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When it is Tom’s turn for a cut, Mr. Smith places a wooden board covered with a piece of red leather across the arms of the chair, so that the barber doesn’t have to bend to cut the boy’s hair.
“Hey, young man, you’re       , you won’t need this soon, you’ll be able to sit in the chair.” the barber says.
“Wow,” says Tom, turning round to look at his dad. “Dad, Mr. Smith said I could be sitting in the chair soon, not just on the      !”
“So I hear,” his father replies. “I expect Mr. Smith will start       me more for your hair then.”
In the       Tom sees a little head sticking out of a long nylon cape. Occasionally he       glances at the barber as he works. He smells a(n)       of smelly sweat and aftershave as the barber moves around him, combing and cutting.
Tom feels like he is in another world,       except for the sound of the barber’s shoes rubbing on the plastic carpet and the       of his scissors. In the       from the window he could see through the window, a few small clouds moved slowly through the frame, moving to the       of the scissors’ click.
Sleepily, his eyes dropping to the front of the cape where his hair       softly as snow and he      sitting in the chair just like the men and older boys, the special       left leaning against the wall in the corner.
When Mr. Smith has      , Tom hops down from the seat.      , he sees his own thick,       hair mixed among the browns, greys and blacks of the men who have sat in the chair before him. For a moment he wants to reach down and       the broken blonde hair, to       them from the others, but he does not have time.
They reach the pavement outside the shop. “I tell you what, boy, let’s get some fish and chips to take home,       your mum from cooking tea,” says Tom’s dad.
Tom is excited and catches his dad’s hand. He is surprised to find, warming in his father’s palm, a handful of his own       .
小题1:
A.building up B.sending upC.bringing upD.shooting up
小题2:
A.deskB.board C.couchD.sofa
小题3:
A.payingB.blamingC.chargingD.accusing
小题4:
A.mirrorB.book C.shelfD.catalogue
小题5:
A.stealsB.discoversC.returnsD.transforms
小题6:
A.lack B.memoryC.mixtureD.expression
小题7:
A.helplessB.noiselessC.fearlessD.thoughtless
小题8:
A.controlB.directionC.effect D.click
小题9:
A.immigrationB.oppositionC.reflectionD.assumption
小题10:
A.rhymeB.trail C.patternD.sound
小题11:
A.falls B.coversC.meltsD.explodes
小题12:
A.considersB.succeeds C.approvesD.imagines
小题13:
A.packageB.benchC.scissorsD.carpet
小题14:
A.treatedB.compromised C.finishedD.entertained
小题15:
A.Looking intoB.Looking forwardC.Looking upD.Looking down
小题16:
A.blondeB.redC.blackD.white
小题17:
A.send forB.find outC.gather upD.show off
小题18:
A.punishB.separateC.deliverD.confirm
小题19:
A.persuadeB.saveC.excuse D.relax
小题20:
A.moneyB.tipC.fishD.hair

答案

小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:A
小题6:C
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:D
小题11:A
