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An Englishman was showing a foreign visitor around London. “What’s that strange building?” asked the visitor. “That’s the Tower of London.” “I see. How long did it take to build it?” “About 500 years.” “In my country we can build it in five months,” Shortly after that they came to St. Paul’s Cathedral(大教堂). “Very interesting!” said the visitor. “How long did it take to build it ?” “Near forty years.” said the Englishman. “In my country we can finish it in forty days at most,” said the visitor. This went on all day.
They visited most of the best known buildings in the city. Every time they saw a new one, the visitor asked what it was and how long it took to build it. Then he said that they could do the same thing much faster in his country.
At last the Englishman got angry with the visitor though he tried not to show it. Several days later they came to the House of Parliament(议会)and the visitor asked his usual question, “What is that?” The Englishman answered, “ I have no idea. It wasn’t there last night.”
小题1:The Englishman showed the foreign visitor around _______ one day.
A.The Tower of LondonB.St. Paul’s Cathedral
C.Some famous buildings in the cityD.The whole city of London
小题2:The visitor said that in his country it would take them ______ to build the Tower of London.
A.less than half a yearB.forty daysC.five hundred yearsD.fifty days
小题3:It took them a few days to see ______.
A.some of the best known buildings in England.B.several best known places in England
C.many famous houses in the city of LondonD.most of the best known buildings in London
小题4:The Englishman was angry by the end of the day, but he ______.
A.didn’t want to say anythingB.tried to show it to the visitor
C.had no time to tell the visitorD.tried not to show it to the visitor
小题5:The Englishman’s answer to the question of the last place showed_____.
A.he was sorry that he hadn’t seen the building before
B.he could say nothing because he didn’t know anything about it
C.he was angry and didn’t want to tell the visitor its name
D.he didn’t know how to tell the visitor the name of the building

答案

小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:D
小题5:C
解析

试题分析:这篇短文主要描述的是一位在英国旅游的外国游客,总是说自己国家的建筑速度快,从而引起导游不满的故事.
小题1:根据第二段They visited most of the best known buildings in the city.描述,可知选C.
小题2:根据第一段“In my country we can build it in five months,”描述,可知选A.
小题3:根据Several days later they came to the House of Parliament(议会)可知他们花了几天时间来看了伦敦大部分的著名建筑物,故选D.
小题4:根据At last the Englishman got angry with the visitor though he tried not to show it.描述,可知选D.
小题5:根据最后一段“ I have no idea. It wasn’t there last night.”描述,可知他不想告诉这个游客议会大厦的名字,故选C.
点评:本文浅显易懂,各个小题都能在文中找到适当依据。只要认真阅读短文,注意前后联系,就能顺利完成阅读。文章所设试题主要考察细节查找,做题关键是找出原文的根据,认真核查小题和原文的异同。
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试题【An Englishman was showing a foreign visitor around London. “What’s that strange 】;主要考察你对人物故事类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Once upon a time there lived a woman who had a bad temper(脾气). She  1 at everyone around her. For most of her life she believed the anger inside her was  2  else’s fault(过错).
She went to see a wise monk(高僧) to ask for  3  . The monk told her to take a large pot(罐子) from his kitchen, fill it with  4 , and stand outside on the sidewalk in front of his house. “It’s hot outside,” the monk said to her “When a person  5 , you must give him or her a glass of water. Do this until there is no left inside you.”  7  she stood outside with a water pot and served water to walkers every day for the next several weeks.
Every morning she asked   8  if there was any anger inside her. And every morning the answer was, “yes.” So she continued  9 water. Until one afternoon when a man walked up, took the water pot out of her hand and drank the water up, and then  10 it onto the ground as he went on his way.
The woman was very  11 . Unable to control herself, she  12  the pot and threw it at the rude man. The pot broke into pieces over the back of his head and he fell to the ground, bleeding.
As the woman calmed down, she realized the mistake of what she had made and began to cry. She called 911 and  13  what had happened. A moment later an ambulance(救护车) and two police cars arrived and took the man away. Then one of the police officers walked over to the woman, who was  14 crying, and said, “ The city owes(欠) you a big ‘thank you.’ That man has been  15 our wanted list for over a year now. He is an important suspect in many murder cases and robberies.”
小题1:
A.pointedB.laughedC.smiledD.screamed
小题2:
A.anybodyB.somebodyC.everybodyD.nobody
小题3:
A.informationB.newsC.adviceD.message
小题4:
A.juiceB.waterC.milkD.coffee
小题5:
A.walks pastB.drives pastC.rides pastD.runs past
小题6:
A.waterB.moneyC.angerD.energy
小题7:
A.BecauseB.ButC.SoD.Unless
小题8:
A.herselfB.himselfC.itselfD.themselves
小题9:
A.drinkingB.servingC.selling D.buying
小题10:
A.putB.droppedC.fellD.threw
小题11:
A.happyB.excitedC.surprisedD.angry
小题12:
A.gave upB.picked upC.put upD.cleared up
小题13:
A.spokeB.toldC.reportedD.asked
小题14:
A.alreadyB.stillC.alwaysD.never
小题15:
A.onB.inC.atD.to

