题目
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What caused so much pain? Sports day. Sports day might be necessary at a highly-competitive independent school, but not at a village primary school. For the children who can fly like the wind, sports day cause no problem. For those who are overweight or just not good at sport, it is nightmare（噩梦）. Even for those who enjoy running but fall halfway down the track in front of the entire school and their parents, it can prove a disease.
Why do we put our children through this annual suffering? Some may say competition is character building; or it’s taking part, not winning, that’s important; or that’s a tradition of school life. I just felt great pity for those children in tears or in pain.
Team games at the end of sports day produced some close races, wild enthusiasm, lots of shouting — and were fun to watch. More importantly, the children who were not so fast or quick at passing the ball were hidden a little from everyone’s eyes. Some of them also had the thrill of being on the winning side.
I wish that sports day could be abandoned and replaced with some other less competitive event. Perhaps an afternoon of team games, with a few races for those who want them, would be less stressful for the children and a lot more fun to watch.
小题1:What can we learn about the author’s son from Paragraph 1?
| A．He talked with some mothers. |
| B．He comforted his classmates. |
| C．He had difficulty in sleeping. |
| D． He suffered from stomachache. |
| A．this is an independent school |
| B．it is a tradition of the school |
| C．it helps children lose weight |
| D．children enjoy watching sports |
| A．They should include more stressful races. |
| B．They are acceptable to different children. |
| C．They should be abandoned at primary school. |
| D．They are less fun for those who love running. |
| A．Critical. | B．Neutral. | C．Positive. | D．Ambiguous. |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:B
小题4:A
解析
试题分析：文章大意：作者主要介绍孩子学校体育节中的竞争性运动会给孩子带来的伤害，并希望用其他的运动来代替竞争性的运动。
小题1:D 考查细节理解。根据第一段的my 11-year-old had stomach pains我11岁的孩子得了胃痛，可知选D。
小题2:B 考查细节理解。根据第三段的……that it is a tradition of school life可知这是学校生活的一种传统，故选B。
小题3:B 考查判断推理。根据文章的第二段：For the children who can fly like the wind, sports day cause no problem. For those who are overweight or just not good at sport, it is nightmare（噩梦）. Even for those who enjoy running but fall halfway down the track in front of the entire school and their parents, it can prove a disease.可知竞争性的体育运动可能给不同的孩子带来不一样的结果，故选B。
小题4:A 考查判断推理。根据文章最后一段I wish that sports day could be abandoned and replaced with some other less competitive event体育节应被取消或者用竞争性小一些的运动代替，可知选A。
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试题【One afternoon last week, I saw three tearful children from my son’s school being】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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"Well, the gym teacher is doing something different," she said. "There are teams of four and partners of two.We get to pick our partners, and I want someone to pick me. "Anne held up a list.
"It looks like I"m on a team with you, Stacey, and Paul," I said. "Stacey is my best friend.Maybe we can be together: " Just then, Stacey and Paul came over. They had heard of the teams.
"Do you want to be partners, Stacey?" I asked.
"Well, I was going to be partners with Paul," she claimed. I didn"t blame her. Paul was as fast as a rocket, and my nickname was "Snail". "But we are best friends," said Stacey. “So I guess I"II be with you. "
It was our first game. Stacey went to talk to some other friends afterwards, and Paul and Anne were talking about winning their game. I was sipping on my water, when I overheard Stacey, "She"s worse than I thought; if I played the team alone,, I would have won easily. She"s worse than a snail. She"s more like a statue. "
That night, I felt terrible for losing and mad at Stacey for calling me a statue. After all, she was my best friend and my only friend. Anyway, the phone rang, and it was Stacey. At first, I thought she might apologize, but no such luck.
“Allison, the game tomorrow is canceled, " she said.
"Okay," I replied. "Sorry about the game today", Stacey hung up on me.
The next day, I went over to the soccer field. I knew the game was canceled, but maybe I could help clean up.But instead of a mess, I saw a soccer game in progress. Stacey and were playing, and Anne was hiding in the corner. "Paul made me pretend to be sick, " she whispered. “He wants to play with Stacey because she"s so fast. "
So Anne and I went to get ice cream. Even if I lost Stacey ,I just created a lifelong friendship.
