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【回答问题考查点】
1. 考查获得实时信息的能力；
2. 考查在具体的语境中灵活运用语言常识的能力；
3. 考查依据考试试题内容进行正确的逻辑推理、综合判断和剖析概括的能力。
D. Answer the questions
Passage 1
Sam Gribley, a boy in his teens, ran away from his family's crowded flat in New York, where he lived with eight brothers and sisters. He went to the wild Catskill Mountains to live by himself. He lived there for almost a year before he was discovered by the outside world. Here is part of his dairy, showing how his adventure began.
I left New York in May. I had some necessary tools and $ 4.1 tried to get free rides from passing trucks to get into the Catskill Mountains. At about four o'clock, a truck driver and I passed through a beautiful dark forest, and I said to him, "This is as far as I am going."
The driver looked around and said, "Do you live here?"
"No," I said, "but I'm running away from home, and this is just the kind of forest I've always dreamed about. I think I'll camp here tonight. " I jumped down from the truck. '
"Hey, boy," the driver shouted. "Are you serious?"
"Sure," I said.
"Well, now, isn't that strange?" he said. "You know, when I was your age, I did the same thing. only the different thing was, I was a farm boy and ran to the city, and you're a city boy running to the woods. I was scared of the city. Do you think you'll be scared of the woods?"
"Oh, no, "I shouted loudly.
As I marched into the cool shadowy woods, I heard the driver call to me, "I'll be back in the morning, if you want a ride home."
He laughed. Everybody laughed at me. Even Dad. I told Dad that I was going to run away to Great- grand-fatherGribley's land. He roared with laughter and told me about the time he ran away from home. He got on a boat for Singapore, but when the whistle（汽笛声） blew for departure, he ran down the gangway and was home in bed before anyone knew he had gone. Then he told me, "Sure, try it. Every boy should try it."
1. Did Sam have a big family or a small one?
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2. Whom did Sam live with in the Wild Catskill Mountains?
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3. What did Sam take with him when he left New York?
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4. How did Sam get into the Catskill Mountains?
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5. Why did Sam choose the Catskill Mountains to camp?
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6. Sam's father thought Sam's behavior was understandable, didn't he?
__________________________________________________
7. As a teenager, will you run away from home? Why?
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【答案】
1. He had a big family.
2. He lived there alone. /No one lived with him.
3. He took some necessary tools and $ 4.
4. He got into the Catskill Mountains by free rides. /He /tried to get/got free rides from passing trucks to
get into the Catskill Mountains.
5. Because this was just the kind of forest he always dreamed about
6. Yes, he did.
7. Yes, I will. / No, I will not. Because
Passage 2
I was born disabled. A difficult birth, feet first, my head stuck in the birth canal . By my first birthday, I couldn’t crawl , stand or walk.
When I was 3, Dad brought me to the Children's Hospital in Boston. They told him I had cerebral palsy . A loss of oxygen to my brain had destroyed brain signals to the right side of my body.
But no son of my dad's was going to be disabled. Every morning before breakfast and every evening before bed, my dad placed me on the bedroom floor to exercise my right leg. The muscles were shrunken and twisted together. His job was to craft them straight, at any cosplayt. Back and forth, up and down, my dad pushed and pulled the muscles into shape.
But my dad's exercise of passion didn't sTOP there. For my 13th birthday, he threw me a special party. When everybody was gone, he opened a large box. In it was a set of boxing gloves. We put them on. My dad went on to beat me mercilessly . Each time I tried to get up, the gloves kissed my nose, eyes and jaw . I begged him to sTOP. He said he beat me to get me ready for the world. He told me I was a man now and things would be very difficult for me.
That same year, I was the only kid in my neighborhood that wasn't picked for Little League. Everybody laughed at me. Two weeks later, Dad started the Shed Park Minor League, and every kid played. Dad coached the Yankees and made me a pitcher .
In high school, I became a football star. The power of my dad's love made sure I walked and more. In 1997, a brain doctor in San Jose told me I didn't have cerebral palsy after all. He explained how and where the doctor's forceps at birth had damaged one part of my brain.
My dad never knew the whole truth since he passed away years ago. But all that counts is the bottom line. After all his madness, on this Father's Day, like every Father's Day, I'm no longer disabled.
1. What couldn't the writer do by his first birthday?
The writer couldn't__________________________________________________.
2. How did the writer's father help him to craft the muscles straight?
He crafted the muscles straight by_____________________________________.
3. What present did the writer received from his father on his thirteenth birthday?
He received _______________________________________ as a birthday present.
4. Why did the writer's father beat him mercilessly on his thirteenth birthday?
Because ___________________________________________________________.
