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Since I was a child, I called my father my Kong, after King Kong. I believed that he was just as strong as the giant ape(猿猴). As he faced death, I did my best to help release him to the next life.
Two months after he passed away, my sister called to ask if I would like to go see Lisa Williams, a well-known witch(巫婆). I was familiar with Lisa from her show on Lifetime, and since I was eager to get a sign from my father, I agreed to go.
I took my father’s gold watch and listened as Lisa helped audience members communicate with their loved ones. “I have a grandfather-like figure with me and he is speaking about his granddaughter Jilly,” she announced. The audience was quiet; no one raised a hand. I nudged(用肘轻推) my sister and whispered to her that this was Dad ,for my third child and my father had a deep bond(关系,纽带) and he called her Jilly.
Although I sensed his presence, I wasn’t confident enough to raise my hand. I needed something a bit more concrete, something undoubted.
“This man is letting me know he had cancer,” she continued. I nudged my sister harder and assured her this was our father. Lisa went on to say that this person died in June (my father had died June 8th). There was swelling of the legs.
“Important information,” she called out. My heart beat fast . I jumped up when she asked, “Who is holding his watch?” I waved the watch in the air.
“He wishes you congratulations.” My fourth child was born three weeks after my father died. I was in shock and could not believe I was getting a chance to hear from him, yet I knew our bond was strong enough that he could come to the world. She banged on her chest like an ape and apologized, saying, “I don’t know why but he wants me to do this like Tarzan.” It didn’t resonate(共鸣) with me until my sister called out “King Kong!” I was convinced. No way could this woman have ever known a detail unless Dad was communicating through her.
Each bit of information she gave us was just as meaningful. She ended our session by informing us that he would send us coins. The very next day I found six coins in various places; they seemed to have come out of nowhere. Even in death he is my Kong, and he remains important in my life.
小题1:What’s the best title of the passage?
A.Information from Lisa Williams
B.Miraculous Messages from Heaven
C.Strange Things in the Party.
D.Unforgettable memories
小题2:What’s the meaning of underlined sentence?
A.I tried my best to make my father feel relieved in another world .
B.I wanted to help my father live a better life in future.
C.I tried to set my father free next time.
D.I wanted to help my father in everything.
小题3:What do we know about Lisa Williams? 
A.She may be a learned teacher.
B.She may be a woman knowing witchcraft
C.She may be is a scientist researching Lifetime.
D.She may be a fairy.
小题4:From the passage we know that father _________________.
A.cared little about our life
B.withdrew from the society and lived alone
C.liked to live with giant ape
D.was still concerned about my family after his death .
小题5:What kind of writing style did the author use in the passage?
A.NarrationB.IllustrationC.Discussion D.Description

答案

小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:A
解析

试题分析:文章讲述了作者深爱的父亲死后,通灵女巫使用只有父女之间才知道的沟通方式得到了来自已逝父亲的祝福信息,使作者相信父亲仍是关心着她。
小题1:推理题:阅读全文可知作者通过通灵女巫的帮助得到了来自已逝父亲的祝贺,由此可知这是来自天堂的信息。故选B。
小题2:推理题: 根据常理可知人在得病即将死亡时生理上是很痛苦的,因此划线部分有“解脱、释放”的意思,四选项中只有A项“我尽我最大的努力使父亲在另一个世界能够解脱痛苦”与原意相近。故选A。
小题3:细节题:根据文章第二段中“a well-known witch”一个有名的女巫可知B项正确。故选B。
小题4:推理题:根据文章内容可知作者在父亲生前就与父亲关系很好,父亲死后还通过女巫得到了来自父亲祝贺我生第四个孩子的信息。由此可知父亲死后还关心我的家人。故选D。
小题5:推理题:Narration记叙文;Illustration图解;Discussion议论文;Description说明文。根据文章内容可知这是作者叙述所发生过的事,因此是记叙文。故选A。
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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并从答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Each time I was feeling disappointed, my mother would say to me “ Tomorrow will be another day. If you can       on, some day something nice will happen. And you will come to know that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous         .”
What mother said was absolutely right, as I         after my graduation from college. I had made up my mind to try for a          in radio, then         my way up to sports announcer. I went to Springfield and knocked on the door of each station—and got       each time. In one studio, a warm-hearted woman told me that         stations couldn’t risk employing a(n)        person. “ Please go out to the faraway or lonely district and find a small station which will give you a         ,” she said. I came back home to St-Louis.
While there were no radio-announcing jobs in St-Louis, my father said Wards Holding Corporation had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its         department. Since St-Louis was where I had played high school football, I         . The job sounded just         for me. But I wasn’t employed. My disappointment must have         . “Tomorrow will be another day,” Mom         me. I tried WOC in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The program director, Jack Green, told me they had already hired an         .
As I went away from his office, my frustration boiled over (爆发). I asked         , “How can a young man get to be a sports announcer if he cannot get a job in a radio station?” I was just patiently waiting for the elevator          I heard Jack Green calling, “What did you say about sports just now? You mean you know something about football?” Then he stood me         a microphone and told me to         an imaginary game.
On the way to my home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother’s words. From time to time I         what direction my life might have taken if I had had the job at Wards Holding Corporation
小题1:
A.takeB.putC.move D.carry
小题2:
A.concern B.doubtC.disappointmentD.amazement
小题3:
A.recoveredB.discoveredC.recognizedD.developed
小题4:
A.job B.planC.trip D.research
小题5:
A.comeB.goC.push D.work
小题6:
A.put off B.broken awayC.turned downD.fed up
小题7:
A.noB.bigC.smallD.famous
小题8:
A.selfish B.confidentC.inexperiencedD.independent
小题9:
A.tip B.rewardC.challengeD.chance
小题10:
A.sportsB.foodC.clothesD.radio
小题11:
A.hesitatedB.appliedC.refusedD.agreed
小题12:
A.rightB.importantC.boringD.funny
小题13:
A.disappearedB.hiddenC.shownD.died
小题14:
A.warned B.reminded C.recognizedD.demanded
小题15:
A.athleteB.actorC.announcerD.artist
小题16:
A.aloudB.secretly C.silently D.equally
小题17:
A.whileB.whereC.afterD.when
小题18:
A.within B.beforeC.beyondD.beneath
小题19:
A.playB.performC.broadcastD.present
小题20:
A.sayB.wonderC.dreamD.learn

