Outside her shabby cottage, old Mrs. Tailor was hanging out laundry on a wire line, unaware that some children lay hidden in the leaves of a nearby tree watching her every move. They were determined to find out if she really was a witch.
They watched as she took a broomstick to clean the dirt from her stone steps. But, much to their disappointment, she did not mount the broomstick and take flight. Suddenly, the old lady’s work was interrupted by the cackling of her hen—a signal that an egg had been laid in the warm nest on top of the haystack.
The old broomstick was put aside as she hobbled off towards the haystack followed by Sooty, a black cat she had rescued from a fox trap some time back. With only three legs, it was hard for Sooty to keep up with the old lady. The cat provided proof—the children were sure that only a witch could own a black cat with three legs.
There, standing on a wooden box, was Mrs. Tailor, stretching out to gather her precious egg. Taking the egg in one of her hands, she began to climb down when, without warning, the box broke and the old lady fell.
“We have to got and help her,” whispered Amy.
“What if it is a trick?” replied Ben.
“Don’t be silly, Ben. If she were a witch, she would have turned us into frogs already,” reasoned Meg. “Come on Amy, let’s go.” The girls climbed down the tree and ran all the way to the haystack.
Approaching carefully, they could see a wound on the old lady’s face. She had knocked her head on a stone and her ankle was definitely broken. “Go and get Dad,” Amy yelled to her brother. “Tell him about the accident.”
The boys did not need another excuse to leave. They ran as fast as they could for help, hoping that Mrs. Tailor would not wake and turn the girls into frogs.
小题1:. Why were the children hiding in the tree? | A．They wanted to watch Mrs. Tailor do her housework closely. | | B．They were playing a hide-and-seek game | | C．They wanted to find out if the rumors about Mrs. Tailor were true | | D．They were pretending to be spies |
小题2:. Mrs. Tailor stopped sweeping when____ | A．her front steps were clean | B．she noticed the children in the tree | | C．she was ready to take a flight | D．she heard the hen cackling |
小题3:. Ben did not rush in help Mrs. Tailor because_____ | A．he thought that she could be tricking them | | B．he knew that they could not have been in the tree | | C．he did not see the old lady fall down | | D．he was afraid of the three-legged cat |
小题4:. Which of these old sayings best suits the story’s lesson for us? | A．Make hay while the sun shines. | | B．Never judge a book by its cover. | | C．People in glasshouses should not throw stones. | | D．A bird in the hands worth two in the bush. |
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小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:B |
小题1:细节理解。第一段最后一句提到他们决定搞清楚她是否是女巫，由此可知这些小孩子藏在树上的目的是想知道关于Mrs. Tailor的谣言是否是真的。
小题2:细节理解。根据第二段后半部分有内容可知她在听母鸡的咯咯声后停止了扫地。
小题3:细节理解。结合他所说的“What if it is a trick?”可知，他认为老太太在骗他们。
小题4:受谣言的影响，孩子们误认为老太太是女巫，后来发现她的行为，特别是受伤后的表现与常人无差别，由此可推断“不能以貌取人”最合适。 |
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试题【Outside her shabby cottage, old Mrs. Tailor was hanging out laundry on a wire li】；主要考察你对
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Kate said “Hello” to Mr Patel as she entered. She picked up a wire basket and walked towards the back of the store 1_____ the rice was kept. The room was quite large and divided by three long aisles(过道), with rows of shelves full of 2_____. Besides her and Patel there were only two boys in the store. They were both wearing 3_____ overcoats. They looked rather 4_____ because the overcoats were too big for them. “5_____”, she heard one of them whisper to 6_____. She walked on to the next aisle and found the 7_____ she was looking for. Then she heard something else. It 8_____ like a box dropping on the floor. She looked through the small open space 9_____ goods on the shelf and saw one of the boys picking up a box. But 10_____ putting it in the basket, he dropped 11_____into the inside pocket of his overcoat. Kate looked back and 12_____ see Mr Patel at the door checking through a list. Then she looked through the 13______ in the shelf again. The boys still had their backs to her. They were putting something 14_____into their inside pockets and then one of them said, “Let’s get out of here.” They moved away from her.
When she got to the door the two boys were 15_____ her. She watched them 16_____ for the few lings in their 17_____. They had both 18_____ their overcoats. Mr Patel did not seem to know what they had done. He even 19_____ at them as they were about to 20_____. Now Kate decided to stop them.
