阅读理解．

阅读短文，根据其内容，从各题所给的四个选项中，选择最佳答案．

　　Do you know Australia? Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth. Australia is big, but its population is not large. The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.

　　The government has made enough laws to fight pollution. The cities in Australia have got little sir or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers. Plants grow very well.

　　Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flowers' exhibition. There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before. We had a wonderful time. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. In spring every year Perth has the wild flowers' exhibition. After visiting Perth, we spent the day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves. Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.

　　Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos. After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere are sheep.

1．Australia is ________.

[　　]

A．the largest country in the world.

B．as large as Shanghai.

C．not as large as China

D．the largest island in the north of the earth

2．The government had made ________.

[　　]

A．too enough laws to fight pollution

B．so many laws that it can fight pollution

C．enough laws that it can hardly fight pollution

D．enough laws because the pollution is very serious

3．Which of the following is NOT true?

[　　]

A．Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers.

B．Perth is bigger than any other city in Western Australia.

C．Perth lies in the west of Australia.

D．No other city is larger than Perth in Australia.

4．In Perth you may visit a wild flowers' show in ________.

[　　]

5．Which of the following is true?

[　　]

A．Australia is famous for its sheep, kangaroos and wild flowers.

B．We ran back to the car because we were in the middle of white sheep.

C．Three hundred sheep came towards us because they saw us.

D．If you go to the countryside in Australia, you will see a large number of white sheep.

阅读理解．

阅读短文，根据其内容，从各题所给的四个选项中，选择最佳答案．

　　Sally was a student. It was going to be her mother's birthday. She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not expensive.

　　A week before her mother's birthday, she went shopping after a quick and simple lunch. When she had been looking for half an hour, she found a shop that was selling cheap umbrellas, and decided to take a black one, since her mother had lost hers the month before.

　　She thought, “You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color.” So she decided to buy a lovely black umbrella and took it back to the school with her until her classes had finished.

　　On her way back home in the train that evening she felt hungry because she had such a small lunch that she went along to the buffer car(餐车) for another sandwich and a cup of coffee. She had left the black umbrella above her seat in the compartment(车厢), but when she got back, it had gone! When she had left the compartment, there had been no other passengers in it, but now there were three.

　　Sally began to cry when she saw that the umbrella was no longer there. The other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what the matter was. She told them that the black umbrella she had bought for her mother was gone, and that she had to get out at the next station. After the three other passengers heard it, they asked her for her mother's address so that they could send the umbrella to her if someone had taken it by mistake, and brought it back after Sally had got out of the train.

　　The next week, Sally heard from her mother. It said, “Thank you very much for your lovely presents, but why did you send me three black umbrellas?”

1．Which of the following is the best meaning for the sentence “You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color”?

[　　]

A．You can carry it when you are wearing any clothes.

B．Any color of your clothes will be all right.

C．The umbrella will be OK for your clothes in any colors.

D．You can take any clothes that you like to wear.

2．What does the story infer(推断)?

[　　]

A．Her mother would write to her if she didn't receive the presents.

B．The three umbrellas were sent by the girl.

C．Only four people had ever been to the compartment.

D．Nobody brought the umbrella back.

3．The best name of the story is ________.

[　　]

A．A LUCKY GIRL

B．THE MISSING UMBRELLA

C．A HAPPY MOTHER

D．MOTHER'S PRESENT

4．What does the writer want to tell us?

[　　]

A．You should take care of your things when you are traveling.

B．Show your love to others, and they will bring you love.

C．Children should often come back to see their parents.

D．It's no use crying when you are in trouble.

阅读理解．

阅读短文，根据其内容，从各题所给的四个选项中，选择最佳答案．

　　James Thornhill was an English painter. He painted many beautiful pictures. Once the King of England asked him to paint some pictures on the walls of the King's palace.

　　The King showed the palace to the painter and said, “You must paint our pictures round the walls of the palace near the ceiling(天花板).”

　　Then the workers came and made a big platform(平台).

　　Thornhill began to paint. He worked with an assistant(助手). They painted on the platform near the ceiling. They worked for a year. At last the pictures were ready. Thornhill looked at the pictures and was happy. They were beautiful. He looked at them for a long time. How beautiful they were! He took one step(举手) back and looked again. Now the pictures were more beautiful. He took another step, then another. Now he was at the step at the very edge(边缘) of the platform but he didn't know it, he thought only of his pictures.

　　The assistant saw everything.

　　“What should I do?” He thought, “Thornhill is at the very edge of the platform. If I cry out, he will take another step and will fall down to the stone floor. It will kill him.” The worker quickly took a pail(桶) of paint(颜料), ran to a picture and threw the paint at the picture.

　　“What are you doing?” cried the painter, running quickly back to his picture.

1．Once the King of England asked the painter to ________.

[　　]

A．paint the palace throughout

B．paint some pictures on the walls of the palace

C．paint pictures round the walls of the palace near the ceiling

D．paint pictures on a wall of the palace

2．It took the painter and his assistant ________ to paint all the pictures.

[　　]

3．Thornhill looked at the pictures and was happy because ________.

