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Anne Spencer Morrow was born in 1906 in Englewood, New Jersey. She went to Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She wanted to become a __1_. She won two major prizes from the __2_for her writing.
Anne Morrow was a quiet, shy and small young woman when she __3__Charles Lindbergh in 1927. The 25-year- old man was tall and good-looking. Charles Lindbergh was one of ___4__ people in the world. He had just become the first person___5__ a plane alone across the Atlantic Ocean, from New York to Paris. Two years __6_, Anne and Charles Lindbergh were married. Reports about their___7__ were on the front pages of newspapers.
After her marriage to Charles Lindbergh, Anne became a pilot too. She began _8__many long airplane flights with her husband. The Lindberghs explored new ways to fly around the world. They seemed to enjoy the greatest _9__ that any young people could not have.
Then in 1932, something__10__happened.They were in great sorrow (痛苦).The Lindberghs’ _11_baby,twenty-month-old Charles, was kidnapped from their home in New Jersey. The body of the baby was discovered more than ten weeks later.
There were a huge number of reports about the case. Newspapers __12__it "the Crime of the Century”. After the trial(审判), the Lindberghs found it __13__ to live in the United States. There were threats(威胁) on the life of their second child. And there were too __14__ newspaper stories about them. So Anne and Charles Lindbergh moved to Europe in 1935. Four years later they moved __15___ to the United States.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh never fully recovered from the death of her first child. Yet, she and her husband had five more children. She continued flying. In 1934, she became the first woman to win the National Geographic Society"s Hubbard Gold Medal. She was honored for her exploration, research and discovery.
小题1:
A.singerB.writerC.actorD.driver
小题2:
A.partyB.charityC.collegeD.country
小题3:
A.metB.foundC.knewD.saw
小题4:
A.the bestB.the most famousC.the most carefulD.the most attractive
小题5:
A.to takeB.to flyC.to rideD.to walk
小题6:
A.afterB.agoC.beforeD.later
小题7:
A.friendshipB.workC.marriageD.life
小题8:
A.makingB.gettingC.givingD.catching
小题9:
A.unluckB.luckC.sadnesssD.excitement
小题10:
A.happyB.excitingC.interestingD.terrible
小题11:
A.secondB.thirdC.fourthD.first
小题12:
A.sayB.talkC.speakD.call
小题13:
A.easyB.difficultC.simpleD.hardly
小题14:
A.muchB.fewC.manyD.little
小题15:
A.outB.awayC.backD.out of

答案

小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:B
小题5:B
小题6:D
小题7:C
小题8:A
小题9:B
小题10:D
小题11:D
小题12:D
小题13:B
小题14:C
小题15:C
解析

试题分析:这篇短文主要介绍了安妮斯宾塞莫罗的生平事迹,其中重点介绍了他和丈夫查尔斯林德伯格结婚以后在事业上的成就及他们的家庭生活。
小题1:联系下文描述,可知此处指的是他想成为一名作家,故选B,作者,作家。
小题2:联系上文,可知此处指的是前文提到的史密斯大学,故选C,大学。
小题3:动词辨析。A.遇到;B. 发现;C.知道;D.看见。联系下文,可知此处指的是她在1927年遇到查尔斯林德伯格时,故选A。
小题4:结合语境可知此处指的是他是世界上最著名的人物之一,故选B,最著名的。
小题5:联系下文,可知此处指的是驾驶飞机,故选B,驾驶飞机。
小题6:联系下文,可知此处指的是两年后,after是介词,后面接时间点,ago表示在多久之前,故选D,稍后,后来。
小题7:联系前文,可知此处指的是他们的婚姻,故选C,结婚,婚姻。
小题8:动词辨析。A.制作,进行;B.变得,获得;C.给予;D. 抓住,赶上。联系下文,可知此处指的是他开始和他的丈夫进行许多长途飞行。故选A。
小题9:词义辨析。A.倒霉,霉运;B.幸运,运气;C.伤心;D .兴奋。联系上文,可知此处指的是他们享受了任何年轻人不曾享有的好运气。故选B。
小题10:联系下文,可知一些不好的事情发生了,故选D,可怕的,糟糕的。
小题11:联系下文,可知此处指的是他们的第一个孩子,故选D,第一。
小题12:动词辨析。A.说;B.谈论;C.演讲,说某种语言;D.呼叫,称呼。结合语境可知报纸上把这叫做世纪犯罪。故选D。
小题13:联系下文,可知此处指的是他们发现很难生活在美国。故选B,困难的。
小题14:联系下文,可知此处指的是太多的关于他们的故事,故选C,许多的。
小题15:联系上下文,可知此处指的是他们返回了美国。故选C,向后地。
点评:这篇短文内容比较简单,理解不难。各小题与上下文联系比较紧密,答题中一定要注意联系上下文。答完后多读几遍,看看是否符合逻辑,适当修改。个别小题可以当作单独的词义辨析题来做,先区分词义,结合语境选出最能使语句通顺的答案。
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Charlie,a master carpenter(木匠),was very well respected in his community.Everyone knew that if they wanted the best,they would call on him.Of course that meant that Charlie would never be rich.Other carpenters always told him that if he used inferior(劣质的)materials and cheap labor then he could make a lot of money.Charlie would not take their advice.
One day,John,the richest man in town came to Charlie.He said that he had just bought the best piece of land in town. He was going to Europe for 4 months and wanted Charlie to build him the best house in town.“Spare no expense and give me the best.”
Charlie thought about this and decided finally he would make some money.He did not get his usual great carpenters and fine materials from his normal suppliers.He built the house and covered up the flaws(瑕疵).After 4 months he had spent about 50%of what he usually spends on a house.
John came back from Europe and immediately called Charlie and asked him to meet him at the house.When they met,John asked him if he had used the finest materials and spared no expense.Charlie said absolutely(绝对地).John said that he was glad.He paid Charlie,then told him that he wanted to reward Charlie for all of his years of service to the community by giving Charlie this house.
There are many times in our lives where we let down a little bit. When you do,you never know what is going to happen.
小题1:What is the main idea of the first paragraph?
A.Charlie was an honest and respected master carpenter.
B.Charlie was a very foolish master carpenter.
C.Charlie was a good but stubborn master carpenter.
D.Charlie was a carpenter who would never be rich.
小题2:What does the underlined phrase “spare no expense” in the second paragraph mean?
A.to spend no money
B.to spend all the money necessary
C.to give not enough money
D.to waste no money
小题3:From Paragraph 3 we can learn ___________________ .
A.Charlie did as the rich man told him
B.the house was well built
C.Charlie kept some of the money to himself
D.the house was only half finished after 4 months
小题4:When Charlie heard that he would be given the house, he must have felt _______ .
A.happyB.sorryC.1ucky D.satisfied
小题5:What can we learn from the passage?
A.A good carpenter shouldn’t earn money from his labor.
B.A carpenter shouldn’t earn a rich man’s money.
C.The richest man often punished carpenters.
D.One should always be honest.

