1、英语每日一练(一)完型填空: Whenever we hear about “the homeless,”, most of us think of the Developing world. But the 36 is that homelessness is everywhere. For example, how many of us would expect to see people living on the streets of a 37 country like Germany?Kurt Muller and his wife Rita have spent eleven ye
2、ars making 38 for the homeless of Berlin, Germanys capital. They first 39 one long hot summer when most Germans were 40 on holiday. Kurt and his wife stayed at home, made sandwiches, 41 a table in the street and gave food to the homeless. The Mullers soon realized that food and clothing werent 42 .
3、“What these people also need is warmth and 43 ,” says Rita. The Mullers didnt 44 to give their phone number to the street people and told them to phone anytime. Rita 45 there was somebody at home to answer the phone and their home was always 46 to anyone who couldnt face another night on the street.
4、 The couple were soon 47 all their time and money, so Kurt visited food and clothing panies to 48 donations. Today, over thirty panies 49 donate food and other goods to the cause and volunteers help to 50 them to the homeless. The public also give clothes and money and a shoe producer 51 new shoes.
5、Kurt and Rita receive no 52 for their hard work. “ We feel like parents,” says Rita, “and parents shouldnt 53 money for helping their children. The love we get on the streets is our salary.” Though Rita admits she often gets 54 . She says she will continue with her work because she likes the feeling
6、 of having made a 55 in the world. 36. A. result B. truthC. reason D. idea37. A. traditional B. developing C. typical D. wealthy38. A. preparations B. housesC. meals D. suggestions 39. A. began B. met C. called D. left 40. A. asleepB. alone C. across D. away41. A. brought upB. set upC. put aside D.
7、gave away42. A. enoughB. necessaryC. helpful D. expensive 43. A. fameB. freedomC. courage D. caring 44. A. hesitateB. agreeC. pretendD. intend45. A. make senseB. found out C. make sure D. worked out 46. A. openB. crowded C. noisyD. near47. A. costing B. wasting C. taking D. spending48. A. pay for B.
8、 ask for C. look into D. carry out49. A. pletely B. calmlyC. regularly D. roughly 50. A. advertiseB. sellC. deliver D. lend 51. A. donatesB. produces C. designs D. collects 52. A. permissionB. payment C. directionD. support53. A. borrowB. raiseC. saveD. expect 54. A. surprised B. excited C. tired D.
9、 amused 55. A. profitB. difference C. decisionD. rule阅读理解: It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005. While most people were warming up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work. On arrival, he parked his b
10、ike outside the back door as he usually does. After putting in 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone. The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour weeks to support his young family. And the bike was also used to get groceri
11、es(食品杂货),saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live. I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then called my hu
12、sband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It really is an honor that a plete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before. People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are eve
