Mark Twain was a great American 1 . He was also a famous speaker. Many people liked to listen to his 2 .
One day Mark Twain was going to a small town 3 his writing. 4 he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes (蚊子) in the town. Mark Twain said, “ 5 I don’t think the mosquitoes will come to visit me.
After he 6 the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiter felt very sorry about that. “ I’m very sorry, Mr. Mark Twain. There are 7 mosquitoes in our town,” he said.
Mark Twain , however, 8 a joke, saying to the waiter, “ the mosquitoes are very 9 . They know my 10 number. They didn’t come to the wrong room.”
| 小题1: | | A．writer | B．singer | C．painter | D．astronaut |
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| 小题2: | | A．to talk | B．talking | C．talk | D．talks |
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| 小题3: | | A．thank for | B．because of | C．get on with | D．take part in |
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| 小题4: | | A．After | B．In front of | C．Since | D．Before |
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| 小题5: | | A．It doesn’t matter. | B．I’m sorry for that. | C．Good idea. | D．You’re welcome. |
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| 小题6: | | A．arrived at | B．arrived to | C．get to | D．reached in |
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| 小题7: | | A．too much | B．much too | C．too many | D．many too |
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| 小题8: | | A．makes | B．has made | C．was making | D．made |
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| 小题9: | | A．clean | B．clear | C．clever | D．happy |
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| 小题10: | | A．hotel | B．room | C．hospital | D．bed |
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小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:A
小题6:A
小题7:C
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:B |
试题分析：这篇短文主要描述了美国著名作家马克吐温在一个小镇上住旅馆，遇到蚊子的故事。
小题1:根据常识可知马克吐温是一位著名的美国作家，故选A，作家。
小题2:联系上文，他也是一位著名的演讲家，可知许多人喜欢听他的演讲。Talk可用作名词“演讲”，故选C。
小题3:短语辨析。A.为……感谢；B.因为，由于；C.和……友好相处；D.参加。结合语境可知他由于他的作品要去一个小镇，故选B。
小题4:联系下文，可知指的是在他动身之前，故选D，在……之前。
小题5:联系下文，我认为蚊子不会来拜访我。可知他认为没关系，故选A，没关系。
小题6:动词辨析。Arrive一般不和介词to搭配使用；get to为非正式用于；reach为及物动词，不需要介词。联系下文，可知指的是他到达这个镇上后，故选A。
小题7:短语辨析。too much太多，修饰不可数名词；much too太；too many太多，修饰可数名词复数；many too无此用法。联系上文，可知此处指的是有许多蚊子，蚊子为可数名词，故选C。
小题8:联系下文，可知他开了一个玩笑。结合语境可知本句描述的是过去发生的动作，故用一般过去时态。选D。
小题9:联系下文，他们知道我的房间号码，可知此处意思是这些蚊子非常聪明，故选C，聪明的。
小题10:联系下文，可知此处指的是房间号码，故选B，房间。
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。个别小题可以当做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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试题【Mark Twain was a great American 1 . He was also a famous speaker. Many peopl】；主要考察你对
人物故事类等知识点的理解。
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Tom was ten years old and he was a very lazy boy. He didn’t like doing any work. He had to go to school, of course , but he didn’t study hard there and tried to do as little work as possible. His father and mother were both doctors and they hoped that their son would become one, too. But one day Tom said to his mother, “ When I finish school, I want to be a dustman.”
“A dustman?” his mother asked, she was very surprised. “ that’s not a very pleasant job, why do you want to be a dustman?”
“Because then I would only have to work one day a week.” Tom answered at once.
“Only one day a week?” his mother said, “What do you mean? And how do you know?”
“ Well,” Tom replied, “ I know that the dustmen who come to our house to work on Thursday, because I only see them on that day.”
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并在答题卷上按要求作答。
小题1:What kind of boy was Tom?| A．Tom was a clever boy. | B．Tom was a lazy boy. | | C．Tom worked very hard. | D．Tom was not polite. |
小题2:What were his father and mother?| A．His father was a doctor and his mother was a nurse. | | B．His father was a worker and his mother was a doctor. | | C．His father was a doctor and his mother was a doctor, too. | | D．His father and mother were teachers. |
小题3:What did his parents want him to be when he grew up?| A．They wanted him to be a dustman. | | B．They wanted him to be an officer. | | C．They wanted him to be a doctor. | | D．They wanted him to be a football player. |
小题4:What did Tom say he wanted to be when he grew up?| A．Tom said that he wanted to be a dustman. | | B．Tom said that he wanted to be a teacher. | | C．Tom said that he wanted to be a doctor. | | D．Tom said that he wanted to be a singer. |
小题5:Why did Tom think that dustmen only worked one day a week?| A．Because Tom heard of this before. | | B．Because one of the dustmen had told him before. | | C．Because Tom had seen the dustmen only on Thursday at his house. | | D．Because Tom’s mother told him. |
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Barak Obama(巴拉克.奥巴马), a black man, is the president(总统) of the United States now. He was born on August 4th, 1961, in Hawaii(夏威夷) and has lived in many places. His mother was from Kansas(堪萨斯州) and his father was from Kenya（肯尼亚）. Obama went to Columbia University（哥伦比亚大学） in New York and got a law degree（律师学位） at Harvard University（哈佛大学） in Massachusetts（马萨诸塞州）. His wife is Michelle Obama（米歇尔.奥巴马）. She also worked as a lawyer and later worked for the University of Chicago（芝加哥大学）. They have two young daughters.
