阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从各题所给的A、 B、 C、D 四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案。
One day a father and his 5-year-old son were decorating(装饰) the Christmas tree. A little boy about six years old came to the front door begging. In Mexico, people taking begging as a normal ____1____ of life. People just accept it and they give ____2____ they have.
When they saw the little boy, the father and the son went to the front door. The little boy was ____3____ dressed and seemed very cold. The father went back with his son and said to him, “give him one of your___4___.” The little boy opened his box and ____5____ an old one, but his father said to him, “No, no---give him your ____6____”And the little boy, like a little tiger, shouted, “no way!” He cried and refused to give what he liked best to the little boy. ____7____ the father insisted (坚持) softly, “No, you must give him one of your favorite toys. He may not have a mom or dad. It’s ____8____ outside, yet he can’t stay at home to sit by a fire to enjoy the ____9____ of Christmas.”
Hearing that, the boy, with his ____10____ down, picked out a toy he had just got. He walked to the front door with the toy in his hand, and the father ____11____ in the living room.
After about ten ____12____, his son came running back into the living room.
“Daddy, can I give him ____13____ one” shouted the little boy happily.
The father did not know what had happened to his son and the little boy, yet he felt very ____14____ that his son finally understood the joy of ____15____.
A.hobby B.part C.example D.story
A.what B.that C.if D.how
A.well B.strangely C.poorly D.beautifully
A.toys B.books C.clothes D.shoes
A.threw away B.put away C.brought away D.pulled out
A.favorite B.dislikes C.news D.colors
A.Because B.And C.But D.Since
A.warm B.hot C.noisy D.cold
A.happy B.sad C.joy D.noise
A.leg B.hand C.head D.ears
A.slept B.ran C.jumped D.waited
A.weeks B.hours C.minutes D.days
A.another B.other C.others D.the other
A.anxious B.nervous C.sad D.happy
A.receiving B.giving C.taking D.sending
完形填空(本大题共10分,每小题1分)
Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.
When he was 12 years old, his parents died. He was alone and didn’t get on well with others. People always laughed at him. No one showed to him.
His only friend was a dog named Tige. He gave his dog enough to eat and drink, but sometimes he was not to it. He didn’t know that an unkind word sometimes could cut one’s heart like a knife.
One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. One of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped to , she dropped other bags. He came to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” She said kindly, smiling.
A special feeling came to him. It was the first time that he had heard such kind words. He watched her she went far away, and then he whistled(低语)to his dog and went directly to the river .
“Thanks, dear! You are a nice little boy!” He repeated what the woman said. Then in a low he said to his dog, “You are a nice little dog.” Tige raised its ears as if it understood.
“Hmm! Even a dog likes it!” he said. “Well, Tige, I won’t say anything unkind to you .” Tige waved its tail happily.
The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw but a dirty boy. He washed his face carefully. Again he looked. He saw a nice boy. He was amazed. From then on, he started a new life.
After telling this, the businessman said, “This is the very place in which that kind woman planted the first seed of kindness in my heart.” What a great it has!
A.kindness B.interest C.illness D.worries
A.exciting B.interesting C.strange D.friendly
A.find it B.pick it up C.look it up D.give it up
A.until B.after C.since D.because
A.far B.nearby C.near D.nearly
A.sound B.noise C.voice D.hear
A.too B.at all C.any long D.any more
A.anything B.nothing C.everything D.something
A.clean B.dirty C.sad D.angry
A.present B.dream C.advice D.power
Tom and Jerry were ______. Last year they travelled in Spain(西班牙). One day they came into a restaurant for lunch. They didn’t know Spanish(西班牙语), and the waiter didn’t know English,_____. They want to have some milk and bread. At first, Tom said the word “milk”_______times. Then, Jerry _______ it down on the table. _______the waiter could not understand them at all. At last Tom took out _______and began to draw a cow. The waiter looked at it and ran out of (跑出)the restaurant.
