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    Once upon a time, there was a group of forest deer．In this group was a wise and respected   36 , smart in the ways of deer．He taught the tricks of   37   to the fawn-the young deer．
    One day, his younger sister   38  her son to him, to be taught   39  is so important for deer．The teacher said to the fawn, “Very well, you can come at this time tomorrow for your first   40 ．”
    At first, the young deer came to the lessons as he was  41  to．But soon, he became more interested in   42  with the other young bucks（雄鹿）．He didn’t realize how   43  it could be for a deer who learned   44  but deer games．So he started 45 ．Soon he was escaping school all the time．
    46 , one day the fawn who stayed away from school   47  a snare（陷阱）and was trapped．Since he was   48 , his mother got worried．She went to her brother the teacher, and    49   him if her son had learned something．The teacher   50  ,“My dear sister, your son was disobedient and   51 ．Out of respect for you, I   52   to teach him．But he did not want to learn the   53  of deer．He escaped school! How could I possibly teach him?”
    Later they heard the sad news．The  54   fawn had been trapped and killed by a hunter．He skinned him and took the meat home to his family．
    The moral is: Nothing can be learned from a teacher by one who   55  the class．
    小题1:
    A．studentB．motherC．teacherD．magician
    小题2:
    A．performB．survivalC．huntingD．hiding
    小题3:
    A．broughtB．caughtC．arrangedD．referred
    小题4:
    A．thatB．whichC．howD．what
    小题5:
    A．arrivalB．punishmentC．prizeD．lesson
    小题6:
    A．preservedB．thoughtC．supposedD．suspected
    小题7:
    A．learningB．playingC．talkingD．fighting
    小题8:
    A．interestingB．boringC．dangerousD．useful
    小题9:
    A．nothingB．somethingC．allD．none
    小题10:
    A．working hardB．cutting classesC．playing gamesD．teaching others
    小题11:
    A．LuckilyB．UnexpectedlyC．DefinitelyD．Unfortunately
    小题12:
    A．found outB．set upC．stepped inD．got over
    小题13:
    A．dyingB．missingC．unhappyD．improving
    小题14:
    A．toldB．scoldedC．askedD．suspected
    小题15:
    A．repliedB．analyzedC．advisedD．questioned
    小题16:
    A．unbelievableB．unteachableC．unflexibleD．unimportant
    小题17:
    A．made up my mindB．tried my bestC．gave upD．would like
    小题18:
    A．storiesB．structuresC．gamesD．tricks
    小题19:
    A．proudB．sickC．stubbornD．shy
    小题20:
    A．missesB．lovesC．formsD．attends

    小题1:C
    小题2:B
    小题3:A
    小题4:D
    小题5:D
    小题6:C
    小题7:B
    小题8:C
    小题9:A
    小题10:B
    小题11:D
    小题12:C
    小题13:B
    小题14:C
    小题15:A
    小题16:B
    小题17:B
    小题18:D
    小题19:C
    小题20:A

