2022年中考英语阅读理解专项练习（一）故事类（word版，含答案和解析）
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2022届中考英语阅读理解专项练习（一）故事类
一、
There was a kingdom long, long ago. It was ruled by a king who loved riddles. Once a year the king made a new riddle. He gave a prize to the person who could solve the riddle.
There was a baker who also lived in this kingdom. Everyone agreed that he baked the finest bread. The baker had almost everything he needed except for a horse. If the baker had a horse, he could sell his fine bread from one end of the kingdom to the other.
One year the king made a new riddle that puzzled everyone. “I will give a prize to the person who can solve my riddle,” the king said. “Whoever wins will have the pick of one of my strongest horses.” He then drew a line clown the middle of the courtyard. “Make this line shorter without erasing (清除)any part of it,” the king challenged.
People came from far and wide. They looked at the line and squinted (眯起眼睛看)at it. They even put their noses to the ground and scratched their heads.
“How can you make a line shorter without erasing any part of it ” the people in the crowd asked each other. Some of them tried. The dressmaker kicked dirt (泥土)over the line to hide it. The fanner poured water over the line to make it disappear. None of these efforts worked, and the people felt disappointed and went home. Everyone was puzzled about how to solve this new riddle.
A week passed, and nobody had any new ideas. Then one clay the baker came into the courtyard with a bag of flour (面粉).
“Your Majesty,” the baker said to the king, “I can make your line shorter without erasing any part of it. “Then the baker opened his bag of flour. He poured out a line of flour right next to the king’s line. The line the baker made was longer than the king’s line.
“Now, good king,” the baker smiled, “your line is shorter.”
The people were amazed. The king laughed and clapped his hands. “You have won the prize. I will give you a horse of your choice. “
The baker was excited. Now he could sell his bread from one end of the kingdom to the other.
1.What was the bakers problem at the beginning of the story
A.He couldn’t make fine bread.
B.He needed money to open more stores.
C.He didn’t have enough flour to make more bread.
D.He had difficulty selling bread all over the kingdom..
2.The dressmaker and the farmer failed because they both .
A.tried to erase the line B.poured water over the line
C.kicked dirt over the line D.put their noses to the ground
3.The baker smiled because .
A.he was glad to see the king B.he wanted to make the king happy
C.he felt sure that he solved the riddle D.he sold a lot of bread to the villagers
4.This story shows that the king liked .
A.to be rich B.to train horses C.to eat bread D.to have fun
5.Who tells this story
A.The king. B.The farmer and the dressmaker.
C.The baker. D.Someone who is not a character in the story.
二、
Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there was only one family between the ticket office and us. This family made a big impression on me.
There were eight children, all probably under the age of 12. You could tell they didn’t have a lot of money. Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean. The children talked excitedly about the clowns. It was clearly a very important day out for them. The father and mother seemed happy as they could be.
The tickets lady asked how many tickets the father wanted, he proudly answered, “Please let me buy eight children’s tickets and two adults’ tickets, so I can take my family to the circus.”
The ticket lady told him the price.
The man’s wife lowered her head. There was no longer a smile on the man’s face. He quietly asked, “How much did you say ”
The ticket lady again told him the price.
The man obviously didn’t have enough money. But how could he tell his kids the bad news
Seeing what was happening, my dad took a $20 note from his pocket and dropped in on the ground. (We were not rich ourselves at all!) He then tapped the man on the shoulder and said, “Excuse me, sir, you dropped this.”
The man understood my father was helping him. He picked up the money, looked straight into my dad’s eyes, and in tears replied. “Thank you. This really means a lot to me and my family.”
Although we did not go to the circus that night, we didn’t go without.
1.Why does the writer say “Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean” ( Paragraph 2)
A.To show the children were well looked after.
B.To show cheap clothes could be popular.
C.To show how hard the mother worked.
D.To show how rich the family were.
2.Why was the poor man unhappy after he spoke with the ticket lady
A.He had lost his money.
B.His children were noisy.
C.The tickets were sold out.
D.The tickets were too expensive.
3.Who did the $20 note belong to
A.The poor man.
B.The writer’s father.
C.The poor man’s wife.
D.The ticket lady.
4.Why was the poor man in tears at the end of the story
A.He found the money he lost.
B.He wanted others to help him.
C.He made his children unhappy.
D.He was thankful for the kindness.
5.Which of the following statements is probably true according to the passage
A.The poor man saw the circus that night.
B.The two families became close friends.
C.The writer’s father earned some money.
D.The writer saw the circles that night.
三、
I live in Mentone, a quiet, simple, restful place, where the rich never come. I met Theophile Magnan, a retired, rich, old man from Lyons yesterday, in the Hotel des Anglais. Theophile looked sad and dreamy, and didn't talk with anybody else, which brought me back to the past.
A long time ago, Francois Millet. Claude, Carl and I were young artists - very young artists - in fact.
Yes, Francois Millet, the great French artist, was my friend.
Millet wasn’t any greater than we were at that time. He didn't have any fame, even in his own village.