小题1:1.| A．which | B．that | C．there | D．where |
小题2:2.| A．books | B．baskets | C．goods | D．magazines |
小题3:3.| A．dirty | B．long | C．grey | D．tight |
小题4:4.| A．strange | B．young | C．nervous | D．excited |
小题5:5.| A．Look up | B．Listen to me | C．Watch out | D．Put it down |
小题6:6.| A．him | B．her | C．the boy | D．the other |
小题7:7.| A．book | B．rice | C．bag | D．magazine |
小题8:8.| A．looked | B．heard | C．showed | D．sounded |
小题9:9.| A．between | B．of | C．around | D．at |
小题10:10.| A．instead of | B．before | C．without | D．as if |
小题11:11.| A．something | B．it | C．one | D．that |
小题12:12.| A．would | B．should | C．might | D．could |
小题13:13.| A．spot | B．space | C．goods | D．books |
小题14:14.| A．important | B．new | C．else | D．extra |
小题15:15.| A．looking at | B．talking to | C．in front of | D．behind |
小题16:16.| A．paying | B．looking | C．asking | D．reaching |
小题17:17.| A．hands | B．pockets | C．box | D．basket |
小题18:18.| A．thrown out | B．put on | C．buttoned | D．hidden |
小题19:19.| A．shouted | B．smiled | C．looked | D．laughed |
小题20:20.| A．leave | B．pay | C．speak | D．apologize |
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“The pen is more powerful than the sword(剑).” There have been many writers who used their pens to fight things that were wrong. Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe was one of them. She was born in the U.S.A. in 1811.One of her books not only made her famous but has been described as one that excited the world, and was helpful in causing a civil war and freeing the enslaved race. The civil war was the American Civil War of 1861,in which the Northern States fought the Southern States and finally won.
This book that shook the world was called Uncle Tom’s Cabin. There was a time when every English-speaking man, woman, and child has read this novel that did so much to stop slavery. Not many people read it today, but it is still very interesting. The book has shown us how a warm-hearted writer can arouse(唤起) people’s sympathies. The author herself had neither been to the Southern States nor been a slave. The Southern Americans were very angry at the book, which they said did not at all represent true state of affairs, but the Northern Americans were wildly excited over it and were so inspired by it that they were ready to go to war to set the slaves free.
41．According to the passage______.
A．every English-speaking person has read Uncle Tom"s Cabin
B．Uncle Tom"s Cabin was not very interesting
C．those who don"t speak English cannot have read Uncle Tom"s Cabin
D．the book Uncle Tom"s Cabin did a great deal in the American Civil War
42．How old was Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe when her world famous book was published?
A．About sixty years old. B．Over fifty years old.
C．In her forties. D．Around twenty years old. 43.What do you learn about Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe from the passage?
A．She had been living in the north of America before the American Civil War
broke out.
B．She herself encouraged the Northern Americans to go to war to set the slaves free.
C．She was better as writing as swinging(挥舞)a sword.
D．She had once been a slave.
44．What can we learn from the passage?
A．We needn’t use weapons to fight things that are wrong.
B．A writer is more helpful in a war than a soldier.
C．We must understand the importance of literature and art.
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James sat outside the office waiting for the interview. He felt so 1_____ that he didn’t know what to do with 2 ______. The person who had gone in 3 _____ him had been in there for nearly an hour. And she looked so confident(自信的) when she went in, 4 _____James. He felt 5 _____ that she had already got the 6 _____. The problem was that he wanted this job 7____ . It meant 8____ to him. He had 9_____ it such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself 10_____ brilliantly(出色地) at the interview and 11_____ the job immediately. But now here he was feeling 12 _____. He couldn’t 13_____ all those things he had 14 _____ to say. At that moment, he almost decided to get up and 15 _____. But no---he had to do this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t 16_____ like that. His hands were hot and sticky and his mouth felt dry. At last the door of the office opened. The woman who had gone in an hour earlier came out looking very 17_____ with herself. She smiled sympathetically(同情地) at James. At the moment, James 18_____ her. The managing director then appeared at the office door. “Would you like to come in now, Mr Davis? I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.” James suddenly 19____ that he had gone home after all. He got up, legs 20_____ and forehead sweating and wondered whether he looked as terrified as he felt.
| 小题1: | | A．healthy | B．nervous | C．careless | D．confident |
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| 小题2: | | A．the interviewer | B．the woman | C．himself | D．the situation |
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| 小题3: | | A．by | B．with | C．before | D．after |
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| 小题4: | | A．Not like | B．So did | C．Do as | D．Do like |
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| 小题5: | | A．doubtful | B．sure | C．angry | D．astonished |
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| 小题6: | | A．reward | B．first | C．prize | D．job |
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| 小题7: | | A．hopelessly | B．naturally | C．easily | D．so much |
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| 小题8: | | A．everything | B．happiness | C．difficulty | D．nothing |
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| 小题9: | | A．dreamed of | B．learned of | C．thought about | D．talked about |
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| 小题10: | | A．explaining | B．performing | C．answering | D．writing |
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| 小题11: | | A．offered | B．asked for | C．being offered | D．being asked for |
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| 小题12: | | A．mad | B．excited | C．certain | D．terrible |
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| 小题13: | | A．depend on | B．afford | C．believe in | D．remember |
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| 小题14: | | A．kept | B．been taught | C．planned | D．been supplied |
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| 小题15: | | A．leave | B．go in | C．prepare | D．practise |
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| 小题16: | | A．take back | B．put off | C．give up | D．put down |
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| 小题17: | | A．ugly | B．pleased | C．sad | D．pretty |
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| 小题18: | | A．noticed | B．loved | C．missed | D．hated |
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| 小题19: | | A．thought | B．hoped | C．wished | D．regretted |
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| 小题20: | | A．shaking | B．bending | C．walking | D．stopped |
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A little old couple walked slowly into McDonald’s one cold winter evening. They looked out of place among the young families and young couples eating there that night.