    试题分析：本文讲述的是一头顽皮爱玩的小鹿，不想学习鹿的技巧和技能，总是逃课逃学出去和别的鹿一起玩耍，最后被猎人的陷阱困住，丢了性命的故事。
    小题1:C上下文串联。根据48空后的her brother the teacher说明这头鹿是一个老师。
    小题2:B 名词辨析。A表演B幸存C打猎D躲藏；他教授小鹿们幸存的技巧。
    小题3:A 动词辨析。A带来B抓住C安排D指，参考；有一天，他的妹妹把自己的儿子带了过来学习。
    小题4:D 语法分析。本句的what引导宾语从句，在句中做主语。学习对鹿来说如此重要的东西。
    小题5:D 名词辨析。A达到B惩罚C奖励D课程；明天这个时候，你来我这里学习第一课。
    小题6:C 固定搭配。Be supposed to do sth应该做某事；起初这只小鹿按照应该那样来学习课程。
    小题7:B 动词辨析。A学习B玩耍C谈论D战斗；他对与和其它的鹿在一起玩耍更感兴趣了，荒废学习。
    小题8:C 形容词辨析。A有趣B乏味C危险D有用；他不知道对于鹿来说不学习只玩耍是多么的危险。
    小题9:A 词义辨析。Nothing but仅仅；指不学习仅仅是玩鹿的游戏是多么的危险。
    小题10:B 短语辨析。A努力B逃课C玩游戏D教别人；他开始逃课，很快又开始逃学了。
    小题11:D 副词辨析。A幸运地B没有预料地C确定地D不幸地；不幸地是，有一天他逃课，踏进了陷阱。
    小题12:C 短语辨析。A发现B建立C踏进D克服；本句是指这只鹿踏进了猎人的陷阱。
    小题13:B 形容词辨析。A渴望B失踪C不开心D改善；因为小鹿失踪了，妈妈很担心。
    小题14:C 动词辨析。A告诉B责备C询问D怀疑；她就来到老师这里询问小鹿是否来学习。
    小题15:A 上下文串联。上文鹿妈妈来到老师这里询问，那么这里老师应该做出回答，故reply正确。
    小题16:B 形容词辨析。A难以置信B无法教育C不灵活D不重要；根据上文小鹿经常逃课，可知这头鹿是难以教育的，只知道玩耍。
    小题17:B 短语辨析。A下定决心B努力C放弃D想要；处于对你的尊敬，我努力的教育他。
    小题18:D 名词辨析。A故事B结构C游戏D技巧；计谋；但是他不想学习鹿的技巧和计谋。
    小题19:C 形容词辨析。A自豪的B生病的C顽固的D害羞的；这头顽固的小鹿被困住了最后被猎人杀死。
    小题20:A 动词辨析。A 错过B喜欢C形成D参加；句意：一个不上课的学生是学习不到任何知识的。
    点评：本文讲述的是一头顽皮爱玩的小鹿，不想学习鹿的技巧和技能，总是逃课逃学出去和别的鹿一起玩耍，最后被猎人的陷阱困住，丢了性命的故事。本文主要是测试学生综合运用语言的能力，即从语篇的角度综合测试阅读理解能力、词汇的掌握和对英语习惯用语的熟悉程度、以及语法规则的灵活运用。考生做题时必须时刻从上下文考虑，不应该只看到所添的词在短语或句子内是否可行。因此，在做题时最好将全文通读一下，了解了全文的意思以后再作答。
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    Zoe kept selling the clothes she designed. Her business was booming, and even the girls who had ever teased her became her customers. In the eleventh grade, Zoe took a business class. She learned how to price her clothes so that she could be sure to make a fair profit.
    Her business teacher suggested she take part in a contest for teenaged entrepreneurs (企业家). The contest was for teens from all over the United States. Zoe sent in her business plan, which explained how she planned to make her company grow. She won the second prize in the end. Zoe ’s success became a news item. Supermodel Tyra Banks heard about it and she invited Zoe to take part in her TV show. “Being recognized I felt really unreal,”says Zoe. Zoe has advice for teens who want to start their own business. “If you really work hard on it, you will be able to make it happen,” she says. “If I can do it, anyone else can.”
    小题1:We can learn that ______when she was in grade nine.
    A．Zoe had no interest in designing clothes
    B．Zoe seldom wore her self-made clothes
    C．Zoe didn' t know how to make money
    D．Zoe attended a business course
    小题2:After winning the contest, Zoe ______
    A．considered it a reward
    B．expected to be known
    C．was proud of her own gift
    D．could hardly believe it
    小题3:Zoe advised the teens  ______  .
    A．to make efforts to achieve their dreams
    B．to design and make their own clothes
    C．to try every means to become famous
    D．to do whatever they would like to
    小题4:What is the main idea of the passage?
    A．How Zoe learned to design clothes.
    B．A poor girl achieved success in business.
    C．How Zoe got a prize in a contest.
    D．A poor girl was invited to a TV show.

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    科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解

