As I held my father’s hands one night, I couldn’t help but notice their calluses(老茧）and roughness. His hands tell the story of his life as a , including all his struggles.
One summer, I remember, a drought (旱灾）hit Ontario, turning it into a desert. On one of those hot mornings I was picking sweet corn with my dad to fill the last from the grocery store. Fifty dozen was all we needed, which took twenty minutes. That morning, however, the process didn’t quickly. After forty minutes of aimlessly walking in the field, we needed twenty dozen. I was completely frustrated and . Dropping the basket heavily, I declared, “If the store wants its last twenty dozen, they can pick it themselves.” Dad , “Just think, my little girl, only ten dozen left for each of us and then we’re .” Such is Dad—whatever problem he , he never gives up.
, the disastrous (灾难性的) effects of the drought were felt all over our county. It was a challenging time for everyone, Dad remained optimistic. He to be grateful for other things like good health and food on our plates. Only then did I truly begin to Dad and his faith that guided us through the hard times.
Dad is also a living example of real . From dawn to dusk, he works countless hours to our family. He always puts our happiness his own, and never fails to cheer me on at my sports games his exhaustion after long days. His loving and selfless nature has inspired me to become more sympathetic (同情心的) and putting others first.
Dad, the life I have learned from you will stay with me forever. You are my father, teacher, friend and, most importantly, my hero.
| 小题1: | | A．teacher | B．gardener | C．farmer | D．grocer |
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| 小题2: | | A．stormy | B．lively | C．disappearing | D．burning |
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| 小题3: | | A．order | B．form | C．gap | D．position |
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| 小题4: | | A．repeatedly | B．normally | C．finally | D．really |
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| 小题5: | | A．go | B．begin | C．occur | D．change |
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| 小题6: | | A．yet | B．still | C．even | D．nearly |
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| 小题7: | | A．surprised | B．nervous | C．angry | D．frightened |
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| 小题8: | | A．apologized | B．cried | C．complained | D．laughed |
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| 小题9: | | A．lost | B．done | C．gone | D．touched |
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| 小题10: | | A．meets with | B．brings up | C．works out | D．thinks about |
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| 小题11: | | A．Thankfully | B．Hopefully | C．Unfortunately | D．Strangely |
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| 小题13: | | A．happened | B．seemed | C．continued | D．aimed |
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| 小题14: | | A．face | B．appreciate | C．examine | D．question |
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| 小题15: | | A．love | B．pride | C．friendship | D．honesty |
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| 小题16: | | A．support | B．settle | C．start | D．impress |
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| 小题17: | | A．after | B．before | C．beside | D．under |
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| 小题18: | | A．in spite of | B．in terms of | C．in control of | D．in place of |
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| 小题19: | | A．careful | B．regretful | C．considerate | D．humorous |
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| 小题20: | | A．history | B．motto | C．patterns | D．lessons |
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小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:B
小题5:A
小题6:B
小题7:C
小题8:D
小题9:B
小题10:A
小题11:C
小题12:D
小题13:C
小题14:B
小题15:A
小题16:A
小题17:B
