Mark and his brother Jason both were looking at the shining new computer enviously, Jason was determined not to go against their father"s wishes but Mark was more adventurous than his brother. He loved experimenting and his aim was to become a scientist like his father.
“Dad will be really mad if he finds out you"ve been playing with his new computer.” Jason said, “He told us not to touch it.”
“He won’t find out,” Mark said. “I"ll just have a quick look and shut it down.”
Mark had been scolded before for touching his father"s equipment. But his curiosity was difficult to control and this new computer really puzzled him.
It was a strange-looking machine — one his dad had brought home from the laboratory where he worked. “It’s an experimental model," his father had explained, “so don’t touch it under any circumstances.” But his father"s warning only made Mark more curious. Without any further thought, Mark turned on the power switch. The computer burst into life and seconds later, the screen turned into colors, shifting and changing and then two big white words appeared in the centre of the screen: “SPACE TRANSPORTER.” “Yes!” Mark cried excitedly, “It"s a computer game. I knew it! Dad"s only been pretending to work. He"s really been playing games instead.”A new message appeared on the screen: “
ENTER NAMES
VOYAGER 1:…
VOYAGER 2:…
Mark"s fingers flew across the keyboard as he typed in both of their names.
“INPUT ACCEPTED. START TRANSPORT PROGRAM. AUTO-RETRIEVE INITIATED( 自动回收程序已启动).”The screen turned even brighter and a noise suddenly rose in volume. “I think we"d better shut it off, Mark,” Jason yelled, reaching for the power switch. He was really frightened.But his hand never reached the switch. A single beam of dazzling white light burst out of the computer screen, wrapping the boys in its glow(光芒) , until they themselves seemed to be glowing. Then it died down just as suddenly as it had burst into life. And the boys were no longer there. On the screen, the letters changed.
“TRANSPORT SUCCESSFUL. DESTINATION ( 目的地)：MARS. RETRIEVE DATE: 2025.”
小题1:Why did Mark touch the computer against his father"s warning?| A．He wanted to take a voyage. | B．He wanted to practice his skill. | | C．He was so much attracted by it. | D．He was eager to do an experiment. |
小题2: Where did the boys" father most likely work?| A．In an electronic factory. | B．In a computer company. | | C．In a scientific research center. | D．In an information processing center. |
小题3:Mark thought “SPACE TRANSPORTER” on the screen was the name of______.| A．a computer game | B．a company website | | C．a software producer | D．an astronomer |
小题4:Why did Jason want to shut off the computer?| A．He was afraid of being scolded. | | B．He didn"t like the loud noise and light. | | C．He didn"t want to play games any more. | | D．He was afraid something dangerous might happen. |
小题5:What happened to the boys at the end of the story?| A．They were blown into the air. | | B．They were sent to another planet. | | C．They were hidden in the strong light. | | D．They were carried away to another country. |
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小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:D
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试题分析：本文讲的是一个科幻故事，两个小孩通过电脑里的一个程序意外穿越到了另外一个星球——火星。
小题1:考查细节理解。根据第四段“Mark had been scolded before for touching his father"s equipment.But his curiosity was difficult to control and this new computer really puzzled him.”可知，Mark被他父亲的电脑深深地吸引住了。选C。
小题2:考查推理判断。根据第一段中的“become a scientist like his father”和第五段中的“from the laboratory where he worked”及下文发生的情况可知，他父亲最有可能在科研中心工作。选C。
小题3:考查细节理解。从第六段的“It"s a computer game.”可知，Mark认为它是一个电脑游戏的名字。选A。
小题4:考查细节理解。从倒数第三段的“Jason yelled，reaching for the power switch.He was really frightened.”可知，Jason非常害怕会有危险的事情发生。选D。
小题5:考查细节理解。从文章的最后句子：On the screen, the letters changed. “TRANSPORT SUCCESSFUL. DESTINATION ( 目的地)：MARS. RETRIEVE DATE: 2025.”可知他们被送往另外的星球。选B。
点评：本文讲的是一个科幻故事，两个小孩通过电脑里的一个程序意外穿越到了另外一个星球——火星。
本文考查细节题为主，细节题可以在文章中直接找到与答案有关的信息或是其变体。搜查信息在阅读中非常重要它包括理解作者在叙述某事时使用的具体事实、数据、图表等细节信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都属于这类围绕主体展开的细节。做这类题一般采用寻读法即先读题，然后带着问题快速阅读短文，找出与问题有关的词语或句子，再对相关部分进行分析对比，找出答案。 |
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[1]An 18-year-old student was struggling to pay his fees. He was an orphan, and not knowing where to turn for money, he came up with a bright idea. He and a friend decided to host a musical concert on campus to raise money for their education.
