短文强化训练7
一、完形填空
Jenny was five. One day, waiting with her mother at the checkout stand in a store, she saw a circle of bright white pearls(珍珠)in a pink box.
“Mommy, can I have the necklace(项链)?” ___1___ the mother checked the back of the little box and said, “$ 1. 95. If you really want it, I’ll think of some ___2___ for you and in no time you can save enough money to buy it for yourlf. Your ___3___ is only a week away and you might get another dollar from Grandma.”
As soon as Jenny got home, she ___4___ her coin bank and counted out 65 cents. After dinner, she did more than her share of chores for 20 cents, and she went to the neighbour and asked Mrs McJames if she could pick cotton for ___5___ cents. On her birthday. Grandma did give her香菜的种植 ___6___ new dollar and at last she had enough money to buy the necklace. Jenny loved her pearl necklace. She ___7___ it everywhere.
Jenny had a very loving daddy and every night when she was ready for bed, he would ___8___ whatever he was doing and come upstairs to read her a story. One night when he finished the正式的反义词 ___9___, he asked Jenny, “Do you love me?”
“Oh yes, Daddy. You know that I love you.”
“Then ___10___ me your pearls.”
“Oh, Daddy, not my pearls. But you can have Princess—the white hor from my collection. She’s my favourite.”
“That’s okay, Honey. Good ___11___.” And he brushed her face with a kiss.
About a week later, the same thing happened. Jenny gave her father the ___12___ baby doll she got for her birthday instead of the necklace.
A few nights later when the father ___13___, he noticed his daughter’s mouth was shaking and one silent tear fell down her face.
“What’s the matter, Jenny?”
Jenny said ___14___ but lifted her little hand up to her daddy. And when she opened her hand, there was her little pearl necklace. “Here, Daddy. It’s for you.”
___15___ tears in his eyes, Jenny’s kind daddy reached out with one hand to take the cheap necklace, and with the other hand he reached into his pocket and pulled out a blue silk ca with a t of real pearls and gave it to his daughter.
( )1. A. Angrily B. Quickly C. Suddenly D. Luckily
( )2. A. chores B. questions C. decisions D. collections
( )3. A. exam B. competition C. performance D. birthday
( )4. A. cho B. made C. emptied D. repaired
( )5. A. ten B. twenty C. thirty D. forty
( )6. A. other B. the other C. another D. others
( )7. A. threw B. wore C. hid D. bought
( )8. A. stop B. continue C. take D. remember
( )9. A. book B. task C. plan D. story
( )10. A. give B. ll C. lend D. nd
( )11. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. night
( )12. A. expensive B. beautiful C. old D. boring
( )13. A. went out B. woke up C. came in D. sat down
( )14. A. nothing 凤山书院B. something C. anything D. everything
( )15. A. For B. With C. Of D. To
二、阅读理解
A
State of Mind
网红女 By Walter D. Wintle
If you think you are beaten, you are; If you think you’公厕门re outclasd(超能的), you are;
If you think you dare not, you don’t. You’ve got to think high to ri.
If you’d like to win, but think you can’t. You’ve got to be sure of yourlf before
It s almost a cinch—you won’t. You can ever ________ the prize.
If you think you’ll lo, you’ve lost； Life’s battles(战斗)don’养殖鸡t always go
For out in this world we find To the stronger or faster man;
Success begins with a fellow’s will But sooner or later the man who wins
It’s all in the state of mind. Is the one who thinks he can!
履行一岗双责情况汇报
( )1. The underlined part “a cinch” in Paragraph 1 probably means “_________”.
A. a certain thing B. an impossible thing C. a difficult thing D. an unexpected thing
( )2. The word in the blank is probably “_________” in Paragraph 3.
A. fail B. avoid C. miss D. win
( )3. From the last paragraph, we know the victory belongs to the man who_________.
A. is careful B. works hard C. thinks he can D. is stronger and faster
( )4. According to the poem, if we want to do something, we should_________.
A. get to do it actively B. think twice before we do
C. think about the result first D. get to do it as fast as possible
( )5. What can we learn from the poem?
A. Never give up.
B. Attitude is everything.
课间安全教育C. Failure is the mother of success.
D. The greater your dream is, the wider the world becomes.
B
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