The month of May is not only a graduation month in the US, but also a month when some families hold reunions．Have you ever considered why it is important that families get together in one place for a particular time? I believe the reason is honor．
Family reunions are a time we can take out of our busy schedules and spend quality time with our extended families（大家庭）．It is a time when we can make our sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and others we love a priority （首要事情）in our life．
Some reunions take place over a picnic lunch and some last a whole weekend．They can be costly and are sometimes crazy．But the truth is, when people you love grow up and move away, getting together for a family reunion and holding that family bond together is so important．
Family reunions build a renewed closeness as we mix with our relatives．We sit and talk about old times and listen to the stories that our older and wiser relatives love to share．As the children run and play and get to know each other, we sit and revisit our childhood memories and enjoy the short time we have together．
The best part of a family reunion is the time spent simply being around the people you care about A reunion shows how important it is to take time for each other．When you receive a family reunion invitation, make it a priority in your life．It"s a great chance to see your relatives once again, give them a big hug and enjoy the time you have with them．Life is too short not to!
小题1:What would be the best title for the passage?| A．How to attend a family reunion? | B．What is a family reunion? | | C．Tips for a family reunion． | D．Make time to attend a family reunion． |
小题2:"Family reunions" in the passage means that you____．| A．talk with your wife or husband | B．get together with your relatives | | C．communicate with your children | D．have a dinner with your parents |
小题3:Family reunions can help you____．| A．solve your problems | B．kill time when you are bored | | C．improve the relation with your relatives | D．find more relatives who live far away |
小题4:What does the underlined sentence "Life is too short not to" in the last paragraph mean?| A．Family reunions are very important． | | B．Family reunions are common． | | C．Our life is very short． | | D．Attending family reunions is uneasy． |
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小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:A |
试题分析：讲述家庭聚会的重要性，建议我们一定要抽出时间进行家庭聚会。
小题1:D 主旨大意题。本文全文都在讲述家庭聚会的重要性，建议我们一定要抽出时间进行家庭聚会，故D项正确。
小题2:B 细节题。根据文章第二段1,2行 Family reunions are a time we can take out of our busy schedules and spend quality time with our extended families（大家庭）．说明家庭聚会就是亲戚家人在一起的聚会，故B正确。
小题3:C 推理题。根据第三段2,3行But the truth is, when people you love grow up and move away, getting together for a family reunion and holding that family bond together is so important．
说明家庭聚会让家人重新聚在一起，对于提高家人的关系是很有好处的，故C项正确。
小题4:A 推理题。根据It"s a great chance to see your relatives once again, give them a big hug and enjoy the time you have with them．Life is too short not to!说明作者认为家庭聚会非常重要，一定要组织参加，故A正确。
点评：讲述家庭聚会的重要性，建议我们一定要抽出时间进行家庭聚会，推理判断题的答案不可能在文章中直接找到，因此推理时我们务必要忠于原文，在文章中寻找并确定可推论的依据，即：已知部分－推论的前提，从中推测出未知部分－推理的结论，切忌妄加评论，把自己的观点当成作者的观点。 |
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试题【The month of May is not only a graduation month in the US, but also a month when】；主要考察你对
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We are all interested in equality, but while some people try to protect the school and examination system in the name of equality, others, still in the name of equality, want only to destroy it．
Any society which is interested in equality of opportunity and standards of achievement must regularly test its pupils．The standards may be changed because no examination is perfect, but to have no tests or examinations would mean the end of equality and of standards．There are groups of people who oppose this view and who do not believe either in examinations or in any controls in schools or on teachers．This would mean that everything would depend on luck since every pupil would depend on efficiency, the values and the purpose of each teacher．Without examinations, employers will look for employees from the highly respected school? And from families known to them, a form of favouritism will replace equality．At the moment, the bright child from an ill-respected school can show certificates(毕业证） to prove he is suitable for a job, while the lack of certificate indicates the unsuitability（不合适）of a dull child attending a well-respected school．This defense of excellence and opportunity would disappear if examinations were taken away, and the bright child from a poor family would be a prisoner of his school"s reputation, unable to compete for employment with the child form the favoured school．
The opponents（反对者）of the examination system suggest that examinations are an evil force because they show differences between pupils．According to these people, there must be no special, different, academic class．They have even suggested that there should be no form of difference in sport or any other area: all jobs or posts should be filled by unsystematic selection．The selection would be made by people who themselves are probably selected by some computer．
小题1:The underlined word "favouritism" in paragraph 3 is used to describe the phenomenon that ___．| A．bright children also need certificates to get satisfying jobs． | | B．children from well-respected schools tend to have good jobs | | C．poor children with certificates are favoured in job markets | | D．children attending ordinary schools achieve great success |
小题2:What would happen if examinations were taken away according to the author?| A．Schools for bright children would lose their reputation． | | B．There would be more opportunities and excellence． | | C．Children from poor families would be able to change their schools． | | D．Children"s job opportunity would be affected by their school reputation． |
小题3:The opponents of the examination system will agree that____．| A．jobs should not be assigned by systematic selection | | B．computers should be selected to take over many jobs | | C．special classes are necessary to keep the school standards | | D．schools with academic subjects should be done away with |
小题4:The passage mainly focuses on ____．| A．schools and certificates | B．examinations and equality | | C．opportunity and employment | D．standards and reputation |
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He says the problem with teachers is, “What will a kid learn from someone who chose to become a teacher?” He reminds the other dinner guests that it’s true what they say about teachers: Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.
