One afternoon, my son Adam asked me, “Are all people the same even if they are different in color?”
I thought for a minute, and then I said, “I’ll explain, 21 you can just wait until we make a quick 22 at the grocery store. I have something 23 to show you. ”
At grocery store, we 24 some apples --- red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Adam, “It’s time to 25 your question.” I put one apple of each 26 on the table. Then I looked at Adam, who had a 27 look on his face.
“People are like apples. They come in all 28 colors, shapes and sizes. On the 29, some of the apples may not 30 look as the others. ” As I was talking, Adam was 31 each one carefully.
Then, I took each of the apples and peeled（削皮）them, 32 them back on the table, but 33 a different place.
“Okay, Adam, tell me which is which.”
He said, “I 34 tell. They all look same now. ” “Take a bite of 35. See if that helps you 36 which one is which. ”
He took 37, and then a huge smile came across his face. . ”People are 38 like apples! They are all different, but once you 39 the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside. ”
He totally 40 it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else.
小题1:.| A．although | B．so | C．because | D．if |
小题2:.小题3:.| A．expressive | B．encouraging | C．informative | D．interesting |
小题4:.| A．bought | B．counted | C．saw | D．collected |
小题5:. A. check B . mention C. answer D. improve
小题6:.| A．size | B．type | C．shape | D．class |
 小题7:.| A．worried | B．satisfy | C．proud | D．curious |
小题8:.| A．ordinary | B．normal | C．different | D．regular |
小题9:.| A．outside | B．whole | C．table | D．inside |
小题10:.| A．still | B．even | C．only | D．ever |
小题11:.| A．examining | B．measuring | C．drawing | D．packing |
小题12:.| A．keeping | B．placing | C．pulling | D．giving |
小题13:.小题14:.| A．mustn’t | B．can’t | C．shouldn’t | D．needn’t |
小题15:.| A．each one | B．each other | C．the other | D．one another |
小题16:.| A．admit | B．consider | C．decide | D．believe |
小题17:.| A．big bites | B．deep breaths | C．a firm hold | D．close look |
小题18:.| A．just | B．always | C．merely | D．seldom |
小题19:.| A．put away | B．get down | C．hand out | D．take off |
小题20:. |
小题1:.D
小题1:.A
小题1:.D
小题1:.A
小题1:.C
小题1:.B
小题1:.D
小题1:.C
小题1:.A
小题1:.B
小题1:.A
小题1:.B
小题1:.D
小题1:.B
小题1:.A
小题1:.C
小题1:.A
小题1:.A
小题1:.D
小题1:.C |
| 略 |
核心考点
试题【One afternoon, my son Adam asked me, “Are all people the same even if they are d】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
I was waiting for a phone call from my agent. He had left a message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more impatient. I was certain that my agent didn’t care about my work, and he didn’t care about me. I was overcome with that thought. I started to shout at the phone, “Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?”
At that time I didn’t realize my wife was looking on. Without showing her surprise, she rushed in, seized the phone, tore off the wires, and shouted at the phone, “Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone! Bad telephone! ” And she swept it into the wastebasket.
I stood watching her, speechless .What on earth?
She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the rest of the house, “Now hear this! All objects in this room-if you do an ything to upset my husband, out you go!”
Then she turned to me, kissed me, and said calmly, “Honey, you just have to learn how to take control.” With that, she left the room.
After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight, I noticed that something in my mood（情绪）had changed. I was laughing. How could I have trouble with that phone? Her antics helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him calmly.
小题1:. Why did the author shout at the telephone?| A．He was mad at the telephone. | | B．He was angry with his agent. | | C．He was anxious about his wife. | | D．He was impatient with the secretary. |
小题2:. What did the author’s wife do after she heard his shouting?| A．She said nothing. | | B．She shouted at him. | | C．She called the agent. | | D．She threw the phone away. |
小题3:
小题4: |
A: I once heard someone shout, “Look out.” I put my heard out of the window and a bucketful water fell on me. It seems that “Look out” may mean “Don’t look out”.
B: I was once on a ship and heard the captain shout, “All hands on deck(甲板).” I put my hands on the deck and someone walked on them.
C: I once called early on an English friend and the servant who came to the door said, “He’s not up yet. Come back in half an hour.” When I went again for him, she said, “He’s not down yet.” I said, “If he’s neither up nor down. Where is he?”
小题1:. In the dialogue the phrase “Look out” actually means “______”.| A．Don’t look out | B．Look out for the water | | C．Be careful | D．Look everywhere |
小题2:. The underlined word “them” in the dialogue means _______.| A．my feet | B．my hands | C．the ship | D．the deck |
小题3:. “He is not up” and “He is not down” in the dialogue actually means ______.| A．He doesn’t stand up and doesn’t lie down | | B．He doesn’t come up and doesn’t go down | | C．He hasn"t turned up and hasn"t turned down | | D．He hasn"t got up and he hasn"t come downstairs |
小题4:. The writer writes the dialogue to tell us that ______.| A．English is very interesting if you like it and keep on using it | | B．it is impossible to learn English very well in a short time | | C．language keeps on developing and changing all the time | | D．words and phrases may have different meanings in different situations. |
|
完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，共40分）
There was a woman in Detroit, who has two sons．She was worried 36 them, especially the younger one, Ben, 37 he was not doing well in school． Boys in his class 38 fun of him because he seemed so 39 ．
The mother 40 that she herself, would have to get her sons to do better in school．She 41 them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a 42 a week and do a report about it for her．
One day, in Ben’s 43 , the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben 44 up his hand and the teacher let him 45 ．“Why did Ben raise his hand?” they wondered． He 46 said anything; what could he possibly want to say?
