单词释义（根据英语释义补全单词）

I'm a little teapot, short and s_________ (strong and thick)

完形填空

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

When I was about twelve years old. I had an enemy (敌人)，a girl who liked to tell me about my shortcomings. She always   1 me that I was very short, and I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, and so on. I tried to stand all of these as long as I could. Finally, I became very   2 . I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.

He listened to me   3 , and then asked, “Are the things that she said true or not? Jane, have you ever   4 what you’re really like? Now you have that girl’s   5 . Go and make a list of everything she said and find out if that are   6 . Pay no attention to the things that are not true.”

I did   7  he told me. To my great surprise, I found that about half of the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t    8 , like being very short, but a good number of them I could. I wanted to change the bad things in me, and for the   9  time I knew something about myself in a very clear way.

I brought the list back to my father. He   10  to take it. “That’s only just for you,” he said, “You know better than   11  else the truths about yourself, but sometimes others’ opinions are also important, so you have to learn how to  12 , and not just close your ears in anger and feel hurt. When something   13 is said about you is true, you’ll find that it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think that they know you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to all of them.

  14  hear the truth and do what you think is the right thing to do.”

I have remembered my father’s   15  at many important moments. I have never had a better piece of advice in my whole life.

1.                A．reminded       B．said            C．shouted  D．laughed

 

2.                A．dull            B．brave          C．angry D．happy

 

3.                A．quietly         B．carelessly       C．casually   D．differently

 

4.                A．came out       B．dealt with       C．got over  D．thought about

 

5.                A．strategies       B．ideas           C．photos   D．books

 

6.                A．crazy          B．true           C．strict D．simple

 

7.                A．as             B．against         C．since D．for

 

8.                A．produce        B．check          C．borrow   D．next

 

9.                A．decided        B．liked           C．wanted   D．refused

 

10.               A．everything      B．anyone         C．nothing   D．anything

 

11.               A．shout          B．teach          C．listen D．read

 

12.               A．that           B．why           C．where D．who

 

13.               A．so             B．or             C．for   D．but

 

14.               A．features        B．excuse         C．advice D．promises

 

 

A: Hi, Han Mei! What are you doing now?
B: I’m studying for tomorrow’s test. What about you?     
A: I’m learning English by l  81   to the tapes. Can you tell me how you learn English?
B: I learn by practicing conversations with my partner.
A: That’s a good idea. I think it can i  82   your speaking skills. Who’s your partner？
B: Liu Ying, one of your classmates at primary school.
A: Oh, wow! It’s her! I remember she u  83  to be short and be very quiet.
B: But now she’s much 84 than before and very outgoing.
A: By the way, do you have lots of rules at school?
B: Yes, we do. For example, we must w  84  uniform at school.
A: Should students be allowed to have part-time job?
B: No. But I think it is necessary for students to have s  85  rules at school.
A: That’s right.

Jim and Andy are standing at the bus stop and waiting for the No.6 bus. They want to buy some new books. Suddenly（突然）, two men are running past them. A short man is crying,“help! help! Catch（抓住） the thief! Give my bag back to me.”“Oh! That man is a thief!”Jim shouts to Andy. They begin to run after the tall man, and very soon they catch him and get the bag back. The short man runs over and smiles,“Thank you. But we are filming(拍摄)a movie.”
【小题1】 What are Andy and Jim doing at the bus stop?

A．They are waiting for the thief.

B．They are waiting for the bus.

C．They are waiting for their friends.

D．They are watching a movie.

【小题2】.Where might(可能)they go?

A．They might go to the cinema (电影院).

B．They might go to the zoo.

C．They might go to a bookstore.

D．They might go to a restaurant.

【小题3】 Andy and Jim think the tall man is______.

A．an actor	B．a thief
C．a policeman	D．the short man’s friend.

【小题4】In fact(事实上), the tall man and the short man are_____.

A．thieves

B．policemen

C．actors

D．clerks

【小题5】 From the passage, we know______.

A．Jim and Andy like seeing movies

B．Jim and Andy like helping others

C．Jim and Andy want to be actors

D．the four people in the story become friends after that

In May, 1976, Gaynor was a nine-year-old girl and lived in North Wales. One day, on her way home from school, she saw a silver(银色的)object(物体)in a field not far from her home. The object looked like a saucer.

Gaynor was very scared. She stayed behind the tall grass and watched the door of the strange object open. She saw two aliens wearing silver suits get out. Then they used something to examine(检测)the ground. They were short and had pink eyes. After about thirty minutes, the two aliens went back into the object. Then it took off.

When Gaynor got home, she told her mother about this unusual experience, but her family decided to keep quiet about it. They didn’t want others to laugh at their daughter.

However, 18 months later, Gaynor told her story to UFO scientists. They found out that Gaynor told the truth.

1. Where did Gaynor see the UFO?

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2. What did Gaynor see when the door of the UFO opened?

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3. What did the two aliens do?

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4. What did the two aliens look like?

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5.Why did Gaynor's parents keep quiet about her unusual experience?

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