小题18:A
小题19:C
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试题分析：在文中作者通过回忆往事，讲述了父亲的对他的影响。无论面对什么困难，父亲都一贯保持着乐观的态度，用自己的爱心和勤劳为家人支撑起一片天空。因此作者也变得更富有同情心，也知道去关心体贴他人了。
小题1:C名词辨析。A.教师；B. 园丁；C.农民；D. 杂货商。从下文After forty minutes of aimlessly walking in the field,可以判断父亲是个农民，所以C选项正确。
小题2:D形容词辨析。A. 暴风雨的 B. 生动的C. 消失的D. 灼热的。根据On one of those hot mornings和下文的干旱可以判断D为正确选项。
小题3:A名词辨析。A.订单；. 形式，表格；C.代沟；D. 位置。下文作者说 “If the store wants its last twenty dozen, they can pick it themselves.”由此可以判断商店向父亲订购的甜玉米，所以A选项正确。
小题4:B副词辨析。A. 重复地；B.正常地；C. 最后；D.真正地。根据上下文语境可知摘五十打玉米一般情况下需要20分钟，所以选B。
小题5:A动词辨析。A.进展；B. 开始； C.发生； D.改变。由下文可知那天用了40分钟还没摘够玉米，所以事情进展不是很快。故A选项正确。
小题6:B副词辨析。A. 然而；B. 仍然；C.甚至；D. 几乎。从上下文可知摘了40分钟后，还差10打，所以应该用“仍然”表示没有完成任务。所以B选项正确。
小题7:C形容词辨析。A.惊讶的；B.紧张的； C. 生气的；D害怕的。根据下文作者的动作和语言Dropping the basket heavily, I declared, “If the store wants its last twenty dozen, they can pick it themselves.”可以推断作者感觉很生气，故C选项正确。
小题8:D动词辨析。A. 道歉；B.哭喊；C. 抱怨；D.笑。从下文对父亲乐观性格的描述可以推测父亲当时的表现应该也是很乐观，应该是笑着对作者说话，所以D选项正确。
小题9:B动词辨析。A.丢失的； B.结束了的；C. 离去的；D. 受触动的。根据上文作者的讲述可知这是最后的20打玉米，所以摘完这些工作就做完了，故选B。
小题10:A动词短语辨析。A. 遇到；B. 抚养长大；C.制定出；D.考虑。从上下文的语境可知作者的父亲不论碰到什么困难，都表现的很乐观，故此处用meet with，正确选项为A。
小题11:C副词辨析。A. 感激地；B.满怀希望地；C. 不幸地；D.奇怪地。从后句the disastrous (灾难性的) effects of the drought were felt all over our county.可知全国性的大灾难对每个人都是不幸地，所以选C。
小题12:D连词辨析。A或者；B. 因为；C所以； D. 但是。从语境可知在面对艰难困苦时，父亲保持乐观的态度，前后句是转折关系，所以D选项正确。
小题13:C动词辨析。A.发生；B. 似乎；C. 继续；D.旨在。根据作者讲述的故事和前句Dad remained optimistic.可以判断C选项正确。面对困难，父亲没有抱怨，仍然对其他像健康等这样的东西心怀感激。
小题14:B动词辨析。A.面对；B.感激，欣赏；C. 检查；D. 询问。从上下文可以判断作者经历过这些事情后对父亲的乐观和战胜困难的信念特别的欣赏，纵观选项，只有B项符合语境。
小题15:A名词辨析.A.爱; B骄傲;C. 友谊;D. 诚实。从下文作者的讲述和His loving and selfless nature可以判断父亲做这一切都是出于对家人的爱，所以A选项正确。
小题16:A动词辨析。A. 支持；B. 解决；C.开始；D.给…印象。从情理可知父亲辛苦的劳作是为了养家糊口，support the family“养家糊口”，所以选A。
小题17:B介词辨析。A.在。。之后；B. 在…之前；C. 在….旁边；D. 在…下面。根据情理推断心怀爱心的人应该总是把别人的快乐放在首位，所以父亲也是这样，总是把我们的快乐放在他自己的快乐前面。故B选项正确。
小题18:A介词短语辨析。A尽管；B. 就…而言；C.控制；D取代。前句讲父亲never fails to cheer me on at my sports games和后面his exhaustion after long days.应该是一种让步关系，意思为不顾一天后的疲劳，他总是会出现在我的运动会上为我鼓劲加油。
小题19:C形容词辨析。A. 仔细的B.后悔的；C. 体贴的；D. 幽默的。从语境推测父亲的行为影响了我 ，而且句中sympathetic 和putting others first也提示后面应该是表示相同意思的褒义词，所以C选项正确。句意：他的爱心和无私的性格也激励了我， 使我也变得富有同情心和为他人着想了。
小题20:D名词辨析。A. 历史； B.箴言；C.模式；D.课；教训。从作者的讲述可知父亲的一言一行对我产生的影响也就是给我上的人生课，所以D为正确选项。 |
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Mr Parker was born in a small village. His father was so poor that he couldn’t send him to school. The boy had to help his parents to do some farming and learned English and maths by himself when he was free. Later on he was made to leave his home village and hoped to find a job in a city. And as soon as war broke out, he joined the army(军队). He couldn’t forget his terrible past and fought with the enemies bravely(勇敢的). So he became a general when he was fifty. He was honest and friendly to his soldiers and often punished those who tried to pocket a portion of the soldiers’ pay(克扣军饷). And his soldiers liked him very much.
Once Mr Parker heard from a soldier. In the letter the young man said the food in their military camp(军营)was very bad and he wished the general could go to find out the reasons. The old man went there at once without telling anybody. He went in the kitchen and examined everything carefully and found it was very dirty. Then he went in the soldiers’ bedrooms and found there were a lot of fleas. He became angry and asked the soldiers, “What do you think of your food, young men?”
The soldiers saw their officer standing by the general and said nothing. Only a new soldier said, “Very bad, sir!”
“What did you have for lunch today?” asked Mr Parker.
“A fried chicken, some fish and pork, a cake, six eggs and I had three cups of wine(酒).”
“Really?” Mr. Parker called out in surprise. “It’s the King’s(国王)lunch, I think!”
“So do I, General,” said the young man. “But it’s my birthday today. I paid three hundred dollars for them all in the restaurant!”
