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Few people ever took notice of Mr. Jimmy Tan whenever he entered a room. He was a shy, quiet and simple man who preferred to keep to himself in public. On the other hand, Mr. Thomas Kim, a fellow scientist, was a man everyone would notice on the streets. He wore bright outfits with huge flower prints, spoke with a booming voice, and his laughter could be heard from all corners of a room. In addition to the differences in their characters, Mr. Kim and Mr. Tan were also great rivals at work in the Institute of Future Science.
On Christmas Eve, everyone left work early to celebrate the special occasion, except for Mr. Tan and Mr. Kim. They were in their laboratory analyzing the results of their latest experiments. Mr. Tan realized that something special was taking place in his experiment —the bacteria he had cultured were growing extremely quickly under high pressure and at a very low temperature. After noting down the findings in his notebook, he left the room to prepare for another round of tests. Shortly after, Mr. Kim entered.
“Hey Jimmy,” Mr. Kim called out, “do you have an extra copy of the laboratory booking form?”
There was no reply, so Mr. Kim looked through Mr. Tan’s things. He soon found Mr. Tan"s notebook and was horrified to see that Mr. Tan had managed to make one of the most important discoveries in modern science. He then looked into the deep-freeze cupboard where a dish containing the bacteria was kept. He put them into his pocket and returned to his own laboratory.
Mr. Tan came back an hour later to find his notebook and the dish missing. He knew that Mr. Kim had taken them and went to Mr. Kim"s laboratory to find out. When he opened the door, he found Mr. Kim lying on the floor motionless. His face was pale and his skin had turned black. The deadly bacteria had been handled improperly. He shook his head and left.
小题1:From the first paragraph we know Mr. Kim was a quite    person.
A.famousB.hardworking
C.wealthyD.outgoing
小题2:The underlined word "rivals" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to   .
A.enemiesB.colleagues
C.competitorsD.friends
小题3:What does the underlined word “them” refer to in the 4th paragraph?
A.the most important discoveries
B.the notebook and the dish
C.the cupboard and the bacteria
D.the dish and the bacteria
小题4:Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.Mr. Kim was afraid Mr. Tan might succeed ahead of him.
B.Mr. Tan"s bacteria grew very fast in a warm container.
C.Mr. Tan worked much harder than Mr. Kim.
D.Mr. Kim was so tired that he fell down into sleep.
小题5:What happened to Mr. Kim in the end?
A.He died on Christmas Eve.
B.He was arrested by the police.
C.He shared the success with Mr. Tan.
D.He succeeded ahead of Mr. Tan.

答案

小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:A
解析

试题分析:本文主要讲述了Mr Tan和Mr Kim性格不同,文中交代了他们各自的性格的不同,但他们却是工作上的竞争对手,在其中一人遭遇不幸时,另一个人袖手旁观的故事。
小题1:细节理解题。根据从第一段内容He wore bright outfits with huge flower prints, spoke with a booming voice, and his laughter could be heard from all corners of a room.可知Mr Kim是一个外向的人。故选D。
小题2:词义猜测题。根据除了性格的不同外,他们两个也是工作上的竞争对手。故选C。
小题3:词义猜测题。根据下文Mr. Tan came back an hour later to find his notebook and the dish missing.可知应选B。
小题4:细节理解题。根据从第四段的第二句He soon found Mr Tan’s notebook and was horrified to see that Mr Tan had managed to make one of the most important discoveries in modern science.故选A。
小题5:细节理解题。根据从第二段的第一句On Christmas Eve以及最后一段第三、四句When he opened the door, he found Mr Kim lying on the floor motionless.His face was pale and his skin had turned black.故选A。
点评:句意猜测该题型主要考查考生根据上下文推测词义和语义的能力,突出考查根据上下文语境的分析和把握能力。考查内容主要有猜测某个生词、熟词生义、短语或句子的意思以及猜测代词的指代等。
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Four brothers left home for college, and they became successful doctors and lawyers. Some years later, they  16  after having dinner together. They discussed the  17  they gave their elderly mother who lived far away in another city. The first said, “I had a  18  house built for Mama.” The second said, “I had my Mercedes-Benz dealer(经销商)send a  19  to her.” The third said, “I built a beautiful   20  for Mama.” The fourth said, “You know   21  Mama loved reading poems and you know she can’t read anymore because she can’t   22  very well. I met a   23  who had a parrot(鹦鹉)that can recite many poems. It took him 12 years to   24  it to speak and he earns his living by renting it out. I had to pay him $100,000 a year for twenty years,  25  it is worth it.” On hearing that, the other brothers were   26  by his good thought.
After the holidays their mother   27  her thank-you notes, which read:
“Milton, the house you built is so huge. I only live in one room, but I have to 28  the whole house. It’s a tiring job. Thanks anyway.”
“Marvin, I am too old to   29 . I stay home and have my foods delivered, so I’ll 30  use the car. The   31  was good, although not practical. Thanks.”
“Michael, you gave me an expensive building for 50 people to  32  plays or watch movies in it, but all my friends are dead. I’ve almost   33  my hearing and I’m nearly blind. I won’t use it. Thank you all the same.”
“Dearest Melvin, you were the   34  son to have the good sense to give a little thought to your gift. The chicken tasted so   35  . I liked it very much. Thank you.”
小题1:
A.foughtB.talkedC.studied D.slept
小题2:
A.gifts B.chancesC.wishesD.challenges
小题3:
A.warmB.bigC.safeD.lonely
小题4:
A.bookB.bikeC.carD.bag
小题5:
A.station B.museumC.libraryD.theater
小题6:
A.whatB.howC.why D.when
小题7:
A.listen B.feelC.see D.walk
小题8:
A.nurseB.writer C.businessmanD.lawyer
小题9:
A.protect B.beatC.raiseD.teach
小题10:
A.butB.soC.unlessD.although
小题11:
A.treatedB.impressed C.threatenedD.hurt
小题12:
A.sent out B.put upC.took out D.picked up
小题13:
A.sellB.borrowC.cleanD.visit
小题14:
A.learnB.workC.exercise D.travel
小题15:
A.neverB.oftenC.regularlyD.sometimes
小题16:
A.futureB.hobbyC.ideaD.program
小题17:
A.create B.enjoy C.bringD.record
小题18:
A.lostB.admiredC.remainedD.discovered
小题19:
A.sameB.lastC.nextD.only
小题20:
A.strangeB.unpleasantC.bitterD.delicious