小题12:D
小题13:B
小题14:C
小题15:D
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:B
小题19:B
小题20:D
解析

试题分析:父亲带儿子去理发,理完,然后回来,就这样一个如此简单的故事,作者却把父子之间的爱与温情描写得那么动人,如此自然,宛若天成。文章向我们展现的是一个无比真实的生活世界,小孩渴望着长大,大人却想留住他们童真的时光。一种淡淡的希望,一种淡淡的喜悦,又是淡淡的忧伤。在那样一个阳光明媚的日子,父与子走在大街上,在爱中沉醉着,在爱中期望着……
小题1:D build up树立,逐步建立,增强,增进;send up发送;bring up抚养,抚育;shoot up迅速成长。根据上文的描述“塞缪尔斯先生把一块木板架在椅子扶手上,上面垫着一块棕红色皮垫。这样他给这孩子理发时就不用弯腰了”说明孩子个子不高。根据下文“……很快你就不需要它了。到时你就能坐在椅子上了”推断“个子长高”,故选D项。“以你现在长个子的速度,很快你就不需要它了。到时你就能坐在椅子上了,”理发师说道。
小题2:B原词重现。上文“Mr. Smith places a wooden board”已经提示答案。desk桌子;board木板;
couch长沙发;sofa沙发。“爸爸,塞缪尔斯先生说我很快就能坐在椅子上,不用这个木板了(不用坐在木
板上了)。”
小题3:C要理解父亲这儿说话的幽默。孩子个儿小,理发师给垫了块木板,因此父亲想必理发师会为此“向我多收你理发的钱啊!”。pay付费给某人;charge向某人收费/索要,指控;blame责怪;accuse指控。“我估计,那时塞缪尔先生就会多要你的理发钱了。”
小题4:A 根据常识可以推断:这是汤姆在镜子里看到理发时时的情景。“在镜子里,他看到一个小脑袋从长长的尼龙披肩上伸出来”。mirror镜子;book书;shelf书架;catalogue目录,一览表。
小题5:A根据上文的“Occasionally偶尔,间或”可以推测小孩当时顽皮的情形“偷偷(steal)瞥理发师几眼”。其余的几个词“discover发现,return返回,transform改变,变化”都不能描写当时的情形。
小题6:C根据下文的“smelly sweat and aftershave(臭汗和剃须水)”说明是两种味道的混合起来的味道(mixture)。lack缺乏,缺少;memory记忆;expression表情。
小题7:B    根据下文“except for the sound of the barber’s shoes rubbing on the plastic carpet and the   38  of his scissors. 除了理发师鞋底与地毡摩擦的声音和剪刀……的声音外”说明没有其它什么杂音(noiseless),故选B项。helpless无助的;fearless无畏的,无惧的,大胆的;thoughtless欠考虑的,轻率的,不体贴人的,没有思想的。
小题8:D根据常识“剪刀发出的声音”应该是“咔嚓(click)”声。control控制;direction方向;effect影响。下文“moving to the       of the scissors’ click.”也有提示,原词复现。汤姆感觉自己好像来到了另一个世界,除了理发师鞋底与地毡摩擦的声音和剪刀咔嚓的声音外,一切都悄无声息。
小题9:C 根据下文“he could see through the window”说明是通过“窗户折射(到镜子中)”而看到的。immigration移民,移居;opposition反对,敌对;reflect折射;assumption假定,假设。
小题10:D 根据常识“剪刀”发出的 “咔嚓” 当然是“声音(sound)”。rhyme韵脚;韵文,节奏;trail足迹,小径;pattern 模式,花样,样品,图案,榜样,典范。从镜子里折射的窗户影子中,他能看到窗外几小块云彩随着剪刀的咔嚓声,慢慢地浮过窗框。
小题11:A根据下文“softly as snow”可知理发师给他理的的头发“犹如雪花般轻轻地飘落(falls)”。cover覆盖;melt融化;explode膨胀。
小题12:D根据下文“sitting in the chair just like the men and older boys”说明“他在想象(imagines)”。 consider考虑;succeed成功;approve赞成,批准。他感觉很困倦,目光投向了披肩的前部,他看到自己的头发犹如雪花般轻轻地飘落在上面,想象着自己像个男人或者大男孩一样坐在椅子上,这个特殊的长凳被放在角落里,斜靠在墙上的情景。
小题13:B这里指的是理发师在椅子上放上一块木板而形成的“特别的长凳(bench)”。package包裹,包装袋;scissors剪刀;carpet地毯。他感觉很困倦,目光投向了披肩的前部,他看到自己的头发犹如雪花般轻轻地飘落在上面,想象着自己像个男人或者大男孩一样坐在椅子上,这个特殊的长凳被放在角落里,斜靠在墙上的情景。
小题14:C根据下文“Tom hops down from the seat.”说明“理发已经完成了(finished)”。对待,款待,招待;compromise折中解决,妥协,退让;entertain热情款待,使有兴趣。史密斯先生给他剪完发,汤姆 从椅子上跳了下来。
小题15:D跟下一题联系起来考虑,答案就不难得到。从下文的描述,这儿应该是“朝下看(looking down)”。look into调查;look forward盼望;look up往上看,查找。
小题16:A原词复现。从下文讲“For a moment he wants to reach down and       the broken blonde hair,”可以得出答案。blonde金色的;red红色的;black黑色的;white白色的。他低头看去,发现自己浓密、金黄的头发散落在不久前坐在这把椅子上的人们的褐色、灰白、浓黑的头发上。
小题17:C从下文“to       them from the others”我们可以推断“他是想把他自己被剪下的头发聚集起来(gather up)”。 send for派人去请;find out(经调查了解后)发现;show off炫耀。
小题18:B从上文“他突然想把自己一绵绵被剪掉的金黄色头发放在一起”的目的就是 “想把他自己的头发与其他头发分开(separate)”。separate... from把……与……分开。punish惩罚;deliver发表,递送;confirm确认,批准,证实。他突然想把自己一绵绵被剪掉的金黄色头发放在一起,与其他头发分开,但是没有时间了。
小题19:B根据上文“let’s get some fish and chips to take home”可以推断“***妈就省得(save)做饭了”.
