Ole Bull was a very famous violinist from Norway. He really liked to play the violin. But his father thought that playing the violin was not useful. So his father sent him to university to study. However, playing the violin was his dream. He didn’t want to give up his dream. So he left university before he finished his studies and spent all his time and energy practicing the violin. Unfortunately, his violin teacher was not very good. So when it was time for him to start his concert tour, he still couldn’t play the violin very well.
Therefore, a Milan newspaper critic1 criticized him and said that he was an untrained violinist. The critic said, “If he is gold, he is not ready to shine2 yet.”
When facing this kind of problem, some people may become very angry and some people try to learn from it. Fortunately, Ole Bull belonged to the second group. He went to the newspaper office and found the critic. Instead of being angry, he talked about his mistakes with the man and listened to the man’s advice.
After he met the critic, he gave up the rest of his concerts. Then he went back to practice the violin with the help of good teachers. In the end, he got great success when he was only 26. He also became one of the most famous violinists in the world.
小题1:Why didn’t Ole Bull’s father like him to play the piano?| A．Because he thought playing the violin was useless. | | B．Because his father thought playing the violin would cost lots of money. | | C．Because his father thought he couldn’t play the violin well. | | D．Because his father thought he couldn’t make his dream come true. |
小题2:What does the underlined part "If he is gold, he is not ready to shine yet." mean?| A．Gold always shines no matter where it is. | | B．He is an excellent violinist. | | C．He doesn’t play the violin very well. | | D．If he sells gold, he will make a lot of money. |
小题3:What was Ole Bull’s attitude towards the critic’s article?| A．Angry. | B．Excited. | C．Modest. | D．Worried. |
小题4:Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?| A．Without a good teacher, one can’t succeed. | | B．The critic’s advice helped Ole Bull a lot. | | C．Ole Bull got success after many years’ hard practice at last. | | D．The critic helped Ole Bull find a famous teacher. |
小题5:What can we learn from the passage?| A．Becoming a violinist can make a lot of money. | | B．When we meet problems, we should learn to face them. | | C．Old Bull was a famous American pianist. | | D．You can be famous easily if you play the violin. |
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小题1:A
小题1:C
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小题1:A是正确答案，因为从这句话But his father thought that playing the violin was not useful.中可以得知。
小题2:C是正确答案，因为这句话的意思是如果他是金子，那他为什么还不发光呢？那就是说他不是一块真金子，也就是他小提琴演奏得不好。A项说的是这句谚语的本意，B项意思说反了。D项与这句谚语意思相差甚远。
小题3:C是正确答案，因为从这句话some people may become very angry and some people
try to learn from it. Fortunately, Ole Bull belonged to the second group.中可以得知。
小题4:D是正确答案，因为the critic只是给了他一些有益的建议，并没有帮他找有名的小提琴老师。
小题5:B是正确答案，因为文中没有提到小提琴师可以挣很多钱，所以A项不正确。C项说Ole Bull是美国的与文中他是挪威人相矛盾。D项演奏小提琴很容易出名与文章意思不相符。他也是经过努力才取得成功的。 |
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Mr Knight was the manager of a hotel. One weekend all of the hotels in the city were 36_____ because there was an important meeting. On Friday night, three men came into the hotel and asked for rooms. Mr Knight said that there were 37_____ rooms ready for use because of the meeting. The three men were very 38____ because they had no place to stay.
Mr Knight wanted to help them. He remembered that Room 418, a very small room, was empty. He asked the men 39____ they would share a room. The three men said they would.
Mr Knight told that the room would be thirty dollars: ten dollars 40_____ each one. Each man gave him ten dollars, and then they went up to the room.
Mr Knight soon began to feel 41_____. “Thirty dollars is a lot to ask as a price for that small room.” He thought. He said to his assistant, “Here’s five dollars. Give it to the men in Room 418. I asked them too 42______money for their room.”
The assistant tool the money. 43____ he was on the way to Room 418, he started to think: “How can three men divide five dollars? I’ll keep two dollars. The men will be happy to get anything back. I’ll take a little money and Mr Knight will 44_____ know.” So the assistant returned one dollar to each man.
Each man had paid ten dollars. After the assistant returned one dollar to each one, each man had 45_____ paid only nine dollars. There were three men ＄9×3=＄27. The assistant kept ＄2. ＄27+＄2=＄29. Where is the missing dollar?
| 小题1: | | A．quiet | B．empty | C．full | D．noisy |
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| 小题3: | | A．happy | B．unhappy | C．pleased | D．hungry |
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| 小题6: | | A．sad | B．afraid | C．boring | D．sorry |
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| 小题7: | | A．more | B．little | C．much | D．many |
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| 小题8: | | A．After | B．Before | C．As soon as | D．While |
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| 小题9: | | A．just | B．also | C．never | D．perhaps |
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| 小题10: | | A．actually | B．already | C．exactly | D．extremely |
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Every scientist has a childhood dream. A scientist in China once had a(n) 36 . He wished to grow a new type of rice which could produce a lot. This person is Yuan Longping 37 was born in 1930. He graduated from the Southwest Agricultural(农业) University in 1953. Yuan Longping came up with an idea for a hybrid rice in the 1960s. Since then, he has devoted himself to the research and development of new varieties(品种).
In 1973, together with other people, he 38 in the development of hybrid rice. This made China be a worldwide leader in rice production. For this, he was called Father of Hybrid Rice. In 1980, the technology for hybrid rice was 39 to the United States. 40 Professor Yuan’s hard work, China now produces enough rice to 41 her people every year.
