Once upon a time there was a monster（怪兽）. He was very ugly and had no friends. No one wanted to talk to him. Even other monsters thought he was ugly.
He lived alone and was very unhappy because he was so lonely.
“I wish I had a friend.” He said to himself every day, “One friend would be enough. Someone to talk to.”
He wrote a letter to a magazine. The magazine gave people advice.
“Dear Editor,” he wrote, “I am a ugly monster. How can I find a friend?”
“Dear monster,” the Editor replied, “Advertise for a friend in this magazine.” The monster wrote an advertisement.
“Monster wants a friend, male or female. I have two heads, four arms, six legs and three tails. I have one blue eye, one green eye and one brown eye. Smoke comes out of my nose. But I am really a kind monster and will be a good friend to someone. If you would like to meet me, please stand outside Blake’s Store at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 7th. Write to Mr. A, Box 45, everybody’s Magazine.”
A few days later he went to the magazine.
“Do you have any letters for Box 45?” he asked.
The clerk looked in Box 45.
“Yes, there is one.” She said, and gave it to him.
The monster opened the letter, and read, “Dear Monster, I think a person’s character is more important than his appearance. I will wait outside Blake’s Store on Friday. Please carry a flower so that I will recognize you. Yours sincerely, Miss Alice Thwaite.”
小题1:Why was the monster unhappy?| A．He had no friends. | B．He was ugly. | | C．He had two heads. | D．He had three tails. |
小题2:What did the monster advertise for?| A．A magazine. | B．A friend. | C．An editor. | D．A male or female monster. |
小题3:How did the monster describe him in the advertisement?| A．Ugly | B．Lonely | C．Kind | D．Good-looking |
小题4:What was strange about Miss Thwaite’s letter?| A．She was not interested in people’s appearance. | | B．She wanted to meet the monster. | | C．She needed a flower to recognize him. | | D．It was the only reply. |
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小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:C |
试题分析：本文主要讲叙了 a monster很孤独，没有朋友， 非常想找一个朋友。他登广告是为了找一个朋友，在广告中妖怪描述自己是善良的，结果收到Miss Alice Thwaite.”的来信。
小题1:细节题。从文中第 2 段 He lived alone and was very unhappy because he was so lonely 可知他不高兴的原因主要是很孤独，没有朋友，所以答案选 A 。
小题2:细节题。从第 6 段 “Advertise for a friend in this magazine.” The monster wrote an advertisement 可知他登广告是为了找一个朋友，所以答案为 B。
小题3:判断题。此题可首先排除 D(相貌好看的)，A、B 两项描叙虽然正确，但从第 7 段 But I am really a kind monster and will be a good friend to someone 可知在广告中妖怪描述自己是善良的，此题的最佳答案 应选 C。
小题4:细节题。从 Please carry a flower so that I will recognize you 可知Miss Alice Thwaite要他带一朵花这样可以认识他。
答案为 C。 |
核心考点
试题【Once upon a time there was a monster（怪兽）. He was very ugly and had no friends. N】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
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A flock of hungry pigeons were flying across the sky in search of food. Having traveled a long distance, they felt tired and settled down on a tree. Just below the tree, they saw grains strewn (撒满) all over the ground. The pigeons were happy to have found enough food to eat. All the pigeons came down from the tree and started eating the grains. As they were doing so, a huge net fell on them and trapped them all.
The pigeons were taken aback. They noticed a hunter sitting at a distance from the tree, a bow and arrow in hand. The pigeons realized it was the hunter who had trapped them in the net. The hunter got up and began to move towards the pigeons.
The leader of the pigeons spoke, “Friends, we are in great trouble. The hunter will catch us if we do not act swiftly in a few seconds. There is only one option available at this moment. Let all of us use our force together and fly up along with the net. If all of us use our force and fly together, we can fly carrying the net along with us. Let us start now.”
All the pigeons agreed with him and flew high carrying the net along with them. After traveling enough distance away from the hunter, the pigeons settled on a tree and carefully came out of the net one by one and thus escaped the evil design of the hunter.
