Have you ever listened to young children talking in the playground? They are always boasting. They say things like, “My Dad’s car is bigger than your Dad’s,” and “My Mom is smarter than yours.” They particularly like to boast about their families.
There were three little boys, Harry, Ted and Gavin, who were always boasting. Gavin was the worst. Everything about his family was always the best or the biggest or the most expensive.
Whatever the others said, he could always go on better. One day when they were walking to
school, Harry said, “My father had a bath twice a week,” Ted spoke next. “That’s nothing,” he said. “Having a bath twice a week is dirty. My father has a bath every day, sometimes twice a day.” Ted looked at Gavin. Now it was his turn. But what could he say? “This time,” Ted thought, “I’m going to win.” Gavin didn’t know what to say. He couldn’t say that his father had a bath three times a day. That was silly. He walked on in silence. Ted smiled at Harry, and Harry smiled back. They were sure that for once they had beaten Gavin. They reached the school gates. Still Gavin said nothing. “We’ve won,” Ted said to Harry, but he spoke too soon. On the way home, Gavin said, “My Dad is so clean that he doesn’t have to bathe at all.”
小题1:According to the passage, the meaning of the word “boast” is __________.| A．to sing a nice song | | B．to talk big | | C．to go on better | | D．to have a bath three times a day |
小题2:What did Harry boast about?| A．The number of times his father had a bath every week. | | B．The size of the bathroom in his home. | | C．His father’s car. | | D．His mother’s family. |
小题3:Who boasted the most?| A．Ted. | | B．Harry and Ted. | | C．Harry and Gavin. | | D．Gavin. |
小题4:What does “he spoke too soon” in the last paragraph mean?| A．He spoke quickly. | | B．He should have spoken earlier. | | C．He was wrong. | | D．He couldn’t be understood. |
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小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:C |
文章介绍了三个爱吹牛的同学吹牛的事情。
小题1:B 推理题。根据下面两句“My Dad’s car is bigger than your Dad’s,” and “My Mom is smarter than yours.”说明他们喜欢吹牛说大话，故B正确。
小题2:A 细节题。根据第三段第二行Harry said, “My father had a bath twice a week,”说明他们在吹爸爸一个星期洗澡的次数。故A正确。
小题3:D 推理题。根据文章最后一句Gavin said, “My Dad is so clean that he doesn’t have to bathe at all.”说明Gavin才是最吹牛的人，故D正确。
小题4:C 推理题。本句的意思是他说的太快了。再看下面的内容说明他错了，Gavin才是最吹牛的人。故C正确。 |
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Jack went to a barber"s shop and had his hair cut, but when he came out, he was not happy with the result(结果). When his friend Bob saw him, he laughed and said, "What has happened to your hair, Jack?"
Jack said, "I tried a new barber"s shop today, because I wasn"t quite satisfied with my old one, but this one seems even worse."
Bob agreed(同意). "Yes, I think you"re right, Jack. Now I"ll tell you what to do when you go into a barber"s shop next time: look at all the barber"s hair, find out whose hair looks worst, and then go straight to him."
"Why shall I go to him?" Jack asked. "But that would be foolish!"
"Oh, no, it wouldn"t," answered Bob. "Who cut that man"s hair? Just think it. He couldn"t cut it himself, could he? Another of the barbers cut it. So you know he can"t be the worst barber."
小题1: When Jack went out of the barber"s shop, he was not happy because ____. | A．nobody had cut his hair | | B．the barber hadn"t cut his hair well | | C．the barber had cut his hair carefully | | D．he was not satisfied with his old barber |
小题2:"I tried a new barber"s shop today." means ____. | A．this barber"s shop was a new one | | B．this was the only barber"s shop in this town | | C．Jack often went to this barber"s shop | | D．Jack had not been to this barber"s shop before |
小题3:After Jack had his hair cut, he thought ____. | A．the new barber"s shop was the best one | | B．the old barber"s shop wasn"t so good as the new one | | C．the new barber"s shop was worse than the old one | | D．the old barber"s shop was the worst one |
小题4:Bob told Jack to find out which barber"s hair looked the worst and then go straight to him. Why? | A．Because he was certainly the best barber. | | B．Because he was free all the time. | | C．Because he was the worst barber. | | D．Because he wasn"t the worst barber. |
小题5:From the story we know that ____. | A．it"s foolish to have one"s hair cut at a barber"s shop | | B．barbers cut each other"s hair | | C．barbers never have their hair cut | | D．a barber always cuts his hair by himself |
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I noticed the woman when I entered the newsroom. My secretary told me she wanted to put an ad to 36 a baby. So I suggested several 37 lines for these ads to her: 38 , Baby to love; or Dear Birth Mother, Let Us Help You. The ad would contain 39 about her and her husband: they were 40 , could afford to raise a child. But then something 41 me: the major newspapers carried ads like this and their 42 were larger than ours. “Have you tried the major ones?” I asked. “Yes, but all failed and one more wouldn’t 43 .” She handed me a check and left with a 44 smile.
