Mr. Grey traveled a lot on business. He sold machines of different kinds to farmers. It was not really a very 36 job, but Mr. Grey had always been interested in 37 , and he was quite 38 with his life.
One of Mr. Grey’s problems was often__39___ to stay when he reached some small places in the country. He did not expect great ___40__ and wonderful food, but he found it annoying when he was given a __41___ room and when there was no hot water or good food after a long and ___42__ day.
Late one __43__ evening, Mr. Grey arrived at a small railway station. The journey by __44__ that day had not been ___45__ interesting, and Mr. Grey was cold and tired and hungry. He was __46___ a simple but satisfying meal by a bright burning __47___ , and then a hot bath and a comfortable ___48__.
While he was walking to the taxi stand, he said to a local man who was _ 49__ walking there, “ As this is my first __50___ to this part of the country and I was in too much of a __51___ to find out about hotels before I left home, I would very much like to know how many you have here?”
The local man answered, “ We have two.”
“And which of the two would you __52___ me to go to ?” Mr. Grey asked then.
The local man scratched his __53___ for a few moments and then answered, “ Well, it’s like this: ___54__ you go to, you’ll be ___55__ you didn’t go to the other.”
| 小题1: | | A．curious | B．serious | C．exciting | D．horrible |
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| 小题2: | | A．shopping | B．farming | C．studying | D．teaching |
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| 小题3: | | A．satisfied | B．terrified | C．thankful | D．careful |
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| 小题4: | | A．where | B．which | C．what | D．how |
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| 小题5: | | A．position | B．respect | C．comfort | D．money |
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| 小题6: | | A．cold | B．small | C．common | D．local |
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| 小题7: | | A．happy | B．interesting | C．tiring | D．ordinary |
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| 小题8: | | A．winter | B．summer | C．Sunday | D．holiday |
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| 小题9: | | A．air | B．train | C．plane | D．boat |
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| 小题10: | | A．in all | B．at all | C．all over | D．all the same |
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| 小题11: | | A．booking | B．ordering | C．longing for | D．finding out |
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| 小题12: | | A．fire | B．light | C．wood | D．stove |
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| 小题14: | | A．already | B．also | C．yet | D．quite |
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| 小题15: | | A．arrive | B．look | C．visit | D．moment |
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| 小题16: | | A．while | B．hurry | C．habit | D．wonder |
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| 小题17: | | A．want | B．suggest | C．allow | D．advise |
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| 小题18: | | A．paper | B．head | C．hand | D．notebook |
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| 小题19: | | A．whenever | B．wherever | C．whichever one | D．neither one |
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| 小题20: | | A．proud | B．sure | C．sorry | D．glad |
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小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:A
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:C
小题8:A
小题9:B
小题10:B
小题11:C
小题12:A
小题13:D
小题14:B
小题15:C
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【文章大意】文章钟述了一个小故事。格雷先生每次出差渴望的就是有个相对舒服的住所,有水,有东西吃就个足钟。在一个很冷的晚上他到一村,可是村里只有两个旅社 ,而且地人"无论去了哪个都后悔没去另一个 "。
小题1:C 。格雷先生经常常出差。他把各种机器卖给农民。 尽管那不是什么有趣的工作,但......,根据转折but 可知工作并不有趣,故exciting有趣的,,符合句意。 A" 好奇的"; B" 严重的"; D" 恐怖的"。
小题1:B 。根据第一段第二句中的" farmers" 可知 此处表示农业,即 farming 。
小题1:A 。所以他对自己的生活满意。be satisfied with. . . " 对...... 满意",符合钟境。
小题1:A 。格雷先生有麻烦事就是每当他到了当下的小地方都不知道在哪住才好。根据此空后的stay 可知用 where。
小题1:C 。他倒不是指望非常舒适和 棒的食物,很但如果在一次又饿又累的旅程之后。他住在冰冷的房间里, 没有水也没有东西吃,他就会很不舒服了。
小题1:A 。根据句意可知此处 cold" 冷的"符合钟境。
小题1:C 。在一次又饿又累的旅程后,故用 tiring ,和long并列。
小题1:A 。根据第45空后的" . . . and Mr. Grey was cold and tired and hungry" 可推断此处只有winter 符合钟境。 B" 夏天"; C" 星期天"; D" 假期",都不符合常理 。
小题1:B 。根据上句中的 " at a small railway station" 可知他在一 个小火车站停下 ,故肯定是乘的火车来 ,即 train 。
