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A
There once lived a doctor in our city, who was famous for his skills. Once he received a little child who was badly ill. Thanks to his skill and care, his young patient got well and was soon able to get up and run about again.
The child's mother was very much thankful to the doctor, and she visited him to thank him for what he had done for her child. “Doctor，” she said, “you have saved my little son. I don't know how to thank you enough. I feel that money alone cannot repay you, so I have made this little purse with my own hands, as a sign of my gratitude. I hope you will accept it.” The doctor stood up and said coldly, “Madam, a little present like that is very nice between friends, but a doctor needs to be paid properly for what he has done.” The lady was so surprised and hurt so much that she could not reply for a moment. Then she said quietly, “Perhaps you will tell me how much your fee is？”
“Fifty pounds”， he answered.
The lady opened the little purse and took out four fifty pound bank notes. She handed one of them to the doctor, and put the other three back into the purse. She put the purse into her handbag and, saying good bye to the doctor, went out of the room.
语篇解读 一个母亲为救了自己儿子的医生准备了钱包作为答谢的礼物，医生却想要50英镑而不要这个礼物。而钱包里其实有200英镑……
1．The lady was thankful to the doctor because ________.
A. he had saved her life
B. he had saved her son's life
C. he had given her some money
D. he often called on her
答案与解析 B 细节理解题。由第二段第一句可知答案为B项。
2．The doctor refused the lady's purse because he thought ________.
A. the lady didn't gave him money but the purse
B. the purse was too small
C. the lady was not kind to him
D. the purse should be given between friends
答案与解析 A 细节理解题。由第二段倒数第三句医生说的话可知A项正确。
3. What can we learn from the passage
A. The lady didn't pay the doctor any money.
B. The lady had planned to give the doctor 200 pounds.
C. The lady was mean.
D. The lady was angry with the doctor.
答案与解析 B 细节理解题。由最后一段可知答案为B项。
B
The summer of 2013 was full of reports of extreme weather: one of the hottest summers on record in China, the wettest summer in the UK, and the worst drought (旱灾) in East Africa. In short, extreme weather seems to be becoming the new normal. Weather extremes are not that extreme any more. Heatwaves, droughts and wildfires are the new reality of a warming world.
And this should not come as a surprise. Scientists have been warning for years that as the planet heats up, we will have to deal with more dreadful weather. Although not every extreme weather event is the result of climate (气候) change, scientists are now much more confident about connecting weather events with climate change. In 2011, the UK had a warm November. Researchers say that it was at least 60 times more likely to happen because of climate change than because of natural changes in the earth's weather systems.
All the news shows that climate breakdown is occurring faster than most climate scientists had expected. But isn't it too expensive to stop the climate from changing Well, yes it costs. So everything is just as usual. It would be wrong to believe that to let things continue as they always do is the cheap choice. Instead, it is very expensive. Just one example: droughts in the US, Russia and the Ukraine sent food prices to a record high. According to the World Bank, the price for corn (玉米) increased by 113% in some markets in Mozambique and in Sudan. This is the kind of cost that often gets ignored (忽视)．
I believe intelligent climate action can help create new opportunities for jobs in Europe, for encouraging creativity and competitiveness, for spending less money on energy.
语篇解读 本文是议论文。文章主要讨论了现在频发的极端天气。
4．According to the text, in 2013 ________.
A. the UK had a warm November
B. the US had many wildfires
C. the UK had a dry summer
D. East Africa had little rain
答案与解析 D 细节理解题。根据第一段的“the worst drought in East Africa”可知，2013年东非降雨少。
5．The underlined word “dreadful” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to “________”．
A. lovely B. terrible
C. seasonable D. freezing
答案与解析 B 词义猜测题。根据第一段中所举的例子可知，这里说的是我们将会面临更加“可怕的”天气。
6．The author mentions the increase of food prices in Paragraph 3 to ________.
A. show a lot of people are hungry
B. prove food prices are very changeable
C. prove we're paying for extreme weather
D. show it's expensive to stop the climate from changing
答案与解析 C 推理判断题。第三段说到极端天气导致食品价格上涨，这就说明我们在为恶劣的气候变化买单。
7．Which of the following statements does the author probably agree with
A. Proper climate action will be useful.
B. Europe is providing limited job opportunities.
C. It's everyone's duty to protect the environment.
D. Everyone needs time to get used to extreme weather.
答案与解析 A 推理判断题。根据最后一段作者的观点可知，针对气候异常变化的一些恰当的做法是有用的。
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Avalanches (雪崩) are one of those natural disasters that can cause great damage and only Mother Nature knows when and where they're going to occur. Even with modern technology it's still impossible to know exactly when or where one is going to occur. Mountain climbers are wise to be careful, as avalanches kill many of them each year.
The physics of how and why an avalanche occurs is complex. There are times of higher probability. During the year, the transition from winter to spring will cause some snow and ice to melt, which may trigger avalanches. Also at daybreak there is a higher probability due to the temperature change.
While climbers hike up slopes (斜坡), some distance between the climbers should be kept. If an avalanche occurs, then there will be fewer lives lost and a higher probability that someone will be able to seek help. Since an accident is more likely to happen when a top layer of snow is loose, avoid areas where heavy snow or rain has recently occurred.
Try to choose areas that you are familiar with and stay in areas with rocks, bushes and trees. Trees and bushes allow snow to pile up and keep the layers stable (稳定的). If an avalanche occurs, trees will take the impact of the snow, so there is a better chance of being safe.
Climbers must also pay attention to the degree of the slope. Avalanches won't occur on level ground and there is little snowfall on very steep areas. The greatest danger is in areas where the slope is between 25 and 40 degrees.
Remember that, if you get stuck in an avalanche, there is no car hire available to take you to the nearest airport.
1．What do we know from the first paragraph
A. Many mountain climbers die of avalanches each year.
B. Of all the natural disasters, avalanches cause the greatest damage.
C. Most climbers who meet avalanches die for not paying enough attention to avalanches.
D. With the development of science and technology, avalanches can now be predicted exactly.
答案与解析 A 细节理解题。根据第一段“avalanches kill many of them each year”可知A项正确。
2．The underlined word “trigger” in the second paragraph probably means “________”．
A. make use of B. result in
C. put an end to D. slow down
答案与解析 B 词义猜测题。第二段主要讲雪崩多发的时间，故可以判断冬春季节交替时引起的雪和冰的融化会导致雪崩的发生。
3．Why is there a higher probability that an avalanche occurs at daybreak
A. Because daybreak is the coldest time of the day in the mountains.
B. Because it often snows heavily in the mountains at daybreak.
C. Because temperature changes at daybreak.
D. Because the top layer snow is loose at daybreak.
答案与解析 C 细节理解题。根据第二段“Also at daybreak there is a higher probability due to the temperature change”可知C项正确。
4．It wouldn't be a good idea for a climber to ________ while climbing a mountain.
A. keep some distance from other climbers
B. avoid areas where heavy snow or rain has recently occurred
C. choose areas that he or she is familiar with
D. climb up a slope which is between 25 and 40 degrees
答案与解析 D 细节理解题。根据第五段“The greatest danger is in areas where the slope is between 25 and 40 degrees.”可知，25度到40度之间的斜坡是最危险的，故选D项。
Ⅱ.阅读理解七选五
How to Choose a College
It's probably one of the most important decisions you'll make in your life, so you don't want to make the wrong one. There are always many ways to decide which college is right for you. __1__ Here are a few important dos and don'ts for you to remember.
__2__ Make sure you do a lot of research on any college you are thinking about. Take advantage of any open houses a college offers and try to take a campus (大学校园) tour if you can. Make it a point to see as much of a college as possible. The best time to visit is when students are having a lesson. That way you can get the feel of a typical day.
__3__ If you want to be involved in lots of activities, choose one that has plenty to choose from. Another thing you need to think about is how far from your parents you want to be. __4__ Also keep in mind that if you don't feel comfortable with the college you choose, you'd better find something that interests you.
When choosing the college, there are some things you don't want to influence your decision. __5__ They may have different needs when it comes to education. Make sure you choose a college because you want to go there and not because your parents want you to. Don't be afraid to ask questions or request additional information. There are lots of important things you'll need to know about a college to make the right decision.
A. Take time to think things over.
B. Just choose one that suits your personality.
C. Therefore, choosing a college can be confusing.
D. A name brand college won't promise your sucess.
E. Don't go to a college just because your friends will.
F. Visit the website of the college you're interested in, and try to learn as much information as you can.
G. You may be comfortable far away or you may only want to be a couple of hours' drive from home.
答案 1.C 2.A 3.B 4.G 5.E
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Researchers and many scientists are concerned that the earth's climate and atmosphere are becoming warmer than they should be. What scientists do agree on is that the temperature will continue to increase if measures are not taken to reduce pollution and emission (排放物) from cars and factories.
It is widely agreed that oil and coal create greenhouse gases when they are burned to produce heat or power. These emissions include carbon dioxide, which is the cause of most of the global warming problem. The loss of the trees in many areas is making the problem worse, because trees and plants absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen. The fewer trees that are left standing, the less carbon dioxide can be absorbed.
Scientists predict that the sea level will rise, ice caps (冰盖) will melt, and some animals and plants will fail to survive because their habitat will disappear. There may be more deserts and less available farmland because of the dry ground, and there may be more storms and floods in many countries.
Some countries, including the UK and the US, are taking steps to prevent the situation from becoming worse. There are programmes to educate citizens and students about the situation and recycling waste is becoming more common. New guidelines are being introduced to try to limit greenhouse gases from being produced by factories and businesses. Using more alternative energy sources is also a good way to prevent global warming.
One thing that everyone can do is limit their use of energy every day, and you can do this no matter how old or young you are. Try to limit the unnecessary use of electricity and work to conserve energy every day.
1．What is the best title for the text
A. How to Reduce Emissions
B. What Global Warming Brings
C. Take Action to Prevent Global Warming
D. No Emissions, No Warming
答案与解析 C 主旨大意题。文章介绍了全球变暖的原因，带来的后果，以及一些国家开始采取措施抵制全球变暖，最后呼吁人们节能。所以文章重在让人们采取措施抵制全球变暖。
2．________ lead to global warming problems.
A. More greenhouse gases and fewer trees
B. More trees and less carbon dioxide
C. More plants and less oxygen
D. More greenhouse gases and fewer animals
答案与解析 A 细节理解题。由第二段“It is widely agreed that oil and coal create greenhouse gases when they are burned to produce heat or power.”可知变暖原因。
3．Some countries are doing all of the following EXCEPT ________ to prevent global warming.
A. recycling waste
B. limiting guidelines on factories
C. using alternative energy sources
D. offering programmes to educate citizens
答案与解析 B 细节理解题。由第四段“New guidelines are being introduced to try to limit greenhouse gases from being produced by factories and businesses.”可知新的指导方针被引进。
4．What is the author's attitude toward global warming
A. Concerned. B. Satisfied.
C. Frustrated. D. Puzzled.
答案与解析 A 作者态度题。由最后一段可知作者呼吁人们抵制温室效应而节能减排，所以是“关心的”。
Ⅱ.阅读理解七选五
Healthy habits are important to all of us. Here are a few tips that can help you improve your healthy habits.
Compulsory (强制的) breakfast. __1__ There is a saying like our lifetime gets reduced when we don't eat breakfast. Breakfast is important to keep a healthy and a problem free stomach.
Good sleep. A good sleep is necessary for a healthy body and mind. Good sleep not only means sleeping for a long time (8 hours preferably) but also sleeping with a peaceful mind. __2__
__3__ Water is the best medicine for most diseases. We need to drink a lot of water every day, almost 8 glasses per day. Water helps us keep our body clean and fit.
Relationships. __4__ This causes your mind and heart to be more fresh and peaceful. This in turn leads to a healthy life. Speak to your children or old people at least for an hour every day, which reduces your burden (负担) greatly. Healthy relations lead to a healthy life.
__5__ Take a good walk every day, which is a very good habit regardless of the age group and gender (性别). Walking helps you keep your mind at peace and helps in keeping a healthy body.
A. Take a good walk.
B. Drink lots of water.
C. These are very healthy habits for all.
D. The first is to eat our breakfast every morning.
E. Spend at least half an hour for exercise each day.
F. Always keep healthy relations with other people.
G. A sound peaceful sleep is important for a good healthy life.
答案 1.D 2.G 3.B 4.F 5.A
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Fearne Cotton, TV Presenter
At school I often thought, “I'm wasting my time here.” Then Mr. Iggulden walked into our English class. He was tall and very likeable. I thought he was fantastic, though not everyone agreed. But he taught us in such an interesting way — unlike any of my previous English teachers. Rather than just reading books, he'd get us to act the stories. In one lesson, we watched a video of Lord of the Flies. Then he gave everyone a character from the book and the whole class read the book aloud. I thought it was much more fun than reading alone. Another time, he came in, said something that we didn't agree with, and we all started discussing it. Then he said, “Right, you've got top marks in your oral examination.”
I wasn't very good at English until Mr. Iggulden became my teacher. I used to get low grades, but as soon as I started his classes my grades improved. Sometimes we argued. He usually said I talked too much, but I think he liked my energy and interest. I'd never read poetry before, but with Mr. Iggulden, I read loads. He encouraged us to write poems too. I still write them and one day I'd like to publish my own collection.
I'd always wanted to work in TV, but Mr. Iggulden insisted I stayed at school where I could get some qualifications. He said there was only a one in a million chance that I'd achieve my dream. I never wanted to go to university and when, at 15, I got my first television job presenting a children's programme, he said, “Well done.” When the time came to leave school, I was upset about leaving his lessons but also looking forward to my future life.
1．What is Fearne Cotton's purpose in writing this text
A. To persuade more people to choose a teaching career.
B. To explain why she always tried to do well at school.
C. To describe how she was influenced by one of her teachers.
D. To compare her attitude to school with that of other students.
答案与解析 C 写作意图题。由作者对Mr. Iggulden上课的描述及第三段中提到的我的工作可知其写作意图是描述这个老师对她的影响。
2．What do we learn about Mr. Iggulden from the text
A. He expected his students to learn quickly.
B. His lessons were popular throughout the school.
C. He thought watching films was better than reading.
D. His lessons were different from those of other teachers.
答案与解析 D 推理判断题。由文章前两段作者对老师上课方式的描述可知这个老师上课方式与其他老师不同。
3．What does Fearne say about poetry
A. She wants to see her own poems in print.
B. She no longer has enough time to write poems.
C. She has collected the poems she read with Mr. Iggulden.
D. She disliked the poems she read before Mr. Iggulden arrived.
答案与解析 A 细节理解题。由文章第二段最后一句可知作者想发表自己的诗。
B
No poem should ever be discussed or “analyzed”， until it has been read aloud by someone, teacher or student. Better still, perhaps, is the practice of reading it twice, once at the beginning of the discussion and once at the end, so the sound of the poem is the last thing one hears of it.
All discussions of poetry are, in fact, preparations for reading it aloud, and the reading of the poem is, finally, the most telling “interpretation” of it, suggesting tone, rhythm, and meaning all at once. Hearing a poet read the work in his or her own voice, on records or on film, is obviously a special reward. But even those aids to teaching can not replace the student and teacher reading it or, best of all, reciting it.
I have come to think, in fact, that time spent reading a poem aloud is much more important than “analyzing” it, if there isn't time for both. I think one of our goals as teachers of English is to have students love poetry. Poetry is “a criticism of life”， and “a heightening (提升) of life”. It is “an approach to the truth of feeling”， and it “can save your life”. It also deserves a place in the teaching of language and literature more central than it presently occupies.
I am not saying that every English teacher must teach poetry. Those who don't like it should not be forced to put that dislike on anyone else. But those who do teach poetry must keep in mind a few things about its essential nature, about its sound as well as its sense, and they must make_room in the classroom for hearing poetry as well as thinking about it.
