牛津英语译林版初中英语中考短文强化训练 12

短文强化训练

12

一、完形填空

As I was walking around the residential home(

护理院

)this afternoon, I heard a lot of shouting and crying ___1___ from

one of the rooms. I ___2___ tried to communicate with this old lady a few weeks ago, but she couldn’t ___3___ English and

had dementia(

痴呆

). A caregiver was in with her and speaking but the ___4___ wasn’t replying.

I took the lady into the ___5___ and she was crying and looking in the mirror. To calm her down I started to ___6___ her

hair which was all wet. The caregiver left and I took a small towel(

毛巾

)and dried her ___7___ as well as gently touching her

head. She just kept crying and was very ___8___. So I held my arms around her, touched her back and hugged her. At the same

time I was talking very quietly ___9___ her and calming her down.

When she ___10___, I sat with her. She got to stop crying in my arms. ___11___ she is Italian I kissed both her face and

her hands. She then ___12___ the same expression to me. I said goodbye in ___13___ and she was happy. All she really needed

was a big loving hug and feeling ___14___. It must be terrible to live in a world that is so strange to her. I knew she felt my

___15___ and I felt very happy too. If everyone can give their love to others, the world will be more beautiful.

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二、阅读理解

A

)1. A. coming

)2. A. suddenly

)3. A. write

)4. A. lady

B. came

B. clearly

B. speak

C. come

D. comes

C. completely

D. actually

C. stand

D. see

B. gentleman

C. caregiver

D. volunteer

B. kitchen

B. catch

B. hair

C. bathroom

D. hall

C. watch

C. shoes

D. comb

D. quilt

D. comfortable

D. of

)5. A. bedroom

)6. A. cut

)7. A. clothes

)8. A. excited

)9. A. to

B. surprised

C. upset

B. about

C. for

)10. A. cheered up

B. woke up

)11. A. As

B. When

B. returned

B. Chinese

B. relaxed

B. love

C. got down

D. calmed down

C. Though

D. If

)12. A. refused

)13. A. English

)14. A. nervous

)15. A. thanks

C. introduced

D. took

C. Italian

D. Japanese

C. dangerous

D. safe

C. effort

D. mind

Camp Beaumont is well known for leading the way in language learning and activity camps. It doesn’t matter whether you

are a beginner or already quite a good language speaker. We help you to make great progress during the holiday, so you can

speak English with more confidence than ever. Every minute of the day is filled with lots of funny activities. So you will never

be bored here.

The programme

here

is

a

great

chance

to

make

new

friends

from

Britain

and

around

the

world.

Speak English

all

day

while you go horse

-

riding or play tennis.

Our language courses are at three residential (

住宅的

) centres on the English Coast. Runton Sands and “The House” are

near Cromer in Norfolk , while “The Island” is near Bembridge on the beautiful Isle of Wight.

Runton

Sands

(aged 8

?

15)

Multi

-

activity Holiday

Activities & English lessons

Specialist Activity Supplements

Quad biking ?41

?395

?495

Horse

-

riding ?145

Football coaching ?41

?395

?495

Horse

-

riding ?145

Tennis Academy ?41

?395

?495

Horse

-

riding ?145

“The

Island”

(aged 10

?

16)

The

House”

(aged 10

?

16)

Note:

All prices shown are for 1 week.

Holidays begin on Saturday and are available from 9th July to 27th August(“The Island”) or from 23rd July to 3rd September

( Runton Sands and “The House”).

For more information, telephone +44 1603 660 333 or visit

campbeaumont. com.

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)1. Who is Camp Beaumont planned for?

A. Students who want to learn English.

B. English families who want to go on holiday.

C. Children who want to make progress in sports.

D. English teachers who want to improve their teaching.

)2.______ can go to “The Island”.

A. 9

-

year

-

old Jack

B. 17< /p>

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year

-

o ld Helen

C. 11

-

year

-

old Daniel

D. 18

-

year

-

old Mary

)3. What can you do at “The House”?

A. Go bike riding.

B. Play football.

C. Go climbing.

D. Play tennis.

)4. Runton Sands is open to the public from

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A. 9th July

B. 23rd July

C. 27th August

D. 3rd September

)5. Which of the following is RIGHT according to the material?

