阅读理解(作业及答案)

阅读理解（作业）

A

篇

Once there was a man traveling in a faraway village. As he was

passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped. He found that these huge

elephants were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg.

No chains(

锁链

)

，

no cages. It was clear that the elephants could, at

any time, break away from their ropes but for some reason, they did

not.

He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood

there and didn

’

t try to

get away.

“

We

ll,”

the

trainer said,

“

when

they

are

very

young

and

much

smaller

we

use

the

same

size

rope

to

tie

them and, at that rage, it

’

s enough to hold them. As they grow up, they

still

believe

they

cannot

break

away.

They

believe

the

rope

can

hold

them, so they never try to break free.

”

How

could

it

be?

These

animals

could

at

any

time

break

free

from their ropes. But because they always stuck right where they were,

they believed they couldn

’

t.

Just like the elephants, how many of us go through life believing

that we cannot do something, just because we failed at it once before?

. We should never give up the struggle(

挣扎

) in life.

A. Chains

B. Elephants

C. Cages

D. Farmers

(

)1. What did the writer see in the village?

(

)2. Why do the elephants never try up to break free from the ropes?

A. Because they think they can not.

B. Because they are too old to do it.

C. Because they like their living places.

D. Because they get on well with the trainer.

(

)3. How did the man feel after he heard what the trainer said?

A. Moved

B. Surprised

A. Failing is part of learning.

B. We should be different from others.

C. Helping animals is helping ourselves.

D. Traveling always makes people relaxed.

C. Angry

D. Nervous

(

)4. Which of the following is the missing part in the last paragraph?

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(

)5. What is the best title for this test?

A. Pleasant trip

C. Elephant Training

B

篇

Once

upon

a

time,

a

boy

was

walking

through

a

wood

and

he

thought he could hear a sad cry. Following the sound he came to a big,

round, mysterious, grey fountain. The sad sound seemed to be coming

from

the

fountain

pool.

The

boy

swept

aside

the

pool

’

s

dirty

surface

water and saw a group of grey fish swimming in a slow circle through

the pond.

Amused

by

this,

the

boy

tried

to

catch

one

of

these

incredible

talking

fish.

But

when

he

stuck

his

arm

into

the

water

it

turned

grey

right

up

to

the

elbow.

As

this

happened,

a

huge

sadness

entered

into

him, and he suddenly understood how sad the fish were feeling.

He

quickly

pulled

his

arm

out

of

the

water,

and

ran

from

that

place. But the arm stayed grey, and the boy continued feeling sad. He

tried so many times to cheer himself up, but nothing worked. That was,

until

he

realized

that

if

he

were

to

make

the

Earth

happy

then

that

happiness would be, in turn, transmitted back to him, through the earth

on his arm.

From

then

on,

he

set

about

looking

after

countryside.

He

cared

for the plants, and he did what he could to keep the water from being

polluted. He encouraged

others to do the same. He was so successful

that

his

arm

started

to

recover

its

normal

color.

When

the

grey

had

disappeared

completely,

he

started

feeling

happy

again,

and

he

decided to go and visit the fountain. When he was still some way from

the fountain he could hear the fish singing happily.

(

)6. What happened to the boy when he stuck his arm into the

water?

A. He caught some fish.

B. His arm was bitten by the fish.

C. He felt great sadness.

D. Nothing special happened.

(

)7. The underlined word

“

recover

”

means

“

A.

转变

B.

进化

C.

变异

”

in Chinese.

D.

恢复

B. A Cruel Trainer

D. The Elephant Rope

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(

)8. Which of the following didn

’

t happen after the boy left the

fountain?

A. He started to look after the countryside.

B. He stopped the water from being polluted.

C. He encouraged people to protect the earth.

D. His arm kept grey and he never felt happy.

(

)9. What can we learn from the passage?

A. We should protect the earth.

B. We shouldn

’

t catch fish.

C. Even the fountain may cry. D.

We should visit the fountain.

(

)10. What is the best title of the passage?

A. The Beautiful Countryside.

B. The Talking Fish.

C. The Sad Cry.

D. The Grey Fountain.

C

篇

Little

Tommy

was

doing

very

badly

in

math.

His

parents

had

tried everything

—

tutors (

家

庭

教

师

), cards, special learning

centers

—

in

short,

everything

they

could

think

of.

Finally

they

took

Tommy to a catholic (

天主教的

) school.

After the first

day, little

Tommy came

home with

a

very serious

look

on

his

face.

He

didn

’

t

kiss

his

mother

hello.

Instead,

he

went

straight

to his

room

and

started

studying. Books

and

papers were

spread

(

铺开

)

out

all

over

the

room

and

little

Tommy

was

hard

at

work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as

soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word.

In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went

on

for some

time, day after day while the

mother

tried to understand

what was happening.

Finally,

little

Tommy

brought

home

his

report

card.

He

quietly

put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His mom

looked at it and

to her surprise, little Tommy got an A in math. She

could no longer hold her curiosity (

好奇心

). She went to his room and

asked,

“

Son, what was it? Was it the nuns (

修女

)?

”

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