4．To have a better understanding of a poem, one should ________.
A. discuss it with others
B. analyze it by oneself
C. copy it down in a notebook
D. practise reading it aloud
答案与解析 D 推理判断题。阅读文章第一段可以得出答案，理解这一首诗最好的方法是大声朗读它。
5．Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a function of poetry
A. Extending your life. B. Saving your life.
C. Criticizing life. D. Heightening life.
答案与解析 A 细节理解题。根据文章第三段第三、四句话可知B、C、D三项都是诗歌的作用，而A项没有提到。
6．According to the writer, one of the purposes of teaching English is to get students to ________.
A. understand life B. enjoy poetry
C. become teachers D. become poets
答案与解析 B 细节理解题。由第三段第二句话可知，教授英语的目的之一就是让学生喜爱诗歌。
7．The underlined phrase “make room” in the last paragraph could be best replaced by “________”．
A. build a room
B. provide equipment
C. leave a certain amount of time
D. set aside enough space
答案与解析 C 词义猜测题。文章最后这句话的意思是“必须给学生留出思考尤其是听的时间”， make room在这里的意思应该是C项，表示时间意义，而不是具体的空间。
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Y．E.S. — a small group of high school students is not just learning about the environment around them, they're actually doing something to improve it.
“This group has done a series of projects, from recycling about 600 pounds of tennis shoes, to over 50 cell phones，” said Patrick Merrick, a school teacher and Y．E.S. adviser.
The idea for environmental projects came about two years ago and it gradually became a part of an environmental science class. In class, students would learn about a topic, design a project, carry it out and then take it to the community (社区)．
“Before every topic, we spent several weeks learning about the how, what and why of the idea，” said Maddie Frank and Shawn Hanson, students in Y．E.S.
One of the goals, Frank and Hanson said, was to find out how much energy their school used throughout a school day.
“We decided to carry out a school energy audit (审计)，” they said. “We divided up the classrooms between the students in our class. Each student recorded how much energy was being used in each classroom.”
“We have been able to save money with the help of our school energy audit, make money with both the shoe and the cell phone recycling, keep a large amount of garbage out of the landfills (垃圾填埋地) with those recycling projects and make it possible for community members to use energy saving things，” Frank and Hanson said.
While the group is working toward making a difference in the environment around them, they express their thankfulness for people's support.
“Without the help of our community and school, we would not have been able to make these recycling projects possible，” Frank and Hanson said.
语篇解读 本文是记叙文，一群高中学生不仅仅学习关于环境的各种知识，他们还积极行动起来通过自己的努力改善环境。
1．What can we learn from the first four paragraphs
A. Y．E.S. is an after school activity right now.
B. Y．E.S. was set up by Maddie Frank and Shawn Hanson.
C. Students carry out the projects designed by their teachers.
D. Students do a lot of research about the topic learned in class.
答案与解析 D 细节理解题。根据第四段中的“Before every topic, we spent several weeks learning about the how, what and why of the idea”可知答案。
2．According to the text, the small group has ________.
A. given environmental science classes to the community
B. reduced the amount of garbage that has to be thrown
C. invented some energy saving things
D. repaired over 50 cell phones
答案与解析 B 细节理解题。根据倒数第三段中的“... keep a large amount of garbage out of the landfills with those recycling projects ...”可知答案。
3．What's the best title for the text
A. Protect the Environment
B. Many Students Join in Y．E.S.
C. Thank Those People Who Support You
D. Environmental Projects Make a Difference
答案与解析 D 标题归纳题。本文讲述了一个高中生组织的成员们不仅仅学习关于环境的各种知识，他们还积极行动起来通过自己的努力改善环境。文章第二、五、六段介绍了他们所做的工作，倒数第三段介绍了他们取得的成就。
B
Being green is everywhere these days, whether it is in the school, factory or anywhere on the Internet. This is because our planet is in danger, losing resources, polluting resources and destroying ecosystems (生态系统). Different species are dying because we can't take care of our home. Now ask yourself why you don't want a green healthier lifestyle and to save animals. Keep that in mind as you read on.
There are many ways to be green, first of all, everyone should recycle; it's something easy and helps our planet in many ways. All you'd have to do is put recycling in recycling and garbage in garbage. Another popular thing is to try your best not to drive a car. Sometimes you can just walk, bike, or take a subway. This ensures that our air won't be polluted, which in turn helps our lungs and everything else on our planet. Next thing is saving energy. We can do this by not using too much heat or air conditioning in summer or winter. It's not preferable because it's hard, but you can try and put your washing machine on cold whenever possible and try to keep electronics out of the rubbish. What's more, remember to stop drinking from plastic bottles because plastic can only be used once and if used many times, it will become unhealthy. So you'd better use a glass or buy a reusable water bottle. The last and most important thing is, spread this news to the world and tell them what's happening in our world. I've only listed a small part of the endless possibilities to save this world. The least you can do is do the simple ones.
语篇解读 本文简单介绍了人类要进行环境保护的原因以及相关措施。
4．We can learn from the first paragraph that ________.
A. most species on the Earth have died out
B. it's easy for human beings to live a green life
C. we should be green, for we've polluted our planet
D. it's our activities that make our Earth get into trouble
答案与解析 B 推理判断题。由第一段第一句话“Being green is everywhere these days, whether it is in the school, factory or anywhere on the Internet.”可知，环保是一件非常简单的事情，无论在学校、在工厂还是在网上，人们都可以进行环保。故B项正确。
5．What does the underlined word “that” in Paragraph 1 refer to
A. The importance of being green.
B. The present situation of the Earth.
C. The question asked in this paragraph.
D. The readers' contribution to the Earth.
答案与解析 C 词义猜测题。由上下文内容可知， that指的是作者在前面提到的“Now ask yourself why you don't want a green healthier lifestyle and to save animals”。故C项正确。
6．How many ways to be green are mentioned in the passage
A. Two. B. Three.
C. Four. D. Five.
答案与解析 D 细节理解题。由第二段的内容可知，文章中提到了五种方法： recycle, try not to drive a car, save energy, stop drinking from plastic bottles和spread this news to the world等。故D项正确。
7．According to the passage, the most important way to be green is to ________.
A. recycle what we have used
B. try our best to stop driving cars
C. call on others to protect our Earth
D. save as much energy as possible
答案与解析 C 推理判断题。由第二段的倒数第三句“The last and most important thing is, spread this news to the world and tell them what's happening in our world.”可知，最重要的事情是要告诉世人我们的世界正在发生什么。故C项正确。
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Here are some major school shootings in the United States.
Dec. 15, 2012: In the state of Connecticut, Adam Lanza, the 20 year old who killed 20 kids and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school Friday, shot his mother Nancy in the face at the home they shared in Newtown, and then drove to Sandy Hook Elementary School. The schoolchildren he shot and killed were between the ages of 5 and 10. The shooting stopped when Lanza put a bullet in his own head.
April 2, 2012: In the state of California, a man killed seven people and wounded three others at Oikos University, a Christian school in Oakland. Police identified the suspect as One L. Goh, 43, a Korean, who submitted to the police at a Safeway supermarket in Alameda, Calif. The university claimed (声称) the shooter was a former nursing student.
Feb. 14, 2008: In the state of Illinois, a gunman broke into Northern Illinois University and opened fire aimlessly at more than 160 students and teachers, killing six people and wounding more than 10 others before shooting himself dead. Police say the gunman was Steven Kazmierczak, 27, a former graduate student in Sociology at the school.
March 21, 2005: In the state of Minnesota, a 16 year old student Jeff Weise shot dead five students, a security guard and a teacher at Red Lake High School before killing himself during a shootout with police. Weise had killed his grandfather and his grandfather's companion before heading to school that day.
1．Where was Adam Lanza's mother shot
A. At Sandy Hook Elementary School.
B. At a Safeway Supermarket in Alameda.
C. At her house in Newtown.
D. At Red Lake High School.
答案与解析 C 细节理解题。由文章第二段“shot his mother Nancy in the face at the home they shared in Newtown”可知C项正确。
2．How many people did the shooter kill at school on March 21, 2005
A. 26. B. 9.
C. 5. D. 7.
答案与解析 D 细节理解题。由文章最后一段第一句可知枪手杀了5个学生，一个保安，和一个老师，共7个人。
3．Which shooter was caught alive
A. One L. Goh. B. Adam Lanza.
C. Jeff Weise. D. Steven Kazmierczak.
答案与解析 A 推理判断题。由全文可知Adam自杀， Steven自杀， Jeff自杀，而One L. Goh在超市被捕，故A项正确。
B
Many scientists are now exploring the idea of going to live on Mars. Some other scientists from the NASA Ames Research Center have already started the creation of a “Mars town” and many others are in fact already experimenting with it. Of course, these experiments are done on Earth itself but this “Mars town” has an environment practically like that of Mars.
The astronauts working in these towns wear their space suit and also do everything they would really have to carry out if they ever go to Mars in the future.
But Mars would be like Earth, a temporary (暂时的) place for humans. When the Sun starts swallowing up the planets, Mars will disappear only hours after Earth. So Mars only seems to be the ideal place to spread the human beings. It is also a good location to send humans if ever there is a disaster on Earth. By saying disaster, I mean asteroids (小行星) hitting and things like that.
If we humans do not want to disappear when Earth or Mars gets swallowed up, we will have to go and live beyond the solar system. But are there any planets outside our solar system prepared to support life Astronomers' answer is：
“If Earth can support life, why can't other planets do the same too Astronomers have already discovered a Jupiter like planet orbiting (绕轨道运动) a Sun like star, so why not an Earth like planet orbiting a Sun like star next？”
To achieve this goal though, many other problems have to be taken into consideration. How do we transform a dusty planet like Mars into one more or less like our Earth How should we go on There is still a long way to go.
语篇解读 当太阳最终开始吞噬行星时，地球会在瞬间消失，茫茫宇宙，哪里才是人类未来的安身之所？
4．The “Mars town” mentioned in the passage is ________.
A. a research based on Mars
B. a strange place found on Mars
C. an experimental lab built on Earth
D. a town existing in scientists' imagination
答案与解析 C 细节理解题。根据第一段“Of course, these experiments are done on Earth itself but this ‘Mars town’ has an environment practically like that of Mars”可知， Mars town是科学家模拟火星环境在地球上建的一个实验室。
5．Why would Mars only be a temporary place for humans
A. It is too small to admit so many human beings.
B. It lacks enough natural resources humans need.
C. It would disappear when Earth disappeared.
D. It has more natural disasters like asteroids hitting.
答案与解析 C 细节理解题。根据第三段中“Mars will disappear only hours after Earth”可知，当太阳最终开始吞噬行星时，火星也会很快在地球之后消失，所以说火星只能当人类暂时的家园(人类还需另外寻找安身之所)。
6．We can know from the passage that astronomers probably think ________.
A. it is impossible to transport humans to other planets
B. there may be an Earth like planet outside the solar system
C. humans will move to the new found Jupiter like planet
D. there's no need for humans to move beyond the solar system
答案与解析 B 细节理解题。根据第五段中天文学家所说的话可推知，他们相信在宇宙中可能还有像地球一样的行星。
7．Which of the following would be the best title for this passage
A. Mars Town.
B. Explore Space.
C. The Future of Earth.
D. Where to Live in the Future.
答案与解析 D 标题归纳题。从文章首句“Many scientists are now exploring the idea of going to live on Mars.”可以看出，本文将就人类未来的安身之所这一问题进行讨论，接下来介绍了Mars town的可行性，以及在宇宙以外寻找类似行星的可能性。故D项作标题符合本文主旨。
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I was fascinated (着迷的) by the images of the eruption of the volcano in Iceland. Legend has it that the early settlers called the place “Iceland” to make it sound forbidding to their enemies. But for me it's the fire that makes Iceland such a kick.
When I first traveled to Iceland, the first thing that caught my eye was a cloud of steam in the distance. It was a geothermal (地热的) lake. I couldn't resist taking a dip in the mineral rich waters that had been heated by the primal (原始的) fire.
Later I attended a horse show. Although it was June, it was cold. As horses walked in green fields, I grew increasingly uncomfortable. Finally, I lay down and curled up in the grass. Within minutes I could feel it — warmth. But it was not coming from me. It was flowing up from below.
On a day trip with an Icelandic friend, as we drove, he pointed out a rise of steam in the distance. “That's Hveragerdi，” he said. “An important farming town.” Farming town In Iceland Well, there were no waves of grain, but there were greenhouses that grew tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers, etc. These were built over steam vents (蒸气裂口), using the free energy.
We saw a burning pile of bananas outside one of these greenhouses. “Have you ever seen such a thing？” asked my friend. “No，” I said, “but in America there's a famous book that describes the burning of grapes during the Great Depression, because the price had fallen so low that it was cheaper to destroy them.” “Yes，” said my friend, “That's the way it is here.”
My friend's home in Reykjavik was heated by geothermal energy. We enjoyed hot tea and sweet bread. “This is delicious，” I remarked. “Did you bake it yourself？” “No，” he said. “It comes from Hveragerdi. They put the dough (生面团) on the ground and the fires of the earth bake it overnight.”
语篇解读 本文介绍了冰岛当地居民使用地热的情况。
1．The author first experienced the fires of the earth in Iceland when ________.
A. he swam in a geothermal lake
B. he ate bread baked by the fires of the earth
C. he tasted bananas grown in the greenhouses
D. he lived in a hotel heated by geothermal energy
答案与解析 A 细节判断题。由第二段中的“I couldn't resist taking a dip in the mineral rich waters that had been heated by the primal (原始的) fire”可知，作者第一次体验那里的地热是在一个湖里游泳。
2．How did the author keep warm when watching a horse show
A. By riding a horse in green fields.
B. By lying down on the ground.
C. By hiding in the heavy grass.
D. By running after horses quickly.
答案与解析 B 细节理解题。由第三段中的“Within minutes I could feel it — warmth. But it was not coming from me. It was flowing up from below”可知，作者躺在了地上，从而获取了地热。
3．Why did farmers burn bananas
A. They couldn't eat up them at all.
B. The greenhouses needed heat.
C. The price of bananas was too low.
D. People preferred grapes to bananas.
答案与解析 C 推理判断题。由倒数第二段中的“because the price had fallen so low that it was cheaper to destroy them”可知，农民们烧掉香蕉是因为价格太低了。
4．The purpose of this passage is to ________.
A. recall the unforgettable visit to Iceland
B. introduce the origin of the name “Iceland”
C. attract more people to travel in Iceland
D. show how Icelanders use the fires of the earth
答案与解析 D 写作意图题。本文主要介绍了作者在冰岛体验当地居民对地热的各种利用，所以D项符合作者意图。
B
Going green seems to be a fad (时尚) for a lot of people these days. Whether that is good or bad, we can't really say, but for the two of us, going green is not a fad but a lifestyle.
On April 22, 2011, we decided to go green every single day for an entire year. This meant doing 365 different green things, and it also meant challenging ourselves to go green beyond the easy things. Rather than recycle and reduce our energy, we had to think of 365 different green things to do and this was no easy task.
With the idea of going green every single day for a year, Our Green Year started. My wife and I decided to educate people about how they could go green in their lives and hoped we could show people all the green things that could be done to help the environment.We wanted to push the message that every little bit helps.
Over the course of Our Green Year, we completely changed our lifestyles. We now shop at organic (有机的) stores. We consume less meat, choosing green food. We have greatly reduced our buying we don't need. We have given away half of what we owned through websites. Our home is kept clean by vinegar and lemon juice, with no chemical cleaners. We make our own butter, enjoying the smell of home made fresh bread. In our home office anyone caught doing something ungreen might be punished.
