Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1904. He was famous because of the books he wrote for children. They combine funny words, pictures, and social opinions. Dr Seuss wrote his first book for children in 1937. It is called And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street. A number of publishers refused to publish it. They said it was too different. A friend finally published it. Soon other successful books followed. Over the years, he wrote more than forty children’s books. They were fun to read. Yet his books sometimes dealt with serious subjects. By the middle 1940s, Dr Seuss had become one of the best-loved and most successful writers of children’s books. He liked helping children. In 1954, Life magazine published a report about school children who could not read. The report said that many children’s books weren’t interesting. Dr Seuss decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. In 1957, Dr Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 225 words to write the book. This was about the number of words a six-year-old should be able to read. The story is about a cat who tries to entertain two children on a rainy day while their mother is away from home. The cat is not like normal cats. It talks. The book was an immediate success. It was an interesting story and was easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today many adults say it is still one of the stories they like best. 小题1:What’s the best title for this passage?A.Some of Dr Seuss’ books for children. | B.What are Dr Seuss’s books mainly about? | C.Dr Seuss — a famous writer of children’s books. | D.Why are Dr Seuss’ books different? | 小题2:What do we know about Dr Seuss’s first book for children?A.It was Dr Seuss’ worst book. | B.It dealt with a very serious subject. | C.Neither children nor adults like it. | D.Many publishers didn’t accept his book at first. | 小题3:How did Dr Seuss help children according to Paragraph 3?A.By asking others to help them in magazines. | B.By writing interesting and simple books. | C.By changing his old books into simpler ones. | D.By giving them books for free. | 小题4:Adults most probably think that Dr Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat is _________A.interesting | B.serious | C.difficult | D.boring |
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试题分析:Seuss Geisel出生在麻省的斯普林菲尔德,他因著作儿童书籍而出名。他的书中结合了幽默的语言、图片和社会观点。 小题1:归纳文章标题。文章主要介绍了Seuss Geisel的成长之路,他1937年写了第一本儿童书籍,到二十世纪四十年代中期,已经成为最成功的儿童作家之一。Dr Seuss—a famous writer of children’s books.一个著名的儿童作家,概括的最全面。故选C。 小题2:根据第二段“A number of publishers refused to publish it. They said it was too different. A friend finally published it.”可知,许多出版社拒绝出版他的第一本书。故选D。 小题3:根据第三段最后一句“Dr Seuss decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read”可知,他开始通过写有趣、易懂的书籍,来帮助儿童。故选B。 小题4:根据最后一段最后一句“Their parents loved it, too. Today many adults say it is still one of the stories they like best.”可知,许多成年人也喜欢这本书。故选A。 |
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阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 I was in the fifth grade in a small town in Utah. At the start of the school year, my friends and I saw a(n) face. It was clear from the start that the newcomer, Ruth, would not be _____ in our social circle. Her father lived in a neighborhood that was far from fashionable. Every day, she wore the _____ dress and too-big blue sneakers. There were lots of ____ in our school on Christmas Eve every year. Most people in town ____ the school’s Christmas programmes. While other classes sang songs and performed skits, the ____ was reserved for fifth--graders. The starring roles were Mary and Joseph. One day before Christmas, my friends and I listened ____ as our teacher, Mr. Russon, read from his list. Finally, he said, “Joseph will be ____ by Timothy.” I was ____ ,but at once tense again. Which of the popular girls would perform with me? “And the ____ of Mary goes to …Ruth.” Ruth? As far as we knew, she hadn’t ____ tried out. If Ruth was going to be Mary, we decided, we’d make this the ____ Christmas play ever. _____, Ruth had always practiced her song while the rest of us were doing ____ . Her voice cracked as she tried to get a(n) ___ . We laughed harder than ever. Our music teacher the pianist. We were the worst group of fifth-graders ever, the teacher told us. This year there would be play! Christmas Eve arrived. Students and people crowded the hall. Finally the time ____ for the fifth-grade performance. To our ____ , Mr. Russon said, “One of the fifth-graders will sing a solo.” The curtain opened, and there stood Ruth. She wore a white dress. Her face ___ as she began to sing. A beautiful voice rang through the hall.