小题1:Who strewed the grains over the ground?| A．A villager. | B．The hunter. | | C．The pigeon. | D．The writer. |
小题2:The word “ ”has the closest meaning to the underlined word “option”.| A．reason | B．choice | C．action | D．opinion |
小题3:How did the pigeons react when they got trapped?| A．They didn’t know what to do. | | B．They tried to fly in all directions. | | C．They remained rather calm. | | D．They decided to fight for their lives. |
小题4:This story wants to tell us that .| A．two heads are better than one. | | B．confidence will save everyone. | | C．teamwork can work wonders. | | D．actions speak louder than words. |
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The Johnson family from England believe they are lucky to be alive after surviving an incredible incident off the coast of Australia. The Johnsons had been ____ that they might see some whales when they were ____ a yacht—a large expensive boat for a 10-day sailing ____ around the Whitsunday Islands. ____, they had no clue just how ____ their viewing would be. Two hours into their journey a nine-meter-long humpback whale ____ out of the ocean and crashed into their boat before returning to the water.
Mark Johnson，the eldest son，was sailing the yacht when he heard an immense bang and a thud (重击声). He ____ thought the yacht had hit a rock. But when he looked up, he saw the whale ____ down the deck of the boat. He told the reporters, “We were staring into its right eye. It was a very ____ moment. The eye was about the ____ of a dinner plate. It was huge!”
____ for the Johnson family, no one was hurt, but the yacht suffered ____ damage. The whale had ruined the mast and rigging—the pole and ropes which hold the ____ —and so the family was left with no way at sea, 10 miles from the shore. The ____ equipment was also damaged, but fortunately they had a cell phone and were able to call for help.
Why the whale jumped onto the yacht is a ____，but the family thinks that maybe the boat had not ____ sailed between the whale and its baby calf. Perhaps the whale was trying to ____ its calf when it jumped, and hit the yacht by accident.
____ the reason, people are completely ____ that this incident happened. There is over 135 million square miles of ocean, so what are the ____ of a whale jumping onto a 30-foot-long yacht? The possibility of something like this happening is extremely small, but it just shows that life is full of surprises.
| 小题1: | | A．explained | B．learned | C．told | D．taught |
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| 小题2: | | A．taking | B．driving | C．hiring | D．running |
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| 小题3: | | A．competition | B．game | C．training | D．trip |
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| 小题4: | | A．Moreover | B．Thus | C．Meanwhile | D．However |
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| 小题5: | | A．exciting | B．close | C．vivid | D．tense |
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| 小题6: | | A．swam | B．leapt | C．slipped | D．stretched |
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| 小题7: | | A．suddenly | B．occasionally | C．immediately | D．casually |
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| 小题8: | | A．drifting | B．jumping | C．falling | D．sliding |
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| 小题9: | | A．surprising | B．annoying | C．frightening | D．astonishing |
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| 小题10: | | A．size | B．sample | C．range | D．form |
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| 小题11: | | A．Certainly | B．Luckily | C．Definitely | D．Possibly |
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| 小题12: | | A．severe | B．extreme | C．actual | D．special |
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| 小题13: | | A．boat | B．beach | C．sail | D．journey |
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| 小题14: | | A．radio | B．craft | C．guide | D．compass |
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| 小题15: | | A．problem | B．mystery | C．suspect | D．question |
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| 小题16: | | A．carefully | B．surely | C．deliberately | D．simply |
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| 小题17: | | A．see | B．touch | C．tend | D．reach |
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| 小题18: | | A．Whenever | B．Wherever | C．Whoever | D．Whatever |
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| 小题19: | | A．amazed | B．worried | C．interested | D．touched |
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| 小题20: | | A．wonders | B．chances | C．predictions | D．consequences |
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Baroness Thatcher, Britain’s greatest post-war prime minister, died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke (a disease related to blood vessels in the brain), her family announced on 8 April 2013. Her son, Sir Mark, and daughter Carol confirmed her death that morning.
