Wearelivingafastlife.Itseemsth-优题课

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

There was once a couple named Sue and John. Both of them were ___（1）___.

In the late autumn, John was badly ill and became bedridden (长期卧床的). After the doctor visited John several times, he told Sue, “His condition is quite ___（2）___. John seems to have lost all will to live. If he doesn’t want to live, medicines will not help him.”

Sue tried her best to ___（3）___ John. She sang and danced, she painted their favorite pictures, she told jokes, but John did not respond (回应).

“Five,” he said ___（4）___ one day, as he looked out of the window. When Sue asked what John meant, he explained slowly. “There are… only ___（5）___ leaves left on the tree now. When the last leaf falls, I... shall go with ___（6）___.” Upon hearing this, Sue couldn’t help crying. She went to their neighbor, Mr Smith, who was also an artist.

Mr Smith was sorry about John’s poor health. He ___（7）___ his friend to get better, then he painted a leaf.

Over the next few days, it rained heavily, but the last leaf on the tree held on firmly (坚固地). Every day, John would look ___（8）___ and see the same lone leaf on the tree.

Then, one day, the doctor came in and said John’s ___（9）___ was improving. John said to Sue, “I’ve realized that life is hard, but I shouldn’t give up. That leaf has stayed on that tree for so long. It has taught me to ___（10）___!”

The doctor smiled, so did Sue.

（1）

A．

teachers

B．

artists

C．

doctors

（2）

A．

terrible

B．

common

C．

simple

（3）

A．

cheer up

B．

talk about

C．

listen to

（4）

A．

angrily

B．

proudly

C．

quietly

（5）

A．

four

B．

five

C．

six

（6）

A．

it

B．

them

C．

you

（7）

A．

taught

B．

wanted

C．

asked

（8）

A．

up

B．

down

C．

out

（9）

A．

condition

B．

ability

C．

level

（10）

A．

draw

B．

wait

C．

live

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

“Poor Grandma! I wish we could do something to cheer her up.” Amy said to her brother Mark.

Grandma had fallen and broken her ___（1）___. The doctor said she would be in bed for six weeks. Grandma was very active and loved to ___（2）___ in her garden, so she would not like sitting in her chair ___（3）___ her leg to become well again.

“I have a(n) ___（4）___,” said Mark. “I saw some pictures of terrariums（栽培盒）in a magazine. Terrariums are little indoor gardens that can be ___（5）___ in glass bottles. Let’s make a terrarium for Grandma, so she can enjoy a garden in her house.”

Amy agreed, ___（6）___ the two of them found the magazine which told them how to make a terrarium and showed it to ___（7）___ mother. She said that a terrarium would be a perfect ___（8）___ for Grandma. She helped Amy and Mark find a large, clear glass bottle. After a trip to the garden shop to buy the materials, they began to ___（9）___ the terrarium.

First, they put some drainage material（排水材料）at the bottom of the bottle. This would keep the soil（土壤）from getting too ____（10）____. Next, they added some dark, rich soil.

Now they were ready to add the plants. Amy had chosen ____（11）____ plants at the garden shop. One was tall with long, thin, green leaves. The other was short with bright pink flowers. To make the terrarium even more ____（12）____ , Amy placed rocks of different colours and bright green moss（苔藓）around the plants. ____（13）____, they watered the plants.

When Amy and Mark showed Grandma her new terrarium, she was so ____（14）____. Now she had a beautiful little ____（15）____ to enjoy right inside her home.

（1）

A．

arm

B．

back

C．

leg

D．

head

（2）

A．

rest

B．

read

C．

drink

D．

work

（3）

A．

waiting for

B．

depending on

C．

looking at

D．

getting ready for

（4）

A．

dream

B．

idea

C．

question

D．

story

（5）

A．

hidden

B．

hung

C．

grown

D．

tied

（6）

A．

so

B．

after

C．

but

D．

because

（7）

A．

her

B．

his

C．

their

D．

our

（8）

A．

beginning

B．

gift

C．

chance

D．

task

（9）

A．

borrow

B．

choose

C．

buy

D．

build

（10）

A．

hard

B．

dirty

C．

hot

D．

wet

（11）

A．

two

B．

three

C．

four

D．

five

（12）

A．

expensive

B．

colourful

C．

traditional

D．

personal

（13）

A．

Finally

B．

However

C．

Instead

D．

Still

（14）

A．

afraid

B．

pleased

C．

nervous

D．

worried

（15）

A．

flower

B．

bottle

C．

picture

D．

garden

根据短文内容，从各题所给的四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。

There was a stone lying in the mountains for a long time. He had a dream—one day he could fly up into the sky ___（1）___ a bird. When he told his dream to his friends, they all laughed at him.

“Look! Your heart is ___（2）___ than the sky!”

However, these words didn’t make a difference to the stone. Instead, he just said ___（3）___ , looked up into the sky full of hope in his eyes and waited for the chance.

One day, a man named Zhuangzi passed by. The stone knew this man had the great wisdom. So he talked about his dream to the great man.

“ ___（4）___ me, please!” The stone begged（乞求）.