小题1:B 。根据后面描述的又冷有累又饿可知旅程根本没趣,故用没not. . . at all钟,表示"根本不"。
小题1:C 。他渴望有一顿令人满意的晚餐。 long for " 盼望,渴望",符合钟意。
小题1:A 。根据此空前的" a bright burning" 可知此故用 fire ,表示"炉火"。
小题1:D 。根据钟境可推此处表示"一张舒服的床"断定,故用 bed 。
小题1:B 。他走着去出租车站点钟,他同当地的一个人也走着去那的人,此处用also 。
小题1:C 。是我第一次到那个地方,我非常着急个找旅馆。
小题1:B 。“in a hurry to do sth.”着急做某事",故用 hurry 。
小题1:D 。" 你建议我去两个中的哪一个",格雷先生问。advise sb. to do sth. " 建钟某人做某事",符合语境。
小题1:B 。当地人搔了搔头 ,然后回答,根据scratch"抓 ,搔"可推断此处用head 。
小题1:C 。是的,无论你去哪一家,你都后悔没去另一家。由句意可知此处用whichever one 。
小题1: be sorry. . . "抱歉,后悔......",用于道歉,符合语境。 |
核心考点
试题【Mr. Grey traveled a lot on business. He sold machines of different kinds to farm】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
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When we are unfamiliar with something, we may feel nervous and fearful. The help of others is a good 36 to help us pull through.
I write for a big newspaper, and I wanted to 37 a story about parachute jumping（跳伞）. To make it a realistic as well as exciting 38 , I decided that I had to make a jump myself 39 . Unluckily, I’m not good at any 40 , let alone（更不用说）parachute jumping.
My friend Mr. Smith was willing to give me a 41 . He took me to a ground school. The first day’s 42 included several hours of instruction but not my first drop from a(n) 43 . For this, I had to wait until the following 44 .
The next morning, I was taken to the airfield. 45 , a heavy parachute was put on my back. Then I was 46 to make my way to a small plane which had just stopped slowly on the runway. Once on board, the plane was soon 47 . I began to feel nervous. As we reached one thousand meters, Harry, my teacher, hooked（钩）a 48 from my parachute to a steel ring inside the plane. The line was to pull my parachute 49 after I jumped.
“Get 50 , Henry,” Harry said. I moved carefully to the door. I wanted to 51 , “NO, no, no!” But no word came.
“Jump!” Harry called 52 . “Jump!”
Away from the plane, and down, down I fell, arms stretched. It worked All at once I was very happy. Then I felt a quick 53 . My big parachute had opened! It was the best 54 I ever had. I looked down. There were rivers, trees, fields and houses. I heard the soft sound of the air. This was 55 .
| 小题1: | | A．way | B．chance | C．idea | D．value |
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| 小题2: | | A．tell | B．write | C．read | D．copy |
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| 小题3: | | A．film | B．poem | C．story | D．program |
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| 小题4: | | A．secretly | B．instead | C．finally | D．first |
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| 小题5: | | A．sport | B．driving | C．lesson | D．drawing |
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| 小题6: | | A．try | B．hand | C．gift | D．suggestion |
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| 小题7: | | A．jumping | B．journey | C．training | D．entertainment |
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| 小题8: | | A．tree | B．tower | C．building | D．airplane |
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| 小题9: | | A．week | B．month | C．evening | D．morning |
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| 小题10: | | A．Besides | B．Once | C．There | D．However |
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| 小题11: | | A．asked | B．invited | C．forced | D．taught |
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| 小题12: | | A．slowing | B．climbing | C．landing | D．filling |
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| 小题13: | | A．belt | B．steel | C．line | D．seat |
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| 小题14: | | A．light | B．broken | C．fixed | D．open |
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 | 小题17: | | A．softly | B．loudly | C．nervously | D．excitedly |
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| 小题18: | | A．comfort | B．wind | C．pull | D．push |
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| 小题19: | | A．failure | B．experience | C．competition | D．danger |
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| 小题20: | | A．tiring | B．shocking | C．true | D．fun |
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In high school I joined the girl athletic club. At our first track meet, I entered for the long jump, but was made an alternate（替补）for the 50 yard dash. I didn’t like it, since I was better at long distance, but they assured me I would never have to run; they just ran out of alternate.
