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Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He stopped by the fence in front of the house where he lived with his aunt Polly. He looked at it, and all joy left him. The fence was long and high. He put the brush into the whitewash and moved it along the top of the fence. He repeated the operation. He felt he could not continue and sat down.
He knew that his friends would arrive soon with all kinds of interesting plans for the day. They would walk past him and laugh. They would make jokes about his having to work on a beautiful summer Saturday. The thought burned him like fire.
He put his hand into his pockets and took out all that he owned. Perhaps he could find some way to pay someone to do the whitewashing for him. But there was nothing of value in his pockets —nothing that could buy even half an hour of freedom. So he put the bits of toys back into his pockets and gave up the idea
At this dark and hopeless moment, a wonderful idea came to him. It filled his mind with a great, bright light. Calmly he picked up the brush and started again to whitewash.
While Tom was working, Ben Rogers appeared. Ben was eating an apple as he walked along the street. As he walked along, he was making noises like the sound of a riverboat. First he shouted loudly, like a boat captain. Then he said “Ding-Dong-Dong”, “Ding-Dong-Dong” again and again, like the bell of a riverboat. And he made other strange noises. When he came close to Tom, he stopped.
Tom went on whitewashing. He did not look at Ben. Ben stared a moment and then said: “Hello! I’m going swimming, but you can’t go, can you?”
No answer. Tom moved his brush carefully along the fence and looked at the result with the eye of an artist. Ben came nearer. Tom’s mouth watered for the apple, but he kept on working.
Ben said, “Hello, old fellow, you’ve got to work, hey?”
Tom turned suddenly and said, “Why, it’s you, Ben! I wasn’t noticing.”
“Say —I’m going swimming. Don’t you wish you could? But of course you’d rather work — wouldn’t you? Of course you would.”
Tom looked at the boy a bit, and said “What do you call work?”
“Why, isn’t that work?”
Tom went back to his whitewashing, and answered carelessly.
“Well, maybe it is, and maybe it isn’t. All I know is, it suits Tom Sawyer.”
“Oh come, now, you don’t mean to say that you like it?”
The brush continued to move.
“Like it? Well, I don’t see why I shouldn’t like it. Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?”
Ben stopped eating his apple. Tom moved his brush back and forth, stepped back to look at the result, added a touch here and there, and stepped back again. Ben watched every move and got more and more interested. Soon he said,
“Say, Tom, let me whitewash a little.”
Tom thought for a moment, was about to agree; but he changed his mind.
“No —no —it won’t do, Ben. You see, Aunt Polly wants this fence to be perfect. It has got to be done very carefully. I don’t think there is one boy in a thousand, maybe two thousand, that can do it well enough.”
“No —is that so? Oh come, now —let me just try. Only just a little.” “Ben, I’d like to, but if it isn’t done right, I’m afraid Aunt Polly … ”
“Oh, I’ll be careful. Now let me try. Say —I’ll give you the core of my apple.”
“Well, here —No, Ben, now don’t. I’m afraid …”
“I’ll give you all of it.”
Tom gave up the brush with unwillingness on his face, but joy in his heart. And while Ben worked at the fence in the hot sun, Tom sat under a tree, eating the apple, and planning how to get more help. There were enough boys. Each one came to laugh, but remained to whitewash. By the time Ben was tired, Tom sold the next chance to Billy for a kite; and when Billy was tired, Johnny bought in for a dead rat —and so on, hour after hour. And when the middle of the afternoon came, Tom had won many treasures.
And he had not worked. He had had a nice idle time all the time, with plenty of company -and the fence had been whitewashed three times. If he hadn’t run out of whitewash, Tom would have owned everything belonging to his friends.
He had discovered a great law of human action, namely, that in order to make a man or a boy want a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to get.
【小题1】How many characters are mentioned in this story?