“我说,小伙子,我们一起去买些鱼和薯片吧,这样***妈就省得做饭了。”汤姆的父亲说。persuade劝服;excuse原谅;relax放松。
小题20:D这句话是文章的点睛之笔。根据这篇文章的描述,这儿应该是“父亲抓了一把孩子头发”,他想“留住孩子的童真时光”。money钱;tip小费,建议;fish鱼;hair头发。小伙子很兴奋,他抓住了父亲的手。父亲粗糙的手指轻轻地拢住了他的小手,汤姆惊奇地发现,父亲温暖的手掌里竟握着一把自己的头发。
核心考点
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举一反三
Many years ago in a small German town, a Jewish businessman had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to the moneylender. The moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the businessman’s beautiful daughter. So he proposed a bargain.
The moneylender told them that he would put a black pebble and a white pebble into an empty bag. The girl would then have to pick one pebble from the bag. If she picked the black pebble, she would become the moneylender’s wife and he would forgo her father’s debt. If she picked the white pebble, she need not marry him and her father’s debt would still be forgiven. But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into jail.
They were standing on a pebble-strewn path. As they talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. The sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two black pebbles and put them into the bag. He then asked the girl to pick a pebble from the bag. No doubt she was caught in a dilemma.
What would you have done if you were the girl? Careful analysis would produce three possibilities:
1.The girl should refuse to take a pebble.
2.The girl should know that there were two black pebbles in the bag and expose the money-lender as a cheat.
3.The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself in order to save her father from his debt and imprisonment.
The above story is used with the hope that it will make us appreciate the difference between lateral (横向的)and logical thinking.
Read on…
The girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. Without looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles. “Oh, how clumsy of me!” she said. “But never mind, if you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I picked.” Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had picked the white one. And since the moneylender dared not admit his dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into an extremely advantageous one.
小题1:The underlined word “forgo” in paragraph 2 may mean ________.
A.pay offB.run outC.take overD.give up
小题2:Which of the following indicates lateral thinking?
A.The girl refused to take a pebble and fled at once.
B.The girl exposed the cheat and found another way.
C.The girl picked one pebbles and made it disappear.
D.The girl picked a black pebble and accepted the result.
小题3:It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A.The girl dropped the pebble onto the path on purpose
B.The girl dropped the pebble onto the path by accident
C.The girl didn’t know there were two black pebbles in the bag
D.The girl replaced a black pebble in the bag
小题4:What lesson can we learn from the story?
A.Keeping calm when facing a difficult situation.
B.Thinking about a complicated problem in another way.
C.Thinking twice before making a final choice.
D.Coming up with a clever answer is easy.

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Mondays are usually pretty busy for me. On one of these      Mondays, I got ready to go to work thinking about all the things I had to       on that day and walked down to get to my car scolding myself for being late to work, but       the car was nowhere to be found. I     right across my apartment the previous night but it wasn’t there that morning.
This was at 8:00 am in the morning. I made      to all the towing(拖)places, police stations all the time thinking that it was towed by     . By around 10:00 am, I couldn’t find it anywhere and the policemen decided that it was      stolen. After filing a report with them, I finally got to work thinking how my day was completely     .
Later in the day I went to pick up a rental car at an enterprise      to realize that my license was missing too along with my car. I told the enterprise guy the whole     and he was so sorry for me that he     to take me to the nearest DMV(车管局)and get a duplicate(副本的)   . I was totally surprised. I didn’t know why this complete stranger would want to     some time off his day to help me . He actually took me to DMV, got a duplicate and then      me a car. I was      the whole day because of the continuous events that happened to me but somehow this simple act of kindness from a     stranger made it all worth it. It cheered me up and made me forget all the misfortunes of the day. I was so     by this kind act that the next day I made sure someone else got a similar      . I took some smiley shaped chocolates and     them on some of my colleague’s desks.
This is still a lot     out there in the world. We just need to take the time to discover it.
