Once on a dark winter"s day，when the yellow fog hung so thick and heavy in the streets of London that the lamps were lighted and the shop windows blazed with gas as they did at night，an odd-looking little girl sat in a cab with her father and was driven rather slowly through the main street.
Sara Crewe leaned against her father，who held her in his arms，as she stared out of the window at the passing people with an old-fashioned thoughtfulness in her big eyes. At this moment she was remembering the voyage she had just made from Bombay with her father，Captain Crewe. She was thinking of what a strange thing it was that at one time one was in India in the hot sun，and then in the middle of the ocean，and then driving in a strange vehicle through strange streets.
“Papa，” she said in a low，mysterious little voice which was almost a whisper.
“What is it，darling?”Captain Crewe answered，holding her closer and looking down into her face．
"Is this the place？＂Sara whispered.
"Yes，little Sara，it is. We have reached it at last.”
It seemed to her many years since he had begun to prepare her mind for "the place”，as she always called it. Her mother had died when she was born，so she had never known or missed her.Her young，handsome，rich father seemed to be the only relation she had in the world．
During her short life only one thing had troubled her，and that thing was "the place” she was to be taken to some day. The climate of India was very bad for children，and as soon as possible they were sent away from it-generally to England and to school.
"Couldn"t you go to that place with me，Papa？＂she had asked when she was five years old．
"Couldn"t you go to school，too？ I would help you with your lessons.”
"But you will not have to stay for a very long time，little Sara，”he had always said. "You will grow so fast that it will seem scarcely a year before you are big enough and clever enough to come back and take care of Papa.”
She had liked to think of that．She liked to talk to him and read his books-that would be what she would like most in the world，and if one must go away to "the place” in England to attain it，she must make up her mind to go．She liked books more than anything else，and was，in fact，always inventing stories of beautiful things and telling them to herself.
Captain Crewe held her very closely in his arms as the cab rolled into the big，dull square in which stood the house which was their destination．
小题1:The story happened_______．| A．on a moonless night | B．on a foggy day | | C．on a hot day | D．on a starry night |
小题2:Sara Crewe came to England to_______| A．visit her relatives | B．see her mother"s house | | C．receive education | D．buy books for her father |
小题3:We can learn from the story that Sara Crewe was_______．| A．sceptical | B．curious | C．cheerful | D．imaginative |
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D |
试题分析：
【文章大意】本文是一篇故事。文章讲述了Sara Crewe去英国求学的故事背景。
小题1:B 考查细节理解。根据文章第一段中的Once on a dark winter"s day，when the yellow fog hung so thick and heavy in the streets of London that the lamps were lighted and the shop windows blazed with gas as they did at night可知，这个故事发生在一个有雾的一天。故选B。
小题2:C 考查细节理解。根据文章倒数第五段中的The climate of India was very bad for children，and as soon as possible they were sent away from it-generally to England and to school.可知，她到英国去上学。故选C。
小题3:D考查判断推理。根据文章倒数第二段中的She liked books more than anything else，and was， in fact，always inventing stories of beautiful things and telling them to herself.可知，她具有良好的想象力。故选D。
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Something that has always interested me about Abraham Lincoln is，not surprisingly，his sense of humor. As far as I can tell，he"s the first American President to have one．
That"s because the term“sense of humor” really wasn"t in common usage until the eighteen-sixties and seventies．In the eighteen-forties and fifties，it was called“the sense of the ridiculous," and didn"t have the positive connotations（隐含意义）that“sense of humor" has today. Back then，what was ridiculous was what invited ridicule（讥笑）．Funniness and cruelty went hand in hand．Of course，they still do a lot of arm-in-arm walking in our day as well．
Lincoln’s humor was very different because，for one thing，it was actually "humor＂as what the word meant in his time. We don"t make the distinction between "wit（风趣）”and "humor”anymore; but in the nineteenth century people did．Wit was unpleasant and offensive while humor was pleasant and sympathetic．It’s the difference we note now when we distinguish between "laughing with”and“laughing at．”Lincoln was much more about "laughing with”than "laughing at．”And when“laughing at，”it was often himself he was teasing.