I decide to bite my tongue instead of biting his and stop myself from reminding the other dinner guests that it’s also true what they say about lawyers－that they make money from the misfortune of others.
“I mean, you’re a teacher, Taylor,” he says to me.” Be honest. What do you make?”
I wish he hadn’t asked me to be honest, because now I have to teach him a lesson.
You want to know what I make?
I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could.
I can make a C+feel like a great achievement and an A-feel like a failure.
How dare you waste my time with anything less than your very best?
I make parents tremble in fear when I call them:
I hope I haven’t called at a bad time.
I just wanted to talk to you about something Billy said today.
Billy said, “Leave the kid alone. I still cry sometimes, don’t you?”
And it was the bravest act I have ever seen.
I make parents see their children for who they are and what they can be.
You want to know what I make?
I make kids wonder.
I make them question.
I make them criticise.
I make them think.
I make them apologise and mean it.
I make them write, write, write.
And then I make them read.
I teach them to solve math problems that they once thought impossible.
I make them understand that if you have brains then you follow your heart and if someone ever tries to judge you by what you make, you teach them a lesson.
Let me make this simple for you, so you know what I say is true:
I make a great difference! What about you?
小题1:What is the tone of the passage?| A．Upset and disappointed. | B．Cheerful and positive. | | C．Angry and proud. | D．Humorous and light-hearted. |
小题2:What do we know about the man that the author is speaking to?| A．He dislikes lawyers. | B．He is actually a lawyer. | | C．He is respectful to teachers. | D．He is in the author’s home. |
小题3:What’s the best title of this passage?| A．Requirements of a Good Teacher | B．An Argument Between Two Guests. | | C．A Dinner Conversation | D．What Teachers Make |
小题4:The underlined phrase “bite my tongue” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to .| A．stop myself saying what I really think | B．say something that is wrong | | C．speak out honestly but carelessly | D．keep silent about myself |
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Recent studies show that only one out of three people have strong and healthy self-confidence. That 36 two out of every three people simply don’t know the 37 they already have to be successful when it’s 38 there in their hands! 39 if you want others to believe in you, you have to believe in yourself first. Remember: “No one can make you feel inferior (差的) unless you 40 them.” A successful businessman says, “You can’t push anyone up a ladder 41 he knows he can climb himself.”
Many of us have an image 42 , the image（形象）we have of ourselves. 43 one guy put it: “You can’t win a horse race if you think you look 44 on a horse.” To succeed, the first person you have to 45 is yourself! So stop believing your own lies about yourself. Just 46 your mind and you’ll change your life.
One of the most harmful weapons that can kill your success in life is the two little words: “47 ”. You know that people used to 48 that if human beings traveled faster than 30 miles an hour it would 49 our circulation（循环）of blood and kill us? Thank goodness a few people didn’t believe that 50 thinking, or we wouldn’t be riding in cars, buses, and flying in airplanes today. You’ll never know until you 51 .
Roger Bannister was the first human being to run a mile in less than 4 minutes. But 52 he did it, most people in the world didn’t think it was even 53 Yet only weeks after Bannister did it, suddenly 54 all over the world began running a mile in less than 4 minutes! If we believe something can be done, we’ll 55 do it.
| 小题1: | | A．reflects | B．means | C．reads | D．explains |
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| 小题2: | | A．chance | B．strength | C．reason | D．ability |
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| 小题3: | | A．immediately | B．properly | C．right | D．accurately |
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| 小题4: | | A．But | B．Because | C．What | D．While |
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| 小题5: | | A．challenge | B．let | C．admit | D．help |
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| 小题6: | | A．if | B．except | C．unless | D．until |
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| 小题7: | | A．quiz | B．question | C．mystery | D．problem |
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| 小题9: | | A．curious | B．good-looking | C．funny | D．serious |
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| 小题10: | | A．knock | B．beat | C．strike | D．defend |
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| 小题11: | | A．settle | B．bend | C．fix | D．change |
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| 小题12: | | A．I failed | B．Not me. | C．I can’t | D．Can I? |
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| 小题13: | | A．think | B．imagine | C．expect | D．doubt |
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| 小题14: | | A．start | B．help | C．close | D．stop |
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| 小题15: | | A．empty | B．silly | C．reasonable | D．terrible |
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| 小题16: | | A．realize | B．try | C．understand | D．judge |
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| 小题17: | | A．before | B．after | C．since | D．because |
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| 小题18: | | A．likely | B．unbelievable | C．impossible | D．possible |
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| 小题19: | | A．runners | B．workers | C．competitors | D．players |
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| 小题20: | | A．simply | B．seldom | C．usually | D．never |
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Dear Aunty,
After years of her crying. I finally gave in and allowed my daughter to have a cat. I now regret my decision. As someone needs to have a clean, tidy house, I no longer feel relaxed in my own home. If I tell her, “sorry, the cat has to go.” She will be heartbroken. What can I do?