A week later the woman called in a 45 of delight: “Please don’t run the ad again. We ’ve connected with 46 . The baby is due in a month.” Good news. I asked her if she 47 keep in touch if the adoption 48 to have a happy ending. She agreed but added when the adoption was final she was 49 to give me the story.
One day my phone rang. I 50 her voice immediately. “The adoption is final. Would you like to come and meet him?” Happily, I made a (an ) 51 with her for the next day. “His name is Ben,” she said, as I started to take 52 . “He slept through the night from the start. Now he’s smiling and starting to turn over. Of course I’m not 53 him. If he is a little slow.” She paused. “ Oh, I should tell you Ben has Down’s Syndrome.(唐氏综合症)” I stopped writing . I wasn’t sure how to 54 . But she smiled “Ben was meant for us, don’t you see? He needs me more than a 55 developing child would.” She sat on the sofa, holding her son. Both of them smiled. “You wanted a story with a happy ending,” said the woman “ You got it.”
| 小题1: | | A．afford | B．affect | C．adopt | D．adapt |
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| 小题2: | | A．ordinary | B．standard | C．effective | D．ridiculous |
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| 小题3: | | A．Wanted | B．To Want | C．Wanting | D．Want |
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| 小题4: | | A．address | B．data | C．picture | D．information |
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| 小题5: | | A．rich | B．stable | C．considerate | D．lonely |
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| 小题6: | | A．occurred to | B．turned to | C．referred to | D．wrote to |
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| 小题7: | | A．titles | B．circulations | C．names | D．columns |
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| 小题8: | | A．kill | B．work | C．hurt | D．do |
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| 小题9: | | A．warm | B．weird | C．weak | D．wild |
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| 小题10: | | A．spirit | B．tone | C．way | D．sound |
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| 小题11: | | A．a birth mother | B．a lovely baby | C．an ad company | D．an orphanage |
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| 小题12: | | A．might | B．should | C．would | D．dared |
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| 小题13: | | A．turned over | B．turned up | C．turned out | D．turned down |
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| 小题14: | | A．safe | B．comfortable | C．brave | D．honest |
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| 小题15: | | A．classified | B．identified | C．picked | D．recognized |
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| 小题16: | | A．look | B．appointment | C．appearance | D．call |
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| 小题17: | | A．pains | B．pictures | C．clues | D．notes |
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| 小题18: | | A．rushing | B．speeding | C．pressing | D．running |
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| 小题19: | | A．reply | B．react | C．restore | D．release |
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| 小题20: | | A．steadily | B．gradually | C．normally | D．regularly |
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I shall never forget the day when the earthquake took place. It was about 5 o’clock in the afternoon and I was 26 to my daughter’s school. Our plan was to go 27 together. I’d stopped at a 28 to get some fresh fruit. We like to have some fruit to eat 29 our swim. I was driving along a high road on the way. 30 my road was another road which was built like a 31 . I was hungry so I put the bag of apples 32 me and started to eat one. 33 I saw the cars in front of me start to 34 from side to side. Then my car started to shake! I didn’t know what was happening. Perhaps something had 35 wrong with my car. I drove a little more slowly and then I 36 the car and at the same moment the road 37 onto the cars in front of me. I found myself in the __38 . I couldn’t move. My legs and feet were hurting badly and I couldn’t move them. All round me was 39 But above me I could hear shouts and a lot of noise. Then I memorized what had happened. I had been 40 an earthquake. For about two hours nobody came. Luckily I could reach the bag of 41 , so at least I had plenty to eat. Then I heard people 42 towards me. A team of people had come to 43 if anyone was under the 44 road. I called out, “I’m here!” I heard a shout. Soon a stranger climbed to my car. “How are you 45 ?”He asked. “Not too bad,”I said. They didn’t get me out until the next morning.
| 小题1: | | A．driving | B．leading | C．walking | D．running |
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小题2: A. shopping B. dancing C. swimming Dsightseeing
| 小题3: | | A．farm | B．shop | C．park | D．school |
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| 小题4: | | A．after | B．during | C．since | D．once |
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| 小题5: | | A．Under | B．Along | C．Over | D．Beside |
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| 小题6: | | A．bridge | B．roof | C．cover | D．top |
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| 小题7: | | A．under | B．along | C．inside | D．beside |
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小题8:A. Finally B. Actually C. Suddenly DSlowly
| 小题9: | | A．move | B．roll | C．burst | D．jump |
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| 小题10: | | A．been | B．broken | C．gone | D．done |
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| 小题11: | | A．parked | B．started | C．moved | D．stopped |
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| 小题13: | | A．dark | B．afternoon | C．sun | D．car |
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| 小题14: | | A．noisy | B．dusty | C．quiet | D．blood |
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| 小题16: | | A．food | B．sandwiches | C．apples | D．bread |
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| 小题17: | | A．climbing | B．shouting | C．moving | D．driving |
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| 小题18: | | A．know | B．tell | C．understand | D．see |
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| 小题19: | | A．falling | B．broken | C．breaking | D．dirty |
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| 小题20: | | A．sleeping | B．feeling | C．eating | D．going |
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In 1961 Obama was born in Hawaii, US. His father was an African and his mother was a white American. He grew up in Indonesia and Hawaii.
