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【阅读训练】高中英语阅读理解
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下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（
A
、
B
、
C
和
D
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Hughie
Erskine
was
in
love.
The
girl
he
loved
was
Laura
Merton,
the
daughter
of
a
retired
army officer. They
were the best-looking couple in London, and had
not a penny between them. Her
father
was very fond of Hughie, but would not hear of any
engagement.
“Come to me, my boy, when
you have got ten thousand pounds of your own, and
we will see
about it,” he used to say;
and Hughie looked very miserable in those
days.
One morning he went to
see a great friend of his, Alan Trevor, who was a
painter. When he
came into the studio
he found Trevor putting the finishing touches to a
wonderful life-size picture of
a
beggar-man. The beggar himself was standing on a
platform in a corner of the room. He was
a
dried up old
man
with
a lined
face
and a sad expression. Over his
shoulder was
thrown
a rough
brown coat, all torn
and full of holes. His thick boots were old and
mended, and with one hand he
leaned on
a rough stick, while with the other he held out
his ancient hat for money.
“Poor old
fellow!” said Hughie. “How miserable he
looks!”
At that moment a
servant came in and told Trevor that a man wanted
to speak to him. Trevor
went out.
The old beggar-man sat down to rest for
a moment. He looked so miserable that Hughie
pitied
him, and felt in his pockets to
see what money he had. All he could find was a
pound and some
pennies. “Poor old
fellow,” he thought to himself, “he wants it more
than I do, but
I shan’t have
much money myself for a week or two”;
and he w
alked across the room and
slipped the pound into
the beggar’s
hand.
The old man jumped,
and a faint smile passed across his old lips.
“Thank you, sir,” he said,
“thank
you.”
That night Trevor told
Hughie that the old “beggar” was Baron Hausberg,
one of the
richest
men in
Europe, who had asked him a month before to paint
him as a beggar. He also said that he
had told the old man all about the
lovely Laura and the ten thousand pounds.
The
next
morning,
as
he
was
at
breakfast,
an
old
gentleman
brought
Hughie
a
letter
from
Baron
Hausberg. On the envelope was written, “A wedding
present to Hughie Erskine and Laura
Merton, from an old beggar”, and inside
was a cheque for ten thousand pounds.
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1. The girl’s
father
.
A. liked Hughie because he
was rich.
B. disliked
Hughie
C.
disliked Hughie because Hughie was poor
D.
liked Hughie but didn’t allow Hughie to marry his
daughter
2. Hughie gave some
money to the beggar because
.
A. he was very rich
B. he was kind-hearted and showed mercy
on the beggar
C. the painter told him to do so
D.
the girl’s father told him to do so
3. Which is true about Baron Hausberg?
A. He was the
girl’s father
B.
He was a painter
C. He had a lot of wealth
D.
He was a beggar
4. It can be inferred
from the passage that
.
A. Hughie Erskine married
Laura Merton
B. Hughie Erskine didn’t marry Laura
Merton
C. Mr. Merton still didn’t agree to the
marriage
D. Hughie married the girl because he
was good-looking
5. We can learn from
the text that
.
A.
One should be good-looking
B. One should be poor
C. One should
be rich
D. One should be tender-hearted
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A
、
B
、
C
和
D
）中，选出最佳选项。
My
husband was in the Royal Navy, stationed at the
Port of Wilmington while his ship was
waiting to sail up the New York Harbor
for the Bicentennial in 1976. While in Wilmington
a
friend's mother met a bunch of the
English sailors in a bar in downtown Wilmington.
They invited
us onto the ship; she
invited them for a barbecue. We had a wonderful
time. After they went to New
York
several of the sailors got off and spent time on
the train going back and forth from
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Wilmington to visit their
new found friends. Graham was one of them and
after spending all the
time we could
together he left with his ship. We kept in touch
and I flew to England to stay with his
family at Christmas for two weeks and
we were engaged, he came to visit the following
Easter and I
went back the next August.
That visit he broke up with me and I flew back to
the States in tears. A
few years later
he married in England, I married in the States and
we lead separate lives for 25
years.
I was married
in 82, had a baby in 86 and was diagnosed with
advanced stage breast cancer 6
weeks
after my daughter was born. I was 26 and was given
a 5 % chance to live 5 years. After a few
years my marriage ended and I sent a
letter to Graham’s mother because I had
neve
r forgotten him
and was
getting in touch with important people and taking
care of things you do when you think
you are dying. It took the letter
awhile to catch up with his mother as she had
moved several times
over the years. She
gave the letter to Graham and he called me. He was
married with 2 sons; one
was the same
age +4 days as my daughter. Over the years we
talked on the phone a few times and
sent pictures and the occasional card.
I remarried in
92 and we lost touch until he called on New Years
Eve of the millennium.
Both
of our marriages were ending for various reasons
but we still had an ocean between us and
hadn’t seen each other for over 20
years. In August he was coming to the States on
business and
stopped by to see me. It
was as if we had known each other forever and no
time had passed with us
apart. He came
back over several times to visit when he was over
for business and we fell in love all
over again. He was transferred to
Atlanta, GA. On 9/11 he drove straight from
Atlanta to Delaware
to be with me and
asked me to marry him that night. We were married
on Valentines Day 2002. I
never let him
forget (jokingly of course) that had he not broken
up with me we would have had 25
more
years together than we have had. He is definitely
the love of my life.
1. In which year
did they break up with each other?
A. 76
B. 86
C. 77
D.
92
2. How many times did the author get
married in all?
A. twice
B. three times
C.
four times
D. five times
3.
The author lived in
.
A. Wilmington
B.
New York
C. Atlanta
D. Delaware
4. When were
they married?
A. on Feb. 14
B.
on Apr. 1
C. on Sept. 11
D. on Dec. 25
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5. Which of the following supports the
main idea of the passage?
A. All shall be well, Jack shall have
Jill.
B. East,
west, home is best.
C. All work and no play makes Jack a
dull boy.
D.
Let’s cross the bridge when we come to
it.
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A
、
B
、
C
和
D<
/p>
）中，选出最佳选项。
When
John
and
Victoria
Church
arrived
in
New
York
from
London
for
one-
year
stay,
they
brought no furniture with them. They
had planned either to live in a furnished
apartment or to buy
used furniture. But
they soon learned about a new way of furnishing an
apartment or a house that
more and more
people are using. The renting of home furnishing
(furniture, dishes, and so on) has
become one of America’s fastest growing
businesses.
Why
do
people
rent
their
home
furnishings
instead
of
buying
them?
Many
kinds
of
people:
international
businessmen,
government
officials,
airline
workers,
young
married
couples…the
people
whose
job
or
business
may
force
them
to
move
frequently
from
one
city(or
country)
to
another…find they can
rent
better quality furniture than they could afford to
buy. Young people with
little money do
not want to buy cheap furniture that they will
soon grow to dislike. They prefer to
wait
until
they
have
enough
money
to
buy
furniture
they
really
like.
Meanwhile,
they
rent.
And
people
whose work takes them from place to place are
saved the trouble and cost of moving their
furniture each time. They simply rent
new furniture when they reach their new home.
One family, now settled in a large,
beautiful home, liked their rented furniture so
much they
decided to keep renting it
instead of buying new things. But they don’t like
to tell people about it.
The idea of
renting home furnishings is still quite new, and
they are not sure what their neighbors
might think.
1. The reason
why people rent their home furnishings instead of
buying them is that
.
A.
they have to move frequently from one place to
another because of their work.
B. young people are not
rich enough to buy furniture they really like.
C. they can
save the trouble and cost of moving their
furniture.
D.
all of the above.
2. Where do John and
Victoria Church come from?
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A.
They came from New York.
B.
They came from London.
C. They came from both New
York and London
D. The passage doesn’t
say.
3. Which of the
following people likes renting of home
furnishings?
A.
teachers
B. doctors
C.
air hostesses
D.
lawyers
4.
The
family
which
moved
in
a
large,
beautiful
home
doesn’t
want
people
to
know
this
because
.
A. the furniture is so beautiful
B. the idea of
renting home furnishings is still quite new
C. they are not
quite sure whether their neighbors like their
doing
D. A, B
and C
5. Which is the best title of the
passage?
A.
Rent or Buy
B. You Can Do Whatever You Like
C. Better Not
Buy
D. Better Not
Rent
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)
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面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（
A
、
B
、
C
和
D<
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）中，选出最佳选项。
Believe
it or not, I hate birthdays. First of all you keep
getting older, and second you always get
presents you can’t stand. If I could
just have a nice chocolate cake all to myself, I’d
be very happy.
But no! I have received
more ties, pajamas, umbrellas, and gloves than you
can imagine. I keep all
my unwanted
gifts piled neatly in a corner of my closet. If I
need one of the items, I draw from my
stock, but that is a rare occurrence.
The result is that my pile is quite large.
One day, my Aunt Gloria called me.
“Hello, Shelley,” she said. “We’re
having a surprise birthday party for cousin Stove.
Will you
be able to come on Thursday
the 29
th
at 2
p.m.?”
“One minute, while I
look at my calendar,” I said.
“Too bad,” I
thought to myself. “I’m free. I guess
I’ll have to go.” To Aunt Gloria, I said, “Yes,
that day looks O.K. to me. I’ll be
there. Should I bring anything for the
party?”
“No,” answered Aunt
Gloria, “
just bring
yourself
.”
The
morning
for
the
party
arrived.
After
some
thought,
I
decided
that
it
would
be
proper
to
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bring my aunt a little gift. I thought
it would please her. I had a good stock of gifts
in my closet, and
so I decided to
rewrap one and offer it to my aunt. It was getting
late by the time I got around to
wrapping it. So I grabbed the first box
I saw and hastily wrapped it.
My
relatives were all there when I arrived. They were
glad to see me, and if the occasion hadn’t
been
a
birthday
party,
I
guess
I
would
have
been
glad
to
see
them.
Uncle
Joe
told
m
e
I’d
lost
weight.
“You
look wonderful,” he said.
I
plowed
my
way
through
a
dozen
more
relatives
to
Aunt
Gloria.
“Here,”
I
graciously
said,
holding out my gift. “A little
something for you.”
“Oh,
that’s very kind of you,” said my aunt. She began
to unwrap the gift. “I wonder what it
could
be,”
she
murmured.
Then
she
began
to
read
a
card
that
was
enclosed,
a
card
that
I
didn’t
remember having put in.
“Dear Shelley,” she read, “hope you
enjoy these gloves. They’ll keep your fingers warm
in the
winter. Love, A
unt
Gloria.”
1. The reason why
Shelley hates birthdays is that
.
A.
one keeps getting older
B. one always gets gifts one can’t
stand
C. both A and B
D. neither A nor B
2. What
does the underlined part “just bring yourself”
mean?
A. Shelley is a gift
B.
Only Shelley can go to the party
C. Shelley have to give a
present
D. Shelley
doesn’t have to give any presents.
3. Is Shelley fat or thin?
A. Shelley is fat
B. Shelley is
thin
C. Shelley
is neither fat nor thin
D.
The passage doesn’t say
4.
Where does the gift which Shelley gave his aunt
come from?
A.
Shelley bought from the store.
B.
Shelley weaved himself.
C. Aunt Gloria gave him.
D. The passage
doesn’t say.
5. What’s the
best title of the text?
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A.
The Gift of Giving
B. A Surprise Birthday Party
C. Aunt Gloria
D. I Hate Birthday
（五）
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选项（
A
、
B
、
C
和
D
）中
，选出最佳选项。
Island of Feelings
Once
upon
a
time
there
was
an
island
where
all
the
feelings
lived:
Happiness,
Sadness,
Knowledge, and all
the others, including Love.
