An expensive car speeding down the main street of a small town was soon caught up with by a young motorcycle policeman. As he started to make out the ticket, the woman behind the wheel said proudly, “Before you go any further, young man, I think you should know that the mayor of this city is a good friend of mine.”The officer did not say a word, but kept writing. “I am also a friend of chief of police Barens,”continued the woman, getting more angrier each moment. Still he kept on writing. “Young man ,”she persisted, “I know Judge Lawson and State Senator (参议员) Patton.” Handing the ticket to the woman, the officer asked pleasantly, “Tell me, do you know Bill Bronson.”
“Why, no,”She answered. “Well, that is the man you should have known,”he said, heading back to his motorcycle, “I am Bill Bronson.”
小题1:The policeman stopped the car because_____| A．it was an expensive car | | B．the driver was a proud lady | | C．the driver was driving beyond the speed limit | | D．the driver was going to make trouble for the police |
小题2:The woman was getting more angry each moment because _____.| A．the policeman didn’t know her friends | | B．the policeman didn’t accept her kindness | | C．the policeman was going to punish her | | D．she didn’t know the policeman’s name |
小题3:The policeman was _______.| A．an honourable fellow | B．a stupid fellow | | C．an impolite man | D．a shy man |
小题4:The woman was _______.| A．kind-hearted | | B．a person who depended on someone else to finish her work | | C．trying to frighten the policeman on the strength of her friends’ powerful positions | | D．introducing her good friends’ names to the young officer |
小题5:The policeman_______.| A．had no sense of humor | B．had s sense of humor | | C．had no sense of duty | D．was senseless |
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小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:B |
试题分析：本文讲述了一个警察不顾对方的威胁坚持要惩罚这个超速的女司机的故事。
小题1:C 细节题。根据文章1，2行An expensive car speeding down the main street of a small town was soon caught up with by a young motorcycle policeman.说明这辆车超速了，故C正确。
小题2:C 推理题。根据文章The officer did not say a word, but kept writing. 和Still he kept on writing. 说明这个警察没有理会她，还是在写罚单准备惩罚她，故C项正确。
小题3:A 推理题。根据文章内容可知，这个警察到最后也没有理睬这位女司机的话，尽管她说她认识很多的重要人物，他都没有让步，说明他是一个值得尊敬的人。故A正确。
小题4:C 推理题。根据“Before you go any further, young man, I think you should know that the mayor of this city is a good friend of mine.”和I am also a friend of chief of police Barens,以及I know Judge Lawson and State Senator (参议员) Patton.说明她想用这些人物来吓住这个警察。故C项正确。
小题5:B 推理题。根据文章最后, “Tell me, do you know Bill Bronson.”“Why, no,”She answered. “Well, that is the man you should have known,”he said, heading back to his motorcycle, “I am Bill Bronson.”说明他很幽默，有一种很幽默的方式回应对方。故B正确。
点评：本文内容较为简单易懂，考查的题目以直接事实题和间接推理题为主，考生可以首先从问题中找到关键词然后以此为线索运用略读及查阅的技巧在文中迅速寻找这一细节找到后再把这一部分内容仔细阅读一遍仔细比较所给选项与文中细节的细微区别在准确理解细节的前提下最后确定最佳答案。 |
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One of Mark Twain’s classic novels is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It is 36 in a small American town in the 19th century. The people in this town are very traditional and 37 a quiet life.The story is about a boy called Tom Sawyer, who lives with his aunt Polly. He is often in 38 with his aunt. Aunt Polly is very kind, 39 Tom thinks she is always trying to control him.
Tom is different from 40 children in the town. He loves adventure. He does a lot of bad things, but he never really 41 anyone. He tries very hard not to go to school, and often jumps 42 his bedroom window at night to meet his friends. He is very clever. One day, Aunt Polly asks him to do some painting, and he 43 to get all the boys in the town to do the work for him by inventing a new 44 game. It is these little stories 45 make readers want to keep reading the novel, but it is the adventures that 46 the most important part of the book.