Margaret Thatcher, daughter of a businessman and mayor of Grantham, was educated at the local grammar school, and at Oxford, where she got a degree in chemistry, and upon graduation she worked for four years as a research chemist. She then qualified as a lawyer in 1954.
As Miss Margaret Roberts, she stood twice in parliamentary (国会的) elections for the Conservative Party (保守党), before being elected (after her marriage) to the House of Commons in 1959.
When the Conservatives returned to office in June 1970, she was appointed secretary of state for education and science. After the Conservatives lost power in 1974, she was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet (内阁), and was elected leader of the Conservative Party in 1975.
Baroness Thatcher became prime minister on 4 May 1979 and went on to earn the nickname “the Iron Lady”, becoming known for her strong responses to the political and economic crisis, which Thatcher’s supporters think are good for Britain, while her opposers argue that her policies destroyed British manufacturing.
Lady Thatcher governed Britain from 1979 to 1990. She will go down in history not only as Britain’s first female prime minister, but as the woman who changed Britain’s economy in addition to being an awesome rival on the international stage.
Lady Thatcher was the only British prime minister to leave behind a set of ideas about the role of the state which other leaders and nations try to copy and apply.
小题1:How old was Lady Thatcher when she became prime minister?小题2:Why did Lady Thatcher get the nickname “the Iron Lady”?| A．Because she was the first female prime minister in Britain. | | B．Because she took strong measures to deal with the crisis. | | C．Because she was strong enough to live a long life. | | D．Because her supporters credited (归功于) her with developing the British economy. |
小题3:Which of the following statements is NOT true about Lady Thatcher?| A．She died of a heart attack on 8 April 2013. | | B．She left behind many ideas about the role of the state. | | C．Not all the people are in favor of her policies. | | D．She governed Britain for 11 years. |
小题4:Which is the correct order of what happened in Thatcher’s life?
a. She became prime minister.
b. She was appointed secretary of state for education and science.
c. She was educated at a local grammar school.
d. She was elected leader of the Conservative Party.
e. She qualified as a lawyer.| A．e-c-b-d-a | B．c-e-d-b-a | | C．b-c-e-d-a | D．c-e-b-d-a |
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I had been playing hockey（冰球）for about 10 years. I was always the one sitting at the end of the bench, and got into a game. I went to all the and showed up even when it was so that your ‘breath froze’ and when the otherplayers had decided to stay home. I felt I had enough and thought of quitting.
I finally decided to the news to my mom that I was leaving the team. My mom may have looked like a tiny and quiet lady but on my words, she said, “Remember, ‘A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.’ Your mother didn’t raise , so think about yourself in a way and see yourself as a winner!” So I worked harder than ever at getting in better shape, my shot（投球） accuracy and changing my .
Once in a match, we our first game badly. What’s worse, one of our best players got hurt. I was sitting at my place, at the end of the bench, when the coach came over and told me I was going . I was nervous, excited and terrified all at the same time.
The opposing team was fast and I had to admit I was a little . But my mom’s words out in my head like a church bell. Instead of being afraid, I was “pumped” and I very quickly found that all my work was paying off. I was as fast a skater as anyone else on the ice, and I seemed to get the to score. The crowd went quiet. All the time I spent on the ice when everyone had
gone home had me for this moment.
Won! I won!
The lesson I learned from my mom’s has stayed with me over the years. I hear them whenever I am faced with a challenge, or whenever I myself.