Our minds have been changed by Our Green Year. We are grateful for the chance to have been able to go green and educate others. We believe that we do have the power to change things and help our planet.
语篇解读 本文为记叙文，题材为节能环保，主要讲述“我”和妻子一年的绿色环保行为。
5．What might be the best title for the passage
A. Going Green
B. Protecting the Planet
C. Keeping Open minded
D. Celebrating Our Green Year
答案与解析 A 主旨大意题。通读全文，并根据关键句“but for the two of us, going green is not a fad but a lifestyle”和“Our minds have been changed by Our Green Year.”可知文章主要讲述“我”和妻子一年的绿色环保行为，故选A项。
6．It was difficult for the couple to live a green life for the whole year because ________.
A. they were expected to follow the green fad
B. they didn't know how to educate other people
C. they were unwilling to reduce their energy
D. they needed to perform unusual green tasks
答案与解析 D 推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句话可知一年365天每天都做一件不同的绿色环保的事情绝非易事，故选D项。
7．What did the couple do over the course of Our Green Year
A. They tried to get out of their ungreen habits.
B. They ignored others' ungreen behavior.
C. They chose better chemical cleaners.
D. They sold their home made food.
答案与解析 A 细节理解题。根据第四段可知“我”和妻子在一年的时间里完全改变了原有的生活方式，代之以绿色环保方式，故选A项。
8．What can we infer from the last paragraph
A. The government will give support to the green project.
B. The couple may continue their project in the future.
C. Some people disagree with the couple's green ideas.
D. Our Green Year is becoming a national campaign.
答案与解析 B 推理判断题。根据最后一句话可知“我们”相信“我们”有改变现状和帮助“我们”的地球的能力，故选B项。
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Vincent van Gogh is often remembered as the painter who cut off his ear in a fit of passion. He was a lonely man who often __1__ without food in order to buy paints, a man with few friends and a __2__ temper. Van Gogh's strong emotions not only __3__ his life but his paintings.
Many of van Gogh's paintings were __4__ by warm, yellow sunlight because he loved how it could __5__ the world in different ways. His painting Sunflowers, for example, is __6__ yellows and browns. These colors give the painting a __7__ of warmth. However, the sunflowers are __8__ dead and dying.
The result is a painting that __9__ the warmth of life that van Gogh loved with the feelings of __10__ that were all around him. It is a painting that is warm, beautiful and sad, all at the same time van Gogh's most famous painting, The Starry Night, __11__ this mixture of joy and sadness one step __12__. It is a landscape full of deep __13__ and shadows which showed the sadness van Gogh was feeling as he was painting, __14__ what he was actually seeing.
This is why van Gogh's __15__ in his painting look more imaginative than reality. The stars and moon in The Starry Night are __16__ bright; their light swirling above the darkening hills. A tree that looks like black fire cuts through the __17__ of the night, interrupting its beauty.
Because of his wild emotions, van Gogh was not __18__ during his life. He sold only one painting. However, people today who stand in front of Sunflowers or The Starry Night can __19__ the same joy and sadness van Gogh once did, __20__ he painted those deep blues and sunny yellows.
1．A. went B. came
C. carried D. sent
2．A. gentle B. tender
C. stormy D. short
3．A. developed B. affected
C. improved D. reduced
4．A. inspired B. taught
C. followed D. moved
5．A. show up B. turn up
C. cut up D. light up
6．A. full in B. filled with
C. filled of D. full out
7．A. state B. look
C. feeling D. touch
8．A. actually B. simply
C. entirely D. finally
9．A. compares B. includes
C. communicates D. mixes
10．A. happiness B. excitement
C. sadness D. worry
11．A. takes B. stands
C. raises D. continues
12．A. further B. deeper
C. longer D. closer
13．A. reds B. blacks
C. blues D. greens
14．A. other than B. rather than
C. as well as D. in addition
15．A. voices B. pictures
C. colors D. images
16．A. seldom B. unusually
C. accordingly D. properly
17．A. surroundings B. environment
C. view D. sight
18．A. understood B. noticed
C. rewarded D. trusted
19．A. experience B. recognize
C. accept D. determine
20．A. though B. however
C. if D. as
答案与解析
1．A go without是固定搭配，意为“缺乏；没有”。此句意为“他是个寂寞的人，为了买颜料而没有饭吃”。
2．C 由上文他“一时冲动割掉自己的耳朵”，“没有朋友”和最后一段的his wild emotions，可以推断出他的脾气很坏。stormy“激烈的；暴烈的”； short temper“急脾气”。
3．B 此句意为“梵·高强烈的情感不仅影响了他的一生，也同样影响了他的绘画”， affect是“影响”之意。develop“发展”。
4．A inspire是“激发；启发”之意，此句意为“梵·高的许多画都受到温暖的黄色阳光的启发”。follow“跟随”。
5．D 句意为“因为他热爱阳光照亮世界的不同方式”， light up意为“照亮”，符合句意。show up“出现”； turn up“开大(声音等)”。
6．B be filled with“充满”，也可以用be full of。
7．C 此句意为“这些色彩赋予这幅画一种温暖的感觉”。feeling“感觉”； state“状态”； look“表情；外貌”； touch“触摸”。
8．A actually意为“事实上”，此句意为“然而，事实上向日葵早已枯萎或即将枯死”。
9．D 由上下文可以判断此处要表达的是“结果是一幅混合了梵·高所热爱的生命的温暖和萦绕着他的伤感的画”所以要用mix ... with ...结构。
10．C 下一句和本句相互对应，由下句可以推断此处是sadness。
11．A 此句意为“使这种喜悦和伤感的融合更深一步”， take steps是常见的搭配。
12．A 表示“更进一步”，用further。
13．C 颜色可以表达各种情感，蓝色可以表示“悲伤”，由上句“takes this mixture of joy and sadness one step further”可以判断此处只能是blues。
14．B rather than是instead of之意，表示“而不是”； other than是“除……之外”之意。根据句意只能选rather than。
15．D image是“图像；景象”之意； picture“图画”和painting重复。
16．B unusually表示“不同寻常地”。
17．C view表示“景色”。
18．A 由句意“梵·高由于他狂野的情绪而在生前不为人所了解”，可以判断此处用understood表示“被理解”。
19．A experience表示“体会；感受”。
20．D 根据两句之间的关系，后一句应该是一个时间状语从句，选项中只有as可以表示“当……的时候”。
Ⅱ.阅读理解七选五
(2014·洛阳高二检测)
The beauty of confidence is that it is possible to learn it, no matter who you are! Follow these simple steps to be confident.
Consider your strengths and successes. __1__ When have you helped others What are you good at When have you taken pride in yourselves What are you working hard for If you have difficulty thinking of your strengths and success, ask your family member or a close friend.
Have goals. Sitting around and doing nothing will make you feel worse.Start with a small goal. __2__ You'll get more confidence achieving a small goal. Once you've achieved many smaller goals, you can set bigger goals.
__3__ Failure is the mother of success. When you fail, view it as a learning experience. Often we have to fail on our own to gain experience. By failing, you have at least taken a chance.
Pick a role model. Pick a role model that is always confident and always learn from them. Study their actions, their manners of speaking and how they communicate with others. __4__ However, it's a great place to start.
Smile. Confident people smile often, and without much reason. __5__ It tells the people around you that you're comfortable in yourself and enjoying your time.
A. Of course you don't want to spend your entire life copying someone else.
B. If possible, write them down so that you can look back at them later.
C. Start projecting a more powerful you today.
D. Smiling is a friendly and open gesture.
E. Otherwise, you'll get discouraged.
F. After reaching a goal, reward yourself.
G. Learn from failure.
答案 1.B 2.E 3.G 4.A 5.D
Ⅲ.短文改错
(2014·邯郸高二检测)
The other day I had unusual experience. I was walking along a street when I saw a lady knocking down by a car. But the driver just drives away. Immediately I rushed through the street to help him. I put her on my back and carried her to a hospital nearby. On reaching the hospital, however, she started to say I was to be blame for her injury and demanded I paid the hospital bills. That really surprised me! Unless I tried to explain, she insisted that I was the very person who was responsible for the accident. I was total confused. Is it right or wrong to help other
答案
The other day I had unusual experience. I was walking along a street when I saw a lady down by a car. But the driver just away. Immediately I rushed the street to help . I put her on my back and carried her to a hospital nearby. On reaching the hospital, however, she started to say I was to blame for her injury and demanded I the hospital bills. That really surprised me! I tried to explain, she insisted that I was the very person who was responsible for the accident. I was confused. Is it right or wrong to help ？
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Craig Beck was well regarded as a director of several companies. He seemed to be a highly successful man, though he had a habit of drinking two bottles of wine a night. For 20 years he struggled to control his drinking because he refused to describe himself as an alcoholic all the time. As a matter of fact, it was damaging his health, wealth and relationships (人际关系) seriously during these years.
He tried a lot of ways to cut it down and even ban himself from drinking. However, his attempts failed one after one. Slowly he discovered the truth about alcohol addiction. All the lies he had previously believed started to fall apart. For the first time he noticed that he didn't want to drink anymore.
After he stopped drinking himself, he found lots of friends were interested to know how he achieved it. As he helped more and more people stop drinking too much, he began to be regarded as “The Stop Drinking Expert”. Then Craig Beck published books about how to stop drinking, which have been translated into many different languages and continue to be among the best selling books around the world.
Craig Beck proudly shows people that this is not a case of having to force himself not to drink. There is no willpower required by his stop drinking system and people simply find that they no longer want to drink anymore. A lot of people who read his books at first think the news is too good to be true, but they find that the old saying of “No pains, no gains” does not apply here. This is why his method is regarded by thousands to be the best treatment for stopping drinking in the world.
语篇解读 本文是记叙文。文章主要讲述了Craig Beck戒酒的故事。
1．Why did Graig Beck cut down his drinking
A. It made him lose everything.
B. He couldn't afford it anymore.
C. It ruined his health completely.
D. He found it was harmful to his life.
答案与解析 D 细节理解题。由第一段中最后的it was damaging his health, wealth and relationships (人际关系) seriously during these years可知，Craig Beck之所以减少饮酒量是因为喝酒严重影响了他的生活。
2．Which of the following best describes Craig Beck
A. Impolite. B. Warm hearted.
C. Peace loving. D. Impatient.
答案与解析 B 推理判断题。由第三段中的As he helped more and more people stop drinking too much, he began to be regarded as “The Stop Drinking Expert”可知， Craig Beck是个热心肠的人。
3．According to the text, Craig Beck ________.
A. has made a living by writing books
B. can help people stop drinking easily
C. suggests people stop drinking at once
D. has never found it hard to stop drinking
答案与解析 B 推理判断题。由最后一段中的There is no willpower required by his stop drinking system and people simply find that they no longer want to drink anymore可知，Craig Beck能够帮助人们轻易地把酒戒掉。
4．What does the text mainly talk about
A. The truth about alcohol addiction.
B. The lies of “The Stop Drinking Expert”．
C. Craig Beck's story of stopping drinking.
D. The disadvantages of drinking too much.
答案与解析 C 主旨大意题。本文主要讲述了Craig Beck戒酒的故事，故C项说法正确。
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“Congratulations, you have a new baby boy！” my child development teacher said as she handed over the doll.
Last year in my high school child development class, each student was asked to __1__ the “Think It Over” baby for a night to get a taste of being parents.
After I took the “baby” to my __2__， I changed him into some really __3__ clothes because my friends and I were __4__ for dinner that night.
It was Friday night, so there were a lot of people __5__ to get a table. When I walked into that __6__ entryway (通道), I got some very __7__ looks and quite a few raised eyebrows (眉毛). My friends also __8__ the stares, so we decided to make a __9__ out of the whole situation. I stood in the corner __10__ to sing the “baby” to sleep. Every once in a while my friends would __11__ in the blanket (毯子) and say, “Oh, how lovely！” I could not help but __12__. However, although it was funny to us, some of the people did not think it was so __13__. These people were giving me rude looks because they thought I was a teenage mom. Others just smiled at me sympathetically (同情地) and felt __14__ for me because I was only a child with a __15__.
My friends and I __16__ how people judged that I was the mother of the baby so __17__. We believed that we would probably do the same __18__ we saw a teenage girl coming in with a child.
I learned a lot through my __19__ with the “Think It Over” baby. It opened my eyes to the judgments people make about others. We should all be __20__ to judge others, and realize that some things are not as they seem.
1．A. sleep with B. play with
C. research on D. care for
2．A. home B. school
C. restaurant D. store
3．A. small B. pretty
C. comfortable D. ordinary
4．A. showing off B. turning up
C. going out D. coming on
5．A. waiting B. chatting
C. sitting D. calling
6．A. quiet B. dark
C. dirty D. crowded
7．A. friendly B. strange
C. close D. fresh
8．A. loved B. refused
C. noticed D. avoided
9．A. way B. change
C. game D. speech
10．A. pretending B. trying
C. wishing D. preparing
11．A. put B. look
C. take D. hand
12．A. laugh B. wonder
C. explain D. complain
13．A. funny B. special
C. serious D. true
14．A. natural B. right
C. bad D. sorry
15．A. blanket B. doll
C. child D. friend
16．A. supposed B. discussed
C. understood D. regretted
17．A. quickly B. suddenly
C. angrily D. crazily
18．A. if B. so
C. although D. until
19．A. conversation B. experience
C. education D. performance
20．A. cleverer B. slower
C. easier D. better
答案与解析
语篇解读 本文是记叙文。作者的老师要求每个学生通过照顾Think It Over这个洋娃娃来体验做父母的滋味。作者带着洋娃娃出去用餐的经历，让她更清楚地意识到：千万不要以貌取人。
1．D 根据下文的get a taste of being parents可知，老师让学生“照顾(care for)”洋娃娃来体验做父母的滋味。
2．A 根据语境可知，作者把洋娃娃带回了“家(home)”。
3．B 根据本段的for dinner及下文作者一行人去餐厅的经历可知，因为要出门，所以她给洋娃娃换上了“漂亮的(pretty)”衣服。
4．C 从下文可知，作者和朋友要“出去(going out)”用餐。
5．A 根据语境可知，当晚人很多，大家在“等着(waiting)”用餐。
6．D 根据上文的a lot of people可知，餐厅人多，很“拥挤(crowded)”。
7．B 根据下文的raised eyebrows(扬起眉毛，表示惊讶、怀疑等)可知，作者这么小的年龄就抱个“孩子”，这引来周围人“异样的(strange)”眼光。
8．C 周围人的表情也让作者的朋友“觉察(noticed)”到了，这才有了下文他们演戏那一幕。
9．C 抱个洋娃娃还当真孩子来对待，说明他们在演“戏(game)”。
10．A 既然是在演戏，作者当然是在“假装(pretending)”哄“孩子”入睡。
11．B 从下文可知，“孩子”被毯子包裹着，所以作者的朋友凑过去“看(look)”。
12．A 从下文的it was funny to us可知，假戏真做，这让作者忍俊不禁。
13．A 根据上文的although it was funny to us和下文的These people were giving me rude looks可知，周围的一些人不觉得这一幕有意思，反而有一些厌恶的反应。
14．D 根据上文的smiled at me sympathetically可知，还有人很“同情(sorry)”作者。
15．C 别人以为作者是个未婚妈妈，小小年纪就带个“孩子(child)”。
16．B 根据下文的We believed that ...可知，作者和朋友们在“讨论(discussed)”人们如此表现的原因。
17．A 根据上文内容不难看出，周围的人“很快(quickly)”就形成了对作者的看法。
18．A 本空后是一种假设的情况，故选if。
19．B 上文讲述的是作者带洋娃娃出门用餐的“经历(experience)”。
20．B 根据下文的“... some things are not as they seem”可知，因为很多事并不是看上去那样，所以在评价他人时不要轻易下结论。
Ⅱ.阅读理解七选五
Top 5 Ways to Build a Wonderful Life
1．Live below your means.
