Amenwentintoashoptobuyaparrot.-优题课

【2014年湖北省恩施州中考】
读材料，根据材料内容，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中．选出最佳选项。
If you had a chance to prepare dinner for your mother, would you choose to make it right now or some day in the future? Watch the video Paradise (天堂) Dinner by Liu Xiaoyu, a junior at[Hebei Institute of Communications, and you will find a right answer.
Recently the six-minute film Paradise Dinner won a great success on the Internet. It told the story of a son who made a big lunch for his mother, but he can only send the dinner to paradise, because his mother has been dead.
"If you do not show your filial piety to your mother right now, you might never have the opportunity in the future, because your mother is growing older and older day by day-this is the main theme of my film, " said the 21-year-old Liu.
Liu conceived(构想) the story for Paradise Dinner over his 2010 summer vacation.
One day during that holiday, Liu found his parents were not young any more. " So I decided to write a story for Paradise Dinner to call for all people, especially young people, to show more filial piety to their parents," he said.
With the help of his teachers and his schoolmates, he found actors, Zhang who played the mother and Yuan Zhen who played the son. At last he finished the film.
Many Web users said they liked the film very much and most of them cried like Liu's parents when they watched it.
From the passage, we know Liu Xiaoyu _____.

A．made a big dinner for his mother

B．made a short video on the Intemet

C．has graduated from a university

D．sent a dinner to paradise himself

What have you known about Liu Xiaoyu's mother?

A．She didn't know the film.

B．She didn't feel moved.

C．She couldn't help crying when she saw the film.

D．She acted the mother in the film.

The underlined words "filial piety" probably mean ___in Chinese.

A．友善

B．同情心

C．仁慈心

D．孝心

The fifth paragraph mainly tells us___.

A．when Liu Xiaoyu wrote the story

B．Liu Xiaoyu's parents were old

C．why Liu Xiaoyu wrote the story

D．why our parents should love their children

The writer wrote this article to___.

A．encourage p.eople to care more about their parents

B．introduce a short video

C．think highly of the talent of Liu Xiaoyu

D．show the kind heart of most people

【2014年四川省乐山市中考】
Monty Robert’s father was a horse trainer. As a child, Monty often went from one farm to another with his father. Sometimes they didn’t have enough money to pay for food, but Monty still kept hoping to own a horse farm.
When he was in school, his teacher asked him to write a paper about his dream. He wrote a seven-page paper. He wanted to have a horse farm one day. He even drew a picture of a horse farm in the paper.
The next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later, he got his paper back. On the front page was a large red “F” with the words “See me after class”. So the boy did and asked his teacher:” Why did I get an F?” The teacher said: “This dream will not come true for a young boy like you. You need a lot of money to own a horse farm. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for a lot of things. There is no way you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added: “If you write this paper again with a simpler dream, I will give you a good grade.”
After school he thought hard about it. At last, he decided to hand in the same paper, making no changes at all. He wrote: “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.”
Many years later, Monty had his own large horse farm. His dream came true.
So don’t let anyone take away your dreams. Follow your dreams, no matter what they are.
From Paragraph1, we learn that _______.
A. Monty’s family was poor
B. Monty’s father didn’t support him
C. Monty hoped to be a horse trainer
What did his teacher ask him to do when he was in school?
A. To write a seven-page paper.
B. To draw a picture about his dream.
C. To write a paper about his dream.
What was Monty’s attitude 态度 towards his paper?
A. Careless. B. Serious. C. Funny.
Monty’s teacher gave him a red “F” because he thought ______.
A. Monty’s handwriting was too bad
B. Monty copied from another student
C. Monty’s dream was too hard for him to achieve
What does the story want to tell us?
A. Follow a simple dream.
B. Never give up your dream.
C. Don’t take away others’ dreams.

【2014年内蒙古呼和浩特市中考】
Our village carpenter (木匠) , John, came one day and made a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size for the space between the two windows. When I got home that evening, John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for the job.
My wife said to me quietly,“That’s his ninth cup of tea today. ”But she said, in a loud voice,“It’s a beautiful table, dear, isn’t it？”
“I’ll decide about that when I see the bill. ”I said.
John laughed and gave me his bill for the work. I read:
One dining table 10 November, 1998
Cost of wood $17. 00
Paint $1. 50
Work, 8 hours ( $1 an hour )$8. 00
Total $36. 50
When I was looking at the bill, John said, “It’s been a nice day, hasn’t it？Quite sunny. ”
“Yes. ”I said. “ I’m glad it’s only the tenth of November. ”
“Me, too. ”said John. “You wait — it’ll be a lot colder by the end of the month. ”
“Yes,colder — and more expensive! A dining table will be $20 more expensive on November 30, won’t it, John？”
John looked hard at me for half a minute. Was there a little smile in his two blue eyes？I gave his bill back to him.
“If there isn’t too much trouble, John,” I said,“please add it up again. You can forget the date…”
I paid him $26. 50 and he was happy to get it.
Why did John talk about the weather when the writer was looking at the bill？

A．Because he didn’t want the writer to go through the bill carefully.

