Passage 5 (2014 南示,五,A)
阅读下面短文,根据所读内容,在文章后第1-10小题的空 格里填人一个最恰当的单词。
注意:每个空格只填1个单词。
Mayme Clayton collected books,magazines,and letters written by African Americans.Her son,Avery Clayton,thought her collection was important.Unlike most books,these were rare and hard to find.They were written by writers who helped shape African A-merican culture.
One book in the collection was written by Phillis Wheatley.Wheatley was a slave who wrote poetry.She was the first African American to publish (出版) a book. Wheatley herself signed (签名) the book in the Claytons’ collection.No one else owns a copy signed by Phillis Wheatley.
By the time she passed away at age 83 ,Mrs Clayton had more than 30 ,000 books by or about black people.Her collection also includes papers about slaves,photographs,movies,sheet music,and personal letters by black leaders and artists. It is one of the biggest personal collections of African American history and culture in the United States.
Avery Clayton's dream was to create a museum for his mother's treasures.Scholars say that Mrs Clayton^ collection is very important. Without her work,part of African American heritage (遗产) would have been lost. “We didn't know these things existed,” says Sara Hodson of California^ Huntington Library.
The collection’s new home is likely to be in Culver City,California. Part of Avery Clayton^ dream is to share the cultural riches his mother collected with others. He especially wants kids to have a chance to see the collection。 At present African American culture is being explained by pop culture,he says. “ It's important to offer a more complete picture。
Passage 5
[语篇解读]Mayme Clayton收集了很多非裔美国人写的书、杂志和 信件,这些东西都是稀有的。她的儿子Avery Clayton认为母亲的收藏 十分重要,他希望能建立一座博物馆,来分享这些珍宝。
1. collecting 根据文章第一句 Mayme Clayton collected books,magazines,and letters written by African Americans.可知,此处应用动 词collect,另外like后接动名词,故填collecting。
2. died 第三段第一句 By the time she passed away at age 83.…中的 passed away意为“去世”,为died的含蓄表达方式,故填died。
3. easily 根据第一.段第二句 Unlike most books,these were rare and hard to find.可知,这些书很难找到,也就是不容易被找到,故填副词easily 。
4. signed 根据第二段第四句 Wheatley herself signed (签名) the book in the Claytons’ collection.可知,Wheatley亲自在这本书上签名,也就 是被签名的那本书也在她收藏之列,应用过去分词作定语,故填 signed。
5. including 根据第二段第二句 Her collection also includes papers about slaves,photographs,movies,sheet music,and personal letters by black leaders and artists.可知,空格处应用include的某种形式,根据句子结 构,应用 including。
6. importance 根据第一'段第二句 Her son,Avery Clayton,thought her collection was important.可知,她的藏书对于美国黑人历史和文化很 重要。另外,be of后接名词相当于形容词,故填importance,构成of importance ,相当于 important0
7. son's 根据右栏内容可知,此部分是关于Avery Clayton's dream。Avery Clayton 就是 Mayme Clayton 的儿子,故填 son's。
8. museum 根据倒数第二段第一句 Avery Clayton's dream was to create a museum for his mother's treasures.可知,他想创建一个博物馆,故填 museum 。
9. share 根据最后一段第二句 Part of Avery Clayton's dream is to share the cultural riches his mother collected with others.可知,应填 share。
10. kids 根据最后一段第二句 He especially wants kids to have a chance to see the collection.可知,他特别想和孩子们分享,故填kids。
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Cloze 9(2014湖北武汉)
There is an old English saying, " Laughter is the best medicine." One person who certainly would have agreed with this is Norman Cousins.
Norman Cousins was the editor of a magazine called Saturday Review for almost forly years. He also 1 and spoke about world peace and anti-war issues (反战议题) ’traveling to many different countries to share his 2 In the 1960s,after returning to the United States from a busy and tiring trip to Europe,Mr. Cousins got 3 . He discovered he had a strange disease that caused great pain in his bones (骨头) .
In less than a week after he got back,he could not 4 it.Ev?ery move that he made was painful. He was not able to 5 at night.The doctors told Mr. Cousins that they (lid not know how to cure (治 疗) his problem and he might never 6 the illness. Mr. Cousins,however,refused to give up hope.
Mr. Cousins thought that the illness could he caused by 7 thoughts. He did not want to take 8 to cure himself. Instead,he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness.
He began to experiment on himself while still in the hospital by watching comedy shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly lound that ten minutes of 9 laughter during the day gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night.
