Not too long ago, our teacher, being a “tree-hugger” (as the kids call her), had us write an essay on an environmental issue . I was eager to start, but something made me stop.
“What is an environmental issue ?” one kid asked . “What if we don’t care about the environment ?” another complained. “ It’s not like it affects me .”
These comments astounded me .I have always cared about the environment and assumed that others did too. From the surprised look on my teacher’s face, I could tell she felt the same way.
In no time, I finished my essay . In my essay I wrote about logging(伐木), which is an important industry, but if we continue to cut down trees without replacing them, it will damage the environment.
There are so many things that we can do to save our world. Recycling, of course, is always a good thing, but not everyone has a recycling plant nearby ( I don’t ) . There are other ways to help the environment . Plant a tree. Don’t waste water.
I can’t stand it when a person’s excuse for not caring is “Nothing’s going to happen in my lifetime, so why should I care ?” Sure, the chances of something terrible happening are slim, but I want people to realize that if we don’t deal with it, someone will have to eventually. Do you want that to be your children ?
When my teacher told me to read my essay to my class, I was a little embarrassment because I didn’t want everyone to call me “tree- hugger”. I realize now that if being a tree-hugger means you cares about the environment, I’m a tree-hugger 100 percent. I just wish more people were too.
小题1:Why do the students call her teacher “tree-hugger” ?| A．She likes hugging trees. | | B．She knows a lot about trees. | | C．She grew up in the country. | | D．She cares a lot about the environment. |
小题2:The underlined word in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by ____.| A．helped | B．changed | C．shocked | D．interested |
小题3:Paragraph 5 is mainly about ____.| A．what we can recycle | | B．how we can save the earth | | C．why we should protect the earth | | D．what damage we are doing to the earth |
小题4:We can infer from the text that _____| A．the students don’t like the teacher | | B．the teacher liked the author’s essay | | C．the author is ashamed of being a tree-hugger | | D．the author should have written a better essay |
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小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:B |
试题分析：文章大意：本文是记叙文。文章讲述了一位老师让学生们以环境为话题写文章的故事。
小题1:D 推断题。由第一段中的had us write an essay on an environmental issue 及最后一段中的being a tree-hugger means you care about the environment 可知，老师的外号源于她关心环境。故D正确。
小题2:C 词义猜测题。由第三段中的I have always cared about the environment and assumed that others did too. From the surprised look on my teacher’s face, I could tell she felt the same way 可知，作者和老师一样对学生们的评论感到震惊。故选shocked。
小题3:B大意题。第五段主要介绍了保护环境的方法，如回收利用、植树、节约用水。故B项正确。
小题4:B 推理判断题。由最后一段首句中的When my teacher told me to read my essay to my class 可推测，作者的文章符合老师的本意，所以老师才让作者在课堂上给同学们朗读自己的文章。故B项正确。 |
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It was late in the afternoon. Several hundred villagers left their houses and gathered in the open air outside the village. They were staring __ __ at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with __ __ —beautiful and dangerous.
The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. Mountain climbers had __ __ the top, using the southern route. But no one had __ __ dared to try a winter climbing up the northern side. But now one man was daring to try the __ __ route— the northern route, which was more difficult. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber from Italy.
For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him __ __. Now they were waiting to see his ____. If he planned to __ __ the next day, he would light a green signal. A red light would mean that he was __ __.
A tiny green light __ __ high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people __ __.
The next day he continued his way upward. He was so lonely and so __ __！But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the __ __ light.
In the morning, Bonatti __ __. He could not see the top, but he knew he was __ __ there. Though the climb was painful, he moved up.
Bonatti had spent months __ __ for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and ____ to climb to the top?
He was finally at the top! News about his __ __ was radioed to the world.
The trip __ __ the southern route was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the “ __ __ ”，and would be well remembered as a climber of all time.