We were all poor though we had stacks and stacks of as good pictures as anybody in Europe painted. Once a person ever offered four francs(法国女郎) for Millet’s "Angelus", which he intended to sell for eight.
It was a fact in human history that a great artist would never be acknowledged(承认, 认可) until after he was starved and dead. His pictures climbed to high prices after his death.
Then we made a decision that one of us must die, to save the others and himself.
Millet was elected(选举，推选) —elected to die.
During the next three months Millet painted with all his might, enlarged his stock all he could, not pictures, no! sketches, studies, parts of studies, fragments of studies, of course, with his cipher(标记) on them.
They were the things to be sold.
Carl went to Paris to start the work of building up Millet's name. Claude and I went to sell Millet's small pictures and to build up his name as well.
We made Millet a master. I always said to my customer, "I am a fool to sell a picture of Francois Millet's at all, for he is not going to live three months, and when he dies his pictures can't be had for love or money."
Claude and I took care to spread that little fact as far as we could.
Carl made friends with the correspondents, and got Millet's condition reported to England and all over the continent, and America, and everywhere.
The sad end came at last, Millet died, not really. He became Theophile Magnan.
The pictures went up. There's a man in Paris today who owns seventy Millet pictures. He paid us two million francs for them. Do you still remember the "Angelus" Carl sold it for twenty-two hundred francs. And as for the bushels of sketches and studies which Millet produced in the last six weeks, well, it would astonish you to know the figure we sell them at nowadays.
We are no longer artists and Millet dead.
1.''Why did the four friends decide to elect one of them to die
A. They wanted to be rich. B. They wanted to be famous.
C. They wanted to save money. D. They wanted to be respected.
2. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the passage
A. The writer lives a busy life in Mentone.
B. Millet was finally made a famous artist.
C. Millet painted best among the four friends.
D. The story was written in memory of Millet.
3. What made the four friends' plan succeed
A. That they didn't want to be artists any longer.
B. That Millet's pictures were sold at very high prices.
C. People's attitude towards the artists who were starving.
D. People's desire to own precious art works at low prices.
4. Is Millet living or dead Why （请用约40词回答）
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四、
When the great Library of Alexandria burned, the story goes that one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book，and a poor man got it.
The book wasn't very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. It was a thin strip of vellum (羊皮纸) on which was written the secret of the "Touchstone". The touchstone was a small pebble (鹅卵石) that could turn any common metal into pure gold.
The writing explained that it was lying among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the secret was this: The real stone would feel warm, while ordinary pebbles are cold.
So the man sold his house, bought a tent, camped on the seashore, and began testing pebbles. He knew that if he picked up normal pebbles and threw them down again because they were cold, he might pick up the same pebbles hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone. Yet he went on and on this way. Pick up a pebble. Cold-throw it into the sea. Pick up another.
Throw it into the sea. The days stretched into months and the months into years.
One day, however, about midafternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea before he realized what he had done. He was used to throwing each pebble into the sea as soon as he picked it up. So when the one he wanted came along，he still threw it away.
So it is with opportunity (机会) . Unless we are vigilant, it's easy to fail to realize an opportunity when it is in hand and it's just as easy to throw it away.
1. According to the passage, the touchstone is a stone ____________.
A. that you can touch
B. that can turn common metal into pure gold
C. that can bring you thousands of pebbles
D. that can bring you good luck
2. The man threw the touchstone into the sea because _____________.
A. it was cold
B. it was a normal pebble
C. he was too tired to hold it
D. he had formed a habit
3. How did the man probably feel when he realized it was the touchstone
A. Excited. B. Moved.
C. Interested. D. Regretted.
4. What's the meaning of the underlined word "vigilant" in the last paragraph
A. Brave enough. B. Hard-working enough.
C. Careful enough. D. Strong enough.
5. What does the writer want to tell us
A. Opportunity knocks but once.
B. Use it or lose it.
C. Where there is a will, there is a way.
D. Practice makes perfect.
五、
Is a nearby neighbour better than a faraway cousin An American lady, Anna Lane, believes it's true. Her kind neighbours once helped her out when she was in a big trouble.
Mrs Lane was living alone in a city in Texas, US. The woman in her 70s could do a lot of housework herself. However, she was too old to mow (修剪) her lawn (草坪). Then a big trouble found her. She let the grass grow over 18 inches high and it broke the law in her city. As a result, she was in danger of paying lots of money or even going to prison!
Luckily, her neighbours, the Adams brothers, heard the news about her on TV. They decided to do something to help. “We haven't met her yet, but she's 75 years old and she needs some help, “said Sam Adams, one of the boys. “That's the least we could do.”
The Adams brothers took their mowers (修剪机) and came to Mrs Lane's house to mow her lawn without telling her. Once they got started, other neighbours saw what was going on and joined in the effort.
Together they worked hard in the sun and finished mowing the whole lawn in about two hours. When Mrs Lane saw what her neighbours did for her, she was surprised and moved to tears (感动得落泪). “I cannot believe this,” she said. “They were so kind to spend two hours helping me and I didn't even know their names.” As for the Adams brothers, they said they would always be ready to help her.
