Long long ago, there was a small village. This village had a 36 tradition. At the beginning of every year, any boy who had reached the age of majority (成年) was given land and money to build a home. The boy had to 37 his home before winter. If his home failed to endure the cold weather in winter, the villagers could not 38 him in any way．
One _39_, Paul and Marc reached their majority. They 40 their land and money and decided to search nearby villages for ideas on building their homes．In each village, they found the nicest 41 and talked to the owners. Each owner gladly offered 42 ．
After Marc saw several homes, he 43 the best ideas and went back to his own land. Paul, _44_, continued collecting more ideas. Soon he had so many great ideas that he began to 45 some of them. But he always believed he could find even better ideas in the next village．
Marc began building his home. He had several false starts, 46 his home gradually rose from his land. By fall, Marc had finished his home. It wasn"t perfect, but it was strong and he could 47 it later. Paul enjoyed all the beautiful homes and 48 with home owners. The first snow came and Paul, realizing he was running out of time, 49 back to his land. He built the best home he could in the time he had, but it was 50 .The first winter storm destroyed his home and he froze to 51 ．The villagers mourned for him．
Marc 52 the winter．Each year, Marc searched for other good ideas he could use to make his own home look better. He became a leader in the village, 53 a family, and lived a happy, content life．
We all build and improve our own mental homes. It’s 54 and fun for us to search for ideas from other mental home owners, but we only improve our own mental home if we actually 55 the best ideas．
| 小题1: | | A．strange | B．hopeful | C．literary | D．cultural |
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| 小题2: | | A．find | B．make | C．complete | D．buy |
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| 小题3: | | A．help | B．encourage | C．scold | D．persuade |
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| 小题4: | | A．winter | B．summer | C．autumn | D．spring |
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| 小题5: | | A．exchanged | B．received | C．recognized | D．advice |
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| 小题6: | | A．girls | B．jobs | C．houses | D．presents |
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| 小题7: | | A．rooms | B．drinks | C．attention | D．advice |
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| 小题8: | | A．expected | B．gathered | C．created | D．understood |
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| 小题9: | | A．similarly | B．finally | C．however | D．furthermore |
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| 小题10: | | A．forget | B．believe | C．replace | D．doubt |
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| 小题11: | | A．because | B．although | C．but | D．so |
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| 小题12: | | A．repair | B．rebuild | C．sell | D．improve |
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| 小题13: | | A．conversations | B．achievements | C．struggles | D．arguments |
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| 小题14: | | A．drove | B．rushed | C．flew | D．moved |
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| 小题15: | | A．weak | B．funny | C．small | D．amazing |
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| 小题16: | | A．blindness | B．death | C．sadness | D．illness |
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| 小题17: | | A．experienced | B．loved | C．survived | D．spent |
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| 小题18: | | A．brought | B．earned | C．contacted | D．raised |
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| 小题19: | | A．slow | B．easy | C．dangerous | D．special |
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| 小题20: | | A．realize | B．bring | C．collect | D．apply |
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小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:C
小题7:D
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:C
小题12:D
小题13:A
小题14:B
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:D
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：文章通过两个年轻人建房子的事情告诉我们做如何事情都要有计划。
小题1:A 形容词辨析。根据下文内容可知这是一个很奇怪的传统，不提供任何帮助，让年轻人自己造房子。
小题2:C 动词辨析。A发现；B制作；C完成；D买；指要带冬天到来之前完成房子的建设。
小题3:A 动词辨析。解析同36.
