Every night，I watched for Miss Ellen"s lights to go off. She lives next door and we are best friends，____I"m young and she"s old. We both like dogs，cats and birds. Miss Ellen has another best friend，her ____，Imogene. Soon as her lights were off，I went into our kitchen and got a(n) ____ to say goodnight to Imogene.
“Imogene？” I kept my voice ____ because Imogene is old and I didn"t want to ____ her.
Imogene looked at me ____ I put the egg under her. She seemed to ___ sitting on that egg. I guessed it must ____ her of good old times.
Every morning，I went to Miss Ellen"s home to ____ her bread while she ate Imogene"s egg.“ I should let you eat the egg too，but it"s Imogene"s ___ to me，”she said.
When Imogene stopped laying eggs last year，Miss Ellen became ____ and quiet. That was before I started ____ giving her one of Mom"s every night.
One morning when I got to Miss Ellen"s kitchen，something was ___.Miss Ellen seldom allowed Imogene in the house，but that day she was on the table. Miss Ellen was ____，holding two eggs in her hands.
“Can you ____ it？My Imogene laid this herself！It"s not one of your mother"s. Oh！Oh！”She ____and put her hand over her mouth.
I looked at her in ____.“You knew？”
“Yes. I"m sorry. To tell the truth，Imogene ____ that you come to visit her every day. She didn"t want you to stop. So we decided to keep ____.”
It took a minute for me to ____.Then I figured it out. Both of them wanted me to come. I touched Imogene"s head and smiled at Miss Ellen.
| 小题1: | | A．for | B．yet | C．though | D．because |
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| 小题3: | | A．egg | B．apple | C．cake | D．drink |
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| 小题4: | | A．firm | B．soft | C．loud | D．pleasant |
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| 小题5: | | A．lose | B．hurt | C．keep | D．frighten |
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| 小题7: | | A．like | B．consider | C．regret | D．mind |
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| 小题8: | | A．tell | B．remind | C．warn | D．convince |
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| 小题9: | | A．mix | B．cut | C．borrow | D．share |
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| 小题10: | | A．promise | B．choice | C．gift | D．job |
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| 小题11: | | A．sad | B．calm | C．boring | D．strange |
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| 小题12: | | A．slowly | B．secretly | C．mainly | D．simply |
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| 小题13: | | A．important | B．funny | C．wrong | D．different |
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| 小题14: | | A．busy | B．angry | C．excited | D．shocked |
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| 小题15: | | A．believe | B．feel | C．make | D．see |
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| 小题16: | | A．remembered | B．stopped | C．smiled | D．nodded |
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| 小题17: | | A．peace | B．disappointment | C．surprise | D．confidence |
