Passage 1 Once an honored man was having a birthday party. His sons and servants were busy welcoming guests. A thief slipped into the house. He hid himself by lying face down on a beam in the ceiling of the hall where the birthday banquet was to be held. From there, the thief could look down upon the guests and see all the gifts of silks, jade, and jewels brought in. He tried to remember where these were put so that he could steal them after the party was over. Later that evening, the host was looking at all his presents happily. He leaned over them with his back turned to the thief hiding on the beam. The thief was looking around the room so that he would be able to move quietly when the lights were off. As the thief hung his head over the beam it made a shadow on the floor. The host did not show that he had seen the shadow. He called for his servant to set a table for one guest with the best food and drink. Turning towards the beam on which the thief lay, he bowed low and said, "Will the gentleman on the roof-beam now come down to have some refreshments?" There was nothing else the thief could do but climb down. His host fed him well. After the thief had eaten his fill, the host gave him a bag of silver coins and begged him to make good use of them. Then the host saw the thief to the door and bid him good night. Ten years passed, and again the honored man held a birthday party. Many visitors came to bring him presents. The man was very old by now and could not greet all the guests. His grandson met the visitors at the door and invited them to dine with his grandfather in the evening. He then took the gifts in for the old man to see. Towards the end of the day a stranger came, bringing gifts of gold and jewels. He would not give his name, but asked to see the honored old man. The stranger was led to the old man's room. The old man did not know this guest and asked for his name. The stranger smiled, "I am an honest man. I have learned to live a good life. But it was not always so. Do you remember how you once asked me to come down from the roof-beam and eat your food?" The host was amazed. He was even more surprised when he heard how his kindness had changed the thief into an honest man.
1. How did the thief get into the house?
A.He carefully disguised himself as a guest.
B.He followed the servants, carrying dishes.
C.He broke into the house through a window.
D.He went into the house without being noticed.
A B C D
D
[考点] 事实细节题。 从第一段第三句“A thief slipped into the house.”可知,小偷溜进了房间,而没有被注意到。D符合题意,故应选D。
2. How did the host find out there was a thief in the house?
A.He heard someone breathing.
B.He heard footsteps in the hall.
C.He noticed a shadow on the floor.
D.He noticed that his gifts were gone.
A B C D
C
[考点] 事实细节题。 从第二段最后一句“As the thief hung his head over the beam it made a shadow on the floor.”可知,主人看到了地上的影子才发现了小偷。C符合题意,故应选C。
3. What did the host do to the thief?
A.He cursed him very loudly.
B.He gave him food and money.
C.He drove him out of the house.
D.He called the police immediately.
A B C D
B
[考点] 事实细节题。 从第四段“His host fed him well. After the thief had eaten his fill, the host gave him a bag of silver coins...”可知,B符合题意,故应选B。
4. How did the thief repay the host ten years later?
A.He sent him a thank-you note.
B.He invited him to a nice dinner.
C.He brought gold and jewels stolen from others.
D.He brought gold and jewels he had earned honestly.
A B C D
D
[考点] 推理判断题。 从第六段“...bringing gifts of gold and jewels.”及第八段“The stranger smiled, 'I am an honest man...'"可知,这个小偷通过诚实劳动获得了财富,并以此作为回报。D符合题意,故应选D。
5. What is the moral lesson of the story?
A.An act of kindness may help develop honesty in a person.
B.An act of kindness may turn all thieves into honest people.
C.People are honest because they have all been treated kindly.
D.People are dishonest because they have been treated unkindly.
A B C D
A
[考点] 主旨大意题。 文中最后一句即点明了主旨“...his kindness had changed the thief into all honest man.”即一个善意的举动可以帮助一个人走入正道;B是使所有的小偷成为诚实的人,不正确。A符合题意,故应选A。
Passage 2 Insurance is the sharing of risks. Nearly everyone is exposed to risk of some sort. The house owner, for example, knows that his property can be damaged by fire; the ship-owner knows that his ships may be lost at sea; the breadwinner knows that he may die at an early age and leave his family poorer. On the other hand, not every house is damaged by fire nor every ship is lost at sea. If these persons each put a small sum into a pool, there will be enough to meet the needs of the few who do suffer losses. In other words, the losses of the few are met from the contributions of the many. This is the basis of insurance. Those who pay the contribution are known as the insured and those who administer the pool of contributions as the insurers. The legal basis of all insurance is the policy. This is a printed form of contract on a piece of paper in best quality. It states that every year the insured shall pay a named sum of money, which is called the premium; in return, the insurer will pay a sum of money or compensation for loss if the risk or event the insured against actually happens. The premium for an insurance naturally depends upon how likely the risk is to happen, as suggested by past experience. If companies fix their premiums too high, there will be more competition in their area of insurance and they may lose business. On the other hand, if they make the premium too low, they will lose money and may even have to drop out of business. So the ordinary forces of supply and demand keep premiums at a level satisfactory to both the insurer and the insured.
