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2013届中考英语阅读理解精选100篇
(1) The Weather
In winter the weather in England is often very cold. In spring and autumn there are sometimes cold days, but there are also days when the weather is warm. The weather is usually warm in summer. It is sometimes hot in summer, but it is not often very hot. There are often cool days in summer.
When the temperature is over 27℃, English people say it is hot. When the temperature is about 21℃, they say it is warm.
In the north of Europe it is very cold in winter. In the south of Europe the summer is often very hot. In the south of Spain（1） and in North Africa（2） the summer is always hot.
Water freezes（3） at 0℃. When water freezes, it changes from a liquid（4） into ice. Water boils（5） at 100℃. When water boils, it changes from a liquid into steam（6）.
Notes: （1）Spain/speIn/n. 西班牙 （2）Africa/`frIk/n.非洲 （3）freeze/fri：z/v.结冰 （4）liquid/`lIkwId/n.液体 （5）boil/bIl/v.沸腾；（水）开 （6）steam/sti：m/ n.蒸汽
1.What is the weather like in summer in England?
A.Very hot. B.Warm. C.Cool. D.Both A and C.
2.What do you think “the north of Europe" means?
A.A part of a country. B.The capital of Europe.
C.A country in the north of Europe.
D.A part of Europe.
3.When water freezes, it changes from_____into_____.
A.water, ice B.water, steam
C.steam, ice D.ice, water
4.The writer wants to tell us something about______.
A.the weather in Europe B.the weather in England
C.some knowledge of the temperature
D. three states of water
答案：1—4 DDAC
(2) The Artist and the Beggar（1）
An artist was coming home by train one day. He hadn’t much money but was very kind. He gave his last few coins（2） to a beggar, but he saw another one, and forgot that he didn’t have any money in his pockets. He asked the man if he liked to have lunch with him, and the beggar, of course, agreed. So they went into a small restaurant and had a good meal.
In the end, the artist could not pay the bill（3）, and the beggar had to do so. The artist felt very sorry for it, so he said to the beggar, “Come home with me in a taxi, my friend. And I’ll give you the money for our lunch."
“Oh, no!" the beggar answered quickly. “I had to pay for your lunch, but I’m not going to pay for your taxi home!"
Notes: （1）beggar/`beg/ n.乞丐 （2）coin/kIn/n. 硬币 （3）bill /bIl/n.帐单
1.What kind of man was the artist?
2.What did he do to the first beggar?
3.What did the artist forget when he invited another beggar to have lunch with him?
4.Who paid for the meal?
5.What did the artist want to do at last?
6.Why didn’t the beggar go home with the artist?
答案：
1.The artist is a kind man.
2.He gave his last few coins to the first beggar.
3.He forgot that he had no money then.
4.The beggar paid for the bill.
5.He wanted to return the beggar the money when he got home.
6.Because he wouldn’t pay for the taxi.
(3) A Common Language
There is a common（1） language popular in every country in the world. All the people, old and young, men and women, must use it.
It’s everybody’s second language. It’s easy to learn, though（2） you don’t hear it. It’s sign language（3）.
When you wave to a friend, you are using sign language. When you smile at someone, you mean to be friendly. When you put up your hand in class, you are saying, “Please ask me. I know the correct answer." When you put your finger in front of your mouth, you mean “Be quiet." The deaf use sign language to talk to each other. There is even a university for the deaf in the United States. There are also TV programmes for the deaf people. They use sign language to tell everybody.
Notes: （1）common/`kmn/adj. 共同的 （2）though/u/ conj. 尽管 （3）sign language 手势语 （4）wave/weIv/ v. 挥手
1.E uses sign language.
2.Sign language is not d , so we can learn it.
3.Most people who can s use sign language, too.
4.If someone smiles at you, it means he/she is friendly t you.
5.If you can a a question, you should put up your hand first.
6.You put your finger in front of your mouth if you want someone not to s anything.
7.The deaf can talk to each other w sign language.
8.Some A deaf people can learn sign language in the university.
答案：1.Everyone 2.difficult 3.speak 4.to 5.answer 6.say 7.with 8.American
(4) Tom Broke a Plate or a Gold Watch?
It was Sunday and Tom was staying at home. After breakfast he went out into the garden and played quietly by himself. There were no kids around and he was used to（1） playing alone quietly. He played with Bobby, the dog. He climbed up and down the tree. Sometimes a bird would come down to perch（2） on top of the doghouse. Then Tom would have the greatest fun（3） by throwing a stone or something at it. Though he never made it, he
did like doing this kind of thing.
Now Tom had been in the garden for half an hour. Suddenly a crack（4） was heard and the little boy began crying.
“What’s the matter,Tom?"his mother looked through the kitchen（5） window. Tom ran into the kitchen.
“Mum," he sobbed（6）. "I broke Bobby’s plate. I didn’t know it was so fragile（7）."
His mother put her arms round him and said, “Don’t feel so sad, Tom. We have other plates for Bobby. But how did you break that one?"
“I threw it at a bird but missed, and it went straight to the plate."
In Tom’s hand was his father’s gold pocket watch（8）!
Notes: （1）be used to 习惯于 （2）perch/p：t/n. 停歇 （3）fun/fn/n. 爱好 （4）crack /crk/n. 破碎声 （5）kitchen/`kItn/n. 厨房 （6）sob/sb/v. 抽泣 （7）fragile/`frdaIl/adj. 易碎的 （8）gold pocket watch 金怀表
1.When did the story happen?
A.On a Sunday afternoon. B.On a Sunday morning.
C.At noon. D.In the evening.
2.When a bird perched on top of the doghouse,Tom .
A.would like to play with it
B.was very interested in it by throwing a stone at it
C.would like to give it something to eat
D.would smile
3.There were no kids around and he was used to playing alone quietly. Here“kids" means .
A.men B.dogs C.children D.birds
4.How long had Tom been in the garden when his mother heard him cry?
A.An hour. B.A day. C.Two hours. D.Half an hour.
5.“Though he never made it" means“ ".
A.Though he couldn’t hit a bird with a stone or something
B.Though he couldn’t catch the bird
C.Though he couldn’t have fun from the bird
D.Though he couldn’t eat the bird
答案：1—5 BBCDA
(5) Eating
An important question about eating out is who pays for the meal. If a friend of yours asks you to have lunch with him, you may say something like this,“I’m afraid it’ll have to be someplace cheap, as I have very little money." The other person may say,“OK, I’ll meet you at McDonald’s."
This means that the two agree to go Dutch, that is, each person pays for himself. He may also say,“Oh, no. I want to take you to lunch at Smith’s," or“I want you to try the Chinese dumplings there. They’re great." This means the person wants to pay for both of you. If you feel friendly towards this person, you can go with him and you needn’t pay for the meal. You may just say,“Thank you. That would be very nice."
American customs（1） about who pays for dates（2） are much the same as in other parts of the world. In the old days, American women wanted men to pay for all the meals. B
ut, today, a university（3） girl or a woman in business world will usually pay her way during the day. If a man asks her for a dance outside the working hours, it means “Come, as my guest（4）.” So as you can see, it is a polite thing to make the question clear at the very beginning.
Notes:（1）custom/`kstm/n. 风俗 （2）date/deIt/n.约会 （3）university/、ju：nI`v：sItI/n. 大学 （4）guest/gest/n. 客人
1.The passage tells us .
A.how to eat out B.where to eat out
C.what to eat out D.who pays for the meal
2.If you have little money, .
A.you’ll have a cheap meal B.you’ll borrow some from others
C.you’ll ask your friend to pay for your meal
D.you won’t want your friends to ask you to dinner
3.“Go Dutch" in this passage means .
A.去饭馆 B.就餐 C.订餐 D.各自付款
4.Sometimes your friend takes you to lunch. It means .
A.he’s going to lend some money to you
B.he’s going to pay for your meal, too
C.he’ll be angry with you
D.he can’t understand you
5.In America,some girls and women now.
A.ask men to pay for their meals
B.try to pay for the men’s meals
C.try to pay for their own meals
D.never have anything outside
答案：1—5 DADBC
阅读理解（6）
Most children like watching TV.It’s very interesting.By（1） watching TV they can see and learn a lot and know many things about their country and the world.Of course,they can also learn over the radio.But they can learn better and more easily with TV.Why?Because they can hear and watch at the same time.But they can’t see anything over the radio.
TV helps to open children’s eyes.TV helps to open their minds（2）,too.They learn newer and better ways of doing things.They may find the world is now smaller than before.
Many children watch TV only on Saturday or Sunday evening.They are always busy with their lessons.But a few children watch TV every night.They go to bed very late.They can’t have a good rest.How about you,my young friends?
Notes:（1）by/baI/prep.通过 （2）minds/maIndz/n.智力
1.A few children go to bed late because they .
A.are busy with their lessons B.do their homework
C.watch TV D.listen to the radio
2.Children can’t see anything .
A.in the radio B.on the radio
C.on TV D.by watching TV
3.TV helps to open children’s .
A.eyes and minds B.minds
C.eyes or minds D.eyes
4. children watch TV only on Saturday or Sunday evening.
A.A lot B.Much C. A lot of D.A little
5.Children can study better and more easily with TV because .
A.they like to watch TV B.they can hear at the same time
C.they can watch at the same time
D.they can listen to and see something at the same time
参考答案：1.C 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.D
阅读理解（7）
John was ten years old and he was very lazy[1].He had to go to school,of course,but he was bored[2]there and tried to do as little work as possible.His father and mother were both doctors and they hoped that he would become one,too,when he grew up.But one day John said to his mother,“When I finish school, I want to become a garbage collector[3].”
“A garbage collector?”his mother asked .She was very surprised.“That’s not a pleasant job.Why do you want to become a garbage collector?”
“Because then I’d only have to work one day a week,”John answered.
“Only one day a week?”his mother said,“What do you mean?”
“Well,”John answered,“I know that the ones who come to our house only work on Wednesday,because I only saw them on that day.”
Notes:[1]lazy/leIzI/adj.懒的 [2]bored/bd/adj.厌烦 [3]garbage collector 垃圾工
1.John at school.
A.didn’t do any work B.did much work
C.did very little work D.tried to finish his work
2.John’s parents wanted him to become .
A.a garbage collector B.a doctor
C.a teacher D.a worker
3.John hoped to be a garbage collector because .
A.he knew it was an important and necessary job
B.he thought he would work only one day a week
C.he often saw some garbage collectors come to his house
D.the garbage collectors really work only one day a week
4.John thought that the garbage collectors only work one day a week because .
A.it was a rule B.some garbage collectors told him so
C.his parents told him so
D.he saw them work only on Wednesday
参考答案：1.C 2.B 3.B 4.D
阅读理解（8）
Bill and Fred studied at a university and they were friends. They didn’t have much money, so when it was time for their holidays, Fred said, “Let’s take our holidays
in a trailer[1], Bill. It’s cheaper than a hotel. I can borrow my father’s trailer.”
Fred was very happy. So they got into the trailer and began their holidays. They wanted to get up early the next day to go fishing, but they didn’t have an alarm[1] clock.
“That’s all right, Bill," Fred said. “I’ll put these pieces of bread on the roof[3] of the trailer tonight and they’ll wake us up in the morning." Bill was very surprised, but he didn’t say anything.
Fred was right. As soon as it began to get light, small birds came down to eat the bread, and their noise on the roof of the trailer woke Bill and Fred up very quickly.
Notes:[1]trailer/`treIl/ n. 活动房屋式的拖车 [2]alarm/`la:m/ n. 警报 alarm clock 闹钟 [3]roof/ru：f/ n. 顶；房顶
1.Bill and Fred were both university s .
2.The two young men decided to go t during their summer holidays.
3.The two young men tried to s some money,so they borrowed a trailer.
4.The two young men wanted to get up, but they were a to wake up too late the next morning.
5.Fred had a good i .
6.Bill didn’t know w his friend put some bread on the top of the trailer.
7.The next morning, the birds found the bread and flew to e it.
8.In fact, the b woke the two young men up.
9.The birds began to look for f as soon as it got light.
10.Fred was very c .
参考答案：1.students 2.traveling 3.save 4.afraid 5.idea 6.why 7.eat 8.birds 9.food 10.clever
阅读理解（9）
Some children think writers are great and they can tell people a lot. So they also wish to be writers some day. They mean that they want to write stories or books which many persons will read. I would like to remind[1] them that they will need to be good readers and to read a lot in order to[2] be good writers.
Nearly all great writers read too long before they started to school, and read for hours and hours every day since they became good readers. Instead of watching TV in the evening, they spend much of their spare[3] time reading books.
If you are a good reader, it won’t take you long to do the reading homework your teacher asks you to do. Then you will have time to read other books for fun. Because you read so well, you keep looking for more books to read.
While making up your mind[4] to become a good writer, you had better say to yourself,“I must read more and more if I am really to become a good writer."
Notes:[1]remind/rI`maInd/v. 提醒 [2]in order to 为了 [3]spare /spe/adj. 多余的 [4]make up one’s mind 下决心
1.Some of the children like the g writers.
2.The writer told the children to read m before they hope to be writers.
3.A lot of writers l a lot from other writers' books and stories.
4.For a student, he or she should do the reading homework well f .
5.Doing much good reading can h you to be a good writer.
参考答案：1.great 2.more 3.learned 4.first 5.help
阅读理解（10）
Australia is one of the greatest islands in the world.It is a little smaller than China.It is in the south of the earth.So when there is hot summer in our country,it is cold winter in Australia.
Australia is big,but the population[1] has small.The population of Australia is the same as that of Shanghai,a city in China.
Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos[2].After a short drive from any town,you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep,sheep,sheep,everywhere are sheep.Have you seen a kangaroo?It has a “bag” in its body.The mother kangaroo keeps its baby kangaroo in the “bag”.It is very interesting,isn’t it?
Notes:[1]population /、ppjuleIn/n.人口 [2]kangaros /、kg`ru:/n.袋鼠
根据短文内容判断正(√)、误(×)。
1.China is larger than Australia.
2.Australia is an island country.
3.The population of Australia is as large as that of China.
4.Kangaroos are small animals like mouse(老鼠) in our house.
5.Kangaroos always carry bags on their backs.
参考答案：1.√ 2.√ 3.× 4.× 5.×
阅读理解(11)
Summer holiday began and Richard left California and went traveling in Africa[1]. He lost his wallet in a hotel and he had a little money left. He had to go to a city where one of his friends worked. There he was going to borrow some money so that he could fly back to his country. He got on a bus and the conductor held out to him a yellow ticket. “You had better buy a yellow ticket," said the conductor. “It’s ten dollars. I have two other kinds. The red one is five dollars and the green one is three dollars."
It took them two days to get to the city. The passengers had to stay for a night when they were halfway[2]. Richard had to pay[3] five dollars for the hotel and food. He thought for a while and then said, “Green, please."
The bus started. Now it was getting dark[4] and the bus began to go up a hill. It was very steep[5] and soon the bus stopped as usual.
“Yellow ticket passengers," the driver shouted, “Stay in the bus, please. Red ticket passengers, get out and walk. Green ticket passengers, get out, close the door and push the bus!"
Notes:[1]Africa/`frIk/n. 非洲 [2]halfway/`ha:f`weI/ adv. 半路 [3]pay/peI/ v.付（款） [4]dark/da:k/ adj. 黑暗的 [5]steep/sti:p/ adj.陡峭的
1.Where did Richard come from?
2.How much did Richard have after he lost his wallet?
3.What did Richard go to the city for?
4. How was Richard going back to his country?
5.Why did Richard buy the green ticket?
6.What did Richard have to do when the bus went up the hill?
参考答案：1.He came from America / California.
2.He had 8 dollars left.
3.He went there to borrow some money from his friend.
4.He was going back by plane.
5.Because he wanted to save some money for the hotel and food.
6.He had to get off the bus and push it when it went up the hill.
阅读理解（12）
Many years ago, there was a family named Franklin. They lived in Boston. There were five girls and six boys in the family. On a January day in 1706 another baby was born. The boy's mother and her husband gave the boy a name—Benjamin[1].
Benjamin was the cleverest of all the children. He could read when he was five and he could write when he was seven. The next year his parents sent[2] him to school.
In school Benjamin was good at reading and writing, but not good at maths. He read all of his father's books. And when he had money, he always went to buy books. He liked books. Theytold him how to do something. The boy liked to use his head and tried to find ways to help people enjoy life more. For example, he tried to know if there was some way to swim farther, maybe with something on his hands or feet. Slowly a picture of swimming shoes, or paddles[3], grew in his mind[4]. The paddles must be neither too big nor too small. And they must be neither too heavy nor light. At last he invented the paddle for swimming.
Notes:[1]Benjamin/`bendmIn/n. 本杰明（男子名） Benjamin Franklin 本杰明•富兰克林(1706—1790)美国杰出的科学家和政治家 [2]send/send/v.送 [3]paddle/`pdl/n.浆形工具 [4]mind/maInd/n. 头脑
1.How many children did Mr. Franklin have?
2.Why was it said Benjamin was clever?
3.When did Benjamin begin to go to school?
4.Why did Benjamin like books?
5.What did Benjamin invent the paddles for?
参考答案：1.He had twelve children.
2.Because he could read and write when he was very young.
3.He began to go to school when he was eight.
4.Because he could learn a lot from the books.
5.He invented them to help people swim farther.
阅读理解（13）
When a light passenger plane flew off course[1] some time ago, something was wrong with it and it crashed[2] in the mountains and its pilot[3] was killed. The only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters,were unhurt. It was the middle of winter.Snow lay thick on the ground.The woman knew that the nearest village was kilometres away.She couldn’t find anything in the snow but a suit-case[4]. When it grew dark, she turned the suit-case into a bed and put the children inside it, covering[5] them with all the clothes she could find. During the night, it got terribly cold. The woman kept as near as she could to the children and even tried to get into the case herself, but it was too small. Early next morning, she heard planes flying above and wanted to know how she
could send a signal[6]. Then she had an idea. She wrote the letters ‘SOS’ in the snow. Luckily, a pilot saw the signal and sent a message by radio to the nearest town. It was not long before a group of people arrived and they took the woman and her daughters to hospital at once.
Notes:[1]course/ks/n.跑道 [2]crash/kr/v.坠毁 [3]pilot/`paIlt/n.飞行员 [4]suit-case/`sju：tkeIs/n.行李箱 [5]cover/`kv/ v. 盖 [6]signal/`sIgnl/n.信号
1.Where was something wrong with the plane?
2.How many people were in the light passenger plane before it crashed?
3.What did the woman make the suit-case into a bed for?
4.What did the plane fly over the mountain for?
5.Why did the woman write “SOS" on the snow?
6.What did the group of people go to the mountains for?
参考答案：1.It was above the mountains.
2.There were four people in it.
3.She did it to put her daughters in it.
4.It flew there to look for them.
5.She wrote the letters to ask for help.
6.They went there to save them.
阅读理解(14)
There would be a history exam and Phillip looked more and more worried. He hasn’t thought the subject important since they began to study it this term. In class he always thought of the football matches between Class Three and Class Two and tried to find out a way to beat Class Two. Of course he didn’t hear what Mr. Beckman said. His friend Sally could help him with his homework and hint[1] how he answered Mr. Beckman. But bad luck! The girl was ill in hospital and nobody would help him next Monday!