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A jobless man wanted very much to have the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. “You have passed the test,” he said. “Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the form to fill in and the date when you may start.” The man replied, “But I don’t have a computer, neither an e-mail.” “I’m sorry,” said the HR manager. “If you don’t have an e-mail, that means you are not living. And anyone who isn’t living cannot have the job.”
The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do with only $10 in his pocket. He thought and thought. Then he went to the supermarket and bought 10 kilos of tomatoes. He sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he had 20 dollars. He repeated the operation three times, and started to go early every day, and returned home late. Shortly, he bought a cart , then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles(运货车队). Five years later, the man was one of the biggest food retailers (零售商)  in the US.
One day, one of his friends asked him for his e-mail. He said, “I haven’t got one.” His friend couldn’t believe his ears. “Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?” The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes, I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!”
根据材料内容选择最佳答案,并将其标号填入题前括号内。
小题1:What did the man do for the test?
A.He sent e-mails.B.He did the cleaning
C.He sold computers.D.He filled in forms.
小题2:The man didn’t get the job because he_____________.
A.disliked such a job
B.didn’t pass the test
C.didn’t have an e-mail
D.knew nothing about computers
小题3:The man ______after he left Microsoft.
A.went to look for another job
B.asked for food from door to door
C.thought of an idea to make monkey
D.bought a computer and got an e-mail
小题4:“office boy” means            in Chinese.
A.勤杂工B.学徒C.男职员D.男程序员
小题5:Why could the man become one of the biggest food retailers in the US?
A.Because he had many friends to help him.
B.Because he was smart and worked very hard.
C.Because he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.
D.Because he wanted to show Microsoft he was living.

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It was a quiet village in which there was a military camp. It was far from the towns and cities and there were some high mountains around. Of course it was a good place for training the new soldiers. But it was difficult for the young men to go outside. Mr. White, an officer of forty, was strict with them and he hardly let them leave the camp.
  Once Mr. White was ill in bed. He couldn"t work, so a young officer, Mr. Hunt, began to train the new soldiers instead of him. He knew the young men well and let nine soldiers go to the nearest town to have a holiday. But night fell and none came back to the camp. He was worried about it and stood at the gate. It was five to twelve when Mr. Hunt decided to go to the town and see what was happening with the young men. He started the car quickly and set off. At that moment the nine soldiers came back. It seemed they were all drunk. Of course they found the officer was angry.
  "I"m sorry, sir," said the first soldier. "I left the town on time. But something was wrong with my bus on my way here. I had to buy a horse and made it run fast. Bad luck! It died and I had to run back."
  And the other seven soldiers said they were late for the same reasons. It was the last soldier"s turn. He said, "I"m sorry, sir. I got on a bus on time, but…"
  Having heard this, the officer became even angrier and stopped him at once. He called out, "If you say something was wrong with your bus, I"ll punish you at once!"
  "No, no, sir," said the young man. "My bus was all right, but their horses were in the way!"
小题1:The military camp was built in the village to _______.
A.stop the soldiers going to towns
B.stop the soldiers meeting their friends
C.train the new soldiers
D.make the young men live quietly
小题2:The nine soldiers returned to the camp late because _______.
A.something was wrong with their buses
B.their horses died on the way back
C.it took them much time to run back
D.they all had drunk much in the town
小题3:The underlined phrase in the way in the last paragraph means ______.
A.stopping somebody from moving
B.getting drunk
C.standing on the road
D.running very fast

