It was the first snow of winter – an exciting day for every child but not for most teachers. Up until now, I had been old enough to dress myself, but today I would need some help. Miss Finlayson, my kindergarten teacher, had been through first snow days many times, but I think she may still remember this one.
I managed to get into my wool snow trousers. But I struggled with my jacket because it didn’t fit well. It was a hand-me-down from my brother, and it made me wonder why I had to wear his ugly clothes. At least my hat and scarf were mine, and they were quite pretty. Finally it was time to have Miss Finlayson help me with my boots.
In her calm, motherly voice she said, “By the end of winter, you will all be able to put on your own boots.” I didn’t realize at the time that this was more a statement of hope than of confidence.
I handed her my boots and stuck out my foot. Like most children, I expected grown-ups to do all the work. After much pushing, she managed to get the first one into place and then, with a sigh, worked the second one on too.
I announced, “They’re on the wrong feet.”
She struggled to get the boots off and went through the joyless task of putting them on again.
“They’re my brother’s boots, you know,” I said. “I hate them!”
Somehow, from long years of practice, she managed to act as though I wasn’t an annoying little girl, She pushed and pushed, less gently this time. With a greater sigh, seeing the end of her struggle with me, she asked, “Now, where are your mittens(连指手套)?”
I looked into her eyes and said, “I didn’t want to lose them, so I hid them in the toes of my boots.”
【小题1】The little girl was more satisfied with her__________-.
A.trousers | B.jacket | C.boots | D.hat |
A.the girl got them from her brother | B.the girl put something in them |
C.they were on the wrong feet | D.they did not fit the girl well |
A.Because the little girl was in her brother’s clothes. |
B.Because it was the most exciting day of the winter. |
C.Because the little girl played a trick on her. |
D.Because the little girl wore a pretty scarf. |
【小题1】D
【小题2】B
【小题3】C
解析试题分析:文章讲述了一个调皮的女孩作弄老师的故事,最后老师也被弄的不耐烦,所以老师会一直记住那天。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据文中第二段可知帽子是她自己的而且很漂亮,而夹克和靴子是她哥哥穿过的,她根本不喜欢,故选D。
【小题2】推理判断题。文章末尾I looked into her eyes and said, “I didn’t want to lose them, so I hid them in the toes of my boots.”说明了靴子难穿上的主要原因是手套在里面,故选B。
【小题3】推理判断题。能读全文可知调皮的小女孩捉弄了她的老师,所以老师会一直记住那天。故选C。
考点:考查故事类短文
点评:集中考查了推理题,要求考生在仔细阅读文章的基础之上,认真的推敲全文,准确的定位,合理的判断。关键是找出原文的根据,认真核查题支和原文的异同,常犯错误有:绝对化语言,范围扩大或缩小,以偏概全,张冠李戴等。带着问题,再读全文,找出答题所需要的依据,完成阅读。
科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
People have been painting pictures for at least 30,000 years. The earliest pictures were painted by people who hunted animals. They used to paint pictures of the animals they wanted to catch and kill. Pictures of this kind have been found on the walls of caves in France and Spain. No one knows why they were painted there. Perhaps the painters thought that their pictures would help them to catch these animals. Or perhaps human beings have always wanted to tell stories according to pictures.
About 5,000 years ago, the Egyptians and other people in the Near East began to use pictures as kind of writing. They drew simple pictures or signs to represent things and ideas, and also to represent the sounds of their language. The signs these people used became a kind of alphabet.
The Egyptians used to record information and to tell stories by putting picture writing and pictures together. When an important person died, scenes and stories from his life were painted and carved on the walls of the place where he was buried. Some of these pictures are like modern comic strip stories. It has been said that Egypt is the home of the comic strip. But, for the Egyptians, pictures still had magic power. So they did not try to make their way of writing simple. The ordinary people could not understand it.
By the year 1,000 BC, people who lived in the area around the Mediterranean Sea had developed a simpler system of writing. The signs they used were very easy to write, and there were fewer of them than in the Egyptian system. This was because each sign, or letter, represented only one sound in their language. The Greeks developed this system and formed the letters of the Greek alphabet. The Romans copied the idea, and the Roman alphabet is now used all over the world.
