Ben is twelve years old. He is a very smart boy, but he’s also very lazy. He doesn’t like doing his homework. He says it is boring. He would like to watch TV or surf the Internet. His teachers can always find mistakes in his homework, and everyone says he never does his homework carefully.
One day, his language teacher was very surprised when he read Ben’s article. It was about what he did during the winter holiday. It was not long, but there weren’t any mistakes in the article, and that was very unusual (不寻常的). Ben’s teacher was really happy. But later he wondered how Ben did that.
He called Ben to his office and asked him if he wrote his article by himself. Ben replied that nobody helped him that time. His teacher was curious (好奇的) and wanted to know who usually helped him with his homework. When he asked Ben, he replied that his older sister usually did that. “But she wasn’t able to do it last night, because she was in the hospital. A friend of hers had an accident and she spent the whole night with her,” he said.
1. Ben dislikes doing homework because ________| A．it is too difficult | B．he thinks it is boring | C．he has no time for it |
| A．it was very long | B．Ben wrote it during the holiday | C．there were no mistakes |
| A．Ben did something great | B．Ben never went to the office before | C．the teacher didn’t believe in Ben |
| A．Ben. | B．Ben’s sister. | C．The teacher. |
| A．Never ask your sister to help you with the homework again. |
| B．Your sister should do her homework by herself. |
| C．Family members should always help each other. |
相似题推荐
【推荐1】Hello! I’m Jack. I come from America. This is a photo of my family. This is my father. His jacket is white. This is my mother. Her blouse (衬衫) is yellow. The girl in red is my sister. Her name is Alice. Look, the boy is me. I’m in a green jacket. I love my family.
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
1. What does the underlined word “love” mean in Chinese?
| A．热爱 | B．赞成 | C．改变 |
| A．Canada | B．England | C．America |
| A．black | B．white | C．green |
| A．sister | B．mother | C．friend |
| A．my brother | B．my friend | C．Jack |
Mr. Brown is sixty, but he looks young because he often does sports.
| A．She watches it on TV. |
| B．She likes volleyball. |
| C．His son Tom likes soccer. |
| D．He has a great sports collection. |
| E．He has two children. |
【推荐3】It’s Saturday afternoon, Lucy and her mother, Mrs Green, are shopping in a supermarket. The supermarket isn’t far from their home. The goods here are nice and very cheap, so people like shopping here. Mrs Green needs to buy some food and drinks for her father’s birthday party. It is on Monday afternoon. Mrs Green is a doctor, but she is good at cooking. She wants to cook some delicious food for her family and their friends. Lucy needs some pens and colorful paper. She wants to draw some great pictures for the Art Festival. It is next Monday. The students’ pictures are going to be shown in the school hall. Lucy likes drawing very much, so she doesn’t want to miss the chance. What does she want to draw? Flowers and birds. She is going to draw them to show the nature’s beauty. When they finish doing some shopping, they put the things in the car and go home happily.
1. The birthday party is going to be on ________.| A．Friday afternoon | B．Saturday afternoon |
| C．Sunday afternoon | D．Monday afternoon |
| A．Food | B．drinks | C．pens and paper | D．flowers |
| A．The supermarket | B．The birthday party | C．The Art Festival | D．The picture |
| A．On foot. | B．By car. | C．By bike. | D．By bus. |
| A．It’s Lucy’s grandfather’s birthday. | B．The supermarket is close to their home. |
| C．Lucy wants to show the nature’s beauty. | D．Lucy doesn’t want to join in the Art Festival. |
【推荐1】A long time ago, there were no elephants in China. One day, a Chinese emperor(皇帝) received an elephant as a gift from another country.
People were very excited to see this big animal. Lots of people had a question: How much did it weigh(称量)? But there was a problem: How to weigh it? At that time, no scales(称) in China were big enough to weigh such a big animal.
The emperor had a six-year-old son named Cao Chong. He said, “Father, I know how to weigh it.” The ministers(大臣) didn’t believe the boy. But after he told them his idea, they all thought it was a good one.
