Once a great boxer (拳击家), Tom Brown, went to a restaurant(饭馆)for dinner. He put his bag near the door, but he was afraid that someone would take it. So he got out a pen and a piece of paper and wrote on it: “The great boxer, Tom Brown, left his bag here. He’ll come back in a few minutes. ” He put the paper on his bag and went to have his dinner. When he came back, his bag wasn’t there. But he found a piece of paper on the ground. It said: “A great runner took away your bag, and he will not come back. ”
【小题1】Tom Brown went to the restaurant ________.
A.for his bag | B.to see the runner |
C.to have his meal | D.for his pen |
A.to put down his bag near the door |
B.he couldn’t find his pen |
C.thieves would take his bag away |
D.he couldn’t get enough food himself from the restaurant |
A.thought the thief would not steal (偷) his bag when he read the words |
B.was a boxer |
C.wanted to catch the thief |
D.wanted to get to know the runner |
A.found another piece of paper on the ground |
B.found his bag wasn’t there |
C.both A and B |
D.saw the runner running after him |
A.Mr Brown was foolish. |
B.The runner was a thief. |
C.The runner made a joke on Mr Brown. |
D.The boxer didn’t know the runner at all. |
【小题1】C
【小题2】C
【小题3】A
【小题4】C
【小题5】D
解析试题分析:本文是一篇小故事:拳击手Tom Brown 去饭店吃饭,怕包被别人拿走,于是就写了一张条放到包上,条上写着“著名的拳击手Tom Brown 把包放在这里。他几分钟后就回来”。但是他回来后却发现包不见了,在地上的一张纸上写着“一个著名运动员把包拿走了,他不会回来了”。
【小题1】C细节理解题。根据文章首句Tom Brown, went to a restaurant(饭馆)for dinner.可知他去饭店吃饭,答案选C。
【小题2】C细节理解题。根据文中 he was afraid that someone would take it.可知他怕有人把包偷走,所以答案选C。
【小题3】A 推理判断题。从文中So he got out a pen and a piece of paper and wrote on it….可以推断他以为自己留条后,就没人敢拿他的包了,答案选A。
【小题4】C 细节理解题。根据文中When he came back, his bag wasn’t there. But he found a piece of paper on the ground.可知C选项正确。
【小题5】D推理判断题。根据A great runner took away your bag, and he will not come back. ”可知小偷没有留姓名,Tom Brown 也没有见到他,由此可知Tom 不认识拿走包的人,答案选D。
考点:考查故事类短文阅读。
科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
“It is a dreadful thing to be poor a fortnight before Christmas, ” said Clorinda, with the mournful sigh of seventeen years.
Aunt Emmy smiled. Aunt Emmy was sixty, and spent the hours she didn’t spend in a bed, on a sofa or in a wheel chair; but Aunt Emmy was never heard to sigh.
“The gifts which money can purchase are not the only ones we can give,” said Aunt Emmy gently, “nor the best, either.”
“Oh, I know it's nicer to give something of your own work,” agreed Clorinda, “but materials for fancy work cost too. That kind of gift is just as much out of the question for me as any other.”
“That was not what I meant,” said Aunt Emmy.
“What did you mean, then?” asked Clorinda, looking puzzled.
Aunt Emmy smiled.
“Suppose you think out my meaning for yourself,” she said. “That would be better than if I explained it. Besides, I don't think I could explain it. Take the beautiful line of a beautiful poem to help you in your thinking out: 'The gift without the giver is bare.”
“I'd put it the other way and say, 'The giver without the gift is bare,” said Clorinda. “That is my predicament(窘境)exactly. Well, I hope by next Christmas I'll not be quite bankrupt. I'm going into Mr. Callender's store down at Murraybridge in February. He has offered me the place, you know.”
“Won't your aunt miss you terribly?” said Aunt Emmy gravely. “I think she would rather have your companionship than a part of your salary, Clorinda,” said Aunt Emmy. “But of course you must decide for yourself, dear.”
“Well, I must say bye-bye and run home.” Clorinda lived just across the road from Aunt Emmy in a tiny white house behind some huge willows. But Aunt Mary lived there too--the only relative Clorinda had, for Aunt Emmy wasn't really her aunt at all. Clorinda had always lived with Aunt Mary ever since she could remember.