小题4:D 名词辨析。根据下文可知他们俩是在春天接受任务的。
小题5:B 动词辨析。A交换；B接受；C认出；D建议；指他们接受了给他们的土地和钱。
小题6:C 名词辨析。指他们到各个村庄去看好房子，和主人交流，那些漂亮房子的主人也给了他们很好的建议。
小题7:D 名词辨析。解析同上。
小题8:B 动词辨析。A期望；B收集；C创造；D理解；指Marc收集到很多好主意，回去建房子了。
小题9:C 上下文串联。Marc已经回去建房子了，而Paul还在继续寻找好主意。上下文转折关系，故C正确。
小题10:A 动词辨析。A忘记；B认为；C取代；D怀疑。指Paul得到的主意很多，他都忘记了一些。
小题11:C 连词辨析。根据上文可知他开始的时候，犯了很多错误，但是他的房子还是慢慢地建起来了。
小题12:D 动词辨析。指Marc的房子虽然不完美，但是足够坚固，而且他还有时间来提高改善。
小题13:A 名词辨析。A对话；B成就；C斗争；D争论。指Paul仍然在欣赏那些房子仍然和和主人的交谈。
小题14:B 动词辨析。A开车；B跑；C飞；D移动。指下雪了，Paul意识到时间不够了，所以匆忙跑回去。
小题15:A 形容词辨析。仓促建起来的房子肯定不够牢固，A正确。
小题16:B 名词辨析。暴风雪来了，房子倒塌了，他也被冻死了。
小题17:C 动词辨析.A 带来；B喜欢，爱；C幸存；D花费；指Marc存活了下来。
小题18:D 动词辨析。A带来；B挣得；C联系；D抚养。指Marc有了自己的家庭，养活了一家人。
小题19:B 形容词辨析。指找到主意很容易也很有趣，但是如果我想真正运用我们的主意，我们要提高我们的精神。
小题20:D 动词辨析。解析同54. |
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试题【Long long ago, there was a small village. This village had a 36 tradition. At】；主要考察你对
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One day a heavy storm hit a village. Nothing was ____41____ but a rock fell from the nearby mountain. The rock rolled down from the mountain and __42_____ in the middle of the main oad in the village. It was very big and shaped more or less __43__ a ball. The villagers decided to move it away since it was blocking the street. Several of the ___44___ men came to try to lift it out of the road. No matter _____45____ they tried, they couldn’t move it.
All of this time a young boy was ___46_____ the men trying to move the rock.. “Excuse me,” he said, “but I think I could move it.” “You,” they shouted, “____47___ are you talking about? All of us have just tried and can’t ___48_____ move it a little.” They all ____49______ the boy.
The next ___50_____ some villagers came to the street. To their great __51____, the rock was gone. More people ran out to see for themselves. It was true the rock was not in the road any more. The little boy stood in the street, smiling, “ I told you I could move it. I did it last night.” ___52_____ he walked over to ___53____ the rock had been and ____54_____ some dirt with a shovel( 铲 ) “You see,” he said, “ I dug a hole __55____ the rock and it rolled down into the hole by itself. Then I covered it with dirt.”
| 小题1: | | A．hurt | B．found | C．destroyed | D．broken |
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| 小题2: | | A．lay | B．stopped | C．stood | D．placed |
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| 小题4: | | A．happiest | B．biggest | C．weakest | D．strongest |
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| 小题5: | | A．what | B．how hard | C．how many | D．how long |
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| 小题6: | | A．seeing | B．hearing | C．watching | D．staring |
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| 小题8: | | A．still not | B．already | C．even | D．will |
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| 小题9: | | A．smiled at | B．praised | C．joked with | D．laughed at |
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| 小题10: | | A．night | B．evening | C．afternoon | D．morning |
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| 小题11: | | A．joy | B．interest | C．satisfaction | D．surprise |
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| 小题12: | | A．At last | B．Then | C．Finally | D．So |
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| 小题13: | | A．where | B．in which | C．there | D．place |
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| 小题14: | | A．gave | B．covered | C．uncovered | D．put |
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| 小题15: | | A．around | B．below | C．next to | D．away from |
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Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy. He was the oldest of five children in his family. His father was a wool weaver. He helped his father with the weaving, but he always wanted to sail the seas.
He didn’t get to school very much, but he learned to read and write Spanish during his travels. He also taught himself Latin because all the geography books were written in Latin. Some people thought he was trying to prove the world was round, but this is not true. He wanted to find a short way to get to the Indies by ship.
He was a Christian and wanted to tell the story of Christ to the people he would find in the far-away lands. He also wanted wealth for himself and for Spain, and he wanted to be famous. He tried for eight years to get King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to supply him with ships and money.
