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Life in the twenty-first century will be very1 . Many changes will take place, but2 will the changes be.
The population is growing3 . There will be many4 in the world and most of them will live5 than people in the twentieth century.
Computers will be much smaller and6 and there will be at least one in every7 . And8 studies will be one of the important subjects in school then.
People will work9 and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travelling.10 will be much easier and cheaper. And many more people will go to11 countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our12 , too. Maybe no one will eat meat every day, instead, they eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be13 . Work in the future will be different, too.14 and hard work can be done by robots. Because of this,15 will not have enough work to do .This will be a problem.
1. A. interestingB. hardC. differentD. beautiful
2. A. whyB. how C. whenD. what
3. A. slowlyB. fastC. quietlyD. suddenly
4. A. people B. workersC. scientistsD. doctors
5. A. longB. longer C. happyD. lucky
6. A. more usefulB. usefulC. helpfulD. less useful
7. A. hospital B. factoryC. home D. town
8. A. science B. mathsC. EnglishD. computer
9. A. fewer hours B. more hours
C. eight hoursD. more than eight hours
10. A. Seeing doctorsB. Going to the cinema
C. ShoppingD. Travelling
11. A. rich B. otherC. poor D. small
12. A. foodB. clothes C. fruit D. drinks
13. A. fatterB. thinnerC .healthierD. more pleased
14. A. SafeB. Easy C. SimpleD. Dangerous
15. A. a few peopleB. all the people
C. many peopleD. some people
名师点评
本文介绍了二十一世纪我们社会将发生的各种各样的变化，包括就业，饮食等一系列的变化。
答案解析
1. C。以下讲的是二十一世纪发生的一系列的变化，由于变化，生活也就变得与以前不同，故而选C。
2. D。这些变化会是哪些变化呢?What在这里充当的是表语。
3. B。众所周知，人口增长速度很快。
4. A。由上下文可知，这里指人口增多，故选people。
5. B。由于生活条件和习惯的改变，人们寿命将会更长，所以longer为正确选项。
6. A。电脑将发挥更大的作用，故选比较级more useful。
7. C。电脑将走进各家各户。
8. D。这一小节都讲的是电脑，故选D。
9. A。根据下文得知人们将有更多的时间用来娱乐，证明工作时间减少了，故选fewer hours。
10. D。根据下文的for holidays可知这里说的是旅行。
11. B。由于条件好了，更多的人都能够去其他国家旅游了，故选other。
12. A。根据下句得知，这里讲的是饮食变化。
13. C。由于饮食习惯发生变化，人们将更加健康。
14. D。和hard并列的词应选择dangerous。
15. C。因为很多工作都是由机器人来完成，那么许多人也就面临着失业的危险。
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Many people go to school for an education.1 learn languages, history, geography, physics, chemistry and maths. Others go to school to learn a skill so that they can2 a living. School3 is very important and useful. Yet no one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he4 , can not teach his students everything they5 to know. The teacher's job is to show his students how to read and how to6 . So much more is to be learned7 school by the students themselves.
It is always more important to know how to study by8 than to memorize(熟记)some facts or formula(公式). It is9 quite easy to learn a10 fact in history or a formula in mathematics. But it is very difficult to use a formula in11 out a maths problem. Great scientists, such as Einstein, Newton and Galileo, didn't learn many things from school. But they were all so12 that they invented so many things for mankind.
The13 for their success is that they knew how to study. They read books that were not14 at school. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. They would ask many questions as they read and they did thousands of15 .
1. A. StudentsB. TheyC. WeD. People
2. A. makeB. doC. haveD. get
3. A. educationB. degreeC. lessonD. task
4. A. teachesB. knowsC. learnsD. practises
5. A. manageB. expectC. failD. want
6. A. studyB. playC. thinkD. work
7. A. FromB. inC. withinD. outside
8. A. heartB. studentsC. usD. oneself
9. A. notB. actuallyC. seldomD. known
10.A. realB. trueC. certainD. great
11. A. settingB. workingC. makingD. doing
12. A. famousB. popularC. successfulD. modest
13. A. experimentB. reasonC. resultD. way
14. A. kept B. showedC. expressedD. taught
15. A. dutiesB. jobsC. experiments D. records
名师点评
本文讲述了自主学习的重要性。也就是说对于学生而言应该学会如何学习才是更重要的。而对于教师而言，不仅要教学生文化知识，更应教会他们如何学习，正所谓“授之以鱼，不如授之以渔”。
答案解析
1. B。they指上句中的many people。
2. A。make a living意思是“谋生”。这里表示学一门技术来谋生。
3. A。school education 意为“学校教育”。
4. B。意思是“不管他懂多少”。
5. D。表示学生想知道的东西 。
6. C。老师不仅教学生文化知识，更应该教会学生如何思考。
7. D。指应该更多的从校外获取知识。
8. D。study by oneself自学。
9. B。actually副词，“事实上”。actually easy 表示“真的很简单”。
10. C。certain这里指“某一个，固定的”。
11. B。work out意思是“解出”。
12. C。上述的这些人都很成功。
13. B。reason和for搭配，表示“……的原因”。
14. D。被动语态,表示“学校不教的书”。意思是他们获取了很多课外知识。
15. B。这些科学家都做了很多实验。
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About 70,000,000 Americans are trying to lose weight(减肥). That is almost 1 out of every 3 people in the United States. Some people eat1 food and they hardly have any fats or sweets. Others do running, exercise with machines, take medicines, or even have operations.2 you can see losing weight is3 work, and it will also cost a lot of money. But__4 do so many people in the United States want to lose weight?
Many people in the United States worry about their look of the body. For many people, looking nice also means to be5 . Other people worry about their health as many doctors6 overweight is not good.
Most people want to find an7 way to take off fat, and books of this kind are very popular. These books tell people how to lose weight. Each year a lot of new books like these are8 . Each one says it can easily help people take fat away.
