Each spring brings a new wildflower blooming in the fields along the highway I travel daily to work.
There is one particular blue flower that has always caught my eye. I"ve noticed that it blooms only in the morning hours. The afternoon sun is too warm for it. Every day each year for about two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers.
This spring, I started a wildflower garden in my yard. I can look out of the kitchen window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I"ve often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the fields would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers.
Every day I drove past the flowers, thinking, "I"ll stop on my way home and dig them." "Gee, I don"t want to get my good clothes dirty…" Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a tool one year for that expressed purpose.
One day on my way home from work, I was saddened to see that the highway department had cleared up the fields and the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to myself, "Way to go, you waited too long. You should have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring. "
A week ago we were shocked and saddened to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a cancer. She is 20 years older than my husband and unfortunately, because of age and distance, we haven"t been as close as we all would have liked.
I couldn"t help but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband"s sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us.
And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, I"m sure I"ll stop and transplant them to my wildflower garden.
小题1:How long might the blue flower bloom in spring?| A．About two weeks. | B．The whole season. | | C．About one week. | D．The whole day. |
小题2:Where did the writer want to transplant the flowers?| A．Across the fields. | B．Along the highway. | | C．In the garden. | D．Outside the yard. |
小题3:Which of the following is NOT true about the writer"s sister-in-law?| A．She is seriously ill. | | B．She is twenty years old. | | C．She lives far away from the writer. | | D．She is not in close touch with the writer. |
小题4:What does the writer want to tell us?| A．Value now and don"t lose chances. | | B．Visit our relatives only after they get ill. | | C．Refresh our wonderful moments every year. | | D．Plant flowers and don"t enjoy them in the field. |
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小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:A |
小题1:细节理解题。结合Every day each year for about two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers可知答案。
小题2:推理判断题。结合第三段内容可知答案。
小题3:细节理解题。结合She is 20 years older than my husband可知答案。
小题4:写作目的题。作者通过自己的经历告诉大家：花开堪折直须折，莫待花谢时。别错过机会。 |
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An old man once had an argument with his only son. He tried to __36__ many times, but the young man would not __37__. The father never__38__ because he loved his son with all his heart, but the son would not give in, __39__ he was too blinded by his pride.
Years passed and as the man lay in his deathbed, he made a __40__ attempt to reconcile (和解) with his son, but __41__ he would not listen and so the father died with a heart full of __42__.
During this time the son too had a child who had now __43__ into a young adult. To this child he never __44__ his father and when the young man asked about his grandfather he __45__ tell him never to mention him again.
One day, they two were involved in a hot __46__ and his son fled away as he did many years ago. This made the man extremely__47__ and this time he had no __48__, but felt completely isolated. (孤立的)
He was afraid that he would__49__ his son forever and for the first time after many years he realized how his father must have__50__ many years back.
He remembered how he had __51__ his old man and only at that point he realized the extent of the hurt he had caused. The __52__ he thought the more he understood how unjust he was with his old father, the man who gave him everything __53__ his life.
With these sad thoughts he felt __54__ on the couch. The next morning when he opened his eyes he found __55__ lying in his bed and in front of him stood his son. The man could not believe his eyes, and the two hugged each other while they cried together.
