The first day of school, our professor introduced an old lady Rose to us.
“Why are you in college at such an age?” I asked her. She replied, “I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” We became friends quickly.
At the end of the term I invited Rose to make a speech to our football team. I’ll never forget what she taught us. She said, “There are some secrets of staying young and being happy. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You must have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you will die. There is a huge difference between growing old and growing up. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t need any talent or ability. To grow up, you must always find the opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The people who are afraid of death are those with regrets.”
At the end of the year, Rose finished her college. One week after graduation, Rose died peacefully in her sleep. We would always remember the great woman.
小题1:From the passage, we can learn that Rose ________.| A．went to college at an old age | | B．became a professor later | | C．once worked in a hospital | | D．died before college graduation |
小题2:At the end of the term the writer invited Rose to ________.| A．go to a party | B．play football | | C．make a speech | D．write a book |
小题3:The underlined word “talent” in the third paragraph means “________” in Chinese.小题4: If you want to stay young and be happy, ________, according to Rose.| A．never grow up | | B．don’t be afraid of death | | C．have a dream and never lose it | | D．don’t find the opportunity in change |
小题5:What is the best title of the passage?| A．Laughing every day | | B．Never too old to learn | | C．Growing old and growing up | | D．How to stay young and being happy |
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小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:B |
试题分析：本文讲述了一个老太太为了实现自己的梦想，很大年纪上了大学。她在给足球队做演讲时说，人保持年轻和快乐的秘密就是要寻找幽默，要大笑，并且要有梦想。失去梦想，人也会死去。在她完成大学学业后一星期，她在睡梦中安静的去世了。
小题1:细节理解题。根据The first day of school, our professor introduced an old lady Rose to us.可知Rose去上大学时是一个老太太，故选A。
小题2:细节理解题。根据At the end of the term I invited Rose to make a speech to our football team. 可知在学期末，作者邀请Rose给足球队做演讲。故选C。
小题3:词义猜测题。根据与名词ability“能力”相并列，意思相近，故为才能的意思。故选D。
小题4:细节理解题。根据There are some secrets of staying young and being happy. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You must have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you will die.可知Rose认为，保持年轻和快乐的秘密是要大笑，寻找幽默，必须有梦想，失去梦想，人就会死去。故选C。
小题5:标题归纳题。文中围绕着一个老太太为了实现自己的梦想，上大学学习，这展示了活到老，学到老的精神。故选B。 |
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Emily and Alex were happy when their family moved to a house with a very big garden. They could climb up trees, grow flowers and even play badminton. They liked to watch the birds flying among the trees in the garden. They even started to put food out to attract more birds.
Everything was fine for a few days until one afternoon there was a strange bumping noise on a window. Emily went outside and found a small bird dead on the grass. Its neck seemed to be broken.
“It must have flown into the window,” Alex said when his sister Emily called him to have a look. “Ah, yes, look here. You can see the mark where it hit the window. There are a couple of tiny feathers stuck(粘贴) on the window.”
“Poor thing!” Emily said.
During the next month, five more birds died in the same way. “Why would they fly to the windows?” they wondered. Finally they found out the truth. When the birds were flying, they couldn’t see into the rooms. All they saw was the reflection(反射) of the garden. They thought that they were flying into trees because they saw trees reflected by the window.
“Something has to be done to save the birds.” the parents decided.
At first, he family tried keeping curtains（窗帘）across the windows, but this made the room dark. Then they bought some strong black paper and cut out the shape of a hawk. They made six hawks – one for each window. They stuck the hawks to the windows. They looked pretty and did not keep out much light. When the birds saw the hawks, they would fly away.
After that, there were no more dead birds. The family were much happier.
小题1: They put food out to attract birds because they .| A．had a special garden for birds | | B．wanted to see more birds flying in the garden | | C．had too much bird food to feed the birds | | D．wanted to catch some birds in the garden |
小题2: birds died in the garden.小题3: The birds flew to the windows because they .| A．found the windows very clean | | B．fought for more food | | C．thought there were more trees ahead | | D．wanted to go into the room |
小题4:The underlined word “hawk” means .小题5:The story is mainly about .| A．why the birds died in the garden | | B．the family were good at paper-cutting | | C．the family had a very big new house | | D．how the family saved the birds in the garden |
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Mr. Green is an old man. He is very kind, and he has many friends. But there is _ wrong with his eyes. So he can"t see clearly.
One day, he went to New York train. He went there to visit his best friend. After he got here _ the evening, he found his friend at home. So he find a hotel to live in. The next day, his friend didn"t come back. In the afternoon he went to buy two bottles of wine(酒).When he came back to his room in the hotel, he found a fly(苍蝇) was on the wall. But he thought it was a snail(钉子),so he put the bottles on .Of course, the fly flew away and the bottles were broken. He had to buy two bottles.
