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1、第十组(建议用时：30分钟).阅读理解(2015河南三市第二次调研)Mostly, only a single answer is correct to a question. But there is one question that has numberless correct answers. That question is “Whats your name？” Everyone gives a different answer, but everyone is correct.Have you ever wondered about peoples names? Where do
2、they come from? What do they mean?Peoples first names, or given names, are chosen by their parents. Sometimes the name of a grandparent or other members of the family is used. Some parents choose the name of a wellknown person. A boy could be named George Washington Smith; a girl could be named Hele
3、n Keller Jones.Some people give their children names that mean good things. Clara means “bright”；Beatrice means “one who gives happiness”； Donald means “world ruler”； Leonard means “as brave as a lion”The earliest last names, or surnames, were taken from place names. A family with the name Brook or
4、Brooks probably lived near a brook; someone who was called Longstreet probably lived on a long, paved road. The Greenwood family lived in or near a leafy forest.Other early surnames came from peoples occupations. The most common occupational name is Smith, which means a person who makes things with
5、iron or other metals. In the past, Smiths were very important workers in every town and village.Some other occupational names are：Cartera person who owned or drove a cart; Pottera person who made pots and pans.The ancestors of the Baker family probably baked bread for their neighbors in their native
6、 village. The Carpenters greatgreatgreatgrandfather probably built houses and furniture.Sometimes people were known for the color of their hair or skin, or their size, or their special abilities. When there were two men who were named John in the same village, the John with the gray hair probably be
7、came John Gray. Or the John who was very tall could call himself John Tallman. John Fish was probably an excellent swimmer and John Lightfoot was probably a fast runner or a good dancer.Some family names were made by adding something to the fathers name.Englishspeaking people added s or son. The Joh
8、nsons are descendants of John; the Roberts familys ancestor was Robert. Irish and Scottish people added Mac or Mc or O.Perhaps all of the MacDonnells and the McDonnells and the ODonnells are descendants of the same Donnell.1Which of the following is NOT covered in the surnames of the passage?APeople
9、s characters. BPeoples occupations.CPlaces where people lived. DTalents that people possessed.2According to the passage, the ancestors of the Potter family most probably _Aowned or drove a cart Bmade things with metalsCbuilt houses and furniture Dmade kitchen tools or containers3Suppose an English c
10、ouple whose ancestors lived near a leafy forest wanted their newborn son to become a world leader, the baby might be named _ABeatrice Smith BLeonard CarterCDonald Greenwood DGeorge Longstreet4The underlined word “descendants” in the last paragraph means a persons _Aancestors Blater generationsCfrien
11、ds and relatives Dcolleagues and partners.完形填空(2015福州质量检测)My grandma is good at gardening. She could make anything bloom(开花)_1_ me. In my eyes, she was inspiring and _2_. For most of her life, she lived on a farm, where she _3_ four children, and buried my grandpa.I visited her on weekends. After th
12、e gardening work, I was _4_ to climb the mountain，singing songs and gathering flowers. Sometimes the plants scratched me. She would say，“Beauty has a _5_. I hope it was worth it.”“Yes, mama，” Id say. “_6_ was.”I loved gathering flowers on my own._7_ what I loved best was gathering them with her.Even
13、 then, as a child, I knew what I _8_ most from my grandma was not her flowers, but her _9_. Shes been gone for years, but sometimes, when I _10_ down to pick a flower or pull a weed, I see her _11_， not mine.I thought Id _12_ to be a gardener too. I told myself, someday，_13_ my children had children
14、, Id be a gardening grandma. Then the _14_ started showing up, and I discovered Id much rather run after them than go _15_Actually Im no gardener. Im a picker, not a planter. I _16_ from my grandma in lots of ways, but this: I will always carry _17_ me a heart she made from her own.I _18_ plant a ga
15、rden. My children are my flowers. They _19_ and complete me with a beauty that is worth any price. All I need to do is _20_ them with time, water them with love，and hope that someday, when they hold their first grandchild, they might see my hand.1.A.NotBOnly CEven DOften2A.famous Bcaring Chumorous Damusing3A.brought up Btook in
