A

阅读下面短文,根据其内容,在每个空白处填写一个适当的词(首字母已给出),完成短文。

Michael left medical college(医学院) half a year ago. He tried to find a j______(1) in the city, but he failed. He had to h_______(2) his father in the clinic(诊所).

It was raining h_______(3) one afternoon and there was no patient in the clinic. Michael couldn’t l________(4) before his father came back. He had a look at the c_______(5) on the wall. It was five to six. He remembered a football match would s_______(6) and wanted to close the door when in came a farmer. He said s________(7) was wrong with his son and asked for help. Michael n_________(8) visited a patient at home by himself and wanted to r_________(9) but his father came back. And they went to the farmer’s together.

The old doctor looked around c________(10) before he looked over the boy. And then he said, “You’ve e_________(11) many bananas today, haven’t you, young man?”

“Yes, sir,” answered the boy.

He gave him some m_________(12) and left. On their way home, Michael asked, “H_______       (13) did you know the boy had many bananas?”

“I saw a lot of skins under his bed.”

Several days later, another farmer was i_________(14) and Michael was ready to visit him. He saw a saddle(马鞍) near his bed and asked, “Have you had a h________(15), sir?...”

陕西  陈金钊

B

    根据短文内容,选择正确答案。

A bag is useful and the word “bag” is useful too. It gives us some interesting phrases. One is “to let the cat out of the bag”. It is the same as “to tell a secret”. There is an old interesting story about it.

Long ago, when people sold things in a big cloth bag, a woman asked a man for a pig. The man held up his cloth bag. There seemed to be a little pig in it. The woman asked to see it. When the man opened the cloth bag, a big black cat ran out. Not a pig! The man’s secret was out and everyone knew it.

Now when someone lets out a secret, he “lets the cat out of the bag”. And that is the story of where the interesting phrase came from.

16.The phrase “to let the cat out of the bag” came from _____.

   A. a woman and a pig

   B. a man and a cat

   C. a pig and a cat  

   D. an old interesting story

17.The woman wanted to buy _____.

   A. a cloth bag                             B. a little pig 

   C. a black cat                             D. a bag and a pig

18.At the end of the second paragraph “...everyone knew it”, “it” refers(指的是) to _____.

   A. there was a pig in the man’s bag

   B. the woman bought a cat

   C. the cloth bag     

D. the man’s secret

19.“lets the cat out of the bag” means “____”.

   A. makes everyone know a secret

   B. puts the cat away from the bag

   C. buys a cat in the bag

   D. sells the cat in the bag

湖南  厉继选

C

根据短文内容,选择正确答案。

It is very important for every father and mother to talk with their children as often as possible.

First, talking with those children between nine months old and three years old can make them cleverer. Parents can train(训练) their senses of seeing, hearing and feeling. It is very useful to develop children’s intelligence(智力).

Secondly, if parents often talk with them, their children are also willing to tell their parents what they are doing and what they are thinking. At this time, parents can help them solve their problems and exchange(交换) the ideas between them.

    As the children grow older, parents can tell them the right, the wrong, what they should do, how they get to their goals.These can help children live a happy, right and healthy life. But try to remember when talking with children, parents should choose suitable time, and they should be friendly and patient.

20.Talking with the children can ______.

   A. help them solve some difficulties

   B. make them cleverer

   C. help them know the difference between right and wrong

   D. all of the above

21.Which one is right according to the passage?

   A. Talking is useful for children’s developing.

   B. Parents can change ideas with children at any time.

   C. Talking often leads to(导致) some quarrels.

   D. The writer tells us children should be friendly and patient each other.

22.When a child says that he is quarreling with others, his parents should ______.

   A. quarrel with others, too

   B. scold(责备) the child angrily

   C. tell him what to do to solve the problem next time

   D. do nothing

Key:

1. job         2. help            3. heavily/hard         4. leave          5. clock

6. start       7. something       8. never                9. refuse         10. carefully 

11. eaten      12. medicine       13. How                 14.ill             15. horse 

16—19 DBDA         20—22 DAC