"...She was married to an officer in India,long ago India;and she had a life of physical adventure(冒险)as exciting as her poetry.Her husband could cross rivers using crocodiles(鳄鱼)as stepping stones.He died when she was only 39.Unwilling to exist without him,she took her life,leaving a son in England."I stared at the paper,21?reading,couldn′t help thinking.Crocodiles are lazy animals as a rule,but they can move like lightening when they want to.And they don′t mind hurrying?22?they′re hungry.There used to be lots in Indian rivers,living on fish mostly;but what′s a little fish for a fifteen-foot crocodile？They ate people,fisherman or anyone else delicious enough to get too near;women doing the?23,or children playing at the water′s24.A hungry crocodile′s mouth?25?over a meal with a sound like a gunshot.A big fellow can?26?in a man in two bites(咬)。That woman′s husband crossed rivers?27?from one crocodile′s back to the next.I believe it.It had to be done quickly before the creature could see what was happening.It wasn′t28?a brave,active man;and no doubt he improved with practice.He could never look?29while crossing.The wife used to watch him--I felt sure of that.She lived?30?the adventure,the?31?excitement of it all.Their real life was with tigers,snakes...It′s no wonder she wrote?32poetry.Then he died.I imagined how she felt.Was there another man?33?him in India,in the world?She was still young,hardly a sitting-room widow(寡妇)."I must?34,too."she said to herself.So she did what she felt she had to do.A?35?probably,to her head.But her young son,their son?Was her love for him nothing compared to her husband?Well,what do you think?第24题答案是A.borderB.endC.sideD.edge
"...She was married to an officer in India,long ago India;and she had a life of physical adventure(冒险)as exciting as her poetry.Her husband could cross rivers using crocodiles(鳄鱼)as stepping stones.He died when she was only 39.Unwilling to exist without him,she took her life,leaving a son in England."
I stared at the paper,21?reading,couldn′t help thinking.
Crocodiles are lazy animals as a rule,but they can move like lightening when they want to.And they don′t mind hurrying?22?they′re hungry.There used to be lots in Indian rivers,living on fish mostly;but what′s a little fish for a fifteen-foot crocodile？They ate people,fisherman or anyone else delicious enough to get too near;women doing the?23,or children playing at the water′s
24.A hungry crocodile′s mouth?25?over a meal with a sound like a gunshot.A big fellow can?26?in a man in two bites(咬)。
That woman′s husband crossed rivers?27?from one crocodile′s back to the next.I believe it.It had to be done quickly before the creature could see what was happening.It wasn′t28?a brave,active man;and no doubt he improved with practice.He could never look?29while crossing.
The wife used to watch him--I felt sure of that.She lived?30?the adventure,the?31?excitement of it all.Their real life was with tigers,snakes...It′s no wonder she wrote?32poetry.
Then he died.I imagined how she felt.Was there another man?33?him in India,in the world?She was still young,hardly a sitting-room widow(寡妇)."I must?34,too."she said to herself.So she did what she felt she had to do.A?35?probably,to her head.
But her young son,their son?Was her love for him nothing compared to her husband?Well,what do you think?
第24题答案是
I stared at the paper,21?reading,couldn′t help thinking.
Crocodiles are lazy animals as a rule,but they can move like lightening when they want to.And they don′t mind hurrying?22?they′re hungry.There used to be lots in Indian rivers,living on fish mostly;but what′s a little fish for a fifteen-foot crocodile？They ate people,fisherman or anyone else delicious enough to get too near;women doing the?23,or children playing at the water′s
24.A hungry crocodile′s mouth?25?over a meal with a sound like a gunshot.A big fellow can?26?in a man in two bites(咬)。
That woman′s husband crossed rivers?27?from one crocodile′s back to the next.I believe it.It had to be done quickly before the creature could see what was happening.It wasn′t28?a brave,active man;and no doubt he improved with practice.He could never look?29while crossing.
The wife used to watch him--I felt sure of that.She lived?30?the adventure,the?31?excitement of it all.Their real life was with tigers,snakes...It′s no wonder she wrote?32poetry.
Then he died.I imagined how she felt.Was there another man?33?him in India,in the world?She was still young,hardly a sitting-room widow(寡妇)."I must?34,too."she said to herself.So she did what she felt she had to do.A?35?probably,to her head.
But her young son,their son?Was her love for him nothing compared to her husband?Well,what do you think?