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I was fat kid who grew into an overweight adult. I was      laughed at for being heavier than the other kids,      me feeling shy. I tried several diets, but      worked, and I     gaining weight. Another factor        my weight gain was my love for cooking, especially rich, high-fat desserts, which I enjoyed preparing and, of course, eating.   
 When I finished high school at the age of 18, I weighed 215 pounds.       the self-confidence to go to a new, faraway school, I decided to stay close to home      going away to college. I continued with my unhealthful eating habits and felt more miserable as the weight came on, but I did nothing about it except buy larger plus-size clothes.   
My turning point came 10 years later at a friend"s New Year"s Eve party when I was at my all-time highest weight of 330 pounds. I caught my       in a mirror and the truth      me: I was overweight and unhealthy, and unless I did something about it now, I would only get bigger and       .   
After leaving the party, I thought about my past weight-loss     and realized they didn"t work because they required me to abandon foods I loved. Then I would constantly think about food and binge,       the diet      my hunger and not feel deprived.   
 My biggest       was finding a way to fit my passion for cooking into my healthier lifestyle. At first, I tried to stay away from the kitchen to         myself thinking about food. The result: Food was all I thought about.       had to be some way to combine cooking with healthful eating. I found the     after reading several low-fat cookbooks. With some trial and error, I could modify my favorite foods and make them low in fat, yet delicious.  
 The pounds started coming off, and when I started exercising (usually cardio and weight training five times a week), they seemed to melt away. I didn"t feel deprived, and I felt free to give my body the care and attention it     .  
I lost 165 pounds over the next two years. I had many ups and downs. I was determined to go on. Another challenge to me was not to beat myself up if I ate something that was unhealthy and to take it as a sign to abandon my healthful habits.      I vowed to start again and always keep my goal in mind.  Thanks to losing weight and becoming fit I am         my body and myself. I have finally found myself.   
小题1:
A.hardlyB.frequentlyC.immediatelyD.instantly
小题2:
A.leftB.to leaveC.leavingD.having left
小题3:
A.nothingB.no oneC.noneD.anything
小题4:
A.ended upB.ended overC.ended up withD.was ended up
小题5:
A.contributing toB.resulted inC.resulting fromD.led to
小题6:
A.lacking of B.lack of C.lackingD.lacked in
小题7:
A.or ratherB.instead of C.together with D.as well as
小题8:
A.reflection B.infection C.imagination D.attention
小题9:
A.laughed B.hit C.knocked D.beat
小题10:
A.unfamiliar B.unhappier C.unfriendly D.unfit
小题11:
A.efforts B.affords C.effects D.infects
小题12:
A.giving outB.giving in C.giving up D.giving away
小题13:
A.satisfy B.decrease C.increase D.fill
小题14:
A.challenge B.success C.energy D.work
小题15:
A.keep B.have C.prevent D.make
小题16:
A.It B.TheyC.There D.I
小题17:
A.solution B.secret C.answer D.road
小题18:
A.deserved B.focused C.caughtD.paid
小题19:
A.Instead B.However C.Therefore D.So
小题20:
A.keep up withB.in line withC.put up withD.catch up with