A.7B.6C.5D.4
【小题2】Why did Tom take all his bits of toys out of his pockets?
A.Because he is tired and wanted to play with his toys.
B.Because he wanted to throw his toys away.
C.Because he wanted to know if he could buy help with his toys.
D.Because he wanted to give his toys to his friends.
【小题3】Tom was about to agree to let Ben whitewash when he changed his mind because ______.
A.Tom wanted to do the whitewashing by himself
B.Tom was afraid Ben would do the whitewashing better.
C.Tom was unwilling to let Ben do the whitewashing
D.Tom planned to make Ben give up his apple first
【小题4】We can learn from the passage that ________.
A.Tom was good at whitewashing the fence, so he looked at the result of his work with the eye of an artist.
B.Tom was unwilling to whitewash the fence, but he managed to let other boys do it for him
C.Tom had a lot of friends who are ready to help others.
D.Tom was interested in whitewashing the fence.
【小题5】What made Ben Rogers eagerly gave up his apple and offer to brush the fence for Tom?
A.His curiosity about Tom’s brushing job.
B.His warm heart and kindness to friends.
C.Tom’s threat.
D.Aunt Polly’s idea.
【小题6】Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?
A.Tom And His Fellows
B.The Happy Whitewasher
C.Whitewashing A Fence
D.How To Make The Things Difficult To Get

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Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He stopped by the fence in front of the house where he lived with his aunt Polly. He looked at it, and all joy left him. The fence was long and high. He put the brush into the whitewash and moved it along the top of the fence. He repeated the operation. He felt he could not continue and sat down.
He knew that his friends would arrive soon with all kinds of interesting plans for the day. They would walk past him and laugh. They would make jokes about his having to work on a beautiful summer Saturday. The thought burned him like fire.
He put his hand into his pockets and took out all that he owned. Perhaps he could find some way to pay someone to do the whitewashing for him. But there was nothing of value in his pockets —nothing that could buy even half an hour of freedom. So he put the bits of toys back into his pockets and gave up the idea
At this dark and hopeless moment, a wonderful idea came to him. It filled his mind with a great, bright light. Calmly he picked up the brush and started again to whitewash.
While Tom was working, Ben Rogers appeared. Ben was eating an apple as he walked along the street. As he walked along, he was making noises like the sound of a riverboat. First he shouted loudly, like a boat captain. Then he said “Ding-Dong-Dong”, “Ding-Dong-Dong” again and again, like the bell of a riverboat. And he made other strange noises. When he came close to Tom, he stopped.
Tom went on whitewashing. He did not look at Ben. Ben stared a moment and then said: “Hello! I’m going swimming, but you can’t go, can you?”
No answer. Tom moved his brush carefully along the fence and looked at the result with the eye of an artist. Ben came nearer. Tom’s mouth watered for the apple, but he kept on working.
Ben said, “Hello, old fellow, you’ve got to work, hey?”
Tom turned suddenly and said, “Why, it’s you, Ben! I wasn’t noticing.”
“Say —I’m going swimming. Don’t you wish you could? But of course you’d rather work — wouldn’t you? Of course you would.”
Tom looked at the boy a bit, and said “What do you call work?”
“Why, isn’t that work?”
Tom went back to his whitewashing, and answered carelessly.
“Well, maybe it is, and maybe it isn’t. All I know is, it suits Tom Sawyer.”
“Oh come, now, you don’t mean to say that you like it?”
The brush continued to move.
“Like it? Well, I don’t see why I shouldn’t like it. Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?”
Ben stopped eating his apple. Tom moved his brush back and forth, stepped back to look at the result, added a touch here and there, and stepped back again. Ben watched every move and got more and more interested. Soon he said,
“Say, Tom, let me whitewash a little.”
Tom thought for a moment, was about to agree; but he changed his mind.
“No —no —it won’t do, Ben. You see, Aunt Polly wants this fence to be perfect. It has got to be done very carefully. I don’t think there is one boy in a thousand, maybe two thousand, that can do it well enough.”
“No —is that so? Oh come, now —let me just try. Only just a little.” “Ben, I’d like to, but if it isn’t done right, I’m afraid Aunt Polly … ”
“Oh, I’ll be careful. Now let me try. Say —I’ll give you the core of my apple.”
“Well, here —No, Ben, now don’t. I’m afraid …”
“I’ll give you all of it.”
Tom gave up the brush with unwillingness on his face, but joy in his heart. And while Ben worked at the fence in the hot sun, Tom sat under a tree, eating the apple, and planning how to get more help. There were enough boys. Each one came to laugh, but remained to whitewash. By the time Ben was tired, Tom sold the next chance to Billy for a kite; and when Billy was tired, Johnny bought in for a dead rat —and so on, hour after hour. And when the middle of the afternoon came, Tom had won many treasures.
And he had not worked. He had had a nice idle time all the time, with plenty of company -and the fence had been whitewashed three times. If he hadn’t run out of whitewash, Tom would have owned everything belonging to his friends.
He had discovered a great law of human action, namely, that in order to make a man or a boy want a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to get.

