“It is never too late and you are never too old to start something new!” says Englishtown Ellen Rema. Ellen began to learn English at the age of 50, and in just a few years, she has made progress!
Ellen chose to study at Englishtown because no evening classes were in the German countryside where she lives. At Englishtown, she joins classes online and speaks with live native English-speaking teacher.
In 2010, Ellen began with the first level of Englishtown and quickly . “I spent hours and hours studying,” she said “Maybe I wanted too much in a short time. I finished all my after 2 years and studying English isn’t all about hard work. It should also be ! I really like the online conversation classrooms, in which I can learn so much about other cultures and traditions. I am open for all .”
Ellen has been able to her English to use by visiting England five times! “I am very thankful to Englishtown because most of the English I know now was learned here,” Ellen says. “My life has with Englishtown.”
| 小题1: | | A．professor | B．friend | C．student | D．reporter |
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| 小题2: | | A．amazing | B．challenging | C．discouraging | D．disturbing |
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| 小题3: | | A．satisfied | B．offered | C．attended | D．represented |
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| 小题4: | | A．conversation | B．composition | C．listening | D．reading |
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| 小题5: | | A．dropped | B．brushed | C．awarded | D．progressed |
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| 小题6: | | A．channels | B．schedules | C．courses | D．papers |
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| 小题7: | | A．fun | B．waster | C．weakness | D．wonder |
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| 小题8: | | A．measures | B．topics | C．timetables | D．fashions |
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| 小题10: | | A．ruined | B．started | C．changed | D．Turned |
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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:D
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:D
小题10:C |
试题分析：本文讲述了一个有志者，事竟成的故事。一位50岁才开始学习英语的老人，凭借顽强的毅力，取得了可喜的成绩。
小题1:考查名词。Professor教授；friend朋友；student学生；reporter记者。由第二段的第一句可知她是Englishtown的一名“学生”，故选C。
小题2:考查形容词。 Amazing令人吃惊的；challenging挑战性的；discouraging令人气馁的；disturbing烦扰的。句意是：她50岁开始学英语，仅仅几年后，就取得了“惊人的”进步，故选A。
小题3:考查动词。 Satisfied使满意；offered被提供；attended被参加；represented被代表。句意是：在她居住的德国乡村没有“提供”夜校课程，所以她选择了网络学习方式。故选B。
小题4:考查名词。Conversation交谈，会话；composition作文，作品；listening倾听；reading阅读。根据本句后半句中的内容可知她参加的是在线“会话”课程。故选A。
小题5:考查动词。 Dropped下降；brushed刷；awarded授予；progressed进步。句意是：她从第一级开始学习，并且很快“取得进步”，故选D。
小题6:考查名词。Channels频道，通道；schedules时间表； courses课程；papers论文数。句意是：她在两年后学完了所有的“课程”。故选C。
小题7:考查名词。Fun乐趣； waster浪费者；weakness弱点；wonder惊奇。结合本句前后两居中的内容可知学习英语也应该是“很有趣”。故选A。
小题8:考查名词。 Measures措施；topics论题；timetables时间表；fashions时尚。句意是：她对所有的“话题”都感兴趣。B选项与语境相符，故选B
小题9:考查词组。句意是：通过五次参观英国，她已经能够“使用”英语。Put...to use是固定搭配，表示“利用，使用”，故选D。
小题10:考查动词。ruined 毁灭；started出发；changed改变；Turned转动。
句意是：Englishtown使她的生活发生了“改变”。故选D。 |
核心考点
试题【“It is never too late and you are never too old to start something new!” says En】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
Family traditions were important in our house, and none was more appreciated than the perfect Christmas tree.
“Dad, can we watch when you trim(修剪) the tree?” My eldest son, Dan, nine, and his seven-year-old brother John, asked.
“I won’t be cutting this year,” my husband Bob said. “Dan, you and John are old enough to measure things. Do it all by yourselves. Think you boys can handle it?”
Dan and John seemed to grow six inches in their chairs at the thought of such an amazing responsibility. “We can handle it,” Dan promised. “We won’t let you down.”
A few days before Christmas, Dan and John rushed in after school. They gathered the tools they’d need and brought them out to the yard, where the tree waited. I was cooking when I heard the happy sounds as the boys carried the tree into the living room. Then I heard the sound that every mother knows is trouble: dead silence. I hurried out to them. The tree was cut too short. John crossed his arms tight across his chest. His eyes filled with angry tears.
I felt worried. The tree was central to our holiday. I didn’t want the boys to feel ashamed every time they looked at it. I couldn’t lower the ceiling, and I couldn’t raise the floor either. There was no way to undo the damage done. Suddenly, a thought came to my mind, which turned the problem into the solution.
