My three-year-old granddaughter, Tegan, went with her parents to a family gathering at the home of her other grandparents. Everyone was having a wonderful time visiting and catching up on all the latest family news.
Like most children, Tegan was having a good time playing with all the toys that were different from her own and that were kept for children to play with at her grandparents’ house. In particular, Tegan had found a little tea set and had begun pretending that she was having a tea party. She set up all the place settings and arranged her table with the great care and elegance that only a three-year-old can create. Meanwhile, her Daddy was engrossed in conversation, and as he continued to chat with his family, Tegan would hand him a cup of "tea". Her Daddy, who always tries to participate in her games, would pause for a few seconds from his conversation, and say all the proper words and gestures for her tea party which would thrill Tegan. He would request two lumps of sugar. He would tell her how wonderful her tea tasted, and then he would continue his adult conversation with his family.
After going through this routine several times, her Daddy suddenly awoke to reality as he had a flash of concern in his mind: "She is only three years old, where is she getting this ‘tea’ that I"ve been dutifully drinking?" He quietly followed her, without her knowing, and his fears were growing stronger as he saw her turn and go through the bathroom door. Sure enough, there she was stretching up on her tippy toes reaching up to get her ‘tea’ water -- out of the container of water that grandpa used to soak his false teeth!
小题1:At the family gathering, the adults __________.| A．watched their favorite TV programs | | B．talked about what happened at home | | C．drank tea while chatting | | D．arranged tables for children’s games |
小题2:Which of the following phrases can replace the underlined phrase “was engrossed in” in Paragraph 2 ?| A．got tired of | B．got annoyed by | | C．was absorbed in | D．was puzzled at |
小题3:What can be learned from the text ?| A．Tegan was unhappy to be left alone at the gathering. | | B．Tegan’s father often played with her in games. | | C．Tegan refused to apologize for what she had done. | | D．Tegan’s father cared nothing about what she was doing. |
小题4:Tegan’s Dad followed her secretly to find out __________.| A．whether there was any tea left | | B．how she made tea so wonderful | | C．where she got the sugar for tea | | D．what kind of tea he had drunk |
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:D |
试题分析：这篇文章主要讲述了家庭聚会时，发生的一件趣事。Tegan的父亲喝了泡假牙的水。
小题1:细节题：根据He would request two lumps of sugar. He would tell her how wonderful her tea tasted, and then he would continue his adult conversation with his family.
可知家庭聚会时，成年人在谈论家里发生的事，故选B。
小题2:猜词题：根据Meanwhile, her Daddy was engrossed in conversation, and as he continued to chat with his family, Tegan would hand him a cup of "tea".可猜出“was engrossed in” in Paragraph 2意思是全神贯注，故选C。
小题3:推断题： 根据Her Daddy, who always tries to participate in her games, would pause for a few seconds from his conversation, and say all the proper words and gestures for her tea party which would thrill Tegan，可知Tegan的父亲总是和她一起玩游戏，故选B。
小题4:细节题：根据After going through this routine several times, her Daddy suddenly awoke to reality as he had a flash of concern in his mind: "She is only three years old, where is she getting this ‘tea’ that I"ve been dutifully drinking?" He quietly followed her, without her knowing,可知Tegan的父亲悄悄跟着她，发现了他喝着什么样的茶，故选D。 |
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Travis laughed as he tore at the wrapping paper on his birthday present. He was so ! Finally, he would have the coolest pair of name-brand basketball shoes.
All the guys on his team were wearing the name-brand shoes of a popular basketball , Chuck Hart. Hart was criticized for his poor sportsmanship and infamous , he was a great player. In fact, Travis wasn"t thinking about Hart" s behavior; he had only expected to see Hart’s on the side of the box. The first indication that something was came as he tore away the last piece of paper. Not Hart’s. The new shoes were the name-brand of another player, Robert Ryann, who was for his amazing work in the community.
Travis’s hands ; his heart stopped. It wasn"t that the Ryann shoes weren’t nice, but what would his friends think ?
They were the wrong shoes and Travis would be by the other players. When he looked up into his dad" s eyes, however, Travis decided he not tell him. ""Thanks, Dad. I was really hoping for shoes," Travis said as he pulled the shoes out of the box.
