When this story happened, they were working around a very large house. Their job was to do the cleaning. It was not a difficult job, but sometimes it was a little dangerous, because they had to walk below where workmen were working. Often these workmen dropped something from the top of the house many meters high to the ground.
One morning Joe was working near the house with a cigarette behind one of his ears. Suddenly somebody on the top shouted, "Look out!" But Joe did not "look out". He looked up. And as he did so, a long knife missed Joe"s head, but it cut off one of his ears. At once he put his hand to one side of his head and cried out, "I"ve lost an ear. Help! Help!"
Jeff ran up to help his friend. "Look for my ear," Joe told him. "It must be on the ground somewhere." Jeff looked everywhere for the missing ear. At last he found an ear on the ground. He picked it up and carried it to Joe. "Here you are," he said, "I"ve found it." Joe looked at it. "No, that"s not my ear." he said, "Mine had a cigarette behind it."
小题1:What were Joe and Jeff?| A．Soldiers. | B．Drivers. | C．Farmers. | D．Cleaners. |
小题2:How did Joe lose his ear?| A．He cut it off by himself. | B．Jeff cut it off with a knife. | | C．A falling knife cut it off. | D．A cigarette burned it up. |
小题3: From the passage, we know Joe was not _______.| A．strong | B．kind | C．foolish | D．clever |
小题4:Which is the most possible title for this passage?| A．A Lost Ear | B．A Busy Cleaner | | C．A Falling Knife | D．A forgetful Man |
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小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:A |
试题分析：这篇短文中作者主要描述了城市清洁工在工地上打扫卫生时的潜在危险：其中一名清洁工的耳朵被空中掉下来的一把刀砍掉。
小题1:细节理解题。根据短文第一段第二句Their job was to do the cleaning.可知，他们两人是清洁工；故选D。
小题2:细节理解题。根据短文第二段中And as he did so, a long knife missed Joe"s head, but it cut off one of his ears.一句可知，乔的耳朵是被空中掉下来的一把刀砍掉的；故选C。
小题3:推理判断题。根据短文最后乔的话语"No, that"s not my ear." he said, "Mine had a cigarette behind it."可知，他是比较愚笨的，耳朵都掉了还在想着他的香烟；故选D。
小题4:主旨大意题。根据短文内容可知，本文描述的是城市清洁工在工地上打扫卫生时的潜在危险；结合本文的具体故事可知用“一只丢失了的耳朵”更形象，更能吸引读者；故选A。 |
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I am my mother’s third child. When I was born, the doctor gently explained to my mother that my left arm was missing, below the elbow(肘). Then he gave her some _________, “Don’t treat her any _________ from the other girls. Demand more.” And she did!
My mother had to work to _________ my family. There were five girls in our family and we all had to help out. Once when I was about seven, I came out of the _________, “Mom, I can’t peel(削……皮) potatoes. I only have one hand.”“You get back to peel those potatoes, and don’t ever use that as a(n) _________for anything again!” Of course I could peel potatoes—with my good hand, while holding them down with my other arm. There was always a way, and Mom knew it. “If you try hard _________,” she said, “you can do anything.” Once in the second grade, our teacher had each of us race across the monkey bars(攀爬架). When it was my turn, I _________ my head. Some kids laughed. I went home crying. After work the next afternoon, Mom took me back to the school playground.“Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She stood by_________ I practiced, and she praised me when I made progress. I’ll never forget the next time I was crossing the bars. The kids were standing there with their mouths open.
It was the way with everything. When I _________ I can’t handle things, I see Mom’s smile again. She had the heart to _________ anything. And she taught me I could, too.
| 小题1: | | A．warning | B．medicine | C．help | D．advice |
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| 小题2: | | A．badly | B．differently | C．well | D．normally |
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| 小题3: | | A．care | B．help | C．support | D．feed |
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| 小题4: | | A．kitchen | B．bedroom | C．house | D．school |
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| 小题5: | | A．idea | B．change | C．excuse | D．tool |
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| 小题6: | | A．enough | B．too | C．again | D．often |
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| 小题7: | | A．hurt | B．nodded | C．shook | D．turned |
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| 小题8: | | A．before | B．as | C．after | D．until |
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| 小题9: | | A．know | B．fear | C．find | D．realize |
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| 小题10: | | A．face | B．teach | C．learn | D．solve |
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John Thomas was a student, but he had been a famous champion(冠军). Everybody at Boston University liked this tall, quiet boy. Once he was hurt, everybody at Boston University was . People all over the country about John Thomas and often asked, "Will he ever jump again?"
John"s mother went to the hospital to see her son. She looked at his leg. Then she looked into his . She knew what her son would . "You"re going to jump again, John, I know it," she said." will be all right."
If John hoped to jump again, he would have a to do. He began at once. Even in his hospital bed John started to exercise. He used a wheel(轮子) and other metal things. Soon his looked like a machine shop!
It was May when John the hospital. "Is it all right if I go camping this summer?" he asked the doctors.
"Yes," the doctors said. "But take it easy on that foot."