Phillip thought hard and at last he found a way. He copied all the main points[2] on his wristbands[3] and then went to play football with his friends. It was Sunday yesterday. Even he didn’t open his students’ book! He was sure he would pass the exam and went on playing football and watching TV.
But this morning, when the boy was going to dress himself, he couldn’t find his shirt. He jumped off the bed and began to look for it everywhere, but he failed. His mother brought his breakfast in and found his bedroom was in a fearful mess[4]. She asked in surprise, “What’s the matter, son?"
“I can’t find my shirt!"
“You wore it for a week and I washed it when you fell asleep last night."
“Who let you wash it?" Phillip shouted angrily.
Notes:[1]hint/hInt/v. 暗示 [2]point/pInt/n.点 main point 要点 [3]wristband/`rIstbnd/n. 衬衣袖口 [4]in a fearful mess 零乱不堪
1.Phillip is in Class T .
2.Phillip has learned n in history class.
3.Mr Beckman is Phillip's history t .
4.Phillip was afraid he would f the history exam.
5.Phillip l playing football very much.
6.Usually Sally helped Phillip to p the history exams before.
7.Phillip thought everything was r and didn’t review history.
8.Phillip’s mother washed his shirt when the boy went to s .
9.The woman thought Phillip’s shirt d and washed it.
10.Having heard his mother, Phillip was a with her.
参考答案：1.Three 2.nothing 3.teacher 4.fail 5.likes 6.pass 7.ready 8.sleep 9.dirty 10.angry
阅读理解(15)
Mr Brown was born in a poor family.He couldn’t go to school when he was young.Now he’s a porter[1] and works at a station.He doesn’t think it’s necessary[2] to know some knowledge[3] of science.His son,Bill,began to go to school last year.The boy likes nothing except playing.He doesn’t listen to the teachers in class and can’t do his homework after class.It’s the hardest thing for him to do maths exercises.And he wants to drop it.
Last evening Mrs Brown heard Bill crying in the next room while she and her husband were watching TV.She came up to him and asked,“What’s the matter,Bill?”
“I can’t do my maths homework,”said the boy.“I won’t go to school tomorrow!
“No,no,don’t do that!”said the woman.“Maybe your father can help you.”
Then she asked her husband to help their son with his maths.Mr Brown said,“But I don’t know maths,either.”
“It doesn’t matter,”said his wife.“You’ll only coax him out of crying.”
Mr Brown had to do as his wife said.The next afternoon Bill came back and showed his exercisebook to his father.The man had a look at it and shouted to his wife,“Come here quickly,dear!I got an A in maths!”
Notes:[1]porter /`pt/n.搬运工 [2]necessary/`nesIsrI/adj.必要的 [3]knowledge/`nlId/n.知识
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1.Which of the following is true?
A．Mr Brown was going to be a porter when he was young.
B．Mr Brown’s parents were too poor to send him to school.
C．Mr Brown wasn’t interested in science when he was young.
D．There was no school in Mr Brown’s hometown.
2.Bill can’t do his homework because .
A．his father wouldn’t help him
B．he doesn’t listen to his teachers
C．he doesn’t like studying D．he wants to drop maths
3.Bill cried to .
A．get his parents’ help B．go to bed earlier
C．get something to eat D．watch TV with his parents
4.The phrase “coax sb. out of crying” in the story means .
A．制止某人哭泣 B．惹得某人哭泣
C．阻止某人叫喊 D．哄某人停止哭泣
5. is good at maths in their family.
A．Bill B．Mr Brown C．Mrs Brown D．None
6.When he had a look at Bill’s exercise-book,Mr Brown was .
A．sorry B．happy C．worried D．sad
参考答案：1.B 2.C 3.A 4.D 5.D 6.B
阅读理解（16）
In the United States and Canada，people often invite friends over for a meal，a party，or just coffee．
Here are the kinds of things people always say．“Would you like to come over for dinner tonight？”“Hey，we're having a party on Friday．Can you come？To reply to an invitation，either say thank you and accept（接受），or say sorry and give an excuse（藉口）．Sometimes，however（但是），what people say is like invitations but which are not real invitations．For example：“Please come over for a drink sometime．”“Let's get together for lunch soon．”They are not real invitations because they don't talk about the date or time．They just show that the person is trying to be friendly．To reply to this，people just say“Sure，that would be great．”or“OK，thank you．”So next time you hear what is like an invitation，listen carefully．Is it a real invitation or is the person just being friendly？
根据短文内容回答问题。
1．Do people in the US often invite friends to dinner？
2．If you get an invitation，what would you say first？
3．Is it a real invitation，when people say“Come over for a coffee sometime，please．
4．Why do people say this if they don't really want to invite their friends to come？
参考答案：1．Yes，they do．2．Thank you．3．No，it isn't．4．They just want to be friendly．
阅读理解（17）
根据短文内容，完成下面的句子。
Can we live without salt（盐）？No， salt is very important to us．We need salt in our food．Animals need it，too．Most of the salt in our country comes from the sea water．People dig very big pools（池塘） and let sea water in．When the sun dries up（晒干）the water，people can get salt from the ground．The salt is white，clean and beautiful．
There are a lot of salt wells（井）in Sichuan．A salt well is much like a water well．People bring the well water up to the ground and then dry it in big jars（罐子，坛子）over fire．In this way they get salt．
We can also get salt from salt mines（矿）．A salt mine may be found under the ground（盐矿石可能会在地下被找到）． Some years ago，people in Jiangxi found a big salt mine and soon opened it．People there need salt from other places no more．
In the northwest of our country ，there are many salt lakes．Some of these lakes are very big．The salt in a big lake will be enough for our people for centuries（世纪）。
1．We can't live without salt，so ____________ ．
2．We get most of the salt from ____________ ．
3．People in Sichuan get salt from ____________ ．
4．Some years ago，People ____ found a big salt mine and soon opened it．
5．In ____ of China，there are many big salt lakes．
参考答案：1）it is very important to us
2）sea water
3）salt wells
4）in Jiangxi
5）the northwest
阅读理解（18）
28 High Road
Oxford
Sept．27，2002
Dear John，
Thank you very much for your letter．I'm glad that you enjoyed your holiday with me．
We enjoyed having you and your sister here．We hope that you will both be able to come again next year．Perhaps you'll be able to stay longer next time you come．A week is not really long enough，is it？
I hope you are both working hard now that you're in Grade Three．I shall have to work hard next year when I am in Grade Three．Tom and Ann will be in Grade Three the year after next．
They went on a picnic yesterday but I didn't go with them because I hurt my foot and I couldn't walk very well．They went to an island and enjoyed themselves there．Do you still remember the island？That's where all five of us spent our holiday．
Tom，Ann and I send our best wishes to Betty and you．We hope to see you soon．
Yours sincerely
Michael
阅读此信，回答下列问题。
1．How long did their holiday last this year？
2．Who stayed with Michael for the holiday？
3．When did Michael write the letter？
4．Who is in Grade Two now？
5．Why didn't Michael go to the island for picnic？
参考答案：
1．It lasted only a week．
2．John，Betty，Tom and Ann．
3．He wrote it on September 27，2002．
4．Michael is in Grade Two now．
5．Because he hurt his foot and he couldn't walk very well．
阅读理解（19）
根据短文内容判断下列各句正（T）、误（F）。（5分）
Two old men，Bob and Alf，were waiting in line outside the stadium（体育场）．They were waiting to get into watch a football game．
They were both poor and could not buy tickets for seats in the best part of the stadium．They were standing in line to get into the cheapest section（部分）．
They both liked football．Every week they watched the game．Today when they got to the gate of the stadium，a man was checking the tickets．Bob showed his ticket and went in．Alf started looking for his ticket，first in his trousers pockets，then in his jacket pockets and his shirt pockets．The man became angry．
“What's that in your mouth？he asked．
“Oh，it's my ticket．I knew I had it somewhere．”
He took the ticket out of his mouth and showed it to the man at the gate．
“OK．．．．OK．．．．the man at the gate said．“You can go in．
When Alf went in side the stadium， Bob said，“That's not the place to keep your ticket．
“Yes，but when I took the old ticket out of my mouth，the date came off（脱落）too！”
1）Alf was poor and Bob was rich．（ ）
2）Both of them liked football games．（ ）
3）Alf really didn't know where he put his ticket．（ ）
4）Bob bought a ticket．（ ）
5）Alf didn't buy the ticket，he had an old one．（ ）
参考答案：1）F 2）T 3）F 4）T 5）T
阅读理解（20）
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
The clock struck（敲）eight，but I was still on the bed．I could hear it was blowing strongly．“It must be windy outside，” I thought．
I came to the small town a week ago． I sold some clothes to a shop．Christmas was coming and I hoped to buy some presents for my family and friends．So I tried to meet the manager and ask him to pay for（付款）them．I was out of luck（运气不好）．He went to London and I had to wait for him here．There was no theatre here but a cinema．The films were all too old．I preferred staying in the small hotel to sitting in the cold cinema（我宁愿待在小旅馆里，也不愿坐在冰冷的电影院里）．
Half an hour later，I felt hungry．I had to get up．It was white everywhere and some children were skiing down the hill．On my way to the small restaurant，I saw a boy fall on to a rock（岩石）．I ran to him quickly and carried him to a hospital．Soon his parents came here．Now I knew the boy was just the manager's son．He thanked me very much and gave me the money after we had a dinner．
1）What was the weather like today？
______________________________
2）What did the writer（作者）come to the town for？
______________________________
3）Why did the writer prefer staying in the hotel？
______________________________
4）When did the writer get up？
______________________________
5）Why did the manager thank the writer？
______________________________
参考答案：
1）It was a windy day today．
2）He came to the town to ask the manager to pay for the clothes．
3）Because it was a little warmer there．
4）He got up at half past eight．
5）Because the writer saved his son．
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阅读理解（21）
Once there was a black and white cat．He was named Tom．One day he was asleep under a tree in the forest．Suddenly he was awakened by the song of a bird．Then he felt very hungry．He wanted to have something good to eat．
He looked around．He looked up at the blue sky and looked down at the green grass．Something was moving in the tree．It was a sparrow（麻雀）．
He talked to the sparrow and asked it to be friends with him．When it came near，he caught the sparrow．He was going to eat it．The sparrow said，“No gentleman eats his dinner till he has washed his face．”
The cat was surprised to hear that．He began to wash his face with his paw，and the sparrow flew away．
The cat was sorry to lose his dinner and said，“As long as I live，I will eat first and wash my face afterward．”
根据短文内容，完成下列问题。
1．How did the cat feel to lose his dinner？
2．What was the cat's name？
3．What did the sparrow ask the cat to wash？
4．What will the cat do first in the future？
5．Where was the cat？
参考答案：1．He felt sorry．2．Tom．3．His face．4．Eating．5．In the forest．
阅读理解（22）
In Japan there are many holidays and other great days．We can tell only a few here．
The fifth birthday of a boy is a great day in the family．The boy puts on a shirt like the one his father wears．It is an important moment in his life and means that he must now be a manly little boy like his father．He must smile when he has pain（疼痛）or trouble．He must carry on．
The day a girl becomes seven years old is a big day in the family．She may now wear a sash（腰带）like the one her mother wears．Her friends and her mother's friends come and drink tea and eat cakes．It means that the girl must now be a womanly little girl and help in the
home．
One of the great holidays in Japan is the Emperor's（天皇）birthday．Instead of school there are picnics，games，sports and speeches（演讲）， as we have on our fourth of July in America．
根据短文内容选择正确答案。
1．How many holidays and great days are told of in the story？ ．
A．One B．Two C．Three D．Four
2．When a boy begins to wear a shirt like the one his father wears， ．
A．he isn't a boy
B．he needn't go to school
C．he must be a boy of strong character（性格）like his father
D．he has no trouble
3．Which birthday of a girl is a big day in her family？ ．
A．The sixth B．The seventh
C．The eighth D．The seventeenth
4．Japanese children don't go to school on ．
A．their fifth birthdays
B．their seventh birthdays
C．their fifth and seventh birthdays
D．their Emperor's birthday
5．From the story we can know the writer is from ．
A．China B．America
C．England D．Japan
参考答案：1—5 CCBDB
阅读理解（23）
It is a weekend，time for Zhou Lan to go to class．She turns her PC on and logs onto the Internet from home．Then she enters her student number and password（密码）．Zhou Lan takes her classes without stepping onto the campus（校园）．
She is now a white-collar（白领）worker in a big company．She needs to learn more to do better in the company．“Staying at home to study is a pleasure，”she says．Like her，most students on the Internet are white collars．They are so busy that they can't go to the campus every day．
Many colleges now have classes on the Internet．But the government（政府）only says“yes”to the following：Qinghua University，Beijing University，Zhongshan University，Hunan University and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications（北京邮电学院）．
根据短文内容完成下列问题。
1．Where does Zhou Lan have classes？
2．What's Zhou Lan's job？
3．Why do many people want to study on the Internet？
4．How many universities are allowed（允许）to give classes on the Internet？
5．Which is the best title for this passage？
A．White-Collar Workers
B．Net College
C．Studying Is A Pleasure
参考答案：1．At home，on the Internet．
2．A whiter-collar worker in a big company．
3．They are too busy to go to the campus every day．
4．Five 5．B
阅读理解（24）
Mr Brown likes to be exact（确切的）．One day when he took a walk in the street，a man came up and asked him the way to the bookshop．He said to him，“Cross the bridge（过桥） and turn to the right．”The man asked again，“Is the bridge very long？”“Only thirty metres long．” The man thanked him and went to the bridge．Suddenly he heard a man running after him．“Stop！”Mr Brown said to the man．“I'm sorry．I forget the bridge is forty metres long．If you walk thirty metres long and turn to the right，you will fall into the river．”
根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正（T）误（F）。
1．Mr Brown likes going to the bookshop．
2．The bookshop is on the other side of the river．
3．The bridge is forty metres long．
4．Mr Brown ran after the man to tell him how long the bridge is exactly．
5．The man would fall into the river if Mr Brown didn't tell him how long the bridge was．
参考答案：1—5 FTTTF
阅读理解（25）
阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容选择正确答案：
It was Mother's Day，but the young mother was a little unhappy，because she was 800 miles away from her parents．In the morning she phoned her mother to wish her a happy Mother's Day，and her mother told her about the beautiful lilacs（丁香）in the garden．
Later that day，when she told her husband about the lilacs，he said，“I know where we can find all that you want．Get the children and come on．”So they went，driving down the country roads．
There on a small hill，they saw a lot of beautiful purple lilacs．The young woman ran quickly to enjoy the flowers．Carefully，she picked a few here and a few there．On their way home there was a smile on her face．
When they were passing a nursing home（养老院），the young woman saw an old granny sitting in a chair．She had no children with her．They stopped the car and the young woman walked to the old woman，put the flowers in her hands，and smiled at her．The old granny thanked her again and again．She smiled happily，too．
When the young mother came back to her car，her children asked her，“Who is that old granny？Why did you give our flowers to her？”
“I don't know her，”their mother said．“But it's Mother's Day，and she has no children．I have all of you，and I still have my mother．Just think how much those flowers meant to her．”
1．The young woman was a little unhappy on Mother's Day because ．
A．she didn't have a present B．she was a long way from her mother
C．she didn't know it was Mother's Day D．she wanted to see her father
2．There were many beautiful purple lilacs ．
A．in her garden B．in the market
C．in her mother's garden D．in the nursing home
3．The young woman had ．
A．one child B．no child C．more than one child D．a boy and a girl
4．The young woman gave the flowers to the old granny because ．
A．she was her mother B．she didn't like those flowers
C．her mother asked her to do so
D．she wanted the old granny to be happy，too
5．Which of the following is NOT true？
A．The young woman was kind． B．The young woman was understanding．
C．The young woman was friendly． D．The young woman was surprised．
参考答案：1—5 BCCDD
阅读理解（26）
根据短文内容选择正确的答案。
Mrs Green lives in a small village． Her husband is dead（死）．But she has a son．He is twenty-one and his name is Jack．He gets work in a town and lives there．Its name is Greensea．It is quite a long way from his mother's village，and she is not happy about this，but Jack says，“There isn't any good work for me in the village，mother，and I can get a lot of money in Greensea and give you some every week．
One day Mrs Green is very angry． She gets on a train and goes to her son's house in Greensea．Then she says to him，“Jack，why do you never give me a ring？
Jack laughs and says，“But，mother，you don't have a telephone．
“No，she says，“I don't have one， but you have one．
1．Where does Mrs Green live？
a．In a big city． b．In a small village．
c．In a town with his son． d．We don't know．
2．How old is Mrs Green's son？
a．Twelve． b．Twenty． c．Twenty-one． d．Thirty-one．
3．Which of these is not wrong？
a．Greensea is the name of a factory．
b．Jack works in a town and his mother is happy about this．
c．In the village there is no good work for Jack．
d．He can get less money in the town than in the village．
4．How does the woman go to Greensea one day？
a．On a bike． b．On foot． c．By train． d．By bus．
5．Why does Jack never telephone his mother？
a．Because he is too busy． b．Because he lives far from his mother's village．
c．Because he doesn't have a telephone． d．Because his mother has no telephone．
参考答案：1—5 b c c c d
阅读理解（27）
1.阅读短文，根据短文内容在其后句子中的空处填入适当的词。
Mr Green works in a hospital．He is busy driving a car every day．His wife works in a school library．She's strict with her only son，Tommy．
Half a year ago，when Tommy was six，Mrs Green took him to her school．The boy was clever and studied well．But at first he couldn't adapt（使适应）himself to the new life．In the morning，he woke up late and in the evening he didn't go to bed on time．But his mother tried to make him do everything on time．
One evening，when Mr Green was driving in a street，a traffic accident happened．He had to take the wounded（受伤的）people to the hospital and it took him about two hours．When he got home，he began to tell his family about it．
“It's time for you to go to bed， Tommy，said Mrs Green．
The boy wanted to listen to his father tell the accident，but he had to do what his mother told him．When he lay down，he said，“I don't think Mom can look after me at all！
“Oh，why ？asked his father．
The boy said，“she always makes me go to bed when I am not sleepy（困的），but she wakes me up when I'm asleep．
1）Mr Green works in a _____ ．He is a _____．
2）Mrs Green works in a _____ _____ ．
3）Tommy's mother wants to make him go to bed and get up _____ _____ ．
4）One day，Tommy's father went back home late because a _____ _____happened．
5）Tommy's mother often wakes him up when he _____ _____ ．
2．阅读短文，判断后面所给句子的正（T）、误（F）。
Ryan Ruby is ten years old．He loves to watch TV．But for one full year，he didn't watch TV at all．Why？Ryan's mother thought he watched too much TV．She said she would give him ＄600 if he didn't watch TV for a year．
At first Ryan's mother was very happy．Ryan read the new spaper，played outside，played computer games，and played cards with his brother．But after a while，he got bored（厌烦）．Every evening he asked his mother，“What're we going to do tonight？Sometimes his mother wished he would watch TV just for one evening．Ryan always said，“No，it would cost（花）me money ！
Finally，the year was over．Then Ryan started watching his favourite TV shows all day long again．Ryan got the money from his mother．“I want to buy myself a TV set！he said．
1）Ryan didn't watch TV for one year because his TV didn't work．（ ）
2）Ryan's mother gave him ＄600 at last． （ ）
3）Ryan thought if he watched TV for one evening，he would not get all of the ＄600．（ ）
