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I have tried many ways to be 1 . I don’t wear a sweater when I 2 , and two days ago I walked in the 3 without my shoes. But so far nothing 4 . Debbie once told me about a boy in her class who liked 5 school. He would rub(摩擦) the end of the thermometer (温度计) until it went 6 to 39℃. Then he’d put it in his mouth and his mother would think he was 7 ill.
This morning I tried doing that but it 8 went above 35℃ and I rubbed it for ten 9 . So I held the thermometer 10 the light on my desk and it went up to 40℃. I thought I’d put it in my mouth and walk downstairs like that. 11 my mother would take it out and she would be 12 when she saw that I was rather ill.
The only trouble was I didn’t know the thermometer would be so 13 , As soon as I put it into my mouth I burnt my tongue(舌头)! I spit (吐) the thermometer out. It fell 14 the floor but it 15 .
1. A . well B. fine C. ill D. bad
2. A . could B. should C. must D. might
3. A . water B. rain C. sun D. wind
4. A . happens B. happened C. will happen D. has happened
5. A . being away from B. leaving
C. staying at D. being out of
6. A . on B. down C. up D. off
7. A . really B. real C. bad D. badly
8. A . can’t B. not C. never D. didn’t
9. A . seconds B. hours C. minutes D. moments
10. A . near B. near to C. next D. next to
11. A . When B. Then C. So D. If
12. A . worried B. surprised C. happy D. frightened
13. A . cold B. hot C. warm D. cool
14. A . off B. down C. to D. on
15. A . didn’t break B. didn’t broke C. wasn’t broken D. was broken
名师点评
这是一篇小幽默。一个男孩为了装病，用尽了各种办法想告诉妈妈自己的体温很高，结果差点儿烫伤了自己。
答案解析
1.C。根据下文得知，这个小孩就是想让自己生病。
2.B。这里应选择情态动词should, 表示在该穿毛衣的时候他不穿, 其实他就是想让自己冻出病来。
3.B。跟上两题同解。
4.D。so far常与动词的现在完成时连用，表示“到目前为止”。
5.A。leave school表示“辍学、毕业离校”的动作，be away from school则表示“不上学、逃学”的状态。
6.C。up表示“温度上升”。
7.A。妈妈会认为他真的病了，故选副词really。
8.C。其他选项在语法上均错。
9.C。根据文意。
10.D。next to表示“临近、非常接近”。
11.B。Then是副词，表时间上的“顺承”。 其他三选项均引导从句, 故不选。
12.A。妈妈得知孩子生病, 首先感到担心。
13.B。这里表示“烫”, 所以不能选warm。
14.D。fall on为“掉到……上”, fall off 是指“从某处摔下”, fall down是“落下”。
15.C。break为及物动词, 与主语构成动宾关系，所以用被动语态形式was broken。
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Do you know Eskimos (爱斯基摩人)? Let me tell you something about their 1 .
The Eskimos live near the North Pole (北极). There are only two 2 there, winter and summer, There are no spring 3 autumn there. The winter nights are 4 . You can't 5 the sun for more than two months, even at noon. The summer days are long. For more than two months, the sun never 6 and there is no night.
The Eskimos have 7 clothes. They make their clothes from the skin of animals. From these skins they make coats, caps and 8 .
Near the North Pole trees can't grow, for it is too 9 there. The Eskimos 10 make their houses from skins, snow or stones (石头). When they 11 in storm and can't 12 home, they make house of snow. They 13 these snow houses when the storm is 14 .
Life is 15 for the Eskimos, but they still like to live there.
