The mother _2_ that she herself would have to get her sons to do better in school. She told them to
go to the Detroit Public Library to read a book a week and do a book report for her.
One day, in Ben"s _3 , the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand
and the teacher let him _4_ . "Why did Ben put up his hand?" His classmates wondered. "He _5_ said
anything. What could he possibly want to say?
Well, Ben not only _6 the rock, but also said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and
even knew _7 the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were _8_ . Ben had learned all
this from doing one of his book _9_ .
Ben later went on to the _10 of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University
and at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.
( )1. A. clever ( )2. A. seemed ( )3. A. class ( )4. A. think ( )5. A. always ( )6. A. found ( )7. A. whether ( )8. A. afraid ( )9. A. pictures ( )10. A. top | B. hard B. decided B. room B. leave B. ever B. played B. what B. surprised B. exercises B. end | C. slow C. wondered C. office C. ask C. quickly C. knew C. where C. worried C. shops C. back | D. quick D. told D. lab D. answer D. never D. heard D. why D. unhappy D. reports D. front |
1-5. CBADD 6-10. CCBDA | |||
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Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The building next door was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon, sewing (做针线活) or reading. After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself, "I wonder why that woman doesn"t wash her window. It really looks terrible. " One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside. Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible. Her window was clean! Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing (批评) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window. That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings (缺点 ) ? Since then, whenever I wanted to judge (评判) someone, I asked myself first, "Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?" Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly. | |||
1. The writer couldn"t see everything clearly through the window because __________. | |||
A. the woman"s window was dirty B. the writer"s window was dirty C. the woman lived nearby D. the writer was near-sighted | |||
2. The writer was surprised that_________ . | |||
A. the woman was sitting by her window | |||
3. "it dawned on me" probably means "___________". | |||
A. I began to understand it B. it cheered me up C. I was badly hurt D. it began to get dark | |||
4. It"s clear that__________. | |||
A. the writer had never met the woman before | |||
5. F"rom the passage, we can learn _________. | |||
A. one shouldn"t criticize others B. one should often make his window clean C. one must judge himself before he judges others D. one must look at others through his dirty window | |||
完形填空。 | |||
A man was walking along the street when he saw a woman struggle (奋力) with a large box. It was half in and half __1__ of her car. He was a helpful kind of man, so he went up to the woman and said, "Let me give you a hand with that box. It looks very __2__ ." "That"s very kind of you," the woman said. "I"m having a lot of __3__ with it. I think it"s stuck (卡 住). " "Together we"ll soon move it," the man said. He __4__ into the back seat of the car and took hold of the other end of the box. He said, "I"m ready. " And he began to __5__ hard. For several minutes the man and the woman struggled with the box. Soon they were __6__ in the face. "Let"s rest for a minute," the man said. "I"m sorry, but it __7__ stuck. " A few minutes later, the man said, "Let"s try again. Are you ready?" __8__ of them took hold of the box again. "One, two. three! " the man said, and they went on with their struggle. At last, when they were very tired, the man said, "You are__9__ . It really is stuck. I don"t think there"s __10__ we can get it out of the car. " "Get it out of the car!" The woman cried. "I"m trying to get it in!" | |||
| B. out B. strong B. questions B. stepped B. carry B. tired B. falls B. All B. right B. anywhere | C. on C. dear C. matter C. came C. push C. red C. grows C. Either C. clever C. any one | D. off D. new D. accidents D. walked D. lift D. hurt D. seems D. Both D. sure D. any way |
阅读理解。 Thomas Adams discovered bubble gum (泡泡糖) in the 1870s. He was an American. He wanted to find a use for chicle. Chicle is a Spanish word for sticky water that comes from one kind of Mexican tree. Mr. Adams wanted to make rubber (橡胶) from chicle. Mr. Adams worked in his home while he tried to find a way to make the chicle stronger. His son, Horatio, also helped him now and then. One day, young Horatio began to chew the chicle while he watched his father work. It did not taste very good, but Horatio enjoyed chewing it. Then the young boy began to blow bubbles with the new chicle which his father had made. Mr. Adams had discovered bubble gum by accident. Mr. Adams gave up trying to find a way to make rubber from chicle, Instead, he wanted to try and sell the new gum that he had made. He thought other people might like the taste, too. He began to see his new kind of chicle as candy. In no time. children everywhere began chewing bubble gum. 1. Where was Thomas Adams from? A. Canada. B. The United States. C. Europe D. England. 2. Who was Horatio Adams? A. Thomas" father. B. Thomas" wife. C Thomas" brother. D. Thomas" son. 3. What was Thomas Adams trying to make? A. A new kind of rubber. B. A new kind of chicle. C. A new kind of candy. D. Electric light. 4. Why did Thomas Adams want to sell bubble gum? A. His son enjoyed chewing it. B. He thought many people would like it. C. He could not make strong rubber from chicle. D. All of the above. 5. Which of these sentences is not true? A. Horatio helped his father. B. Thomas Adams made rubber from chicle by accident. C. Horatio was the first person to chew bubble gum. D. Thomas Adams never made rubber. | |||
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With every Olympic song, I found an excitement growing inside me when I was first to skate at the | |||
1. The reason why the writer had to stay at home is that __________. | |||
A. she was hurt B. her husband didn"t want her to skate C. she had to look after her children D. she didn"t love skating any more | |||
2. The writer started to skate __________ years ago. | |||
A. 5 B. 10 C. 27 D. 32 | |||
3. The writer went back to skate because __________. | |||
A. she wanted to be a champion of the Olympics B. she loved skating very much C. she wanted to earn a lot of money D. she didn"t love to stay at home | |||
4. The Chinese meaning of the underlined word "glide" is "_________ ". | |||
A. 滑走 B. 消逝 C. 旋转 D. 跑步 | |||
5. For the writer, __________ has come true. | |||
A. to be a winner among all the skaters B. to be a champion of the Olympics C. to be a good mother D. to win the lifelong passion | |||
阅读短文,根据其内容用括号内所给动词的适当形式填写。 Mr. Anderson works as a headmaster in a middle school. His father 1._____(have) a factory in a town and makes a lot of money. Mr. Anderson"s father loves his son very much and gives his son everything he wants. However, Mr. Anderson keep 2.______(try) to save everything he can. One summer it was raining hard for a long time and many people 3______ (lose) their houses and farms during a flood. The government asked people to help those who 4_______(be) in trouble. As a headmaster, Mr. Anderson told the whole school 5_______ (collect) money for the people who had lost their homes. "Each of us should 6______(help) the farmers who are in trouble after the flood," he said at a school meeting. Mr. Anderson"s speech moved all the teachers and the students. They 7______(do) their best to help the hungry people with money and goods. Mr. Anderson was very pleased with the result. As soon as he 8______(get) home that afternoon, his little son asked Mr. Anderson to buy him a new motorbike. The little boy had given his old one to the people in need. "How dare you do that?" Mr. Anderson said angrily. "You told us to collect money this morning, 9______(not, do) you? "Yes, I did," 10______(say) the father. "But I was asking for other children, not for you!" |