When Obama was 10 years old, he was one of the only three black students at his school in Hawaii. He felt very different from most other students. White girls wanted to touch his hair. A white boy even asked him what his father was.
“I lied to them that my father was a Kenyan prince. But I kept asking myself who I am," said Obama.
However, 37 years later, the boy made history. Obama became the first black president in US history.
Obama"s unusual background made him wonder who he was. He once turned to alcohol to help forget this question.
With the help of his friends, Obama finally turned his life around at college. His hard work made him a star at Harvard. Later, he became the third black senator (参议员）in US history.
"Obama"s success has made Martin Luther King"s dream come true. That is: A man should not be judged by the colour of his skin, but by the content of his character," wrote ABC news.
小题1:Obama was born in _______.| A．Britain | B．American | C．Kenya | D．Indonesia |
小题2:Which of the following is TURE according to the passage?| A．Obama"s parents are both African | | B．Obama was the first black senator in US history | | C．Obama was once very depressed (压抑）because of his unusual background. | | D．No other black students were in the school where Obama studied when he was ten. |
小题3:Obama became the first black president in US history when he was ______.小题4:From the passage we can learn that ______________.| A．Obama"s father is a Kenyan prince. | | B．Obama was a star in Harvard because he drank a lot | | C．We should judge a person by what he did when he was young | | D．Obama"s success owes to his hard work |
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Roberta appeared on the stage. She took a deep breath and began to 36 . Now she was Portia, a strong–willed 37 in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The theater was filled with people. She was speaking with a power she had never before experienced, the words flowing 38 form her.
39 , Roberta had never acted in her life before the audition (选拔试演). She 40 being in front of other people. She was very 41 at school. She had never thought she was good enough at anything to 42 much attention. She stayed mostly to herself, making 43 friends. She had excellent grades, 44 she always thought that something was missing.
Two weeks before the audition, Roberta’s mother had heard about it and 45 her to join in.
“I can’t think of anyone else better suited to 46 the part. Remember all the plays you used to act out for us?”
Her mother wouldn’t let the 47 drop. “You’re just a little scared (害怕) .Everyone gets scared. You know you 48 do it. The trick is to look past the 49 to find the love of what you’re doing.’’
So Roberta had made an appointment (预约) with the head of the Drama Club. She had read the play and found herself excited by the 50 of speaking such rich words. In secret she practiced Portia’s part, 51 the lines by repeating them over and over. It wasn’t hard; she 52 every minute of it. Every time she spoke the words, she had a new 53 of the lines, as if Shakespeare had written Portia on many levels.
On the day of the audition, she 54 two of Portia’s famous speeches for the auditors. When she had finished, the head of the Drama Club announced the 55 was hers.
| 小题1: | | A．sing | B．dance | C．speak | D．report |
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| 小题2: | | A．member | B．actress | C．player | D．character |
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| 小题3: | | A．weakly | B．rapidly | C．smoothly | D．slowly |
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| 小题4: | | A．At first | B．In fact | C．After all | D．In all |
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| 小题5: | | A．hated | B．enjoyed | C．appreciated | D．regretted |
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| 小题6: | | A．honest | B．shy | C．polite | D．patient |
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| 小题7: | | A．avoid | B．focus | C．pay | D．attract |
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| 小题8: | | A．few | B．a few | C．several | D．many |
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| 小题10: | | A．forced | B．requested | C．encouraged | D．reminded |
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| 小题11: | | A．accept | B．play | C．offer | D．learn |
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| 小题12: | | A．role | B．matter | C．interest | D．grade |
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| 小题14: | | A．anger | B．pain | C．sadness | D．fear |
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| 小题15: | | A．purpose | B．way | C．idea | D．importance |
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| 小题16: | | A．memorizing | B．organizing | C．checking | D．improving |
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| 小题17: | | A．disliked | B．loved | C．expected | D．bore |
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| 小题18: | | A．consideration | B．description | C．selection | D．understanding |
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| 小题19: | | A．practiced | B．planned | C．performed | D．delivered |
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| 小题20: | | A．part | B．play | C．speech | D．position |
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