Philip was a nine-year-old boy in a Sunday school class of 8-year-old girls and boys. Sometimes the third graders didn’t welcome Philip into their group and usually tricked him. This was not because he was older, but because he was “different”. You see, Philip suffered from a condition called Downs’s Syndrome. This made him “different”, with his facial characteristics, slow responses and mental problems.
One Sunday after Easter, the Sunday school teacher gathered some plastic eggs that pulled apart in the middle. The teacher gave one to each child. On that beautiful spring day, the children were to go out and discover for themselves some symbol of “new life” and place it inside the plastic eggs.
After the children returned to the classroom, the teacher opened their eggs one by one, asking each child to explain that symbol of “new life”. The first opened egg contained a flower. Everyone cheered. In another was a butterfly…. When the teacher opened the last egg, it was empty. “That’s stupid,” said someone. The teacher felt a pull at his shirt. It was Philip. Looking up, Philip said, “It’s mine. I did it. It’s empty. I have new life, because the tomb is empty.” Not a sound was heard in class at all. From that day on, Philip became a real part of the group. They welcomed him, and whatever made him different was never mentioned again.
Philip’s family knew he wouldn’t live a long life, for there were too many things wrong with him.
小题1:The underlined word “condition” in the first paragraph probably means ________. | A．grade | B．status | C．health | D．disease |
小题2:It can be inferred from the first paragraph that ________.| A．The 8-year-olds were sometimes cruel | | B．The 8-year-olds were friendly to Philip | | C．Philip was really different in school | | D．Philip was older and more sensitive |
小题3:The teacher gave each child one plastic egg to let them ________.| A．play around on that beautiful spring day | | B．put some symbol of “new life” into it | | C．try to pull it apart in the middle | | D．go out and discover themselves |
小题4:After Philip explained his new life, ________.| A．The class thought he was clever. | B．The class fell silent. | | C．He began to study in the class. | D．He felt dying. |
小题5:We learn from the passage that ________.| A．The teacher used to have classes outdoors | | B．The Philip’s new life wish was empty | | C．Philip was healthy as a whole | | D．Philip was accepted by his classmates in the end |
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小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:B
小题5:D |
试题分析：本文讲述了一个残疾儿童Philip在学习班上受到的粗鲁的待遇，最后是一个游戏让他的同学知道他将不久于人世，大家都接纳了他与他成了好朋友。
小题1:D 推理题。根据第一段最后一行This made him “different”, with his facial characteristics, slow responses and mental problems.说明他患了一种疾病，故前面的该词是指疾病的意思。故D项正确。
小题2:A 推断题。根据第一段Sometimes the third graders didn’t welcome Philip into their group and usually tricked him.和第三段That’s stupid,” said someone. 都说明这些孩子里有人对他很粗鲁很残酷，故A正确。
小题3:B细节题。根据第二段2,3行the children were to go out and discover for themselves some symbol of “new life” and place it inside the plastic eggs.说明老师让孩子们把新生活的象征放在了蛋里面，故B正确。
小题4:B 细节题。根据第三段倒数2,3行Not a sound was heard in class at all.说明听了他的话，大家都不说话了，故B正确。
小题5:D 推理题。根据第三段最后两行Philip became a real part of the group. They welcomed him, and whatever made him different was never mentioned again.说明他被他的同学所接受了，成为班级的一部分了，故D正确。
点评：本文讲述了一个残疾儿童Philip在学习班上受到的粗鲁的待遇，最后是一个游戏让他的同学知道他将不久于人世，大家都接纳了他与他成了好朋友。故事类短文要抓住故事的线索，按照故事发生的顺序进行仔细的推敲，同时在仔细审题和研读选项的基础之上，到文章中寻找对应的语群，合理推断，做出选择。 |
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Long ago there was a poor farmer in Russia. He had been very__1__with everything he had. However，when he found his elder brother was_2__than him，he felt disappointed. So he__3_hard about how he could also be richer. Finally he got an idea. He started to spend less money on food and clothes to__4__some money to buy more land. Once he had enough money，he started__5_for land.
He__6__that on the neighboring land，there were some nomads (游牧民) living there. He bought some gifts and went to__7__their head. He presented the gifts to the head and told him the__8__of his visit. The head welcomed him，accepted the gifts and agreed to his_9__to get the land. The head told him that he could have the land__10__giving him anything. He can take as much land as he could__11__by walking through the land before sunset (日落)．He should start in the morning and whatever distance he could travel during the__12_，he could have it.
The farmer became very__13__when he heard this offer. Now he could have lots of__14__without paying anything. He came_15_the next morning and started running，not walking，__16__he could cover the largest area. To reach his goal，he neither ate food，nor drank water，nor had any rest. He just continued__17__.Without eating，or drinking，or resting he just got very__18__.When he came back to the head in the evening，he__19__right on the spot. Sadly his son buried him in a piece of land about 6 x 4 feet.