4）Ryan wouldn't watch TV any more．（ ）
5）Ryan wanted to buy his mother a new TV set．（ ）
参考答案：
1．1．hospital，driver 2．school library 3．on time 4．traffic accident 5．is asleep
2．1．F 2．T 3．T 4．F 5．F
阅读理解（28）
English breakfast is a very big meal—eggs，tomatoes，tea，coffee．．．．
For many people lunch is a quick meal．In cities there are a lot of sandwich bars，where office workers can buy the kind of bread they want— brown，white，or a roll（小圆面包）—and then all kinds of salad（色拉）and meat or fish to go in the sandwich．School children can have a hot meal at school．But many just take a sandwich，a drink and some fruit from home．
“Tea”means two things．It is a drink and a meal！Some people have afternoon tea，with sandwiches，cakes and a cup of tea．
They usually have the evening meal quite early，between 6：00 and 8：00，and often all the family eat together．
On Sundays many families have a traditional（传统的）lunch．They have chicken，pork．．．with potatoes，vegetables．．．
The Englishmen like food from other countries，too，especially（特别地）French，Chinese， Italian and Indian．People often get take-away food—they buy the food outside and then bring it home to eat．
根据短文内容及首字母提示在下列各句中的空处填入适当的词。
1．In England many people have a b breakfast and a q lunch．
2．There are many sandwich bars in c and o w can buy sandwiches there．
3．In England“tea”can mean a d and a m ．
4．Supper lasts（持续）about t h ．
5．English people often buy t f ．They buy some outside and bring it home．
参考答案：
1．big，quick 2．cities，office workers 3．drink，meal 4．two hours 5．take-away food
阅读理解（29）
A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest．As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes，a person came up and knocked（敲）at the window to ask the time．The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch：“It's 8：05，”he said．Then he went to sleep again．But soon he was waken up（被叫醒）again because a second person was knocking at the window．“Sir，do you know the time？”he asked．The driver looked at his watch again，and told him it was half past eight．
In this way，the driver thought he could not have a good rest，so he wrote a short note（纸条）and stuck（贴）it on the window for all to see．It said，“I don't know the time．”
Again，he lay down in the seat for his sleep．A few minutes later，a third person came and began to knock at the window，“Hey，sir，”he said．“It's a quarter to nine．”
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1．How many persons asked the driver about the time？
A．One．B．Two．C．Three．D．Four．
2．The first person knocked at the window of the car ．
A．at five to eight B．at half past eight
C．at five past eight D．at a quarter to nine
3．Why did the driver write a note and stick it on the window？
A．Because he didn't want anybody to trouble him．
B．Because he didn't know the time．
C．Because he needed somebody to wake him up．
D．Because he wanted somebody to tell him the time．
4．The third person knocked at the window to ．
A．tell him what time it was B．ask him not to sleep
C．see if the driver was sleeping D．ask him the time
5．The driver in his car．
A．had a good sleep B．had no seat C．didn't have a good rest D．always closed his eyes
参考答案：1—5 BCAAC
阅读理解（30）
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
In 1995，Ray Kroc visited a small restaurant in California．The owner of it was the Mc Donald（麦当劳）brothers． They built it by the road，so people could drive up to the restaurant，buy food without getting out of their cars and drive away easily．They called it“drive－in”restaurant．
Ray Kroc saw the bright future of the restaurant of this kind．He bought the restaurant and used the brothers'family name for his new restaurant．The first Mc Donald's restaurant chain（连锁店）was born．
Now there are more than 5，000 restaurants in the United States and in 60 other countries．The largest Mc Donald's restaurant is in Beijing，China．It has 1,000 workers．About seven hundred people can sit and eat there at one time．
1．Who opened the first Mc Donald's restaurant chain ？
a．Two brothers． b．Ray Kroc．
c．Two brothers'father． d．People in Beijing．
2．How do you buy food in a“drive－in”restaurant？
a．You don't have to get out of your car． b．You have to get off your car．
c．You have to wait for a very long time． d．You don't have to pay for your food．
3．Why did Ray Kroc buy the two brothers'restaurant ？Because ______ ．
a．the two brothers were nice to him b．It was a sm all restaurant
c．he wanted to m ake people happy d．it would bring him a lot of money
4．Where can we find a Mc Donald's restaurant？
a．Only in America． b．All over the world．
c．In many parts of the world． d．Everywhere except 60 places．
5．How many people can sit and eat in the biggest Mc Donald's restaurant at one time？
a．About 60． b．About 700． c．About 1，000． d．About 5，000．
参考答案：1）—5）b a d c b
阅读理解（31）
根据短文内容完成下列句子。
A young man could not sleep well every night．He was very worried．One day，he went to see the doctor．The doctor looked him over carefully．But there was nothing wrong with him ．The doctor told him to count from one to ten again and again．“Keep doing it until you fall asleep，”the doctor said．
After a few days，the young man came to the doctor again．But to his surpise，the doctor found the young man was even worse than before．
“Didn't you count as（按照）I told you？”the doctor asked．
“Yes，I did，”the young man said，“But every time when I reached eight，I could not help jumping（情不自禁地跳起来）from bed．”
“But why？”the doctor wanted to know．The young man answered，“I am a boxer（拳击运动员）．”
1）The young man had to go to see the doctor because ______ ．
2）—Was there anything wrong with the young man ？
—No， ______ ．
3）What did the doctor tell the young man,to do？ ______ ．
4）—Why did the young man come to see the doctor again ？
—Because ______ ．
5）The young man could not help jumping from bed when he reached eight because ______ ．
参考答案：1）he couldn't sleep well every night
2）there wasn't／there was nothing wrong
3）The doctor told him to keep counting．／The doctor told him to count from one to ten again and again
4）he felt／was worse than before 5） he was a boxer
阅读理解（32）
Every Saturday morning，there is a line of boys and girls on Garden Street．They are waiting to see a film．The film never starts before eight o'clock．But the boys and girls can't wait to come earlier every time．They do not mind（介意）waiting for a long time at all．
One Saturday morning，there was a very interesting film．Tom came running down the street．He wanted to be one of the first to get in．He walked up to the front of the line and pushed his way in there．
Now Tom pushed his way right in front of Peter，and no other people were in front of him．Peter did not say a word．Instead，he reached up and pulled off Tom's hat．He handed the hat to the boy behind him and said，“Pass it back，John．”
John passed the hat to the girl behind him．
“Pass it on，Kate，”John said to the girl．
The hat was passed very quickly to Betty Cook at the end of the line．Tom looked at Peter and asked，“Where's my hat？”
Peter pointed（指向）down the line．There，at the end of the line，Betty was holding up Tom's hat．Everybody smiled but said nothing．
Tom stood there for some time．Then he walked all the way back to Betty．“Here's your hat，”she said politely（有礼貌地）．
Tom goes to see the films on Saturday morning as before．But now he goes straight（直地）to the end of the line and waits for his turn to buy the tickets．
根据短文内容及首字母提示，在下列各句中的空处填入适当的单词。
1．The film d_______ s_______ u_______ eight o'clock every Saturday morning．
2．From the story we know that Saturday morning Peter was f_______ in line and Betty Cook was at the e_______ of it．
3．The boys and girls passed Tom's hat on because he was a q_______ j_______．
4．Tom walked all the way back to Betty to get h_______ h_______．
5．From then on Tom always waited i_______ l_______ to buy the tickets for the films．
参考答案：1．didn't start until 2．first，end 3．queue jumper 4．his hat 5．in line
阅读理解（33）
Mr and Mrs King live in London．Mr King drives a car in a factory and Mrs King teaches in a school．They have a daughter and two sons．The daughter is five and the sons are only one year old．They were born on the same day and they look the same．Mrs King always dress them in the same shirts and trousers，so it's hard to tell who they are．Mr King can hardly（几乎不）differentiate（区分）them．Mr and Mrs King have no time to look after their children．They have to hire a servant（雇佣一个佣人），Alice．The girl is kind and they all like her．
Today Mrs King has to go to the hospital．She says to Alice，“Bath（给……洗澡）Jim and Mike and dress them the clean clothes．”
“OK，Mrs King，”says Alice．“But I can't differentiate them．”
“Don't worry，”says Mrs King．“Ann can tell you about it．”
Soon Alice finishes bathing the two children．She puts them on the bed and wants to dress them．She asks，“Which is Jim，Ann？”
“I'm sorry，”answers Ann．“I can't differentiate them．I only know Mummy always puts Jim on the left and Mike on the right．”
根据短文内容在下列各句中填入适当的单词（有的首字母已给出）。
1．Mr King is a and his wife is a ．
2．There're f people in Mr King's family．
3．Mr King's two sons are t and Mrs King always dresses them the same ．
4．The Kings are too to their children．So they hire Alice．
5．From the story we know that only can differentiate the two babies．
参考答案：1．driver，teacher 2．five 3．twins，clothes 4．busy，look after 5．Mrs King
阅读理解（34）
阅读短文，回答问题。
Mr Smith was ill and he went to see a doctor．The doctor asked him to put out his tongue（舌头），and then he said，“OK．You can put your tongue back now．There's nothing wrong with you，but I'm afraid you have a problem：you seldom take exercise．”
“But，doctor，”Mr Smith said，“I don't think so．”
“Don't tell me what you think，”the doctor said，“I know what you need．I see a lot of people like you．None of them get any exercise．They sit in offices all day and in front of the television in the evening．You must walk quickly for at least 20 minutes a day．”
“Doctor，you don't understand，”Mr Smith said．“I take enough exercise every day．”
“I don't want to hear any excuse（借口），”the doctor said．“You must find time for exercise．If you don't，you will get fat and have health problems．”
“But I walk every day，”Mr Smith said．
“Oh，yes，and I know what kind of walking that is．You walk a few metres to the bus stop from
your house，a few more metres from the bus stop to your office，and a few more metres from your office to your dining-room for lunch and back．That's not a real walk．I'm talking about a walk in the park or by the lake for twenty minutes every day．”
“Would you please listen to me，doctor？”Mr Smith said，getting a little angry with his doctor．
“I'm a postman，”Mr Smith went on，“and I walk for nearly seven hours every day．”
For a moment the doctor was silent（无言的），then he said quietly，“Put out your tongue again，will you？”
1．Where did Mr Smith work？
2．How did the doctor look over Mr Smith？
3．What did the doctor ask Mr Smith to do？
4．Did Mr Smith take enough exercise every day？
5．What do you think of the doctor？
参考答案：1．In a post office．2．He asked Mr Smith to put out his tongue and looked it over．3．To do more exercise．4．Yes，he did． 5．He is not a good doctor．
阅读理解（35）
Mr Smith left his car outside his house one night as usual．But when he came out the next morning，he found his car wasn't there．He called the police to tell them about it，and they said they would try to find it．
When Mr Smith came home from his office that evening，the car was back again in its usual place in front of his house．He looked it over carefully and found it OK．But there were two tickets on one of the seats with a letter．It said，“We're sorry we used your car．Thank you very much．The tickets are for you．We hope you'll enjoy yourselves．”
The Smiths went to the cinema with the tickets at night．When they got home，they found nearly everything in the house was gone．
True or False：
1．Mr Smith came out the next morning but he couldn't find his car．
2．Someone used his car for a day and gave it back the next evening．
3．The Smiths called the police but they would not like to help them．
4．The two tickets on the seat showed real sorry to the Smiths．
5．The thief（小偷）gave Mr Smith two tickets and took away almost everything．
参考答案：1—5 TFFFT
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阅读理解（36）
阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容完成句子。
Our eating habits（习惯）are very important for good health and a strong body．There are times when most of us like eating sweets and ice-cream，they are not bad for us if we eat them at the end of a meal．If we eat them before a meal，they may take away our appetite（食欲）．It's important for us to eat our meal at regular（规律）time each day．When we feel worried or excited，we may not want to eat．A long time ago，in England，some judges（法官）often decided whether a man
was telling the truth by giving him some dry bread．If the man could not swallow（吞）the bread，it meant that he wasn't telling the truth．Though this seems strange and foolish，they thought it was a good way of finding out truth．A man who is worried about something has difficulty in swallowing anything dry because he loses his appetite．
1．Good eating habits are very important for our _________．
2．The sweets and ice-cream may _________ our appetite，if we eat them before a meal．
3．A person may not want to eat when he feels _________ or _________．
4．The judges in old England thought if a man didn't tell the truth，he could _________．
参考答案：1．health 2．take away 3．worried，excited 4．not swallow the dry bread easily．
阅读理解（37）
1．根据短文内容判断下列句子的正（T）误（F）。
Mr Howe worked in an office．He studied（研究）the old things and sometimes bought some for himself．So he got a lot of money．Eight years ago，when he was sixty-five，he retired（退休）．He needn't worry about food or clothes．He was busy before，but now he has enough time to rest．He loves playing ping-pong and spends most of his time on the game．He had never been ill until he had got a headache one day．He was taken to a hospital at once．The doctors looked him over carefully and did their best to save（救）him but he felt worse and worse．He made his son send for a witch（请巫婆来）．
“Do the people in heaven（天堂） play ping-pong，madam？”asked Mr Howe．
“I'm sorry I don't know，sir．”answered the witch．“Let me go and ask about it for you．”
That evening the witch came and said，“I've just been to heaven，Mr Howe．I've brought two pieces of news to you．One is good and the other is bad．”
“Tell me the good news first，please．”
“Most of the people in heaven play ping-pong，”said the witch．“But you'll have a game there the day after tomorrow！”
1）Mr Howe is seventy-three now．（ ）
2）Mr Howe has little money，so he is poor．（ ）
3）As he rested very well all the time，Mr Howe has never been ill．（ ）
4）The doctors didn't do their best to save Mr Howe，so he felt worse and worse．（ ）
5）The bad news meant（意味着）Mr Howe would die（死）in two days．（ ）
参考答案：1）—5）T F F F T
阅读理解（38）
根据短文内容回答下列问题。
Greenland is the largest island in the world．It is in the north of Europe（欧洲）． Near Greenland is another island．It is named Iceland（冰岛）．Do you think that Greenland is green and warm ？Do you think that Iceland is white with ice？If you do，you are wrong．Not more people live on the big island of Greenland．There are more people in your hom etown than those in all of Greenland．That is because Greenland is not green．Greenland is white．Most of the island is covered（被……覆盖） with lots of ice．The ice covering Greenland is higher than the world's tall buildings．What about Iceland？Is it colder than Greenland ？No，it isn't．Iceland has ice， but not so much as Greenland．Iceland has a lot of springs（泉），and they give out hot
water and steam（蒸汽）．The climate（气候）is not as cold as Greenland．And there are a lot of people who live on Iceland．
1）Where is the largest island in the world？
_________________________________ ．
2）Which is the larger island，Iceland or Greenland？
_________________________________ ．
3）There are fewer people in Greenland than those in your hom etown，aren't there？
_________________________________ ．
4）What is most of Greenland covered with？
________________________________ ．
5）Why isn't the climate in Iceland so cold as that in Greenland ？
_________________________________ ．
参考答案：1）It is in the north of Europe 2）Greenland 3） Yes ，there are 4）Lots of ice 5）Because Iceland has alot of springs（and they give out hot water and steam）．
阅读理解（39）
阅读下面的短文，根据其内容，回答所提的问题。
Charles Dickens was born in 1812 in one of the small towns of England．
When Dickens was nine years old， his father found a job in London and the family moved there．Later on his father was put in to prison（监狱）for owing（负债）．His mother could not supply（供应） enough food to him and his younger brothers and sisters．He had to do something for his family．He did some housework and looked after his brothers and sisters．Their life
was hard，so he could not go to school．
Only until his father was out of prison ，could Charles go to school．At that time he was already twelve．But he did not finish school．Two years later he began to work in a factory．
And he was a journalist（记者）and wrote for newspapers．The future writer often went to the library to read books．He read a lot．Then，at the age of twenty-two，Dickens began to write
and he wrote a lot of novels and stories all his life．Dicken s died over a hundred years
ago，but people are still reading his books with great interest．
Questions：
1．What was Charles Dickens？
_________________________
2．How long did Dickens live in his hometown？
_________________________
3．Why couldn't Dickens go to school？
_________________________
4．When did Dickens begin to work？
_________________________
5．Where did Dickens read a lot？
_________________________
参考答案：
1．从短文内容可以看出，他是一个伟大的英国作家。应回答：He was one of the greatest English writers．
2．“When Dickens was nine years old，his father found a job in London and the family moved
there．”已经告诉我们，他在故乡生活了九年。该题的答案是：He lived there for nine years．
3．Dickens的父亲因负债累累，被关进了监狱，他当然得干一些家务事，照看弟弟妹妹。其答案是：He had to do some housework and look after his brothers and sisters at home．
4．Dickens在十二岁时才上学，两年后不得不辍学去工作，他自然是十四岁。故应回答：When he was fourteen，he began to work．
5．从文章内容来看，他是在图书馆里看了很多书的。该题应当这样回答：He read a lot in the library．
阅读理解（40）
阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
Of all the students of Grade Four， Bill is the tallest．He's thirteen，and of course，he's the oldest，too．But he's the worst and the most foolish（愚蠢的）．He can't answer the easiest questions in class． And he never passes the exams．
But the boy is the strongest in his school．Even the boys in higher grades are afraid of him．So he leaves home with an empty bag．When he gets to school，his bag is full of fruit
and cakes．Sometimes he brings some home．His mother，Mrs King，is always happy when she sees them．She praises（赞扬）her son ，for she can save some money．
This morning，Mrs．King went shopping in the market．She saw an old man selling eggs there．She chose twenty-four but paid only for twenty．The old man was too busy to count（数）them． She hurried off and told her husband as soon as he came back for lunch．
“How clever you are！Mr．King said happily．And Bill was busy eating the eggs，so he didn't say a word．
“What's your favourite food，dear？asked Mr．King．
“Eggs，of course．
“Well，then，said the man，“Can you tell us what can lay eggs？
The boy thought for a while and said，“Hens，ducks，geese（鹅）．．．and．．． and mum ！
“Oh？But why？
“I often hear they call me‘BAD EGG’．
1．Bill never passes the exams because _____ ．
A．he's the tallest of the children B．he's thirteen
C．he doesn 't work hard at his lessons D．he is not the worst in the school
2．Why is Bill's bag full of fruit and cakes when he gets to school？
A．He buys them on his way to school． B．He makes the children give them to him ．
C．He finds them in the shops． D．His parents buy them for him ．
3． ____，so Mrs．King is happy．
A．Bill often saves money for his family B．The children are afraid of Bill
C．Bill is stronger and older than any other child
D．Bill gets no food without paying any money
4．Bill didn't say a word at table because _____ ．
A．he was thinking of a problem B．he had to go to school on time
C．he was afraid of his father D．he wanted to eat more eggs
5．Which of the following is true？
A．Mrs．King can lay eggs． B．People think Bill is very bad．
C．Bill wished his mother could lay eggs．
D．Bill likes his nickname（绰号）very much．
参考答案：
1．C。在所给的四个选项中，只有Bill不用功，才是考试不及格的根本原因。
2．B。连高年级的学生都怕Bill，他当然是强迫同学们给他吃的东西。
3．A。从文章内容可以看出，Mrs．King好占便宜，儿子能不掏钱拿回吃的东西，她自然很高兴。
4．D。鸡蛋是Bill最喜爱的食品，他在父母亲谈论的时候一言不发，当然是想多吃一些。
5．B。由“I often hear they call me‘BADEGG'．”能够得知，大家都认为Bill很坏。
阅读理解（41）
Dreams may be more important than sleep．Some people don't need much sleep．But we all need to dream，scientists say．
