That warm day was the only day of the week without rain．I opened the door,took a seat and began to enjoy the wonderful sunshine．Suddenly,I noticed that the house near mine had been sold．An elderly lady was in front of the door,with some beautiful flowers beside her．I walked to her．She looked to be in her early eighties and had the prettiest white hair．
“Hi！My name is Karmen,”I said smiling brightly at the old lady．She smiled back and said,“Hello,Karmen．I ’m Henrietta．”Her voice was very strong for someone at her age．Later，I learned she was alone and had no family or relatives to help her．From that day on,I often visited her and helped her with her housework and sometimes she gave me some delicious food．A year passed,and I considered Henrietta to be one of my best friends．
One day,I walked over for my morning visit and knocked on the door,but there was no answer．I knocked again,and she still didn’t turn up．So I let myself in,using the key she had given me．I checked her living room and then her kitchen．I finally went into her bedroom,and she was lying peacefully on her bed．Beside her there were two notes．One was her will（遗嘱）,which said all that she had would be given to me．The other was a thank-you note．I went to her bedside and cried sadly．
Though several years have gone by,I still miss her deeply．Whenever I look at the beautiful flowers in front of her house,I remember the wonderful friendship we had．
小题1:The writer came out of the house to ______．| A．look at an old lady | B．enjoy some flowers | | C．enjoy the sunshine | D．clean the house nearby |
小题2:Through visiting the old lady,the writer learnt that the old lady ______．| A．disliked all her relatives | | B．had no one to look after her | | C．didn’t want to live with her family | | D．was looking for someone to look after her |
小题3:What can we learn from the passage?| A．The old lady was not kind． | | B．The writer didn’t have any good friends． | | C．The old lady didn’t know how to make food． | | D．The writer got along very well with the old lady． |
小题4:What does the underlined part “turn up”in Paragraph 3 mean?| A．Appear | B．Leave | C．Try | D．Change |
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小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:A |
试题分析：这篇短文作者主要记述了他和一位老人的友谊。作者在享受阳光是认识了老人，然后成为好朋友，老人去世，作者不会忘记他们的友谊。
小题1:细节题：从第一段的句子：That warm day was the only day of the week without rain．I opened the door,took a seat and began to enjoy the wonderful sunshine．可知作者和老人相处的很好，选C
小题2:细节题：根据第二段Later, I learned she was alone and had no family or relatives to help her.描述，可知作者了解到没有人照顾这个老人，选B
小题3:推理题：根据短文二三段描述，可知作者和这个老人相处的很好，故选D
小题4:猜词题：联系下文描述，可知此处指的是这个老人还没有出来开门，故选 A，出现。 |
核心考点
试题【That warm day was the only day of the week without rain．I opened the door,took a】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
A famous Renoir had been stolen from a museum. Detective Earl Blackman was to work on the case.
Everyone was in the dark before an art professor came to point out the false picture. So the museum even didn’t know when the picture had been stolen. Thousands of people came to visit the museum every day. After long work, some art students were focused on.
The five students who had made copies of the Renoir during the last six months were asked to bring their copies to the museum. The fifth student said she had sold her copy, which was later proved to be the one in the museum. She, however, could only remember the buyer was a man with the little finger on his left hand missing.
Blackman went back and stayed in his office looking at all the pictures of known thieves. No success.
The next afternoon, at about closing time, Blackman went to the museum to ask if the cleaning men were in the museum after everyone else had left. The director told him they had no cleaning man but six cleaning women.
As the detective left the director’s office, he saw five cleaning women. He stopped one and asked about her work. Then came the sixth cleaning woman. She was dressed just like the other women except the gloves on her hands which made her different. Blackman watched her for some time. When she came near, Blackman caught her. The woman cried out in a man’s voice, “What was that?” Blackman was more sure.
小题1:Everything came to light ________________.| A．when an art student was asked | | B．when the cleaning man came into the office | | C．when Blackman looked at all the pictures | | D．when the cleaning woman cried |
小题2:Arrange the following sentences in the right order.
a. The museum asked for help.
b. The four students showed their copies.
c. An art professor came.
d. The detective looked at all the pictures.
e. The thief bought a picture.| A．a-c-e-d-b | B．c-a-d-s-b | C．e-c-a-b-d | D．e-a-b-d-c |
小题3:Blackman caught the cleaning woman because of __________.| A．the glove | B．the clothes | C．her sex | D．her work |
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Frank was walking down the 6th Street on a hot sunny day when he saw smoke coming out of the street. He could the smoke, and it was getting thicker. Seeing the smoke coming out of a storm drain(雨水沟), Frank called the fire department immediately. “The storm drain is fire!” he said. The fire department asked for his whereabouts and he said he was near the 6th and Main. They said they be right there to investigate the situation. Frank needn’t to go anywhere, so he waited for the to arrive. He was curious what could be burning beneath the street. As far as he knew, there wasn’t anything beneath the street concrete(混凝土). And everyone that concrete doesn’t burn.
