一、完形填空
KEY→P24
范畴:人与自我 主题:自我提升 体裁:记叙文 难度:★★★★ 建议用时:7分钟 评价:/10
One day a little boy asks his father, "What does the word 'great' mean? Who are great people and 1 do they become great?"
The father asks his son to bring two plants and tells him to plant one of them 2 the house and the other outside the house. The boy does as his father says.

The father asks, "Which one of the two plants do you think will be bigger?" The boy replies, "The plant inside the house will be safe, 3 it will grow bigger. The plant outside the house is not safe at all. No one will be there to 4 it. It may be eaten by animals."
The father smiles and says, "Let's wait 5. We will know the answer."
Then the boy 6 for study and after four years he comes back to his house. He says to his father, "Look, 7 happens to this plant inside the house and it is safe."
When the boy goes outside, he is very 8 to see a big tree. The boy can't believe his eyes. He has no idea how the plant outside can grow much bigger than the plant inside the house.
"The plant outside the house faces four seasons and many problems!" the father explains to his son why the plant outside is bigger. "The plant inside is safe. It doesn't face weather changes, and doesn't get enough 9, so it can't become big."
Here is the 10 to the question about being great: To become a great person, one must fail many times, face many problems and get over those problems. After that, he is able to become great.
()1. A. how
B. what
C. when
D. where
()2. A. behind
B. across
C. beside
D. inside
()3. A. but
B. or
C. so
D. because
()4. A. look after
B. take away
C. cut down
D. look at
()5. A. carefully
B. excitedly
C. happily
D. patiently
()6. A. waits
B. looks
C. leaves
D. thanks
()7. A. something
B. nothing
C. everything
D. anything
()8. A. excited
B. happy
C. sad
D. surprised
()9. A. protection
B. sunlight
C. care
D. danger
()10. A. key
B. answer
C. way
D. reason

完形填空
父亲让孩子种植两棵植物,一棵在屋内,一棵在屋外,四年后,反而是屋外的植物长成了大树。由此父亲告诉孩子要想成为伟大的人,必须经历失败,面对问题,解决问题。
1. A 根据上文中“What does the word 'great' mean?”及Who are great people 可知,此处是询问伟大的人是如何变得伟大的。
2. D 根据下文中 The plant inside the house will be safe可知,父亲让男孩把其中一株植物种在房子里面。
3. C 根据上文中 The plant inside the house will be safe及下文中 it will grow bigger 可知,前后部分构成因果关系,前因后果,故用连词 so。
4. A 根据上文中“The plant outside the house is not safe at all.”可知,房子外面的植物不安全,没有人照顾它。
5. D 根据句意可知,父亲让儿子耐心地等待,看看结果。
6. C 根据下文中 after four years he comes back to his house 可知,男孩离开去学习,四年后他回来了。
7. B 根据下文中 it is safe 可知,此处是指房子里面的植物没有发生任何事情。
8. D 根据下文中“The boy can't believe his eyes.”可知,男孩看到外面的大树时很惊讶。
9. B 根据句意可知,房子里面的植物没有经历天气变化,也得不到足够的阳光。
10. B 根据下文中“one must fail many times, face many problems and ... those problems”可知,父亲告诉儿子关于变得伟大这个问题的答案。

二、阅读理解
KEY→P25
范畴:人与社会 主题:文学作品 体裁:记叙文 难度:★★★★ 建议用时:8分钟 评价:/5
热考素材 名著选读 The next morning the winter sun came through the window and the house
英语嗨吧
was nice and warm again. Mr White felt better and he smiled at his wife and son. The family sat down to have breakfast and they began to talk about the day. The monkey's paw was on a little table near the window, but nobody looked at it and nobody thought about it.

"I'm going to the shops this morning," Mrs White said. "I want to get something nice for dinner. Are you going to come with me?" she asked her husband.
"No. I'm going to have a quiet morning. I'm going to read," her husband answered.
"Well, I'm not going to go out this evening," Herbert said, "so we can go to bed early tonight. We were very late last night."
"And we aren't going to have stories about monkeys' paws!" Mrs White said. She was angry. "Why do we listen to your friend?" she asked her husband. "A monkey's paw can't give you things!" She stopped but the two men did not answer her. "Thirty thousand pounds!" she said quietly. "We need money."
Just then Herbert looked at the clock and stood up. "I'm going to work," he said. "Perhaps the postman has got the money for you in a letter. I want some of it too!" Herbert laughed and his mother laughed too.
"Don't laugh, son," Mr White said. "Tom Morris is an old friend and he thinks the story is true. Perhaps it is." "Well, leave me some of the money," Herbert laughed again. His mother laughed too and she went to the door with him.
"Goodbye, Mother," Herbert said happily. "Get something nice for dinner this evening at the shops. I'm always hungry after a day at work." "I know you are!" Mrs White said.
Herbert left the house and walked quickly down the road. His mother stood at the door for some time and watched him. The winter sun was warm, but suddenly she felt very cold.
——文章节选自书虫系列《猴爪》(The Monkey's Paw)
()1. How was the weather the next day?
A. Cloudy.
B. Sunny.
C. Rainy.
D. Windy.
()2. The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 1 refers to "".
A. the dinner
B. the little table
C. the monkey's paw
D. the window
()3. Who was going to work?
A. Mr White.
B. Mrs White.
C. Tom Morris.
D. Herbert.
()4. Why did Mr White think that the monkey's paw could bring them 30,000 pounds?
A. Because he believed his old friend Tom Morris.
B. Because Tom Morris gave away all his money to him.
C. Because the postman had got the money for him in a letter.
D. Because Mrs White found some money on her way to the shops.
()5. Where can we most probably read this passage?
A. In a travel magazine.
B. In a storybook.
C. In a health report.
D. In a PE magazine.

阅读理解
在一个冬日的清晨，怀特一家三口在家里讨论白天要做的事情，并对猴爪发表了各自的看法。
1. B 细节理解题。根据短文第一段第一句话可知，第二天的天气是晴朗的。
2. C 代词指代题。根据短文第一段中的"The monkey's paw was on ..."可推知，猴爪放在窗边的小桌上，但是没有人去看它。此处的 it 指代 the monkey's paw。
3. D 细节理解题。根据短文第六段中的 I'm going to work 可知，赫伯特将去工作。
4. A 推理判断题。根据短文第七段中的"Tom Morris is an old ... true."可知，怀特先生认为猴爪可以给他们带来3 万英镑的收入，是因为他相信他的老朋友莫里斯。
5. B 推理判断题。阅读全文可知，在一个冬日的清晨，怀特一家三口在家里讨论白天要做的事情，并对猴爪发表了各自的看法。因此可推知，这篇文章可能来自一本故事书。