Next morning his dad drove him to school. When they in front of his destination, Travis slowly opened the car door. Just then, his dad stopped him.
“Hey, Travis, wait a minute, look…” his dad said ,“Travis, I know those aren’t the shoes you had hoped for, but I saw the names of the two guys and made a（n） . The guy whose name is on those shoes,” he said, pointing down at Travis’s feet, “is someone I . Do you know how often Ryann has found himself in ?”
“No,” Travis said.
“Never. He’s never talked back to his coach or started a fight, and he’s a team player. You could have acted like a (n) when you didn’t get the shoes you wanted, Travis, you were polite and made the best of it. You have such a good , like the guy whose name is on these shoes. I’m hoping that someday, your name will be on the coolest pair of shoes I’ll ever see.”
When Travis looked down at his feet, he saw the shoes . His dad had used his mind and heart to give the son a thoughtful .
| 小题1: | | A．surprised | B．ashamed | C．excited | D．worried |
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| 小题2: | | A．team | B．player | C．coach | D．game |
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| 小题3: | | A．Unless | B．If | C．Because | D．Although |
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| 小题4: | | A．skill | B．performance | C．behavior | D．action |
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| 小题5: | | A．name | B．photo | C．sign | D．model |
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| 小题6: | | A．strange | B．wrong | C．true | D．funny |
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| 小题7: | | A．known | B．encouraged | C．adopted | D．influenced |
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| 小题8: | | A．fell | B．froze | C．shook | D．folded |
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| 小题9: | | A．questioned | B．noticed | C．teased | D．attacked |
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| 小题11: | | A．pulled up | B．put up | C．took up | D．turned up |
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| 小题12: | | A．peacefully | B．hesitantly | C．delightedly | D．naturally |
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| 小题13: | | A．choice | B．effort | C．comment | D．mistake |
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| 小题14: | | A．believe | B．miss | C．admire | D．remember |
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| 小题15: | | A．danger | B．surprise | C．sorrow | D．trouble |
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| 小题16: | | A．teammate | B．adult | C．kid | D．student |
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| 小题18: | | A．quality | B．courage | C．dream | D．belief |
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| 小题19: | | A．clearly | B．carefully | C．patiently | D．differently |
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| 小题20: | | A．gift | B．look | C．hope | D．lesson |
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other , including her“sixth sense”, that she rarely gives the impression that she"s anything.
Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us, that she doesn"t push too hard on them, really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house, and she moves around so fast that often don"t realize she"s blind.
I this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was excited about her finger-painting project.
“Mom, guess what?” said Kayla, all smiles. “I learned how to colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle with us”.
To my great , my child had learned about color from a blind friend! Then Kayla continued, “Michelle told me my showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never known how good finger paints felt Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.
I realized Kayla didn"t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never in conversation. When I told my daughter that Michelle was blind, she was for a moment. At first, she didn"t believe me. “But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla . And I knew my child was because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her art work. Michelle had also heard Kayla"s in her work.
We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my .”
Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.
| 小题1: | | A．senses | B．means | C．methods | D．ways |
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| 小题2: | | A．enjoyed | B．found | C．missed | D．lost |
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| 小题3: | | A．instead | B．except | C．since | D．but |
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| 小题5: | | A．guests | B．family | C．children | D．friends |
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| 小题6: | | A．realized | B．heard | C．recognized | D．witnessed |
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| 小题7: | | A．sad | B．satisfied | C．excited | D．enjoyed |
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| 小题8: | | A．especially | B．not so | C．a little | D．not at all |
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| 小题9: | | A．paint | B．draw | C．create | D．mix |
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| 小题10: | | A．stayed | B．painted | C．talked | D．played |
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| 小题11: | | A．excitement | B．surprise | C．delight | D．encouragement |
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| 小题12: | | A．attitude | B．color | C．picture | D．paper |
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| 小题13: | | A．touched | B．distinguished | C．saw | D．understood |
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| 小题14: | | A．after | B．before | C．until | D．when |
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| 小题15: | | A．turned out | B．come up | C．referred to | D．talked about |
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| 小题16: | | A．curious | B．quiet | C．puzzled | D．worried |
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| 小题17: | | A．cried | B．insisted | C．complained | D．informed |
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| 小题18: | | A．right | B．wrong | C．worried | D．uncertain |
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| 小题19: | | A．shortcomings | B．difficulties | C．pride | D．description |
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| 小题20: | | A．paper | B．eyes | C．hands | D．pens |
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It had been three months since Ms Miller had started teaching. She was gradually being able to understand all her students, except one, Bob. Bob was the only boy who came to school dressed untidily and sat in the class completely lost in his own world. His performance had been deteriorating gradually with every single day.
