Then Alice saw a small glass table. There was a little golden key on it. She picked it up and put it in all the locks on the doors but it didn’t open any of them. She moved a curtain on one of the walls and discovered another door, a very small one. She put the key in the lock. It was exactly the right size! She opened the door and looked through it. At the end of a low passage she saw a beautiful garden. It was full of brightly coloured flowers and fountains. “Oh, how beautiful!” she said. “I’d love to go there but I’m too big to get through the door.”
She walked back to the table. There was a bottle on it now.
“I’m sure that bottle wasn’t there before,”she said, a little confused.
She put down the key and picked up the bottle. She read the words “DRINK ME” on it. Alice wasn’t a stupid girl. She didn’t drink it immediately. First she looked at the bottle carefully. There wasn’t a label on it that said “POISON”.
So she put the bottle to her lips and drank.
“Mmm, it’s nice,” she said, it tasted like cherry tart, pineapple, roast turkey and toast—all the things that she liked to eat—so she drank some more. And some more. Soon the bottle was empty.
“What a curious feeling,” she said. “I’m getting smaller and smaller.” It was true! She was now as small as her cat Dinah.
“Good! I can go through the door into the garden,” she said. But, poor Alice! When she got to the door, she didn’t have the key! It was on the table. She couldn’t reach it because she was too small now. She sat down and cried.
After a while she said, “Alice! Stop crying! Crying doesn’t help! Dry your tears immediately!”
When she looked at the table again, she saw a small glass box under it. She picked it up and opened it. There was a small cake inside. It had the words “EAT ME” on it. She put a small piece of it in her mouth.
“If I grow bigger I can reach the key,” she thought. “And if I grow smaller I can go under the door.”
But nothing happened so she finished it.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. From the passage we can know that ________.
| A．at first Alice could go through the door into the garden easily |
| B．then Alice found there was a little golden key on a small wooden table |
| C．Alice saw a small glass box with a small cake in it under the table |
a. She saw a beautiful garden at the end of a low passage.
b. She moved a curtain and discovered another door.
c. She put a small piece of the cake in her mouth.
d. She put the bottle to her lips and drank.
e. She cried because she couldn’t reach the key.
| A．a—b—c—d—e | B．b—a—d—e—c | C．d—a—b—c—e |
| A．the small box | B．the glass table | C．the small cake |
| A．careful and brave | B．curious (好奇的) and helpful | C．clever and friendly |
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【推荐1】Four Poems
Poem 1 | Poem 2 |
By Liu Zongyuan From hill to hill no bird in flight; From path to path no man in sight. A lonely fisherman afloat①, Is fishing in snow in a lonely boat. | To Wang Lun By Li Bai I. Li Bai, sit aboard a ship about to go. When suddenly on shore your farewell② songs o’erflow. However deep the lake of Peach Blossoms may be, It is not so deep, O Wang Lun! As your love for me. |
Poem 3 | Poem 4 |
| Homesickness Night By Li Bai Before my bed a pool of light, Can it be hoarfrost③ on the ground? Looking up, I find the moon bright, Bowing, in homesickness I’m drowned④. | On the Stork Tower By Wang Zhihuan The sun beyond the mountain glows⑤, The Yellow River seawards⑥ flows⑦. You can enjoy a grander⑧ sight, By climbing to a greater height. |
| (Translated by Xu Yuanchong) | |
| NOTES: ①on the river ②goodbye ③small pieces of ice ④dying missing ⑤shines less brightly ⑥towards the sea ⑦runs ⑧greater | |
| A．Fishing in Snow | B．Return to Nature |
| C．Beauty of the Quiet Hill | D．Happy Rain on a Spring Night |
| A．Free. | B．Proud. | C．Thankful. | D．Confident. |
| A．All good things come to an end. |
| B．Don’t put off today’s work until tomorrow. |
| C．Never give up even if you have no support. |
| D．The higher you stand, the farther you can see. |
| A．Poem 1. | B．Poem 2. | C．Poem 3. | D．Poem 4. |
| A．1-a; 2-c; 3-d; 4-b | B．1-b; 2-a; 3-d; 4-c | C．1-b; 2-d; 3-a; 4-c | D．1-d; 2-c; 3-a; 4-b |
【推荐2】Hearts and Hands
At Denver there was a flood of passengers into the coaches on the eastbound B. & M. Express. In one coach there sat a very young woman dressed in elegant taste. Among the newcomers were two young men, one of handsome presence with a young, bold face and manner; the other a messy, glum-faced person, heavily built and roughly dressed. The two were handcuffed (铐) together.