1. What can we know about Mrs Lane
A. She was 70 years old. B. She could not do her housework.
C. She was living with her children. D. She could not cut the grass on the lawn.
2. Mrs lane was in danger of going to prison because .
A. she broke the education law in her city
B. the grass on her lawn was over 18 inches high
C. the news about her on TV was made up by her
D. she didn't pay enough money to her neighbours
3. Who mowed the lawn
A. The Adams brothers. B. Sam Adams and Mrs Lane.
C. The Adams brothers and Mrs Lane. D. The Adams brothers and other neighbours.
4. Which of the following is true
A. The Adams brothers knew Mrs Lane very well.
B. Mrs Lane knew some of her neighbours' names.
C. Mrs Lane didn't expect her neighbours would help her.
D. The Adams brothers used Mrs Lane's mowers to cut the grass.
5. The best title（题目）for the passage would be .
A. Good neighbours B. A serious city law
C. A beautiful garden D. Humorous brothers
六、
A woman bought a parrot from a pet store. However, the woman decided to return the parrot to the shop the next day.
"This bird doesn't talk,"she told the pet shop owner.
"Does he have a mirror in his cage(笼子) " the owner asked. "Parrots love mirrors."
The woman bought a mirror and left. The next day she came back，saying that the bird still wasn't talking.
"How about a ladder Parrots love ladders," the owner said. The woman bought a ladder and left. But the next day, she was back.
"Does your parrot have a swing No Well, once he starts swinging, he'll talk, "the owner said.
The woman then bought a swing and left.
When she walked into the store the next day，she began to cry. "The parrot died，"she said.
The pet store owner was shocked. "I'm sorry. Tell me: did he ever say anything "he asked.
"Yes, right before he died," the woman answered," in a low voice, he asked me, 'Don't they sell any food at that pet store ’"
Sometimes we forget what's really necessary in life. We sometimes have lots of things to do at once, but we forget to deal with the most important things first. We have to remember to "feed the parrots" in our lives.
1. The underlined word "parrot" in Paragraph 1 means "________" in Chinese.
A. 孔雀 B. 鹦鹉 C. 鸽子
2. The woman bought _________ from the pet shop owner.
A. a mirror and a ladder
B. a ladder and a swing
C. a mirror, a ladder and a swing
3. Why did the parrot die
A. Because he didn't eat any food.
B. Because the woman killed him.
C. Because the pet shop owner killed him.
4. Did the parrot say anything before he died
A. Yes, he did. B. No, he didn't. C. We don't know.
5. Which is NOT mentioned according to the passage
A. The woman forgot to buy any food for the parrot.
B. The parrot liked the mirror most.
C. We shouldn't forget to deal with the most important things first.
答案以及解析
一、
答案：1.D; 2.A; 3.C; 4.D; 5.D
解析：1.细节理解题。根据第二段中的"The baker had almost everything he needed except for a horse. If the baker had a horse, he could sell his fine bread from one end of the kingdom to the other. ” 可知在故事的开始面包师的问题是无法把面包卖到整个王国。故选D项
2.细节理解题。根据第五段中的"The dressmaker kicked dirt over the line to hide it. The farmer poured water over the line to make it disappear. ”可知裁缝想用泥土隐藏线,而农民想用水让线消失。两者都是要清除这条线,故选A项。
3.细节理解题。根据倒数第三段“…the baker smiled, ‘your line is shorter.’”可知面包师确信自己已经成功解开了谜题,所以微笑。故选C项。
4.推理判断题。根据本文第一段中的“It was ruled by a king who loved riddles."并结合全文可推知,国王出谜题是为了娱乐。 故选D项。
5.推理判断题。全文都是用第三人称在叙述这个故事,所以讲述这个故事的人不是故事里的人。故选D项。
二、
答案：1.A; 2.D; 3.B; 4.D; 5.A
解析：1.这句话的意思是他们的衣服不昂贵,但是很干净。由此可见父母做的工作很多,故选A,说明这些孩子们被照顾的很好。
2.联系下文The man obviously didn’t have enough money. 描述,可知这个男人没有足够的钱,故选D。
3.根据Seeing what was happening, my dad took a $20 note from his pocket and dropped in on the ground. 描述,可知这20美元是我父亲的,故选B。
4.根据“Thank you. This really means a lot to me and my family.”可知我的父亲帮了这一家一个大忙,故选D。
