In 1943, when I was 4, my parents moved from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, to Fairbanks, Alaska, where adventure was never very far away.
We arrived in the summer, just in time to enjoy the midnight sun. All that sunlight was fantastic for Mom's vegetable garden. Working in the garden at midnight tended to throw her timing off, so she didn't care much about my bedtime.
Dad was a Railway Express agent and Mom was his clerk. That left me in a mess. I usually managed to find some trouble to get into. Once I had a little Are going in the dirt basement of a hotel. I had tried to light a barrel(桶) of paint but couldn't really get a good fire going. The smoke got pretty bad, though, and when 1 made my exit, a crowd and the police were there to greet me. The policemen took my matches and drove me
Mom and Dad were occupied in the garden and Dad told the police to keep me, and they did! I had a tour of the prison before Mom rescued me. 1 hadn't turned 5 yet.
As I entered kindergarten, the serious cold began to set in. Would it surprise you to know that I soon left part of my tongue on a metal handrail at school?
As for Leonhard Seppala, famous as a dog sledder (駕雪橇者), I think I knew him well because I was taken for a ride with his white dog team one Sunday. At the time I didn't realize what a superstar he was, but I do remember the ride well. I was wrapped (包裹) heavily and well sheltered from the freezing and blowing weather.
In 1950, we moved back to Coeur d'Alene, but we got one more Alaskan adventure when Leonhard invited us eight years later by paying a visit to Idaho to attend a gathering of former neighbors of Alaska.
【小題1】What can be inferred about the author's family?
A.His father was a cruel man. |
B.His parents didn't love him. |
C.His parents used to be very busy. |
D.His mother didn't have any jobs. |
A.He learned to smoke. |
B.He was locked in a basement. |
C.He was arrested by the police. |
D.He nearly caused a fire accident. |
A.Leonhard was good at driving dog sleds. |
B.The author spent his whole childhood in Alaska. |
C.Leonhard often visited the author's family after 1950. |
D.The author suffered a lot while taking the dog sled in Alaska. |
A.To look back on his childhood with adventures. |
B.To describe the extreme weather of Alaska. |
C.To express how much he misses Leonhard. |
D.To show off his pride in making trouble. |
【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】A
【小題4】A
解析試題分析: 本文是一篇記敘文,在文章中作者回憶了自己童年時候發(fā)生的一件件的事情,基本都是作者惹得亂子。那時父親在鐵路部門工作,母親則是父親手下的一名職員,他們工作忙碌而無瑕顧及作者以至于他有一次點燃了一桶油漆,差點引起火災(zāi),闖下大禍。此外,在文中作者還提到了自己第一次做雪橇的美好回憶。
【小題1】C考查推理判斷。根據(jù)文章第二段Working in the garden at midnight tended to throw her timing off,和第三段內(nèi)容Dad was a Railway Express agent and Mom was his clerk. That left me in a mess. 可知在鐵路部門工作的父母忙于工作無瑕顧及作者,由此判斷作者的父母非常忙碌,選C。
【小題2】D考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。在文章第三段和第四段作者講述了自己小時候玩火差點釀成火災(zāi)的事情,然后在第四段末尾提到1 hadn't turned 5 yet.當(dāng)時我還不到5歲,由此可知當(dāng)作者四歲的時候他的淘氣險些釀成火災(zāi),正確答案為D。
【小題3】A考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。從文章末段內(nèi)容可知作者后來搬家了,故 B選項內(nèi)容錯誤,而C選項中作者提到Leonhard1950年以后還經(jīng)常去他家,內(nèi)容與文章末段提示的信息矛盾,故排除。根據(jù)文章第四段As for Leonhard Seppala, famous as a dog sledder和but I do remember the ride well.可知Leonhard Seppala以駕雪橇的高超技術(shù)而著名,而且作者第一次的乘坐雪橇也是非常愉快的,故D選項錯誤,答案選A。
【小題4】A考查主旨大意。文章開頭提出自己在四歲的時候,一家人搬到了阿拉斯加,在那里他的冒險生活就開始了,然后在下文中作者回憶了在那里發(fā)生的的事情,由此可知本文主要講述了作者小時候的事情,是作者對童年的回憶,選A。
考點:考查故事類短文閱讀。
科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
In winter Hammerfest is a thirty-hour ride by bus from Oslo, though why anyone would want to go there in winter is a question worth considering. It is on the edge of the world, the northernmost town in Europe, as far from London as London is from Tunis, a place of dark and cruel winters, where the sun sinks into the Arctic Ocean in November and does not rise again for ten weeks.I wanted to see the Northern Lights. Also, I had long harboured a half-formed urge to experience what life was like in such a remote and forbidding place. Sitting at home in England with a glass of whisky and a book of maps, this had seemed an excellent idea. But now as I picked my way through the grey, late-December slush(融雪) of Oslo I was beginning to have my doubts.