13、n more so. This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it strengthened our faith in humanity(人性)as a whole. And it has influenced us to be more mindful of ways we, too, can share with others. No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares. And the res
14、ults can be everlasting. 56. Why was the bike so important to the couple? A. The mans job was bike racing. B. It was their only possession. C. It was a nice Kona 18 speed. D. They used it for work and daily life.57. We can infer from the text that _. A. the couple worked 60 hours a week. B. people w
15、ere busy before Christmas C. the stranger brought over the bike D. life was hard for the young family.58. How did people get to know the couples problem? A. From radio broadcasts. B. From a newspaper. C. From TV news. D. From a stranger.59. What do the couple learn from their experience? A. Stranger
16、s are usually of little help. B. One should take care of their bike. C. News reports make people famous. ? D. An act of kindness can mean a lot. 七选五:根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项How to Make Friends Friendship is a very important human relationship and everyone needs good friends. Good fri
17、endship has many benefits. It offers panionship, improves self-worth and promotes good health. There are times in our lives such as when we have recently moved into a new town, or changed our jobs or schools. Such changes often leaves us without a friend 71 . But for many of us the process is diffic
18、ult and requires courage. Below are some helpful suggestions on how to make and keep friends. 1. Associate with others. The first step to making friends is associating with other people. You can go to public places to meet new people. Besides, you will need to make yourself known by being an active
19、member of such places. 2. Start a conversationStarting a conversation is the second most important step in making new friends. 72 You can always start the conversation. Being able to make small talk is a very useful skill in relating with other people. 3. 73 Choosing friends with mon interests is im
20、portant in building friendship as these interests would always bring you and your friend together, Hanging out will always be a pleasant experience. 4. Let it grow. It is a good thing to stay in touch. However, try not to press your new friend with calls, messages or visits as this would likely wear
21、 him or her out and finally you may lose your friend. 74 . The best friendships are the ones that grow naturally. 5. Enjoy your friendshipThe best way to enjoy your friendship is to allow your friends to be themselves. 75 Try not to change them from who they are to what you want them to be. Bee the
22、kind of friend you will want your friend to be to you. A. Be cheerful. B. Do things together. C. Do not wait to be spoken to. D. Try not to find fault with your friends. E. Making new friends es easy for some people. F. For a friendship to develop you need to stay in touch. G. So you will need to gi