They left Spain on August 3, 1492 and sailed toward the west. After many days, the sailors had covered a long distance on the sea and were ready to turn around for home when they saw land, an island Columbus named San Salvador. He thought he had found the Indies and called the people he saw there “Indians”. When they got to Cuba, he thought he was in Japan. The world was a lot larger than he thought.
On Christmas Eve, the Santa Maria was wrecked near Haiti. Columbus built a fort(城堡) and left 40 men to hunt for gold. Then he returned to Spain on the Nina. The people of Spain welcomed him as a hero. He made three more voyages across the ocean. His 13-year-old son, Ferdinand, went with him on the fourth voyage.
Columbus did not become rich as he had hoped. At the end of his life he only had a pension the king and the queen had given him because he was the first to reach the New World. He spent the last few months of his life in bed because of the pain of arthritis(关节炎). Columbus not only discovered a New World, but he led the way for other explorers.
小题1:Columbus taught himself Latin because _______.| A． he wanted to prove the earth was round. | | B．he wanted to find a short way to the Indies by sea. | | C．he found Latin was very useful at that time. | | D．he wanted to travel around the world. |
小题2:How was Columbus able to make his voyage to the west?| A．He was supported by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. | | B．He worked hard for eight for to save enough money for his voyage. | | C．The king and the queen helped him with money and ships. | | D．Many people supported him with money and food for his voyage. |
小题3:Why did Columbus call the local people in Salvador “Indians”?| A．Because he thought he had arrived in Japan. | | B．Because he thought he looked like in the Indies. | | C．Because he thought it was a wealthy place. | | D．Because he thought he had arrived in the Indies. |
小题4:From the fifth paragraph we can infer that “Santa Maria” and “Nina” must be the names of_________.| A．trains | B．ships | C．cities | D．women |
小题5:From the text we know that ________.| A．Columbus lived a difficult life in his later life. | | B．Columbus was considered as a hero all his life. | | C．Columbus didn’t get the wealth as he had hoped for. | | D．Columbus was the first person to travel round the world. |
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Long long ago people made fires from lightning(闪电)。 But they had to keep the fire burning, for they couldn’t start it again if there was no lightning. Later, they found out hitting two piece of stone together could make a spark (火花). The spark could fire dry leaves. In this way they could make the fire again if it went out. Them people also learned to make a fire by rubbing. They made a hole on a big piece of wood and put a smaller stick into the hole. They turned the stick again and again. After a few minutes they got a fire.
As years went by, people learned other ways to make a fire. Sometimes they used the heat from sun. they held a piece of glass in the right way and made a piece of paper on fire.
About two centuries ago, people began to make matches (火柴). Matches brought people a quick and easy way to make fire. Today matches are still being used, but people have more new ways to make fires. One of them is to use an electric fire starter. Of course an electric fire starter is much more expensive than a box of matches. But it is more useful.
小题1:A spark can _________.| A．fire any leaves | B．burn anything | C．burn dry leaves | D．keep fires burning |
小题2:We can also get a fire by _________.| A．making a hole on a big piece of wood | | B．putting a smaller stick into the hole | | C．turning the stick hard for a while | | D．doing all the above together |
小题3:Matches have been used _________.| A．for about two thousand years | | B．for about two hundred years | | C．since people began to use fire for cooking | | D．since people used the heat from the sun. |
小题4:From this passage we know _______.| A．using matches is the easiest and most useful way to make fires | | B．people don’t use matches any more since they had electric fire starters | | C．today there are only two ways to make fires | | D．some forest fires happen from lightning |
小题5:Choose the right order of the ways to make fires people got to know _________.
a. with a match b. from the sun c. from lightning
d. by rubbing e. with an electric fire starter.| A．d ,b, c, a,e | B．d, c, b, a, e | C．c, d, b, a, e | D．c, b, d, a ,e |
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People often say that the Englishman’s home is his castle. In this sense they mean that the home is very important and 21 . Most people in Britain live in houses 22 flats, and many people own their homes. This means that they can make them individual(个人的); they can 23 them and change them in any way they 24 . In a crowded city the individual knows that he or she has a private space which is 25 for himself or herself and for invited friends.
