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The hardworking blacksmith(铁匠) Jones used to work all day in his shop and so hard working was he that at times he would make the sparks fly from his hammer.
The son of Mr. Smith, a rich neighbor, used to come to see the blacksmith everyday and for hours and hours he would enjoy himself watching how the blacksmith worked. "Young man, why don"t you try to learn to make shoe tacks(鞋钉), even if it is only to pass the time?" said the blacksmith. "Who knows, one day, it may be of use to you." The lazy boy began to see what he could do. But after a little practice he found that he was becoming very skilled and soon he was making some of the finest tacks.
Old Mr. Smith died and the son because of the war lost all his goods. He had to leave home and settled down in another country. It so happened that in this village there were many shoemakers who were spending a lot of money to buy tacks for their shoes and even at times when they paid high prices they were not always able to get what they wanted, because in that part of the country there was a high demand for soldiers" shoes.
Our young Mr. Smith, who was finding it difficult to earn his daily bread, remembered that he had learned how to make tacks and had the sudden idea of making a bargain with the shoemakers. He told them that he would make the tacks if they would help to get him settled in his workshop. The shoemakers were only too glad of the offer. And after a while, Mr. Smith found that he was soon making the finest tacks in the village.
"How funny it seems," he used to say, "even making tacks can bring a fortune(财富).”
小题1:From the passage, we can learn the young Mr. Smith became rich ______.
A by selling shoes B by making shoe tacks C with his father’s help D by making bread
小题2:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A The young Mr. Smith’s father was very wealthy.
B The young Mr. Smith was lazy before learning to make shoe tacks.
C The shoemakers offered him a working place to make shoe tacks.
D The shoemakers were unwilling to buy the young Mr. Smith’s tack.
小题3:What can we learn from the young Mr. Smith’s success?
A.It is no use crying over the spilt milk. |
B.A friend in need is a friend indeed. |
C.All roads lead to Rome. |
D.Seeing is believing. |
a. He was born in a rich family.
b. He became rich by selling tacks.
c. His father died and he became poor.
d. He was asked to learn to make shoe tacks.
e. He settled in another country.
A.a-d-c-e-b | B.a-d-b-c-e | C.b-d-c-e-a | D.b-d-a-e-c |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
解析
小题1:推理题。根据通读全文可知,在新的地方他是靠making shoe tacks为生。
小题2:推理题。根据文章倒数2,3段可知那些人非常喜欢能买到tacks.
小题3:通读全文可知,特别是最后一段话。
小题4:排序题。这种题目可以使用排除法。通读全文可知A是正确顺序。
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试题【The hardworking blacksmith(铁匠) Jones used to work all day in his shop and so har】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Kong Zi , also called Confucius (551-479 B.C) , and Socrates(苏格拉底) (469-399 B. C) lived only a hundred years apart , and during their lifetimes there was no contact (联系)between China and Greece, but it is interesting to look at how the world that each of these great philosophers(哲学家) came from shaped their ideas , and how these ideas in turn ,shaped their societies.
Confucius suggested the Golden Rule as a principle for the conduct of life:” Do not do to others what you would not want others to do to you.” He assumed that all men were equal at birth, though some bad more potential than others, and that it was knowledge that set men apart. Socrates focused on the individual, and thought that the greatest purpose of man was to seek wisdom. He believed that the superior class should rule the inferior(下层的)classes.
For Socrates, the family was of no importance, and the community of little concern. For Confucius, however, the family was the centre of the society, with family relations considered much more important than political relations.
Both men are respected much more today than they were in their lifetimes.
小题1:Which of the following is TURE according to the first paragraph?
