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Kerry and Alice were both artists in Britain.They taught drawing and painting at Cambridge University.Although they were friends,each thought oneself to be the better painter.
One day,Kerry promised marriage to Alice.Surprised and pleased by the offer,the girl was not sure whether she would spend her future as a wife or a painter.After a moment she replied as follows,“Each of us must paint a picture.If yours is superior to mine.you can make me your wife.If not,please drop the question.”Then it was decided to give it the following day.
The next morning,Alice hung her picture on the gate.It showed a bunch of flowers and won high praise(赞扬)from everyone who passed by.In fact,a crowd collected in front of her masterpiece and fixed their eyes on it.
Several hours passed.Then Kerry was seen coming along to the gate with what appeared to be a beautiful leather suitcase in his hand.When he finally stopped before Alice, the girl artist blushed like a rose and agreed to marry him without any hesitation(犹豫).Why?
Answer the questions:
小题1:What are Kerry and Alice?
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小题2:What’s the meaning of the underlined part“superior to”?
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小题3:Did Kerry agree to Alice’s suggestion?
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小题4:Why did Alice’s picture win high praise?
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小题5:What do you think the“leather suitcase’’ really was?
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答案

小题1:They were teachers of Art at Cambridge University.
小题2:It means “better than”.
小题3:Yes,he did.
小题4:It was true to nature
小题5:It was a painting drawn by Kerry.
解析

试题分析:文章讲述Kerry and Alice两人都是英国的艺术家,同在剑桥大学教绘画,绘画造诣上有得一拼,但没想到Kerry他向Alice她求婚。Alice提出比拼画艺来决定答应与否,结果Kerry的画比Alice更逼真,从而赢得了美人归的故事。
小题1:根据文章第一段第一句Kerry and Alice were both artists in Britain.及第二句They taught drawing and painting at Cambridge University进行信息加工即可得答案。
小题2:根据上下文意思,Kerry向Alice求婚,Alice要求各自画幅画,“如果你的超过我,就嫁给你,如果没有超过的话,就放弃。”从而可以推断出superior to是better than 之意。
小题3:根据倒数第三段最后一行Then it was decided to give it the following day可推断出Kerry同意Alice的看法。
小题4:从倒数第二段a crowd collected in front of her masterpiece and fixed their eyes on it可以得知Alice画的花活灵活现,很逼真。
小题5: the “leather suitcase”实际上是Kerry 画的画。从下文内容可知,Alice看到Kerry 的画后立刻同意嫁给他,由此可见Kerry的这幅画一定更为逼真。
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The family had just moved. The young woman was feeling a little__31__. It was Mother"s Day — and 800 miles separated her from her parents.
She had called them that morning, and her mother had__32__ how colorful their backyard was__ 33__ spring had arrived. Later, she told her husband how she__34__ those lilacs(丁香)in her parents" yard. “I know where we can find some,” he said. “Get the__35__ and come on.” So off they went.
Some time later, they stopped at a hill and there were lilacs all round. The young woman rushed up to the nearest__ 36__ and buried her face in the flowers. Carefully, she__37__ some. Finally, they returned to their car for the__38__ home. The woman sat smiling, surrounded by her__39__.
When they were near home, she shouted “stop,” got off quickly and__40__ to a nearby nursing home.  She went to the end of the porch(门廊), where a(n)__41__ patient was sitting in her wheelchair, and put the flowers into her lap. The two__42__, bursting into laughter now and then. Later the young woman turned and ran back to her__43__. As the car pulled away, the woman in the wheelchair__44__ with a smile, and held the lilacs__45__.
“Mom,” the kids asked, “__46___ did you give her our flowers?” “It is Mother"s Day, and she seems so__47__ while I have all of you. And anyone would be__48__ by flowers.”
This satisfied the kids, but not the husband. The next day he__49__ some young lilacs around their yard.
I was the husband. Now, every May, our yard is full of lilacs. Every Mother"s Day our kids__50__ purple lilacs. And every year I remember that smile of the lonely old woman.
小题1:
A.movedB.worriedC.angryD.depressed
小题2:
A.learnedB.imaginedC.mentionedD.realized
小题3:
A.now thatB.so thatC.as ifD.even if
小题4:
A.missedB.grewC.wateredD.showed
小题5:
A.carsB.kidsC.clothesD.lilacs
小题6:
A.bushB.hillC.yardD.door
小题7:
A.boughtB.pickedC.setD.raised
小题8:
A.breakB.holidayC.tripD.dinner
小题9:
A.friendsB.memoryC.flowersD.honor
小题10:
A.respondedB.pointedC.droveD.hurried
小题11:
A.lovingB.elderlyC.seriousD.sensitive
小题12:
A.hesitatedB.waitedC.satD.chatted
小题13:
A.familyB.motherC.pathD.home
小题14:
A.noddedB.wavedC.leftD.continued
小题15:
A.sadlyB.politelyC.quicklyD.tightly
小题16:
A.whyB.whenC.howD.where
小题17:
A.quietB.confusedC.aloneD.patient
小题18:
A.calmedB.persuadedC.disappointedD.cheered
小题19:
A.arrangedB.driedC.plantedD.hid
小题20:
A.findB.gatherC.receiveD.sell