Tom’s best friend is Huck Finn, a boy who has no home. In one adventure, they spend the night outside, and they see a man kill another man 47 . Later in the book, Tom, Huck and another boy decide to leave the town 48 they think that life there is too boring. They __49__ to an island in the middle of a river. They 50 fires, catch fish and sleep under the stars. They also make a 51 to travel up and down the river. 52 seeing the boys for days, the people in the town think that they have died. One day, when Tom cones back to his aunt’s house to leave a letter 53 that he is not dead, he hears his aunt talking about his funeral（葬礼）. 54 Tom has an idea. On the morning of their funeral, the boys run back into town and 55 their own funeral before telling everyone that they are still alive.
| 小题1: | | A．made | B．set | C．taken | D．written |
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| 小题3: | | A．trouble | B．silence | C．peace | D．war |
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| 小题5: | | A．another | B．others | C．the others | D．the other |
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| 小题6: | | A．damages | B．destroys | C．ruins | D．hurts |
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| 小题7: | | A．out of | B．into | C．onto | D．in front of |
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| 小题8: | | A．tries | B．fails | C．manages | D．struggles |
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| 小题9: | | A．fighting | B．painting | C．touring | D．sailing |
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| 小题10: | | A．which | B．that | C．what | D．where |
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| 小题12: | | A．in charge | B．in advance | C．in the long term | D．in the dark |
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| 小题13: | | A．because | B．while | C．even though | D．if |
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| 小题14: | | A．run into | B．run away | C．run across | D．run out of |
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| 小题16: | | A．bike | B．boat | C．camel | D．cage |
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| 小题18: | | A．writing | B．telling | C．saying | D．meaning |
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| 小题19: | | A．Then | B．Besides | C．Also | D．Lastly |
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| 小题20: | | A．join | B．present | C．participate | D．attend |
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Christmas roses
It was the afternoon of December 24, the day before Christmas, and as the newest doctor in our office, I 36 to wok. The only thing that brightened my day was the beautifully 37 Christmas tree in our waiting room and a gift sent to me by my 38 --- a dozen red roses.
Then a woman came in with an infant (婴儿).39 she explained that her husband was a prisoner and was my next 40 . She told me she wasn’t allowed to visit her husband in prison and that he had never seen his son. She 41 me to let the boy’s father sit in the waiting room with her as long as possible 42 I called him for his appointment. Since my schedule wasn’t full, I 43 .
A short time later, her husband 44 ---with two armed 45 as an escort ( 护卫 ). The woman’s tired face 46 up like our little Christmas tree when her husband took a 47 beside her. I kept peeking out to watch them laugh, cry and 48 with their child.
After almost an hour, I called the 49 back to the operatory. The patient seemed like a gentle and humble（谦逊的）man. I wondered what he possibly could have done to be 50 under such conditions. I tried to make him as comfortable as possible.
At the end I wished him a Merry Christmas --- a difficult thing to say to a man 51 back to prison. He smiled and thanked me. He said he felt 52 by the fact he hadn’t been able to get his wife anything for Christmas. On 53 this , I was inspired with a wonderful idea.
I’ll never forget the look on both their faces as the prisoner gave his wife the beautiful 54 . I’m not sure who 55 the most joy --- the husband in giving, the wife in receiving, or myself in having the opportunity to share in this special moment.
