When three of my grandchildren acquired a half-grown dog I agreed to help them build a dog house. As we began the __1__, I knew that keeping them involved was going to be a __2__. Much of my energy was spent calling them back to the job and finding __3__ of the project that could be handled by small children. I held to my initial(最初的) determination that building this dog house was to be a (n) __4__ project.
Early in the project I had __5__ the grandkids that we would roast wieners(香肠) in the back yard __6__ we finished painting the dog house.__7__ three of the largest house-painting brushes I could find, I supervised (管理) the __8__ of our homemade structure. Kids and paint. How could I have __9__ the potential (潜在的) harm that such a combination can create?
After cleaning up the paint __10__-kids, brushes, carport(车棚)-I __11__ that we would probably eat earlier if we just asked Grandma to heat the wieners in water on the gas range. A pain of __12__ came over me as I realized I was trying to weasel(躲避) out of a(n)__13__ promise.
As Jamie, Jeffrey and Kimberley looked on, I built a first-class fire in our back yard pit, cut some roasting sticks, and prepared for the __14__ cooking event. When we __15__ eating I leaned back on the cool grass and __16__ the last remnants(残余) of our fire. Six-year-old Jeffrey was leaning back against my chest, and I began to think about what it meant to be a Grandpa.
The __17__ was broken when Jeffrey quietly reflected, “Know what Grandpa?” And without breaking his __18__ at the dying embers(灰烬) he continued, “This is the best day of my whole life.”
After a few moments of __19__ silence he glanced up and said, “Are you crying, Grandpa? You've got a __20__ on your cheek.”
Clearing my throat I explained that it must be from the smoke.
1. A. plan B. question C. project D. problem
2. A. challenge B. design C. duty D. job
3. A. all B. parts C. none D. most
4. A. part-time B. group C. interesting D. difficult
5. A. demanded B. required C. informed D. promised
6. A. so long as B. in order that C. as soon as D. even if
7. A. Selecting B. Bringing C. Washing D. Arranging
8. A. building B. moving C. painting D. cleaning
9. A. remembered B. forgotten
C. regretted D. prevented
10. A. colour B. drops C. mess D. dirt
11. A. suggested B. ordered C. told D. thought
12. A. wound B. body C. head D. guilt
13. A. longer B. bigger C. better D. earlier
14. A. indoor B. outdoor C. field D. kitchen
15. A. began B. finished C. continued D. liked
16. A. watched B. made C. raised D. kept
17. A. fire B. glass C. silence D. night
18. A. words B. gaze C. mind D. attention
19. A. fixed B. broken C. mixed D. continued
20. A. tear B. grain C. dirt D. leaf
.1. 解析:选C。从前文“I agreed to help them build a dog house”可知,他们开始了这项工程。
2. 解析:选A。联系空后的“Much of my energy was spent calling them back to the job and finding __3__ of the project that could be handled by small children”可知,“我”大部分时间都花在把他们召集在一起,然后找出他们能做的那些事情上,因此说这是一个挑战。
3. 解析:选B。联系空后的“that could be handled by small children”可以推测出,“我”要找出他们能做的那些事情,因此选parts。
4. 解析:选B。因为是与几个孩子一起参加的工程,因此是群体工程。
5. 解析:选D。从后文“I realized I was trying to weasel(躲避) out of a(n) __13__ promise”。可以得出答案。
6. 解析:选C。一完成粉刷狗舍的工作,我们就去烤香肠。so long as如果;in order that为了;even if即使;as soon as一……就……。
7. 解析:选A。从空后的“three of the largest house-painting brushes I could find”可知,“我”选了三个中最大的。
8. 解析:选C。选出house-painting brushes之后,下一步的工作就是粉刷了。
9. 解析:选B。由文意可知,这种伤害是无法忘记的。
10. 解析:选C。联系空前的cleaning up可知,在粉刷结束后清理一下混乱的周围环境。
11. 解析:选A。联系下文“I was trying to weasel(躲避) out of a(n) __13__ promise”可知,“我”建议在水中热一下烤肠吃,而不是到户外烧烤。
12. 解析:选D。因为要打破自己的诺言,因此有种负罪感。
13. 解析:选D。开始工作以前曾经许下承诺,因此是earlier promise。
14. 解析:选B。联系空前的“I built a first-class fire in our back yard pit”可知,这是在户外。
15. 解析:选B。由下文“I leaned back on the cool grass and __16__ the last remnants(残余) of our fire”可知,显然是吃完饭后的事情。
16. 解析:选A。倚靠在凉爽的草上,看着余火。
17. 解析:选C。祖孙几人就这样静静躺着,然后这份寂静突然被打破。
18. 解析:选B。联系空后的“at the dying embers”可知,他继续盯着余火。
19. 解析:选D。寂静被打破后现在又恢复,因此是继续寂静。
20. 解析:选A。联系上文“Are you crying, Grandpa?”可以得出答案选A。
The city of Angkor was the capital of the Khmer Empire from the 9th to the 15th centuries. The Khmer Empire was one of the most prosperous kingdoms in the history of Southeast Asia, and its prosperity was expressed through a wide range of architecture.
