Back in the 15th century, in a tiny village in Germany, lived a family with eighteen children. Eighteen! In order to keep food on file table, the father, a goldsmith（金匠）by , worked almost eighteen hours a day at his trade. Despite their seemingly condition, two of the eldest children had a dream. They both wanted to pursue their talent for art, they knew well that their father would never be able to either of them to study at the Academy.
After many long discussions at night in their bed, the two boys finally worked out an agreement. They would toss（掷）a coin. The would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings, his winning brother for the academy. Then, in four years, he would support the other one. Then Albrecht Durer won the toss and to Nuremberg. Albert went down into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years, his brother, whose work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation（轰动）- By the time he graduated, he was beginning to considerable fees for himself.
When the young artist home and said to his brother, “And now, Albert, blessed brother of mine, now it is your . Now you can go to the Academy to pursue your dream, and I will you. ”Albert rose and wiped tile from his cheeks. “No, brother. I cannot go to Nuremberg. It is too for me. Look…look what four years in the mines have done to my ! I cannot even hold a glass, much less make delicate lines on canvas （画布） __ a pen or a brush.”
More than 450 years have . By now, among Albrecht Durer’s hundreds of masterful portraits, “The Praying Hands” is one creation that can catch the world’s hearts.
| 小题1: | | A．fully | B．merely | C．completely | D．entirely |
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| 小题2: | | A．heart | B．profession | C．method | D．words |
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| 小题3: | | A．hopeless | B．promising | C．demanding | D．careless |
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| 小题5: | | A．study | B．give | C．send | D．offer |
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| 小题6: | | A．crowded | B．separated | C．new | D．unusual |
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| 小题7: | | A．winner | B．old | C．loser | D．younger |
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| 小题8: | | A．expect | B．advertise | C．support | D．require |
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| 小题9: | | A．flew away | B．left behind | C．set aside | D．went off |
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| 小题10: | | A．deserted | B．financed | C．desired | D．envied |
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| 小题11: | | A．earn | B．save | C．draw | D．spend |
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| 小题12: | | A．arrived | B．returned | C．regained | D．got |
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| 小题14: | | A．take care of | B．make up for | C．make use of | D．take charge of |
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| 小题15: | | A．smiles | B．tears | C．sweats | D．laughs |
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| 小题16: | | A．tense | B．nervous | C．tiring | D．late |
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| 小题17: | | A．eyes | B．pictures | C．hands | D．mines |
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| 小题19: | | A．changed | B．kept | C．remembered | D．passed |
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| 小题20: | | A．strange | B．surprising | C．touching | D．terrible |
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小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:B
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:C
小题8:C
小题9:D
小题10:B
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:D