We all want to buy that new piece of technology, or take out a loan (贷款) for the expensive car we can't afford. It might feel great at the time but spending too much hurts a lot later on.
Enjoy life's simple pleasures and save as much as you can. __1__ Careful spending will bring you greater enjoyment in the long run.
2．Put your money to work.
__2__ Good investments (投资) can be the difference between retiring in your 40's or in your 60's. If a person in their early 20's invests 20% of their income, the interest they earn will equal their current salary when they reach their early 40's. They could retire without a drop in income!
3．Educate yourself.
To be happy we need continuous growth. __3__ This doesn't mean you need to get a doctor's degree or spend 2 hours reading every day. Self education can be anything that takes you out of your comfort zone. The important part is keeping an open mind and searching for fresh ideas and perspectives.
4．__4__
Suppose you had everything you wanted. Would you be happy without anyone to share it with The personal relationships with friends and family members are the greatest source of happiness in our lives. Don't forget about them. Without the people you care about you'll probably be miserable, no matter how successful you are.
5．Work towards a dream.
Even if your life isn't perfect, you can always build towards a goal. If you aren't building towards something, you're probably stagnating (停滞). __5__
We can't control everything about our lives, but working towards a goal lays the basis for future success. No matter what your dream is, get out there and start doing something.
A. Take care of others.
B. Education builds over time.
C. Develop lasting personal relationships.
D. The best way to grow is life long education.
E. The best way to avoid this is working towards a goal.
F. Expensive things don't create lasting happiness and security.
G. Saving is great, but to make the most of your money you need to put it to work.
答案 1.F 2.G 3.D 4.C 5.E
Ⅲ.短文改错
When I was fifteen years old, I couldn't swim. All my friend at school could swim. Secretly, I envied them but I was nervous of being in swimming pool. One day my father decided to teaching me to swim. At first I refused, but he kept to asking me and I gave in. He took me to a warmly indoor pool and to a shallow pool for learners. To help me overcome my fear, my father plays with me in the water. A couple of hours late, I didn't feel afraid. After months of practice, I began to swim in my own thanks to my father. I've learned his lesson from this that nothing is impossible as soon as you set your heart on it. So never give up!
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When I was fifteen years old, I couldn't swim. All my at school could swim. Secretly, I envied them but I was nervous of being in swimming pool. One day my father decided to me to swim. At first I refused, but he kept asking me and I gave in. He took me to a indoor pool and to a shallow pool for learners. To help me overcome my fear, my father with me in the water. A couple of hours ， I didn't feel afraid. After months of practice, I began to swim my own thanks to my father. I've learned lesson from this that nothing is impossible as as you set your heart on it. So never give up!
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Last month on an airplane to Chicago, I sat beside a young woman. We started __1__ and she told me a story of twin brothers. One was very successful and __2__. When asked what made him earn so much money, he __3__， “My father was an alcoholic (酒鬼). I had no choice.” His __4__ couldn't find a job and became an alcoholic and when asked, “What __5__ you to become an alcoholic？” He answered, “My father was an alcoholic. I had no choice.” There's a great __6__ here. What do you really __7__？ And what choices are you making
If you want to make some positive (积极的) __8__ in your life, you must make __9__ choices. No one else can make your choices for you. Your choices are yours __10__. So often we don't __11__ think about how many choices we make in a __12__. What time to get up, what to wear, and what to eat for breakfast are all choices that we make without __13__ them too much. Do you __14__ to take care of your health and __15__ regularly Or do you choose not to take care of your health Do you choose to speak __16__ to others or do you choose to say whatever you want and not consider others' __17__？ It is the daily small choices we make that __18__ the kind of life we'll have.
Think about the twin brothers in the story and the choices they made. And think about the choices you'll make. __19__ it's a major choice or lots of small ones, the choice is always yours and no one else's. So __20__， like one song says, “Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side, keep on the sunny side of life”．
1．A. sleeping B. talking
C. waiting D. working
2．A. famous B. popular
C. special D. wealthy
3．A. advised B. replied
C. wrote D. promised
4．A. father B. mother
C. brother D. sister
5．A. caused B. helped
C. encouraged D. reminded
6．A. story B. message
C. need D. mystery
7．A. want B. discover
C. know D. achieve
8．A. suggestions B. dreams
C. memories D. changes
9．A. difficult B. important
C. good D. major
10．A. again B. alone
C. as well D. as usual
11．A. still B. only
C. even D. just
12．A. day B. week
C. month D. year
13．A. hearing about B. caring about
C. worrying about D. thinking about
14．A. prepare B. try
C. choose D. continue
15．A. meet B. exercise
C. clean D. rest
16．A. quickly B. kindly
C. proudly D. seriously
17．A. feelings B. experiences
C. opinions D. skills
18．A. consider B. prefer
C. recognize D. decide
19．A. Unless B. As
C. When D. Whether
20．A. imagine B. repeat
C. remember D. guess
答案与解析
语篇解读 本文是记叙文。作者在飞机上与邻座女士的交谈引发了作者的思考：我们所做的选择决定了我们所拥有的生活。
1．B 根据本句中的she told me可知，作者和旁边的女士开始“交谈(talking)”。
2．D 由下句中的earn so much money可知，双胞胎兄弟中的一人很“富有(wealthy)”。
3．B 根据本句中的asked可知，引号中的内容是这个人的“回答(replied)”。
4．C 上文中的twin brothers提示了本题答案。
5．A 根据本句中的回答可推测，别人问他是什么导致他成为一个酒鬼的。故caused符合此处语境。
6．B 根据下文议论的部分可知，作者认为这个故事“寓意(message)”深刻。
7．A 下段首句中的want提示了本题答案。
8．D 见下题解析。
9．C 根据全文内容可以推测，这里指如果你想要你的生活发生积极的“改变(changes)”，那么你就要做一些“好的(good)”选择。
10．B 根据上句“No one else can make your choices for you”可知，你的决定“仅仅(alone)”是你自己的。
11．C 见下题解析。
12．A 根据下文的举例可知，很多时候我们“甚至(even)”都不会去想一“天(day)”之内我们要做多少个决定。下文中的daily提示了第12题的答案。
13．D 几点起床、穿什么衣服、早饭吃什么都是我们不去“想(thinking about)”太多就做的决定。上句中的think about也是提示。
14．C 后几句中的choose提示了本题答案。
15．B 要想身体好，自然是要定期“锻炼(exercise)”。
16．B 根据后面的say whatever you want可知，与之相对应的就是选择对人说话“友好(kindly)”。
17．A 如果想说什么就说什么的话，自然就不会考虑听话者的“感受(feelings)”。
18．D 我们平日里做的那些选择“决定(decide)”我们所拥有的生活。
19．D 根据上段内容可知，作者认为，“是否(Whether)”我们做的选择是大还是小，这些选择都是我们自己的。
20．C 作者希望读者“记住(remember)”这句歌词，是希望用这句歌词劝诫读者要看到生活中阳光的一面。
Ⅱ.短文改错
Today is Sunday. I've been in Canada for two months. This is the first time that I've been away my family for such a long time. With the help of Katia, a roommate of me, I've soon got used to live without my parents around. Katia, like many other Russian girls, are nice and lively. We became friends shortly after we met each other. Although her English is a little hardly to understand, we enjoy chatting and we usually talk a lot about our own family. We're both surprising that Chinese culture and Russian culture were so different. Now, we are planning a small party for the next Sunday. There, Katia will introduce me to some of her friends, one of who has been to China several times. I just can't wait.
答案
Today is Sunday. I've been in Canada for two months. This is the first time that I've been away my family for such a long time. With the help of Katia, a roommate of ， I've soon got used to without my parents around. Katia, like many other Russian girls, nice and lively. We became friends shortly after we met each other. Although her English is a little to understand, we enjoy chatting and we usually talk a lot about our own . We're both that Chinese culture and Russian culture so different. Now, we are planning a small party for next Sunday. There, Katia will introduce me to some of her friends, one of has been to China several times. I just can't wait.
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A. Important. B. Strange.
C. Interesting. D. Pleasant.
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A. did his job very well
B. had no friends or family
C. wasn't living a good life
D. was not well educated
答案与解析 C 推理判断题。通过第二段对这个人的描述可推知，他当时生活得很不好，故选择C项。
3．The writer's description in Paragraph 3 shows that ________.
A. the man was extremely hungry
B. the man had never eaten a peanut cake before
C. the writer often helped homeless people
D. the writer felt happy to have helped the man
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A. there would be no homeless people
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B
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A. must be confident in ourselves
B. shouldn't be afraid of it
C. shouldn't give up hope
D. All of the above
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A. Smile and the World Smiles to You
B. Complaining about Life
C. Failure Is the Mother of Success
D. It Is Very Hard to Succeed
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The summer I was ten, my mother decided to bring us to the world of art. My brother and I were not very excited when we realized what my mother meant. What she meant was not that we could take drawing classes or painting classes but that we would have to spend one afternoon a week with her at the Fine Arts Museum. Before each visit to the museum, she made us read about artists and painting styles (风格). It was almost as bad as being in school. Who wants to spend the summer thinking about artists when you could be with your friends at the swimming pool
First we had to read about ancient Egyptians (古埃及人) and their strange way of painting faces and then go to look at them at the museum. My 12 year old brother thought this was so funny, but I was not interested. Later we had to learn about artists in the Middle Ages who painted people wearing strange long clothing. We had to look at pictures of fat babies with wings and curly (蜷曲的) hair and with no clothes on flying around the edges of paintings. I certainly couldn't see what was so great about art.
On our last visit to the museum, something happened when I saw a painting by a woman called Mary. In it, a woman was reading to a child. The colors were soft and gentle, and you could tell by the mother's expression how happy she was just to be with the child. I couldn't stop looking at this painting! I wanted to see every painting Mary had ever made! It was really worth looking at so many paintings to find a painter who could interest me so much.
1．The aim of the mother's plan was to ________.
A. take them to visit the museum
B. introduce them to the world of art
C. ask them to read about artists
D. show them different painting styles
答案与解析 B 细节理解题。根据第一段的“... my mother decided to bring us to the world of art ... but that we would have to spend one afternoon a week with her at the Fine Arts Museum.”可知，母亲带孩子去画展的目的是将他们引入艺术世界。
2．What was the writer's experience in the museum before the last visit
A. She came to feel her mother's love.
B. She liked many paintings.
C. She hardly enjoyed herself.
D. She could understand the pictures of fat babies.
答案与解析 C 细节理解题。根据第二段的“My 12 year old brother thought this was so funny, but I was not interested.”可知，作者之前对画展并不感兴趣。
3．What made the writer go through a change that summer
A. One of Mary's paintings.
B. A strange way of painting.
C. Artists in the Middle Ages.
D. Her mother's instruction.
答案与解析 A 细节理解题。根据最后一段的“I couldn't stop looking at the painting! I wanted to see every painting Mary had ever made! It was really worth looking at so many paintings to find a painter who could interest me so much.”可知，作者很喜欢Mary的画，在此之前作者并不喜欢艺术，是Mary的画让作者有了改变。
4．From the text, we can see ________.
A. the importance of curiosity
B. the effect of art
C. the value of learning
D. the power of family education
答案与解析 B 推理判断题。作者原来对艺术并不感兴趣，看了Mary的画后受了感染，这就是艺术的作用。
B
For many years, artists have flocked to Paris, France, to paint or to learn to paint. Perhaps artists first went there because of the city's beauty. They went to paint pictures of the broad, tree lined streets, the great churches, and the graceful river bridges.
The artists felt comfortable in Paris because the people of the city had always enjoyed art. Paris had great art museums, filled with famous paintings and statues from many countries. And the people of Paris had always welcomed new ideas. In this city, artists felt free to experiment with new ways of painting.
As soon as famous artists painted in Paris, students came to learn from them. People came to buy paintings. People called art dealers set up galleries where paintings were bought and sold. Others kept shops that sold artists' paints and supplies.
Students and artists who were not yet famous could live in Paris for very little money. They learned by studying great art in the museums, and they learned from one another. They held art fairs, hanging their paintings outdoors along the streets.
Today, New York City and Florence, Italy, are also famous art centers. But the world's principal art exhibits are still held in Paris. Important judges of art live there. Most of the new ways of painting that have started in the last hundred years began in Paris. So artists and art dealers still go to Paris because it is the world's leading art center.
5．Art students learned by studying great art in Paris' ________.
A. streets B. churches
C. museums D. schools
答案与解析 C 细节理解题。第四段第二句话“They learned by studying great art in the museums, and they learned from one another.”是答案依据。
6．The story does not say so, but it makes you think that ________.
A. Paris is famous for its artists' paints and supplies
B. there is more than one way to paint
C. art fairs are held in galleries
D. Florence is the center of world art exhibits
答案与解析 B 细节理解题。最后一段中有这样一句话“Most of the new ways of painting that have started in the last hundred years began in Paris”，作者提到new ways。
7．Students can learn from ________.
A. their parents B. one another
C. the streets D. the trees
答案与解析 B 细节理解题。由第四段第二句话可知答案。
8．On the whole, this story is about ________.
A. the world's most famous art center
B. how to buy a painting in Paris, France
C. the famous art centers of New York and Florence
D. where to set up galleries
答案与解析 A 主旨大意题。从整篇文章来看都是在讲巴黎，它是世界艺术之都。
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Do you have a dream Have you ever given up your dream just because someone __1__ it If so, you may learn something __2__ this story.
There was once an elephant who __3__ to be a photographer. All his friends laughed when they heard him talk about it.
“How __4__！ There aren't any cameras for elephants！” said some. “What a waste of time! There's __5__ to photograph here anyway ...” others said.
But the elephant kept __6__ his dream, and, piece by piece, he managed to put together some old bits of junk and some spare parts, and ended up with a __7__ of sorts. During the course, the elephant had to __8__ everything himself, from a button he would press with the end of his trunk to a lens (镜头) made to fit an elephant's __9__.
When they were all __10__， he could finally take his first photos. __11__， the camera was so big and strange looking that it seemed like a huge funny mask. So many animals laughed as he __12__. The elephant began to think of __13__ his dream. Even worse, it was beginning to look as if those who had said there was nothing to photograph here were __14__.
But things worked out __15__. The sight of the elephant walking with the camera on his head was so __16__ that no one could help but laugh when they saw him. And, using a great deal of good humor, the elephant managed to take some really funny, __17__ pictures of all the animals. In his photos they __18__ looked joyful. So the elephant managed to __19__ the official photographer of the state in which he lived, and animals came from every __20__ to have some nice photos taken.