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| 小题18: | | A．hopes | B．prefers | C．suggests | D．loves |
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| 小题19: | | A．quiet | B．happy | C．honest | D．friendly |
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| 小题20: | | A．start | B．understand | C．cry | D．notice |
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小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:B
小题5:D
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:D
小题10:C
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:D
小题14:C
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:D
小题19:A
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试题分析：这是一个有趣的故事。作者和艾伦小姐是忘年交，艾伦小姐家的老母鸡Imogene不再下蛋了，艾伦小姐很伤心，于是作者每天晚上都去给老母鸡放一个自家的蛋，结果老母鸡又开始产蛋了。
小题1:考查连词辨析和对语境的理解。A. for因为；B．yet但是; C．though尽管；D．because因为。从前后所说的关系：我们是最好的朋友，我很年轻,而她老了，可以看出前后的关系表示让步，故选C。
小题2:考查名词辨析和对语境的理解。A. dog狗；B．cat猫；C．bird鸟；D．hen母鸡。前一句话提到作者和Miss Ellen都喜欢狗、猫和鸟，这里说艾伦小姐还有另一个好朋友，当然应该是母鸡，选D。
小题3:考查名词辨析和对语境的理解。根据下文的 I put the egg under her.可知，这里是去厨房拿鸡蛋。A. egg鸡蛋；B．apple苹果；C. cake蛋糕；D. drink饮料。故选A
小题4:考查名词辨析和对语境的理解。我尽量使我的声音很温柔，A. firm坚定的；B．soft温柔的；C．loud大声的；D．pleasant令人愉快的。从后面可以看出，对老母鸡的关心，故选B。
小题5:考查动词辨析和对语境的理解。因为Imogene(母鸡)老了,我不想吓着她。A. lose失去；B．hurt受伤；C．keep保持；D．frighten吓唬。故选D。
小题6:考查连词辨析和对语境的理解。当我把蛋放在她身子下面时，Imogene 看着我。A. unless 除非；B．since自从；C．as当……时；D．if如果。故选C。
小题7:考查动词辨析和对语境的理解。她似乎很喜欢坐在蛋上。A. like喜欢；B．consider考虑；C．regret后悔、遗憾；D．mind在意。从老母鸡的安静表现可知，故选A。
小题8:考查动词辨析和对语境的理解。我猜这一定使她想起了往日的美好时光。remind与of构成短语，意思是：提醒某人某事。A. tell告诉；B．remind提醒；C．warn警告；D．convince使相信。故选B。
小题9:考查动词辨析和对语境的理解。每天早上,我去艾伦小姐的家里一起吃她的面包，而她还吃一个Imogene下的鸡蛋。A. mix混合；B．cut切；C．borrow借；D．share分享。后面提到也想让我吃鸡蛋可知，选D。
小题10:考查名词辨析和对语境的理解。我也应该让你吃鸡蛋,但这是Imogene给我的礼物。A. promise承诺；B．choice选择；C．gift礼物；D．job工作。带入四个选项分析，最佳选C。
小题11:考查形容词辨析和对语境的理解。去年当Imogene不再产蛋时,艾伦小姐伤心和安静。A. sad 伤心的；B．calm平静的；C．boring枯燥的；D．strange奇怪的。带入四个选项分析，最佳选A。
小题12:考查副词辨析和对语境的理解。所以之前我开始偷偷地每天晚上给她一个妈妈的鸡蛋。A. slowly慢慢地；B．secretly秘密地；C．mainly主要地；D．simply简单地。通过下文可知，我以为艾伦小姐不知道此事，故选B。
小题13:考查形容词辨析和对语境的理解。一天早晨,当我到艾伦小姐的厨房时，有些不同。A. important重要的；B．funny好玩的；C．wrong错误的； D．different不同的。下文提到，艾伦小姐很少让老母鸡在屋里，而这次老母鸡却在她的桌子上。故选D。
小题14:考查形容词辨析和对语境的理解。艾伦小姐很激动,手里拿着两个鸡蛋。A. busy忙的；B．angry愤怒的；C．excited激动的；D．shocked震惊的。结合艾伦小姐所说的话可知，故选C。
小题15:考查动词辨析和对语境的理解。你能相信吗?这是我的Imogene自己下的蛋!这不是你母亲的。A. believe相信；B．feel 感觉；C．make it 成功；D．see看见。前文提到，母鸡老了，不下蛋了，而现在又产蛋了，故选A。
小题16: 考查动词辨析和对语境的理解。她停下来，然后把她的手放到嘴里。A. remembered记得；B．stopped停止；C．smiled微笑；；D．nodded点头。把她的手放到嘴里，应该是不说话了，做出吃惊的表情。故选B。
小题17:考查名词辨析和对语境的理解。我很吃惊地看着她。A. peace和平；B．disappointment失望；C．surprise吃惊；D．confidence自信。我认为来看老母鸡是秘密，结果艾伦小姐却知道，故选C。
小题18:考查动词辨析和对语境的理解。说实话,Imogene很喜欢你每天都来看她。A. hopes希望；B．prefers更喜欢；C．suggests建议；D．loves爱。这里love表达了艾伦小姐的心情，故选D。
小题19:考查形容词辨析和对语境的理解。所以我们决定保持安静。A. quiet安静的；B．happy高兴的；C．honest诚实的；D．friendly友好的。虽然我是在晚上艾伦小姐关灯之后去看老母鸡的，但是老母鸡没有害怕地叫，艾伦小姐也装作不知道，故选A。
小题20:考查动词辨析和对语境的理解。我花了一分钟来理解这件事。A. start开始；B．understand理解；C. cry 哭；D．notice注意。结合语境选B。 |
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Chuck，unlike other frogs，didn"t like catching flies himself. But he did love eating them.
