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The Phone Call
It was getting dark. Paul looked out of the window and signed (叹气) .Dad said he could come home by 5:30,but it was almost 7：00. E-ven if Dad came back,it wouldn’t be much fun playing 1 in the dark. Paul walked into his room and threw his baseball into the corner. He tried to do some homework,but couldn’t.
The phone rang at a-bout 8： 00. It was Dad： "Paul,I'm 2,but I couldn’t play baseball with you tonight. I have to finish my work at the office. Maybe we can play this weekend. Oh no. How about next weekend?…
Paul couldn’t understand why Dad was so 3 . He threw himself into the sofa and soon fell asleep. His book was still opened to the first!page. The next day at school,Paul didn't hand in his homework and 4 a test. Mrs Green,his teacher,asked him to stay after school. "Paul,you didn't do your homework. You didn't pass the test and only got a D. This isn’t like you. What's wrong?” Paul just sat there 5 . "Paul,if you don't want to talk,I will. I know that something's wrong with you,but you have to get it out. You need to tell someone. ”
As Paul walked home,he thought of what Mrs Green said. Maybe he didn't do his homework because he wanted to get his dad's 6 He knew Mrs Green was right. He decided to take her advice.
When Paul got home,he 7 his dad. But!there was no answer. Then it went to voicemail (语音信箱) . Paul began talkingDad,I can't play with you next weekend. IVe got lots of problems with my homework. Also,I really don't want to spend another day looking out of the window and waiting. Whenever you 8 our plans,Dad,it hurts me. Ifs not too late to rebuild our relationship,but we have to start small. Maybe you can help me with my 9 sometime. Dad,I love you ”
As Paul ended the call,he felt much relaxed. He didn't know whether his dad would be different,but it didn't matter. He himself 10 . He expressed his feelings to the right person. He had a clear head as he was doing his homework that evening.
() 1. A. baseball B. cards
C. chess D. toys
() 2. A. lucky B. sorry
C. surprised D. pleased
() 3. A. famous B. helpful
C. lazy D. busy
() 4. A. made B. missed
C. failed D. chose
() 5. A. cheerfully B. comfortably
C. hopefully D. quietly
() 6. A. attention B. message
C. praise D. trust
() 7. A. saw B. thanked
C. called D. greeted
() 8. A. prepare B. break
C. follow D. question
() 9. A. choice B. homework
C. speech D. decision
() 10. A. regretted B. complained
C. insisted D. changed
(2015北京)
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One day as I was sitting in a coffee shop,I noticed a girl working on her laptop. Two people (A) passed by and accidentally knocked over her drink. To avoid the embarrassment (困窘) ，the girl pretended (假装) that ( B) had hap pened and continued working on her computer.
This reminded me that both in China and Britain,when something strange happens around you or when you are in an embarrassing situation,(C) people tend (倾向于) to use this common way to not catch other people's attention.
A lot of the time,Britons use self-depreciating humor (自嘲式的幽默).This is a well-known British characteristic. For example,imagine walking (D) your friends and you fall over. Your friend may just say (E) “旅途愉快!” Or you may just laugh about how clumsy (笨拙的) you are. For many Britons,making fun of yourself is a way of showing your strength of character.
Also,British are considerate when it comes to embarrassing others. For example,students(F) usually have a birthday party every year. So during the school day,a student will give out invitations to the class. If one person doesrTt get an invitation,but the rest of the class does,he or she will feel embarrassed. To avoid it,ifs common for students to even invite people who aren't(G) their friends.
1. 写出文中画线部分(A) 和(F) 的同义词或 近义词:
2. 在文中(B) 和(D) 的空白处填入适当的单 词:
3. 将文中画线部分(C) 改写为：people tend to use this common way other people won’t notice it.
4. 将文中画线部分(E) 译成英语:
5.文中画线部分(G) 指代的是:
(2015沈阳)
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19
There is an old English saying, “Laughter is the best medicine. ” One person certainly would have agreed with this is Norman Cousins.
Norman Cousins was the editor of a magazine called Saturday Review for almost forty years. He also 1 and spoke about world peace and anti-war issues (反战议题) ，traveling to many different countries to share his 2 .
In the 1960s,after returning to the United States from a busy and tiring trip to Europe,Mr Cousins got 3 . He discovered he had a strange disease that caused great pain in his bones (骨头) .
In less than a week after he got back,he could not 4 it. Every move that he made was painful. He was not able to 5 at night. The doctors told Mr Cousins that they did not know how to cure (治疗) his problem and he might never 6 the illness. Mr Cousins,however,refused to give up hope.
Mr Cousins thought that the illness could be caused by 7 thoughts. He did not want to take 8 to cure himself. Instead,he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness.
He began to experiment on himself while still in the hospital by watching comedy shows on television. Mr Cousins quickly found that ten mi-nutes of 9 laughter during the day gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night.
Deciding that the 10 could not help him,Mr Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could 11 his experiments with laughter. For eight days,Mr Cousins 12 in the hotel room watching comedy shows on television,reading amusing books,and sleep-ing whenever he felt 13 Within three weeks,he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for 14 .
After a few months,Mr Cousins was 15 to carry on his work. He had laughed himself back to health.
