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Long ago there were two people--- a young father and an old neighbor. One day the young father was visiting the old neighbor. They were standing in the old man’s garden, talking about children. The young man said, “How strict should parents be with their children?”
The old man pointed to a string(绳子)between a big strong tree and a thin young one.“Please untie(解开)that string,” he said.The young man untied it, and the young tree bent over to one side. “Now tie it again,please,” said the old man, “but first pull the string tight so that the young tree is straight again.”
The young man did so.Then the old man said,“There,it is the same with children. You must be strict with them, but sometimes you must untie the string to know how they are getting on.If they are not yet able to stand alone,you must tie the string tight again. But when you find that they are ready to stand alone,you can take the string away.”
小题1:The story is about _______ .
A.how the young father should get on with his old neighbor
B.how to tie and untie the string
C.how to take care of young trees
D.how strict parents should be with their children.
小题2:The young man untied the string _______ .
A.only to find that the thinner one bent over to one side
B.in order to let the old man teach him
C.in order to throw it away
D.so that both of the trees would grow straight
小题3:When can the string be taken away?_______ .
A.When the young man has untied it next time
B.When the young tree grows strong enough
C.When the old man has left
D.After you have untied it
小题4:At last the old man told the young man _______ .
A. that he should be strict with his children if they could not yet stand alone
B.that he should be hard on them
C. that he should tie his children until they are ready to stand alone
D.that he should always be strict with his children

答案

小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:A
解析

试题分析:文章大意:老人通过树与绳子的事例来说明对孩子该有多严格。对孩子严格要求,如果用一根绳子将小树系在大树上,以帮助它长直,但一段时间以后,要将绳子解下看看,树有没有能自己独自站直,如果不行,就还得系上绳子,如果行了,就可以将绳子拿掉了。
小题1:D 归纳概括题。第一段They were standing in the old man’s garden, talking about children. The young man said, “How strict should parents be with their children?” 他们站在老人的园子里,谈论着孩子。年轻人说,“父母应该对孩子多严格呢?”第二段及第三段是老人巧妙地告诉年轻人这个问题的答案,因此应该选答案D。
小题2:A 细节理解题。根据题中untied the string,到文中去找信息源。第二段The young man untied it, and the young tree bent over to one side.年轻人解开那根绳子,小树弯到一边去了。可知应该选答案A。
小题3:B 细节理解题。根据题中the string be taken away,到文中去找信息源。第三段But when you find that they are ready to stand alone,you can take the string away. 但是,当你发现他们已经能独自直立时,你就可以把绳子拿开了。可知应该选答案B。
小题4:A 推理判断题。老人通过树与绳子的事例来说明对孩子该有多严格。对孩子严格要求,如果用一根绳子将小树系在大树上,以帮助它长直,但一段时间以后,要将绳子解下看看,树有没有能自己独自站直,如果不行,就还得系上绳子,如果行了,就可以将绳子拿掉了。C选项有一定的干扰性,但选项中的tie是指绳子绑树的动作而并非是绑孩子,相对于孩子应该是严格要求。因此,选答案A。
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Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to the patients at the clinic.
One evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at the door. I opened it to see a truly awful looking man. He’s hardly taller than my eight-year-old son. “Good evening. I’ve come to see if you’ve a room. I came for a treatment this morning from the eastern shore, and there’s no bus till morning.” He told me he’d been hunting for a room since noon but with no success. “I guess it’s my face... I know it looks terrible, but my doctor says with a few more treatments...” For a moment I hesitated, but his next words convinced me: “I could sleep in this chair on the porch. My bus leaves early in the morning.”
I told him we would find him a bed. When I had finished the dishes, I talked with him. He told me he fished for a living to support his five children, and his wife, who was hopelessly crippled(残疾的)from a back injury. He didn’t tell it by way of complaint. Next morning, just before he left, as if asking a great favor, he said, “Could I come back and stay the next time?” He added, “Your children made me feel at home. ”
On his next trip he arrived a little after seven in the morning. As a gift, he brought a big fish and the largest oysters(牡蛎)I had ever seen. I knew his bus left at 4:00 a. m. and I wondered what time he had to get up in order to do this for us.
In the years he came to stay overnight with us and there was never a time that he did not bring us vegetables from his garden. I know our family always will be grateful to have known him; from him we learned how to accept the bad without complaint when facing the misfortune.
小题1:Why did the author agree to let the man spend the night in his house at last?
A.Because the man said others refused to accommodate him.
B.Because the man said he would not cause much inconvenience.
C.Because the man said he had come from the eastern shore.
D.Because the man said he had been hunting for a room since noon.
小题2:How long would it take the man to travel from his home to Baltimore by bus?
A.About 1 hour.B.About 2 hours.C.About 3 hours.D.About 4 hours.
小题3:From the text we can know that_____________.
A.the author’s children were kind and friendly to the man
B.the man was fed up with his hard-work and his family
C.John Hopkins Hospital provided rooms-for the patients to live in
D.the author and his family were thought highly of by his neighbors
小题4:The author’s family were grateful to know the man because__________.
A.he often brought them fish and vegetables from his garden
B.he paid them money for his staying
C.he taught them how to accept the bad without complaint
D.he stayed only overnight with the writer’s family