“Here’s what you do,” said the boy, “Let the elephant stand in a big boat on the water. Draw a line on the side of the boat at the water level. Then let the elephant off the boat. Collect a lot of big stones. Put the stones on the boat until the boat falls to the same water level. Then take the stones out of the boat and weigh them one by one. Put the weight of each stone together. Now you know how much the elephant weighs.
“Wonderful! Wonderful!” shouted the ministers. Soon everyone in the country knew that the king had a clever son.
根据材料内容, 选择最佳答案。1. Who got an elephant as a gift?
| A．Cao Chong. | B．A Chinese emperor. | C．The ministers. | D．Everyone in the country. |
| A．Because the elephant was too big. |
| B．Because people were not clever enough. |
| C．Because the ministers didn’t believe Cao Chong. |
| D．Because there were no scales that was big enough. |
| A．The elephant. | B．The emperor. | C．Cao Chong’s idea. | D．The minister. |
①Let the elephant off the boat.
②Put the stones on the boat.
③Let the elephant stand in a big boat and draw a line.
④Weigh the stones and put the weights of the stones together.
| A．③①②④ | B．③②①④ | C．①③②④ | D．②③①④ |
| A．Excited. | B．Clever. | C．Stupid. | D．Wonderful. |
【推荐2】He was 11 years old and often went fishing. On the day before bass season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening.
When his fishing pole doubled over, he knew something huge was on the other end. His father watched with admiration as the boy skillfully worked the fish. Finally, he lifted the tired fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a bass, a kind of valuable fish.
Lighting a match, the father looked at his watch. It was 10 pm—two hours before people were allowed to catch basses. He looked at the fish, then at the boy, saying, “You’ll have to put it back, son.”
Looking around, he saw no other fishermen or boats. Even so, the boy could tell from his father’s voice that the decision couldn’t be changed. He threw the huge bass into the water. The boy thought that he would never again see such a big fish.
That was 34 years ago. Today the boy is a successful businessman in New York. He often takes his son to fish at the same place.
And he was right. He has never again caught such a large fish as the one he got that night long ago. But he does see that same fish... again and again... every time he has an ethical （道德的） decision to make. As his father had taught him, ethics are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of ethics that is difficult.
1. How did the father feel at first when the boy caught a big fish?| A．Worried. | B．Proud. | C．Regretful. | D．Painful. |
| A．Because such a big fish would cost them a lot of money. |
| B．Because other fishermen had found them catching the bass. |
| C．Because catching basses was against the rule at ten o’clock. |
| D．Because the father thought the boy would catch a bigger one. |
| A．He felt very unhappy. |
| B．He felt very satisfied with himself. |
| C．He accepted his father’s decision happily. |
| D．He thought he could change his father’s decision. |
| A．It is difficult but important to practice ethics. | B．You can simply tell right from wrong. |
| C．The things lost will never come back. | D．One shouldn’t catch basses at the wrong time. |
| A．Science. | B．Sports. | C．Novels. | D．Health. |
【推荐3】Simonetta, Lucy and Mike all belonged to the same club. Their club wanted to raise money to buy some sports equipment so they decided to help by doing jobs for their neighbours. They can earn $10 per person each time.
One day, the three were cleaning up old Mr. Jones’ house. He lived on the same street as they did. He had often helped them before by paying them for doing things like cutting the grass, painting the fence and tidying up.
As the three children were just finishing tidying the house, Mike noticed some colourful marbles and cards in a tea chest.
“Hey! Look at these!” he said. “They are worth some money.”
“Wow,” said Lucy. “I’d love to have those. Let’s take them! Old Mr. Jones wouldn’t know anyway. He probably forgot about them long ago!”
“Yeah,” replied Mike. “That’s right, he wouldn’t remember he had them and he’d never notice they were gone.” Mike put some cards into his pocket.
“That’s stealing,” said Simonetta firmly. “Leave them there. It isn’t honest of us to take them and it will break the trust of Mr. Jones for us as well.”
“Oh I guess you’re right, Simonetta. We can earn money to buy things we want.” said Mike. He put the cards back.
Just then Mr. Jones came into the house. He had a tray of cookies and three glasses of soft drinks.
“You youngsters have done a great job.” he said.