Losing weight can be9 . Some overweight people go to health centres, like La Costa in California. Men and women10 several hundred dollars a day at these health centres. People live there for one week or two,11 exercise, eating different foods. Meals there may be just a little. All these work for losing weight. __12__ 4 days on the programme, one woman called Mrs. Warren lost 5 pounds (2.27kg). At $ 400 a day, she spent $ 320 to lose each pound. But she said she was still __13__ to do so.
Health centres, books, medicines, operations, running and exercise machines all __14__a lot of money. So in the United States, losing weight may mean losing __15__ too.
1. A. lessB. more C. niceD. fast
2. A. ForB. SoC. Or D. And
3. A. goodB. useful C. hard D. easy
4. A. why B. what C. how D. when
5. A. high B. short C. thin D. fat
6. A. talk B. say C. speak D. tell
7. A. dearerB. harder C. shorter D. easier
8. A. takenB. given C. written D. copied
9. A. cheapB. expensive C. easy D. safe
10. A. payB. cost C. take D. have
11. A. makingB. taking C. playing D. using
12. A. BeforeB. In C. After D. At
13. A. sorryB. angry C. sad D. glad
14. A. needB. have C. use D. get
15. A. healthB. time C. food D. money
名师点评
这篇文章讲的是美国有三分之一的人正在努力减肥，他们想尽了一切办法去减轻体重，同时也令他们耗费了不少的金钱。
答案简析
1. A。为了减肥，有些人只吃很少的食物。
2. B。根据上文，得知下面这个结论。所以选so表示因果关系。
3. C。减肥令人们不得不做很多令人痛苦的事，故是一项艰苦的工作。
4. A。下文讲的是人们减肥的原因，所以选why。
5. C。现在很多人都认为想要让自己看上去漂亮就得瘦，正是这种观点促使很多人要减肥。
6. B。这四个词当中只有say 可以直接加说话内容。
7. D。人们都希望减肥能够既快又简单。
8. C。因为很多人都想减肥，所以就有人写这方面的书籍来吸引减肥者。
9. B。根据下文得知减肥有时是一件很昂贵的事。
10. A。在表示花钱的几个动词中，只有pay 和 spend 的主语为人，这里没有 spend, 故选pay。
11. B。take exercise意思是“锻炼”。
12. C。
13. D。虽然昂贵，但她还是很乐意去做。
14. A。所有这些减肥的项目都是需要花费很多钱的。
15. D。综上所述，减肥也就意味着失去了很多金钱。
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When the boys1 home, it was eleven o’clock. It was dark2 but there was a light inside their home and the door3 . They could see a man inside.
“Who can4 be? ” Said Peter. “Mother and Father5 to do some6 . They won’t be home7 eight o’clock. ”
When the man saw Peter, he looked8 . Then he smiled and said. “Come in! You don’t know me, but I’m a friend of9 .” The man didn’t see John.
Peter went inside and began10 to the man but John didn’t. He quickly but quietly ran off. He soon found a policeman and brought him back11 home. The man was12 there, but when he saw the policeman, he tried to run off. The policeman caught him13 the arm. Just then the boys’ parents14 .
“Is the man your friend?” The policeman asked Mr. Turner .
“No, he is a thief. He wanted to steal my money.15 nice of you to catch him.”
1.A. reached B. arrived atC. goes toD. reached to
2.A. out of B. outsideC. outsidesD. inside
3.A. opened B. was openC. was openedD. open
4.A. heB. sheC. itD. that
5.A. have beenB. have goneC. goD. went
6.A. shops B. shoppingC. shoppingsD. shop
7.A. untilB. atC. to D. before
8.A. frighteningB. fear C. frightenedD. surprised
9.A. your father B. your father’sC. your motherD. your family
10.A. sayingB. talkingC. speakingD. telling
11.A. toB. to theirC. theirD. at
12.A. alreadyB. alwaysC. stillD. yet
13.A. inB. onC. atD. by
14.A. returned B. returned back
C. had returnedD. had returned back
15.A. It’sB. This’sC. This isD. So is
名师点评
这是一个两小孩智斗小偷的故事，体现了两个小孩的机智勇敢，随机应变。
答案简析
1.A。home是副词，前面不加介词。
2.B。外面天黑。
3.B。open的形容词还是open，故选 was open, 表状态，意为“敞开着的。
4.C。没看清对方的性别、容貌，常用it来指代之。
5.B。have gone to 表示“去了，还没回来”，have been to 表示“曾经去过”。
6.B。do some shopping为固定搭配 。
7.A。固定结构not.…..until意为“直到……才……”。
8.C。frightened 表示人内心的恐慌和害怕，而frightening则表示某物或某事令人害怕。
9.B。a friend of one’s 表示“某人的一个朋友”。
10.B。talk to sb表示“和某人交谈”。而speak to sb, say to sb均表示“对某人讲”。
11.B。home如果前面不加冠词或物主代词，它则是副词，不能加to。反之则是名词，必须加to。故选to their home。
12.C。那个小偷还在，故选still。
13.D。catch sb by the arm表示“抓住某人的胳膊”。
14.A。由just then 可知这里应用一般过去时。
15.A。
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It is common in English to ask people about their holidays. In the
West, many1 go away on holiday during the summer months,2 so it is very usual to3 about this. If the holiday has not4 taken place, then their holiday plans5 be talked about. And if it is already over, then where6 went, whether they7 it and so on can be discussed. Similar questions are asked8 some public holidays.
9 living and working in China often10 opportunities for travel, either at weekends or during11 holidays, so such kind of12 lead to fruitful discussions. They may be13 to know if they have chosen the14 places, especially those a little less15 ones.