| 小题1: | | A．needed | B．used | C．had | D．ought |
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| 小题2: | | A．dressed | B．decorated | C．cut | D．planted |
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| 小题3: | | A．classmate | B．boss | C．parent | D．boyfriend |
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| 小题4: | | A．Nervously | B．Eagerly | C．Curiously | D．Carefully |
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| 小题5: | | A．colleague | B．patient | C．student | D．customer |
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| 小题6: | | A．begged | B．ordered | C．asked | D．invited |
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| 小题7: | | A．when | B．until | C．after | D．before |
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| 小题8: | | A．smiled | B．hesitated | C．agreed | D．refused |
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| 小题9: | | A．escaped | B．arrived | C．cried | D．quarreled |
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| 小题10: | | A．soldiers | B．judges | C．lawyers | D．guards |
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| 小题11: | | A．went | B．lit | C．took | D．brought |
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| 小题13: | | A．joy | B．water | C．food | D．possessions |
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| 小题14: | | A．prisoner | B．nurse | C．doctor | D．woman |
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| 小题15: | | A．awarded | B．punished | C．caught | D．held |
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| 小题16: | | A．brought | B．gone | C．headed | D．returned |
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| 小题17: | | A．saddened | B．excited | C．surprised | D．pleased |
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| 小题18: | | A．seeing | B．hearing | C．remembering | D．learning |
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| 小题19: | | A．tree | B．clothes | C．roses | D．necklace |
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| 小题20: | | A．enjoyed | B．suffered | C．benefited | D．experienced |
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12-year-old John Thomas Robertson is a born train fan. "I’ve liked trains probably from the day I was born," he told Good Morning America. "When I was very little," he said, "my grandpa got me a train model. I would just watch it go round for hours and hours."
When Robertson finally had the opportunity to ride on a train, he felt great. His journey was so mind-blowing that he couldn’t keep it to himself: he decided to take all his classmates to go on a ride with him. When he found that some of his classmates couldn’t pay the fare, he collected cans (罐子) and bottles and raised more than $1,000 for them.
That trip was such a happy one that he made it a yearly action. "It never gets boring for some reason; it’s just fun," he said. "It really lets people get away from their busy life and have fun.
Every October, Robertson takes a new group of children to ride on the train —but now, he has a problem. Several disabled children were refused because the train was not accessible (可用的) to disabled people. "He was angry to think that children of his own age couldn’t ride a train," his mother said.
But he wouldn’t say no: he recently sent a letter to the train office for help. To his surprise, the leader, Ty Pennington, accepted the letter in person. He said that he and his workers would work on making a train accessible to disabled people.
小题1:The first time John Thomas Robertson took a train, ________. | A．he was frightened by it | | B．he acted as a driver | | C．he watched it for hours | | D．he fell in love with it |
小题2:The author says John Thomas Robertson is a born train fan, because he ________. | A．was greatly attracted to trains since early childhood | | B．said so in Good Morning America | | C．took a group of disabled children to travel by train | | D．was taken to a train the day he was born |
小题3:The underlined words "mind-blowing" can be replaced by ________. | A．important | B．terrible | C．amazing | D．disappointing |
小题4:The disabled children were refused to get on the train because _________. | A．the trains then weren’t accessible to the disabled | | B．Robertson had not saved enough money for the tickets | | C．they couldn’t afford the train tickets | | D．the driver would not allow them to do so |
小题5:According to the last paragraph, we can see that Robertson is a ________ child. | A．helpful and crazy | B．kind and clever | | C．kind but boring | D．lazy but kind |
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Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed that the boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the scattered articles. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the burden. As they walked, Mark discovered the boy’s name was Bill, that he loved video games, baseball and history that he was having a lot of trouble with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.
Mark went home after leaving Bill at his house. They continued to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both graduated from junior high school. They ended up in the same high school, where they had brief contacts over the years. Finally the long-awaited senior year came. Three weeks before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.
Bill reminded him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Do you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I cleaned out my locker because I didn’t want to leave a mess for anyone else. I had stored away some of my mother’s sleeping pills and I was going home to commit suicide(自***). But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I realized that if I had killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life.”