小题14:A
小题15:B
小题16:D
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:D
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试题分析：德国艺术大师Albrecht Durer有一幅名画“祈祷之手”，这幅画的背后有一则爱与牺牲的故事。因为家里不能负担两人的学费，两兄弟通过抛硬币的方式决定谁去学习，另外一个人做矿工支持对方的学业，任何的成功不是单独获得的，是需要别人帮助的
小题1:考查副词：A. fully充分地，B. merely仅仅，C. completely完全，D. entirely整个，根据上下文的信息句“eighteen children”和“worked almost eighteen hours a day”告诉人们这是个拮据的家庭，故仅能糊口，故选B
小题2:考查名词：A. heart心，B. profession职业，C. method方法，D. words单词，话语，by profession为常用结构：在职业上。从下文的信息“worked almost eighteen hours a day”也可以找到提示。选B
小题3:考查形容词：A. hopeless无望的，B. promising有希望的，C. demanding苛刻的，D. careless粗心的，从下文的信息 “their father would never be able…”以及上文提到的贫困的家境，都可以推断出条件是贫困而无望的。选A
小题4:考查连词：A. so那么，因此，B. but但是，C. however然而，D. and并且，此处为转折关系，选 but。 选B
小题5:考查动词：A. study学习，B. give给，C. send送，D. offer提供，send sb. to sp.的意思是：送某人去某地；在本句中的意思是：不能把两人中的任何一个送到Nuremberg去学习艺术。选C
小题6:考查形容词： A. crowded拥挤，B. separated分离，C. new新的，D. unusual不寻常的，既然第一段中提到这一个有18个孩子的大家庭，自然会是拥挤的家舍，选A
小题7:考查名词：A. winner获胜者，B. old老的，C. loser失败者，D. younger年轻的，从下文的“winning brother”，可以断定两人一个是赢者，另一个是则是输者。选C
小题8:考查动词：A. expect期待，B. advertise广告，C. support支持，D. require要求，根据本段的最后一句话“he would support the other one.”，可以找到提示：互相轮着支持对方。选C
小题9:考查动词：A. flew away飞走，B. left behind留下，C. set aside放置一边，D go off to some place的意思是：动身去某地。选D
小题10:考查动词：A. deserted抛弃，B. financed：提供资金，即：资助。C. desired 愿望，D. envied嫉妒，Albert到危险的地下矿场，四年时间支助他的兄弟，选B
小题11:考查动词：A. earn挣得，B. save救，C. draw画，D. spend花，earn fees的意思是：挣学费。从上句中的“was almost an immediate sensation.”-很快就有了反响，也可以断定出弟弟的绘画有了回报。 选A
小题12:考查动词：A. arrived到达，B. returned回到， C. regained重新获得，D. got得到，根据第二段的第一句：Albrecht Durer离开家，可以推断出，毕业后，他又回到了家，故选B
小题13:考查名词：A. fate命运，B. time时间，C. top顶部，D. turn次序，It’s your turn为常用句式：该轮到你了。在这里指：轮到哥哥去学艺术了或者该轮到弟弟资助哥哥了。选D
小题14:考查动词：A. take care of照顾，B. make up for弥补，C. make use of利用，D. take charge of负责，根据第二段的最后一句话：四年后，弟弟照顾哥哥，故选A
小题15:考查名词：A. smiles微笑，B. tears眼泪，C. sweats汗水，D. laughs笑的，从下文的一番话，可以理解哥哥心酸的心情，故会流泪，选B
小题16:考查形容词：A. tense紧张，B. nervous 紧张，C. tiring令人疲劳的，D. late迟的，从下文来看，哥哥的手已经不能端起一个杯子，可知他的手已经不能再画画了，即晚了。选D
小题17:考查名词：A. eyes眼睛，B. pictures图画，C. hands手，D. mines矿场，根据后面的“cannot even hold a glass”不能端起一个杯子，可以确定端杯子的该是：hand。选C
小题18:考查介词：A. with和…，有着，B. of…的，C. upon一…就，D. in在…里面，make lines… with a pen or brush这一结构中的with表示：用(工具)，即：用钢笔或毛笔来绘制线条。选A
小题19:考查动词：A. changed改变，B. kept保持，C. remembered记得，D. passed通过，传递，根据下文的艺术流传，可以理解为：时间流逝后的经典之作被流传下来。选D
小题20:考查形容词：A. strange奇怪的，B. surprising令人惊讶的，C. touching令人感动的，D. terrible可怕的，从本句的“catch the world’s hearts”可以确定：这幅画是打动人心的一幅经典之作，故选C |
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Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important : giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You needn’t worry if you money.
This is how I with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store in my mind, I step in and make the to the storekeeper. If an accident takes place, the of which I think the local police could use, I him up and tell him about it, though I am not in here. I found a rule about this world is to give getting something back, though the often comes in an unexpected form.
One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special letter to my home, though it was to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of . More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was . I was told at the window that there were boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long list. As I was about to be , the postmaster appeared in the . “Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering an delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office we make one specifically for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get but complaints.”