Dreams take up（占据）about one quarter of our sleeping time．People have several dreams every night．Dreams are like short films．They are usually in colour．Some dreams are like old films．They come to us over and over again．That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something．Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer．
Some people get new ideas about their work from dreams．They could have been thinking about their work all day．These thoughts can carry over into dreams．
Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a dream．But often we can't remember the dream．Dreams can disappear（消失）quickly from memory．
Too much dreaming can be harmful（有害的）．The more we sleep，the longer we dream．The mind is hard at work when we dream．That is why we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired．
根据短文完成句子。
1．The title（标题）for the story could be“____________”．
2．The main idea of the story is that people need to __________________．
3．It may be less important to __________________ than to dream．
4．Dreams and films are usually __________________．
5．Why do people often dream about their work？
Because they may be thinking about __________________．
参考答案：1．Dreams 2．dream 3．sleep 4．in colour 5．their work all day
阅读理解（42）
The world is not hungry，but it is thirsty．It seems strange that nearly 3／4 of the earth is covered with water while we say we are short of（短缺）water．Why？Because about 97％ of water on the earth is sea water which we can't drink or use for watering plants directly（直接地）．Man can only drink and use the 3％ of the water that comes from rivers and lakes．And we can't even use all of that，because some of it has been polluted（污染）．
Now more water is needed．The problem is：Can we avoid（避免）a serious water shortage later on？Firstly，we should all learn how to save water．Secondly，we should find out the ways to reuse it．Scientists have always been making study in this field．Today，in most large cities，water is used only once and then runs to the sea or rivers．But it can be used again．Even if（即使）every large city reused its water，still there would not be enough．What could people turn to next？
The sea seems to have the best answer．There is a lot of water in the sea．All that needs to be done is to get the salt（盐）out of the sea water．This is expensive，but it's already in use in many parts of the world．Scientists are trying to find a cheaper way to do it．So you see，if we can find a way out，we'll be in no danger of drying up．
根据短文内容判断正（T）误（F）。
1．The world is thirsty because about 97％ of water on the earth can't be drunk or used for watering plants directly．
2．97％ of the earth is covered with water．
3．Man can only drink and use about 25％ of water on the earth．
4．To avoid the serious water shortage，it's the most important to try to find a cheaper way to get the salt out of the sea water．
5．The name of the passage should be“How to Save Water”．
参考答案：1—5 TFFTF
阅读理解(43)
Bill was fourteen years old．He thought he was a young man but his parents thought he was still a boy．They said，“When you begin to think about helping others，you will be a young man．”
One morning，his parents gave Bill some money to buy milk at the store（商店）．He saw an old man there．The man looked very sick．Bill went to him and asked，“Are you all right？
The old man answered，“Yes，but I need something to eat．”
“Then let's go to the restaurant，”said Bill．
When the waiter asked what they wanted，the old man said，“Just a glass of water．”
“Do you want anything to eat？”asked the waiter．
The old man didn't answer，and Bill asked him，“Have you had your breakfast？”
“No，I haven't had any food and I haven't any money because I lost it，”answered the old man．
The boy said to the waiter，“My friend wants to have bread and coffee．”
“I'm giving you too much trouble，”said the old man．
The old man ate quickly what the waiter had brought him．“I'm fine now，”he said．“I'll never forget your kindness！You are a very good young man．”
Bill was pleased because the old man thought he was a young man．
The waiter came，and to their surprise，he said that the food was a present and it was cheap because it was the birthday of his boss，and they were the first customers（顾客）of the day．
根据短文内容完成句子。
1．Bill was fourteen years old，but he thought that he ．
2．If a boy ，he will be a young man．
3．The old man did not look well because he ．
4．Bill asked the old man to come to the restaurant in order to show that ．
5．Bill paid a little for their meal because it was and they were ．
参考答案:1．was a young man 2．begins to know how to help others 3．was hungry and wanted something to eat 4．he was already a young man 5．the birthday of the boss，the first customers of the day
阅读理解（44）
Beethoven was never afraid to show his feelings（感情）．Once when he was playing at a rich man's
house，one of his listeners，a man of rich family，was talking to a girl．He liked girls more than music，and he didn't stop talking when Beethoven started to play．The noise was not a quiet one，and Beethoven could hear well in those days．
The music stopped in the middle and Beethoven stood up，“I do not play for animals of this kind！”He cried．“No！Not for animals！”Then he walked out．
根据短文内容选择正确答案。
1．Beethoven was a ________ ．
A．scientist B．doctor C．chemist D．musician
2．Beethoven was ________ his feelings．
A．unwilling to show B．in fear of showing
C．fearless of showing D．unhappy to show
3．One of the listeners ________ when Beethoven started to play．
A．stopped talking B．sang slowly
C．still talked to a girl D．smoked
4．This listener ________ ．
A．didn't like music B．liked girls and music
C．liked music more than girls
D．was more interested in girls than music
5．This listener was a ________ man．
A．good B．polite C．rude D．nice
参考答案：1—5 DCCDC
阅读理解（45）
根据短文内容选择正确答案。
Skin-diving（潜泳）is a new sport today．
This sport takes you into a wonderful new world． It is like a visit to the moon！When you are under water，it is easy for you to climb big rocks， because you are no longer heavy．
Here，under water，everything is blue and green．During the day，there is enough light． When fish swim nearby（附近），you can catch them with your hands．
When you have tanks（罐子）of air on your back，you can stay in deep water for a long time．But you must be careful．
To catch the fish is one of the most interesting parts of this sport．On the other hand， you can clean the ships without taking them out of the water．You can get many things from the deep sea．
Now you can see that skin-diving is both useful and interesting．
1）Skin-diving can take you to _______ ．
a．the moon b．mountains c．the sun d．the deep sea
2）You can climb big rocks under water because _______ ．
a．you are stronger b．the fish can help you c．you are not as heavy as on the land
d．there is a lot of light
3）A skin-diver _______ under water in the day．
a．can see everything clearly b．can't see anything clearly
c．can see nothing d．can see only fishes
4）With a tank of air on your back，you can _______ ．
a．catch fish very easily b．stay under water for a long time
c．be in safe place d．have more fun
5）Which of these sentences is NOT TRUE ？
a．Skin-diving is a new sport． b．Skin-diving is like visiting the moon．
c．The only use of skin-diving is to have more fun．
d．Skin-diving is both interesting and useful ．
参考答案：1）d 2）c 3）a 4）b 5）c
阅读理解（46）
根据短文内容，完成文后句子或回答问题。
We had a sports meeting last Saturday．
Wu Ying was the best runner in our class， but she fell and hurt her leg the day before．It was ten o'clock in the morning．It was time for the girls'400-metre race．The students asked me to run the race．But I'm not a good runner． What shall I do？
“Just try！”the teacher said．
“OK．”
On the first lap，the girl from Class 2 was in front．She ran much faster than I did．But I did my best in the race．
“Come on！”when I passed the seats of my classmates，I could hear them shouting．
“Run ！Run ！”
I was just running and running．I must catch up with her．Now I was not far behind her．
At the end of the second lap，we were neck and neck．
“Come on！”“Come on！”I could still hear my classmates shouting．
“Come on！”“Come on！”I said to myself，too．
There，the finishing line was right before us．We passed it at the same time．Both she and I were second．
“Hooray！”the students called out to me．“Well done！”
But I was too tired to go any further and fell to the ground．
1）Wu Ying hurt her leg _______．
2）The girl from Class 2 and I reached the finishing line _______ ．
3）I _______ the runner from Class 2 at the end of the second lap．
4）What sport was I in that day？
_________________________ ．
5）How was I after finishing running？
_________________________ ．
参考答案：
1）on Friday／last Friday 2）at the same time 3）caught up with 4）In the girls'400-metre race．5） I felt too tired to go any further and fell to the ground．
阅读理解（47）
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
Henry Ford was the first person to build cars．Those cars were cheap，strong and fast． He would sell millions of them because he could make them in large numbers at a time， that is，he made a great many cars of exactly the same kind．Ford's father hoped that he would become a
farmer，but the young man didn't like the idea and he went to Detroit and worked there as a mechanic（机械师）．By the age of 29，in 1892，he had built his first car． Five years after Ford started his great motorcar factory in 1903，he made the famous“ModelT”．This car turned out to be so popular that it stayed unchanged for twenty years．Since Ford's time，making cars in large numbers has helped to sell the cars cheaply．More and more people can buy cars for their everyday use．
1．Ford's cars were cheap because _______ ．
a．nobody wanted to buy them
b．he could make a large number of cars at a time
c．his cars were not strong enough
d．his cars were not as famous as ModelT．
2．The famous“Model T”was built in _______ ．
a．1892 b．1903 c．1908 d．1928
3．Henry Ford was born in _______ ．
a．1873 b．1863 c．1883 d．1893
4．Which of the following is RIGHT？
a．The first person to make cars is Henry Ford． b．Henry Ford'father was foolish．
c．Henry Ford's motorcar factory was built in 1908．
d．Nowadays everyone can buy a car．
5．Which of the following is WRONG？
a．Ford's father didn't want his son to be a mechanic．
b．Ford decided to be a farmer at first．
c．Ford made his first car at the age of 29．
d．Ford did a great thing for the people in the world．
参考答案：1-5 b c b a b
阅读理解（48）
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D中选择一个正确选项填空。
Ted was in trouble．He drove a car for Mr．Clark，a rich businessm an．He enjoyed his work，but he couldn't work when he drank too much．Once he almost fell into the river when he drove along the bridge．Mr．Clark became very angry and was going to fire（开除）him ．Ted had abig family and was afraid of this．He decided not to drink any more．Then Mr． Clark told him to wait to be dealt with（处理）．
One morning Ted came into the office with two badly burned（烧伤的）ears．
“What happened to your ears？”asked Mr．Clark．
“Well，”said Ted．“I went to watch a football match yesterday while my wife was ironing clothes（熨衣服）at home．She had put the iron（熨斗）near the telephone．Our team lost the
game and I felt sorry for it．As soon as I went into the sitting room ，the telephone rang and I answered the iron！”
“And what happened to the other ear？”
“When I put the iron down on the desk，the telephone rang again！”
1． ____，so he almost drove the car into the river．
A．Ted was not careful B．Ted drank too much
C．Ted didn't see clearly D．Ted drove quite fast
2．Ted was afraid to ____ ．
A．stop drinking B．answer the telephone
C．lose his job D．stop smoking
3．We can guess ____ ．
A．Ted drank too much after the match B．Ted was angry with his team
C．Ted didn't drink any more D．Ted watched the game in his office
4．The ____ badly burned Ted's ears．
A．telephone B．TV set C．iron D．fire
5．What will happen to Ted？
A．He will go on driving for Mr．Clark． B．He will join his football team ．
C．He will never watch any matches． D．He will lose his job．
参考答案：1—5BCACD
阅读理解（49）
根据短文内容判断下列句子是对（T）还是错（F）。
very forgetful couple
Mr and Mrs Long are a very forgetful couple．For example，Mr Long sometimes goes to his office for work on Sunday morning，for he thinks it is Monday．And Mrs Long sometimes forgets to cook supper for the family．
One summer they plan to fly to New York for a visit．They get to the airport only ten minutes before the plane leaves． So time is short．But suddenly Mrs Long says she must tell Linda，their daughter， not to forget to lock the front door when she leaves for school in the morning．As Linda is then at school，they can't reach her on her phone．So the couple hurry to the post office．Mrs Long writes a short note to Linda，while Mr Long buys a stamp and an envelope．Soon the note is ready．They hurriedly put the stamp on the envelope and drop it in the mailbox． But suddenly Mrs Long begins to cry．The short note to her daughter is still in her hand．She has put their plane tickets in the envelope．
True or false：
1．Mr and Mrs Long often forget to do something．（ ）
2．Mr Long goes to work every day．（ ）
3．Mrs Long never forgets to cook for the family．（ ）
4．The couple want to see their daughter in New York one summer．（ ）
5．The couple post a letter to their daughter when they get to the airport．（ ）
参考答案：1—5TFFFT
阅读理解（50）
Long life
A man was selling medicine at a fair（集市）．At first he sold bottles of a cure（药剂）for colds（感冒）for just a dollar a bottle．
Many people wanted to buy it and the man's young assistant moved quickly through the crowd collecting money and handing out bottles of the cure．
Then，when he had a big crowd， the man held up a very small bottle．
“And now，ladies and gentlemen，he shouted，“Here is the medicine you have been waiting for．The cure for old age．Drink just one bottle of this and you will live forever．
“And，ladies and gentlemen，the man continued（继续），“I'm not going to charge（向……要价……）you a hundred dollars a bottle for this wonderful medicine．I'm not going to charge you fifty dollars a bottle．I'm not going to charge you twenty-five dollars a bottle．Now，ladies and gentlemen，I'm going to charge you just ten dollars a bottle． Think，my friends，for ten dollars you can live forever．
Most of the people in the crowd did not believe this．
One person shouted，“If it can make you live forever，why don't you drink it？
Then an other person cried，“Yes， you look as if you're at least sixty years old．
“Thank you，sir，thank you，the man answered，“I'm so glad you said that． My real age is three hundred and twenty-nine．
The crowd laughed at this but there were still some people who wanted to believe the man ．One of them spoke to the man's assistant as she passed by ，“Is that true？he asked．“Is he three hundred and twenty-nine？
“Don't ask me，the assistant said，“I've only worked for him for a hundred and fifty years．
1．What did the man sell at first at the fair？
A．a cure for colds B．bottles C．a cure for old age
D．a medicine that made people live forever
2．The people didn't believe his medicine could cure old age because ____ ．
A．the medicine was too cheap B．the medicine was too expensive
C．he looked quite old himself D．he didn't look honest（诚实的）
3．How much did the man charge for the cure for old age？
A．one dollar a bottle B．twenty-five dollars a bottle
C．ten dollars a bottle D．fifty dollars a bottle
4．What does the word“assistantmean in this passage（段落）？
A．仆人 B．朋友 C．同伴 D．助手
5．What does this passage really mean？
A．The cure for old age is very useful and not so expensive．
B．The man is not honest，and so is his assistant．
C．The cheaper the medicine is，the more people will buy．
D．The two men are very honest，and they would like to help people live forever．
参考答案：ACCDB
阅读理解（51）
根据短文内容，判断文后句子的正误。
Henry works in a factory．He comes from a poor family and was in school for only four years．He has to do the hard work，but he's paid less．He likes to watch football matches very much and spends a lot of time on it．
One evening there was a big football match on a playground．He borrowed some money from his friend and hurried there．There were a lot of people there．And all the tickets were sold out．He was sorry for it．He saw a pole（电线杆）outside the playground and climbed it up quickly．A policeman came and said，“It's dangerous to stay on it！Come down！”
“Wait a minute，please！”Henry said and just at that moment the policeman heard cheers（欢呼声）in the playground and asked in a hurry，“Which team has kicked a goal？”“Ours！”“Wonderful！You can stay there．But take care！”the policeman said happily and left．When the
match would soon be over，he came back again and asked，“Who's won？”“Theirs，3—2．”“Come down，”the police- man said angrily，“Such a match isn't worth（值得）watching！”
Henry had to come down．But soon they heard cheers again．The policeman said in a hurry，“Climb up quickly and see who's kicked a goal！”
1）Henry is paid less because he didn't learn much when he was young．（ ）
2）Henry stayed on the pole because he hoped to save some money．（ ）
3）The policeman soon changed his mind at the first time because he thought it was safe for Henry to be on the pole．（ ）
4）The policeman became angry when he heard their team lost the game．（ ）
5）Both Henry and the policeman are football fans（球迷）．（ ）
参考答案：1）T 2）F 3）F 4）T 5）T
阅读理解（52）
阅读短文，并回答文后的问题。
Mark Hill is a traffic police officer（交通警察）in Watford，near London．He works on some of the busiest motorways in Britain，the M1and the M25．
“There are traffic police on duty twen-ty-four hours a day．There are three shifts（轮班），and each shift is eight hours．On average（按平均数计算）we have to deal with three to four accidents each shift．”
“We deal with anyone in the accident who is injured（受伤）．That's the first thing．Then we have to clear the road and get the traffic moving again．”
“Most accidents happen because people drive too fast—especially（特别）when the roads are wet．Sometimes accidents happen because drivers don't follow the rules．For example，I've seen a number of cases（案件）of drivers overtaking（超车）on the left．This is illegal（违法的）in Britain．If you want to overtake，you have to go into the fast lane（车道）on the right．”
“I like my job．I have a varied（各种各样的）working day—I never know what I'm going to do from one day to the next．And I meet all kinds of people．I don't think any other job can give you special experience（经历）like that．”
1）Who is Mark Hill？
_________________________
2）How many accidents are there in a 24-hour period（时期）？
________________________
3）After an accident，what does Mark usually do？
_________________________
4）Why do most accidents on motorways happen？
_________________________
5）What can Mark Hill's job give him？
_________________________
参考答案：
1）He is a traffic police officer in Watford，near London．
2）There are nine to twelve（three to four per shift）．
3）He helps the injured people and then clears the road and gets the traffic moving again．
4）Because people drive too fast，especially when the roads are wet．
5）It can give him special experience．
精选中考阅读理解100篇(附答案)
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阅读理解（53）
In the world ,soccer of football is the most popular sport. This is because many countries have wonderful teams for the World Cup. The World Cup is held every four years.
To remember 2002 FIFA World Cup ,children from different countries and more than 60 children from Japanese schools came together and spent three weekends drawing a big picture called “Dream(梦幻) World Cups ”in Japan .The children drew animals, flowers and people playing soccer under a bule bright sky. They wished each football team good luck by drawing the flags(旗帜)of all the countries that will take part in the World Cup in Japan and South Korea.The picture was put up in a park near a playground in Yokohama .Some football teams will have games there.
Are you a football fan(迷)？The World Cup makeds more and more people interested in football Teenagers(青少年)like playing and watching football .Many of them love some football stars so much that they get the pictures of their favourite players on the walls of their rooms. That is the way to show their love for the World Cup as children in Japan.
1.If a country wants to take part in the World Cup ,she must have______.
A.Many football fans B.a very good team
C.many football player D.a big playground
2.The next World Cup will be held in_______.
A.2006 B.2007
C.2005 D.2004
3.From the passage ,in the picture children drew many things except_________.
A. people playing football B. pictures of some football stars
C. a sunny sky D. flowers
4.In “Dream World Cup”,the children drew the flags of some countries______.
A. to show their love for their owe country
B. to tell the people their stories
C. to show their good wishes for the football teams
D. to show their new ideas about football
5.Many teenagers owe the pictures of some football stars because______.