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Amy Chua, well-known as the Tiger Mother, has held the attention of parents all across the US. She told Reader’s Digest that she’s a little strange about how her book struck so many nerves in the US. The reporter of the magazine is sharing the interview with us.
Reader’s Digest: Did you want your book to be controversial (有争议的)?
Amy: I don’t think it would have been controversial at all if it wasn’t for the Wall Street Journal headline that was called, “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior”.
Reader’s Digest: What’s your view on your parenting?
Amy: My children grew up with one Western parent. My husband doesn’t believe in raising his voice with the kids and we don’t spank (打小孩). They were really raised in a half Asian family. My book’s message is that we should try to find the balance. I believe that when children are little, you should restrict (限制) their choices. I like the traditional Chinese way. Respect authority (尊重权利) and don’t just let them watch TV all the time. I don’t think kids under the age of ten can make good choices. But once they start to get older, the lesson I learnt with Lulu (Amy’s second daughter) is that you have to start listening to them. You have to start giving them more choices and more freedom. I really think it’s important to find a balance.
I like the strict Chinese way of discipline (行为准则) and hard work when children are young. But when they’re older, you have to send love to your child, you have to listen to your child and really achieve the balance between creativity, choice and freedom on the one hand, which the west is very good at, and on the other hand, hard work and self discipline, which I think traditional Chinese parenting is very good at.
小题1:Where can we find the passage?
A.In a novel.B.In a magazine.C.In a comic book.D.In a history book.
小题2:The Tiger Mother thinks the reason her book became controversial is that ______.
A.she is very famous
B.parenting is such a common topic
C.traditional Chinese parenting is too strict
D.the Wall Street Journal headline was called “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior”
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE according to Amy’s view on parenting?
A.We should control all of the children’s choices.
B.Spanking is necessary during children’s growth.
C.Children should be raised in half Asian families.
D.When children get older, parents should listen to them.
小题4:According to the passage, we can see ______ in the west.
A.children respect their parents because of authority
B.all kids under the age of ten can make good choices
C.some parents don’t believe in raising their voice with the kids
D.children do all of the things according to their parents’ orders
小题5:What is the main idea of this passage?
A.The book that the Tiger Mother wrote is very controversial.
B.Traditional Chinese parenting is much better than that in the west.
C.The Tiger Mother shows some of her ideas about her book and parenting.
D.Parents should achieve the balance between creativity, choice and freedom.

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Nick Vujicic was born, without arms and legs, in 1982 in Melbourne, Australia. Nick faced all kinds of problems and troubles in his life. But he never gives up. Now Nick has his own speaking company: Attitude Is Attitude. And he has traveled around the world to give speeches. He shares with his audience the importance of vision and dreaming big. He says attitude (态度) is the most powerful tool in the life and failure (失败) is just a learning experience.
Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Facebook, is only 28. In only 8 years, Zuck turned his small website into a world famous network. Zuck once wrote to his workmates, "We don"t build services to make money; we make money to build better services"
Jeremy Lin"s excellent performances in basketball courts attracted the eyes of both Americans and Chinese this year. Then what has led this young man to such a success? The following may help us understand it.
Believe in yourself;
Catch the chance when it comes up;
Find the system that works for your style;
People will love you for being yourself;
Stay humble (谦逊).
小题1:Attitude Is Attitude is _______.
A.the title of Nick"s speechB.Nick"s company
C.an international organizationD.a machine that can speak
小题2:Which of the following about Nick is wrong?
A.Nick had no arms or legs when he was born
B.He says people can learn from their failures
C.He tells his audience to dream big and have vision
D.He has never traveled around the world so far
小题3:Facebook is _______.
A.a world-wide networkB.Zuck"s workmateC.a popular bookD.Zuck"s boss
小题4:From what Zuck wrote, We can learn  _______.
A.Facebook doesn"t build services
B.Facebook doesn"t make money
C.offering better services is more important than making money
D.building services doesn"t make money
小题5:From Jeremy Lin"s success, we can find _______.
A.one must have self-confidenceB.catching the chance is the most important
C.one should try his best to follow othersD.one must keep the rules all the time

