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   Little Tommy was the pride and joy of his parents. He was a little boy, very bright and happy. So with no doubt his parents sent him to kindergarten, and it was certain that he would grow up very well.

At the end of the first week, Tommy brought home pictures he had coloured. His parents were a bit puzzled why his drawings were done in black crayon But they said nothing.

Another week passed and Tommy’s pictures were technically correct and well drawn for a 5-year-old but still in black. His parents thought, perhaps he was colour-blind(色盲的). So they took him for a check-up.

The doctor told them not to worry. Tommy was healthy in every way. However,the pictures still came home in black. The teacher was contacted and she related that Tommy was the top of her class in everything, very well liked by all of the other children and showed no signs of any problems.

In kindergarten for a month, Tommy’s mother was anxious. She made an appointment with a child psychologist(心理学家), who did a brain scan for Tommy. His character was well formed, and he was a precocious(超前的)learner. Perhaps he needed more challenging activities.

By Thanksgiving the fridge and various walls and doors of the family home had displayed Tommy’s black pictures, black dogs chasing a black ball in a black field, black houses, black suns, black airplanes, black turkeys, everything black.

Tommy’s grandmother was visiting for the Thanksgiving holiday and noticed all of the black drawings. She immediately asked Tommy, “Why are all of your drawings done in black crayon?”

To which he replied, “Because Grandma, by the time the crayon box gets down to my end of the table, there are only black crayons left.”

【小题1】Which of the following made Tommy’s parents worried?
A.Tommy got bad grades in his exams.
B.Perhaps Tommy needed more challenging activities.
C.Tommy was colour-blind.
D.He drew all of his pictures in black crayon.
【小题2】Why did Tommy draw all his pictures in black crayon?
A.Because he was colour-blind.
B.Because he liked the black colour.
C.Because he only had black crayons.
D.Because he believed the world was black.
【小题3】Which of the words can best describe Tommy according to the last two paragraphs?
A.Strange.B.Typical.
C.Understanding.D.Talented.
【小题4】What is the suitable title for the passage?
A.Parents’prideB.Black paintings
C.A kid painterD.The last crayon
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同类题1

What to Do when You’re Falling Behind

When I was a kid, it took me longer to learn how to ride a bike. I kept using a bike with training wheels and I didn’t _______ much, so of course I didn’t learn how to balance.

One day I _______ that my sister, 2.5 years younger than me, was getting close to _______ how to ride a bike. She wasn’t quite there yet, but she was _______ much closer to balancing than I was. I couldn’t let her _______ me to it!

So I took my bike, _______ it out to the street, and decided that I was going to learn how to ride it right now. I _______ the training wheels, jumped on, and swerved (突然转向) all over the place like an out-of- control madman. I tried to stay near the grass when I could get some degree of _______, so when I fell, I’d _______ fall to the lawn instead of the street or sidewalk.

After many attempts, I finally learned how to ________ Then I rode my bike a lot that summer and have had the ________ ever since.

Up until that point, I’d been making a big deal out of the whole process. It seemed ________ and discouraging. I was afraid of falling. But once I began to face the fear and ________ the courage to risk getting hurt, I quickly showed my ________ ability on the other side with a whole new skill. From the moment of making the decision to the time I ________ to get the basic skill it probably took me less than an hour.

What finally ________ me to face the fear and take action? It was the ________ that I was falling behind. My sister was leaving me in the dust. She could ride ________ I couldn’t. I really didn’t want that to happen.

I had no idea that I could learn to ride a bike so quickly. The feeling of falling behind served as a powerful motivator (动力). ________ trying to hide the disappointment, I allowed myself to feel the weight of that pressure. I used the ________ feeling to motivate myself to take action.

【小题1】
A.controlB.practiceC.experienceD.travel
【小题2】
A.understoodB.recognisedC.observedD.imagined
【小题3】
A.watching outB.carrying outC.pointing outD.figuring out
【小题4】
A.clearlyB.suddenlyC.carefullyD.immediately
【小题5】
A.handB.takeC.forceD.beat
【小题6】
A.pulledB.rodeC.pushedD.moved
【小题7】
A.separatedB.replacedC.destroyedD.removed
【小题8】
A.controlB.excitementC.failureD.satisfaction
【小题9】
A.similarlyB.actuallyC.probablyD.especially
【小题10】
A.entertainB.driveC.imitateD.balance
【小题11】
A.skillB.knowledgeC.achievementD.challenge
【小题12】
A.surprisingB.excitingC.frighteningD.interesting
【小题13】
A.adoptedB.foundC.neededD.sent
【小题14】
A.wonderfulB.complexC.powerfulD.special
【小题15】
A.offeredB.triedC.managedD.failed
【小题16】
A.allowedB.encouragedC.influencedD.ordered
【小题17】
A.feelingB.moodC.actionD.attitude
【小题18】
A.andB.orC.butD.so
【小题19】
A.In spite ofB.Because ofC.In case ofD.Instead of
【小题20】
A.negativeB.positiveC.creativeD.objective

同类题2

   One night in the pouring rain, Tawny Nelson's car broke down on the road. Her four young daughter cried in the back of the car _______ countless people just drove by as she begged for _______.

"I must have _______ more than twenty people in the course of two hours for help, "she said. "They all ignored me. They just acted as if I hadn't _______."

As her newborn screamed, her 2-year-old cried from hunger, and her two older daughters _______ tried to help, Tawny started to break down. "I was crying loudly and felt like the worst mom ever, "she _______.

An old man _______ on the window at that moment. He _______ her a plate of food and bottles of water for her _______and let her know that a tow truck(拖吊车)was on its way and that he was going to drive them home. The next ________, the gentleman returned to her house with a mechanic(机械修理工)and they made repairs to her ________.