“Here’s your pay to help your club. By the way, see those colourful marbles and cards in the tea chest? I haven’t got any grandchildren so I would really like to give them to you.”
Simonetta, Lucy and Mike looked at one another and smiled.
1. Why did the children raise money?| A．To help old Mr. Jones. | B．To do some sports. |
| C．To buy some marbles and cards. | D．To help their club. |
| A．$40. | B．$30. | C．$20. | D．$10. |
| A．They finally finished all the work. |
| B．Old Mr. Jones gave them more money. |
| C．Old Mr. Jones didn’t know they had stolen. |
| D．They won Mr. Jones trust and the gifts as well. |
| A．Mr. Jones will like them to do so. |
| B．The children will be sorry for doing this. |
| C．The children won’t attend the club activities. |
| D．Mr. Jones will buy some new marbles and cards. |
【推荐1】Mark Twain was a great writer in America. He was also a funny man. There were many interesting stories about him.
In his city, a man didn’t like Mark Twain. On April Fool’s Day (愚人节), the man wanted to play a joke on the great writer. A newspaper in New York said that Mark Twain died. All his friends around the country were sad when they read it. Then they decided to visit his home. When the friends got there, they found Mark Twain writing in front of his desk. They got a big surprise and thought the newspaper did a bad thing. But Mark Twain didn’t get angry. He smiled and said, “The report about my death is right. But the time is too early. “
1. The report about Mark Twain was on ________.| A．June 1st | B．May 1st | C．April 1st | D．July 1st |
| A．on TV | B．in a newspaper | C．in a book | D．on a radio |
| A．listening to the radio | B．reading | C．writing | D．watching TV |
| A．didn’t like that man | B．was a funny man |
| C．didn’t like the newspaper | D．knew he wouldn’t die |
【推荐2】An expensive car speeding down the main street of a small town was soon over-taken by a young motorcycle policeman. As he started to take out the ticket, the woman in the car said proudly. “Before you go any further, young man, I think you should know that the mayor (市长) of this city is a good friend of mine.”
The officer did not say a word, but kept writing.
“I am also a friend of Chief of Police Barnes,” continued the woman, getting angrier each moment. Still he kept on writing.
“Young man,” she said, “I know Judge Lawson and State Senator Patton.”
Handing the ticket to the woman, the officer asked pleasantly. “Tell me, do you know Bill Bronson?”
“No. Why?” she answered.
“Well, this is the man you should have known,” he said, going back to his motorcycle, “I am Bill Bronson.”
1. The policeman stopped the car because ________.| A．it was an expensive car | B．the driver was a proud lady | C．the driver was driving for fast |
| A．the policeman didn’t know her friends |
| B．the policeman kept writing the ticket for her |
| C．the policeman refused to accept her offer of money |
| A．failed to stop the policeman writing the ticket |
| B．warned the policeman not to move a step further |
| C．was surprised that the policeman did not know the mayor |
| A．an honest and fair fellow | B．a foolish and proud follow | C．a kind-hearted fellow |
| A．had no sense of humor (幽默) | B．had a sense of humor | C．had no sense of duty |
Then one day, Edison called at the store again, and asked the seller if he had forgotten to send the fake cigars. “I sent ten boxes of the worst cigars I could make two months ago,” replied the seller, “Haven’t your men finished them yet?” Edison found out that he had finished the worst cigars by himself! Then he began to buy his usual cigars. What happened then? These cigars disappeared once more!
1. Edison had fewer visitors because .
| A．there weren’t any cigars in his office |
| B．the workers didn’t have anything to ask |
| C．the taste of the cigars was terrible |
| D．Edison didn’t want the workers to come |
| A．The cigar seller didn’t send cigars to Edison any more. |
| B．The workers finished the fake cigars. |
| C．The workers knew Edison began to buy usual cigars. |
| D．Edison wouldn’t smoke any more. |
| A．过期的雪茄 | B．昂贵的雪茄 | C．特制雪茄 | D．假雪茄 |
| A．Thomas Edison’s Cigars | B．Edison and His Workers |
| C．Making the Worst Cigars | D．No More Visitors |