Zhuangzi said, “I can help you achieve it, but you must first grow into a mountain and be strong enough to suffer（承受） a lot.” The stone replied, “I am not afraid of anything ___（5）___ I’m sure I can do it.”

From then on, the stone tried his best to get as much energy as he could from nature to make himself strong. After so many years and storms, the stone grew into a large mountain ___（6）___ . So Zhuangzi sent some huge birds to hit the mountain with ___（7）___ wings. After shaking strongly, the mountain broke apart and countless stones flew up into the sky. At the moment of flight, the stone was so ___（8）___ that he couldn’t help shouting, “I am flying in the sky now!” He finally experienced the joy of flying.

But soon he fell off from the sky and turned back into what he was like before. Zhuangzi asked, “ ___（9）___ you regret?”

“No, I don’t. I am very ____（10）____ . I have ever grown into a mountain and flown!” The stone answered.

（1）

A．

like

B．

with

C．

for

D．

about

（2）

A．

lower

B．

longer

C．

higher

D．

smaller

（3）

A．

everything

B．

nothing

C．

something

D．

anything

（4）

A．

To help

B．

Helping

C．

Helped

D．

Help

（5）

A．

and

B．

but

C．

so

D．

or

（6）

A．

at the beginning

B．

over and over again

C．

in the end

D．

after all

（7）

A．

his

B．

our

C．

your

D．

their

（8）

A．

scared

B．

relaxed

C．

excited

D．

surprised

（9）

A．

Did

B．

Do

C．

Have

D．

Are

（10）

A．

lucky

B．

luck

C．

luckily

D．

unlucky

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

In 1998, when the volunteer(志愿者) teacher Han Mei first entered the small mountain village school, she couldn’t believe her eyes. She was ____（1）____ to see the sights (情景) in front of her: broken windows, small old desks and chairs. Even ____（2）____ , students of different ages were in the same classroom. It was the only class in the school. Han Mei ____（3）____ how poor the local people were in education, so she decided to find out as many ways as she could to help them.

One day when Han Mei was giving a class, Ma Qiang, a naughty(顽皮的) boy, made some noises for ____（4）____ . Other kids laughed. At that time Han Mei decided to make good use of the chance to help him. She walked towards Ma Qiang and asked him to put out his ____（5）____ . Han Mei stood silently beside Ma Qiang and looked at them ____（6）____ , then she said with a smile, “I examined(查看) your little fingers just now. I know you will become a good ____（7）____ in the future. Come on!” Hearing this, Ma Qiang was surprised because ____（8）____ had said such words to him before. This was the first time he had heard them. He couldn’t believe that completely ____（9）____ he remembered what the teacher said in his heart.

After that, Ma Qiang studied much harder and later he went to college. After many years, just as his volunteer teacher had ____（10）____ , he became a famous doctor. Ma Qiang always says his volunteer teacher’s encouraging words have made what he is.

（1）

A．

surprised

B．

happy

C．

proud

（2）

A．

better

B．

fairer

C．

worse

（3）

A．

wondered

B．

forgot

C．

realized

（4）

A．

fun

B．

help

C．

pity

（5）

A．

books

B．

hands

C．

toys

（6）

A．

carefully

B．

nervously

C．

angrily

（7）

A．

teacher

B．

doctor

C．

player

（8）

A．

nobody

B．

everybody

C．

somebody

（9）

A．

and

B．

or

C．

but

（10）

A．

worried

B．

expected

C．

regretted

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

There are many festivals around the world. Dads have Father’s Day. Mums have Mother’s Day. But do our grandparents have a ____（1）____? Yes, they do.

The Double Ninth Festival is a ____（2）____ day for old people in China. The festival is on lunar September 9th. On this day, people show ____（3）____ and respect （尊敬）for their grandparents.

Respecting old people is a tradition in China. There are many ways for Chinese people to ___（4）___ their respect. When an old person enters a room, everyone should stand up. Also, people are introduced from the ____（5）____ to the youngest. When we give something to an old person, two hands are used. The old usually don’t have to buy tickets for buses and young people always ___（6）___ their seats to old people on a crowded subway or bus.

However, in western countries, old people have ____（7）____ lifestyles from those in China. They don’t often live with their children—they live ____（8）____. They don’t want to get help from others. They even don’t want to be offered seats by others.

Westerners ____（9）____ respect old people. For holidays, families usually ____（10）____ at the grand-parents’ homes. A great smile and a warm hug are enough for grown children to show their respect.

（1）

A．

house

B．

festival

C．

partner

D．

relative

（2）

A．

boring

B．

simple

C．

special

D．

surprising

（3）

A．

love

B．

interest

C．

hope

D．

invitation

（4）

A．

stop

B．

express

C．

find

D．

refuse

（5）

A．

richest

B．

tallest

C．

oldest

D．

strongest

（6）

A．

offer

B．

lend

C．

sell

D．

take

（7）

A．

usual

B．

strange

C．

same

D．

different

（8）

A．

wisely

B．

easily

C．

alone

D．

sadly

（9）

A．

still

B．

even

C．

only

D．

just

（10）

A．

grow up

B．

get off

C．

make up

D．

get together