As they passed down the aisle of the coach the only vacant seat offered was the one facing the attractive young woman. Here the linked couple seated themselves. The young woman’s glance fell upon them with a distant, quick disinterest; then with a lovely smile brightening her face and a tender pink coloring her rounded cheeks, she held out a gray-gloved hand and her full, sweet voice flowed.
“Well, Mr. Easton, if you will make me speak first, I suppose I must. Don’t you ever recognize old friends when you meet them in the West?”
The younger man roused himself sharply at the sound of her voice, seemed to struggle with a slight embarrassment which he threw off instantly, and then clasped her fingers with his left hand.
“It’s Miss Fairchild,” he said, with a smile. “I’ll ask you to excuse the other hand; it’s otherwise engaged just at present.”
He slightly raised his right hand, bound at the wrist by the shining “bracelet” to the left one of his companion. The glad look in the girl’s eyes slowly changed to a confused horror. The glow faded from her cheeks. Her lips parted in a vague, relaxing distress. Easton, with a little laugh, as if amused, was about to speak again when the other, the glum-faced man who had been watching the girl, stopped him. The glum-faced man had been watching the girl.
“You’ll excuse me for speaking, miss, but I see you’ve met the marshal (执行官) before. If you’ll ask him to speak a word for me when we get to the prison he’ll do it, and it’ll make things easier for me there. He’s taking me to Leavenworth prison. It’s seven years for cheating.”
“Oh!” said the girl, with a deep breath and returning color. “So that is what you are doing out here? Amarshal!”
“My dear Miss Fairchild,” said Easton, calmly, “I had to do something. Money has a way of taking wings unto itself, and you know it takes money to keep step with our crowd in Washington. I saw this opening in the West, and—well, a marshalship isn’t quite as high a position as that of ambassador (大使), but—”
“The ambassador,” said the girl, warmly, “doesn’t call any more. He needn’t ever have done so. You ought to know that. And so now you are one of these dashing Western heroes, and you ride and shoot and go into all kinds of dangers. That’s different from the Washington life. You have been missed from the old crowd.”
The girl’s eyes, fascinated, went back, widening a little, to rest upon the glittering handcuffs.
“Don’t you worry about them, miss,” said the other man. “All marshals handcuff themselves to their prisoners to keep them from getting away. Mr. Easton knows his business.”
“Will we see you again soon in Washington?” asked the girl.
“Not soon, I think,” said Easton. “My butterfly days are over, I fear.”
“I love the West,” said the girl carelessly. Her eyes were shining softly. She looked away out the car window. She began to speak simply without the gloss of style and manner. “Mamma and I spent the summer in Denver. She went home a week ago because father was slightly ill. I could live and be happy in the West. I think the air here agrees with me. Money isn’t everything. But people always misunderstand things and remain stupid—”
“Say, Mr. Marshal,” growled the glum-faced man. “This isn’t quite fair. I’m needing a drink and haven’t had a smoke all day. Haven’t you talked long enough? Take me in the smoker now, won’t you? I’m half dead for a pipe.”
The bound travelers rose to their feet, Easton with the same slow smile on his face.
“I can’t deny a want for tobacco,” he said, lightly. “It’s the one friend of the unlock. Good-bye, Miss Fairchild. Duty calls, you know.” He held out his hand for a farewell.
“It’s too bad you are not going East,” she said, reclothing herself with manner and style. “But you must go onto Leavenworth, I suppose?"
“Yes,” said Easton, “I must go on to Leavenworth.”
The two men walked down the aisle into the smoker.
The two passengers in a seat nearby had heard most of the conversation. Said one of them: “That marshal’s a good sort of chap. Some of these Western fellows are all right.”
“Pretty young to hold an office like that, isn’t he?” asked the other.
“Young!” shouted the first speaker, “Why— Oh! Didn’t you catch on? Say—did you ever know an officer to handcuff a prisoner to his right hand?”
| A．be of the same opinion | B．be good for |
| C．be fresh and clean | D．be popular and welcome |
| A．but I see you’ve met the marshal before. |
| B．And so now you are one of these dashing Western heroes, … |
| C．Pretty young to hold an office like that, isn’t he? |
| D．Say—did you ever know an officer to handcuff a prisoner to his right hand? |
| A．Easton’s love for money. | B．Miss Fairchild’s enjoyment of the West. |
| C．The marshal’s kindness toward Easton. | D．The passenger’s praise for the marshal. |
The trees come up to my window like the yearning（渴望的） voice of the dumb（哑的） earth.
You smiled and talked to me of nothing and I felt that for this I had been waiting long.