Clorinda puzzled over Aunt Emmy's meaning for days. Then all at once it came to her. On Christmas Day, Clorinda went over to Aunt Emmy's.Aunt Emmy was lying on the sofa before the fire, and Clorinda sat down beside her.
“I've come to tell you all about it,” she said. “Aunt Emmy, I thought for days over your meaning ... And then one evening it just came to me. At first I didn't think I could give some of them, and then I thought how selfish I was. I would have been willing to pay any amount of money for gifts if I had had it, but I wasn't willing to pay what I had. I got over that, though, Aunt Emmy. Now I'm going to tell you what I did give.”
“First, there was old Aunt Kitty. You know she was my nurse when I was a baby. She is always glad when I go to see her, but I've never gone except when I couldn't help it. She is very deaf, and rather dull and stupid, you know. Well, I gave her a whole day. I took my knitting yesterday, and sat with her the whole time and just talked and talked. She was so pleased and proud; she told me when I came away that she hadn't had such a nice time for years. ”
“Then there was ... Florence. You know, Aunt Emmy, we were always intimate friends until last year. Then Florence once told Rose Watson something I had told her in confidence. I found it out and I was so hurt. I couldn't forgive Florence, and I told her plainly I could never be a real friend to her again. Florence felt badly, because she really did love me, and she asked me to forgive her, but it seemed as if I couldn't. Well, Aunt Emmy, that was my Christmas gift to her ... my forgiveness.”
“I gave Aunt Mary her gift this morning. I told her I wasn't going to Murraybridge, that I just meant to stay home with her. She was so glad--and I'm glad, too, now that I've decided so.”
“Your gifts have been real gifts, Clorinda,” said Aunt Emmy. “Something of you--the best of you--went into each of them.”
“I didn't forget you, Aunt Emmy,” she said, as she unpinned the paper.
There was a rosebush. Aunt Emmy loved flowers. She put her finger under one of the roses and kissed it.
“It's as sweet as yourself, dear child,” she said tenderly. “And it will be a joy to me all through the lonely winter days. You've found out the best meaning of Christmas giving, haven't you, dear?”
“Yes, thanks to you, Aunt Emmy,” said Clorinda softly.
【小题1】Clorinda felt anxious before Christmas because___________.
A.She had to leave Aunt Mary |
B.She didn’t know what kind of Christmas gifts she should buy |
C.She had not enough money to buy Christmas gifts |
D.She had no time to make a proper decision |
A.A gift is valued by the mind of the giver. |
B.Forgiveness is a gift for the giver and the receiver. |
C.You cannot buy love or respect with expensive gifts. |
D.Think twice before you give gifts to somebody |
A.Passion | B.Sympathy | C.Kindness | D.Company |
A.respectfully | B.confidently | C.secretly | D.willingly |
A.cute and joyful | B.kind-hearted and emotional |
C.optimistic and wise | D.gentle and timid (羞怯的) |
A.A Special Christmas | B.Clorinda’s Gifts |
C.Aunt Emmy | D.Clorinda’s Choice |
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Robert is a boss who hires me as a helper. He has lost his home and now has to live back at home, with his mother, at 46.
We had a job in Fort Bending. Robert bought me breakfast there. As we were leaving ,a man walked to us asking if he could get some work from Roberts' company. Robert explained there was no work for the man and the man started to walk away. As I looked from the leaving man back to Robert, l saw Robert getting Out some money and went after the man to give it to him. I asked Robert, "Why did you do that?" Robert said "He really had bad luck-what does a few dollars mater?"
After a very long, hard day, we stopped at a Quick Trip for a soda. I got through the check out ahead of Robert and went back out to the work truck. Beside the truck was a woman in a car. She had 3 kids and asked me if I could help-she had been evicted-had now where to go with her children-they were living in the car. I told her I was also hurting in these times-sorry I could not. Robert came out. opened the work truck and we got in I told him about the lady I didn't even finish the story when Robert was out. his door- around the truck and giving the women money to help her and her kids out. When Robert returned I asked, "Why did you do that, she didn't even ask you". He said “I have an ex-wife(前妻)and a kid-if they need help and I am not able, someone will help them"
【小题1】Why did the man walk to the writer and Robert?
