On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. Many people put some money into the 36 of the young man.
The next day, the young artist came again, and put his hat on the ground gracefully. 37 from the day before, he took out a large piece of 38 and laid it on the ground. Then he began 39 .
Before long, the young violinist was 40 with people, who were all attracted by the 41 on that paper, which said, "Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put something important into my hat 42 . Please come to claim(认领) it soon."
After half an hour, a middle-aged man ran there in a hurry and 43 through the crowd to the violinist and said, "Yes, it’s you. You did come here. I knew that you’re an honest man and would 44 come here."
"Are you Mr. George Sang?"
The man nodded.
"Did you 45 something?"
"Lottery (彩票). It’s lottery," said the man.
The violinist 46 a lottery ticket on which George Sang’ s name was seen. "Is it？" he asked.
George nodded, seized the lottery ticket and 47 it; then he danced with joy.
George bought a lottery ticket which 48 him a prize of $ 500,000. He was so happy after work and felt the violinist playing so wonderfully that he put 50 dollars in the hat. 49 , the lottery ticket was also thrown in.
When asked why he didn’t keep the lottery ticket 50 himself, the violinist said," 51 I don’t have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty, I won’t be happy forever."
We can gain and lose so much in our life. But being honest should 52 be with us. If we bear ourselves in a dishonest way, we 53 succeed temporarily (暂时). However, from the long-term view, we’11 be a loser. Such a person is just like the 54 on the mountain. It’s high above at first, but gradually it falls and loses the 55 of going up.
| 小题2: | | A．Free | B．Away | C．Different | D．Far |
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| 小题3: | | A．paper | B．stone | C．cloth | D．wood |
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| 小题4: | | A．begging | B．shouting | C．playing | D．singing |
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| 小题5: | | A．crowded | B．surrounded | C．surprised | D．satisfied |
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| 小题6: | | A．words | B．money | C．ticket | D．picture |
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| 小题7: | | A．on purpose | B．in a hurry | C．in advance | D．by mistake |
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| 小题8: | | A．looked | B．lived | C．broke | D．rushed |
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| 小题9: | | A．probably | B．certainly | C．recently | D．nearly |
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| 小题11: | | A．handed out | B．gave out | C．sent out | D．took out |
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| 小题12: | | A．tore | B．threw | C．kissed | D．hid |
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| 小题14: | | A．Fortunately | B．However | C．Otherwise | D．Generally |
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| 小题16: | | A．Unless | B．Whenever | C．Although | D．Until |
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| 小题17: | | A．often | B．never | C．seldom | D．always |
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| 小题18: | | A．may | B．should | C．must | D．need |
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| 小题19: | | A．air | B．water | C．grass | D．tree |
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| 小题20: | | A．road | B．path | C．chance | D．method |
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:A
小题7:D
小题8:D
小题9:B
小题10:A
小题11:D
小题12:C
小题13:D
小题14:B
小题15:C
小题16:C
小题17:D
小题18:A
小题19:B
小题20:C |
文章通过一个故事告诉我们诚实的重要性。
小题1:名词辨析。根据下一行put his hat on the ground gracefully可知是放在帽子里。
小题2:形容词辨析。根据根据可知与前一天的情况不一样；
小题3:上下文串联。根据下文41空后面的that paper可知选A。
小题4:上下文串联。根据第一行playing his violin可知他开始拉小提琴了。
小题5:动词辨析。根据句意可知是很多人围绕着这个年轻人。
小题6:名词辨析。根据下一行可知这里是指写的字。
小题7:短语辨析。A故意地；B匆忙地；C提前；D错误地；根据上下文可知D正确。
小题8:动词辨析。根据上文的ran there in a hurry可知这个人很匆忙，D符合要求。
小题9:副词辨析。根据上文的you’re an honest man可知这个人认为那个年轻人一定会来的。
小题10:动词辨析。A失去；B得到；C买；D搜寻；由句意可知问他有没有丢东西？
小题11:短语辨析。A分发；B分发；用完；消耗尽；C放出，发出；D取出，拿出；根据句意可知他拿出了一张彩票。
小题12:动词辨析。A撕毁；B扔掉；C吻；D躲藏；根据下文he danced with joy.可知George非常开心，那么应该是吻那张彩票。
小题13:固定用法。Win sb sth帮某人赢得某物；由句意可知这张彩票帮他赢得了$ 500,000。
小题14:上下文串联。由句意可知他把50美元放进去的，然而这张彩票也被放进去了。
小题15:固定短语。By oneself单独地，独自地;for oneself为自己
小题16:上下文串联。由句意可知上下文是转折关系，尽管我没有钱，但是我很幸福。如果失去了诚实，我也就不再幸福了。
小题17:上下文串联。根据句意可知在生活中我们会得到也会失去，但是我们要一直都要诚实。
小题18:词义辨析。A也许；B应该；C必须；D需要；如果用一种不诚实的方法，也许我们暂时会成功。
小题19:上下文串联。根据后两句所说可知是水。
小题20:名词辨析。由句意可知失去了成长的机会。 |
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试题【On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, 】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
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Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music．Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her 36 concert．She had been waiting for this 37 for years and years．“Now it is here at last,” she thought．“How beautiful her 38 is.”
