Two years ago my grandmother was going to turn 75. My family discussed what the best way to celebrate was. Should we throw her a party? Should we take her on a trip? We remembered that she had touched so many people"s lives, and there were so many people for her to consider. Then someone got the idea that we should include everyone in the celebration by turning it into a tribute(献礼) to my grandmother .m
We secretly sent out letters to the people in Grandmother"s address book and asked them to send a letter with a memory that they had shared with her. People sent us letters with poems, stories and pictures. The deep feeling that was shared through the response (回应) surprised us. We compiled(编辑)these letters into a memory book and amazed her with it on the morning of her birthday.
The unusual thing about my grandmother"s friends was not the number that she had, but the connection they shared. In many ways this book of friendship was the greatest achievement of my grandmother"s life.
I believe that developing true friendships is one of the most important things that anyone can do in one"s lifetime. It is not a matter of the number of friends one has, but the quality of the bonds. If one has had at least one true friendship before dying, then one can say one has lived a successful life. I have made many friends and I believe I have begun to develop the same types of friendships my grandmother kept up over her lifetime. I only hope that I will be as successful as she has been.
小题1:How did the author"s family celebrate Grandmother"s birthday ? | A．They took her on a trip across the country. | | B．They gave her a memory book of friendship. | | C．They invited all her friends to her birthday party. | | D．They asked all her friends to send her cards. |
小题2:When receiving her birthday gift, the author"s grandmother probably felt _____. | A．disappointed and lonely | B．sorry and sad | | C．surprised and pleased | D．nervous and excited |
小题3:The underlined word “bonds” in the last paragraph probably means________| A．relationships | B．works | C．successes | D．celebrations |
小题4:According to the passage, the author probably agrees that _____. | A．the more friends you have, the better | | B．friends are more important than family | | C．understanding leads to greater success | | D．true friendship is very important to us |
小题5:Which of the following words can best describe the author"s grandmother ? | A．Famous | B．Great. | C．Polite | D．Pleasant |
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:B |
试题分析：这篇短文讲述了在奶奶生日的时候，我们准备给她份特殊的礼物。我们邀请她的朋友给她些封信，讲述他们之间的故事，并把这些信做成回忆录送给奶奶。我们收到的回信深深的震撼了我们。这让我认识到友谊的重要性，拥有多少朋友并不重要，重要的是这份关系的维持和真挚。
小题1:细节理解题。根据文中第二段描述We compiled(编辑)these letters into a memory book and amazed her with it on the morning of her birthday.我们把这些信编辑成一本回忆录，并且在她生日的早上让她大吃一惊。故此题选B。
小题2:细节理解题。根据文中第二段描述We compiled(编辑)these letters into a memory book and amazed her with it on the morning of her birthday.我们把这些信编辑成一本回忆录，并且在她生日的早上让她大吃一惊。Amaze使吃惊，故选C。
小题3:词意猜测题。结合前后文It is not a matter of the number of friends one has, but the quality of the bonds.拥有多少的朋友并不重要，重要的是这种友谊关系的真诚。Bond结合，关系，故选A。
小题4:判断推理题。根据文章内容得知，奶奶的友谊使作者明白了友谊的重要性If one has had at least one true friendship before dying, then one can say one has lived a successful life.如果一个人生前至少有一份真挚的友情，那么他可以说他这辈子是成功的，故选D。
小题5:判断推理题。根据文中内容得知，奶奶有很多的朋友，并且有很多真挚的友谊，这让作者非常的感动。A 有名的；B 很棒的；C 有礼貌的；D 令人高兴的；B符合题意。 |
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试题【 Two years ago my grandmother was going to turn 75. My family discussed what the】；主要考察你对
人生百味类等知识点的理解。
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Mary loved small animals．One morning while she was walking in the forest，she found weak birds in the grass．She took them home and put them in a small cage．She cared them with love and the birds both grew ．They thanked her a wonderful song every morning．
But something happened one day．Mary left the door of the cage open．The larger bird flew from the cage．She thought that it would ．As it flew close，she grasped(紧抓)it．She was very excited to catch it．Suddenly she felt strange．She opened her hand and looked sadly at the bird．Her great love had killed the bird!
The other bird was moving back and forth(来回)in the cage．Mary could its great need for freedom(自由)．It wanted to fly into the clear and blue sky．At once，Mary took the bird the cage and let it fly away．The bird circled once，twice，three times…
Mary enjoyed watching the bird flying and singing ．Suddenly the bird flew and landed softly on her head．It sang the sweetest song that she had ever heard．
The easiest way to lose love is to hold it too tight．The best way to keep love is to it wings．
| 小题1: | | A．some | B．several | C．two | D．three |
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| 小题2: | | A．small | B．strong | C．thin | D．tired |
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| 小题4: | | A．return | B．die | C．fly back | D．fly away |
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| 小题5: | | A．1iving | B．interesting | C．lucky | D．dead |
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| 小题7: | | A．out of | B．out from | C．out off | D．away of |
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| 小题8: | | A．sadly | B．happily | C．friendly | D．angrily |
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| 小题9: | | A．higher | B．farther | C．closer | D．1ater |
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The designer of Apple Computer, Steven Jobs, was not very successful in his early year. He was not one of at school, and sometimes he got into trouble with his teachers. he was full of new ideas. Things were still when he went up to college and he dropped out halfway (中途退学).
Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer at Atari. He worked there for only a few months and then he India. He hoped that the trip would give him more ideas and give him in life for the better.