Things had not started well. I had overslept at the hotel, missing breakfast, and had to leap into my clothes. I couldn't find a cab and had to drag my unreasonably overweighted bag eight blocks through slush to the central bus station. I had had huge difficulty persuading the staff at the Kreditkassen Bank on Karl Johans Gate to cash sufficient traveller's cheques to pay the overcharged 1,200-kroner bus fare-they simply could not be made to grasp that the William McGuire Bryson on my passport and the Bill Bryson on my traveller's cheques were both me-and now here I was arriving at the station two minutes before departure, breathless and steaming from the endless uphill exertion(費力)that is my life, and the girl at the ticket counter was telling me that she had no record of my reservation.
"This isn't happening," I said. "I'm still at home in England enjoying Christmas.Pass me a drop more port, will you, darling?" Actually, I said, "There must be some mistake. Please look again." The girl studied the passenger list. "No, Mr Bryson, your name is not here·”
But I could see it, even upside-down. "There it is, second from the bottom二,,
"No," the girl decided, "that says Bemt Bjornson. That's a Norwegian name·”
"It doesn't say Bernt Bjornson. It says Bill Bryson. Look at the loop(圓圈) of the 'y', the two ‘I's. Miss, please." But she wouldn't have it. "If I miss this bus when does the next one go?""Next week at the same time.,,
Oh, splendid.
"Miss, believe me, it says Bill Bryson."
"No, it doesn't."
"Miss, look, I've come from England. I'm carrying some medicine that could save a child's life.”She didn't buy this. "I want to see the manager."
"He's in Stavanger.”
"Listen, I made a reservation by telephone.If I don't get on this bus I’m going to write a letter to your manager that will cast a shadow over your career prospects(前景)for the rest of this century." This clearly did not alarm her. Then it occurred to me. "If this Bemt Bjornson doesn't show up, can I have his seat?"
"Sure.”
Why don't I think of these things in the first place and save myself the suffering? "Thank you,"
I said, and dragged my bag outside.
【小題1】 What words can best describe Hammerfest in winter?
A.Grey and dirty. |
B.Dark and cold. |
C.Unfriendly and expensive. |
D.Wild and forbidden. |
A.To suggest that people there could be ridiculous and stubborn. |
B.To introduce the cultural differences in northern Europe and England. |
C.To give an example of an interesting story during his journey. |
D.To indicate that the bus fare was very expensive. |
A.The author booked his bus ticket with a Norwegian name. |
B.The author paid the bus fare by traveller's cheque. |
C.The author would hopefully get on the bus. |
D.The girl at the ticket counter cared about the author's complaints. |
A.embarrassed | B.contented |
C.regretful | D.grateful |
A.the author's journey to the north was not worthwhile |
B.the Europeans didn't welcome visitors |
C.the author wrote a letter to the girl's manager |
D.the author's journey to the north was not smooth |
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The day when the jobs were handed out was one of the most exciting moments for all the children in the class. It took place during the first week of the term. Every kid was given a job for which they would be responsible for the rest of that school year.
Some jobs were more interesting than others, and the children were eager to be given one of the best ones. When giving them out, the teacher took into account which pupils had been most responsible during the previous year. During the previous year Rita had carried out the teacher’s instructions perfectly. All the children knew Rita would be given the best job.