| 小题1: | | A．back | B．forward | C．down | D．up |
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| 小题2: | | A．flowers | B．ice and snow | C．green trees | D．leaves |
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| 小题3: | | A．watched | B．passed | C．reached | D．climbed |
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| 小题4: | | A．even | B．never | C．seldom | D．ever |
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| 小题5: | | A．different | B．unique | C．same | D．easy |
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| 小题6: | | A．patiently | B．carefully | C．anxiously | D．eagerly |
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| 小题7: | | A．face | B．figure | C．flag | D．signal |
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| 小题8: | | A．slide | B．continue | C．rest | D．stop |
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| 小题9: | | A．turning back | B．moving up | C．staying away | D．keeping on |
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| 小题10: | | A．existed | B．appeared | C．turned | D．traveled |
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| 小题11: | | A．cheered | B．laughed | C．whispered | D．sighed |
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| 小题12: | | A．determined | B．excited | C．tired | D．happy |
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| 小题13: | | A．yellow | B．blue | C．green | D．red |
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| 小题14: | | A．woke up | B．turned up | C．got up | D．looked up |
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| 小题15: | | A．already | B．almost | C．hardly | D．surely |
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| 小题16: | | A．training | B．applying | C．planning | D．asking |
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| 小题17: | | A．idea | B．skill | C．money | D．wish |
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| 小题18: | | A．victory | B．return | C．climb | D．courage |
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| 小题20: | | A．necessary | B．important | C．attractive | D．impossible |
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Richard Wagner was a German musician has been a very controversial(有争议的) person, but he has gained great fame by writing opera, a form of performance combining singing, music on instruments, and drama.
While he wrote excellent music, many people think his operas are too dark and serious, lacking the fun common in operas written before his time.
Wagner, on the other hand, thought the opera of his time was too simple．He wanted to make opera a serious form of art that combined drama and music to tell deep stories that would have a strong effect on the audience.
Some people thought Wagner’s new kind of music was too different from the operas they were used to hearing．Wagner agreed with them．In fact, he didn’t call his works “operas” at all, using instead a German word that means “Musical Festival” or “Musical play”.
While many people today still do not like Wagner’s operas, they cannot deny that Wagner has had a lot of influence on opera as a form of art．Wagner invented the tradition of turning off the lights before starting a play．He also was the first person to make the whole audience sit down for an entire play．Today, almost all operas are performed in this manner.
Wagner as a man was even more controversial than Wagner as a writer of music．He hated Jewish people, and made many people angry, which we would today think of as evil．Some would say he was a good musician, while others would say that he was a bad musician．But it would be difficult to say he was not an important person in music and in the world.
小题1:Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage?| A．Richard Wagner is not worth talking about | | B．Richard Wagner has made many people angry | | C．Richard Wagner has contributed much to opera. | | D．Richard Wagner is a very controversial man. |
小题2:Why did Wagner write what is considered serious music?| A．He wanted to influence people with deep stories. | | B．He wanted to make his music simple to follow. | | C．He wanted to make it suitable for his deep voice. | | D．He was greatly influenced by previous musicians. |
小题3:Wagner’s works were different from normal opera of his time NOT because________.| A．he called his works “Musical Festivals” | | B．his drama, music and singing are combined | | C．the lights are off before starting a play | | D．the audience could sit down during his play |
小题4:Which of the following statements about Wagner’s works is TRUE?| A．His works are seldom accepted | | B．His works are known to be funny. | | C．His works started a new tradition. | | D．Most people are angry about his works. |
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A man was driving at 70 miles in a 40-mile zone, when a came behind him. Right away the man started thinking of to give.
As the policeman came to him, he said, “Hi, officer, I guess you me a little bit over the speed limit. I was in a rush to get , to be with my wife and kids. You know my younger son wasn’t feeling too when I left home this morning. I’m afraid he’s ill.”
The policeman said, “Well, I guess so,” and started something in his notebook. As minutes went by, he could see from the side view mirror, the policeman was writing. When the man was wondering why he hadn’t asked for his driving so far, the policeman came to his window, him a piece of paper, and returned to his car without saying a single word. The man wondered: how much was this going to be? However, the man was it was not a ticket at all and he began to :
“I had a daughter who was by a speeding car at the age of six by a speeding driver. He got a fine, a few months in , and then was free, free to hug his two daughters. I only had one, and now I have to until I get to heaven before I can hug her again. I have tried to that man a thousand times, and I thought I had. Maybe I really did forgive him. So pray for me, and be when you drive again. My son is all I have been left with.”