Don’t be greedy (贪婪的) or you will__20__everything finally.
| 小题1: | | A．careful | B．pleased | C．bored | D．busy |
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| 小题2: | | A．healthier | B．stronger | C．richer | D．cleverer |
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| 小题3: | | A．thought | B．learned | C．tried | D．worked |
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| 小题4: | | A．borrow | B．spend | C．make | D．save |
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| 小题5: | | A．waiting | B．looking | C．preparing | D．caring |
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| 小题6: | | A．explained | B．hoped | C．noticed | D．guessed |
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| 小题7: | | A．see | B．follow | C．help | D．cheat |
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| 小题8: | | A．chance | B．result | C．condition | D．purpose |
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| 小题9: | | A．promise | B．request | C．suggestion | D．order |
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| 小题10: | | A．for | B．by | C．without | D．before |
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| 小题13: | | A．interested | B．sad | C．happy | D．calm |
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| 小题14: | | A．land | B．crop | C．experience | D．knowledge |
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| 小题15: | | A．quietly | B．early | C．finally | D．suddenly |
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| 小题16: | | A．so that | B．even if | C．because | D．whether |
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| 小题17: | | A．dreaming | B．walking | C．speaking | D．running |
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| 小题18: | | A．nervous | B．excited | C．tired | D．worried |
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| 小题19: | | A．refused | B．died | C．appeared | D．rested |
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| 小题20: | | A．lose | B．face | C．change | D．defeat |
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Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17,1706 in Boston，America. In his life he built a successful printing and publishing business in Philadelphia；he conducted scientific studies of electricity and made several important discoveries；he was a diplomat (外交官) and statesman；he helped establish Pennsylvania’s first university and America’s first city hospital；he also organized the country’s first subscription library (收费图书馆)．
Franklin was also unequaled in America as an inventor until Thomas Edison. Ben had poor eyesight and needed glasses to read. He got tired of always taking them off and putting them back on，so he decided to figure out a way to make his glasses let him see both near and far. He had two pairs of glasses cut in half and put half of them together. Today，we call them bifocals (双光眼镜)．Another invention of his，an iron stove，allowed people to warm their homes.
He loved to learn about new things. He also thought it was important to make life better with the things that he invented. Electricity was one of the things he experimented with when he retired from his business. Ben discovered that lightning (闪电) and electricity were the same thing. The lightning rod was an important invention that we still use today to protect buildings and ships from lightning damage.
Franklin preferred to have his inventions used freely for the comfort and convenience of everyone. Thomas Jefferson，the third president of America，called Benjamin Franklin “the greatest man of the age and country in which he lived”．To Benjamin Franklin there was no greater purpose in life than to “live usefully”．
小题1:Benjamin Franklin was NOT a________.| A．diplomat | B．scientist | | C．businessman | D．president |
小题2:The underlined word “unequaled” in Paragraph 2 means________.| A．better than any other | B．worse than any other | | C．the same as others | D．confident as others |
小题3:Which of the following is NOT Benjamin’s invention?| A．Bifocals. | B．The iron stove. | | C．Printing. | D．The lightning rod. |
小题4:What was Benjamin Franklin’s purpose in life?| A．To live comfortably every day. | | B．To be useful to others. | | C．To be a famous person in the world. | | D．To earn a lot by inventing things. |
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As a child, I was told that a wise person is the one who learns from everyone. It is a great way to live by this 1 ----One begins to look at people very 2 and he no longer puts others 3 in order to feel good about himself.
Living in China 4 me with many wonderful opportunities to put this theory (理论) into practice, China is quite 5 and as a Westerner, it’s easy for me to consider many of the local habits as “strange” and even “rude”. However, slowly I began to 6 a lot about the culture and about where many of their 7 came from. I decided to make an effort to meet people and 8 from them.
I am living in Harbin now, a city in the Northern part of China, near Russia. Yesterday I 9 to get money from the ATM and have a good cup of coffee after lunch. But I can’t speak Chinese yet and there are no signs in English 10 the nearest supermarket or coffee shop. There are signs in Russian. 11 “espaciba” which means thanks, I don’t know much else. 12 I decided to smile at my every attempt（尝试) to 13 and ask for information that would 14 me to an ATM and a coffee shop. It turned out that my efforts and my 15 were met with more smiles. I learned that 16 is to be found everywhere even17 I cannot communicate, and that people will 18 depending on what I give.