| 小题1: | | A．difference | B．research | C．speech | D．discovery |
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| 小题2: | | A．earn | B．lack | C．spend | D．steal |
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| 小题3: | | A．experienced | B．connected | C．cooperated | D．experimented |
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| 小题4: | | A．strikes | B．flashes | C．happens | D．attempts |
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| 小题5: | | A．appeal | B．request | C．suggestion | D．demand |
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| 小题6: | | A．story | B．damage | C．challenge | D．material |
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| 小题7: | | A．call | B．hold | C．cheer | D．pick |
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| 小题8: | | A．possession | B．trouble | C．place | D．charge |
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| 小题9: | | A．plus | B．without | C．for | D．before |
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| 小题10: | | A．process | B．goal | C．return | D．concern |
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| 小题11: | | A．replied | B．addressed | C．driven | D．brought |
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| 小题12: | | A．invitation | B．apology | C．complaint | D．appreciation |
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| 小题13: | | A．discussing | B．providing | C．applying | D．starting |
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| 小题14: | | A．enough | B．extra | C．no | D．other |
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| 小题15: | | A．admitting | B．relating | C．buying | D．waiting |
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| 小题16: | | A．positive | B．shocked | C．discouraged | D．optimistic |
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| 小题17: | | A．doorway | B．window | C．home | D．yard |
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| 小题18: | | A．unfamiliar | B．unexpected | C．unknown | D．uncertain |
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| 小题19: | | A．in case | B．now that | C．even if | D．rather |
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| 小题20: | | A．nothing | B．something | C．anything | D．everything |
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My favorite English teacher could draw humor out of the driest material. It wasn’t forced on us either. He took Samuel Johnson’s dictionary, Addison’s essays, and many other literary wonders from the eighteenth century and made them hilarious, even at eight o’clock in the morning. The thing that amazed me most was that the first time I read these works on my own, some of them seemed dead, but the second time, after his explanation, I couldn’t believe that I hadn’t seen the humor. The stories and poems and plays were suddenly filled with allusions(典故) and irony and hilarious moments. I learned more from him than from any other teacher.
My least favorite English teacher also made people laugh. Some students found him to be wonderfully funny. Many others did not. He assigned journals over a six-week period, to be written every day. At the end of the six weeks I had a notebook full of bits and pieces about my ideas, short stories, reactions to what we had read, and so on. Our teacher announced that we would be grading each other’s journals. Mine was passed to Joe, that class clown, who always behaved in a funny or silly way. He saw it fit to make a joke of and said, “This writing isn’t fit to line the bottom of a birdcage.” Our teacher laughed at that funny remark. It hurt me so much that the anger from it has driven my writing and teaching ever since.
So what makes the difference? Humor is one of the most powerful tools teachers or writers have. It can build up students and classes and make them excited about literature and writing, or it can tear them apart. It is true that humor is either productive or counter-productive and self-defeating.
小题1:The passage mainly discusses ________.| A．teaching | B．literature | C．humor | D．knowledge |
小题2:The underlined word “hilarious” in Paragraph 1 probably means ________.| A．funny | B．tiring | C．inspiring | D．brilliant |
小题3:The English teacher the writer disliked most ________.| A．was not able to make students laugh | B．hurt his student’s feelings | | C．didn’t let his students do the grading | D．had no sense of humor |
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Anna lived on the side of a valley．One summer, there was a very big , and a lot of houses down below Anna＇s were washed away．Anna＇s house was enough to escape the flood, so when the water had and the other houses were there with no roof and no walls and all covered with mud（泥）, her house was just all right．
Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children, Anna took in one of the families that had lost in the flood and she her home with them until it was for them to rebuild their house．
Anna＇s friends were when they saw Anna do this．They could not understand why Anna wanted to give so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to ．
“Well,” Anna her friends, “at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I then lived found herself very , because her husband had been killed in the and she had a lot of children I have now．The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for Christmas this year, so I’m going to only one present to all of us．Now I’ll go and get it．’ She came back with a who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents．‘Here’s our ,she said to her children．
The children were and happy to get such a present．They the little girl, and she grew up as their sister．Such was that Christmas present．”
| 小题1: | | A．accident | B．flood | C．fire | D．earthquake |
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| 小题2: | | A．below | B．big | C．high | D．small |
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| 小题3: | | A．reduced | B．come | C．disappeared | D．appeared |
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| 小题4: | | A．rising | B．standing | C．flowing | D．falling |
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| 小题6: | | A．nothing | B．anything | C．something | D．everything |
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| 小题7: | | A．gave | B．shared | C．found | D．built |
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| 小题8: | | A．necessary | B．important | C．obvious | D．possible |
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| 小题9: | | A．worried | B．disappointed | C．satisfied | D．puzzled |
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| 小题11: | | A．supply | B．grow | C．support | D．educate |
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| 小题12: | | A．asked for | B．talked with | C．turned up | D．explained to |
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| 小题14: | | A．storm | B．rain | C．war | D．flood |
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| 小题15: | | A．because | B．which | C．that | D．as |
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| 小题17: | | A．boy | B．student | C．teacher | D．girl |
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| 小题18: | | A．child | B．daughter | C．present | D．sister |
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| 小题19: | | A．angry | B．lovely | C．excited | D．sorry |
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| 小题20: | | A．disliked | B．gained | C．led | D．welcomed |
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A mouse looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package: What food might it contain? He was astonished to discover that it was a mouse trap!
Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse declared the warning, “There is a mouse trap in the house, there is a mouse trap in the house.”
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, “Mr Mouse, I can tell you this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me, I cannot be bothered by it.”
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, “There is a mouse trap in the house.” “I am so sorry, Mr Mouse,” sympathized the pig, “but there is nothing I can do about it but pray; be assured that you are in my prayers.”
The mouse turned to the cow, who replied, “A mouse trap, am I in grave danger, huh?”
So the mouse returned to the house, head down and depressed to face the farmer’s mouse trap alone.
That very night a sound was heard throughout the house, like the sound of a mouse trap catching its prey. The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see that it was an evil snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer’s wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital. She returned home with a fever. Now everyone knew to treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup’s main ingredient. His wife’s sickness continued so that friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig. The farmer’s wife did not get well, in fact, she died, and so many people came for her funeral. The farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide meat for all of them to eat.
So the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that it does not concern you, remember that when the least of us is threatened, we are all at risk.
小题1:We may infer that the passage is most probably a ______.| A．fairy tale (神话) | B．Fable (寓言) | C．science fiction | D．news report |
小题2:We could see from the passage that the mouse was ______.| A．kind and warm-hearted | B．well-informed | | C．good at cheating others | D．foolish and rude |
小题3: The underlined word “ingredient” (Paragraph 7) refers to ______.| A．the mouse | B．the pig | C．the snake | D．the chicken |
小题4:What can we learn from the story?| A．Better safe than sorry. | | B．Traps are usually well disguised. | | C．To help others is just to save you. | | D．To keep the balance of nature is the duty of us all. |
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By the age of almost four, Elijah Edney has never had a haircut in his life. But now he can " t wait to visit the barber"s - for two reasons: losing his two - foot - long golden hair will mean that strangers stop mistaking him for a girl; the hair will be donated to charity to provide a wig (假发) for a child with cancer.
Mrs. Edney, who works in a restaurant, says, "Elijah has always had beautiful hair, so I let him grow it as he w8nted. It" s like silk. But now it is at a stage where people mistake him for a girl and he wants it cut into a boy"s haircut. "
Mrs. Edney and her husband want to collect enough money-£350-to process Elijah"s hair for a sick child. She says, "I couldn"t bear to see all Elijah"s beautiful hair go to waste and my mum mentioned charities that have human hair made into wigs. "
Mrs. Edney says, "If we can raise the amount we want, it will mean a family will not have to pay for the wig and can receive it for free. When you"ve got children yourself, you hope that if they lost their hair someone would do the same for them by donating their hair. "
The two-foot-long hair will be donated to the Little Princess Trust (小公主信托基金) to make a wig for children suffering cancer. Elijah keeps telling people he is giving his hair to poor princesses and he is so excited about it.
A spokesman for the Little Princess Trust says, "We"re very grateful to anyone who decides to have their hair cut to donate it to the Little Princess Trust. As a result of hair donations like this, the charity receives real-hair wigs for free to pass on to families whose children have sadly lost their own hair through cancer treatment. "
小题1:Why has Mrs. Edney let Elijah"s hair grow so long?| A．Because Elijah has beautiful hair. | | B．Because she likes long hair. | | C．Because Elijah looks nice with long hair. | | D．Because she wants to donate his hair to charity. |
小题2:Who first thought of charities that use human hair?| A． Elijah"s father. | B． Elijah"s mother. | | C． Elijah himself. | D． Elijah"s grandmother. |
小题3:Elijah"s parents try to raise money to _________.| A．pay the barber for his work | | B．process his hair into a wig | | C．give the Little Princess Trust along with a wig | | D．give a child who lost his hair through cancer treatment |
小题4:What does Elijah think of his hair being given to a charity?| A．He doesn"t care about it. | B．He wants to keep it a secret. | | C．He is excited about it. | D．He feels sad for poor children. |
小题5:According to the last paragraph, the Little Princess Trust________.| A．encourages people to cut their hair to donate it | | B．welcomes and gives thanks for such donations | | C．gives free wigs to children who have lost their hair | | D．provides treatment for children with cancer |
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