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I’d always dreamed of exploring Africa, ever since I read my first Tarzan(《人猿泰山》)comic as a child. Finally, in 2004, to celebrate my 60th birthday, I went to Tanzania to experience a safari(东非游猎)and climb Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. Seated next to me on the flight was Tanzania’s minister of water and wildlife development. We talked for thousands of miles, and he arranged me to visit a school. When I toured the school, I was shocked. The leaky(漏的)roofs turned the dirt floors into mud during the rainy season, and the walls couldn’t keep out the heat, cold or bugs(小昆虫). The school was in need of all material goods, but the kids possessed great human spirit.
It broke my heart that these children had to struggle to survive, so I asked the headmaster what it would cost to feed them. As little as 20 cents per child per day, he told me. Immediately I got home, I founded Kids of Kilimanjaro. Since then we’ve grown to provide hot lunches for nearly 13,000 schoolchildren every day. The free lunch program has eased a major problem the youngsters face.
I know a good education could really make a difference in these children’s lives. My parents always stressed the importance of education. I paid my own way through college in Tokyo by teaching English to students and businesspeople. After attending university I moved to San Francisco, when I was 25 years old. In 1978 I realized my American dream when I founded my own company. My success all started with a good education.
It’s amazing that something as simple as a nutritious lunch can change and enrich so many lives. Giving young people a better, healthier life can inspire them to go all the way through college and lead a movement that transforms their country.
小题1:Why did the author go to Tanzania to celebrate his 60th birthday?
A.He was curious about what Africa was like.
B.He was concerned about the Africans’ miserable life.
C.He wanted to get an idea of the area’s wildlife.
D.He hoped to lead a movement that would transform his country.
小题2:After his tour to the school, the author found that the kids there were ________.
A.in need of help
B.not interested in studies
C.not used to the rainy season
D.in low spirits
小题3:What is the main purpose of Kids of Kilimanjaro?
A.To make sure the African kids are mentally healthy.
B.To spread knowledge among the African kids.
C.To build new schools for the African kids.
D.To protect the African kids from hunger.
小题4:What is the correct sequence of the following events?
a.“I” founded “my” first company.
b.“I” founded Kids of Kilimanjaro.
c.“I” read “my” first Tarzan comic.
d.“I” moved to San Francisco.
A.a, c, d, b
B.a, d, c, b
C.c, a, d, b
D.c, d, a, b
小题5:The author believes education is important because __________.
A.his parents always stressed the importance of education
B.a good education contributes to his success
C.he paid his own way through college by teaching English
D.he’s trying to realize his American dream