Look around you for opportunities to learn from the most 19 people. You will be surprised at what they can 20 you!
| 小题1: | | A．principle | B．plan | C．strength | D．reason |
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| 小题2: | | A．excitedly | B．doubtfully | C．anxiously | D．differently |
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| 小题4: | | A．helps | B．compares | C．impresses | D．provides |
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| 小题5: | | A．special | B．modern | C．beautiful | D．powerful |
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| 小题6: | | A．ignore | B．forget | C．understand | D．create |
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| 小题7: | | A．names | B．habits | C．behaviors | D．beliefs |
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| 小题8: | | A．escape | B．suffer | C．hear | D．learn |
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| 小题9: | | A．needed | B．refused | C．managed | D．failed |
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| 小题10: | | A．heaving for | B．setting up | C．looking for | D．pointing to |
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| 小题11: | | A．Except for | B．As for | C．According to | D．Instead of |
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| 小题13: | | A．relax | B．command | C．explain | D．discuss |
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| 小题14: | | A．force | B．lead | C．transport | D．follow |
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| 小题15: | | A．thanks | B．signs | C．questions | D．smiles |
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| 小题16: | | A．illness | B．weakness | C．kindness | D．happiness |
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| 小题17: | | A．before | B．when | C．because | D．after |
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| 小题18: | | A．react | B．gain | C．doubt | D．benefit |
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| 小题19: | | A．famous | B．useful | C．unexpected | D．familiar |
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| 小题20: | | A．charge | B．teach | C．lend | D．require |
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Mr. Lang worked in a factory. As a driver, he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his liked gambling(赌博) and he learned it soon. So he was interested in it and nearly forgot anything except gambling. He lost all his money and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he didn’t listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were punished for it. And he was hardly sent away. After he came out of lockup(拘留所), he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him.
It was New Year’s Day. Mr. Lang didn’t go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. He called his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his five-year-old son to go to find out if there were the policemen outside. They waited for a long time and didn’t think the police would come and began to gamble. Suddenly opened the door and in came a few policemen.
“I saw there weren’t any policemen outside, daddy,” said the boy, “so I went to the crossing and asked some to come.”
小题1:Mrs. Lang did all housework because _______. | A．she couldn’t find any work | | B．she thought her husband was tired | | C．her husband spent all time in gambling | | D．she wouldn’t stop her husband gambling |
小题2:_______, so he was put into lockup. | A．Mr. Lang often gambled | | B．Mr. Lang was late for work | | C．Mr. Lang didn’t help his wife at home | | D．Mr. Lang wasn’t polite to the police |
小题3:Which of the following is right? | A．The boy hoped his father to be put into lockup again. | | B．The boy thought his father needed some policemen. | | C．The boy hoped his father to stop gambling soon. | | D．The boy hoped his mother to come back. |
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It’s impossible to determine how many people would have lost their lives without the contribution of African-American inventor Dr Charles Drew.
Charles Drew was born on June 3, 1904, in Washington, DC. His early interest was in education, but he was also an outstanding athlete. While in college, he was awarded as the man who contributed the most to sports during his four years in school. Drew’s sister Elsie suffered from tuberculosis(肺结核) and died in 1920. Her death influenced his decision to study medicine.
After becoming a doctor and working as a college instructor, Drew went to Columbia University, where he earned his Doctor of Medical Science degree. During this time he became involved in research on blood and blood transfusions.
At Columbia, he wrote a paper on “banked blood”, in which he described a technique he developed for the long-term preservation of blood plasma. Before his discovery, blood could not be stored for more than two days because of the rapid breakdown of red blood cells. Drew had discovered that by separating the plasma from the whole blood and then refrigerating them separately, they could be combined a week later for a blood transfusion. Drew became the first African American to receive a PhD in medical science.
After World War II broke out, Drew was called upon to put his techniques into practice. He was named a project director for the American Red Cross but soon quit his post after the government issued an order that blood taken from white donors should be separated from that of black donors.
On April 1, 1950, after he attended the annual free clinic at the John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital, he and other three physicians decided to drive back home. As he was tired from spending the night before in the operating room, he lost control of his car. Drew was badly injured and was taken to Alamance General Hospital in Burlington, North Carolina. He was pronounced dead half an hour after he first received medical attention. Drew"s funeral was held on April 5, 1950, at the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church in Washington, DC.
But contrary to popular thought, he was not refused a blood transfusion by an all-white hospital. He indeed received a transfusion but was beyond the help of the doctors attending to him. As Dr. John Ford, one of the doctors who survived the accident, later explained, “We all received the very best of care. The fact that he was a Black did not in any way limit the care that was given to him.” Over the years, Drew has been considered one of the most honored figures in the medical field.
小题1:According to the passage, ________ might have contributed to the invention of blood banks. | A．the combination of blood cells | | B．the rapid breakdown of red blood cells | | C．the development of refrigerating technique | | D．the technique of separating plasma from the whole blood |
小题2:By saying “contrary to the popular thought” in the last paragraph, the writer _______. | A．can’t understand the doctors’ decision | | B．indicates his concern about the popular thought | | C．feels disappointed with the all-white hospital | | D．means what the doctors did was out of expectation |
小题3:We can learn from the passage that Dr Charles Drew is best remembered by people as _______. .| A．an outstanding athlete | B．a college instructor | | C．a medical researcher | D．a project director |
小题4:What conclusion can we draw from the passage?
A. Charles Drew died in a medical accident.
B. African Americans were still treated unfairly in the 1940s.
C. Charles Drew was the first African American to receive a PhD.
D. Physicians refused to give Charles Drew medical attention because he was a black.
小题5:In which section of a magazine can we most probably find the passage?| A．People | B．Health | C．Culture | D．Entertainment |
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