  1. 1.

    How many characters are mentioned in this story?

    1. A.
      7
    2. B.
      6
    3. C.
      5
    4. D.
      4
  2. 2.

    Why did Tom take all his bits of toys out of his pockets?

    1. A.
      Because he is tired and wanted to play with his toys.
    2. B.
      Because he wanted to throw his toys away.
    3. C.
      Because he wanted to know if he could buy help with his toys.
    4. D.
      Because he wanted to give his toys to his friends.
  3. 3.

    Tom was about to agree to let Ben whitewash when he changed his mind because ______.

    1. A.
      Tom wanted to do the whitewashing by himself
    2. B.
      Tom was afraid Ben would do the whitewashing better.
    3. C.
      Tom was unwilling to let Ben do the whitewashing
    4. D.
      Tom planned to make Ben give up his apple first
  4. 4.

    We can learn from the passage that ________.

    1. A.
      Tom was good at whitewashing the fence, so he looked at the result of his work with the eye of an artist.
    2. B.
      Tom was unwilling to whitewash the fence, but he managed to let other boys do it for him
    3. C.
      Tom had a lot of friends who are ready to help others.
    4. D.
      Tom was interested in whitewashing the fence.
  5. 5.

    What made Ben Rogers eagerly gave up his apple and offer to brush the fence for Tom?

    1. A.
      His curiosity about Tom’s brushing job.
    2. B.
      His warm heart and kindness to friends.
    3. C.
      Tom’s threat.
    4. D.
      Aunt Polly’s idea.
  6. 6.

    Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?

    1. A.
      Tom And His Fellows
    2. B.
      The Happy Whitewasher
    3. C.
      Whitewashing A Fence
    4. D.
      How To Make The Things Difficult To Get

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阅读理解。
     Nineteen-year-old Christopher Paolini has always loved adventure books. In fact, he plotted out his
first book, Eragon, when he was just fifteen!Eragon is selling more copies than most of the Harry Potter
books. A reporter from Who's News talked to this young author about his books and how he ended up
being one of the best-selling authors of all time!
     Reporter : ________                                                                  
     Christopher Paolini (CP): I love fantasy. I love the sense of awe (敬畏) and wonder that you always
get at the end of a great book . Eragon was an attempt to express that. When I was about twelve, I read
a book called Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher. It's about a young boy who went into a mysterious
shop and bought a dragon egg that ends up hatching. It stuck in my head. Eragon was an attempt to see
what I could do with the idea myself.
     Reporter : Where else do you get your idea?
     CP: I'm definitely influenced by authors who have a fairly inventive use of language, imaginative worlds and a sense of wonder-authors who write about things that other people don't.
Reporter : What was the hardest thing about writing Eragon?
     CP: Probably the editing (编辑) because I wasn't used to it. It was a kind of shock doing it. But also
I had to learn a huge amount about grammar and commas and other things I'd never paid much attention
to before. I'd say that editing and writing are pretty much equal in difficulty. My raw writing is a lot more
professional now than it ever was before because of everything I learned through the editing process.
     Reporter : How do you avoid becoming frustrated with the writing process?
     CP: Write about what you enjoy the most or what touches you the most; otherwise you'll never be
able to survive a book-length project.
     Reporter : Anything else you'd like to share with our readers?
     CP: Before I wrote Eragon, I spent an entire month plotting out the entire story so I wasn't writing
blindly. That helps. I really poured my heart and soul into it. It's not just an adventure story: it is about
Eragon trying to work out who we are, why we are here and how we can live honorably.
1. The reporter's first question is most likely to be " ________".
A. What's the most interesting thing about Eragon?
B. How long did it take you to write Eragon?
C. How has your writing improved after Eragon?
D. What inspired you to write Eragon?
2. What does the underlined word "that" refer to in the third paragraph?
A. A story.    
B. The sense of awe and wonder.
C. An idea.        
D. A great book or movie.
3. What does Paolini find as difficult as writing?
A. Plotting out the story.    
B. Grammar and commas.
C. The editing process.      
D. The creative use of language.
4. Which of the following BEST indicates Paolini devoted himself completely to writing Eragon?
A. "Write about what you enjoy the most or what touches you the most."
B. "Eragon was an attempt to see what I could do with the idea myself."
C. "I spent an entire month plotting out the entire story."
D. "I really poured my heart and soul into it."

