When I was 12, all I wanted was a signet (图章) ring. They were the "in" thing and it seemed every girl except me had one. On my 13th birthday, my Mum gave me a signet ring with my initials(姓名首字母) carved into it. I was in heaven.
What made it even more special was that it was about the only thing that wasn"t being "replaced". We"d been burnt out in fires that swept through our area earlier that year and had lost everything—so most of the " new" stuff (东西) we got was really just to replace what we"d lost. But not my ring. My ring was new.
Then, only one month later, I lost it. I took it off before bed and it was missing in the morning. I was sad and searched everywhere for it. But it seemed to have disappeared. Eventually, I gave up and stopped looking for it. And two years later, we sold the house and moved away.
Years passed, and a couple of moves later, I was visiting my parents" when Mum told me that she had something for me. It wasn"t my birthday, nor was it Easter or Christmas or any other gift-giving occasion. Mum noticed my questioning look. " You"ll recognize this one," she said, smiling.
Then she handed me a small ring box. I took it from her and opened it to find my beautiful signet ring inside. The family who had bought our house 13 years earlier had recently decided to do some redecorations, which included replacing the carpets. When they pulled the carpet up in my old bedroom, they found the ring. As it had my initials carved into it, they realized who owned the ring. They"d had it professionally cleaned up by a jeweler before sending it to my mother. And it still fits me.
小题1:The underlined word "in" in the first paragraph probably means "_____".| A．fashionable | B．available | C．practical | D．renewable |
小题2:When she got the ring back, the writer was about _____.| A．13 years old | B．15 years old | C．26 years old | D．28 years old |
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A． The writer"s family moved several times. | | B． The writer never stopped looking for her ring. | | C． The writer"s ring was cleaned up by the new house owner. | | D． The writer lost her ring in the morning when she took it off. |
小题4:What would be the best title for the passage?| A．My New Ring | B．Lost and Found | | C．Lost and Replaced | D．An Expensive Ring |
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小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:B |
【主旨大意】这篇是记叙文，讲述作者渴望得到了一枚有字母的戒指，但不小心丢失了，在多年后，奇迹般的找回的故事。
小题1:猜词题。从后面的句子it seemed every girl except me had one.，除了我好像每个女孩都有这样的戒指，应该是“时尚的”，或者根据大家都知道的out（过时），可以猜测出来，选A
小题2:计算题。从第一段On my 13th birthday, my Mum gave me a signet ring with my initials(姓名首字母) carved into it.可知作者在13岁的时候，妈妈给了她戒指做礼物，从第三段two years later, we sold the house and moved away.
可知两年后，作者家卖了房子，搬走了，从第五段的内容The family who had bought our house 13 years earlier had recently decided to do some redecorations, which included replacing the carpets.可知在13年后作者又得到了这枚丢失的戒指。这是作者应该是28岁找回戒指的，选D。
小题3:细节题。从第四段的第一句话Years passed, and a couple of moves later,，可知作者搬了几次家。句中的a couple of和A项的several意思相近。选A。
小题4:主旨题。根据整篇文章的主旨可知：文章主要讲述了作者的戒指失而复得的故事，所以B项 Lost and Found是最好的标题。 |
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试题【When I was 12, all I wanted was a signet (图章) ring. They were the "in" thing and】；主要考察你对
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Pride and Prejudice for the Modern Woman
Let us imagine how Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen"s most famous work, might be updated, 200 years on.
Austen"s popularity is rooted in her intelligence. But today she would certainly have had a very different life, as would her characters. Here"s my own suggestion. . .
It is a truth finally and universally acknowledged that a single woman with brains deserves to have equal opportunities to men, however disadvantaged she may feel by sexism.
" My dear husband," said his hopeful wife one day, " have you heard that the local store, standing empty for so long, is taken over by a bright young businesswoman?"
Her dull and indifferent (漠不关心的) husband replied that he had not. "But it is, it is," she replied excitedly. Mr Dull-Husband made no reply.