John took only walks at first. He was taking it easy on his foot. But not on anything else. He went swimming and did other kinds of exercises. He exercised his body cried for a rest. Some days later, he exercised a little . In late summer John went back to . He asked if he could practise with the football team. Football wasn"t his favorite, but he had to get that leg again! He worked hard. "No one pushed him as hard as he pushed himself," said one of his friends. "To a champion fighting back is a wonderful thing to watch."
| 小题1: | | A．sorry | B．scared | C．alone | D．tired |
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| 小题2: | | A．thought | B．talked | C．heard | D．moved |
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| 小题3: | | A．broken | B．lost | C．missing | D．dead |
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| 小题6: | | A．Nothing | B．Anything | C．Something | D．Everything |
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| 小题8: | | A．chair | B．classroom | C．home | D．bed |
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| 小题9: | | A．reached | B．called | C．left | D．found |
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| 小题10: | | A．short | B．long | C．quick | D．fast |
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| 小题12: | | A．later | B．better | C．more | D．less |
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| 小题13: | | A．school | B．hospital | C．shop | D．church |
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| 小题14: | | A．thick | B．strong | C．straight | D．hard |
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In China，people born in and after the 1980s are called the post-80s generation(一代人)．Most of them come from single-child families. However，this generation is playing a more and more important part in China，and their image in people’s minds is changing．Han Han,a popular youth writer,is one of them．
Han Han was born in 1982 in Shanghai．His talent for writing was clear at an early age．When he was 17,he drew the public’s attention with the article Viewing the People through the Glass. The article won first prize in the national New Concept Composition Competition．Later，Han Han again surprised the public by leaving high school. “I did poorly in Grade One of high school and failed to move up to the next grade. I tried my best to improve my studies，but failed ,so I gave up. However ,I am always learning, since learning and going to school are two different things.” Han Han said.
Han Han’s first novel Three Folded Gates sold very well in China．Later the book wastranslated(翻译)into several languages and sold abroad．
In the following years,Han Han wrote a lot of books. All of them were welcomed by the market．In 2006，he started blogging(写博客)and had great success. Today，Han Han’s blog has become one of the honest blogs on the Internet．
小题1: The post-80s generation__________．| A．have changed China’s image | | B．are playing an important role in China | | C．are very good at writing | | D．are people who are more than 80 years old |
小题2:What can we learn from Han Han’s words in the second paragraph?| A．He was good in all his subjects． | | B．He never studied hard at school． | | C．His school life was interesting and colourful | | D．He didn’t stop learning after he left school． |
小题3:When did Han Han begin to write a blog?| A．When he was seventeen. | B．When he was fourteen | | C．When he was twenty | D．When he was twenty-four. |
小题4:Which of the following is TRUE，according to the passage?| A．Three Folded Gates was only sold in China． | | B．Nobody was surprised that Han Han left high school． | | C．Han Han was not liked by the post-80s generation． | | D．Han Han’s blog is very popular on the Internet． |
小题5:What does the passage mainly talk about?| A．The post-80s generation． | | B．Han Han ,a popular post-80s writer． | | C．Blogging on the Internet． | | D．Popular books written by Han Han． |
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When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn"t look like any doctor I"d ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person. When Dr. Gibbs wasn"t saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest. The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled(毁坏) them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on.
He talked about how watering trees made for shallow(浅的) roots(根), and how trees that weren"t watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important. So he never watered his trees. He"d planted an oak(橡树)and instead of watering it every morning, he"d beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree"s attention.
Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They"re very big and strong now. I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray (祈祷) that their lives will be easy. But lately I"ve been thinking that it"s time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties. There"s always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won"t be beaten down.
小题1: We know from the passage, the doctor______. | A．didn"t know how to plant trees at all | | B．wasn"t good at his own medical job | | C．had his own ways of planting trees | | D．had nothing to do but plant trees |
小题2: When Dr. Gibbs said "... pick out the weaker trees early on.", he meant that______. | A．some weak trees would be easily found out at the beginning | | B．he would choose the weak trees to water earlier | | C．the weak trees would be sent to his patients later | | D．he would not plant weak trees so early anymore |
小题3: The passage tells us that the writer______. | A．should beat his trees with a rolled-up newspaper | | B．didn"t often water his trees | | C．didn"t have a large field | | D．took too much care of his trees |
小题4:The writer wants to change his prayer, hoping that______. | A．his trees will be stronger than Dr. Gibbs" | | B．his trees will not be beaten down | | C．his sons will be better at planting trees | | D．his sons will be able to face difficulties |
小题5:Which can be the best title of the reading? | A．Watering Trees | B．Growing Roots | | C．Doctor and his Neighbor | D．Father and his Children |
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A passenger told an air hostess that he needed a cup of water to take his medicine when the plane just took off. she told him that she would bring him the water in ten minutes. thirty minutes later, when the passenger’s ring for service sounded, the air hostess flew in a hurry. she was kept so busy that she forgot to give him the water. As a result, the passenger was held up(延迟) to take his medicine. she hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he refused it.
In the following hours on the flight, each time the air hostess passed the passenger she would ask him with a smile whether he needed help or not. but the passenger never paid attention to her. when he was going to get off the plane, the passenger asked the air hostess to hand him the passengers’ brochure(小册子). she was very sad. she knew that he would write down sharp words, but with a smile she handed it to him. off the plane, she opened the brochure, and broke a smile, for the passenger wrote, “on the flight, you asked me whether I need help or not for twelve times in all. how can I refuse your twelve sincere smiles?” That’s right! who can refuse twelve sincere smiles from a person?
小题1:What did the passenger need when the plane just took off ?| A．brochure to write something | | B．A cup of water to take his medicine | | C．The air hostess to make an apologize | | D．To get off the plane at once |
小题2:Why did the air hostess forget to give him the water ?| A．ecause the passenger was angry | | B．Because the passenger was very cruel | | C．Because she was very busy | | D．Because she was not friendly to the passenger |
小题3:Why was the air hostess very sad ?| A．She thought the passenger would write down bad words | | B．She thought she couldn`t give the passenger any help | | C．She thought the passenger would tell her manager | | D．She thought she should say sorry to the passenger again |
小题4:The Chinese meaning of the word “sincere”is ________小题5:Do you think which is the best title for the passage ?| A．The air hostess | B．A cup of water | C．Twelve smiles | D．On the plane |
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