very excited when we realized what my mother meant. What she meant was not that we could take
drawing classes or painting classes but that we would have to spend one afternoon a week with her at
the Fine Arts Museum. Before each visit to the museum, she made us read about artists and painting
styles(风格). It was almost as bad as being in school. Who wants to spend the summer thinking about
artists when you could be with your friends at the swimming pool?
First we had to read about ancient Egyptians(古埃及人) and their strange way of painting faces and
then go to look at them at the museum. My 12-year-old brother thought this was so funny, but I was not
interested. Later we had to learn about artists in the Middle Ages who painted people wearing strange
long clothing. We had to look at pictures of fat babies with wings and curly (鬈曲的) hair and with no
clothes on flying around the edges of paintings. I certainly couldn"t see what was so great about art.
On our last visit to the museum, something happened when I saw a painting by a woman called Mary.
In it, a woman was reading to a child. The colors were soft and gentle, and you could tell by the mother" s expression how happy she was just to be with the child. I couldn"t stop looking at this painting ! I wanted
to see every painting Mary had ever made! It was really worth looking at so many paintings to find a
painter who could interest me so much.
1. The aim of the mother" s plan was to _________.
A. take them to visit the museum
B. introduce them to the world of art
C. ask them to read about artists
D. show them different painting styles
2. What was the writer" s experience in the museum before the last visit?
A. She came to feel her mother" s love.
B. She liked many paintings.
C. She hardly enjoyed herself.
D. She could understand the pictures of fat babies.
3. What made the writer go through a change that summer?
A. One of Mary"s paintings.
B. A strange way of painting.
C. Artists in the Middle Ages.
D. Her mother" s instruction.
4. From the text, we can see _________.
A. the importance of curiosity
B. the effect of art
C. the value of learning
D. the power of family education
A guitarist was pleasantly surprised to hear from New York City police that his valuable guitar had
been found.It disappeared almost a year ago when he got out of a taxi and forgot to take the guitar with
him.Laurence Lennon,44,said he was running late that day.He was talking to his manager on his
cellphone when he rushed out of the taxi.He said that he gave the driver $60 and told him to keep the
change.He walked through the front doors of the concert hall,still talking on the phone to his manager.
Upon discovering his loss,Lennon used his cellphone to call the police.The policewoman asked him
for the name of the taxi company,the number of the taxi,and the name of the driver.He said that she must
have been joking.
She told Lennon that he could apply for a missing item report online. Lennon asked for address.
It was www.nypd.gov/toprotectandtoserve/haveaniceday.She told him that finding the guitar might
take a couple of years for finding guitars was not as important as finding murderers and marijuana(大麻)
smokers.Then she told him to have a nice day.
"This year has been depressing,"said Lennon."I had to put off the recording of two new CDs.I"ve
been using borrowed guitars.And I was losing hope of ever recovering my guitar."
Lennon was reunited with his $100,000 guitar yesterday.The guitar had been discovered in the
corner of a coffeehouse only two blocks from where Lennon had lost it.Lennon had offered a $10,000
reward for its return.He said he would give the reward to the coffeehouse owner,who had informed the
police.
1.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Careless guitarist surprised
B. Valuable guitar found
C. Coffeehouse owner rewarded
D. Taxi driver still unknown
2. By saying "she must have been joking" in Para 2,the guitarist probably means .
A. it was impossible for him to answer her questions
B. there must have been something she felt funny
C. she didn"t believe at all that he had lost his guitar
D. she must have felt that his behavior was funny
3. In the policewoman"s opinion,finding the lost guitar .
A. was not important at all
B. wouldn"t be done online
C. could be a long time hunting
D. only depended on the driver
4. Which of the following NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Why the guitarist was in a hurry
B. What the police advised the guitarist to do
C. How the lost guitar affected its owner
D. How the guitar was moved to the coffeehouse
was about, but I have never forgotten the 2 I learned that day.
I was 3 that I was right and he was wrong and he was sure that I was wrong and he was right. The 4 decided to teach us very important lessons. She 5 both of us up to the 6 of the class and 7 him
on one side of her desk and me on 8 . In the middle of her desk was a large, round object. I could 9
see that it was black. She asked the boy what 10 the objects was. "White", he answered.
I couldn"t believe he said the object was white, 11 it was obviously black !Another 12 stared
between my classmates and me, this 13 abut the color of the object.
The teacher told me to go to stand where the boy was standing and told him to come to stand where
I had been. We changed 14 , and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I 15 answer,
"White". It was an object with two 16 colored sides, and from his side it was white. 17 from my side
was the color black.