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Ang Lee won the Best Director Oscar for his adventure film Life of Pi at the 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California February 24, 2013.
  Life of Pi shows a young Indian named Pi, who finds the world he knows swept away when his family sells their zoo and sets sail for Canada with a few animals. Only Pi escapes from the storm and floats in a lifeboat with a giant Bengal tiger.
  “I really want to thank you for believing this story and sharing this unbelievablejourney with me,” Lee said in his speech. The film also won three other Oscars, for best original music, best cinematography(电影艺术) and best visual(视觉) effects. It won more awards than Lincoln and Argo which were also among the hottest nominees.
  Coming from China"s Taiwan, the 58-year-old Lee won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2001 for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and another for Best Director in 2006 for Brokeback Mountain. He is the only person of Asian to win the directing award and one of the rare people who won that award more than once.
In an after-ceremony interview, Lee said he believed Asian films would come to the main stage of the world sooner or later. "I was born in Asia and grew up with Chinese education. It is natural for me to put Asian thinking into Western things." The film, which cost 120 million U.S. dollars, has earned nearly 600 million dollars worldwide. Lee said most of the earnings came from outside China. Lee said he felt warm that he won the award on the day of the Lantern Festival, a Chinese traditional festival on which families get together to solve puzzles on lanterns and eat Tang Yuan. He wished everyone a happy new year of the snake and everybody gets lucky.
小题1:What kind of film does Life of Pi belong to?
A.Comedies.B.Tragedies.
C.Detective films.D.Adventure films.
小题2:So far, how many Oscar directing awards has Ang Lee won?
A.One.B.Two.
C.Three.D.Four.
小题3:How do Chinese people celebrate the Lantern Festival?
A.Families get together and have rice dumplings.
B.Children make lanterns out of big orange pumpkins.
C.People solve puzzles on lanterns and enjoy Tang Yuan.
D.Children go to the display of lanterns and receive red packets.
小题4:What can we know from the passage?
A.The 85th Academy Awards was held in Hollywood, California this year.
B.Pi was a young American who had an adventure trip with a tiger in India.
C.Lincoln and Argo won more awards than Life of Pi.
D.Asian films have come to the main stage of the world.
小题5:Which of the following about Life of Pi is true?
A.It was a great success as it won four Oscars.
B.It earned nearly 600 million dollars in China.
C.It describes Pi’s escape from a terrible earthquake.
D.It is the only successful film Ang Lee has ever made.

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She is a beautiful red-haired girl. She has been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. It was outside. We all stood there under the  2  , just outside the door.
Her voice was so sweet that it  3  the dull (沉闷的) surroundings (环境). “Mom, let’s run through the rain,” she said.
“What?” Mom asked.
“Let’s run through the rain!” she repeated.
“No, honey. We’ll wait  4   it slows down a bit,” Mom replied.
This young child waited about another  5   and repeated: “Mom, let’s run through the rain.”
“We’ll get wet if we do,” Mom said.
“No, we won’t, Mom. That’s not what you said this morning,” the young girl said as she  6   her Mom’s arm.
“This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”
“Don’t you remember? When you were  7  to Daddy about his cancer, you said, ‘If God can get us through this, he can get us through  8  !”
The crowd became   9 . Nothing could be heard but the rain. No one came or left in the next few minutes.
Mom thought for a moment about what she would say. “Honey, you are right. Let’s run through the rain. If we get wet, maybe we’ll just need to get a wash.” Mom said.
Then off they ran. People all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they rushed past the cars and through the puddles(水坑). They held their shopping bags over their heads. They got wet through. But they were  10  by a few who laughed like children all the way to their cars.
People can take away your money and health. But no one can ever take away your memories… So don’t forget to make time to make memories every day.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
小题1:
A.blowingB.pouringC.fallingD.raising
小题2:
A.shelter B.tentC.curtainD.window
小题3:
A.filledB.coveredC.matchedD.broke
小题4:
A.unlessB.untilC.ifD.when
小题5:
A.timeB.secondC.minuteD.hour
小题6:
A.pulledB.raisedC.bentD.moved
小题7:
A.complainingB.lyingC.reportingD.talking
小题8:
A.thatB.somethingC.anythingD.nothing
小题9:
A.sadB.nervousC.silentD.worried
小题10:
A.led B.followedC.rushedD.sent

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