One day it
was announced to all of the feelings that the
island was going to sink to the bottom
of the ocean. So all the feelings
prepared their boats to leave.
Love
was
the
only
one
that
stayed.
She
wanted
to
preserve
the
island
paradise
until
the
last
possible moment.
When the
island was almost totally under, Love decided it
was time to leave.
She began looking
for someone to ask for help. Just then Richness
was passing by in a grand
boat. Love
asked, “Richness, can I come with you on your
boat?”
Richness answered,
“I’m sorry, but there is a lot of silver and gold
on m
y boat and there would
be no room for you
anywhere.”
Then Love decided
to ask Vanity for help who was passing by in a
beautiful vessel. Love cried
out,
“Vanity, help me please!” “I can’t help you,”
Vanity said, “You are all wet and will damage my
beautiful
boat.”
Next, Love saw Sadness passing by. Love
said, “Sadness, please let me go with
you.”
Sadness answered,
“Love, I’m sorry, but, I just need to be alone
now.”
Then,
Love
saw
Happiness.
Love
cried
out,
“Happiness,
please
take
me
with
you.”
But
Happiness
was so overjoyed
that he didn’t hear Love calling to
him.
Love began to cry.
Then, she heard a voice say, “Come Love, I will
take you with me.” It was
an elder.
Love felt so blessed and overjoyed that she forgot
to ask the elder his name. When they
arrived on land the elder went on his
way. Love realized how much she owed the elder.
Love
then
found
Knowledge
and
asked,
“Who
was
it
that
helped
me?”
“It
was
Time,”
Knowledge answered.
“But why did Time help me when no one else would?”
Love asked.
Knowledge
sm
iled
and
with
deep
wisdom
and
sincerity,
answered,
“Because
only
Time
is
capable of understanding how great Love
is.”
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1.
Which one was
the last to leave the island?
A.
Happiness
B. Sadness
C. Richness
D.
Love
2.
How many
feelings in all are mentioned in the passage?
A. five
B. six
C.
seven
D. eight
3.
Who is the elder?
A.
Knowledge
B. Time
C. Love
D.
Happiness
4.
Which one is both clever and honest?
A. Knowledge
B. Time
C.
Love
D. Happiness
5.
Which one is the greatest according to
the passage?
A. Knowledge
B.
Time
C. Love
D. Happiness
（六）
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选项（
A
、
B
、
C
和
D
）中
，选出最佳选项。
I don’t realize
that I’ve been at college for nearly one and
h
alf year until now. Looking back
into the last year, what shall I say?
It consisted of both happiness and sadness. Life
always goes like
this, up and down, as
is so exciting. Now when I recall the past, no
matter how I felt at that time,
they
are all treasures for me.
That
was
the
moon
festival
last
year,
which
was
also
the
first
time
we
went
out
after
we
entered the college. It was said that
the sea in Dalian was well-known and was also
a wonderful
place to watch
the moon. After getting all the food and drinking
ready, we four girls set off for the
seaside.
There
were
many
people
and
we
picked
up
a
less
crowded
beach.
At
first,
we
enjoyed
ourselves by drinking and eating. When
the moon turned brighter, we played with the
seawater. As a
result, we were all
drenched with water. Bathing in the moonlight, we
ran and laughed. We seemed
to land on
another world, where was full of fresh air,
laughter and love. The laughter is still echoing
on my mind so far.
Life
doesn’t
stay
the
same,
occasionally
having
a
partic
ular
taste.
That
is
sadness.
What
impressed
me
deeply
is
a
failure
in
a
singing
competition.
It
was
the
first
time
I
had
given
a
performance on such a large stage in
front of so many people. I was so nervous that the
whole song
was performed out of tune.
As you could imagine, I was greeted with boos from
the audience. I still
remembered how
dismal I felt that moment and I sat alone crying
at the seaside. After that, I talked
to
mother about it. She told me that it was not a
failure; at least, I was brave enough to show
myself
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publicly.
Everything has passed. I’ve stored them
at the bottom of my heart. I am in the second
grade
already. Yet much needs me to
challenge. On the way, there‘s both happiness and
distress. However,
I will go ahead just
all the same.
1. The author of the text
is
.
A. a boy
B.
a girl
C. the passage doesn’t say
D. none of the
above
2. The underlined word
“drenched” in the second paragraph has a similar
meaning with
.
A. dried
B. wet
C. frozen
D. washed away
3. Life, according to the author, is
.
A. full of happiness
B. filled with
sadness
C. made
up of laughter and tears
D. not worth
living
4. How did the
audienc
e find the author’s
singing?
A. It was wonderful
B. It was disappointing
C. The passage
doesn’t say
D. It was
perfect
5. Which of the
following shows the author’s attitude towards
future?
A. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
B. Do wrong
once and you’ll never hear the end of it.
C.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
D. Time and tide wait for
no man.
（七）
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A
、<
/p>
B
、
C
和
D
）中，选出最佳选项。
A few years ago men on a ship in the
ocean saw the water bubbling and boiling. They
went
closer. Night came before they had
seen very much. But in the morning they saw an
island where
there had been no island
before.
It was a very hot
island, with smoke, steam, and fire.
Actually, the island was
the top of a mountain that had been growing up
from the floor of the
ocean and had
poked through the water into the air.
How does a mountain grow?
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If the
mountain is a volcano, it is easy to see how it
grows. A volcano starts from a hole in the
ground from which hot rock and smoke
and steam come out. Far, far under the ground it
is so hot
that rock melts. This hot
melted rock, or lava, is sometimes pushed out of
the earth through a hole
or a crack in
the ground. The steam inside the earth pushes the
rock out.
As
more and more
rock comes out,
it makes
a pile that becomes
a mountain. Sometimes
the
rock flows out like hot mush. Sometimes
it is shot out in big chunks of hard rock. The
more stuff
that comes out, the higher
the mountain grows.
If the
mountain is growing under the ocean, it becomes an
island when it reaches the top of the
water. The little island that the men
saw from the ship started this way. So did the big
Hawaiian
Islands and the enormous
island of Iceland.
Not many
years ago in
Mexico, a
little boy and his father discovered a volcano
growing in a
cornfield. Smoke puffed
up, and rock started popping up out of a crack
that opened in the ground.
The
boy
thought
the
cornfield
was
throwing
rocks
at
him!
He
picked
one
up.
It
was
hot.
He
dropped
it
and
ran
away
frightened.
Smoke
and
rock
continued
to
come
from
the
crack
in
the
ground.
A new volcano was being
born.
The volcano in the
cornfield grew until it was bigger than the
cornfield! Black smoke puffed out.
Hot
ashes fell like black snowflakes. Hot rock and
fire and lava shot out. People called the volcano
the Little Monster because it grew so
fast. Scientists came from all over the world to
study it and
watch it grow. It is not
often that people get a chance to watch a volcano
from the very beginning.
1. The
underlined word “lava” means
.
A. volcano
B. water
C. melted rock
D. land
2.
pushes the rock
out?
A. The hot
melted rock
B.
The earthquake
C. The smoke
D. The steam inside the earth
3. Which one of the following is
different from the other three?
A. the Himalayas
B. the little
island
C. the big
Hawaiian Islands
D. the enormous island of
Iceland
4. Which statement is not right
according to the passage?
A. Scientists from every part of the
world came to study the new volcano and watch it
grow.
B. It is
often that people get a chance to watch a volcano
from the very beginning.
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C. Hot ashes
fell like black snowflakes.
D. People called the
volcano the Little Monster because it grew so
fast.
5. A volcano grows up from
.
A. the floor of the ocean
B. the land
C. both A and B
D.
neither A nor B
（八）
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四个选项（
A
、
B
、
C
和
D
）中，选出最佳选项。
I was all of
nineteen and a half years old and went on vacation
to a dude ranch in New Jersey.
That
evening at dinner, it seemed that the entire
dining room lit up and there were calls of Hi Al
from all around. Turning around I saw a
man with the most dazzling smile of happiness on
his face.
I decided then and there that
he was for me.
Luckily the
owner of the dude ranch sat him opposite
me at the table. I couldn't keep my
eyes off him. He had the same problem. However,
since there
was a 12 year age
difference, he was friendly but not pursuing me.
However, a year
later he got his greetings from Uncle Sam and was
inducted into the Army Air
force. This
was 1941. It seems that although he was very
popular with the ladies, I was the only one
to continue sending him letters and our
correspondence grew warmer and warmer. We were
married
early in 1943 and lived in a
dream world until he died in l984.
Mickey
1. Al was born
.
A. in 1921
B. in 1931
C. in 1941
D. in 1943
2. What’s the
meaning of the underlined sentence?
A. He went on
vacation to a dude ranch in New Jersey, too.
B. He had
dinner at the same restaurant that evening.
C. He was the
same age as Mickey.
D. He fixed his eyes on Mickey.
3. How old was Mickey when they get
married?
A.
19.5
B. 31
C. 24
D. 22
4. Which of the
following statement is true according to the text?
A. The entire
dinning room was lit up by Al.
B. Al was the owner of the
dude ranch.
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C. Al joined the Navy in
1941.
D. Al was
attractive to girls.
5. How old was
Mickey when Al died?
A. 41
B.
52
C. 63
D. 74
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A
、
B
、
C
和
D
）中，选出最佳选项。
Work
is a part of living
—
my
grandparents understood that. They lived and
worked on a central
Pennsylvania
farm
that
has
been
in
my
family
for
150
years.
Hess
Farm,
at
that
time,
was
self-sufficient. They
raised beef cattle for meat, chickens for eggs and
hogs for pork and lard. Dairy
cows were
kept for milk and the cream from which Grandma
made butter and cheese. What little
yard they had became a garden.
The
Depression,
therefore,
didn’t
make
a
dramatic
change
in
the
ir
lives.
But
it
did
bring
an
unending
flow of men out of work,
drifting
（流浪）
from
job to job, to the farm. The first man to
show
up
on
the
kitchen
porch
was
ragged-looking,
but
courteous.
He
doffed
his
hat
and
quietly
explained that he hadn’t eaten in a
while. Grandpa stood watching him a bit, then
said, “There’s a
pile of
fir
ewood stacked against the fence
behind the barn. I’ve been needing to get it moved
to the
other side of the fence. You
have just about enough time to finish the job
before lunch.” With that,
he stuck out
his calloused hand to the stranger.
Grandma said a surprising thing
happened. The drifter got a shine in his eyes and,
behind the
scrub of his beard, he
smiled. He hurried to the barn in a near trot. She
set another place at the table
and
baked an apple pie. During lunch, the stranger
didn’t say much, but w
hen he left, his
shoulders
had straightened. “Nothing
ruins a man like losing his
self
-
respect”, Grandpa later
told me.
Soon
after,
another
man
showed
up
asking
for
a
meal.
This
one
was
dressed
in
a
suit
and
carried a small, battered suitcase.
Grandpa, who
’d been fixing the hay
mower in the toolshed, came
out wiping
his hands when he heard voices. He looked at the
man and then offered a handshake.
“There’s a stack of firewood along the
fence down behind the barn I’ve been meaning to
get moved.
It’d sure be a help to me.
And we’d be pleased to have you stay for
lunch.”
The fellow set his
suitcase at the edge of the porch and neatly laid
his coat and vest on top.
Then he set
off to work.
Grandma says she doesn’t
remember how many strangers they shared a meal
w
ith during those
12
Depression
days
—
or how many times that
stack of wood got moved.
1. The result
of the Depression is that
.
A. some people
earned a lot of money
B.
a large number of people went abroad.
C. many people were laid off
D. quite a few people died of a strange
disease.
2. Which of the following
statements is true?
A. All the people had enough food to
eat.
B. None of the people had food to eat.
C. Some people
had food.
D. The passage doe
sn’t
say.
3. Which of the
following best describes the grandpa?