| 小题1: | | A．bend | B．predict | C．apologize | D．seek |
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| 小题2: | | A．stop | B．listen | C．chose | D．come |
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| 小题3: | | A．brought about | B．gave up | C．got in | D．made up |
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| 小题4: | | A．if | B．when | C．thought | D．because |
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| 小题5: | | A．final | B．big | C．latest | D．useless |
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| 小题6: | | A．still | B．ever | C．once | D．just |
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| 小题7: | | A．anger | B．curiosity | C．sorrow | D．gratitude |
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| 小题8: | | A．left out | B．grown up | C．put aside | D．turned up |
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| 小题9: | | A．mentioned | B．hid | C．praised | D．forgave |
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| 小题10: | | A．would | B．need | C．must | D．might |
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| 小题11: | | A．imagination | B．room | C．argument | D．discussion |
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| 小题12: | | A．sad | B．confused | C．annoyed | D．afraid |
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| 小题13: | | A．thought | B．pride | C．laugh | D．guess |
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| 小题14: | | A．throw | B．change | C．return | D．lose |
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| 小题15: | | A．felt | B．done | C．watched | D．regretted |
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| 小题16: | | A．hurt | B．abandoned | C．disappointed | D．scolded |
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| 小题17: | | A．better | B．higher | C．more | D．older |
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| 小题18: | | A．before | B．throughout | C．into | D．against |
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| 小题19: | | A．painful | B．frightened | C．relaxed | D．asleep |
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| 小题20: | | A．his father | B．his son | C．someone | D．himself |
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Early one morning the sub-inspector at a station at the other end of the town rang me. An elephant was damaging the town. Would I please come and do something about it? I did not know what I could do, but I got onto a horse and started out. I took my gun, maybe too small to kill an elephant, but I thought the noise might scare him. Various local people stopped me on the way and told me about the elephant"s doings. It was not, of course, a wild elephant, but a tame one. It had been chained up but last night it had broken its chain and escaped. Its owner had set out to run after it, but had taken the wrong direction. He was now twelve hours" journey away, and in the morning the elephant had suddenly appeared in the town. It had already destroyed somebody"s bamboo hut (棚屋), killed a cow and turned over fruit¬stalls. I came round the hut and saw a man"s dead body sprawling in the mud. He was an Indian, and he could not have been dead many minutes. The people said that the elephant caught him with its trunk, put its foot on his back and grounded him into the earth. This was the rainy season and he was lying on his stomach in the soft mud, the peacebreaker standing beside, looking innocent. As I lifted my gun, I hesitated a few seconds. Then I fired. That was a shot for him. You could see the pain of it knocking the last strength from his legs. But in falling he seemed for a moment to rise, his trunk reaching skyward like a tree. He trumpeted, for the first and only time. And then down he came, with a crash that shook the ground.
小题1:Which of the following statements about the author is TRUE?| A．He was an Indian. | | B．He knew elephants well. | | C．He was not a local villager. | | D．He was the owner of the elephant. |
小题2:The elephant made so much trouble because ________.| A．its owner treated him cruelly | | B．it got out of control | | C．it hated the village people | | D．it was a wild elephant |
小题3:The underlined words “the peacebreaker” in Paragraph 4 refer to ________.| A．the elephant | B．the dead man | | C．the author | D．the sub¬inspector |
小题4:It can be inferred that the author felt ________ when he shot the elephant.| A．excited | B．sad | C．frightened | D．happy |
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When I woke next morning, I was dying of 36 .I seemed to have a hole instead of a 37 I dressed quickly and hurried down to the dinning-room. It was a big room with six tall windows and the ugliest wallpaper（背景墙） I had ever seen ! 38 , I had been told the hotel was not beautiful but that you were better 39 there than in any other hotel; and that was 40 I wanted just then.
The waiter came hurrying up. Before I came downstairs I had prepared 41 carefully for what I must 42. I had looked three times in my dictionary to make sure 43 “breakfast” really meant “breakfast”. I had tried to get the right 44 and I had stood in the front of a mirror and twisted my mouth until it ached.
The waiter asked me 45 I could not understand, but I spoke only my one prepared word “breakfast”. He looked at me in a 46 way, so I repeated it, still he did not understand. It was 47 that English people didn’t understand their language. The waiter 48 his head and went away, but he came back in a minute and brought a tray with tea, bread and butter--- enough to feed a small army--- and went away. But I was hungry, and I left 49. When the waiter came back I thought his face showed a little 50, but you can never 51 what a waiter’s face really shows. In another minute he brought 52 tray with some bacon(熏肉) and some eggs. He 53 have misunderstood me , but I thought it was no use explaining to people who don’t understand their own language , so I just set to work on the bacon and eggs, wondering whether I could possibly clear that plate.
Well, I finished the bacon and eggs. I got up and made my way slowly to my room-----at least five pound 54 . I never believed until then that any meal could 55 me, but on that day I met my Waterloo(滑铁卢).
| 小题1: | | A．hunger | B．cold | C．anger | D．illness |
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| 小题2: | | A．stone | B．head | C．breast | D．stomach |
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| 小题3: | | A．Therefore | B．Otherwise | C．So | D．However |
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| 小题4: | | A．received | B．fed | C．cared | D．eating |
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| 小题6: | | A．English | B．meal | C．questions | D．myself |
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| 小题7: | | A．speak | B．answer | C．say | D．explain |
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| 小题9: | | A．pronunciation | B．meaning | C．form | D．spelling |
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| 小题10: | | A．whether | B．something | C．when | D．what |
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| 小题11: | | A．surprised | B．friendly | C．puzzled | D．touched |
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| 小题12: | | A．unbelievable | B．true | C．thought | D．a pity |
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小题13:A waved B. shook C. bowed D. patted
| 小题14: | | A．much | B．a little | C．nothing | D．empty |
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| 小题15: | | A．pleasure | B．surprise | C．pride | D．satisfaction |
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| 小题16: | | A．tell | B．guess | C．design | D．express |
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| 小题17: | | A．other | B．another | C．more | D．me |
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| 小题18: | | A．should | B．might | C．would | D．must |
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| 小题19: | | A．lighter | B．heavier | C．weightier | D．more |
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| 小题20: | | A．hurt | B．fat | C．defeat | D．please |
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I fell in love with music from a young age and often sat down making a few songs of my own．What would life be like, I wondered, without a beautiful song? In 1992, I made two love songs to my darling wife and watched tears run down her face as I sang．"Sam," she said earnestly, "Your songs should be heard by more people."
