Once there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it every day. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.
Time went by…the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree every day. One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad. “Come and play with me,” the tree asked the boy. “I’m no longer a kid. I wouldn’t play around the tree any more.” the boy replied. “I want toys. I need money to buy them.” “Sorry, I don’t have money. But you can pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money.” The boy picked all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy never came back after he picked the apples.
One day, the boy returned and the tree was so excited, “Come and play with me,” the tree said. “I don’t have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help?” “Sorry, I don’t have a house. But you can cut off my branches to build your house.” So the boy cut all the branches off the tree and left happily. The tree was glad to see him happy but the boy never came back since then. The tree was again lonely and sad.
One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was pleased. “Come and play with me!” the tree said. “I am sad and getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?” “Use my trunk to build your boat. You can sail far away and be happy.” So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and never showed up for a long time.
Finally, the boy returned after he left for so many years. “Sorry, my boy. But I don’t have anything for you any more. The only thing left is my dying root,” the tree said with tears ①.
“Good! Old tree root is the best place to lean on and rest. Come and sit down with me and rest.” The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears ② …
小题1:----Why did the boy pick all the apples on the tree?
----Because __________.| A．he wanted to eat them | | B．he needed money to buy toys | | C．he liked the tree without apples | | D．he wanted to share them with friends |
小题2:----When did the boy come back to the apple tree?
----He came back _________.| A．whenever he was happy | B．if he missed the apple tree | | C．when he was in times of difficulty | D．as soon as he was free |
小题3:----What did the boy want at last?
----He wanted ___________.| A．to have a house to live in | B．nothing except a place to rest | | C．the root of the apple tree | D．anything that the apple tree had |
小题4:----What can we learn from the story?
----We should _________.| A．plant more apple trees | B．learn from the boy | | C．always stay at home | D．be thankful to our parents |
小题5:According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?| A．The phrase “with tears ①” means that the apple tree was sad because the boy asked for too much. | | B．The phrase “with tears ②” means that the apple tree was still happy because she could help the boy for the last time. | | C．Each time the boy asked the apple tree for help, the tree tried her best to satisfy him. | | D．After reading the passage, we can easily think of the old Chinese saying “Parents’ love is universal!” |
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:A |
试题分析：从前有一棵巨大的苹果树。一个小男孩每天都喜欢来玩耍。他爱这棵树，树也爱和他一起玩耍。
时间的流逝……小男孩长大了，不再每天围着树玩了。之后男孩回来过几次，分别是要钱买玩具、盖房子、去远行等等，都是在有困难的时候回来。暗示着，我们在有困难的时候才想起父母，应该平时多一份感谢，多一份对父母的爱。
小题1:细节理解题。问题：为什么这个男孩采摘了树上所有的苹果？分析：男孩的一句话：“I want toys. I need money to buy them.” “Sorry, I don’t have money. But you can pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money.”句意：男孩说：我想要玩具。我需要钱去买它们。苹果树说：对不起，我没有钱。但是你能采摘我所有的苹果去卖了它们，那样你就有钱了。因此明确句意为：他需要钱去买玩具。故选B
小题2:细节理解题。问题：这个男孩什么时候返回到苹果树这里？分析通过阅读全文得知，这个小男孩返回到苹果树的这里的原因，想要钱买玩具、盖房子、想去远行等等，都是在他有困难的时候来到这里的。结合选项只有第三项符合。故选 C
小题3:细节理解题。问题：最后这个小男孩想做什么？分析原文中男孩最后回到苹果树这里，苹果树说的话：孩子，我现在什么都没有了，只有树根了。男孩说：好，老树根是休息最好的地方。明确提出了是只想找一个可以休息的地方。故选B
小题4:细节理解题。问题：从这篇故事中我们能学到什么？短文表面是描写一棵苹果树与一个小男孩的故事，实际上是描写孩子在父母的身边成长的过程，面对父母，我们更多的是多一份感谢对我们的父母。故选D
小题5:细节理解题。问题：通过短文的描述，下列哪一个是错误的？分析原文：“Sorry, my boy. But I don’t have anything for you any more. The only thing left is my dying root,” the tree said with tears .句意：这是苹果树说的一句话：抱歉，我的孩子。我什么都没有了。只有这个老树根了。联系下文，男孩坐在树根上休息，树是高兴的。充分说明，只有男孩能来，苹果树就高兴。故选A |
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日常生活类等知识点的理解。
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任务型阅读（共5小题，每小题1分，共5分）
根据俚语的英文解释，选择合适的俚语（填序号）填入句子中，使之通顺，达意。
call it quits : stopping doing what one is doing
a chip off the old block: a child who looks like his parent
down and out: living a very poor life
clean up one’s act: change one’s heart and reform, make a fresh start in life
a leg up: coming out on top, having the advantage over
burn someone up: make someone angry
小题1: You’d better _____ if you want to go to a good senior middle school.
