英语一级考试原题

请根据下面的短文回答{TSE}题： People thank their parents with two days: Mother s Day, on the second Sunday in May, and Father s Day, on the third Sunday in June. These days are to show love for parents. They raise their children and educate them to be good people. They give them love and care. The tWO days are celebrated(庆祝)in many different ways.On Mother’S Day，people wear carnations.Wearing a red one means having a living mother, while a white one shows that the mother is dead. It s also a day when people whose parents are dead visit the cemetery. On these days families get together at homes as well as in restau- rants.They often have outdoor barbecues(烧烤聚会)for Father’S Day.These are days of fun and good feelings. Another tradition(传统)is to give cards and gifts.Children make them in school.Many people make their own presents.These are more valued(宝贵的)than those bought in shops.It ’8 not the value of the gift that is important, but the love for the parents. Card shops, florists, candy makers, phone companies and other shops do lots of business during these holidays. 参考解析：参考译文 人们以两个特殊的日子向父母表示感谢：每年五月第二个星期日的母亲节和六月第三个星期日的父亲节。这两天是儿女向父母表达爱心的日子。父母把孩子们抚养长大，教育他们，关心和爱护他们。 人们用各种形式来庆祝这两个日子。在母亲节的.时候，人们佩戴康乃馨。红色康乃馨表示母亲还健在，白色的表示母亲已经去世。这一天，很多人也会去公墓怀念逝世的父母。在这两天，家家都会聚在家中或是餐馆。人们也常常在父亲节的时候举行户外烧烤聚会。这是充满欢乐和美好情感的日子。 另一个传统是赠送卡片和礼物。孩子们在学校制作，很多大人也会自制礼物。这些亲手做的礼物比在商店买的更有价值，因为对父母的爱使得这些礼物变得贵重。卡片店、花店、糖果店、电话公司还有很多其他的商店都会在这些节日大做生意。 答案及解析 Which is not a reason for children to show love for parents? A.Parents love and take care of children. B.Parents pass away before children grow up. C.Parents give education to children. B【解析】题干意为“哪一个不是儿女表示对父母爱的原因?”从文章第一段最后两句“They raise their children and educate them to be good people.They give them love and care.”可以找到选项A和C。而选项B的意思是“父母在儿女长大之前就去世了”这个不是理由。 What do you know about "carnation" .9 A.It only has two kinds of colors. B.It refers to the clothes people wear on Mother s Day. C.It s a kind of flower showing love and best wishes. ABC 参考答案：C 参考解析：C【解析】题目是要我们推测“carnation”的含义。从文章第二段“0n Mothers Day, people wear carnations. Wearing a red one means having a living mo

阅读下面的句子和对话，从A.、B.、C.三个选项中选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选 项，并在答题卡l上将该项涂黑。 When the little girl stood in the front of the classroom, her face________red. A.turns B.tumed C.turn 参考答案：B 参考解析：B【解析】本题考查主从句时态一致。when引导的时问状语从句是一般过去时，若主句动词是短暂性动词，那么该动词也要用一般过去时。 Not until I began to work ________ how much time I had wasted. A. didn t realize B.did I realize C.1 didn t realize 参考答案：B 参考解析：B【解析】本题考查句子的部分倒装结构。当not…until置于句首时，句子要使用部分倒装，即将谓语的.一部分如助动词或情态动词放在主语之前。如果句中的谓语没有助动词或情态动词，则需添加助动词d0，does或did，并将其置于主语之前。本句正常语序为：I didn’t realize how much time I had wasted until I began to work. I ________go there this morning, so I stayed at home. A.didn t need to B.didn t need C.needn t to 参考答案：A 参考解析：A【解析】本题考查情态动词的用法。need作情态动词用时，是need do sth./needn’t do sth.;need作实意动词用时，是need to do sth./not need to do sth. It ________ heavily so there was deep snow on the road. A.snows B.snowed C.had snowed 参考答案：C 参考解析：C【解析】本题考查动词时态。there was是过去式，so表示结果，所以空白处要用过去完成时，表示“过去的过去”。 My little sister is only five, ________ she can swim well. A.but B.so C.because 参考答案：A 参考解析： The books on the desk are not mine; they re __ A.him B.theirs C.their 参考答案：B 参考解析：B【解析】本题考查名词性物主代词。本句中名词性物主代词theirs (=their books)作表语。 Lily went to see her grandpa yesterday __ he was ill. A.if B.though C.because 参考答案：C 参考解析：C【解析】本题考查连词的用法。根据上下文町知.这里填表示因果关系的连词，全旬才符合逻辑。 He drives much ________ than he did ten years ago. A.carefully B.more careful C.more carefully 参考答案：C 参考解析：C【解析】本题考查副词比较级。这里需要一个副词来修饰动词drive，careful是形容词，carefully是副词，所以先排除B;than要求用比较级，所以排除A，选C。carefully的比较级是在前面加more。 --Do you speak English? --yes, only________ A.fittle B.a few C.a little 参考答案：C 参考解析：C【解析】本题考查近义词辨析。little和a little都修饰不可数名词;little表示否定含义，“几乎没有”;a little表示肯定含义，“有一点儿”。few和a few都修饰可数名词;few表示否定含义，“几乎没有”;a few表示肯定含义，“有一点儿”。 The rain was very __ yesterday. A.large B.strong C.heavy 参考答案：C 参考解析：C【解析】本题考查近义词辨析。形容雨大用heavy，形容风大用strong。 My mother________off the bike and broke her leg on the ground.