Shaking It Off
One day, a farmer’s donkey fell into a dry well(井). The poor animal cried for hours before his finally found him. The farmer tried hard to pull him out from the well but failed. He felt for the donkey but after carefully thinking about the situation, he that he would save neither the donkey nor the well. Since the donkey was too and it was not worth（值得） the trouble of saving. So he invited his neighbors to help him bury(埋葬) the old donkey in the __ so that it would make him end his pain.
many people coming to help, the old donkey was excited at first. As they began to scoop the dirt into the well with shovels(铲子), he soon what was happening. He felt upset and cried sadly again. As the farmer and his neighbors continued throwing the dirt on his , he suddenly had a good idea. Some time later, when the farmer finally looked down into the well, he was surprised at what he saw: the dirt landed on his back, he would shake it off and take a step up!
Soon, everyone was amazed when the donkey stepped over the edge of the well and ran away quickly! It seemed that it would him at first, but it actually helped him later because of the manner in which he faced his adversity(逆境).
That is life! Just like the donkey, life is going to throw dirt on us, all kinds of dirt. we face our problems in an active way, and refuse to to any trouble, each dirt is like a stepping stone with which we get out of the deepest wells. This is a key one of the secrets of life. stop and never give up. Success is just in its way.
| 小题1: | | A．neighbor | B．owner | C．relative | D．kid |
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| 小题2: | | A．sorry | B．lucky | C．dangerous | D．worried |
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| 小题3: | | A．complained | B．decided | C．agreed | D．meant |
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| 小题4: | | A．strong | B．tall | C．old | D．poor |
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| 小题5: | | A．water | B．hole | C．well | D．house |
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| 小题6: | | A．Heard | B．Hearing | C．To hear | D．Hears |
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| 小题7: | | A．realized | B．remembered | C．discovered | D．found |
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| 小题8: | | A．leg | B．stomach | C．tail | D．back |
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| 小题9: | | A．any time | B．every time | C．one time | D．some time |
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| 小题10: | | A．angrily | B．heavily | C．proudly | D．sadly |
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| 小题11: | | A．save | B．bother | C．fill | D．bury |
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| 小题12: | | A．as soon as | B．as long as | C．as far as | D．as well as |
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| 小题13: | | A．give up | B．give out | C．give in | D．give off |
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| 小题15: | | A．Always | B．Never | C．Sometimes | D．Hardly |
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小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:C
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:D
小题9:B
小题10:C
小题11:D
小题12:B
小题13:C
小题14:A
小题15:B |
试题分析：这篇短文为我们讲述了一个故事。一个农民的驴掉进了一个干枯的井里，在经过努力但是还是不能把它就出来之后，这个农民放弃了，他觉得这头驴已经老了，没什么用了，所以他想干脆就把它埋在井里。很多人过来帮忙，但是令人惊奇的是，他们扔进井了的土不断的被驴踩在脚下，这样越来越高，最后这只驴竟然从井里出来了。作者通过这个故事告诉我们，生活中我们身处逆境的时候不要放弃，也许成功很快就会到来。
小题1:考查名词及语境的理解。句意：在它的主人发现它之前这只可怜的动物已经叫了几个小时。根据文章的第一句话，a farmer’s donkey ，一个农民的驴，我们可以知道这头驴是这个农夫的，故农夫是它的主人，owner 主人。neighbor 邻居；relative 亲戚；kid小孩。根据句意可知选B。
小题2:考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：但是在仔细的考虑了情势之后，他为这头驴感到抱歉。由下面的文意可知，农夫打算放弃救这头驴，所以应该是为它感到抱歉。sorry 抱歉；lucky 幸运的；dangerous 危险的；worried担心的。根据文意可知选A。
小题3:考查动词及语境的理解。句意：但是在仔细的考虑了情势之后，他不会救这头驴，他为这头驴感到抱歉。complain 抱怨；decide 决定；agree 同意；mean意思是。根据句意，在仔细考虑了情势之后，他决定不救这头驴。故选B。
小题4:考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：因为这头驴太老了，不值得费劲来救它。strong 强壮的；tall 高的；old 老的；poor穷的。根据文意可知，农夫不打算救这头驴，可见是这头驴已经老了，对农夫来说已经没有什么用处了，所以才会不救它。故选C。
小题5:考查名词及语境的理解。句意：所以他就请他的邻居帮忙把这头驴埋在井里来结束它的痛苦。根据文章的开头我们可以知道这头驴是掉进了井里，故这里农夫就打算直接将它埋在里面。water 水；hole洞；well 井；house房子。根据文意可知选C。
小题6:考查动词及语境的理解。句意：听到很多人来救它，这头老驴开始很兴奋。hear 听见。这里用的是它的ing形式，在句中做时间状语，并且它与该句的主语the old donkey 构成主动的关系。故选B。
小题7:考查动词及语境的理解。句意：当他们开始用铲子往井里扔土的时候，它意识到发生了什么。realize 意识到；remember 记得；discover 发现；find 发现，找到。根据文意，开始驴以为人们是来救它的，但是后来它意识到并不是这样。故选A。
小题8:考查名词及语境的理解。句意：在农夫和他的邻居们继续往它的背上扔土的时候，它突然有了一个好主意。根据文意我们可知这头驴是在井里，农夫和邻居在井的外面，故他们扔下来的土会落在驴的背上。由下文44空the dirt landed on his back也可知道。leg 腿；stomach 肚子，胃；tail 尾巴；back 背。故选D。