"Don"t you want to know her plans?" she cried with some impatience.
"Well, clearly you think it matters to your silly little head. .. so I"d better listen. "
"Well, my dear, the rumour (传言) is that she has already set up a string of successful businesses in northern England, though how a woman can know anything about that is beyond me. She will move in herself next month. " "What is her name?" "Bingley. "
"Is she married or single?"
"What a question! And none of your business. But her coming will be a fine thing for our five boys. " "How so? How can it possibly affect them? "
"My dear love; those lazy boys need something to wake them up. There are bound to be jobs going. "
" Is that her point in settling here? Surely as a woman she has simply taken a fancy to the place. "
" Nonsense, my love, how little you"ve noticed the world has changed. She"s got a first-rate degree and some sort of business qualification, I"m told. She surely needs one of our boys! Perhaps you might give her a call. "
" Me? No. Perhaps you can take an interest. You still have your looks, after all. She may even offer you a job. " "Oh, that"s not likely. These new chances belong to the younger generation. But now you mention it, I think I"ll go along all the same. "
And Mrs Bennet went along. That was 10 years ago. She is now managing director of a FTSE-listed company.
... It would remain the case, of course, that Mrs Bennet would be one of very few women on the company board, that her salary would be lower than her male colleagues, her bonus of a more "female" dimension and her lifespan (年限) among the city"s business leaders shorter than theirs. Still, she"d no doubt have enjoyed Davos—and might even have hobnobbed (攀谈) with influential figures.
小题1:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A．Austen was born 200 years ago. | | B．Austen rewrote Pride and Prejudice. | | C．Austen"s success lies in her wisdom. | | D．Austen"s updated work gains popularity. |
小题2:The underlined part in the passage suggests that Mrs Bennet ____.| A．had mixed feelings of admiration and surprise about Bingley | | B．felt kind of worried and doubtful about Bingley | | C．was extremely anxious to meet Bingley | | D．had a great curiosity about Bingley |
小题3:In the eyes of Mrs Bennet, Bingley surely needed one of their boys to ____.| A．get married to | B．work for her | | C．help her move in | D．take over her store |
小题4:What does the writer intend to tell us?| A．Women with brains can also be as successful as men. | | B．Women have to pay a high price for success. | | C．A judgment must be made free from prejudice. | | D．Sex discrimination still exists nowadays. |
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Number sense is not the ability to count. It is the ability to recognize a 1 in number. Human beings are born with this ability. 2 , experiments show that many animals are, too. For example, many birds have good number sense. If a nest has four eggs and you remove one, the bird will not 3 .However, if you remove two, the bird 4 leaves. This means that the bird knows the 5 between two and three.
Another interesting experiment showed a bird"s 6 number sense. A man was trying to take a photo of a crow（乌鸦）that had a nest in a tower, but the crow always left when she saw him coming. The bird did not 7 until the man left the tower. The man had an 8 .He took another man with him to the tower. One man left and the other stayed, but they did not 9 the bird. The crow stayed away until the second man left, too. The experiment was 10 with three men and then with four men. But the crow did not return to the nest until all the men were 11 .It was not until five men went into the tower and only four left that they were 12 able to fool the crow.
How good is a human"s number sense? It"s not very good. For example, babies about fourteen months old almost always notice if something is taken away from a 13 group. But when the number goes beyond three or four, the children are 14 fooled.
