There was once a man called Mr. Flowers, and flowers were his only joy in life. He spent all his free time in one of his four glass-houses and grew flowers of every color, with long and difficult names, for competitions. He tried to grow a rose of a new color to win the silver cup for the Rose of the Year.
Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses were very near to a middle school. Boys of around thirteen of age were often tempted (引诱) to throw a stone or two at one of Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses. So Mr. Flowers did his best to be in or near his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school day.
But it was not always possible to be on watch at those times. Mr. Flowers had tried in many ways to protect his glass, but nothing that he had done had been useful. He had been to school to report to the headmaster; but this had not done any good. He had tried to drive away the boys that threw stones into his garden; but the boys could run faster than he could, and they laughed at him from far away. He had even picked up all the stones that he could find around his garden, so that the boys would have nothing to throw; but they soon found others.
At last Mr. Flowers had a good idea. He put up a large notice made of good, strong wood, some meters away from the glass-houses. On it he had written the words: DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS NOTICE. After this, Mr. Flowers had no further trouble; the boys were much more tempted to throw stones at the notice than at the glass-houses.
小题1:It was Mr. Flowers’ hope to ________.| A．build glass-houses in his free time | | B．grow the Rose of the Year in a silver cup | | C．win a silver cup for growing a rose of a new color | | D．grow a rose with the longest name. |
小题2:Boys were often tempted to ________.| A．throw stones at Mr. Flowers’ glass-house | | B．throw stones at Mr. Flowers from their school | | C．be in or near by Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses | | D．play with Mr. Flowers near his glass-houses |
小题3:Mr. Flowers stayed in or near by his glass-houses _______.| A．at times when school-boys were walking near them | | B．all the school day when there were no boys about | | C．where he could not be seen by the boys passing | | D．in his free time at the beginning and end of the school day |
小题4:Mr. Flowers had tried to ______ to protect his glass.| A．be on watch in his free time | B．ask the headmaster for help | | C．pick up all the stones around his garden | D．do all the above |
小题5:Mr. Flowers’ good idea was to ______.| A．write some words on the glass | | B．put up a large notice to cover his glass-houses | | C．give the boys something else to throw stones at | | D．send for policemen |
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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:D
小题5:C |
试题分析：Mr. Flowers想种一种新颜色的玫瑰花来赢玫瑰年的银奖。可是他的玻璃花房在学校附近，13岁左右的男孩子经常扔石头砸坏玻璃。很多办法都试过，但是都以失败而告终。最后他想出一个妙招，解决了。——在离花房几里地的地方立起一个木牌让学生砸。
小题1:细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句话可知，Mr. Flowers想种一种新颜色的玫瑰花来赢玫瑰年的银奖。故选C。
小题2:细节理解题。根据第二段第二句话可知，13岁左右的男孩们经常冲着玻璃房扔石头。故选A。
小题3:细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句话可知，Mr. Flowers努力在上下学的时间呆在他的玻璃房那儿。故选D。
小题4:细节理解题。根据第三段第二句话可知，很多方法都用过了，告校长、驱赶拿石子的学生、还有把周围的石头捡干净，这些都无效。故选D。
小题5:推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，他竖立一块木牌子，让学生朝那个牌子扔石头。故选C |
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试题【There was once a man called Mr. Flowers, and flowers were his only joy in life. 】；主要考察你对
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[详细]举一反三
Michael Scofield has won fans all over the world. The star of the hit show Prison Break is kind, clever and good-looking. But what about the man the character?
Wentworth Miller, the 35-year-old actor who plays Scofield, is a hard guy to figure out. He does not come from a traditional background and doesn’t a traditional path.
Miller didn’t take a road to fame. He graduated from Princeton University in 1995 with a degree in English, not a degree in or film. He didn’t even act when he was in college. His only experience was in his university’s well-known singing group. Yet, at graduation, Miller still decided to make the to Hollywood.
Miller has always been . Although he is American, he was born in Britain when his father was studying there. His family background is a of cultures. “My father is black and my mother is white. That means I have always been caught in the middle. I could be one, which can make you feel out of place,” Miller says.
Following his unusual path, Miller did not start trying out for films when he got to Hollywood. , he worked as a production assistant. Working on production side, he learned a lot about what makes a good .