A. they are interested in football B. they are football fans
C. they think their favourite players are great D. all of A,B and C
阅读理解（54）
In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business .But he was not a good artis .So he invented a very simple camera (照相机).He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of hia garden .That was the first photo.
The next important date in the history of photography (摄影术) was in 1837.That yeat ,Daguere,another Frenchman ,took a picture of his reading room .He used a new kind of camera in a differentway.In his picture you couild see exerything very clearly ,even the smallest thing.This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.
Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s way .Travellers brought back wondeful photos from all around the world .people took picture of famous buildings,cities and mountains.
In about 1840, photography was developed .Then photographers could take picture of people and moving things .That was not simple .The photographers had to carry a lot of film and other machines.But this did not stop them ,for example,some in the United Ststes worked so hard.
Mathew Brady was a famous American photographers.He took many picture of gread people .The picture were unusual beause they were very lifelike(栩栩如生的)
Photographers also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century .Some photod were nor just cooies of the real world .They showed and feelings,like other kinds of art.
6.The first photo taken by Niepce was a picturte of ____________
A.his business B. his house
C. his garden D. his window
7.The Daguerrotype was____________.
A. a Frenchman B. a kind of picture C. a kind of camera D. a photographer
8.If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840j, he had to__________.
A. watch lots of films B. buy an expensive camera
C. stop in most cities D. take many films and something else with him.
9. Mathew Brady______________.
A.was very lifelike B. was famous for his unusual pictures
C. was quite strong D. took many pictures of moving people
10.This passage tells us_____________.
A. how photography was developed B. how to show your ideas and feelings in pictures
C. how to take pictures in the world D. how to use different cameras
阅读理解（55）
Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van(住房汽车)
A small car can hold(容纳)four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded(拥挤). A van hold seven persons easily, so a family three children could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel They could all travel together.
Mr.Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and bus a van. Their children sixth and seventh seat are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases(衣箱)when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents’ home , the suitcases are brought into the two seats can then carry the grandparents.
Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family are traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.
11. From the passage, a van is also called ____________.
A. a motor car B. a motor home C. a motorbike D. a big truck
12. Before Mr. Hagen and his wife bought a van, they__________.
A. sold their old house B. moved to their grandparents’ house
C.built a new place for a van D. sold their second car
13. A motor home is usually owned by a family with__________.
A. a baby B. much money C. more than two children D. interest in vans
14. Americans usually use motor homer____________.
A. to travel with all the family members of holiday
B. to do some shopping with all the family members
C. to visit their grandparents at weekends
D. to drive their children to school every day
15. Motor homes have become popular because___________.
A. they can take people to another city when people are free
B. they can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidays
C. some people think motor homes are cheap
D. big families can put more things in motor homes
答案：
1．B 2．A 3．B 4．C 5．D 6． C 7．B 8．D 9．B 10． A 11．B 12．D 13． C 14．A 15． B
阅读理解（56）
Desert
一、 填空篇
Scientists are____ to make the desert into good land again. They want to____ water to the desert, so people can live and____ food. They are learning a____ about deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert___ the time. Scientists may not be able to change the deserts in_____.
Why is more and more land becoming desert? Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing ____things to the earth. Some places on the earth don’t get____ rain, but they still don’t become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important to____ places. Plants keep the hot sun____ making the earth even drier. Plants don’t let the winds____ the dirt away. When a little bit of rain____, the plants hold the water. Without plants, land can become desert much more easily.
根据短文内容，填写所缺单词：
1. t ______2. b ______3.g ______4. l ______5.a ______6. t ______
7. b______8. m______9. d______10. f______11. b______ 12. f ______
(答案：1.trying 2.bring 3.grow 4.lot 5.all 6.time 7.bad 8.much 9.dry 10.from 11.blow 12.falls)
阅读理解（57）
The Speed of Light
Light travels at a speed which is about a million times faster than the speed of sound.
In one second, light travels about 300,000 kilometres.
But sound travels only 0.344 kilometres .You can get some idea of this difference by watching the start of a race. If you
Stand some distance(距离) away from the starter, you can see smoke come from his gun
(枪) before the sound reaches your ears.
This great speed of light produces some strange facts. Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to
reach us. If you look at the light of the moon tonight, remember that the light left
the moon 1.3 second before they reached you. The nearest star is far away from the earth. The light which you can see from it tonight started to travel towards you four years ago at a speed of nearly 2 million kilometers one minute. In some cases(情况) the light from one of tonight’s starts started on its journey to you before you were born.
If we want to be honest(诚实), we can not say “The stars are shining tonight.” We have to say, “The stars look pretty(漂亮). They were shining four years ago. But their light has only just reached the earth.. ”
判断正误：
（ ）1.Light speed is about a million times faster than sound speed.
（ ）2.If you stand 100 metres away from a starter, you can hear the gun before you see the smoke.
( )3. The moon must be about two million kilometers away from the earth.
( )4. The sun must be about 480 times300,000 kilometres away from the earth..
( )5. The moonlight we see tonight started to travel towards us four years ago.
阅读理解（58）
美国的邮政
Perhaps every town in the United States ha a post office. Some are very small, and you may also find them in the corner of a shop. Others are large buildings. They are open five days a week and on Saturday mornings. From Monday through Friday they are usually open from 8:30 a.m. to4:30 p.m..
If you know how much the postage(邮资) is for your letter, you can buy stamps at any windows. In some post offices you can buy tamps from machines. Stamps are sold at many different prices(价格), from one cent to many dollars. If you are not sure how much postage is for your letter, you can ask the clerk(职员) . He or she will give you the stamps you need. If you are sending your letters far away, write on the envelope(信封) that you want them to go by air or use an airmail envelope. Remember that postage will be more expensive for a letter that you want to send to foreign countries.
At a post office you can also buy postcards. A postcard is cheaper than a letter. Usually the price of postage for a postcard is about half that of a letter. The postcards that you buy at a post office do not have pictures. However, they are also not to be sent outside the countries.
Letters are an easy and cheap way to keep in touch with(与…保持联系) people in many different countries.
根据短文内容,选择最佳答案:
( )1.In the United States, every post office, large or small, is open____.
A. every day except Sunday
B. from Monday to Friday
C. from8:30 to 4:30 every day
D. five and a half days a week
( )2.If you don’t know how much the postage is, you can____.
A. buy different stamps of different prices.
B. Put more stamps on the envelope
C. Get some help from the clerk
D. Buy stamps from machines
( )3.In a post office in the USA, people can buy all the following except____.
A. letters B. stamps C. envelopes D. postcards
( )4.If someone wants to send a letter on Saturday afternoon, he or she____.
A. can buy stamps at any shops
B. can use an airmail envelope
C. must go to large post buildings
D. must wait till next Monday
( )5.People sometimes prefer postcards to letters because postcards____.
A. needn’t be sent by air
B. cost people less money
C. don’t have any pictures
D. can be bought in post offices
答案:DCADB
阅读理解（59）
The Day, the night and the Stars
Have you ever seen the day begin? The dark sky starts to look brighter. Then suddenly the sky is all pink(淡红色的) and red and gold(金色的) even a little green.
The earth has turned until the sun is shining on the place where you are. This is what makes it day.
The sun is always shining. But it can only shine on one side of the earth at a time. It can’t light the side that is turned away from it. When the sun is shining on the other side of the world, it is night where you are. At night, you can see the stars.
All day the stars are in the sky, but the light from the sun is so bright that you can’t see them. When the sun is gone, the stars are bright enough to see. Stars look as tiny(微小的) as pinheads(针头)，but some are even bigger than the sun. Big things look little when they are far away. In the sky, planes look like toys(玩具), but on the ground you can see that they are big. Stars are millions of times bigger than planes. They look very small because they are so far away. The sun is closer than the other stars. So it looks bigger.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
( )1. The dark sky_____.
A. is getting bright B. Looks bright
C. is getting long D. is beautiful
( )2. When the sun is shining on the other side of the world,____.
A. it is bright B. it is night
C. it starts to look brighter D. it looks brighter
( )3. We can see the stars in the sky ____.
A. without the sun B. when the sun is gone
C. when they are big enough D. when they are bright enough
( )4. The light from the sun is too bright _____.
A. so we can see the stars B. that we can’t see the stars
C. not to see the stars D. for us to see the stars
( )5. Stars are millions of times bigger than planes. What does the word “times” mean?
A.时间 B.次数 C.倍 D.时刻
阅读理解（60）
Surtsey was born in 1963.Scientists saw the birth of this island.It began at 7.30 a.m. on
14th November.A fishing boat was near Iceland.The boat moved under the captain's（船长）feet.He noticed a strange smell.He saw some black smoke.A volcano（火山）was breaking out.Red-hot rocks,fire and smoke were rushing up from the bottom（底部）of the sea.The island grew quickly.It was 10 metres high the next day and 60 metres high on 18th November.Scientists flew there to watch.It was exciting.Smoke and fire were still rushing up.Pieces of red-hot rock were flying into the air and falling into the sea.The sea was boiling and there was a strange light in the sky.Surtsey grew and grew.Then it stopped in June 1967.It was 175 metres high and 2 kilometres long.And life was already coming to Surtsey.Plants grew.Birds came.Some scientists built a house.They want to learn about this young island.A new island is like a new world.
1.Surtsey is ______.
A.an island not far from Iceland B.a new volcano
C.a fishing boat D.a place in Iceland
2.Scientists flew there ______.
A.to watch the birth of the island B.to save the fishing boat
C.to learn about the island D.to build a house
3.When did scientist fly there to watch?
A.Before the volcano broke out. B.As soon as the volcano broke out.
C.About four days after the volcano broke out. D.After the volcanol stopped rushing up.
4.Put the following sentences in correct order.
a.The captain found the boat was moving. b.A new island appeared in the sea.
c.Fire,smoke and rocks were seen rushing up. d.A fishing boat was near Iceland.
e.The island grew quickly.
A.d-a-c-b-e B.a-b-c-d-e C.a-b-e-c-d D.b-e-d-a-c
5.The best title of this article is ________.
A.A new island B.The birth of an island C.A new world
D.Scientists discovered Surtsey
答案：
（A）1.A 2.A 3.C 4.A 5.B
阅读理解（61）
On Nov.18th,1908,three men went up in a balloon（气球）.They started early in London.The headman was Auguste Gaudron,and the other two men were Tannar and Maitland.They had a big balloon and they were ready for a long way.
Soon they heard the sea.They were carrying the usual rope（绳子）,and it was hanging down from the basket of the balloon.At the end of the rope they had tied a metal box.This could hold water,or it could be empty.So they were able to change its weight（重量）.It was for use over the sea.They were also carrying some bags of sand.
After the sun rose,the balloon went higher.It went up to 3,000 metres,and the air was very cold.The water in the balloon became ice.Snow fell past the men's basket,and they could see more snow on the ground.The men tried to throw out some more sand;but it was hard.They tried to break the icy sand with their knives,but it was not easy.The work was slow and they were still falling,so they had to drop some whole bags of sand.One of them fell on an icy lake and made a black hole in the ice.
At last they pulled the box into the basket.It was still snowing;so they climbed to get away from the snow.They rose to 5,100 metres!Everything became icy.They were so cold that they
decided to land.They came down in Poland heavily but safely.They had travelled 1,797 kilometres from London!
6.Three men flew in balloon ________.
A.for nearly 1,800 kilometres B.to another city C.to visit Poland` D.more than a century ago
7.The metal box was used for ________.
A.carrying the bags of sand‘ ’ B.keeping drinking-water
C.carrying ropes of the basket D.changing weight
8.When the balloon went up higher,________.
A.the temperature of the balloon began to fall
B.They saw the sun go down
C.They made a hole in the basket with their knives
D.They could see a black hole on the ground
9.The balloon landed ________.
A.in London B.on the sea C.on a lake D.in a foreign country
10.Which of the following is NOT true?________
A.The three men started their journey before the sun rose.
B.The balloon began to go up when they threw bags of sand out of the basket.
C.When they pulled the box into the basket,the balloon began to climb up.
D.The three men had to land because they felt cold.
答案：
（B）6.A 7.D 8.A 9.D 10.B
阅读理解（62）
In the world ,soccer of football is the most popular sport. This is because many countries have wonderful teams for the World Cup. The World Cup is held every four years.
To remember 2002 FIFA World Cup ,children from different countries and more than 60 children from Japanese schools came together and spent three weekends drawing a big picture called “Dream(梦幻) World Cups ”in Japan .The children drew animals, flowers and people playing soccer under a bule bright sky. They wished each football team good luck by drawing the flags(旗帜)of all the countries that will take part in the World Cup in Japan and South Korea.The picture was put up in a park near a playground in Yokohama .Some football teams will have games there.
Are you a football fan(迷)？The World Cup makeds more and more people interested in football Teenagers(青少年)like playing and watching football .Many of them love some football stars so much that they get the pictures of their favourite players on the walls of their rooms. That is the way to show their love for the World Cup as children in Japan.
1.If a country wants to take part in the World Cup ,she must have______.
A.Many football fans B.a very good team C.many football player D.a big playground
2.The next World Cup will be held in_______.
A.2006 B.2007 C.2005 D.2004
3.From the passage ,in the picture children drew many things except_________.
A. people playing football B. pictures of some football stars C. a sunny sky D. flowers
4.In “Dream World Cup”,the children drew the flags of some countries______.
A. to show their love for their owe country
B. to tell the people their stories
C. to show their good wishes for the football teams
D. to show their new ideas about football
5.Many teenagers owe the pictures of some football stars because______.
A. they are interested in football B. they are football fans
C. they think their favourite players are great D. all of A,B and C
阅读理解（63）
In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business .But he was not a good artis .So he invented a very simple camera (照相机).He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of hia garden .That was the first photo.
The next important date in the history of photography (摄影术) was in 1837.That yeat ,Daguere,another Frenchman ,took a picture of his reading room .He used a new kind of camera in a differentway.In his picture you couild see exerything very clearly ,even the smallest thing.This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.
Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s way .Travellers brought back wondeful photos from all around the world .people took picture of famous buildings,cities and mountains.
In about 1840, photography was developed .Then photographers could take picture of people and moving things .That was not simple .The photographers had to carry a lot of film and other machines.But this did not stop them ,for example,some in the United Ststes worked so hard.
Mathew Brady was a famous American photographers.He took many picture of gread people .The picture were unusual beause they were very lifelike(栩栩如生的)
Photographers also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century .Some photod were nor just cooies of the real world .They showed and feelings,like other kinds of art.
6.The first photo taken by Niepce was a picturte of ____________
A.his business B. his house C. his garden D. his window
7.The Daguerrotype was____________.
A. a Frenchman B. a kind of picture C. a kind of camera D. a photographer
8.If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840j, he had to__________.
A. watch lots of films B. buy an expensive camera
C. stop in most cities D. take many films and something else with him.
9. Mathew Brady______________.
A.was very lifelike B. was famous for his unusual pictures
C. was quite strong D. took many pictures of moving people
10.This passage tells us_____________.
A. how photography was developed B. how to show your ideas and feelings in pictures
C. how to take pictures in the world D. how to use different cameras
阅读理解（64）
Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy
a van(住房汽车)
A small car can hold(容纳)four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded(拥挤). A van hold seven persons easily, so a family three children could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel They could all travel together.
Mr.Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and bus a van. Their children sixth and seventh seat are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases(衣箱)when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents’ home , the suitcases are brought into the two seats can then carry the grandparents.
Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family are traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.
11. From the passage, a van is also called ____________.
A. a motor car B. a motor home C. a motorbike D. a big truck
12. Before Mr. Hagen and his wife bought a van, they__________.
A. sold their old house B. moved to their grandparents’ house
C.built a new place for a van D. sold their second car
13. A motor home is usually owned by a family with__________.
A. a baby B. much money C. more than two children D. interest in vans
14. Americans usually use motor homer____________.
A. to travel with all the family members of holiday
B. to do some shopping with all the family members
C. to visit their grandparents at weekends
D. to drive their children to school every day
15. Motor homes have become popular because___________.
A. they can take people to another city when people are free
B. they can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidays
C. some people think motor homes are cheap
D. big families can put more things in motor homes
答案：
1．B 2．A 3．B 4．C 5．D 6． C 7．B 8．D 9．B 10． A 11．B 12．D 13． C 14．A 15．
阅读理解（65）
Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for Paris bus. The bus for Paris would not leave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in line(排队), others were walking around. There was a group of schoolgirls. Their teacher was trying to keep them in line. Tom looked around but there was no place for him to sit.
He walked into the station cafe(咖啡馆). he looked up at the clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found a seat and sat down before a large mirror(镜子) on the wall. Just then, Mike, one of Tom’s workmates came in and sat with Tom.
“What time is your bus?” asked Mike.
“There’s plenty of time yet,” answered Tom.
“Well, I’ll get you some more tea then,” said Mike.
They talked while drinking. Then Tom looked at the clock again. “Oh! It’s going backward(倒行)!” he cried. “A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve and now it’s half past eleven.”
“You’re looking at the clock in the mirror.” said Mike. Tom was so sad(难过). The next bus was not to leave for another hour. Since then Tom has never liked mirrors.
根据以上短文内容，从下列各题所给的四个选项中选择最佳的一项。
1、Tom went into the station cafe because .
A．Mike asked him to have a cup of tea
B．it was quite early and he could find a seat there
C．he didn’t like to stay with the schoolgirls
D．he wanted to have a drink with his workmate there
2、What time was it in fact when Tom looked at the clock in the mirror?
A．Half past twelve B．Twenty to twelve
C．Half past eleven D．Half past one
3、From the story we know that when we look at a clock in a mirror, we will find .
A．the time is right B．it’s going slower
C．it’s going backward D．it’s going faster
4、Which of the following is true?
A．Tom arrived in Paris on time
B．The next bus would leave in half an hour C．After that Tom didn’t like clocks any longer
D．Tom looked at the clock in the mirror only once
5、Which of the following is the title(题目) of the story?
A．The Mirror of the Station B．Not A Careful Man
C．Missing A Bus D．The Clock In The Mirror
1、B 2、A 3、C 4、D 5、D
阅读理解（66）
When Mr. David retired（退休）,he bought a small house in a village near the sea. He liked it and hoped to live a quiet life in it.
But to his great surprise, many tourists（游客）came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most interesting building in the village. From morning to night there were tourists outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into Mr. David’s garden. This was too much for Mr. David. He decided to drive the visitors away. So he put a notice on the window. The notice said: “If you want to satisfy your curiosity（好奇心）, came in and look round. Price（价格）: twenty dollars.” Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house. “I came here to retire, not to work as a guide（导游）.” he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.
根据短文内容，从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择正确答案。
1、Mr. David’s house was that many tourists came to see it.
A．so small B．so quiet C．so interesting D．such interesting
2、Mr. David put a notice on the window in order .
A．to drive the visitors away B．to satisfy the visitor’s curiosity
C．to let visitors come in and look round D．to get some money out of the visitors
3、The notice made the visitors .
A．more interested in his house B．lost interest in his house
C．angry at the unfair price D．feel happy about the price
4、After Mr. David put up the notice .