But there was a big surprise. Each child received a normal job. But Rita’s job was very different. She was given a little box containing some sand and one ant. Though the teacher insisted that this ant was very special, Rita felt disappointed. Most of her classmates felt sorry for her. Even her father became very angry with the teacher and he encouraged Rita to pay no attention to this insignificant pet. However, Rita preferred to show the teacher her error by doing something special with that job of little interest.
Rita started investigating all about her little ant and gave the ant the best food, and it grew quite a bit bigger.
One day, a man, who looked very important, came into their classroom and declared, “Your class has been chosen to accompany me, this summer, on a journey to the tropical rainforest, where we will investigate all kinds of insects. Among all the schools of this region, your class has best cared for the little ant.”
That day the school was filled with joy and celebration. Everyone thanked Rita for having been so patient and responsible. And many children learnt that to be given the most important task you have to know how to be responsible even in what are the smallest tasks.
【小題1】What did the teacher base her decision on when giving out jobs to the children?
A.Their ability of managing their accounts during the previous year. |
B.Their characters and interests. |
C.Their class performance during the previous year. |
D.Their working performance during the previous year. |
A.The most responsible student got the job of least interest. |
B.Each child got an important job. |
C.Each child got an interesting job. |
D.The perfect student got the job of everyone’s preference. |
A.Acceptive. | B.Negative. |
C.Uncertain. | D.Totally positive. |
A.principal | B.hunter |
C.director | D.biologist |
A.Responsibility And Intelligence Bring Good Luck |
B.Never Complain About Life |
C.Small Tasks Can Lead To Fortunes |
D.Men Are Best Known By Their Friends |
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When I told my father that I was moving to Des Moines, Iowa, he told me about the only time he had been there. It was in the 1930s, when he was an editor if the literary magazine of Southern Methodist University(SMU)in Dallas, Texas. He also worked as a professor at SMU, and there was a girl student in his class who suffered from a serious back disease. She couldn;t afford the operation because her family was poor.
Her mother ran a boardinghouse in Galveston, a seaside town near Houston, Texas. She was cleaning out the attic(閣樓)one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript(手稿). On its top page were the words, “By O. Henry”. It was a nice story, and she sent it to her daughter at SMU, who showed it to my father. My father had never read the story before, but it sounded like O. Henry, and he knew that O. Henry had once lived in Houston. So it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Gainestown boardinghouse, and had written the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident. My father visited an O. Henry expert at Columbia University in New York, who authenticated the story as O. Henry’s.
My father then set out to sell it. Eventfully, he foud himself in Des Moines, meeting with Gardner Cowles, a top editor at the Des Moines Register. Cowles loves the story and bought it on the spot. My father took the money to the girl. It was just enough for her to have the operation she so desperately needed.
My father never told me what the O. Henry story was about. But i doubt that it could have been better than his own story.
【小題1】Who found the O. Henry’s manuscript?
A.The girl’s mother. | B.The author’s father. |
C.The girl. | D.The author. |
A.O. Henry once worked in Houston. |
B.O. Henry once stayed in Galveston. |
C.O. Henry once moved to Des Moines. |
D.O. Henry once taught at SMU. |
A.named | B.treated | C.proved | D.described |
A.To sell the O. Henry story. | B.To meet the author himself. |
C.To talk with the O. Henry expert. | D.To give money to the girl. |
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Jenny found her old bicycle at the back of the garage.It was a lot smaller than she remembered.When she sat on it and put her feet on the pedals,her knees nearly touched her chin. She then asked her dad for a new bicycle.
“Well,I’m sorry,but I can’t afford a bicycle now,“said Dad.“Why don’t you work and earn some money? You can save up for a bicycle yourself.”
Jenny began to work.That day she earned five dollars for cutting the grass and ten dollars for mowing the lawn for her dad.
