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One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried ___1___ for hours as the farmer tried to think out ___2___ to do. Finally, he decided the animal was ___3___, and the well needed to be ___4___ up anyway; it just wasn’t ___5___ it to save the donkey. He invited all his ___6___ to come over and help him. They all grabbed(握起)a shovel(铁锹)and began to shovel ___7___ into the well. At first, the donkey ___8___ what was happening and cried horribly(惊恐的,害怕的). Then, to everyone’s ___9___ he quieted down.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked ___10___ the well. He was surprised at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. As the farmer’s neighbours ___11___to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would ___12__ it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily ran off!
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. If you want to get out of the well, the ___13___ is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone(垫脚石). We can get out of the ___14___ wells just by not stopping, never ___15___! Shake it off and take a step up.
小题1:
A.sadlyB.happilyC.excitedlyD.fiercely
小题2:
A.howB.whatC.thatD.which
小题3:
A.painfulB.oldC.rareD.powerful
小题4:
A.drownedB.solvedC.coveredD.emptied
小题5:
A.importantB.possibleC.necessaryD.worth
小题6:
A.neighboursB.relativesC.friendsD.family
小题7:
A.dustB.dirtC.wasteD.soil
小题8:
A.doubtedB.recognizedC.realizedD.admitted
小题9:
A.sorrowB.joyC.fearD.amazement
小题10:
A.downB.aroundC.throughD.over
小题11:
A.pretendedB.continuedC.stoppedD.determined
小题12:
A.washB.blowC.wipeD.shake
小题13:
A.trickB.trapC.troubleD.tradition
小题14:
A.longestB.largestC.deepestD.widest
小题15:
A.having funB.watching overC.giving upD.dying out

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

小题1:考查副词。驴子掉到井里了,上不来,自然是痛苦地sadly叫。
小题2:考查疑问词。在“疑问词+不定式结构”中,作宾语用what。农户在想该做什么。
小题3:考查形容词。根据下文“他们都拿起了铁铲开始把土抛进井里,”可知农夫要填井,也就是驴子了。也就是认为驴子太老了没用了。这句话的意思是“驴子已经老了,再说那井也需要被填平”
小题4:考查动词。cover up 掩饰,掩盖;盖住。
小题5:考查形容词。结合上文可知农夫认为再救驴子不值得了。
小题6:考查名词。结合47题前the farmer’s neighbours可知答案。
小题7:考查名词。既然是填井,自然是向井里填土dirt。
小题8:考查动词。realize 意识到。看到人们的行为,驴子意识到了农夫要干什么。其它选项词义不符。
小题9:考查名词。让所有的人感到惊奇的是,它安静下来。
小题10:考查副词。人在井上,看井里的驴子自然是向下down看。
小题11:考查动词。结合49题后shake it off and take a step up。当农夫的邻居继续把土倒在驴子背上时,它会抖下每一铲土并使自己站高一点。
小题12:考查动词。结合11题解析。
小题13:考查名词。从井里出来的窍门是把身上的土抖落并把它当作垫脚土。 trick n.诡计;诀窍;谋略。
小题14:考查形容词。只要不停地努力我们就能从最深的井里出来,永远不放弃!把它抖下来并向上跨一步。
小题15:考查动词短语。结合14题解析。
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科目:高中英语 来源:不详 题型:阅读理解

I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as Mother sat doing letters(学问). Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, Mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk”, she said again, “is for Elizabeth.” I never saw her anger, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was too emotional. But she lived “on the surface”.
As years passed, I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive(原谅)me. I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came. My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace-it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written in, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the present of her desk told me, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside-a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times. Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you chose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.
小题1:The writer began to love her mother’s desk _______.
A.after Mother died.B.before she became a writer.
C.when she was a child.D.when Mother gave it to her.
小题2:The passage shows that _____.
A.Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter.
B.Mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done.
C.Mother cared much about her daughter in words.
D.Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words.
小题3:The word gulf in the paragraph 2 means ______.
A.deep understanding between the old and the young.
B.different ideas between the mother and the daughter.
C.free talks between mother and daughter.
D.part of the sea going far in land.
小题4:What did mother do with her daughter’s letter asking for forgiveness?
A.She had never received the letter.
B.For years, she often talked about the letter.
C.She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life.
D.She read the letter again and again till she died.
小题5:What’s the best title of the passage?
A.My Letter to Mother.B.Mother and Children.
C.My Mother’s Desk.D.Talks between Mother and Me.

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