1．A. laughed at B. referred to
C. talked about D. looked at
2．A. for B. about
C. with D. from
3．A. asked B. continued
C. wanted D. pretended
4．A. exciting B. silly
C. simple D. boring
5．A. everything B. anything
C. something D. nothing
6.A. showing B. checking
C. following D. making
7.A. camera B. tool
C. box D. machine
8.A. compare B. design
C. steal D. buy
9.A. leg B. body
C. eye D. head
10．A. replaced B. borrowed
C. passed D. finished
11．A. However B. Therefore
C. Still D. Also
12．A. came in B. looked up
C. went by D. turned around
13．A. making up B. giving up
C. looking for D. showing off
14．A. right B. hateful
C. helpful D. interesting
15．A. worriedly B. sadly
C. differently D. strangely
16．A. big B. frequent
C. new D. funny
17．A. wonderful B. normal
C. large D. expensive
18．A. never B. sometimes
C. hardly D. always
19．A. become B. respect
C. meet D. advise
20．A. roof B. direction
C. space D. time
答案与解析
语篇解读 一只大象梦想成为一名摄影师，但别的动物都嘲笑它。大象通过自己的努力，终于实现了梦想。
1．A 根据后文的故事，可知别的动物都嘲笑大象的梦想，故可知这里是问你曾经是不是因为别人的“嘲笑”而放弃了自己的梦想。
2．D 这里是指从这个故事中学到一些东西，故选D项。
3．C 根据后文可知这头大象“想”成为一名摄影师。
4．B 根据“There aren't any cameras for elephants！”以及别的动物嘲笑大象的语境，可知这里是指(这个想法)多么“愚蠢”。
5．D 根据What a waste of time！可知那里并没有什么可以拍的东西，故选D项。
6．C 根据But以及大象努力做照相机的语境，可知大象继续“追随”自己的梦想，故选C项。
7．A 大象想成为摄影师，那么它应该做一个“照相机”。
8．B 根据“... from a button he would press with the end of his trunk to a lens ...”可知从按钮到镜头，每一样都得大象自己“设计”。
9．C 根据a lens可知应选C，这里是指适合大象的“眼睛”的镜头。
10．D 根据“he could finally take his first photos”可知这一切都“做好”了。
11．A 根据was so big and strange looking that it seemed like a huge funny mask可知做出来的照相机看起来很古怪，故选A项，表示转折。
12．C 这里是指当大象扛着照相机“经过”的时候，别的动物都笑。
13．B 总是被别人嘲笑，大象有了“放弃”梦想的想法。
14．A 根据Even worse可知这里是指以前有些动物说那是没什么可拍的这种说法似乎也是“对的”。
15．C 根据But的语境，可知事情有了变化，结果“不同”。
16．D 根据“no one could help but laugh”可知大象扛着照相机的样子很“可笑”。
17．A 这里是指那些照片很有趣、“很好”。
18．D 因为那些动物看到大象就笑，故它们在相片里看起来“总是”很快乐。
19．A 因为拍了那么多好的照片，大象“成为”了它们那个州正式的摄影师。
20．B 这里是指动物们从四面八方赶来请大象帮它们拍照，故选B项。
Ⅱ.短文改错
Dear Joan，
I'm glad to tell you that I'm getting more and more interesting in English.
However, in past I thought learning English meant learn grammar rules and words by heart. I don't like to read or speak English, nor was I willingly to practise dialogues with my classmates.
Now under my English teacher's help, I've come to realizing we learn to speak English by speaking as we learn to sing by singing. I've begun to enjoy speaking English but communicate with my classmates. I often read some fresh English news or articles and look up some informations on the Internet. As a result, I've made a great progress in English.
Yours sincerely，
Amy
答案
Dear Joan，
I'm glad to tell you that I'm getting more and more in English.
However, in past I thought learning English meant grammar rules and words by heart. I like to read or speak English, nor was I to practise dialogues with my classmates.
Now my English teacher's help, I've come to we learn to speak English by speaking as we learn to sing by singing. I've begun to enjoy speaking English communicate with my classmates. I often read some fresh English news or articles and look up some on the Internet. As a result, I've made great progress in English.
Yours sincerely，
Amy
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When I smoked wi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )th my family, I would feel so __1__ and good that nothing else in the world seemed so __2__. I thought that smoking weed (烟草) was okay since many of my family members and people at my school smoked. __3__ ever happened to them. __4__ I started smoking weed a lot more during lunch and after school. I never thought __5__ of it. At that time I just wanted to smoke. Then I began to __6__ in school. I would __7__ classes, come home late and spend all my money. I would spend __8__ 8 to 18 dollars a day. I never thought __9__ that marijuana (大麻) had a bad effect on those things. Maybe my coming to class high (神志恍惚) was the reason why I was failing or coming home late. As I continued to smoke marijuana, I began to notice that I would always have the strong desire to smoke and that I would get __10__ cigarettes if I smoked those, but I don't. __11__ I have learned more about marijuana, I have __12__ the amount of marijuana that I use. I don't want marijuana to be the most important in my life. I'm not smoking every day, and not spending much money. Since I have __13__ on my habit, I am __14__ more money. I'm ready to go back to school and do well, so that I can make myself __15__. Everyone is always saying how weed __16__ your mind and how it solves problems, I think it only brings more __17__. Marijuana is not good for your body or your brain. I'm not trying to tell you not to smoke. I'm just letting you know that marijuana can be __18__ to your health, and __19__ it may cause some long term negative (负面的) effects. Help yourself now before it is too late. I don't want to lecture anyone, just __20__ my experience with you.
1．A. worried B. relaxed
C. disappointed D. moved
2．A. important B. common
C. interesting D. funny
3．A. Something B. Everything
C. Nothing D. Anything
4．A. By the way B. Now and then
C. In my opinion D. For a time
5．A. too much B. a little
C. too often D. any more
6．A. get ahead B. fall behind
C. come across D. make up
7．A. give B. have
C. attend D. cut
8．A. at least B. at most
C. no more than D. as little as
9．A. once B. twice
C. again D. further
10．A. used to B. paid for
C. lost in D. ready for
11．A. As if B. Even if
C. Now that D. As long as
12．A. reduced B. increased
C. bought D. continued
13．A. broken down B. cut down
C. turned off D. cut off
14．A. wasting B. spending
C. making D. saving
15．A. less B. more
C. better D. worse
16．A. excites B. fills
C. repairs D. destroys
17．A. problems B. pleasure
C. convenience D. excitements
18．A. helpful B. useful
C. dangerous D. strange
19．A. in the beginning B. in the distance
C. in the long run D. in the past
20．A. tell B. explain
C. regret D. share
答案与解析
1．B 四个选项中跟good并列的只能是relaxed，指“吸烟的感觉又放松又好”。
2．A 既然抽烟的感觉很好，自然是觉得好像世界上没有什么比吸烟更重要了。
3．C 周围人都吸烟，也没有发生什么事。
4．D 有一段时间，我午饭时、放学后抽得更多了。for a time指动作延续一段时间。
5．A 我从未想太多。too much“太多”，指程度。
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9．B think twice“认真考虑”。
10．C be/get lost in“陷入……中；沉迷于……”。
11．C 因为我对大麻了解了很多……now that“因为；既然”，引导原因状语从句。
12．A 我开始减少用量。reduce“减少”，符合句意。
13．B cut down on“减少……的量”。
14．D 吸烟少了，自然是省钱了。save“节省”，符合句意。
15．C 这样的话，我就能使自己更好。
16．A 每个吸烟的人都说吸烟怎样使他们兴奋，怎样解决问题。
17．A 我认为它只能带来更多的问题。
18．C 我想要告诉你的是吸烟对你的身体是多么危险。
19．C in the beg ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )inning“开始；起初”； in the distance“在远处”； in the long run“从长远来看”； in the past“在过去”。由句意可知C项正确。21cnjy.com
20．D 我不想给任何人演讲，只想把我的经历跟大家分享。share“分享”，符合句意。
Ⅱ.阅读理解七选五
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答案 1.F 2.G 3.D 4.C 5.A
Ⅲ.短文改错
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Yours sincerely，
Li Hua
答案
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Yours sincerely，
Li Hua
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Ⅰ.完形填空
There was once a little grey planet. It was very __1__. The people living there hadn't looked after it, though they had all the __2__ you could ever need because of the rapid development of technology. They had polluted the whole planet so seriously with __3__ that there were no plants or wild animals __4__.
One day, a little boy was walking on the planet when he passed a cave and __5__ a small red flower inside. The flower was very __6__ — almost dying, so the boy __7__ dug up the flower with roots, soil and everything. Then he started __8__ a place where he could look after it. He searched all over the planet，but everywhere was so __9__ that there was no place for the flower to live. Then he looked up at the __10__ and saw the moon. “Maybe the flower can __11__ there，” thought the boy. __12__ the little boy put on his astronaut suit, and climbed into a __13__. He put the little red flower in the back, and then went to the moon.
Far from all that pollution, the flower started to __14__. The flower was so __15__ cared for that it started producing seeds soon, __16__ others, and these other flowers spread onto other flowers. Before long, flowers completely __17__ the moon, which looked very __18__.
The earth on which we live has also been __19__ in a very bad way. If we don't look after it, maybe someday we will also only be able to plant flowers on the moon. Do you want that day to __20__？
1．A. moved B. sad
C. surprised D. pretty
2．A. instructions B. explanations
C. inventions D. exhibitions
3．A. air B. water
C. smoke D. rubbish
4．A. needed B. stored
C. protected D. left
5．A. picked B. threw
C. noticed D. tasted
6．A. sick B. large
C. fresh D. common
7．A. excitedly B. carefully
C. easily D. hopefully
8．A. taking over B. looking through
C. making up D. looking for
9．A. dirty B. wet
C. deep D. quiet
10．A. land B. mountain
C. forest D. sky
11．A. continue B. survive
C. fight D. love
12．A. So B. But
C. Because D. Once
13．A. boat B. car
C. spaceship D. train
14．A. refuse B. argue
C. grow D. quit
15．A. calmly B. well
C. gradually D. normally
16．A. giving birth to B. taking care of
C. looking down upon D. taking the place of
17．A. cleaned B. admired
C. covered D. destroyed
18．A. wide B. round
C. strange D. beautiful
19．A. supported B. polluted
C. reminded D. decorated
20．A. return B. disappear
C. come D. develop
答案与解析
语篇解读 本文通过一个童话故事，告诉我们要保护环境、爱护地球。
1．B 根据后文的描述可知那个星球污染非常严重，故可推断那个星球很“伤心”。
2．C 根据“... because of the rapid development of technology”可知这里是指那个星球上的“发明”。
3．D 通过polluted的语境可知他们把那个星球污染了，污染环境的应该是“垃圾”。
4．D 星球已被污染，所以植物和野生动物都无法存活了，故选D项。
5．C 这里是指小男孩经过一个洞的时候，“看到”了洞里的一朵花。
6．A 通过后面的almost dying可知小花“病得厉害”。
7．B 小花就快死了，小男孩应该是非常“小心地”把它挖出来。
8．D 根据“... where he could look after it”可知小男孩想“找”个地方把小花重新栽种，以便照顾它。
9．A 根据“... there was no place for the flower to live”可知那个星球上到处都很“脏”。
10．D 根据小男孩看到了月亮的语境，可知他抬头看“天空”。
11．B 小男孩心想或许小花可以在月亮上“存活”。
12．A 小男孩想到小花或许可以在月亮上存活，“所以”他决定去月球。
13．C 小男孩要去月球，故他穿上航空服登上了“宇宙飞船”。
14．C 到了月球上，环境变好了，故小花开始“生长”。
15．B 根据后文的“... it started producing seeds soon”可知小花得到了“很好的”照顾。
16．A 根据小红花结籽的语境可知，此处讲的是小红花的繁衍，即“giving birth to others”。
17．C 根据“... these other flowers spread onto other flowers”可知小红花繁衍得很快，很快就“覆盖”了整个月球。
18．D 月球被花儿覆盖了，看起来非常“漂亮”。
19．B 这里是指我们生存的地球也被很严重地“污染”了。
20．C 地球也被很严重地污染了，或许有一天我们也只能在月球上种花了，作者问我们：真的希望那一天“到来”吗？
Ⅱ.阅读理解
In a village in Uganda, a woman named Fatima Serwona ran a small store. It mainly sold necessary things in people's daily life. However, she had trouble making enough money to keep the shelves full. To stay in business, Fatima got a microfinance loan (贷款) — a small amount of money from a person in another country. It was just enough for her to buy a cell phone. Local villagers used her phone to make calls and then paid her for each call. This helped her make enough money to buy the things her store needed. Fatima could also use the money to send her children to school and improve their lives, as well as her own.
Microfinance is the practice of giving small loans to people in need. Most microfinance loans are for less than two hundred dollars. The loans are used to start or enlarge a small business, such as catching fish, raising chickens or selling produce. Lenders are willing to make these loans because most of the people who receive them are very likely to repay the loans.
Microfinance loans are important for several reasons. The businesses that these loans support often provide necessary services or goods to their communities (社区). Those who receive microfinance loans usually cannot get money any other way. Although they have to pay a high rate of interest (利率) on the money they borrow, the rate is lower than that a local moneylender asks for.
It doesn't seem like such a small amount of money could make a big difference, but microfinance loans have been shown to help improve people's lives and put new life into the communities like Fatima's.
语篇解读 本文是说明文。作者通过Fatima Serwona的事例向我们讲述了小额信贷的特点、功能以及其所产生的影响。
1．Why did Fatima Serwona buy a cell phone
A. To make extra money for her business.
B. To order the good she needed quickly.
C. To make sure she could be found easily.
D. To connect her village with other villages.
答案与解析 A 细节理解题。由第一段中的“Local villagers used her phone ... the things her store needed”可知， Fatima Serwona通过用手机赚来的钱添置店里需要的货物，故A项说法正确。
2．According to the text, microfinance ________.
A. is popular with big companies
B. offers free help to poor people
C. helps people become rich soon
D. means a lot to small businesses
答案与解析 D 细节理解题。由第二段中的“The loans are used to start or enlarge a small business”可知，小额资金对于一些小企业来说意义非凡。
3．What does the author think of microfinance loans
A. Illegal. B. Helpful.
C. Unnecessary. D. Meaningless.
答案与解析 B 推理判断题。由最后一段中的“microfinance loans have been shown to help improve people's lives and put new life into the communities like Fatima's”可知，作者认为小额信贷很有益处。
4．What would be the best title of the text
A. The Life of Fatima Serwona
B. An Unusual Village in Uganda
C. Microfinance Has Changed the World
D. Microfinance Loans Make a Difference
答案与解析 D 标题归纳题。作者通过Fatima Serwona的事例向我们讲述了小额信贷的特点、功能以及其所产生的影响，故D项正确。
Ⅲ.短文改错
Located in the middle of the South Binhe Road, at the foot of the White Pagoda Hill, Zhongshan Iron Bridge is famous as the first permanent bridge on the Yellow River. The bridge, that was started in 1907 and completed in 1909, was built up by a German company and all the materials were transported from Germany. It is about 334 meters in length but 7.5 meters in wide. It has been repaired and strengthened several times over it's past one hundred years' history. Today, it still stands there perfect. In 2011, it was even raising 1.2 meters to meet needs of sailing boats and also fighting against floods. All the citizens think it is one of the symbol of Lanzhou.
答案
Located in the middle of the South Binhe Road, at the foot of the White Pagoda Hill, Zhongshan Iron Bridge is famous as the first permanent bridge the Yellow River. The bridge, was started in 1907 and completed in 1909, was built by a German company and all the materials were transported from Germany. It is about 334 meters in length 7.5 meters in . It has been repaired and strengthened several times over past one hundred years' history. Today, it still stands there In 2011, it was even 1.2 meters to meet needs of sailing boats and also fighting against floods. All the citizens think it is one of the of Lanzhou.
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It was in the hospital that I first saw Tommy.
He must have been __1__ a lot because his chest was still heaving (起伏) as I __2__ the bed. I knew he was trying to __3__ his tears. I felt __4__， unable to remove the pain from the little boy. Suddenly an idea __5__ me. I wanted to teach him the ancient Hawaiian wisdom. __6__， I whispered, “Tommy, did you know our Hawaiian Lizards (蜥蜴) grow their tails back and little boys can grow their __7__ back too？” Tommy's eyes grew wide with __8__.
“They can？” he asked, obviously __9__.
“Yes！” I answered with __10__. “Close your eyes，” I said. He nodded with his eyes closed __11__.
“Tell your finger every day how much you love it and you need it to __12__ the phone number and to write your homework in school.” I paused, noticing his little face __13__ in deep attention. “Now say, __14__ for me, finger. I love you. I need you so much.” __15__ later, Tommy opened his eyes. I told him, “Your finger will be __16__ fine. Let's wait until it completely recovers.”