小题1: | A.unchanging | B.friendly | C.serious | D.unfamiliar |
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小题2: | A.protected | B.included | C.surrounded | D.blamed |
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小题3: | A.formal | B.same | C.modern | D.beautiful |
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小题4: | A.courses | B.songs | C.programmes | D.speeches |
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小题5: | A.attended | B.discussed | C.compared | D.disliked |
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小题6: | A.song | B.dance | C.story | D.play |
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小题7: | A.anxiously | B.curiously | C.proudly | D.patiently |
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小题8: | A.replaced | B.rescued | C.played | D.punished |
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小题9: | A.surprised | B.disappointed | C.interested | D.delighted |
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小题10: | A.part | B.name | C.honor | D.money |
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小题11: | A.already | B.still | C.never | D.even |
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小题12: | A.worst | B.best | C.longest | D.easiest |
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小题13: | A.Besides | B.However | C.Therefore | D.Still |
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小题14: | A.everything | B.nothing | C.something | D.anything |
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小题15: | A.break | B.apology | C.breath | D.chance |
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小题16: | A.encouraged | B.showed | C.lost | D.stopped |
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小题17: | A.no | B.more | C.another | D.such |
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小题18: | A.passed | B.came | C.saved | D.wasted |
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小题19: | A.surprise | B.enjoyment | C.regret | D.disappointment |
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小题20: | A.woke up | B.lit up | C.rose up | D.cheered up |
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The other day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me that he had a good in Chicago and he wondered if, by any chance, I to know him. For a moment, I thought he might be , but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not. He was . I felt that it was ridiculous (可笑的) to that I could possibly have ever met with his friend out of millions of people in Chicago. But, , I just smiled and reminded(提醒) him that Chicago was a very city. He nodded, and I thought he was going to be glad to drop the topic and talk about something else. But I was wrong. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he to tell me all about his friend. His friend’s main in life seemed to be tennis. He was an excellent tennis player, and he had his own tennis court(网球场). There were a lot of people with swimming , yet there were only two people with private (私人的)tennis court; his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several like that, including my brother, who was doctor in California. He that maybe there were more private courts in the country than he but he did not know of any others. Then he asked me my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence (巧合) _ his Chicago friend also spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a who had a tennis court in his backyard. I said I felt that really was a coincidence because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had __ the house next to my brother’s house. For a moment, we stared at each other, but we did not say anything. “Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He and said, “Yes. Would your brother’s name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my to laugh. “Yes,” I replied.
小题1: | A.friend | B.teacher | C.neighbour | D.brother |
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小题2: | A.managed | B.tried | C.happened | D.wanted |
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小题3: | A.expecting | B.joking | C.lying | D.talking |
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小题4: | A.funny | B.careful | C.serious(认真) | D.disappointed |
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小题5: | A.see | B.find | C.realize | D.think |
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小题6: | A.indeed | B.instead | C.actually | D.exactly |
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小题7: | A.big | B.interesting | C.noisy | D.famous |
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小题8: | A.failed | B.stopped | C.refused | D.began |
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小题9: | A.problem | B.choice | C.interest | D.work |
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小题10: | A.just | B.even | C.ever | D.surely |
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小题11: | A.suit | B.pools | C.habit | D.river |
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小题12: | A.friends | B.players | C.strangers | D.people |
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小题13: | A.advised | B.admitted 承认) | C.argued(争论) | D.announced(宣布) |
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小题14: | A.recognized | B.visited | C.knew | D.found |
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小题15: | A.where | B.whether | C.when | D.how |
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小题16: | A.though | B.if | C.then | D.because |
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小题17: | A.player | B.friend | C.neighbour | D.doctor |
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小题18: | A. sold | B.visited | C.designed | D.rent |
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小题19: | A.smiled | B.cried | C.laughed | D.nodded |
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小题20: | A.turn | B.pleasure | C.time | D.chance |