Well, Ben not only 47 the rock; he said a lot about it． He named other rocks in its group and even knew 48 the teacher had found it． The teacher and the students were 49 ． Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book 50 ．
Ben later went on to the 51 of his class．When he finished high school, he went to Yale University 52 at last became one of the best doctors in the United States．
After Ben had grown up, he 53 something about his mother that he did not know as a 54 ．She, herself, had never learned how to 55 ．
| 小题2: | | A．because | B．so | C．but | D．though |
|
| 小题3: | | A．played | B．got | C．took | D．made |
|
| 小题4: | | A．clever | B．hard | C．slow | D．quick |
|
| 小题5: | | A．asked | B．decided | C．forgot | D．heard |
|
| 小题6: | | A．made | B．let | C．told | D．considered |
|
| 小题7: | | A．notice | B．message | C．book | D．question |
|
| 小题8: | | A．class | B．room | C．office | D．lab |
|
| 小题9: | | A．looked | B．gave | C．took | D．put |
|
| 小题10: | | A．think | B．leave | C．stand | D．speak |
|
| 小题11: | | A．always | B．even | C．quickly | D．never |
|
| 小题12: | | A．found | B．played | C．knew | D．threw |
|
| 小题13: | | A．whether | B．when | C．where | D．why |
|
| 小题14: | | A．afraid | B．surprised | C．worried | D．unhappy |
|
| 小题15: | | A．pictures | B．exercises | C．shops | D．reports |
|
| 小题18: | | A．learnt | B．remembered | C．understood | D．guessed |
|
| 小题19: | | A．doctor | B．child | C．student | D．teacher |
|
| 小题20: | | A．read | B．work | C．teach | D．show |
|
|
完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分, 满分30分）
A farmer went to town to sell his vegetable. But it was snowing that afternoon, and there_21_ few people in the street. So when his vegetable was sold out, it was dark. _22_ his way home, he saw a man _23_ in the snow. He put his basket _24_ and was going to _25 the man to get up. At that time he found 26 was a dead man _27_ that there was _28 blood on the ground. He was _29_ frightened that he ran away _30 , _31_ his basket away.
The next _32_ the farmer was sent to the police station. After showing him the basket, an officer asked, “Is this yours?” “Yes,sir.” the farmer answered_33_.
“When did you see the dead man?”
“At about seven yesterday evening.”
“Did you see who _34 him?” the officer brought out a knife and asked, “Have you seen it yet?” “No, sir.”
The officer became angry and told the policeman _35_ him up and _36_ him in prison.
That afternoon the officer went on 37_ the farmer._38 the knife, the officer asked him again, “Now, listen to me! Did you see it yet?” “Yes,sir.”
“Well,” the officer became _39_ and asked, “but when and where?”
“I saw it _40 this morning, sir.”
| 小题1: | | A．had | B．was | C．would have | D．were |
|
| 小题3: | | A．lying | B．lay | C．lied | D．laying |
|
| 小题4: | | A．in the snow | B．on his shoulder | C．on his back | D．on the ground |
|
| 小题6: | | A．him | B．him just | C．it | D．himself |
|
| 小题8: | | A．a lot | B．much | C．quite a few | D．many |
|
| 小题9: | | A．very | B．much | C．so | D．very much |
|
| 小题10: | | A．in time | B．slowly | C．happily | D．quickly |
|
| 小题11: | | A．without taking | B．not took | C．and took | D．taking |
|
| 小题12: | A．afternoon | B．morning | C．night | D．evening |
|
| 小题13: | | A．loudly | B．friendly | C．nervously | D．proudly |
|
| 小题14: | | A．killed | B．asked | C．sent | D．helped |
|
| 小题15: | | A．beating | B．beat | C．of beating | D．to beat |
|
| 小题16: | A．put | B．sent | C．took | D．send |
|
| 小题17: | | A．ask | B．to ask | C．trying | D．to try |
|
| 小题18: | | A．Pointed | B．To point to | C．Pointed to | D．Pointing to |
|
| 小题19: | | A．grey | B．happy | C．angry again | D．silly |
|
| 小题20: | | A．in my basket | B．here | C．near my basket | D．in the snow |
|
|
Many years ago, in a small town, there lived a doctor. He was good and kind. At any time of the day and night, he was always ready to go to help a sick person. Everyone in the town liked him and people always went to him when there was anything wrong.
The years went past, and the doctor became old. He began to lose his memory.When people noticed this, they didn’t go to him any more.
“He may give us the wrong medicine,” they said, and they were afraid.
The good old doctor noticed that pe ople didn’t come to him any more but didn’t understand why. So he asked, “Why does no one come to me now?”
No one wanted to tell him the real reason because they didn’t want to make the good old man unhappy, so they said, “You have helped all the sick people in the town. There is no one sick now.”
The doctor was pleased when he heard that.
小题1:People always went to the doctor when they were____________.| A．wrong | B．not right | C．not well | D．not happy |
小题2: “He began to lose his memory.”means __________.| A．He couldn’t know his sick persons any longer. | | B．He forgot everything in the past. | | C．He couldn’t find anything. | | D．He couldn’t remember things well. |
小题3:The sick people didn’t come to the doctor any more b ecause____.| A．there was no sick man in the town | | B．he might give them the wrong medicine | | C．they were afraid of him | D．he was old and no longer a doctor |
小题4: The old doctor was _________ when he heard that there was no one sick in the town.| A．sorry | B．angry | C．glad | D．surprised |
|