5.通过短文描述,可知这一家人那天晚上看上了马戏,故选A。
三、
答案：1.A; 2.B; 3.D; 4.文中作为画家的Millet在公众眼中已经死去。他隐姓埋名,以Theophile Magnan的名字,苟活于世间;他既不敢让公众知道他的过去,也不敢做他喜欢的事情;他虽富有,却不快乐。他神情忧伤、恍惚。他活着,他也死了。
参考答案:
①Millet is living. In order to sell his pictures at high prices. he pretended to be dead. He continues to live in the world with a new name Theophile Magnan. (30词)
②Millet is dead. There is no famous artist called Millet living in the world any longer. He only lives in people's memory. Everything related to the artist Millet has become history. (31词)
③Millet is living. He just pretended to be dead and took a new name Theophile Magnan. To some extent, he is dead. There is no famous artist called Millet living in the world any longer. Everything related to the artist Millet has become history. (45词)
解析：1.细节题。根据文章第六、七段It was a fact in human history that a great artist would never be acknowledged until after he was starved and dead. His pictures climbed to high prices after his death Then we made a decision that one of us must die, to save the others and himself.可知,在人类历史上,一个伟大的艺术家直到饿死之后才会被承认,这是一个事实。他死后,他的画才会卖到高价。然后“我们”做了一个决定,“我们”中的一个必须死,以拯救其他人和他自己。因此,为了变得富有, 四个朋友决定选择他们中的一个去死。故正确答案为A
2.判断正误题A项,“作者在Mentone过看忙碌的生活”。根据文章第一段第一句I live in Mentone, a quiet, simple, restful place可知,作者在 Mentone过看安静简单的生活。故A项错误。B项," Millet终于成为著名的艺术家”。根据文章最后一段第一、二。The pictures went up. There's a man in Paris today who owns seventy Millet pictures. He paid us two million francs for them.可知, Millet的画卖出了高价。由此可知, Millet成为了著名的艺术家。故B项正确C项,“Millet在四个朋友中画得最好”。文章中未提及。故C项错误D项,“这个故事是为了纪念Milt而写的”。无法从文章推测出来。故D项错误。题干要求选择正确的(TRUE)选项,B项符合题意故正确答案为B。
3.根据文章第六段 It was a fact… high prices after his death.和倒数第五段We made Millet a master. I always said to my customer, "I am a fool to sell a picture of Francois Millet's at all, for he is not going to live three months, and when he dies his pictures can’t be had for love or money."可知,作者和作者的朋友为 Millet建立名声,说他活不了多久了,他死后,他的画无论如何也不能卖。因此,他的画成为了珍品,人们渴望以低价拥有珍贵的艺术品,使得作者和作者的朋友的计划获得了成功。故D项正确。A项,“他们不想再当艺术家了”,B项, “Millet的画以很高的价格被卖出去”,C项, “人们对挨饿的艺术家的态度”,均不是作者和作者的朋友计划成功的原因。故A、B、C项错故正确答案为D。
4.此题为开放性试题,言之有理即可。
四、
答案：BDDCA
解析：1. B【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段中的"The touchstone was a small pebble (鹅卵石) that could turn any common metal into pure gold"可知答案为B。
2. D【解析】推理判断题。根据倒数第二段的描述可推知，那个男人把touchstone也扔进了海里，因为他已经养成了一个捡到鹅卵石就扔掉的习惯，故答案为D。
3. D【解析】推理判断题。根据倒数第二段的描述可推断，当他意识到他扔掉的就是自己一直寻找的touchstone时，他感到很后悔，故答案为D。
4. C【解析】词义猜测题。结合上下文的描述可知，如果不保持警觉，我们很容易错失机会，故vigilant意为"警觉的"，与Careful enough 意思相同。
5. A【解析】推理判断题。本文通过讲述一个故事告诉我们"机不可失"，故答案为A。
五、
答案：1.D; 2.B; 3.D; 4.C; 5.A
解析：1.细节理解题。题干意为:关于莱恩太太我们知道些什么？ 根据第二段第三句“However, she was too old to mow(修剪) her lawn(草坪)。”可知D项正确。故选D。
2.细节理解题。题干意为:莱恩太太有身陷囹囿的危险是因为________。根据第二段第五、六句“She let the grass grow over 18 inches high and it broke the law in her city. As a result, she was in danger of paying lots of money or even going to prison! ”可知答案。故选B。
3.细节理解题。题干意为:谁割的草坪 根据第三段内容可知是亚当斯兄弟和其他邻居们。故选D。
4.推理判断题。题干意为:下列哪一项是正确的 根据最后一段第三句“‘I cannot believe this,’ she said. ”可以推断是莱恩夫人没有想到邻居会帮助她,故选C。
5.标题归纳题。题干意为:文章的最佳题目是_________。根据第一段第一句“Is a nearby neighbour better than a faraway cousin ”和文章内容的描述,可知文章主要说明“远亲不如近邻”这一道理。故选A。
六、
答案：BCAAB
解析：1. B【解析】词义猜测题。那个女人多次抱怨那只鸟不说话，由此可推断，她买的鸟是"鹦鹉"，故答案为B。
2. C【解析】细节理解题。根据第四段中的"The woman bought a mirror and let"，第五段中的"The woman bought a ladder and left"和第七段中的"The woman then bought a swing and left"可知，那个女人买了镜子、梯子和秋千，故答案为C。
3. A【解析】推理判断题。根据倒数第二段的描述可推断，鹦鹉是因为没有吃东西才死的，故答案为A。
4. A【解析】细节理解题。根据倒数第三段中店主的问题"Tell me: did he ever say anything " 和那个女人的回答Yes, right before he died"可知，鹦鹉在死前说了一些话。
5. B【解析】推理判断题。根据全文描述可知文中并未提及鹦鹉是否喜爱主人买给他的镜子，故选B。
一、
There was a kingdom long, long ago. It was ruled by a king who loved riddles. Once a year the king made a new riddle. He gave a prize to the person who could solve the riddle.