小题1:Why did Anne practice playing soccer?
| A．Because she wanted to win in all games. |
| B．Because she didn"t want to be left out. |
| C．Because she intended to be a normal student. |
| D．Because she hoped to do something different. |
| A．Allison called her nickname. |
| B．Allison was as fast as a rocket. |
| C．Allison didn"t treat her as a best friend |
| D．Allison moved too slowly in the game. |
| A．get rid of Allison as a partner |
| B．apologize for calling Allison a statue |
| C．tell Allison there was no game tomorrow |
| D．encourage Allison to fight in the next game |
| A．watch a soccer game |
| B．keep the soccer field clean |
| C．find out Why the game was cancelled |
| D．make preparations for another game |
| A．Allison wanted to be partners with Anne. |
| B．Stacey called Allison to show real concern. |
| C．Allison and Anne would be friends forever. |
| D．Anne was hiding in the corner because she was sick. |
You see, we all make mistakes in life. Maybe you spent more money than you should have on a car, you passed up on a great job opportunity, or you didn’t try as hard as you could have in school. It’s a part of life and we learn from it. But there are certain mistakes that are much better made while you’re still young and have plenty of time to recover.
I’m definitely not telling you that you should purposely go out and make these mistakes (because they’re a pain to recover from). But these are all mistakes that are much better made when you’re younger so that you can learn from them and not have them ruin your entire life.
Starting the wrong career
Wouldn’t you hate to be 45 years old and discover that you absolutely hate what you do for a living? It’s a reality that a lot of people face and it can be difficult to fix. You see, when you’re 23 and find out you don’t like the career path you’ve chosen, you can easily explore new career options.
We no longer live in an age when people are expected to stay with one company until they retire. You can bounce around a little bit and find out what you want to do. When you get older, just switching careers whenever you want isn’t as simple.
You have to consider your family, retirement, the difficulties you might run into with starting from the bottom in a new industry, and plenty of other issues that someone in their early 20’s just doesn’t have to deal with.
Dating the wrong person
The divorce rate in the U.S is extremely high. Other parts of the world aren’t doing too much better either. While everyone gets divorced for their own reasons, I think we can all agree that it’s better to find out that the person you’re with is wrong for you sooner rather than later.
Hopefully you find out whether or not the person you’re with is right for you before you tie the knot, because around 50% of first marriages end in divorce.
Messing up your credit
Ruining your credit is never a good idea. Even if you ruin it while you’re young, it could affect you in the future. The upside of having bad credit while you’re young instead of older is that you have time to build it back up.
It can take 7-10 years to rebuild your credit if you have a history of late payments, loan defaults, foreclosures, or bankruptcy. During those 7-10 years, you’ll have a hard time financing anything unless you have a cosigner or put down a substantial down payment.
Most people tend to make most of the bigger purchases in life when they get older such as a house or their dream car. If you have bad credit, you can kiss all of that goodbye.
Making bad investments
If you’re investing money for your retirement, making bad decisions can mean you’ll be working your entire life. Whether you choose to pay someone to do the investing for you or handle it all yourself, it’s a lot better to take risks when you’re younger.
If you invest in stock or even real estate while you’re young and the market takes a hit, you’re not ruined. Investing is a long-term venture, so the younger you start, the more fluctuation you can withstand and still come out with a positive return.
Blowing your money
What would you do if you went broke at 60 years old? You would be working your behind off when you really should be relaxing and getting ready to retire soon.
But if you’re 25 and broke, you still have plenty of time to earn more money. Also, nobody will judge you because it’s not unusual for people in their 20’s to not have money these days. You might have blown your money on a nice car or have an obsession with all the newest gadgets.
When you get older, you’ll be able to look back and realize how dumb you were for spending $20,000 on a brand new car when you were only 20 years old. But when you’re older and waste your money, you’ll REALLY have nothing to show for it.