People usually like to 26 their space. Are you sitting now in your home or in a beach or a train? If you are on the beach you may have spread your 27 around you; on the train you may have 28 your coat or small bag on the seat beside you; in a library you may have one corner or chair which is your own.
Once I was traveling on a 29 to London. I was in a section for four people and there was a table between us. The man on the opposite side to me had his briefcase on the table. There was no 30 on my side of the table at all. I was made rather 31 . I thought he thought that he owned the 32 table. I took various papers out of my bag and put them on 33 ! When I did this he stiffened and his eyes nearly popped out of his head. I had 34 his space ! A few minutes later I took my papers off his case in order to read them. He 35 moved his case to his side of the table. ( Of course , it is possible that he just wanted to be helpful to me !
| 小题1: | | A．helpful | B．personal | C．necessary | D．useful |
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| 小题2: | | A．rather than | B．as well as | C．as a result of | D．or rather |
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| 小题3: | | A．buy | B．leave | C．paint | D．offer |
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| 小题4: | | A．make | B．clear | C．like | D．prepare |
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| 小题5: | | A．only | B．already | C．ever | D．even |
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| 小题6: | | A．marked | B．decide | C．choose | D．keep |
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| 小题7: | | A．towels | B．sands | C．papers | D．flags |
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| 小题8: | | A．found | B．given | C．put | D．stored |
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| 小题9: | | A．plane | B．train | C．way | D．street |
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| 小题10: | | A．matter | B．weight | C．light | D．space |
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| 小题12: | | A．right | B．only | C．small | D．whole |
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| 小题13: | | A．the table | B．his case | C．the seat | D．his side |
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| 小题14: | | A．invaded | B．shut | C．separated | D．shared |
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Charles Dickens (1812-1870), the great nineteenth century English novelist, was born near Portsmouth. His father ran heavily into debt and when he was twelve, he had to go and work in a factory for making boot polish. The only formal education he received was a two-year schooling at a school for poor children. In fact, he had to teach himself all he knew. He worked for a time as junior clerk in a lawyer"s office. After that, he worked as a reporter in the law courts, and later in parliament, for London newspapers. His career as a writer of fiction began in 1833 with short stories and essays in periodicals, and in 1837 his comic novel The Pickwick Papers made him the most popular author at his time in England.
He was a great observer of people and their places because he was attracted by life and conditions in mid-nineteenth century London. He wrote 19 novels all his life and in many of them, Dickens gave a realistic picture of all classes of England society, showing deep sympathy for the poor and unfortunate, exposing the injustice and inhumanity（不人道） of the bourgeoisie（布尔乔亚阶级）.
Many of his novels like Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickleby, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities and so on drew attention to the unsatisfactory social conditions that existed in England over a hundred years ago.
Dickens criticized capitalist society from the point of view of bourgeois humanism. He wished to see improvement in the living conditions of the poor, but failed to find any effective means to achieve that end.
小题1:Dickens only received a little formal education because______.| A．he wanted to teach himself | | B．he wanted to work and made a lot of money | | C．he was too poor to afford any more formal education | | D．he wanted some working experiences to be a novelist |
小题2:According to Dickens, the society at his time in England was________. | A．just | B．poor | C．comfortable | D．unsatisfying |
小题3:Which of the following novel made Dickens the most popular writer at his time in England?| A．Oliver Twist | B．The Pickwick Papers | | C．A Tale of Two Cities | D．Great Expectations |
小题4:According to the passage, which of the following about Dickens is true?| A．He didn"t go to school at all. | | B．He only wrote about poor people and showed deep sympathy for them. | | C．He began to write fictions when he was 21 years old. | | D．He found some effective ways to improve the living conditions of the poor. |
小题5:It can be inferred from the passage that________.| A．Dickens had a miserable childhood | | B．Dickens tried many different jobs before he became a professional writer | | C．Dickens wrote many novels but only some of them are popular | | D．Dickens criticized capitalist society and helped to improve the living conditions of the poor |
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