Some frogs thought Chuck was lazy. Some believed he must think he was too good for them. Some thought Chuck was the strangest frog ever.
That didn"t matter to Chuck. Each morning，Chuck jumped over and sat under the spider"s web. Then when Lady Eightlegs went off to dip (浸) her feet in the pond，Chuck ate flies from her web.
One morning while Chuck was enjoying his fly breakfast，Lady Eightlegs returned and caught him.
“You"re the one who keeps eating my flies！”she cried.
Chuck jumped away and into the pond. Now there was an idea！Why not spin (结) his own web?
He collected some vines (葡萄藤) from a nearby farm. Then he began to spin his web. He worked on his web for hours，until very late at night. And then he fell asleep.
When he woke up the next morning，he found that he got caught by the vines.
“Help！”he shouted.
Lady Eightlegs looked up from the edge of the pond. She hurried up to help Chuck out of the vine web.
“No matter how hard I try，I can"t spin a spider"s web，”Chuck said.
“Of course not，”Lady Eightlegs said. “You"re a frog. Frogs can"t spin spider"s webs any better than spiders can swim，I guess.”
“But I always see you in the water，”Chuck said.
“I only wade in (蹚水) up to my knees，”Lady Eightlegs sighed. “How wonderful it would be to swim in the middle of the pond and float (漂浮) peacefully under the sun.”
Chuck smiled，“I have an idea.”
From that day forward，Chuck carried Lady Eightlegs out to the middle of the pond，where they floated and played together. When they returned to land，they shared a breakfast of flies from her spider"s web.
It wasn"t exactly an ordinary friendship. But Chuck was not an ordinary frog.
小题1:The second paragraph is written to show that Chuck ______.| A．was different from other frogs | B．didn"t get along well with other frogs | | C．led a lonely life | D．was a proud frog |
小题2:What do we know about Chuck"s web?| A．Lady Eightlegs helped Chuck spin it. | B．It was successfully spun by Chuck. | | C．It was spun far from the pond. | D．Chuck failed to spin it himself. |
小题3:It can be inferred from the text that ______.| A．Chuck had tried to catch Lady Eightlegs | B．Chuck had difficulty collecting vines | | C．Lady Eightlegs was very wise | D．Lady Eightlegs swam well |
小题4:What was Lady Eightlegs" attitude towards Chuck in the end?| A．Worried. | B．Friendly. | C．Doubtful. | D．Cold. |
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Imagine someone has crossed the seas joining five continents by swimming. It is a major success for anyone. But it is an even greater success for Philippe Croizon, who has no arms, and no legs! His achievements show that we can all achieve great things—no matter who we are.
Philippe Croizon was 26 years old when he had an accident. The doctors had to remove both of his arms and legs. “When they cut off my last leg I wanted to die. I suffered great depression and my spirit was as low as you can get. But you have to choose—and I chose to live!” said Croizon.
While he was recovering in hospital, Croizon saw a television programme about a woman who had been swimming across the English Channel. After watching the programme Croizon decided to do it. He began to exercise every day to make him strong and it took him two years to prepare.
Finally in 2010, Croizon was ready. He entered the cold, grey sea of the English Channel. He was now 42 years old. It took him from early morning until night to swim the distance. He felt a lot of pain. But he had become the first person without arms and legs to swim between France and England. Croizon had achieved his dream, but he did not stop there. He looked for a new goal.
Early in 2012 he planned to swim across the seas that join five major continents. During the next few months he swam between the four continents of Australia, Asia, Africa and Europe and finally in the cold waters of the Bering Strait between the continents of Asia and the Americas.
“We want to show people something. If disabled people have courage and a lot of training they can do the same things as those who are not disabled,” said Croizon.
