Dad loved children. And he always wanted a __1__ family. Eventually, he got what he wanted with twelve children in the family. Without fail, he would show us off to visitors.
Once, Dad __2__ presented the first three children in the family, Ann, Mary and Ernestine, to some visitors. Then he picked up a fourth child, and said, "And this is our _3__ model, complete with all the improvements. And don’t think that this is all; we are _4__ the 1953 model some time next month."
But what he _5__ most was taking us out for a drive. On one occasion a man in a village we were passing through shouted _6_ that he had seen eleven people in our car, not __7_ Mum and Dad. _8__, Dad called out over his shoulder, "You 9__ the second baby up from the front here, Mister."
Another time, Dad told us this joke, though we were not sure then whether he was telling us the _10_. Mum, who was a psychologist (心理学家), once went to give a lecture and left Dad in charge of the _11_. When Mum returned, she asked him if everything had been OK. He said everything was fine _12__ one of the children had been taught a lesson because he had been _13_. When he pointed at the child that had been __14__, Mum looked at him calmly and said, "That’s not one of ours, dear. He _15_ next door."
| 小题1: | | A．rich | B．lovely | C．close | D．large |
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| 小题2: | | A．surprisingly | B．nervously | C．kindly | D．proudly |
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| 小题3: | | A．dearest | B．smallest | C．latest | D．youngest |
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| 小题4: | | A．ordering | B．selling | C．expecting | D．improving |
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| 小题5: | | A．hated | B．enjoyed | C．cared | D．hoped |
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| 小题6: | | A．crazily | B．excitedly | C．curiously | D．directly |
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| 小题7: | | A．counting | B．naming | C．showing | D．reaching |
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| 小题8: | | A．Immediately | B．Carefully | C．Angrily | D．Easily |
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| 小题9: | | A．saw | B．missed | C．forgot | D．left |
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| 小题10: | | A．truth | B．story | C．adventure | D．accident |
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| 小题11: | | A．lecture | B．house | C．office | D．activity |
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| 小题12: | | A．even if | B．apart from | C．so that | D．except that |
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| 小题13: | | A．troublesome | B．careless | C．active | D．quiet |
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| 小题14: | | A．found | B．caught | C．punished | D．wounded |
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| 小题15: | | A．goes to | B．belongs to | C．works | D．plays |
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1. 由下文中twelve children可知是一个大家庭。
2. 由句意可知父亲很自豪地(proudly)展示。
3．由下文中 next month可知这是最新的(latest)
4. expect“期待，盼望”。
5．父亲“最喜欢地”(enjoy most)是带我们去兜风。
6．有一个人看到十一个孩子很兴奋。
7．count“计数，计算在内”。
8．对于那个人的话，父亲立即回应。
9．由第一段内容可知有十二个孩子，所以说是漏(missed)了一个。
10．我们不确定父亲是否讲了真话。
11．母亲出去做演讲，留下父亲照顾家。
12．下文是一个完整的句子，表示“除……之外”，应用expect that。
13troublesome“令人烦恼的”。
14．由上文中taught a lesson可知这个孩子被惩罚了。
15．母亲说：“这不是我们的孩子，他是邻居家的。” |
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I am Ali. I have always believed in myself. My parents taught me to be 41 and that I could be the best at anything. I 42 challenging my neighbourhood boys to see who could jump the highest and run the fastest. Of course I knew when I made the challenge, I would win. I never even 43 losing.
I started my boxing 44 when I was 12. In high school I boasted (自夸) that one day I was 45 to be the champion of the world. As part of my training, I would run down the street. I would rush in and out of shops to 46 them I was training for the Olympics and I was going to 47 a gold medal. I never thought of failing but only glory(光荣) I was going to 48 when I won. When I said I was going to be the "Greatest of All Time", I 49 myself. And I still do.
But I didn’t know that my will would be 50 when I retired. In 1996, I was asked to 51 the cauldron(圣火) at the summer Olympic Games in Atlanta.