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Today, as I was relaxing at the beach, I couldn"t help but eavesdrop(窃听,偷听) on a conversation four high school kids were having on the beach blanket next to me. Their conversation was about making a positive difference in the world. And it went something like this…
"It"s impossible to make a difference unless you"re a huge company or someone with lots of money and power," one of them said.
"Yeah man," another replied. "My mom keeps telling me to move mountains – to speak up and stand up for what I believe. But what I say and do doesn"t even get noticed. I just keep answering to ‘the man’ and then I get slapped back(山谷回声) in place by him when I step out of line."
"Repression…" another snickered.
I smiled because I knew exactly how they felt. When I was their age, I was certain I was being repressed and couldn"t possibly make a difference in this world. And I actually almost got fired from school once because I openly expressed how repressed(压抑) I felt in the middle of the principals’ office.
I Have A Dream.
Suddenly, one of the kids noticed me eavesdropping and smiling. He sat up, looked at me and said, "What? Do you disagree?" Then as he waited for a response, the other three kids turned around too.
Rather than arguing with them, I took an old receipt out of my wallet , tore it into four pieces, and wrote a different word on each piece. Then I crumbled the pieces into little paper balls and handed a different piece to each one of them.
"Look at the word on the paper I just gave you and don"t show it to anyone else." The kids looked at the single word I had handed each of them and appeared confused. "You have two choices," I told them. "If your word inspired you to make a difference in this world, then hold onto it. If not, give it back to me so I can recycle the paper." They all returned their words.
I walked over quickly , sat down on the sand next to their beach blanket and laid out the four words that the students had returned to me so that the words combined to form the simple sentence,        "I have a dream."
"Dude, that"s Martin Luther King Jr.," one of the kids said.
"How did you know that?" I asked.
"Everyone knows Martin Luther King Jr." the kid snarled. "He has his own national holiday, and we all had to memorize his speech in school a few years ago."
"Why do you think your teachers had you memorize his speech?" I asked.
"I don"t really care!" the kid replied. His three friends shook their heads in agreement. "What does this have to do with us and our situation?"
"Your teachers asked you to memorize those words, just like thousands of teachers around the world have asked students to memorize those words, because they have inspired millions of repressed people to dream of a better world and take action to make their dreams come true. Do you see where I"m going with this?"
"Man, I know exactly what you"re trying to do and it"s not going to work, alright?" the fourth kid said, who hadn"t spoken a word until now. "We"re not going to get all inspired and emotional about something some dude said thirty years ago. Our world is different now. And it"s more screwed up than any us can even begin to imagine, and there"s little you or I can do about it. We"re too small, we"re nobody."
Together
I smiled again because I once believed and used to say similar things. Then after holding the smile for a few seconds I said, "On their own, ‘I" or ‘have’ or ‘a’ or ‘dream’ are just words. Not very compelling or inspiring. But when you put them together in a certain order, they create a phrase that has been powerful enough to move millions of people to take action – action that changed laws, perceptions, and lives. You don"t need to be inspired or emotional to agree with this, do you?"
The four kids shrugged and struggled to appear totally indifferent, but I could tell they were listening intently. "And what"s true for words is also true for people," I continued. "One person without help from anyone else can"t do much to make a big difference in this crazy world - or to overcome all of the various forms of repression that exist today. But when people get together and unite to form something more powerful and meaningful then themselves, the possibilities are endless.
Together is how mountains are moved. Together is how small people make a big difference.
小题1:Why were the kids repressed?
A.Because they were scolded by their teachers
B.Because they lacked confidence of making a difference in the world
C.Because they didn’t have lots of money or power.
D.Because one of them almost got expelled from school.
小题2:What did the writer do when one of the kids noticed him eavesdropping?
A.He argued with them.
B.He played a game with them.
C.He scooted over sat down on the sand next to their beach blanket .
D.He took an old receipt ,ripped it into four pieces, and wrote a different word on each piece.
小题3:Which of the following is not true?
A.“I Have A Dream” was delivered by Martin Luther King.
B.A national holiday was named after Martin Luther King to honor him.
C.Teachers asked kids to memorize Martin Luther King’s famous speech.
D.Martin Luther King made a difference because he is a man with power.
小题4:Give a proper Chinese translation to explain the underlined sentence.
A.车到山前必有路B.从我做起
C.团结就是力量D.三人行,必有我师
小题5:Which of the following sentences is true according to the story.
A.The kids and the writer are complaining about their life.
B.All of the four kids don’t believe they can change the world.
C.The word on the paper inspires the four kids.
D.The writer’s purpose is to tell them to a faith in the life.
小题6:Which of the following can be the best title for the story?
A.How adults persuade kids
B.How small people make a big difference
C.How young adults build up their confidence
D.How create a better world to live in

