三门峡市外国语高级中学2015届2014年暑假英语假期作业试题(五)

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三门峡外国语高中2015届暑假作业英语试题卷（五）

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三门峡外国语高中2015届暑假作业 英语试题卷（五）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A 、B 、C 和D ）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A Once upon a time there was a monster （怪兽）

. He was very ugly and had no friends. No one wanted to talk to him. Even other monsters thought he was ugly. He lived alone and was very unhappy because he was so lonely. “I wish I had a friend.” He said to himself every day, “One friend would be enough. Someone to talk to.” He wrote a letter to a magazine. The magazine gave people advice. “Dear Editor,” he wrote, “I am a n ugly monster. How can I find a friend?”

“Dear monster,” the Editor replied, “Advertise for a friend in this magazine.” The monster wrote an advertisement.

“Monster wants a friend, male or female. I have two heads, four arms, six legs and three tails. I have one blue eye, one green eye and one brown eye. Smoke comes out of my nose. But I am really a kind monster and will be a good friend to someone. If you would like to meet me, please stand outside Blake’s Store at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 7th. Write to Mr. A, Box 45, everybody’s Magazine.”

A few days later he went to the magazine. “Do you have any letters for Box 45?” he asked.

The clerk looked in Box 45. “Yes, there is one.” She said, and gave it to him.

The monster opened the letter, and read, “Dear Monster, I think a person’s character is more important than his appearance. I will wait outside Blake’s Store on Friday. Please carry a flower so that I will recognize you. Yours sincerely, Miss Alice Thwaite.”

56.Why was the monster unhappy?

A. He had no friends.

B. He was ugly.

C. He had two heads.

D. He had three tails. 57. What did the monster advertise for?

A. A magazine

B. A friend

C. An editor

D. A male or female 58.How did the monster describe himself in the advertisement?

A. Ugly

B. Lonely

C. Kind

D. Good-looking 59. What was strange about Miss Thwaite ’s letter?

A. She was not interested in people ’s looking.

B. She wanted to meet the monster

C. She needed a flower to recognize him

D. It was the only reply.

B

In Canada and the United States, there is a new group of children called “satellite kids ”, who live in one place but whose parents live in another place.

Asians are immigrating to Canada and the United States in larger numbers than ever before. Most Asians immigrate because they believe that they can give their children a better education in the West. In Asia, especially in China, Japan, and Korea, it is difficult to go to university. Students must first pass the strict national examination. However, in Canada and the United States, it is easy to go to university and anyone who wants to go can go. As a result, Asian parents decide to leave their countries so that their children can go to university.

The problem is that when Asians arrive, they discover that finding a job and making money are more difficult in the West than in the East. Also, they find that they are very lonely, and that they miss their homes. Because of these two reasons, most Asian parents decide to go back to work while their children study in the West. Therefore, these children become “satellite kids”, and most of their parents do not know how sad it is to be a “satellite kid”.

Only until n ow are Canadians and Americans discovering the “satellite kid” problem. Because these children do not speak English and because their parents are not there to take care of them, they are often absent from school. To be a “satellite kid” means to grow up in a country where you know you are different and where you cannot make friends because you do not speak English well. Also, it means to grow up lonely, because your parents are elsewhere. What these “satellite kids” will probably say to their parents is tha t it’s better to have parents around than to have a university education.

60. Some Asian parents send their kids abroad because _______.

A. all foreign universities are better than the ones in their own countries

B. they hope their children may easily find a job there

C. the kids may not be accepted by universities in their own countries

D. the kids want to improve their English and make foreign friends 61.. “Satellite kids” refer to Asian kids ________.

A. with university education

B. speaking no English

C. without parents

D. living abroad alone 62. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Parents want better education for their kids.

B. Kids in foreign countries alone are badly in need of care from family.

C. Parents feel lonely and miss their families.

D. Canadians and Americans begin to notice the “satellite kids” problem.

C

Mom was right! If you say thank you, for even the smallest gift or slightest show of kindness, you’ll feel happy.

Gratitude, says Robert A. Emmons, a professor of psychology at the University of