A. He pretended to be
generous.
B. He pretended to be mean.
C. He shared meal with
everyone who came to his door.
D. He gave meal to the poor
without losing their self-respect.
4.
How many strangers did Grandpa and Grandma share a
meal with during those days?
A. They shared a meal with
only two people.
B.
They shared a meal with twenty people.
C. The passage doesn’t say.
D.
They didn’t share a me
al with anyone.
5. Which idea best supports the text?
A. Where there
is a will, there is a way.
B. Well begun is half done.
C. All roads lead to Rome.
D. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
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C
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D
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“Tomorrow
we
will
see
the
Golden
Gate
Bridge,”
said
Peter.
“I
have
never
seen
a
golden
bridge
before.”
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Peter's father smiled, but said
nothing. Peter would soon see the bridge.
The next morning, his
father took Peter to the bridge. Peter first saw
it from far away. How big
it looked!
But then he saw something else. The bridge was
red!
“The bridge
isn't golden!” he said. “Why is it called the
Golden Gate Bridge?”
“It
isn't named for its color,” said his father. “It
is named for the Golden Gate.”
“What is the Golden Gate?” asked Peter.
“A gate is either an
opening, or the thing that closes the opening,”
said his father. “It is named
for the
Golden Gate.”
“What is the
Golden Gate?” a
sked Peter.
“A gate is either an opening, or the
thing that closes the opening,” said his father. “
The Golden
Gate is an opening in the
land. Water from the sea comes through this
opening into San Francisco
Bay.”
“Oh,” said Peter. “And the
bridg
e goes over the opening. But
why is the opening called the
Golden Gate?”
“Years
ago
men
came
to
California
to
look
for
gold,”
his
father
said.
“Many
came
by
ship.
They came into the bay
through that opening. For them it was a gate to
gold. They named
it the
Golden Gate.”
“Well,” said Peter, “I still think the
bridge should look golden.”
When Peter got home, he sent a letter
to a California paper. In the letter he said:” Red
is not the
right color for the Golden
Gate Bridge. The bridge should look golden, the
way most people think it
does.”
Peter sent $$14.78 with his
letter. It was all the money he had saved. “This
money is to help
paint the bridge gold,
” he wrote.
Many people
read Peter's letter in the newspaper. Right away,
things began to happen! Some
people
sent money, A big company gave real gold to make
gold paint. A paint company made the
paint.
But
some people still wanted the bridge to be red!
Will the Golden Gate Bridge
ever be golden? It will, if enough people feel as
Peter does. How
do you feel about it?
1.
What state is the Golden Bridge in?
A. San Francisco
B.
Virginia
C.
Maryland
D. California
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2. What is the bridge
named for?
A.
It’s named for its color
B. It’s named for the
Gol
den Gate
C. It’s named for the metal gold
D. It’s named
for a ship
3. What does the
opening mean to the men who came to California
years ago?
A.
It was a way to the U. S.
B. It was a road to California
C. It was an
opening to San Francisco
D. It was a gate to gold
4.
Why did Peter send a letter to a California paper?
A. He wanted
the bridge to look golden.
B.
Most people wanted him to do so.
C. He wanted to make an ad.
D. He wanted to
practice his writing.
5. All the
following happened after Peter’s letter to the
paper except
.
A. Some people
sent money.
B.
A big company gave real gold to make gold paint.
C. A paint
company made the paint.
D. Some people
painted the bridge golden.
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、
B
< br>、
C
和
D
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If you go to
Plymouth, a small town in the United States of
America, you will see there a rock
which runs out into the sea. Many
thousands of people
—
from
different parts of the United States
and from many other countries
—
come to this small town
just to see the Rock. They stand there
and think about the brave men and women
who, more than three hundred years ago, were
standing
on this Rock and looking at
the country where they had come to begin a new
life.
The year was 1620, in
the time of King James the First. The English
people did not like their
king and they
called him “The Fool King of England”. Many of
them left England and went to live
in
other countries.
On August
15,1620, a group of Englishmen sailed for America
on two vessels, the Speedwell and
the
Mayflower. Unfortunately, the Speedwell sprang a
leak and had to be abandoned. Leaving 20
persons behind, the remaining travelers
—
101 in all
—
crowded on board the
90-foot Mayflower.
For more
than two months, the Mayflower was in the waves
and storms of the Atlantic Ocean.
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At last, on November 19,
the travellers saw land. It was America.
Autumn was already upon
them. It was raining and a cold wind was blowing.
Sixteen men left
the Mayflower and went
ashore. In the evening, they came back to the
ship.
The next day was
Sunday and everybody on the Mayflower had a rest.
They spent the time in
prayer and
thanksgiving. But early on Monday, they landed and
camped. While some of the men
stood
on
guard
with
loaded
muskets,
the
women
washed
clothes
and
the
children
played
on
the
beach.
Since that time Monday has been
“wash
-
day” in America.
During the next five weeks
the men from the Mayflower left their camp every
day. Sometimes
they did not come back
for many days; they were going along the coast and
were looking for a good
place to live.
Finally, they chose Plymouth as the place to build
their colony. It was an ideal location,
with a good harbour, brooks of clear
water, and fields cleared by the Indians.
1.
What is the
Mayflower?
A. It’s a kind of flower.
B. It’s a kind
of vessel.
C. It’s the name
of a place.
D. It’s the name of a
person.
2. How long did it
take the Mayflower to cross the Atlantic?
A.
About 15 days
B. About 19 days
C. About 90 days
D.
About two years
3. How did the English
people like their king at that time?
A. They loved their king.
B. They disliked their king.
C. They neither
liked nor disliked their king.
D
. The passage doesn’t
say.
4.
All
the
following
are
reasons
why
they
choose
Plymouth
as
the
place
to
build
their
colony
except
.
A.
The fields there were cleared by the Indians.
B.
The water in the brooks there was clear.
C. There was a
good harbour at Plymouth.
D.
It was raining sometimes and a cold wind was also
blowing.
5. Why do so many people from
the United States and other countries go to
Plymouth to see the
Rock?
A. They haven’t seen the
Rock and want to have a look at it.
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B. The Rock is from another planet.
C. The Rock is
in fact made of gold.
D. The Rock reminds them of the
courageous people a long time ago.
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、
B
< br>、
C
和
D
）中，选出最佳选项。
Sundays in New York can be very
pleasant. That's not to say that Sundays in other
American
cities are not pleasant, but
New Yorkers feel that their Sundays are special.
Since Saturday nights are traditionally
party nights, Sunday morning are traditionally
morning
of rest, which means having a
long sleep. We call it sleeping in or sleeping
late, and staying in bed
until 9,10 or
even 11 o'clock is not unusual. Then jump out of
bed, hastily pull on clothes, run to the
nearest corner newsstand, buy the
New York Times
or
Daily News
(or both), return
home, put some
classical music or
popular singer on the record player, take off your
clothes and climb right back
into bed
to leisurely read the paper.
One of the
nicest traditions is breakfast in bed. The Times
and News are very fat newspapers
on
Sundays so there is a lot to read while one drinks
orange juice and coffee, lying in bed.
If the weather
is bad you might immediately turn to the
Entertainment Section of the paper to
see
what
movies
are
on.
Sunday
afternoons
are
a
popular
time
for
seeing
a
film,
but
movies
are
expensive
in
New
York
(as
much
as
$$5.00)
so
choosing
takes
time
and
care.
Read
the
movie
reviews to discover what the critics
think.
No one wants to make an
expensive mistake…nor does
anyone want
to stand in line a long time which is very
possible if the movie is new and gets good
reviews. So if you're not sure about a
movie look at the museum listings to see what
exhibitions are
in town. Some museums
are free, others are not.
But if the weather is good
you might glance through the section which lists
outdoor activities.
Almost
every
Sunday
in
the
springtime
residential
neighborhoods
request
permission
from
the
Police
Department to c
lose off streets for
“street fairs”. There will be food for sale made
by local
residents
or
restaurants;
handicrafts
for
sale;
music
provided
by
a
local
band
(often
high
school
kids); and perhaps dancing. If the fair
is in Little Italy you can expect to find tasty
Italian food. If
the
fair
is
in
China-town
you
can
expect
to
find
egg
rolls,
music
played
on
the
erhu
and
dragon
dances.
1. On
Sundays New Yorkers usually get up at
.
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A. 5-
6 o’clock
B.
7
-
9 o’clock
C. 9-
11 o’clock
D. 11-
13 o’clock
2. The underlined word “fat” in
paragraph 3 has the similar meaning
with
.
A. with a lot
of flesh
B.
large
C. big
D.
heavy
3. Most New Yorkers do the
following after getting up on Sundays except
.
A. to buy the
New York
Times
or
Daily
News
(or both).
B. to put some classical music or
popular singer on the record player.
C. to climb right back into
bed to read the paper.
D. to take off clothes to go to bed
again.
4. Most of the people in New
York are fond of going to movies
.
A. in the early morning
B. in the late
morning
C. in
the afternoon
D.
in the evening
5. You can do all the
following in the fair in China-town on Sundays
except
.
A. to taste
Italian food
B. to eat egg rolls
C. to listen to music
played on the erhu
D. to watch dragon dances
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、
B
< br>、
C
和
D
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Most of the
volcanoes have been here for a very long time.
Some have been here so long that
now
they are cold. They are called dead volcanoes.
They stopped throwing out fire and melted rock
and smoke. It is safe to walk on them.
Farms are plowed on the quiet slopes, and people
have built
houses there.
Some volcanoes have stopped throwing
out hot rock, but they still smoke a little now
and then.
They are “sleeping”
volcanoes. Sometime they may “wake up.”
A volcano named Vesuvius
slept for a thousand years. But it woke up and
threw out so much
hot melted rock that
it buried the buildings of two cities.
Today volcanoes are not so dangerous
for people as they were a long time ago. Now we
know
more about why volcanoes do what
they do, and we can usually tell when they are
going to do it.
Before a sleeping
volcano wakes up, it usually makes a noise like
faraway thunder, and the ground
shakes
in small earthquakes. People are warned and have
time to get away safely.
People
used
to
think
dragons
under
the
earth
caused
volcanoes.
They
said
the
smoke
that
18
puffed
above
the
ground
was
the
dragon's
breath.
They
said
the
earthquakes
were
caused
by
the
dragon's moving around
down in the earth. Now we know that this is not
true.
Another
thing
we
know
about
volcanoes
is
that
they
don't
happen
just
anywhere.
There
are
certain places under the
earth where the rock is broken in a way that lets
the steam and hot rock
escape to the
outside more easily. Scientists know where these
places are, and maps have been made
to
let everybody know.
There are different kinds of volcanoes.
Some explode so violently that the rock goes high
into
the
air
and
falls
miles
away.
A
volcano
may
shoot
out
ashes
so
high
that
they
float
all
the
way
around
the world. They have made the sunsets green and
the snow purple.
Other
volcanoes
are
more
gentle.
The
hot
lava
rises
in
their
cones
and
overflows,
rolling
slowly down the mountainside, where it
becomes cool and hard.
One
very tall volcano stays fiery red at the top all
the time . It is lucky that the volcano is near
the ocean. Sailors can use it for a
lighthouse.
1.
Which one is true?
A.
A
volcano
usually
makes
a
noise
like
faraway
thunder
and
the
ground
shakes
in
small
earthquakes before it
wakes up.
B.
A
lot of dragons under the earth caused volcanoes.
C.
The smoke that
puffed above the ground was the dragon’s
breath.
D.
The earthquakes were caused by the
dragon’s moving around down in the
earth.
2.
know where
certain places under the earth are where the rock
is broken in a way that lets
the steam
and hot rock escape to the outside more easily.
A. Officials
B.
