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Winston Churchill was born into a famous family.His father was a successful politician.However, as a boy, Churchill was considered a slow learner in school.Later he entered the Army and saw action in various countries.
In October 1900, Churchill began his political career.For the next sixty years Churchill’s work as a great politician was both brighter and more difficult than his father’s had been.In 1939 German attacked Poland.Churchill prepared to fight.In 1940 he became the Prime Minister of English.
France fell.The Germans fought their way through Western Europe.It looked as if Britain was about to lose the war.Was it now possible to ask for peace, and listen to Hitler?
Churchill spoke: “I have nothing to offer but blood, hard work , tears and sweat… You ask what is our policy? I will tell you, it is to fight, by sea , by land and air, with all our force and with all the strength that God can give us.You ask what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory.”
The Germans began moving their armies to the French coast and prepared to go to war with British.The British had not enough guns to go around.Churchill gave the answer: “ We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be.We shall fight on the coast ; we shall fight on the landing grounds; we shall fight in the fields and in the streets; we shall fight in the hills; we shall never give up.”
By his courage and hard work, Churchill heartened his people and other nations fighting together against Hitler.Victory finally came when the Germans lost World War II.
Churchill died in 1965 and was given a state funeral.This was a fitting payment to one of all the greatest men the world had ever seen.
小题1:Churchill ______ before he became a politician.
A.was a slow studentB.was an army man
C.helped his father in his careerD.had little interest in politics
小题2:The Germans attacked British _______.
A.after France was defeated B.before France fell
C.soon after Poland was attackedD.before Churchill became the Prime Minister
小题3:The underlined word “heartened” probably means ______ in this passage.
A.surprisedB.encouragedC.asked forD.called for
小题4:Which of the following is NOT true?
A.Churchill had worked as a politician for more than sixty years.
B.The writer admired and respected Churchill very much.
C.Churchill was not so clever as his father.
D.Churchill was one of the most inspiring, brave and wise leaders in the British history.

答案

小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:C
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试题分析:本文主要讲述了英国著名首相丘吉尔的一生的主要故事。
小题1:B 细节题。根据文章1,2段.Later he entered the Army and saw action in various countries.
In October 1900, Churchill began his political career可知他是先参军,如何才从政,故B正确。
小题2:A 推理题。根据文章第三段France fell.The Germans fought their way through Western Europe.It looked as if Britain was about to lose the war.可知德国是在打败法国以后才准备进攻英国,故A正确。
小题3:B 推理题。根据本段   By his courage and hard work, Churchill heartened his people and other nations fighting together against Hitler.Victory finally came when the Germans lost World War II.可知他是在鼓励他的国民为了胜利而斗争,故该词是指鼓励的意思,故B正确。
小题4:C 细节题。根据第二段1,2行  In October 1900, Churchill began his political career.For the next sixty years Churchill’s work as a great politician was both brighter and more difficult than his father’s had been可知他做政客的表现比他爸爸的预料要更好,说明C项说法是错误的。
点评:本文主要讲述了英国著名首相丘吉尔的一生的主要故事。本文细节题居多,答题时在文章找到对应的地方,用笔进行标记,这有利于后期有时间检查时可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔细理解作者所讲的意思,再结合选项,通过排除法和自己对全文的把握,选出正确答案。
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When I learned that 71-year-old mother was playing Scrabble —a word game, I knew I had to do something. My husband suggests we give her a computer to play against herself. I wasn’t sure whether my mother was ready for it. After all, it had taken 15 years to persuade her to buy an electric cooker. Even so, we packed up our old computer and delivered it to my parents’ home. And so began my mother’s adventure in the world of the computers.
It also marked the beginning of an unusual teaching task for me. I’ve taught people of all ages, but I never thought I would be teaching my mother how to do anything.
She has been the one teaching me all my life: to cook and sew; to enjoy the good times and put up with the bad. Now it was my turn to give something back.
   It wasn’t easy at the beginning. There was so much to explain and to introduce. Slowly but surely, my mother caught on, making notes in a little notebook. After a few months of Scrabble and other games, I decided it was time to introduce her to word processing. This proved to be a bigger challenge to her, so I gave her some homework. I asked her to write me a letter, using different letter types, colors and spaces. 
“Are you this demanding with your kindergarten pupils?” she asked.
“No, of course not,” I said.”They already know how to use a computer.”
 My mother isn’t the only one experiencing a fast personal growth period. Thanks to the computer, my father has finally got over his phone allergy(过敏). For as long as I can remember, any time I called, my mother would answer. Dad and I have had more phone conversations in the last two months than we’ve had in the past 20 years.
小题1:What does the author do?
A.She is a cooker
B.She is a teacher
C.She is a housewife
D.She is a computer engineer
小题2:The author decided to give her mother a computer _____.
A.to let her have more chances to write letters
B.to support to her in doing her homework
C.to help her through the bad times
D.to make her life more enjoyable
小题3:The author asked her mother to write her a letter _____.
A.because her mother had stopped using the telephone
B.because she wanted to keep in touch with her mother
C.so that her mother could practice what she had learned
D.so that her mother could be free from the housework