There was a baker who also lived in this kingdom. Everyone agreed that he baked the finest bread. The baker had almost everything he needed except for a horse. If the baker had a horse, he could sell his fine bread from one end of the kingdom to the other.
One year the king made a new riddle that puzzled everyone. “I will give a prize to the person who can solve my riddle,” the king said. “Whoever wins will have the pick of one of my strongest horses.” He then drew a line clown the middle of the courtyard. “Make this line shorter without erasing (清除)any part of it,” the king challenged.
People came from far and wide. They looked at the line and squinted (眯起眼睛看)at it. They even put their noses to the ground and scratched their heads.
“How can you make a line shorter without erasing any part of it ” the people in the crowd asked each other. Some of them tried. The dressmaker kicked dirt (泥土)over the line to hide it. The fanner poured water over the line to make it disappear. None of these efforts worked, and the people felt disappointed and went home. Everyone was puzzled about how to solve this new riddle.
A week passed, and nobody had any new ideas. Then one clay the baker came into the courtyard with a bag of flour (面粉).
“Your Majesty,” the baker said to the king, “I can make your line shorter without erasing any part of it. “Then the baker opened his bag of flour. He poured out a line of flour right next to the king’s line. The line the baker made was longer than the king’s line.
“Now, good king,” the baker smiled, “your line is shorter.”
The people were amazed. The king laughed and clapped his hands. “You have won the prize. I will give you a horse of your choice. “
The baker was excited. Now he could sell his bread from one end of the kingdom to the other.
1.What was the bakers problem at the beginning of the story
A.He couldn’t make fine bread.
B.He needed money to open more stores.
C.He didn’t have enough flour to make more bread.
D.He had difficulty selling bread all over the kingdom..
2.The dressmaker and the farmer failed because they both .
A.tried to erase the line B.poured water over the line
C.kicked dirt over the line D.put their noses to the ground
3.The baker smiled because .
A.he was glad to see the king B.he wanted to make the king happy
C.he felt sure that he solved the riddle D.he sold a lot of bread to the villagers
4.This story shows that the king liked .
A.to be rich B.to train horses C.to eat bread D.to have fun
5.Who tells this story
A.The king. B.The farmer and the dressmaker.
C.The baker. D.Someone who is not a character in the story.
二、
Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there was only one family between the ticket office and us. This family made a big impression on me.
There were eight children, all probably under the age of 12. You could tell they didn’t have a lot of money. Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean. The children talked excitedly about the clowns. It was clearly a very important day out for them. The father and mother seemed happy as they could be.
The tickets lady asked how many tickets the father wanted, he proudly answered, “Please let me buy eight children’s tickets and two adults’ tickets, so I can take my family to the circus.”
The ticket lady told him the price.
The man’s wife lowered her head. There was no longer a smile on the man’s face. He quietly asked, “How much did you say ”
The ticket lady again told him the price.
The man obviously didn’t have enough money. But how could he tell his kids the bad news
Seeing what was happening, my dad took a $20 note from his pocket and dropped in on the ground. (We were not rich ourselves at all!) He then tapped the man on the shoulder and said, “Excuse me, sir, you dropped this.”
The man understood my father was helping him. He picked up the money, looked straight into my dad’s eyes, and in tears replied. “Thank you. This really means a lot to me and my family.”
Although we did not go to the circus that night, we didn’t go without.
1.Why does the writer say “Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean” ( Paragraph 2)
A.To show the children were well looked after.
B.To show cheap clothes could be popular.
C.To show how hard the mother worked.
D.To show how rich the family were.
2.Why was the poor man unhappy after he spoke with the ticket lady
A.He had lost his money.
B.His children were noisy.
C.The tickets were sold out.
D.The tickets were too expensive.
3.Who did the $20 note belong to
A.The poor man.
B.The writer’s father.
C.The poor man’s wife.
D.The ticket lady.
4.Why was the poor man in tears at the end of the story
A.He found the money he lost.
B.He wanted others to help him.
C.He made his children unhappy.
D.He was thankful for the kindness.
5.Which of the following statements is probably true according to the passage
A.The poor man saw the circus that night.
B.The two families became close friends.
C.The writer’s father earned some money.
D.The writer saw the circles that night.
三、
I live in Mentone, a quiet, simple, restful place, where the rich never come. I met Theophile Magnan, a retired, rich, old man from Lyons yesterday, in the Hotel des Anglais. Theophile looked sad and dreamy, and didn't talk with anybody else, which brought me back to the past.
A long time ago, Francois Millet. Claude, Carl and I were young artists - very young artists - in fact.
Yes, Francois Millet, the great French artist, was my friend.
Millet wasn’t any greater than we were at that time. He didn't have any fame, even in his own village.
We were all poor though we had stacks and stacks of as good pictures as anybody in Europe painted. Once a person ever offered four francs(法国女郎) for Millet’s "Angelus", which he intended to sell for eight.