The song made her 39 to the days when she was Lauren’s 40 ．As a young 41 , Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer．She studied 42 in France, Italy and in the United States．“You can become a fine 43 in the future,” her teachers told her．“But you must be 44 to study hard and work for many years．There will be 45 time for anything but music in your life.”
Dorothy was 46 at that time and she was 47 that music was all she wanted or needed to 48 her life．For almost a year Dorothy 49 of nothing else．Then she 50 David, a young engineer travelling Europe．They soon fell in 51 ．David asked her to be his 52 ．Dorothy also wanted to marry David．But she loved 53 , too．She didn’t know what to do．David was against her being a singer．He said, “If you want to be a singer, you must forget about getting married．You can’t 54 do both.” Thus her days were gone and would never return.
Now Lauren became a singer instead of her, which was her 55 .
| 小题1: | | A．sorry | B．successful | C．first | D．wonderful |
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| 小题2: | | A．dance | B．moment | C．show | D．party |
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| 小题3: | | A．voice | B．face | C．dress | D．life |
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| 小题4: | | A．think of | B．bring back | C．go back | D．come back |
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| 小题5: | | A．age | B．friend | C．mother | D．teacher |
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| 小题6: | | A．musician | B．pop star | C．lady | D．girl |
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| 小题7: | | A．French | B．music | C．piano | D．dance |
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| 小题8: | | A．actress | B．student | C．singer | D．dancer |
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| 小题9: | | A．prepared | B．learning | C．driven | D．waiting |
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| 小题11: | | A．eight | B．eighteen | C．eighty | D．eighty-eight |
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| 小题12: | | A．lucky | B．sure | C．afraid | D．fond |
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| 小题14: | | A．heard | B．knew | C．talked | D．thought |
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| 小题15: | | A．saw off | B．learned from | C．heard of | D．met with |
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| 小题16: | | A．love | B．feeling | C．music | D．touch |
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| 小题17: | | A．assistant | B．teacher | C．wife | D．student |
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| 小题18: | | A．him | B．engineering | C．herself | D．music |
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| 小题19: | | A．certainly | B．possibly | C．only | D．mainly |
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| 小题20: | | A．thought | B．hope | C．purpose | D．will |
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I was walking along the main street of a small seaside town in the north of England looking for somewhere to make a phone call．My car had broken down outside the town and I wanted to contact the AA Company．Low grey clouds were gathering across the sky and there was a cold damp wind blowing off the sea which nearly threw me off my feet every time I crossed one of the side streets．It had rained in the night and water was dropping from the bare trees that lined the street．I was glad that I was wearing a thick coat．
There was no sign of a call box, nor was there anyone at that early hour whom I could ask．I had thought I might find a shop open selling the Sunday papers or a milkman doing his rounds, but the town was completely dead．The only living thing I saw was a thin frightened cat outside a small restaurant．
Then suddenly I found what I was looking for．There was a small post office, and almost hidden from sight in a dark narrow street．Next to it was the town’s only public call box, which badly needed a coat of paint．I hurried forward, but stopped in astonishment when I saw through the dirty glass that there was a man inside．He was fat, and was wearing a cheap blue plastic raincoat．I could not see his face and he didn’t raise his head at the sound of my footsteps．
Carefully, I remained standing a few feet away and lit a cigarette to wait for my turn．It was when I threw the dead match on the ground that I noticed something bright red trickling from under the box call door．
小题1:At what time was the story set?| A．An early winter morning． | B．A cold winter afternoon． | | C．An early summer morning． | D．A windy summer afternoon． |