-Feline Phobic
Dear Phobic,
I’m an animal lover and on your kid’s and cat’s side. Tell your daughter your problem. Ask her to help you come up with a plan. Perhaps you can agree to allow the cat only in certain areas of the house. This is a chance for your daughter to develop the sense of responsibility owning a pet requires.
Dear Aunty,
I got the highest grade on a biology test. Now the popular kids think I’m brainy, and want me in their lab group. I knew I was being used. Now, they want my homework. What should I do?
-Lily
Dear Lily.
Popularity can come at a price, but it’s no excuse to cheat. Offer to help new friends with their homework, but don’t give them yours.
Dear Aunty,
I’m one of six assistants in a dental(牙科的) office. But I’m new-there just four months. I’ve tried to join conversations, but they just ignore me. They go shopping together. No one invites me. How can I break into the circle?
-Crystal
Dear Crystal,
Humans run in packs like dogs. When a new dog enters the pack, a lot of discovery goes on. So bring cookies for everyone! Then try making friends with one co-worker. Invite her to lunch. When you get familiar with each other, tell her how hard you’re finding the situation at work. chances are, she’ll take you under her wing.
小题1:Aunty thinks that Phobic should .| A．try to persuade her daughter to give in. | | B．spend more time cleaning the house. | | C．ask her daughter to help tidy up | | D．find a better way to keep the cat. |
小题2:The underlined word “brainy” in the passage means .| A．excited | B．friendly | C．intelligent | D．hard-working |
小题3:According to the passage, .| A．Phobic can’t get along well with her daughter. | | B．Aunty is fond of animals like cats. | | C．Crystal’s coworkers are cheating her. | | D．Lily has no interest in lab experiments. |
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According to legend, a young man while wandering the desert came across a spring of delicious crystal-clear water. The water was so sweet, he 21 his leather container so he could bring some 22 to a tribal elder who had been his teacher.
After a four-day journey he 23 the water to the old man who took a deep drink, 24 warmly and thanked his student lavishly for the sweet water. The young man returned to his village with a happy 25 .
Later, the teacher let another student 26 the water. He spat it 27 , saying it was awful. It 28 had been no longer fresh and 29 unpleasant to drink because of the old leather container.
The student challenged his teacher: “Master, the water was smelly. Why did you 30 to like it?”
The teacher replied, “You only tasted the water. I tasted the 31 . The water was simply the container for an act of loving-kindness and nothing could be 32 .”
I think we understand this lesson best when we receive 33 gifts of love from young children. 34 it’s a tray or a bracelet, the 35 and proper response is 36 and expressed thankfulness because we love the idea within the gift.
Gratitude doesn’t always come naturally. 37 , most children and many adults value only the thing given 38 the feeling embodied in it. We should remind ourselves and 39 our children about the beauty and purity of feelings and expressions of gratitude. 40 , gifts from the heart are really gifts of the heart.
| 小题1: | | A．packed | B．filled | C．took | D．carried |
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| 小题3: | | A．presented | B．mailed | C．delivered | D．showed |
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| 小题4: | | A．said | B．laughed | C．smiled | D．nodded |
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| 小题5: | | A．heart | B．mind | C．moment | D．occasion |
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| 小题6: | | A．smell | B．watch | C．taste | D．feel |
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| 小题8: | | A．apparently | B．still | C．sadly | D．quickly |
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| 小题9: | | A．however | B．instead | C．nevertheless | D．therefore |
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| 小题10: | | A．change | B．pretend | C．determine | D．agree |
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| 小题11: | | A．sweat | B．sense | C．promise | D．gift |
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| 小题12: | | A．clearer | B．fresher | C．sweeter | D．purer |
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| 小题13: | | A．simple | B．innocent | C．worthless | D．meaningless |
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| 小题14: | | A．Whether | B．If | C．Whatever | D．Whichever |
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| 小题15: | | A．pretended | B．lovely | C．abnormal | D．natural |
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| 小题16: | | A．devotion | B．comfort | C．imagination | D．appreciation |
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| 小题17: | | A．Unfortunately | B．Frankly | C．Strangely | D．Possibly |
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| 小题18: | | A．other than | B．rather than | C．better than | D．more than |
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| 小题19: | | A．persuade | B．teach | C．improve | D．advise |
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| 小题20: | | A．In a word | B．Otherwise | C．Thus | D．After all |
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