23、ve your friend time to react to you. 语法填空:The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years, the festival 31_ (mark) by eating zong zi and racing dragon boats in honour of Qu Yuan, who is said to have mitted suicide(自
24、杀) by drowning himself.Qu was a minister of the State of Chu 32_ (situate) in present-day Hunan and Hubei provinces, during the Warring States Period(战国时期). He was upright, loyal and highly respected. 33_, he was dismissed from office. 34_ (realize) that the country was in the hands of evil official
25、s, Qu leapt into River Miluo on the fifth day of the fifth month. Nearby fishermen rushed over to save him but were 35_ (able) to recover his body. The people of Chu 36_ mourned Qus death threw rice into the river to feed his ghost 37_ year on the day of his death. But one year, the spirit of Qu app
26、eared and told the mourners that a huge reptile(爬行动物)in the river had stolen the rice. The spirit then advised 38_ to wrap the rice and bind it 39_ throwing it into the river. During the Duanwu Festival, zong zi is eaten to symbolize(象征,表示) the rice offerings to Qu. And the dragon-boat races symboli
27、ze 40_ many attempts to rescue and recover Qus body.短文改错:My father and I stayed at the South Lake Hotel for a week when we visit Beijing last month. It is in the downtown area, but it is easy to go to anywhere from the hotel by public transport.We lived in a fortably double-room with a big bath. Wha
28、t I liked best were the free high-speed Internet connection in the room. I checked my email messages every day. I also shared for my friends many photos taking in Beijing. The food was wonderful with reasonable prices, and we enjoyed several local dish.It is such great hotel that I would remend it t
29、o any friend of me who is going to Beijing.英语每日一练(一)答案完型填空: 【语篇解读】这是一篇记叙文,叙述的是一对德国夫妇为了帮助无家可归的人所付出的努力,并借主人公之口表达了作者的感受:给予爱,也收获爱,这非常有意义。36.【答案】B【命题透视】名词词义辨析。考查学生的词汇量与词汇运用能力。【试题解析】前面的but表转折,句意为:但是事实上无家可归的到处都有。句型the truth is that意为“事实上”。37.【答案】D【命题透视】逻辑关系。考查学生对上下文的理解或对文化、常识的理解和运用能力。【试题解析】根据上文,此处表达的是“一个像德
30、国这么富有的国家”,与前文的for example和后面的like Germany一致。38.【答案】C【命题透视】逻辑关系。考查学生对上下文的理解或对文化、常识的理解和运用能力。【试题解析】根据后文,此句句意为:他们为德国首都柏林的无家可归者做饭已经十一年了。39. 【答案】A【命题透视】动词词义辨析。考查学生的词汇量与词汇运用能力。【试题解析】由上句,此处意为:他们从一个漫长而炎热的夏天开始。上句提到他们为无家可归者提供食物有十一年了,所以此处应该表达何时开始。其他选项中,met是“遇到”;left是“离开”;called是“打xx;叫”;都不符合句意。40.【答案】D【命题透视】逻辑关系
31、和副词词义辨析。考查学生词汇的理解和对上下文的理解或对文化、常识的理解和运用能力。【试题解析】根据后面的Kurt and his wife stayed at home,此处是用大多数德国人与Kurt夫妇作一对比,句意为:他们从一个漫长而炎热的夏天开始,此时大多数德国人都外出度假了。41.【答案】B【命题透视】动词短语词义辨析。考查学生的词汇量与词汇运用能力。【试题解析】句意为:Kurt和他的妻子呆在家里做三明治,他们在街上布置好桌子,给无家可归者提供食物。动词短语set up意为“安装;布置;临时搭起”,符合句意;其他选项中,put aside是“储存;撇开”;bring up意为“提出;抚
32、养”;gave away是“无偿赠送;暴露”之意,都不符合句意。42.【答案】A【命题透视】逻辑关系。考查学生对上下文的理解或对文化、常识的理解和运用能力。【试题解析】由后句中的what people also need可知,此处应该表达的是“穆勒夫妇意识到只有食物和衣服并不够”,用enough。43.【答案】D【命题透视】名词词义辨析。考查学生的词汇量与词汇运用能力。【试题解析】句意为:他们也需要温暖和关怀。名词caring意为“关心;关怀”,符合句意。其他选项中,fame是“名誉;名声”;freedom是“自由”;courage是“勇气”,都不符合句意。44.【答案】A【命题透视】逻辑关系
33、。考查学生对上下文的理解或对文化、常识的理解和运用能力。【试题解析】由后文中的somebody at home to answer the phone可知,穆勒夫妇很愿意把xx号码给那些街上的需要帮助的人,因此此处表示“很愿意;毫不犹豫地”之意,可以用didnt hesitate to表示;选项B和D的意义与后文矛盾;pretend是“假装”之意,不符合句意。45.【答案】C【命题透视】逻辑关系。考查学生对上下文的理解或对文化、常识的理解和运用能力。【试题解析】承接上句而来,前面说到穆勒夫妇把xx号码给街上的人,因此此处应是:Rita确定家里有人随时接xx,make sure意为“确定”,符合