It was a fact in human history that a great artist would never be acknowledged(承认, 认可) until after he was starved and dead. His pictures climbed to high prices after his death.
Then we made a decision that one of us must die, to save the others and himself.
Millet was elected(选举，推选) —elected to die.
During the next three months Millet painted with all his might, enlarged his stock all he could, not pictures, no! sketches, studies, parts of studies, fragments of studies, of course, with his cipher(标记) on them.
They were the things to be sold.
Carl went to Paris to start the work of building up Millet's name. Claude and I went to sell Millet's small pictures and to build up his name as well.
We made Millet a master. I always said to my customer, "I am a fool to sell a picture of Francois Millet's at all, for he is not going to live three months, and when he dies his pictures can't be had for love or money."
Claude and I took care to spread that little fact as far as we could.
Carl made friends with the correspondents, and got Millet's condition reported to England and all over the continent, and America, and everywhere.
The sad end came at last, Millet died, not really. He became Theophile Magnan.
The pictures went up. There's a man in Paris today who owns seventy Millet pictures. He paid us two million francs for them. Do you still remember the "Angelus" Carl sold it for twenty-two hundred francs. And as for the bushels of sketches and studies which Millet produced in the last six weeks, well, it would astonish you to know the figure we sell them at nowadays.
We are no longer artists and Millet dead.
1.''Why did the four friends decide to elect one of them to die
A. They wanted to be rich. B. They wanted to be famous.
C. They wanted to save money. D. They wanted to be respected.
2. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the passage
A. The writer lives a busy life in Mentone.
B. Millet was finally made a famous artist.
C. Millet painted best among the four friends.
D. The story was written in memory of Millet.
3. What made the four friends' plan succeed
A. That they didn't want to be artists any longer.
B. That Millet's pictures were sold at very high prices.
C. People's attitude towards the artists who were starving.
D. People's desire to own precious art works at low prices.
4. Is Millet living or dead Why （请用约40词回答）
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四、
When the great Library of Alexandria burned, the story goes that one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book，and a poor man got it.
The book wasn't very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. It was a thin strip of vellum (羊皮纸) on which was written the secret of the "Touchstone". The touchstone was a small pebble (鹅卵石) that could turn any common metal into pure gold.
The writing explained that it was lying among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the secret was this: The real stone would feel warm, while ordinary pebbles are cold.
So the man sold his house, bought a tent, camped on the seashore, and began testing pebbles. He knew that if he picked up normal pebbles and threw them down again because they were cold, he might pick up the same pebbles hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone. Yet he went on and on this way. Pick up a pebble. Cold-throw it into the sea. Pick up another.
Throw it into the sea. The days stretched into months and the months into years.
One day, however, about midafternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea before he realized what he had done. He was used to throwing each pebble into the sea as soon as he picked it up. So when the one he wanted came along，he still threw it away.
So it is with opportunity (机会) . Unless we are vigilant, it's easy to fail to realize an opportunity when it is in hand and it's just as easy to throw it away.
1. According to the passage, the touchstone is a stone ____________.
A. that you can touch
B. that can turn common metal into pure gold
C. that can bring you thousands of pebbles
D. that can bring you good luck
2. The man threw the touchstone into the sea because _____________.
A. it was cold
B. it was a normal pebble
C. he was too tired to hold it
D. he had formed a habit
3. How did the man probably feel when he realized it was the touchstone
A. Excited. B. Moved.
C. Interested. D. Regretted.
4. What's the meaning of the underlined word "vigilant" in the last paragraph
A. Brave enough. B. Hard-working enough.
C. Careful enough. D. Strong enough.
5. What does the writer want to tell us
A. Opportunity knocks but once.
B. Use it or lose it.
C. Where there is a will, there is a way.
D. Practice makes perfect.
五、
Is a nearby neighbour better than a faraway cousin An American lady, Anna Lane, believes it's true. Her kind neighbours once helped her out when she was in a big trouble.
Mrs Lane was living alone in a city in Texas, US. The woman in her 70s could do a lot of housework herself. However, she was too old to mow (修剪) her lawn (草坪). Then a big trouble found her. She let the grass grow over 18 inches high and it broke the law in her city. As a result, she was in danger of paying lots of money or even going to prison!
Luckily, her neighbours, the Adams brothers, heard the news about her on TV. They decided to do something to help. “We haven't met her yet, but she's 75 years old and she needs some help, “said Sam Adams, one of the boys. “That's the least we could do.”
The Adams brothers took their mowers (修剪机) and came to Mrs Lane's house to mow her lawn without telling her. Once they got started, other neighbours saw what was going on and joined in the effort.
Together they worked hard in the sun and finished mowing the whole lawn in about two hours. When Mrs Lane saw what her neighbours did for her, she was surprised and moved to tears (感动得落泪). “I cannot believe this,” she said. “They were so kind to spend two hours helping me and I didn't even know their names.” As for the Adams brothers, they said they would always be ready to help her.