A.To ask for a lift in Robert's truck. |
B.To look for a job in Robert's company |
C.To beg for some money to buy a ticket. |
D.To expect Robert to buy him breakfast. |
A.driven away | B.picked up | C.looked down | D.turned down |
A.Kind. | B.Proud. | C.Rich. | D.Cruel, |
A.he expected to get married to the woman |
B.she made him think of his ex-wife and kid |
C.she asked him whether he could give a hand |
D.he felt sorry for being unable to support his family |
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Acacia’s attitude toward life might be summed up best by a question she recently asked members of the Brevard County School Board – “what if we spend as much time putting the spotlight on kindness as we do on cruelty?” It’s a philosophy Acacias has learned to live her own life -despite having a lot of people would consider a handicap. She was born without a right hand. And her left hand did not form properly. But Acacia says that she has not stopped her from achieving her goals. “You need to believe in your dreams. If you don’t believe in you dreams, I can definitely tell you that they are not going to come true.” She said.
Acacia came up with the idea for the Friendship Bench after seeing kids getting bullied at school. She says she has also experienced bullying herself – kids whispering about her or picking on her because she is different. “Some people say they feel sorry for me. I tell them not to,” she said. “I don’t care that I’m different. I like being different.”
The Friendship Bench looks like a lot of other benches. It has arm sets and a place to lean on. But there are also words painted on it – words such as “hope”, “respect”, “listen” and “dream”. Acacia put the benches together with the help from her mother and brother.
Any time a kid feels he or she needs a friend, all that kid needs to do is sit on the bench. It is then up to the other kids – or grown-ups – to fill that need. “It’s a perfect idea,” Palm Bay Elementary Principal Lori said. “It’s something we’ve needed so badly.”
The Friendship Bench has been such a success at Palm Bay Elementary that other schools are now interested in installing one too. “There’s a saying in my teacher’s classroom,” Acacia said. “It says, ‘it you can dream it, you can achieve it.’”
【小题1】What is the function of the first sentence in Paragraph One?
A.To explain the meaning of getting benched is sports. |
B.To introduce the important role “bench” plays in sports. |
C.To introduce what the author wants to say in the text to us. |
D.To tell us that the passage is connected with the word “bench”. |
A.She is disabled but leads an active life. |
B.She has a deep understanding of life. |
C.She finds it difficult to achieve her goals. |
D.She finds herself always in need of help. |
A.Acacia has also suffered from other kids’ bullying. |
B.The kids who sit on the bench feel they need friends. |
C.Grown-ups are allowed to offer their help to the one in need. |
D.The Friendship Bench is different from others in the arm sets. |
A.More Friendship Benches will be installed in other schools soon. |
B.Students stop bullying other schoolmates at Palm Bay Elementary. |
C.The students at Palm Bay Elementary have become more friendly. |
D.Acacia has become a very important figure at Palm Bay Elementary. |
A.Acacia’s New Invention |
B.The Friendship Bench |
C.Help from a Special Bench |
D.Getting Benched in School |
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Mr. Smart had a hip (髋关节) replacement in February at the Burnie hospital but was rushed back two months later with internal bleeding.
“The doctors couldn’t stop the bleeding,” Mrs. Smart said. Medical staff told Mrs. Smart to contact her family, which includes children in Western Australia. “It took two days for them to get here. We had to hope he hung on .” he did.
“The doctors were there 24 hours a day and they stopped the bleeding. They brought him back,” Mrs. Smart said.
“I certainly believe in miracles because I’ve seen one happen, but it wouldn’t have happened if the doctors didn’t do what they did.”
It was the second time Mrs. Smart thought she was losing her husband of 54 years. Two years ago, Mr. Smart was admitted to the Launceston General Hospital after a heart attack and a few days later with intense pain caused by a hemorrhage (出血). Again, the family was called to say goodbye---twice.
“I was given a 50-50 chance of coming out of it, ” Mr. Smart said.
Going through the ordeal (苦难,折磨) then was trying on the family, who had prepared themselves for the worst.
But to face the same situation only two years later was hard. The Smarts said the support they received at the Burnie hospital helped them through.
And it seems the experience has also left an impression at the hospital. Mrs. Smart said when she rang recently and mentioned her husband’s name, the reply was “ah the miracle man”.
【小题1】The first time Mrs. Smart and the children said goodbye to Mr. Smart was when he had .