After the kind ________ left, Tawny asked the mechanic if she could set up a payment plan, but he informed her that the man had already taken care of the ________.

"He said that the only ________ the old man wanted was for me to never ________ and keep being an amazing mom, " Tawny said. "I was deeply ________. Things had been completely awful, and without knowing us or our ________ this kind man helped us in ways he will never know."

Tawny is ________ to the man for restoring her faith in humanity(仁慈)when she ________. And while she knows that she can ________ repay him, she hopes to do what he did for her to others one day.

【小题1】
A.andB.butC.sinceD.though
【小题2】
A.donationB.moneyC.instructionD.help
【小题3】
A.orderedB.suggestedC.askedD.greeted
【小题4】
A.smiledB.understoodC.existedD.worked
【小题5】
A.desperatelyB.frequentlyC.slowlyD.eventually
【小题6】
A.recalledB.questionedC.rememberedD.replied
【小题7】
A.lookedB.knockedC.reliedD.leaned
【小题8】
A.soldB.handedC.sentD.lent
【小题9】
A.familyB.teamC.passengersD.sons
【小题10】
A.dayB.weekC.monthD.year
【小题11】
A.houseB.windowC.carD.truck
【小题12】
A.mechanicB.driverC.neighborD.stranger
【小题13】
A.billB.ticketC.noteD.present
【小题14】
A.paymentB.permissionC.directionD.support
【小题15】
A.hurry upB.stay upC.grow upD.give up
【小题16】
A.satisfiedB.movedC.embarrassedD.confused
【小题17】
A.choiceB.situationC.scheduleD.position
【小题18】
A.friendlyB.politeC.gratefulD.devoted
【小题19】
A.calmed downB.broke inC.started offD.fell apart
【小题20】
A.neverB.stillC.everD.even

同类题3

   Blind people can read. They do so by running their fingers along a line of raised points or dots on paper. Of course, they first have to learn the code(代码). Here are some examples of it. One dot stands for the letter “A”. Two dots side by side mean “C”. Four dots arranged to look like a box(::) stand for the letter “G”. By placing the dots in special patterns, all the letters of the alphabet can be formed.

This code was made up by a Frenchman called Louis Braille. Though he could see at birth, he became sightless when he was only three. Braille was cutting leather in his father’s shop. His knife slipped and cut his eye. Infection(感染)spread to both eyes, and he became blind.

At 10, he was placed in a home for the blind. But young Braille had great talent. He became a skilled musician and soon got a job as a church organist(风琴弹奏者)in Paris.

Because he had talent and was quick, he became a teacher at a school for the blind. While there, he heard that a captain had sent messages to his soldiers that they could read at night without light. His messages were in the simple form of raised dots and dashes. This was the clue Braille needed. At the age of 15, he worked out his own six-dot code. Each group of dots is called a cell. The cells are three dots high and two dots wide. For the rest of his life, Braille taught his young flock to read both written and musical works using his code.

For the last 17 years of his life, Braille was ill with tuberculosis. He died at the age of 43.

【小题1】What is the text mainly about?
A.Different reading methods.B.Blind people around the world.
C.How blind people communicate.D.Louis Braille and his six-dot code.
【小题2】Louis Braille developed an alphabet for blind people after he __________.
A.worked as an organistB.became blind as a young child
C.became a skilled musician in a churchD.was inspired by a captain’s messages
【小题3】The underlined word “flock” in Paragraph 4 probably refers to “____________”.
A.soldiersB.blind students
C.famous teachersD.skilled musicians
【小题4】The text is developed ______________.
A.in time orderB.in space order
C.by listing examplesD.by making comparisons

同类题5

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day, as I was getting into my car, a woman stopped beside me and asked if I was going north. I wasn’t_______I asked her where she wanted to go. She told me that she had_______her bus and had to walk. I_______her to get in and said I would be happy to take her.
As I started_______, I thought to myself, “I am not in a_______,” so I asked the lady what her_______destination was. She was going to work and was running_______So I told her that I would_______to drive her to work so that she wouldn’t be late! “I can’t_______you are doing this,” she said. “This is such a________gift. I just moved here three weeks ago and you are so________!”
As we near the office________where she worked, I________she put her hand into her bag for something. I asked her what she was________She said, “I must have________my lunch bag at home.” I had just bought my________“Here’s a lunch,” I said as I gave her a________and handed her my bag from the back seat.
She gave me a hug as she got out of the________She said, “My husband died a few months ago and this is a sign that things will be________for me. Thank you.” I drove back home with my________singing and a big smile on my face!
【小题1】
A.andB.sinceC.untilD.but
【小题2】
A.brokenB.missedC.lostD.sold
【小题3】
A.invitedB.expectedC.encouragedD.begged
【小题4】
A.drivingB.movingC.runningD.going
【小题5】
A.hurryB.luckC.wayD.rest
【小题6】
A.lastB.realC.favoriteD.final
【小题7】
A.busilyB.lateC.fastD.early
【小题8】
A.refuseB.rememberC.offerD.start
【小题9】
A.believeB.doubtC.wonderD.think
【小题10】
A.cheapB.niceC.simpleD.small
【小题11】
A.friendlyB.patientC.worriedD.strict
【小题12】
A.houseB.storeC.apartmentD.building
【小题13】
A.saidB.understoodC.noticedD.knew
【小题14】
A.giving outB.looking forC.finding outD.asking for
【小题15】
A.leftB.madeC.savedD.taken
【小题16】
A.supperB.lunchC.breakfastD.bag
【小题17】
A.hugB.prizeC.presentD.smile
【小题18】
A.shopB.officeC.carD.bus
【小题19】
A.goodB.hardC.interestingD.true
【小题20】
A.lifeB.bodyC.mindD.heart