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This week Faith Lapidus and Doug Johnson will tell you about Chuck Berry.Chuck Berry,born on October 18,1926,is often called the father of rock and roll.He is one of the most popular and influential performers of rhythm-and-blues and rock‘n’roll music during the 1950s,1960s and 1970s.
He started singing in church when he was six years old.His interest in music stuck with him.A lot of Chuck Berry’s material is about teenage life,especially school.Chuck Berry left school when he was 17.He headed west with two friends,but they did not get far.They were arrested after they used a gun to steal a car in Kansas City,Missouri.He was set free after four years.
Chuck Berry signed his first recording contract in 1955,with the company Chess Records.Because one of his early hits,“Rock&Roll Music”,hit big in the United States then,which was greeted with enthusiastic reviews.Many other famous bands copied it again and again.
Filmmaker Taylor Hackford made a documentary called“Hail! Hail! Rock‘n’Roll”, named for a Chuck Berry song.It centered on the making of a concert to honor the musician on his 60th birthday in 1986.Guitarist Keith Richards from the Rolling Stones organized the concert.Listening to Chuck Berry songs got him interested in music.In Keith Richards’words,“I didn’t dream I could make a living at it but that’s what I wanted to do.”More than 75 artists and bands have done their own versions of Chuck Berry songs.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland,Ohio,included Chuck Berry in its first year of honors in 1986.The Hall of Fame had this to say:“While no individual can be said to have invented rock and roll,Chuck Berry comes the closest of any single figure to being the one who put all the essential pieces together.”
Thank you for your listening.Faith Lapidus and Doug Johnson were your announcers.
小题1:The underlined words“hit big”in Paragraph 3 probably mean“__________”.
A.won great SuccessB.made rapid progress
C.got into big troubleD.made a small difference
小题2:Guitarist Keith Richards is mentioned in Paragraph 4 to show ___________.
A.music is a way of making a lifeB.Chuck Berry influenced him a lot
C.he disliked Chuck Berry in factD.he is a real fan of Chuck Berry
小题3:Which of the following about Chuck Berry is true?
A.Chuck Berry was the first to invent rock and roll on his own.
B.Chuck Berry was put into prison for leaving school in 1943.
C.Chuck Berry can be said to have formed rock and roll’s basic structure.
D.Chuck Berry is the most popular and influential performer.
小题4:Where does this text probably come from?
A.An advertisement.B.A science fiction.
C.A magazine.D.A radio report.

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A year ago, August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie, was still working in the local school cafeteria, but it was         for Dave to find work, and the price of everything was rising. The Fusses were at the risk of joining the millions of Americans who have        their homes in recent years. Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely        —$7,000, a legacy(遗产) from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in an accident. “It really made a difference when we were meeting difficulty.” says Dave.
But the Fusses weren’t the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to        unexpected legacy from the Hatches. Dozens of other families were     by what the Hatches had done. In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars; in       , it was more than $100,000.
It        nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money, more than $3 million—they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm.
Children of the Great Depression, Ish and Arlene were known for their habit of     . They preferred comparison shopping and would go from store to store, checking prices before making a new purchase.
Through the years, the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camps when their parents couldn’t        it. “Ish and Arlene never asked if you        anything,” says their friend Sandy Van Weelden, “They could see things they could do to make you happier, and they would do them.”
Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches        their farmland. It was the Hatches’ wish that their legacy—a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cents—should        the whole community and last for generations to come.
Neighbors helping neighbors—that was Ish and Arlene Hatch’s story.
小题1:
A.happyB.hardC.easyD.nice
小题2:
A.lostB.boughtC.leftD.wanted
小题3:
A.giftB.moneyC.encouragementD.package
小题4:
A.acceptB.defeatC.winD.receive
小题5:
A.amazedB.excitedC.upsetD.touched
小题6:
A.the otherB.anotherC.otherD.others
小题7:
A.surprisedB.frightenedC.pleasedD.encouraged
小题8:
A.kindB.generousC.livingD.saving
小题9:
A.affordB.buyC.offerD.keep
小题10:
A.sufferedB.enjoyedC.neededD.did
小题11:
A.put awayB.put upC.gave upD.gave away
小题12:
A.enrichB.blessC.brightenD.expand