The waitress in the hotel knew this, then she put a into the wall.
When he came back, he looked up at the wall and found the "fly" was there again. So he walked and hit（敲）it hard with his hands. At once(立刻)he cried .
| 小题1: | | A．something | B．everything | C．nothing | D．anything |
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| 小题4: | | A．was | B．wasn"t | C．did | D．didn"t be |
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| 小题5: | | A．could | B．would | C．did | D．had to |
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| 小题7: | | A．other | B．the other.. | C．more | D．another |
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| 小题8: | | A．fly | B．snail | C．bottle | D．friend |
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| 小题9: | | A．quickly | B．fast | C．careful | D．quietly |
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| 小题10: | | A．loudly | B．happily | C．quickly | D．clearly |
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"Uncle Sam," is usually used to refer to the United States or the US government. It is the nickname of the country.It is hard to believe that this nickname became known quite by accident and there was a man 75 "Uncle Sam."However,not many people have ever heard of such a man.Not even most young Americans.
The man was called Uncle Sam Wilson.He was born in Arlington,Massachusetts, September 13, 1776. At the age of 14 Sam joined the American Revolutionary War(美国革命）, and 76 in the army under George Washington until the end of the war.He then moved to Troy, New York states, and began a meatpacking business. He earned a reputation（赢得了声誉）for being honest and hardworking. He was locally respected and admired, thus greeted as Uncle Sam.
One day in 1812,a group of visitors came to Sam"s meatpacking plant(肉类加工厂）.Among them was Government official. He 77 the capitalized letters(大写字母） EAUS on the packages of meat and asked what they stood for. A worker man replied that EA stood for Elbert Anderson,the businessman for whom Sam was working.And he added 78 that US(actually it was the short form for United States) stood for Uncle Sam Wilson. Soon soldiers were saying all army supplies were from "Uncle Sam".
In May 1813,this story appeared in a newspaper published in New York.Since Uncle Sam was an example of a hard-working man and a lover of America, the idea of"Uncle Sam" as the name of this kind of man became well-known rapidly.Uncle Sam was ready to help 79 and place the interest of the nation(国家利益）above all---this is in line with (与……符合）the American spirit. This makes the American consider Uncle Sam 80 the symbol of the USA.In 1961 the US Congress made a decision that "Uncle Sam" is the America"s national symbol.
小题1:| A．was | B．named | C．asked | D．was called |
小题2:| A．served | B．stayed | C．joined | D．entered |
小题3:| A．saw | B．observed | C．studied | D．noticed |
小题4:| A．Surprisingly | B．seriously | C．jokingly | D．carefully |
小题5:| A．other | B．others | C．everyone | D．another |
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Now, let me you a story. Once a lion saw a fine horse and wanted her. But the horse was very careful and he could not her. Then the lion had idea. He told the that he was a good doctor and could do something for them. The horse was clever. She knew the lion wanted to do. One day when the lion was near the horse, she told him there was something wrong with one of her and the horse asked him to look it over. Of course the lion was to do so. Then the horse lifted (抬起) one of her legs from the ground. the lion looked at her foot, she kicked him the head. The lion fell down. The horse laughed and ran away quickly. How clever the horse was!
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| 小题3: | | A．catch | B．to catch | C．catching | D．catches |
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| 小题5: | | A．ions | B．animals | C．lions | D．the other animal |
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| 小题7: | | A．legs | B．hands | C．eyes | D．feet |
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| 小题8: | | A．happy | B．unhappy | C．sorry | D．difficult |
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Do you like Lee Min Ho, the “flower boy”? Li Min Ho is a South Korean actor, singer and model. He was born on June 22, 1987. There are his mother, his father, and his elder sister in his family. As a young child, Lee hoped to become a professional football player, but an injury in the 5th grade of elementary school ended his dream. In the second year of high school, Lee turned to modeling and acting.
His new TV drama The Inheritors (继承者们) shows a group of rich high school students. They have everthing under their control (控制), except their love life. However, Lee is madly in love with a woman despite her poor background. There is no doubt that the TV drama is a success and perhaps the secret of its success is that people still believe in Cinderella-type (灰姑娘) stories.
小题1:.Where is Lee Min Ho from?| A．Japan | B．North Korea | | C．South Korea | D．China |
小题2:. What did Lee Min Ho hope to be when he was a young child?| A．an actor | B．a football player | | C．a singer | D．a model |
小题3:. How many people are there in Lee’s family?| A．three | B．four | | C．five | D．we don’t know |
小题4: What’s the name of Lee’s new TV drama?| A．City Hunter | B．My Love from the Star | | C．The Inheritors | D．Boys Over Flowers |
小题5:Which of the following is not under the control of the high school students in the TV drama?| A．school life | B．future job | | C．love life | D．hobby |
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