题目
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There was once a great artist in Belgium. He said that his daughter should never marry anyone but
1 artist. But she loved a blacksmith (铁匠) and theblacksmith fell in love with her too. When she
told him that her father did not allow her 2 anyone but an artist, he left his trade and studied hard 3 become a painter. He was certainly a man of great talent, and in a short time he became a good
painter.
One day the young painter went to the artist"s home and finding that the artist was not at home, so he
decided to 4 for him. Nobody had seen him come, into the home. He looked round at the picturs.
At last he took a brush and painted a (n) 5 On the leg of one of the figures and then stood aside to
look at it.
Suddenly he heard somebody opening the door. He quickly put the 6 down and turned to the
door. The artist was not yet in the room and did not see his visitor 7 the brush in its place.
When he came in, he saw the bee at once. He thought that it was a 8 bee and tried to make it
fly. When the young painter saw this, he could not help 9 . The artist smiled, too. When he found
his mistake and said that it was really a wonderful 10 . The young man told him the whole story and
soon after that the young painter and the artist"s daughter got married.
( )1. A. a ( )2. A. marry ( )3. A. looking forward to ( )4. A. wait ( )5. A. fly ( )6. A. paint ( )7. A. put ( )8. A. unreal ( )9. A. smile ( )10. A. brush | B. an B. marrying B. in order to B. look . B. butterfly B. paper B. puts B. wrong B. to smile B. paper | C. the C. married C. so that. C. leave C. bee C. brush C. putting C. right C.. smiled C. painting | D. / D. to marry D. in order that D. call D. ant D. glasses D. to put D. real D. smiling D. color |
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阅读理解 | |||
I was one of the seven children and went to the same school as my three elder sisters and brothers. We all went to the plant sale held in early May every year, just in time for Mother"s Day. When I was in Grade Three, I wanted to surprise my mother with a gift, but I didn"t have any money. My elder sister gave me some. I carefully made my selection(选择) at the plant sale. I looked at all the plants on sale very carefully and finally chose a lovely geranium (天竺葵). Once I had brought it home, I hid it on the neighbor"s porch (门廊). On Mother"s Day, I was bursting (突然打开) with pride when I gave her the plant. I remember how bright her eyes were, and how pleased she was with my gift. A few years later, my younger sister wanted to buy a geranium for our mother. As my elder sister did for me, I gave her some money to buy one at the plant sale. She arrived back from the sale full of nervous excitement. The geranium was hidden in a paper bag under her sweater, "I looked at every plant," she explained, " and I know I got the best one ! " With a sweet sense of family tradition(惯例) , helped my little sister hide that geranium. I was there when she gave it to my mother, and I watched them both bursting with happiness. My mother noticed me watching. She gave me a soft, secret smile. I felt a tug(拽) at my heart as I smiled back. I wondered how my mother could pretend to be surprised at this gift from her sixth child. But as I watched her eyes light up with pleasure at the sight of the most special gift, I knew she was not pretending. | |||
1. Which of the seven children was the writer? | |||
A. The third. B. The fourth. C. The fifth. D. The sixth. | |||
2. What did the children go to the plant sale for? | |||
A. To buy their mother a gift. B. To sell some flowers. C. To make money for their mother. D. To look at all the plants. | |||
3. Why did the writer hide the geranium on the neighbor"s porch? | |||
A. Because she was afraid the other children saw it. B. Because she was afraid the others stole it. C. Because she wanted to make it live a long time. D. Because she wanted to give their mother a surprise. | |||
4. "She gave me a soft, secret smile" shows that | |||
A. the mother was very surprised B. the mother knew about it C. the mother was pretending to be happy D. the mother knew the writer bought the gift | |||
5. What"s the best title of the passage? | |||
A. Mother"s Day B. Lovely Mother C. The Most Special Geranium D. Mother"s Love | |||
阅读理解 | |||
Too Pleased with Oneself In the Spring and Autumn period, there was a major minister, Yan Ying. He was very wise and always treated people with the best manners. So he was very highly respected. Yan Ying had a wonderful horse and carriage(马车).When his driver sat on the carriage, driving for such a great man, he felt quite proud about it. One day, as he was driving the carriage past his home, his wife saw him sitting at the front of the carriage so proud that she found it uncomfortable, and was quite ashamed of(以…为耻辱) him. That evening, when her husband came home, she told him that she felt sick when she saw how proud he was when he drove the carriage for Yan Ying. She said,""Yan Ying is a major minister, and highly respected. But he sat in the carriage without any pride. You are only a driver, but you looked as if you were an even greater man than Yan Ying. I don"t want share the same room with such a person!" He thought about it, and realized that he was wrong. He promised her never to behave that way again. From then on, the driver tried to learn from Yan Ying. Yan Ying noticed this, and asked his driver what had caused him to change. The driver told him what happened. Yan Ying was impressed by what the driver said. Later, he offered him an official post. From the driver"s previous(先前的) behavior comes this useful phrase"yang yang de yi". We use it to describe big heads, people who are far too pleased with themselves. | |||