My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: You must 18 in the other person"s shoes and
look at the 19 through their eyes in order to 20 understand their view.
( )1. A. think ( )2. A. lesson ( )3. A. told ( )4. A. officer ( )5. A. told ( )6. A. back ( )7. A. planted ( )8. A. the other ( )9. A. happily ( )10. A. width ( )11. A. when ( )12. A. fight ( )13. A. time ( )14. A. places ( )15. A. needed to ( )16. A .similarly ( )17. A. Still ( )18. A. seat ( )19. A. situation ( )20. A. unexpectedly | B. suppose B. lecture B. wished B. teacher B. came B. front B. placed B. another B. fortunately B. shape B. unless B. argument B .year B. seats B. was able to B. differently B. Since B. stand B. movement B. suddenly | C. remind C. class C. convinced C. doctor C. brought C. middle C. had C. other C. clearly C. color C. until C. conversation C. month C. attitudes C. hoped to C. beautifully C Only C. lie C. condition C. quietly | D. remember D. text D. allowed D. parent D. woke D. side D. fixed D. others D. nearly D. size D. if D. game D. day D. glasses D. had to D. surprisingly D. Also D. put D. behavior D. truly |
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Part of David"s heart muscle grew thick and stiff ,keeping the flow of blood. The disease David had 1. Decide which is closest in meaning to the underlined word "stiff" in the text. | |||
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When you are little, the whole word feels like a big playground. I was living in Conyers. Georgia the summer is all happened. I was a second grader, but my best friend Stephanie was only in the first grade. Both of our parents were at work and most of the time they let us go our own way. It was a hot afternoon and we decided to have an adventure in Stephanie"s basement. As I opened the basement door, before us lay the biggest room, full of amazing things like guns, dolls and old cloths. I ran downstairs, and spotted a red steel can. It was paint. I looked beyond it and there lay even more paint in bright colors like purple, orange, blue and green. "Stephanie, I just found us a project for the day. Get some paintbrushes. We are fixing to paint." She screamed with excitement as I told her of my secret plans and immediately we go to work. We gathered all the brushes we could find and moved all of our materials to my yard. There on the road in front of my house. We painted big stripes(条纹) of colors across the pavement(人行道). Stripe by stripe, our colors turned into a beautiful rainbow. It was fantastic! The sun was starting to sink. I saw a car in the distance and jumped up as I recognized the car. It was my mother. I couldn"t wait to show her my masterpiece. The car pulled slowly into the driveway and from the look on my mother"s face. I could tell that I was in deep trouble. My mother shut the car door and walked towards me. Her eyes glaring, she shouted "What in the world were you thinking? I understood when you made castles out of leaves, and climbed the neighbors" trees, but this! Come inside right now! "I stood there glaring back at her for a minute, angry because she had insulted(侮辱) my art. "Now go clean it up!" Mother and I began cleaning the road. Tears ran down my cheeks as I saw my beautiful rainbow turn into black cement. Though years have now passed, I still wonder where my rainbow had gone. I wonder if, maybe when I get older, I can find my rainbow and never have to brush it away. I guess we all need some sort of rainbow to brighten our lives from time to time and to keep our hopes and dreams colorful. 1. What did the writer want to do when his mother came home? A. To introduce Stephanie to her B. To prevent her from seeing his painting C. To put the materials back in the yard D. To show his artwork to her 2. In his mother"s eyes, the write________. A. was a born artist B. always caused trouble C. was a problem solver D. worked very hard 3. The unlined word "rainbow" in the last paragraph refers to_________. A. the rainbow in the sky B. the stripes on the pavement C. something imaginative and fun D. important lessons learned in childhood. 4. It can be learned from the passage that parents should________. A. encourage children to paint B. value friendship among children C. discover the hidden talent in children D. protect rather than destroy children"s dreams | |||
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A primary school teacher who left a class of 25 pupils in tears after she told them Santa Claus did not | |||
1. Who felt the angriest about the incident? | |||
A. The teacher who was fired. B. The parents whose children cried. C. The pupils who were in tears. D. Santa Claus the teacher talked about. | |||
2. The seven-year-old children cried because of . | |||
A. something about Santa Claus B. the letters by the school C. their teacher"s leaving D. the presents left out by the parents | |||
3. We can infer from the passage that . | |||
A. the teacher was fired and couldn"t continue her career in teaching B. the parents complained about the discipline of the school C. the little pupils felt disappointed after hearing the news told by the teacher D. in reality, Santa Claus exists and gives out presents once a year | |||
4. What"s the meaning of the underlined word "rowdy"? | |||
A. surprised. B. noisy. C. discouraged. D. annoyed |