One day, Mary asked her mother, “Mum, what do people mean by saying they have a skeleton(骨架）in the closet(衣櫥)?” Her mother paused thoughtfully and said, “Well, it’s something that you would rather not have anyone else know about. For example, if in the past, someone in Dad’s family had been arrested for stealing a horse, it would be a skeleton in his family’s closet. He really wouldn’t want any neighbor to know about it.”
“Why pick my family?” Mary’s father said with anger. “Your family history isn’t so good, you know. Wasn’t your great-great-grandfather a prisoner who was transported to Australia for his crimes?”  “Yes, but people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as prisoners.” “Gosh, sorry I asked. I think I understand now.” Mary cut in before things grew worse.
After dinner, the house was quiet. Mary’s parents were quite angry with each other. Her mother was ironing clothes and every now and then she glared at her husband, who hid behind his newspaper pretending to read. When she finished, she gathered the freshly pressed clothes in her arms and walked to Mary’s closet. Just as she opened the door and reached in to hang a skirt, a bony arm stuck out from the dark depths and a bundle of white bones fell to the floor. Mary’s mother sank into a faint(暈倒), waking only when Mary put a cold, wet cloth on her forehead. She looked up to see the worried faces of her husband and daughter.
“What happened? Where am I?” she asked. “You just destroyed the school’s skeleton, Mum,” explained Mary. “I brought it home to help me with my health project. I meant to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as I mentioned skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad.” Mary looked in amazement as her parents began to laugh madly. “They’re crazy,” she thought.  
小題1:According to Mary’s mother, “a skeleton in a closet” means _______.
A．a(chǎn) family honorB．a(chǎn) family wealth
C．a(chǎn) family storyD．a(chǎn) family secret
小題2:What can we learn about some Australians’ ancestors from Paragraph 2?
A．They were brought to Australia as prisoners.
B．They were the earliest people living in Australia.
C．They were involved in some crimes in Australia.
D．They were not regarded as criminals in their days.
小題3:Mary’s mother fell down into a faint because she was_________.
A．knockedB．terrifiedC．injuredD．surprised
小題4:Why did Mary bring a skeleton home?
A．She was curious about it.B．She planned to keep it for fun.
C．She needed it for her school task.D．She intended to scare her parents.
小題5:Mary’s parents laughed madly at the end of the story probably because________.
A．They were mentally ill.
B．They were over happy.
C．They understood what had really happened.
D．They both thought they had won the quarrel.

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:C 

試題分析：文章介紹了和have a skeleton(骨架）in the closet(衣櫥)有關(guān)的詞語的含義，以及講述瑪麗家發(fā)生的和skeleton有關(guān)的有趣的故事。
小題1:語義猜測 根據(jù)第一段母親所說的話“it’s something that you would rather not have anyone else to know about”“它是一件你不希望其他人所知道的事情”，選擇D
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)推斷：由第二段”Yes，but people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as prisoners”，“如今的人們說如果你的祖先不是以囚犯的身份到達(dá)澳大利亞的話，那么你就不是一個真正的澳大利亞人。”選擇A
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解 由第三段“Just as she opened the door and reached in to hang a skirt, a bony arm stuck out from the dark depths and a bundle of white bones fell to the floor.”“正當(dāng)她打開門伸進(jìn)手去掛短裙的時候，一只骨頭胳膊從暗處伸出來然后一堆骨頭摔倒了地板上。”得出媽媽因該是被嚇暈的。選B
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解 由最后一段“I brought it home to help me with my health project.”“我把它帶回家是為了幫我搞定我的健康課題”，project此處有“學(xué)校的科研習(xí)作項(xiàng)目, 課題”之意判斷出C選項(xiàng)。
小題5:推斷題 答案：C 結(jié)合全文理解，開頭講述了Jessica的一個提問“Mum, what does it mean when someone tells you that they have a skeleton（骨骼）in the closet（衣櫥）?”引出了父母之間的爭論，之后媽媽被孩子藏在衣櫥中的用來完成學(xué)校課題的骷髏嚇暈過去，最后Jessica解釋時說，“I meant to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as I mentioned skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad.”即本想告訴媽媽衣櫥里的骷髏的情況，可是每當(dāng)提到骷髏和衣櫥的問題后卻總會讓父母之間有摩擦，然而最后真相大白，Jessica的父母都意識到了這是一個誤會，故而狂笑。故而選擇C
點(diǎn)評：本文集中考查了細(xì)節(jié)題，推理題，題目設(shè)置較為合理，在推理的時候，要結(jié)合人物的對話進(jìn)行準(zhǔn)確理解，確定考點(diǎn)，準(zhǔn)確判斷。要求考生仔細(xì)閱讀這篇文章，耐心審題，結(jié)合題目做出準(zhǔn)確的定位判斷。必要的時候要進(jìn)行推理，透過句子表面看作者的真正意圖。
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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