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阅读理解

  Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush.He stopped by the fence in front of the house where he lived with his aunt Polly.He looked at it, and all joy left him.The fence was long and high.He put the brush into the whitewash and moved it along the top of the fence.He repeated the operation.He felt he could not continue and sat down.

  He knew that his friends would arrive soon with all kinds of interesting plans for the day.They would walk past him and laugh.They would make jokes about his having to work on a beautiful summer Saturday.The thought burned him like fire.

  He put his hand into his pockets and took out all that he owned.Perhaps he could find some way to pay someone to do the whitewashing for him.But there was nothing of value in his pockets -nothing that could buy even half an hour of freedom.So he put the bits of toys back into his pockets and gave up the idea.

  At this dark and hopeless moment, a wonderful idea came to him.It filled his mind with a great, bright light.Calmly he picked up the brush and started again to whitewash.

  While Tom was working, Ben Rogers appeared.Ben was eating an apple as he walked along the street.As he walked along, he was making noises like the sound of a riverboat.First he shouted loudly, like a boat captain.Then he said “Ding-Dong-Dong”, “Ding-Dong-Dong” again and again, like the bell of a riverboat.And he made other strange noises.When he came close to Tom, he stopped.

  Tom went on whitewashing.He did not look at Ben.Ben stared a moment and then said:“Hello! I’m going swimming, but you can’t go, can you?”

  No answer.Tom moved his brush carefully along the fence and looked at the result with the eye of an artist.Ben came nearer.Tom’s mouth watered for the apple, but he kept on working.

  Ben said, “Hello, old fellow, you’ve got to work, hey?”

  Tom turned suddenly and said, “Why, it’s you, Ben! I wasn’t noticing.”

  “Say-I’m going swimming.Don’t you wish you could? But of course you’d rather work-wouldn’t you? Of course you would.”

  Tom looked at the boy a bit, and said “What do you call work?”

  “Why, isn’t that work?”

  Tom went back to his whitewashing, and answered carelessly.

  “Well, maybe it is, and maybe it isn’t.All I know is, it suits Tom Sawyer.”

  “Oh come, now, you don’t mean to say that you like it?”

  The brush continued to move.

  “Like it? Well, I don’t see why I shouldn’t like it.Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?”

  Ben stopped eating his apple.Tom moved his brush back and forth, stepped back to look at the result, added a touch here and there, and stepped back again.Ben watched every move and got more and more interested.Soon he said,

  “Say, Tom, let me whitewash a little.”

  Tom thought for a moment, was about to agree; but he changed his mind.

  “No-no-it won’t do, Ben.You see, Aunt Polly wants this fence to be perfect.It has got to be done very carefully.I don’t think there is one boy in a thousand, maybe two thousand that can do it well enough.”

  “No-is that so? Oh come, now-let me just try.Only just a little.”

  “Ben, I’d like to, but if it isn’t done right, I’m afraid Aunt Polly…”

  “Oh, I’ll be careful.Now let me try.Say-I’ll give you the core of my apple.”

  “Well, here-No, Ben, now don’t.I’m afraid…”

  “I’ll give you all of it.”

  Tom gave up the brush with unwillingness on his face, but joy in his heart.And while Ben worked at the fence in the hot sun, Tom sat under a tree, eating the apple, and planning how to get more help.There were enough boys.Each one came to laugh, but remained to whitewash.By the time Ben was tired, Tom sold the next chance to Billy for a kite; and when Billy was tired, Johnny bought in for a dead rat-and so on, hour after hour.And when the middle of the afternoon came, Tom had won many treasures.