34、句意。make sense意为“有道理”;find out是“找出;查明”;work out是“算出;制定”,都不符合句意。46.【答案】A【命题透视】逻辑关系。考查学生对上下文的理解或对文化、常识的理解和运用能力。【试题解析】由上句,此处意为:她家对那些不能在街上再呆一夜的人是敞开着的。Be open to意为“对某人是敞开的;对开放”。47.【答案】D【命题透视】动词词义辨析。考查学生的词汇量与词汇运用能力。【试题解析】句意为:穆勒夫妇马上就要花完他们的时间和金钱了。此处用动词过去进行时表示过去将要发生的动作。选项中,waste的词意不符合句意;cost意为“花费”,但主语不能是sb;ta
35、ke也可表示“花费”,但其主语一般是sth.或形式主语it。48.【答案】B【命题透视】动词短语词义辨析。考查学生的词汇量与词汇运用能力。【试题解析】承接上句而来。句意为:因此Kurt去了几家食品厂和服装厂请求捐赠。动词短语ask for意为“请求”,符合句意。其他选项中,pay for是“支付”;look into是“调查”; carry out意为“贯彻;执行”,都不符合句意。49. 【答案】C【命题透视】副词词义辨析。考查学生的词汇量与词汇运用能力。【试题解析】句意为:如今,三十多家公司经常为他们的事业捐赠食品和其他物品。副词regularly意为“经常性的”;符合句意。其他选项中,pl
36、etely是“完全地;完整地”;calmly意为“平静地;镇定地”;roughly是“粗略地;粗暴地”之意,都不符合句意。50.【答案】C【命题透视】动词词义辨析。考查学生的词汇量与词汇运用能力。【试题解析】顺接上句而来。句意为:志愿者帮助向无家可归者分发这些食品物品。动词deliver意为“传送;递送”,符合句意。其他选项中,advertise是“作广告”;lend是“借”;sell是“卖”,都不符合句意。51.【答案】A【命题透视】逻辑关系。考查学生对上下文的理解或对文化、常识的理解和运用能力。【试题解析】上文提到很多公司为无家可归者捐赠,此处表达的应该是:公众也给衣服和钱,而且一家制鞋商
37、捐赠新鞋。动词donate意为“捐赠”,符合句意;其他选项中,produce是“生产”;design是“设计”;collect意为“收集”,都不符合句意。52.【答案】B【命题透视】逻辑关系。考查学生对上下文的理解或对文化、常识的理解和运用能力。【试题解析】由后文,此处意为“穆勒夫妇没有因为他们的工作而得到报酬”,payment是“报酬;付款”之意,符合句意。其他选项中,permission是“允许;许可”;direction是“方向”;support是“支持”,都不符合句意。53.【答案】D【命题透视】动词词义辨析。考查学生的词汇量与词汇运用能力。【试题解析】句意为:我们感觉就像父母,父母是
38、不应该因为帮助孩子而期望得到金钱的。动词expect意为“期望;期待”,符合句意;其他选项中,borrow是“借”;raise是“募集”;have是“拥有”,都不符合句意。54.【答案】C【命题透视】逻辑关系。考查学生对上下文的理解或对文化、常识的理解和运用能力。【试题解析】这是一个表示让步的句子,句意为:尽管Rita承认有时感到累,但她说她会继续这工作,因为她喜欢这种让世界变得不同的感觉。55.【答案】B【命题透视】名词词义辨析。考查学生的词汇量与词汇运用能力。【试题解析】由上一空的解析,此处应该表达的意思是“对世界有意义;让世界不同”,应该用短语make a difference表达。阅读
39、理解:56. D解析:这是一道归纳题。根据第二段“Trevor used it to get to work.And the bike was also used to get groceries,”可知自行车是Trevor家工作和日常生活的交通工具。57. D解析:这是一道推理题。根据第一段“While most people were warming up their cars, Trevor, my husband had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work.”可知大部分人都开车,
40、而Trevor要早起骑车去工作,可以看出Trevor家不富裕。58. B解析:这是一道推断题。根据第三段“I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story.”可知作者把自行车被盗的事情告诉了报纸,所以人们是在报纸上知道这个故事的。59. D解析:这是一道归纳题。根据最后两句“No matter how big or how small,an act of kindness shows that someone cares.And the res
41、ults can be everlasting.”可知善行无论大小,作用是巨大的。 七选五:【语篇解读】本文向我们介绍了如何交朋友。71. 【答案】E【试题解析】根据后面的“But for many of us the process is difficult and requires courage.可知前面是说的一个过程对一些人来说很容易。所以选E。72. 【答案】C【试题解析】由后面“You can always start the conversation.”可知,你要开始一个对话,所以前面应该是不要等着别人先和你说话。 73. 【答案】B 【试题解析】根据后面的“as these i
42、nterests would always bring you and your friend together.”要和朋友在块做一些事。所以选B项。74. 【答案】G【试题解析】前面说不要通过xx,短信或亲自拜访给你的朋友施加压力,类为这可能会使对方疲惫不堪,最后你会失去友谊,因此你要给你的朋友时间对你做出回应。75. 【答案】D【试题解析】由前面一句说要允许你的朋友们做他们自己,也就是不要对朋友太挑剔。语法填空:本文讲述中国传统节日端午节的由来及其背后的故事。31. has been marked。由时间状语for thousands of years可知,句子谓语动词应用现在完成进行时,
43、表示端午节一直以来都以吃粽子和赛龙珠的方式进行庆祝,而且将来也会如此,故填has been marked。32. situated。表示某地方位于何地时,用be situated in /on, 句中“situated”相当于定语从句,“which was situated”。33. However。前后两句是转折关系,而空格前后都有标点,故填副词However。34. Realizing。因逻辑主语Qu与realize是主动关系,故填Realizing。35. unable。由but可知,渔民未能救活他,故用able相反意思的unable。36. who。引导定语从句并在从句中作主语,先行词是The people of Chu,故填who。37. every。根据常识,是指“每一”年。38. them。代替the mourners,在句中作宾语,故填them。39. before。因“将它裹好、绑好”应是在“将粽子扔进河里”之前,才不会给河里的一种爬行动物偷吃,故填介词before。40. the。因many / little / few 等词在后面有定语从句或不定式等成分修饰时,其前面用the表特指,故该处填the。短文改错: