An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden. He took care of his 1 all the time, watering and fertilizing(施肥)them.
One day a young man went by the garden. He looked at the beautiful flowers, imagining how happy he could be 2 he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was 3 . He was very surprised about this and asked, “You can’t see these flowers. 4 are you busy taking care of them every day?”
The old man smiled and said “I can tell you four reasons. First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, 5 I can’t see these flowers, I can touch them. 6 , I can smell the sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s you.”
“Me? But you don’t know me,” said the young man.
“Yeah, it’s 7 that I don’t know you. But I know that flowers are angels(天使) that everybody 8 . We enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”
The blind man’s work opened our eyes and 9 our hearts, which also made his life 10 . It was just like Beethoven, who became deaf in his later life and wrote many great musical works. Beethoven himself couldn’t 11 his wonderful music, but his music has 12 millions of people to face their difficulties bravely. Isn’t it one kind of happiness?
| 小题1: | | A．flowers | B．trees | C．vegetables | D．grass |
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| 小题2: | | A．after | B．as | C．before | D．if |
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| 小题3: | | A．deaf | B．blind | C．smart | D．strange |
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| 小题5: | | A．although | B．since | C．because | D．unless |
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| 小题6: | | A．First | B．Second | C．Third | D．Fourth |
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| 小题7: | | A．true | B．hard | C．cool | D．fair |
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| 小题8: | | A．greets | B．knows | C．meets | D．doubts |
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| 小题9: | | A．broke | B．hurt | C．pleased | D．treated |
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| 小题10: | | A．emptier | B．busier | C．luckier | D．happier |
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| 小题11: | | A．write | B．hear | C．play | D．believe |
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| 小题12: | | A．changed | B．directed | C．discovered | D．encouraged |
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小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:D
小题11:B
小题12:D |
试题分析：本文是一篇情感性记叙文，作者借助一个盲人精心护理花朵原因的叙述，揭示出残疾人通过自己的努力既可以让自己享受到工作的乐趣，又可以给周围的人带来快乐。
小题1:由第2空后面的the beautiful flowers可以推出该空应填flowers。 所以本题选A。
小题2:根据题干，该空表示"如果"，因此应填if。 本句的意思是“想象一下，如果他住在这么漂亮的地方，会多么高兴”所以本题选D。
小题3:根据“You can’t see these flowers可知，老人是一位盲人。所以本题选B。
小题4:根据You can"t see these flowers.和后句的关系可以推出该空表示"为什么"，因此应填Why。所以本题选C。
小题5:根据前后句的关系可知该空表示"尽管"，因此应用although引导让步状语从句。 本句的意思是“尽管我看不到这些花，但是我能摸到它们。”。所以本题选A。
小题6:由上文的First, Second可以推出该空表示"第三"，因此应填Third。 所以本题选C。
小题7:由语境逻辑可知，老人不认识年轻人是一个事实，因此该空应填true。 所以本题选A。
小题8:根据常识可知花是天使是人人都知道的事实，因此该空应填knows。 太所以本题选B。
小题9:老人精心护理花的工作开阔了我们的眼界，愉悦了我们的心。 Please表示“使高兴”。所以本题选C。
小题10:根据文意，老人喜欢这项工作。老人的工作也使自己的生活更愉快。 故用happier。所以本题选D。
小题11:由第13空后面的deaf可以推出该空表示"听"，因此应填hear。 所以本题选B。
小题12:根据题干，本句的意思是“但是他的音乐已经鼓励了数百万人勇敢地面对困难”。“鼓励”是encourage。 所以本题选D。
点评：本文是一篇情感性记叙文，文章第1空的flowers、第3空的blind、第5空的although、第9空的pleased、第10空的happier、第11空的hear、第12空的encouraged均是直接体现主题的答案，可见读懂情感性记叙文，弄清其教育意义对推断文章未知信息很有好处。 |
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试题【An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden. He took care of his 1 all】；主要考察你对
人生百味类等知识点的理解。
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One summer vacation in my college, my roommate Ted asked to me to work on his father’s farm in Argentina. The idea was exciting. Then I had second thoughts. I had never been far from New England, and I had been homesick my first few weeks at college. What about the language? The more I thought about it, the more the idea worried me.