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The moon had gone behind a cloud and there weren’t many stars in the sky. I saw a flame (火焰) in my neighbour’s      . I thought he was having a midnight fast food so I went back to my      .
Soon, there was a      smell in the air and I guessed something was wrong.      , I jumped out of bed and went downstairs to      . I saw fire coming out of my neighbour’s kitchen. Right away, I       “Fire! Fire!” But there was no one nearby to       my shouts for help.
I       into my house, called the Fire Department and went back to my neighbour’s house. I rang the doorbell, hit on the door and       my neighbour’s name but there was no      . I managed to       the house and rescued a cat and a rabbit.
I tried to throw water through the kitchen window       it was no use; the fire was too strong.      , a fire engine arrived and soon the firemen put out the fire. They arrived just       as the fire was going to       to the other rooms in the house.
When my neighbour came back, he was       because his kitchen was burnt down, but he thanked me for calling the Fire Department and for saving his       . He wanted to give me some money in return but I did not       it.
Weeks later, my neighbour repaired and restored his kitchen. He       me to his new kitchen and there he gave me a medal that he had       ordered from a factory. It made me very happy.
小题1:
A.sitting roomB.bathroomC.kitchenD.bedroom
小题2:
A.chairB.tableC.bedD.sofa
小题3:
A.big B.hotC.specialD.burning
小题4:
A.After a whileB.All the timeC.Once in a whileD.At once
小题5:
A.examine B.searchC.listenD.smell
小题6:
A.said B.shoutedC.receivedD.smiled
小题7:
A.hearB.listen toC.askD.turn to
小题8:
A.walkedB.rushed C.cameD.stepped
小题9:
A.called inB.called upC.called outD.called for
小题10:
A.answerB.lightC.soundD.fire
小题11:
A.break downB.break outC.break upD.break into
小题12:
A.andB.but C.becauseD.so
小题13:
A.LuckilyB.SadlyC.UnfortunatelyD.Suddenly
小题14:
A.in timeB.on timeC.at a timeD.at times
小题15:
A.reachB.spreadC.goD.cover
小题16:
A.gladB.sadC.luckyD.angry
小题17:
A.childrenB.parentsC.lifeD.pets
小题18:
A.expectB.wantC.acceptD.get
小题19:
A.ordered B.beggedC.suggested D.invited
小题20:
A.mainlyB.particularlyC.speciallyD.Naturally

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 Once upon a time, a Japanese man wanted to rebuild his house. First he had to tear the walls open. Japanese houses        have empty spaces between the wooden walls. As he was tearing them down, he found a lizard(蜥蜴)          there because a nail(钉子) from the outside had been         into one of its feet. Seeing this, he felt       for it, and at the same time wanted to know more about it.
He knew very well that the           had been knocked into the wall ten years before when the house was first         . What had happened since then? The lizard had           for ten years! To be trapped in a dark wall for ten years without            ---it hardly seems possible, and is hard to         . Then he wondered how the lizard could have lived for ten years without moving a single step since its       was nailed! So he stopped his work and began to         the lizard. He wanted to know what it had been doing, and         it had survived.
A short time later another lizard         with food in its mouth. He was shocked, and at the same time deeply        . Another lizard had been          the trapped one for the past ten years.
“What love exists(存在) in this         animal! What can love do? It can do        ! Just think, one lizard has been taking care of       for ten long years, without       hope that its partner would be saved,” the man said to himself.
If a small animal like a lizard can       like this , just imagine how we could if we tried.
小题1:
A.finallyB.normallyC.hardlyD.actually
小题2:
A.leftB.packedC.buriedD.trapped
小题3:
A.broughtB.addedC.knockedD.allowed
小题4:
A.unfairB.freeC.looseD.sorry
小题5:
A.nailB.caseC.doorD.food
小题6:
A.soldB.boughtC.builtD.ruined
小题7:
A.sleptB.survivedC.escapedD.developed
小题8:
A.bendingB.climbingC.movingD.eating
小题9:
A.acceptB.feelC.imagineD.stay
小题10:
A.headB.legC.tailD.foot
小题11:
A.inspectB.chargeC.appreciateD.catch
小题12:
A.whyB.whichC.whenD.how
小题13:
A.appearedB.preparedC.waitedD.answered
小题14:
A.frightenedB.affectedC.educatedD.worried
小题15:
A.setting downB.suffering fromC.joining in D.looking after
小题16:
A.weakB.tinyC.wildD.ugly
小题17:
A.troublesB.wondersC.concernsD.receptions
小题18:
A.anotherB.othersC.itselfD.all
小题19:
A.looking forB.dealing withC.giving upD.watching over
小题20:
A.loveB.liveC.fightD.think

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