In 2002, Miller played a role in the drama Dinotopia. He starred as a shy man. The producers his performance when they were making Prison Break two years later.
| 小题1: | | A．beside | B．behind | C．outside | D．after |
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| 小题2: | | A．share | B．know | C．follow | D．find |
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| 小题3: | | A．direct | B．special | C．wide | D．correct |
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| 小题4: | | A．engineering | B．communication | C．literature | D．theatre |
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| 小题5: | | A．graduation | B．performance | C．production | D．education |
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| 小题6: | | A．move | B．role | C．decision | D．movie |
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| 小题7: | | A．strange | B．outstanding | C．different | D．successful |
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| 小题8: | | A．mixture | B．result | C．mystery | D．representative |
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| 小题9: | | A．each | B．either | C．another | D．every |
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| 小题10: | | A．Moreover | B．Therefore | C．Instead | D．Finally |
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| 小题11: | | A．film | B．actor | C．drama | D．director |
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| 小题12: | | A．denied | B．made | C．recorded | D．remembered |
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I will be the first to say that I am not materialistic. My friends regard me as a goody-goody; my parents say I am conservative and modest when it comes to clothes. None of my skirts or shorts end above my knees.
So why, why did I feel so invited? My family and I were in Target, and there it was, waiting. A skirt, specifically designed not to cover anything. It looked like something that one of those modern schoolgirls would wear.
I checked my purse. The skirt cost $10. I had the money. I could buy it. I imagined walking into school and my friends’ jaws (下巴) dropping. Guys would ask me out, and I would be happy. I could buy it, no, — I should buy it.
I showed my mother. She was surprised but said it was my decision. My sister looked on enviously.
I went into the dressing room to try it on. So sure was I that this skirt would change me, somehow make me not what I am but what I wished to be. I slid my jeans off and put it on. I looked in the mirror. There I was — a terrible girl in a Superman T-shirt and sneakers. My glasses fogged up as I started to cry.
The skirt did not change me. Though it fit well and might make me look good in the eyes of today’s world, it was not me. I am not a girl who wears cool clothes to fit in.
I took the thing off and slid back into the comfort of modesty. My mom knocked on the door. “Emily, are you okay?”
I wiped away my tears. “I’m fine.” I looked in the mirror again and saw a slim girl with funny glasses. I saw myself.
小题1:In the author’s eyes the skirt that interested her was ______.| A．not modern | B．very short | | C．too expensive | D．poorly designed |
小题2:The author thought if she went to school in this skirt her schoolmates would be ______.| A．shocked | B．hurt | C．confused | D．happier |
小题3:The underlined sentence in the 3rd paragraph indicates the author ______.| A．hesitated about buying the skirt | | B．made up her mind to buy the skirt | | C．was able to afford to buy the skirt | | D．worried about others’ opinion on the skirt |
小题4:The author cried because ______.| A．she found that she looked ugly in the skirt | | B．she was aware the skirt didn’t fit her well | | C．she realized it’s a wrong decision to make a change | | D．she was disappointed the skirt failed to change her |
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Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in the town, I wanted to have a rest before catching the train. I ____ a newspaper and some chocolate and ____ into the station coffee shop. It was a cheap self-service place with long tables to ____ at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, ____ the newspaper and the chocolate on the table and then went to get a cup of coffee.
When I came back with the coffee, There was someone ____ in the next seat. ____ was a boy, with dark glasses and old clothes, and ____ bright red at the front. He had started to eat my chocolate!
Naturally, I was rather uneasy about him, but I didn’t want to have any ____. I just read the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me in ____.Then he took a ____ piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. Still I didn’t say anything to him. When he took a third piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, “Well, I shall have the last piece.” And I got it.
The boy gave me a strange look, then ____ up. As he left, he shouted out, “There’s something ____ with that woman!” Everyone looked at me, ____ I didn’t want to quarrel with the boy, so I kept quiet. I did not realize that I had ____ a mistake until I finished my coffee and was ready to ____. My face turned red when I saw my unopened chocolate under the newspaper. The chocolate that I had been eating was the boy’s!
| 小题1: | | A．stole | B．bought | C．sold | D．wrote |
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| 小题2: | | A．went | B．sat | C．seated | D．looked |
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| 小题4: | | A．pushed | B．took | C．put | D．pulled |
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| 小题5: | | A．jumping | B．playing | C．sitting | D．sleeping |
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| 小题7: | | A．cut | B．washed | C．covered | D．colored |
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| 小题8: | | A．coffee | B．trouble | C．chocolate | D．matter |
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| 小题9: | | A．carelessness | B．anger | C．surprise | D．happiness |
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| 小题10: | | A．first | B．second | C．very | D．last |
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| 小题11: | | A．stood | B．took | C．cried | D．looked |
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| 小题12: | | A．strange | B．wrong | C．OK | D．funny |
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| 小题14: | | A．spelt | B．corrected | C．made | D．found |
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| 小题15: | | A．finish | B．leave | C．jump | D．shop |
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A businessman was deep in debt (欠债)and could see no way out. He sat on the park bench, 21 in hands, wondering if anything could his company.
