Word travelled quickly in the small fishing village of Port Washington, Wisconsin. So when McCarty wanted to build a playground for kids with special needs. 2,800 people − a third of the town − rolled up their sleeves(衣袖)and helped her.
"A lot of learning comes through play," said McCarty, 52, a special education teacher for 28 years. But her students were too often left out. She"d seen the traditional playgrounds stop wheelchairs dead in their tracks.
On September 16, 2008, the first day of the project, they came. Two women heard about the project on the way to work and took the day off to help. A couple in their 80s took part in the job. Children came and gave a helpful hand. Many were volunteers. They all worked very hard.
Today, Possibility Playground is one of the most popular destinations in Ozaukee County. All children can play shoulder to shoulder. There is special equipment(装置) in different parts. Here, you see all the kids on the same playground having fun.
"People used to ask. "Why do you want to build a playground just for children with disabilities?" " McCarty said. "They didn"t get it. It"s only when you build a playground for children with disabilities that you build one for all children."
小题1:What"s McCarty?| A．A special doctor. | B．A special education teacher. | | C．A special singer | D．A special designer. |
小题2:How many people are there in the town?| A．About 4,200 people. | B．About 700 people. | | C．About 8,400 people. | D．About 2,800 people. |
小题3:What does the underlined word mean? |
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A |
小题1:根据文章内容 "A lot of learning comes through play," said McCarty, 52, a special education teacher for 28 years可知答案为B
小题2:根据文章内容So when McCarty wanted to build a playground for kids with special needs. 2,800 people − a third of the town − rolled up their sleeves(衣袖)and helped her.可知答案为C
小题3:根据单词的意思，可知答案为A |
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Mr. Klein told the class that a new student, Inez, would join them soon. He ______32______ that Inez was deaf. She “talked” with others by using sign language. Mr. Klein knew sign language, and he decided to teach his students so that they could also “talk” with Inez.
First, they learned to sign the letters. Some letters were hard to ______33_______. Other letters, such as C, were easier because the shape of the hand was the same as the shape of the letter.
The next thing they learned was finger spelling. They signed one letter after another to spell a word. They ____34_______ with two-letter words such as at and on. Then they spelled ___35_______ words.
Finally, Mr. Klein showed that ___36_______ one sign could be used for a whole word. To make the sign for the word fine, a person spreads out the fingers on one hand, ___37___ the thumb to the chest, and moves the hand away from the chest. Signing is not just ___38______with the hands. Expressions on the face are also ___39_____. The students learned to sign a question mark by using expressions on the face.
When Inez first entered the classroom, she looked ____40_______. But the students signed, “Good morning, Inez.” She gave the class a big smile and signed back, “What a wonderful ____41_____!”
| 小题1: | | A．hoped | B．said | C．guessed | D．thought |
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| 小题2: | | A．spell | B．check | C．remember | D．write |
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| 小题3: | | A．met | B．started | C．agreed | D．helped |
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| 小题4: | | A．newer | B．easier | C．longer | D．nice |
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| 小题5: | | A．never | B．perhaps | C．still | D．just |
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| 小题6: | | A．joins | B．fixed | C．touches | D．ties |
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| 小题7: | | A．made | B．done | C．given | D．chosen |
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| 小题8: | | A．important | B．different | C．difficult | D．strange |
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| 小题9: | | A．serious | B．surprised | C．frightened | D．nervous |
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| 小题10: | | A．welcome | B．congratulation | C．progress | D．success |
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One evening two young men were walking in the street together. They tried to find a chance to steal something. The clock struck twelve. Most of people went to bed. Quietly they came to a house. There were no lights in the house and it seemed that everyone in the house had fallen asleep. Standing at the front door gate, one said in English in a low voice, “You wait here. I’ll go round to the back door and then get into the house…” Suddenly out of the house ran a dog, barking at them. The two men were very frightened and ran away as fast as they could. They dare not stop until they got into a lonely place. The man said: “It’s too bad. I hadn’t expected that the dog could understand English.”
小题1:The two young men were ________.
A. workers B. doctors C. thieves
小题2:There were no lights in the house because _______.
A. the people in the house had been out
B. nobody lived there.
C. It seemed that everyone was asleep.
小题3:“One said in English to the other in a low voice.” Here means _______.
A. he knew English
B. he didn’t want to let anyone else understand what they would say
C. both A and B
小题4:“Did the dog understand English really?” _______.
A. Yes, it did. B. No, it didn’t. C. No, but it wanted to understand.
小题5:The dog ran out of the house and barked at them only because ________.
A. it understood English B. it heard them talking C. the two men frightened it |
One morning it was shining brightly when I woke up. I looked at the alarm clock. It said 3:45! It had stopped! What time was it? I climbed out of bed and went downstairs to the kitchen. The kitchen clock said 8:30—I was late! My parents were away. My aunt had gone to work without checking if I was up. The school bus went at 8:00. I had missed it. I rang my friend Tony on his mobile phone.
“Tell the teacher I’ll be in as soon as I can!” I said.
“Come on your rollerblades,” Tony said. “It will be faster than the bus.”
