Lucy and her classmates are discussing about creating a homepage for their class.
Lucy: What should we put on our class homepage?
Jane: I think our class homepage should have daily or weekly news of class activities.
Mathew: What kind of class activities?
Jane: Something like spring outings, class meetings, a school singing competition, etc.
Mathew: We will go for a spring outing next week, won’t we? I can write something about it.
Lucy: Great! What else should our class homepage have?
Mathew: Um… How about photos of students’ artwork, presentations, and outdoor activities?
Lucy: Good idea! But who will take the photos?
Mathew: As I am a fan of photography, I can take the photos.
Jane: I’ve got an idea. As parents always want to know what assignments their kids do in
and after class, we can also post our weekly agenda(计划表), including in-class assignments and homework assignments, on the homepage.
Lucy: And I think I can create a “reading corner” on the class homepage, too. As I am
a bookworm, I can recommend good books to our classmates.
Jane: Great! Let’s get down to work! _____ is interested in taking photos.
| A．Jane | B．Lucy | C．Mathew | D．No one |
_____ can recommend good books to the classmates.
| A．Lucy | B．Mathew |
| C．Jane | D．No one |
【2013年江西南昌】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Nathan Sawaya's childhood was a lot of fun. He drew cartoons, wrote stories, and played with plastic toy bricks (积木). His grandparents bought his first set of toy bricks when he was five years old and he's been building with toy bricks ever since. He even took his building bricks to college with him! Instead of books and a computer, he had a model of Greenwich Village made of bricks on his desk.
Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up His highly-paid (高薪的) job to become an artist that uses toys in his art. He uses toy bricks to build everything from the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像) to Superman! He has more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his working room in New York which he uses to make pieces of art. He started by building small models but then decided to do something big and created a self-portrait (自画像). It took him two days just to build the eyes.
Nathan's work has appeared in museums around the world. Children love his art because it is made out of the same toys that they play with at home and adults love his work because it is fascinating. Since it began in2007, Nathan's exhibition "The Art of the Brick" has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere.
"I'm proud that I took a dream I had as a child, to become an artist, and I have actually made a job out of it," says Nathan. "To do what you love in life is the most important thing."What did Nathan put on his desk at college?
| A．The Statue of Liberty. |
| B．Superman. |
| C．His serf-portrait. |
| D．A Greenwich Village modal. |
A Greenwich Village modal.
Why did Nathan give up his job as a lawyer?
| A．Because he made little money out of a lawyer. |
| B．Because he wanted to make toys for the children. |
| C．Because he decided to become an artist of toy bricks. |
| D．Because he was going to work in the museum instead. |
What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refer to?
| A．Nathan's work. | B．Nathan's exhibition. |
| C．Nathan's art. | D．Nathan's self-portrait |
What would be the best title for the passage?
| A．The Brick Artist | B．The Brick Exhibition |
| C．Toy Bricks for Adults | D．The Artist's Childhood |
【2012年广东深圳】The Queen Elizabeth and her sister Margaret had very different characters (性格) : Elizabeth was very serious and tidy; Margaret was outgoing and headstrong. But they kept close as sister. When had lessons at home with their governess Marion Crawford. Margaret was often naughty. Elizabeth always protected her every time when she broke rules. When they grew up. Magaret has sad love stories and unhappy marriage. The Queen gave her a lot of help.
Margaret was one of the few people who could lose their temper with the Queen. Even as an adult, she would sometimes shout at her. Once she threw a dishcloth at Elizabeth's face when they had a picnic. But they never quarreled for long. To Queen Elizabeth, it was a sadness that her sister never found lasting (持久的) personal happiness.
What kind of person was Elizabeth like? She was ________.
| A．serious and tidy | B．outgoing and tidy |
| C．easygoing aand headstrong | D．serious and headstrong |
The word "governess" means ________.
| A．服务员 | B．家庭女教师 | C．牧师 | D．管家 |
Who had an unhappy family life according to the story?
| A．Elizabeth. | B．Margaret. |
| C．Marion Crawford. | D．Both Elizabeth and Margaret. |
According to the story, which of the following isnottrue?
| A．The queen and her sister had quite different |
| B．Elizabeth always protected her sister |
| C．The sisters often fought each other |
| D．Elizabeth felt sorry for her sister for her unsuccessful marriage. |
What is the main idea of the story?
| A．Elizabeth was a kind person |
| B．The two sisters lived happily |
| C．Margaret had sad love stories |
| D．The two sisters had a very good relationship |
【2014年陕西】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Shirley Temple, the once-famous child movie star, died at the age of 85 on February 10, 2014. She was born on April 23, 1928. She was good at acting and dancing. In 1934, she starred(主演) in the movie Bright Eyes. From then on she became famous around the world. Later she starred in other movies and won a Juvenile Oscar in February, 1935.
For many Americans born in the 1930s and 1940s, Temple was not just an on-screen star but also a close friend in their childhood. She was remembered by the world as the forever “little angle”. An American movie star said, “Little Shirley Temple encouraged the whole country during the Great Depression(大萧条).”