A year later, Tommy came to say goodbye to me. His broken finger was just the same as any other finger should be, except that a fine scar (伤疤) __17__.
Tommy remains forever in my heart and __18__ me of the possibility of miracle (奇迹). From him, I have learnt to __19__ failure. He inspires me to improve myself and to remember the ancient __20__： Everything is possible if you truly believe.
1．A. sleeping B. awaking
C. crying D. thinking
2．A. covered B. approached
C. changed D. left
3．A. hold on B. hold out
C. hold up D. hold back
4．A. helpless B. careless
C. hopeless D. useless
5．A. beat B. hit
C. pushed D. disturbed
6．A. Turning back B. Putting down
C. Looking around D. Bending over
7．A. hands B. arms
C. fingers D. feet
8．A. satisfaction B. excitement
C. sorrow D. ease
9．A. convinced B. faithful
C. astonished D. worried
10．A. certainty B. pleasure
C. curiosity D. surprise
11．A. slightly B. firmly
C. loosely D. straight
12．A. call B. answer
C. dial D. receive
13．A. whitened B. focused
C. attracted D. shocked
14．A. pray B. rise
C. work D. grow
15．A. Years B. Weeks
C. Minutes D. Hours
16．A. possibly B. strangely
C. perfectly D. lastly
17．A. remained B. disappeared
C. continued D. kept
18．A. warns B. reminds
C. educates D. informs
19．A. forget B. accept
C. refuse D. challenge
20．A. game B. lesson
C. wisdom D. truth
答案与解析
语篇解读 本文叙述了Tommy在作者以古老智慧理论的鼓励下，以虔诚的信念，使断指恢复。该故事证实了一点：一切皆有可能。
1．C 根据后文的his tears可知， Tommy应该刚哭过。
2．B 根据前文“... his chest was still heaving ...”可推知，作者在走近病床时才能看到胸脯起伏。
3．D 根据前文的trying to可知， Tommy应该是努力不让眼泪掉下来。
4．A 根据后文“... unable to remove the pain ...”可知，作者没有办法，帮不上忙，不能消除孩子的痛苦。
5．B 根据后文“... teach him the ancient Hawaiian wisdom.”可知，作者教他古老的智慧，应该是想到一个好主意。
6．D 根据后文的whispered可知，作者小声对Tommy说话，所以要弯下腰去。
7．C 根据下文“Tell your finger every day ...”可知，Tommy是因为手指受伤才住进医院的。
8．B 根据上下文可知， Tommy(因为手指受伤)一直在哭泣，当他听到手指能重新长出来时，应该非常激动。
9．C 根据前文的“... eyes grew wide ...”可知， Tommy眼睛睁得大大的，有点不相信，因此很惊讶。
10．A 根据上下文可知，作者要用古老的夏威夷的智慧理论鼓励Tommy，所以回答很肯定。
11．B 根据上下文可知，Tommy非常渴望能长出手指头，他紧闭双眼，也表现了他虔诚的态度。
12．C 根据后文的phone number可知，用手指拨打电话。
13．B 根据后文的in deep attention可知， Tommy注意力高度集中，在做这样的祈祷时认真专注。
14．D 根据前文的“little boys can grow their ...”可知，一些小男孩能长出手指头，可推测Tommy祈祷手指头能重新为自己长出来。
15．C 根据“Tommy opened his eyes.”可知， Tommy闭着眼睛在对手指头说话之后，到睁开眼睛应该只有几分钟。
16．C 根据后文it completely recovers可知，作者鼓励Tommy手指会完全康复，也就是会长得很好。
17．A 根据“except that a fine scar ...”可推知，他的断指恢复很好，除了有个伤疤。remain“留下；保留”。
18．B 根据前文的“Tommy remains forever in my heart ...”可知， Tommy留在我的心中，所以会时时地提醒我。
19．D 根据后文的improve myself可知， Tommy的故事让作者提高自己，即激励作者在不断挑战失败的过程中提高自己。而忘记失败或接受失败都不是积极向上的态度。
20．C 根据结尾“Everything is possible if you truly believe.”可知，一切皆有可能是一个哲理，也是古老智慧的内涵。
Ⅱ.阅读理解七选五
What should you think about in trying to find your career You are probably better at some school subjects than others. __1__ A boy who is good at mathematics can use that in an engineering career. __2__ So it is important to know the subjects you do well at school. On the other hand, you may not have any specially strong or weak subjects but your records show a general satisfactory standard. Although not all subjects can be used directly in a job, they may have indirect value. Knowledge of history is not required for most jobs but if history is one of your good subjects you will have learned to remember facts and details. __3__
Skills learnt in school, such as typing or technical drawing, can also be used in your work. You may look for a job where you can improve these skills.
__4__ If nothing else, you may have learned how to get to work on time, to follow instructions and to get on with older workers. Just as important, you may become interested in your future career that you see from the inside in the job.
Facing your weak points is also part of knowing yourself. Your school record, for instance, may not be too good, yet it is an important part of your background. __5__ And instead recognize that you will have a chance of a fresh start at work. A brighter future is waiting for you.
A. He may do well in his future work.
B. You should not feel sorry about it at all.
C. This is an ability that can be useful in many jobs.
D. These may show strengths that you can use in your work.
E. A girl who spells well and likes English may be good at office work.
F. It is much better to face any weaknesses than to pretend they do not exist.
G. If you have had a part time job on Saturday, think what you gained from it.
答案 1.D 2.E 3.C 4.G 5.B
Ⅲ.短文改错
Some of our daily behaviors reflect our attitude towards life. What our life will be like is basing on what we actually do at present. To change our daily routine is a first step to get access to success. When I am a middle school student, I found math bored and difficult to learn. So every time when I met with a difficult problem, I would skip and do that was easy to me. As time went by, I was left behind others. So I decided to change my attitude towards math. I developed good habit of working out any problem I met then. Step by step, I made rapidly progress and caught up with others. With her grades increasing steadily, it turned out that I became a student who did well at math.
答案
Some of our daily behaviors reflect our attitude towards life. What our life will be like is on what we actually do at present. To change our daily routine is first step to get access to success. When I a middle school student, I found math and difficult to learn. So every time when I met with a difficult problem, I would skip and do was easy to me. As time went by, I was left behind others. I decided to change my attitude towards math. I developed good habit of working out any problem I met then. Step by step, I made progress and caught up with others. With grades increasing steadily, it turned out that I became a student who did well math.
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This was an unforgettable and wonderful experience. It happened about three years ago and it has had a __1__ effect on me. I would like to show respect here for the man I do not know __2__ but whose actions gave a new __3__ to the words — kind and generous.
I was walking down a busy street on a cold, windy day in early __4__. A homeless man, probably about 60 and without wearing any shoes, was __5__ for change on a street corner.
A BMW car __6__ on the other side of the street and an executive (主管) who was perfectly dressed stepped out of the car. He was probably about __7__ years old. He was wearing a blue business suit with a deep red silk tie. He walked __8__ across the street and over to the homeless man. Without saying anything, he first gave him a lot of __9__ and then he sat down and took off his leather gloves (手套), beautiful black leather shoes and his black dress socks. Then he __10__ them to the homeless man. The homeless man took them and stared with a(n) __11__ mouth.
As he drove off, I couldn't __12__ thinking that it was probably the first time he had __13__ the pedal (踏板) of that top brand BMW car with a __14__ foot! I stood there and the looks of __15__ appeared on my face and the homeless man's.
Two men of about the same age __16__ very different lives had met and the one who was __17__ in materials had offered __18__ than his shoes. He had left his BMW car and __19__ down from his high position. He lifted up the other man when he offered respect, __20__ and real generosity.
1．A. strong B. bad
C. light D. slow
2．A. officially B. personally
C. similarly D. generally
3．A. benefit B. attitude
C. meaning D. award
4．A. spring B. summer
C. autumn D. winter
5．A. searching B. making
C. blaming D. begging
6．A. called up B. broke up
C. pulled up D. sped up
7．A. 40 B. 50
C. 60 D. 70
8．A. directly B. foolishly
C. unwillingly D. fluently
9．A. money B. water
C. sand D. oil
10．A. posted B. handed
C. kicked D. threw
11．A. closed B. full
C. open D. empty
12．A. stand B. delay
C. forget D. help
13．A. bended B. cut
C. repaired D. pressed
14．A. relaxed B. large
C. bare D. single
15．A. excitement B. astonishment
C. sadness D. pride
16．A. but B. or
C. and D. before
17．A. successful B. careful
C. useful D. helpful
18．A. rather B. more
C. other D. better
19．A. broke B. fell
C. stepped D. rolled
20．A. surprise B. disappointment
C. anxiety D. kindness
答案与解析
语篇解读 开宝马的老人将自己的钱、手套、鞋子和袜子都给了一位沿街乞讨的老人，他的做法使善良和慷慨有了新的意义。
1．A 从下文可以看出：这件事对我影响很大。have a strong effect on ...“对……有很大影响”。
2．B 从下文可知，我并不认识他。personally“就个人而言”。
3．C 但是他的行为赋予了善良和慷慨新的意义。
4．D 从下文尤其是第三段中的leather gloves(手套), beautiful black leather shoes可推知，故事发生在初冬。
5．D 一位老人在街角乞讨。
6．C 一辆宝马停在了街边。call up“打电话；召集；使想起”； break up“打碎；解散；(关系等)破裂”； pull up“(车)停下”； speed up“加速”。
7．C 由第二段中的probably about 60和最后一段第一句的Two men of about the same age可知答案。
8．A 他直接向乞讨的老人走去。directly“直接地”； foolishly“愚蠢地”； unwillingly“不愿意地”； fluently“流利地”。
9．A 根据上下文，再结合选项可知选A项。他没有讲话，先是给了乞讨的老人很多钱。
10．B 然后他脱下手套、鞋袜，又把它们递给了那个乞讨的老人。hand“递；给”。
11．C 一个沿街乞讨的老人收到如此多的恩惠，他的反应应当是眼睛瞪得大大的，张着嘴，看着对方。
12．D couldn't help doing“禁不住地做某事”。句意：我情不自禁地想……。
13．D 联系上文鞋和袜子都已经送人了，可知作者这里在想：这也许是他第一次光着脚踩汽车的踏板。
14．C 见上题解析。
15．B 面对此情此景，我和乞讨老人都很吃惊(astonishment)。
16．A 两位老人年龄相仿，但生活是明显的不一样。
17．A 开宝马的老人在物质方面是富有的。careful“小心的”； useful“有用的”； helpful“有帮助的”，均与文意不符。
18．B 他给的不仅仅是鞋。rather than“而不是”； more than“多于；超出；不止；不仅仅”； other than“除了；不同于；非”； better than“比……好”。
19．C 老人从宝马车里出来，并放下(stepped down)自己高高在上的身份，帮助需要帮助的人。
20．D 当开宝马的老人主动给予尊重、仁慈和真正的慷慨时，他也扶起了另一个人。
Ⅱ.阅读理解七选五
(2014·辽宁五校高二联考)
People around the world used their computers to buy goods, communicate with others, listen to music, see pictures and learn about different places and ideas. In 2006, more people around the world used new ways to communicate and connect with each other through the Internet.
__1__ Blog is a short way of saying Web log. Through these personal websites, people can share their experiences, ideas and opinions with anyone on the Internet.
People of all ages have their own blogs. For young people, they are a way to show their writings and other forms of self expression.
__2__ These sites include “MySpace”， used mainly by teenagers and young adults. MySpace is an online community that lets people share message and pictures with an increasing number of friends. __3__
YouTube is another Internet site that became more popular this year. This website lets anyone create, share and watch short videos. People can watch almost anything on YouTube：news, sports and entertainment events. __4__ These include videos of people singing or dancing, or animals doing funny things. Three young men created YouTube almost two years ago as a personal' video sharing service. They recently sold it to Google for more than one half billon dollars.
Games and entertainment also became a larger part of the Internet this year. One Internet social site is called Second Life. __5__ They get married, build homes, operate businesses, buy and sell goods, work, play and attend school.
A. It is an online world in which computer users create a new self and live a different life.
B. The blog is one form of communication that enjoys growing popularity.
C. People of all ages use computers to express themselves.
D. There are music videos, and videos made by people in their own homes.
E. Many Websites offer free services to create personal Web pages and fill them with writing site on the web.
F. It is the most popular social networking site on the web.
G. More and more people are buying computers because of the lower price.
答案 1.B 2.E 3.F 4.D 5.A
Ⅲ.短文改错
(2014·唐山高二检测)
My name is Stephen and I lived in London. One advantage of city life is that everything you need is so closely at hand. Living beside the subway station means I don't need the car to get around, what saves me money. Also, there are shopping centers and museum everywhere. However, like other big cities, London have its own problems. Londoners don't chat on the train and the bus, and neither they offer help to each other. I think living in London will be much better were there not so much noise or pollution. But a famous poet who once said, “If you are tired of London, you are tired of life.” I'm never tired of London!
答案
My name is Stephen and I in London. One advantage of city life is that everything you need is so at hand. Living beside the subway station means I don't need car to get around, saves me money. Also, there are shopping centers and everywhere. However, like other big cities, London its own problems. Londoners don't chat on the train and the bus, and neither they offer help to each other. I think living in London be much better were there not so much noise pollution. But a famous poet once said, “If you are tired of London, you are tired of life.” I'm never tired of London！
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Ⅰ.阅读理解
School of Athens
This wall painting, located in the Vatican, contains pictures of many famous philosophers. Plato and Aristotle are the two in the middle. As an inside joke, Raphael based Plato's face on his fellow artist Leonardo da Vinci. He also included Michelangelo and himself elsewhere in the painting.
The Night Watch
Rembrandt is one of the most famous Dutch painters. This painting is huge (11 ft × 14 ft) and shows a group of soldiers leaving for a battle. Unlike earlier paintings which show people looking stiff (坚硬的), this picture captures their movement. Also, the way he painted the light emphasizes the three men in the front as well as a young girl. The girl has a dead chicken hanging from her belt — a symbol that they will defeat their enemy.
American Gothic
This is likely the most famous American painting of all time. “Gothic” refers to the top window of the house in the background. During the Great Depression, this painting became a symbol of the hard working and determined American people. Note that the pitchfork (干草叉) is mirrored on the man's overalls (外套)．
The Son of Man
This painting is an example of surrealism (超现实主义), a style that captures strange dream like feelings. Magritte explained this painting as follows, “Everything we see hides another thing, so we always want to see what is hidden by what we see. There is an interest because which is hidden and which the visible does not show us.”
1．Raphael played a joke in his painting School of Athens by ________.
A. painting philosophers of different times in one painting
B. painting himself in this painting
C. basing Plato's face on the artist Leonardo da Vinci
D. putting Plato and Aristotle in the middle
答案与解析 C 细节理解题。根据第一段的“As an inside joke, Raphael based Plato's face on his fellow artist Leonardo da Vinci”可知应选C项。
2．What do we know about Rembrandt's The Night Watch
A. It is a wall painting located in the Vatican.
B. It contains pictures of many philosophers.
C. It is one of Rembrandt's early paintings.
D. It shows some soldiers leaving for a battle.
答案与解析 D 细节理解题。根据第二段的“This painting is huge (11 ft ×14 ft) and shows a group of soldiers leaving for a battle.”可知应选D项。
3．The painting American Gothic most probably shows ________.
A. philosophers B. farmers
C. artists D. soldiers
答案与解析 B 推理判断题。根据第三段的“During the Great Depression, this painting became a symbol of the hard working and determined American people. Note that the pitchfork is mirrored on the man's overalls.”可推断American Gothic里画的是农民。
4．Which of the following paintings is called The Son of Man
答案与解析 C 推理判断题。根据末段的“Everything we see hides another thing, so we always want to see what is hidden by what we see. There is an interest because which is hidden and which the visible does not show us.”可知The Son of Man所展示的东西是有所掩盖的，C项中的男子的脸被苹果遮盖，符合这种描述。
Ⅱ.阅读理解七选五
(2014·唐山高二期末)
What to avoid to become an adult
__1__ But what makes someone an adult It's more than just your age — it's how you act. Below are several childish habits to avoid.
