ofyearsago,lifewasmuchharderth-优题课

阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的三个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Recently, a video has become popular online. In the video, a man at Beijing’s Summer Palace（颐和园）（1） information about the park’s buildings with visitors. Is the man a tour guide? What’s so special about him? Well, in fact, he is a （2） at the Summer Palace.

“One day I saw a few visitors. They were reading （3） , but they still couldn’t find the right way, so I offered them some help,” says Zhang Xu, the cleaner. “In addition to（除……以外）our daily cleaning work, we also provide more （4） like answering questions and giving directions.”

For Zhang Xu, the Summer Palace is a special place. As a child, he came here to play. When he （5） up, he began to work here and became a part of it. Zhang started working at the Summer Palace in late 2021. “Every morning when I （6） here and begin my work, I feel like I am one of the stones in the garden,” he says.

Zhang is interested in the Summer Palace. And he wants to （7） everything about it. In his free time, Zhang likes reading books about it and looking for the information online. That （8） him an expert（专家）at the Summer Palace. He often shares information about the buildings with visitors. “I’m very glad to help more people enjoy the beauty（美丽）of the place,” he says.

（1）

A．

loses

B．

shares

C．

shuts

D．

invents

（2）

A．

doctor

B．

waiter

C．

cleaner

D．

driver

（3）

A．

novels

B．

textbooks

C．

newspaper

D．

guidebooks

（4）

A．

services

B．

food

C．

money

D．

chances

（5）

A．

woke

B．

looked

C．

grew

D．

got

（6）

A．

arrive

B．

leave

C．

sleep

D．

remember

（7）

A．

clean

B．

know

C．

hurt

D．

improve

（8）

A．

sends

B．

gives

C．

lends

D．

makes

阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的三个选项中，选出最佳选项。

One spring day, a rose came out in the garden. When she met her neighbors, including a cactus（仙人掌）and other plants, she said to the cactus, “I’m the most beautiful flower here, but you are full of thorns（刺）and so （1） !”

Day after day, the rose never stopped being unfriendly to the cactus. However, the cactus （2） got sad or angry, and he replied calmly every time, “Every life has a purpose to be what it is.”

As summer came, it was hot and （3） . The rose lost a lot of water and became weaker and weaker, but the cactus grew well. He had strong roots（根）system and was good at （4） water in his body.

One day, the rose saw a bird make a small （5） in the cactus. The thirsty bird drank the water inside the cactus through the hole.

“It must hurt,” said the rose.

“Yes,” the cactus replied, “but I don’t want to see my bird friend suffer.”

The rose was so （6） that she asked the cactus for water. The cactus kindly agreed. He asked the bird to carry the water to the rose’s roots.

The rose was ashamed（羞愧的）of what she had said to the cactus in the past. From then on, she （7） judging（评判）others by their looks.

（1）

A．

ugly

B．

lazy

C．

strong

（2）

A．

sometimes

B．

always

C．

never

（3）

A．

dry

B．

wet

C．

dirty

（4）

A．

discovering

B．

storing

C．

wasting

（5）

A．

hole

B．

meal

C．

house

（6）

A．

shy

B．

thirsty

C．

angry

（7）

A．

kept

B．

began

C．

stopped

Choose the best answer to complete the passage.

After the winter vacation, I had to move to a new city with my parents. On the first day to my new school, it was cold and （1） . I was walking alone slowly （2） worrying about something in my new school. It was early and there weren’t many people on the road. （3） , a girl who was riding a bike in the snow fell down. She was （4） hard to stand up but fell again. （5） thinking, I went over to help her quickly. She said “thank you” with a （6） and then left. Her smile warmed me a lot.

After I got to school, the teacher led me to the classroom and （7） me to the class. Then he asked me to （8） down beside a girl. I felt so （9） that I didn’t dare（敢）to look at her. Soon the first class, English, started. Their textbooks were （10） from those in my old school. As I was （11） what to do, an English book appeared in front of me. “Let’s （12） it,” the girl beside me said. “Hi, I’m Carrie.” I looked up. To （13） surprise, it was the girl I helped this morning. From （14） on, we became good friends.

From that I learned: to help （15） is actually to help ourselves!

（1）

A．

cloudy

B．

snowy

C．

rainy

（2）

A．

and

B．

so

C．

because

（3）

A．

Firstly

B．

Finally

C．

Suddenly

（4）

A．

trying

B．

starting

C．

getting

（5）

A．

With

B．

About

C．

Without

（6）

A．

cry

B．

smile

C．

laugh

（7）

A．

showed

B．

introduced

C．

carried

（8）

A．

sit

B．

fall

C．

turn

（9）

A．

happy

B．

excited

C．

nervous

（10）

A．

different

B．

difficult

C．

same

（11）

A．

doing

B．

dreaming

C．

wondering

（12）

A．

sing

B．

share

C．

dance

（13）

A．

her

B．

his

C．

my

（14）

A．

then

B．

today

C．

now

（15）

A．

another

B．

others

C．

the other

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I have learned four languages—English, Spanish, French and Chinese. Although I wasn’t great at （1） when I was a kid, I （2） by traveling to places like Beijing, Dali and Kunming.

An （3） time for me was two summers ago when I went to Hangzhou. I joined a program where I became an English teacher for primary school kids. This （4） let me learn more about the Chinese language and traditions. Our classroom was like a melting pot（熔炉）of ideas, with lots of language sharing and laughter.

My travels and （5） experience in Hangzhou completely changed how I see the world. It made me （6） the close relationship of different countries, and now I want to be a global citizen（世界公民）. I want to help people from different countries understand each other, （7） between China and the US.

In China, we see a lot of （8） of American culture, such as Disney cartoon characters, McDonald’s and Coca-Cola. However, I couldn’t find many signs of Chinese culture in the US, except for Chinese （9） . I went to some but found the food there very different from real Chinese food. I think China still has much to do to further promote（推动）its cultural influence among the American people. As for me, I will （10） to be one of those who can help deepen the understanding between China and the US.

（1）

A．

English

B．

Spanish

C．

French

D．

Chinese

（2）

A．

appeared

B．

improved

C．

graduated

D．

increased

（3）

A．

awful

B．

important

C．

embarrassing

D．

expensive

（4）

A．

class

B．

survey

C．

experience

D．

examination

（5）

A．

teaching

B．

loving

C．

guiding

D．

communicating

（6）

A．

change

B．

remind

C．

realize

D．

achieve

（7）

A．

only

B．

seriously

C．

actually

D．

especially

（8）

A．

programs

B．

dreams

C．

signs

D．