[　　]

A．he thought he could get much money from the King

B．he found the pictures to be beautiful

C．he could finish the work in time

D．he thought the King would like the pictures

4．Although he was at the very edge of the platform ________.

[　　]

A．he still took another step

B．he knew he was in danger

C．he thought of his pictures

D．he didn't stop to paint the pictures

5．To help Thomhill, the assistant ________.

[　　]

A．threw the paint at the beautiful picture

B．didn't want to do anything

C．ran away as quickly as he could

D．cried out

阅读理解．

　　Easter(复活节) is one of the two major(主要的) Christian(基督教的) festivals(节日). Easter celebrates(庆祝) the death(死亡) and resurrection(复活) of Jesus Christ(耶稣基督) and Christmas celebrates his birth(出生). It's not as big a festival as Christmas. It starts usually in late March or early April and the Easter holiday is Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. It's quite a long holiday for everybody.

　　The main(主要的) symbol(象征物) of Easter is the Easter eggs. Children like Easter eggs because they are made of chocolate. Eggs are a symbol of new life. Easter is also a time for families to get together like Christmas. Many people see Easter as a nice long holiday and they have a good time with their families and friends.

1．People love Easter because ________.

[　　]

A．it's a long holiday

B．it's the birthday of Jesus Christ

C．they can have real eggs on that day

D．everybody believes in Jesus Christ

2．From the passage above, which sentence is wrong?

[　　]

A．Easter is one of the most important festivals in western countries.

B．Easter is a day that everybody gets his resurrection.

C．Easter is a religious(宗教) festival.

D．Most people love Easter.

3．People begin to celebrate Easter in ________.

[　　]

A．mid-April or late April

B．mid-March or late March

C．late March or early April

D．early March or mid-March

4．Easter eggs are ________.

[　　]

A．covered by chocolate(用巧克力包着的)

B．chocolate eggs

C．a symbol of death

D．not food

5．From the passage above, we can know that ________.

[　　]

A．Jesus Christ died on Christmas Day

B．Jesus Christ was born on Christmas Day

C．Jesus Christ was born on Easter

D．Jesus Christ died and got his resurrection on Christmas Day

阅读理解

Bats are the only flying mammals in the world. They can't see very well. It was long believed, and still is in many places, that all bats are blind. “Blind as a bat” is often heard. Yet they have no trouble flying in the darkest nights and finding their way around very well. How can bats fly and see at night? They fly by radar. The bat's radar system works the same way as the one that ships and planes use. As a bat flies through the air, he makes a sound that is too high for our ears to hear. If the sounds hit things they come back. The bat's ears receive the messages. In this way they are able to tell the bat where the things are. Bats go out to look for food at night. In the daytime they hang in some dark places. Some people have the bats as bad animals. In fact they are useful animals.

1．The bat is________.

[　　]

2．“blind as a bat” means a person who is ________.

[　　]

A．blind in both eyes

B．blind in neither of the eyes

C．not able to see well

D．able to see anything well

3．Bats have no trouble flying in the darkest nights because ________.

[　　]

A．they have very poor sight

B．they have a kind of radar system to help them

C．they have to look for food

D．they can see things in the dark nights

4．Bats go out to look for food ________.

[　　]

A．at noon

B．in the afternoon

C．during the daytime

D．after the sun sets and before the sun rises

5．Bats are ________.

[　　]

阅读理解

　　When you feel sad, tears will roll down your cheeks. When you are happy, especially when you laugh very hard, tears also will roll down your face. But tears have a more important job than showing how you feel.

　　Tears keep your eyes clean and healthy. They wash away dirt and germs and other things that get in your eyes. Your eyes also need tears to keep them wet. Your eyes must be wet so that they can move smoothly. Your eyes are busy looking here and there all day long. They move quickly from one thing to another. If you didn't have tears, your eyes couldn't move, and soon you would be blind.

　　But where do these tears come from?

　　Under each eyelid are tiny sacks called tear glands. That's where tears are made. Every time you blink your eyes, some tears are pushed out of these glands. The tears wash over your eyes and soothe them.

　　When you're not laughing or crying your tears away, where do they go? They go away through small holes in your lower eyelid. Some of these holes lead into your nose. Many times when you cry, the tears drip down through your nose－and it starts to run. The drops that fall from your nose are your tears.

　　Maybe you don't like baths, but your eyes can't do without them.

1．This story tells us ________.

[　　]

A．how and why people have tears

B．why people cry when they are happy

C．what makes people sad

D．why people cry when they are unhappy

2．Tears help you by ________.

[　　]

A．filling up your tear glands

B．washing your cheeks and nose

C．washing things from your eyes

D．showing how you feel

3．You probably get extra tears in your eyes when ________.

[　　]

4．If your eyes were not wet, you could not________.

[　　]

A．look at things as quickly

B．see without your glasses

C．show people what you think

D．laugh or cry

5．If your eyes need to be soothed, the first thing that must happen is ________.