小题2:Which of the following words best describe the writer’s impression of the town?| A．Cold and frightening． | B．Dirty and crowded． | | C．Empty and dead． | D．Unusual and unpleasant． |
小题3:The underlined word “trickling” in the last paragraph means _____．．| A．rushing out suddenly | B．shining brightly | | C．flowing slowly in drops | D．appearing slowly |
小题4:Why didn’t the man raise his head when the writer came near?| A．He was annoyed at being seen by the writer． | | B．He was angry at being disturbed by the writer． | | C．He was probably fast asleep． | | D．He was probably murdered． |
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Chinese female film stars, like Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi, due to the charm of their films, have set a good image for Chinese women in the world. Compared with Chinese women, the image of Chinese men is not so good in the eyes of Western women, the Shanghai Evening Post reported.
In March 2006, Zhang Jiehai, a doctorate（博士学位） holder at the Sociology Institute of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, led a research team to investigate how Western women look at Chinese men. The survey shows that many Western women think Chinese men are mostly known for their care for the family. Chinese men, as the Western women say, are willing to spend money for women. As to their shortcomings, Western women think that Chinese men do not have good manners and that some Chinese men have the habit of spitting everywhere, keeping nails and hair long, picking their noses and ears in public places, and not cleaning their teeth thoroughly. These bad habits make many Western women think that Chinese men are unwilling to take care of their personal image.
The survey was carried out in two ways, by questionnaires and interviews. All the respondents（调查对象） agreed that Chinese men show much tender loving care for the family and that many Chinese men do know how to respect women. They open the door for women and carry their handbags for them. For some American women, the bad image of Chinese men in the world is largely because of Hollywood films. In many Hollywood films, Chinese men usually do not have a good image. But this has been changed by Hong Kong film star Chow Yun-Fat. After the Chinese film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was shown in cinemas in the United States in 2002, many Westerners began to change their impression of Chinese men.
小题1:Which statement best expresses the main idea of the first paragraph?| A．Chinese female film stars enjoy as great fame as Chinese male film stars in the world. | | B．Chinese male film stars do not perform well in their films in the eyes of Western women. | | C．Chinese female film stars don’t like Western male film stars. | | D．Chinese female film stars have set a good image for Chinese women. |
小题2:Which is NOT mentioned as the shortcoming of Chinese men in Paragraph 2?| A．Spitting everywhere. | | B．Speaking too loudly in public places. | | C．Not cleaning their teeth thoroughly. | | D．Picking their noses and ears in public places. |
小题3:In some American women’s eyes, Chinese men’s images are bad because of ______.| A．Chinese female film stars | | B．Chinese male film stars | | C．Hollywood films | | D．Film stars in Hong Kong |
小题4:What does the passage mainly deal with?| A．Chinese men in the eyes of Western women. | | B．Foreign film stars and Chinese film stars. | | C．Chinese women in the eyes of Western men. | | D．Chinese film stars in Hollywood films. |
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The passengers on the bus watched sympathetically as the attractive young woman with the white cane made her way carefully up the steps．She 36 the driver and, using her hands to feel the 37 of the seats, walked down and found the 38 which the driver had told her was empty．Then she settled in．
It had been a year since Mary, 34, 39 a medical misdiagnosis （误诊）, was suddenly thrown into a world of 40 . Mark, her husband, was an Air Force officer and he loved Mary with all his heart．He 41 her how to rely on her other 42 , specifically her hearing, to determine where she was and 43 to adapt herself to the new environment．He helped her befriend the bus drivers who could 44 for her, and save her a seat．
45 , Mary decided that she was ready to try the 46 on her own．Monday morning, she said good-bye and for the first time, they went their 47 ways．
On Friday morning, Mary took the bus to work as usual．As she was 48 the bus, the driver said, “Boy, I 49 envy you．” Mary had no 50 what the driver was talking about, and asked, “What do you 51 ?”