Ms Miller searched through the progress reports of Bob and was shocked to see Bob used to be the topper in his class. Bob"s performance began to slowly decline when his mother fell ill. He was doing badly in each and every subject when his mother died leaving him alone with his father, who was a businessman and had to travel always. Apart from his performance worsening gradually, Bob"s nature too began to change. He had forgotten to laugh and showed no interest in any activity. All his friends had abandoned him.
One day, Bob was asked to stay back.Ms Miller asked him if he had any problem understanding his lessons. Gradually she began to give him a comfort zone so that he could talk and share. After three weeks, she found Bob gradually improving. He was being able to answer the questions he previously failed. Every day after all the students went away, Ms Miller gave personal attention to Bob and began to spend time with him. Bob improved a lot over the next semester, showing definite signs of progress in his performance.
On a Friday, Bob came up to Ms Miller, handed her a box and requested her to open the box on Sunday. On Sunday morning, curious, she opened it and saw a bottle of perfume, half filled. Together with it was a small letter, saying that this bottle of perfume used to be his mother"s and he wished Ms Miller to wear it so that every time she was around, he could feel his Mom near him. He thanked her for everything. Ms Miller took the bottle of perfume in her hand and saw a new tag attached to it; it said "Happy Mother"s Day”!
Ms Miller suddenly realized that it was not she who had made a difference to Bob"s life but it was Bob who made her realize what true humanity is!
小题1:According to the text, Bob________.| A．wore clean clothes all the time | | B．was taller than any other one in his class | | C．lost all of his friends after his mother"s death | | D．could always have his father for company at home |
小题2:The underlined word "deteriorating" in Paragraph l probably means________.| A．worsening | B．changing | C．thrilling | D．Improving |
小题3: Paragraph 3 is mainly about________.| A．why Ms Miller would like to help Bob. | | B．what Ms Miller did to help Bob. | | C．how Bob attracted Ms Miller’s attention. | | D．where Bob could sit comfortably |
小题4:The bottle of perfume given to Ms Miller______.| A．showed Bob was thankful for Ms Miller’s help | | B．was given on Mother’s Day | | C．made Bob a different student | | D．was new and never used before |
小题5:What does the author wanted to tell us ______.| A．a teacher can totally change a student’s life | | B．family is the most important place for kids | | C．children don’t have to solve problems by themselves | | D．one should have sympathy for another’s suffering and offer help |
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So tired as I was, I bothered myself to open up my cafe shop on the cold morning. With many consumers streaming in, I knew another long business day began. And I had to serve far into the night.
As I rushed among the tables, suddenly, a asked if I could mind a child. I was quite but I could tell the man was quite desperate（绝望的）. So I had to make a with him that if he wanted his son to stay and wait for him, he had to something in the shop.
This was quite for the man to do; I could he was quite poor by the he was dressed. It looked as if he had tried to come in his clothes. But they still looked a bit old and worn out he had often worn them, just to make himself look best. Looking down I could see his were also a bit shabby（破旧的）and the heels（鞋后跟）were in a terrible state. I thought he was going for a job interview. In the end he bought a small box of for his little son and seated him down in the corner. I could tell the boy was feeling down and only could with a bit of cheering up.
Seeing that the kid sat there for quite a while, I was a bit as the poor little kid was sitting his own. People watched him and some kids even came over to pick on him. I was to see one of them even knocked his cookies off the table. He quickly went and got them back without saying a word. I was hoping his father would up and come back for his son"s .