It seems that number sense is something we have in common with many animals in this world, and that our human 15 is not much better than a crow"s.
| 小题1: | | A．rise | B．pattern | C．change | D．trend |
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| 小题2: | | A．Importantly | B．Surprisingly | C．Disappointedly | D．Fortunately |
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| 小题3: | | A．survive | B．care | C．hatch | D．notice |
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| 小题4: | | A．generally | B．sincerely | C．casually | D．deliberately |
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| 小题5: | | A．distance | B．range | C．different | D．interval |
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| 小题6: | | A．amazing | B．annoying | C．satisfying | D．disturbing |
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| 小题7: | | A．relax | B．recover | C．react | D．return |
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| 小题8: | | A．appointment | B．excuse | C．idea | D．explanation |
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| 小题9: | | A．fool | B．hurt | C．catch | D．kill |
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| 小题10: | | A．reported | B．repeated | C．designed | D．approved |
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| 小题11: | | A．confused | B．gone | C．tired | D．drunk |
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| 小题12: | | A．gradually | B．luckily | C．strangely | D．finally |
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| 小题13: | | A．single | B．small | C．local | D．new |
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| 小题14: | | A．seldom | B．temporarily | C．merely | D．often |
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| 小题15: | | A．sight | B．nature | C．ability | D．belief |
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Imagination and fantasy can play an important role in achieving the things we fear. Children know this very well. Fred Epstein ,in his book If I Make It to Five, tells a story he heard from one of friends about Tom, a four-year-old boy with a cancer in his back bone. He came through several operations and a lot of pain by mastering his imagination.
Tom loved to pretend, and he particularly loved to play superheroes ,Dr. Epstein explained that it was actually a brilliant way for his young mind to handle the terrifying and painful life he led.
The day before his third trip to the operating room, Tom was terribly afraid. ”Maybe I could go as Superman ,”he whispered to his mom. Hearing this, the mother hesitated for a while. She had avoided buying the expensive costume（戏装），finally she agreed.
The next day Tom appeared as the powerful Superman, showing off through the hospital halls and coolly waving his hand to the people greeting him along the way. And Tom, with the strength of his fantasy, successfully made it through the operation.
The power of imagination need not be reserved for children only. We all have the power to use our fantasies to attempt things we never thought possible, to go through those things that seem impossible, and to achieve what we never believed we could. Just as Dr. Epstein puts it ,”If you can dream it, you can do it”
It doesn‘t mean that you should dress as a superhero for your next job interview. But, next time you are texted in a way that seems impossible, imagine what it would take to overcome it .Become the person you need to become to win over your challenge and do it in your mind first. So, let your imagination run wild, and dare to dream.
小题1:What do we know about Tom?| A．He was seriously ill | B．He was a dishonest boy. | | C．He was crazy about magic | D．He was Dr.Epstein’s patient |
小题2:What can be inferred about Tom’s mother?| A．She was a rich lady | B．She refused Tom’s request | | C．She wanted Tom to be a superhero | D．She wanted to get Tom through the pain |
小题3:When Tom went for the third operation,he .| A．pretended to be painful | B．acted like a superhero | | C．appeared in poor spirit s | D．argued with his mother |
小题4:In the last paragraph, you are advised .| A．to go through some difficult tests | | B．to wake up from your wild dreams | | C．to become a powerful person in your mind | | D．to wear expensive clothes for job interviews |
小题5:What is the purpose of the passage?| A．To tell us an interesting story. | | B．To help us make right decisions. | | C．To advise us to care about children. | | D．To encourage us to use our imagination. |
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One day, when I was working as a psychologist in England，an adolescent boy showed up in my office. It was David. He kept walking up and down restlessly, his face pale, and his hands shaking slightly. His head teacher had referred him to me. "This boy has lost his family," he wrote. "He is understandably very sad and refuses to talk to others, and I"m very worried about him. Can you help?”
I looked at David and showed him to a chair. How could I help him? There are problems psychology doesn’t have the answer to, and which no words can describe. Sometimes the best thing one can do is to listen openly and sympathetically
The first two times we met, David didn"t say a word. He sat there, only looking up to look at the children"s drawings on the wall behind me. I suggested we play a game of chess. He nodded. After that he played chess with me every Wednesday afternoon-in complete silence and without looking at me. It"s not easy to cheat in chess, but I admit I made sure David won once or twice.
Usually, he arrived earlier than agreed, took the chess board and pieces from the shelf and began setting them up before I even got a chance to sit down. It seemed as if he enjoyed my company. But why did he never look at me?