1. A. factoriesB. familiesC. schools D. farms
2. A. butB. andC. becauseD. for
3. A. ask B. see C. know D. write
4. A. stillB. alreadyC. yetD. often
5. A. must B. should C. needD. can
6. A. weB. he C. they D. she
7. A. likedB. followed C. finished D. found
8. A. to B. beforeC. withD. by
9. A. VisitorsB. ForeignersC. StrangersD. Players
10. A. make B. carry C. have D. keep
11. A. his B. her C. their D. its
12.A. AnswersB. exercises C. excuses D. Questions
13.A. gladB. interested C. worried D. lucky
14. A. right B. different C. helpfulD. terrible
15. A. expensiveB. famous C. usefulD. friendly
名师点评
天气和假期永远是西方人日常谈论的话题，所以要了解西方文化就必须对他们的节假日有足够的了解。本文为你提供了一些，想必你会对西方的文化有进一步的了解。
答案简析
1.B。节假日中人们喜欢一家人一起出去游玩。
2.B。and这里表承接。
3.A。根据第一句话中的提示。
4.C。yet用于现在完成时的否定句中，其他词均不可以。
5.C。在旅游前，人们需要谈论一下计划，故选need 。
6.C。本文都是以第三人称写的。
7.A。节假日过后，人们总会互相询问是否喜欢自己的旅行。
8.B。有时一些相似的问题也会在假日来临之前就被讨论，故选before。
9.B。这里讲的是外国人的旅游习惯，包括那些在中国工作和生活的外国人。visitors则是片面的，仅指游客，故不选。
10.C。have opportunities意为“有机会”。
11.C。与第6题同解。
12.D。本文是围绕人们问旅游方面的问题展开的，故选questions 。
13.B。他们对以下的事感兴趣，想知道其中情况，故选B。
14.A。他们很想知道自己有没有选对地方，故选right 。
15.B。根据常识，人们一般会认为著名的地方都是正确的选择，所以人们想知道那些不太著名的地方是否是正确的选择。
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Dear George,
Half a year has gone by1 we said goodbye to each other at the Kaitak airport (飞机场) . Except for2 hurriedly written notes you have not written to any of your old3 any letters4 a few days. We are studying5 a foreign university, but know6 of what is going on about you.
Last night, John, Tom and I7 a happy reunion (重聚) in dinner. It was all like the old high school8 except that you were not in this get together.9 we all felt10 you. We then began to talk about you and wondered11 at that moment. At last we12 to your health.
What kind of life you are living in London? Is your school-work keeping you13 ? And there are a thousand things we want to14 . Please tell us.
My15 regards (问候) , also John’s and Tom’s.
Your old friend,
Tonny
1.A. sinceB. afterC. beforeD. when
2.A. littleB. a little C. few D. a few
3.A. classmates B. friends’ C. comrades’D. masters’
4.A. in B. for C. with D. during
5.A. in B. at C. on D. to
6.A. something B. everythingC. anything D. nothing
7.A. made B. started C. had D. did
8.A. time B. place C. days D. teaching
9.A. Suddenly B. But C. Or D. And
10.A. to miss B. in missingC. miss D . missing
11.A. what were you doing B. what you were doing
C. how were you doing D. how you were doing
12. A. drink B. drank C. had drunk D. was drinking
13. A. busy B. happy C. free D. sorry
14. A. understand B. hear C. see D. know
15. A. good B. better C. best D. well
名师点评
这是一封温馨老友的来信，信中提到了同学的重聚勾起了对往日学校生活和昔日同窗的怀念。
答案简析
1.A。主句是现在完成时，从句由since引导。
2.D。a few和few均修饰可数名词，但few表否定。
3.A。其它三种表达方式错误，这里无需用名词的所有格。
4.B。for加一段时间用于现在完成时表延续。
5.A。in a university / at university均可以表示上大学，这里因为已有了a故选in，而不选at。
6.D。因为好久没通信，所以对George的情况一无所知。
7.A。have a reunion为固定搭配。
8.C。想起了过去的日子，故选days。
9.A。
10.D。feel doing something表示“感觉……”。
11.B。宾语从句用陈述语序。
12.B。根据上下文的时态可知这里用一般过去时。
13.A。朋友们都想知道学校里的事是否让他很忙。这里可以比较四个选项的意思，再根据上文的意思可知选busy。
14.D。他们想知道许多关于George的事。
15.C。my best regards相当于my best wishes 。
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One will feel happy when others flatter( 奉承) him in his face. It is said that the best way of flattering someone is to give him a “top hat”1 .
A student was going to leave the capital to become2 official(官员) in a city far away. Before he started, he came to say3 to his teacher.
“It is4 job to be a good official.” his teacher said. “ you must be strict5 yourself and never be careless.”
“Don’t worry about me, sir.” The student answered. “I have already6 one hundred top hats, which will7 those people quite happy.”
“But we are really gentlemen!8 could a real gentleman do such a thing” his teacher was a bit9 . “Never forget10 I taught you in class!”
“11 are always right, sir I also hate such things. But, sir,12 no one really gentleman like you can be seen in the world now.” said the student. It seemed that he had to do so.
After hearing this , the teacher was13 . “What you said is true!”
“I have14 one top hat already. Now I have ninety-nine15 .” the student said to his friend later on when he asked the student what he had talked with the teacher about.