Doctors
C. Scientists
D. Many many
people
3. A volcano may
make
.
A.
the sun green
B. the snow purple
C. the ship small
D.
the water yellow
4. Which one is not
true?
A. One
very tall volcano stays fiery red at the top all
the time.
B.
Some volcanoes are gentle.
C. Certain volcanoes explode violently.
D.
V
olcanoes happen everywhere.
5. Which statement is right?
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A. A dead volcano is dangerous.
B. A sleeping volcano is safe.
C. A volcano
which’s slept for a thousand years is
safe.
D. A volcano that doesn’t explode any
more is safe.
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、
B
< br>、
C
和
D
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The story of
Santa Claus began hundreds of years earlier.
During the fourth century, a Roman
Catholic
church
official
called
Nicholas
of
Myra
became
famous
for
his
many
good
actions.
Nicholas
was
made
a
saint
after
his
death
and
it
became
common
in
northern
Europe
to
hold
a
celebration
on
December
6th,the
day
Nicholas
died.
All
kinds
of
stories
were
told
about
saint
Nicholas and the Dutch brought one of
these stories with them to America. They believed
that each
year the saint rode a white
horse from home to home. He gave presents to
children who had been
good, and coal or
straw to children who had been bad. Other
Americans who lived nearby greatly
enjoyed the Dutch celebrations. They
decided to make saint Nicholas part of their own
celebration
of Christmas. But he
got
a new name Santa Claus.
It was taken from
the Dutch
words
for Saint
Nicholas,
Santa Claus. The Dutch imagined Saint Nicholas to
be a serious, even frightening person,
who could punish as well as give gifts.
But in 1822,an American named Clement C. Moore
wrote a
Christmas poem for his
children, the poem called A Visit from St.
Nicholas, created a completely
new
Santa Claus. Dr. Moore described a short, happy,
little man who rode in an
open sleigh. The
sleigh was pulled from
house to house by eight white reindeer. At each
house Santa delivered gifts
by
dropping
them
down
the
chimney
into
the
fireplace.
Dr.
Moore's
poem
was
published
in
a
newspaper in New York, in 1823. It soon
became popular all over America and it became the
source
for the Santa Claus American
children still believe in today.
An
American artist named Thomas Nast also played a
part in creating Santa Claus. Beginning
in1860's, Mr. Nast drew pictures of
Santa Claus for an American publication called
Harper's Weekly.
These pictures showed
a fat, smiling old
man with
a red nose and white beard. He was dressed in
a red suit with white fur and a black
belt. Today more than one hundred years later,
that same Santa
Claus can be seen
everywhere at Christmas time.
1.
Nicholas died
.
A. on December
25
th
B. on December
6
th
20
C. in 1822
D. in 1823
2. Nicholas
became famous because
.
A.
he lived during the fourth century.
B. he was a Roman Catholic Church
official
C. he
did a lot of deeds
D. he lived in
Myra, the ancient capital of Lycia
3.
The Dutch believed that Saint Nicholas
.
A. gave presents to each
child
B. gave nothing to the bad children
C. gave coal or
straw to the bad children
D. gave presents to the
adults
4. The Santa Claus that American
children trust today comes from
.
A. a newspaper
B. a poem
C. a chimney
D.
a forest
5. Thomas Nast created a new
image of Santa Claus through
.
A. poems
B. songs
C.
dances
D. drawings
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、
B
< br>、
C
和
D
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From
the
earliest
times,
marriage
has
been
an
important
part
of
man's
legal
and
religious
systems.
In addition to the laws
governing marriage that each nation establishes,
marriage customs have
grown up that
vary widely from country to country.
Anthropologists have studied and written about
the
numerous
marriage
ceremonies
and
customs
that
exist
throughout
the
world
and
they
make
interesting reading, especially when
they differ greatly from our own.
Let
us look
at
just one country
—
the United States
—
to
see some of
the customs
and the
reasons
for
their
existence.
Why,
for
example,
do
people
throw
rice
at
weddings?
Why
does
the
bride
always wear “something old, something new,
something borrowed and something blue?”
People
in
the
U.S.,
once
they
meet
certain
legal
age
and
medical
requirements,
are
free
to
choose their own mates. Once a couple
has decided to get married, the man customarily
gives the
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girl a diamond ring. The use of a ring
comes from
the ancient
custom of using a ring to
seal
an
important
agreement.
When
the
wedding
day
is
decided
upon,
the
girl
sends
wedding
announcements or
invitations. Friends then send wedding gifts to
the girl's home.
On the
wedding day it is supposed to be bad luck for the
bride and groom to see each other
before the wedding. Another old
superstition that many people believe will bring
good luck to the
marriag
e
is
for
the
bride
to
wear
“something
old,
something
new,
something
borrowed
and
something
blue.”
1. When a couple
decided to get married, the man usually gives the
girl
.
A. a necklace
B. a ring
C. a car
D.
a house
2. According to the ancient
custom a ring can be used to
.
A. get a wife
B. send wedding
announcements or invitations
C. sent wedding gifts
D. seal an
important agreement
3. It is supposed
to be bad luck
.
A. for the groom to see the
bride before the wedding
B. for the couple to accept gifts
C. for the
girls to send wedding invitations
D. for the girls to receive
a ring
4. It is considered to be lucky
for the bride to do the following except
.
A. to wear something other lent her
B. to wear
something not old
C. to wear something not new
D.
to wear something dusky
5. The best
title of the passage should be
.
A.
Marriage Customs
B. Marriage Customs In the U. S.
C. Marriage
Customs In the World
D. The Custom
of Using a Ring
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C
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D
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During the American War of
Independence(1775-1783) and in the first days
after the founding
of the nation, there
was a dispute between the northern and southern
states as to where the capital of
the
new country should be located.
For
most
of
the
Revolutionary
War
period,
the
rebels’
capital
was
Philadelphia.
The
First
Continental
Congress
of
1774
was
held
there,
so
was
the
second
one
in
1776,
the
one
which
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proclaimed
the
Declaration
of
Independence;
and
in
1787
the
federal
Constitution
was
adopted
there,
too.
Later
New
York
served
as
the
capital
for
a
while.
From
1790
to
1800,
however,
Philadelphia was
once more the capital.
To solve the
problem, George Washington, the first President of
the United States, personally
selected
an area on the northeastern shore of the Potomac
River between the states of Maryland and
Virginia.
This
was
as
early
as
1791.
He
appointed
Pierre
L’Enfant,
a
French
engineer
who
had
fought in
the Revolution, to prepare a plan for the new
city. George Washington died in 1799, so it
was John Adams, the second President,
who moved the capital to the new seat, which was
yet to be
completed. To commemorate
George Washington, the new capital was named after
him.
During the American Civil War the
population of Washington expanded rapidly, as a
result of
the stationing of large
numbers of federal troops and of the concentration
of huge numbers of freed
slaves. An
ambitious scheme to rebuild the city started after
the Civil War.
Washington is not in any
state. It is administratively under the District
of Columbia, hence the
letters D.C.
after the name of the city. The present-day city
of Washington is co-extensive with the
D.C., and the name are synonymous.
As the country’s
administrative centre, the nation’s
important
state organs
such
as the White
House
(the
president’s
residence),
the
two
houses
of
Congress,
the
U.S.
State
Department,
the
Department of Defence, etc. are all
located here.
1.
The
Continental
Congress
which
proclaimed
the
Declaration
of
Independence
was
held
in
.
A. Washington
B. New York
C.
Philadelphia
D. Virginia
2. All the
places below have served as the capital except
.
A. Maryland
B.
Washington
C. New York
D. Philadelphia
3. The man who moved the capital to
Washington was
.
A. George
Washington
B. Pierre
L’Enfant
C. John Adams
D. John Kennedy
4.
The
reason
why
the
population
of
Washington
expanded
rapidly
during
the
Civil
War
was
that
.
A.
the capital was new and everyone wanted to move to
there.
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B. many soldiers lived
there as well as lots of freed slaves
C. the first and second
Continental Congress were held there
D. the nation’s important
state organs are all located there
5. Washington, the capital was in the
state of
.
A. Maryland
B. Virginia
C. Georgia
D.
none of the above
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A
、
B
< br>、
C
和
D
）中，选出最佳选项。
London,
lying
astride
the
Thames
in
south-
central
England,
is
the
capital
of
Great
Britain.
London remains one of the largest
cities in the world.
London is divided
into many administrative units. Greater London,
the largest unit, covers 616
square
miles.
The
heart
of
this
unit
is
the
City
of
London.
It
is
surrounded
by
a
ring
of
12
metropolitan boroughs
called Inner London or Central London, and itself
is again surrounded by a
greater ring
of 20 boroughs called Outer London. Thus, Greater
London consists of the City and 32
boroughs with a population of over 7
million.
The
City
of
London
takes
up
a
very
small
area,
about
one
square
mile,
lying
north
of
the
Thames
near
London
Bridge.
This
area
is
the
business
centre
of
the
country;
and
though
half
a
million people work within its limits
by day, only about 4,000 reside there permanently,
often in the
role of night watchmen.
The City of London runs along the
Thames from the Tower of London to just beyond St.
Paul’s
Cathedral. The White Tower, the
nucleus
（核心部分）
of
the Tower of London built in 1078, was
considered the beginning of modern
London. Thus,
London has a
history of 900
years, though
a
Roman
trading
and
distribution
centre
was
believed
to
have
existed
as
far
back
as
43
B.C.
near
where
the London Bridge is now.
St. Paul’s
Cathedral, on the site of the medieval church
destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666, is
one
of
London’s
prime
attractions.
The
Cathedral
is
175
metres
long,
and
the
top
of
the
cross
mounted
on
the
superb
dome
is
110
metres
from
the
ground.
The
great
dome
towering
over
the
multi-storeyed buildings adjacent
presents a great sight.
1.
was
considered the beginning of modern London.
A. St. Paul’s Cathedral
B.
The White Tower
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C. The Tower
of London
D. London Bridge
2. The City
of London covers an area of
.
A. 616 square
miles
B. 32 square miles
C. 12 square miles
D. one square
mile
3. The number of people working in
the City of London by day is
.
A. 32
B. 616
C. 4,000
D. 500,000
4. What is the Thames according to the
passage?
A. A
tower
B. A road
C. A river
D.
A newspaper
5. The height of St. Paul’s
Cathedral is
.
A. 1666 meters
B. 175 metres
C.
110 metres
D. 43 meters
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A
、
B
、
C
和
D
）中，选出最佳选项。
In the traditional dating pattern in
the United States, much of the responsibility for
a date falls
to the young man. In this
pattern, the young man must first call the girl he
wishes to date on the
telephone.
Usually,
this
call
is
made
quite
early
in
a
week.
Most
girls
in
traditional
dating
relationships expect to get a telephone
call from a young man by Wednesday. Most dating
occurs on
weekends.
Many
young
people
do
not
have
to
get
up
early
for
school
or
work
on
Saturday
and
Sunday mornings, so
Friday nights and Saturday nights are popular
nights for dates. The young man
must
ask girl for the date, and suggest some things
that they might do together. It is usually up to
the
young man to pay for all of the
evenin
g’s activities.
There are many
things to do on dates. Many young people enjoy
going to sports events, such
as
football
and
baseball
games.
These
games
may
occur
at
a
high
school
,
college,
or
in
a
large
sports
arena
（体育场）
in a city. A very
popular place for young people to go on dates is
the movies.
Almost everyone enjoys a
good movie, and almost every town has at least one
movie theater. Young
people may also
enjoy going to a night club or coffee house. Here,
they may listen to music and
dance, and
perhaps meet some of their friends. These are a
few of the things young people do on
dates in the United States.