As I walked up to the start line, I saw my Dad on the sidelines. He was watching. Position, ready, set and off went the starting gun. Believe it or not, I closed my eyes and ran like I’d never run before.
I knew I didn’t have a chance of winning. But I started to hear cheering and thought for a minute, was it possible? I opened my eyes and to my disappointment, everyone else was crossing the finish line, inches away from each other and I was only half the distance.
That moment felt like days. I felt so stupid. I just wanted to melt into the ground and disappeared. Worse than that, my Dad was watching and then I felt ashamed. I kept running hard as I could, crying all the way towards the finish line. It seemed no one noticed me as I crossed the finish line. I saw my Dad standing there looking at me. I was ashamed to look at him. He walked over to me and said, “I’m so proud of you.” I was surprised, “For what? Everyone else finished before I even got halfway. I looked like a fool.” “Because you didn’t give up, not even when you realized what had happened. You gave it your all and finished.” I laughed and cried at the same time.
I find I can face what seems impossible, even alone and afraid, and, that winning does not always come in as you expect. I give my best effort to all I do, win or lose. I don’t give up in the middle of anything.
小题1:The author meant to compete in .| A．the 50 yard dash | B．the long jump | C．the long-distance run | D．the high jump |
小题2:When the author heard cheering, she thought . | A．she had the chance to win the game | | B．she left others inches away halfway | | C．other competitors were encouraging her | | D．somebody had won the game |
小题3:What happened after the author crossed the finish line?| A．She cried at the sight of her father. | | B．Everyone cheered her for her success. | | C．Her farther came up and comforted her. | | D．She felt ashamed to meet her classmates. |
小题4:What lesson can we learn form the author’s experience?| A．What seems impossible always becomes possible. | | B．Don’t lose heart halfway whatever you do. | | C．Success will come as long as you expect it. | | D．Try to do everything until you win in the end. |
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Barbara and Barry Zucker – Pinchoff, both doctors from New York City, took their three daughters on a walking safari（旅行）last year in Tanzania. Barbara told about their experience in Kinbero, “It is the most remote（遥远的）place we have ever been to,” camping with a few other Americans, two Tanzanian guides, and several Hadza（哈扎人）who had time to sit and chat because they had just killed a giraffe.
About 400 members of the Eastern Hadza tribe（部落）live in Tanzania today, the only hunter-gatherers who remain in Africa. The Hadza hunt game, gather edible plants and honey, and move from place to place whenever the weather changers. Every two weeks or so, they move to a new campsite.
At the Pinchoffs’ campsite, three Hadza men stopped by to visit and ended up staying three days. One of the guides gave the men a cigarette. They took out the tobacco, put it in a pipe, and lit the pipe with fire they started.
It takes less than two hours for Hadza women to build a new camp. They make huts（茅屋）by bending branches into round structures about six feet high, and then covering them with long, golden grass. If the weather is very wet, the women may choose a dry cave to set up a camp. Some rock caves have been used over thousands of years and are decorated（装饰）with ancient rock paintings. Whether they sleep in huts, caves or in the open, the Hadza cover themselves only with thin cloths and depend on fire to keep them warm.
The Hadza refuse to be “settled” into villages or to have the life of farmers. By 1979, almost all of them had returned to their old ways. They Hadza may be the only tribe in Africa the has never paid taxes.
小题1: The passage mainly tells up .| A．one of the author’s travel experiences | | B．the life of the Hadza tribe in Tanzania | | C．Barbara’s walking safari in Tanzania | | D．the efforts of the Hadza to keep their old ways |
小题2:What does the underlined word “game” ( in Paragraph 2 ) probably refer to?| A．Part of a match. | B．Edible wild animals. | | C．An area of work. | D．A children’s activity. |
小题3:What do we know about the life of the Hadza?| A．They change their campsites regularly. | B．They live mainly on farming. | | C．They keep warm using leaves at night. | D．It takes them a long time to set up a camp. |
小题4:Where do the Hadza live in wet weather?| A．On the farm. | B．In huts. | C．In caves. | D．In the open. |
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Just Help the Next Person
The only highway to go to work that we had to drive was closed down due to an accident on the bridge. A truck had hit the bridge and made it 36 for any traffic to go over it. So in order to get to 37 I had to go a number of miles out of my way.
Not being that 38 with this road and not knowing 39 all the pot holes in the road were, I topped a hill and right in my path was a big pot hole. I felt and heard the familiar sound of a flat tire. I 40 as far to the right as possible and stopped. I tried several times to change the tire, but 41 .