1. A. to put onB. putting onC. wearingD to wear
2. A. aB . theC. anD. /
3. A. hello B. good bye C. OK D. thanks
4. A. not an easyB. not easy C. a good D. difficult
5. A. about B. with C. from D. to
6. A. made B. Bought C. prepared D. repaired
7. A. give B. let C. keep D. make
8. A. How B. What C. Why D. When
9. A. anger B. angry C. angrily D. angrily
10. A. that B. how C. why D. what
11.A. You B. We C. They D. Us
12. A. hardly B. about C. almost D. nearly
13. A. disappointed B. pleased C. angry D. sorry
14. A. sent outB. bought C. sold D. borrowed
15. A. left B. already C. yet D. else
名师点评
这是一则幽默，说明许多人都喜欢听奉承话，有的人自以为清高，其实也被戴上“高帽子”, 而自己却不知道。
答案简析
1. D。wear表示状态，put on表示动作。根据结构give sb. sth. to do可知D为正确选项。
2. D。
3. B。因为要去另一个城市工作了,故向他的老师道别。
4. A。想做一个好官员,应该说是不容易的。
5. B。be strict with sb 意为“对某人严格要求”。
6. C。准备了一百个高帽子，其实就是奉承的好话，而不是做或是买了许多高帽子。
7. D。make sb. happy意为“使某人高兴”。
8. A。
9. B。这里应该用形容词，表示老师听了他的话有点生气。
10. D。由what 引导宾语从句，表示不要忘了老师教过的事。
11. A。You are right表示赞同老师说的话。
12. C。当出现 no, nothing nobody 等一系列否定词的时候，只能用almost 不能用 nearly。
13. B。听了奉承话以后, 他很高兴。
14. A。表示送出了一顶, 而不是买或者卖，与上文相呼应。
15. A。left 这里表示“剩下的, 剩余的”。
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“It’s over! Thank goodness!” school was1 and I was tired. I2 at the front of the school bus.
Janie, the driver, tries to3 the uncomfortable atmosphere by striking the match of talks. I try to listen4 , but usually I am too5 thinking about my day. On this day, however, her talk was worth6 .
“My father’s ill ,” she said to no one in particular(特别地). I could see worry in her7 . I had never seen her like this before. She always meets students8 a smile.
With a sudden change of interest, I asked, “ what’s wrong with him?”
With her eyes wet and her voice9 , she answered, “Heart trouble.” Her eyes lowered as she continued. “I’ve already10 my mum, so I don’t think I can stand losing him.” I couldn’t answer. My heart ached for her.
I sat on the11 thinking of the great pain my own mother was thrown into when her father died. I saw how hard it was, and still is, for her. I wouldn’t want to anyone to go through that.
Suddenly I realized Janie wasn’t only a bus12 , that was just her job. She had a whole world of family and cares13 .
I suddenly14 very selfish. I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver. I had judged her by her job and brushed her off as unimportant.
I shouldn’t have been so selfish and self-centered.15 people is an art.
1. A. inB. offC. overD. on
2. A. ranB. walkedC. satD. stood
3. A. restB. breakC. closeD. open
4. A. politeB. rude C. politelyD. quickly
5. A. busyB. freeC. busilyD. freely
6. A. looking atB. agreeing withC. talking toD. listening to
7. A. eyesB. faceC. mouthD. ears
8. A. withB. withinC. withoutD. for
9. A. usuallyB. usualC. unusualD. truly
10.A. rememberedB. forgottenC. lostD. missed
11. A. seatB. houseC. roomD. desk
12. A. workerB. driverC. teacherD. doctor
13. A. alsoB. eitherC. tooD. at all
14. A. feltB. feelC. thoughtD. was
15. A. Looking atB. UnderstandingC. Getting to know D. Watching
名师点评：
通过这则短文，我们知道每个人除了在工作中扮演不同的社会角色外，他还是一个普通的家庭成员，有自己的喜怒哀乐，所以我们应当相互关心，相互爱护，理解他人的苦衷。
答案简析：
1. C。根据上下文Thank goodness、tired的提示，可知是放学了。
2. C。根据第11选项知道他是坐着的，不是站在公共汽车上。
3. B。表示打破沉闷的气氛。
4. C。别人讲话时，你应该有礼貌地去倾听，故选副词politely修饰动词listen。
5. A。be busy doing表示“忙于做某事”。
6. D。根据文章可知，今天她的话却值得一听。
7. A。表示从她眼里可看得出她的担心，而face则应和on搭配。
8. A。with a smile 表示“面带笑容”。
9. C。因为悲伤，所以她的声音和平时有所不同。
10. C。因为她已经失去了母亲，所以不能承受再失去父爱的痛苦。miss表示错过，不表示丢失或失去，故不选。
11. A。坐在座位上。
12. B。我们从文章开始就知道Janie是一个驾驶员
13. C。too用于句末，also 用于句中，而either用于否定句句末。
14. A。“我”突然地觉得自己很自私。
15. B。通过“我”的突然醒悟，告诉人们人与人之间的理解是很重要的。
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The women’s college had a very small car park, and because several of the teachers and students, and many of the students’ boyfriends, had cars, it was often1 to find a place to park. The head of the college, Miss Baker, had a2 in the car park for her own small car. There were white3 around it, and it had a small blackboard saying, “Only for Head of College.”
One evening when Miss Baker got4 to the college a few minutes before the time all the students should be in, she5 another car in her parking place. There were two6 in it, one of her girl students and a young man. Miss Baker7 that the young man would have to leave soon,8 she decided to ask him to move his car a bit, for her to park her car in the place for the night9 going to bed.
Because the young man’s car was10 to the railing, Miss Baker had to drive up beside it on the other11 , where the girl was sitting. She came up on this side,12 her own window and tapped her horn lightly. The girl was having her head on the13 shoulder. She looked round in14 . She was even more surprised when she15 Miss Baker say, “Excuse me, but may I change places with you?”
1. A. lateB. difficultC. importantD. quick
2. A. placeB. seatC. roomD. card
3. A. picturesB. mapsC. linesD. walls
4. A. outB. upC. awayD. back
5. A. stoppedB. foundC. caughtD. missed
6. A. boysB. womenC. teachersD. people
7. A. saidB. forgotC. knewD. waited
8. A. untilB. sinceC. thoughD. so
9. A. beforeB. afterC. aboutD .from
10. A. nextB. farC. readyD. same
11. A. wayB. sideC. hand D. corner
12. A. closedB. pulledC. openedD. cleaned
13. A. car’sB. woman’sC. park’sD. man’s
14. A. trouble B. timeC. surpriseD. hurry
15. A. heardB. learnedC. taughtD. close
名师点评
在这篇短文里，Miss Baker 用委婉的说法请求别人让出自己的车位，却遭到别人的误解，令人啼笑皆非。
答案简析
1. B。因为停车场小，而车子却多，所以常常很难找到停车位。
2. A。place表示“车位”。room 作为空间讲是不可数名词，故不选。
3. C。用白色的栏杆围着，以示私人专用。
4. D。因为是夜晚，所以是回到学校准备休息了。
5. B。
6. D。由下文得知是一男一女，故选 people。
7. C。因为这是女校，所以她知道这位男士肯定马上要走的。
8. D。因为她知道这个年轻人很快会走，所以她决定请他让出车位。
9. A。表示睡觉前要把车子停好。
10. A。next to 表示“靠近，邻近”。
11. B。
12. C。打开车窗，以便于和那辆汽车里的人讲话。
13. D。
14. C。in surprise表示惊讶，根据下一句more surprised可知这里她的反应是惊讶。
15. A。hear sb. say sth.意思是“听见某人说什么”。
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Long ago there was a poor farmer called Fred. Fred and his wife, Doris lived1 together in their small old house. One winter night, the Luck Fairy (仙女) visited them .
“Fred, you’re a2 farmer. I’d like to give you a wish,” said the Luck Fairy.
“A wish?” Said Fred.
Fred and Doris smiled at each other. Then Fred said, “ Thank you , Luck Fairy. We’re very3 and happy.”
“4 we’re old, we still work in the field every day,” said Doris.
“You wok very hard but you5 very little money. Would you like some gold coins ” asked the Luck Fairy.
“Oh no , my dear Luck Fairy. We’re poor. But we have6 food to eat.” Replied Fred.
“You can use the gold coin to buy some clothes. The winter here is very cold,” said Luck Fairy.
“Though we haven’t got7 clothes, we’ve got enough,” said Doris.
“Well, what about a nice new house?” Asked Luck Fairy.
“Thank you, but I8 my small old house very much. I’ve lived here since I was born. I don’t9 a new house,” said Fred.
“You’re quite different from other people. I like you very much,” said the Luck Fairy. “I wish you happiness and Luck forever.” Then the Luck Fairy10 and never came back.
1. A. sadlyB. happilyC. worriedD. anxiously
2. A. badB. lazyC. goodD. unhelpful
3. A. healthyB. carefulC. difficultD. important
4. A. IfB. ButC. BecauseD. Though
5. A. costB. loseC. makeD. borrow
6. A. noB. littleC. enoughD. expensive
7. A. oldB. manyC. badD. clean
8. A. hateB. loveC. needD. dislike
9. A. needB. seeC. buyD. build
10. A. smiledB. noddedC. laughedD. disappeared
名师点评
这则故事告诉我们，人不必贪心，要懂得知足常乐。
答案简析
1. B。根据下文我们知道，这对夫妇生活得很愉快。
2. C。正因为Fred是一个好农夫，仙女才要奖励他。
3. A。比较这四个词的意思不难发现与happy 并列的是healthy。
4. D。根据still可知选though。虽然他们年纪大了，但仍然能够在田里干活。
5. C。make money意思是“赚钱”。
6. C。根据文意，他们对一切都感到知足，包括食物他们也觉得足够吃了。
7. B。他们没有许多衣服，但对他们来说却已经够穿了。
8. B。
9. A。根据上文，他们喜欢自己的小屋，所以不需要新的。
10. D。根据never come back可知仙女消失了。
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A thousand years ago, Hong Kong was covered by a thick forest. As more and more people came to1 in Hong Kong, these trees were cut down and burnt. Now there is2 forest left, though there are still some small areas(地方) covered with trees. We call these woods.
Elephants, tigers and many3 animals were living in the thick forest. When people came to live in Hong Kong, the4 began to die out. Early farmers grew rice and5 pigs and chickens in the valleys. They cut down the trees and burnt them. They needed6 to keep themselves warm in winter, to cook their food and to keep away the dangerous animals. Elephants quickly disappeared(消失) because there was not enough food for them.7 did most of the wolves and tigers. Monkeys and many other animals soon8 in the same way.
You might think that there are no longer any animals in Hong Kong9 in the zoos. There are still about 36 different animals10 there. One of the most interesting of Hong Kong’s animals is the barking deer. These are beautiful little animals11 a rich brown coat and a white patch(补丁) under the tail. They look like deer12 but they are much like a dog13 . In Hong Kong the barking deer has only a real enemy(敌人)—14 . People hunt these little animals though it is illegal(违法的). There are now not many barking deer left. So it is important15 people to protect (保护) wild animals.
1. A. workB. studyC. liveD. enjoy
2. A. many B. a few C. no D. not
3. A. otherB. othersC. the otherD. another
4. A. peopleB. animalsC. plantsD. things
5. A. grew B. made C. got D. kept
6. A. fireB. hotnessC. heatD. stoves(炉子)
7. A. So B. Such C. As D. Nor
8. A. lived B. died C. came D. left
9. A. besidesB. exceptC. and D. or
10. A. live B. to liveC. lived D. living
11. A. have B. withoutC. with D. get
12. A. high B. higher C. shortD. shorter
13. A. shoutingB. cryingC. barkingD. talking
14. A. tigersB. menC. wolvesD. elephants
15. A. to B. for C. like D. of
名师点评
这则短文通过讲述香港的变化来告诫人们要保护森林、爱护动物。
答案简析
1. C。表示有了人的居住后，情况才发生了改变。
2.C。根据下面一句话得知大面积的森林已经消失了。
3. A。many other animals 表示其余的许多种动物，但不代表世界上所有的动物，故不选the other 。
4. B。由于人多了，动物就变少了。
5. D。keep 这里表示“饲养”，而grow意思是“种植”。
6. A。根据后面的取暖、烧饭、驱赶动物，可见这里他们需要的是火。
7. A。“so+助动词+主语”表示“某人(某物)也这样”，这里表示狼和老虎也消失了。
8. B。跟上一句表达同样的意思。
9. B。besides 表示“除了……还有……”，而except“除……之外”。故选except表示除了动物园其它地方就没有动物了。
10. D。There be sb./sth.+ doing 为固定搭配。
11. C。with引导的介宾短语常常用来表示人或物的外貌特征。
12. A。表示长得和鹿差不多高。
13. C。狗叫声通常用barking。
14. B。根据整篇文章的观点就可得知人类才是动物真正的敌人。
15. B。“It be + 形+for sb. + to do” 表示对某人来说做某事怎样(简单、困难、重要……)而of sb.表示人的性格或品质，如kind, bad, nice 等。
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Many of you are studying English and you may be1 why it is so difficult to learn. It's actually not too difficult to learn2 you know some3 about the language and culture that it reflects (反映). Perhaps the first thing you need to know about English is that it is made up of several other languages4 French, German, Latin, Greek and AngloSaxon. In addition, there are words5 Spanish in English and many American Indian words and names, even some Chinese and Japanese6 can be found in the English language. This borrowing of words7 other languages is8 of the key reasons9 some of the difficulties that people meet with (遇到)10 they are learning English.
