A woman repeated a bit of gossip（流言） about a neighbor. Within a few days, the whole village knew the story. The person she talked about was deeply hurt and angry.
Later, the woman spreading the rumor（谣言） learned that it was completely untrue. She was very sorry and went to a wise man to find out what she could do to repair the harm.
"Go to the marketplace," he said, "buy a chicken, and have it killed. Then on your way home, pick its feathers and drop them one by one along the road." Although surprised by this advice, the woman did what she was told.
The next day the wise man said, "Now, go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring them back to me."
The woman followed the same road, but she was so discouraged when she found the wind had blown the feathers all away. After searching for hours, she returned with only three in her hand.
"You see," said the wise man, "it"s easy to drop them, but it is impossible to get them all back. So it is the same with gossip. It doesn"t take much to spread a rumor, but once you do, you can never completely undo（ 弥补） the wrong."
小题1:Why did the the woman feel sorry ?| A．She didn’t know the story. | | B．She hurt her neighbor deeply. | | C．She was hurt deeply. | | D．She was told an untrue story. |
小题2:What did the wise man tell the women to do?| A．Kill a chicken. | | B．Drop the feathers of a chicken. | | C．Collect the feathers of a chicken. | | D．All above. |
小题3:The underlined word “discouraged” might mean .| A．surprised | B．excited | C．upset | D．pleased |
小题4:Which of the following statements is true?| A．The gossip didn’t hurt anyone at all. | | B．The wise man was not kind enough. | | C．All the feathers had been blown away. | | D．The woman was given a lesson. |
小题5:What the wise man said has nearly the same meaning as the Chinese phrase______.| A．覆水难收 | B．欲速不达 | C．无中生有 | D．得道多助 |
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:A |
小题1:根据文章内容A woman repeated a bit of gossip（流言） about a neighbor. Within a few days, the whole village knew the story. The person she talked about was deeply hurt and angry. 可知答案为B
小题2:根据文章内容大意可知答案为D
小题3:根据单词的意思，和具体语境，故选C
小题4:根据我文章内容可知答案为D
小题5:结合语境和句子的意思，故选A |
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Sally was a student. It was going to be her mother’s birthday. She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not expensive.
A week before her mother’s birthday, she went shopping after a quick and simple lunch. When she had been looking for half an hour, she found a shop that was selling cheep umbrellas（伞）, and decided to take a black one, since her mother had lost hers the month before.
She thought, “You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color.” So she decided to buy a lovely black umbrella and took it back to school with her until her classes had finished.
On her way back home in the train that evening, she felt hungry because she had such a small lunch that she went along to the buffet car（餐车） for another sandwich and cup of coffee. She had left the black umbrella above her seat in the compartment（车厢）, but when she got back, it had gone! When she had left the compartment, there had been no other passengers（乘客） in it, but now there were three.
Sally began to cry when she saw that the umbrella was no longer there. The other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what the matter was. She told them that the black umbrella she had bought for her mother was gone, and that she had to get out at the next station. After the three other passengers heard it, they asked her for her mother’s address so that they could sent the umbrella to her if someone had taken it by mistake and brought it back after Sally had got out of the train.
The next week, Sally heard from her mother. It said, “Thank you very much for your lovely presents, but why did you send me three black umbrellas?”
小题1:Which of the following is the best for the sentence “You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color?”| A．You can carry it when you are wearing any clothes. | | B．Any color of your clothes will be all right. | | C．The umbrella will be OK for your clothes in any colors. | | D．You can take any clothes that you like to wear. |
小题2:What does the story infer（推断）?| A．Her mother would write to her if she didn’t receive the presents. | | B．The three umbrella were sent by the girl. | | C．Only four people had ever been to the compartment. | | D．Nobody brought the umbrella back. |
小题3:How many umbrellas did Sally’s mother get at last?| A．No. | B．Only one. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
小题4:The best name of the story is ________.| A．A Lucky Girl | B．The Missing Umbrella | | C．A Happy Mother | D．Mother’s Present |
小题5:What does the writer want to tell us?| A．You should take care of your things when you are traveling. | | B．Show your love to others, and they will bring you love. | | C．Children should often come back to see their parents. | | D．It’s no use crying when you are in trouble. |
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There are many kinds of cars in this world. My grandfather thinks this is because cars are like their drivers. He says, “Rich people have expensive cars, big people have large cars, and old people drive old cars.” But I don’t agree with him.
My neighbor, Mrs. Hill, is 82 years old. She drives only on Tuesday, and then she drives only to the bank. She never drives more than 30 kilometers an hour. Do you think Mrs. Hill has a very old and small car? No! Her car is new. It’s very large, and it can go 200 kilometers an hour!
My friend Mike is an artist. He paints beautiful pictures with lots of colors. But his car is black. Mrs. Bates has a very, very old car. It often has some trouble. Does she drive that kind of car because she is poor? No, she has four restaurants and two million dollars in the bank. My uncle Joe has a very small car. Every Sunday, he drives to the country with his wife, his three children, his mother and his dog.