Deciding that the 10 could not help him,Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could 11 his experiments with laughter. For eight days,Mr. Cousins 12 in the hotel room watching comedy shows on television,reading amusing books,and sleeping whenever he felt 13 . Within three weeks,he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for 14 After a few months,Mr. Cousins was 15 to carry on his work.He had laughed himself back to health.
1.A. laughed B. taught C. wrote D. copied
2.A. magazines B. subjects C. photos D. ideas
3.A. rich B. sick C. lonely D. famous
4.A. stand B. realize C. face D. improve
5.A. dream B. eat C. shout D. sleep
6.A. go through B. look after C. get over D. find out
7.A. unhappy B. pleasant C. silly D clever
8.A. food B. time C. medicine D. money
9.A. unusual B. false C. real D. wild
10. A. friends B. laughter C.experiment D. doctors
11.A. begin B. end C. continue D. report
12.A. rested B. worked C. studied D. played
13.A. well B. tired C. afraid D. worried
14.A. help B .exercise C. freedom D. fun
15.A. able B. safe C. lazy D. un
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Passage 4 ( 2015江苏泰州靖江,C)
Text messaging, or “texting ”,which allows people to send and receive messages on mobile phones, becomes very popular today.
The advantages of texting are obvious. Texting helps to save money. If you have a few words to greet your family and friends on their birthdays or on some important festivals,sending messages can be cheaper than phone calling. Texting helps to save time.ICven if you want to send a message to 100 people,you can do il in one second.Texting helps you to ^talk^ to someone when he is too busy to answer the phone.Texting can also help you to “talk” to someone secretly if you don^ want others to hear what you are talking on the phone.These advantages are so amazing that many people are crazy about it. They hold mobile phones in hands all day long,send dozens of messages each day,and even text while driving or walking. However,texting has its disadvantage.Junk messages may come into your mobile phone box now and then. When your phone box gets too lull,you can't receive any more messages. You may therefore miss some important information.
What's more,if you don't do texting properly,for example,texting while driving or walking,it can be dangerous.lt can cause in?juries and even death.lt was reported that about 6 ,000 people were killed and half a million were injured for this reason each year. In Fort Lee,a small town in New Jersey,theUSA. three people died be?cause they walked into traffic while texting in 2013.Two researchers at Stony Brook University,New York found that texters are 60% more probably to have an accident than others. When people are texting,they don^ notice other people or things around them.To reduce traffic accidents,all drivers of the UN are now not allowed to text while driving. About 32 countries have passed laws restricting (限制) the use of mobile phones while driving.
Texting is a wonderful way of communication. However,only when we use it properly,can we fully enjoy the fun il brings.
1. How many advantages of texting are mentioned in the passage?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D . Five.
2. What did the researchers at Stony Brook University find?
A. Texters are easier to have an accident.
B. Texting is a good way of communication.
C. 6,000 people were killed and injured.
D. Many people text to greet family and friends.
3. The umderlined word “injuries” probably means .
A. 事故 B. 伤害 C. 争执 D. 死亡
4. Which of the following statements is wrong according to the pas?sage?
A. Texting while driving or walking is dangerous.
B. To reduce traffic accidents,all drivers of the UN are now not al?lowed to text while driving.
C. Texting has more advantages than disadvantages,so we can use it any time.
D. If you don't want others to hear what you are talking on the phone,you can text.
5. The passage is written to tell us that .
A. we should do less texting
B. texting has many advantages
C. texting is better than phone calling
D. we should do texting properly
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Passage 1 (2015 苏州,C)
It was Christmas Eve. When everyone went to bed,Bunny couldn’t fall asleep. He still couldn’t think of what he wanted as a special Christmas present. He wondered how Santa—Father Christmas would know what to bring him if he didriH know himself.
As he was sitting up in bed,Bunny heard a big noise on the roof (屋顶) and a sound downstairs. It was Santa Claus,he realized. Bunny jumped out of bed and ran down the hall to the stairs. He hoped to take a look at the old man before Santa left for his next stop.
By the time Bunny was al the bottom of the stairs,everything was silent again.Lots of presents were put under the Christmas tree,but Santa was gone.A little disappointed (失望的) ,Bunny turned lo climb back upstairs when he heard a cry.
“Hello,” said Bunny.“Is somebody there?”
He was answered by another cry. Bunny looked around the big pile of presents to see what was making the noise. Right under the tree was a funny looking brown animal with big feet and sad eyes. It also had antlers (鹿角) on its head. Bunny almost mistook it for
a dog.