1. A. knowingB. wonderingC. earningD. hearing
2. A. butB. andC. ifD. unless
3. A. newsB. factsC. truthD. information
4. A. such asB. the same asC. so asD. for example
5. A. inB. offC. ofD. from
6. A. wordsB. cultureC. languageD. letters
7. A. forB. toC. fromD. out
8. A. thatB. somethingC. oneD. this
9. A. whyB. ifC. whatD. for
10. A. whenB. beforeC. afterD. while
名师点评
这是一段论述英语词汇是由哪几方面的因素构成的说明文。文中介绍英语词汇和哪些语言有联系。
答案简析
1. B。想知道原因。
2. C。用if表示假设。
3. D。some information 为“一些语言信息”。information是不可数名词。
4. A。对组成部分的列举用such as。
5. D。from表示来“自于……”, “选自于……”。
6. A。句意理解题.中文和日文是English and Japanese words。
7. C。同5。
8. C 。one of 表示……之一。
9. A。此句是定语从句，连接词是why。
10. D。由于此句用的是进行时，故用while。
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Mr. Jackson was on duty that evening. It was1 and there was
thick snow outside. So2 people came to the hospital and he could__3 on the bed in his office and soon he went to4 . Suddenly someone knocked at the door and it woke him up. He got up and5 the door. In went an old man. His wife was6 and he asked the doctor to go to look her over.
It was still7 when Mr. Jackson came out. The old farmer
walked fast and he hardly8 him. It was difficult for him to walk on the snowy roads. When he got to the man’s house, he was very9 . He looked over the old woman and found she had a bad cold. He gave her some10 and began to return to the hospital. The wind was blowing strongly and he had to walk11 so that he wouldn’t fall over.
And when he was near the hospital, he had a12 in his foot.
He walked slowly and at last he went into his office, He13 his shoe and looked at his foot. There was much blood (血) on it. He14 he stepped on (踩) a broken bottle. He looked at his shoe carefully and said to15 , “Luckily, it didn’t prick(扎)my shoe!”
1. A. hotB. warmC. coolD. cold
2. A. fewB. a fewC. someD. many
3. A. playB. danceC. lie downD. sit down
4. A. workB. sleepC. studyD. write
5. A. closedB. mendedC. openedD. broke
6. A. healthyB. strongC. weakD. ill
7. A. snowingB. shiningC. rainingD. singing
8. A. got on well withB. caught up with
C. looked afterD. listened to
9. A. sorryB. afraidC. strangeD. tired
10. A. medicineB. foodC. waterD. sugar
11. A. quicklyB. carefullyC. noisilyD. heavily
12. A. holeB. sockC. painD. pill
13. A. took offB. put upC. burntD. sold
14. A. forgotB. rememberedC. understoodD. was told
15. A. himB. herC. themD. himself
名师点评
这篇短文讲的是一个好心的医生在下雪的夜里出诊，由于天黑和匆忙的缘故，他把自己的脚扎伤了，而他却幽默地安慰自己——幸好鞋子没扎坏。
答案简析
1. D。根据下文的下雪，故得知是一个寒冷的天气。
2. A。由于天气的缘故，几乎无人在晚上出来看病。few和little都表示否定，但little用来修饰不可数名词，故不选。
3. C。没有病人，医生便躺下休息了。
4. B。go to sleep 表示“睡着”。
5. C。
6. D。因为生病才要请医生。而weak只表示虚弱，未必就得看医生。
7. A。根据上文的天气情况可知外面仍在下雪。
8. B。catch up意思是“跟上，赶上”。
9. D。因为下雪路面不好行走，再加上走得快，所以走得很累。
10. A。医生看完病后，一定会开药。
11. B。路很难走，所以不得不小心。
12. C。根据下文他的脚流血了，证明这里他应该感到疼痛。
13. A。根据文意，他是在脱掉鞋子检查自己的脚。
14. B。
15. D。这里别无他人，故他是 say to himself。
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A few minutes before six o’clock, Mr. Smith began to leave. He was about to start the car when a gunman (持枪者)1 up from the back seat. He2 a gun to Mr. Smith’s head,“Drive me to Paris!” he shouted.
“All right”Mr. Smith answered. He started the engine (发动机), pulled away from the side of the street and3 down. Being 81 years old, he knew he could not4 the gunman. He knew he needed help. Where were the police? As he drove5 each crossing, he looked up and down the side streets, hoping to meet a police car. But he could see6 .“Just my luck,” he thought. “If I was7 too fast, there would be a police car on every corner.”
8 he pushed his foot down on the accelerator, and the car ran9 faster. “What are you doing?” shouted the gunman.“Keeping off the police.” Mr. Smith answered.“I thought I saw a police car10 there.”