小题1:Mr. Parker was respected because .| A．he was strict with the officers | | B．he cared about his soldiers | | C．he was friendly to everybody | | D．he paid attention to the soldiers letters |
小题2:Mr. Parker went to the military camp to .| A．look for the soldier who wrote to him | | B．punish the cooks | | C．inspect the kitchens | | D．find out if the matter in the letter was true |
小题3:The soldiers didn’t say anything because .| A．they were afraid of the general | | B．they thought their foods were good | | C．the officer followed the general | | D．the general didn’t agree with them |
小题4:Which of the following is true?| A．Mr. Parker found nothing in the military camp. | | B．The new soldier had a birthday dinner in the restaurant. | | C．The officer wanted to frighten the soldiers. | | D．The general no longer believed the soldiers. |
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“Hi, Mom, happy fiftieth birthday!” I heard my son, Brian, say as as if he were sitting next to me. he wasn’t.Brian was on the USS Kitty Hawk on maneuvers (大规模演习) between our U.S. shore and the Persian Gulf.
My party-loving friend, Denise, had me out for a quiet fiftieth birthday celebration dinner. When we at the restaurant, I scanned (扫视) the sea of , but didn’t recognize anybody.
A wave of washed over me, and tears welled in my eyes when I heard Brian in my head. “Hi, Mom, happy fiftieth birthday.” “What’s wrong?” Denise asked when she saw me dabbing (轻轻擦) at my .
“I think I’ve had too much wine. I keep Brian wish me a happy birthday,” I said. She gave me a(n) smile. “Our table is ready,” she said, leading me toward the stairs.
I’d hardly sat down in the chair of honor when a entered the room, carrying a sheet of cake. The firefighter the cake on the table in front of me so I could the fifty blazing candles. Once again I heard Brian speak, “Mom, be sure to me a piece of cake.” This time he very far away, but it seemed that he was just in front of me. I in my chair. Was I losing my mind?
“I’ll have some as soon as I get this helmet (头盔) ,” the firefighter said. Every drop of blood in my veins flowed to my feet. He his uniform and quickly pulled the helmet from his head.
“Brian!”
“Hi Mom. Happy fiftieth birthday!”
| 小题1: | | A．hardly | B．impossibly | C．clearly | D．loudly |
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| 小题3: | | A．somewhere | B．anywhere | C．everywhere | D．nowhere |
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| 小题4: | | A．sent | B．supported | C．provided | D．invited |
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| 小题5: | | A．got | B．reached | C．arrived | D．came |
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| 小题6: | | A．smiles | B．voices | C．faces | D．dishes |
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| 小题7: | | A．happiness | B．sadness | C．anger | D．disappointment |
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| 小题8: | | A．at present | B．no more | C．at once | D．once again |
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| 小题9: | | A．eyes | B．nose | C．ears | D．fingers |
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| 小题10: | | A．seeing | B．saying | C．listening | D．hearing |
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| 小题11: | | A．relaxing | B．exciting | C．understanding | D．surprising |
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| 小题12: | | A．fireman | B．firewomen | C．waiter | D．waitress |
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| 小题13: | | A．pulled | B．set | C．pushed | D．kept |
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| 小题14: | | A．light up | B．add up | C．take away | D．blow out |
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| 小题16: | | A．Shouted | B．sounded | C．laughed | D．cried |
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| 小题17: | | A．calmed | B．turned | C．froze | D．thought |
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| 小题18: | | A．rest | B．cake | C．paper | D．bread[ |
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| 小题20: | | A．carried away | B．packed up | C．put on | D．took off |
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The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September 1666 ．In four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city , where most of the houses were wooden and close together ．Over one hundred people became homeless , but only a few lost their lives .
The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King’s baker（面包师）in Pudding Lane ．The baker , with his wife and family , was able to get out through a window into the roof ．A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery（面包房）into a small hotel next door ．Then it spread quickly into Thames Street ．That was the beginning.
By eight o’ clock three hundred houses were on fire ．On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames ．Tuesday was the worst day ．The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St Paul’s and the Guildhall among them .
Samuel Pepys , the famous writer , writer about the fire , “People threw their things into the river ．Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment ．Birds fell out of the air because of the heat .”
The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire．With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.
After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect(建筑师), wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone．In fact, the streets are still narrow, but he did build more than fifty churches, among them the new St Paul’s
The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not just of the past.