‘‘Are you a reindeer?” asked Bunny.
“Yes,” replied the brown animal with antlers. u My name is Ralph.”
“And you were pulling Santa's sled (雪橋) ?”
“ I was until I got airsick ,” replied Ralph.u Santa had to leave me here and go on with the other seven reindeer. ”
“Isn’t it a bit unusual for a reindeer to get airsick? I mean,isn’t flying what reindeer are famous for?n
“Not me,I'm afraid.lt makes me scared.I always feel sick when it comes to Hying,?,replied Ralph But everyone wanted me to pull Santa's sled,so when it was my turn I gave it a try.I'm afraid I just wasn't cut out for the job. Now Tm stuck here and I don’t know how to get back lo the North Pole."
“ Well,if you like,you can stay with us as a friend”? said Bunny. As he made the offer,Bunny suddenly realized the special present he wanted from Santa was a new friend!
1. Why couldn’l Bunny fall asleep on Christmas Eve?
A. He wanted to take a close look at Santa Claus.
B. He was waiting for his special present from his father.
C. He was thinking about what present to get from Santa.
D. He was woken up by a noise on the roof of his house.
2. The underlined phrase “cut out” probably means .
A. suitable B. famous C. ready D. bad
3. What can we learn from the article?
A. Ralph is a brown dog with antlers.
B. Ralph is afraid of flying in the air.
C. Bunny got a sled as a Christmas present.
D. Bunny sent Ralph back to the North Pole.
4. This article seems to tell us that .
A. Santa lives in the South Pole with his reindeer
B. Santa usually puts Christmas presents on the roofs
C. Santa uses dogs to bring children presents on Christmas Eve
D. Santa knows what presents
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Passage 1 ( 2015 河北)
Many people believe that yellowing and wetness are the greatest enemy of stamps. In fact,stamps are afraid of not only wetness,but also light and dirty things.People protect their stamps in several different ways.
To protect stamps,we should never touch the stamps with our hands.This avoids moving dirty things onto them.Stamp tweezers (慑 子) should be used in all conditions.
Stamps are printed things.The colour will slowly disappear if the stamps are put in the light for a long time. So we should not put stamps in the light for long.Direct sunlight must be avoided as well.
Wetness is an important problem for stamps.Some collectors will put stamps in separate plastic (塑料) bags. However,it is possible that some stamps have taken in some water from the air before they are put into the plastic bags.Stamps become yellow easily and rapidly after they take in wet air.To protect the stamps,some people also put the stamps into a special room which has a machine to keep the air cool and dry.However,not many people can afford that.
To keep stamps,stamp collectors usually put them under plastic covers.lt is a common and simple way.This helps because the plastic cover keeps the stamps off the wet air. It also stops the fingers from touching the stamps.
Some collectors prefer to store stamps inside a plastic box with desiccants (干燥剂) .However,we should take care not to let the stamps touch the desiccants.On top of that,don't take your stamps out on a wet day.
1.题完成句子;2—3题简略回答问题;4题找出并写下全文 的主题句;5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
One way to protect stamps is that we should never touch them .
2. What will disappear if we put the stamps in the light for long?
3. When do stamps become yellow easily and rapidly?
4.
5.
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Passage 8(2014 山东青岛,IV,B)
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People love proverbs. They are always impressed because the proverbs express a lot of information in just a few words. A good proverb quickly sums up (概括) ideas that are sometimes hard to express. And the person can understand it al once.
Proverbs come from two main places—ordinary people and fa-mous people.These two sources (来源) are not always distinct (明显 &?]) .Common and popular proverbs are often used by famous people. And the common people often borrow something that is said or written down by a well-known person. For example,u Bar/ news travels fast' probably comes from the experience of housewives. However, ^ All"s well that ends welV'y/as written by the famous writer —William Shakespeare.
Proverbs are used everywhere in the world. If you can understand a culture's proverbs,you can better understand the culture itself.There are many different ways that we use proverbs in our life. Here are some examples.
任务二 请从文中找出第一段画线单词it指代的内容
任务三 请从文中找出第二段的段落大意。
任务四 请将画线句子 There are many different ways that we use proverbs in our life.译为汉语。
任务五 请选出表格④处所缺的谚语。
A.One finger cant lift a small stone.
B.Don’t counl your chickens before they, hatch(孵化).
C.You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.