A.a hip replacement | B.internal bleeding |
C.a heart attack | D.intense pain caused by a hemorrhage |
A.only his wife believed he could survive |
B.no one believed that he could survive |
C.he had given up hope of recovering |
D.it didn’t take the doctors long to stop the bleeding |
A.concern | B.puzzle | C.fear | D.wonder |
A.beat the pain | B.came back to life |
C.lived through | D.make his fortune |
A.The Miracle Man. | B.The Kind Doctors and Nurses. |
C.A Devoted Wife. | D.A Great Family. |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
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 loves 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 served to make 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 colours, 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
VOYAGE 1
VOYAGE 2
Mark’s finger 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 out in terror, reaching for the power switch. A beam(光束) 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: 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 was so much attracted by it. |
C.He was eager to do an experiment. |
D.He wanted to practice his skills. |
A.In a scientific research center. |
B.In a computer company. |
C.In an electronic factory. |
D.In an information processing center. |
A.a software producer |
B.a company website |
C.an astronomy program |
D.a computer game |
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. |
D.He was afraid something dangerous might happen. |
A.They were hidden in the strong light. |
B.They were sent to another planet. |
C.They were blown into the air. |
D.They were carried away to another country. |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
Imagine someone has crossed the seas joining five continents by swimming. It is a major success for anyone. But it is an even greater success for Philippe Croizon, who has no arms, and no legs! His achievements show that we can all achieve great things—no matter who we are.
Philippe Croizon was 26 years old when he had an accident. The doctors had to remove both of his arms and legs. “When they cut off my last leg I wanted to die. I suffered great depression and my spirit was as low as you can get. But you have to choose—and I chose to live!” said Croizon.
While he was recovering in hospital, Croizon saw a television programme about a woman who had been swimming across the English Channel. After watching the programme Croizon decided to do it. He began to exercise every day to make him strong and it took him two years to prepare.
Finally in 2010, Croizon was ready. He entered the cold, grey sea of the English Channel. He was now 42 years old. It took him from early morning until night to swim the distance. He felt a lot of pain. But he had become the first person without arms and legs to swim between France and England. Croizon had achieved his dream, but he did not stop there. He looked for a new goal.
Early in 2012 he planned to swim across the seas that join five major continents. During the next few months he swam between the four continents of Australia, Asia, Africa and Europe and finally in the cold waters of the Bering Strait between the continents of Asia and the Americas.
“We want to show people something. If disabled people have courage and a lot of training they can do the same things as those who are not disabled,” said Croizon.
【小题1】According to the passage, Philippe Croizon _____.
A.was born with disability |
B.suffered a lot from the accident |
C.chose to live because of a TV programme |
D.was fond of swimming since he was young |
A.It took him two years to finish it. |
B.He was the first person to achieve it. |
C.It was easy for him to finish the swim. |
D.He spent a lot of time preparing for it. |
A.lasted a month |
B.ended in the Bering Strait |
C.happened when he was 42 years old |
D.was inspired by a television programme |
A.Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. |
B.Where there’s a will, there’s a way. |
C.Actions speak louder than words. |
D.The finest diamond must be cut. |
A.Hope in the corner |
B.A disabled man’s dream |
C.Challenges to Philippe Croizon |
D.Philippe Croizon’s amazing swim |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
When I was seven, my parents gave me a doll, a doll’s house and a book. The Arabian Nights, came wrapped in red paper. I was just ready to read when my mother walked into my room.
“Isn’t your doll just beautiful?” my mother asked. I looked at the doll, with fair hair in a pink dress----I’ll have to call her “she” because I never gave her a name. I folded my lips and raised my eyebrows, not really knowing how to let my mother down easily.
“This doll is different.” My mother explained, trying to talk me into playing with it.
Thinking the doll needed love, I hugged her tightly for a long time. Useless, I said to myself. Finally, I decided to play with the doll’s house. But since rearranging the tiny furniture seemed to be the only active possible, I lost interest. I caught sight again of the third of my gifts The Arabian Nights, and I began to read it. From that moment, the book was my constant companion.
Every day I climbed our garden tree, nestled among its branches, I read the stories in The Arabian Nights to my heart’s content. My mother became concerned as she noticed I wasn’t playing with either the doll or the little house. She insisted that I take the doll up the tree with me.