1. What can we know about Mrs Lane
A. She was 70 years old. B. She could not do her housework.
C. She was living with her children. D. She could not cut the grass on the lawn.
2. Mrs lane was in danger of going to prison because .
A. she broke the education law in her city
B. the grass on her lawn was over 18 inches high
C. the news about her on TV was made up by her
D. she didn't pay enough money to her neighbours
3. Who mowed the lawn
A. The Adams brothers. B. Sam Adams and Mrs Lane.
C. The Adams brothers and Mrs Lane. D. The Adams brothers and other neighbours.
4. Which of the following is true
A. The Adams brothers knew Mrs Lane very well.
B. Mrs Lane knew some of her neighbours' names.
C. Mrs Lane didn't expect her neighbours would help her.
D. The Adams brothers used Mrs Lane's mowers to cut the grass.
5. The best title（题目）for the passage would be .
A. Good neighbours B. A serious city law
C. A beautiful garden D. Humorous brothers
六、
A woman bought a parrot from a pet store. However, the woman decided to return the parrot to the shop the next day.
"This bird doesn't talk,"she told the pet shop owner.
"Does he have a mirror in his cage(笼子) " the owner asked. "Parrots love mirrors."
The woman bought a mirror and left. The next day she came back，saying that the bird still wasn't talking.
"How about a ladder Parrots love ladders," the owner said. The woman bought a ladder and left. But the next day, she was back.
"Does your parrot have a swing No Well, once he starts swinging, he'll talk, "the owner said.
The woman then bought a swing and left.
When she walked into the store the next day，she began to cry. "The parrot died，"she said.
The pet store owner was shocked. "I'm sorry. Tell me: did he ever say anything "he asked.
"Yes, right before he died," the woman answered," in a low voice, he asked me, 'Don't they sell any food at that pet store ’"
Sometimes we forget what's really necessary in life. We sometimes have lots of things to do at once, but we forget to deal with the most important things first. We have to remember to "feed the parrots" in our lives.
1. The underlined word "parrot" in Paragraph 1 means "________" in Chinese.
A. 孔雀 B. 鹦鹉 C. 鸽子
2. The woman bought _________ from the pet shop owner.
A. a mirror and a ladder
B. a ladder and a swing
C. a mirror, a ladder and a swing
3. Why did the parrot die
A. Because he didn't eat any food.
B. Because the woman killed him.
C. Because the pet shop owner killed him.
4. Did the parrot say anything before he died
A. Yes, he did. B. No, he didn't. C. We don't know.
5. Which is NOT mentioned according to the passage
A. The woman forgot to buy any food for the parrot.
B. The parrot liked the mirror most.
C. We shouldn't forget to deal with the most important things first.
答案以及解析
一、
答案：1.D; 2.A; 3.C; 4.D; 5.D
解析：1.细节理解题。根据第二段中的"The baker had almost everything he needed except for a horse. If the baker had a horse, he could sell his fine bread from one end of the kingdom to the other. ” 可知在故事的开始面包师的问题是无法把面包卖到整个王国。故选D项
2.细节理解题。根据第五段中的"The dressmaker kicked dirt over the line to hide it. The farmer poured water over the line to make it disappear. ”可知裁缝想用泥土隐藏线,而农民想用水让线消失。两者都是要清除这条线,故选A项。
3.细节理解题。根据倒数第三段“…the baker smiled, ‘your line is shorter.’”可知面包师确信自己已经成功解开了谜题,所以微笑。故选C项。
4.推理判断题。根据本文第一段中的“It was ruled by a king who loved riddles."并结合全文可推知,国王出谜题是为了娱乐。 故选D项。
5.推理判断题。全文都是用第三人称在叙述这个故事,所以讲述这个故事的人不是故事里的人。故选D项。
二、
答案：1.A; 2.D; 3.B; 4.D; 5.A
解析：1.这句话的意思是他们的衣服不昂贵,但是很干净。由此可见父母做的工作很多,故选A,说明这些孩子们被照顾的很好。
2.联系下文The man obviously didn’t have enough money. 描述,可知这个男人没有足够的钱,故选D。
3.根据Seeing what was happening, my dad took a $20 note from his pocket and dropped in on the ground. 描述,可知这20美元是我父亲的,故选B。