| 小题1: | | A．once | B．seldom | C．usually | D．even |
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| 小题2: | | A．meetings | B．shows | C．matches | D．practices |
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| 小题3: | | A．cloudy | B．wet | C．cold | D．windy |
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| 小题4: | | A．suffered | B．explained | C．planned | D．escaped |
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| 小题5: | | A．write | B．break | C．read | D．speak |
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| 小题6: | | A．noticing | B．gathering | C．hearing | D．analyzing |
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| 小题7: | | A．talkers | B．dreamers | C．attackers | D．losers |
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| 小题8: | | A．positive | B．familiar | C．brief | D．convenient |
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| 小题9: | | A．testing | B．improving | C．questioning | D．affecting |
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| 小题10: | | A．aim | B．taste | C．habit | D．attitude |
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| 小题11: | | A．lost | B．controlled | C．practiced | D．continued |
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| 小题12: | | A．usual | B．safe | C．secret | D．private |
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| 小题14: | | A．annoyed | B．awkward | C．scared | D．bitter |
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| 小题15: | | A．put | B．rang | C．gave | D． stood |
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| 小题16: | | A．exact | B．extra | C．creative | D．casual |
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| 小题17: | | A．chance | B．message | C．order | D．note |
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| 小题18: | | A．spared | B．requested | C．prepared | D．sent |
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| 小题19: | | A．actions | B．reasons | C．words | D．promises |
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| 小题20: | | A．judge | B．express | C．comfort | D．doubt |
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I walked into the grocery store not particularly interested in buying something. The sorrow of my husband of 37 years was still too painful. And this grocery store held so many sweet . Bob often came with me and almost every time he"d to go off and look for something special. I"d always see him walking down the walkway the three yellow roses in his hands. Bob knew I loved yellow roses. With a heart with pain, I came to the meat shelf, I searched for the small steak and remembered how Bob had loved his steak.
Suddenly a woman came beside me. She was in a soft green dress. I as she picked up a large pack of T-bones, them in her basket, hesitated, and then put them back. She saw me watching her and she smiled. "My husband loves T-bones, but , at these prices, I don"t know."
"My husband passed away eight days ago," I told her. "Buy him the steaks. And value every you have together."
She smiled and I saw the feeling in her as she placed the package in her basket and away. I turned and pushed my cart forward too. Several minutes later I saw first the green suit and then the pretty lady coming to me. In her arms she carried something. On her face was the smile I had ever seen.
As she came closer, I saw what she held and welled down. "These are for you, " she said and placed three beautiful yellow roses in my arms. She placed a gentle kiss on my cheek, then smiled again. I wanted to tell her what the roses , but still unable to speak. I watched as she walked away as tears clouded my . I looked down at the beautiful roses and found it almost . How did she know?
Suddenly the seemed so clear. I wasn"t alone. "Oh, Bob, you haven"t me, have you?" I whispered, with tears in my eyes. He was still with me, and she was his angel.
| 小题1: | | A．losing | B．leaving | C．passing | D．failing |
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| 小题2: | | A．flowers | B．roses | C．memories | D．thoughts |
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| 小题3: | | A．decide | B．happen | C．refuse | D．pretend |
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| 小题4: | | A．by | B．with | C．during | D．between |
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| 小题5: | | A．full | B．filled | C．pleased | D．crowded |
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| 小题6: | | A．very | B．beautiful | C．pretty | D．perfect |
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| 小题7: | | A．watched | B．saw | C．found | D．glared |
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| 小题8: | | A．fell | B．carried | C．dropped | D．took |
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| 小题9: | | A．exactly | B．generally | C．usually | D．honestly |
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| 小题10: | | A．moment | B．dinner | C．time | D．year |
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| 小题11: | | A．hands | B．eyes | C．voice | D．basket |
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| 小题12: | | A．left | B．ran | C．slipped | D．wheeled |
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| 小题13: | | A．realized | B．recognized | C．received | D．thought |
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| 小题14: | | A．saddest | B．funniest | C．brightest | D．strangest |
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| 小题15: | | A．words | B．tears | C．feelings | D．sweats |
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| 小题16: | | A．stood | B．described | C．meant | D．designed |
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| 小题17: | | A．sight | B．cart | C．roses | D．package |
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| 小题18: | | A．unknown | B．uncommon | C．unreal | D．unlike |
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| 小题19: | | A．question | B．answer | C．case | D．puzzle |
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| 小题20: | | A．missed | B．disappointed | C．hated | D．forgotten |
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