[2]They reached out to the great pianist Ignacy J. Paderewski. His manager demanded a guaranteed fee of $2000 for the piano recital. A deal was struck and the boys began to work to make the concert a success.
[3]The big day arrived. But unfortunately, they had not managed to sell enough tickets. The total collection was only $1600. Disappointed, they went to Paderewski and explained their plight(困境). They gave him the entire $1600, plus a cheque for the balance(差额) $400. They promised to pay the cheque at the soonest possible.
[4]“No,” said Paderewski. “This is not acceptable.” He tore up the cheque, returned the $1600 and told the two boys: “Here’s the $1600. Please deduct（扣除）whatever expenses you have spent on. Keep the money you need for your fees. And just give me whatever is left”. The boys were surprised, and thanked him a lot.
[5]It was a small act of kindness. But it clearly marked out Paderewski as a great human being.
[6]Why should he help two people he did not even know? We all come across situations like these in our lives. And most of us only think “If I help them, what would happen to me?” The truly great people think, “If I don’t help them, what will happen to them?” They don’t do it expecting something in return. They do it because they feel it’s the right thing to do.
[7]Paderewski later went on to become the Prime Minister of Poland. He was regarded as a great leader in Poland’s history.
小题1:Why did the student decide to hold the musical concert? (Within 10 words)
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小题2:What do you know about Ignacy J. Paderewski? (Within 15 words)
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小题3:Please find a word in the text to replace the word “recital” in Paragraph 2.
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小题4:How did the boys feel on hearing what Paderewski said? (No more than 5 words)
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小题5:What should we learn from Paderewski’s words in Paragraph 6? (Within 20 words)
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I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid, 小题1: I dreamed of becoming a doctor.
My mother was a 小题2:. Through her work, she observed that 小题3: people spent a lot more time 小题4: than they did watch television. She 小题5: that my brother and I could only watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and 小题6: written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and under-line the important 小题7: . Years later we realized her marks were only a 小题8: My mother was a illiterate (文盲). Although we had no money, between the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be 小题9:.
When I entered high school I was an A-student, 小题10: not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang about with the guys. I went from being an A—student then to a B--student then to a C-student, but I didn"t 小题11: . I was cool.One night my mother came home from working her multiple jobs and I 小题12: about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, "Okay, I will give you all the money I make this week by scrubbing floors and 小题13: bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With everything left over, you can have all that you want." I was very 小题14: with that arrangement but 小题15: I got through allocating (分配) money, there was nothing left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a 小题16: over our heads and any kind of food on the table, much less to buy clothes. I also 小题17: that immediate satisfaction wasn"t going to get me anywhere. Success 小题18: intellectual preparation. I went back to my studies and became an A—student
小题19: , and eventually I fulfilled my dream and I became a 小题20: .
