[2025 重庆期中]
The Power of the Attitude（态度）!
“Look, it’s Baldy（秃头）!” A boy shouted to me. Although I was often insulted（侮辱）because of the scars on my head, it was 1 to hear.
When I was just 20 months old, I had an accident—a bowl of hot water fell on my head. My parents sent me to the hospital at once. The doctors tried their best to save my 2. “It is very lucky for your daughter to be alive,” they told my mum and dad. “But there will be scars on her head, and of course her hair won’t 3 there.”
As a child, I 4 my scars very much so I always wore a hat to cover them when I left home. One day, I took part in a children’s burns（烫伤）camp. There I made a friend, a 14-year-old girl, Mary. Her burns were a lot more serious than 5. But she was so strong that she 6 showed any sadness. “You shouldn’t listen to what people talk about what you look like because we’re not 7 from anyone else,” she said. “You don’t need to wear a hat because you look great without it.” So, at my 13th birthday party, I gave up my 8 and let my scars appear because I thought there was no need for me to hide 9 my hat.
Now I am confident of what I look like and much happier, because I know it is the attitude that tells 10 you truly are.
()1. A. excited B. happy
C. sad D. bored
()2. A. leg B. life
C. scars D. face
()3. A. grow B. add
C. keep D. clean
()4. A. asked about B. talked about
C. looked after D. cared about
()5. A. his B. mine
C. hers D. theirs
()6. A. always B. usually
C. sometimes D. never
()7. A. far B. different
C. free D. safe
()8. A. hat B. shoes
C. coat D. sweater
()9. A. before B. behind
C. on D. without
()10. A. who B. when
C. which D. where

完形填空·语篇导读 本文主要讲的是作者小时候被烫伤而造成头部有伤疤,所以戴帽子,但受到了与自己有类似情况的朋友的鼓励而摘下帽子的故事。
快速对答案
1—5 C B A D B
6—10 D B A B A
1. C excited 意为“兴奋的”;happy 意为“快乐的”;sad 意为“悲伤的”;bored 意为“厌烦的”。根据语境可知,“我”经常因为头上的伤疤而受到侮辱,故应是很难过。
2. B leg 意为“腿”;life 意为“生命”;scar 意为“伤疤”;face 意为“脸”。根据后一句可知,医生们尽力救了“我”的命。
3. A 句意为:但她头上将有疤痕,当然她的头发不会长在那里。grow 意为“生长”;add 意为“添加”;keep 意为“保持”;clean 意为“打扫”。根据语境可知,此处指的是有疤痕的地方不再长头发。
4. D 句意为:作为一个孩子,我非常在意自己的伤疤,所以当我离开家时,我总是戴着一顶帽子来掩盖它们。根据语境可知,“我”总是戴着一顶帽子来掩盖头上的伤疤,故“我”很在意自己的伤疤。
5. B 句意为:她的烫伤比我的严重得多。his 意为“他的”;mine 意为“我的”;hers 意为“她的”;theirs 意为“他们的”。根据语境可知,此处指的是她的烫伤比“我”的烫伤严重得多,应用名词性物主代词 mine。
6. D always 意为“总是”;usually 意为“通常”;sometimes 意为“有时”;never 意为“从不”。根据语境可知,她从未表现出悲伤。
7. B far 意为“遥远的”;different 意为“不同的”;free 意为“自由的”;safe 意为“安全的”。根据语境可知,此处指的是因为“我们”和其他人没有什么不同,be different from 意为“与……不同”。
8. A hat 意为“帽子”;shoe 意为“鞋”;coat 意为“外套”;sweater 意为“毛衣”。根据语境可知,此处指的是帽子。
9. B before 意为“在……之前”;behind 意为“在……后面”;on 意为“在……上”;without 意为“没有”。根据语境可知,此处指的是不用躲在帽子后面。
10. A who 意为“谁”;when 意为“什么时候”;which 意为“哪一个”;where 意为“在哪里”。根据语境可知,此处指的是“你真正是谁”。

[2025 河南信阳期末] Food may help you understand more about your personality (性格). Choose your favourite food from the five options below. See the answers.
Food

A. Noodles B. hamburgers C. apples
D. fried chicken E. cakes
Answers
A. You always try to make yourself different from others. Sometimes it’s not easy for you to have friends.
B. Success and fame are your only interest, so you spend most of your time working and have no time to relax yourself.
C. There are so many new ideas in your mind. Also you like sharing them with your friends.
D. Exercise is not your favourite thing. People think that you’re shy. But you are a good listener. And you would like to give others a hand.
E. You are nice and easy-going and you are good at telling jokes, so people like to make friends with you. You are always ready to help others.
Does your choice really tell you who you are?
Ha ha, just for fun!
()11. 新考法文章出处 Where is the material most probably from?
A. A news report.
B. An interesting story.
C. A personality test.
D. A science discovery.

()12. Nelly likes sharing her new ideas with her friends. What might she choose?
A. Noodles.
B. Hamburgers.
C. Apples.
D. Fried chicken.
()13. Vince chooses fried chicken. Which of the following might be TRUE?
A. He wants to be the best.
B. He spends much time relaxing.
C. He is good at sports.
D. He enjoys helping others.
()14. 新考法观点态度 What does the writer think of the text?
A. It is difficult to choose your favourite food.
B. Food can make your personality different.
C. We shouldn’t take the results seriously.
D. People in the world have five personalities.

阅读理解·语篇导读 本文主要介绍了食物与个性之间的关系。
快速对答案
11—14 C C D C
11. C 推理判断题。本文主要介绍了食物与个性之间的关系,结尾说明仅供娱乐,故文章可能出现在一个性格测试上。故选 C 项。
12. C 细节理解题。根据“There are so many new ideas in your mind. Also you like sharing them with your friends.”及 apples 可知选 C 项。
13. D 细节理解题。根据“And you would like to give others a hand.”可知选 D 项。
14. C 细节理解题。根据“Does your choice really tell you who you are? Ha ha, just for fun!”可知选 C 项。