That night Jenny went on the computer.She wrote“Gardening and Housework—Ten dollars an hour.Call Jenny at 23 Roseville Lane.“She decorated the page with pictures of cleaning and gardening equipment.She printed it fifty times.Then she posted the pages through all the doors on her street.
That week,Jenny was very busy! Lots of people had jobs to do,but they didn’t have time to do them.So they called Jenny.Every day,Jenny rushed home from schoo1.She did her homework quickly,and then she went out to work.
At the end of the week.she had$65! She told her father.
“That’s enough for a second hand bicycle.”he said.
“Yes,but if I work for one more week,I might have enough money for a new bike,“said Jenny.“In two more weeks,I could buy a really good bicycle! I think that's what I'll do. I want to have the best bicycle in the class,because I earn it myself!”
Jenny’s dad hugged her.“I think you learned something important.We appreciate things a lot more when we earn them.When we get something without earning it,we do not realize its true value.”
【小題1】What was the problem with Jenny’s old bicycle?
A.It was broken. | B.It was too small. |
C.Jenny didn't like it. | D.It was too dirty. |
A.He had just bought Jenny a birthday present. |
B.He was too busy. |
C.He wanted to teach her a lesson. |
D.He didn’t think it was a good idea. |
A.$10. | B.$15. | C.$65. | D.$5. |
A.She mailed letters to them. | B.She talked to all her neighbors. |
C.she sent them an email. | D.She delivered messages by hand. |
A.optimistic about making more money |
B.grateful to her father for his advice |
C.pleased because she had learnt a useful lesson |
D.disappointed because she couldn’t afford a new bicycle |
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
Arriving in Sydney on his own from India, my husband ,Rashid, stayed in a hotel for a short time while looking for a house for me and our children.
During the first week of his stay, he went out one day to do some shopping. He came back in the late afternoon to discover that his suitcase was gone. He was extremely worried as the suitcase had all his important papers, including his passport.
He reported the case to the police and then sat there,lost and lonely in strange city, thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again from a distant country while trying to settle down in a new one.
Late in the evening, the phone rang. It was a stranger. He was trying to pronounce my husband’s name and was asking him a lot of questions. Then he said they had found a pile of papers in their trash can(垃圾桶)that had been left out on the footpath.
My husband rushed to their home to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents. Their young daughter had gone to the trash can and found a pile of unfamiliar papers. Her parents had carefully sorted them out, although they had found mainly foreign addresses on most of the documents. At last they had seen a half-written letter in the pile in which my husband had given his new telephone number to a friend.
That family not only restored the important documents to us that day but also restoredour faith and trust in people. We still remember their kindness and often send a warm wish their way.
【小題1】What did Rashid plan to do after his arrival in Sydney?
A.Go shopping |
B.Find a house |
C.Join his family |
D.Take his family |
A.a(chǎn) friend of his family |
B.a(chǎn) Sydney policeman |
C.a(chǎn) letter in his papers |
D.a(chǎn) stranger in Sydney |
A.Showed |
B.Sent out |
C.Delivered |
D.Gave back |
A.From India to Australia. |
B.Living in a New Country. |
C.Turning Trash to Treasure. |
D.In Search of New Friends. |
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
Samuel Osmond is a 19-year-old law student from Cornwall, England. He never studied the piano. However, he can play very difficult musical pieces by musicians such as Chopin and Beethoven just a few minutes after he hears them. He learns a piece of music by listening to it in parts. Then he thinks about the notes in his head. Two years ago, he played his first piece Moonlight Sonata(奏鳴曲)by Beethoven. He surprised everyone around him.
Amazed that he remembered this long and difficult piece of music and played it perfectly, his teachers say Samuel is unbelievable .They say his ability is very rare, but Samuel doesn’t even realize that what he can do is special. Samuel wanted to become a lawyer as it was the wish of his parents, but music teachers told him he should study music instead. Now, he studies law and music.
Samuel can’t understand why everyone is so surprised. “I grew up with music. My mother played the piano and my father played the guitar. About two years ago, I suddenly decided to start playing the piano, without being able to read music and without having any lessons. It comes easily to me ---I hear the notes and can bear them in mind---each and every note,” says Samuel.