小题9:考查连词及语境的理解。句意：每次土落在它的背上的时候，它都会把它摇晃下来，踩在脚下，向上走一步。every time 每次…的时候，引导时间状语从句。any time 任何时间；one time 一次；some time 一段时间，均不符合句意。故选B。
小题10:考查副词及语境的理解。句意：很快，当驴自豪的走出井的边缘并且快速逃跑的时候，每个人都感到很惊讶。angrily 生气地；heavily 重地；proudly 自豪地；sadly伤心地。这里驴拼着自己的智慧最终从井里出来了，所以应是自豪地。故选C。
小题11:考查动词及语境的理解。句意：开始的时候好像土会埋葬它，但是事实上土却帮助了它。save 救；bother 打扰；fill 装满；bury埋葬。根据文章的开头，农夫和他的邻居打算用土把驴埋在井里。故选D。
小题12:考查连词及语境的理解。句意：只要我们积极的面对我们的问题…。as soon as 一…就…；as long as 只要，引导条件状语从句；as far as 远到…，和…一样远；as well as和…一样好。根据句意可知选B。
小题13:考查动词及语境的理解。句意：只要我们积极的面对我们的问题，拒绝向任何困难屈服，每一堆土都像是让我们从深井里爬出来的垫脚石。give up 放弃；give out 分发，筋疲力尽；give in 屈服，让步；give off发出。根据句意可知不向困难屈服，故选C。
小题14:考查介词及语境的理解。句意：这就是生活的秘诀之一。key 钥匙，答案，关键。与它搭配的介词应该是to ,故选A。
小题15:考查副词及语境的理解。句意：永不停止，永不放弃，成功很快就会到来。never 永不，从不，表达否定的意思。always 总是；sometimes 有时候。hardly几乎不。根据句意可知选B。 |
核心考点
试题【Shaking It OffOne day, a farmer’s donkey fell into a dry well(井). The poor anima】；主要考察你对
人生百味类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
My earliest memory of dad is grabbing (抓住) his hand while we walked together. As I older, I remembered my father and I listened to many basketball games on the radio. I always fell asleep the game was over. When I woke up in the morning, the score sheet (计分表) with the score on it would be lying next to me. I’ll always remember that.
On cold mornings my father would drive his bread truck by the house. I used to ride on the floor of that bread truck as he delivered (分送) the bread to the stores. The and the warmth from the bread made me hungry and kept me warm. I’ll always remember that.
My father would attend all my games. One night before an important game my father told me that he wouldn’t be able to watch the game because he had to deliver the bread and it was a three-hour from his route. The next day as the game time drew near, I thought about my dad. I happened to look across the field and saw his bread truck pulling into the stadium (体育场). He tried to make the game. I’ll always remember that.
Years later I became a teacher. I’ll never forget the voice on the phone early one morning telling me dad had just been killed in a traffic accident. I could hear my heart beat in my ears. I up the phone and went back to my bedroom. After that nothing was very important to me. One day I was on the playground when a little boy walked up to me and grabbed my hand. His hand held mine the way I used to hold my father’s by the last two fingers. At that moment I found my in life again. You see even though my father was gone, he left something with me. He left me his smile, spirit and touch. My purpose was to use those gifts as he did. From that day I started. I’ll always remember that!
| 小题1: | | A．went | B．changed | C．turned | D．grew |
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| 小题2: | | A．when | B．although | C．because | D．before |
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| 小题3: | | A．public | B．final | C．official | D．lucky |
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| 小题4: | | A．smell | B．color | C．taste | D．shape |
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| 小题5: | | A．happily | B．sadly | C．slowly | D．simply |
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| 小题6: | | A．ride | B．walk | C．race | D．drive |
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| 小题7: | | A．successfully | B．peacefully | C．surprisingly | D．unusually |
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| 小题8: | | A．set | B．picked | C．put | D．hung |
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| 小题9: | | A．strange | B．safe | C．same | D．special |
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| 小题10: | | A．pleasure | B．purpose | C．problem | D．progress |
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阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后请从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
When are you an adult?
When do you think you are an adult? Maybe different have different ideas.
Now let"s see what some American teenagers say.
Sam: In idea, you are an adult at the of 18. That"s when you can vote(投票）. You can help to who rules the whole country. That"s also a grown-up does! My grandfather couldn"t vote he was 21. They changed it to 18 in 1971.
Jenny: I don"t it"s hard to say. I can drive a car at 16, can"t I? When you have a driver"s license, you can it to people to tell them your age for all kinds of things. sixteen must be the age when you change from a person to an adult. Because you can tell others you are not a any more.