Finally, I turned down the invitation. Then I realized I had turned down something I wanted to do because I was scared and felt depressed(沮丧). That experience taught me a valuable lesson and I developed a rule for myself: do what makes you anxious(焦虑); don’t do what makes you depressed.
In my senior year, I wanted to be a writer. But my professor wanted me to teach. I hesitated. The idea of writing was much scarier than spending a summer in Argentina. Back and forth I went, making my decision, unmaking it. Suddenly I realized that every time I gave up the idea of writing, that downhearted feeling went through me.
Giving up writing really depressed me. Then I learned another lesson. To avoid the depression meant having to bear much worry and concern.
When I first began writing articles, I often interviewed big names. Before each interview I would get butterflies in the stomach. One of them was the great composer Duke Ellington. On the stage and on television, he seemed very confident. Then I learned Ellington still got stage fright（害怕）. If Ellington still had anxiety attacks, how could I avoid them? I went on doing those frightening interviews. Little by little, I was even looking forward to the interviews. Where were those butterflies?
In truth, they were still there, but fewer of them. I had learned from a process psychologists（心理学家） call “extinction”. If you put an individual in an anxious situation often, finally there isn’t anything to be worried about, which brings me to a conclusion: you’ll never get rid of anxiety by avoiding the things that caused it.
The point is that the new, the different, is definitely scary. But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning piles up, the world opens to you.
小题1:We can infer from the passage that the author________. | A．finds it difficult to make decision | | B．has found out what causes anxiety | | C．was encouraged by Duke Ellington’s stage fright | | D．no longer feels anxious about new experiences |
小题2:What does the word “extinction” in Paragraph 6 means?| A．a person’s loss of confidence little by little | | B．the natural development of a child’s abilities | | C．the inborn ability to avoid anxious situations | | D．the process of losing fear by keeping facing anxiety |
小题3:Which of the following opinions does the writer probably accept?| A．Anxiety can be a positive drive | | B．Hesitation leads to depression. | | C．Avoiding anxiety reduces depression. | | D．Depression is a signal that one is growing up. |
小题4:What"s the best title for the passage?| A．Confidence: Key to Success | | B．Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name | | C．Depression: A Psychological Appearance | | D．Success: A Trip Through Anxiety and Depression |
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SUNNY SCHOOL
We are a bilingual (双语) school for children of 6-15. We want a cook, a library assistant, a sports coach and a language teacher.
Job
| Age
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| Other term(其它条件)
| Cook
| 25-40
| Chinese
| Cooking both Chinese food and western food
| Healthy
| Library assistant
| 20-35
| Chinese
English
| Having the knowledge (知识) of different kinds of books
| Careful
| Sports Coach
| 20-40
| Chinese
English
| Majoring in (主修) physical education
| Healthy, strong
| Teacher
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| Chinese
English
| Majoring in English
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小题1:Which of the following can"t go to Sunny School?| A．A four-year-old child. | B．A ten-year-old child. | | C．An eleven-year-old child. | D．A fifteen-year-old child. |
小题2:Who is not wanted by Sunny School?| A．A cook. | B．A headmaster. | | C．A library assistant. | D．A sports coach. |
小题3:Which of the following may not be able to speak English?| A．The language teacher. | B．The library assistant. | | C．The cook. | D．The sports coach. |
小题4:The coach must major in __________.| A．Chinese | B．English | | C．language | D．physical education |
小题5:Which is right?| A．The teacher can only teach Chinese. | | B．A twenty-five-year old cook can"t work in the school. | | C．The library assistant must be careful. | | D．A teacher must be strong. |
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Born in 1949, Diana Nyad took an early interest in swimming as a sport and was a Florida State High School swimming champion（冠军）. Like many young trainers, she had Olympic dreams, but a serious illness prevented her from competing in the Games. The disappointment didn’t stop her from going forward. Instead, she became interested in marathon swimming.
For ten years Nyad devoted herself to becoming one of the world’s best long-distance swimmers. In 1970, she swam a ten-mile marathon in Lake Ontario, setting the women’s record for the course. In 1972 she set another record by swimming 102.5 miles from an island in the Bahamas to the coast of Florida. Then she broke a third record when swimming around Manhattan Island in 1975.