He ran red lights, drove wrong on one-way streets. On the two-way streets, he drove on the wrong11 of the road. Not one of the policemen saw him. Again Mr. Smith’s plan was not working. He had to try a12 plan.
He13 a corner and saw the police station in front. Then he drove his car as fast as he could towards the police gate. The car hit a police motorbike down and stopped. Mr. Smith shouted,“Help! Help!”Then he14 back to grab the man’s gun. At the same time the policemen heard the15 and quickly caught the gunman.
1. A. wokeB. satC. stoodD. jumped
2. A. broughtB. pointedC. heldD. carried
3. A. droveB. leftC. tookD. pushed
4. A. fightB. liftC. keepD. hit
5. A. aroundB. overC. throughD. towards
6. A. somebodyB. anybodyC. everybodyD. nobody
7. A. drivingB. movingC. gettingD. walking
8. A. SlowlyB. SuddenlyC. QuietlyD. Carefully
9. A. moreB. muchC. veryD. quite
10. A. frontB. nearC. belowD. back
11. A. streetB. wayC. sideD. corner
12. A. newB. safeC. hardD. nice
13. A. foundB. turnedC. stopped atD. arrived at
14. A. gotB. lookedC. turnedD. came
15. A. soundB. manC. voiceD. noise
名师点评
本文介绍了八旬老人Mr. Smith智斗歹徒的故事，故事情节扣人心弦，开始大家都会为老人捏一把汗，最后，大家又会情不自禁地佩服老人的机智与勇敢。
答案简析
D。本题考查这四个词组的意思和用法，wake up 是“醒来”的意思,sit up是“熬夜”的意思，stand up是“站起”的意思，jump up是“跳出来”，“突然出现”的意思。根据句意，可知选D比较合适。
B。从四个选项看，歹徒拿出枪显然是指着他, 故选B。
A。根据句意是叫他把车开走，四个词组只有A是这个意思。
A。意为和持枪者搏斗。
A。本题考查这四个介词的用法，根据词义选A。
D。根据上文可知，他没看见任何人，答案选D。
A。Mr. Smith是开着车的，因此四个答案中A为正确答案。
B。根据后文提示，他踩油门后车子开得更快了，显然他是突然加大了油门，选B 。
B。much修饰比较级，其他几个词不可修饰比较级。
B。“在那附近”。
C。街道的两边应用side这个词。
A。根据句意，Mr. Smith在一计不成后又生一计, 选A。
B。根据意思，应是在他转个弯之后才看见了交警。
C。本题的难点在于look back to 和turn back to 的用法，两个词组的意思分别是“回头”和“转身”的意思，再联系下文，他显然是转身想抓住歹徒, 故选C。
D。发生冲突后应产生打闹的噪音，故选D 最恰当。
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It is a thousand kilometers across that desert (沙漠). The road is1 nearly all the way. Sometimes there is a deep sand. A driver must then put his foot down hard and drive through! There are three small2 along the way. Vick reached the first place at ten o'clock p. m. He had his3 in a little restaurant (餐馆) there. It was a warm4 in August. Vick wanted to5 through the night. The nights are warm enough in August, but the days are very, very6 .
He left the restaurant at 11: 30 and drove over7 hours. There wasn't a moon, but the8 were wonderful. There was nothing else on die road. Vick thought, "It's an empty desert. No tree, house, man. " He could9 the endless, white road in the car's headlights(车灯). A million stars looked down on him.
It was two o'clock in the morning. Vick stopped the car. He was two hundred kilometers from the10 town: "I'll light the cooker( 炊具)," he thought, "and make some tea. " He got out of the car.
He heard some sounds, ten or fifteen meters11 . He could not see anything in the darkness(黑暗). A man said, "Good morning. It's a12 morning, isn't it?" The man came forward (向前),out of the darkness; out of the desert. Vick did not move. The man said, "You are going to13 some tea, aren't you? I often get a cup of tea at this time. It’s two o’clock. Cars always14 near here at this time. Sometimes I get a15 . Now listen, and I'll tell you a story. Then you'll give me…"
1. A. shortB. goodC. busyD. well
2. A. citiesB. hotels C. villagesD. towns
3. A. tea B. supper C. lunch D. breakfast
4. A. night B. day C. season D. month
5. A. live B. stay C. drive D. walk
6. A. cold B. cool C. hot D. warm
7. A. two B. seven C. ten D. fourteen
8. A. trees B. animals C. starsD. clouds
9. A. see B. ride C. pass D. find
10. A. home B. other C. next D. last
11. A. about B. from C. far D. away
12. A. noisy B. lovely C. sleepy D. sunny
13. A. eat B. make C. cook D. drink
14. A. leave B. stop C. meet D. run
15. A. bread B. car C. rest D. meal
名师点评
这是关于一个司机独自一人在茫茫沙漠中开车的故事，它着重描写了沙漠的荒无人烟，表达了主人公的孤单与艰辛，而如果这时在黑暗中真的走出一个人来，那会怎样呢?-
答案简析
A。沙漠中的路不可能好(从下文也可知)或繁忙，所以只有用short，well有语法错误。
D。从下文可知。
B。下午十点钟当然是吃晚饭。
A。上下文都可看出这时是夜晚。
C。从下文可看出他想趁着天不太热开车。
C。从常理和but一词可知白天天气很热。
A。从上文的11：30和下文的2：00很容易推断出。
C。天上没有月亮，但是有星星。其他选项天上不可能有。
A。除了天上的星星，他还能看到的那就是车灯下无边无际的白茫茫的路。不能用find，因为意思不符合。
C。下一个城镇是他的下一个目标。
D。fifteen meters away 距……远。
B。只有选lovely 。
B。make tea 泡茶。
B。常有司机把车停在这儿。
D。有时不仅仅可以喝到茶，还能吃一餐呢。Bread是不可数名词。
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A thirsty bee went to a river to drink. As it was drinking, the bee was1 away by the running water.