Suzie: Well, I think there is wrong with American laws for when young people can things. I can vote at 18 and drive at 16. So you would think that 18 is a grown-up, 16 isn"t. But then I can"t drink wine until I"m 21! If I"m an adult at 18, how can people stop me from a cup of beer in a bar?
| 小题1: | | A．teenagers | B．adults | C．drivers | D．grandfathers |
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| 小题3: | | A．age | B．end | C．front | D．number |
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| 小题4: | | A．make | B．keep | C．teach | D．choose |
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| 小题6: | | A．hope | B．want | C．like | D．think |
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| 小题9: | | A．old | B．young | C．little | D．tall |
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| 小题10: | | A．baby | B．grown-up | C．boy | D．kid |
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| 小题11: | | A．anything | B．everything | C．something | D．nothing |
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| 小题13: | | A．as if | B．even though | C．ever since | D．above all |
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| 小题14: | | A．already | B．still | C．also | D．yet |
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| 小题15: | | A．selling | B．making | C．drinking | D．giving |
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My brother and I often fight with each other over small things. One day our father said to us, “Tomorrow we will take part in the Ray Home Sports Day. Both of you must go with me. Perhaps you can learn something from those children.” My brother laughed, “Dad, Ray is a home for physically disabled children. What can we learn from them?”
“You will see,” our father said.
Our father works as a volunteer at Ray. The children there have problems with their hands, speech, walking or hearing. Every day, he spends hours helping them to move or exercise their legs or arms.
The following day, he took us to Ray Home. When we got there, we found a nice place to sit down. Finally, the sports began. There was a 50-meter race to see who could run fastest. All the runners were physically disabled. As the race started, all the children moved as fast as they could. Just then, one of the girls fell over and hurt her leg. She began to cry at the top of her voice.
All the children stopped to help the poor girl. Then they all held hands and finished the race together. My brother and I were surprised to see this: the children weren’t interested in winning the race－they were more interested in helping each other to finish the race.
小题1:Why did the father take the writer and his brother to Ray Home?| A．The father wanted them to do something at Ray. | | B．The father asked them to help the children at Ray. | | C．The father wanted them to take part in the Sports Day. | | D．The father wanted them to learn something from the children. |
小题2:What does the father often do in Ray Home?| A．He works as a teacher there. | B．He helps the children there. | | C．He watches the games there. | D．He does sports with his sons. |
小题3: Why did all the children stop in the 50-meter race stop?| A．All the children were disabled. | B．A little girl fell over and got hurt. | | C．They stopped to laugh at the girl. | D．They didn’t want to finish the race. |
小题4:What can we learn from the passage?| A．The children there can help each other. | | B．All the runners there can not run fast. | | C．All the children don’t want to be winners. | | D．The disabled children there were not smart enough. |
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When it comes to friends, I desire those who will share my happiness, who has wings of their own and who will fly with me.
When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend. We were shy and “too serious” about our studies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors. We said little at school, but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say, “Let’s start with a train whistle（鸣笛）today.” We would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. Then we would read them aloud. At the end of that school year, we, too, were changing into social persons and the stories and poems stopped.
When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend. He was in despair（失望）and I was in despair, too. But our friendship was based on the idea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not travel over this great city because we had felt bad at the time. We met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. We walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted. We gave London to each other.
For almost four years I have had a great friend whose imagination brightens mine. We write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selves. Each of us appears, sometimes in a funny way, in the other’s dreams. She and I agree that, at certain times, we seem to be parts of the same mind.
It is such comforting companions（陪伴）I wish to keep. One bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist, who will only fill up the healing silence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be with my own best friend.
小题1:We can infer from Paragraph 2 that the writer ______ finally.| A．wasn’t serious about her studies | | B．didn’t like writing poems or stories | | C．became popular with her classmates | | D．developed her proper social behaviors |
小题2:The underlined sentence “We gave London to each other” probably means ______.| A．our tour in London was a memorable gift to both of us | | B．our unpleasant feeling about London disappeared | | C．we were unwilling to stay away from London | | D．we waved goodbye to each other in London |
小题3:What is the best title for the passage?| A．Unforgettable Experiences. | | B．Unbelievable Imagination. | | C．Touching Companions. | | D．Lifelong Friendship. |
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Have you ever received a gift that was so clearly not your taste? Worse, have you ever given a present and watched your friend look as though she had opened the wrong box? 小题1:__________? And what do your choices tell about your personal qualities（品质）?
小题2:__________. It calls for empathy—the ability to put yourself into someone else’s head and heart. We’re all able to do this; in fact, we’re born with a kind of natural empathy. 小题3:__________. When it isn’t, we’re not able to understand other people’s feelings sharply.
Think back to the presents you’ve given over the past year, the time and effort you put into your selection, how much you spent, your thoughts while you were shopping, and your feelings when the receiver opened the package. Keep in mind that what you choose shows your inner world.
We live in a society where exchanging presents is an important part of communication. Passing over the tradition won’t make it go away. 小题4:__________, tell your friends ahead of time.
A. When do you send a right gift
B. However, it needs to be developed
C. If you really dislike such a tradition
D. Why do presents sometimes go wrong
E. Choosing the right gift is an art, I believe
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