短文填空(根据短文内容及首字母提示,补全空格内单词,使短文完整、通顺。共10小题:每小题1分,满分10分)
Tigers are dangerous and cruel animals. They are the bosses of the Asian jungles with their cleverness, quickness and s .A cat, on the o
hand, is a homebody that comforts us with its gentle warmth and calms us with its purring(猫叫声).
As a mother, there is no doubt that the Chinese-American writer Amy Chua is a tiger. Her book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,t people about the strict raising she gave her two children. She thinks that being strict is the o
way to develop a child's potential(潜力)and to make them strong, independent and successful. Her kids were not allowed to watch TV or play video games. They were not allowed to "hang out" with other kids after school. They had to be the top students in their classes. And they had to practise playing the piano and violin for hours every day. As a r
, her kids became successful.
Chua says, I her, most Asian mothers are tigers because they believe their children can achieve a lot if they're pushed hard enough. She says American mothers are really cats. They care m
about their children's self-esteem(自尊).They don't want to push their kids too hard for fear of hurting their feelings. American mothers e
their children to find their own path.
So, is a tiger mom better than a cat? Perhaps it depends on the differences b Asian and Western cultures. It may a
depend on the child himself. Some kids need to be pushed while others respond(反应)to a gentler hand. To growl or to purr? There is no easy answer.
完形填空
阅读下列短文,从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Do you know why different animals or pests(害虫) have their special colors? Colors in them seem to be mainly used to ___1___ themselves.
Some birds like eating locusts(蝗虫), but birds cannot ___2___catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their__3___ with the change of the colors of crops. When crops are green, locusts look ___4___. But as the harvest time comes, locusts change into the same brown color __5___ crops have. Some other pests whose colors are ___6__ plants are easily found and eaten by ___7___. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only __8____.
If you ___9___ animals’ life, you’ll find the main use of colors is to protect __10___. Bears, lions and other animals ___11___ quietly through forests. They cannot be easily seen by hunters ___12___ their colors are much like the trees.
Colors are useful not only on the land, but also in the __13___. A kind of fish can __14____ a kind of black liquid(液体) when they face danger. The liquid spreads over quickly, so they cannot be found by their enemies and can quickly swim away. That is ___15____ they can live safely though they are not strong at all. So colors are really useful to animals.
A.show B.protect C.kill D.interest
A.easily B.freely C.safely D.differently
A.sizes B.smells C.colors D.shapes
A.yellow B.red C.black D.green
A.so B.as C.like D.with
A.different from B.same as C.similar to D.opposite with
A.other B.others C.the others D.another
A.in the morning B.at noon C.at night D.in the daytime
A.study B.write C.draw D.work
A.them B.themselves C.it D.itself
A.run B.fight C.move D.eat
A.because B.so C.and D.although
A.forests B.desert C.sea D.mountains
A.keep out B.come out C.look out D.give out
A.why B.when C.how D.where
完型填空
从A,B,C,D四个选项中选择能填入空白处的正确答案,并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。
Many parents want their children to be famous one day. But do children have the same 1 ?
A new 2 —Hi, Ke'ai is on at Beijing Children's Art Theatre. It tells the story of a boy called Ke'ai. His parents would like him to become a painter or a 3 one day. They teach him to 4 and to play the violin, but Ke'ai doesn't enjoy these activities. Then one day Ke'ai's parents see Liu Xiang win a gold 5 at the Athens Olympic Games, and they want him to be a sportsman.
" 6 do they want me to be someone else?" Ke'ai asks and says, "I only want to be
7 ."
The play shows us that it is good for parents to learn to 8 their children. It helps parents to think about what kids want to do.
Young audiences(观众)enjoy the story, and also the 9 in the play. There are two songs in the play. One of them, "Ke'ai's Song" is very 10 to learn, so the audiences can sing the song on their way home after the play!