At closing time, the only person left was the little boy. After a while, the father finally came in with a tiresome look. I he didn"t get any job. As they were leaving, I offered the kid a little cake, but the man rejected（拒绝）it. I he felt as if I had just abused（虐待）him. Of course I didn"t mean to. But I could understand why he felt like that. I only wished them good whatever happened.
The man opened the door to leave — father and son hand in hand.
| 小题1: | | A．voice | B．sound | C．noise | D．tune |
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| 小题2: | | A．pleased | B．frightened | C．annoyed | D．interested |
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| 小题3: | | A．deal | B．decision | C．promise | D．date |
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| 小题5: | | A．easy | B．natural | C．hard | D．possible |
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| 小题6: | | A．explain | B．prove | C．think | D．tell |
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| 小题7: | | A．manner | B．means | C．method | D．way |
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| 小题8: | | A．poorest | B．best | C．prettiest | D．oldest |
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| 小题9: | | A．even though | B．so that | C．as if | D．now that |
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| 小题10: | | A．socks | B．gloves | C．pants | D．shoes |
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| 小题11: | | A．sweets | B．cigarettes | C．cookies | D．cakes |
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| 小题13: | | A．relaxed | B．nervous | C．satisfied | D．worried |
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| 小题15: | | A．touched | B．disappointed | C．astonished | D．excited |
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| 小题17: | | A．chance | B．benefit | C．future | D．job |
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| 小题18: | | A．hoped | B．imagined | C．doubted | D．guessed |
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| 小题19: | | A．clarified（分类） | B．assumed | C．confused | D．ignored |
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| 小题20: | | A．luck | B．progress | C．supper | D．night |
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I arrived in the classroom，ready to share my knowledge and experience with 75 students who would be my English literature class．Having taught in the US for 17 years，I had no about my ability to hold their attention and to on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue．
I was shocked when the monitor shouted，“ !” The entire class rose as I entered the room，and I was somewhat about how to get them to sit down again，but once that awkwardness (尴尬) was over，I quickly calmness and began what I thought was a fact—packed lecture，sure to gain their respect—perhaps their admiration．I went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a(n) of achievement．
My students diaries．However，as I read them，the happy mood was gradually by a strong sense of sadness．The first diary said, “Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today． her next lecture will be better．”Greatly surprised，I read diary after diary，each expressing a theme．“Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework (哲学体系) of Western thought and laid the historical for all the works we’ll study in class，” I complained．“How they say I didn’t teach them anything?”
It was a long term，and it became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as of my students．I thought a teacher’s job was to raise questions and provide enough background so that students could ＿ their own conclusions．My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide information as directly and clearly as possible．What a difference!
，I also learnt a lot，and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a＿ American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.
| 小题1: | | A．certainty | B．idea | C．doubt | D．experience |
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| 小题2: | | A．impress | B．put | C．leave | D．fix |
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| 小题3: | | A．Attention | B．Look out | C．At ease | D．Stand up |
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| 小题4: | | A．puzzled | B．sure | C．curious | D．worried |
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| 小题5: | | A．found | B．returned | C．regained | D．followed |
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| 小题6: | | A．more | B．even | C．yet | D．still |
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| 小题7: | | A．thought | B．sense | C．emotion | D．idea |
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| 小题8: | | A．shared | B．borrowed | C．kept | D．read |
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| 小题9: | | A．replaced | B． taken | C．caught | D．moved |
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| 小题10: | | A．Naturally | B．Perhaps | C．Fortunately | D．Reasonably |
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| 小题11: | | A．different | B．same | C．similar | D．usual |
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| 小题12: | | A．happenings | B．characters | C．development | D．background |
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| 小题13: | | A．should | B．need | C．will | D．must |
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| 小题14: | | A．immediately | B．certainly | C．simply | D．gradually |
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| 小题15: | | A．that | B．what | C．those | D．ones |
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| 小题16: | | A．difficult | B．interesting | C．ordinary | D．unusual |
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| 小题17: | | A．draw | B．get | C．decide | D．give |
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| 小题18: | | A．strange | B．standard | C．exact | D．serious |
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| 小题19: | | A．Therefore | B．However | C．Besides | D．Though |
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| 小题20: | | A．stricter | B．happier | C．worse | D．better |
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