"Perhaps he simply needs someone to share his pain with," I thought. "Perhaps he senses that I respect his suffering.” Some months later, when we were playing chess, he looked up at me suddenly.
"It’s your turn," he said.
After that day, David started talking. He got friends in school and joined a bicycle club. He wrote to me a few times about his biking with some friends, and about his plan to get into university. Now he had really started to live his own life.
Maybe I gave David something. But I also learned that one-without any words-can reach out to another person. All it takes is a hug, a shoulder to cry on, a friendly touch, and an ear that listens.
小题1:When he first met the author, David .| A．felt a little excited | B．walked energetically | | C．looked a little nervous | D．showed up with his teacher |
小题2:As a psychologist, the author .| A．was ready to listen to David | | B．was skeptical about psychology | | C．was able to describe David"s problem | | D．was sure of handling David"s problem |
小题3:David enjoyed being with the author because he________.| A．wanted to ask the author for advice | | B．need to share sorrow with the author | | C．liked the children’s drawings in the office | | D．bear the author many times in the chess game |
小题4:What can be inferred about David?| A．He recovered after months of treatment. | | B．He liked biking before he lost his family. | | C．He went into university soon after starting to talk. | | D．He got friends in school before he met the author. |
小题5:What made David change?| A．His teacher’s help. | | B．The author’s friendship. | | C．His exchange of letters with the author. | | D．The author’s silent communication with him. |
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A little girl lived in a simple and poor house on a hill.Usually she 36 play in the small garden.She could see over the garden fence and across the valley a wonderful house with shining golden windows high on another hill.37 she loved her parents and her family, she desired to live in such a house and 38 all day about how wonderful and exciting 39 must feel to live there.
At the age when she gained some 40 skill and sensibility(识别力), she 41 her mother for a bike ride 42 the garden. Her mother finally allowed her to go, 43 her keeping close to the house and not 44 too far. The day was beautifu. The girl knew 45 where she was heading! 46 the hill and across the valley, she rode to the 47 of the golden house.
48 she got off her bike and put it against the gate post, she focused on the path 49 to the house and then on the house itself. She was very disappointed when she 50 that all the windows were 51 and rather dirty.
So 52 and heart-broken, she didn’t go any further. She 53, and all of a sudden she saw an amazing 54. There on the other side of the valley was a little house and its windows were golden. Looking at her little home, she 55 that she had been living n her golden house filled with love and care.Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her nose.
| 小题1: | | A．might | B．should | C．would | D．must |
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| 小题2: | | A．Unless | B．Although | C．Since | D．But |
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| 小题3: | | A．dreamed | B．worried | C．asked | D．shouted |
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| 小题5: | | A．different | B．scientific | C．musical | D．basic |
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| 小题6: | | A．begged | B．blamed | C．invited | D．paid |
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| 小题7: | | A．inside | B．outside | C．through | D．along |
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| 小题8: | | A．insisting on | B．relying on | C．arguing about | D．wondering about |
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| 小题9: | | A．travelling | B．running | C．riding | D．walking |
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| 小题10: | | A．madly | B．rapidly | C．exactly | D．possibly |
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| 小题11: | | A．Over | B．Down | C．Around | D．Beside |
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| 小题12: | | A．windows | B．steps | C．center | D．gate |
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| 小题13: | | A．Until | B．As | C．While | D．Because |
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| 小题14: | | A．getting | B．introducing | C．leading | D．moving |
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| 小题15: | | A．felt | B．learned | C．concluded | D．found |
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| 小题16: | | A．transparent | B．bright | C．plain | D．wide |
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| 小题17: | | A．anxious | B．angry | C．serious | D．sad |
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| 小题18: | | A．turned around | B．cheered up | C．settled down | D．dropped in |
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| 小题19: | | A．hill | B．valley | C．background | D．sight |
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| 小题20: | | A．imagined | B．decided | C．realized | D．guessed |
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