In his spare time, he loves playing 42 violin and listening to music. Every night, he reads 43 half an hour before he goes to sleep. He likes swimming, too.
It is said that Professor Yuan is one of the 44 people in China. And he cares about 45 but his research.
Now Professor Yuan is working on developing super hybrid rice. He goes to the fields twice a day.
| 小题1: | | A．dream | B．idea | C．thought | D．meaning |
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| 小题2: | | A．where | B．whom | C．which | D．who |
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| 小题3: | | A．success | B．succeeded | C．successfully | D．successful |
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| 小题4: | | A．given | B．grown | C．showed | D．introduced |
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| 小题5: | | A．Because of | B．Thanks for | C．Instead of | D．According to |
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| 小题6: | | A．offer | B．feed | C．send | D．provide |
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| 小题9: | | A．poorest | B．richest | C．cleverest | D．most careful |
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| 小题10: | | A．everything | B．anything | C．nothing | D．something |
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A little girl thought she was not as beautiful as other girls, and nobody liked her. So she was always unhappy and didn’t like to talk to others. However, one day, her mother gave her a beautiful hair clip(发夹). When she wore it, she looked much more beautiful than before. She decided to wear it to school.
On her way to school she found that everyone who saw her smiled at her. Most of her schoolmates said “Hello” to her, but this never happened before. She thought that the beautiful hair clip had brought her them all. She was so happy about all of the wonderful things. Although she didn’t tell her classmates about her beautiful hair clip, they all wanted to know what had happened to her.
When she went back home after school, her mother asked her: “Did you know you dropped your hair clip? I found it by the door this morning.”
She understood that she hadn’t worn the hair clip to school at all.
小题1:Which of the following sentence is true?| A．The girl is not as beautiful as other girls. | | B．Nobody liked the girl. | | C．The girl’s classmates thought she was more beautiful than before with the hair clip. | | D．The girl wanted to be more beautiful, so she decided to wear the hair clip. |
小题2:Why was the girl so happy?| A．She found that everyone who saw her smiled at her. | | B．She heard most of her schoolmates said “Hello” to her. | | C．She thought what she experienced today never happened before. | | D．Both A, B, and C |
小题3: From this passage we know that ____________________| A．the girl was really ugly without the hair clip | B．the girl was as beautiful as her classmates. | | C．the girl was not self-confident enough at first. | D．the girl was happy all the time. |
小题4:Her classmates wanted to know what had happened to the girl because__________________| A．she didn’t tell her classmates about her beautiful hair clip. | | B．she was always unhappy but that day she was so happy. | | C．she looked more beautiful wearing the hair clip. | | D．she wanted to talk to others. |
小题5:We can learn from this passage that_______________________| A．A friend is easier lost than found. | B．Make your enemy your friend. | | C．A friend in need is a friend indeed. | D．The most important is how we think about ourselves. |
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A little old man and his wife walked slowly into McDonald’s 16 a cold-winter evening. They took a table near the back wall, and then the little old man walked to the cash register (收银处)to order. After a while he got the food back and they began to 17 it.
There was one hamburger, some French fries and one drink. The little old man carefully cut the hamburger into halves and 18 the French fries in two piles. Then he neatly put the 19 of the food in front of his wife. He took a sip of the drink and his wife took a sip. "How20 the old people are!" The people around them thought.
21 the man began to eat his hamburger and his French fries, his wife sat there 22 him and took turns to drink. 23 young man came over and offered to buy another meal for them. But they refused 24 and said that they got used to 25 everything.
Then a young lady asked the little old lady a question. "Madam, why aren’t you eating? You said that you shared everything. Then what are you waiting for?" She answered, "The teeth.”
小题2: A. eat B. taste C openD. try
| 小题3: | | A．divided | B．placed | C．changed | D．cut |
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| 小题4: | | A．half | B．bit | C．piece | D．pair |
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| 小题5: | | A．clever | B．foolish | C．old | D．poor |
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| 小题6: | | A．Because | B．As | C．So | D．Before |
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| 小题7: | | A．keeping | B．watching | C．seeing | D．holding |
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| 小题8: | | A．Another | B．The other | C．Other | D．A |
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| 小题9: | | A．delightedly | B．carefully | C．politely | D．angrily |
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Four men who would become fathers were in a hospital waiting room while their wives were in labor (分娩). The nurse arrived and proudly said to the first man, “Congratulations, sir. You’re the father of twins!”
“What a coincidence (巧合)! I work for the Minnesota Twins Baseball teams!”
Later the nurse returned and congratulated the second father on the birth of his triplets (三胞胎).
“Wow! That’s unbelievable! I work for the 3M Company.”
An hour later, the nurse returned to congratulate the third man on the birth of his quadruplets (四胞胎). Surprised, he only could answer, “I don’t believe it! I work for the Four Seasons Hotel!”
After this, everyone turned to the fourth man who had just fainted (晕). The nurse ran fast to his side. As he slowly came to himself, they could hear him speak in a very low voice over and over, “I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven.”
小题1:Why were the fathers there?| A．They were waiting for their wives. | | B．They were seeing doctors. | | C．They were waiting for their babies to be born. | | D．They were working at men nurses there. |
小题2:Which of the following is true about the third man?| A．He thought the nurse made a mistake. | | B．He was very surprised at the nurse’s words. | | C．He didn’t want to have these babies. | | D．He should never have worked at 7-Eleven. |
小题3:Why did the fourth man faint when he heard what the nurse told the third man?| A．Hew was afraid of having so many babies. | | B．He was seriously ill. | | C．He was too excited. | | D．He was very glad to have 7 babies. |
小题4:At least how many babies would be born according to the story? |