After he came back from he began to live on a farm in California. And then, in 1975, Steven Jobs started a new type of computer. Along with his friend Stephen Woziak , he designed the Apple I computer in his bedroom. He chose the name “ ” because it reminded(想起 ) him of a happy summer he once spent in an orchard (果园 ) in Oregon.
Today Steven Jobs has lots of factories and he is very in the world. |
As a volunteer teacher, I traveled a long way to a small village school in Long Zhou, Guangxi. On my way there, I thought about the village, the school, and the children there. However, my heart sank when I arrived there. It wasn’t what I expected. It didn’t look like a school at all! The school had only three rooms, one for Grades 1, 2, and 3, and the other for Grades 4, 5 and 6. There was a third one for me.
The children welcomed me warmly on my first day. They asked me a lot of questions, and I told them stories about myself and my life in Shanghai. The next day, I gave them a test to find out their level. To my surprise, though the test was very easy, over half of the students failed it, yet they all wanted to learn new things. I knew they needed me.
I was busy preparing lessons, reading test papers every night. I enjoyed teaching these lovely and hard-working children, and I could see that they were making progress with my help. I have also learned a lot from them. I understand their lives better, and we are now good friends.
I have worked in Long Zhou for a year now. I’m very happy, and the experience has been very useful for me. I love the small village and the children. In fact, I would like to continue working here.
小题1:The writer is a volunteer teacher who comes from __________.| A．Guangxi | B．Xiamen | C．Shanghai | D．Liaoning |
小题2:The writer found there were only ________rooms in that school.| A．two | B．three | C．six | D． eight |
小题3:In the passage, “my heart sank…” means that the writer ________| A．felt upset | B．was happy | C．got angry | D． am sad |
小题4:The writer found the students’ level was _________ she excepted after the first test.| A．just as | B．higher than | C．lower than | D．high than |
小题5:Which of the following statement is NOT true?| A．Both the volunteer teacher and the students are working so hard. | | B．The volunteer teacher doesn’t like to work there any longer. | | C．The students became better and better with the help of the volunteer teacher. | | D．The teacher is still in the school. |
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My old college roommate, Bob, was no ordinary person. In the first _____, he did not come from an ordinary family, both his parents were famous. His father was a chess expert and rocket research (火箭研究) _____ for NASA. His mother had been an opera singer in Europe. _____, what made Bob unusual was_____ his parents were famous, he had _____ interest in school---he never studied and avoided(回避；躲开) activities that ____thinking. In general, he was quite different from his parents. In fact, you might think Bob was rather stupid, ____ you asked a question about a car. When it came to working with or knowing about cars, Bob was a genius(天才)! He could take a car _____, put it back together again, _____ any mechanical(机械) difficulty, or give you the correct statistics（统计数字）for any American car built in the last 20 years. There was ____ he did not know about _____. That was what made Bob so unusual.
After six months of college, he _____ all his classes and had to drop out. He left the school. After _____, he got a job in a garage (汽车修理厂) working with _ . In the end, I think he was secretly _____ that he had to leave school.
| 小题2: | | A．actor | B．player | C．scientist | D．lawyer |
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| 小题3: | | A．However | B．Though | C．Certainly | D．Of course |
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| 小题4: | | A．because | B．as | C．instead | D．though |
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| 小题5: | | A．great | B．special | C．no | D．never |
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| 小题6: | | A．offered | B．needed | C．reported | D．taught |
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| 小题7: | | A．unless | B．when | C．if | D．since |
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| 小题8: | | A．away | B．up | C．clearly | D．separately |
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| 小题9: | | A．ask | B．answer | C．repair | D．have |
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| 小题10: | | A．very much | B．very little | C．so many | D．a few |
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| 小题11: | | A．his father | B．his mother | C．himself | D．them |
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| 小题12: | | A．passed | B．chose | C．wrote | D．failed |
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| 小题13: | | A．graduating | B．leaving | C．working | D．mastering |
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| 小题14: | | A．cars | B．companies | C．friends | D．workers |
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| 小题15: | | A．successful | B．sorry | C．funny | D．happy |
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I had just gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang. It was an eccentric(怪僻的)farmer. I had never met him before although, I had often heard people talk about him. He sounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute or so before I understood anything. Even then all I could make out was that someone called Milly had had a very bad accident. I had not the slightest idea who she was but I obviously had to go.
It had been snowing heavily that day and I did not know the way. I had been driving for at least an hour when I finally found his place. He was standing there, waiting for me. It seemed Milly had died. “She meant more to me than anyone…even my wife!” he said. I could see that he had been crying. I thought something terrible had taken place, a possible scandal(丑闻). I was even more shocked when he told me he had put her in the barn(厩). “I wouldn"t leave her out in the cold!” he said.
Milly had clearly been a secret lover of his. I was about to tell him he could not expect me to cover anything up when he opened the barn door. He lifted his candle and I saw a dark figure on the ground. “She was such a good cow! I wouldn"t let anyone but a doctor touch her!” he said, and burst into tears again.
小题1:The underlined phrase make out in the first paragraph means _____.| A．expect | B．understand | C．see clearly | D．hear clearly |
小题2:Before he arrived at the farmer"s house, the writer expected to see Milly lying _____.| A．on the ground of a barn | B．on the floor of a room | | C．in bed in a room | D．in bed in a barn |
小题3:What do we know about Milly from the story?| A．She had met with an accident. | B．She had caused a scandal. | | C．She was seriously ill | D．She was hidden somewhere. |
小题4:The farmer wished that the writer might _____.| A．look into the matter | B．bring Milly back to life | | C．free him from a scandal | D．keep the whole thing a secret |
小题5:The person who told the story is probably a _____.| A．farmer | B．policeman | C．country doctor | D．newspaper reporter |
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