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On the Iraq-Syria border, a pack of wild dogs circled a group of American soldiers for food. The 1 of the pack was a gray-and-white dog. The soldiers 2 him Nubs. Nubs was shaking and 3  able to stand. Marine major Brian Dennis looked closer and saw that there was a knife wound 4 his chest.
Dennis couldn’t 5 seeing the dog suffer. He and his men immediately treated the wound, and gave Nubs oral medicine. Nubs pulled through but was still 6. The next day, the team had to leave. Ten days later, Dennis’s unit was back and so was Nubs. He was still 7, but the men fed him and played with him.
Before long the unit once again 8 an outpost (前哨) 70 miles away. Nubs, slowly but 9 tracked them far into the trackless wasteland until the men lost 10 of him. Two days later, beyond Dennis’s 11, he saw Nubs just outside the outpost. The dog had 12 him across 70 miles of frozen desert to meet the friend who had saved his life. From then on Nubs and the men slept in the same place, and ran around in the same ruins.
Until a(n) 13 came down from above that they should not be allowed to have pets, Dennis decided to make sure the dog 14 continue to live the good life. So he quickly 15 $4,000 from his family and friends to fly Nubs to 16.
A month later, when Dennis and the dog were 17 in California, at first Nubs didn’t recognize the guy. 18 within seconds , the dog flew into Dennis’s arms, 19 up again and again to lick his friend’s face.
A little care and concern in the middle of war will not save a 20 world. But small stories, like the story of a soldier and a dog, hold a promise of a harmonious world.
小题1:
A.guiderB.leaderC.major D.helper
小题2:
A.calledB.saidC.told.D.spoke
小题3:
A.mostlyB.certainlyC.barelyD.clearly
小题4:
A.inB.onC.atD.behind
小题5:
A.helpB.standC.admitD.avoid
小题6:
A.in vainB.in dangerC.in surpriseD.in pain
小题7:
A.weakB.sadC.aliveD.alone
小题8:
A.made upB.returned fromC.left forD.took over
小题9:
A.aimlesslyB.determinedlyC.unhappilyD.carefully
小题10:
A.touchB.footprintC.sightD.control
小题11:
A.imaginationB.abilityC.understandingD.power
小题12:
A.savedB.shownC.foundD.followed
小题13:
A.signalB.projectC.planD.order
小题14:
A.needB.wouldC.mightD.should
小题15:
A.roseB.aroseC.raisedD.aroused
小题16:
A.BritainB.AmericaC.IraqD.Syria
小题17:
A.reunitedB.recalledC.restoredD.reminded
小题18:
A.SoB.AndC.ButD.Then
小题19:
A.jumpingB.climbingC.cheeringD.bringing
小题20:
A.peacefulB.competitiveC.fantasticD.violent

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Dear Mr Brown,
“Do you like my dress?" A little girl asked a passing stranger. "My mommy made it just for me." She said with tears in her eyes. "Well, I think it"s very pretty. So tell me , little one, why are you   1   ?"  With a quiver(颤动) in her voice the little girl answered,"After Mommy made me this dress, she had to   2   ." "Well, now," said the lady, "with a little girl like you waiting for her, I"m sure she"ll be right   3   ." "No ,Madam,you don"t understand," said the child through her tears," my daddy said she"s up in  4    now with Grandfather. "Finally the woman   5   what the child meant, and why she was crying. Kneeling down she     6 cradled(抱着) the child in her arms and together they cried for the mommy that was gone. Then suddenly the little girl did something that the woman thought was a bit.She stopped crying, stepped back from the woman and began to  8 .She sang so softly that it was almost a whisper. It was the    9   sound the woman had ever heard, almost like the song of a very small  10 . After the child stopped singing she explained to the lady, "My mommy used to sing that song to me before she went away, and she made me    11  to sing it whenever I started crying and it would make me   12   ." "See," she exclaimed, "it did, and now my eyes are13 !" As the woman turned to go, the little girl grabbed her sleeve, "Madam, can you 14 a minute? I want to show you something." "Of course," she answered, "what do you want me to see?" Pointing to a spot on her dress, she said, "Right here is where my mommy   15  my dress, and here, "pointing to another spot, "and here is another kiss, and here, and here. Mommy said that she put all those kisses on my   16  so that I would have her kisses for every booboo (错误) that made me cry." Then the lady realized that she wasn"t just looking at a dress, no, she was looking at a  17 who knew that she was going away and would not be there to kiss away the   18   that she knew her daughter would get. So she took all the love she had for her beautiful little girl and put them into this dress that her child now so proudly 19  . She no longer saw a little girl in a    20   dress. She saw a child wrapped…in her mother"s love.
小题1:
A.standingB.smilingC.cryingD.talking
小题2:
A.go outB.run awayC.leave awayD.go away
小题3:
A.inB.outC.backD.down
小题4:
A.skyB.airC.houseD.heaven
小题5:
A.sawB.realizedC.recognizedD.though
小题6:
A.gentlyB.rudelyC.happilyD.carefully
小题7:
A.sadB.terribleC.strangeD.exciting
小题8:
A.cryB.shoutC.laughD.sing
小题9:
A.sweetestB.lowestC.simplestD.slightest
小题10:
A.beeB.childC.birdD.cat
小题11:
A.likeB.wishC.permitD.promise
小题12:
A.stopB.beginC.continueD.finish
小题13:
A.cleanB.wetC.dryD.clear
小题14:
A.leaveB.keepC.sitD.stay
小题15:
A.kissedB.madeC.gave D.washed
小题16:
A.handB.heartC.bodyD.dress
小题17:
A.womanB.soulC.motherD.Person
小题18:
A.hurtsB.problemC.joysD.surprises
小题19:
A.heldB.putC.woreD.hid
小题20:
A.easyB.beautifulC.attractiveD.simple