The city of Angkor was founded on political and religious ideas adapted from India, and the temples of Angkor were intended as a place of worship for the king and a way for him to ensure his immortality through identification with the Hindu gods.
Angkor Wat was first built by King Suryavarman Ⅱ in the 12th century as a vast funerary temple that would hold his remains, symbolically(象征性地) confirming his permanent identity with Vishnu.
During its six centuries as imperial capital, Angkor went through many changes in architectural styles and in religion. The city of Angkor transferred itself from the Hindu god Shiva to the Hindu god Vishnu, and finally to the Mahayana Buddhist goddess Avalokitesvara.
By the late 13th century, the once frenzied(发狂的) pace of Angkor's architectural pursuits had begun to die down, and a more restrained type of religion was on the rise under the growing influence of Theravada Buddhism.
At the same time, Angkor and the Khmer Empire were increasingly threatened and attacked by invading armies. By the 16th century, the golden age of Angkor was over and many of the great temples began to move back into the jungle.
From the 15th to 19th centuries, Theravada Buddhist monks cared for Angkor Wat, and it is thanks to them that the temple remains mostly intact(完整的). Angkor Wat became one of the most important pilgrimage(朝拜) sites in Southeast Asia. Angkor Wat is the best preserved example of Khmer architecture in Cambodia and is so grand in design that some rank it among the seven wonders of the world. It appears on the Cambodian national flag, a very rare instance of a flag with an image of a building.
1. Angkor Wat was first built to________.
A. hold the remains of a king B. serve as the royal palace
C. worship the gods D. be the tomb for the king
2. Angkor Wat probably began to face real threat from________.
A. the 12th century B. the late 13th century
C. the 16th century D. the 15th century
3. Vishnu was the name of________.
A. a king in ancient Cambodia
B. a temple in Cambodia
C. an Indian god
D. a monk in ancient Cambodia
4. We can infer from the last paragraph that________.
A. Angkor Wat is widely accepted as one of the seven wonders of the world
B. Theravada Buddhist monks had fought against the outside invaders
C. Angkor Wat is not so important as it used to be
D. Angkor Wat has become a symbol of Cambodia
5. The passage mainly tells us________.
A. the history of Angkor Wat
B. the protection of Angkor Wat
C. the importance of Angkor Wat
D. the position of Angkor in Cambodian history
.1. 解析:选A。细节理解题。从文章第三段可知,吴哥窟最初是为了保存国王的遗物而修建的。
2. 解析:选B。细节理解题。综合文章后三段可知,13世纪末,吴哥城遭受外来侵略,是和尚保护了吴哥窟,因此说明,自从遭受外来侵略,昊哥窟就面临着威胁。
3. 解析:选C。细节理解题。从文章第四段最后一句可知答案,这是一个印度神的名字。
4. 解析:选D。推理判断题。文章最后一段说明,吴哥窟上了柬埔寨的国旗,说明它是柬埔寨的象征。
5. 解析:选A。主旨大意题。综合全文可知,本文重点说明吴哥窟的历史,而不是吴哥城在柬埔寨的历史地位。
While the factors driving the modern family are many and complex-from the explosion of technology to the influx(涌入) of mothers into the workforce-parental fear may be at the heart of today's rushed(匆忙的) approach to child-rearing(养育孩子), some experts say.