A.Socrates and Confucius had much in common, |
B.Confucius had much influence on Socrates’ ideas. |
C.The societies were influenced by the philosophers’ ideas. |
D.There were cultural exchanges between China and Greece. |
A.all men were equal when they were born |
B.the lower classes should be ruled by the upper class |
C.the purpose of man was to seek freedom and wisdom |
D.people should not ask others to do what they did not want to |
A. Family. | B.Potential(潜力). | C.Knowledge. | D.Community. |
In 1933 an unknown American called Clarence Nash went to see the filmmaker Walt Disney. He had an unusual voice and he wanted to work in Disney’s cartoon film for children. When Walt Disney heard Nash’s voice, he said “Stop! That’s our duck!”
The duck was the now-famous Donald Duck, who first appeared in 1934 in the film The Wise Little Hen. Donald lived in an old houseboat(水上住家) and wore his sailor jacket and hat. Later that year he became a star after an eight-minute Mickey Mouse film. The cinema audience liked him because he was lazy and greedy, and because he lost his temper very quickly. And they loved his voice when he became angry with Mickey’s eight nephews. Soon Donald was more popular than Mickey Mouse himself, probably because he wasn’t a goody-goody like Mickey.
In the 1930s, 40s and 50s Donald and his friends Mickey, Goofy and Pluto made hundreds of Disney cartoons. He also made educational films about the place of the USA in the world, and safety in the home. Then in 1966 Donald Duck and his voice disappeared---there were no more new cartoons.
Clarence Nash died in February, 1985. But today’s children can still see the old cartoons on television and hear that famous voice.
小题1:Who made Donald Duck film?
A.Mickey Mouse | B.Clarence Nash | C.Walt Disney | D.Pluto |
A.In 1933 | B.In 1934 | C.In 1966 | D.In 1930 |
A.In new film | B.At the cinema | C.On television | D.At concerts |
A.likes to appear to be faultless in behavior |
B.likes to appear to be faulty in behavior |
C.dislikes to appear to be faultless in behavior |
D.dislikes to be faulty in behavior |
A. Donald’s lovely voice. |
B.A brief introduction of Donald. |
C. Donald’s temper. |
D.Donald Duck and Clarence Nash. |
Lee Ann Laraway has polio (小儿麻痹症) and is not able to move very much. Most things are out of reach for her. Jeannie, a Labrador retriever, acts as her arms and legs. Jeannie understands 72 or more different commands. On a shopping trip, she can get money for Lee Ann at the bank or candies at the store. She can pay the cashier (收银员) and get change back. Jeannie brings things to Lee Ann and puts them in her lap.
Jeannie was trained at a place called Canine Companions for Independence, located on twelve acres of land in Santa Rosa (California). The land was donated (捐赠) by the cartoonist Charles Shultz. “We train four different types of dogs here,” said Ken Kirsh, a dog trainer there. “Hearing dogs, service dogs, skilled companion dogs, and facility dogs.”
Trainers work with Labrador retrievers and golden retrievers for hours a day, but not every dog is good enough to be a working dog.
The work is a serious business. Hearing dogs warn their owners of sounds like ringing telephones and doorbells. Other dogs work with disabled patients like eight-year-old Noah Habib who communicates with a special computer. He likes it when people come to ask him about his dog. His father says, “People are really interested in the dog and will come over and ask to pet her and play with her, and ask about what she does, and these are people that normally might not approach us and want to talk to Noah.”
When Lee Ann Laraway comes home with Jeannie and her goods, Jeannie helps her open the door. “You can train a dog to do a lot of things.” said Lee Ann.
小题1:According to this passage, we can know that Jeannie is Lee Ann’s .
A.servant | B.daughter | C.dog | D.mother |
A.go to the bank to get money |
B.pay for what Lee Ann buys in the shop |
C.bring things home |
D.do some cooking at home |
A.he is good at training dogs |
B.he is not only honest but also lovely |
C.they want to play with his dog |
D.they want to ask him for help |
A.Dogs are helpful to people | B.Four kinds of dogs |
C.Jeannie, a very clever dog | D.How to train working dogs |
A.Dogs that warn their owners of sounds like doorbells. |
B.Dogs that help their blind owners cross over a road. |
C.Dogs that open the door for their owners. |
D.Dogs that work with children who have polio. |
When Boris left school, he could not find a job. He tried hard and pestered (纠缠) his relatives, but they had problems of their own. He answered advertisements until he could not afford to buy any more stamps. Boris grew annoyed, then depressed, then a little hardened. Still he went on trying and still he failed. He began to think that he had no future at all.