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Passage 5 (2015江苏宿迁泗洪适应性考试,六)
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Mistakes are great teachers.Success comes to you if you are willing to risk making mistakes.You may achieve your goals and wishes,and you can also learn from those mistakes. And in order to learn from mistakes,you must be willing to pay for them.
Mistakes can be of great value,but when you try to get others to pay for your mistakes,then you will lose the chance to learn from them.When something goes wrong,it’s usually very easy to find someone else^ mistakes,but that is not useful.
Much of the value of mistakes comes from the fact that they need a cost that must be paid.The person who learns the most from a mistake is the one who pays the price for that mistake.
When you make a mistake,what you shouldn’t do is to run away from it.You need to accept it because you can learn a lot from it.The mistake has been made,so make the most of it. Pay the price,learn the lesson,and you will grow much stronger.
After you make a mistake,don5t look back at it long. Remember the reason for it,and then look forward.Mistakes are lessons of wisdom.The past cannot be changed.The present is still in your power. Make full use of your mistakes to achieve your goals and wishes.
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五、 (2015浙江温州)
根据短文内容和所给中文提示,用单词的正确形式完成以 下短文。
Jean Nicole is a yard sale lover. She appears almost in every yard sale.She doesn’t want to 1 (错过) any chance to buy good things,because they are much 2 (便宜的) than those in shops. She is interested in almost everything,such as gloves,old 3 (硬 币) ,paintings,tables and so on. Everybody 4 (叫,称呼) her “Lady Yard-sale”.
Two weeks 5 (以前) ,after Jean came back from a yard sale,she 6 (进人) her store room.She was surprised to find that she had bought so many things.Jean counted them and made a 7 (清单) .“ Oh,dear!I can't believe it. There are seven bicycles,8 (九) armchairs,and fifteen cameras... And they haven’t been used even once. She checked the numbers 9 (再一次) .It made her mad.“How silly I am!”she thought ,“1 can no longer go to yard sales 10 (除非) I hold my own one to sell these things out. But will anyone buy them?”
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Passage 8 (2014 浙江杭州,B)
How quickly can you count from one to ten? Do you use ten dif?ferent words to do it? Can you do it in English,or do you have to use your first language? Do you count on your fingers? Many people think that numbers and math are the same all over the world.But sci?entists have discovered that it is not true.
People in different parts of the world use different ways to count on their fingers.In the United States,people begin counting with their first finger,which they extend or stick out.They then extend the rest of their fingers and finally the thumb (梅指) to count to five.Then they repeat this with the other hand to get to ten. InChina,people count by using different finger positions. In this way,a Chinese person can easily count to ten on only one hand.
Besides ways of finger counting,scientists have found that cultures and languages are also different when it comes to numbers.Some langua?ges have only a few words for numbers,and others have no words for numbers.A group of scientists studied aboriginal (土著白勺) people in Australia.These people don't have haml movements to stand for numbers. They don’t even have words for numbers.However,they are still able to understand different ideas about numbers.
In a similar study,researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology discovered that people of the Pirahfi tribe (部落) in northwestern Brazil don't have words for numbers such as “ one ” or “three”.They are not able to say “five trees” or “ten trees” but can say“ some trees”,‘‘ more trees”,or“ many trees” . Professor Edward Gibson said that most people believe that everyone knows how to count but here is a group that does not count.They could learn,but it's not useful in their culture,so they’ve never picked it up."
Although all humans are able to understand quantities (数量) ,not all languages have numbers and not all people use counting.Num?ber words in a certain language are a result of people needing num?bers in their daily lives. Now we know that people have different ideas about numbers and math,too.1. The writer begins with the four questions in order to .
A. make a survey B. interest readers
C. tell a story D. solve math problems
2. What do we learn from the difference in finger counting between theU.S.andChina?
A. People fromChinacount much faster than people from theU.S.
B. People fromChinaneed two hands to count from one to ten.
C. People of different cultures may use different ways of finger counting.
D. People of different cultures use the same way of finger counting.
3. Which of the following is true about aboriginal Australians?
A. They have only a few words for numbers.
B. They have hand movements to stand for numbers.
C. They can only count to five on their fingers.
D. They can understand different ideas about numbers.
4. The study of the Piraha tribe shows that .
A. people all over the world know how to count
B. people of the tribe have words for numbers
C. some groups of people are not smart enough to count D. counting is not useful in the culture of the tribe
5. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. People from different cultures have different ideas about numbers and math.
B. Chinese people can count more easily on their fingers than Americans.
C. In some aboriginal cultures,people don't even know how to count.
D. Some languages don't have number words because people don't need numbers.
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