Parents fear everything from media exposure to violence to peer pressure, says Alan Mirabelli, executive director of Ottawa think tank. Perhaps most of all, there's the fear that their kids won't be equipped to compete in the future.
Some might argue that today's parents are micromanagers because, unlike those who raised families during the Depression and World War Ⅱ, they don't have enough real worries. But Mirabelli says it comes down to a different context and a different set of challenges.
He notes that while parents 25 or 30 years ago had the modest goals of providing their offspring with more than they had, the current driving force is the desperation to equip kids for a dog-eat-dog world.
They demand tougher schools, a heftier(容量更大的) curriculum and standardized testing to measure performance. Outside the school system, they fill in the gaps with tutoring, music lessons, art classes, gymnastics and hockey. For those who can't afford it,_there's the additional stress and fear that their kids don't stand a chance.
David Elkind, a renowned child psychologist and author of The Hurried Child, says hyper-parenting is a reaction to a world changing so fast and we have no idea how to prepare kids for it. Parents can't envision the society their kids will inhabit as adults, so they try to cover all the possibilities, cramming in as much as possible and operating on the principle that earlier is better. “This works against the notion of let children be children,”said David Elkind.
6. The biggest fear of parents is that their children________.
A. will change for the worse because of media influence
B. will get involved in violence
C. will fall behind in future competition
D. will compare themselves with peers
7. David Elkind holds the view that________.
A. parents should equip their kids for a changing world
B. parents shouldn't worry too much about their children
C. parents shouldn't destroy the childhood of their children
D. it's better for parents to foresee the future society
8. We can conclude from the text that________.
A. children today can't enjoy a real childhood
B. children today are better equipped for the future
C. parents today actually have no real worries
D. parents today face more challenges actually
9. What would be the BEST title for the text?
A. Modern family is becoming complex
B. The harm of rushed approach to child-rearing
C. How to equip children for the future
D. The parents are worried, so the children are hurried
10. The underlined word “it” in the fifth paragraph probably refers to________.
A. the tough education
B. a good environment
C. a colourful after-school activity
D. a rich and happy life
6. 解析:选C。细节理解题。文章第二段列举了当今父母的种种担心,但最担心的还是孩子不能应付未来的竞争。
7. 解析:选C。推理判断题。从文章最后一段可知,David Elkind 认为当今的父母不重视孩子的天性,他认为孩子应该享受童年的快乐。
8. 解析:选A。推理判断题。综合分析文章可知,父母的担心转化为孩子的压力,因此孩子无法享受童年的乐趣。
9. 解析:选D。主旨大意题。文章介绍父母由于内心的担心,因此给孩子很多的压力,使他们无法享受童年的乐趣,“父母担心,孩子忙碌”成为当今社会的独特现象,因此D项作为文章的标题最佳。
10. 解析:选A。词义猜测题。父母让孩子在学校接受严格的教育,课外又给他们安排各种活动,因此A项最能概括前面的内容。
下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
注意:每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。
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Looking forward to receive your early reply.
receiving
Yours truly,
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If you are hungry, what do you do? Have your favorite meal and stay quiet after that?__1__ But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your friends or favorite stars. So it silently serves your needs and never lets itself grow. When mind loses its freedom to grow, creativity sets a full stop. This might be the reason why we all sometimes think “What happens next?”, “Why can't I think?”
__2__Why reading but not watching TV? It is because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from childhood. Since it develops other aspects of our life, we have to take help from reading.
Once you read a book, you run your eyes through the lines and your mind tries to explain something to you.__3__Now this seed is unknowingly used by you to develop new ideas. If it is used many times, the same seed can give you great help to relate a lot of things, which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams!
This is nothing but creativity.__4__Within no time you can start talking with your friends in English or any other language and never run out of the right words.
So guys, do give food for your thoughts by reading, reading and more reading.__5__Go and get a book!
A. The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed.
B. Why not do some reading while you are hungry?
C. Just like your stomach, your mind is also hungry.
D. Now what are you waiting for?
E. Hunger of the mind can be actually solved through wide reading.
F. Reading can help you make more friends, too.
G. Also this makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary.
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________
5. ________
CEAGD
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