“Please, stop!” I called.
He smiled and nodded, but he couldn?t hear because he had started the hedge (树篱) trimmers and was getting ready to fix a line of hedges. Zip (飕飕声), zip, zip.
“What do you think?” he shouted.
“It?s supposed to be a privacy hedge; now all that will be private are our ankles.” He started the trimmers again. “Stop!” I called, “Come back!” “Why?” he shouted.
“You?re in the neighbor?s yard.”
1.By saying “if only I had taken my own advice.” , what does the author mean ? A. She should have kept a closer watch on her husband. B. She feels regretful about her marriage after many years. C. She didn?t follow her own advice about pruning shears. D. She shouldn?t have given that marital advice to her daughters. 2.We can learn from the article that the author?s husband ____________. A. has a great talent for gardening B. nearly ruined their neighbor?s garden C. had never used pruning shears before D. mistook their crab apple tree for a maple tree 3.What does the article mainly talk about?
A. Why husbands shouldn?t be left to trim trees alone. B. How the author?s husband killed their crab apple tree.
C. How the author has survived her “thirty-some” years of marriage. D. Why the author?s husband insisted on trimming their crab apple tree. 4.What is the tone of the article? A. Anxious. B. Critical. C. Serious. D. Humorous. 【答案】 1.C
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2.B 3.A 4.D
2.B细节推理题。根据A branch here, a branch there, a small limb, then a large limb.及Once the man starts, he can?t stop. One trim leads to another.可知丈夫一发而不可收，根据最后一句“You?re in the neighbor?s yard.”可知差点破坏了邻居的花园，故选B.
3.A推理判断题。文章开头就提到never leave your husband unsupervised (无人监督的) with pruning shears.下文讲述作者这样说的原因，通过丈夫的例子来说明。所以说全文都在讲这个问题，故选A.
4.D推理判断题。根据第二段Give a man pruning shears and electric trimmers (电动修剪器) and he will give new meaning to “armed and dangerous.”及下文的Though he agreed it would be a regrettable loss, there was a twinkle in his eye.和A branch here, a branch there, a small limb, then a large limb.可知作者写作的语气是幽默的，故选D。 考点：考查记叙文阅读 【题型】阅读理解 【难度】一般
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阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
Annie slept in the front of the seat with her father drove through the darkness. “We?re almost there!” Dad announced cheerfully. “Soon well be observing and counting owls at the state park.” Yawning, Annie nodded and smiled. The time was 4:30 a.m. Looking out into the darkness, Annie
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remembered learning in school that most owls are active at night, when they hunt for food. During the day, they sleep in hard-to-find spots.
“Dad, why do you need to count owls?” she asked. “It?s important for the scientists to have current information about bird populations,” he explained. “We want to know which birds have decreased in number and whether any new kinds of birds are coming into a certain area. You and I will write down the kinds of birds that we see today and keep a record of how many times we see each kind. The we?ll send out a report to a scientific organization that is collecting about birds from people all over the county.”
Dad pulled into the parking lot of the state park. Then, with flashing in hand, they began their hike into the woods. Annie zipped up her coat and tried to keep from trembling. She had not expected the morning to be so frigid. Luckily her gloves were in her pocket.
Suddenly Annie?s father stooped and gestured for her to be still. Obeying, Annie did not take another step. She thought she heard a low crying up head. “That?s certainly a screech owl,” her father whispered. “Let?s get a look at it.” After looking more closely, Annie could see that it was a small owl. Sensing danger, the owl narrowed its eyes and pulled its feathers tightly against its body. Annie carefully wrote down in her notebook that they had seen a screech owl.
Walking a little farther, they came to a tall oak tree. “This looks like a perfect spot to
attract owls,” Dad said. “I?m going to play a recording of common call of the barred owl. Maybe we can get one to answer.? Annie could hardly believe her ear. The recorded all sounded as if the bird were asking, “who cooks for you?” Moments later Annie thought she heard a return call in distance. She held her breath and waited. Suddenly a huge bird landed very quietly on a branch above them.
ziyuanku.comAnnie had long forgotten how cold it was. She stood in wonder, shining her flashlight on the bird and studying it carefully. The barred owl was nearly two feet tall. Gray feathers surrounded its dark eyes. The bird did not matter. Annie would never forget the image of the powerful barred owl.
1.Why did Annie and her father go to the state park to ? A. To catch owls.
B. To collect information about owls. C. To record the call of owls and feed them.
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D. To carry out an experiment on owls and study.
2.Annie could study the barren owl carefully with the help of ________. A. scientists B. moonlight C. flashlight D. a recorder
3.How did Annie feel when she saw the barren owl? A. Bored. B. Relaxed. C. Frightened. D. Amazed.
4.What would be the best title? A. The Owl Count. B. A Study on Owls. C. Observation of Birds. D. A Cheerful Early Morning. 【答案】 1.B 2.C 3.D 4.A
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3.D推理判断题。根据文中She stood in wonder, shining her flashlight on the bird and studying it carefully. 她惊奇地站着，把手电筒照在这只鸟儿上，仔细地研究它。故选D。
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4.A主旨大意题。根据文中的Soon well be observing and counting owls at the state park；“It?s important for the scientists to have current information about bird populations,” he explained. “We want to know which birds have decreased in number and whether any new kinds of birds are coming into a certain area. 可以得知文章大意：文章讲述了Annie与父亲一起观察猫头鹰，计算猫头鹰的数量是否减少。故选A。 考点：考查记叙文阅读 【题型】阅读理解 【难度】一般 10.阅读理解
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
The old man fished alone in a small rowboat and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish. In the first forty days, a boy had been with him. But after forty days without a fish the boy?s parents had told him that the old man was now bad luck, and ordered the boy to join another boat, which caught three good fish the first week. It made the boy sad to see the old man come in each day with his boat empty and he always went down to help him carry in the fishing lines or take down the old, patched sail.
来&源：ziyuanu.com “Santiago,” the boy said to him as they dragged up the boat to the sand. “I could go with you again. I?ve made some money.” the old man had taught the boy to fish and the boy loved him. “No,” the old man said. “You?re with a lucky boat. Stay with them. You must obey your father.” “We can be lucky again too. Remember when we didn?t catch a fish for 10 days, then caught a big one each day for a month?” said the boy. “Can I offer you a beer on the balcony and then we?ll take the stuff home,” said the boy. “Why not?” the old man said.
“Santiago,” the boy said as they sat on the balcony, “If I cannot fish with you, I would like to serve in some way.” “You bought me a beer,” the old man said, lifting the bottle to his mouth. “Do you remember the first time I took you out to fish?” the old man asked. “I was five. I remember the tail of a huge fish slapping against the boat, the noise of you clubbing him and the sweet blood smell. I remember everything from when we first went together,” the boy said. The old man looked at him with his sun-burned, loving eyes.
“May I get some sardines for tomorrow? Let me get four fresh ones,” said the boy. “One,” the old man said. His hope and his confidence had never gone. But now they were freshening like a
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