These days, we can write down a story, or record information, without using pictures. But we still need pictures of all kinds: drawing, photographs, signs and diagrams. We find them everywhere: in books and newspapers, in the street, and on the walls of the places where we live and work. Pictures help us to understand and remember things more easily, and they can make a story much more interesting.
【小题1】Pictures of animals were painted on the walls of caves in France and Spain because______.
A.the hunters wanted to see the pictures |
B.the painters were animal lovers |
C.the painters wanted to show imagination |
D.the pictures were thought to be helpful |
A.the former was easy to write |
B.there were fewer signs in the former |
C.the former was easy to pronounce |
D.each sign stood for only one sound |
A.The Egyptian signs later became a particular alphabet. |
B.The Egyptians liked to write comic strip stories. |
C.The Roman alphabet was developed from the Egyptian one. |
D.The Greeks copied their writing system from the Egyptians. |
A.should be made comprehensible |
B.should be made interesting |
C.are of much use in our life |
D.have disappeared from our life |
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The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honored by their children.On the third Sunday in June, fathers all across the United States are given presents, treated to dinner or otherwise made to feel special.
However, the idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington.A woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father’s Day while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909.Having been raised by her father, Henry Jackson Smart, after her mother died, Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her.It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices(牺牲) and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a selfless and loving man.Sonora’s father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration in Spikane, Washington on the 19th of June, 1910.
In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge declared the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day.Roses are the Father’s Day flowers: red to be worn for a living father and white if the father has died.
When children can’t visit their fathers or take them out to dinner, they send a greeting card.Traditionally, fathers prefer greeting cards that are not too sentimental(伤感的).Most greeting cards are too special so fathers laugh when they open them.Some give heartfelt thanks for being there whenever the child need Dad.
【小题1】The United States is special in Father’s Day because ______.
A.many people celebrate the day | B.only America celebrates the day |
C.America makes it an official day | D.all men are honored in America |
A.Sonora honored her father on her father’s birthday |
B.Sonora’s birthday was June 19 |
C.it was decided by the president at that time |
D.her mother died on June 19 |
A.4 | B.10 | C.14 | D.24 |
A.was very kind to anyone |
B.was the first father honored in 1924 |
C.did a lot for his daughter |
D.always help others by giving money |
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He soon opened his first Wal-Mart store in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas. Wal-Mart specialized in name brands at low prices and Sam Walton was surprised at the success. Soon a chain of Wal-Mart stores sprang up across rural America.
Walton's management style was popular with employees and he founded some of the basic concepts of management that are still in use today.
After taking the company public in 1970, Walton introduced his “profit sharing plan”. The profit sharing plan was a plan for Wal-Mart employees to improve their income dependent on the profits of the store. Sam Walton believed that “individuals don't win, teams do”. Employees at Wal-Mart stores were offered stock options (认股权) and store discounts. These benefits are commonplace today, but Walton was among the first to implement (实现) them. Walton believed that a happy employee meant happy customers and more sales. He also believed that by giving employees a part of the company and making their success dependent on the company’s success, they would care about the company.
By the 1980s, Wal-Mart had sales of over one billion dollars and over three hundred stores across North America. Wal-Mart’s unique decentralized (分散的) distribution system, also Walton’s idea, created the edge needed to further encourage growth in the 1980s during growing complaints that the “superstore” was stopping smaller and traditional stores from developing. By 1991, Wal-Mart was the largest US retailer with 1,700 stores. Walton remained active in managing the company, as president and CEO until 1988 and chairman until his death. He was awarded the Medal of Freedom shortly before his death.
【小题1】 Sam Walton first made a hit in retailing when __________.
A.he worked in his father’s store |
B.he created Walton's management style |
C.a chain of Wal-Mart stores sprang up across rural America |
D.he specialized in name brands at low prices |
A.To make sure all the employees had their own shares. |
B.To encourage the employees to work hard and make joint efforts. |
C.To select excellent employees for his stores. |
D.To make more profit for himself. |
A.With Walton’s management style, employees treated the stores as their own. |
B.Walton wasn’t one of the merchants who first implemented stock options. |
C.The smaller and traditional stores were well affected by Walton’s stores. |
D.In his old age, Walton gave all the management to his men. |
A.Danger. | B.Disadvantage. | C.Advantage. | D.System. |
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Barefoot and dirty,the girl just sat and watched the people go by.She never tried to speak.Many people passed,but never did one person stop.
