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The young boy saw me, or rather, he saw the car and quickly ran up to me, eager to sell his bunches of bananas and bags of peanuts. Though he appeared to be about twelve, he seemed to have already known the bitterness of life. “Bananas 300 naira. Peanuts 200 naira.” He said in a low voice. I bargained him down to 200 totals for the fruit and nuts. When he agreed, I handed him a 500 naira bill. He didn’t have change, so I told him not to worry. He said thanks and smiled a row of perfect teeth.
When, two weeks later, I saw the boy again, I was more aware of my position in a society where it’s not that uncommon to see a little boy who should be in school standing on the corner selling fruit in the burning sun. My parents had raised me to be aware of the advantage we had been afforded and the responsibility it brought to us.
I pulled over and rolled down my window. He had a bunch of bananas and a bag of peanuts ready. I waved them away. “What’s up?” I asked him.
“I…I don’t have money to buy books for school.” I reached into my pocket and handed him two fresh 500 naira bills. “Will this help?” I asked. He looked around nervously before taking the money. One thousand naira was a lot of money to someone whose family probably made about 5,000 naira or less each year. “Thank you, sir.” he said. “Thank you very much!”
When driving home, I wondered if my little friend actually used the money for schoolbooks. What if he’s a cheat? And then I wondered why I did it. Did I do it to make myself feel better? Was I using him? Later, I realized that I didn’t know his name or the least bit about him, nor did I think to ask.
Over the next six months, I was busy working in a news agency in northern Nigeria. Sometime after I returned, I went out for a drive. When I was about to pull over, the boy suddenly appeared by my window with a big smile ready on his face.
“Oh, gosh! Long time.”
“Are you in school now?” I asked.
He nodded.
“That’s good,” I said. A silence fell as we looked at each other, and then I realized what he wanted. “Here,” I held out a 500 naira bill. “Take this.” He shook his head and stepped back as if hurt. “What’s wrong?” I asked. “It’s a gift.”
He shook his head again and brought his hand from behind his back. His face shone with sweat. He dropped a bunch of bananas and a bag of peanuts in the front seat before he said, “I’ve been waiting to give these to you.”
小题1:What was the author’s first impression of the boy?
A.He seemed to be poor and greedy.
B.He seemed to have suffered a lot.
C.He seemed younger than his age.
D.He seemed good at bargaining.
小题2:The second time the author met the boy, the boy ______.
A.told him his purpose of selling fruit and nuts
B.wanted to express his thanks
C.asked him for money for his schoolbooks
D.tried to take advantage of him
小题3:Why did the author give his money to the boy?
A.Because he had enough money to do that.
B.Because he had learnt to help others since childhood.
C.Because he held a higher position in the society.
D.Because he had been asked by the news agency to do so.
小题4:Which of the following best describes the boy?
A.Brave and polite.B.Kind and smart.
C.Honest and thankful.D.Shy and nervous.