小题1:According to the passage, Philippe Croizon _____.| A．was born with disability | | B．suffered a lot from the accident | | C．chose to live because of a TV programme | | D．was fond of swimming since he was young |
小题2:What do we know about Philippe Croizon’s swimming across the English Channel?| A．It took him two years to finish it. | | B．He was the first person to achieve it. | | C．It was easy for him to finish the swim. | | D．He spent a lot of time preparing for it. |
小题3:Philippe Croizon’s crossing the seas joining five continents______.| A．lasted a month | | B．ended in the Bering Strait | | C．happened when he was 42 years old | | D．was inspired by a television programme |
小题4:Which of the following can best describe Philippe Croizon’s story?| A．Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. | | B．Where there’s a will, there’s a way. | | C．Actions speak louder than words. | | D．The finest diamond must be cut. |
小题5:What’s the best title for the passage?| A．Hope in the corner | | B．A disabled man’s dream | | C．Challenges to Philippe Croizon | | D．Philippe Croizon’s amazing swim |
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Henry"s job was to examine people who crossed the frontier (边境) to make sure that they were not smuggling (走私) anything into the country. Every evening except at weekends, he would see a(n) ___ coming up the hill towards the frontier, __ a bicycle with a big load of old straw on it. When the bicycle__ the frontier, Henry used to __ the man and order him to take the straw off and ___ it. Then he would examine the straw very ___ to see whether he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man"s pockets before letting him tie the straw __. The man would then put it on his bicycle and go off down the hill with it. Although Henry was always __ to find gold or jewelry or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he ___ found anything, even though he examined it very carefully. He was___that the man was smuggling __, but he was not able to imagine __ it could be.
Then one evening, after he had__ the straw and emptied the factory worker"s__ as usual, he said to him, “___ I know that you are smuggling things __ this frontier. Won"t you tell me what you"re bringing into the country so successfully? I"m sixty years old now, and today is my last day on the __ . Tomorrow I"m going to retire. I promise that I shall not tell anyone __ you tell me what you"ve been smuggling." The factory worker did not say anything ___ . Then he smiled, turned to Henry and said quietly, “ __ .”
| 小题1: | | A．officer | B．driver | C．worker | D．soldier |
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| 小题2: | | A．pulling | B．pushing | C．filling | D．carrying |
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| 小题3: | | A．reached | B．left | C．faced | D．formed |
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| 小题4: | | A．stop | B．greet | C．praise | D．beat |
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| 小题5: | | A．show | B．load | C．light | D．untie |
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| 小题6: | | A．carefully | B．carelessly | C．angrily | D．quickly |
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| 小题7: | | A．once | B．again | C．yet | D．instead |
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| 小题8: | | A．pretending | B．believing | C．expecting | D．asking |
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| 小题9: | | A．ever | B．often | C．always | D．never |
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| 小题10: | | A．curious | B．sure | C．clever | D．known |
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| 小题11: | | A．anything | B．nothing | C．everything | D．something |
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| 小题13: | | A．looked after | B．looked through | C．looked for | D．looked out |
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| 小题14: | | A．pockets | B．clothes | C．socks | D．shoes |
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| 小题16: | | A．past | B．from | C．through | D．across |
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| 小题17: | | A．job | B．mountain | C．edge | D．road |
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| 小题18: | | A．as | B．if | C．before | D．whether |
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| 小题19: | | A．at the moment | B．after all | C．for a moment | D．at all |
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| 小题20: | | A．Straw | B．Money | C．Cars | D．Bicycles |
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On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. Many people put some money into the of the young man.
The next day, the young artist came again, and put his hat on the ground gracefully. from the day before, he took out a large piece of and laid it on the ground. Then he began .
Before long, the young violinist was with people, who were all attracted by the on that paper, which said, "Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put something important into my hat . Please come to claim(认领) it soon."
After half an hour, a middle-aged man ran there in a hurry and through the crowd to the violinist and said, "Yes, it’s you. You did come here. I knew that you’re an honest man and would come here."
"Are you Mr. George Sang?"
The man nodded.
"Did you something?"
"Lottery (彩票). It’s lottery," said the man.
The violinist a lottery ticket on which George Sang’ s name was seen. "Is it？" he asked.