阅读上面短文,回答下列问题. 1. Why was Yan Ying respected? ___________________________________________________. 2. Why was his wife quite ashamed of him? ___________________________________________________. 3. What did the man do after that? ___________________________________________________. 4. What did Yan Ying do after he heard what his driver said? ___________________________________________________. 5. Which kind of people do we often use "yang yang de yi" to describe? ___________________________________________________. | |||
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There was a boy who was the brightest student in his class. But the boy changed l _ leaving home and living in the school. His grades started dropping and felt worried. He 2_ being with others.He was 3 all the time because he felt that no one loved him. His parents 4 worrying about him. But they did not know what was happening to him. _5 his dad decided to go to the school and talk with him. They sat on the bank of the lake near the 6 . His dad asked, "Do you know why I am here today?" The boy answered back, "To check my grades?" "No, no," his dad _7 , "I am here to tell you that you are the most important person for us. We want to see you happy. I don"t care about 8 .I care about your happiness. YOU ARE OUR LIFF,. " These words caused the boy"s eyes to fill with tears. He hugged his dad. He knew there was __9_ who cared for him deeply. Today this young man is in Peking University and he is the 10 of his class. | |||
( )1. A. before ( )2. A. enjoyed ( )3. A. lonely ( )4. A. stopped ( )5. A. So ( )6. A. home ( )7. A. shouted ( )8. A. health ( )9. A. someone ( )10. A. weakest | B. when B. hated B. lovely B. started B. Because B: college B. replied B. sports B. nobody B. best | C. after C. kept C. lively C. liked C. But C. school C. asked C. grades C. anyone C. tallest | D. while D. liked D. alone D. was D. And D. supermarket D. cried D. happiness D. everyone D. saddest |
阅读下文,从各小题所给的四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。 Read the passages below, then think about what they will do if they have 5 million. Alan is a kind old man. He has no children but he likes children very much. He said he would give 3 million to the poor children in the mountains if he got 5 million. John can make shoes and his skills are very good. He is making a living-making shoes for others. He is very tired every day because he has to work late. He would start. his own shoe shop and factory if he got 5 million. Tim is a young man. He is a bus driver. He is active and he likes swimming very much. Now he has to rent a room to live because he can"t afford to buy a house. He hopes he can buy a house with a swimming pool. Jack is a teacher. His house is far away from his school. He has to get up very early to catch the earliest bus, or he will be late for school. He said he didn"t need to get up so early if he had a car. Sam is a man in the mountain. His hometown is very poor. People have to buy everyday things and other things from a shop far away and carry them on their back home because there is no road there. He wants to build a road for his hometown. 1. Match the names with the correct pictures. Write down the letters from the pictures above. Alan _____ John _____ Tim _____ Jack _____ Sam _____ 2. What"s John"s problem now? A. He is good at making shoes. B. His skills are very well. C. He has to make shoes in his own company. D. He works so late that he is too" tired. 3. What"s Tim like? A. He has to rent a room to live in. B. He is a bus driver. C. He likes swimming very much. D. He is an active young man. 4. How does Jack go to work every day? A. By bus. B. By car. C. On foot. D. By bike. 5. Where does Sam live now? A. In a big city. B. In a town. C. In a rich village. D. In a poor mountain. | |||
阅读下文,判断下列句子是否符合短文内容,符合的用“A,不符合的用“B。 | |||
Angela believed that she saw a UFO. Just after she has taken her two daughters to school, she took her dog, Harry, for a walk through the fields next to her farm. She let her dog off her lead so that he could run through the tall grass. Angela looked up at the bright morning sun.She remembered looking up at the sky so clearly because she could still see the moon over the trees in the field. Next to the sun she could see what looked like two bright stars. Suddenly, the two bright lights in the sky began to move towards her very quickly until they stopped above her. Then they disappeared as quickly as they had appeared. Angela stood in the field feeling completely surprised by what she had just experienced while she had been watching what she thought was a UFO. When she found her dog, it was sitting quietly watching the sky ! Later that afternoon, Angela"s daughters returned home and she tried to describe what she had seen. She told them about the UFO and that she thought it must be Martians(火星人). However, her daughters did not believe her. "Just a UFO doesn"t mean it"s an alien, Mom. It might be a man-made spacecraft. " said her elder daughter. | |||
( )1. Angela"s daughters are students. ( )2. Her daughters and she walked through the tall grass. ( )3. She saw the two strange bright lights in the morning. ( )4. When she found her dog, it was standing in the field. ( )5. Her daughters disagreed with her. |