【2013河南】先通读短文,掌握其大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项,并将其标号填入题前括号内。
King Akbar was in the habit of putting riddles and puzzles to his people. He often asked which were strange. His people had to use words in a way to answer these questions.
Once he asked a very strange question. He looked at his people. he looked, one by one the heads began to hang low in search of an answer. It was at this moment that Birbal entered the palace. Birbal the habit of the king. He understood the at once and asked, "May I know the question so that I can for an answer?"
Akbar said, "How many crows (乌鸦)are there in this city?"
even a moment's thought, Birbal replied "There are fifty thousand five hundred and eighty nine crows, my lord".
"How can you be so ?” asked Akbar.
Birbal said, "Make you men , My lord. If you find more crows it means some have come to visit their relatives(亲戚) here. If you crows it means some have gone to visit their relatives elsewhere".
Akbar was pleased very much by Birbal's wise answer.
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My dream home is very big and clean. It is near the . I can watch the sea and volleyball on the beach. My grandparents live us in this big house. room is the first floor(层), too. I always chat with them and help them some housework at weekends. On the floor,there is a kitchen and a dinning room.All the family will have dinner there . My bedroom ,study and bathroom are on the third floor.There is a big balcony(阳台) in my bedroom. I can play games, read books and chat my friends there. The furniture in my house is all made of wood .It is good my health.I like to music while reading books in my bedroom, I always ask my friends here. My parents’ room is on the fourth floor. It’s very big and clean.
There is a big and nice garden behind the big house. There are many flowers and tall trees in it. In summer, I can sit under the trees with my family. Behind the garden, there is a swimming pool. I can freely in it . I think it is very comfortable(舒服) to live in my dream home.
A.river B.sea C.ground D.school
A.play B.to play C.play the D.play with
A.at B.for C.with D.of
A.Their B.Her C.Our D.Your
A.in B.on C.with D.of
A.does B.doing C.do D.is doing
A.fourth B.third C.first D.second
A.pets B.members C.things D.animals
A.of B.about C.with D.on
A.at B.to C.with D.for
A.listening B.leading C.withing D.doing
A.to look for B.to chean C.to come D.to leave
A.also B.too C.either D.but
A.few B.a few C.little D.a little
A.swim B.dance C.read D.run
Today the world's economy is not going well. Crisis(危机)is to our life just like to our body. Just as fatal(致命)disease can destroy our body and sometimes even put an
to our lives, so does crisis knock us down so hopelessly that we might never have chance of standing up again.Just take my own country for instance.Of course,in the
twenty years,our economy has gained the highest speed.But haven't we paid too much?Our rivers are
.Our natural resources are becoming
and fewer.Is it worthy of it?
Crisis sometimes contributes(贡献)to our life treasure in a way that few can imagine.It can make us strong enough to face ourselves when we feel weak.Eric,my uncle is an . He had hard time in his
going through such a fatal disease that he had never thought he survive.
,he was saved by doctors.Ever since then he regarded his life as a second given by God and has been so grateful to the world that he
his best to do what he could. And now he is living a
and successful life.
A.ill B.illness C.sick D.patient
A.end B.finish C.over D.ending
A.last B.next C.past D.during
A.pollution B.polluted C.polluting D.pollute
A.1ess B.few C.little D.fewer
A.example B.case C.such as D.for example
A.childhood B.child C.children D.child time
A.Luck B.Lucky C.Luckily D.Luckly
A.try B.do C.tried D.does
A.happy B.happiness C.pleased D.pleasure
Everyone can feel stressed out because of too many things happening in your life. Teenagers, however, have opportunities to get stressed than people in any other age group. Being a teenager is hard.
You are not a children any more, but you are not , even though you have to deal with some grow-upproblems and made decisions by
. Families can be one of the biggest causes (原因) of stress, such as problems of arguing with
or brothers or sisters. Teenagers also have lots of stress from
, either fromtheir teachers or from their classmates. Some teenagers also feel
about choosing their education after highschool. Getting a place at university can be very difficult and some can't
to go to university. It is hard for some teenagers to get a job after they graduate. There are so many young people finishing school
not enough jobs for them. Though there is a lot of stress, you can find many ways to
it. Talking to people isone of the best ways to deal with stress. It may sound
, but it is helpful.
A.more B.fewer C.many D.better
A.a baby B.a teenager C.an adult D.a teacher
A.yourself B.himself C.myself D.ourselves
A.teachers B.friends C.classmates D.parents
A.family B.society C.school D.street
A.relaxed B.stressed C.excited D.interested
A.remember B.offer C.refuse D.afford
A.and B.but C.or D.until
A.agree with B.talk with C.look for D.deal with
A.simple B.difficult C.good D.important
I was once a volunteer in an English village. It was quite different__my home in Sweden. Jane, one of the volunteers from Tanzania, had a friend who was very poor. She__ all her pocket money to help her friend. It meant that she didn’t have much food to eat, and she had no money to go anywhere outside the village or buy more clothes.
I was so moved(感动)that I felt I had to do__too. So when I bought food one day, I__to buy her some rice. I started__to the woman in the shop(named Gloria who was also a volunteer) about my friend Jane. The woman looked at me, being surprised, “Does she eat noodles?” she asked. “Yes,” I replied. She immediately (立刻) started__ a bag with noodles, cookies, sweets and other things until the bag was full. “Give her this for me.” I couldn’t believe___but cried with happiness.
Imagine Jane’s look when I gave her the__! I had never seen her so happy! A few weeks later she found Gloria in the shop and___her in person.
The two wonderful women really showed me__true kindness is. And the impression(印象) will stay with me for the rest of my life.A. at B. on C. from
A. borrowed B. sent C. carried
A. anythingB. nothing C. something
A. decided B. hated C. served
A.laughing B. answering C. talking
A. filling B. taking C. buying
A.them B. it C. her
A. money B. shop C. food
A.greeted B. asked C. thanked
A. what B. when C. how
At 9:00a.m.yesterday, bus No.26 was going along Zhonghua Road when the driver saw an old man__on the side of the road. A woman next to him was shouting for _.
The bus driver,_ _Wang Ping, stopped the bus without__twice. He got__and asked the woman what happened. She said that the man had a heart problem and __go to the hospital. Mr. Wang knew he had to act quickly. He told the passengers that he must take the man to the hospital. He expected most or all of the passengers to get off and wait____the next bus. But to his__,they all agreed to go with him. Some passengers helped Mr. Wang to move the man__the bus.
Thanks to Mr.Wang and the passengers, the doctors _the man in time.A. lie B. lies C. lying
A. help B. trouble C. problem
A. 24 years old B.24-year-old C.24-years-old
A.thinkB. to think C. thinking
A.off B. down C .on
A.may B. should C. can
A.about B. with C. for
A.surpriseB. surprised C. surprising
A.in B. intoC. onto
A.save B. saved C. saves