5. When did the writer know that he didn't have cerebral palsy after all?
__________________________________________________________________.
6. The writer's father never gave up on him, did he?
__________________________________________________________________.
7. How do you like the writer's father?
__________________________________________________________________.
【答案】
1. The writer couldn't crawl, stand or walk.
2. He crafted the muscles straight by pushing and pulling them into shape.
3. He received a set of boxing gloves.
4. Because his father wanted him to get ready for the world and know things would be extra difficult for
him.
5. In 1997.
6. No, he didn't.
7.
Passage 3
One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school found he had only one thing left, and he was hungry.
He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he was too nervous when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I owe you?" "You don't owe me anything," she replied, "Mother has taught us never to accept pay for a kindness." He said, 'Then I thank you from my heart."
As Howard Kelly, left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but his faith in God and man was strong, which he had been ready to give up.
Years later that young woman became badly ill. The local doctors couldn't find a way to help her. They finally sent her to the big city. Dr. Howard Kelly was called .When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her room. Dressed in his doctor's coat, he went in to see her. He knew who she was at once. He went back to the meeting room, decided to do his best to save her life. From that day he gave special attention to the case. After a long struggle, the battle was won.
Dr. Kelly asked the business office to pass the final bill to him. He looked at it then wrote something on the side and the bill was sent to her room. She feared to open it for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally she looked and something caught her attention on the side of the bill. She read these words, "Paid in full with one glass of milk." Tears of joy filled her eyes as her happy heart prayed, "Thank you, God. Your love has spread abroad through human hearts and hands!”
1. Why did the boy sell goods from door to door?
Because he wanted to_________________________________________________.
2. What did the boy asked for when a lovely woman appeared at the door?
He just asked for____________________________________________________.
3. Was the woman sent to the hospital in the big city at first?
__________________________________________________________________.
4. What did Dr. Howard Kelly decide to do as soon as he knew who the woman was?
He decided to_______________________________________________________.
5. The woman wasn't saved at last, was she?
___________________________________________________________________.
6. Why did Dr. Kelly ask the business office to pass the final bill to him?
___________________________________________________________________.
7. What will you do after you have read this story?
I will_______________________________________________________________.
【答案】1. pay his way through school
2. a drink of water
3. No, she wasn't.
4. do his best to save her life
5. Yes, she was saved.
6. He want to thank the woman for her kindness.
7. try my best to help everyone in trouble
Passage 4
Everyone has good days and bad days.
Sometimes, you may feel that you're on TOP of the world and all the questions on your maths test might seem easy. But sometimes you feel frightened or you lose things, and you cannot focus on your school work.
For more than 20 years, scientists have suggested that high self-esteem is the key to success. They said that kids who feel good about themselves do better in school and have fewer emotional problems than kids who have a low opinion of themselves.
Now, new research shows that focusing just on building self-esteem may not be helpful. In some cases, having high self-esteem can bring bad results if it makes you less likeable or more upset when you fail at something.
"Forget about self-esteem," says Jennifer Crocker, a psychologist at the university of Michigan, US. "It’s not the important thing" Crocker's advice may sounds bit strange because it is good to feel good about oneself. Studies show that people with high self-esteem are less likely to be sad, anxious, shy, or lonely than those with low self-esteem.
But, after reviewing about 18,000 studies on self-esteem, Roy Baumeister, a psychologist at Florida State University, has found that building up your self-esteem will not necessary make you a better person; People with high self-esteem tend to think more of themselves while people with low self-esteem are more likely to rely on their friends when they need help.
Researchers say it is best to listen to and support other people. Set out to create or build something. If you fail at something, try to learn from the experience. "The best therapy is to know your own weak points" Vohs says, "It's OK to say, 'I'm not so good at that,' and then move on."
1. We can hardly focus on our school work when we lose things, can we?
__________, ____________________________________________________
2. According to scientists, what is the key to success?
_______________________________________________________________
3. Do kids who have a low opinion of themselves have more emotional problems?
_______________________________________________________________
4. When can high self-esteem bring us bad results?
_______________________________________________________________
5. What's Crocker’s advice on self-esteem?
_______________________________________________________________
6. What will people with low self-esteem do when they need help?
___________________________will be the thing they do.
7. How do you like "If you fail at something, try to learn from the experience."? Why?
_______________________________________________________________
【答案】99. No, we can't.
100. High self-esteem.
101. Yes, they do.
102. When we fail at something.
103. Forget about it/self-esteem.
104. Relying on their friends/others
105. I like it because ....
翻译→巩固新词语
1.当他正步走进树林的时候，一只狮子咆哮了
______________________________________________________________________________.
2.大家在年少时，都会感到缺少自由。
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3.无论花多少代价，Bob都倾向于把我们的屋子放上树。
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4.他不太想吃西式快餐。
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5. Alice全力以赴完成了这项任务。
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【答案】1. When he was marching into the woods, a lion roared.
2. We all felt a loss of freedom in our teens.
3. Bob tend to place his own house on the tree at any cosplayt.
4. He is less likely to have western food.
5. Alice did her best to finish the task.
