Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year"s Day, when he was 1 , his father asked him 2 on
the farm for one year when he was free. Tom was 37 with his father"s idea. "That isn"t my job. I have 3
school work to do." Hearing this, his father said, "I promise to give you the best present if you 4 finish one
year"s work." Tom thought for a while and 5 .
Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked hard until evening, just like 6 farmer. Time
passed quickly. Tom"s crops (庄稼) grew well. 7 the last day of the year, the father called his son to him.
"I"m happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year," said the father."Now, tell me 8 you want."
The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread 9 his wheat. I"ve already got the best present:
No pain, no gain. I think this is what you wanted me to know." His father was 10 to hear that. |
( )1. A. works
( )2. A. happy
( )3. A. much too
( )4. A. can
( )5. A. said
( )6. A. other
( )7. A. On
( )8. A. where
( )9. A. made by
( )10. A. pleased | B. work
B. excited
B. too much
B. need
B. answered
B. the others
B. At
B. what
B. made of
B. unpleased | C. to work
C. exciting
C. a lot
C. must
C. agreed
C. any else
C. In
C. which
C. made in
C. unsatisfied | D. working
D. unhappy
D. many
D. should
D. asked
D. any other
D. From
D. why
D. made from
D. sad |
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试题【完形填空。 Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year"s Day, when he was 1 , h】；主要考察你对 人物故事类等知识点的理解。 [详细]举一反三
| 阅读理解。 | A big company wanted a clerk, so John went there. In the interview the director asked him a question.
"Who paid for your school?"
"My mother paid for it by washing clothes."
Hearing this, the director asked John to show his hands. John showed a pair of hands that were perfect.
The director said, "When you go back today, go and clean your mother"s hands, and then see me tomorrow
morning."
When John went back, he happily asked his mother to let him clean her hands. However, his tears fell as
he cleaned his mother"s hands. It was the first time he noticed that there were too many bruises (伤痕) in his
mother"s hands. After finishing the cleaning of his mother"s hands, John quietly washed all the remaining
clothes for his mother.
Next morning, John went to the director"s office. The director noticed the tears in John"s eyes and asked,
"Please tell me your feeling."
John said, "Number 1, I know now what appreciation is. I would not be successful if my mother didn"t
do these things. Number 2,by helping my mother, now I realize how difficult it is to get something done."The
director said, "This is what I want to be my clerk. You can get the job." | | 1. John went to the big company to _____. | A. look for his mother
B. ask for a job
C. ask the director for help | | 2. John"s mother was a (n) _____. | A. office clerk
B. director
C. clothes cleaner | | 3. From the underlined sentence, we learn _____. | A. John tried his best to wash clothes for his mother
B. John often helped his mother do the housework
C. John hardly helped his mother wash clothes | | 4. John felt _____ when he cleaned his mother"s hands. | A. happy
B. sad
C. angry | | 5. Why did the director hire (雇佣) John? | A. Because he thought John learned appreciation.
B. Because he thought John had a good education.
C. Because he thought John worked very hard. | | 根据短文内容和首字母的提示，把所缺单词填写在短文后面的横线上。 | You have probably never heard of Amy Winterbourne, but she is a most (1). u_____ woman. She lives in
a house that she built herself out (2).o_____ trash. Well, the stuff used to be called trash, but now it"s called
"recycled"material. The windows and doors came from old buildings around the town that were being pulled
down. The walls are made from old glass bottles that are (3).g_____together. The roof is made from (4) d_____
tiles. And the fence is built out of used soda cans. Amy recently won an (5)a______ from the Help Save Our
Planet Society. The president Jackson Smith said, "Amy is an (6)i_____ to us all." | | 完形填空。 | Eric was terribly ill. He couldn"t move and had to spend all day in 1 . Because his friends
were not allowed to go near him, he felt quite 2 . Every day he just looked out of the 3 , doing nothing at all.
As time passed, Eric became more and more hopeless.
One day, however, he saw something very 4 in the window. A panda was eating sandwiches there. Eric
was very surprised. Before he could 5 what had happened, he saw a monkey playing the violin. After a while,
he saw more and more 6 characters outside the window. This time he began to 7 a lot and could hardly stop.
No one would stop laughing when they saw a pig playing a drum, or a dog 8 a pair of glasses and acting
like a teacher. Eric didn"t tell anyone about this 9 he thought nobody would believe this. Anyway, those
strange characters brought happiness back 10 his heart. Soon he got well and was able to go back to 11
again.
When class was over. Eric told his 12 about all the strange things he had seen. While he was talking,
he saw something coming out of Tom"s 13 . He wanted very much to know what it was, so he asked Tom
14 . Finally Tom had to 15 him what was in the bag. There, inside, were all the fancy-dress (假面) toys
that Tom had used to cheer him up!