In some parts of the United States,
traditional dating relationships begin when young
people
are in high school. In other
places, young people do not go out in couples
until they are in college,
or in their
early twenties. Some young men would rather go out
with just one girl all of the time.
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Every Saturday night, a
young man will go out with the same girl. Many
girls enjoy this kind of
relationship
also. It gives both the boy and the girl a chance
to get to know one another quite well.
Sometimes, this may lead to marriage.
Other young people enjoy dating different
individuals
（
个人）
.
One week they may go out with one
person, the next week with another. They get to
know many
people this way, and may not
wish to have a serious relationship with just one
person.
1. The popular nights for dates
are
.
A. Wednesday nights
B. Thursday nights
C.
Saturday nights
D.
Sunday nights
2.
Most
of
the
girls
in
traditional
dating
relationships
expect
to
get
a
telephone
call
from
a
boy
by
.
A.
Wednesday
B. Thursday
C.
Friday
D. Saturday
3. The boys and
girls on dates do all the following except
.
A. listening to
music and dancing
B.
going to the movies
C. going to football or baseball games
D. going to boat on the
lake in the park
4. What kind of
relationship do many girls enjoy?
A. A boy goes out with the
same girl.
B. A boy dates
different girls.
C. A boy dates two girls at the same
time.
D.
None of the above.
5. Who pays the
evening’s activities?
A. Both the boy and the
girl.
B. The girl.
C. The boy.
D.
Neither.
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、
B
、
C
和<
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D
）中，选出最佳选项。
Many young people in the United States,
especially college students, do not go out on
either of
those traditional dates.
Instead , they
go out
on group dates.
In this kind
of dating pattern, small
groups of young people go out together.
All of the people in the group are usually
friends, but some
of the people in the
group may not know each other. No one young man is
with any particular girl.
They are all
together as part of the group. This is very
different from the traditional date.
A
group
date
differs
from
a
traditional
date
in
several
ways.
First,
there
are
no
special
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relationships in the
group . No particular girl and boy are together
all the time. Second, the group
date
may occur on a weekend, but it may not be planned
in advance. A group of young people may
decide
on
Saturday
afternoon
that
they
want
to
spend
Saturday
evening
together.
They
may
all
decide to go to a movie, or to some
other event. On a group date, no one is paired
with anyone else.
As a result, every
person pays for his or her own expenses. This
means that the girls must pay for
themselves. They must pay their own
admission
（
入场费）
for the
movies, for a cup of coffee, or for
anything else that costs money during
the date.
Many young people find the
group date to be a great deal of fun.. The young
men on a group
date are under no
pressure. They do not have to be with any
particular girl during the evening. They
do not have to pay for anyone but
themselves. They do not have to be especially
polite or formal
during
the
date.
Everyone
can
relax
and
have
a
good
time.
Group
dates
may
lead
to
serious
relationships for
some members of the group. Maybe a girl and boy on
a group date find that they
have a lot
in common and enjoy being together. They may spend
more time together, with the group,
and
with each other. But usually, everyone on a group
date is just interested in a good time. No one
worries about a serious relationship.
1.
Which is not
true according to group dates?
A. No
one is with any particular girl.
B. Everyone in the group is
usually friends.
C. Someone in the
group doesn’t know others.
D. They go out in different
times.
2. A group date is different
from a traditional date in the following ways
except
.
A. No one is paired with
anyone else.
B. It may not be planned in
advance.
C.
There are special relationships in the group.
D. Some boy and some girl
are together all the while.
3. Which of
the following statements is true?
A. The leader of the group
pays all the expenses.
B. The boys pay the
expenses for the girls.
C. The girls pay the expenses for the
boys.
D. The girls pay for
themselves.
4. All of the following are
advantages of the group date except
.
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A. They do not have to be especially
polite or formal.
B. They do not have to be with any
particular girl during the evening.
C.
They do not have to pay for anyone else.
D. No one may have serious
relationships.
5. Which is the best
title of the text?
A. Date
B.
Single Date
C. Group Date
D. Traditional Date
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A
、
< br>B
、
C
和
D
）中，选出最佳选项。
What
I
am
writing
is
in
English.
You
can
read
and
understand
because
you
are
English
language learners.
But when you say people in England or the English
people speak English, you
would
be
wrong,
or
at
least
inaccurate
in
your
remark.
Ah
yes,
you
might
correct
yourself,
the
Americans, Canadians,
Australians and New Zealanders speak English too.
That is true, but apart
from
that,
what
you
really
have
in
mind,
or
should
say
is
people
in
Britain
or
the
British
speak
English.
The
words
England
and
English
are
perhaps
the
two
most
misused
words
in
the
English
language. The
English themselves
—
I beg
your pardon, I am making the same mistake! The
British
themselves often say England
and English when they really mean Britain and
British. The Chinese
words
“
英国
” is even more misused
than not because the term
“
不列颠
” is ha
rdly
ever used.
What’s the
difference, you may ask. To understand the
question we have to know something
about the history of the country and
its people.
Before there was a country
there were the people. And before there were
people, there was land.
So let us start
off from here and take the land first.
We all know that Britain (though we
often say England by force of habit) is an island
country
separated from the European
continent by the English Channel. Actually there
are two main islands.
The larger one is
called Britain, or Great Britain, and the smaller
one is called Ireland, and these two,
together with many small islands make
up what is called the British Isles.
The British Isles is a geographical
term. It is not the name of any country. At
present it is made
up of two countries,
the larger of which is the one we very often
inaccurately call England. The full
official name is the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, but people
call it Britain
or Great Britain for
that. It consists of England, Scotland, Wales and
a small part(about one-sixth) of
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Ireland, the northeastern
part.
People still tend to call Britain
England not only because England is the largest in
area and the
most populous but mostly
because England is the strongest and also the most
influential country in
every respect
before it absorbed the other three
countries(The whole of
Ireland was
a part of the
United Kingdom
at one time). Call it national chauvinism if you
like, but people in England call
Britain England out of habit rather
than conscious sense of superiority, though it
annoys the Welsh
and especially the
Scots who are proud of their separate national
tradition.
1. According to the passage
the correct order of the following terms is
.
A. land,
people, country
B. land,
country, people
C. people,
land, country
D. country, people, land
2.
The British Isles is made up of
.
A. one country
B. two countries
C. two and a
half countries
D. three countries
3. The
full official name of Britain is
.
A. Great Britain
B. England
C. United
Kingdom
D. the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland
4. People call Britain England
because of all of the following except
.
A.
England is the largest in area and has the largest
population.
B.
people in England do so out of habit.
C. England is the nearest
to the European continent.
D. England is the strongest and also
the most influential in every respect.
5. Britain is separated from the
European continent by
.
A. several
islands
B. Northern Ireland
C. the English Channel
D.
the Atlantic Ocean
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A
、
B
< br>、
C
和
D
）中，选出最佳选项。
25,000 March for
King
More than 25,000 black Americans
declared their own holiday in Washington
yesterday.
Led
by
the
charismatic
musician,
Stevie
Wonder,
they
reported
for
a
rally
（集会）
at
the
Washington Monument,
instead of work or school, in a national call to
make the late Rev. Martin
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Luther King’s birth a
legal holiday.
The occasion
was high-
spirited, with the slain civil
rights leader’s son, Martin Luther King
Ⅲ
,
delivering
stirring oratory in his father’s name.
“My
daddy
had
a
speech
where
he
asked,
‘How
long,
Lord?’And
the
answer
would
be‘Not
long,’” said King.
“Now I’m asking, how long,
Lord, will
it be before we get a holiday? Not long.
No lie can live forever.”
The crowd erupted with applause. On
stage, civil rights
activists
—
Ben Chavis, Dick
Gregory
and
D.C.
Mayor
Marion
Barry
among
them
—
nodded
and
stroked
their
chins
while
whispering,
“just like his
daddy.”
The icy cold
weather, which included about an inch of new snow,
apparently did not deter the
crowd,
the
largest
gathering
of
blacks
in
Washington
since
African
Liberation
Day
in
1977.
Estimates on crowd size, however,
varied dramatically, with U.S. Park Police
claiming there were
15,000
participants. Other observers said the crowd
numbered at least 25,000 but not the 200,000
claimed by the event’s
sponsors.
Activist-comedian
Gregory, predicting disagreement on the crowd
size, drew applause when he
looked out
over the Monument grounds and said there were “goo
gobs
（密密麻麻的一大群）
of
blacks out here.”
(The Washington Post,
Jan.16, 1981)
1. How many people took
part in the get-together in all?
A. 15,000
B. 25,000
C.
over 25,000
D. 200,000
2.
gave a lecture at the
Washington Monument.
A. Stevie Wonder
B. Ben Chavis
C. Marion Barry
D. Martin
Luther King’s son
3. What
did the audience think of the speech?
A. It was excellent.
B. It was just
so-so.
C. It was neither good nor bad.
D. The passage doesn’t
say.
4. How about the
weather that day?
A. It was sunny.
B. It was rainy.
C. It was quite warm.
D. It was very cold.
5. The aim of the rally was
.
A. to struggle for the
equal rights of the black people.
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B. to make Martin Luther King’s birth a
legal holiday.
C. to show how brave the black
Americans were.
D. to show the black people in America
were countless.
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A
、
B
< br>、
C
和
D
）中，选出最佳选项。
A university is much larger than a
college. It is larger for two reasons. First, a
university in the
United
States
usually
has
several
different
colleges
in
it.
Each
college
within
a
university
has
a
special subject area. There may be a
college of liberal arts where humanities, social
science, natural
science, and
mathematics are taught. There may be a college of
education where students learn to be
teachers.
There
may
be
a
college
of
business
where
business
subjects
are
taught.
All
of
these
colleges
may be part of one university.
So
metimes, in a university, each
college is called a “school”:
“The
School of Liberal Arts”, “The School of Business”
or “The School of education”. Second, a
university always has programs for
advanced or graduate study in a variety of
subjects. There may
be a medical
school, a law school, and other advanced programs.
Students in the
United States must have a high school diploma or
its equivalent, to enter one of
the
colleges
in
a
university.
Most
students
have
completed
regular
high
school
programs.
Some
older students may have the same amount
of education even though they have not completed
high
school. These students have the
equivalent of a high school degree. University
students may study
for an undergraduate
degree in the arts or sciences. If they complete a
course of study in the arts,
they
receive Bachelor of Arts degrees. In the sciences,
they receive B.S. degree. Students may leave
university at this time, or they may
choose to go on for a graduate or professional
degree.
A
university
may
get
money
for
its
expenses
from
several
different
sources.
It
may
get
some
money
from the state government. If so, it is a publicly
funded university. It may get money only
from private sources: contributions,
tuition (fee for teaching), investments, and other
sources. If this
is
the
case, it is
a privately funded
university.
Finally,
a
university may
be funded by a religious
group.
A university program for undergraduates
usually takes four years. In this way, a
university and a
college
are
alike.
College
students
usually
spend
four
years
in
school
also.
A
college,
however,
usually has only
one or two kinds of programs. A college does not
have graduate or professional
programs
in a variety of areas.
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A college is
also like a university in the kinds of students it
has. College students, like university
students, usually have a high school
diploma when they enter college. If a college
student completes
a
course
of
study
in
the
arts,
he
or
she
receives
a
Bachelor
of
Arts
degree.
In
the
sciences,
the
students receive a Bachelor of Science
degree. If college students want to continue for a
graduate or
professional degree, they
must go to a university.
1. The first
paragraph mainly talks about
.
A. the universities of the
United States
B.
the colleges of the United States
C. the reasons why a
university has so many colleges
D. the reasons why a
university is much larger than a college
2. If one wants to enter a university
he must
.
A. have a high
school diploma
B.
have the equivalent of a high school degree
C. both A and B
D. either A or
B
3. If the students receive bachelor
of science degrees, they may
.