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I was driving around downtown one afternoon in the winter. I   1  a red light and stopped. As I was   2 , I saw a young guy standing on my left. He was   3  in the face and holding a cardboard sign with some   4  on it. When you’re in the heart of downtown, it’s pretty   5  to see homeless people asking for   6 . Generally, I would pass them, but this time when I glanced over the sign, I   7 
I can’t remember what the sign said exactly, but it was something like: “  8  money / food, have stomach cancer, homeless, anything helps.”
I didn’t know why, but for some   9  this particular sign struck me. The   10  had just turned green, and there was a line of lunch rush hour traffic behind me. I went back and forth in my    11  a hundred times in that next   12  about whether I should do something. “Should I help?  13  on? Should I do something?”
I didn’t. I did nothing.
The traffic moved  14 , and I went with it. About a block(街区)or two away, my heart had sunk simply for this guy. I felt so   15  for him. So, I decided to go back and ask him  16  I could buy him lunch and hear his story.
It took me about five minutes to   17  and back on to the same street where I had seen him. It was just five minutes — but he was   18 .
“Where did he go so fast?” I wondered. So, there was   19  left to do except drive on. 
If you get a special nudge(想做的事)from inside you,   20  consider acting on it. Don’t miss out — for yourself and for that other person.
小题1:
A.came up toB.came fromC.came up withD.came in
小题2:
A.talkingB.walkingC.waitingD.resting
小题3:
A.proudB.paleC.happyD.dirty
小题4:
A.paintingB.sayingC.feelingD.writing
小题5:
A.commonB.rudeC.specialD.unlucky
小题6:
A.respectB.adviceC.moneyD.equipment
小题7:
A.stoppedB.returnedC.continuedD.laughed
小题8:
A.CollectB.NeedC.KeepD.Devote
小题9:
A.conditionB.purposeC.goalD.reason
小题10:
A.carB.signC.lightD.face
小题11:
A.mindB.pocketC.stomachD.body
小题12:
A.weekB.secondC.dayD.hour
小题13:
A.HoldB.WorkC.ComeD.Drive
小题14:
A.backwardB.upwardC.forwardD.outside
小题15:
A.importantB.upsetC.easyD.wonderful
小题16:
A.if B.whereC.howD.when
小题17:
A.go outB.turn aroundC.go awayD.turn up
小题18:
A.blindB.caughtC.deadD.gone
小题19:
A.everythingB.somethingC.nothingD.anything
小题20:
A.jokinglyB.recentlyC.usuallyD.seriously

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Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new  1  in high school.
2 , high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts(选拔赛)for cheerleaders(啦啦队队员). She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be      3  for her to be selected. Two hours later, the   read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart   as the list ended without her name. Feeling  6 , she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.
Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was  . She moved on to English and history, and was  to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to   math for the time being.
The next day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school    10  . Mrs. Biden wasn’t as 11   as Jenna. “I’m sorry, but we have enough 12   for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.” Jenna smiled 13  and left. “Why is high school so  14  ?” she sighed.
Later in 15  class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much  16  . By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she’d continue to try to 17   at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to  18 . High school was just as her mom had said: “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond  19 a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the   20  fish you can be.”
小题1:
A.processesB.exercisesC.challengesD.decision
小题2:
A.ThereforeB.BesidesC.OtherwiseD.However
小题3:
A.difficultB.interestingC.boringD.easy
小题4:
A.editorB.judgeC.candidateD.boss
小题5:
A.jumpedB.racedC.stoppedD.sank
小题6:
A.strangeB.lonely C.awfulD.happy
小题7:
A.strugglingB.complaining C.workingD.improving
小题8:
A.ashamedB.relieved C.shockedD.disappointed
小题9:
A.put upB.give upC.worry aboutD.prepare for
小题10:
A.committeeB.team C.radioD.newspaper
小题11:
A.enthusiasticB.realisticC.sympatheticD.artistic
小题12:
A.speakersB.writersC.cheerleadersD.readers
小题13:
A.widelyB.brightly C.excitedlyD.weakly
小题14:
A.similarB.familiarC.differentD.ordinary
小题15:
A.physicsB.math C.EnglishD.history
小题16:
A.pleasureB.sorrowC.troubleD.hope
小题17:
A.fit inB.get around C.stay upD.look out
小题18:
A.swimB.escapeC.askD.try
小题19:
A.in return forB.instead ofC.in terms ofD.in case of
小题20:
A.slimmestB.gentlestC.bestD.smallest

