late, dear?” asked the woman. “Haven’t you caught a bus?”
“Yes, but I didn’t take it.”
“Why not?”
“I ran after it so that I saved two dollars this evening.”
“That’s great!” the woman said happily. “Run after a taxi next time and you’ll save both more time and money.”
小题1:The supper was ready at ________ .| A．6:15 | B．6:30 | C．6:45 | D．7:15 |
小题2:Mrs. Beet sat in the dark because ___________ .| A．she wanted to save money. | | B．she didn’t like the bright light. | | C．she was afraid to be seen. | | D．she wanted to have a good rest. |
小题3:When Mr. Beet got home that evening, __________ .| A．his wife was angry with him | B．he was very tired | | C．he was too hungry to say a word | D．his wife felt sorry |
小题4:Mrs. Beet hoped _______________ .| A．her husband went home by bus the next time. | | B．her husband could keep on doing exercise. | | C．her husband could be stronger and stronger. | | D．her husband could save more money and time. |
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Mr Guppy was a very large man. Life was not easy for him. He could not find clothes big enough. His were too large for most shoes. In buses, trains and planes, he could not stand up straight. The roofs were too . In fact, wherever he went and whatever he did, Mr Guppy had because of his size.
These problems were so bad that Mr Guppy at home most of time. Life was easier at home.Then one day, a friend said, “You spend too much time at home. You go out more. There’s a good movie at the theatre.”
“I can’t sit in any seat there,” Mr Guppy said. “I’m big.”
“That is no problem,” his friend said. “I’ll buy you two tickets. You can them at the theatre when you get there.”
The friend sent money to the theatre for two tickets. When the day came, Mr Guppy his best clothes and went to the theatre.
“You have two tickets for me,” he said to the in the ticket office. “My name is Guppy.”
“Oh, yes, Mr. Guppy,” the woman said. “Here you are. Seats G4 and P12. I’m sorry, you and your friend can’t sit together too many people have come to see the film this evening.”
Poor Mr Guppy! He smiled sadly, walked out of the theatre and went home.
| 小题1: | | A．hands | B．feet | C．ears | D．eyes |
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| 小题2: | | A．low | B．high | C．large | D．small |
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| 小题3: | | A．experience | B．problems | C．relations | D．practice |
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| 小题4: | | A．left | B．kept | C．stayed | D．lived |
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| 小题5: | | A．must | B．would | C．should | D．need |
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| 小题8: | | A．picked up | B．asked for | C．put on | D．saved up |
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| 小题10: | | A．until | B．because | C．before | D．whether |
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A woman was at the cinema, and she was enjoying the film very much. But there was a man in the next seat, and he began looking on the floor under him. The woman was angry and whispered, “What are you doing there? What are you looking for?” “A piece of hard chocolate（巧克力）,”the man whispered to her, “I dropped it on the floor.” “A piece of chocolate?” the woman said angrily, “It’s dirty now! Take this and be quiet, please! I’m listening to the film!” She gave the man a big piece of chocolate.“But,” the man said, “my teeth are in the piece on the floor!”
小题1:The woman was _________.| A．watching a TV play | B．listening to the music | | C．watching a football match | D．seeing a film |
小题2:The man sat _________ the woman.| A．behind | B．in front of | C．next to | D．far from |
小题3:The woman was angry because _________. | A．the man spoke loudly | | B．the man didn’t talk to her | | C．she dropped a piece of chocolate | | D．she couldn’t listen to the film clearly |
小题4:The word “whisper” means “speak in a _________ voice”. | A．low | B．loud | C．pleasant | D．big |
小题5:In fact the man was busy looking for his _________.| A．glasses | B．teeth | C．ticket | D．Wallet |
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I am waiting for the bus when I meet the old woman. “You look . Come and sit here,” she says. “ are you going?”
“I don’t know. I just want to catch a and see what it will be like at the end.”
“I’m afraid you’ll see there. Why don’t you enjoy the beautiful sights (风景)on the way? ”
“How can I do that when my heart(心) is ?” I asks sadly. My best friend left（离开）me.
The woman seems to （似乎）understand my feeling. “Don’t cry, little girl. I had the same experience(经历) as you before . Thirty-five ago, my husband left our three children and me. I was very sad. I wanted to kill （***死）myself and the children, so I took to the sea. ，they seemed to know what would happen, so they loudly. Their cry suddenly woke me up (叫醒) . How could I my hope to live for one of life’s problems? After that, I worked hard to__ ___the children. Now they all live and one of them has his own family. ”
Then the woman gives me a , “We should never wait for the door to before us. We should find the key to the or try to find another way .”
The bus comes and I get on it with a smile.
| 小题1: | | A．tired | B．good | C．happy | D．well |
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| 小题2: | | A．What | B．How | C．Where | D．When |
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| 小题3: | | A．train | B．bus | C．boat | D．plane |
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| 小题4: | | A．nothing | B．everything | C．something | D．anything |
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| 小题5: | | A．smiling | B．breaking | C．singing | D．dancing |
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| 小题6: | | A．days | B．weeks | C．months | D．years |
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| 小题9: | | A．laughed | B．talked | C．spoke | D．cried |
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| 小题11: | | A．care | B．look after | C．play with | D．look for |
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| 小题12: | | A．happily | B．sadly | C．badly | D．happy |
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| 小题14: | | A．open | B．close | C．lock | D．mend |
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| 小题15: | | A．classroom | B．office | C．door | D．shop |
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I was once a volunteer in an English village. It was quite different__my home in Sweden. Jane, one of the volunteers from Tanzania, had a friend who was very poor. She__ all her pocket money to help her friend. It meant that she didn’t have much food to eat, and she had no money to go anywhere outside the village or buy more clothes.
I was so moved(感动)that I felt I had to do__too. So when I bought food one day, I__to buy her some rice. I started__to the woman in the shop(named Gloria who was also a volunteer) about my friend Jane. The woman looked at me, being surprised, “Does she eat noodles?” she asked. “Yes,” I replied. She immediately (立刻) started__ a bag with noodles, cookies, sweets and other things until the bag was full. “Give her this for me.” I couldn’t believe___but cried with happiness.
Imagine Jane’s look when I gave her the__! I had never seen her so happy! A few weeks later she found Gloria in the shop and___her in person.
The two wonderful women really showed me__true kindness is. And the impression(印象) will stay with me for the rest of my life.
小题1:A. at B. on C. from
小题2:A. borrowed B. sent C. carried
小题3:A. anything B. nothing C. something
小题4:A. decided B. hated C. served
小题5:A.laughing B. answering C. talking
小题6:A. filling B. taking C. buying
小题7:A.them B. it C. her
小题8:A. money B. shop C. food
小题9:A.greeted B. asked C. thanked
小题10:A. what B. when C. how |