The next day I decided to go back to the park,curious to see if the little girl would still be there.Right in the very spot as she was yesterday,she sat with the saddest look in her eyes.
Today I was to make my own move and walk over to the little girl.As we all know,a park full of strange people is not a place for young children to play alone.
As I began walking towards her,I could see the back of the little girl’s dress indicated a deformity(畸形).I smiled to let her know it was okay,I was there to help,to talk.I sat down beside her and opened with a simple “Hello”.I smiled and she shyly smiled back.We talked until darkness fell and the park was completely empty.I asked the girl why she was so sad.The little girl looked at me and with a sad face said,“Because I’m different.”
I immediately said “That you are!” and smiled.The little girl acted even sadder.She said,“I know.” She looked at me and smiled.Slowly she stood to her feet,and said,“Really?”
“Yes,dear,you’re like a little guardian angel sent to watch over all those people walking by.” She nodded her head “yes” and smiled,and with that she spread her wings and said with a twinkle in her eye,“I am.I’m your guardian angel.”
I was speechless,sure I was seeing things.She said,“For once you thought of someone other than yourself,my job here is done.”
Immediately I stood to my feet and said,“Wait,so why did no one stop to help an angel!?” She looked at me and smiled,“You’re the only one who could see me,and you believe it in your heart.”…and she was gone.
And with that my life changed dramatically.So,when you think you’re all you have,remember,your angel is always watching over you.Mine is!
【小题1】People just passed by the girl because _______.
A.they pretended not to see her |
B.she pretended to be poor |
C.they never thought of helping her |
D.they knew the author would help her |
A.Considerate. | B.Patient. | C.Helpful. | D.Powerful. |
A.He was shocked. | B.He didn’t manage to help the girl. |
C.He thought he was cheated. | D.He was in despair. |
A.The author smiled because he saw the girl was shy. |
B.The author had known that the girl was a real angel. |
C.The author believed that an angel was always watching him. |
D.The author decided to go back to the park because he was sure that the little girl would be there. |
A.You are ugly. | B.You are alone. |
C.You are strong. | D.You are rich. |
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I finished my last evening shift of the week and could hardly wait to get home. I took off my nursing shoes, relaxed and then said goodnight to the rest of the girls and headed out of the door.
It was so cold and I could see the ice crystals in the air. As I approached my car, I saw one of my coworkers standing by the bus stop. I thought it would only take a couple of extra minutes to give her a ride home, and besides, it was too cold to be standing outside on the coldest night in January.
We chatted as I drove and before we knew it, we arrived at her house. As she headed up the steps to her door she turned around. “Do you know how to get to your house from here?” “How hard can it be? I’ll just backtrack the way I came.”
I started driving. Nothing looked familiar, but at first that didn’t bother me since I’d never been to this neighborhood before. I kept driving, and soon I sensed that something was wrong. I recognized nothing, not the neighborhoods, not even the street names. My husband would be worried about me. I looked down at my watch. It was now 2:30. I’d left work at 11:30 pm.
I stopped my car. I thought I’d better take stock of my situation. My gas gauge (汽油表) was slowly going down. In total defeat I put my head down on the steering wheel and asked for help. I lifted my head. I saw a shadow down the road in front of me. It was a car. What was a car doing in the middle of nowhere at 2:30 in the morning?
Hesitantly, I got out of my car and knocked on the window of the other car. An elderly man slowly rolled his window down.
I said, “I’m lost and don’t know how to get back into town.”
In silence, he started driving. I drove behind him.
Finally I recognized a familiar street. As I turned to head home, I lost sight of my guiding angel. When I pulled into my driveway the warning light for my gas tank turned on.
【小题1】Why did the writer stop her car?