    Kristy, 28, a cook in La Gross, often wondered what she’d do in a life-threatening situation. On August 29, she got her answer. While she was driving on a road, a big truck hit its head on a pickup car. The pickup car burst into flames. Kristy rushed out and ran to the pickup. Two farmers, Dean Berhard, 51, and his brother Donald, 44, were inside.
    When she got close, Kristy could see the unconscious driver. The other man was under the passenger seat. Kristy says, “The smells were sickening. I was afraid the truck would blow up and kill us all.”
    The driver of the big truck was struggling to open the passenger door, so Kristy rushed to the driver’s side. Finally they opened the door. She reached in, seized the driver and , to her horror, felt her hands sink into his chest. She quickly dragged the man to safety on the roadside, then hurried back. As Kristy stared down the ditch (水沟) with the passenger, the pickup blew up. She jumped on top of him and they both rolled to safety.
    When the police arrived a while later, Kristy started crying, “I want my mum.” In fact she cried for the next three months.
    Today the two farmers, each the father of two children, are good friends with Kristy. To show their deep appreciation, they bought her a ring with nine diamonds —one for each member of their immediate families, and ninth for her.
    小题1:In which order did Kristy do the following things?
    a. Carried Dean and Donald to safety
    b. Rushed to the pickup
    c. Surprised herself
    d. Saw the truck hit on the pickup
    e. Got out of her car
    f. Wondered what she’d do in danger
    A．e, d, b, a, c, fB．d, e, b, a, f, c
    C．f, d, e, b, a, cD．f, c, e, d, b, a
    小题2: When coming to save Donald and Dean Bernard, Kristy never thought that she ________.
    A．could have any help from others
    B．would fail to save both of them
    C．might be killed
    D．would be tested in a dangerous situation
    小题3: Which of the following best shows Kristy’s true heroism(英雄行为)?
    A．She remained calm during and after the accident.
    B．She protected herself as well as the two brothers from harm.
    C．She put her life “on the line” to save others.
    D．She was regarded as a member of Dean’s and Donald’s families.
    小题4: This sentence “The pickup burst into flames.” in the first paragraph means “_____.”
    A．The pickup was on fire
    B．The pickup started smoking badly
    C．A terrifying cry came out of the pickup
    D．The pickup was broken into pieces
    小题5: Kristy cried because she _________.
    A．was badly wounded
    B．had never experienced such a situation
    C．was too excited at the result
    D．regretted not putting out the fire

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    科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解

    Edward Sims was born in 1892. He was the fifth child and only son of Herbert and Dora Sims. Herbert was a blacksmith(铁匠), and had a thriving trade making horseshoes. He was determined that his first-born son would follow him into the blacksmith. For this reason, Edward had to leave school at the age of 12,and worked with his father.
    However, Edward was not cut out to be a blacksmith. Although he has an athletic body, he didn't have strong arms like his father, and he felt dizzy in the heat of the smithy.  When he tried to find alternative employment, he found it difficult because he had never learnt to read or write.
    One day, he went for an interview at a solictior’s office. The job was a runner, taking documents from the office to other offices in the city. The solicitor was pleased to see that Edward was physically fit, but when he discovered that the young man couldn't read or write, he decided against employing him. "How can you deliver documents to other offices," he asked, "if you can't read the addresses on them?"
    Bitterly disappointed, Edward left the building and went to wait for a tram to take him back to the suburb where his father’s smithy was. Next to the bus stop, a man was selling newspapers from a stand .
    "Excuse me, son?" he said. "Would you look after my stand for a moment?"
    For the next 20 minutes, Edward sold newspapers, lots of them. When the man came back, he was so delighted with his new assistant's honesty, that he offered him a job. Edward took it immediately.
    In the next few months, the two men progressed from working on newspaper stands to selling newspapers, tobacco,confectionery（糖果点心）and other goods in a shop. Then they opened a second shop, and a third. Eventually, they had a chain of 25 shops in three cities.
    Edward became very rich, so he employed a tutor to teach him to read and write. The tutor  was amazed at what Edward had achieved. "Imagine what you could do if you’d been able to read and write when you were younger!" he said.
    “Yes!” said Edward. “I could have run myself to exhaustion delivering documents for a solicitor!”
    小题1:What would be the best title for the text?
    A．Success of illiterate newsboy
    B．Local blacksmith becomes famous
    C．The thriving trade of the blacksmith
    D．Reading and writing-the road to success
    小题2:What can you infer from the underlined expression “not cut out to be” in the second paragraph?
    A．Edward Sims did not like being a blacksmith.
    B．Edward Sims did not like working with his father.
    C．Edward Sims was not strong enough and it made him feel ill.
    D．Edward Sims was good at it but wanted to do another job.
    小题3:When Edward applied for the job as a runner for a solicitor,        .
    A．the solicitor turned him down because he wasn’t intelligent enough
    B．the solicitor offered him the job because he was so fit
    C．the solicitor gave him the job but told him he had to learn to read
    D．the solicitor didn’t offer him the job because he couldn’t read
    小题4:Which of the following is NOT ture about Edward Sims?
    A．He was such a good salesman that he went on to own 25 newsagent shops with another man.
    B．The newspaperman liked him so much he gave him a job.
    C．He ran himself into exhaustion delivering papers.
    D．He learnt to read and write.

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