In the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates，when Douglas accused Lincoln of being two-faced，Lincoln replied，referencing his plain looking，“Honestly，if I were two-faced，would I be showing you this one？”And，in a way，Lincoln"s face itself tells us much about his sense of humor．
You can comb through thousands of photographs of politicians，soldiers，and the like from Lincoln"s time and not find a single smile．
True, the long exposures（曝光）required for photographs of that time made smiling difficult．Yet Lincoln alone，as far as I can tell，overcame that difficulty.
Interestingly, while having a sense of humor，or at least the appearance of one provided by comedy writers has become a necessary characteristic for an American President in our time，in the nineteenth century，too much humor was considered problem. And that was the case for Lincoln．A journalist covering the Lincoln-Douglas debates commented that“I could not take a real personal liking to the man，owing to an inborn weakness. . .that he was extremely, fond of jokes，anecdotes，and stories．”
小题1:We can infer from Paragraph 2 that＿＿| A．the American President could influence the use of English | | B．the term "sense of humor”wasn"t invented until the 1860s | | C．what is funny to someone might be offensive to someone else | | D．the concept of humor remains the same despite the passing of time |
小题2:The underlined words“this one”in Paragraph 4 refer to＿＿．| A．Lincoln"s unattractive face | | B．Lincoln"s sense of humor | | C．the debate they were having | | D．cruelty that went with funniness |
小题3:We rarely see people from Lincoln"s time wear smile in their photos because＿．| A．being humorous was considered inappropriate | | B．they found it quite funny to smile before camera | | C．not smiling for photographs was the fashion | | D．photography technology then was not advanced |
小题4:What might the writer think of the journalist covering the Lincoln-Douglas debates？| A．His comment accurately reflected his time | | B．He created a false picture of Lincoln | | C．He was prejudiced and self-centered | | D．He was brave to point out Lincoln"s weakness |
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“All I could see was two sets of red eyes below me,” said Dave Gatty, an Australian farmer who spent seven days up a tree in remote bush land to escape crocodiles. Gatty, 52, said he was forced to take such drastic action after he accidentally went into a crocodile-infested area of Queensland. He only had two meat sandwiches to keep him going, as crocodiles moved beneath his tree each night until his rescue. Gatty said he decided it was safer to hold out for a rescue team than try to make a run for it. His problems began after he fell off his horse while out in the northern Australia outback. Dazed and bleeding, he climbed back on his horse and hoped it would lead him home. It was only when he regained his senses he realized that he had been taken into crocodile-infested area. “I had to get off the horse and I fell straight into a crocodile nest,” he told reporters.
“That frightened me. I couldn’t go back, it was too far and too dangerous, so I headed to the nearest high ground and stayed there, hoping someone would come and find me before the crocs did.”
Gatty explained how each night two crocodiles would sit at the bottom of the tree staring at him. Although Gatty’s two sandwiches ran out after three days, he was able to get running water during the day and knew rescuers were looking for him as he could see helicopters in the air above his tree.
“If I hadn’t seen the crocs circling me, and if I hadn’t fallen into the croc nest, I would have made a push for it. But I knew the safest thing was for me to sit and wait,” he said. A chocolate bar, given to him by rescuers after being moved to safety by using a winch(卷扬机), “was like a gourmet (delicious)meal,” he said.