Recently, Samuel performed a piece during a special event at his college. The piece had more than a thousand notes. The audience was impressed by his amazing performance. He is now learning a piece that is so difficult that many professional pianists can’t play it. Samuel says confidently,” It’s all about super memory---I guess I have that gift.”
However, Samuel’s ability to remember things doesn’t stop with music. His family says that even when he was a young boy, Samuel heard someone read a story, and then he could retell the story word for word.
Samuel is still only a teenager. He doesn’t know what he wants to do in the future. For now, he is just happy to play beautiful music and continue his studies.
【小題1】What is special about Samuel Osmond?
A.He has a gift for writing music. |
B.He can write down the note he hears. |
C.He is a top student at the law school. |
D.He can play the musical piece he hears. |
A.Samuel chose law against the wish of his parents. |
B.Samuel planned to be a lawyer rather than a musician. |
C.Samuel thinks of himself as a man of great musical ability. |
D.Samuel studies law and music on the advice of his teachers. |
A.received a good early education in music |
B.played the guitar and the piano perfectly |
C.could play the piano without reading music |
D.could play the guitar better than his father |
A.He became famous during a special event at his college. |
B.He is proud of his ability to remember things accurately. |
C.He plays the piano better than many professional pianists. |
D.He impressed the audience by playing all the musical pieces. |
A.The Qualities of a Musician |
B.The Story of a Musical Talent |
C.The Importance of Early Education |
D.The Relationship between Memory and Music. |
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
British writer John Bunyan was born at Elstow, Bedfordshire, England, in November, 1628. His father was a maker and mender of pots and kettles, and the son followed the same trade. Though he is usually called a tinker, Bunyan had a settled home and place of business. He had little schooling, and he describes his early surroundings as poor and mean. He became much interested in religions, but it was only after a tremendous spiritual conflict, lasting three or four years, that he found peace. His struggles are related with extraordinary vividness and intensity in his “Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners.” His writing began with a controversy against the Quakers (教友派), and shows from the first the command of a homely but vigorous style.
Like most working men at the time, Bunyan had a deep hatred for the corrupted, hypocritical rich who accumulated their wealth “by hook and by crook.” As a stout Puritan(清教徒), he had made a conscientious study of the Bible and firmly believed in salvation (拯救) through spiritual struggle.
Bunyan’s style was modeled after that of the English Bible. With his concrete and living language and carefully observed and vividly presented details, he made it possible for the reader of the least education to share the pleasure of reading his novel and to relive the experience of his characters.
Bunyan’s works include Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners (1666), The Life and Death of Mr. Badman (1680), The Holy War (1682) and The Pilgrim’s Progress (1684).
The Pilgrim’s Progress is the most successful religious allegory (寓言) in the English language. Its purpose is to urge people to observe Christian doctrines and seek salvation through constant struggle with their own weaknesses and all kinds of social evils. It is not only about something spiritual but also bears much relevance to the time. Its predominant metaphor — life as a journey — is simple and familiar. The objects that Christian meets are homely and commonplace, and the scenes presented are typical English ones, but throughout the allegory a spiritual significance is added to the commonplace details. Here the strange is combined with the familiar and the trivial joined to the divine, and, a rich imagination and a natural talent for storytelling also contribute to the success of the work which is at once entertaining and morally instructive.
“The Vanity Fair,” is an excerpt from The Pilgrim’s Progress. The story starts with a dream in which the author sees Christian the Pilgrim, with a heavy burden on his back, reading the Bible. When he learns from the book that the city in which he and his family live shall be burnt down in a fire, Christian tries to convince his family and his neighbors of the oncoming disaster and asks them to go with him in search of salvation, but most of them simply ignore him. So he starts off with a friend, Pliable. Pliable turns back after they stumble into a pit, the Slough of Despond. Christian struggles on by himself. Then he is misled by Mr. Wordly Wiseman and is brought back onto the right road by Mr. Evangelist. There he joins Faithful, a neighbor who has set out later but has made better progress. The two go on together through many adventures, including the great struggle with Apollyon, who claims them to be his subjects and refuse to accept their allegiance to God. After many other adventures they come to the Vanity Fair where both are arrested as alien agitators. They are tried and Faithful is condemned to death. Christian, however manages to escape and goes on his way, assisted by a new friend, Hopeful. Tired of the hard journey, they are tempted to take pleasant path and are then captured by Giant Despair. Finally they got away and reach the Celestial City, where they enjoy eternal life in the fellowship of the blessed.
