There once was a farmer who lost his watch in his barn (谷倉). The watch was only cheap but was very ____36 to him because it was a gift from his father.
After _ 37 __ the barn for a long time, he gave up and asked for __38 __ from a group of children playing nearby.
He __39 __ them that the person who found the watch would be rewarded.
Hearing this, the children hurried inside the barn ___40 __. They searched everywhere but still could not find the __41 ___. Just when the farmer was going to give up, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another ___42___.
The farmer looked at him and thought, “ Why not? After all, this kid looks honest.”
So the farmer __43 _ the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand! The surprised farmer asked the boy how he ___44__ where the rest had failed.
The boy replied, “ I did nothing but sit quietly and listen for the sound of the watch.”
This shows us that sometimes a __45__ mind can think better than an excited one.”
36. A. important B. expensive C. useless D. interesting
37. A. finding B. searching C. watching D. studying
38. A. money B. danger C. work D. help
39. A. promised B. taught C. warned D. believed
40. A. angrily B. slowly C. immediately D. hardly
41. A. rule B. book C. child D. watch
42. A. way B. chance C. lesson D. smile
43. A. threw B. sent C. gave D. caught
44. A. came B. knew C. succeeded D. suggested
45. A. beautiful B. smart C. peaceful D. quick
科目：初中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解
| A．thirty years younger than him。 |
| B．who earned a lot of money |
| C．who lived on him for food and clothing |
| D．who died two years earlier than him |
| A．behind | B．over | C．in front of | D．under |
| A．he thought his son WSS worried about him |
| B．he knew that his son would die ahead of him |
| C．his son would earn his own living when he died |
| D．he found his son worried about his money |
| A．he liked his father very much |
| B．he would have no money to buy food and clothing if his father died |
| C．his father was getting older and older |
| D．His father would get less and less money |
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—Would you like me to take you to the new shopping centre?
一 ____. I’ve been there once．
A. No，thanks B. No problem
C .Yes, I think so D. That’s very kind of you
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科目：初中英語 來源：2012-2013學年江蘇東臺頭灶鎮中學初三下期中考系列化模考訓練英語卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand. Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸）deeply into both families.
There is another difficult point for us to understand .Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off from our work to act as guides to our friends: It is opposite in America, Americans can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes ,the welcome will be full, warm and real.
For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality（好客）at home and enjoy your visit in America!
1.Which of the following is the typical way of American hospitality?
A．Treating friends at home.
B．Taking days off to be with friends.
C．Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.
D．Sharing everything they have.
2.Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?
A．Americans are always generous with their time.
B．Americans don’t feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.
C．Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.
D．Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships.
3.This passage is most probably written for .
A．American students B．Chinese students
C．Chinese visitors to America D．American visitors to China
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科目：初中英語 來源：2012-2013學年江蘇省南京市白下區中考二模英語卷（解析版） 題型：其他題
There once was a master who went to India. He had never been there before. When he got there, he saw a lot of f 1. . In India they have plenty of fruit to sell, but much of it is expensive b 2. they can’t grow much as a result of the water situation. He saw a big basket of some very red, long fruit. And it was the c 3. in the shop, not expensive at all.
He went up and asked，“how much per kilo?”“Two rupees.”Two rupees in India is almost
n 4. ; it’s like dirt (塵土). So he bought a whole kilogram of it and started eating it. But
a 5. he ate some of it: Oh, my god! His eyes watered, his mouth watered and burned, his eyes were burning, his head was burning and his face became red. He jumped up and down, saying，“Ah! Ah! Ah!”
But he s 6. continued to eat! Some people looking at him shook their heads and said，“You’re crazy. Those are chilies (辣椒)! You can’t eat them like that. They’re not fruit!” However, the master said, “No, I can’t stop! I paid money for them, and now I’ll eat them. It’s my money!”
You may think that master was s 7. , right? Similarly, we sometimes do a lot of things
l 8. that. We devote money, time or effort to a relationship. Even though the suffering experience tells us it won’t w 9. , and we know there’s no hope things will change in the future—we still continue just because we’ve devoted money, time, effort and love to it. Just like the man who ate the chilies and suffered so much but couldn’t stop.
So even if you’ve lost something, let it g 10. and move on. That’s better than continuing to lose.
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科目：初中英語 來源：2015屆陜西省西安市七年級上學期期中考試英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand. Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸）deeply into both families.
There is another difficult point for us to understand. Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off from our work to act as guides to our friends: It is opposite in America, Americans can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real.
For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality（好客）at home and enjoy your visit in America!
1.The underlined phrase “pick up” in Paragraph 1 may mean “_______”.
A．keep out
B．give up
C．pay no attention to
D．continue
2.Which of the following is the typical way of American hospitality?
A．Treating friends at home.
B．Taking days off to be with friends.
C．Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.
D．Sharing everything they have.
3.Which of the following statements in True according to the passage?
A．Americans are always generous with their time.
B．Americans don’t feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.
C．Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.
D．Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships.
4.This passage is most probably written for .
A．American students
B．Chinese students
C．Chinese visitors to America
D．American visitors to China
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