小题1:Gaddy felt _______ when he found himself trapped in the crocodile- infested area.| A．panicked but optimistic | B．nervous and hopeless | | C．upset and regretful | D．frightened but calm |
小题2:Which of the following did not help Gatty survive the accident?| A．Sandwiches | B．Running water | | C．Chocolates | D．Staying up in a tree |
小题3:What’s the right order of the events related to the accident?
a. Gaddy climbed up onto his horse unconscious.
b. Gaddy climbed up a tree and stayed there.
c. Gaddy was moved by a winch to safety.
d. Gaddy fell off his horse accidentally.
e. Gaddy found himself in a crocodile-infested area.| A．a d e c b | B． d a e b c | C．a d e b c | D．d e a b c |
小题4:The article can be classified as _________.| A．a news story | B．a scientific fiction | | C．a personal essay | D．a literary report |
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Good Work Ethics （规范）
When I was younger, about 14, I was already ready to work．My father was a dairy man and he had been working his entire life．For him, getting up at 5 a．m．and working a couple of hours before I went to school, and then 36 more after school until there was not enough37 to see, were normal．
My father considered putting good work ethics in me to be very 38 ．He began to show me these, not through 39 , but through his actions．He would not 40 a job until it was done．He 41 put his all into everything he did． 42 , he showed me this not just in working, but in everything．Like when I was in soccer, I wanted to 43 a game once．and he explained to me-that I had made a 44 and that even if I just skipped one game, then I did not 45 to play the rest of the games．
So the day I started my first job at the age of 14, I was 46 to show my father that I could do it well, and that I was not going to 47 . My entire 48 was to make my father proud of me. I knew that ___49 I did, he would not say it in words, but he would show it．My first job was doing 50 for a company．As most of you know, construction is not an easy job, especially being so 51 _. When someone as young as I was started working, they would either __52 or get stronger．I got stronger．I worked the 53 I had been taught and I gave that day everything I had．In the end, my boss was impressed．He even called to tell my parents what a good worker I was, and my parents" eyes __54 ．From that day on I have worked every job to my full 55 , because that day defined （explain the truth of）my life．It defined how I was going to work, and I will always stick to it．
| 小题1: | | A．going | B．learning | C．working | D．playing |
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| 小题2: | | A．light | B．time | C．chance | D．strength |
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| 小题3: | | A．ridiculous | B．easy | C．hopeless | D．important |
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| 小题4: | | A．words | B．truth | C．facts | D．practice |
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| 小题6: | | A．might | B．could | C．would | D．should |
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| 小题7: | | A．Finally | B．However | C．Therefore | D．Thus |
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| 小题8: | | A．enjoy | B．skip | C．defeat | D．dip |
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| 小题9: | | A．commitment | B．improvement | C．devotion | D．conclusion |
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| 小题10: | | A．decide | B．stop | C．resist | D．deserve |
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| 小题11: | | A．interested | B．shocked | C．surprised | D．prepared |
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| 小题12: | | A．stick | B．fail | C．leave | D．play |
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| 小题13: | | A．problem | B．world | C．trick | D．goal |
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| 小题14: | | A．in case | B．now that | C．even if | D．as though |
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| 小题15: | | A．construction | B．negotiation | C．communication | D．reception |
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| 小题17: | | A．break | B．struggle | C．pause | D．work |
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| 小题18: | | A．manner | B．moment | C．method | D．way |
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| 小题19: | | A．stared | B．lifted | C．shone | D．closed |
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| 小题20: | | A．ambition | B．skill | C．spirit | D．potential |
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My eighth grade consisted of 28 classmates. We knew each other so well that most of us could distinguish each other"s handwriting at a glance. Although we grew up together, we still had class outcasts．From second grade on, a small group started harassing （***扰） two or three of the others．I was one of those two or three, though I didn"t know why．In most cases when children get picked on, they aren"t good at sports or they read too much or they wear the wrong clothes or they are of a different race．But in my class, we all read too much and didn"t know how to play sports．We had also been brought up to carefully respect each other"s race．This is what was so strange about my situation．Usually, people are made outcasts because they are in some way different from the larger group．But in my class, large differences did not exist．It was as if the outcasts were invented by the group out of a need for them．