Obama wrote a book Dreams from My Father. “ I always live in the dream of my father and American people, ” Obama once said. He was born in a poor family. And his grandparents looked after him very well when Obama was young. He also lived and worked in Africa（非洲）. Then he got good education（教育） in Harvard University. On November 4th, 2008, he became the new president of America for the next four years.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并在答题卷上按要求作答。
小题1:Where was Barack Obama born?| A．In Kansas. | B．In Hawaii. | | C．In Kenya. | D．In Massachusetts. |
小题2:How many universities are there in the passage?| A．Three . | B．Six. | C．Two. | D．Five. |
小题3:Barack Obama became President at the age of 小题4:Which of the following is NOT true?| A．Obama’s father was born in Kenya. | | B．Obama has a son and a daughter. | | C．Obama once worked in Africa. | | D．Obama got good education in Harvard University. |
小题5:Which is the best title of this passage?| A．Education of a President | | B．Dreams from My father | | C．Life of Barack Obama | | D．Barack Obama and His Wife |
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The telephone rings and Sue answers it. “ 1 I speak to Mrs Potts, please?” a man asks.
“I’m afraid you’ve got the wrong 2 ,” Sue says.
“I’m sorry,” the man says.
A few minutes later the telephone rings 3 . Sue 4 it. It is the same man. He makes a mistake again. Three minutes 5 the telephone rings once more, but she 6 answer it this time, It rings and rings. Her mother hears the 7 . “Why 8 you answer the phone, Sue? she calls.
“Oh, all right,” Sue says. “I’m sure it’s that man again.” But she is 9 . It is her father and he is very 10 . Sue keeps him waiting.
| 小题2: | | A．number | B．telephone | C．person | D．place |
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| 小题3: | | A．more | B．again | C．back | D．soon |
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| 小题4: | | A．gets | B．makes | C．answers | D．gives |
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| 小题5: | | A．ago | B．before | C．later | D．past |
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| 小题6: | | A．goes to | B．would like | C．can’t | D．doesn’t |
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| 小题7: | | A．sound | B．voice | C．noise | D．telephone |
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| 小题9: | | A．right | B．correct | C．wrong | D．foolish |
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| 小题10: | | A．happy | B．hungry | C．angry | D．tired |
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It was Mother"s Day，but the young mother was a little unhappy，because she was 800 miles away from her parents．In the morning she phoned her mother to wish her a happy Mother"s Day，and her mother told her about the beautiful lilacs（丁香）in the garden．
Later that day，when she told her husband about the lilacs，he said，“I know where we can find all that you want．Get the children and come on．”So they went，driving down the country roads．
There on a small hill，they saw a lot of beautiful purple lilacs．The young woman ran quickly to enjoy the flowers．Carefully，she picked a few here and a few there．On their way home there was a smile on her face．
When they were passing a nursing home（养老院），the young woman saw an old granny sitting in a chair．She had no children with her．They stopped the car and the young woman walked to the old woman，put the flowers in her hands，and smiled at her．The old granny thanked her again and again．She smiled happily，too．
When the young mother came back to her car，her children asked her，“Who is that old granny？Why did you give our flowers to her？”
“I don"t know her，”their mother said．“But it"s Mother"s Day，and she has no children．I have all of you，and I still have my mother．Just think how much those flowers meant to her.
小题1:The young woman was a little unhappy on Mother"s Day because _____.| A．she didn"t have a present | | B．she was a long way from her mother | | C．she didn"t know it was Mother"s Day | | D．she wanted to see her father |
小题2:There were many beautiful purple lilacs.| A．in her garden | B．in the market | | C．in her mother"s garden | D．in the nursing home |
小题3:The young woman had __________.| A．one child | B．no child | C．more than one child | D．a boy and a girl |
小题4:The young woman gave the flowers to the old granny because ________.| A．she was her mother | | B．she didn"t like those flowers | | C．her mother asked her to do so | | D．she wanted the old granny to be happy，too |
小题5:Which of the following is NOT true？| A．The young woman was kind. | | B．The young woman was understanding. | | C．The young woman was friendly. | | D．The young woman was surprised. |
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You may not know how his magic tricks work . But that’s why they are so much fun ! American magician(魔术师) David Copperfield is coming back to China. He’s going to show everyone, young and old, ___1______ cool, new magic tricks.
Copperfield is one of the world’s most famous ___2______. Copperfield’s shows begin in Beijing on April 20. He will also give shows in Changsha , Hangzhou , Nanjing and Shanghai __3________ April and May . There will be 38___4______ in all .
Copperfield began studying magic when he was a child . At the ___5______ of 12 , he was the youngest person to be in the Society of American Magicians (全美魔术家协会).
And now , he is famous all over the world . In 1983, he made the Statue of Liberty in New York go away ___6______ a few minutes . In 1986, he walked through the Great Wall in Beijing!
His shows are not just magic. He also dances ____7_____does lots of interesting things to make his fans happy . He even asks his fans to help ____8_____ do trick!
One of Copperfield’s body greatest tricks is flying . At his shows in China, he is going to make some fans fly around! How does he make people fly? No one knows .That’s his secret.
In ___9______ trick, an electric saw(电锯) will cut Copperfield’s body in halt._____10_______ after the trick, he’s OK. Copperfield will also teach magic tricks to some disable(残疾) children in Chinese hospitals.
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| 小题2: | | A．magicians | B．workers | C．teachers | D．doctors |
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| 小题4: | | A．books | B．shows | C．picture | D．cars |
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| 小题9: | | A．other | B．others | C．another | D．the other |
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