A．the visitors didn’t come any longer
B．fewer and fewer visitors came to see his house
C．more and more tourists came for a visit
D．no tourist would pay the money for a visit
5、At last he had to sell his house and move away because .
A．he did not like it at all B．he could not work as a guide
C．he made enough money and wanted to buy a new expensive house
D．he could not live a quiet life in it
1、C 2、A 3、A 4、C 5、D
阅读理解（67）
Sigmund Freud was a world-famous doctor of Vienna（维也纳）. He was also a man full of humour（幽默）. Once, at his 70th birthday party, a friend asked Freud if he could put his work into several words. “Well,” said Freud, “we take the sick out of their trouble and return them to the common suffering.”
As a devoted（忠实的）son, Freud often visited his old mother. His mother usually spent her summers in a small mountain town in Austria（奥地利）. The King Josef usually spent his summers there, too. One day in the summer, a band（乐队）was playing a lively tune（曲子）when Freud’s mother was sitting at the window and watching the people singing and dancing on Main Street. The old woman had a poor memory. She heard the band playing, but forgot it was the King’s birthday. Freud was visiting his mother on her 95th birthday. He told his mother, “Mama, the band is playing for your birthday.” She believed him and had a wonderful day.
根据短文内容，从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择正确答案。
1、Freud was a famous of .
A．doctor, Austria B．general, Vienna
C．King, Austria D．doctor, Australia
2、From what Freud said at his 70th birthday party, we can see that he was .
A．a brave man B．a sick man
C．a devoted man D．a man full of humour
3、One day Freud came to the small mountain town for .
A．his 70th birthday B．the King Josef’s birthday
C．his mother’s birthday D．for his holiday
4、Which of the four sentences is wrong?
A．Freud’s mother and the King Josef usually spent their summers in the same place.
B．Freud’ mother’s birthday and the King’s birthday were on the same day.
C．Freud’s mother was so old that her memory was very bad.
D．She knew that the band was playing for the King.
5、Freud’s mother felt very happy on her 95th birthday because .
A．the King Josef himself came to celebrate（庆贺）her birthday
B．the people of the town came out to celebrate her birthday
C．she believed that the band was playing for her birthday
D．she heard the band playing a lively tune so wonderfully
1、A 2、D 3、C 4、D 5、C
阅读理解（68）
We each have a memory（记忆力）. That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.
A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.
But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1、Some people can easily learn many things by heart because .
A．they always sleep very well B．they often eat good food
C．they read a lot of books D．they have very good memories
2、Everybody learns his mother language .
A．at the age of six B．when he is a small child
C．after he goes to school D．when he can read and write
3、Before a child can speak, he must .
A．read and write B．make sentences
C．hear and remember the sounds D．think hard
4、In school the pupils can’t learn a foreign language well because .
A．they have no good memories B．they have no recorders
C．they have too much time for it D．they are busy with other subjects
5、Your memory will become better and better .
A．if you have plenty of good food
B．if you do more and more exercises
C．if you do morning exercises every day
D．if you get up early
1、D 2、B 3、C 4、D 5、B
阅读理解（69）
We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights, and there my wife saw the bookshelf.
It stood outside a furniture（家具）shop. “Buy it,” she said at once. “We’ll carry it home on the roof-rack（车顶架）. I’ve always wanted one like that.”
What could I do? Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer, and the bookshelf was tied on to the roof rack. It was tall and narrow, quite heavy too.
As it was getting darker, I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea.
After a time my wife said, “There’s a long line of cars behind. Why don’t they overtake（超车）?”
Just at that time a police car did overtake. The two officers（警官）inside looked at us seriously when they went past. But then, with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church（教堂）. One of the officers came to me.
“Right, sir,” he said. “Do you need any more help now?”
I didn’t quite understand. “Thanks, officer,” I said. “You’ve been very kind. I live just down the road.”
He was looking at our things: first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf. “Well, well,” he said and laughed. “It’s a bookshelf you’ve got there! We thought it was——er, something else.”
My wife began to laugh. Suddenly I understood why the police drove here. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, it’s a bookshelf, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could.
1、From the story we know that .
A．the writer was poor and didn’t buy the bookshelf for his wife
B．the writer’s wife didn’t like the bookshelf at all
C．the writer was always glad to buy something for his wife
D．the writer was not very glad to buy the bookshelf for his wife
2、What made the writer think that carrying furniture was “a good idea”?
A．He could drive slowly and it was safe.
B．Other drivers would let him go first.
C．His wife could use a new bookshelf.
D．He could save a lot of money and time.
3、Why were the police and other drivers so kind to the writer?
A．Because they thought the writer liked studying very much and needed a bookshelf.
B．Because they didn’t think it was polite to overtake a car with a bookshelf on it.
C．Because they thought somebody in the writer’s family had died and he needed help.
D．Because they thought it was dangerous to carry a bookshelf on a car.
4、Why did the writer’s wife begin to laugh?
A．Because now she knew what mistake the police had made.
B．Because at last her husband understood why the police had driven to the church.
C．Because the officer was always looking at the flowers and the bookshelf.
D．Because the police had helped them a lot.
5、When did the officers begin to realize（意识到）they had made a mistake?
A．Before they arrived at the church.
B．Before they overtook（overtake的过去式）the writer’s car.
C．After one of them looked at the flowers and the bookshelf carefully at the church.
D．After the writer’s family left the church.
1、D 2、B 3、C 4、A 5、C
阅读理解（70）
Mr. and Mrs. Bell are very forgetful（健忘的）. For example, Mr. Bell sometimes goes to his office for work on Sunday morning, for he thinks it is Monday. And Mrs. Bell sometimes forget to cook supper for the family.
One summer they planned（计划）to fly to New York for their holidays. They got to the airport
only ten minutes before the plane took off. So time was short. But suddenly Mrs. Bell said she must tell Alice, their daughter,not to forget to lock the front door when she went to school. As Alice was then at school, they couldn’t tell her about it by telephone. So they hurried to the post office. Mrs. Bell wrote a short note to Alice while Mr. Bell bought a stamp and an envelope（信封）. Soon the note was ready. They put the stamp on the envelope in a hurry and dropped it in the letter box, but suddenly Mrs. Bell began to cry. The short note was still in her hand. She had put the plane tickets in the envelope.
根据短文内容判断各句是否符合短文意思，符合的划“√”，否则划“×”。
1、Mr. Bell is so forgetful that sometimes he takes Sunday for Monday and goes to work on Sunday morning.
2、One summer they planned to fly to New York to see their daughter.
3、There was no telephone at the airport, so they had to write a note to Alice.
4、In a hurry they dropped their tickets in the letter box.
5、Suddenly Mrs. Bell began to cry because she had forgotten to put the stamp on the envelope.
1、√ 2、× 3、× 4、× 5、×
阅读理解（71）
James wrote a play for television about a family who came to England from India, and the play was very interesting. It was bought by an American TV company（公司）.
James was then invited to go to New York to help them. He lived in Washington, which is an hour away from New York by air. The plane was going to take off at 8:30 in the morning. So he had to be at the airport at bout 7:30. He ordered a taxi for 6:30 and went to sleep. He forgot to wind the clock, and it stopped after midnight. Also the driver of the taxi had to work very late that night and he got up very late the next morning.
James woke with the feeling that something was wrong. He looked at his clock. It stood there silently with the hands pointing to ten past twelve. He turned on the radio and knew it was ten. He was late for the plane.
He was just preparing his coffee when the radio sent out another news, “Reports are coming in of a plane crash（飞机坠落）near Washington airport. A Boeing 707 fly to New York crashed shortly after taking off this morning. Plane number 2234…” James suddenly turned pale（苍白）.
“My plane,” he said aloud. “If I haven’t been late, “I’d have been on the plane!”
根据短文内容,判断各句是否符合短文意思，符合的划“√”，否则划“×”。
1、James was a writer from England.
2、He had to reach the airport at half past eight.
3、James would like to take a taxi at six thirty.
4、The driver came to pick him up on time.
5、When he turned on the radio he heard the speaker saying that he missed the plane.
6、James was lucky because he was not able to get on the plane.
7、The plane crashed while flying towards London.
8、Sometimes bad things can change into good ones.
【答案】：
1、× 2、× 3、√ 4、× 5、×
6、√ 7、× 8、√
阅读理解（72）
You Don't Know How to Eat It
A foolish man went to a butcher's (屠夫) shop to buy a piece of meat.As he did not know how to cook meat, he asked the butcher to tell him the way of cooking it. The butcher told him how to cook it. "But I cannot remember your words," the foolish man said, "Would you please
write them down for me?" The butcher was kind enough to write them down for him. The man went home happily with a piece of meat in his hand and the note in his pocket. A dog followed him on the way. It jumped at him, took the meat away from him and ran off. The foolish
man stood there not knowing what to do. Then he laughed and said, "Never mind. You don't know how to eat it. The note is still in my pocket."
根据短文，选择填空，将正确答案的序号填入括号内：
1. A foolish man went to a butcher's shop ______.
A. to buy a meat B. for a piece of meat
C. to cook a piece of meat D. to send a piece of meat
2. The butcher told the foolish man how to ______.
A. buy meat B. eat meat C. cook meat D. get meat
3. A dog took ______ away from the foolish man.
A. the meat B. the note C. the pocket D. the hand
4. The dog really didn't know how to eat meat, did it? ______.
A. Yes, it doesn't B. No, it did C. No, it doesn't D. Yes, it did
5. At last the note was still ______.
A. in his hand B. in his pocket C. in his room D. in the butcher's shop
（BCADB）
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阅读理解（73）
2002年北京市海淀区中考英语试题（A）
It was half past eight in the morning . The telephone bell rang and Mary went to answer it .
“Hello , who’s that ? ”she asked .
“It’s me —— Peter . ”
Peter was a friend of Mary’s brother , Johnny .
“Oh , hello , Peter . What do you want ? ”said Mary .
“Can I speak to Johnny ? ”
“No , ”said Mary , “you can’t speak to him now . He is busy . He is getting ready for school. He is eating his breakfast . Grandmother is combing his hair . Sister is under the table , putting his shoes on . Mother is getting his books and putting them in his schoolbag . Goodbye . I’ve got to go now . I have to hold the door open . The school bus is coming . ”
What do you think of the story ? Are you sometimes like Johnny ? If so , you need to change your habits .
41. It was _______ in the morning when the telephone bell rang .
A. 7:00 B. 7:30 C. 8:30 D. 9:00
42. Peter was Johnny’s ________.
A. father B. friend C. uncle D. teacher
43. What was Johnny doing at the moment ? He was _______.
A. eating his breakfast B. answering the telephone
C. putting on his shoes D. holding the door open
44. How many people can you find in the story ?
A. Two. B. Four . C. Six . D. Eight .
阅读理解（74）
Today people can use the phone to talk with others almost anywhere on the earth . But when you use the phone , you don’t see the person you are talking with . That may change in the near future .
Today some people are using a kind of telephone called the picture phone or vision phone . With it , two people who are talking can see each other .
Picture phones can be useful when you have something to show the person you’re calling . They may have other uses in the future . One day you may be able to ring up a library and ask to see a book.
Then you’ll be able to read the book right over your picture phone . Or you may be able to go shopping through your picture phone . If you see something in the newspaper that you think you want to buy , you’ll go to your phone and call the shop . People at the shop will show you the thing you’re interested in right over the phone . You’ll be able to shop all over town and never even leave your room !
45. Today people can use the phone to talk with others _______.
A. in all the towns B. in some places in the world
C. only in big cities D. almost anywhere on the earth
46. The word “it ”in the text means ________.
A. the picture phone B. any phone C. the use D. the change
47. We can _________ through the picture phone according to （根据）the text .
A. write a book B. do shopping C. play games D. have classes
阅读理解（75）
“It’s over ! Thank goodness ! ”
School was over and I was tired . I sat at the front of the school bus .
Janie , the driver , tries to break the uncomfortable atmosphere （气氛）by striking the match of talks . I try to listen politely , but usually I am too busy thinking about my day . On this day , however , her talk was worth （值得）listening to .
“My father’s ill , ”she said to no one in particular （特别地）. I could see worry in her eyes . I had never seen her like this before . She always meets students with a smile .
With a sudden change of interest , I asked , “What’s wrong with him ? ”
With her eyes wet and her voice unusual , she answered , “Heart trouble . ”Her eyes lowered as she continued . “I’ve already lost my mum , so I don’t think I can stand losing him . ”I couldn’t answer . My heart ached for her .
I sat on the seat thinking of the great pain （痛苦）my own mother was thrown into when her father died . I saw how hard it was , and still is , for her . I wouldn’t want anyone to go
through that .
Suddenly I realized （意识到）Janie wasn’t only a bus driver , that was just her job . She had a whole world of family and cares too.
I suddenly felt very selfish . I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver . I had judged her by her job and brushed her off as unimportant .
I shouldn’t have been so selfish and self-centered .
Understanding people is an art .
48. When the students get on the school bus , Janie usually ________.
A. listens to music B. talks about her own worry
C. sits on her seat without words D. meets them with a smile
49. After she learned Janie’s story , the writer thought of _________.
A. her father’s death B. her mother’s pain
C. the ache of her own heart D. the pain of Janie’s parents
50. Why did the writer feel selfish ? Because ________.
A. she had never had Janie as anything except a driver
B. she had made only a few friends in the school
C. she had hardly thought of herself
D. she had never listened to others
51. In this passage the writer tries to tell us that ______.
A. losing parents makes people sad and helpless
B. understanding the people around us takes time
C. we should try to look deeper into the people around us
D. it’s not right to judge the people around us by their clothes
阅读理解（76） （D）
One of the things I always believe is that no matter how bad something is , you can take something positive out of it . The one time I wasn’t sure of that was on September 11.
I usually wake up at 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning . That day , I happened to wake up earlier . I turned on the TV and I saw that a plane had crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center . My first reaction was that it was a terrible accident . Then I saw another plane fly into the South Tower and I realized that I was witnessing an act of terrorism.
My wife and I spent the day watching the terrible pictures over and over again . When I watched family members looking for their loved ones , the pain in their eyes was something I would never forget . I couldn’t understand how something this terrible could have happened .
It wasn’t until a few weeks after September 11 that I began to see that perhaps some good did come from this tragedy . People seem different now , more understanding , more tolerant . Little things that seemed to be such a trouble before are no longer big things . Personally , I am more tolerant than I was . I realize life is too short , and too precious , to let myself get worried over small things . I’ve learned also that you can’t take things for granted . Things change in the blink of an eye . People go to work and don’t come back . One moment they’re living and the next minute they’re not . And , it doesn’t matter who you are , there is nothing you can do about it . We never know when our time here will be over , so we all need to make the most of every minute we have .
You try to learn from what happened . You can’t be used up by it . You can’t live by it . All you can do is just live .
注：crash 撞击 reaction 反应 witness 目击 tragedy 悲剧 tolerant 宽容的 precious 珍贵的
take … for granted 认为……是当然的
52. The word “positive ”in the passage probably means _________.
A. terrible B. bad C. good D. real
53. What did the writer see after he turned on the TV that morning ?
A. A fire starting . B. A plane flying .
C. A terrible accident . D. An act of terrorism .
54. From September 11 , the writer has realized that _______.
A. people should make the most of every minute they have
B. he has become less tolerant towards others
C. he should get worried about little things
D. life is too short to care about others
55. What’s the best title （题目）of this passage ?
A. A Report about September 11 B. The Tragedy of September 11
C. September 11 and My Family D. September 11 and My Turn
41. C 42. B 43. A 44. C 45. D 46. A 47. B 48. D 49. B 50. A 51. C 52. C 53. D 54. A 55. D
阅读理解（77） 2002年武汉市四月重点中学联考英语试题 A
In order to learn to be one’s true self, it is necessary to obtain a wide and extensive knowledge of what has been said and done in the world; critically to inquire into it; carefully to consider it; clearly to analyze it; and earnestly to carry it out.
It matters not what you learn, but when you once learn a thing, you must never give it up until you have mastered it. It matters not what you inquire into, but when you once inquire into a thing, you must never give it up until you have thoroughly understood it. It matters not what you try to think of, but when you once try to think of a thing, you must never give it up until you have got what you want. It matters not what you try to carry out, but when you once try to carry out a thing, you must never give it up until you have done it thoroughly and well.
If another man succeeds by one effort, you will use a hundred efforts. If another man succeeds by ten efforts, you will use a thousand.
56. According to the author, first of all one must______.
A. analyze B. inquire C. obtain D. act
57. When you try to do something, what matters is _______.
A. not to care too much about it B. to act immediately
C. to think carefully before you do it D. to carry it through to the end
58. According to the author, anther man’s success should ____.
A.encourage us to make greater efforts B. not be taken into consideration
C. make us nervous D. cause one to stop trying
59. the author implies but does not say that__________.
A.the way to knowledge is through specialization
B.one has to know everything to be successful
C.success depends not so much on natural ability as it does on effort
D. success in one’s profession is least important in one’s life
阅读理解（78）B
l A deposit (定金) of half the total cost of stay secures the booking. Balance payable on arrival in cash and traveler cheques. In addition an agreement of between ￡50 and
￡200 is required according to length of stay and is returned against keys on departure.
l Apartments are available from 16:00 on arrival and must be vacated by 10:00 on departure. They should be kept clean at all times. A charge of $30 will be made on departure if extra cleaning is necessary. Breakages and damage are charged at cost.
l Gas and electricity are metered, personal and kitchen towels are not provided.
l No responsibility is accepted for loss, damage or injury to visitors or their possessions.
60. If you want to live in the apartment, you have to pay ____ when you arrive.
A. half of the total cost B. the total cost
C. between￡50 and ￡200 D. in cash
61. You don’t have to pay an extra charge if ______.
A. your apartment is not clean B. you break something
C. your keys are not returned D. you leave the apartment at 9 o’clock in the morning
62.Which of the following is true?
A. You don’s need to pay for the gas B. you can get free towels
C. If you are injured you can be sent to the hospital free of charge
D. If you return the key when you leave, you can have some of your money back
阅读理解（79）C
Some of the best-known names in the entertainment industry have taken part in an unprecedented telethon to help victims of the terrorist attacks in the United States.
The benefit(义演),called “America: a Tribute to Heroes,” was sponsored by all four major U.S television networks, ABC,CBS, FOIX and NBC. It was broadcast by three-dozen television, cable and radio networks across the country and aired live to more than a hundred countries around the world.
Hollywood stars joined music entertainers in asking listeners and viewers to pledge cash donations to charities helping the victims of the September 11th attacks.
Actors, including tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, tom Cruise and Clint Eastwood, told stories of heroic acts by people who tried to save others from the burning World trade Center and the Pentagon. Former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali made a rare public appearance in show of support.
The appeals alternated with performances by such popular entertainers a Bruce Springsteen, Mariah Carey, Steve Wonder, Paul Simon and the rock band U—2.
They appeared on stages in New York, Los Angeles and London, decorated with hundreds of burning candles.
Singer Billy Joel sang “ New York State of Mind” with a New York City firefighter’s hat on his piano. Sting dedicated his song “ Gragile” to a friend who died in the World Trade Center. Stevie Wonder condemned hatred in the name of religion before singing his song “ Love’s in Need of Love today”. Pledge phones were manned by dozens of other celebrities, including Jack Nicholson, Meg Ryan, Whoopic Goldberg, Cindy Crawford, Al Pacino and Sylvester Stallone.