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Christian Eijkman, a Dutch doctor, left the Netherlands for the island of Java. Many people on the island had a disease(疾病) called beri-beri. He was going there to try and find a cure. At first, Eijkman thought some kind of germ (细菌) caused beri-beri. He raised some chickens. He didn’t eat them, but made experiments on them. The local people were quite surprised at that. One day he noticed that his chickens became sick when they were fed the food most Javanese ate — refined white rice (精炼米). When he fed them with unrefined rice, also known as brown rice, they recovered. Eijkman realized that he had made an important discovery — that some things in food could prevent disease. These things were named vitamins (维生素). The Javanese were not getting enough vitamins because they had actually removed the part that contains vitamins. Later, other diseases were also found to be caused by the lack of vitamins in a person’s food. Today many people know the importance of vitamins and they make sure they have enough vitamins from the food they eat. If they don’t, they can also take vitamin pills. 小题1:The underlined word “cure” in Paragraph 1 probably means ______.A.a kind of rice | B.a kind of vitamin | C.a kind of germ | D.a medical treatment | 小题2: Christian Eijkman went to the island of Java to ______.A.help the Javanese with their illness | B.find ways to grow better crops | C.do some research about the island | D.spend his holiday | 小题3:Why did Christian Eijkman raise some chickens?A.To eat them. | B.To give the Javanese a surprise. | C.To carry out his experiments. | D.To make money by selling them. | 小题4:If a person doesn’t get enough vitamins in his diet, he’d better ______.A.eat vitamin pills | B.eat more meat | C.eat some chicken | D.eat more rice | 小题5:We can learn from the passage that ______.A.beri-beri was caused by chickens | B.Christian Eijkman’s experiment was successful | C.the Javanese didn’t like vitamins | D.the Javanese’s disease was caused by a kind of germ |
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Two weeks before Christmas a nine-year-old girl was walking with her friend down the street, sliding on the ice. They were talking about what they hoped to at Christmas. They stopped to talk to an old man named Harry, who was his knees pulling weeds from around a large tree. His fingers were with cold. As Harry responded to the girls, he told them he was getting the yard as a Christmas present to his mother, who had died several years before. His eyes filled with tears as he the tree and said, “ My mother was all I had. She loved her and her trees, so I do this for her at Christmas.” His words the girls and soon they were on their knees helping him to around the trees. It took the three of them the rest of the day to complete the . When they finished, Harry pressed a quarter into each of their hands. “I wish I could you more, but it’s all I’ve got right now,” he said. As they walked they remembered that the house was , with no flowers, no Christmas tree or other decorations. Just the figure of Harry sitting by his curtainless window. The next day they agreed to put their in a jar marked “Harry’s Christmas Present” and then they began to seek for small jobs to more. Every nickel, dime, and quarter they earned went into the . Two days before Christmas, they had enough money to buy new and a Christmas card. On Christmas Eve they came to Harry’s singing carols. When he opened the door, they him with the gloves wrapped in pretty paper, the card and a pumpkin pie still from the oven. With trembling hands, he the paper from the gloves, and then to their astonishment, he held them up to his face and wept.
小题1: | A.prepare | B.seek | C.get | D.arrange |
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小题3: | A.black | B.blue | C.yellow | D.white |
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小题4: | A.in shape | B.in store | C.in style | D.in practice |
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小题5: | A.patted | B.cut | C.dug | D.climbed |
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小题7: | A.confused | B.shocked | C.touched | D.reminded |
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小题8: | A.gather | B.fertilize | C.water | D.weed |
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小题9: | A.task | B.plan | C.goal | D.harvest |
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小题10: | A.love | B.pay | C.praise | D.donate |
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小题11: | A.ordinary | B.comfortable | C.clean | D.shabby |
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小题12: | A.lovely | B.friendly | C.lonely | D.cowardly |
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小题13: | A.quarters | B.wishes | C.letters | D.secrets |
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小题14: | A.collect | B.earn | C.raise | D.save |
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小题15: | A.jar | B.box | C.wallet | D.drawer |
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小题16: | A.shoes | B.clothes | C.gloves | D.socks |
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小题17: | A.kitchen | B.hall | C.garden | D.doorstep |
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小题18: | A.gave | B.presented | C.shared | D.offered |
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小题20: | A.touched | B.folded | C.tore | D.pasted |
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Michael was a farmer in Texas. His parents moved to the USA from Ireland in the 1940’s, and they became very rich. Michael decided to go back to Ireland to meet his old grandfather, who was still living on the same farm. Michael booked his ticket,flew to Shannon airport,hired a car and drove to the small village where his parents had been born. He asked for directions to the Ohagan farm, and in the end he drove up a bumpy path. He was shocked by what he saw: a small field, and in the middle of it was an old house, which looked as if it was falling down. Animals were wandering in and out of the front door, and on the porch an old man was smoking a pipe. “Are you Mr Ohagan?” asked Michael. “Yes,”replied the old man. “I"m your grandson,Michael,” said Michael. “A—ha,” replied the old man. “Is this your farm?” asked Michael.“Yes,all the way to the wall over there,” said the old man. Michael was astonished. “Grandfather,” he said,“I have a farm in Texas.I can get into my car and drive all day and I still haven’t reached the end of the farm.” “Yes,” said his grandfather. “I used to have a car like that.” 小题1:Michael’s parents _______.A.still lived in Ireland alone | B.owned a small farm in Texas | C.returned to their birthplace | D.were Irish immigrants(移民)in America | 小题2:Which of the following shocked Michael?A.The farm was small | B.The old house looked like his own. | C.Living conditions were poor in the fields. | D.Animals were free in the fields. | 小题3:The old man _______.A.owned a small farm,which extended only to the wall not far away | B.had so large a farm that he couldn’t cover it in a day | C.hadn’t his modern car any longer | D.used to have as good a car as his grandson’s | 小题4:Which of the following is TRUE?A.Michael owned a large farm in Ireland. | B.Michael’s car was in such poor condition that it couldn’t reach the end of the farm within a day. | C.Michael’s farm was too large for a car to reach its end in a day. | D.Michael didn’t know what to say to his grandfather | 小题5:From “I used to have a car like that”, we can see that________.A.the old man really had a car like that | B.the old mall knew his son’s farm in the US was quite large | C.the old mall misunderstood what Michael said | D.the old man wanted to buy a car like that |
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