  And he had not worked.He had had a nice idle time all the time, with plenty of company-and the fence had been whitewashed three times.If he hadn’t run out of whitewash, Tom would have owned everything belonging to his friends.

  He had discovered a great law of human action, namely, that in order to make a man or a boy want a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to get.

(1)

How many characters are mentioned in this story?

[  ]

A.

4

B.

5

C.

6

D.

7

(2)

Why did Tom take all his bits of toys out of his pockets?

[  ]

A.

Because he is tired and wanted to play with his toys.

B.

Because he wanted to throw his toys away.

C.

Because he wanted to give his toys to his friends.

D.

Because he wanted to know if he could buy help with his toys.

(3)

Tom was about to agree to let Ben whitewash when he changed his mind because ________.

[  ]

A.

Tom wanted to do the whitewashing by himself

B.

Tom planned to make Ben give up his apple first

C.

Tom was unwilling to let Ben do the whitewashing

D.

Tom was afraid Ben would do the whitewashing better.

(4)

We can learn from the passage that ________.

[  ]

A.

Tom was interested in whitewashing the fence.

B.

Tom had a lot of friends who are ready to help others.

C.

Tom was unwilling to whitewash the fence, but he managed to let other boys do it for him

D.

Tom was good at whitewashing the fence, so he looked at the result of his work with the eye of an artist.

(5)

What made Ben Rogers eagerly gave up his apple and offer to brush the fence for Tom?

[  ]

A.

His warm heart and kindness to friends.

B.

His curiosity about Tom’s brushing job.

C.

Tom’s threat.

D.

Aunt Polly’s idea.

(6)

Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?

[  ]

A.

The Happy Whitewasher

B.

Tom and His Fellows

C.

Whitewashing A Fence

D.

How to Make the Things Difficult to Get

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I’d like to share the strangest of the strange moments I’ve had here.

Back in 2003 I had a pet rabbit named Alaska.Due to the rules the landlord had set,he had to be kept in the basement(地下室).One night I went downstairs to feed him.Keep in mind I’ve always thought the basement was  frightening.As I was facing his cage and putting the bowl of water inside,a big shadow appeared behind me,as if a big,tall man were standing behind me.I turned around and nobody was there,but I got the distinct(清晰的)feeling that I was being watched.I basically dropped the water bowl and ran upstairs shouting for my mom.Ever since then I can’t go down there alone.

Once I was trying to get to sleep,and I slept with the lights off.All of a sudden I wanted to leave the room eagerly,but I couldn’t get out of my bed,I was too scared.The feeling of someone looking closely at me was so upset,I was physically afraid to move or breathe.I opened my curtains to let the street light in,thinking the light would help me feel better to move.That did nothing.I must have sat there on my bed for about fifteen minutes before I got up.I didn’t sleep in there that night.I’ve never felt anything so upset!

Then there are all the 1ittle things,1ike seeing things in the corner of my eye,hearing doors open or close when I’m home alone,and the feeling of being watched.Once when my sister wasn’t home(we share a room)I heard someone breathing from her bed and heard the sheets rustle(沙沙声).Last week,I felt someone patting me in the shoulder when I was alone in my room.Sometimes I’11 be looking  something and I’l1 see one or more contorted(扭曲的),angry faces.

I realize that when one is looking for something to happen they can make things happen or imagine it.These are the moments in which I know nothing was imagined,so I wanted to share them and get your opinions.Thanks so much.

59. The writer of the text seems to       .

tell us his strange experiences

B.tell us what happens in his bedroom

C.tell us an interesting story

D.tell us what happens in his apartment

60. Which of the following may be the reason why the writer is afraid to go to the basement?

Because his pet is dangerous.

B.Because a big shadow may appear behind him.

C.Because there is a big,tall man there.

D.Because his landlord forbids him to go there.

61. We can learn from the third paragraph that         .

the writer slept with the lights on that night

B.the street light helped the writer a lot

C.he was too scared to get out of his bed at one time

D.he didn’t sleep at all that night

62. From the text,we can see the writer believes his experiences are        .

A. real    B.not real    C.creative    D. imaginative

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