Organizers say the two-hour telethon raised millions of dollars. All participants, from stars to stagehands, worked without pay.
63. Those who appeared on stages were ______.
A.some best-known names in the USA
B.some famous singer, film stars and other music entertainers
C.People who tried to save others from the burning World trade Center and the Pentagon.
D.Former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali and Hollywood stars
64. The underlined word “ telethon” most probably means ______.
A.a performance to raise money B.a concert held by some television networks
C.a television program which lasts a long time
D.a television program for entertainment
65. Which of the following statements is True?
A.Four major U.S. television networks broadcast the benefit
B.The former heavy weight champion Muhammad Ali sang a song to show his support
C.Billy Joel, wearing a firefighter’s hat, played the piano for the listeners and viewers
D.The organizers, stars and people who worked for the benefit didn’t get any money for themselves.
66. The best title for the news report is ______.
A.U.S Telethon Raises Money for Attack Victims
B.Best-known names Pledge Donations C.Seeking More Support D.A Tribute to Heroes
阅读理解（80）D
Every people uses its own special words to describe things an express ideas. Some of these expressions are commonly used for many years. Others are popular for just a short time. One such American expression is “ Where’s the beef?” It is used when something is not as good as it is said to be. In the early 1960s, “Where’s the beef” was one of the most popular expressions in the United States. It seemed as if everyone was using it all the time.
Beef, of course, is the meat from a cow, and probably no food is more poplar in America than the hamburger mad from beef. In the 1960s a businessman named Ray Kroc began building small restaurants that sold hamburgers at a low price. Kroc called his restaurant “ McDonald’s. Kroc cooked hamburgers quickly so people in a hurry could buy and eat hem without waiting. By the end of the 1960s the McDonald’s Company was selling hamburgers in hundreds of restaurants from California to Maine. Not surprisingly, Ray Kroc became one of the riches businessmen in America.
Other business people watched his success. Some of them opened their own hamburger restaurants. One company, called: Wendy’s” began to compete with McDonald’s Wendy’s said its hamburgers were bigger than those sold by McDonald’s or anyone else’s. The Wendy’s company created the expression” Where’s the beef?” to make people believe that Wendy’s hamburgers were the biggest. It produced a television advertisement to sell this idea. The Wendy’s television advertisement showed three old women eating hamburgers. The bread that covered the meat was very big, but in side there was only a tiny bit of meat. One of the women said she would not eat a hamburger with such a little piece of beef. “Where’s the beef?” she shouted in a funny voice. These advertisements for Wendy’s hamburger restaurants were a success from the first day they appeared on television. As we said, it seemed everyone began using the expression “where’s the beef?”
67. What does the expression “Where’s the beef?” mean?
A.The beef is lost B.The beef is not as good as it is said to be
C.Something is not as good as described
D.The food has turned bad.
68. Wendy’s made the expression known to everybody______.
A. by a newspaper advertisement B. by writing letters to people
C. by a TV advertisement D. by a notice in front of the restaurant
69. Hamburgers are so popular in America____.
A.Because they are made from beef.
B.Because they are cheaper than any other kind of food
C.Because hamburger is the only fast food in America
D. Because they are served quickly and at a low price
70. Other people wanted to open hamburger restaurants______.
A. because they thought they could make large profit
B. because hamburgers are easy to make
C. because they could sell hamburgers throughout the country
D. because hamburgers are good to eat.
阅读理解（81）E
After entering the WTO, China will enjoy the most favored nation status as a member country. This will enable China’s products to enter foreign markets at a lower tax. After joining the WTO, China has to carry out the WTO’s rules and open its home markets; this will help further improve the investment(投资)environment and strengthen the appeal(吸引力) of Chinese markets to foreign investment. It is conducive(有利的to speeding the readjustment of our industrial of our industrial structure, and it helps continue deepening China’s economic restructuring(改进)。
Of course, in joining the WTO, China will have to take up some duties, this will surly bring certain pressure and challenge to us.
Firstly, further opening the market will cause some domestic products, enterprises and industries to face stronger competition.
Secondly, China’s foreign economic and trade management will, to a certain extent, be restricted by the WTO rules.
In looking at the advantages and disadvantages of China’s joining the WTO, we cannot base ourselves on one or several industries; instead we should keep an eye on the development of the entire economy. Looking upon the matter from the entire industry, entry into the WTO will bring to China’s industries greater opportunities than its side effects. Most Chinese industries will gain more opportunities for development.
To ordinary people, entry into the WTO means cheaper foreign good. At present, some imported goods are very expensive because our country collects very high taxes on them. After entry into the WTO, these taxes will be cut down gradually so that it will fore down the prices of imported goods coming into China. Home customers will benefit greatly,. But it is not wise to hope that all foreign good will become cheap overnight. In fact, according to the WTO agreement, there is a period of time during which some important but underdeveloped industries are protected so that the rush of cheaper foreign good will not destroy them. The car industry is a good example. It is believed that during the first few years after China’s entry into the WTO, the prices of cars will remain comparatively stable(稳定).
72. After entering the WTO_____.
A. China’s products will sell well in the foreign markets
B. More and more foreign products will enter Chinese markets
C. China will enjoy free taxes
D. China’s home markets will receive foreign investment.
73 One of the advantages when China joins the WTO is ______.
A. China will take up some duties B. China’s economy will develop fast
C. China’s international status will be raised
D. China will face pressure and challenge
74. It is implied but not said directly that ____ after joining the WTO
A. some industries will not develop because of strong competition
B. China’s foreign trade will be restricted by the WTO rules
C. China’s car industry will develop fast
D. ordinary people can buy cheaper goods
75. At present some foreign goods are very expensive because______.
A. they are in very good quality B. high taxes have to be paid on them
C. China protects some underdeveloped industries
D. Chinese products are too chea
56---60 CDACB 61---65 DDBCD 66---70 ACCDD 71---75 ABCAB
阅读理解（82）A
It was a very hot summer morning but inside the Pyramid(金字塔) it was quite cool. Tom and his classmates had just walked into the Pyramid and were very surprised to see what it was like.
They went to the Queen’s Room. They saw a passage ( 通道). At the end of it there was a small room. They were told that they couldn’t go into that room, because it was newly found. Tom looked towards the passage. Two of his friends Jason and Peter saw him and said “Don’t get into trouble, Tom!”. As soon as nobody was looking, Tom went up the dark passage, opened the door and walked in. Suddenly the door closed behind him. The room was very dark, but luckily Tom had brought a torch (手电筒 ) with him. When he turned it on, he saw two white faces in front of him. “Oh, no!” he cried and ran to the door. He quickly opened it and went down the passage to the Queen’s Room as fast as he could.
As soon as Tom disappeared, Jason and Peter took the pieces of white cloth(布) off their faces and walked slowly down the passage. They couldn’t stop laughing. “That will teach him a lesson,” said Jason.
51. Why did Jason and Peter say “Don’t get into trouble, Tom!”?
A. Because they knew that Tom was thinking of getting into that small room.
B. Because Tom had got into trouble earlier that day.
C. Because Tom was very much afraid.
D. Because they were not good friends.
52. What did Tom do when the door closed behind him?
A. He was afraid and cried loudly. B. He waited quietly in the dark.
C. He turned on his torch. D. He ran away quickly.
53. The word “ disappeared” most possibly means ______.
A. found the secret B. couldn’t be seen C. cried loudly D. closed the door
54. Jason and Peter laughed because ________.
A. they had got Tom into trouble B. they liked telling jokes
C. they had played a joke on Tom D. Tom didn’t listen to them
阅读理解（83）B
Letter A
Dear Rose,
I like your programmes very much. I’m now writing to ask you something about American social customs (社交习惯). My American friends want me to join them in their dinner party. I am very
happy and have decided to go, but I’m a little worried about it, too. The social customs in my country are very different from here, so I’m afraid of making mistakes.
Should I bring a present, such as sweets or flowers? Should I arrive on time or a little late? At the dinner table, how can I know which fork (叉子) or knife to use? How can I let the family know that I’m thankful for their kindness?
Wang Lin
Letter B
Dear Wang Lin,
It’s a good idea to bring a small present when you go to a dinner party. Flowers are always nice, or you may bring a bottle of wine (葡萄酒) if you know that your friends drink it.
You should arrive on time or five to ten minutes late. Don’t get there early. If you’re going to be more than fifteen minutes late, you should call and tell them.
Try to be free at the dinner table. If you don’t know about choosing the right fork or knife, just watch the other people, and follow them. If you still have no idea of what to do, ask the person next to you.
If you like the food, say so. Of course, you’ll thank them for the meal and for their kindness. It’s also a good idea to send a thank-you card the day after.
Rose
55. Wang Lin wants to _______.
A. make friends with Rose B. know some social customs for a dinner party
C. make her friends happy D. give her friends a surprise
56. Rose is possibly ________.
A. a good housewife B. a TV hostess (主持人)
C. a member of the dinner party D. a friend of Wang Lin’s
57. If you’re asked to a dinner party but not sure about what to bring as a present, it’s good to bring _______.
A. some fruits B. a bottle of wine
C. some flowers D. a knife and fork
58. Which of the following is NOT proper (适当的) for joining in a dinner party?
A. Get there 15 minutes earlier. B. Make yourself at home.
C. Follow others to use forks and knives. D. Thank your friends for the meal.
59. From the letters we’ve learned that it’s very _____ to know something about American social customs.
A. difficult B. friendly C. enjoyable D. helpful
答 案：A）51. A 52. C 53. B 54. C
B）55. B 56.B 57. C 58. A 59. D
阅读理解（84）（A）
Christmas Day, the birthday of Jesus Christ, is the most important festival in Britain and some other countries. On Christmas Eve, people usually tell their children to put their stockings at the end of their beds before they go to sleep. Children believe Santa Claus, with the other name of Father Christmas, will come during the night and fill their stockings with Christmas presents.
Actually(实际上), Father Christmas is children‘s father. He dresses up in a red coat and
waits until children fall asleep. Then he goes into children’s bedrooms, and puts small presents in their stockings. When children are no longer young, they know who Father Christmas really is.
Not only children but also their parents enjoy Christmas stockings. They also have stockings. Early on the morning of Christmas Day, children wake their parents up and say“Merry Christmas”. Then they help their parents open their stockings. Everybody likes presents. But it is better to give than to receive.
( )41.Christmas Day is______.
A.the birthday of Jesus Christ
B.the only day for giving presents C.the only day for receiving presents
D.the day for playing games
( )42.What do all the British children do on Christmas Eve in the story?
A.They talk all the night. B.They sing and dance.
C.They put their stockings at the end of their beds.
D.They won‘t sleep until Father Christmas comes.
( )43.“Santa Claus”is another way of saying_______.
A.Christmas Day B.Christmas presents
C.Christmas Eve D.Father Christmas
( )44.From the story we know that on Christmas Day children feel very happy because they can receive________.
A.red clothes B.stockings C.presents D.food
( )45.What is the best greeting(打招呼)early on the morning of Christmas Day in Britain?
A.Good luck! B.Happy New Year! C.Best wishes to you!
D.Merry Christmas!
阅读理解（85） (B)
The best way of learnign a language is using it. The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you’ll get your words mixed up(混合)and people will not understand you. Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can‘t understand them. But if you keep your sense of humor(幽默感),you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you make. Don’t be unhappy if people seem to be laughing at your mistakes. It‘s better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you, because they don’t understand what you are saying. The most important thing for learaing Englsih is：“Don‘t be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes.”
( )46.The writer thinks that the best way for you to learn a language is_______.
A.writing B.using it C.listening D.learning grammar
( )47.What should you do in learning Englsih?
A.Be careful not to make any mistake. B.Write as quickly as you can.
C.Speak English as much as you can. D.Laugh more often.
( )48.When people laugh at your mistakes, you should______.
A.not care B.be happy C.feel worried D.be unhappy
( )49.When you make a mistake, you should______.
A.keep quiet B.get angry C.be kind
D.keep your sense of humor
( )50.The story tells us:“________”
A.Only foolish(愚蠢的)people make mistakes B.Few people make mistakes
C.People never make mistakes
D.There is no one who doesn’t make mistakes
阅读理解（86）
What is colour? Why do some of the things around us look red, some green, others blue?
Colours are really made by reflected(反射)light. We see colour because most of the things reflect light. Something is red, for it reflects most of the red light. In the same way, if something is green, it reflects most of the green light. If something reflects all light, it is white. If it doesn‘t reflect any light, it is black.
Some of the light is reflected and some is taken in(吸收)and turned into(变成)heat(热能).The darder the colour is, the less light is reflected, the more light is taken in. So dard-coloured(深色的)clothes are warmer in the sun than light-coloured clothes.
( )51.When something reflects light, we can_______.
A.see its colour B.see its heat. C.not see its colour D.see nothing
( )52.Something looks white because it reflects______.
A.some light B.no light C.all light D.most light
( )53.The dark-coloured clothes are warm because______is taken in.
A.more light B.less light C.more colour D.less colour
( )54.In summer_____make people feel cool.
A.dark-clolured clothes B.red-coloured clothes
C.green-coloured clothes D.light-coloured clothes
( )55.What’s the best title(题目)of this passage(短文)?
A.Dark colour B.Colour C.Heat D.Clothes
阅读理解（87） (D)
Many teenagers(青少年)feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members don‘t know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it is quite often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for some ideas.
It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or a group of friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the phone. This communication(交际)is very important in children’s growing up, because friends can discuss(讨论)something. These things are difficult to say to their family members.
However, parents often try to choose their children‘s friends for them. Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends. Have you ever thought of the following questions?
Who chooses your friends?
Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you?
Have you got a good friend your parents don’t like?
Your answers are welcome.
( )56.Many teenagers think that___can understand them better.
A.friends B.broters C.sisters D.parents
( )57.______is very important to teenagers.
A.To make friends B.Communication
C.To stop meeting friends D.Both A and B
( )58.When teenagers have something difficult to say to their parents, they usually_____.
A.stay alone at home B.fight with their parents
C.discuss it with their friends
D.go to their brothers and sisters for help
( )59.The sentence(句子)“Your answers are welcome”means“________”.
A.You are welcome to discuss the questions with us
B.We‘ve got no idea, so your answers are welcome
C.Your answers are always right D.You can give us all the righ answers
( )60.Which of the following is the writer’s attitude(态度)?
A.Parents should choose friends for their children.
B.Children should choose everything they like.
C.Parents should understand their children better.
D.Teenagers should only go to their friends for help.
阅读理解（88） (E)
TV PROGRAMMES
Channel 1
18:00 Around China
18:30 Children‘s programme
19:00 News
19:30 Weather report
19:40 Around the world
20:10 TV play: Sisters
21:00 English for today
21:15 Popular music
21:55 Talk show
Channel 2
17:45 Computers today
18:10 Foreign arts
18:30 English classroom
19:00 Animal world
19:25 China’99
20:20 Sports
21:00 TV play:Guo Lanying
21:45 English news
22:06 On TV next week
( )61.If you want to watch a football game, the best programme for you would be_______.
A.TV play B.Sports C.Around the world D.Talk show
( )62.The programme of_____will let you know much about westem(西方的)countries.
A.Sisters B.Around China
C.Around the world D.On TV next week
( )63.If you want to know something about tigers, elephants and monkeys, the best programme for you is_______.
A.Around China B.Animal world C.TV play D.Foreign arts
( )64.English classroom is a programme that______.
A.lets you know something about classrooms
B.tells you something about students
C.lets you know something about school life
D.teaches you English
( )65.The programme at the end of Channel 2 means_______on TV next week.
A.news B.programmes C.people D.places
41.A 42.C 43.D 44.C 45.D 46.B 47.C 48.A 49.D 50.D 51.A 52.C 53.A 54.D 55.B 56.A 57.D 58.C 59.A 60.C 61.B 62.C 63.B 64.D 65.B
阅读理解（89）
Perhaps you have heard a lot about the Internet，but what is it，do you know？The Internet is a network．It uses the telephone to join millions of computers together around the world．
Maybe that doesn't sound very interesting．But when you're joined to the Internet，there are lots of things you can do．You can send E-mails to your friends，and they can get them in a few seconds．You can also do with all kinds of information on the World Wide Web（WWW）． There are many different kinds of computers now．They all can be joined to the Internet．Most of them are small machines sitting on people's desks at home，but there are still many others in schools，offices or large companies．These computers are owned by people and companies，but no one really owns the Internet itself．
There are lots of places for you to go into the Internet．For example，your school may have the Internet．You can use it during lessons or free time．Libraries often have computers joined to the Internet．You are welcome to use them at any time．
Thanks to the Internet，the world is becoming smaller and smaller．It is possible for you to work at home with a computer in front， getting and sending the information you need． You can buy or sell whatever you want by the Internet．But do you know 98％of the information of the Internet is in English？So what will English be like tomorrow？
（ ）1．What is the passage mainly about？
a．Internet． b．Information．c．Computer．d．E-mail
（ ）2．Which is the quickest and cheapest way to send messages to your friends？
a．By post b．By E-mail c．By telephone． d．By satellite ． ． ．
（ ）3．Which may be the most possible place for people to work in tomorrow？
a．In the office． b．At school．c．At home．d．In the company．
（ ）4．Who's the owner of the Internet？
a．The headmaster． b．The officer．c．The user．d．No one．
（ ）5．What does the writer try to tell us with the last two sentences of the passage？
a．English is important in using the Internet．
b．The Internet is more and more popular．
c．Most of the information is in English． d．Every computer must have the Internet．
1．a 2．b 3．c 4．d 5．a
阅读理解（90）
I've loved my mother's desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as Mother sat doing letters．Standing by her chair，looking at the ink bottle，pens，and white paper，I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world．
Years later，during her final illness，Mother kept different things for my sister and brother．“But the desk，”she said again，“is for Elizabeth．”
I never saw her angry，never saw her cry．I knew she loved me；she showed it in action．But as a young girl，I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter．It never happened．And a gulf opened between us．I was“too emotional”．But she lived“on the surface”．As years passed and I had my own family．I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family．I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me．I posted the letter and waited for her answer．None came．My hope turned to disappointment，then little interest and，finally，peace—it seemed that nothing happened．I couldn't be sure the letter had even got to Mother．I only knew that I had written it，and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not．
Now the present of her desk told me，as she'd never been able to，that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work．I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside—a photo of my father and a one-page letter，folded and refolded many times．Give me an answer，my letter asks，in any way you choose．Mother，you always chose the act that speaks louder than words．
注：act 行为；emotional 易动感情的；surface 表面；forgive 原谅；disappointment 失望；fold 折叠
81．The writer began to love her mother's desk ________．
A．after Mother died B．before she became a writer
C．when she was a child D．when Mother gave it to her
82．The passage shows that ________．
A．Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter
B．Mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done
C．Mother cared much about her daughter in words
D．Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words
83．The word“gulfin the passage means ________．
A．deep understanding between the old and the young
B．different ideas between the mother and the daughter
C．free talks between mother and daughter D．part of the sea going far in land
84．What did Mother do with her daughter's letter asking for forgiveness？
A．She had never received the letter．
B．For years，she often talked about the letter．
C．She didn't forgive her daughter at all in all her life．
D．She read the letter again and again till she died．
85．What's the best title of the passage？
A．My Letter to Mother B．Mother and Children
C．My Mother's Desk D．Talks between Mother and Me
本篇文章较长，文中还有一些相当长的句子。从语法的角度看，仅动词形式就包含了：
一般现在时态、一般过去时态、现在完成时态、过去完成时态；不定式、过去分词、动词-ing形式。句式除了简单句外，还有含宾语从句、状语从句、表语从句、定语从句等的复合句。81小题，答案（C）依第一句话（I've loved my mother's desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it．）而得。82小题，关键在第三段，关键句是I was“too emotional”．But she lived“on the surface”
．。因此，答案应是A。83小题，根据第三段后面几个句子的意思，答案应该是B。84小题，答案在故事的末尾，关键词是“folded and refolded many times”，所以，D是比较恰当的选择。85小题，也是选择题目，即确定文章的主题。全文都是围绕“Mother's Desk”而进行叙述的，而且短文的开头第一句“I've loved my mother's desk．．．”就已经“点”了题。因此，答案是C。
精选中考阅读理解100篇(附答案)91-100
阅读理解（91）
A lady has a problem with her daughter
My nine-year-old daughter, Maria, is in Year Four. Every evening we get into homework battles (争执). Three afternoons a week, she has activities (net-ball, singing) after school and by the time we get home, homework is the last thing she feels like doing. The other two days, she gets home early and we argue (争论) about whether she should do her homework right after school, or if she should have some time to rest and play first. When Maria at last sits down to do her homework, she seems to want me there helping all the time. I do want to help her, but I'm sure that she is going to need to be able to do it on her own. And in fact, most of the time, I have other things I need to be doing. It seems that children these days have much more homework than we did, and some of it is really beyond (超越) their abilities (能力). As you can see, I'm really worried about homework and I really don’t know what I should do. Any ideas?
