Everyyearpeopleinmanycountries-优题课

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。

Sagarika Sriram is a high school student living in Dubai and founder（建立者）of Kids for a Better World—a digital platform（数字化平台）. It ____（1）____ nearly 10,000 teens together from all over the world. Its goal is to fight climate（气候）change.

When Sagarika was 10 years old, she felt ____（2）____ about the future of Earth. Sagarika knew she needed to do something. So she ____（3）____ a group that organized cleanup activities in Dubai. “The ____（4）____ helped me understand what one person could do and how I could ____（5）____ make a difference,” she said. In 2016, Sagarika ____（6）____ Kids for a Better World. She believes even ____（7）____ actions can make a big difference.

Kids for a Better World is for people aged 8 to 16. It teaches kids about what they can do at home and in their community to fight climate change. They can ____（8）____ food or plant trees. They can collect recycables or stop using plastic bags. Sagarika wants schools to teach these lessons. “These can help change our future,” she says.

Sagarika has big ____（9）____. She’d like to study at Stanford University. And while she’s there, she won’t stop ____（10）____ Kids for a Better World. Sagarika hopes to encourage more and more people to fight for a greener planet.

（1）

A．

orders

B．

serves

C．

brings

（2）

A．

surprised

B．

sorry

C．

uneasy

（3）

A．

knew

B．

joined

C．

met

（4）

A．

experience

B．

hobby

C．

feeling

（5）

A．

really

B．

clearly

C．

quickly

（6）

A．

left

B．

created

C．

noticed

（7）

A．

small

B．

special

C．

new

（8）

A．

borrow

B．

buy

C．

grow

（9）

A．

changes

B．

deals

C．

plans

（10）

A．

showing

B．

running

C．

helping

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。

Sun Jiarui is a 10-year-old girl from a primary school in Wuxi, Jiangsu province. She got popular online for her cooking skills ____（1）____. Sun, who has been learning to ____（2）____ from her father since she was eight, can now cook more than 50 dishes. In November last year, stories of Sun’s skillful cooking were ____（3）____ by People’s Daily on its official Sina Weibo account.

In the coming term in September, primary and middle school pupils in China will find a new “practical activities” ____（4）____ in their school timetable, with at least one class every week. The new course has three kinds of ____（5）____: everyday chores, productive labor（劳动）and experience of new technologies.

（1）

A．

recently

B．

usually

C．

secretly

（2）

A．

work

B．

cook

C．

cake

（3）

A．

read

B．

reported

C．

kept

（4）

A．

skill

B．

book

C．

course

（5）

A．

tasks

B．

questions

C．

games

从A、B、C三个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。

One morning, a teacher was giving a lesson in a middle school. All of the students stared at him in ____（1）____ because the teacher had a rope (绳) in his hand.

At the beginning of the class, the teacher didn’t say anything. ____（2）____ he started tying knots (打结) in the rope. Then he asked, “I have tied three knots in this rope. Is it the same rope I had before?”

One of the students replied, “It’s not ____（3）____ to answer. The rope seems to have ____（4）____ from the outside. It has three knots which were not there before. But from the inside it is still the same rope ____（5）____ it was before.”

“Yes, you are right!” the teacher said. “Now, I will untie (解开) these knots.”

Then he began to ____（6）____ both ends of the rope away from each other.

Seeing that, the student said, “You are not untying them. You are making them tighter (更紧的).”

So the teacher stopped and asked, “____（7）____ can I do to untie these knots?”

Some students replied, “You have to look at them closely so that you will know how they are tied. Then you can try to untie them.”

The teacher said, “That’s what I want to hear. In our lives, many people want to ____（8）____ problems, but they don’t even know the reasons that cause the problems. Just like the ____（9）____ goes, everything must be carefully examined before we act. We need to first know the cause of a problem, and only then can we solve ______（10）______ as soon as possible.”

（1）

A．

danger

B．

surprise

C．

trouble

（2）

A．

Perhaps

B．

Sometimes

C．

Instead

（3）

A．

easy

B．

brave

C．

polite

（4）

A．

grown

B．

burned

C．

changed

（5）

A．

or

B．

as

C．

until

（6）

A．

put

B．

pull

C．

point

（7）

A．

How

B．

When

C．

What

（8）

A．

ask for

B．

deal with

C．

depend on

（9）

A．

saying

B．

promise

C．

memory

（10）

A．

it

B．

him

C．

them

阅读下面短文，从文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Late one night, Gulliver received a warning that some nobles wanted him killed. Even the emperor of Lilliput wanted to give him less food to save ___（1）___. It was true Gulliver was very expensive.