A. leave the university at
this time
B.
go on for a graduate degree
C. go on for a professional
degree
D. either A or B and C
4.
How many ways are the universities funded in ?
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
5. The last two
paragraphs mainly talk about
.
A. the
similarity of a university and a college
B. the differences between
a university and a college
C. both the similarity and the
differences of a university and a college
D. neither the
similarity nor the differences of a university and
a college
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/p>
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B
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C
和
D
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A Babysitting Pool
Thanks to
the babysitting pool, little Tommy’s mother
doesn’t have to worry about not being able
to find a babysitter at the last moment
any more. She can always depend upon it for help.
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Since it was
founded a year ago, the babysitting pool has
become increasingly popular among the
residents on the North Campus of the
University of Michigan. More and more mothers have
joined
it and have benefited from it.
What attracts them most is the idea that you pay
your babysitter not in
cash, but in
paper cards. When you join the babysitting pool,
you are given thirty cards, which are
worth 30-minute babysitting time each.
At a time when the cost of child care is high,
these paper
cards are just as good as
the real money. When you want to go out by
yourself, leaving the child at
home,
all you need to do is to call up someone on the
babysitting-pool list and ask if she is willing
to babysit for you. You can either take
your child to her home or have her come over to
your place.
For
each
half
an
hour
while
you
are
gone,
the
babysitter
gets
paid
one
card.
These
are
rules
regulating this service. You should
watch no more than three kids at a time, including
your own. On
big
holidays
such
as
Christmas
and
Thanksgiving,
the
babysitter
should
be
paid
twice
as
much,
which means two cards for every half an
hour. When you leave the babysitting-pool,
you should
return all the
cards. If you are out of cards, you cannot use
money instead. You have to babysit for
others to earn enough cards so that you
will have them handy when you yourself need a
babysitter.
The advantage this mutual-
babysitting service has over other kinds of
babysitting is that it keeps
children
in constant touch with one another, and makes life
easier for the mothers. Since in most
cases the babysitter is the mother who
watches others’ kids at her own home, it is still
possible for
her to do her own things
while the kids play with each other. In fact most
mother babysitters find
that their own
kids are less of a monster and easier to watch
when they are around other playmates.
Moreover, since the babysitting pool
service does not involve money, it will not be a
drain on the
financial situation of the
family. There is always a certain time of the week
when you do not plan on
doing
anything important.
So
you
can babysit in exchange
for some time later when
you
want
a
moment of peace to do
things undisturbed.
In the past
year the babysitting pool has helped so
many mothers with their work that they all
think that it is indeed a good
community service worth keeping.
1. One
can watch
kids at the most at a time.
A. one
B. two
C.
three
D.
four
2. At Christmas the babysitter
gets
card(s) for each half an
hour.
A. one
B. two
C.
three
D.
four
3. If you have no more cards, you
can
.
A. use money
instead.
B. borrow some from others.
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C. apply for some.
D. babysit for
others to earn some.
4. The babysitters
are mostly
.
A.
fathers
B.
mothers
C.
both fathers and mothers
D. neither fathers nor
mothers
5. Which of the following is
not the advantage of the babysitting service?
A. It keeps
children in constant touch with one another.
B. It makes
life easier for the mothers.
C. It is possible for the
mother to do her own things while she watches
others’ kids at her own
home.
D. It makes the
family cost a lot.
（二四）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给
的四个选项（
A
、
B
< br>、
C
和
D
）中，选出最佳选项。
If
you flew in
an airplane over the continent of
Antarctica,
you would
look
down on a
great
sheet of snow and ice. The snow and ice
slopes gently from a central plateau around the
South Pole
toward the sea. Along the
coasts of Antarctica, sharp mountains rise up from
the snow. Huge masses
of
ice
called
glaciers
slide
between
the
mountain
ridges
toward
the
sea.
At
the
sea's
edge,
tremendous icebergs
break of the glacier and float away. They are
often enormous in size.
Beneath the
snow and ice of Antarctica lies land. Snow piles
deeper and deeper on top of the
land
and hardens into ice. In some places, it is three
miles deep. Most of the land beneath the snow
is a great land mass. A chain of
smaller islands is nearby. The islands and the
land mass are joined
into one continent
by a thick blanket of ice.
Antarctica has
nine-tenths of all the world's ice. If all this
ice melted, the level of the world's
oceans would rise 250 feet. Most cities
along the coast would be drowned. In New York
Harbor,
water would almost cover the
Statue of Liberty's head. But the ice in
Antarctica does not melt. The
temperature stays well below freezing
the year round in most places. Antarctica is the
coldest place
on Earth. The temperature
there has been known to drop to more than 100
degrees below zero.
Antarctica does
not have much plant life. Only a few simple
plants, such as mosses, lichens, and
algae,
can
grow
there.
The
climate
is
so
harsh,
and
food
so
scarce,
that
people
cannot
settle
in
Antarctica. But along the coasts of the
continent there are many birds, fish, and animals.
Thousands of whales and millions of
seals swim in Antarctic seas. Six kinds of seals
are found.
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The fur seal, the smallest, has long
been hunted for its silky fur. The tough-skinned
elephant seal is
the largest. It can
weigh as much as four tons.
Most of the world's whaling takes place
in Antarctic waters. The blue whale is the largest
animal
that has ever lived. It may
weigh as much as 150 tons and be 95 feet long.
Smaller whales include
the bottlenose,
the humpback, the sperm, and the finback.
1. If there were 10,000 tons of ice in
all the world over, there would be
tons in Antarctica.
A. 90
B. 900
C. 9,000
D.
90,0000
2. The ice in Antarctica is
deep at the most.
A. 95 feet
B. 150 feet
C. 250 feet
D. 3 miles
3. Which of the following statements is
true?
A. The
level of the world’s oceans would rise 250
feet.
B. Most cities along the coast would be
drowned.
C. In
New York Harbor, water would almost cover the
Statue of Liberty’s head.
D. The ice in Antarctica
does not melt.
4. All of the following
statements are true except
.
A.
The largest seal can weigh as much as four tons.
B. The weight
of the blue whale may reach 150 tons.
C. Sometimes the
temperature in Antarctica falls to over
100
℃
below zero.
D. The bottlenose is a
smaller whale.
5. The reason why the
fur seal is hunted is that
.
A. It is the smallest.
B. Its silky
fur is valuable.
C. It is easy to hunt.
D. It is brave.
（二五）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（
A
、
< br>B
、
C
和
D
）中，选出最佳选项。
Learning the language of a country
isn’t enough. If you want to ensure a pleasant
visit, find out
as much as possible
about the manners and customs of your hosts. You
will probably be surprised
just how
different they can be from your own.
A visitor to India would do well to
remember that people there consider it impolite to
use the
left hand for passing food at
table. The left hand is supposed to be used for
washing yourself. Also
in
India,
you
might
see
a
man
apparently
shaking
his
head
at
another
and
assume
that
he
is
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disagreeing. But in many parts of India
a rotating movement of the head is a gesture that
signifies
agreement or acceptance.
Nodding your head when offered a drink in Bulgaria
is likely to leave you
thirty. In
th
at country you shake your head to
signify “yes”
---
a nod
indicates “no”. Arabs are known
for
their sumptuous hospitality. At a meal in
countries on the Arabic Peninsula, you will find
that
any drinking vessel is repeatedly
refilled as soon as you drain it. The way to
indicate that you have
had enough is to
take the cup or glass in your hand and give it a
little shake from side to side or
place
your hand over the top.
In
Europe
it
is
quite
usual
to
cross
your
legs
when
sitting
talking
to
someone,
even
at
an
important meeting. Doing
this when meeting an important person in Thailand,
however, could cause
offence. It is
considered too informal an attitude for such an
occasion. Also when in Thailand avoid
touching the head of an
adult---
it’s just not done.
Attitudes to women vary considerably
around the world. In Japan, for example, it is
quite usual
for men to plan evening
entertainments for themselves and leave their
wives at home.
Knowing about customs
and attitudes is useful when
you are
traveling, but
you also need to
know the language used to express
different degrees of formality.
1. In
India people think it is not polite to pass food
with
at
table.
A. the
left hand
B. the right
hand
C. both
hands
D. neither hand
2. In Bulgaria if a person
nods his head, he means “
”.
A. yes
B. no
C.
both A and B
D. neither A
nor B
3. In a country on the Arabic
Peninsula you can do the following except
to
indicate that you’ve
had enough.
A. take the cup
in your hand and shake it slightly from side to
side
B. place
your hand over the top of the cup
C. either A or B
D.
drop the cup
4. You can cross your legs
in
but not in
.
A. Thailand; Europe
B. Thailand; Asia
C. Europe; Thailand
D.
Asia; Europe
5. In Japan usually
go out for evening
entertainments.
A. only husband
B. only wife
C. both husband
and wife
D. the passage doesn’t say
this.
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（二六）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（
A
、
< br>B
、
C
和
D
）中，选出最佳选项。
Builders of Yangtze River project
congratulated
Beijing, January
5
(Xinhua)
—
The
Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
and the
State Council in a joint
message have urged builders of the huge Gezhouba
Project on the Yangtze
River to
continue working hard to ensure that power
generation will begin this year.
The
message was sent shortly after the
turbulent(
汹涌的
)flow of the
Yangtze, China’s largest
river,
was
stemmed(
拦
截
)yesterday
evening
to
facilitate
（
推
进
）
the
completion
of
a
2,561-meter-long dam, on which two
power stations with a total generating capacity of
2,715,000
kilowatts are being built.
Water is now forced to run to the lower
reaches through a 500-meter-long flood discharge
gate
in the middle section of the dam.
The joint message extended
congratulation to all officials, scientists,
technicians and workers
taking part in
the project.
The Gezhouba Project being
constructed in Hubei province about three
kilometers downstream
from the scenic
Three Gorges is
China’s biggest
multi
-purpose water conservancy project
(
综合利用
的水利工程
).
1. How long is the huge Gezhouba?
A. 500 meters
B. 2,561 meters
C. 2,715,000 meters
D. 2,061 meters
2. All of the following took part in
the project except
.
A.
leaders
B.
scientists
C. musicians
D. workers
3. How far is
Gezhouba from the Three Gorges?
A. 500 meters
B.
2,561 meters
C. 3,000 meters
D. 2,715,000
meters
4. The Gezhouba Project is in
Province.
A. Hebei
B.
Hubei
C.
Hunan
D.
Guangxi
5. The joint message was sent
on
.
A. January 5.
B. January 6.
C. January 4.
D. January 3.
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（二七）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（
A
、
B
、
C
和
< br>D
）中，选出最佳选项。
The Sahara
Desert is the largest desert in the world. It is
nearly as large as the United States.
This vast desert lies across the
northern part of Africa.
There are
different kinds of land in the Sahara. One kind is
loose sand that drifts with the wind.
Another kind is gravel. There are great
stretches of land covered with small stones. There
are hilly
regions which are very rocky.
The Sahara is a dry place. It seldom
rains there. The sun is scorching hot. The
temperature can
go as high as 130
°
. The average in July is 100
°
or more. It is much cooler at night
than in the
daytime.
Fierce
winds
often
blow
across
the
land
causing
sandstorms.
The
people
try
to
find
shelter
during a sandstorm. If they can't find
shelter, they wrap their heads in their clothing.
Nothing grows on these lands except
patches of coarse grass and little bushes. These
grow only
in
certain
spots.
The
bushes
are
small
and
scrubby.
They
have
roots
long
enough
to
reach
deep
down into the earth of
water
The oases are the
only really bright spots in the Sahara Desert.