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When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, "Be sure and take a typing course(课程) so when this show business thing doesn"t work out, you"ll have something to rely on." Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. From that moment on, "the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course," she recalls.
The show business thing worked out, of course. In her career, Mary won many awards. Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her mom," I don"t know how to use a computer," she admits.
Unlike her 1995 autobiography(自传), After All, her second book is less about life as an award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is intended for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an organization she serves as international chairman. "I felt there was a need for a book like this," she says." I didn"t want to lecture, but I wanted other diabetics to know that things get better when we"re self-controlled and do our part in managing the disease."
But she hasn"t always practiced what she teaches. In her book, she describes that awful day, almost 40 years ago, when she received two pieces of life-changing news. First, she had lost the baby she was carrying, and second, tests showed that she had diabetes. In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow up —again—and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only then did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overcome her addiction to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet.
Although her disease has affected her eyesight, she refuses to fall into self-pity. "Everybody on earth can ask, "why me?" about something or other," she insists. "It doesn"t do any good. No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and disappointments. Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I"ve come to realize the importance of that as I"ve grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be."
小题1:Why did Mary feel regretful?
A.She didn"t achieve her ambition.B.She didn"t take care of her mother.
C.She didn"t complete her high school.D.She didn"t follow her mother"s advice.
小题2:We can know that before 1995 Mary
A.had two books publishedB.received many career awards
C.knew how to use a computerD.supported the JDRF by writing
小题3:Mary"s second book Growing Up Again is mainly about her
A.living with diabetesB.successful show business
C.service for an organizationD.remembrance of her mother
小题4:When Mary received the life-changing news, she
A.lost control of herself B.began a balanced diet
C.tried to get a treatment D.behaved in an adult way

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It was New Year’s Night. An aged man was standing at a window. He raised his mournful eyes towards the deep blue sky, where the stars were floating like white lilies on the surface of a clear calm lake. Then he cast them on the earth, where few more hopeless people than himself now moved towards their certain goal --- the tomb. He had already passed sixty of the stages leading to it, and he had brought from his journey nothing but errors and remorse. Now his health was poor, his mind vacant, his heart sorrowful, and his old age short of comforts.
The days of his youth appeared like dreams before him, and he recalled the serious moment when his father placed him at the entrance of the two roads --- one leading to a peaceful, sunny place, covered with flowers, fruits and filled with soft, sweet songs; the other leading to a deep, dark cave, which was endless, where poison flowed instead of water and where devils and poisonous snakes hissed and crawled.
He looked towards the sky and cried painfully, “O youth, return! O my father, place me once more at the entrance to life, and I’ll choose the better way!” But both his father and the days of his youth had passed away.
He saw the lights flowing away in the darkness. These were the days of his wasted life; he saw a star fall down from the sky and disappeared, and this was the symbol of himself. His regret, which was like a sharp arrow, struck deeply into his heart. Then he remembered his friends in his childhood, who entered on life together with him. But they had made their way to success and were now honored and happy on this New Year’s Night.
The clock in the high church tower struck and the sound made him remember his parents’ early love for him. They had taught him and prayed to God for his good. But he chose the wrong way. With shame and grief he dared no longer look towards that heaven where his father lived. His darkened eyes were full of tears, and with a despairing effort, he burst out a cry: “Come back, my early days! Come back!”
And his youth did return, for all this was only a dream which he had on New Year’s Night. He was still young though his faults were real; he had not yet entered the deep, dark cave, and he was still free to walk on the road which leads to the peaceful and sunny land.
Those who still wander on the entrance of life, hesitating to choose the bright road, remember that when years are passed and your feet stumble on the dark mountains, you will cry bitterly, but in vain: “O youth, return! Oh give me back my early days!”
小题1:We can learn from the passage that ____.
A.the man returned from a long journey and regretted what he had done
B.the man didn’t enter the deep, dark cave when he was young
C.the man was deserted by his parents when he was only a child
D.the man found it no use crying over the spilt milk
小题2:Why does the author set his story on New Year’s Night?
A.He wants to tell people it’s time to recall the past
B.he suggests the aged man will have a bright future
C.He tries to stress the man’s sad feeling
D.He expects people to share the man’s emotion
小题3:The aged man in the passage can be described as ________.
A.sorrowful, fearful and regretfulB.hopeful, cheerful and peaceful
C.regretful, painful and disappointedD.disappointed, regretful and hopeful
小题4:The author writes the passage mainly to ________.
A.encourage young people to take the right roadB.help the old man to pick up his confidence
C.describe the old man’s unsuccessful experienceD.show his compassion for the aged man

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