Quickly, he wrote a letter to the emperor, “I’m ___（2）___ to visit Blefuscu, as I promised.”

Then he hurried down to the sea ___（3）___ Lilliput and Blefuscu.

The king of Blefuscu himself came out to meet him.

“Welcome!” cried the king. “Stay as ___（4）___ as you like.”

Walking on the beach a week later, Gulliver saw out at sea a small boat—but a full-sized one. It was ___（5）___ upside down in the water.

Gulliver rushed to the king. He begged, “Can you help me rescue the boat? This could be my chance to go home.”

“Of course,” said the king. “Take some ships to help you.”

Gulliver swam out to the boat, holding ropes from each of the ___（6）___.

With the ships pulling and Gulliver ___（7）___, the boat was brought safely to shore.

Gulliver and the king’s men set about fixing the boat for his long journey home. Soon, the boat was finished.

“I’d like to leave now,” Gulliver told the king. “But no one at home will ___（8）___ my story. Could I take some of your people with me?”

“I can’t possibly ___（9）___ that,” said the king. “But you may take some ____（10）____ and a sheep.”

He also gave Gulliver fifty bags of gold coins. “I don’t want you to go,” he said. “But I understand ____（11）____ you have to.”

“Thank you,” said Gulliver. “I’ll never ____（12）____ you all.”

After only a few days at sea in his boat, Gulliver saw a ship. He shouted and waved wildly.

He was ____（13）____! One sailor found him. The ship sailed over and ____（14）____ Gulliver. “Where have you come from?” asked the captain. “A place called Lilliput.” said Gulliver and he showed the captain the ____（15）____ from the emperor.

The captain was so surprised. For a few gold coins and a couple of cows, he agreed to take Gulliver all the way home.

—Adapted from Gulliver’s Travels

（1）

A．

life

B．

time

C．

money

D．

energy

（2）

A．

against

B．

beyond

C．

off

D．

through

（3）

A．

between

B．

among

C．

upon

D．

during

（4）

A．

long

B．

far

C．

often

D．

soon

（5）

A．

taking

B．

falling

C．

swimming

D．

floating

（6）

A．

boats

B．

ships

C．

men

D．

sails

（7）

A．

filling

B．

shaking

C．

pushing

D．

carrying

（8）

A．

make

B．

expect

C．

suppose

D．

believe

（9）

A．

require

B．

refuse

C．

avoid

D．

allow

（10）

A．

food

B．

people

C．

coins

D．

cows

（11）

A．

when

B．

how

C．

why

D．

whether

（12）

A．

forget

B．

regret

C．

force

D．

obey

（13）

A．

in danger

B．

in luck

C．

in fear

D．

in peace

（14）

A．

picked up

B．

gave up

C．

set up

D．

dressed up

（15）

A．

awards

B．

presents

C．

victims

D．

rewards

It was Mother’s Day, a sunny day. But Cindy was a little unhappy. She was sure that her mother ____1____ feel lonely because she was 500 miles away from her mother. In the early morning, she called her mom. They talked about the beautiful ____2____ in the garden. The flowers brought her back to the sweet memories of her childhood.

Later that day, when she told her ____3____ about the flowers, he said. “I know where we can find all that you want. Get our children and come on.” Driving down the country roads, they saw a hill not far away from them. As they get ____4____, they saw lots of flowers with all colors in the sun, just like shining stars in the sky at night. Cindy couldn’t wait to ____5____ the flowers. She got out of the car and ran quickly to them. She picked a few here and a few there. She became happier when they ____6____ their home.

On their way home, Cindy saw an old grandma sitting in a chair ____7____ in a village. There were no children around her. She looked so sad. Cindy stopped the car and walked to her, put the flowers in her hands, and ____8____ her. The old woman thanked Cindy again and again. She smiled happily, too.

When Cindy came back, her children asked, “Who’s that grandma? ____9____ did you give the flowers to her?” “I don’t know her.” Their mother said with a smile, “It’s Mother’s Day, but she has no children with her. I have all of you around me and I still have ____10____ mother. Just think how much those flowers mean to her.”

1.

A．

should

B．

must

C．

could

2.

A．

flowers

B．

trees

C．

grass

3.

A．

husband

B．

mother

C．

son

4.

A．

farther and farther

B．

earlier and earlier

C．

closer and closer

5.

A．

sell

B．

enjoy

C．

grow

6.

A．

walked into

B．

looked for

C．

left for

7.

A．

politely

B．

alone

C．

aloud

8.

A．

smiled at

B．

laughed at

C．

shouted at

9.

A．

Where

B．

When

C．

Why

10.

A．

my

B．

your

C．

her