“You are so ________”said Jerry happily, “He understands us at last!” After _______, the waiter came back. He brought no ________ with him, but he ________ two tickets for a bullfight(斗牛赛) in his hand.
A.America B.American C.Americans D.Americen
A.too B.either C.also D.again
A.some B.much C.any D.many
A.wrote B.took C.made D.set
A.And B.Then C.But D.So
A.a paper B.a piece paper C.piece of paper D.a piece of paper
A.happy B.clever C.nice D.kind
A.sometimes B.some time C.sometime D.some times
A.milk B.cake C.food D.money
A.hold B.took C.carried D.brought
Life in the 22nd century will be different from life in the 20th century, because many changes will take place in the new century, but what will the changes be?
The population is fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live than before. will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects at .
People will work fewer hours than they did in the 20th century, and they will have more free time for sports, TV and traveling. Traveling will be. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.
More land will be used for building new towns and houses. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day, , they eat more vegetables and fruit. Maybe people will be healthier.
Work in the future will be , too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots(机器人). Because of this, many people will not have enough to do. This will be a problem.
A.making B.growing C.running D.doing
A.1onger B.shorter C.faster D.taller
A.Trains B.Cars C.Computers D.Houses
A.factory B.hospital C.farm D.school
A.watching B.seeing C.1ooking D.buying
A.1ess interesting B.much easier C.more expensive D.more difficult
A.fruit B.milk C.meat D.bread
A.instead B.sometimes C.still D.however
A.dangerous B.difficult C.heavy D.different
A.job B.work C.homework D.exercise
Mr Brown is a . He drives for a big company. He is very , so he can’t look after his family. His wife became after their little son Peter was born. Mr Brown has to take little Peter to work with him. The boy likes and never feels tired and his father a lot of questions.
Now Peter is 15 years old. He all of his subjects except Geography. He works hard at it and wants to be a , so he listens to the teacher in class and studies the map when he is free. He does well in . sometimes he fails in Maths, History or some other subjects, but he doesn’t it.
Now Class Two are having History. Miss Lee is telling the class about James I(詹姆斯一世). Peter isn’t listening to her. He is thinking of he is going to visit next Saturday and Sunday. The teacher finds it and , “What is the first thing James I did when he came to the throne, Peter?”
The boy can’t the question at all. He thinks for a while and says, “ He sat down, Miss Lee.”
A.worker B.cook C.driver D.doctor
A.busy B.free C.hardworking D. lazy
A.fat B.thin C.ill D.beautiful
A.Because B.But C.Or D.So
A.reading B.singing C.shopping D.travelling
A.tells B.asks C.thinks D.answers
A.likes B.loves C.hates D.enjoys
A.worker B.teacher C.farmer D.traveler
A.slowly B.carefully C.quickly D.beautifully
A.Maths B.History C.Geography D.Chemistry
A.matter B.think C.hope D.mind
A.everying B.nothing C.something D.anything
A.where B.when C.what D.which
A.says B.speaks C.tells D.asks
A.talk B.say C.tell D.answer
My name is Bill. I'm an American boy. I'm twelve. I'm a student of a middle school. I'm in . Li Lei is my friend. We're in the class. He is eleven Here is a picture of his family! look at it. His father, the one behind the tree, is a policeman His mother, the one in the red hat, is a Chinese teacher. He has two sisters. They are twins. Their names Fang Fang and Fang Ling. They have a cat. name is Mimi. Look! It's the floor under the table. The twins are middle school students, too. They are in different . We are good friends. They often look after me at school. After ,we often chat each other. The twins like doing sports, and they are good at playing volleyball. I want them to be happy forvever(永远)
A.class one, grade four B.Class One, Grade Four C.Class one, Grade four D.class One, grade Four
A.same B.different C.one D.some
A.Let us B.It's C.Let D.It
A.be B.is C.are D.am
A.on B.in C.to D.behind
A.team B.grade C.classes D.school
A.class B.classes C.sleep D.morning
A./ B.with C.to . D.about
A.both B.all C.are both D.are all