Nyad attempted to swim the distance between Florida and Cuba in 1978. Though the span(跨度) of water is less than 100 miles wide, it is rough and dangerous. After battling(与---作战) the water for two days, she had to give up for the sake of her own health and safety. Even so, she impressed the world with her courage and strong desire to succeed. It did not matter that her swim came up short; she believed she had touched the other shore.
When Nyad ended her career as a swimmer, she continued to try new things---travelling the world as a reporter, writing books and giving public speeches about her life. Diana Nyad works to inspire others, just as she did when she swam the waters of the world.
小题1:What was Nyad’s early interest?
小题2:When did Nyad set the record for a ten-mile marathon swimming?
小题3:According to the passage, how many times did Nyad join the long-distance swimming?
小题4:What did Nyad do after she finished swimming?
小题5:What can we learn from the passage? |
My name is Ben Mansury. I’m fifteen years old and study in a middle school. In school, I never join in any group discussion or stage (舞台) program. So, I never knew what stage nervousness was.
Our community (社区) has a weekly “Students Ideas” program. About two years ago, I received a(n) 1 from the chairman of our community. He invited me to the “Students Ideas” talk the next morning to speak to the group.
The time between his call to the next morning was like several weeks for me. The whole night, I could not sleep. Many 2 were coming. One of them was to call the chairman, with regret, and tell him that I could not come. But finally, I thought, if I missed this 3 , the community would never invite me again to any of their programs. So, I decided to go.
I reached the hall in time. When my turn came and I started, my heartbeat increased and my mouth went dry. I wasn’t even able to 4 the words on the paper properly. I had no idea where I was standing and what I was talking. That was the day when I 5 my biggest weakness: public speaking.
After I finished, I met with the chairman and 6 what happened to me. He said that this happens to everyone. It is very 7 . He suggested that I should come again the next week.
I 8 a talk carefully. This time when I gave the talk, I was somewhat comfortable but not confident (自信的). Afterwards, I met with the chairman again and told him about the improvement I 9 I had made. He was kind enough to invite me again.
For around one month, I practiced a lot for my talk. This time I was feeling comfortable and both the chairman and my neighbors thought I did a good job.
I learned that everything is 10 if we take the first step, as the saying goes: A journey of thousand miles begins with first step.
| 小题1: | | A．letter | B．call | C．card | D．email |
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| 小题2: | | A．topics | B．regrets | C．thoughts | D．words |
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| 小题3: | | A．man | B．group | C．stage | D．chance |
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| 小题4: | | A．read | B．spell | C．see | D．recite |
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| 小题5: | | A．had | B．forgot | C．realized | D．improved |
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| 小题6: | | A．asked | B．checked | C．explained | D．wondered |
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| 小题7: | | A．useful | B．successful | C．difficult | D．common |
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| 小题8: | | A．wrote | B．prepared | C．gave | D．finished |
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| 小题9: | | A．knew | B．felt | C．believed | D．hoped |
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| 小题10: | | A．easy | B．great | C．helpful | D．possible |
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Do you have a beautiful dream? I know almost everyone 1 their own dreams in their life. The dreams are very important 2 them. The dreams can make them 3 harder.
I am studying in a school now. My dream is 4 a teacher in West China. Many Children there want to go to school 5 they can’t. Their families are very poor and the parents have 6 enough money to send their children to school. But going to school and studying is the only 7 to change their life. Teachers are greatly needed there, so I want to be a teacher to help them. I 8 kind to my students and make friends with them．I will give them love and teach 9 how to be a useful person. I think it is a great 10 in the world.
| 小题3: | | A．to work | B．to study | C．work | D．working |
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| 小题4: | | A．be | B．to make | C．to do | D．to be |
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| 小题7: | | A．way | B．book | C．school | D．room |
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| 小题8: | | A．am | B．will be | C．was | D．am going to |
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| 小题9: | | A．they | B．their | C．them | D．theirs |
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| 小题10: | | A．room | B．book | C．school | D．job |
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