小题1:What happened to Bill on his way home from school?| A．Bill almost killed himself. | | B．Bill was caught on something and almost fell down. | | C．Bill was sleepy from the sleeping pills. | | D．Bill noticed Mark following him home. |
小题2:After Bill got home, .| A．he missed his friend Mark very much | | B．he decided to break up with his girlfriend | | C．he intended to kill himself immediately | | D．he thought of the friendliness of Mark |
小题3:Mark saved Bill from committing suicide by .| A．helping Bill pick up the fallen books on the ground | | B．saying something comfortable and friendly to Bill | | C．persuading Bill not to leave a mess for other people | | D．being friendly to Bill in trouble |
小题4:Bill cleared his locker in order to .| A．store away some of his mother’s sleeping pills | | B．prepare for the next school year of high school | | C．leave the world without troubling others | | D．help his mother do some housework the last time |
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“ Just sign here, sir,” the deliveryman said as he handed Oscar Reyna a packet.
The package consisted of a long, narrow box 36 wrapped in brown paper. 37 the box, Oscar saw an umbrella inside—a very old one with a beautifully carved wooden handle. 38 he had not seen it in more than 20 years, he recognized it 39 .
Oscar was 16 when he first saw the 40 umbrella. He had gone to a concert with his grandparents. As they were leaving, he noticed an umbrella on an empty seat. Impressed by its 41 Oscar felt a strong desire to find its 42 .
Oscar 43 the manager to look in the record of advance ticket sales. Just as he thought, a man matched the seat 44 Oscar had found the umbrella. The name was Mrs. Katie O’Brien.
Oscar talked his grandparents into going by Mrs. O’Brien 45 on their way home. He rang the bell, the door opened, and an elderly woman appeared. “May I 46 you?” she asked.
“I’d like to return it if it’s yours,” Oscar said, 47 the umbrella as if presenting a 48 that had long been wished for.
“ Why, yes ! It’s mine,” replied Mrs. O’Brien with a 49 smile and shining eyes. “It was given to me by my father years ago. Thank you so much for returning it. May I offer you a reward for your 50 ?
“No, ma’ma, ”he said , “My grandmother says that a good deed is its own reward.”
“Well, that’s 51 what my father used to say. What is your name, young man?”
Years later Oscar was staring at the finely carved handle of the umbrella as he remembered Mrs. O’ Brien. It was in perfect condition, considering how 52 it was. Why had it arrived here today?
As if 53 , a note fell from the paper. It read：Mrs. O’Brien wanted you to 54 this umbrella as a present for a kind, 55 gesture long ago.
| 小题1: | | A．strictly | B．carefully | C．roughly | D．casually |
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| 小题2: | | A．Opening | B．Seizing | C．Observing | D．Searching |
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| 小题3: | | A．After | B．When | C．Since | D．Although |
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| 小题4: | | A．clearly | B．fully | C．immediately | D．suddenly |
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| 小题5: | | A．average | B．unusual | C．plain | D．typical |
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| 小题6: | | A．beauty | B．shape | C．origin | D．history |
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| 小题7: | | A．designer | B．seller | C．user | D．owner |
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| 小题8: | | A．convinced | B．forced | C．encouraged | D．advised |
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| 小题9: | | A．until | B．before | C．which | D．where |
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| 小题10: | | A．family | B．theatre | C．house | D．neighborhood |
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| 小题11: | | A．invite | B．help | C．bother | D．know |
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| 小题12: | | A．putting up | B．turning out | C．picking up | D．holding out |
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| 小题13: | | A．chance | B．fact | C．gift | D．result |
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| 小题14: | | A．wide | B．confident | C．proud | D．shy |
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| 小题15: | | A．patience | B．kindness | C．courage | D．determination |
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| 小题16: | | A．obviously | B．naturally | C．exactly | D．probably |
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| 小题17: | | A．old | B．rare | C．precious | D．nice |
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| 小题18: | | A．in contrast | B．in return | C．in exchange | D．in answer |
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| 小题19: | | A．possess | B．accept | C．carry | D．value |
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| 小题20: | | A．attractive | B．significant | C．unselfish | D．sympathetic |
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