小题1:The following are all the advantages of being young EXCEPT ___________.
| A．you have more time to recover from mistakes |
| B．most of the parts of your body still work great |
| C．you have many responsibilities and complete independence |
| D．you have a world of opportunity in front of you |
| A．My father would burst into the kitchen bouncing a football. |
| B．The wind was bouncing the branches of the big oak trees. |
| C．I was an army brat, I always bounced a lot when I was young |
| D．The ex-boxer"s job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club. |
| A．You should purposely go out and make these mistakes so that you can learn from them and not have them ruin your entire life. |
| B．There are certain mistakes that are much better made while you’re still young and have plenty of time to recover. |
| C．When you get older, you’ll have rich experiences to share with your friends and families however dumb you were |
| D．The younger you start, the fewer risks you can withstand and still come out with a positive return. |
| A．about 50% of first marriages end in divorce in the U.S, much higher than other parts of the world |
| B．never tie the knot before you make sure he or she will not divorce you |
| C．it usually takes 7-10 years to rebuild one’s credit if it is broken for any reason |
| D．it’s unusual for people in their 20’s to have money these days |
| A．if you are to take risks, the earlier, the better |
| B．it’s better for the young to take any risk than the older |
| C．that they should make big purchases such as a house when they get older |
| D．if you don’t take risks when young, your youth will be dumb |
The clock struck twelve. “Oh, dear!” I cried. “Ten more books to read before I can go to bed!” We students are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.
The clock struck one. I was quite desperate now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh God, please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.
小题1: The underlined word “wretched” in Paragraph 3 probably means ____________.
| A．happy | B．disappointed |
| C．unhappy | D．hopeful |
| A．it was too late at night |
| B．he was very tired |
| C．his eyelids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open |
| D．he hadn’t studied hard before the examination |
| A．He went to a church to pray again. | B．He passed the exam all by luck. |
| C．He failed in the exam. | D．He was punished by his teacher. |
| A．The Night Before the Examination | B．Working Far into the Night |
| C．A Slow Student | D．Going Over My Lessons |
There have been many men in history. But many of them were very poor in childhood, and no uncles, aunts or friends to help them. Schools were few. They could not depend upon themselves for an education. They saw how it was and set to work with all their strength to know something. They worked their own way till they became well known.
One of the most famous teachers in England used to tell his pupils, "I can not make worthy men of you, but I can help make men of yourself."
Some young men don"t try their best to make themselves valuable to the human beings. They can never gain achievement(成就) unless they see their weak points and change their course. They are nothing now, and will be nothing as long as they live, unless they accept the advice of their parents and teachers, and depend on their own efforts.
小题1: Which of the following titles fits this article best?
| A．What Nature Says to Every Man. | B．How to Be Famous. |
| C．Men Must Help Each Other. | D．Depend on Yourself. |
| A．make his pupils worthy men |
| B．help his pupils find a way to be famous |
| C．help his pupils make themselves useful men |
| D．make his pupils men of strength and courage |
| A．sings highly praise for parents and teachers |
| B．is a man of strong character |
| C．thinks highly of those who are struggling or success |
| D．feels it the most important of all to accept the advice of others |
There is no doubt that the time we have is unusually limited. So even an hour is extremely precious. We should make full use of our time to do useful things .As students we must not relax our efforts to engage in our studies so as to serve our society and our nation in the future.
But it is pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the importance of time .They spend their valuable time smoking, drinking and so on. They do not realize that wasting time is equal to wasting a part of their valuable life.
In a word, we should get into a good habit of saving time. Do not put off what can be done today until tomorrow. Laziness will not only bring us failure but also lead us to the road of poverty.
小题1:When we say “Time is money.”we mean ______
| A．Time is equal to dollars, pounds… | B．Time is gold . |
| C．Time is valuable . | D．We must spend time in buying goods |
| A．do not know how to kill time as clearly as others |
| B．doubt that they will become more dangerous to society |
| C．realize how important their lives are |
| D．waste their whole lives without realizing the importance of time |
| A．they will bring us failure. |
| B．they are likely to fail |
| C．they are usually busy smoking, drinking and so on |
| D．they will lead us the road of success |
| A．work hard at our subjects |
| B．do whatever we want to do |
| C．not always engage ourselves in our lessons |
| D．have a rest now, than we can get relaxed from our busy studies |
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