She got my ballads and started bothering various media people about me, her singing barber husband．Two radio stations took an interest and played the songs．After the programme was aired, I became known in our community as the Singing Barber．
The biggest surprise, however, was still to come．I received a call from a music promoter who offered me a long-term recording contract．He explained that he would be investing a lot of money to market my songs．I needed to be wholly focused on selling my records all over Australia．
But I hesitated．
My friends all told me to go for it．And Mary also thought I should do．"Go, Sam．I"ll manage with the family．．．it"ll be OK．"
I watched my daughter and son playing in the backyard．Soon they would both be in high school．．．and where would I be? I was so used to my family turning to me for love and support．If I were to start a singing career, I would not only miss them terribly, I"d also certainly miss out on watching them grow up．Signing this contract would put a huge gap between my family and me．．．and I couldn"t bear it．My family was my life．So I refused the music promoter"s offer．I"m still making music, I"m rich in love and I have no regrets．
小题1:When the author was offered the contract, most of his friends _____．| A．envied him | B．laughed at him | C．encouraged him | D．didn"t believe him |
小题2:Why did the author give up the contract?| A．Because his wife was strongly against it． | | B．Because the pay was not attractive enough． | | C．Because he wanted to care about his two kids． | | D．Because he didn"t want his family life damaged． |
小题3:According to the passage, we can infer the author _____．| A．used to be a country singer | | B．preferred his present life | | C．went on the road to fame | | D．regretted giving up his contract |
小题4:What does the author mainly intend to tell us?| A．One should know himself． | | B．Interest is the best teacher． | | C．Family should come first． | | D．Every dog has its day． |
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Mayor Boris Johnson Monday outlined plans to make London “the cleanest” by the 2012 Olympics and called for commitments from other world cities at a climate change conference. Leaders of the world"s 40 largest cities are meeting in Seoul this week for a summit on combating global warming ---- the third to be held since 2005.
"What we should do in Seoul is agree that we will stop the endless addiction of mankind to the internal combustion engine (内燃机)," said Johnson. He told a press conference the world"s cities consume 75 percent of its energy and produce 80 percent of the emissions which cause climate change. "The problem of our planet is an urban problem," Johnson said.
He said the British capital wants to use the Olympics "to drive the greening and the improvement of our city" and noted that London is committed to reduce carbon emissions by 60 percent by 2025.
Johnson said the key measure was addressing the problems relating to domestic and commercial buildings, which accounted for 70 percent of carbon dioxide emissions in London. This involved retrofitting (翻新) ---- installing lagging (绝缘层材料) ---- in large numbers of public buildings.
Johnson proclaimed himself a "passionate cyclist" and said he would push ahead with cycle super-highways around London.
London"s air quality problem, he said, was caused by vehicle emissions from 8,300 antiquated (陈旧的) diesel (柴油) buses, which could be replaced by low-carbon vehicles. There were also 32,000 taxis running on diesel fuel, which could be replaced by electric vehicles.
Johnson said there would be a substantial (实质上的) program in the next few years to produce a "cleaner, greener" bus for his city. "The age of the diesel-emitting bus has got to be over in London."
小题1:Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to this passage?| A．The used buses running on diesel will be replaced by electric vehicles. | | B．London’s air quality will be improved in the near future. | | C．London promises to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 60 percent by 2025. | | D．Plans have been made to solve the problem of carbon dioxide emissions. |
小题2:What does the underlined word mean in the first paragraph?| A．discussing | B．resisting | C．agreeing | D．supporting |
小题3:The topic of the meeting in Seoul might be __________.| A．climate change | B．London Olympics in 2012 | | C．global warming | D．green environment |
小题4:If the passage was continually written, the following might be __________.| A．measures to replace the old and used vehicles | | B．measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in London | | C．measures to solve housing and commercial items | | D．measures to end the age of the diesel bus |
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