Here and there, a deep spring or
well
brings water to a small piece of ground. In such
place, the grass is green and plants grow very
well. The people who live in the desert
are called nomads. They make their living by
keeping herds
of camels, goats, or
sheep. These animals eat the coarse grass of
shrubs that grow on oases. This
grass
doesn't last long. When it is all eaten, the
nomads and their families travel on until they can
find another spot that has food for
their animals. They keep moving over the desert
from place to
place. The nomads live in
tents. For clothing the nomad wears a loose woolen
robe. On his head he
wears a round wool
cap, and over this a bright handkerchief. He
usually wears camelhide sandals to
protect
his
feet
from
the
hot
sand.
These
people
eat
mostly
dates,
camel's
milk,
cheese,
and
sometimes coarse bread.
For many years the camel has been the
chief means of travel across the desert. He can go
for
many days without
drinking or eating. He keeps most of his water
because he does not lose it by
sweating
it out.
The
camel can draw upon fat stored in his hump for
food. He has a pad on the bottom of each
broad foot that keeps him from sinking
into the deep sand. Although donkeys are also used
in the
desert, the camel has always
been the favorite of the desert traveler.
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1.
grows in the Sahara Desert.
A. Nothing
B.
Patches of coarse grass
C.
Little bushes
D. both B and C
2. It
rains in the Sahara Desert.
A. never
B. hardly
C.
sometimes
D. often
3. In the Sahara Desert water can be
brought from
to
small pieces of ground.
A. the river
B.
the lake
C.
the pool
D.
the well
4. The people living in the
desert eat all of the following except
.
A. cheese
B. coarse bread
C. the meat of
camels
D. dates
5. The reason why the camel can go for
many days without drinking is that
.
A. It doesn’t sweat.
B.
It can fetch water from the air.
C. It can get water from
under the earth.
D. It can make water by
itself.
（二八）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（
A
、
B
、
C
和
D
）中，选出最佳选项。
Compared
to
universities
and
colleges,
community
colleges
in
the
United
States
are
quite
different.
The
programs
of
study
in
the
community
college
usually
last
only
two
years.
Many
different subjects are taught in the
community college. But not all subjects. Not all
of the subjects
are
taught
in
the
community
college.
Not
all
of
the
subjects
are
the
usual
school
subjects.
The
community college may
give courses in dental (of the teeth) technology,
auto mechanics, sewing,
and many other
nonacademic subjects. The community college may
also have courses in the regular
academic subjects like science, math,
languages, literature, and other courses in the
humanities.
Many
different
types
of
students
study
at
community
colleges.
Not
all
students
have
a
high
school diploma. Many students are
adults with children, and sometimes with
grandchildren, of their
own. The
community college serves the community, and anyone
who lives nearby may go. When
community
college
students
complete
a
two-
year
program,
they
receive
an
associate
of
arts
or
associate of science
degree. They may then go to a college or
university for two more years to get
the bachelor’s degree. However, the
student may get a job instead, or just stop going
to sch
ool.
Community
colleges
are
nearly
always
publicly
funded,
by
the
state,
country,
or
city
government. They are not usually funded
by religious groups.
The community college gives
training for a variety of jobs, and also has an
academic program.
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The technical or vocational school,
however, has only job training. Its programs may
last a short
time or a long time. Some
programs take six months, while other programs may
take two years or
more to complete.
1. This passage mainly talks about
.
A. universities in the
United States
B. colleges in the United
States
C.
community colleges in the United States
D. high schools in the
United States
2. The students in a
community college usually study for
.
A. one year
B. two years
C. three years
D. four years
3. The students in a community college
.
A must have a
high school diploma.
B.
must not have a high school diploma.
C. may not have a high
school diploma.
D. may have a bach
elor’s
degree
4. Many students in a
community college are
.
A.
boys and girls
B. fathers and mothers
C. grandfathers and grandmothers
D. both B and C
5. Which of the following statements is
true?
A. The
community college only gives training for a
variety of jobs.
B. The community college only has an
academic program.
C. both A and B
D.
either A or B
（二九）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给
的四个选项（
A
、
B
< br>、
C
和
D
）中，选出最佳选项。
Most of the
little girls in the school near Gates Avenue wore
pretty new clothes that spring. But
the
little
girl
from
Gates
Avenue
wore
the
same
dirty
dress
that
she
had
worn
all
winter.
It
was
probably the only dress she owned.
Her
teacher
sighed.
The
little
girl
was
so
nice!
She
always
worked
hard
in
school;
she
was
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always polite and
friendly. But her face was dirty and her hair was
untidy.
One
day
the
teacher
said,
“Will
you
wash
your
face
before
you
come
to
scho
ol
tomorrow
morning? Please do that for me.” The
teacher could see that the girl was pretty under
the dirt.
The next morning
the child’s pretty face had been washed. Her hair
was clean and tidy, too.
Before the
little girl went home that afternoon, the
tea
cher said, “Now dear, please ask
your mother
to wash your
dress.”
But the little girl
continued to wear the dirty dress. “Her mother is
probably not interested in
her,” the
teacher thought. So she bought a bright blue dress
and gave it to the little girl.
The
child
took the present eagerly and
hurried home as fast as she could.
The
next morning she came to school in the new blue
dress, and she was clean and tidy. She
told the teacher, “My mother was
surprised when she saw me this morning in my new
dress. My
father wasn’t at
home; he had gone to work. But he will see me at
supper this evening.”
When
her father saw her in the new blue dress, he was
surprised to find that he had a pretty
little girl. When the family sat down
to eat supper, he was even more surprised to find
a cloth on the
table. The family had
never used a tablecloth before. “What is the cloth
for?” he asked.
“We’re going
to be more tidy here,” his wife said. “It isn’t
nice to have a house that is dirty and
untidy when our daughter is so
clean.”
After
supper
the
mother
started
to
wash
the
floors.
Her
husband
watched
for
a
little
while
without saying
anything. Then he went outside into the back yard
and began to repair the fence. The
next
evening, with the family’s help, he started
digging for a g
arden.
During
the next week, the man who lived in the next house
watched what the little girl’s family
was doing. Then he started to paint his
house for the first time in ten years.
1. All of the following are correct
EXCEPT
.
A. The little
girl had only one dress.
B. The little girl worked hard in
school.
C. The
little girl was polite and friendly.
D. The little
girl was pretty.
2. Where was the new
blue dress from?
A. The little girl’s mother bought for
her.
B. The litt
le girl’s teacher
bought for her.
C. The little girl bought for herself.
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D. The
passage doesn’t say.
3. The
little girl’s father was
when he saw her
in the new blue dress.
A. happy
B. angry
C. surprised
D.
in blue
4. All of the following
happened after the little girl got the new blue
dress EXCEPT
.
A. The family used a
tablecloth.
B. The father began to repair the fence
of the back yard.
C. The family started digging for a
garden.
D. Their house
was repaired.
5. All of the following
are true about the neighbor EXCEPT
.
A. He lived next to the
little girl’s house.
B.
He watched what the little girl’s family was
doing.
C. His house wasn’t painted for ten
years.
D. He started
to paint his new house.
（三十）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给
的四个选项（
A
、
B
< br>、
C
和
D
）中，选出最佳选项。
There is almost
no gun control in the United States. Almost
anybody can buy and carry a gun,
without having to register with the
police. And guns are cheap. For as little as
＄
5.00 you can buy a
“Saturday Night Special”. This little
gun got its name because more murders happen on
Saturday
night
than
at
any
other
time.
Because
it
is
so
easy
to
get
a
gun,
there
are
more
than
40
million
handguns in the
United States. This number is increasing by 2.5
million every year. Some of these
guns
will
protect
businessmen
from
being
robbed.
But
others
will
have
killed
over
10,000
Americans this year.
In
the
cities,
more
and
more
crimes
are
committed
with
guns.
People
are
frightened
and
worried.
They
are
asking
for
more
government
control
of
guns.
The
House
of
Representatives
Sub-
committee on Crime is looking at more than a
hundred and fifty bills to control guns. Probably,
none of these bills will become law.
There
are
a
number
of
reasons
for
this.
Americans
have
always
been
allowed
to
own
guns.
When the country was
young, guns were necessary tools. The first
settlers had to hunt for their food
and
protect themselves from Red Indian’s attacks. They
also had to protect themselves from thieves
and killers;
there was no
police force in the “Wild West”. America grew up
with guns, and now it
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seems that it will also die with guns,
but many people want to keep them. Guns are
important to
many Americans. They do
not want laws to stop them from owning guns. They
do not even want
gun-owners to have to
register their names with the police. They say
that laws like this limit their
freedom
too much.
Many citizens belong to
hunting clubs and shooting clubs. They use their
guns for sport and
target practice. The
National Rifle Association has over a million
members. This organization does
not
want
any
laws
passed
against
guns
of
any
kind.
Many
members
of
the
Association
are
bank
presidents and top
executives in big companies. They have a lot of
money, power and influence in
Washington. They have stopped a lot of
laws even against handguns. This is a strange
attitude for a
sporting club. As Mayor
Richard Daley of Chicago
says
：
“You don’t
see someone shooting rabbits with a handgun. The
only thing you hunt is human
beings.”
1.
Saturday Night Special is
.
A. the name of
a night club.
B.
the name of an evening school
C. the name of an animal.
D. the name of a little gun.
2. If there were 40 million handguns in
1980, there would be
handguns the next year.
A. 4,250,000
B. 40,000,000
C. 42,500,000
D. 420,500,000
3. Which is
NOT the reason why Americans are allowed to own
guns?
A. The
country was young.
B. The first settlers had
to hunt for their food.
C. They had to protect themselves from
Red Indian’s attack.
D. They had to protect
themselves from thieves and killers.
4.
They use a handgun to
.
A. shoot rabbits
B. shoot other people
C. practice
shooting
D. shoot the enemy in
the
war
5. There is no law to control guns.
The reason is probably that
.
A. Many presidents are against the law.
B. Guns cost a lot of money.
C.
Guns have much power.
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D. Some
important people stopped a lot of laws against
handguns.
（三一）
<
/p>
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（
A
、
B
、
C
和
D
）中，选出最佳选项。
Economists know that places where
transportation lines meet are good places for
making raw
materials
into
finished
goods.
That
is
why
seaports
often
have
cities
nearby.
But
cities
like
New
York needed more than their
geographical location in order to become great
industrial centers. Their
development
did not happen simply by chance.
About
1815
，
when many Americans
from the east coast had already moved toward the
west
，
trade routes from the
ports to the central regions of the country began
to be a serious problem. The
slow
wagons of that time
，
drawn by
horses or oxen
，
were too
expensive for moving heavy freight
very
far. Americans had long admired Europe's canals.
In New York State a canal seemed the best
solution
to
the
transportation
problem.
From
the
eastern
end
of
Lake
Erie
all
the
way
across
the
state to the Hudson River there is a
long strip of low land. Here the Erie Canal was
constructed.
After several years of
work it was completed in 1825.
The canal produced an
immediate effect. Freight costs were cut to about
one-tenth of what had
been. New York
City
，
which had been smaller
than Philadelphia and
Boston
，
quickly became the
leading city of the coast. In the years
that followed
，
transportation
routes on the Great Lakes were
joined
to
routes
on
the
Mississippi
River.
Then
New
York
City
became
the
end
point
of
a
great
inland shipping system that extended
from the Atlantic Ocean far up the western
branches of the
Mississippi.
The coming of
the railroads made canal shipping less
important
，
but it tied New
York even
more closely to the central
regions of the country. It was easier for people
in the central states to
ship their
goods to New York for export overseas.
Exports from New York were
greater than imports.
Consequently
，
shipping
companies were
eager to fill their
ships with passengers on the return trip from
Europe. Passengers could come from
Europe very cheaply as a result.
Thus New York became the greatest port
for receiving people from European countries. Many
of these people remained in the city.