31. The woman's daughter is _____ .
A. four years old B. six years old C. eight years old D. nine years old
32. Maria doesn't have any activities after school for _____ afternoons.
A. tow B. three C. five D. seven
33. Maria wants to _____first when she gets home early.
A. do her homework B. play netball and sing
C. have supper D. have a rest and play.
34. The woman thinks that her daughter should do her homework _____ .
A. by herself B. with the mother
C. with the father D. with the classmates
35. Can you guess where this passage is from?
A. A diary. B. A newspaper. C.A novel (小说). D.A story.
阅读理解（92）
For several years, Americans have enjoyed tele-shoppingwatching TV and buying things by phone. Now tele-shopping is starting in Europe(欧洲). In a number of European countries, people can turn on their TVs and shop for clothes, jewelry, food, toys, and many other things.
Tele-shopping is becoming popular in Sweden, for example. The biggest Swedish company sells different kinds of things on TV in 15 European countries, and in one year it made ＄100 million. In France there are two tele-shopping channels, and the French spend about ＄20 million a year to buy things through those channels.
In Germany, until last year tele-shopping was only possible on one channel for 1 hour every day. Then the government allowed (允许) more tele-pshopping. Other channels can open for tele-business, including(包括) the largest American tele-shopping company and a 24－hour tele-shopping company. German businesses are hoping this new tele-shopping will help them sell more things.
Some people like tele-shopping because it allows them to do their shopping without leaving their homes. With all the problems of traffic in the cities, this is an important reason. But
at the same time, other Europeans do not like this new way of shopping. They call tele-shopping “junk (垃圾)on the air”. Many Europeans usually worry about the quality (质量) of the things for sale on TV. Good quality is important to them, and they believe they cannot be sure about the quality of the things on TV.
The need for high quality means that European tele-shopping companies will have to be different from the American companies. They will have to be more careful about the quality of the things they sell. They will also have to work harder to sell things that the buyers cannot touch or see in person.
41. Tele-shopping is _____in Europe.
A. not popular B. growing C. not possible D. cheap
42. People like tele-shopping because it is _____.
A. American B. cheaper C. easier D. more popular
43. Some Europeans don't like tele-shopping because they _____ .
A. don't like to buy things B. don't watch TV
C. believe the things sold on TV are expensive D. think the things sold on TV are bad quality
44. In Germany, tele-shopping may _____ .
A. help businessmen get more money
B. keep the shops open longer C. have fewer buyers D. bring better TV programs
45. The best title of this passage is _____ .
A. American Tele-shopping B. Tele-shopping Companies
C. Tele-shopping in Europe D. Tele-shopping — Junk on the Air
31.D 32.A 33.D 34.A 35.B 36.D 37.A 38.C 39.B 40.D
41.B 42.C 43.D 44.A 45.C
阅读理解（93）
When we think of Hollywood, we think of films and famous film stars. They are part of Hollywood's history. Today people make films in other places too. Not all famous film stars live in Hollywood. But Hollywood is still a very special city in Los Angeles, California.
You can easily see where Hollywood is in Los Angeles. There is a big sing on the hills. It says "HOLLYWOOD". The white letters are fifty feet tall. You can see the sigh from far away. The Hollywood sign is a famous Hollywood landmark (标记) in Los Angeles. Many postcards show this famous Hollywood landmark.
In the hills of Hollywood, there is also the Hollywood Bowl. This is an open-air theater. It is one of the largest open-air theaters in the world. It has seventeen thousand seats and a very different stage(演奏台). The design(设计) of the stage was by a great American named Frank Lloyd Wright. You can listen to all kinds of concerts(音乐会) at the Hollywood Bowl.
31.The best title(标题) for the reading should be ____.
(A)Hollywood (B)Famous film And Film Stars
(C)The History of Hollywood (D)Famous Hollywood Sign
32.We learn from the reading that ____.
(A)"HOLLYWOOD" can just be seen from far away
(B)Hollywood is now a place only for travellers
(C)all the films are made in Hollywood
(D)Hollywood is one part in Los Angeles.
33.The word "special" in the reading means ____.
(A)new (B)rich (C)famous (D)unusual
34.At the Hollywood Bowl ____.
(A)all postcards are made (B)only 700 people can get together
(C)music can be enjoyed
(D)you can hardly listen to different kinds of concerts
35.It seems that ____.
(A)Some famous film stars don't choose to live in Hollywood
(B)film stars don't think Hollywood a good place to make film
(C)the Hollywood Bowl is largest than any other open-air theater in the world
(D)the Hollywood Bowl is a hill in Hollywood.
阅读理解（94）
"We're going to move," Jimmy said to Mr. James her teacher, with tears(眼泪) in her eyes. "Dad lost his job and now we don't have enough money to live in our house." Pam was walking by and just heard Jimmy's talk with Mr.James.
In the lunchroom Pam met Carol and said, "I've got something to tell you about Jimmy." As she started to tell Carol about Jimmy's dad, several other classmates stopped to listen Pam felt bad telling what she had heard but she went on anyway.
After school, Pam saw some of her classmate's talking to Jimmy. "Where does your dad work?" one of the boys asked. Jimmy's face turned red. She left without answering. Pam felt terrible, because she didn't mean to hurt Jimmy. And she hadn't thought that some of the classmates would make jokes and laugh at Jimmy about her father's losing the job. Pom didn't know what she could do to help Jimmy.
36.The story wants to tell us ____.
(A)It's difficult to move away (B)girls don't like to talk to boys
(C)student's report to the teacher (D)secrets are hard to keep
37.Jimmys family had to move because ____.
(A)her father lost his job (B)they had a better place to live in
(C)her classmates were not kind enough
(D)her father changed his job
38.Jimmy's face turning red show that she didn't ____.
(A)feel well enough (B)know the answer
(C)want to talk about her father (D)want to leave others
39.Pam felt very sorry ____.
(A)and wanted to do something for Jimmy (B)but went to laughing at Jimmy
(C)so she stopped to listen to others (D)and left without answering
40.The whole story happened ____.
(A)in class (B)during and after school
(C)at Mr.James's office (D)in the lunchroom
阅读理解（95）
My grandfather was a fine man. I loved him very much. But one day I told him a lie(谎话). I can not tell you now what the lie was. I was only seven years old then. Grandfather was not cross with me.
"Ask Jim to get a long ladder," he said. "My boy now jumps from the tops houses, up to the
roof(屋顶)."
Jim brought the big ladder. Then Grandfather said,"My boy now jumps from the tops of houses. The ladder is for him."
I knew at once what his was telling me. I had often heard the old saying," A lie is a jump form the top of a house.
I said nothing. But I felt like crying.
The minutes went by. What would people think about the ladder? It stood by the front door. I was afraid ti might be there a long time. I had to do something！
At last I went to Grandfather. He was reading a book. I went up to him and put my face on his arm.
"Grandfather," I said, "I will not tell a lie again. We don't need the ladder now." Grandfather seemed very happy once again. He called Jim. "Take the ladder away," he said, "My boy does not jump from the tops of houses."
His words made me happy once again.
41.From the reading we can not know ____.
(A)whether the boy told a lie (B)what the lie was
(C)what Grandfather did with the boy (D)how the story ended
42.The word "cross" in the reading means ____.
(A)angry (B)surprised (C)happy (D)kind
43.Grandfather asked Jim to get a ladder to ____.
(A)see whether the boy could jump from the top of a house
(B)help the boy to climb to the top of the house
(C)let the boy know it was wrong to tell a lie (D)make the boy cry
44."What would people think about the ladder?" shows the boy was afraid people would ____.
(A)know what had happened (B)take the ladder away
(C)come to clean the roof (D)come to take care of Grandfather
45.AT the end of the story the result is ____.
(A)enjoyable (B)sad (C)not clear (D)untrue
31.A 32.D 33.D 34.C 35.A 36.D 37.A 38.C 39.A 40.B 41.B 42.A 43.C 44.A 45.A
阅读理解（96）
Have you ever seen a horse with toes(脚趾)? Millions of years ago, horses had many toes. They had four toes on each front foot. They had three toes on each back foot. The horses were smaller than cats.
These small horses lived in the forest. Their many toes helped the horses run over the soft wet ground.
It was very hot in the forest. But the weather changed. It became cold. Many trees couldn't live in cold weather. The trees died and fell. Open field took the place of(代替) forests. The sun made the ground dry and hard(坚硬).
Horses began to change too.They began to get bigger.This took a long time. On the dry hard land, horses needed only their middle toes for running. Their middle toes became hard. After a long time horses had only one hard toe on each foot. We call this hard toe a hoof(马蹄).
(61) Long ago, the horse had four toes on each of its ______.
A. back feet B. front feet C. right feet
(62) The cats were ______ the horses at that time.
A. much bigger B. smaller than C. bigger than
(63) Which of the three sentences is true?
A. The weather stays the same the whole year all over the world.
B. When the weather changed, animals began to change too.
C. Cats were bigger in the past than they are today.
(64) On the dry hard land ______.
A. horses needed a lot of room for running
B. a horse needed more than four toes for running
C. horses needed only their middle toes for running
(65) Now each horse has ______ on its feet. A. one toe B. three toes C. four toes
(61) B (62) C (63) B (64) C (65) C
阅读理解（97）
A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office a street urchin(顽童) was walking around a shining car.“Is this your car, Paul?”he asked.
Paul answered,“Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.”The boy was surprised.“You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn't cost you anything. Boy. I wish…”He hesitated(犹豫).
Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.
“I wish,”the boy went on,“that I could be a brother like that.”Paul looked at the boy in surprise, then he said again,“Would you like to take a ride in my car?”
“Oh, yes, I'd love that.”
After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said:“Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?”
Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbours that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again,“Will you stop where those two steps are?”the boy asked.
He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled(残疾) brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.
“There she is. Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn't cost him a cent. And some day I'm going to give you one just like it...then you can see for yourself all nice things in the Christmas window that I've been trying to tell you about.”
Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.
(1)The street urchin was very surprised when_______.
A. Paul received an expensive car B. Paul told him about the car
C. he saw the shining car D. he was walking around the car
(2)From the story we can see the urchin _______.
A. wished to give his brother a car B. wanted Paul's brother to give him a car
C. wished he could have a brother like Paul's D. wished Paul could be a brother like that
(3)The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house________.
A. to show his neighbours the big car B. to show he had a rich friend C. to let his brother about his wish
(4)We can infer(推断) from the story that______.
A. Paul couldn't understand the urchin B. the urchin had a deep love for his brother
C. the urchin wished to have a rich brother D. the urchin's wish came true in the end
(5)The best name of the story is ______.
A. A Christmas Present B. A Street Urchin C. A Brother Like That D. An Unforgettable Holiday Ride
解析 (1)本题考查细节理解，依据本文第二段：Paul answered,“Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.”The boy was surprised.故答案选B。(2)本题考查学生的推理判断能力，依据倒数第二段和第三段的内容，尤其是顽童对他弟弟所说的话：“And some day I'm going to give you one just like it...”故选A。(3)本题考查学生的深层理解。Paul的种种猜想会对正确选择产生干扰。依据是本文倒数第二段的最后一句话：“Then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I've been trying to tell you about.”故选D。(4)本题考查归纳文章中心。从顽童的言行之中可以看出他对残疾弟弟有深深的爱。如：“You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn't cost you anything.”“He was carrying his little crippled brother.”故选B。(5)本题考查概括全文主旨的能力。本文叙述了两对兄弟的关爱之情。Paul的哥哥送给他一辆小汽车作为圣诞礼物，顽童虽然没有Paul哥哥那样的经济条件，但他有着一份对残疾弟弟的深深的爱。所以A Brother Like That为最佳题目。
阅读理解（98）
Nasreddin(纳斯雷金) was sitting by a window in his house one day in the middle of winter when he heard women crying outside. He put his head out of the window and saw a lot of people coming towards his house. They were crying a dead man, and he women were going,“Oh, why are you leaving us to go to a place without light and without a fire and without food? It will be dark there and you will be cold and hungry. Nobody will look after you. Nobody will be kind to you and nobody will love you there!”“My god!”said Nasreddin to his wife.“They are talking about our house. They are bringing the dead man here! Quick! Lock the door! Don't let him in.”
5.The story happened in ________.
A. January B. February C. December D. November
6.Nasreddin put his head out of the window and saw _____.
A. a lot of women crying B. a lot of people walking in the street C. many people crying
D. many people with a dead man coming towards his house
7.The women were crying because ________.
A. their father diez B. their father left them
C. a man that was cried by many people died D. Nasreddin saw them
8.Nasreddin was ______.
A. very rich B. very poorC. alone D. living a happy life
9.Nasreddin told his wife to lock the door because _______.
A. it was very cold in his house B. he was afraid of those crying women
C. he wanted to go to bed D. he was afraid those people would bring the dead man to his house
解析 5.在中国，习惯上把11月至次年的1月称之为冬季，文章中的in the middle of winter,故此题答案为C。
6.根据上下文，如：“He put his head out of the window and saw a lot of people coming towards his house. They were crying a dead man.”故此答案为D。
7.根据上下文，联系全文，可用排除法判断A、B、D答案都是不正确的，故此题答案为C。
8.从文中“Why are you leaving us to go to a place without light and without a fire and without food?”上文一句“...a lot of people coming towards his house.”由此推断答案应为B。
9.文章最后一句“They are talking about our house. They are bringing the dead man here!”所以说Nasreddin害怕的是人们把这个死人拍到他家里来。故此答案为D。
阅读理解（99）
The giraffe is the tallest modern land animal. It can be over 5.5 metres tall. Its neck alone may be 1.9metres long. Yet the giraffe has only seven bones in its neck, the same number as in the human. Even a small bird has many more bones in its neck than in a tall giraffe. Each bone in a giraffe's neck is very long, while the bones in a human neck are small. That makes the difference. A female giraffe gives birth to one baby at a time. The baby, called a calf, is about 1.9 metres tall at birth. By the age of eight it is full-grown. The giraffe eats mostly leaves. Because it has a long neck, it can reach the leaves high up on the trees.
(1)In this passage the underlined word “giraffe” means _______.
A.鲸鱼 B.长颈鹿 C.大象 D.恐龙
(2)The bones in a bird's neck is ________.
A. as big as in a human's neck B. not so big as in a giraffe's neck
C. many more than in a human's neck D. much smaller in a giraffe's neck
(3)Which of the following is true?
A. A giraffe has only seven bones
B. The giraffe is the largest animal on the land
C. It takes eight years for a giraffe to grow up
D. Most of the leaves on the trees are eaten by giraffes
(4)When a giraffe is born, it is about ______.
A. 5.5 metres long B. 5.5 metres tall C. 1.9 metres long D. 1.9 metres tall
(5)We can guess when giraffe see a tiger _______.
A. it will run away as fast as possible B. it will run to eat the tiger
C. it will make the tiger bring it something to eat
D. it will make one of the smallest animals bring the tiger something to eat
解析 (1)根据下文颈长1.9米且是陆地动物，显然B是正确答案。
(2)giraffe颈骨的数量和人类颈骨数量相同，但鸟的颈骨数量比giraffe颈骨数量多，所以正确答案为C。(3)这是一题细读题，文章中“By the age of eight it is full-grown.”故选C。(4)这也是细读题，文章中“The baby, called a calf, is about 1.9 metres tall at birth.”故选D。(5)这一题考查常识知识，长颈鹿看到虎，当然是尽力跑开，故选A。
阅读理解（100）
A Japanese toy maker says that they’ve developed a gadget（小器具）that translates dog barks （吠）into human languages and plan to begin selling the gadgets—under the name of Bowlingual—in the US pet stores and present shops this summer.
People laughed when the Japanese toy maker Takara company made the world’s first dog-human translation machine last year .But about 300,000 of them have been sold since it was on sale in Japan last year .Far bigger sales will be expected once an English language translation machine for dogs comes to America in August .The United States is home to about 67 million dogs ,more than six times the number in Japan.
“We know that the Americans love their dogs so much ,so we don’t think they’ll mind spending $ 120 on this gadget”, the Takara marketing manager said before the journalists at a meeting in Atlanta. Bowlingual ,one of US Time magazine’s coolest inventions of 2002, has two parts .A microphone is tied to the dog’s collar（项圈）and sends out sound information to the gadget held by the owner .Then the translation is done in the gadget by a database （数据库）with every kind of barks .Those barks show six feelings—happiness, sadness ,disappointment ,anger ,
declaration and desire .Each of the feelings is then translated into words like “Let’s play.” “Look at me !” or “Spend more time with me.”
Takara says it has spent millions of dollars developing the gadget .One thing that seems certain is that the markets for animal translation machines will probably be a dog’s world since Takara has no plans to develop such a gadget for cats . “They are too unpredictable （反复无常） ,”the marketing manager said.
67．The first three paragraphs of the passage mainly tell us that Bowlingual .
A．was invented in Japan B．has developed quickly
C．will be sold in America D．sells well for its price
68．The underlined word “they” in the last sentence refers to .
A．markets B．dogs C．plans D．cats
69．When was this passage most probably written?
A．In the winter of 2002. B．In the spring of 2003.
C．In the summer of 2002. D．In the autumn of 2003.
70．From the passage ,we can see that Takara is the sale of its new gadget in the US.
A．proud of B．pleased with C．confident of D．worried about
67.C 68.D 69.B 70.C
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