Some of the customers looked admiringly at them. You could tell what the admirers were thinking. “ Look, there is a couple who has been through a lot together, probably for 60 years or more !”
After paying for the meal, the couple took a table near the back wall and started taking food off the tray. There was one hamburger, one order of French fries and one drink. The little old man carefully cut the hamburger in half. He placed one half in front of his wife. Then he carefully counted out the French fries, divided them in two piles and neatly placed one pile in front of his wife. He took a sip of the drink, his wife took a sip and then set the cup down between them.
As the man began to eat his few bites of hamburger the crowd began to get restless. Again you could tell what they were thinking, “ That poor old couple. All they can afford is one meal for the two Of them.”
As the man began to eat his French fries one young man stood and came over to the old couple’s table. He politely offered to buy another meal for the old couple to eat. The old man replied that they were just fine. They were used to sharing everything.
Then the crowd noticed that the little old lady hadn’t eaten a bite. She just sat there watching her husband eat and occasionally taking turns sipping the drink.
Again the young man came over and begged them to let him buy them something to eat. This time the lady explained that, no, they were used to sharing everything together.
As the little old man finished eating and was wiping his face neatly the young man could stand it no longer. Again he came over to their table and offered to buy some food.
After being politely refused again, he finally asked a question of the little old lady. “ Ma’am, why aren’t you eating? You said that you shared everything. What is it that you are waiting for?” She answered, “The teeth”.
小题1:Why did some of the customers look at them with admiration when the old couple entered the McDonald’s?| A．Because old people were rarely seen eating at McDonald’s. | | B．Because the couple ate out at McDonald’s though they were poor. | | C．Because the couple had been married for so many years. | | D．Because the couple liked to eat at McDonald’s at such an old age. |
小题2:The underlined phrase “out of place” is closest in meaning to .| A．in the wrong direction | B．not suitable | C．everywhere | D．very untidy |
小题3:What did the old lady mean at the end of the passage?| A．She was growing new teeth. | | B．She was waiting for her husband to finish using the false teeth. | | C．She was waiting for someone to fetch her false teeth from home. | | D．She was suffering from toothache. |
小题4:Which word can best describe the young man in the story?| A．impatient | B．rude | C．impolite | D．Warm-hearted |
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It was the first mow of winter -- an exciting day for every, child but not for most tether. Up until now, l had been able to dress myself for recess（课间休息）, but today I would need some help. Miss Finlayson, my kindergarten teacher at Princess Elizabeth School near Hamilton, Ontario, had been through first snow days ,tony times in her long career, but I think struggled still remember this one.
I managed to get into my wool snow pants. But I straggled with my jacket because it didn’t fit well. It was a hand-me-down from my brother, and it made me wonder why I had to wear his ugly clothes. At least my hat and matching scarf were mine, and they were quite pretty. Finally it was time to have Miss Finlayson help me with my boots. In her calm, motherly voice she said, "By the end of winter, you will be able to put on own boots. “ I didn’t realize at the time that this was more a statement of hope than of confidence.
I handed her my boots and stuck out my foot. Like most children, I expected the adult to do an the work. After mush wiggling and pushing, she managed to get first one into place and then, with a sigh, worked the second one on too.
I announced，“They’re on the wrong feet．”With the grace that only experience can bring，she struggled to get the boots off and went through the joyless task of putting them on again．Then I said，“These aren’t my boots．you know．”As she pulled the offending boots from my feet，she still managed to look both helpful and interested．Once they were off．I said，“They are my brother’s boots．My mother makes me wear them，and I hate them!” Somehow，from long years of practice，she managed to act as though I wasn’t an annoying little girl．She pushed and shoved．less gently this time，and the boots were returned to their proper place on my feet．With a great sigh of relief，seeing the end of her struggle with me，she asked，“Now，where are your gloves?’’
I looked into her eyes and said．“I didn’t want to lose them．so I put them into the toes of my boots．”
小题1:According to the passage，the little girl got from her brother．| A．the wool snow pants and the jacket | B．the jacket and the boots | | C．the jacket and the hat | D．the boots and the gloves |
小题2:What made it so hard for the teacher to help the little girl put her boots on?| A．The gloves in the toes of the boots． | | B．The slowness of the teacher. | | C．The wrong size of the boots． | | D．The unwillingness of the girl． |
小题3:It can be inferred that before the little girl finally went out to enjoy the first snow of winter，the teacher had to help her put on her boots ．| A．once | B．twice | C．three times | D．four times |
小题4:Which of the following sentences from the text BEST indicates that the teacher is very considerate?| A．In her calm，motherly voice she said，“By the end of winter，…”（Paragraph 2） | | B．With the grace that only experience can bring，she struggled to…（Paragraph 4） | | C．…．she still managed to look both helpful and interested．（Paragraph 4） | | D．…，she managed to act as though I wasn’t an annoying little girl.（Paragraph 4） |
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