| 小题22: | | A．woman servant | B．teacher | C．scientist | D．nurse |
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| 小题23: | | A．healthy | B．successful | C．powerful | D．clever |
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| 小题24: | | A．searching | B．reading | C．working | D．training |
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| 小题25: | | A．ordered | B．insisted | C．suggested | D．announced |
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| 小题26: | | A．hand in | B．turn over | C．pick up | D．cut down |
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| 小题27: | | A．titles | B．magazines | C．books | D．parts |
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| 小题28: | | A．game | B．trick | C．pleasure | D．task |
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| 小题29: | | A．anybody | B．nobody | C．somebody | D．everybody |
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| 小题32: | | A．thought | B．chatted | C．complained | D．worried |
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| 小题33: | | A．repairing | B．cleaning | C．rubbing | D．watching |
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| 小题34: | | A．encouraged | B．puzzled | C．moved | D．pleased |
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| 小题35: | | A．now that | B．if | C．when | D．since |
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| 小题36: | | A．wall | B．house | C．window | D．roof |
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| 小题37: | | A．realized | B．imagined | C．believed | D．noticed |
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| 小题38: | | A．suited | B．required | C．made | D．matched |
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| 小题39: | | A．even | B．forever | C．before | D．again |
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| 小题40: | | A．professor | B．expert | C．doctor | D．boss |
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A rat looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package. What food might it contain? But he discovered that it was a rattrap (捕鼠夹）.
Going back to the farmyard, the rat started to give a warning.
The rat turned to the pig and told him:“There is a rattrap in the house, a rattrap in the house!”
“I’m sorry, Mr. Rat,” said the pig, “I can only say this is something terrible to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered with it.”
The rat turned to the cow. But the cow said, “Like wow, Mr. Rat? A rattrap? I am in danger, Huh?”
The rat returned to the house, head down and dejected. So the rat had to face the farmer"s rattrap alone.
That very night, a sound was heard throughout the house, like the sound of a rattrap catching its prey (猎物). The farmer"s wife rushed to see what was caught.In the darkness, she did not notice that it was a poisonous snake whose tail had been caught by the trap. The snake bit her.The farmer rushed her to hospital. She returned home with a fever. Everyone knows that a fever could be treated with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his knife to the farmyard for the soup. However, his wife"s sickness continued.
The farmer"s friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer killed the pig. But she didn"t get well. Finally, she died, and so many people came for the last sight that the farmer had the cow killed to provide meat for all of them.
So the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that it does not concern you, remember that the whole farmyard is at risk when there is a rattrap in the house.
小题1:From the passage we know that ______.| A．the pig helped the rat get rid of the trap | | B．the cow strongly believed in what the rat said | | C．no animals showed concern over the rat"s warning | | D．the snake was killed immediately after being caught |
小题2:The underlined word ‘‘dejected” is the closest in meaning to _______.| A．disappointed | B．surprised | C．irritated | D．excited |
小题3:We can learn from the article that _______.| A．the farmer had planned to kill the rat | | B．the rat was very clever in avoiding the trap | | C．the farmer"s wife got good treatment in hospital | | D．the rat had expected what would happen to the pig and cow |
小题4: What message does the story intend to pass?| A．We should mind our own business. | | B．Everything is related to something else. | | C．We"d better treat animals in a friendly way. | | D．The farmer couple and their friends are all foolish. |
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My mother has been a true inspiration to me and changed the way I look at life. Since my birth she has made it evident that I would become ___16___ and that I would be one of the great ones. She has taught me that I can do anything if I put my ___17___ to it.
As a young boy, I struggled to achieve tasks that came ___18___ to others. I had problems with writing, reading and especially speaking. I didn’t talk the way ___19___ kids did and did not respond to questions or stay alert（警觉的）to my surroundings. My reading was poor ___20___ with teachers helping me, and my speech was hard to ___21___. My writing was not at the ___22___ it should have been. Even simple things like knowing my left from my right or being able to snap my fingers (弹手指) were ___23___.
My mother ___24___ all my challenges and as a professor with a PH.D, decided to ___25___ the situation early in my development. She didn’t want me to ___26___. After a while, we did indeed get over all the problems that had ___27___ me. She spent hours every day ___28___ me everything I needed to know, determined to help me learn. ___29___ her I would not be anywhere close to the level I am now.