And from that day on, Eric always did his best to make sure that no one was sad or lonely. | ( )1. A. school
( )2. A. happy
( )3. A. window
( )4. A. delicious
( )5. A. find out
( )6. A. quiet
( )7. A. cry
( )8. A. making
( )9. A. because
( )10. A. for
( )11. A. work
( )12. A. parents
( )13. A. eyes
( )14. A. again and again
( )15. A. teach | B. bed
B. tired
B. book
B. warm
B. pick up
B. brave
B. laugh
B. selling
B. but
B. with
B. school
B. brothers
B. shoes
B. as usual
B. show | C. church
C. sad
C. door
C. useful
C. take away
C. funny
C. run
C. inventing
C. so
C. into
C. town
C. sisters
C. jacket
C. day and night
C. lend | D. class
D. excited
D. wall
D. strange
D. get back
D. dangerous
D. sing
D. wearing
D or
D. by
D. hospital
D. classmates
D. schoolbag
D. in time
D. sell | | 阅读理解。 | The crowd stopped their talks as the runners came to the starting line. At this moment, all eyes were
on two people. Mark, the favorite for the gold medal, and Jim, a new face to all.
Mark had won a lot of competitions in 3000 meters and was thought to be the finest runner in the country.
Until a few months before, Jim was almost unknown outside his hometown. But he had won one competition
after another, which was a big surprise. Many people thought Jim would also do very well this time. It was
going to be an exciting race.
Bang! The race started. For the first half, Jim ran with Mark in the leading group. At 1700 meters, Jim
was about one meter behind Mark. Suddenly, the crowd stopped cheering. Mark fell and lay on the grass. He
tried to get up, but his hand had been injured and was out of the race.
The crowd believed that Jim had tripped (绊倒) Mark and they began to shout at him. Jim looked back
and slowed down. Then _____. But the race was over for Jim, too. He was far behind others now. Jim was
very unhappy because of what had happened.
Later, after the judges (裁判) had studied the video of the race, they decided that Jim had done nothing
wrong. Jim went to see Mark and said,"I"m sorry for..." "It"s not your fault. I got injured myself in the leg.
Such a thing never happens to me. I"ve got to see the doctor."
The two went on to become good friends and were often seen training together. | | 1. Why was the race going to be exciting? | A. Because it was a 3000-meter race.
B. Because there were only two runners in the competition.
C. Because both Mark and Jim were very good runners.
D. Because a large crowd of people came to watch the competition. | | 2. The crowd stopped cheering suddenly because ________. | A. it began to rain heavily
B. Mark fell and lay on the grass
C. Jim was about one meter behind Mark
D. Jim ran with Mark in the leading group | | 3. Which of the following can be put in the blank (空白处) in Paragraph 4? | A. he went on with the race
B. the doctors came to help
C. The judges told him to stop
D. he didn"t know what had happened | | 阅读理解。 | A blind schoolgirl has become the youngest interpreter (口译员) when she is only ten years.
Alexia Sloane is from Cambridge. She was told by the doctor she had a brain tumour (脑癌) when she
was on holiday with her parents in France. After that the two-year-old girl became blind.
Though the little girl can"t see anything, she has great talent for languages and at the age of 10 she is
already fluent (流利的) in English, French, Spanish and Chinese-and is learning German.
Now her dream of working as an interpreter has come true. East of England MEP (欧盟议员) Robert
Sturdy invited her to the European Parliament (议会). "Usually a person who enters the European Parliament
should be 14 at least. So it was amazing for Alexia to work there at the age of 10." said Alexia"s mother
Isabelle. Alexia can speak three languages since birth. As her mum is hah" French and half Spanish and her
dad Richard is English. "She has always been very good at languages and shown an interest from a very
young age." added Isabelle, who also has a four-year-old daughter Melissa.
Alexia has dreamed of becoming an interpreter since she was six and chose to go to the European
Parliament as her prize when she won the Young Achiever Community Award of the Year (年度青年成就
奖). She asked if she could learn from the interpreters and HEP Robert Sturdy agreed to take her along as
his guest. "It was fantastic and I decided to become an interpreter," said Alexia. "Nothing can stop me." | | 1. How old is the youngest interpreter according to the passage? | A. 4.
B. 6.
C. 10.
D. 14. | | 2. When did Alexia Sloane become blind? | A. When she was born.
B. After she had a brain tumour.
C. After she became an interpreter.
D. When she was on holiday with her parents. | | 3. Who offered Alexia the chance of working as an interpreter? | A. Richard.
B. Isabelle.
C. Melissa.
D. Robert Sturdy. | | 4. What is right about Alexia Sloane? | A. She can speak five language fluently.
B. She is a talented language learner.
C. She is the only child in the family.
D. She went to France on holiday after she won the award. | | 5. What do you think is the meaning of the sentence "Nothing can stop me."? | A. Never give up.
B. Believe in yourself.
C. Nothing is impossible.
D. Failure is the mother of success. |
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