George nodded, seized the lottery ticket and it; then he danced with joy.
George bought a lottery ticket which him a prize of $ 500,000. He was so happy after work and felt the violinist playing so wonderfully that he put 50 dollars in the hat. , the lottery ticket was also thrown in.
When asked why he didn’t keep the lottery ticket himself, the violinist said," I don’t have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty, I won’t be happy forever."
We can gain and lose so much in our life. But being honest should be with us. If we bear ourselves in a dishonest way, we succeed temporarily (暂时). However, from the long-term view, we’11 be a loser. Such a person is just like the on the mountain. It’s high above at first, but gradually it falls and loses the of going up.
| 小题2: | | A．Free | B．Away | C．Different | D．Far |
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| 小题3: | | A．paper | B．stone | C．cloth | D．wood |
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| 小题4: | | A．begging | B．shouting | C．playing | D．singing |
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| 小题5: | | A．crowded | B．surrounded | C．surprised | D．satisfied |
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| 小题6: | | A．words | B．money | C．ticket | D．picture |
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| 小题7: | | A．on purpose | B．in time | C．in advance | D．by mistake |
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| 小题8: | | A．looked | B．lived | C．get | D．rushed |
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| 小题9: | | A．rarely | B．certainly | C．recently | D．nearly |
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| 小题11: | | A．handed out | B．gave out | C．sent out | D．took out |
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| 小题12: | | A．tore | B．threw | C．kissed | D．hid |
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| 小题14: | | A．Fortunately | B．However | C．Otherwise | D．Generally |
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| 小题16: | | A．Unless | B．Whenever | C．Although | D．Until |
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| 小题17: | | A．often | B．never | C．seldom | D．always |
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| 小题18: | | A．may | B．should | C．must | D．need |
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| 小题19: | | A．air | B．water | C．grass | D．tree |
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| 小题20: | | A．road | B．path | C．chance | D．method |
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Proudly reading my words, I glanced around the room, only to find my classmates with big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes. Confused, I glanced toward my stone-faced teacher. Having no choice, I slowly raised the report I had worked on, hoping to hide myself. “What could be causing everyone to act this way?”
Quickly, I flashed back to the day Miss Lancelot gave me the task. This was the first real task I received in my new school. It seemed simple: go on the Internet and find information about a man named George Washington. Since my idea of history came from an ancient teacher in my home country, I had never heard of that name before. As I searched for the name of this fellow, it became obvious that there were two people with the same name who looked completely different! One invented hundreds of uses for peanuts, while the other led army across America. I stared at the screen, wondering which one my teacher meant. I called my grandfather for a golden piece of advice: flip (掷) a coin. Heads—the commander, and tails—the peanuts guy. Ah! Tails, my report would be about the great man who invented peanut butter, George Washington Carver.Weeks later, standing before this unfriendly mass, I was totally lost. Oh well, I lowered the paper and sat down at my desk, burning to find out what I had done wrong. As a classmate began his report, it all became clear, “My report is on George Washington, the man who started the American Revolution.” The whole world became quiet! How could I know that she meant that George Washington?
Obviously, my grade was terrible. Heartbroken but fearless, I decided to turn this around. I talked to Miss Lancelot, but she insisted: No re-dos; no new grade. I felt that the punishment was not justified, and I believed I deserved a second chance. At last, I worked very hard for the rest of the school year.
Ten months later, that chance came as I found myself sitting in the headmaster’s office with my grandfather, now having a completely different conversation. I smiled and flashed back to the embarrassing moment at the beginning of the year as the headmaster informed me of my chance to skip the sixth grade. Justice is sweet!
小题1: What did the author’s classmates think about his report?| A．Complex. | B．Funny. | C．Boring. | D．Puzzling. |
小题2: Why was the author confused about the task?| A．He was unfamiliar with American history. | | B．He followed the advice and flipped a coin. | | C．He forgot his teacher’s instruction. | | D．He didn’t know why the teacher gave such a task. |
小题3:In the end, the author turned things around _______.| A．by redoing his task | | B．through his own efforts | | C．with the help of his grandfather | | D．under the guidance of his headmaster |
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