Interrupting conversations.
Remember when you were 5 and your parents were talking to other grown ups You'd walk over and repeatedly call out: “Mom！” or “Dad！” to get her or his attention. Yeah — that was improper then — but you were 5, so it was understandable. __2__ Sometimes, listening is much more important than talking.
Fighting.
People seem to show increasingly less respect to one another, so physical fights might seem unavoidable. But fighting is extremely uncool, and worse, it's foolish. If you consider the result of a fight, is it ever good __3__
You win, but you get nothing but an enemy or you put yourself in trouble by causing permanent damage to the other person.
You lose. You're the one beaten. Everyone witnessed it, and now you're ashamed.
__4__
Throwing fists, breaking glasses, screaming or having a bad attitude isn't going to solve anything. Don't act like a little child, crying in the store because your parents didn't buy you what you wanted.
Picking your nose.
Seriously, just use a tissue. If someone sees you move your hand away from your nose, then begin to roll something between your fingers, they can easily tell what you've done. __5__
A. Losing temper.
B. Enjoying shouting and playing.
C. Don't expect them to shake your hand in the future.
D. Consider the possible effects.
E. Many teenagers want to be treated like adults.
F. Still, some adult people are also unable to wait for their turn to speak.
G. Some teenagers feel fighting is a cool thing.
答案 1.E 2.F 3.D 4.A 5.C
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“Our tube syst ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )em has become quite the bastion (堡垒) of British culture，” The London Insider magazine commented.【出处：21教育名师】
语篇解读 英国地铁为乘客提供诗歌供其阅读，这激发了大众欣赏英国文化的热情。
1．The purpose of ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) the project “Poems on the Underground” is to ________.【版权所有：21教育】
A. introduce the works of living British poets
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D. encourage more people to write poems
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3．According to Transport for London, the project is ________.
A. rewarding B. puzzling
C. fruitless D. entertaining
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4．The best title of this passage most probably is ________.
A. Poems on the Underground
B. Poems Becoming Popular with People
C. A New Edition of the Poetry Book
D. Public Campaign of Reading Poems
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Share a joke ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) with other people. A good joke can often make someone feel good about life. Find a few jokes and remember them. Tell these jokes to the people you know. Laughter is certainly a key to happiness. __5__
A. Join a club or social circles.
B. Learn to express your thanks.
C. Try to find something to laugh about each day.
D. Send a thank you letter to one of your best friends.
E. Everything is good when new, but friends when old.
F. Friends can add fun and excitement to your life as well.
G. Usually people feel happier when they have things to do.
答案 1.A 2.F 3.G 4.B 5.C
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It's 5：00 in th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e morning when the alarm (闹钟) rings in my ears. I roll out of bed and walk blindly through the dark into the bathroom. I turn on the light and put on my glasses. The house is still as I walk downstairs while my husband and three kids sleep peacefully. Usually I go for a long run, but today I choose my favorite exercise DVD, Insanity. Sweat pours down my face and into my eyes. My heart races as I face my body to finish each movement. As I am near the end of the exercise, I feel extremely tired, but a smile is on my face. It's not a smile because the DVD is over, but a smile of success from pushing my body to its extreme limit.2·1·c·n·j·y
Some people enjoy ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) shopping, smoking, food, work, or even chocolate. But I need exercise to get through each day. Some shake heads when they see me run through the town. Others get hurt when I refuse to try just one bite of their grandmother's chocolate cake. They raise their eyebrows, surprised by my “no thank you，” or by my choice to have a salad. Over the years, I have learned it's okay to just say “no.” I shouldn't feel sorry for refusing food that I don't want to eat.21*cnjy*com
So what drives ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) me to roll out of bed at 5：00 a．m. What gives me the reason to just say “no” to ice cream Commitment. A commitment to change my life with a way that reduces daily anxiety, increases self confidence and energy, extends life and above all improves my body shape. This is the point where a smile appears on my face as I look at myself in the mirror or try on my favorite pair of jeans that now fit just right. It's through commitment and sweat that I can make a difference within myself inside and out.
1．Why is there a smile on the author's face in the morning
A. Because she sees her family sleeping peacefully.21·世纪*教育网
B. Because she finishes her favorite exercise.
C. Because she enjoys the interesting DVD.
D. Because she feels a sense of achievement.
答案与解析 D 细节理解题。由第一段最后一句 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )“It's not a smile because the DVD is over, but a smile of success from pushing my body to its extreme limit.”可知作者脸上的微笑是一种成功的微笑，因为自己挑战了身体的极限。21教育网
2．Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 2
A. She doesn't treat others politely.
B. She likes to make others surprised.
C. Others don't understand what she does.
D. Others try to help her by offering her food.
答案与解析 C 推理判断题。由第二段“Ot ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hers get hurt when I refuse to try just one bite of their grandmother's chocolate cake. They raise their eyebrows, surprised by my ‘no thank you，’”可以推断出别人不太理解作者的所作所为。www.21-cn-jy.com
3．What does the underl ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ined word “commitment” in the last paragraph mean 2-1-c-n-j-y
A. Good health. B. Firm belief.
C. A strong power. D. A regular habit.
答案与解析 B 词义猜测题。由画线词后面的句子可知画线词意为“坚信”。
4．What can we learn about the author from the text
A. She acts in a strange way.
B. She wants to look different from others.
C. She aims to develop a good body shape.
D. She has difficulty getting along with others.
答案与解析 C 细节理解题。由 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )最后一段中“above all improves my body shape.”可知作者加强锻炼，克制饮食的目的是为了保持好的体形。
B
Even though we have mo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )re choices of what to eat than forty years ago, the average diet of the average British is less healthy. In fact, according to recent research, British pets, eating specially prepared tinned food, have a healthier diet than most of their owners.21cnjy.com
Health minist ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ers were shocked at recent figures which show that Britain has the third worst record in Europe for heart disease. Cancer is also a growing cause of illness and death. This has led to the government's movement to encourage healthier eating habits. Health ministers believe we should take a lesson from America, where death rates from heart disease have fallen.【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
The American ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )public is now realizing the link (联系) between the diet and good health. The movement will encourage the eating of less animal fat, salt and sugar that are eaten at present. It will show the goodness of eating more fresh fruit and vegetables. 21*cnjy*com
The Health Departm ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ent is going to publish a book which will give help on what food to eat and what not to.21世纪教育网版权所有
Discussions are bein ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )g held between the government and food makers. Following these talks, food will be labeled (贴标签) so that users can clearly see how much fat, sugar there is in the food products they buy.
5．The author cons ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )iders that the average diet of the average British is ________.【来源：21cnj*y.co*m】
A. healthy
B. unhealthy
C. less healthy than 40 years ago
D. less healthy than that of their pets
答案与解析 D 根据第一段中的“t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he average diet of the average British is less healthy. In fact, according to recent research, British pets, eating specially prepared tinned food, have a healthier diet than most of their owners.”可知，D项正确。21·cn·jy·com
6．The number o ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )f English people who have heart disease comes out ________ in Europe.www-2-1-cnjy-com
A. first B. second
C. third D. last
答案与解析 C 细节理解题。根据 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )第二段第一句话：“Health ministers were shocked at recent figures which show that Britain has the third worst record in Europe for heart disease.”可知。【出处：21教育名师】
7．The death rates from heart disease in America ________.
A. have fallen
B. have risen
C. are higher than that in Britain
D. are lower than that in the UK
答案与解析 A 细节理解题。由第二段最后可知。
8．The government's movement ________.
A. encourages people to eat less animal fat, salt and sugar
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D. all of the above
答案与解析 D 细节理解题。根据第三、四两段可知。
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I work just minutes away from one of London's busiest railway station. Another __1__ or two away is a lovely, lively street with restaurant __2__ Mexican, Thai and French food, as well as cafes, sandwich places and many other stores.
One day, as I was walking around during lunchtime, I __3__ a small elderly lady, dressed in rags, pushing an empty pushchair (购物车) slowly along the pavement. I __4__ wanted to do something for her, but I felt a little __5__ following her around, so I decided to continue my __6__. A few minutes later, when I was passing a grocery store, I saw her __7__ groceries into her pushchair inside the store. That's __8__ I decided to help by paying for her shopping.
The cashier (收银员) looked at me in __9__ as I tried to explain that the money I was __10__ was for the elderly lady. It must have been the __11__ time anyone had done this in the store, __12__ she just couldn't quite get her head around the whole thing. And it was __13__ for me to try to explain this __14__ the other people queuing to pay for their groceries.
The cashier __15__ a colleague over and I tried to explain it again. “In a few minutes a(n) __16__ lady with a pushchair will be coming through the check out; I have __17__ your colleague some money that should help to pay for all or most of her shopping.” Thankfully, they got the __18__ and smiled at last.
I didn't __19__ to watch, but I hoped the surprise awaiting her at the check out would bring a __20__ to her face that day.
1．A. minute B. second
C. meter D. foot
2．A. growing B. showing
C. selling D. making
3．A. followed B. saw
C. passed D. heard
4．A. suddenly B. usually
C. slowly D. finally
5．A. natural B. strange
C. interesting D. difficult
6．A. thought B. talk
C. purchase D. walk
7．A. offering B. putting
C. pouring D. turning
8．A. what B. that
C. whether D. when
9．A. anger B. joy
C. worry D. surprise
10．A. turning on B. making up
C. handing over D. giving up
11．A. last B. first
C. second D. most
12．A. though B. as
C. but D. or
13．A. hard B. easy
C. simple D. fine
14．A. in case of B. in spite of
C. in front of D. in favor of
15．A. invited B. ordered
C. moved D. called
16．A. thin B. young
C. old D. fat
17．A. given B. lent
C. cheated D. saved
18．A. idea B. problem
C. lie D. question
19．A. stop B. stay
C. live D. shop
20．A. shock B. puzzle
C. smile D. hope
答案与解析
语篇解读 本文是记叙文。有一天散步的时候，作者看见了一个颤巍巍的老太太，忽然很想为她做点什么，后来正好看见老太太在一家杂货店买东西，就想提前悄悄为她付账让她开心，开始收银员怀疑她的举动，后来在她的解释之下还是理解了她的善举。
1．A 从上一句“I work just minutes away from ...”可以看出应该是再走一两分钟(minute)的距离。
2．C 摊位上“卖(sell)”各国风味食品。
3．B 由下句“I felt a little ________”可知不是跟踪(follow)也不是超过(pass)，而是看见(see)了一个老太太。
4．A 由上句可知作者是在散步时偶然遇到老太太，然后“突然”有了要帮助她的想法。
5．B 我觉得跟踪一个偶然碰到的老太太并寻找机会帮助她有点奇怪(strange)。
6．D 由第二段第一句“One day, as I was walking around ...”可知此处应该是我决定继续“散步(walk)”。
7．B 我看见老太太正在把一些日用杂货“放进(put ... in )”她的手扶车。
8．D 就是在“那个时候(when)”我决定要替她付账。that指代上一句； when在此处引导表语从句。
9．D 收银员听见我说“交给(hand over)”她的钱是要替老太太付账，觉得很“惊讶(surprise)”。
10．C 解析见上题。
11．B 我推测这是“第一次(first time)”有人在这家店这么做，“因为”收银员好像完全想不通我说的话。
12．B 解析见上题。
13．A 在那些排队等着交钱买货物的旁人“面前”解释这件事，对我来说很“困难(hard)”。
14．C 解析同上题。
15．D 第二段中提到的收银员自己不敢相信所遇到的事，所以“叫(call)”了一个同事过来。
16．C 由第二段第一句“I met a small elderly lady”可知是一位“老人(old)”。
17．A 由第三段第一句“The cashier looked at me in __9__ as I tried to explain that the money I was __10__ was for the elderly lady.”可知是我已经给(give)了她的同事一些钱。
18．A 谢天谢地，她们最终“理解(get the idea)”了这件事并微笑起来。
19．B 我没有“留下来(stay)”看后面的事情结局。
20．C 我希望当老太太出来发现已经有人帮她付过账了，脸上能露出“笑容(smile)”．
Ⅱ.短文改错
Last week I went to a movie, which was very touched. It was a sad movie about a mother and her son. When she was young, his mother was very poor that she had to send him to a rich family. Twenty year later he became a doctor. In his hospital, he had a patient, a old lady. He didn't care much about her, for she could hard afford the medical care. One evening the lady died. On her bed the doctor found out a letter, in which he discovers the truth. He cried loudly and called “Mom” again and again, but there was reply. Everybody in the theatre were moved to tears.
答案
Last week I went to a movie, which was very . It was a sad movie about a mother and her son. When was young, his mother was poor that she had to send him to a rich family. Twenty later he became a doctor. In his hospital, he had a patient, old lady. He didn't care much about her, for she could afford the medical care. One evening the lady died. On her bed the doctor found a letter, in which he the truth. He cried loudly and called “Mom” again and again, but there was reply. Everybody in the theatre moved to tears.
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Vincent Willem van G ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ogh (30 March, 1853 — 29 July, 1890) was a Dutch artist. He is considered one of the greatest artists with great influence on the 20th century art.21cnjy.com
Van Gogh spent his ea ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rly adult life working for a firm of art dealers. After a brief period as a teacher, he worked in a church in a very poor mining region. He did not begin his career as an artist until 1880. However, during the last ten years of his life, he produced more than 2,000 pieces, including around 900 paintings and 1,100 drawing and sketches. He worked only with somber colors until he met Impressionism (印象主义) in Paris. Van Gogh changed to use bright colors and style of painting in a uniquely recognizable style. Most of his best known works were produced during his final two years, when he was suffering from serious mental illness.
In 1890, at the age o ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )f 37, van Gogh shot himself in the chest. He died two days later, with Theo, his brother and his best friend, at his side, who reported his last words as “The sadness will last forever”. It would not take long before his fame grew higher and higher.21·cn·jy·com
Van Gogh's mo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ther threw away quite a number of his paintings. The only painting he sold during his lifetime, The Red Vineyard, was created in 1888. It is now on display in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, Russia. Several paintings by van Gogh rank among the most expensive paintings in the world. On March 30, 1987 van Gogh's painting Irises was sold for a record of $53.9 million at Southby's, New York. On May 15, 1990 his Portrait of Doctor Gachet was sold for $83.5 million at Christie's, thus setting a new price record.www.21-cn-jy.com
1．When did van Gogh begin his career as an artist 2·1·c·n·j·y
A. In his early childhood. B. At the age of 17.
C. In his early adult life. D. At the age of 27.【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
答案与解析 D 细节理解题。由文章第二段第三句“他于1880年开始绘画”可知他是在1880－1853＝27岁时开始艺术家生涯的。
2．The underlined word “somber” in Para. 2 means ________.
A. colorful B. dark
C. different D. bright
答案与解析 B 词义猜测题。由画线词所 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )在句的后一句“... changed to use bright colors ...”可知somber与bright相反，可知somber意为dark。
3．Which is the right time order of van Gogh's life experience
①worked as a teacher ②took up drawing
③worked in a church ④worked for an art firm
A. ④→①→③→② B. ②→④→①→③
C. ③→①→④→② D. ①→④→③→②
答案与解析 A 事实排序题。由文章第二段前三句可知A项排序正确。
4．We can infer that van Gogh's final two years are ________.
A. rich but boring. B. normal and peaceful
C. painful but productive D. happy and interesting
答案与解析 C 推理判断题。由文章 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )第二段最后一句可知他生前的最后两年身患严重的精神病，但大部分著作却在该时期绘出，故C项“痛苦而多产”符合题意。21教育网
5．According to the last paragraph, van Gogh's paintings ________.
