An old man lived with his family. The family would eat together nightly at the dinner table. But the elderly grandfather’s shaky hands and failing sight made eating rather difficult. Peas rolled off his spoon, dropping to the floor. When he grasped his glass of milk, it often spilled clumsily(笨拙地) at the tablecloth.
With this happening almost every night, the son and daughter-in-law became annoyed with the mess.
“We must do something about grandfather,” said the son.
“I’ve had enough of his milk spilling, noisy eating and food on the floor,” the daughter-in-law agreed.
So the couple set a small table at the corner.
There, grandfather ate alone while the rest of the family enjoyed their dinner at the dinner table. Since grandfather had broken a dish or two, his food was served in wooden bowls. Sometimes when the family looked in grandfather’s direction, he had tears in his eyes as he ate alone. Still, the only words the couple had for him were sharp warnings when he dropped a fork or spilled food. The four-year-old watched it all in silence.
One evening, before supper, the father noticed his son playing with wood pieces on the floor. He asked the child sweetly, “What are you making?” Just as sweetly, the boy replied, “Oh, I’m making a little bowl for you and mama to eat your food from when I grow up.” The four-year-old smiled and went back to work.
These words so struck the parents that they were speechless. Then tears streamed down their cheeks. Though no words were spoken, both knew what must be done.
小題1:Eating was difficult for the grandfather because ________.
A.his son and daughter-in-law didn’t like him
B.there wasn’t enough food for him
C.life was hard for the poor family
D.he was old and weak
小題2:The couple served the old man’s food in wooden bowls to ________.
A.show how sick they felt of the old man
B.make the old man’s food more enjoyable
C.prevent the old man from breaking more dishes
D.encourage their son to make more wooden bowls
小題3:What would the end of the story be like?
A.The couple gave their son a good beating.
B.No more milk was spilled by the old man.
C.The old man had every meal with the family.
D.The whole family started to use wooden bowls.

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:C

試題分析:本文敘述了一位風燭殘年的老人因為吃飯總是帶來很多麻煩,讓兒子和兒媳很反感,所以他們在角落里單獨給老人擺了張桌子。后來老人吃飯時打壞了餐具,他們就給了他一個木碗吃飯。當老人把叉子掉到地上或撒飯的時候,那夫妻倆也總是尖刻地警告,老人很傷心。四歲的孫子默默地看著所發(fā)生的一切。有一天父親發(fā)現(xiàn)了孩子在為他們夫妻倆做一個木碗,而且說長大后要讓他們也用木碗吃飯。他們突然醒悟了。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段“But the elderly grandfather’s shaky hands and failing sight made eating rather difficult.”可知爺爺吃飯很困難是因為他年老體弱,故選B。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段“Since grandfather had broken a dish or two, his food was served in wooden bowls.”可知夫妻倆給老人用木碗盛飯是為了防止他再打破盤子。故選.C。
小題3:推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后兩段,兒子說長大后要讓他們也用木碗吃飯。聽到這話他們無語了,可見他們突然意識到自己對待老人的方式,對孩子產(chǎn)生了不好的影響,可以推斷出他們以后會善待老人。所以他們會讓老人再和他們一起吃飯的。故選C。
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A large crowd of frogs were traveling through the forest but unluckily two of them fell into a deep pit. All the others 36  the pit .Seeing how  37  the pit was, they told the two frogs that they might be  38 dead .The two frogs  39  what the other frogs were saying and  40  to jump up out of the pit with all of their physical 41. The other frogs kept telling them to stop. In the end one of the frogs  42 trying , fell down and died. 43 , the second frog kept jumping as hard as she could despite the  44   remarks. Finally, with one giant leap, she 45  it out of the pit!
This amazing 46  was that the second frog was 47  and unable to hear what the others had been saying. She thought they had been 48  her on the whole time they were yelling!
The story above 49 us two lessons: Firstly ,there is 50  of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging word to someone who is 51  can lift them up and help them make it through the day. Secondly, a negative word to someone who is down can be  52  it takes to kill them. The power of words is great. Facing others’ criticism or laughter, we should turn a deaf 53  to it and have a  positive attitude. Thus we can reach our goals just as the second frog did .In one word, we need the  54  to guide us to the proper way , so as not to be blindly 55 by worldly opinion in difficult times.
小題1:
A.gathered aroundB.got roundC.jumped intoD.escaped from
小題2:
A.dangerous B.broadC.narrowD.deep
小題3:
A.a(chǎn)s long asB.a(chǎn)s well asC.a(chǎn)s soon asD.a(chǎn)s good as
小題4:
A.confusedB.toleratedC.ignoredD.misunderstood
小題5:
A.managedB.triedC.a(chǎn)greedD.promised
小題6:
A.energyB.powerC.forceD.strength
小題7:
A.gave inB.gave upC.gave outD.ran out
小題8:
A.ThereforeB.HoweverC.BesidesD.But
小題9:
A.innocentB.a(chǎn)ctiveC.negativeD.positive
小題10:
A.madeB.turnedC.leftD.worked
小題11:
A.reasonB.consequenceC.factorD.fact
小題12:
A.deafB.cleverC.disabledD.confident
小題13:
A.forcingB.keepingC.comfortingD.cheering
小題14:
A.givesB.tellsC.teachesD.shows
小題15:
A.function B.powerC.usageD.skill
小題16:
A.downB.upC.ridiculousD.a(chǎn)ngry
小題17:
A.whichB.thatC.whatD.who
小題18:
A.directionB.a(chǎn)ttitudeC.faceD.ear
小題19:
A.supportB.wisdomC.determinationD.knowledge
小題20:
A.fooledB.supportedC.opposedD.guided

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