A fire truck arrived a few later. “Are you the man who ?” asked the driver. “Yes. ” Frank answered. By now Frank could not only smell the but also hear crackling sounds, just like wood burning. The firemen didn’t seem to consider it an emergency. “ do you think it could be?” Frank asked the driver. “Oh, we know what it is. We have to a problem like this every few months. It’s the homeless people in their “ ”. ”
Homeless people have been living under the streets for years. their knowledge of the storm drain system, they their own “houses” beneath the streets. These living areas have tables, mattresses, chairs, and sofas. The settlers often “borrow” electricity by connecting to a live wire above ground to their own lights and even TVs underground. Either this electricity or a cigarette can cause an occasional fire.
Frank watched some firemen lifted a manhole cover (井盖) and went beneath the street with a fire hose (消防软管). Then a few minutes later, the smoke turned white. Shortly , the firemen reappeared with a person who seemed to have just been woken up.
| 小题1: | | A．touch | B．hear | C．smell | D．taste |
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| 小题4: | | A．policeman | B．firemen | C．postmen | D．powermen |
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| 小题5: | | A．excuse | B．express | C．exact | D．except |
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| 小题6: | | A．know | B．knows | C．knew | D．knowing |
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| 小题7: | | A．seconds | B．hours | C．minutes | D．quarters |
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| 小题8: | | A．called | B．smelt | C．investigated | D．saw |
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| 小题9: | | A．fire | B．smoke | C．storm drain | D．burn |
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| 小题10: | | A．What | B．Why | C．Which | D．Which |
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| 小题11: | | A．suffer | B．solve | C．survive | D．survey |
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| 小题12: | | A．flats | B．apartments | C．houses | D．sections |
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| 小题13: | | A．Learning | B．Taking | C．Using | D．Giving |
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| 小题14: | | A．set down | B．set out | C．set about | D．set up |
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| 小题15: | | A．power | B．strengthen | C．force | D．energy |
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| 小题16: | | A．bought | B．brought | C．booked | D．borrowed |
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| 小题18: | | A．black | B．red | C．blue | D．brown |
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| 小题19: | | A．westward | B．backward | C．afterward | D．forward |
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| 小题20: | | A．careless | B．selfless | C．helpless | D．homeless |
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She looked at the man walking along the sidewalk next to the nice houses. He didn"t live in any of those houses. She had seen this man several times before. He looked like a criminal. She knav not to judge a book by its cover, but this man was no good
She drove by him. He looked at her car as she drove by. She continued driving. She watched him in her rear view mirror. She got to the corner and stopped. She continued to watch him walking in her direction. Suddenly, he turned left up a driveway. A red SUV was parked in the driveway right next to the sidewalk. She saw him walk up to the driver"s door and put his hand on the handle. He relumed to the sidewalk and continued walking in her direction.
“What was that all about. ” she wondered. Then she realized that he had tested the door to see if it was locked. He is a criminal, she thought That"s what he does. He just walks through our neighborhoods looking for cars to break into.
She called the police. She described the man. The officer said he knew who the man was. Residents called two or three times a week to report him walking by. But the police couldn"t arrest him for walking around. They had to catch him with stolen goods. "But he was testing that SUV door to see if it was unlocked," she said.
"I"m sony," said the officer. "That"s not against the law. If you see him actually steal something, give us a call.”
小题1:What could be the best title of this passage?| A．A crazy man | B．A wandering man | | C．A stealing man | D．A useless policeman |
小题2:The underlined word “criminal” in paragraph 1 can best be replaced by ____________. | A．thief | B．killer | C．worker | D．cleaner |
小题3: Which of the following statements is true?| A．The woman recognized the man and wanted to arrest him. | | B．The police knew the man’s identity and arrested him finally. | | C．The woman was walking after the man when she called the police. | | D．The man did a series of strange things but the police couldn’t arrest him. |
小题4:Why couldn’t the police arrest the man?| A．Because the police knew that the man was a resident of this area. | | B．Because the police knew that the SUV belonged to the man. | | C．Because the police knew that just walking around isn’t against the law. | | D．Because the police knew that it was not the man but the woman who broke the law. |
小题5:According to the passage, what can we know about the man?| A．He wore a suit that day. | | B．He has broken into several cars before. | | C．He is the owner of that red SUV. | | D．He was always walking along that sidewalk. |
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Every day, 15-year-old Martha wrote on the Internet about the meal she ate at school. She also took pictures of the food. However, Martha was very honest about the food. She did not just describe the food. She judged the taste and health of the food.
Martha also began to use her blog（博客）for an important reason. She began to raise（筹集）money for the organization Mary’s Meals in the East African country of Malawi. It provides food for children in schools for free. Martha encouraged her readers to send money to Mary’s Meals to help build a kitchen.