The fish in the water is silent, the animal on the earth is noisy, the bird in the air is singing.
But Man has in him the silence of the sea, the noise of the earth and the ______of the air.
The world rushes on over the strings of the lingering（踌躇的） heart making the music of sadness.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
The mist, like love, plays upon the heart of the hills and brings out surprises of beauty.
Your voice, my friend, wanders in my heart, like the muffled sound of the sea among these listening pines.
What is this unseen flame of darkness whose sparks are the stars?
Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves...
1. This is most probably part of.
| A．a play | B．a novel | C．a story | D．a poem |
| A．music | B．film | C．need | D．value |
| A．the power of nature |
| B．the lives of the animals |
| C．the power of man’s feeling |
| D．the beautify of the flowers |
【推荐1】SCENE 1
[The first spirit takes Scrooge into the past. Scrooge sees himself as a young man. He is talking to a beautiful girl.]
Scrooge: Our parents have always wanted us to marry.
Girl: I want to have children and raise a family. Why must we wait?
Scrooge: I do not have enough money yet. Marriage is expensive.
Girl: But two can live almost as cheaply as one.
Scrooge: Nonsense. You will need food and clothing. You have no money of your own. Anyway, I have no time to spare. I must work every day until late to make money.
SCENE 2
[The first spirit turns to Scrooge.]
First Spirit: She married and had a family. She lives a happy life now. She was never rich, but her husband earned enough to provide a place to live, food to eat, and clothes to wear. That was enough.
SCENE 3
[The second spirit takes Scrooge to Bob Cratchit’s house. Bob, his wife, Peter and the two young children are standing by the side of a small bed on which Tiny Tim is lying.]
Bob: He is so ill. I do not think he will live.
Mrs. Cratchit: If only we had some money for a doctor.
Peter: Perhaps if you asked Mr. Scrooge to lend you some money for a doctor, he would agree.
Bob: I don’t think he would. He would know I’d never be able to pay it back.
Mrs. Cratchit: He has so much money. ________ Doesn’t he care about other people?
SCENE 4
[Scrooge turns to the second spirit.]
Scrooge: Spirit, tell me if Tiny Tim will die.
Second Spirit: I see an empty seat and a stick without an owner.
Scrooge: Oh, no, kind Spirit! Say he will not die. He must not die.
— Taken from A Christmas Carol
1. The underlined sentences in SCENE 1 tell us ________.| A．what the characters are doing | B．when and where each scene happens |
| C．what the characters are saying | D．how many scenes there are in one act |
| A．Excited. | B．Sad. | C．Nervous. | D．Happy. |
| A．What is he curious about? | B．What is he worried about? |
| C．Why isn’t he generous? | D．Why isn’t he confident? |
| A．His dreams in the past and bravery at present. | B．His mistakes in the past and changes at present. |
| C．His carelessness in the past and pride at present. | D．His kindness in the past and dreams at present. |
【推荐2】Hemingway was one of the most famous American writers. He was born in America in 1899. His father was a doctor and loved sports very much, and his mother taught music. Among the seven children in the family, Hemingway was the second oldest.
Hemingway wrote many books in his life. The Old Man and the Sea is one of the most famous and also my favourite. It came out in 1952. The main character (角色) in the book is a fisherman. He is an old man and fishes alone. People think he is a man with bad luck, because he does not get a fish in eighty-four days. Every evening, he comes home with his empty boat. But the old man believes himself. Although he meets a lot of trouble, the old man never gives up. Then on the eighty-fifth day the man takes a big fish.
1. Hemingway’s father was a fan of ________.| A．books | B．sports | C．music | D．art |
| A．1852 | B．1899 | C．1952 | D．1989 |
| A．He has to look for food somewhere else. | B．He doesn’t give up fishing. |
| C．He doesn’t fish any more. | D．He has nothing to do. |
| A．fifteenth | B．eightieth | C．eighty-four | D．eighty-fifth |
| A．When we are in trouble, we should not give up. |
| B．When we want to fish, we can get a big fish. |
| C．We can do everything well because we are young. |
| D．We can live a better life if we like fishing. |
The Lord of the Rings is one of the most popular fantasy novels(奇幻小说) during the first 10 years of 21st century. The book was written by J. R. R. Tolkien.
The writing background of the story was the Second World War.
| A．He’s just short and peace-loving. |
| B．So that’s why The Lord of the Rings is great. |
| C．It was a great fantasy film made by Peter Jackson in 2001. |
| D．After reading the book, many readers understand one point. |
| E．It took him 12 years to write and 4 years to improve the story. |
| F．Tolkien wanted to remind people of responsibility and peace during the war. |
