(D)"Do you like my dress?" she asked a stranger. "My mum made it just for me," she said with tears in her eyes.
"Well, I think it's very pretty, so tell me, little girl, why are you crying?"
The little girl answered in a low voice, "After mum made me this dress, she went away. My dad says that she's up in heaven (天堂) now with Grandfather."
Finally the woman realized why she was crying. She felt very sorry for the little girl and gently held the child in her arms.
Then suddenly the little girl did something a bit strange. She stopped crying, walked back from the woman and began to sing. She sang softly. It was the sweetest sound the woman had ever heard, almost like the song of a very small bird.
After the child stopped singing, she said to the lady, "My mum often sang that song to me before she went away, and she asked me to sing it whenever I started crying and it would make me stop."
"See," she said loudly, "it did, and now my eyes are dry!"
Just before the lady wanted to go, the girl showed her a spot (印迹) on her dress, and said, "Right here is where my mum kissed my dress, and here," pointing to another spot, "and here is another kiss, and here, and here. Mum said that she put all those kisses on my dress so that I would forget my sadness."
Then the lady realized that she wasn't just looking at a dress, no, she was looking at a mother. The mother knew that she was going away and would not be there to kiss away her daughter's hurts any longer.
So the mother gave all her love to her beautiful daughter and put it into this dress. Now her child was wearing it so proudly(骄傲地).
The lady no longer saw a little girl wearing a simple dress. She saw a child wrapped (包) in her mother's love.
56. The little girl was crying because her mother ____.
A. went to a big city
B. died
C. went out with her grandfather
D. was ill
57. Who told the little girl to sing a song when she was crying?
A. The lady.
B. Her father.
C. Her mother.
D. Her grandfather.
58. The little girl showed the lady ____.
A. how rich she was
B. her happiness
C. how beautiful she was
D. her mother's love
59. What do we know about the lady in the passage?
A. She was kind to the girl.
B. She was beautiful.
C. She was glad to see the girl.
D. She was a careless woman.
60. From the story, we learn that _____.
A. the girl's mother went away with her love
B. mother's love is the greatest in the world
C. a girl should wear a dress made by her mother
D. a mother should take her child with her wherever she goes
五、 词汇运用(本题有10小题,每小题1分,共10分)。
阅读短文,根据中文填写适当的单词,使意思完整,每空一词。
"For those who have __61__(从来没有) been to Tibet, Tibet is a dream; for those who have ever been there, Tibet is a memory." said Li Wan, a graduate__62___(来自)Zhongshan University. "To local Tibetans, Tibet is a way of life. But to me, living there is my like-time goal(目标)."
Ms. Li suddenly showed her strong
63
(兴趣)in Tibet after having worked in a company for less than three ___64___(月). Since 1998, Li has been
65 (花费)most of her time on the challenge --- she has got to almost every corner of Tibet during the 8 years.
Li's __66___(第一) trip to Tibet was only out of her loving freedom. She entered Tibet along the Yunnan-Tibetan road. Although she couldn't say a word of Tibetan language, this did not really stop her from talking with local people successfully. "To me, they are free, happy and close to
67
(大自然). It appears to me that people should live in this way, singing while ___68__(工作), dancing while living," Li said.
Li describes Tibet in words and___69___(照片). "My goal in the
70 _ (下一个)ten years is to make a good documentary." said Li.
六、 任务型阅读(本题有5小题,每小题l分,共5分)
根据本篇新闻报道填写信息。
We are keep-fit kids (BY Wang Min 21ST Century Teens
Date:2008-01-02)
IT'S the end of term. You may be busy preparing for the final exams. There may be no more PE or music classes. How do you keep fit? Everybody has their own way.
Frank Yang, 14, Dalian: My way is to spend all my spare time playing basketball. At noon, we have about 50 minutes to rest. So we boys usually play basketball. After school, before going home, we play basketball again for around 20 minutes. We are crazy about basketball!
Wang Xirui, 13, Anshan: Our school lets us see films at midday, for around 30 minutes. We see one film every three days. We've seen lots of good films including Ice Age and Mr. Bean. They are great fun!
Tang Tingting, 14, Shanghai: During class breaks, I often go to library to read books. I read cartoons like Father and Son. They make me laugh. After school, I usually play badminton with my classmates for about 20 minutes.
Zhou Shu, 14, Yangzhou: Playing jianzi is very popular in our class. Boys and girls play together during class breaks. We sweat (出汗) a lot. Girls also play paper, scissors, rock (石头剪刀布), with their feet. Why? Because it's so cold so it's a good way to keep our feet warm!
Students in different region | The way to keep fit | Time | Frank Yang, 14, Dalian:
| Playing basketball
| ___71_____or after school
| Wang Xirui, 13, Anshan:
| ______72________
| at midday, every 3 days
| Tang Tingting, 14, Shanghai:
| a.______73______
b. playing badminton
| a. during class breaks
b.____74_____
| Zhou Shu, 14, Yangzhou:
| a._____75_______
b.playing paper, scissors, rock
| during class breaks
|
71________
72_________
73________
74________
75________
七、 书面表达(本题有2小题,76题5分,77题15分)。
76. 我国政府向青少年提出了“阳关体育活动”。其口号是“每天锻炼一小时,健康工作50年,幸福生活一辈子”。为配合“阳关体育活动”,学校决定对同学们的体育锻炼情况作一次调查。假如你是Paul,请根据自己的实际情况,完成下面调查内容(括号中的内容供选择)。
My name is Paul. I’m in Class Three, Grade Nine. I ___________(always, often, sometimes, never, hardly) do sports after school. I usually do sports with my _______. My favorite sport is ___________, because ________________.
77. 为配合此活动,班级将举行一次主题班会,请以“sports and health” 为主题写一篇发言稿,介绍自己体育锻炼的情况、感受等。文中不能出现真实姓名、校名或地名。词数80—100左右。开头和结尾已给出,不记入总词数。
写作要点:1. 自己的锻炼的情况;
2.最喜欢的体育活动及原因;
3.锻炼的效果和感受;
4.倡议大家积极参加体育锻炼。
Dear friends,
I'm very glad to have the chance to say something about sports and health.
That's all. Thank you!
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