A. Different language courses cost differently.

B. You can probably swim in Camp Beaumont.

C. Runton Sands is near Bembridge on the Isle of Wight.

D. We can get more information about Camp Beaumont in two ways.

B

Last

Saturday,

I

went

to

help

my

elderly

neighbour

move

some

furniture

as

she

was

getting

her

kitchen

repaired.

We

packed up her things and sorted(

分类

)them out. She then asked me if I wanted her table and a two

-

door standing cupboard. I

said. “I don’t have room for them, but they are lovely.”

I said that if she didn’t want them I could advertise(

广告

)them online for her. She didn’t want any payments for the things.

She just hoped that the people could move them themselves. She worried that she couldn’t communicate well with strangers, so

I said I’d give the people my phone number, get them to text first , and I’d go over to her house and be there when they took the

furniture away.

One man collected the cupboard and told a beautiful story about setting up homes for refugees(

难民

). A woman said she

would pick up the table, but when I went to my neighbour’s and waited for her and phoned her, she said she had changed her

mind because of some reason. I then phoned an organization for the homeless and they said they were going to pick it up the

next day, so it all had worked out perfectly.

My husband asked why I spent a long time helping—taking photos, placing the advertisements online, answering phone

calls and going around to the house. I said I was helping my neighbour to do something I found easy, but she found difficult. In

fact when I was helping my neighbour, we helped others in need at the same time. We both felt very proud. “Why can’t we do

that?” I asked my husband.

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)1. The writer helped the neighbour to do each of the following EXCEPT ______.

A. taking the furniture away

ing phone calls

photos

C. placing advertisements online

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)2. ________ picked up the neighbour’s table at last.

A. A man

B. A woman

C. The writer

D. An organization

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)3. From the passage , we know_________.

A. the writer’s neighbour hated talking with strangers

B. the writer’s neighbour would move to a new house

C. the writer’s husband didn’t understand why the writer did so

D. the writer didn’t like the neighbour’s table and standing cupboard

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)4. What did the writer think of helping her neighbour?

A. She felt excited.

B. She felt difficult.

C. She felt proud.

D. She felt bored.

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)5. The writer wants to tell us_________ in the passage.

C

The

distance

between

ancient

Rome

and

ancient

China

was

about

4,000

miles

by

land.

There

were

terrible

and

high

A. to help our neighbours more

B. to help people in need more

D. how to get on well with our neighbours

C. how to get on well with our family

mountains on the way. It was a very dangerous trip. The Silk Road was a nickname(

别称

)for any route that any trader took

from ancient China to ancient Rome.

For a very long time, the ancient Romans did not know who was making this wonderful cloth called silk. The Romans first

discovered pieces of silk in the goods they took from some of the people they had conquered(

征服

). But those people did not

know where the silk was made. They had traded for the silk

The Romans tried to find the traders as they came into villages to trade silk for other goods But the traders did not know

who made the silk either. In fact, the trading along the Silk Road was a relay (

接力

) system. One trader would travel for a while,

stop and trade, and return home. The next trader would continue, stop and trade, and return home. And so it went. No trader

made the whole trip because the trip was too dangerous. The desert had little or no water, the mountains were dangerous and

sand storms would blow up out of nowhere. Even the snakes were scary.

The Romans were upset. The demand (

需求

) for silk in ancient Rome had grown. Ancient Rome had treasure. They hoped

to find “The Silk People” and trade with them. But they couldn’t find them.

The Romans sent out their men to follow the “Silk Road” and find “The Silk People”. But most never returned because

those who did said they could not make it through the desert. They had to turn around and come back.

This went on for a very long time.

As the years went by, along the Silk Road, temples appeared. There were even cities built on the oases(

绿洲

). It was never

easy

to

travel

by

land

from

ancient

China

to

ancient Rome.

But

it was worth

it

. Ancient Rome

traded

treasure

for

ancient

China’s silk and spices(

香料

). But more things travelled along the Silk Road than traders and goods. Ideas travelled along the

Silk Road as well. The ideas changed the world.

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)1. According to the passage, ________.

A. ancient Rome was about two thousand miles away from ancient China

B. there were terrible deserts and high mountains between ancient Rome and ancient China

C. ancient Romans traded directly with traders from ancient China

D. ancient Romans wanted to conquer ancient China