“We can’t make the tree taller,” I said. “But we can put it on a higher position.”
Dan nodded his head sideways. “We could put it on the coffee table. It just might work! Let’s try it!”
When Bob got home and looked at the big tree on top of the coffee table, Dan and John held their breath.
“What a good idea!” he declared. “Why didn’t I ever think of such a thing?”
John broke into a grin. Dan’s chest swelled with pride.
小题1:The underlined part “grow six inches” (Para. 4) implies the brothers felt .| A．proud | B．nervous | C．embarrassed | D．Scared |
小题2:What happened after the brothers moved the Christmas tree into the living room?| A．They rushed to school. | | B．They began to decorate the tree. | | C．They got angry with each other. | | D．They found the tree was cut short. |
小题3:How could the short tree be turned into a perfect one?| A．By making the tree taller. | | B．By lowering the ceiling. | | C．By placing it on a coffee table. | | D．By raising the floor. |
小题4:What Bob said in the last but one paragraph showed .| A．he was a little disappointed | | B．he was too stupid to think of the idea | | C．he appreciated what the brothers had done | | D．he should not have given them the task |
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As our exams were over, my friends and I went to a fast food restaurant. We hamburgers and Coca Colar at the counter. When our came, I started walking towards an empty table. By bad luck, my purse strap(带子) got on a chair and the tray(托盘) that I was holding slipped my hands and went flying in the air. The tray, and its contents, on a man who was just about to a bite of his sandwich. I stared, greatly , as the drinks soaked(浸湿) his white shirt.
Then I my eyes and prepared myself for his burst of . Instead, he said “It’s OK” to me before he disappeared into washroom.
Still shaky and unsure to do next, my friends and I went to a table and sat there, trying our best to look . A moment later, the man came out of the washroom and our table. My heart almost stopped . I though he was going to ask for my father’ s and call him.
To my surprise, he merely smiled at us, handed us some cash and said, “ yourself new hamburgers.” He then walked without even finishing his food.
He could have made what was already an uncomfortable situation worse, he chose a different way and gave us a reason to believe that there is still in this world. I’ll never his actions.
| 小题1: | | A．made | B．ordered | C．arranged | D．demanded |
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| 小题3: | | A．fixed | B．cut | C．tied | D．caught |
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| 小题5: | | A．knocked | B．fell | C．stood | D．hung |
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| 小题6: | | A．taste | B．take | C．swallow | D．chew |
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| 小题7: | | A．discouraged | B．disappointed | C．shocked | D．annoyed |
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| 小题8: | | A．rolled | B．rubbed | C．narrowed | D．closed |
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| 小题9: | | A．bitterness | B．anxiety | C．anger | D．sorrow |
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| 小题10: | | A．satisfy | B．comfort | C．encourage | D．praise |
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| 小题12: | | A．mild | B．honest | C．calm | D．modest |
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| 小题13: | | A．approached | B．pushed | C．drew | D．laid |
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| 小题14: | | A．breaking | B．sinking | C．trembling | D．beating |
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| 小题15: | | A．help | B．position | C．number | D．job |
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| 小题16: | | A．Prepare | B．Buy | C．Find | D．Cook |
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| 小题18: | | A．so | B．since | C．although | D．but |
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| 小题19: | | A．kindness | B．happiness | C．politeness | D．brightness |
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| 小题20: | | A．refuse | B．forget | C．oppose | D．ignore |
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One sunny day last September, Tim heard some shouting. Looking out to the sea carefully, he saw a couple of kids in a rowboat were being pulled out to sea.
Two 12-year-old boys, Christian and Jack, rowed out a boat to search for a football. Once they"d rowed beyond the calm waters, a beach umbrella tied to the boat caught the wind and pulled the boat into open water. The pair panicked and tried to row back to shore. But they were no match for it and the boat was out of control.
Tim knew it would soon be swallowed by the waves. "Everything went quiet in my head," Tim recalls(回忆). "I was trying to figure out how to swim to the boys in a straight line."
Tim took off his clothes and jumped into the water. Every 500 yards or so, he raised his head to judge his progress. "At one point, I considered turning back," he says. "I wondered if I was putting my life at risk." After 30 minutes of struggling, he was close enough to yell to the boys, "Take down the umbrella!"
Christian made much effort to take down the umbrella. Then Tim was able to catch up and climb aboard the boat. He took over rowing, but the waves were almost too strong for him.
"Let"s aim for the pier(码头)," Jack said. Tim turned the boat toward it. Soon afterward, waves crashed over the boat, and it began to sink. "Can you guys swim?" he cried. "A little bit," the boys said.
Once the were in the water, Tim decided it would he safer and faster for him to pull the boys toward the pier. Christian and Jack were wearing life jackets and floated on their backs. Tim swan toward land as water washed over the boys" faces.
“Are we almost there?" they asked again and again. "Yes," Tim told them each time.
After 30minutes, they reached the pier.
小题1:what does “it” in paragraph 2 refer to ?| A．The beach | B．the water | C．the wind | D．the boat |
小题2:why did Tim raise his head regularly?| A．to take in enough fresh air | | B．To consider turning back to not. | | C．To check his distance from the boys | | D．To ask the boys to take down the umbrella |
小题3:How did the two boys finally reach the pier?| A．They swam to the pier all by themselves. | | B．They were washed to the pier by the wave. | | C．They were carried to the pier by Tim on his back. | | D．They were dragged to the pier by Tim. |
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There is a small shop about 200 meters from where I live that sells meat and other basic necessities. About 10 years ago, there was a beggar who would go into the shop every day and ask the owner for a . The owner, he would love to help, simply didn"t have any jobs available, so he kept the man"s request.
This situation continued for a few months, until the owner to give the homeless man a job which sweeping outside the shop. Every single day from 5 am, the homeless man was there doing the very he could for the , and it did earn him some pennies. , the owner saw how good a job the man was doing and gave him a job working a cashier(出纳、收银员). He was watched closely to make sure that he didn"t any of the money received from the sales. He was still homeless, . The homeless man did a/an job as a cashier for over 2 years, and did such a good job that he was asked to the finances(财政、金融) for the whole shop.
Two years later, the owner . In his will, he only had one , to give the whole shop to the "homeless" man. Now, I could walk into that shop and see him working as hard as , with his own business that is still and active 10 years after getting his job as a sweeper.
From this story, we can probably get the inspiration: work hard and give everything your best effort, even if it isn"t your situation, it very well may turn out to some day in the future.
| 小题2: | | A．although | B．unless | C．because | D．if |
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| 小题3: | | A．expecting | B．considering | C．accepting | D．refusing |
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| 小题4: | | A．again | B．often | C．weekly | D．daily |
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| 小题5: | | A．allowed | B．agreed | C．planned | D．failed |
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| 小题6: | | A．meant | B．involved | C．included | D．trained |
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| 小题7: | | A．best | B．least | C．better | D．less |
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| 小题8: | | A．family | B．owner | C．interest | D．moment |
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| 小题9: | | A．Suddenly | B．Occasionally | C．Quietly | D．Eventually |
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| 小题11: | | A．lose | B．pocket | C．spend | D．save |
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| 小题12: | | A．after all | B．above all | C．all in all | D．first of all |
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| 小题13: | | A．honest | B．serious | C．fantastic | D．kind |
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| 小题14: | | A．guard | B．raise | C．provide | D．manage |
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| 小题15: | | A．got tired | B．became old | C．passed away | D．gave up |
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| 小题16: | | A．thought | B．purpose | C．request | D．suggestion |
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| 小题17: | | A．ever | B．necessary | C．never | D．still |
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| 小题18: | | A．big | B．new | C．shabby | D．popular |
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| 小题19: | | A．ideal | B．modest | C．own | D．financial |
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When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you"ll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?"
Remembering that I"ll be dead soon is the most important tool I"ve ever encountered to help me make the big choice in life.
About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that was incurable, and that I would live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is my doctors" code for preparing yourself to die.
I lived with that diagnosis all day. I was completely in despair. Later that evening, I had another examination and my wife told me that tumor turned to be curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I" m fine now.
This was the closest I"ve been to facing death. To tell the truth, no one wants to die. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. It clears out the old to make room for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.
Your time is so limited that you shouldn"t waste it repeating someone else"s life. Don" t be trapped by dogma（教条）— which is living with the results of other people" s thinking. Don"t let the noise of others" opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart. It somehow already knows what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
小题1:The doctor advised the author to go home and get his affairs in order because ______.| A．he had to rest at home | | B．his disease couldn"t be cured | | C．his disease was not serious at all | | D．he had to wait for the result of the test |
小题2:What does the author think of death?| A．He thinks it is impossible to avoid. | | B．He thinks it is not the end of life. | | C．He thinks it is nothing to be scared of. | | D．He thinks it is the beginning of a new life. |
小题3:In the author"s opinion, we should ______.| A．follow others" advice | B．take no notice of diseases | | C．take exercise and keep healthy | D．have the courage to follow our heart |
小题4:What does the underlined word “encountered” in paragraph 2 mean?| A．came across | B．dealt with | C．survived | D．supported |
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