Suddenly an old man appeared. “I can see is troubling you,” he said. After listening to the businessman"s , the old man said, “I believe I can you.” He asked the businessman’s name ,and a check (支票), saying , “Take this money. Meet me here exactly one year from today, and you can me back at that time.” Then he left quickly.
The businessman in his hand a check for $ 500,000,signed(签字)by John D. Rockefeller, who was then one of the men in the world! “I can get rid of my money worries now!” he realized. But instead, he to put the check in his case, just knowing it was there to give him the strength to work out a to save his company.
Within a few months, he was out of debt and money once again. Exactly one year later, he returned to the with the check. At the agreed-on , the old man appeared. Just the businessman was about to hand back the cheek and his successful story, a nurse came running up and grabbed the old man.“I am so I caught him!” she cried, “I hope he hasn"t been bothering you. He"s escaping from the rest home and people he’s John D. Rockefeller.” And she led him away by the arm. The businessman just stood there, .
Suddenly, he realized it wasn"t the money, real or imagined, but his newfound self-confidence that gave him the power to achieve anything he went after.
| 小题1: | | A．money | B．hair | C．check | D．head |
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| 小题2: | | A．start | B．stop | C．save | D．sell |
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| 小题3: | | A．something | B．everything | C．nothing | D．anything |
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| 小题4: | | A．programs | B．troubles | C．wishes | D．dreams |
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| 小题5: | | A．find | B．teach | C．help | D．protect |
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| 小题6: | | A．packed up | B．picked up | C．took out | D．wrote out |
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| 小题9: | | A．tallest | B．richest | C．strongest | D．busiest |
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| 小题10: | | A．continued | B．refused | C．decided | D．forgot |
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| 小题11: | | A．record | B．result | C．problem | D．way |
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| 小题12: | | A．losing | B．making | C．lending | D．raising |
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| 小题13: | | A．park | B．room | C．company | D．hospital |
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| 小题14: | | A．time | B．corner | C．price | D．weekend |
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| 小题16: | | A．read | B．test | C．share | D．hear |
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| 小题17: | | A．sad | B．angry | C．tired | D．glad |
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| 小题18: | | A．seldom | B．hardly | C．never | D．always |
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| 小题19: | | A．ordering | B．warning | C．telling | D．reminding |
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| 小题20: | | A．shocked | B．bored | C．excited | D．interested |
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I felt excited, curious and nervous at the same time. I was excited because I would be skipping(跳级)two grades. I was curious because I didn"t know how high school students were taught. However, I was most nervous at the idea that I would be doing high school homework.
I had just walked into the class when the bell rang. This wasn"t a good start. But the kid in front of me looked very friendly. Luckily, since it was the first day of school, my teacher talked for about half of the period and we just had the rest of the period to start the class. I didn"t know what he was saying at first, but when I saw the problems on the paper, I knew what to do.
The next day, the kid said hi and I said hi back. We got into a conversation. It seemed that whenever I was talking to my friend, everyone stopped staring at (盯着看)me. Then the class started. It was easy. But I was still uncomfortable because I couldn"t look around without meeting others’eyes, so I just kept my eyes on the whiteboard and on my textbook.
However, my friend didn"t show up the next day, and the eighth graders just kept on staring at me. I didn"t know why.
The next day everything changed. My friend was back to school. I was praised for my homework. Everyone stared at me less. Some started to be a little friendlier towards me. I felt at home at last here. My teachers also seemed pretty nice.
小题1:If the author didn"t skip, he should study in _________ .| A．the fourth grade | B．the sixth grade | | C．the seventh grade | D．the eighth grade |
小题2:What may make the author curious?| A．What his old friends are doing. | | B．How high school students study. | | C．How he will do his high school homework. | | D．What the eighth graders" homework is. |
小题3:Why did the author always keep his eyes on the whiteboard and the textbook?| A．To pay attention to his teachers. | | B．To attract his teachers" attention. | | C．To follow his teachers" teaching. | | D．To avoid meeting others" eyes. |
小题4:According to the passage, we know that the author ___________ .| A．got along well with his new class very soon | | B．felt sorry about having skipped two grades | | C．had one friend in his class all the time | | D．got used to others" stares in the classroom |
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