When the 52 came for me to set fire to the cauldron, I realized I had the eyes of the world on me. Then I heard an extremely loud 53 . I was reminded of my 1960 Olympic 54 in Rome, when I won the gold medal. I remembered those 36 years between Rome and Atlanta and 55 that I had come full circle. Nothing in life has defeated me. I am still "The Greatest."
| 小题1: | | A．brave | B．confident | C．honest | D．polite |
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| 小题2: | | A．excuse | B．avoid | C．remember | D．suggest |
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| 小题3: | | A．gave up | B．went on | C．heard of | D．thought of |
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| 小题4: | | A．breaking | B．matching | C．training | D．watching |
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| 小题5: | | A．willing | B．sure | C．hopeful | D．active |
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| 小题8: | | A．need | B．get | C．decide | D．make |
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| 小题9: | | A．believed in | B．cared about | C．turned to | D．went through |
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| 小题10: | | A．forced | B．increased | C．damaged | D．tested |
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| 小题11: | | A．protect | B．carry | C．light | D．touch |
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| 小题12: | | A．challenge | B．chance | C．choice | D．moment |
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| 小题13: | | A．cheer | B．laugh | C．noise | D．shout |
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| 小题14: | | A．history | B．experience | C．devotion | D．stage |
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| 小题15: | | A．expected | B．supposed | C．proved | D．realized |
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Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were final 36 . All the kids had been working hard for some time, reviewing their 37 . If they didn’t pass the exams, they would have to 38 them in September. There were usually a few who _39 , but Jane didn’t want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year, but she was working so hard that her mother 40 her. She went to bed too late. The night before the big day, her mother 41 that she should have an early night and take a sleeping pill. She promised to 42 her up in the morning.
Jane was too 43 to fall asleep. Her mind kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, the 44 did work. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the paper, but she couldn’t answer 45 of the questions. Everyone 46___ her was writing pages and pages. 47 , she couldn’t find anything to write about. From time to time she looked at her 48 .
Time was running 49 . There was only an hour to 50 . She started one question, wrote two sentences, 51 and tried another. With only half an hour left she wrote 52 two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started 53 . Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she woke up. She was still in bed and it had all been a terrible 54 . A minute later, 55 called her name.
| 小题1: | | A．harvests | B．exams | C．reports | D．papers |
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| 小题2: | | A．exercises | B．jobs | C．books | D．lessons |
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| 小题3: | | A．take | B．write | C．attend | D．do |
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| 小题4: | | A．cheated | B．succeeded | C．passed | D．failed |
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| 小题5: | | A．cared for | B．felt proud of | C．worried about | D．thought highly of |
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| 小题6: | | A．insisted | B．agreed | C．promised | D．allowed |
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| 小题7: | | A．ring | B．wake | C．bring | D．pick |
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| 小题8: | | A．sad | B．tired | C．happy | D．nervous |
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| 小题9: | | A．dream | B．pill | C．suggestion | D．music |
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| 小题11: | | A．ahead | B．behind | C．in the front of | D．around |
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| 小题12: | | A．Unless | B．However | C．Though | D．As |
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| 小题13: | | A．watch | B．paper | C．teacher | D．book |
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| 小题16: | | A．gave out | B．gave up | C．put off | D．put out |
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| 小题17: | | A．another | B．more | C．other | D．the other |
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| 小题18: | | A．thinking | B．dreaming | C．crying | D．writing |
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| 小题19: | | A．exam | B．dream | C．story | D．night |
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| 小题20: | | A．her mother | B．her teacher | C．a classmate | D．a friend |
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Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1904. He was famous because of the books he wrote for children. They combine funny words, pictures, and social opinion.
Dr Seuss wrote his first book for children in 1937. It is called And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street. A number of publishers refused to publish it. They said it was too different. A friend finally published(出版) it. Soon other successful books followed. Over the years, he wrote more than forty children’s books. They were fun to read. Yet his books sometimes dealt with serious subjects.
By the middle 1940s, Dr Seuss had become one of the best-loved and most successful writers of children’s books. He had a strong desire to help children. In 1954, Life magazine published a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children’s books weren’t interesting. Dr Seuss decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read.
In 1957, Dr Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 225 words to write the book. This was about the number of words a six-year-old should be able to read.
The story is about a cat who tries to entertain two children on a rainy day while their mother is away from home. The cat is not like normal cats. It talks. The book was an immediate success. It was an interesting story and was easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today many adults say it is still one of the stories they like best.