There I sat out in the country and no way to 42 with anybody. Just then, I looked in my rear view mirror and a 43 was pulling out of a pasture behind me. I was 44 and scared at the same time.
I was struggling to get the 45 out when this man in the pickup pulled in behind me. He got out to introduce himself and 46 to help me. When he got the spare out we discovered that the spare is also 47 . He told me he would take the tire and have it 48 and call my husband.
We got the tire fixed 49 he took me back to my car. My husband was there 50 us when we got back. The kind stranger stayed there and helped my husband 51 the tire. After they finished we 52 thanked him and offered to pay him for his 53 .
I will never forget his words, " your thanks is 54 enough pay and I just hope if this ever happens to my wife or daughter someone will be so 55 as to help them."
| 小题1: | | A．busy | B．narrow | C．fearful | D．unsafe |
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| 小题2: | | A．school | B．city | C．work | D．shop |
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| 小题3: | | A．satisfied | B．involved | C．identified | D．familiar |
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| 小题4: | | A．where | B．what | C．when | D．which |
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| 小题5: | | A．placed | B．rode | C．pulled | D．managed |
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| 小题6: | | A．failed | B．abandoned | C．passed | D．dropped |
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| 小题7: | | A．catch up | B．get in touch | C．have to do | D．put up |
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| 小题8: | | A．truck | B．pickup | C．car | D．bike |
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| 小题9: | | A．excited | B．relieved | C．determined | D．nervous |
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| 小题10: | | A．car | B．wheel | C．spare | D．trunk |
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| 小题11: | | A．refused | B．offered | C．pretended | D．promised |
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| 小题12: | | A．flat | B．damaged | C．invisible | D．lost |
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| 小题13: | | A．sold | B．painted | C．packed | D．fixed |
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| 小题15: | | A．listening to | B．worrying about | C．waiting on | D．searching for |
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| 小题16: | | A．break | B．change | C．clean | D．repair |
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| 小题17: | | A．both | B．all | C．neither | D．everyone |
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| 小题18: | | A．imagination | B．trouble | C．diligence | D．patience |
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| 小题19: | | A．more than | B．less than | C．rather than | D．better than |
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| 小题20: | | A．polite | B．active | C．kind | D．wise |
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Jesse was a great teacher, tutor, mentor, and family member. He was a dedicated (忠诚的)volunteer in the Peace Corps in Guinea, West Africa. He went to a place where he knew he could make a difference and wanted to help teach children who otherwise would not have a teacher. He made friends wherever he went and touched the hearts of many.
Jesse was never one to go anywhere without making a good impression on everyone he met. His sudden death in a tragic car accident in Africa brought his family and friends together in a celebration of his life. They came from all over: Africa, Canada, the US. The church was filled with people who knew that Jesse had made a difference in their lives, in the lives of the children, and in the hearts of his loved ones.
Jesse volunteered with the Peace Corps to help educate children in Guinea, Africa. Guinea is a very poor and complex country where tribalism（种族主义） is strong. Each tribe that Jesse worked with wanted him to commit（致力于）to one or the other.
Jesse would not surrender（投降）to tribalism when he took an African name, and he wanted a tribal last name. Each of the two tribes in which he taught insisted that he choose their name. He would not choose but married the tribes" two names into one.
Jesse was a light to all who knew him. We will always remember the joy and love he brought to his work, to his family, his friends. The people who loved Jesse are planning to build a school in Guinea in his honor. So his work continues...
小题1:Why were there so many people remembering Jesse?| A．Because he was a volunteer in the Peace Corps in Guinea. | | B．Because he was kind and helpful to people from heart. | | C．Because he wanted to make friends with all people. | | D．Because he loved children who needed education. |
小题2:Jesse died from _____.| A．a tribal fight | B．a traffic accident | C．a sudden disease | D．tiredness of overwork |
小题3:The way he dealt with the tribalism was ______.| A．giving in to one side | B．criticizing both sides | | C．uniting both sides | D．satisfying both sides |
小题4: From this passage we can learn _____.| A．Jesse was a person had great influence in Guinea | | B．Jesse was a person who had religion belief | | C．Jesse was a hero of many local people | | D．Jesse did great contribution to local peace |
小题5: The writer wrote this passage _____.| A．in memory of the teacher | B．in praise of a teacher | | C．in honor of a teacher | D．in approval of a teacher |
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