小题1:
A.typicalB.lovelyC.strangeD.pleasant
小题2:
A.faceB.explainC.accomplishD.arrange
小题3:
A.excitedlyB.surprisinglyC.interestinglyD.hurriedly
小题4:
A.stayedB.lookedC.walkedD.parked
小题5:
A.waysB.tripsC.surveysD.contributions
小题6:
A.policemenB.doctorsC.thievesD.officials
小题7:
A.normallyB.curiouslyC.actuallyD.finally
小题8:
A.made upB.worked outC.figured outD.messed up
小题9:
A.stillB.evenC.neverD.only
小题10:
A.messageB.secretC.storyD.business
小题11:
A.declinedB.offeredC.hesitatedD.approved
小题12:
A.licenseB.cardC.bookD.ticket
小题13:
A.spendB.leaveC.takeD.get
小题14:
A.lentB.presentedC.boughtD.rented
小题15:
A.delightedB.annoyedC.disappointedD.amused
小题16:
A.completeB.perfectC.wonderfulD.special
小题17:
A.movedB.puzzledC.shockedD.embarrassed
小题18:
A.honorB.methodC.problemD.surprise
小题19:
A.forgotB.threwC.leftD.exposed
小题20:
A.friendshipB.goodnessC.competitionD.misunderstanding

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Former National Football League player and children’s author Tim Green has added another book to his list of accomplishments: Unstoppable. The book tells the story of a 12-year –old boy named Harrison, who survives life in a cruel foster home before he finally finds a loving family. Once he settles in and realizes his natural football ability, tragedy strikes again and he loses his leg to a deadly bone cancer. Unstoppable follows Harrison’s incredible journey as he faces many challenges in his life.
Tim Green says he decided to write a novel about a kid facing cancer after watching how his wife fought to survive her own illness. “Her mental and physical toughness were more heroic to me than anything I’d ever seen in the national sports leagues,” Green told TFK Kid Reporter Zachary J. Lewis.
After watching his wife’s battle, Green said, he knew he needed to write about a person who struggled through a serious illness. But because the target age for his books is teen, he needed to tell the story through the eyes of someone that age.
When friends introduced Green to Jeffrey Keith, Green knew he had found the right person to help him“ capture the heroism that it takes to fight cancer”. Cancer-survivor Jeffrey Keith lost his leg to disease at age twelve, but went on to be the goalie (守门员)for the Boston College Division 1 Lacrosse(长曲棍球)Team and was also the first amputee to run 3,300 miles across the country. When Green heard Jeffrey Keith’s story, he knew it was the perfect narrative on which to base his next book.
TFK asked Keith what it felt like to read Unstoppable for the first time. “Tim captured what it felt like for me to go through this experience and battle back,” Keith said. “After I read the book, Tim asked me to describe it in one word, and I said ‘awesome’. Tim’s work sends a message to all the kids across the country that are facing obstacles that can have nothing to do with cancer: you are all unstoppable, as long as you believe it.”
小题1:Who inspires Tim Green to write the novel Unstoppable?
A.A boy named Harrison.B.His wife.
C.Zachary J. Lewis. .D.Jeffrey Keith
小题2:The underlined word “amputee” in Paragraph 4 most probably means________
A.a person who has survived cancer
B.a person who has had a leg or an arm cut off
C.a person who looks different from others
D.a person who has no arms or legs
小题3:What do we know from the last paragraph?
A.Jeffrey Keith thinks highly of Unstoppable.
B.Jeffrey Keith has read Unstoppable many times.
C.Unstoppable will be one the best-sellers this year.
D.Jeffrey Keith is fond of reading Tim Green’s novels.
小题4:The novel Unstoppable intends to inspire kids that ________.
A.they should fight against disease fearlessly
B.they should pursue their dreams
C.they can become a writer if they want
D.they can overcome any obstacles ahead

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An Invisible Smile
Mr. Dawson was an old grouch, and everyone in town knew it. Kids knew not to go into his yard to pick a delicious apple. Old Dawson, they said, would come after you with his gun.
One Friday, 12-year-old Janet was going to stay all night with her friend Amy. They had to walk by Dawson"s house on the way to Amy"s house, but as they got close, Janet saw him sitting on his front porch and suggested they cross over to the other side of the street. Like most of the children, Janet was scared of the old man.