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In his lowest days when few people bought his records, Taiwan singer Steve Chou lived alone in Canada and did little. One day, he passed by a local CD store and heard a song that greatly attracted him.
“My heart tells me that music is the thing I truly want to do, not for fame or money,” Chou said. That’s how we luckily have such a music genius, who has since then composed lots of hits for the pop music charts (排行榜). 
“Sometimes we need to get close to nature to look deeply into our souls and see what we really want to follow,” he said.
Recently he has made public his latest work Lovers Genesis. In this album he explores human relationships in the Internet age.“Technology itself is a good thing, but it depends on how you’re going to use it,”is Chou’s advice to teenagers.
Chou often gets his music ideas from trips. He has traveled to many places around the world and believes that learning a country’s language is the fastest way of experiencing the culture behind it.
Chou has worked hard on learning English to push forward his music career. He has flown to the UK to attend months-long English training schools three times. There he lives with local families and practices daily conversations.
“So I could easily read the English instructions on recording machines and communicate with the local music producers,” said Chou, “The music reviews of the US or British singers that I appreciate could help me learn and grow with them.”
小题1:Which of the following about Steve Chou is the correct order?
a. He made public his work Lovers Genesis.
b. He passed by a local CD store and heard a song that greatly attracted him.
c. He composed lots of hits for the pop music charts.
d. Few people bought his records.
A.abcdB.dbcaC.acbdD.dacb
小题2:Why has Chou flown to the UK to learn English?
A.Because he wants to live in the UK.
B.Because his record company asks him to.
C.Because he wants to sell his album in the UK.
D.Because he thinks it will be helpful for his music career.
小题3:Steve Chou may agree with the following except that __________.
A.taking trips gives him some ideas of music
B.what we really want to follow is the most important
C.music is a thing that can bring him fame and money
D.in International age, technology itself is not a bad thing
小题4:What is Steve Chou like according to the passage?
A.Kind and helpful.B.Proud and confident.
C.Active and hard-working.D.Calm and disappointed.

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We spent a day in the country, picking wild flowers. With the car full of flowers we were going home. On our way back my wife noticed a cupboard outside a furniture shop. It was tall and narrow. “Buy it,” my wife said at once. “We’ll carry it home on the roof rack(行李架), I’ve always wanted one like that.”
What could I do? Ten minutes later I was 20 pounds poorer, and the cupboard was tied onto the roof rack. It was six inches long and eighteen inches square, quite heavy too.
In the gathering darkness I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed unusually polite that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea.
After a time my wife said, “There’s a long line of cars behind. Why don’t they overtake, I wonder?”
In fact a police car did overtake. The two officers inside looked at us seriously as they passed. But then, with great kindness, they led us through the rush-hour traffic. The police car stopped at our village church. One of the officers came to me.
“Right, sir,” he said. “Do you need any more help?”
I was a bit puzzled. “Thanks, officer,” I said. “You have been very kind. I live just on the road.”
He was staring at our car: first at the flowers, and then at the cupboard. “Well, well,” he said, laughing. “It’s a cupboard you’ve got there! We thought it was, something else.”
My wife began to laugh. Then the truth hit me like a stone between the eyes. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, it’s a cupboard, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could.
小题1:It can be inferred from the passage that______.
A.other drivers let the couple go first, because the husband did not drive fast
B.the cupboard cost less than 20 pounds
C.the husband, in fact, would rather not buy the cupboard
D.all the cars followed the couple’s
小题2:The police will be more polite to those who are______.
A.in great sorrowB.driving in the gathering darkness
C.driving with wild flowers in the carD.carrying furniture
小题3:What did the police officer think of the cupboard?
A.It was so expensive that it needed their help
B.It was a box for a dead person to be buried in.
C.There might be something stolen in it.
D.It was a big box with some bomb in it.
小题4:What did the husband think of the whole matter?
A.It was very strange.B.He took great pride in it.
C.He was puzzled at itD.He felt embarrassed.