A. were all worthless except Portrait of Doctor Gachet21·世纪*教育网
B. were kept safe in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow
C. became famous and expensive only after he died
D. were all sold out by his mother at high prices
答案与解析 C 推理判断题。由文章最后一段可知梵高的作品在他死后变得非常名贵。
B
Land Art, sometim ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )es referred to as Earth Art or Earthworks, is a form of art which involves using physical landscapes to create art, taking art out of the museum and into the outside world. Modern Land Art movement really got going in the 1960s, when American artists began creating Land Art on a large scale. Today, works of modern Land Art can be seen all over the world, sometimes right alongside much older pieces of Land Art created by people who lived thousands of years ago.www-2-1-cnjy-com
Land Art, which is not ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) necessarily unchangeable, can take a number of forms. For example, in 1970 Robert Smithson created the Spiral Jetty (螺旋码头), made of a collection of stones and mud, in the Great Salt Lake. The American artist made a large jetty in a spiral shape which sticks out into the waters of the lake.2-1-c-n-j-y
Reshaping the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) landscape is a common feature of Land Art. It can be created by moving components (组成部分) around. People can also add things to the environment to create Land Art, like salt, which is added to the Spiral Jetty. It is possible to use plants. In all cases, Land Art is immovable. 21*cnjy*com
Land Art is ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )designed to evolve (逐步形成), change, and eventually decay (衰落). That's one of the biggest differences between Land Art and most of the art one sees in the museums. Some works of art can exist only for a few hours or days. Others are exposed to rain and wind so that they evolve and decay over time, which is part of the attractiveness in the eyes of the artist.【来源：21cnj*y.co*m】
6．From Paragraph 1, we can learn that ________.
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C. Land Art was the most popular art in the 1960s
D. people have been creating Land Art for thousands of years
答案与解析 D 细节理解题。根据第一段的末句可知，地景艺术的存在有几千年的历史了。
7．All of the follow ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ing are used to design the Spiral Jetty EXCEPT ________.21教育名师原创作品
A. stones B. plants
C. salt D. mud
答案与解析 B 细节理解题。根据第二段 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )第二句中“made of a collection of stones and mud”以及第三段第三句中“like salt, which is added to the Spiral Jetty”可知，在创造Spiral Jetty时，艺术家使用了石头、泥土和盐。21*cnjy*com
8．What do we know about Robert Smithson
A. He is an American artist.
B. He is a pioneer in creating Land Art.
C. He created the most famous Land Art.
D. He lives near the Great Salt Lake.
答案与解析 A 细节理解题。根据第 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )二段最后一句中的the American artist可知Robert Smithson是美国的一名艺术家。21世纪教育网版权所有
9．From the passage we know Land Art ________.
A. cannot exist for ever
B. can be moved everywhere
C. can be created in a few hours
D. can't be changed once created
答案与解析 A 细节理解题。根据最后一段的第一句可知，地景艺术不能永远存在。
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Panorama — 24 Days
Discover why New Zealand remains one of the world's most popular destinations! This leisure,_24 day journey features a minimum 2 night stay at every stopover (中途停留) point. With such a wide choice of things to do and places to see, you'll enjoy plenty of time to sightsee, relax and experience the lifestyle in New Zealand.
Departure Dates: Jan. 12,26/Feb. 9,23/Mar. 9,23/Apr. 13
Price: NZ $10,715
Nikau — 13 Days
This journey from Auckland to Christchurch lets you experience the true diversity of this breathtaking country. History, culture, scenery and adventure, they all feature on this trip designed to give you a brief insight into the land.
Departure Dates: Jan. 2,23/Feb. 2,16/Mar. 2,13/Apr. 3,17
Price: NZ $5,680
Southern Adventure — 11 Days
Enjoy a South Island holiday packed with exciting sightseeing journey and activities, including the world famous whale watch at Kaikoura, and a wildlife tour on Akaroa Harbour. It's a journey of discovery and there's plenty of time for personal exploration as well.
Departure Dates: Jan. 1,31/Feb. 7,24/ Mar. 5,21/Apr. 11,18
Price: NZ $5,820
Attractive Northland — 4 Days
The Bay of Island should not be missed if time permits. You'll visit the Northland region, regarded as the birthplace of New Zealand as we know it today. See the oldest Maori and European settlements in the country and enjoy a unique eco cultural hiking into the Waipoua Forest. Cruise to Cape Brett and the famous “Hole in the Rock” and enjoy free time to learn more of the nation's early history.
Departure Dates: daily
Price: NZ $2,015
1．The four advertisements are all travel offers for you to go sightseeing in ________.
A. England B. New Zealand
C. Northland D. Auckland
答案与解析 B 细节理解题。从四则广告的介绍可知这些都是关于去New Zealand旅游的广告。
2．The underlined word “leisure” in Paragraph 1 probably means ________.
A. short and adventurous B. long and expensive
C. brief and exciting D. slow and relaxing
答案与解析 D 词义猜测题。由画线词所在段中出现的“中途停车”和“relax”等可知leisure意为slow and relaxing。
3．Tourists interested in wild animals should choose ________.
A. Panorama B. Nikau
C. Southern Adventure D. Attractive Northland
答案与解析 C 细节理解题。由Southern Adventure的活动介绍可知若对野生动物感兴趣，可选择该项活动。
4．If you go to the Bay of Islands, you'll mainly learn about ________.
A. agriculture B. culture
C. history D. art
答案与解析 B 推理判断题。由文章最后一段对the Bay of Islands的介绍可知如果去这个地方，游客可以了解到文化方面的知识。
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We all know that we have to eat to live, so it is important for us to develop healthy eating habits. The following tips may help you.
__1__ Take a hard look at your eating habits. Do you eat more when you feel stressed Do you withhold food from yourself in order to feel like you're in control Carefully think about whether you have an unhealthy emotional attachment to food.
Drink plenty of water. __2__ Drink water during and after meals to aid digestion, and try to drink between 2 and 3 liters (升) per day.
__3__ Ideally, you should eat three meals per day, with two snacks in between. Doing this allows you to eat slightly less at your meals, giving your body a more manageable amount of food to digest.
Don't skip breakfast. __4__ Research shows that people who skip breakfast are usually fatter than those who eat a well balanced breakfast.
Eat slowly. Have you ever gorged (狼吞虎咽) on a huge meal and felt fine immediately after, but suddenly felt like exploding 15 minutes later This happens because it takes some time for your stomach to tell your brain that it's full. __5__ That way, by the time you get the message and start feeling satisfied, you haven't eaten too much extra food.
A. Eat 5 times per day.
B. Choose the right food to eat.
C. Have a healthy attitude towards food.
D. You should eat your food more slowly.
E. Eating less meat can have several benefits.
F. It can improve your sense of healthiness and help you feel full.
G. Many people do because they don't feel hungry in the morning.
答案 1.C 2.F 3.A 4.G 5.D
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A
How men first learned to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, they called letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken, or written in letters, we call words.
The power of words, then, lies in their associations — the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to us increase.
Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and feelings. This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary style. Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music, and which by their position and association can move men to tears. We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they make our speech silly and rude.
1．Which of the following can be the best title for this passage
A. The History of Words B. The Origin of Words
C. The Power of Words D. The Future of Words
答案与解析 C 标题归纳题。文章第一段解释了words，第二段说明语言力量的原因，第三段说明语言力量的方式，故C项正确。
2．What's the first paragraph mainly about
A. The inventors of words.
B. The mystery of language.
C. The origin of letters.
D. The explanation of words.
答案与解析 D 段落大意题。第一段由人们的想法→字母→声音→单词，故而是对单词的解释。
3．What's the main point of the second paragraph
A. The connections between words make words powerful.
B. The experience makes words more and more meaningful.
C. The power of words has much relationship with one's age.
D. One's vocabulary increases mainly with the growing years.
答案与解析 A 段落大意题。文章第二段第一句即是第二段主旨所在。
4．What's the main idea of the last paragraph
A. Great writers must have great thoughts and feelings.
B. The achievements in literary also express the power of words.
C. The real poet is a master of words and a musician as well.
D. It's important to choose words carefully when making speech.
答案与解析 B 段落大意题。文章第三段第一句就表明了第三段的大意所在。
5．What's the meaning of the underlined word “telling” according to the passage
A. Saying. B. Recognizing.
C. Vivid. D. Angry.
答案与解析 C 词义猜测题。由telling前面的形容词charming可知C项正确。
B
Poetry is one of the important art forms of literature, and is an easy way to express your feelings. Moreover, everyone understands it in their own way. Some find relief in poems; some read them simply for peace; some read poems for simple artistic pleasure.
There are some special features of poetry, which make it quite different from other forms of literature. First of all, poems have rhythmic patterns. Generally most parts of a poem follow the same form of rhythm. Poems may have rhyme, but they don't have to. The lines are neatly arranged together so that they express a particular feeling or emotion.
There can be various types of poems but according to the pattern or the form, there are mainly three types：
Lyrics: The lyric mainly concentrates on human thoughts and emotions rather than a story. Lyrics always bear song like appeal. These are mainly short poems. Popular lyric poem forms are the elegy, the ode and the sonnet. William Shakespeare, Edmund Waller and Keats are some of the greatest lyric writers of all times.
Narrative poems: This type of poetry tells a story. Narrative poems are usually long poems. Epics and ballads fall under this type. Some of the greatest epic poets are John Milton, Dante, Edgar Allan Poe, Alexander Pope，William Shakespeare, etc..
Dramatic poems: Any drama that is written in verse is a dramatic poem. These poems generally tell a story. Black verse, dramatic monologues and closet drama belong to this type. William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe and Ben Jonson are some of the great dramatic poets.
Whatever the form is, one thing, which cannot be denied, is that poetry is one of the most powerful tools to express our feelings.
语篇解读 本文主要讲了诗歌的一些特点以及诗歌的几种分类。
6．What can we know from the first paragraph
A. Poetry is the most important art form.
B. People write poems for fun.
C. People read poems for different purposes.
D. Everyone can write poems.
答案与解析 C 细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后一句可知不同的人因为不同的目的而读诗。
7．What do we know about lyrics
①They are similar to songs.
②They usually tell stories.
③They are not very long.
④The sonnet is a type of lyric.
A. ①②③ B. ②③④
C. ①②④ D. ①③④
答案与解析 D 推理判断题。根据文章第四段我们可以知道抒情诗主要表达人的思想和情感而不是写故事，具有歌曲的特点，通常比较短，挽歌、颂歌、十四行诗都属于抒情诗，故选D项。
8．Which of the following belongs to narrative poetry
A. The elegy. B. The dramatic monologue.
C. The epic. D. The ode.
答案与解析 C 细节理解题。根据第五段“Epics and ballads fall under this type.”可知。
9．We can know from the text that ________.
A. poems are weak in showing feelings
B. narrative poems are shorter than lyric poems
C. some poets write more than one type of poem
D. the sonnet and the ballad belong to the same type
答案与解析 C 推理判断题。从每种类别后举的例子可看出有的诗人不止写一种类型的诗，如莎士比亚。
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Ⅰ.完形填空
Poetry has magic, especially when it comes from the heart.
Poetry can touch us, move us, __1__ us, make us laugh, make us cry, and both soften and enrich __2__ deepest memories. Poems are the ties that bind one stranger to __3__， often in friendship, sometimes __4__ love, __5__ in understanding.
There are many different kinds of __6__. It imitates most short poems. Lyrics (抒情诗) may be __7__ music and songs. Odes, elegies and sonnets are __8__ lyric poems. The ode is very structured. It may be written to __9__ a person __10__ to celebrate an important __11__. Elegies have something to __12__ death. Sonnets are fourteen line poems __13__ a special rhyme __14__. Often they are love poems.
Narrative poetry (叙事诗) tells __15__. The most important kinds of narrative poems are ballads (民谣) and epics (史诗). Ballads tell stories about individuals. They are __16__ to be sung. The epic is probably the oldest __17__ of poetry. Epics are long poems that __18__ the heroic deeds of a character. The Odyssey is one of the best known epics. Many cultures have epics about their histories and legends.
Dramatic poetry (戏剧诗歌) also tells stories, __19__ the characters act out the tales. The dialogue is written in rhyme. Shakespeare is the most famous dramatic __20__.
1．A. surprise B. shock
C. delight D. frighten
2．A. our B. his
C. their D. its
3．A. others B. the other
C. other D. another
4．A. in B. with
C. for D. to
5．A. sometimes B. often
C. seldom D. always
6．A. poems B. articles
C. reports D. novels
7．A. set up B. set to
C. set off D. set out
8．A. longer B. shorter
C. too long D. too short
9．A. sing B. envy
C. love D. praise
10．A. and B. or
C. also D. but
11．A. event B. affair
C. matter D. business
12．A. lead to B. do with
C. do up D. deal with
13．A. have B. for
C. with D. on
14．A. way B. pattern
C. means D. forms
15．A. poems B. plays
C. novels D. stories
16．A. wanted B. hoped
C. suggested D. meant
17．A. form B. line
C. type D. kind
18．A. tell about B. think about
C. speak about D. is about
19．A. and B. so
C. however D. but
20．A. teller B. writer
C. poet D. author
答案与解析
1．C delight sb.“使某人高兴”。
2．A 上文中都是以us为宾语，与之对应用“our” deepest memories。
3．D one ... another ...习惯搭配，“一个……另一个……”。
4．A 与in friendship和in understanding并列， in此处表示“在某方面”。
5．A sometimes与4空格前的sometimes并列。
6．A 全文讲述了诗歌的分类，此处当然指“诗歌”有多种。
7．B be set to sth.“配有……”。符合句意：抒情诗常配有音乐和歌曲。set up“创立；建造”； set off“出发；启程”； set out“动身；起程”。
8．A odes, elegies和sonnets是相对长一些的抒情诗。
9．D 有些诗是写来颂扬某人或者庆贺某一重大事件的。
10．B or表示“或者”。
11．A event指“重大事件”，与句意相符。affair指“事物；私事”； matter指“物质”； business指“生意；事务”。
12．B have something to do with“与……有关”，固定搭配。
13．C with表示“具有”，此处构成短语修饰poems。
14．B pattern“模式；方式”， rhyme pattern“押韵方式”。
15．D 后两句中“Ballads tell stories about individuals.”有暗示。
16．D be meant to do sth.“专门为做……而准备的/而打算的”。
17．A form“形式”； line“线；台词”； type“种类；型号”； kind“种类”。最古老的诗歌形式应该用the oldest form of poetry表达。
18．A tell about“讲述”，与前边的两个“tell”相对应。
19．D 强调与前几种诗不同。
20．C 句意：莎士比亚是最著名的戏剧诗人。故选C项。
Ⅱ.短文改错
Hi, everyone. To let us get closely to nature and do more exercise, the Committee of our community will organise the activity. All residents they are interested in farming are invited to take part the activity. Weather permitted, we'll ride bike to do some farming this Saturday on a farm. It is about 5 kilometres far away from our community. You can grow some vegetables, plant some flowers and fed fish in the lake nearby. You will be trained and guide while farming. Not only will you enjoy the pleasure of labour and get relaxed, but also you can taste some fresh produce unless you are willing to. Everyone is welcome to attend!
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Hi, everyone. To let us get to nature and do more exercise, the Committee of our community will organise activity. All residents are interested in farming are invited to take part the activity. Weather ， we'll ride to do some farming this Saturday on a farm. It is about 5 kilometres away from our community. You can grow some vegetables, plant some flowers and fish in the lake nearby. You will be trained and while farming. Not only will you enjoy the pleasure of labour and get relaxed, but also you can taste some fresh produce you are 或 to. Everyone is welcome to attend!
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