[　　]

A．your nose must start to run

B．your eyes must blink to make tears

C．your eyes must go into small holes in your lower eyelid

D．your eyes must open widely

阅读理解

Rose Cottage

　　$115,000

　　Built in 1780

　　2 bedrooms, a bathroom, a living room, a kitchen

　　A beautiful garden, 20 meters long

　　50 meters from the sea

　　2 kilometers from the shops and town center

Seaview

　　$135,000

　　Built in 1927

　　3 bedrooms, a living room, 2 dining rooms, a kitchen, a study room, 500 meters from the sea

　　1 kilometer from the shops and town center

Park House

　　$95,000

　　Built in 1975

　　3 bedrooms, a bathroom, a living room, a kitchen, a breakfast room

　　A big garage

　　Small garden, 8 meters long

　　1.5 meters from the town center, next to the park

1．Park House is ________ cheaper than Seaview.

[　　]

2．Rose Cottage was built ________.

[　　]

A．in the eighteenth century

B．in the seventeenth century

C．three hundred years ago

D．in the sixteenth century

3．Which of the following is true?

[　　]

A．Park House is smaller than Rose Cottage.

B．Park House is the nearest to the town center.

C．Seaview has got a garage.

D．Park House has got a bigger garden than Rose Cottage.

4．The Johns want to buy a house with two bedrooms, a bathroom, a living room, a kitchen and a garage, not far away from the sea and the center of the town, for less than one hundred thousand dollars. Which one do they choose?

[　　]

5．If the Johns have sixty-seven thousand dollars and they can save one thousand and two hundred dollars a month. They want to buy Seaview. How many years can they pay off the debts?

[　　]

阅读理解

　　Light and shadow are friends. They usually go together. We receive light every day. At the same time, we produce shadow.

　　Light cannot shine through you. Your body stops it from passing. There is a dark spot on the ground next to you. The light cannot reach the dark spot. This is your shadow. At noon the sun shines over your head. Your body stops very little light from reaching the ground. So you shadow is quiet short.

　　But in early morning or late afternoon the sun is low in the sky. Its light moves over more of your body. Then your shadow is quite long. Your body keeps a lot of light from reaching the ground.

　　We love light, especially sunlight. Without sunlight, life on earth is impossible. Most of us like to stand in the shadow of a tree in summer. But some people are afraid of their own shadow at night. They do not want to walk in a dark street. They do not want to see the shadow, either. But still light and shadow usually go together.

1．The sentence “Light and shadow are friends” means ________.

[　　]

A．the shadow produce light

B．the light usually follows the shadow

C．they usually get on well with each other

D．when we get light, we can get shadow. They are always together

2．Light cannot shine through you because ________.

[　　]

A．it is too weak

B．your body stops it from traveling on

C．your body is tall and strong

D．there is a dark spot on the ground next to you

3．Your body's shadow is long because ________.

[　　]

A．the sun is low in the sky in the morning or late afternoon

B．the sun is over your head

C．your body stops very little light reaching the ground

D．the sunlight is very strong at noon

4．It is ________ in the shadow of a tree in summer, so many people like to stay there.

[　　]

5．Which of the following is NOT true?

[　　]

A．There will be no shadow without light.

B．Shadow is produced when something stops the light from passing.

C．We produce light when we receive it.

D．Men, animals and plants have to live on sunlight.

阅读理解

sale on every record and tape in the shop

POP, ROCK, JAZZ, DISCO, COUNTRY.

Sale starts June 15 and ends June 29. No telephone orders during the sale.

THE MUSIC SHOP

38 Park Street

Open Monday～Saturday 10 a. m. to 6 p. m.

1．The Music Shop is ________.

[　　]

2．________ are on sale.

[　　]

3．Records and tapes that cost $5.98 are on sale for ________.

[　　]

4．The first day of the sale is ________.

[　　]

5．You can buy records ________.

[　　]

A．at 5 o'clock in the afternoon

B．for high prices

C．at 9 o'clock in the morning

D．over the phone

阅读理解

　　“Tipping” is always a difficult business. You do not want to give too much little, or tip the wrong person.

　　In Britain or America, people usually tip waiters in restaurant, porters, taxi drivers and hairdressers. They do not tip people in offices, cinemas, garages, or airports.

　　Do you invite your friends to the restaurant? Then you pay the bill. Does your friend invite you? Your friend pays. If there are men and women in the party, men usually pay.

　　These days men and women are equal in many ways. If you work in Britain or America, your boss could be a man or a woman. There are increasing numbers of women in important positions in politics, law, medicine and in the business world.

　　But it is still polite for a man to open doors for women and to ask them to go first. And it is polite for men to stand up when they are introduced to women. On informal occasions, of course, everyone is more relaxed.

1．In this passage the writer tells us ________.

[　　]

A．not to give any tip to others

B．only to give tip to women

C．only to give tip to old men

D．to give tip to right person

2．If you have a meal with friends in a restaurant, ________.

[　　]

A．you should pay the tip

B．your friends should pay the tip

C．the person who orders the meal should pay the tip

D．you should ask others

3．Today in Britain and America ________.

[　　]

A．women are quite equal to men

B．men hold all the important positions in business

C．women hold all the important positions in politics

D．women have changed their conditions

4．What's the meaning of “hairdresser”?

[　　]

5．It is polite for a man to ________.

[　　]