小题2:All Jeff’s hard work is paying off. He’s ____________on the rest of his competitors.
小题3: After being in the used car business for 40 years, Simon finally ________.
小题4:Sarah was _______ after losing her job and her apartment.
请选择以上其中一个你喜爱的俚语造一个句子。
小题5:_____________________________________________________________________ |
I was a student of yours in Grade Six, and I hope you still remember me. I’m __ this letter because I want to let you know that the school year with you was important and special to me.
I know I __ be very quiet in your class, and you never said much to me. But you did something that made a big _____ in my life. You see, all through my first year in schools, I hated to read. Books were just words that had ____ to do with me, and I felt bored while reading them. I’ll never ____ the first day of Grade Six when you took out a thick book and began to read the story to our class. It ____ that your voice changed with the people in the story, and you drew pictures in my mind as you read ____ . Since that day, I always waited for the time that you read to the class. You ___ us all kinds of wonderful stories.
During the summer after my year in your class, I ____ the stories you read. So one day I picked up a book and read it all by myself. I found out that I could make the words ____ , too. Now, I love to read! Thank you for opening the world of books for me.
Yours,
Linda
| 小题1: | | A．watching | B．reading | C．writing | D．getting |
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| 小题2: | | A．used | B．used to | C．was used | D．was used to |
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| 小题3: | | A．difference | B．mistake | C．decision | D．progress |
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| 小题4: | | A．nothing | B．everything | C．something | D．anything |
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| 小题5: | | A．remember | B．know | C．forget | D．understand |
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| 小题6: | | A．liked | B．looked | C．looked like | D．seemed |
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| 小题7: | | A．loudly | B．quiet | C．aloud | D．quietly |
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| 小题8: | | A．told | B．read | C．borrowed | D．taught |
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| 小题9: | | A．finished | B．practiced | C．missed | D．kept |
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| 小题10: | | A．boring | B．patient | C．interesting | D．necessary |
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One day I found that my computer disappeared(消失). I looked for it everywhere. I asked, “Where is my computer?” Dad rushed into my room and shouted at me , “Your computer? I sold it! I found you were spending too much time playing online games!”
I was very unhappy, but I knew it was to beg(乞求) him for my computer. All day long, I did but sit in front of my desk. Thinking of my homework and reports, I was even more . I couldn’t look up information on the Internet. What was more, getting used to typing(打字) on the computer, I wrote so just like a primary school student. I usually spent more than four hours talking with my friends online. But what could I do now?