答案

小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:C
解析

小题1:细节理解题。文章第一段第二句提到 “..., he seemed to have already known the bitterness of life. 他似乎已经知道了生活的艰辛。” 由此可知, 作者对这个男孩的第一印象应该是“他承受了很多苦难”。A选项的意思是 “贫穷, 贪婪”, 显然不符合原文; C选项的意思是“看上去比实际年龄小”, 原文并未有过这样的描述, 故排除; D选项的意思是“善于讨价还价”, 也不符合原文。因此B选项为正确答案。
小题2:细节理解题。作者与男孩第二次相遇后, 男孩对作者说“I don’t have money to buy books for school.”由此可知, 这是他出来卖香蕉和花生的原因。B选项的内容是男孩第三次与作者相遇时想表达的东西, 排除; C选项不符合原文; D选项与文章整体大意相悖, 男孩并不是想利用作者。因此A选项是正确答案。
小题3:推理判断题。作者给男孩钱的原因在文章第四段有比较清楚的论述“My parents had raised me to be aware of the advantage we had been afforded and the responsibility it brought to us.”作者的父母从小就教育作者要认识到自己拥有的优越条件和因此需要承担的责任, 这是作者给男孩钱的根本原因。A选项浮于表面, 没有挖掘到作者内心深处; C选项不能成为理由; D选项不符合文章内容。因此B选项为正确答案。
小题4:推理判断题。在作者与男孩6个月后的第三次相遇中, 男孩给作者留下了一捆香蕉和一包花生, 并且说“I’ve been waiting to give these to you.”可见, 男孩很有感恩之心, 这也是文章着力突出的部分。结合四个选项可知, C选项与原文最贴近, 因此C选项为正确答案。
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Water costs money.In some places water is hard  1  .What  2  when a town
has these problems?A small town in California found a happy  3
  Very little rain ever fell there.The town had no water of its own.The water it used was from a river 300 miles away.As more people  5  live in the town,  6   water was needed.Now water 7  to be brought in from 600 miles away.All these cost 8  money.
  The town  9  a plan.It found a way to clean its “dirty” water.Once the cleaned water was reused  10  many ways.Five man-made lakes were built.Here people could swim and fish and go  11  .They could have picnics in their new parks.Farmers had more water  12  their crops.New factories can be built,now that they have the promise of 13  .
  In most places,water is used and thrown 14  .The town that saved  15  water
has saved the town!
小题1:
A.supplying B.gettingC.to getD.to supply
小题2:A.happens    B.happening  C is happened     D.happened
小题3:A.key        B.answer     C answering D.way
小题4:
A.fetchB.takeC.brought inD.guided
小题5:
A.come toB.came toC.coming toD.came for
小题6:
A.manyB.plenty ofC.more D.many more
小题7:
A.has B.hadC.must D.needed
小题8:
A.manyB.a fewC.a great manyD.a lot of
小题9:
A.put B.madeC.supplyD.noticed
小题10:
A.forB.byC.atD.in
小题11:
A.boatingB.to boatC.to boatingD.on boating
小题12:
A.asB.withC.forD.to
小题13:
A.water enoughB.enough water
C.crops enoughD.enough crops
小题14:
A.offB.ofC.awayD.out of
小题15:
A.it’sB.itsC.one’sD.his

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Is this a car? Is it a smart phone? Is it a gaming machine?
Yes to all three. The Toyota Fun-Vii is a pleasure palace on wheels.
If Toyota has its way, paint jobs could become a thing
of the past, because it has introduced an amazing car that can
change its whole look in an instant.
The Vii in Fun-Vii, which stands for “Vehicle, Interactive,
Internet” It is a small three-seater car that looks like a smart phone, so it is called a smart phone on wheels.Inside and out, most aspects of the car can interact(互相作用) with the internet and be controlled by a smart phone.The magical car allows the owners to download pictures from their phones onto the outside, so that the look of the car could be changed instantly.The color inside could also be changed to reflect the owner"s mood.Just as the company president Akio Toyoda said, "A car must appeal to our emotions.If it"s not fun, it"s not a car."
Its outside and inside are not made of solid paint but touch screens that can display pictures and videos.A network update function downloads all the latest software to make sure the car is always up-to-date, and it can provide the latest entertainment as well as information about its surroundings to the driver.As you drive around, the thoughtful car allows you to communicate with your friends in the nearby cars.It also helps you find your way from one place to another. It"s all because the car is networked with all the other cars on the road and drives itself. The smart car is a practical, family sized vehicle fuelled by hydrogen, and it is one of the futuristic concept cars under the theme of "fun to drive, again".It heralds (预示) a not-too-distant future where people, cars and society are linked.
小题1:Which of the following may not be a key word for the concept car?
A.Fun.B.Interactive.C.High-speed.D.Smart.
小题2:According to the text, Toyota Fun-Vii is _____.
A.a new concept car not powered by gas
B.an amazing car without any pollution
C.the latest software from network
D.a gaming machine with high speed
小题3:The owners of the Fun-Vii can reflect their mood by _____.
A.downloading images to change the outside
B.interacting with computers while driving
C.changing the color inside the car
D.changing the speed of the car
小题4:What does Paragraph 4 mainly tell us?
A.The ways of driving the Fun-vii.
B.How can you find your way in the Fun-Vii.
C.The unusual look of the Fun-Vii.
D.The new functions of the Fun-Vii.
小题5:We can infer from the text that the Fun-Vii _____.
A.will finally replace all the present cars
B.will completely solve the problem of energy shortage
C.will make car paint industry face a difficult situation
D.will take the place of a smart phone