I washed and dressed in a hurry. I grabbed an apple to eat on the way. That was my breakfast! Then I put on my rollerblades and set off for school. It took half an hour to get to the school. I took all the shortcuts I knew. I went across the park — even through some backyards! When I got to school, I was very hot and my legs ached. I had missed math, our first lesson of the morning. But I made it just in time for history, our second lesson. I was very happy because history is my favorite subject.
小题1:The boy woke up at __________ that morning.小题2:The boy got up late mainly because __________.| A．his alarm clock had stopped | | B．his parents were away | | C．his aunt had gone to work | | D．he had missed the school bus |
小题3:The boy got to school __________ that morning.| A．by bus | B．by skating | C．by running | D．by bike |
小题4:The boy took all the shortcuts in order to __________.| A．have breakfast on the way | | B．meet his friend | | C．get to school as soon as he could | | D．have his favorite lesson |
小题5: Which of the following is NOT true?| A．The boy’s bedroom is upstairs and the kitchen is downstairs. | | B．Tony told the boy to go to school on his rollerblades. | | C．The boy had nothing for breakfast that morning. | | D．The boy didn’t miss his favorite lesson. |
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There are many kinds of friends. Some are always 26 you, but don"t understand you. Some say only a few words to you, but understand you. Many people will step in your life, but only 27 friends leave footprints (脚印).
I shall always think of the autumn and the girl with the 28 . It was the golden season. I could see the yellow leaves 29 in the cool wind. Autumn is a harvest（丰收）season and life is uninteresting. The free days always let 30 down. But one day, the sound of a violin came into my ears. I was so surprised that I jumped to see what it was. A young girl, standing in the wind, was 31 in playing her violin. I had 32 seen her before. The music was so nice that I didn"t know I had been 33 there for so long.
Every day I went to watch her performance. I was the only listener. The autumn seemed no longer lonely and life became 34 . I thought we were already good friends, 35 we didn"t know each other.
Autumn was nearly over. One day, when I was listening carefully, the sound suddenly
36 . To my surprise, the girl came over to me.
“You must like violin.” she said.
“Yes. And you play very well. Why did you stop?” I asked.
37 , a sad expression appeared on her face and I could feel something unusual.
“I came here to see my grandmother, but now I must leave. I once played very badly. It was your listening every day that 38 me.” she said.
“ 39 , it was your playing that gave me a meaningful autumn,” I answered, “Let"s be friends.” The girl smiled, and so did I.
I never heard her play again in my life. But I will always remember the girl. She is like a dream—so short, so bright, like a star giving off so much light that it makes the 40 beautiful.
| 小题1: | | A．with | B．for | C．against | D．behind |
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| 小题3: | | A．sound | B．song | C．play | D．violin |
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| 小题4: | | A．falling | B．hanging | C．shining | D．playing |
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| 小题6: | | A．lost | B．weak | C．poor | D．interested |
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| 小题7: | | A．once | B．never | C．ever | D．usually |
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| 小题8: | | A．waiting | B．stopping | C．standing | D．lying |
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| 小题9: | | A．interesting | B．tiring | C．boring | D．surprising |
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| 小题10: | | A．if | B．and | C．because | D．although |
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| 小题11: | | A．stopped | B．began | C．appeared | D．changed |
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| 小题12: | | A．Probably | B．Suddenly | C．Luckily | D．Firstly |
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| 小题13: | | A．hurt | B．taught | C．encouraged | D．troubled |
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| 小题14: | | A．In fact | B．At last | C．As a result | D．By the way |
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| 小题15: | | A．spring | B．summer | C．autumn | D．winter |
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The first English week at our school started on May 4th, 2010. The whole school was filled with an English learning atmosphere(氛围). A lot of activities were held. There were handwriting activities, story writing, English songs, role playing in English, and so on. All the teachers and students were very happy. They spoke English, sang English songs and enjoyed all the activities.
Handwriting was for the students in lower grades. Although most of them couldn’t write so well, they were all very careful about it. In the show window, there were a lot of colorful handwritten papers. They copied some articles from books or newspapers. And then they decorated（装饰）them with pictures in different colors, and some even put their own photos on them. How cute and lovely they looked!
Story writing was for students in Grade 7 and Grade 8. These students always like cartoons, so they got interested in this activity. Reading the stories they made up, all the visitors couldn’t help speaking highly of them.
The most important event was the English show on the last day. The students and teachers performed a lot of English songs and English operas. Each program won a lot of applause.
One week is not very long, but all the students and teachers learned a lot. Just as the headmaster said, “It is a helpful week. It will certainly lead us to enjoy and learn more from our English studies.”
小题1:In this passage, the English week is described as__________.| A．surprising | B．boring | C．enjoyable | D．serious |
小题2:Which of the following is NOT true?| A．All the students took part in the handwriting contest. | | B．The story writing contest was for students in Grade 7 and Grade 8. | | C．The English show was the most important event. | | D．Teachers also took part in the English week. |
小题3:What does the underlined word “applause” probably mean?| A．Noise | B．Cheer | C．Sound | D．Music |
小题4:What does the writer probably want to tell us at the end of the passage?| A．Students usually don’t like English. | | B．Learning English in the classroom is useless. | | C．The activities should last longer. | | D．The activities are a good way to learn English. |
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