() 1. A. laughed B. taught
C. wrote D. copied
() 2. A. magazines B. subjects
C. photos D. ideas
() 3. A. rich B. sick
C. lonely D. famous
() 4. A. stand B. realize
C. face D. improve
() 5. A. dream B. eat
C. shout D. sleep
() 6. A. go through B. look after
C. get over D. find out
() 7. A. unhappy B. pleasant
C. silly D. clever
() 8. A. food B. time
C. medicine D. money
() 9. A. unusual B. false
C. real D. wild
() 10. A. friends B. laughter
C. experiment D. doctors
() 11 A. begin B. end
C. continue D. report
() 12. A. rested B. worked
C. studied D. played
() 13. A. well B. tired
C. afraid D. worried
() 14. A. help B. exercise
C. freedom D. fun
() 15. A. able B. safe
C. lazy D. uncertain
(2014武汉)
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The British love sending text messages. They send more than 2. 5 billion every month. And most people now understand the language of text,with its numbers and missing (1) .In fact,when a student at a Scottish school wrote the whole article “in txt”，his teacher (2) him “C + 4 f4t ”( “C + for effort ”) .
Although texting (发短信) is a (3) way of staying in touch with your friends,it can also bring problems. In 2005,a British teenager became the (4) person in the world to receive treatment for an addiction （沉溺) to text messaging. In one year,the nineteen-year-old spent about £ 4,500 (5) texts.
For some people,text messaging has (6) their lives. For example,James Trusler from Sussex in England travels around the world taking part in texting competitions and TV shows.
He's the world's (7) texter and recently set a new world record (8) he was ap pearing on Australian TV. He texted:“The razortoothed piranhas of the genera Serraslmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world.In reality they seldom attack a human. ”(9) took him 67 seconds. James sends a lot of text messages——about 2,500 a month. But he doesn’t get big bills (10) he works for a large mobile phone company!
(2014杭州)
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() 20. —Do you know the man is pla ying basketball over there?
—Sorry,I don't know him.
A. whom
B. who
C. which
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10
Mobile phone has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned (禁止) students from carrying mobile phones during school hours.
Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for schools. Several children have got mobile phones from parents and friends as Christmas gifts,and more students will want them.
Lucy Bluett,an expert,said mobile phone use was a distraction to students dur ing school hours. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams.
She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t call up their children.
Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school,but if there was a good reason,they could leave their phones at school office.
Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phones,but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.
() 1. Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones .
A. when they are at home
B. when they are free
C. when they are at school
() 2. We know from the passage that some children get mobile phones from .
A. the makers and sellers
B. the passers-by and strangers
C. their parents and friends
() 3. What does the underlined word “cheat”mean in the passage?
A. Behave dishonestly.
B. Behave honestly.
C. Behave correctly.
() 4. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t during school hours.
A. use their mobile phones
B. call up their children
C. help the teachers with their work
() 5. The passage tells us that .
A. students shouldn’t have mobile phones at school except for some special reasons
B. many people can't understand why parents would want their children to have phones
C. all parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t use their phones at school (2015湖南益阳)
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9
Sitienei,a 90-year-old Kenyan grandmother,has become the world's oldest primary school student. She is studying at the local primary school to learn to read and write. She is 1Yom a small 1 in Kenyan. She has spent most of her life 2 as a midwife (接生婆) ，helping women to give birth to babies. She wants to pass on her midwife skills to the young. She said she didn't have a chance to go to school when she was 3 . So she wants all the children in her village to 4 .
The head teacher at the school said, “I'm proud 5her. She is loved by every pupil. They all want to learn and play with 6 . ” He also said, “She is doing well considering her 7 . I can say I have seen a big difference in this school 8 she came. ”
Sitienei often said, "I want to tell children,9 girls in poor areas,that 10 will be your wealth. ” She added ,“With education,you can be whatever you want to be—a doctor,a teacher,a scientist,and so on.
() 1. A. school B. village
C. town D. city
() 2. A. reading B. writing
C. playing D. working
() 3. A. young B. old
C. famous D. free
() 4. A. study B. work
C. leave D. listen
() 5. A. for B. with
C. of D. in
() 6. A. her B. me
C. him D. you
() 7. A. chance B. age
C. skills D. ways
() 8. A. after B. when
C. since D. before
() 9. A. naturally B. especially
C. luckily D. certainly
() 10. A. friendship B. future
C. competition D. education
(2015安徽)
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17
Have you ever offered a helping hand to those who are in trouble?
One day,two 1 were walking along the road to school when they saw an old woman carrying a large basket of pears. They thought the woman looked very 2 . They went up to her and said,"Are you going to town? If you are,we will help carry your basket. ”
“Thank you ,” 3 the woman, “you are very kind. You see I'm weak and ill. ” Then she told them that she was now going to the market to 4 the pears which grew on the only tree in her little garden.
“We are all going to the 5 said the boys. "Let us have the basket." And they took hold of it,one each side. They walked 6 with the heavy basket,but happily.
The other day,I saw a little girl stop and 7 a piece of orange peel (皮) ，which she threw into the dustbin (垃圾桶) ，“I wish 8 would throw that on the sidewalk”’ said she. “Someone may step on it and fall. ”
Perhaps some may say that these are not 9 things. That is right. But such a little thing shows that you have a thoughtful mind and a feeling heart. We must not wait for the 10 to do great things. We must begin with little things of love.
() 1. A. boys B. girls
C. men D. women
() 2. A. bored B. tired
C. pleased D. surprised
() 3. A. asked B. told
C. replied D. spoke
() 4. A. bring B. buy
C. take D. sell
() 5. A. town B. market
C. garden D. school
() 6. A. weakly B. quickly
C. slowly D. quietly
() 7. A. take out B. cut off
C. put down D. pick up
() 8. A. nobody B. everybody
C. somebody D. anybody
() 9. A. little B. good
C. great D. bad
() 10. A. pay B. time
C. advice D. love
(2014河北)
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