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Long ago there was a poor farmer in Russia. He had been very       with everything he had. However, when he found his elder brother was        than him, he felt disappointed. So he       hard about how he could also be richer. Finally he got an idea. He started to spend less money on food and clothes to       some money to buy more land. Once he had enough money, he started       for land.
He       that on the neighboring land, there were some nomads (游牧民) living there. He bought some gifts and went to      their head. He presented the gifts to the head and told him the       of his visit. The head welcomed him, accepted the gifts and agreed to his       to get the land. The head told him that he could have the land       giving him anything. He can take as much land as he could       by walking through the land before sunset (日落). He should start in the morning and whatever distance he could travel during the      , he could have it.
The farmer became very       when he heard this offer. Now he could have lots of       without paying anything. He came       the next morning and started running, not walking,       he could cover the largest area. To reach his goal, he neither ate food, nor drank water, nor had any rest. He just continued      . Without eating, or drinking, or resting he just got very      . When he came back to the head in the evening, he       right on the spot. Sadly his son buried him in a piece of land about 6 x 4 feet.
Don’t be greedy (贪婪的) or you will       everything finally.
小题1:
A.carefulB.pleasedC.boredD.busy
小题2:
A.healthier B.strongerC.richer D.cleverer
小题3:
A.thought B.learnedC.tried D.worked
小题4:
A.borrowB.spend C.makeD.save
小题5:
A.waitingB.lookingC.preparingD.caring
小题6:
A.explained B.hopedC.noticedD.guessed
小题7:
A.seeB.followC.helpD.cheat
小题8:
A.chanceB.resultC.conditionD.purpose
小题9:
A.promise B.requestC.suggestionD.order
小题10:
A.forB.byC.without D.before
小题11:
A.coverB.farm C.buyD.have
小题12:
A.yearB.monthC.weekD.day
小题13:
A.interested B.sadC.happyD.calm
小题14:
A.landB.crop C.experience D.knowledge
小题15:
A.quietlyB.earlyC.finally D.suddenly
小题16:
A.so thatB.even ifC.becauseD.whether
小题17:
A.dreamingB.walkingC.speakingD.running
小题18:
A.nervousB.excitedC.tiredD.worried
小题19:
A.refusedB.died C.appearedD.rested
小题20:
A.loseB.faceC.changeD.defeat

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On a Sunday morning, I was driving down a road and saw something I couldn’t believe. A little girl, less than two, was pushing her stroller (婴儿车) across the road. It was Sunday morning and traffic was not heavy.
I stopped my car at once and ran toward her. This little girl knew enough to run from a stranger. I tried to catch her in order that I could get her out of the road.
Suddenly her father came running down a hill across the road from where I had parked my car. He ran right to her and caught her up, saying “bad girl” to her. I picked up the stroller and gave it to him. The father grabbed the stroller and walked toward where he came from without a word.
I went back and sat in my car for a few minutes with my son. My hands were shaking and tears were about to run out of my eyes. “Do you feel cold, Mom?” asked my son. I just shook my head.
After this happened, I thought about how thankful I am. Even though the father didn’t say thank you, I feel that I did something good. Doing something for someone else is pleasing, even when it’s only a matter of being in the right place at the right time.
I didn’t really “save” her, but I feel like it was important that I happened to be there. It is sad that I was the only one who stopped. It really made me a little disappointed that no one else stopped to help.
小题1:When the author saw the little girl, _____.
A.the girl had lost her way
B.she was driving to work in a hurry
C.the girl feared to go across the road
D.there weren’t many cars on the road
小题2:The little girl ran away from the author because _____.
A.she wanted to stay on the road
B.she didn’t know the author at all
C.she wanted to look for her father
D.she needed to catch her stroller
小题3:Why were the author’s hands shaking?
A.Because she was not feeling well.
B.Because she was too excited to keep calm.
C.Because the weather was very cold at that time.
D.Because she failed to be understood by the girl’s father.
小题4: The author thought that her help was _____.
A.really necessaryB.worth praisingC.not welcomeD.not useful

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