Others stayed in New York for a few weeks
，
months
，
or
years
，
and then moved to
other parts of the United States. For these great
number of new Americans New
York had to
provide homes
，
goods
，
and services. Their labor helped the
city become great.
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1. Why do seaports often have cities
nearby?
A. Because raw materials can be
made into finished goods there.
B.
Because seaports need their geographical location.
C. Because seaports become great
industrial centers.
D. Because their
development happen simply by chance.
2.
The Erie Canal was completed in about
.
A. 5 years
B. 10 years
C. 15 years
D.
20 years
3. The wagons drawn by horses
or oxen at that time were
for
moving heavy goods very far.
A. slow
B. expensive
C. both A and B
D. cheap
4. It
was easier for people in the central states to
ship their goods to New York for export overseas
because of
.
A. the wagons
B. the ships
C. the Erie
Canal
D. the trains
5.
All of the following factors made New York the
largest city of America EXCEPT
.
A. Many of the people from
European countries remained there.
B.
Other
European
people
stayed
there
for
some
time
and
moved
to
other
parts
of
the
United
States.
C. New York provided a lot
of homes, goods and service for these foreigners.
D. The
Europeans were very homesick after staying in the
U.S. for a period of time.
（三二）
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的四个选项（
A
、
B
< br>、
C
和
D
）中，选出最佳选项。
The film “First
Blood”, now being shown in China, has been a
boxoffice success in the USA. It
has also been
denounced
（谴责）
there as
brutal
（残暴的）
, fascistic,
idealizing
（美化）
violence
and
aggressive
war.
Some
Americans
in
Beijing,
from
tourists
to
teachers,
were
amazed
and
horrified
to
learn
that
it
was
being
shown
in
China.
It
will
doubtless
provoke
equally
varied
responses among
Chinese people.
Rambo, the hero, is a
veteran
（老兵）
of
the American invasion of Viet Nam; the
villains
（反
面人物）
are the
sheriff
（县长）
and
police force of a small town in USA.
Rambo returns to the US from Viet Nam,
where he killed so many Vietnamese that he has won
the title of combat hero. He goes to
the poor, rural home of his black
buddy
（同伴）
to find
that he
is dead. So are the rest of his
wartime pals
（伙伴）
. He is daze
d
（对
…
感到困惑）
< br>
by the death of
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his friends and his mind
has already been affected by the horrors of the
war, and the fact that his
side did not
win.
Leaving his black buddy’s home
town Rambo is picked up by the local sheriff and
detained
（扣
押）
as a vagrant. Because of his depressed
state of mind,
Rambo refuses to
identify himself or
answer any of the
policemen’s questions. So they brutally beat him
up.
He is outraged and
despite the odds against him he breaks loose and
escapes in a hair-raising
ride on a
stolen motor-bike. The police, led by the sheriff,
pursue him into the woods. The police
not only fail to capture Rambo but
suffer heavy losses.
1. The film “First
Blood” was
in
the USA.
A.
praised
B. criticized
C. forbidden
D. destroyed
2.
Rambo had been to
to
fight.
A. the
America
B. Viet Nam
C. China
D. Japan
3.
Rambo was regarded as a combat hero because
.
A. he killed a
lot of people in Viet Nam.
B.
he was so strong that he looked like a hero.
C. his home
town is rural and poor.
D.
the rest of his wartime pals are all dead.
4. All of the following are true about
Rambo EXCEPT
.
A. he is
detained as a vagrant.
B.
he is beaten up brutally.
C. he refuses to answer the policemen’s
questions.
D. he picked up the local sheriff.
5. The police
.
A. chased him into the woods.
B. can not catch hold of him.
C. suffered
heavy losses.
D. All of the above.
（三三）
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A
、
< br>B
、
C
和
D
）中，选出最佳选项。
Washington
,
April
14, 1865
. Washington was thrown into an
intence excitement a few minutes
before
eleven o’clock this evening, by the announcement
that the President and Secretary Seward
had been assassinated and were dead.
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The
President
and
Mrs.
Lincoln
were
at
Ford’s
theatre,
listening
to
the
performance
of
The
American Cousin,
occupying a box in the second tier. At the close
of the third act a person entered
the
box occupied by the President, and shot Mr.
Lincoln in the head. The shot entered the back of
his head, and came out above the
temple.
The
assassin
then
jumped
from
the
box
upon
the
stage
and
ran
across
to
the
other
side,
exhibiting
a
dagger
in
his
hand,
flourishing
it
in
a
tragical
manner,
shouting
the
same
words
repeated by the
desperado at Mr. Seward’s house, adding
to it, “The South is avenged,” and then
escaped from the back entrance to the
stage, but in his passage dropped his pistol and
his hat.
Mr. Lincoln fell forward from
his seat, and Mrs. Lincoln fainted.
The
moment the astonished audience could realize what
had happened, the President was taken
and
carried
to
Mr.
Peterson’s
house,
in
Tenth
Street,
opposite
to
the
theatre.
Medical
aid
was
immediately sent for, and the wound was
at first supposed to be fatal, and it was
announced that he
could not live, but
at half past twelve he is still alive, though in a
precarious condition.
The operation
shows that the whole thing was a
preconcerted
（预谋的）
plan. The person who
fired
the pistol was a man about thirty years of age,
about five feet nine, spare built, fair skin, dark
hair, apparently bushy, with a large
moustache. Laura Keene and the leader of the
orchestra declared
that they recognized
him as J. Wilkes Booth the actor, and a rabid
secessionist. Whoever he was, it
is
plainly evident that he thoroughly
understood the theatre and all the approaches and
modes of
escape to the stage. A person
not familiar with the theatre could not have
possibly made his escape
so well and
quickly.
1. What play were Lincoln and
his wife listening to when he was murdered that
evening?
A. Gone with the Wind
B. The American Beauty
C.
The
American Cousin
D. The passage
doesn’t say.
2. The moment
Lincoln was shot, his wife
.
A. burst out crying.
B.
dialed 911.
C.
sent for doctors right away.
D. passed out
3.
was
the murderer who killed President Lincoln.
A. Secretary
Seward
B. Mr. Peterson
C. Laura Keene
D. J. Wilkes Booth
4. Was
the murderer familiar with the theatre?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Not yet decided
D. The passage doesn’t say.
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5. The
murderer may be someone from
.
A. the East
B.
the West
C.
the South
D. the North
（三四）
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A
、
< br>B
、
C
和
D
）中，选出最佳选项。
Dear
Ann Landers,
Our 11-year-old son walked
out of a drugstore without paying for a 39-cent
pen. I suppose you
would
call
it
shoplifting,
but
when
the
item
is
so
cheap
there
ought
to
be
another
word.
The
manager followed Charles
out of the store, took him to his office, lectured
him, and told him not
come into the
place again. I received a telephone call asking me
to come and get the child.
I have never
been so burned up in all my life. That poor
youngster was scared half out of his
wits. When I came to get him, he was
sobbing and shaking like a leaf. You’d have
thought that he
had stabbed the cashier
and held the manager at gun point.
I
think it is just dreadful that an 11-year-old boy
should be made to feel like a criminal over a
measly 39-cent pen.
Please
tell me what can be done about sadistic store
managers who would treat a small child
like that. This incident might cause
permanent psychic damage to my son.
A Boy’s
Mother
From the desk of ANN
LANDERS
Dear Mother,
Your
boy
was
caught
shoplifting
and
I
can
think
of
no
better
word
to
describe
stealing
merchandise from a
store.
I
find
it
appalling
that
you
attack
the
manager
and
defend
the
boy.
A
mother
who
takes
her
child’s
side when he breaks the law does him no favor. If
this is your idea of “mother love,” you’re
going
to
have
a
lifetime
of
grief
and
the
boy
will
be
a
mess.
You
both
need
professional
help
—
starting
yesterday.
1. The underlined word
“shoplifting” has similar meaning with
.
A. buy
B. raise
C. steal
D. give
2. When
Charles was caught shoplifting, he
.
A. was still happy.
B. ran away
C. pointed a gun at the
manager
D. was frightened to tears.
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3. Seeing the boy
shaking, the mother
.
A.
burst out laughter.
B. got very
angry.
C.
remained calm.
D.
stabbed the cashier.
4. Ann Landers may
be
.
A. an advice
columnist
B. the manager of the drugstore.
C. a newspaper
editor.
D. an official.
5. In Ann Landers’ opinion, the mother
.
A. was right.
B.
should attack the manager.
C. should take her son’s side.
D. should tell
her child not to break the law.
（三五）
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A
、
< br>B
、
C
和
D
）中，选出最佳选项。
The
Quarrel of the Quails
Once upon a time
many quails
（鹌鹑）
lived together in a forest. The wisest
of them all was
their leader.
A man lived near the forest and earned
his living by catching quails and selling them.
Day after
day he listened to the note
of the leader calling the quails. By and by this
man, the fowler, was able
to call the
quails together. Hearing the note the quails
thought it was their leader who called.
When they were crowded together, the
fowler threw his net over them and off he went
into the
town, where he soon sold all
the quails that he had caught.
The wise
leader saw the plan of the fowler for catching the
quails. He called the birds to him
and
said, “This fowler is carrying away so many of us,
we must put a stop to it. I have thought of a
plan; it is
this: The next
time the fowler throws a net
over
you, each
of you must put
your head
through
one
of
the
little
holes
in
the
net.
Then
all
of
you
together
must
fly
away
to
the
nearest
thorn-bush. You can
leave the net on the thorn-
bush and be
free yourselves.”
The quails
said that was a very good plan and they would try
it the next time the fowler threw
the
net over them.
The very next day the
fowler came and called them together. Then he
threw the net over them.
The quails
lifted the net and flew away with it to the
nearest thorn-bush where they left it. They
flew back to their leader to tell him
how well his plan had worked.
The
fowler
was
busy
until
evening
getting
his
net
off
the
thorns
and
he
went
home
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empty-handed. The next day the same
thing happened, and the next. His wife was angry
because he
did not bring
home any money, but the fowler said,
“The fact is those quails are working together
now. The moment my net is over them,
off they fly with it, leaving it on a thorn-bush.
As soon as
the quails begin to quarrel
I shall be able to catch them.”
Not long after this, one of the quails
in alighting on their feeding ground, trod by
accident on
another’s
head.
“Who
trod
on
my
head?”
angrily
cried
the
second.
“I
did;
but
I
didn’t
mean
to.
Don’t be angry,” said
the first quail, but the second quail was angry
and said
mean things.
Soon
all the quails had taken sides in this quarrel.
When the fowler came that day he flung his
net over them, and this time instead of
flying off with it, one side said, “Now, you lift
the net,” and
the other side said,
“Lift it yourself.”
“You try
to make us lift it all,” said the quails on one
side. “No, we don’t!” said the others,
“you begin and we will help,” but
neither side began.
So the
quails quarreled, and while they were quarreling
the fowler caught them all in his net.
He took them to town and sold them for
a good price.
1. The
of all the quails was their leader.
A. most
beautiful
B. strongest
C. biggest
D.
wisest
2. Why was the man able to call
the quails together?
A. Because he was very clever.
B. Because he
had the skill from birth.
C. Because his wife taught him how to
call the birds.
D. Because he listened to the leader
calling the quails so many times.
3.
The underlined word “fowler” in the second
paragraph refers to
.
A. the leader of the
quails.
B. the forest
in which the quails lived.
C. the man who caught the quails.
D.
the man’s wife.
4.
is
cleverer.
A.
The man
B. The leader of the quails
C. The quails
D. The man’s
wife
5. Which of the
following best support the text?
A. United we stand, divided
we fall.
B. Learn young,
learn fair.
C.
Habit is a second nature.
D. Many hands
make light work.
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