【小題1】According to the passage, Bunyan hated the rich people mainly because ______.
A.his father was making and mending pots and kettles |
B.Bunyan had poor and mean early surroundings |
C.the rich usually got their wealth in dishonest ways |
D.Bunyan studied the Bible to save the human souls |
A.①②③ | B.②③④ | C.①③④ | D.①②④ |
A.a(chǎn)dvise people to obey religious principles for salvation |
B.tell people that life is a simple and familiar journey |
C.a(chǎn)dd spiritual significance to the commonplace details |
D.to combine the strange things with the familiar things |
A.Any imaginable things might happen in a pilgrim’s dream. |
B.Christian the Pilgrim likes reading the Bible with a burden. |
C.People can struggle against weaknesses and evils for salvation |
D.People can enjoy eternal life in the fellowship of the blessed. |
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
Joke l:
A man was sitting reading his papers when his wife hit him round the head with a frying pan. “What was that for?” the man asked.
The wife replied, “That was for the piece of paper with the name Jenny on it I found in your pocket.” The man then said, “When l was at the races last week Jenny was the name of the horse I bet on.” The wife apologized and went on with the housework. Three days later the man was watching TV when his wife hit him on the head with an even bigger frying pan, knocking him unconscious. Upon regaining consciousness the man asked why she had hit again. Wife replied, “Your horse phoned.”
Joke 2:
“Do you believe in life after death?” the boss asked one of his employees.
“Yes, sir, ” the new employee replied.
“Well, then, that makes everything just fine, ” the boss went on. “After you left early yesterday to go to your grandmother’s funeral. she stopped in to see you!”
Joke 3:
“Oh, I am happy to see you, ” the little boy said to his grandmother on his mother's side. “Now maybe daddy will do the trick he has been promising us. ” The grandmother was curious. “What trick is that?” she asked.
“I heard him tell mommy that he would climb the walls if you came to visit, ” the little boy answered.
Joke 4:
A woman’s husband had been slipping in and out of a coma for several months, yet she had stayed by his bedside every single day. One day, he signaled for her to come nearer. As she sat by him, he whispered, eyes full of tears, “You know what? You have been with me all through the bad times.
When I got fired, you were there to support me.
When my business failed, you were there.
When I got shot, you were by my side.
When we lost the house, you stayed right here.
When my health started failing, you were still by my side… You know what Martha?”
“What dear?” she gently asked, smiling as her heart began to fill with warmth.
“I’m beginning to think you’re bad luck…”
【小題1】The wife became angry suddenly in Joke 1 because __________.
A.she had her frying pan burned while away |
B.her husband made a bet on a horse but lost |
C.her husband was carrying with himself a woman’s name |
D.her husband’s pocket money was lost without any reason |
A.The organization of the horse races of a club. |
B.Jenny the man chose to bet on in the races. |
C.Jenny who won the race successfully. |
D.Jenny whom the man made friends with. |
A.He was lucky to see the employee’s former grandmother. |
B.The employee’s grandmother has come into heaven after death. |
C.He has figured out that the employee told a lie to him. |
D.The employee’s grandmother was an honest woman. |
A.His father likes to make fun of his mother-in-law. |
B.He likes to play tricks on others. |
C.His mother is strict with him. |
D.His father doesn’t like his mother-in-law to come. |
A.he is thankful for his selfless and lovely wife |
B.he realizes he is unlucky to have married his wife |
C.it is fortunate to experience so many unforgettable things |
D.his wife deserves all his love because of her devotion |
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