In addition, she gave ___30___ for my life. She told me what to do and what not to do. Her expectations have always been high ___31___ she knows that I can do it. For that, I thank her. She would not allow her son to be incapable. She never ___32___ on me, and to this day she tells me education is a must. I will be a ___33___ person if I continue to follow her lead. She encourages me to study hard for my ___34___ and attend college.
She used her gifts as a ___35___ to help a child—her child—and now I have the opportunity to become something.
| 小题1: | | A．everything | B．nothing | C．anything | D．something |
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| 小题2: | | A．mind | B．brain | C．feelings | D．work |
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| 小题3: | | A．smoothly | B．strongly | C．frequently | D．easily |
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| 小题4: | | A．average | B．ordinary | C．normal | D．common |
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| 小题6: | | A．hear | B．write | C．read | D．understand |
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| 小题7: | | A．level | B．length | C．speed | D．degree |
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| 小题8: | | A．problems | B．excuses | C．worries | D．duties |
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| 小题9: | | A．suffered | B．observed | C．removed | D．tolerated |
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| 小题10: | | A．study | B．find | C．change | D．keep |
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| 小题11: | | A．fight | B．struggle | C．strike | D．challenge |
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| 小题12: | | A．interrupted | B．disturbed | C．terrified | D．troubled |
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| 小题13: | | A．teaching | B．giving | C．supporting | D．reminding |
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| 小题14: | | A．Without | B．Except | C．Besides | D．Beyond |
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| 小题15: | | A．information | B．advice | C．promise | D．expectation |
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| 小题16: | | A．before | B．though | C．because | D．unless |
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| 小题17: | | A．set up | B．gave up | C．pushed up | D．looked up |
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| 小题18: | | A．rich | B．famous | C．successful | D．powerful |
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| 小题19: | | A．training | B．grades | C．experiments | D．abilities |
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| 小题20: | | A．woman | B．doctor | C．sister | D．teacher |
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After the earthquake, the rescuers arrived at the disaster area as soon as possible. In a(n) 36 house, they found a woman. She was dead when the rescuers found her. Through the ruins, they could see her last 37 . Being on her knees, the upper part of her body was 38 , with her hands on the ground to 39 her body. It looked strange because she was bent out of 40 .
The leader came to the body, reached outhis hands under the woman, feeling and touching, and then he shouted loudly, “There is someone, a 41 , still living.”
Through some effort, rescuers 42 up the bricks covering her body. Under her body was her baby, who was 43 in a small red quiltwith yellow flowers. He was about 3 or 4 months old. Because he was well protected by the mother’s body, he was 44 safe. He was sleeping when the rescuers carried him out, and his lovely and peaceful face 45 everyone around him. The doctor, along with the rescue team, opened the 46 to check if the baby was all right, and he found there was a mobile phone in the quilt. The doctor looked at the screen. A written message was there, “My dear baby, if you live, don’t 47 how much I love you.” The mobile phone was passed on to the other people; every person who saw this message was close to tears.
| 小题1: | | A．destroyed | B．old | C．nice | D．new |
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| 小题2: | | A．debate | B．action | C．guide | D．quarrel |
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| 小题3: | | A．forward | B．western | C．up | D．straight |
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| 小题4: | | A．lower | B．rise | C．support | D．carry |
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| 小题5: | | A．sight | B．question | C．job | D．shape |
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| 小题6: | | A．teenager | B．citizen | C．baby | D．fellow |
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| 小题7: | | A．cleaned | B．added | C．looked | D．called |
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| 小题8: | | A．gathered | B．packed | C．locked | D．dressed |
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| 小题9: | | A．totally | B．differently | C．widely | D．narrowly |
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| 小题10: | | A．encouraged | B．delighted | C．warned | D．warmed |
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| 小题11: | | A．blanket | B．brick | C．overcoat | D．quilt |
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| 小题12: | | A．remember | B．know | C．forget | D．keep |
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