But then, Martha began to have a problem. Many people read her blog. She became big news. The news stories showed that the food at Martha’s school was not always healthy. And that made some people angry. So the school officials decided to stop Martha’s blog. They said that she could not take her camera to school.
But an amazing thing happened. Many people began sending messages of support across the Internet. Martha’s story was even bigger than before. Now the officials had to change their minds. A few days later, Martha was again writing her blog. But more than that, people had sent a lot of money for the Malawi school children. Martha had hoped to raise about 10,000 dollars. But the total reached 100,000 dollars and still kept on growing!
Martha’s blog also helped to improve meals at her school. One day she wrote: As we waited for dinner we were told that we are allowed to eat as much fruit and bread as we want.
No one knows what will happen to Martha’s blog in future. But already this little girl has helped to change the eating experience of many children just by sharing on the Internet pictures of her school meals.
小题1: Martha wrote about her school meals on her blog to __________.| A．invite students to judge the food | | B．show the terrible taste of the food | | C．express her opinion about the food | | D．ask the school to improve the food |
小题2:The organization Mary’s Meals __________.| A．was set up by Martha | | B．provides free school meals | | C．is an international organization | | D．helps poor families build kitchens |
小题3: Why did the school officials want to prevent Martha writing her blog?| A．It had a bad influence on her study. | | B．Some people were upset by its content（内容）. | | C．Taking pictures needs a lot of time. | | D．Many other students started to copy her. |
小题4:According to the text, Martha __________.| A．got a lot of support around the world | | B．helped improve children’s eating habits | | C．raised $10,000 for the Malawi school children | | D．has no idea what to write on her blog in future |
小题5: What’s the best title for the text?| A．School Meals | B．Mary’s Meals | | C．Power of the Internet | D．Martha Shares Her Food |
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A few days ago, my sister Liz and I talked about Dad, and we decided to get him a little something for Father"s Day. We talked about the times when we were up and how Mom and Dad used to play the ‘good cop, bad cop’ thing on us. Dad has been a person of few words since we were . He raised us more by than anything else. When he spoke, though we listened, he was always mysterious and difficult to understand. There was always a(n) meaning that I never got, but Liz always to decipher(破解) him. By the time I got to high school, I had wanted a skateboard and I I was too old to ask money from my parents, so I worked at a burger joint (美式汉堡店). One day, I was really angry about annoying burgers. I came home huffing and puffing(气喘吁吁). Dad saw me and asked me what was the . I told him that I was fed up with annoying burgers. He said that we all have to start somewhere, that we may not know it now, but the skills we learn even in a burger joint might come in handy ______in life, ‘Who knows, you might end up having to run a or even own one when you grow up,’ said Dad. He me down and I kept what he said in mind, even though I really didn’t agree with it.
A couple of years later, when I got to college, I worked in a restaurant. During one of the really days that we had, we were short on kitchen staff. Our customers were getting impatient and the were getting delayed. We were sure any minute something terrible would out. I couldn’t stand the any more, so I rolled up my sleeves, got myself a hair net and helped out in the hot kitchen. We caught up with the orders . The owner saw what I did and called me over around time. He said that he was very . He raised my salary and made me the assistant manager even though I could only go part-time. That was I realized that what my dad said to me all those years before was absolutely true.
I’ve never forgotten what my dad said that day. And whenever I have to do something that requires new skills, no matter how insignificant or it seems, I have a new perspective(看法) that it might really help me later on or even right now and I just don’t know it. Experience is everything and it a lot when you take lessons from it. That’s my life’s philosophy.
| 小题1: | | A．getting | B．going | C．growing | D．coming |
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| 小题2: | | A．schoolboys | B．kids | C．adults | D．graduates |
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| 小题3: | | A．instruction | B．example | C．order | D．inspiration |
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| 小题4: | | A．obvious | B．clear | C．reasonable | D．hidden |
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| 小题5: | | A．failed | B．refused | C．tried | D．managed |
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| 小题6: | | A．imagined | B．promised | C．believed | D．suggested |
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| 小题7: | | A．experience | B．matter | C．event | D．accident |
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| 小题8: | | A．later | B．sooner | C．latter | D．late |
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| 小题9: | | A．restaurant | B．hospital | C．school | D．plant |
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| 小题10: | | A．calmed | B．wrote | C．1et | D．put |
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| 小题11: | | A．exciting | B．worrying | C．busy | D．happy |
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| 小题12: | | A．meetings | B．parties | C．menus | D．orders |
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| 小题14: | | A．quarrel | B．1aziness | C．relaxation | D．tension |
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| 小题15: | | A．eventually | B．regularly | C．obviously | D．thankfully |
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| 小题16: | | A．breakfast | B．1unch | C．opening | D．closing |
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| 小题17: | | A．influenced | B．interested | C．inspired | D．impressed |
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| 小题18: | | A．when | B．why | C．whether | D．where |
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| 小题19: | | A．important | B．impressive | C．interesting | D．small |
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| 小题20: | | A．works | B．counts | C．shows | D．studies |
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