The harassment came in the form of laughter when I talked, and rolled eyes when I turned around．If I was out on the playground and approached a group of people, they often fell silent．Sometimes, someone would not see me coming and I would catch the tail end of a joke at my expense．
There was another girl in our class who was perhaps even more rejected than I．She provided the group with a lot of material for jokes．One day one popular girl came up to me to show me something she said I wouldn"t want to miss．We walked to a comer of the playground．Three or four girls there were reading aloud from a small book, which I was told was the girl"s diary．
I sat down and, laughing till my sides hurt, heard my voice finally mixed with the others．Often being accepted by others is more satisfying than being accepted by oneself, even though the satisfaction does not last．Looking back, I wonder how I could have participated in making fun of this girl when I knew perfectly well how it felt．If I were in that situation today I would react differently, but I can"t honestly be sure．
小题1:The author was made an outcast because ____．| A．she couldn"t play sports as well as others | | B．her classmates needed to find an outcast her | | C．her classmates found her clothes funny | | D．family belonged to a minority group |
小题2:How was the author treated as an outcast?| A．She was refused to approach others． | | B．No one responded to her talking． | | C．She was often the target of teasing． | | D．Her diary was often made public． |
小题3:What did the author do to the girl mentioned in Paragraph 3?| A．She showed great sympathy with the girl． | | B．She found more materials about the girl for jokes． | | C．She stopped the others from hurting the girl． | | D．She joined others in making fun of the girl． |
小题4:What does the passage intend to tell us?| A．Everyone is likely to become an outcast． | | B．We shouldn"t hit a person when he is down． | | C．Everyone has a desire to be accepted by others． | | D．One should pay somebody back in his own way． |
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阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上涂黑。
RESOURCES BELONG TO THE SOCIETY
When I arrived in Hamburg Germany, my colleague who worked there arranged a welcome party for me in a 36 . We noticed a few customers including several old ladies, were having their meal. When a dish is 37 , the waiter would distribute the food for them, and they would 38 every bit of the food on their plates.
As I was hungry, my local colleague 39 much food for me. Since there were other things to do, we did not 40 much time dining. When we planned to leave, there was still about one third of 41 food left. When we were leaving the restaurant, we 42 someone calling us. When the old ladies spoke to us in English, we understood that they were 43 about us wasting so much food.
“We 44 for our food; it is none of your 45 how much food we left behind”, my colleague told the old ladies. They got angry, and one of them 46 made a call to someone. After a while, an officer in 47 arrived. Upon knowing what had happened, he issued us a 50-euro 48 . The officer told us in a stern（严厉的）voice: “order 49 you can consume. Money is yours, 50 the resources belong to the society. You have no 51 for wasting them.” Our face turned red. We all agreed with him in our 52 . My colleague took out a 50-euro note and repeatedly 53 to the officer.
My colleague copied the fine ticket and gave a copy to each of us as a souvenir. We all 54 it to remind us that we should never be 55 .
| 小题1: | | A．restaurant | B．company | C．family | D．bank |
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| 小题2: | | A．cooked | B．served | C．gathered | D．missed |
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| 小题3: | | A．desert | B．refuse | C．oppose | D．finish |
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| 小题4: | | A．kept | B．sold | C．ordered | D．made |
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| 小题5: | | A．save | B．spend | C．divide | D．find |
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| 小题6: | | A．undiscovered | B．undeveloped | C．unconsumed | D．undetermined |
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| 小题7: | | A．appointed | B．knew | C．realized | D．heard |
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| 小题8: | | A．curious | B．unhappy | C．nervous | D．optimistic |
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| 小题9: | | A．paid | B．asked | C．applied | D．accounted |
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| 小题10: | | A．matter | B．mind | C．question | D．business |
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| 小题11: | | A．immediately | B．passively | C．excitedly | D．regularly |
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| 小题12: | | A．rags | B．uniform | C．fashion | D．dream |
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| 小题13: | | A．award | B．food | C．fine | D．souvenir |
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| 小题16: | | A．ability | B．problem | C．reason | D．power |
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| 小题17: | | A．words | B．hearts | C．faces | D．ears |
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| 小题18: | | A．apologized | B．accused | C．admitted | D．approved |
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| 小题19: | | A．stuck | B．broke | C．kept | D．threw |
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| 小题20: | | A．hopeful | B．grateful | C．merciful | D．wasteful |
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