4.根据“Thank you. This really means a lot to me and my family.”可知我的父亲帮了这一家一个大忙,故选D。
5.通过短文描述,可知这一家人那天晚上看上了马戏,故选A。
三、
答案：1.A; 2.B; 3.D; 4.文中作为画家的Millet在公众眼中已经死去。他隐姓埋名,以Theophile Magnan的名字,苟活于世间;他既不敢让公众知道他的过去,也不敢做他喜欢的事情;他虽富有,却不快乐。他神情忧伤、恍惚。他活着,他也死了。
参考答案:
①Millet is living. In order to sell his pictures at high prices. he pretended to be dead. He continues to live in the world with a new name Theophile Magnan. (30词)
②Millet is dead. There is no famous artist called Millet living in the world any longer. He only lives in people's memory. Everything related to the artist Millet has become history. (31词)
③Millet is living. He just pretended to be dead and took a new name Theophile Magnan. To some extent, he is dead. There is no famous artist called Millet living in the world any longer. Everything related to the artist Millet has become history. (45词)
解析：1.细节题。根据文章第六、七段It was a fact in human history that a great artist would never be acknowledged until after he was starved and dead. His pictures climbed to high prices after his death Then we made a decision that one of us must die, to save the others and himself.可知,在人类历史上,一个伟大的艺术家直到饿死之后才会被承认,这是一个事实。他死后,他的画才会卖到高价。然后“我们”做了一个决定,“我们”中的一个必须死,以拯救其他人和他自己。因此,为了变得富有, 四个朋友决定选择他们中的一个去死。故正确答案为A
2.判断正误题A项,“作者在Mentone过看忙碌的生活”。根据文章第一段第一句I live in Mentone, a quiet, simple, restful place可知,作者在 Mentone过看安静简单的生活。故A项错误。B项," Millet终于成为著名的艺术家”。根据文章最后一段第一、二。The pictures went up. There's a man in Paris today who owns seventy Millet pictures. He paid us two million francs for them.可知, Millet的画卖出了高价。由此可知, Millet成为了著名的艺术家。故B项正确C项,“Millet在四个朋友中画得最好”。文章中未提及。故C项错误D项,“这个故事是为了纪念Milt而写的”。无法从文章推测出来。故D项错误。题干要求选择正确的(TRUE)选项,B项符合题意故正确答案为B。
3.根据文章第六段 It was a fact… high prices after his death.和倒数第五段We made Millet a master. I always said to my customer, "I am a fool to sell a picture of Francois Millet's at all, for he is not going to live three months, and when he dies his pictures can’t be had for love or money."可知,作者和作者的朋友为 Millet建立名声,说他活不了多久了,他死后,他的画无论如何也不能卖。因此,他的画成为了珍品,人们渴望以低价拥有珍贵的艺术品,使得作者和作者的朋友的计划获得了成功。故D项正确。A项,“他们不想再当艺术家了”,B项, “Millet的画以很高的价格被卖出去”,C项, “人们对挨饿的艺术家的态度”,均不是作者和作者的朋友计划成功的原因。故A、B、C项错故正确答案为D。
4.此题为开放性试题,言之有理即可。
四、
答案：BDDCA
解析：1. B【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段中的"The touchstone was a small pebble (鹅卵石) that could turn any common metal into pure gold"可知答案为B。
2. D【解析】推理判断题。根据倒数第二段的描述可推知，那个男人把touchstone也扔进了海里，因为他已经养成了一个捡到鹅卵石就扔掉的习惯，故答案为D。
3. D【解析】推理判断题。根据倒数第二段的描述可推断，当他意识到他扔掉的就是自己一直寻找的touchstone时，他感到很后悔，故答案为D。
4. C【解析】词义猜测题。结合上下文的描述可知，如果不保持警觉，我们很容易错失机会，故vigilant意为"警觉的"，与Careful enough 意思相同。
5. A【解析】推理判断题。本文通过讲述一个故事告诉我们"机不可失"，故答案为A。
五、
答案：1.D; 2.B; 3.D; 4.C; 5.A
解析：1.细节理解题。题干意为:关于莱恩太太我们知道些什么？ 根据第二段第三句“However, she was too old to mow(修剪) her lawn(草坪)。”可知D项正确。故选D。
2.细节理解题。题干意为:莱恩太太有身陷囹囿的危险是因为________。根据第二段第五、六句“She let the grass grow over 18 inches high and it broke the law in her city. As a result, she was in danger of paying lots of money or even going to prison! ”可知答案。故选B。
3.细节理解题。题干意为:谁割的草坪 根据第三段内容可知是亚当斯兄弟和其他邻居们。故选D。
4.推理判断题。题干意为:下列哪一项是正确的 根据最后一段第三句“‘I cannot believe this,’ she said. ”可以推断是莱恩夫人没有想到邻居会帮助她,故选C。
5.标题归纳题。题干意为:文章的最佳题目是_________。根据第一段第一句“Is a nearby neighbour better than a faraway cousin ”和文章内容的描述,可知文章主要说明“远亲不如近邻”这一道理。故选A。
六、
答案：BCAAB
解析：1. B【解析】词义猜测题。那个女人多次抱怨那只鸟不说话，由此可推断，她买的鸟是"鹦鹉"，故答案为B。
2. C【解析】细节理解题。根据第四段中的"The woman bought a mirror and let"，第五段中的"The woman bought a ladder and left"和第七段中的"The woman then bought a swing and left"可知，那个女人买了镜子、梯子和秋千，故答案为C。
3. A【解析】推理判断题。根据倒数第二段的描述可推断，鹦鹉是因为没有吃东西才死的，故答案为A。
4. A【解析】细节理解题。根据倒数第三段中店主的问题"Tell me: did he ever say anything " 和那个女人的回答Yes, right before he died"可知，鹦鹉在死前说了一些话。
5. B【解析】推理判断题。根据全文描述可知文中并未提及鹦鹉是否喜爱主人买给他的镜子，故选B。