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There at a secondhand clothing store in Northampton Mass, my l4-year-old son, John, and I noticed the coat. While the other coats drooped (低垂), this one looked as if it were   41  itself up. The coat was beautifully made, with a Fifth Avenue label and an  42   price of $28, which was popular just then with   43  , but could cost several hundred dollars new. John tried it on and the  44   was perfect.
John  45   the coat to school the next day and came home with a big smile. “Did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They loved it,” he said,   46   folding it over the back of a chair and smoothing it flat. Over the next few weeks, a   47  came over John. Agreement replaced contrariness (作对) and   48   discussion replaced fierce argument. He became more mannerly and  49  , eager to please. He would generously lend his younger brother his tapes and lecture him   50   his behavior. When I mentioned this   51  to his teacher and wondered what caused the changes, she said laughing. “It   52   be his coat!” Another teacher told him she was giving him a good mark not only because he had earned   53   but because she liked his coat. At the library, we ran   54  a friend. “Could this be John?” he asked surprisingly,   55  John’s new height, appreciating the cut of his coat and holding out his hand, one gentleman to another.
John and I both know we should never   56   a person’s clothes for the real person within them.   57  , there is something to be said for wearing a standard of excellence for the world to see and for   58  what is on the inside with what is on the outside.
For John, it is a time when it is as easy to try on different  59  to life as it is to try on a coat. The whole world, the whole future is stretched out ahead, a vast landscape   60  all the doors are open. And he could picture himself walking through those doors wearing his wonderful, magical coat.
小题1:
A.turningB.holdingC.showingD.hanging
小题2:
A.unreasonableB.unbearableC.unbelievableD.unfair
小题3:
A.teenagersB.adultsC.womenD.men
小题4:
A.colorB.priceC.styleD.fit
小题5:
A.sentB.carriedC.broughtD.wore
小题6:
A.casuallyB.comfortablyC.carefullyD.quickly
小题7:
A.happinessB.changeC.smileD.matter
小题8:
A.reasonedB.heatedC.wildD.strong
小题9:
A.considerateB.handsomeC.hopefulD.curious
小题10:
A.of B.onC.inD.at
小题11:
A.incidentB.accidentC.affair D.event
小题12:
A.canB.mustC.willD.should
小题13:
A.thisB.themC.itD.one
小题14:
A.downB.withC.intoD.after
小题15:
A.looking up at B.looking down on
C.putting up withD.coming up with
小题16:
A.changeB.mistakeC.tradeD.turn
小题17:
A.HoweverB.MoreoverC.ThereforeD.Besides
小题18:
A.attachingB.joiningC.relatingD.matching
小题19:
A.meanB.methodsC.approachesD.measures
小题20:
A.whereB.whyC.howD.when