It was an autumn morning shortly after my husband and I moved into our first house. Our children were upstairs unpacking，and I was looking out of the window at my father moving around mysteriously on the front lawn. “What are you doing out there?” I called to him.
He looked up, smiling. “I’m making you a surprise.’’ I thought it could be just about anything. When we were kids, he always created something surprising for us. Today, however, Dad would say no more ，and caught up in the business of our new life ，I eventually forgot about his surprise.
Until one gloomy day the next March when I glanced out of the window，I saw a dot of blue across the yard. I headed outside for a closer look. They were crocuses (番紅花）throughout the front lawn 一 blue, yellow and my favorite pink ，with little faces moving up and down in the cold wind. I remembered the things Dad secretly planted last autumn. He knew how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down. What could have been more perfectly timely to my needs?
My father’s crocuses bloomed (開花）each spring for the next five seasons, always bringing the same assurance： Hard times are almost over. Hold on, keep going, and light is coming soon.
Then a spring came with only half the usual blooms and the next spring there were none. I missed the crocuses ，so I would ask Dad to come over and plant new bulbs. But I never did. He died suddenly one October day. My family were in deep sorrow, leaning on our faith.
On a spring afternoon four years later, I was driving back when I felt depressed. It was Dad’s birthday, and I found myself thinking about him. This was not unusual — my family often talked about him, remembering how he lived up to his faith. Suddenly I slowed as I turned into our driveway. I stopped and stared at the lawn. There on the muddy grass with small piles of melting snow ，bravely waving in the wind, was one pink crocus.
How could a flower bloom from a bulb more than 18 years ago, one that hadn’t bloomed in over a decade? But there was the crocus. Tears filled my eyes as I realized its significance.
Hold on, keep going, and light is coming soon. The pink crocus bloomed for only a day, but it built my faith for a lifetime.
小題1:According to the first three paragraphs, we learn that ______.
A． it kept bothering the author not knowing what the surprise was
B． the author was unpacking when her father was making the surprise
C． it was not the first time that the author’s father had made a surprise
D． the author knew what the surprise was because she knew her father
小題2:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A． The author usually felt depressed in the season of winter.
B． The author’s father planted the crocuses to lift her low spirits.
C． The author often thought about her father after he died.
D． The crocuses bloomed each spring before her father died.
小題3:The author’s father should be best described as ______.
A． a part-time worker who loved flowers
B． a kind-hearted man who lived with faith
C． a full-time gardener with skillful hands
D． an ordinary man with doubts in his life
小題4:What can be the best title for the passage?
A． Crocuses — My Source of FaithB．Crocuses— Father’s Surprise
C． A Pink Crocus — My MemoryD．Crocuses in Blossom — My Favorite

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

語法填空（共10小題，每小題1.5分，共15分）
Little Robert tried to take a big bottle of milk out of the fridge. However, he __小題1:__ (lose) his grasp on the bottle and it fell, spilling (溢出) the milk all over the kitchen floor! Instead of scolding (責(zé)備) __小題2:__, his mother said, “You know, what we have here is a failed experiment in how you can effectively carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Let’s go out to the back yard and fill the bottle __小題3:__ water and see if you can discover a way to carry it __小題4:__ (safe).” This little boy learned that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What __小題5:__ wonderful lesson! The little boy has now become a famous scientist and he remarked that it was at that moment __小題6:__he knew he didn't need to be afraid of __小題7:__ (make) mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just opportunities for learning something, __小題8:__ is what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment “doesn't work”, we usually learn something __小題9:__ (value) from it. Wouldn’t it be great if all parents would respond the way Robert’s mother responded __小題10:__ him?

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