The man was completely and could not move for the next few minutes. When finally he did, he drove , even a few miles the speed limit, praying for forgiveness.
| 小题1: | | A．truck | B．police car | C．mail car | D．taxi |
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| 小题2: | | A．information | B．advice | C．views | D．excuses |
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| 小题3: | | A．remembered | B．recognized | C．mistook | D．caught |
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| 小题4: | | A．home | B．to school | C．out | D．to hospital |
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| 小题5: | | A．happy | B．well | C．free | D．healthy |
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| 小题6: | | A．writing | B．looking for | C．listing | D．looking up |
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| 小题7: | | A．even | B．really | C．never | D．still |
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| 小题8: | | A．insurance | B．journal | C．license | D．route |
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| 小题9: | | A．handed | B．sent | C．rewarded | D．pushed |
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| 小题10: | | A．paper | B．ticket | C．note | D．notice |
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| 小题11: | | A．excited | B．upset | C．angry | D．surprised |
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| 小题12: | | A．read | B．laugh | C．smile | D．think |
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| 小题13: | | A．hit | B．knocked | C．killed | D．trapped |
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| 小题14: | | A．fear | B．prison | C．trouble | D．danger |
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| 小题15: | | A．stay | B．wait | C．remain | D．escape |
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| 小题16: | | A．forgive | B．attack | C．educate | D．support |
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| 小题17: | | A．honest | B．thankful | C．careful | D．patient |
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| 小题18: | | A．disappointed | B．nervous | C．shocked | D．frightened |
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| 小题19: | | A．quickly | B．fortunately | C．rapidly | D．slowly |
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As a young social worker in a New York City psychiatric clinic, I was asked to see Roz, a 20-year-old woman who had been referred to us from another psychiatric clinic. It was an referral in that no information was received her first appointment. I was told to “play it by ear”, and to what her problems were and what she needed.
an examination to go on, I saw Roz as an unhappy, misunderstood young woman who hadn’t been listened to in her earlier treatment. Her family situation was unpleasant. I didn’t see her as disturbed, rather as lonely and misunderstood. She responded so to being heard. I encouraged her to start a life worth living — to find a job, a satisfying place to live and new relationships. We hit it off well, and she making important changes in her life.
The records from the previous psychiatric clinic arrived a month after Roz and I began our successful work together. To my complete surprise, her records were several inches thick, a long period of psychiastric hospitalization. Her diagnosis was “paranoid schizophrenic(妄想型精神分裂症)”, with a that she was “hopeless”.
That had not been my experience with Roz at all so I decided to forget those pieces of paper. I never treated her as if she had that “hopeless” treatment. I did find out about the horrors for Roz of the hospitalization, of being drugged, separated and abused. I also learned a lot from her about such deeply and unforgettably shocking circumstances.
First Roz found a job, then a place to live away from her difficult . After several months of working together, she introduced me to her husband-to-be, a successful businessman who adored her.
When we our treatment, Roz gave me the gift of a silver bookmark and a note that said, “Thank you for believing and encouraging me.”
| 小题1: | | A．uncertain | B．unfortunate | C．unconscious | D．unusual |
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| 小题2: | | A．apart from | B．away from | C．ahead of | D．out of |
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| 小题3: | | A．figure out | B．clear up | C．turn out | D．bring up |
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| 小题6: | | A．slowly | B．briefly | C．effectively | D．positively |
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| 小题7: | | A．delayed | B．resisted | C．started | D．avoided |
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| 小题8: | | A．requiring | B．describing | C．repeating | D．reporting |
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| 小题9: | | A．comment | B．suggestion | C．note | D．decision |
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| 小题10: | | A．surviving | B．improving | C．mastering | D．explaining |
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| 小题11: | | A．clinic | B．house | C．job | D．family |
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| 小题12: | | A．shared | B．conducted | C．completed | D．received |
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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often sad and lonely.
One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small was trapped unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away failed. The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care. Instead of flying away, the butterfly turned into a beautiful fairy (仙女). The little girl was very .
“Thank you for me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true.” said the fairy.
The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be !”
The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl’s ear. Then the fairy disappeared.
As the kind little girl grew up, she was always ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the of ther happiness. She always smiled and answered, “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind when I was a little girl.”
When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying, the neighbours in the village all gathered (聚拢) around her bed because they were that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us what the kind fairy said.”
The lovely old woman still and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they seemed, no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or young She said that helping others would make me happy all my life.”
| 小题1: | | A．thought | B．found | C．sounded | D．felt |
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| 小题2: | | A．butterfly | B．bird | C．snake | D．squirrel |
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| 小题4: | | A．surprised | B．tired | C．mad | D．angry |
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| 小题5: | | A．catching | B．beating | C．killing | D．saving |
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| 小题6: | | A．active | B．happy | C．energetic | D．humorous |
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| 小题7: | | A．success | B．secret | C．power | D．lesson |
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| 小题8: | | A．witch | B．fairy | C．ghost | D．princess |
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| 小题9: | | A．excited | B．pleased | C．glad | D．afraid |
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| 小题10: | | A．shouted | B．cried | C．smiled | D．Jumped |
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