Sarah came running in and said , " Look at what I found！ ”O(jiān)ver the 1        of the paper I was reading came a snake skin which caused me to jump. " Isn't it 2      ?" said my wideeyed seven-year-old daughter. I 3       the snake skin and thought 4        myself that it really was not that beautiful,5      I have learned never to appear 6        with young children,because 7       they see for the first time is elementary to their 8        of beauty and creativity.

  "Why does the snake shed (蛻皮) its skin?" Sarah asked. I wanted to 9        every opportu?nity to teach my child that there is almost always something 10        the obvious and that there is always something else going on besides 11        she sees in front of her.

"Snakes shed their skin because they need to renew themselves," I 12      .As is so often the case in my family,the 13       subject leads to another and another,until we are 14        something quite different.

  "Why do they have to renew themselves?" Sarah asked.

  "We 15       need to shed our skins,those coatings that we 16        ourselves with ," I said to my child. " We 17        some things and find other things unwanted or unnecessary. This snake 18        needs this skin. It is probably too tight for him,or he probably does not think he looks as smart in it 19        he once did. It is like he has bought a new suit."

  Of course,I am sure this explanation will not 20        scientists. But Sarah was getting the point that renewal is part of progress as well as what we need to keep and what we need to cast off.

(   ) 1. A. top   B. distance   C. bottom   D. tip

(   ) 2. A. ugly   B. strange   C. beautiful   D. dirty

(   ) 3. A. took away   B. stared at   C. closed up   D. stuck with

(   ) 4. A. of   B. over   C. about   D. to

(   ) 5. A. so   B. though   C. but   D. and

(   ) 6. A. unconcerned   B. helpful   C. unfair   D. addicted

(   ) 7. A. anything   B. something   C. everything   D. nothing

(   ) 8. A. point   B. sense   C. meaning   D. mind

(   ) 9. A. seize   B. support   C. hide   D. select

(   ) 10. A. into   B. beyond   C. within   D. above

(   ) 11. A. what   B. where   C. that   D. when

(   ) 12. A. whispered   B. explained   C. introduced   D. swore

(   ) 13. A. classic   B. final   C. advanced   D. original

(   ) 14. A. discussing   B. debating   C. deciding   D. thinking

(   ) 15. A. seldom   B. never   C. often   D. once

(   ) 16. A. touch   B. cover   C. take   D. move

(   ) 17. A. make use of   B. get away from   

        C. get interested in   D. end up with

(   ) 18. A. no longer   B. for ever   C. once more   D. not until

(   ) 19. A. for   B. with   C. like   D. as

(   ) 20. A. satisfy   B. interrupt   C. forgive   D. realize

1-5 ACBDC   6-10 ACBAB 

11-15 ABDAC  16-20 BCADA

對(duì)于一張蛻掉的蛇皮，作者從另一個(gè)角度給孩子講解蛇蛻皮這一自然現(xiàn)象，讓孩子明白一個(gè)道理：該留的則留，該棄的則棄。

1. A根據(jù)下文可以推測(cè)出作者當(dāng)時(shí)正在看書(shū)，莎拉是把蛇皮放在他正在看的那一頁(yè)紙"上" 了，所以才會(huì)讓他嚇了一跳。

2. C下文有作者的想法，即"it really wasn't that beautiful",可知莎拉問(wèn)爸爸這張蛇皮是不是很漂亮。

3. B根據(jù)下文的語(yǔ)境,尤其是作者進(jìn)行了一番思考的情景來(lái)看，他是"盯著"這張蛇皮看了一段時(shí)間。

4. D根據(jù)本句所處的情景可以斷定:作者是在自己進(jìn)行思想活動(dòng)，think to oneself意為"心想"o

5. C上句說(shuō)蛇皮并不漂亮，下句表示不能對(duì)于孩子的問(wèn)題漠不關(guān)心。前后具有轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故用but。

6. A appear unconcerned with..."對(duì).... 漠不關(guān)心"。

7. C因?yàn)閷?duì)于孩子們來(lái)說(shuō),初次見(jiàn)到的"所有事物"都是形成美感以及創(chuàng)造力的基礎(chǔ)。

8. B sense of beauty"美感"。

9. A從下文對(duì)于蛇皮問(wèn)題的探討和交流來(lái)看，作者是想"抓住"每次機(jī)會(huì),教給孩子一些道理。

10. B根據(jù)本句的句意，這里不是側(cè)重于方位方面的用法或意義,而是指事物背后的看不著的意義,故用beyond ,意為"超出……"。

11. A介詞besides后的賓語(yǔ)從句中缺少賓語(yǔ)，故用what引導(dǎo)。這句話(huà)的意思是："我利用一切機(jī)會(huì)教孩子知道任何事物不單有其表象，更有其深層含義。"

12. B很顯然這句話(huà)是作者的"解釋"。

13. D正如作者家常常出現(xiàn)的情況，"最初的" 話(huà)題會(huì)引出其他一個(gè)又一個(gè)新問(wèn)題,直到大家談?wù)摰膬?nèi)容與最初的毫不沾邊為止。

14. A discuss something"討論某事"。

15. C "我們""常常"需要"蛻皮"，即換掉身上的衣服。

16. B指身上穿的衣服，所以用coVer。

17. C "我們"對(duì)新事物"產(chǎn)生了興趣"，原來(lái)的東西有的不想要了，有的則不需要了。

18. A這條蛇"不再"需要這張皮了。

19. D可能是蛇感到這張皮對(duì)它來(lái)說(shuō)太緊了，或穿在身上不像以前那么漂亮了，就像它買(mǎi)了一套新衣服那樣。as... as "和……一樣"。

20. A作者覺(jué)得他的解釋不會(huì)令科學(xué)家"滿(mǎn)意"，但是女兒卻明白了這個(gè)道理。

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