1. By "the pool of contributions" (Para. 1) the writer means ______.
A.money paid by the insurers
B.the amount of each premium
C.money paid by all those insured
D.the cost of administering insurance
A B C D
C
[考点] 词义猜测题。 contribution意为“保险金”,pool有“集中使用的钱(人力等)”的意思。因此the pool of contributions应译为“集中起来的保险金”,即所有受保人所付的钱,故选C。
2. A policy is ______.
A.a named sum of money
B.a kind of legal agreement
C.a printed form of payment
D.a particular kind of insurance
A B C D
B
[考点] 细节理解题。 由文章第二段的第二句话可知保单是一种合法的协议书。
3. Insurance premiums do not become too high because ______.
A.not many people insure themselves
B.premiums depend on the risk of loss
C.insurers have to be more competitive
D.insurance companies can never lose money
A B C D
C
[考点] 细节理解题。 由文章第三段的第二句话可知本题答案选C。
4. According to the passage, insurance business is profitable because ______.
A.nearly everyone suffers losses
B.only insured people suffer losses
C.everyone at some time suffers losses
D.only a few of those insured suffer losses
A B C D
D
[考点] 细节理解题。 由文章第一段“On the other hand...the contributions of the many.”可知,投保的人之中只有很少一部分受损,且他们的损失可由多数人所投的保费来填补,因此可以说保险公司是可获利的。
A 从下列单词中选择适当的词填空,每个词只能用一次。 instead either regarded unless anything except return although alone right whether respond I have always admired people like artists, writers and composers for being able to work on their own, with no one else around. Most of my friends all work with other people in shops and so on, and they tell me that they would never get 1 done if they worked 2 . I'm not sure that all artists and writers do, 3 . I was born in a small village in the country where everyone knew everyone else:that is, they knew everyone 4 a writer who kept himself to himself. By the time I was old enough to learn people's names, he had been living in the village for at least twenty years, but the villagers still 5 him as a stranger! Every morning he would walk down to the local shops and do his shopping, and 6 he used to greet everyone he met, only two or three would 7 his greetings. Just occasionally, someone would feel curious(好奇的) enough to ask him what he was doing, and every time his answer would be the same: "I'm still writing the book. It Should have been finished last year, but I can't get it 8 ." And that was all we ever learned about him. Because no one had ever visited his house, either, I remember once going up to the house with three or four other boys to see 9 we could see what he did. We crept(慢慢地爬) up the window trembling and looked in, expecting to see our writer typing furiously (拼命地) at his desk. 10 , he was sitting in an armchair reading a book.
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[考点] 本题主要考查的知识点为句意理解。 anything一般用在否定句或疑问句中,never get anything done表示不能做成任何事。
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[考点] 本题主要考查的知识点为句意理解。 alone与本段首句on their own一致。此处表示独立工作。
B 根据课文的内容在每个空白处填入一个恰当的词。 Four years rolled by and I was now five, and still 1 helpless as a newly born baby. 2 my father was out at bricklaying, earning the bread and butter for us, Mother was slowly, patiently pulling 3 the wall, brick by brick, that seemed to stand 4 me and the other children, slowly, patiently penetrating beyond the thick curtain 5 hung over my mind, separating it 6 theirs. It was hard, heartbreaking work, for often all she got from me in 7 was a vague smile and perhaps 8 faint gurgle. I could not speak or even mumble, 9 could I sit up on my own without support, 10 alone walk. But I wasn't inert or motionless.
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Ⅴ.根据所学课文内容完成下列句子
1. "It doesn't matter if you are born in a duck-yard as long as you come from a swan's egg." This sentence means ______.
no matter what family you are born into, so long as you've got ability and do your best, you will succeed
2. The story of "Night Watch" tells us that ______.
there are people who care what happiness to their fellow men
3. The secret to happiness lies in ______.
the contribution towards the happiness of others
4. Henry played his last practical joke on his best friends because he wanted them to see that ______.
laughter was more important than money
5. The dictionary can not be regarded as authority because ______.
the writers can not see into the future
6. Tracy's liver was transplanted into the author's husband, David, who ______.
was suffering from an incurable liver disease
7. The first intention Mr. Budd had when he recognized the murderer was ______.
to run outside and call the police
8. Young Sidney was told to get off the stage as ______.
he even couldn't read the part of "John"
9. The Emotional Bank Account represents ______.
the quality of the relationship you have with other people
10. Although almost every doctor who saw and examined Christy Brown said that he was a hopeless case, his mother firmly believed that ______.
though his body was crippled,his mind was not
Ⅵ.将下列句子译成英语
1. 他们打算用这笔钱给村里建所学校。
They are going to set up a school for the village with this sum of money.
[考点] 本题主要考查的知识点为be going to do sth.和set up的用法。 be going to do sth.意为“打算干某事”;set up意为“设立,建立”。
2. 天气允许的话,我们明天去郊游。
Weather permitting, we'll go out for an outing tomorrow.