小题1:What’s the best title for this passage?| A．Some of Dr Seuss’ books for children. | | B．What are Dr Seuss’s books mainly about? | | C．Dr Seuss — a famous writer of children’s books. | | D．Why are Dr Seuss’ books different? |
小题2:What do we know about Dr Seuss’s first book for children?| A．It was Dr Seuss’ worst book. | | B．It dealt with a very serious subject. | | C．Neither children nor adults like it. | | D．Many publishers didn’t take it seriously at first. |
小题3:How did Dr Seuss help children according to Paragraph 3&4?| A．By asking others to help them in magazines. | | B．By writing interesting and simple books. | | C．By changing his old books into simpler ones. | | D．By giving them books for free. |
小题4: Adults most probably think that Dr Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat is _________| A．interesting | B．serious | C．difficult | D．boring |
小题5:What does the underlined word “combine” mean?| A．like very much | B．fall in love with | | C．bring something together | D．pay attention to |
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A famous doctor once received a little child who was badly ill. Thanks to his skill and care, his young patient got well and was soon able to get up and run about again.
The child’s mother was very much obliged to the doctor, and she called on him to thank him for what he had done for her child. “Doctor,” she said, “you have saved my little son. I don’t know how to thank you enough. I feel that money alone cannot repay you, so I have made  this little purse with my own hands, as a sign of my gratitude. I hope you will accept it.” The doctor stood up and said coldly, “Madam, a little present like that is very nice between friends, but a doctor needs to be paid properly for what he has done.” The lady was so surprised and hurt so much that she could not reply for a moment. Then she said quietly, “Perhaps you will tell me how much your fee is?”“Fifty pounds”, he answered.
The lady opened the little purse and took out four fifty-pound bank notes. She handed one of them to the doctor, and put the other three back into the purse. She put the purse into her handbag and, saying good bye to the doctor, went out of the room.
小题1:The doctor refused the lady’s purse because he thought ______.| A．the purse should be given between friends | | B．the purse was too small | | C．the lady was not kind to him | | D．the lady just gave him that purse and wouldn’t give him the medical fee |
小题2:What the doctor said ______ the lady.| A．worried | B．interested | C．frightened | D．hurt |
小题3:The money in the purse _______.| A．was only 150 pounds | B．was less than 200 pounds | | C．was much more than the medical fee | D．was not enough for the medical fee |
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Mr. Jackson lived in the center of London but he had a hotel near the airport. There a lot of foreigners stayed for night. He didn’t know any other language but English and he found it difficult for him to understand the foreign visitors. Sometimes he had to use the gesture to talk with them, and tried his best to make himself understood. But he was often misunderstood (误解) and it brought him a lot of trouble. A friend of his who taught a few foreign languages in a university would teach him. He was happy and studied hard. At first he learned some, but soon he found it wasn’t very easy to remember the words and expressions. His friend advised him to write down the useful expressions in his notebook so that he could use them when necessary. He did as he was told. He found it helpful for him to do so.
One evening there were plenty of people in the dining-room. They were all busy eating something except a Japanese. He was wandering (徘徊) there and waiting for his wife who was dressing herself up upstairs. Mr. Jackson thought to himself, “ The man wants to eat something but he doesn’t know any English. Let me help him.”
As he knew only a little Japanese, he had to bring out his notebook and showed it to the man, pointing to the sentence “I’m hungry.”
The Japanese had a look at it and gave him two pounds and left.
小题1:Mr. Jackson knew only English because .| A．he was an English student | | B．he had never been abroad | | C．he couldn’t learn by himself | | D．he hadn’t studied any foreign languages |
小题2: Mr. Jackson had to use the gesture because .| A．he wanted the foreign visitors to understand him | | B．he wanted to learn the foreign languages from the visitors | | C．he hoped to know the foreign visitors’ custom | | D．he hoped more foreign visitors would stay for night in his hotel |
小题3:As not all foreign visitors understand his gesture, sometimes Mr. Jackson to communicate with them.| A．succeeded | B．lost heart | C．failed | D．gave up |
小题4: , so he decided to help the man.| A．Mr. Jackson thought the Japanese wanted to stay for night | | B．Mr. Jackson thought the Japanese was not hungry | | C．Mr. Jackson knew the Japanese was waiting for his wife. | | D．Mr. Jackson was sure the Japanese couldn’t speak English |
小题5: The Japanese thought , so he gave him two pounds.| A．Mr. Jackson was a beggar. | B．Mr. Jackson was a translator. | | C．Mr. Jackson could help him. | D．Mr. Jackson could ring his wife up. |
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