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There were once three little butterfly(蝴蝶)brothers, one white, one red, and one yellow. They played among the flowers in the garden, but never grew tired because they were so happy. One day there came a    1   rain, and it wet their wings. They   2   home, but when they got there they found the doorand the key gone. So they had to stay outdoors in the    4  .
Soon they flew to the    5  and yellow tulip(郁金香), and said, “Friend Tulip, will you open your flower and let us     6  till the storm is over?” The tulip    7    , “The red and yellow butterflies may enter, because they are   8    me, but the white one may not come in.”    9   the red and yellow butterflies said, “If our white brother may not find shelter in your flower, we’ll stay  10     in the rain with him.”
It fained harder and harder, and the   11  little butterflies flew to the white lily and said, “Good Lily, will you   12  your bud(花蕾)a little so we may fly in out of the rain?” The lily answered, “The white butterfly may  13  , because he is like me , but the red and yellow ones must stay outside in the storm..” Then the little white butterfly said, “If you won’t   14  my red and yellow brothers, I’ll stay out in the rain with them. We would rather be   15  than be separated.”
So the three little butterflies flew away. But the  16  , who was behind a cloud,   17  it all, and he knew what good little  18  the butterflies were. So he pushed his face through the clouds, drove away the rain, and  19  brightly on the garden. He dried the   20   of the butterflies, and warmed their bodies. They danced among the flowers till evening. When they flew back home, they found the door wide open.
小题1:
A.thickB.lightC.heavyD.small
小题2:
A.flewB.walkedC.jumpedD.moved
小题3:
A.draggedB.lockedC.protectedD.repaired
小题4:
A.treeB.waterC.windD.Rain
小题5:
A.blackB.greenC.redD.blue
小题6:
A.inB.outC.upD.down
小题7:
A.apologizedB.roaredC.shoutedD.answered
小题8:
A.fromB.likeC.throughD.with
小题9:
A.HoweverB.IfC.ButD.Or
小题10:
A.insideB.aboveC.belowD.outside
小题11:
A.poorB.luckyC.richD.happy
小题12:
A.closeB.shakeC.openD.show
小题13:
A.go outB.come inC.get upD.take off
小题14:
A.inviteB.touchC.troubleD.receive
小题15:
A.wetB.sorryC.dryD.lonely
小题16:
A.moonB.skyC.sunD.star
小题17:
A.noticedB.heardC.reachedD.caught
小题18:
A.sistersB.classmatesC.workersD.brothers
小题19:
A.pointedB.arrivedC.shoneD.returned
小题20:
A.wingsB.headsC.feetD.legs

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