Now, you have read about my friends and their cars. Do you agree with my grandfather? Maybe you have a car. Does it say something about you?
小题1:The writer’s grandfather thinks ___.| A．a person has the same kind of car as himself (herself) | | B．different people have cars of the same kind | | C．poor people have large cars | | D．artists have black cars |
小题2:Mrs. Bates has an old car ___.| A．because she is poor | | B．because she is rich | | C．because she likes old cars | | D．and the passage doesn’t tell us why |
小题3:Though Uncle Joe has a very small car, ___.| A．he has a dog | | B．he has a large family | | C．he has no children | | D．he has few members in his family |
小题4:The writer’s friend Mike paints ___.| A．pictures in black | | B．colorful pictures | | C．colorless pictures | | D．pictures with only a few colors |
小题5:The writer thinks ___.| A．his grandfather’s idea about cars is right | | B．cars are often the same as their drivers in many ways | | C．artists shouldn’t drive black cars | | D．a car doesn’t say anything about its owner |
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From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and weekends they are free and 31 themselves. Some watch television or go to the cinema, others take part in sports. This is decided by their own 32 .
There are many different ways to spend our free time.
Almost everyone has some kind of 33 : it may be something from collecting stamps to ____34___ model planes. Some hobbies are very 35 , but others don’t cost anything at all. Some collections are worth(值得…的) 36 of money, others are valuable(有价值的) only to their owners.
I know a man who has a coin collection worth several 37 dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare(罕见的)fifty-cent piece which 38 him $250! He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600 of them, but I wonder(怀疑) if they are worth any money. However, 39 my brother they are quite valuable.
40 makes him happier than to find a new match box for his collection.
| 小题1: | | A．love | B．work | C．enjoy | D．Play |
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| 小题2: | | A．lives | B．interests | C．jobs | D．things |
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| 小题4: | | A．make | B．making | C．makes | D．made |
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| 小题5: | | A．interesting | B．exciting | C．cheap | D．expensive |
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| 小题6: | | A．a little | B．a few | C．a lot | D．a number |
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| 小题7: | | A．thousand | B．thousands | C．thousands of | D．thousand of |
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| 小题8: | | A．paid | B．cost | C．took | D．spend |
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| 小题10: | | A．Everything | B．Anything | C．Nothing | D．Something |
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I will never forget the year when I was 12.My mother told us that we would not get Christmas gifts because there was not enough money .I felt sad and thought, ”What shall I say when the other kids ask me about my gifts?” I started to hope the Christmas wouldn’t come that year. Just then three women came to our house with gifts for all of us. For me，they brought a doll .I felt so happy.
Years later, my life changed a lot. So one Christmas, I wanted to do something special. I asked forty friends to help me. We visited 125 orphans(孤儿)to come to our Christmas party. For every child, we prepared a beautiful gift.
Finally the moment came. I called out,” One, two, three. Open your gifts!” As the children opened their boxes, the whole room was full of their bright smiles. The feeling I got from that Christmas so long ago came again.
小题1:___gave the writer a Christmas gift when she was 12. | A．Nobody | B．Her mother | C．Three women | D．An old man |
小题2:From the sentence “Years later, my life changed a lot.” we can guess that _____. | A．the writer didn’t get Christmas gifts any more. | | B．the writer became rich. | | C．the writer didn’t like Christmas gifts at all. | | D．the writer hoped to help more orphans. |
小题3:The writer was so _____when she got a Christmas gift. | A．sad | B．bored | C．tired | D．happy |
小题4:Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage? | A．The writer’s family was very poor when she was a child. | | B．The writer wanted to do something special for the old people at Christmas. | | C．The three women taught the writer how to help others. | | D．The writer and her friends invited 125 orphans to come to the Christmas party. |
小题5:What’s the best title for the passage? | A．A special Christmas | | B．How to choose Christmas gifts. | | C．Three kind women. | | D．My first Christmas. |
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The sun is shining and it’s very hot. 31 many people don’t want to go out after 32 . Mrs. West has to(不得不) 33 her father at the airport. Her father doesn’t feel well, he wants to see a 34 in the city hospital.
Now she’s 35 in the street. There 36 no trees and she feels very 37 . But she’s too 38 and can’t walk fast(快). Suddenly she finds(发现) a 39 walking behind her. She gets angry and her face turns red. “Why are you walking 40 me, boy?” She asks strictly. “It’s cooler”. The boy answers.
| 小题2: | | A．breakfast | B．dinner | C．supper | D．lunch |
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| 小题4: | | A．nurse | B．waiter | C．policeman | D．doctor |
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| 小题5: | | A．walking | B．walks | C．walk | D．to walk |
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| 小题7: | | A．cold | B．cool | C．relaxed | D．hot |
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| 小题8: | | A．happy | B．fat | C．short | D．tall |
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| 小题10: | | A．on | B．in front of | C．behind | D．across from |
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