“Why don"t you start your own business?” one of his uncles told him. “The world is a money-locker. You"d better find a way of opening it.”
“But what can I do?”
“Get out and have a look round.” advised his uncle in a vague sort of way. “See what people want; then give it to them, and they will pay for it.”
Boris began to cycle around the town and found a suitable piece of a waste ground in the end. Then he set up his business as a cycle repairer. He worked hard, made friends with his customers and gradually managed to build up his goodwill and profit. A few months later, he found that he had more work than he could deal with by himself. He found a number of empty shops but they were all no good: in the wrong position, too expensive or with some other snag(障碍). But at long last, he managed to find an empty shop on a new estate where there were plenty of customers but no competition.
Boris and his assistant taught themselves how to repair scooters and motor-cycles. Slowly but surely the profits increased and the business developed. At last, Boris had managed to open the money-locker and found bank notes and gold coins inside.
小题1:Which of the following best describes Boris" job hunting experience?
A.Surprising. | B.Encouraging. | C.Boring. | D.Disappointing. |
A.Goodwill is the key to success |
B.The world is a money-locker |
C.No education, no future |
D.Difficulty of starting a small business |
A.repairing cycles | B.developing a waste ground |
C.cycling around the town | D.buying empty shops |
A.it was not so expensive |
B.he had a lot of old customers there |
C.there were good opportunities there |
D.he could make good use of his skills there |
A.still couldn"t make good profits |
B.found a lot of gold coins by accident |
C.set off in a successful career |
D.had great difficulty running his business |
A cancer-stricken British teenage girl said Thursday she had been moved by messages of support from around the world after writing an online “Bucket List” of things she wanted to do before dying.
Alice Pyne, l5, created an Internet blog in which she described her fight against a cancer of the white blood cells. “ I"ve been fighting cancer for almost four years and now l know that the cancer is gaining on me and it doesn"t look like I"m going to win this one,” she wrote.
For her list, the teenager took inspiration from the 2007 film “The Bucket List”, in which two terminally ill (患绝症的) men, played by Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, draw up a list of things they wish to do before they die.
On her list, at the site www. alicepyne. blogspot. com, she has included making everyone sign up to be a bone marrow donor (骨髓捐赠者), swimming with sharks, meeting boy band Take That and getting a purple iPad computer.
Messages of support and offers of help quickly flooded her webpage and it became one of the most talked about subjects on Twitter.
“Oh dear and I thought that I was just doing a little blog for a few friends!” she wrote after her site attracted huge attention. “Thank you so much for all your lovely messages to me.”
Pyne, who lives with her family in the northwest English town of Ulverston, revealed (透露) the management of Take That had arranged for her to see the band after reading her blog. A group of local lawmakers have also joined forces with the Anthony Nolan blood cancer charity to encourage people to join its stem cell register.
小题1: What happened after Alice Pyne wrote her“Bucket List”?
A.The media called on people to help her. |
B.People sent gifts to her from all over the world. |
C.A lot of people offered to donate bone marrow to her. |
D.People around the world sent messages to support her. |
A.express her last few wishes |
B.say goodbye to a few friends |
C.give comfort to two terminally ill men |
D.catch people"s attention |
A.is unaware of her own conditions |
B.is calm to know that death is approaching |
C.is very sad to know that she will die |
D.is still quite confident in fighting against cancer |
A.To meet a boy. |
B.To get a cool computer. |
C.To swim with sharks. |
D.To ask people to donate bone marrow. |
A.invite Pyne to join the band |
B.help Pyne in any possible way |
C.donate money to Pyne |
D.meet Pyne in person |
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