B．Because it was really a fine day.

C．Because he wanted the writer to check the bill carefully.

D．Because he wanted to tell the writer what the weather was like.

The writer thought John would ask for _______ if he made a dining table on the last day of November.

A．$20. 00	B．$46. 50
C．$56. 50	D．$26. 50

When the writer gave John the money, he was happy because _______.

A．he got what he should get for his work

B．he got much more money for his work

C．he got the money easily

D．he didn’t have to add up the costs again

From the story we know that ______.

A．John made a mistake in the bill

B．John tried to fool the writer in order to get more money for his work

C．John had written out the bill before the writer got home

D．John still wanted to get $36.50 for his work in the end

What do you think of the writer？ He is ______.

A．honest	B．clever
C．foolish	D．afraid

【2014年内蒙古包头市、乌兰察布市中考】
阅读下面的短文，掌握大意，然后从每小题后的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一介最佳选项，并将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
Ted Brown's dream as a child was an unusual one: he wanted to fly. What was more unusual was the way in which he made his dream come true.
After high school, he wanted to join the U. S. Air Force but he failed because of his poor eyesight. However, his dream remained.
At the age of 33, Ted was a truck driver in Los Angeles. One day, while sitting outside in his garden, he watched planes fly overhead and an idea came to him: to use balloons(气球) to fly.
A few weeks later, Ted bought 42 huge balloons. He tied them to a chair and then he sat down in the chair with some beer, sandwiches and a gun. His plan was to fly to 10 meters above his garden, enjoy a few hours in the air, and then shoot some balloons with his gun to get back down. But things did not go as he planned.
Once his friends cut the ropes under Ted's chair, the 42 balloons flew into the sky at an astonishing speed until about 4000 meters above the ground with Ted and his chair. He didn't shoot any of the balloons because he was afraid he might break the balanee(平衡) of his "plane". Ted stayed in the sky with his beer and sandwiches for 14 hours, cold and frightened.
Planes heading towards Los Angeles' busy international airport reported the strange sight. And Ted' s balloons caused great danger to them. At last, Ted gathered his courage to shoot a few balloons and slowly landed on the ground, where many policemen were waiting for him.
Ted made his dream come true, but it cost him: he was fined(罚款) $ 1,500 for breaking the law about air safety.
When asked by a reporter why he had done it, Ted answered, "A man can't just sit around and do nothing; he should have his dream and go for it. "
Why couldn't Ted join the American Air Force?

A．Because he didn't finish high school.

B．Because his parents stopped him.

C．Because there was problem with his eyes.

D．Because he was too short.

He was fined $ 1,500 because

A．his balloons caused trouble to planes

B．he stayed too long in the air

C．he used too many balloons

D．he took a gun with him

Which of the following is true?

A．He didn't go to college because of his dream to fly.

B．He felt sorry for what he had done.

C．He realized his dream in a dangerous way both to himself and to others.

D．He didn't shoot the balloons at first because he wanted to stay there longer.

What can be the best title for the story?

A．Go for It.	B．A Man with Poor Eyesight.
C．Up High in the Air.	D．Ted's Dream to Fly.

【2014年内蒙古包头市、乌兰察布市中考】
阅读下面的短文，掌握大意，然后从每小题后的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一介最佳选项，并将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
Most of my sweet memories are from my childhood. There are always so many interesting things in the far away village where I grew up. One thing that leaves a deep impression on me is shearing the sheep.
In my village, sheep are washed and sheared (剪毛) sometime in the month of June. This should be done quite early in the month, before the hot days begin.
It's best for the sheep to have the wool taken off, or they will be too hot in the summer time.
When the time comes for washing the sheep, they are driven to a pond or a little river.
Then they are thrown into the water, one at a time. The men who are in the water catch them, and wash them to get the dirt all out of the wool.
When the wool is dry, the sheep are taken to the shearer; and he cuts off the wool with a large pair of shears.
In a short time, before the cold winter comes, new wool grows out on the sheep. By the coming of spring, there is so much that it must be cut off soon.

When are sheep sheared usually?

A．In February.	B．In June.
C．In April.	D．In August.

According to the passage, why do people cut off the wool of sheep?

A．They do that for fun and pleasure.

B．They do that as a sport and exercise.

C．They do that to help sheep spend hot summer.

D．They do that to make sheep look more beautiful.

What does the underlined word "shears" in Paragraph 6 mean?

A．Knives	B．Scissors.
C．Baskets.	D．Rivers.

How often do people shear their sheep?

A．Several times a year.	B．Twice a year.
C．Once a few years.	D．Once a year.

A．A food shop.	B．A flower shop.
C．A pet shop.	D．A goldfish shop.

A．Four.	B．Three.
C．Two.	D．One.