Amy said not to worry. Mr. Dawson wouldn"t hurt anyone. Still, Janet was growing more nervous with each step closer to the old man"s house. When they got close enough, Dawson looked up with his usual frown (皱眉), but when he saw it was Amy, a broad smile changed his entire face as he said, "Hello Miss Amy. I see you"ve got a little friend with you today."
Amy smiled back and told him Janet was staying overnight and they were going to listen to music and play games. Mr. Dawson said that sounded fun, and offered them each a fresh picked apple off his tree. They gladly accepted. Mr. Dawson had the best apples in the whole town.
When they left, Janet asked Amy, "Everyone says he"s the meanest man in town. How come he was so nice to us?"
Amy explained that when she first started walking past his house he wasn"t very friendly and she was afraid of him, but she pretended he was wearing an invisible smile and so she always smiled back at him. It took a while, but one day he half-smiled back at her.
After some more time, he started smiling real smiles and then started talking to her. Just a "hello" at first, then more. She said he always offers her an apple now, and is always very kind.
"An invisible smile?" questioned Janet.
"Yes," answered Amy, "my grandma told me that if I pretended I wasn"t afraid and pretended he was smiling an invisible smile at me and I smiled back at him, sooner or later he would really smile. Grandma says smiles are contagious."
If we remember what Amy"s grandma said, that everyone wears an invisible smile, we too will find that We"re always on the go trying to accomplish so much, aren"t we? It"s so easy to get caught up in everyday life that we forget how simple it can be to bring cheer to ourselves and others. Giving a smile away takes so little effort and time, let"s make sure that we"re not the one that others have to pretend to be wearing an invisible smile.
小题1:Kids were scared of Mr. Dawson because _____.
A.he was wearing an invisible smile
B.he would fire them with a gun
C.he was mean with his apples
D.he was always very cold
小题2:We can infer from the passage that_____.
A.Janet was so lovely a girl that Mr. Dawson couldn"t resist her smiles
B.Janet and Amy were going to invite Mr. Dawson to listen to music and play games
C.Mr. Dawson was friendly to Amy because she always wore an invisible smile
D.it was Grandma"s advice that helped bring Amy and Mr. Dawson closer
小题3:The underlined word "contagious" in Paragraph 9 means _____.
A.infectiousB.supportiveC.movingD.meaningful
小题4:What is the main message that the writer intends to send us readers?
A.Always wear an invisible smile.
B.Smile whenever we can.
C.Try our best to transform others.
D.Pretend that we are happy even if we are not.

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I never got along with Dad. But when he was dying. I set off for Nebraska to be with him and my family. I stopped for the night at a hotel with a pool, hoping it would relax me.
The pool area was empty as I walked into the still water. A man in a bathing suit appeared. He sat on the edge of the pool with his legs moving up and down in the water. He had dark hair and deep brown eyes and smiled. “Where are you going?” he asked. When I told him about my father, he asked how we got along. I tried to change the subject, but then for some reason, I told him everything.
Finally the man said, “Even with all the trouble, remember, your father still loves you.” All at once, warm and clear childhood memories came flooding back: Dad running alongside my wobbling(摇摆的)bicycle, the proud hug he gave me at my high school graduation, his laugh when I caught him off guard with a tickle(挠痒). “Yes, I know he does, ” I heard myself say. And for the first time in years I believed it. The man left, leaving me alone with my comforting thoughts.
Back in my room, as I went to bed, I decided it was time to forgive my father. Then I wished he’d forgive me too. The phone bell woke me up at 3 am. My sister’s voice sent a shiver(寒战)through me: Dad had just died. I had wanted to see him and make peace. But as sadness was beginning to surround me, I remembered that the man by the pool had already brought Dad and me together.
小题1: From the passage we learn that the author _________
A.didn’t know his father was seriously ill
B.always thought highly of his father
C.lived in Nebraska far away from his family
D.was going to see his father
小题2:When the author was in the pool, ___________
A.many other people were there too
B.he talked a lot with the man by the pool
C.he greeted the may by the pool first
D.the man by the pool told him everything about his family
小题3: What made the author change his original idea about his father?
A.That he was reminded that his father actually loved him
B.That the man by the pool mentioned his interesting childhood
C.That he remembered his father had taught him to ride a bike
D.That he knew his father would leave him forever
小题4: In the last paragraph, the author was sad that he ________
A.hadn’t accepted the kind stranger’s advice
B.had no chance to make peace with his father
C.hadn’t obeyed his father when he was young
D.hadn’t stayed with his father before

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