小题1:The fire began in .| A．a hotel | B．the palace | C．Pudding Lane | D．Thames Street |
小题2:The underlined word‘family’in the second paragraph means .| A．home | B．children | C．wife and husband | D．wife and children |
小题3:It seems that the writer fo the text was most sorry for the fact that ________.| A．some people lost their lives | | B．the birds in the sky were killed by the fire | | C．many famous buildings were destroyed | | D．the King’s bakery was burned down |
小题4:Why did the writer cite(引用)Samuel Pepys?| A．Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire. | | B．Because Pepys also wrote about the fire. | | C．To show that poor people suffered most. | | D．To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire. |
小题5:How was the fire put out according to the text?| A．The King and his soldiers came to help. | | B．All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed. | | C．People managed to get enough water from the river. | | D．Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down. |
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My wife passed away seven and a half years ago, and I went through a huge depression (消沉), the worst time in my life. I even wanted to end my life. I continued to work as a small-town doctor at my medical clinic in Kilauea, Hawaii. My kids had gone to live on the mainland, and I was alone. On a family trip, we turned on the TV and saw the second plane crash into the World Trade Center. I said to my kids, “I’m going to Afghanistan.” International Medical Corps sent me to set up 20 clinics in some provinces where people had no health care. Eventually, the clinics were serving 27,000 patients a month. I had such a sense of accomplishment, a sense of purpose. My depression went completely away.
I go wherever disasters strike: Indonesia after the tsunami, Pakistan after the earthquake. I was just in Kenya. After their presidential election, at least a thousand people were killed and hundreds of thousands were forced out. We set up mobile clinics in an area with 19,000 refugees (难民). Measles broke out, one of the biggest killers of kids in refugee camps, and it spread like wildfire. Water and medical equipment were also problems.
When my wife passed away, I thought my life was done. But really, it was just getting started. At the end of her life, my wife fell into a coma (昏迷). I held her head in my hands and told her of all the places we would visit, the exciting adventures we would have. I think about this moment many times during my “adventures”. I did not know then how prophetic (先知的) those words would be. She is with me still.
小题1:The first country where the author provided people with medical care is _____| A．Indonesia | B．Pakistan | C．Kenya | D．Afghanistan |
小题2:The underlined word “Measles” in Paragraph 2 probably refers to ____| A．a kind of fire | B．a kind of polluted water | C．a kind of medicine | D．a kind of disease |
小题3:The author and his wife ______.| A．experienced a lot of exciting adventures | | B．loved each other very much | | C．lived on the mainland | | D．would travel to many places together |
小题4:From this passage we know that the author _____| A．is a famous doctor | B．got over his wife’s death | | C．is always in depression | D．experienced many disasters |
小题5:Which of the following word can best describe the story in this passage?| A．Sad. | B．Exciting. | C．Inspiring. | D．Disastrous. |
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Tina was afraid of the dark. She always went to bed with the light on. She was afraid that the would come and eat her. Her daddy always her closet(壁橱) and under her bed for monsters.
One night, Tina was awakened in the middle of the night by some strange coming from her window. She opened her eyes and saw a huge 3-eyed monster to get into her room through the window. She was too scared to even for help.
The monster was able to the window and get in. Tina was why her parents didn"t wake up from all the noise. Tina"s heart was so fast with the monster going straight to her bed. , the monster said in a low voice:" Hello there little girl, I hope I didn"t you. My name is Mongus. I was wondering if I can get some and cookies." Tina couldn"t believe her .
"So, you are not here to me?" She asked. Obviously amused, the monster laughed : "Eat you? No, no. You shouldn"t be scared of me because I am a monster. Can I have what I want now? Please." Tina got up and went to the where she got some milk and cookies. Later, Mongus left the room the same way he came in.
In the morning, Tina woke up to her father"s voice, “Little sweet, time for school.” Tina told her father the and how the window got broken. Her father her that the whole thing was just a dream the window wasn"t broken." So Mongus isn"t coming back?" Tina asked.
"It is all up to you honey. You can Mongus anytime you like, all you have to do is dream about him again.
| 小题1: | | A．wolf | B．monster | C．enemy | D．bear |
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| 小题2: | | A．hid | B．entered | C．slept | D．checked |
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| 小题3: | | A．noises | B．boys | C．voices | D．parents |
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| 小题4: | | A．trying | B．agreeing | C．explaining | D．begging |
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| 小题5: | | A．hope | B．shout | C．wait | D．look |
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| 小题6: | | A．break | B．avoid | C．fix | D．move |
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| 小题7: | | A．blaming | B．considering | C．wondering | D．guessing |
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| 小题8: | | A．beating | B．hitting | C．running | D．jumping |
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| 小题9: | | A．So | B．Later | C．Then | D．Meanwhile |
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| 小题10: | | A．catch | B．see | C．hurt | D．frighten |
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| 小题11: | | A．prizes | B．milk | C．candies | D．surprise |
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| 小题12: | | A．promises | B．words | C．eyes | D．ears |
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| 小题14: | | A．unnaturally | B．loudly | C．weakly | D．terribly |
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| 小题15: | | A．ugly | B．lively | C．friendly | D．lonely |
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| 小题16: | | A．shop | B．kitchen | C．garden | D．bedroom |
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| 小题17: | | A．story | B．lie | C．event | D．dream |
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| 小题18: | | A．reminded | B．questioned | C．comforted | D．informed |
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| 小题20: | | A．hold up | B．hold back | C．bring up | D．bring back |
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