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There are many different ways of seeing a town for the first time. One of them is to walk around it, guide-book  26  hand. Of course, we may  27  with our guide-books the history and  28  developments of a town and get to know them.
 29  then, if we take our time and  30  in a town for a while, we may get to know it better. When we  31  it as a whole, we begin to have some  32 , which even the best guide-books do not
answer. Why is the town just  33  this —— this shape, this plan, this size? Why do its streets  34  in this particular way, and not in any  35  way?
Here even the best guide-book  36  us. One can’t find the information in it about how a town has developed to the  37  appearance. It may not describe the original  38  of a town. However, one may get some idea of what it  39  look like by walking around the town. One can also imagine  40  the town was first planned and built. Then one can learn more about in what direction the town  41  to develop.
What is the  42  of studying towns in this way?For me, it is  43  a matter that one gets a greater depth of pleasure by visiting and seeing a town with one’s own eyes. A  44  visit to a town may help one better understand why it is attractive  45  just reading about it in a guide-book.
小题1:
A.inB.atC.byD.on
小题2:
A.writeB.studyC.tell D.remember
小题3:
A.strangeB.similarC.separate D.special
小题4:
A.ButB.BeforeC.SinceD.Until
小题5:
A.marchB.workC.stayD.wait
小题6:
A.look atB.1ook afterC.1ook forD.1ook up
小题7:
A.ideasB.opinionsC.feelingsD.questions
小题8:
A.ofB.forC.1ike D.as
小题9:
A.openB.runC.beginD.move
小题10:
A.oneB.moreC.otherD.such
小题11:
A.helpsB.tricksC.failsD.satisfies
小题12:
A.oldB.normalC.firstD.present
小题13:
A.capitalB.meaningC.designD.change
小题14:
A.used to B.seemed toC.had to D.happened to
小题15:
A.whatB.howC.whenD.where
小题16:
A.stopsB.appearsC.starts D.continues
小题17:
A.pointB.viewC.problem D.difficulty
小题18:
A.nearlyB.simplyC.generally D.hardly
小题19:
A.costlyB.formal C.group D.personal
小题20:
A.fromB.thanC.through D.with

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When I was seven, my father gave me a Timex, my first watch. I loved it, wore it for years, and haven’t had another one since it stopped ticking a decade ago. Why? Because I don’t need one. I have a mobile phone and I’m always near someone with an iPod or something like that. All these devices (装置) tell the time — which is why, if you look around, you’ll see lots of empty wrists (手腕); sales of watches to young adults have been going down since 2007. 
But while these wise people have realized that they don’t need them, others — including some distinguished ones of our time — are spending total fortunes on them. Brands such as Rolex, Patek Philippe and Breitling command shocking prices, up to £ 250.000 for a piece.
This is ridiculous. Expensive cars go faster than cheap cars. Expensive clothes hang better than cheap clothes. But these days, all watches tell the time as well as all other watches. Yes, you may say expensive watches will come with some extra functions — but who needs them? How often do you dive to 300 metres into the sea to test its function of waterproof, or need to find your direction in the area around the South Pole by using its compass? So why pay that much of five years’ school fees for watches that allow you to do these things?
If justice were done, the Swiss watch industry should have closed down when the Japanese discovered how to make accurate watches for a five-pound note. Instead, the Swiss re-invented the watch, with the aid of millions of pounds’ worth of advertising, as a message about the man —— usually a famous star, wearing it. Rolexes are for those who spend their weekends climbing icy mountains; a Patek Philippe is for one from a rich or noble family; a Breitling suggests you like to pilot planes across the world. 
Watches are classified as “investment items” (投资项目) now. A 1994 Philippe recently sold for nearly £ 350, 000, while 1960s Rolexes have gone from 15, 000 to 30, 000 plus in a year. But, to some wealthy people, a watch is more than an investment. It’s a valuable toy for self-satisfaction, a matter of fashion. Prices may keep going up — they’ve been rising for fifteen years. But when fashion moves on, the owner of that £ 350, 000 treasured object will suddenly find his pride and joy is no more a good investment than my childhood Times. 
小题1:The sales of watches to young people have fallen because ______. 
A.they have other devices to tell the time
B.they think watches are too expensive
C.they have little sense of time now
D.they prefer to wear an iPod on their wrists
小题2:It seems ridiculous to the writer that ______. 
A.some people often dive 300 metres deep into the sea
B.expensive clothes sell much better than cheap ones
C.cheap cars usually don’t run as fast as expensive ones
D.expensive watches with unnecessary functions still sell
小题3:What can be learnt about Swiss watch industry from the passage?
A.It targets rich people as its potential customers.
B.It seems hard for the industry to beat its competitors.
C.It wastes a huge amount of money in advertising.
D.It is easy for the industry to re-invent cheap watches.
小题4:Which would be the best title for the passage?
A.Timex Being better than Rolex
B.My Expensive Childhood Timex
C.Super-level Watches? Not for Me!
D.Watches — a Valuable Collection

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