A.To consider and judge the situation. |
B.To check whether there was gas. |
C.To prevent the car breaking down. |
D.To turn to somebody for help. |
A.she thanked the old man very much |
B.her husband was waiting for her anxiously |
C.the oil in her car was just going to run out |
D.she was totally frozen on the cold night |
A.Keep up and you will succeed at last. |
B.Meeting a friendly old man in trouble. |
C.Giving a ride to my coworker at night. |
D.Losing my way on a cold winter night. |
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One day a student went to see his teacher. He had been given an important position and now was coming to say goodbye to his teacher. The old man asked him how he would live among high officials. The student answered, “ I will be all right. I have prepared a hundred high hats, one for each official I will meet. I am sure I will succeed.” The teacher got angry on hearing this. “What?” he cried. “Is this what ten years of my teaching has made of you? Nothing but flatterer(拍马屁的人)?” “Excuse me, honored(尊敬的) master,” the student rose to his feet and apologized hurriedly. “But you have always been absorbed in your studies and don’t know how vulgar(庸俗的) the world has come to be. There are few men in the world who are above flatterers like you.” “There is something true in what you said,” the teacher nodded, smiling with one of the student’s “high hats” on.
【小题1】. The student came to say goodbye to his teacher because_____________.
A.he had got hundred hats to sell |
B.he had got a fairly high position in society |
C.he wanted to see his parents in his home town |
D.he moved away to another city |
A.selling hats to them | B.making a hundred hats for them |
C.flattering them | D.serving them |
A.stood up | B.kicked with his feet |
C.became quite excited | D.raised his feet |
A.liked to be flattered as well |
B.really knew nothing about the vulgar world |
C.was in need of a high hat |
D.was satisfied with the new hat |
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Taiwan-born American director Ang Lee's win of his second directing Oscar has sparked complex feelings among Chinese audiences, who expressed their pride due to the director's Chinese roots, but couldn't help but reflect on why the Chinese mainland has failed to deliver more outstanding films to the world .
Lee, 58, on Sunday accepted the Academy Award for best director for Life of Pi, a 3D adventure-drama film.Lee had won the top directing award in 2006 for Brokeback Mountain and the best foreign language film Oscar in 2001 for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Lee came to Hollywood's attention after directing three Chinese-language films in the early 1990s, with an emphasis on the interactions between modernity and Chinese traditions.Some Web users called Lee "a source of pride for Chinese people," and admired him for bearing the torch of Chinese culture.
However, a large number of audience members and critics from the mainland expressed their frustrations over home-made movies: Mainland filmmakers have made numerous ambitious tries for the prestigious award but never won.
Hao Jie, a young director whose 2010 film Single Man won the Special Jury Prize in the Tokyo Filmex Festival but was never screened in the mainland for it showed complex sex lives in a village.
"Due to the censorship(审查), we are prevented from the beginning of our production, which forbids our works from mirroring realities," Hao said.
While acknowledging the system's role in undermining(削弱) excellent works, Su Mu, a well-known film critic, argued that the atmosphere in the mainland's film circle is also to blame."Lee produces his works with his heart, but most mainland directors now only have money in mind."
Though having obtained approval for his second film from the film authority, Hao said cinemas have kept delaying the screening of his work."This is another factor that prevents us from progressing. Cinemas won't risk showing our film, which features no stars and is considered non-mainstream," complained Hao.
【小题1】What does the underlined phrase “the prestigious award” refer to?
A.the Best Director of Oscar |
B.any of the Oscar Awards |
C.the Special Jury Prize |
D.the best foreign language film Oscar |
A.Ang Lee’s films are always focusing on Chinese traditions. |
B.Chinese audiences are proud of their Chinese identity in the films. |
C.Ang Lee has won the world’s favor only by means of his three Oscars. |
D.Ang Lee is famous for his combining modernity and Chinese traditions. |
A.Strict censorship. |
B.A lack of wonderful directors. |
C.The bad atmosphere in the film circle. |
D.Cinemas’ not risking showing low-cost films. |
A.Ang Lee-Pride of Chinese Movie-makers |
B.The Future of Chinese Mainland Film-making |
C.Bitter-sweet Feeling over Ang Lee’s Oscar Win |
D.What Can Chinese Films Do for the Oscar Awards |
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