I to go out and talk a walk. I walked into a park. I saw kids playing or doing exercise in the park and having fun. I suddenly felt . “How long ago did I last come to this park?” I asked myself. I used to play in the park every afternoon with my classmates. We played basketball and had a lot of fun. What happened to me? can I choose to lock myself in a room in front of a computer, wasting my time, doing nothing useful? I am a .
| 小题1: | | A．angrily | B．sadly | C．happily | D．carefully |
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| 小题2: | | A．So | B．If | C．Although | D．Because |
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| 小题3: | | A．useful | B．useless | C．helpful | D．possible |
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| 小题4: | | A．everything | B．something | C．nothing | D．anything |
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| 小题5: | | A．happy | B．unhappy | C．angry | D．worried |
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| 小题6: | | A．quickly | B．slowly | C．well | D．happily |
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| 小题7: | | A．forgot | B．decided | C．helped | D．hated |
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| 小题8: | | A．angry | B．disappointed | C．relaxed | D．unhappy |
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| 小题10: | | A．fool | B．guest | C．leader | D．wiser |
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A habit is an action that we have acted so often that it becomes something we do almost without thinking. Some of them are not good habits. People spend countless hours and dollars each year trying to give up these bad habits but often fail. Why? Change is hard work and there is no shortcut to get it. However, there is still some advice for you to follow.
First, look at why you do it. In other words, what’s the result(结果) of doing this thing? If your bad habit is shouting at people when you are unhappy or under pressure(压力), what do you get from it? It may make you feel a little better for the moment. Or maybe you have a bad habit of leaving your homework undone. The result could be that you get more time to spend on the Internet!
Next, take a look on the other hand. What are you losing because of your habit? Shouting at other people is a bad habit because it makes people around you feel bad and unhappy. Leaving your homework undone is a bad habit because you may be punished by your teacher. Having more Internet time means that you are losing the chance to learn the things you need to learn. When you think that way, you’ll find that it’s not wise to keep your bad habit! Now it is time to make a decision(决定). What will you choose? I’m sure you will choose to do something that is more important.
小题1: From the first paragraph, we know that ____________.| A．people always fail to break bad habits | | B．we must change all the habits we have | | C．a habit is a terrible thing we can never change | | D．we can easily change bad habits |
小题2: The underlined sentence “there is no shortcut to get it” means that ____________.| A．something dangerous may happen | | B．there is a long way and a short way | | C．it is not easy to give up bad habits | | D．we must cut bad habits in a short time |
小题3:According to the passage, if you want to give up your habits, you have to ____________.| A．talk to others | B．know why you do and what you do | | C．finish your homework first | D．spend less time on the Internet |
小题4:What does the underlined word “punished” mean in Chinese?小题5: The best title for this passage is ____________.| A．A bad habit | B．Change the habit | | C．Give up bad habits | D．A good habit |
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For five months l walked past a homeless man on my way to work. He was his late twenties, a little older than me. Every time I saw him I wanted to do something to him. Then, one day, I finally walked to him.
I introduced myself first and then I offered him two .I said, “I could either give you a laptop, and teach you how to write computer code, or give you $100 in cash." He was surprised, but I could see there was in his eyes. He wasn"t sure what coding is so I that it"s the language of computer programs. He told me his name was Leo, and accepted my offer. I agreed every day for two months to him for an hour.
I do believe in the power of . I was home-schooled by my mother, herself a software engineer, and she planted in me the joy of learning. By the age of 12,I had my own business designing websites and had earned $3,000. I was sure that 4 Leo learned how to write computer code, it could be a way for him to turn things around. Later, I"ve learnt that Leo became homeless after he his job in 2011.I hope Leo will be offered a job one day after he has learnt how to write computer code.
| 小题2: | | A．educate | B．surprise | C．help | D．protect |
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| 小题3: | | A．rights | B．duties | C．choices | D．decisions |
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| 小题4: | | A．joy | B．worry | C．suffering | D．sadness |
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| 小题5: | | A．imagined | B．explained | C．proved | D．shouted |
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| 小题6: | | A．show | B．teach | C．guide | D．search |
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| 小题7: | | A．love | B．competition | C．imagination | D．education |
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| 小题8: | | A．set up | B．cared about | C．put up | D．given up |
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| 小题9: | | A．unless | B．though | C．before | D．if |
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| 小题10: | | A．lost | B．found | C．refused | D．got |
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