(2)Shi Li and Cui Jiping are husband and wife. They are disabled. They complete the first Chinese encyclopedic(百科知识的)dictionary for deaf people and people with hearing problems.
The dictionary includes words on medicine, education, psychology, law, history and culture about deaf people’s life. This book provides a learning tool for this special group of people and it helps them know about the world more easily.
They spent six years and over 1,000,000 yuan on the book. They first collected material for the book by themselves, then they invited a lot of experts(专家) across the country to write.
The book is warmly welcomed by the deaf. One of the readers said, “The book shows that we’re not alone. We can have our own way to communicate with the world. ”
Temple won the first Juvenile Oscar in .
| A．1928 | B．1934 | C．1935 | D．1948. |
From the passage we know that Temple .
| A．was not good at dancing |
| B．began to star in her first movie when she was ten years old. |
| C．was unfriendly to her fan |
| D．encouraged the whole country during the Great Depression |
According to the passage, Shi Li and Cui Jiping .
| A．are disabled people full of love |
| B．wrote many famous books. |
| C．finished the book by themselves |
| D．live a very poor life |
Which of the following is TRUE about the book?
| A．It is the first world encyclopedic dictionary. |
| B．It can help deaf people know about the world more easily. |
| C．It took them sixteen years to finish the book. |
| D．It includes medicine and art about the life of deaf people. |
【2014年江苏省盐城市中考】
阅读下列内容，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Tomorrow is Garfield’s birthday. He first appeared in a comic strip on June 19, 1978. Garfield is well known all over the world. Lots of Garfield books have been turned into 26 languages. Garfield products are sold in 69 countries.
Jim Davis is Garfield’s creator. Jim was born on July 28, 1945 in Indiana. He grew up on a farm where his dad raised cows. Jim and his brother Dave helped with the farm work. They had 25 cats. Their room always made sure there was plenty of food for the cats.
As a boy, Jim was in poor health. When he had to spend time resting, he drew pictures. He added words to his pictures to make them funny.
After college Jim worked a few years at an advertising company. In 1969, he got a job to help a cartoonist. Jim noticed that there were many comic strips about dogs but few about cats. He thought that was strange since the world is full of cat lovers.
He remembered the 25 farm cats he grew up with. They gave him ideas for a cat comic strip. In the comic strip. Garfield became the central character in daily difficult experiences with Jon, his owner, and other characters. He is lazy, funny and hungry.
Jim Davis has received many awards for his work. Twice he was given the Best Humor Strip Cartoonist of the Year Award. He has won four Emmys(艾美奖）and other honors.
How old was Jim when Garfield first appeared in a comic strip?
| A．33. | B．26. | C．25. | D．24. |
Who does the underlined word “He” refer to in the fifth paragraph?
| A．Jim. | B．Jon. | C．Dave. | D．Garfield. |
According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Jim Davis created Garfield with the help of his brother. |
| B．Garfield products are available in all countries of the world. |
| C．The cats his family raised made no contributions to his creation. |
| D．There were few comic strips about cats until Jim crated Garfield. |
The writer’s main purpose of writing the passage is _________.
| A．to tell us to watch more comic strips |
| B．to show us how to become a cartoonist |
| C．to introduce some information about Jim Davis |
| D．to prove Garfield the most popular cartoon character |
【2014年福建省莆田市中考】
Dr. Wade is my hero. He saved my life when I could have died. He saved lots of children’ s lives. He worked hard and studied a lot to get the job he has got now. He has done very difficult operations. He has to work almost every day at the hospital. He has studied the heart and got his MD(医学博士)at Queens University. He is a great doctor and he is easy to talk to．
He is willing to take a risk to save someone’s life. He saved my life from a heart attack when I was in hospital. He worked very hard to find out what exactly was wrong with my heart and why it wasn’t working properly.
He went out of his way for someone like me and my parents, because he had to explain to them what was wrong with me and did lots of different tests to find the medicine to cure me. His life has made a difference in the lives of others. I saw him look after many other children in hospital and help them get well. Also, he is always there helping by teaching other doctors about being heart specialists(专家). He works very hard to keep others alive. You can phone him anytime and he will phone you back as soon as possible to see how he can help you. He has a group of medical workers who make his appointments(预约) and make sure you get the medicine that Dr. Wade tells them to give you.
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案。
| A．lung | B．heart | C．eye | D．stomach |
| A．Tsinghua University | B．Harvard University |
| C．Queens University | D．Beijing University |
| A．宽以待人 | B．竭尽全力 |
| C．马虎应付 | D．黔驴技穷 |
| A．was difficult to talk with |
| B．saved the writer’s life easily |
| C．helped several doctors become heart specialists |
| D．wasn’ t willing to save some serious patients |
| A．Dr. Wade is the writer’s hero. |
| B．The doctor saved the writer’s life. |
| C．The doctor saved many children’s lives. |
| D．The doctor saved the lives of the writer’s parents. |
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