A kind bird saw that the bee was in2 . It picked3 off a tree and threw4 into the water in front of the bee. The bee climbed5 the leaf, and it was brought6 to the land. The bee thanked the bee a lot and then7 .
Not8 that, the bird was sitting9 the branch of a tree. It did not know that a man was shooting at it. But the bee saw10 the man was doing. So it flew into the man’s11 and stung(刺蜇) him. The12 in the man’s eye was so great that he was not able to13 the bird, and the bird flew away.
14 the bee,15 life had been saved by the bird, was able to save the life of the bird.
1. A. flyingB. broughtC. flowingD. carried
2. A. troubleB. a troubleC. dangerD. dangerous
3. A. a leafB. leaves C. leaf D. the leaf
4. A. them B. one C. itD. this
5. A. onto B. on C. to D. at
6. A. safety B. safe C. saved D. safely
7. A. climbed awayB. ran awayC. flew awayD. got away
8. A. long beforeB. before longC. after longD. long after
9. A. inB. onC. atD. by
10. A. that B. what C. which D. when
11. A. eye B. nose C. mouthD. ear
12. A. painB. beeC. birdD. earache
13. A. shootB. shoot atC. shoot toD. shoot on
14. A. In the wayB. On the wayC. In a wayD. In this way
15. A. herB. theC. whoseD. its
名师点评
本文是一篇寓言，介绍了蜜蜂和小鸟互相帮助，脱离危险的故事。救人一命胜造七级浮屠，我们从中可以学到乐于施恩，不忘回报的道理。
答案解析
1. D。根据句意，蜜蜂是被水冲走了，所以选carried。
2. C。in danger的意思为“处于危险之中”的意思。根据下文小鸟设法救蜜蜂的过程可以推断蜜蜂处于危险之中。
3. A。一方面根据句意，从树上摘下的可能是“树叶(leaf)”,另一方面从下文The bee climbed__5__the leaf，可以断定应选leaf。
4. C。it指代上文所说的树叶。
5. A。本题考介词的正确用法，climb onto是“爬到……上面”的意思，故选A。
6. D。应用副词作状语，故选safely。
7. C。根据文章的意思应为安全“飞走”之意。
8. D。B、C显然不可选。根据上下文可知，事情发生在那件事情(that)之后，故选D。
9. B。小鸟坐在树枝上，介词应用on。
10. B。宾语从句中需要一个作宾语的连接代词，故选what。
11. A。由下文可知它是飞向那个人的眼睛，使他无法射击小鸟。
12. A。根据文章的意思应是疼痛使那人不能射杀小鸟。
13. A。shoot是“射中、射死”的意思;shoot at是“瞄准、朝……射击”的意思，故选A。
14. D。In the way是“挡路”的意思;On the way是“在路上”的意思;In a way是“从某种程度上”的意思;In this way是“以这种方式”的意思。
15. C。根据句子结构分析，此空后面是一个非限制性定语从句，故选关系代词whose。
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I’m glad it’s Sunday again. I can stay in bed1 I like, drinking tea and2 those thick newspapers that are brought3 the newsboy through the letterbox at 8:30. In this way, I can catch up with all the4 I haven’t got time to read during my work time.
When I5 the papers, I then prepare my bath. The Sunday morning bath is6 of the week. There's no need to hurry because there’s no bus to7 and my friends are told not to call me up before noon on Sundays, so there is no danger of8 by the telephone.
9 spend the afternoon after lunch is always a bit of problem. In summer I can go to the park and sit in a chair10 boys playing football, while in winter I sit in front of the fire and11 when reading a book, sometimes I turn on the television and sleep through an old film.
Then there’s the12 ahead of me. Perhaps I’ll call on some friends or go to the cinema13 a new film I want to see or to town for a concert. Oh, there are14 pleasant ways of passing Sunday evenings. The only sad thing is that Monday morning is getting15 .
1. A. as long asB. as soon asC. as well asD. as much as
2. A. readB. readingC. to readD. am reading
3. A. from B. with C. and D. by
4. A. things B. books C. information D. knowledge
5. A. am readingB. have readC. had read D. read
6. A. the much pleasant B. the more pleasant
C. the most pleasant D. the very pleasant
7. A. sit B. catch C. get in D. take
8. A. troubleB. being troubled
C. troublingD. to be troubled
9. A. What to B. How to C. When to D. Where to
10. A. looking B. seeingC. looking at D. watching
11. A. fall asleepB. go to sleepC. go to bed D.get to sleep
12. A. supper B. friend C. evening D. work
13. A. whether there’s B. if there will be
C. when there has D. if there will be
14. A. so many B. such manyC. a lot D. quite few
15. A. busierB. longer C. near D. away
名师点评
本篇着重介绍作者在周日把工作抛在一边，尽情享受周日的大好时光。其实，绝大部分人都有这样的生活体验，因此，在做该题时，常识会帮助你顺利解题。
答案简析
1. A。as long as表示时间上的要多长有多长 。
2. B。现在分词充当伴随状语，与前面的drinking并列。
3. D。newsboy是动作的执行者，所以用by 。
4. A。意为报纸之类的所有的东西。
5.B。强调已读完报纸。
6. C。通过上下文可知只有用最高级，意为“星期日的淋浴是一个星期中最令人愉快的”。
7. B。catch a bus 赶车。
8. B。被打扰，所以用被动式，of 后接动名词形式作宾语。
9. B。表示怎样度过下午是个问题。
10. D。watch sb. doing sth.。seeing也很具有迷惑性，但观看某人踢足球还是应当用watch。
11. A。入睡，睡着。
12 .C。下午过后，当然是夜晚就在眼前。
13. B。这里故意把if和whether放在一起，其实，我们需要的是“假如”，而非“是否”，故选择if，本句是一个条件状语从句，故用一般现在时。
14. B。固定短语so…that,，such…that 另，many， much， little， few前用 so而不用such。
15. C。意为星期一早晨临近了。
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