第24题答案是
A.border
B.end
C.side
D.edge
B.end
C.side
D.edge
参考解析
解析：考情点拨：词义分析题。
应试指导：本句意为：在水边玩耍的孩子。edge边缘；border边境：end末端；side一边
应试指导：本句意为：在水边玩耍的孩子。edge边缘；border边境：end末端；side一边
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Mrs.Peters stopped playing the piano when she began to work.She had lived in a very small?flat,and there had been no room for a piano.But when she married,she had a new flat which was?big enough for one.So she decided to get one and her husband agreed and helped her.She saved?some money,and her parents gave her a generous amount of money for her birthday.Then she went?to a shop and said,"I′ll choose whichever piano does not cost too much and fits into my living room."When she had paid for the piano,the shop assistant asked her if she would like him to get it?tuned(调音)evey few months.Mrs.Peters agreed.A few months later she heard from the shop that a man was coming to tune the piano at ten that?morning.Now she had not cleaned the house yet,so it was dusty and untidy.Mrs.Peters hated having?even the least amount of dirt,and felt ashamed whenever strange people saw her house like that.So she had to hurry..to clean everything carefully.It meant a lot of effort,and it made her hot and tired,but anyhow,by the time the man arrived,everything was finished.She opened the door,and the man was standing there with a big dog.!"Good morning,"the man said politely,"Will it disturb you if I bring my dog in,please?I′m blind,and he leads me wherever?I go.One morning,__A.a man was coming to repair her pianoB.Mrs.Peters received a telephone call from the shopC.the piano was sent to her house at 10 o'clockD.Mrs.Peters was going to clean the house
共用题干第一篇Oseola McCartyLate one Sunday afternoon in September 1999,Oseola McCarty,an elderly cleaning lady passed away in the little wooden flame house where she had lived and worked most of her life.It may seem like an ordinary end to a humble life,but there was something quite exceptional about this woman.In the summer of 1995,McCarty gave $150,000,most of the money she had saved throughout her life, to the University of Southern Mississippi in her hometown. The money was to help other Mrican Americans through university.She had started her savings habit as a young child when she would return from school to clean and iron for money which she would then save.She led a simple，枷gal existence,never spending on anything but her most basic needs.Her bank also advised her on investing her hard-earned savings.When she retired,she decided that she wanted to use the money to give children of limited means the opportunity to go to university.She had wanted to become a nurse,but had to leave school to look after ill relatives and work.When asked why she had given her life savings away,she replied,"I'm giving it away so that children won't have to work so hard,like I did."After news of her donation hit the media,over 600 donations were made to the scholarship fund.One was given by media executive,Ted Turner,who reputedly gave a billion dollars.She didn't want any fuss made over her gift,but the news got out and she was invited all over the United States to talk to people.Wherever she went,people would come up to her to say a few words or just touch her. She met the ordinary and the famous,President Clinton included.In the last few years of her life, before she died of cancer,McCarty was given over 300 awards:she was honoured by the United Nations and received the Presidential Citizen's Medal.Despite having no real education,she found herself with two honorary doctorates:one from the University of Southern Mississippi and the other from Harvard University.Her generosity was clearly an inspiration to many people arid proof that true selflessness does exist.This woman shocked and inspired the world because__________.A:she had managed to save so much moneyB:she gave her money to African AmericansC:she gave her life savings to help others through universityD:she only spent money on cheap things
共用题干第一篇Oseola McCartyLate one Sunday afternoon in September 1999,Oseola McCarty,an elderly cleaning lady passed away in the little wooden flame house where she had lived and worked most of her life.It may seem like an ordinary end to a humble life,but there was something quite exceptional about this woman.In the summer of 1995,McCarty gave $150,000,most of the money she had saved throughout her life, to the University of Southern Mississippi in her hometown. The money was to help other Mrican Americans through university.She had started her savings habit as a young child when she would return from school to clean and iron for money which she would then save.She led a simple，枷gal existence,never spending on anything but her most basic needs.Her bank also advised her on investing her hard-earned savings.When she retired,she decided that she wanted to use the money to give children of limited means the opportunity to go to university.She had wanted to become a nurse,but had to leave school to look after ill relatives and work.When asked why she had given her life savings away,she replied,"I'm giving it away so that children won't have to work so hard,like I did."After news of her donation hit the media,over 600 donations were made to the scholarship fund.One was given by media executive,Ted Turner,who reputedly gave a billion dollars.She didn't want any fuss made over her gift,but the news got out and she was invited all over the United States to talk to people.Wherever she went,people would come up to her to say a few words or just touch her. She met the ordinary and the famous,President Clinton included.In the last few years of her life, before she died of cancer,McCarty was given over 300 awards:she was honoured by the United Nations and received the Presidential Citizen's Medal.Despite having no real education,she found herself with two honorary doctorates:one from the University of Southern Mississippi and the other from Harvard University.Her generosity was clearly an inspiration to many people arid proof that true selflessness does exist.She managed to save so much money because________.A:she had ironed and washed clothes all her lifeB:she had worked hard,saved hard and invested carefullyC:she had opened a good bank accountD:she knew how to make money
阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的內容從每小题的四个选项中选出可填入相应空白处的最佳选择，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边括号里。AGrandma Moses is among the most famous twentieth-century painters of the United States，yet she had only just begun painting in her late seventies．As she once said of herself：“I would never sit back in a rocking-chair，waiting for someone to help me．”She was born on a farm in New York State．At twelve she left home and was in a service until at twenty-seven，she married Thomas Moses，the tenant of hers．They farmed most of their lives．She had ten children，of whom five survived；her husband died in 1928．Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery pictures as a hobby，but only changed to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time．Her pictures were first sold at an exhibition，and were soon noticed by a businessman who bought everything she painteD．Three of the pictures were shown in the Museum of Modern Art，and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York．Between the 1930‘s and her death she produced some 2，000 pictures：careful and lively pictures of the country life she had known，with a wonderful sense of color and form．From Grandma Moses‘s words of herself in the first paragraph，it can be inferred that she was_______．A.independentB.prettyC.richD.alone
Eleanor Roosevelt was the wife of America′s 32nd president,Franklin Roosevelt.She helped her husband in?many ways during his long（21）life.She also became one of the most（22）women in America.She fought for?equal rights for all people.Eleanor was born in New York City in 1884.Her family had great wealth.But Eleanor did not have a happy（23）.Her parents died when she was very young.She was raised by her grandmother.Eleanor（24）that as a?child,her greatest happiness came from helping others.tn the early 1900s,many people were worried about the problems of（25）people who came to America in（26）of a better life.Eleanor could not（27）how people lived in such poor conditions while she and some others?had so much（28）.After she finished school,Eleanor began（29）children to read and write in one of the poorest areas of New?York City.She also looked into（30）where workers were said to be badly（31）.She saw little children of four?and five years old working until they（32）to the floor.She became involved（参与）with other women who（33）the same ideas about improving social conditions.Franklin Roosevelt began（34）Eleanor when he was in New York.They got（35）in 1905.In the next eleven?years,they had six children.The Roosevelts moved to Washington D.C.in 1913.第（32）题选A.droppedB.runC.jumpedD.sank
"...She was married to an officer in India,long ago India;and she had a life of physical adventure(冒险)as exciting as her poetry.Her husband could cross rivers using crocodiles(鳄鱼)as stepping stones.He died when she was only 39.Unwilling to exist without him,she took her life,leaving a son in England."I stared at the paper,21?reading,couldn′t help thinking.Crocodiles are lazy animals as a rule,but they can move like lightening when they want to.And they don′t mind hurrying?22?they′re hungry.There used to be lots in Indian rivers,living on fish mostly;but what′s a little fish for a fifteen-foot crocodile？They ate people,fisherman or anyone else delicious enough to get too near;women doing the?23,or children playing at the water′s24.A hungry crocodile′s mouth?25?over a meal with a sound like a gunshot.A big fellow can?26?in a man in two bites(咬)。That woman′s husband crossed rivers?27?from one crocodile′s back to the next.I believe it.It had to be done quickly before the creature could see what was happening.It wasn′t28?a brave,active man;and no doubt he improved with practice.He could never look?29while crossing.The wife used to watch him--I felt sure of that.She lived?30?the adventure,the?31?excitement of it all.Their real life was with tigers,snakes...It′s no wonder she wrote?32poetry.Then he died.I imagined how she felt.Was there another man?33?him in India,in the world?She was still young,hardly a sitting-room widow(寡妇)."I must?34,too."she said to herself.So she did what she felt she had to do.A?35?probably,to her head.But her young son,their son?Was her love for him nothing compared to her husband?Well,what do you think?第30题答案是A.withoutB.tillC.forD.on
Grandma Moses is among the most famous twentieth-century painters of the United States，yet she had only just begun painting in her late seventies.As she once said of herself：“I would never sit back in a rocking-chair，waiting for someone to help me.”She was born on a farm in New York State.At twelve she left home and was in a service until at twenty-seven，she married Thomas Moses，the tenant of hers.They farmed most of their lives.She had ten children，of whom five survived;her husband died in 1928.Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery pictures as a hobby，but only changed to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time.Her pictures were first sold at an exhibition，and were soon noticed by a businessman who bought everything she painted.Three of the pictures were shown in the Museum of Modern Art，and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York.Between the 1930‘s and her death she produced some 2，000 pictures：careful and lively pictures of the country life she had known，with a wonderful sense of color and form.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage A.Grandma MosesB.The Children of Grandma MosesC.Grandma Moses：Her Best PicturesD.Grandma Moses and Her First Exhibition
阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的內容從每小题的四个选项中选出可填入相应空白处的最佳选择，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边括号里。AGrandma Moses is among the most famous twentieth-century painters of the United States，yet she had only just begun painting in her late seventies．As she once said of herself：“I would never sit back in a rocking-chair，waiting for someone to help me．”She was born on a farm in New York State．At twelve she left home and was in a service until at twenty-seven，she married Thomas Moses，the tenant of hers．They farmed most of their lives．She had ten children，of whom five survived；her husband died in 1928．Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery pictures as a hobby，but only changed to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time．Her pictures were first sold at an exhibition，and were soon noticed by a businessman who bought everything she painteD．Three of the pictures were shown in the Museum of Modern Art，and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York．Between the 1930‘s and her death she produced some 2，000 pictures：careful and lively pictures of the country life she had known，with a wonderful sense of color and form．Grandma Moses spent most of their life________．A.nursingB.paintingC.farmingD.embroidering
阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的內容從每小题的四个选项中选出可填入相应空白处的最佳选择，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边括号里。AGrandma Moses is among the most famous twentieth-century painters of the United States，yet she had only just begun painting in her late seventies．As she once said of herself：“I would never sit back in a rocking-chair，waiting for someone to help me．”She was born on a farm in New York State．At twelve she left home and was in a service until at twenty-seven，she married Thomas Moses，the tenant of hers．They farmed most of their lives．She had ten children，of whom five survived；her husband died in 1928．Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery pictures as a hobby，but only changed to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time．Her pictures were first sold at an exhibition，and were soon noticed by a businessman who bought everything she painteD．Three of the pictures were shown in the Museum of Modern Art，and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York．Between the 1930‘s and her death she produced some 2，000 pictures：careful and lively pictures of the country life she had known，with a wonderful sense of color and form．Grandma Moses began to paint because she wanted to_______．A.make her home beautifulB.keep activeC.improve her salaryD.gain an international fame
阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的內容從每小题的四个选项中选出可填入相应空白处的最佳选择，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边括号里。AGrandma Moses is among the most famous twentieth-century painters of the United States，yet she had only just begun painting in her late seventies．As she once said of herself：“I would never sit back in a rocking-chair，waiting for someone to help me．”She was born on a farm in New York State．At twelve she left home and was in a service until at twenty-seven，she married Thomas Moses，the tenant of hers．They farmed most of their lives．She had ten children，of whom five survived；her husband died in 1928．Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery pictures as a hobby，but only changed to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time．Her pictures were first sold at an exhibition，and were soon noticed by a businessman who bought everything she painteD．Three of the pictures were shown in the Museum of Modern Art，and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York．Between the 1930‘s and her death she produced some 2，000 pictures：careful and lively pictures of the country life she had known，with a wonderful sense of color and form．（）Which of the following would be the best title for the passage A.Grandma MosesB.The Children of Grandma MosesC.Grandma Moses：Her Best PicturesD.Grandma Moses and Her First Exhibition
问答题Practice 7 When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. It was true, too. She had a little thin face and a little thin body, thin light hair and a sour expression. Her hair was yellow, and her face was yellow because she had been born in India and had always been ill in one way or another. Her father had held a position under the English Government and had always been busy and ill himself, and her mother had been a great beauty who cared only to go to parties and amuse herself with gay people. She had not wanted a little girl at all, and when Mary was born she handed her over to the care of an Ayah, who was made to understand that if she wished to please the Mem Sahib she must keep the child out of sight as much as possible. So when she was a sickly, fretful, ugly little baby she was kept out of the way, and when she became a sickly, fretful, toddling thing she was kept out of the way also. She never remembered seeing familiarly anything but the dark faces of her Ayah and the other native servants. And as they always obeyed her and gave her her own way in everything, because the Mem Sahib would be angry if she was disturbed by her crying, by the time she was six years old she was as tyrannical and selfish a little pig as ever lived. The young English governess who came to teach her to read and write disliked her so much that she gave up her place in three months, and when other governesses came to try to fill it they always went away in a shorter time than the first one. So if Mary had not chosen to really want to know how to read books she would never have learned her letters at all.