Trying to read on a branch 15 feet off the ground while holding on to the silly doll was not easy. After nearly falling off twice, I tied one end of a long vine around the doll’s neck and the opposite one around the branch, letting the doll hang in mid air while I read. I always looked out for my mother, though. I sensed that my playing with the doll was of great importance to her. So every time I heard her coming, I lifted the doll up and hugged her. The smile in my mother’s eyes told me my plan worked.
The inevitable(不可避免的) happened one afternoon. Totally absorbed in the reading, I didn’t hear my mother calling me. When I looked down, I saw my mother staring at the hanging doll. Fearing the worst of scolding, I climbed down in a flash, reaching the ground just as my mother was untying the doll. To my surprise, she didn’t scold. She kept on staring at the doll.
The next day, my father came home early and suggested he and I play with the doll’s house. Soon I was bored, but my father seemed to be having so much fun, I didn’t have the heart to tell him. Quietly I slipped out, picking up my book on my way to the yard. So absorbed was he in arranging and rearranging the tiny furniture that he didn’t notice my quick exit.
Almost 20 years passed before I found out why the hanging-doll incident had been so significant for my parents. By then I was a parent myself. After recalling the incident, my mother said all those years she had been afraid whether I would turn out to be a most loving and understanding mother to my son.
My mother often thanks God aloud for making me a good parent, pointing out that with education I might have been a rich dentist instead of a poor poet. I look back on that same childhood incident, recalling my third gift, the book in red-paper, and I take advantage of the experiences that have made me who and what I am. Sometimes I pause to wonder at life’s wonderful ironies (讽刺).
【小题1】Why didn’t the author give the doll a name?
A.Because the gift was given by her parents. |
B.Because the girl didn’t care much for the doll. |
C.Because her parents would give the doll a name. |
D.Because the doll had little in common with her. |
A.hoped to shape their children’s future |
B.were unconcerned about their behavior |
C.ruined their children’s dreams completely |
D.might withdraw their love at any moment |
A.The mother is now satisfied with her daughter’s career. |
B.The daughter now regrets what she did when she was a girl. |
C.The mother thinks the daughter’s achievements are unsatisfactory. |
D.The daughter wishes that she had been allowed more freedom as a child. |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
Harry Houdini was one of the greatest American entertainers in the theater this century. He was a man famous for his escapes from prison cells, from wooden boxes floating in rivers, from locked tanks full of water. He appeared in theaters all over Europe and America. Crowds came to see the great Houdini and his “magic” tricks.
Of course, his secret was not magic or supernatural power. It was simply strength. He had the ability to move his toes as well as he moved his fingers. He could move his body into almost any position he wanted.
Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17, in 1891. He and his brother Theo performed card tricks in clubs in New York. They called themselves the Houdini Brothers. When Harry married in 1894, he and his wife Bess worked together as magician and assistant. But for a long time they were not very successful. Then Harry performed his first prison escape in Chicago in 1898. Harry persuaded a detective to let him try to escape from the prison, and he invited the local newspapermen to watch.
It was the publicity (宣传) that came from this that started Harry Houdini’s success. Harry had fingers trained to escape from handcuffs and toes trained to escape from ankle chains. But his biggest secret was how he unlocked the prison doors. Every time he went into the prison cell, Bess gave him a kiss for good luck and a small skeleton key, which is a key that fits many locks. She passed it quickly from her mouth to his.
Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame. He arranged to escape from the local prison of every town he visited. In the afternoon, the people of the town would read about it in their local newspapers, and in the evening every seat in the local theater would be full. What was the result? Worldwide fame and a name remembered today.
【小题1】According to the passage, Houdini’s success in prison escapes depends on ______.
A.his special tricks and supernatural powers |
B.his unusual ability and skeleton key |
C.his magic tricks and supernatural powers |
D.his wisdom and magic tricks |
A.in 1894 | B.before he married |
C.at the age of 17 | D.when he was 24 |
A.Houdini was a famous American magician. |
B.Houdini was first recognized in Chicago. |
C.Houdini first entered the entertainment world together with his wife. |
D.Houdini was popular with people from Europe and America. |
A.A Skeleton Key | B.A Secret Prisoner |
C.Worldwide Fame | D.Great Escapes |
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