1. A. work B. life C. holiday D. families
2. A. weather B. seasons C. months D. years
3. A. not B. or C. and D. as
4. A. short B. warm C. long D. cold
5. A. see B. watch C. look D. look at
6. A. rises B. goes up C. drops D. goes down
7. A. beautiful B. metal C. warm D. cool
8. A. goods B. drinks C. medicine D. shoes
9. A. cold B. hot C. dry D. wet
10. A. will B. should C. never D. have to
11. A. go out B. go over C. keep on D. get on
12. A. get back B. got off C. get on D. get in
13. A. make B. leave C. stay D. break
14. A. over B. coming C. going D. hard
15. A. easy B. interesting C. hard D. lucky
名师点评
本文介绍了爱斯基摩人的生活情况：爱斯基摩人的特殊生活习惯缘于那儿的特殊气候。
答案简析
1. B。根据下文得知这里介绍的是爱斯基摩人的生活(life)。
2. B。根据winter和summer判断。
3. B。no....or....表示对两者否定。
4. C。由后一句话可推断答案。冬夜很长，几乎看不到太阳，也就是没有白天，这正是北极的气候特征。
5. A。see表示“看”的结果，watch和look都表示“看”的动作。
6. D。夏天白昼长，几乎没有夜晚，太阳从不下山，所以选 go down。
7. C。他们要穿上暖和的衣服才能抵御严寒。
8. D。这里是指用动物皮来做衣服鞋帽。
9. A。北极很冷。
10. D。表示客观原因使他们不得不用特殊的材料来建房。
11. A。表示在外面遇到风暴时。
12. A。由于风暴而回不了家。
13. B。用雪造房是因为遇到风暴回不了家，风暴过后自然要离开雪房子了。
14. A。be over表示结束。
15. C。这种恶劣的气候条件下，生活是很艰难困苦的，故选hard。
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Life in the twenty-first century will be very 1 . Many changes will take place, but 2 will the changes be.
The population is growing 3 . There will be many 4 in the world and most of them will live 5 than people in the twentieth century.
Computers will be much smaller and 6 and there will be at least one in every 7 . And 8 studies will be one of the important subjects in school then.
People will work 9 and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travelling. 10 will be much easier and cheaper. And many more people will go to 11 countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our 12 , too. Maybe no one will eat meat every day, instead, they eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be 13 . Work in the future will be different, too. 14 and hard work can be done by robots. Because of this, 15 will not have enough work to do .This will be a problem.
1. A. interesting B. hard C. different D. beautiful
2. A. why B. how C. when D. what
3. A. slowly B. fast C. quietly D. suddenly
4. A. people B. workers C. scientists D. doctors
5. A. long B. longer C. happy D. lucky
6. A. more useful B. useful C. helpful D. less useful
7. A. hospital B. factory C. home D. town
8. A. science B. maths C. English D. computer
9. A. fewer hours B. more hours
C. eight hours D. more than eight hours
10. A. Seeing doctors B. Going to the cinema
C. Shopping D. Travelling
11. A. rich B. other C. poor D. small
12. A. food B. clothes C. fruit D. drinks
13. A. fatter B. thinner C .healthier D. more pleased
14. A. Safe B. Easy C. Simple D. Dangerous
15. A. a few people B. all the people
C. many people D. some people
名师点评
本文介绍了二十一世纪我们社会将发生的各种各样的变化，包括就业，饮食等一系列的变化。
答案解析
1. C。以下讲的是二十一世纪发生的一系列的变化，由于变化，生活也就变得与以前不同，故而选C。
2. D。这些变化会是哪些变化呢?What在这里充当的是表语。
3. B。众所周知，人口增长速度很快。
4. A。由上下文可知，这里指人口增多，故选people。
5. B。由于生活条件和习惯的改变，人们寿命将会更长，所以longer为正确选项。
6. A。电脑将发挥更大的作用，故选比较级more useful。
7. C。电脑将走进各家各户。
8. D。这一小节都讲的是电脑，故选D。
9. A。根据下文得知人们将有更多的时间用来娱乐，证明工作时间减少了，故选fewer hours。
10. D。根据下文的for holidays可知这里说的是旅行。
11. B。由于条件好了，更多的人都能够去其他国家旅游了，故选other。
12. A。根据下句得知，这里讲的是饮食变化。
13. C。由于饮食习惯发生变化，人们将更加健康。
14. D。和hard并列的词应选择dangerous。
15. C。因为很多工作都是由机器人来完成，那么许多人也就面临着失业的危险。