A.jobs B.dreams C.habits D.hobbies
A.song B.film C.play D.opera
A.writer B.teacher C.sportsman D.musician
A.paint B.write C.run D.drive
A.match B.ring C.medal D.race
A.How B.Why C.When D.Where
A.myself B.different C.alone D.great
A.encourage B.understand C.criticize D.inspire
A.light B.clothes C.skill D.music
A.easy B.difficult C.important D.necessary
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When I was young, I liked to play jokes on people I knew, especially on my parents and friends. One day my mother was 1 and I was playing with my younger brother Tony. Suddenly I ran to my mother and said, “Tony fell from the open window!” She was very 2 and ran out of the kitchen. Then I said, “Don’t worry. I’m just 3 .” And my mother shouted at me, “If you do it 4 , I’ll hit you.”
One day I went swimming with my 5 in the sea. I wanted to play a joke on them. In the beginning, I went swimming 6 , and I called out, “Help!” All my friends came to help me, only to 7 that I was joking. But the next time I wasn’t joking. I was so 8 that I swam in deep water. I tried my best to call my friends for help, but this time nobody came to help me. 9 , they found I was telling the truth. They came and saved my life. They took me to the hospital. This is the best 10 in my life. From then on, I haven’t joked on anyone.
A.cooking B.sleeping C.writing D.running
A.angry B.worried C.sorry D.excited
A.smiling B.saying C.playing D.joking
A.now B.then C.again D.once
A.friends B.classmates C.brothers D.parents
A.fast B.slowly C.well D.alone
A.find B.understand C.say D.think
A.careful B.careless C.fast D.slow
A.At first B.In the end C.Since then D.At that time
A.time B.sport C.lesson D.day
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Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often 1 sad and lonely.
One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small 2 was trapped unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away 3 failed. The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care. Instead of flying away, the butterfly turned 4 a beautiful fairy (仙女). The little girl was very 5 .
“Thank you for 6 me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true.” said the fairy.
The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be 7 !”
The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl’s ear. Then the fairy disappeared.
As the kind little girl grew up, she was 8 ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the 9 of ther happiness. She always smiled and 10 , “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind 11 when I was a little girl.”
When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying, the neighbours in the 12 all gathered (聚拢) around her bed because they were 13 that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us what the kind fairy said.”
The lovely old woman still 14 and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they seemed, no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or 15 . She said that helping others would make me happy all my life.”
A.thought B.found C.sounded D.felt
A.butterfly B.bird C.snake D.squirrel
A.so B.or C.but D.as
A.on B.up C.into D.down
A.surprised B.tired C.mad D.angry
A.catching B.beating C.killing D.saving
A.active B.happy C.energetic D.humorous
A.always B.never C.seldom D.hardly
A.success B.secret C.power D.lesson
A.asked B.hoped C.answered D.refused
A.witch B.fairy C.ghost D.princess
A.village B.town C.city D.world
A.excited B.pleased C.glad D.afraid
A.shouted B.cried C.smiled D.jumped
A.young B.great C.nice D.quiet
根据短文内容,从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。
Have you ever 41 a girl of 15, who has opened up a company of her own? Linda is such a girl. She 42 the business two years ago. She has already 43 several successful computer games. They are so 44 that over half a million people work in her business. And she is 45 at school.
She enjoys school and comes to school 46 . She is always on time. 47 weekdays, she goes to school in her own car with a 48 , for she is not 49 to drive.
She enjoys school and is very 50 in all of her lessons. She usually gets “A” in the exams, so 51 students often ask her for 52 .
After dinner, she goes to her office and 53 working on her computer, writing games until 2 a.m. She does not usually need as much 54 as other children in the night. What 55 successful girl Linda is!
A.known of B.heard of C.saw of D.concerned
A.developed B.started C.made D.complained
A.opened B.played C.written D.bought
A.surprised B.popular C.afraid D.just
A.still B.already C.yet D.just
A.fast B.quickly C.early D.late
A.In B.On C.At D.During
A.teacher B.mother C.driver D.doctor
A.enough old B.old enough C.young enough D.enough young
A.interested B.interesting C.exciting D.well
A.others B.the other C.other D.some other
A.thanks B.help C.money D.results
A.keeps B.thanks for C.stops D.finishes
A.food B.time C.bread D.sleep
A.a B.the C.on D./