The driver answered, “You know, every morning for the 52 week, a fine-looking gentleman 53 a military uniform has been standing across the corner 54 you as you get off the bus．He 55 you cross the street safely and he watches until you enter your office building．You are one lucky lady．”
Tears of gratitude poured down Mary’s cheeks．
| 小题1: | | A．thanked | B．asked | C．discovered | D．paid |
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| 小题2: | | A．location | B．shape | C．size | D．cost |
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| 小题4: | | A．according to | B．instead of | C．thanks to | D．due to |
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| 小题5: | | A．anger | B．darkness | C．happiness | D．light |
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| 小题6: | | A．asked | B．encouraged | C．taught | D．praised |
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| 小题7: | | A．feelings | B．sights | C．senses | D．abilities |
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| 小题9: | | A．make out | B．watch out | C．find out | D．work out |
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| 小题10: | | A．Finally | B．Luckily | C．However | D．Besides |
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| 小题12: | | A．opposite | B．separate | C．difficult | D．usual |
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| 小题13: | | A．getting on | B．getting in | C．getting off | D．getting up |
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| 小题15: | | A．idea | B．opinion | C．way | D．thought |
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| 小题16: | | A．want | B．mean | C．say | D．suggest |
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| 小题17: | | A．next | B．old | C．past | D．following |
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| 小题19: | | A．searching | B．watching | C．calling | D．noticing |
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| 小题20: | | A．looks out | B．takes up | C．believes in | D．makes sure |
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We once had a poster competition in our fifth grade art class.
“You could win prizes,” our teacher told us as she wrote the poster information on the blackboard. She passed out sheets of construction paper while continuing, “The first prize is ten dollars. You just have to make sure that the words on the blackboard appear somewhere on your poster.”
We studied the board critically. Some of us looked with one eye and held up certain colors against the blackboard, rocking the sheets to the right or left while we conjured up our designs. Others twisted their hair around their fingers or chewed their erasers while deep in thought. We had plans for that ten-dollar grand prize, each and every one of us. I’m going to spend mine on candies, one hopeful would announce, while another practiced looking serious, wise and rich.
Everyone in the class made a poster. Some of us used parts of those fancy paper napkins, while others used nothing but colored construction paper. Some of us used big designs, and some of us preferred to gather our art tidily down in one corner of our poster and let the space draw the viewer’s attention to it. Some of us would wander past the good students’ desks and then return to our own projects with a growing sense of hopelessness. It was yet another grown-up trick of the sort they seemed especially fond of, making all of us believe we had a fair chance, and then always—always—rewarding the same old winners.
I believe I drew a sailboat, but I can’t say that with any certainty. I made it. I admired it. I determined it to be the very best of all of the posters I had seen，and then I turned it in.
Minutes passed.
No one came along to give me the grand prize, and then someone distracted me, and I probably never would have thought about that poster again.
I was still sitting at my desk, thinking, What poster? when the teacher gave me an envelope with a ten-dollar bill in it and everyone in the class applauded for me.
小题1:What was the teacher’s requirement for the poster?| A．It must appear in time. | | B．It must be done in class. | | C．It must be done on a construction sheet. | | D．It must include the words on the blackboard. |
小题2:The underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 most probably means ________.| A．formed an idea for | | B．made an outline for | | C．made some space for | | D．chose some colors for |
小题3:After the teacher’s words, all the students in the class________.| A．looked very serious | | B．thought they would be rich | | C．began to think about their designs | | D．began to play games |
小题4:After seeing the good students’ designs, some students________.| A．loved their own designs more | | B．thought they had a fair chance | | C．put their own designs in a corner | | D．thought they would not win the prize |
小题5:We can infer from the passage that the author________.| A．enjoyed grown up tricks very much | | B．loved poster competitions very much | | C．felt surprised to win the competition | | D．became wise and rich after the competition |
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