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My husband Mike hated Christmas. He didn’t hate the true meaning of ___36___, but the commercial aspects (方面) of it. Knowing he felt this ____37__, I decided one year to__38__the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so on. I reached for something __39_just for Mike. The idea came in an unusual way.
   Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was____40__at the junior level at the school he attended and shortly before Christmas, there was a non-league match___41____a team sponsored(资助) by a church.
   These youngsters from the church, dressed in shoes so____42___that shoestrings(鞋带) seemed to be the only thing holding them together,___43_____our son’s team were in their beautiful new wrestling shoes.
   As the match began, I was___44___to see that the other team was wrestling without a helmet(头盔) designed to___45____a wrestler’s head. They clearly could not____46___ them. Well, our son’s team ended up defeating them and took every weight class. But as the other team ____47__up from the mat(垫子), they walked around with a sense of pride that couldn’t admit___48____.
   Mike, seated beside me, shook his head___49___, “I wish just one of them could have won,” he said. “They have a lot of potential(潜力), but___50___like this could take the heart right out of them.” Mike loved__51____and he knew them, having coached little league football, baseball. That’s when the __52____for his present came. That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and ___53____some wrestling helmets and shoes and sent them to the church.
   On Christmas Eve, I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Mike what I had done and that this was his____54___from me. His smile was the____55___ thing about Christmas that year.
小题1:
A.the giftB.an envelopeC.the wrestling D.Christmas
小题2:
A.wayB.joyC.musicD.fear
小题3:
A.buyB.avoid  C.wearD.give
小题4:
A.beautifulB.expensive C.specialD.new
小题5:
A.wrestlingB.weightliftingC.shootingD.boxing
小题6:
A.atB.against   C.forD.on
小题7:
A.bigB.small  C.wornD.cheap
小题8:
A.becauseB.if  C.soD.while
小题9:
A.frightenedB.disappointedC.pleasedD.surprised
小题10:
A.coverB.surround   C.protectD.hide
小题11:
A.carryB.afford  C.designD.expect
小题12:
A.gotB.dressed    C.turnedD.cheered
小题13:
A.defeatB.evidence   C.chargeD.mistake
小题14:
A.gentlyB.sadly  C.nervouslyD.gladly
小题15:
A.runningB.winning   C.losingD.shaking
小题16:
A.workmatesB.parents    C.friendsD.kids
小题17:
A.invitationB.idea   C.careD.money
小题18:
A.returnB.sold   C.boughtD.left
小题19:
A.giftB.warning    C.praiseD.love
小题20:
A.brightestB.funniest C.ugliestD.darkest

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There is an old Chinese tale about a woman whose only son died. Sadly, she went to the holy man and asked, “What magical things do you have to bring my son back to life?”
Instead of sending her away or reasoning with her, he said to her, “Fetch me a mustard (芥菜) seed from a home that has never known sadness. We will use it to drive the sadness out of your life.” The woman happily went off at once in search of that magical mustard seed.
She first came to a splendid house, knocked at the door and said, “I am looking for a home that has never known sadness. Is it such a place? It is very important to me.”
They told her “You’ve certainly come to the wrong place” and began to describe all the tragic things that had happened to them recently.
The woman said to herself, “I have had misfortune of my own. Who is able to help these poor, unfortunate people?” She stayed to comfort them, and then went on in search of a home that had never known sadness. But wherever she went, she found one tale after another of sadness and misfortune. She became so involved in other people’s sorrow that finally she forgot about her search for the magical mustard seed, never realizing that it had, in fact, driven the sadness out of her life.
小题1:Which of the following does the story lead us to believe?
A.Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
B.Time passed cannot be called back again.
C.You can’t feel happy unless compared with others.
D.You can’t expect to know the result until you have tried.
小题2:Instead of sending the woman away, the holy man      .
A.asked her to help him first
B.tried to comfort her with kind words
C.asked her to look for a thing that didn’t exist at all
D.tried to encourage her by talking with her
小题3:Leaving the holy man, the woman      .
A.was full of hopeB.was filled with sadness
C.was determined to try againD.became discouraged
小题4:The best title for the text would be “     ”.
A.A woman’s misfortuneB.A nice surprise
C.The holy man’s faithD.Cure for sadness

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