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Look carefully at the back of a California state quarter. A man with a walking stick is pictured there. A bird called a California condor(大秃鹫)is flying overhead. Who is this man, and why is he so important that he is featured(处于显著地位)on the back of a coin?
The man on this quarter is John Muir. Even as a child, Muir loved watching nature. As a young man, he spent much of his life exploring the beauty of the wilderness. He walked more than a thousand miles across the country, through fields and woods. John Muir liked writing about the places he visited, describing their beauty.
Muir also wrote about problems. In order to create more farmland for sheep and cattle, many trees were being cut down. This made Muir unhappy and worried, because he knew that trees were important to forests and to the animals that lived in them.Muir believed that nature should be conserved(保护)instead of being changed by human beings. He wrote articles in magazines and newspapers to spread the word about conserving forests. Soon, others began to listen.
Muir wrote letters to important people, such as President Theodore Roosevelt. The president admired Muir’s love for nature. When Roosevelt came to visit Muir in California. Muir convinced(说服)the president to go camping with him for three nights under the trees so they could talk about conservation. Later, President Roosevelt set aside 148 million acres of land for national forests and established(建立)five national parks. National parks are large areas of land that are protected from development. This means that people cannot build homes or businesses there. One of these parks is Yosemite National Park, the area that is featured on the back of the California quarter.
Though it has been almost one hundred years since John Muir died, people continue his work today. His work as a conservationist helped us to see the beauty of our natural world. John Muir made us understand the importance of protecting our earth and our resources---then, now, and for the future.
小题1:Why did President Theodore Roosevelt visit John Muir?
A.Because Roosevelt loved watching nature.
B.Because Roosevelt received letters from John Muir.
C.Because Roosevelt admired John Muir’s love for nature.
D.Because Roosevelt was sad about the problems with farmland.
小题2:Why is John Muir featured on the back of a California state quarter?
A.Because he walked over a thousand miles across the country.
B.Because he helped people understand the importance of protecting the natural world.
C.Because he wrote articles to spread the word about conserving forests.
D.Because he once wrote several letters to President Theodore Roosevelt.
小题3:What is the writer’s purpose of writing this article?
A.To advise readers to become active conservationists.
B.To make us interested in the story about a great man.
C.To tell us something about an important person in history.
D.To give information about how to conserve the environment.

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A farmer had a cow. He took very good care of this cow and one day when it was ill. He was very worried. He telephoned the vet (兽医).
“What’s the problem?” The vet asked him when he arrived.
“My cow is ill.” the farmer said. “I don’t know what’s the matter with her. She’s lying down and won’t eat. She’s making a strange noise.”
The vet looked over the cow. “She’s certainly ill, ” he said, “and she needs to take some very strong medicine.”
He took a bottle out of his box, put two pills into his hand and said, “The pills should make her better.”
“How should I give them to her?” the farmer asked.
The vet gave him a tube (管子) and said,“Put this tube in her mouth, then put the pills in the tube and blow. That’ll make it.”
The next day the vet came to the farm again. The farmer was sitting outside his house and looked more worried.
“How’s your cow?” the vet asked.
“No change,” the farmer said. “and I’m feeling very strange myself.”
“Oh?” the vet said. “Why?”
“I did what you said,” the farmer answered. “I put the tube in the cow’s mouth and then put two pills down it.”
“And?” the vet asked.
“The cow blew first.” the farmer said.
小题1:The farmer asked the vet for help when his cow ________.
A.couldn’t make any noiseB.didn’t eat the pills
C.was illD.couldn’t lie down
小题2:The vet taught the farmer how ________.
A.to blow the tubeB.to make the cow take the pills
C.to take the medicineD.to put the tube in his mouth
小题3:Which of the following is true?
A.The farmer ate the pills himself.
B.The cow got better after taking the medicine.
C.The vet came to help farmer change the cow the next day.
D.The farmer waited for the vet outside his house the next day.

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