阅读理解

　　Once Smith, a traveller, was wet and cold because he had been riding in the rain. At last he reached a country in which was so crowded (拥挤) with people that he could not get the fire. So he called out to the innkeeper. “Take some fish to my horse!” The innkeeper answered, “But a horse doesn't eat fish!”Smith then said,“Never mind, do as I tell you.” The crowded people, hearing this strange order, ran out to see the horse eat fish. The traveller, now having the whole room to himself, sat down beside the fire and warmed himself.

　　When the innkeeper came back with the crowd of people, he said, “Your horse wouldn't eat fish!”The traveller answered, “Put it on the table, and when I have quite dried my clothes, I will eat it myself. ”

1．Smith was a ________.

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2．Smith got to ________ finally.

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3．Smith was wet and cold. He wanted to dry his clothes, so he wanted to get near ________.

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4．All the people in the room heard the strange order and ran out ________ at once.

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5．When all the people came back, Smith had ________.

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阅读理解

　　You have seen the moon many times. Does it look large or small? Does it look near or far away?

　　When you see the moon from the earth, the moon looks small. The moon is really very large, but not as large as the earth. It is much larger than the largest mountain on the earth.

　　Why does the moon look small when you see it from the earth?

　　The moon is very far away from the earth.

　　Things that are far away from you look smaller than things that are close.

　　Which looks smaller, the moon or the tree?

　　The moon looks smaller, even though it is really much larger than a tree. It looks smaller because it is far away from you and the tree is close to you.

　　What is moonlight?

　　You can see the sun and the stars in the sky. They give off light. The moon does not give off any light of its own. How then can you see the moon at night?

　　Light from the sun shines on the moon. Some of this light reaches the earth from the moon. The moon reflects (反射) sunlight, which now can be called moonlight.

　　How is light reflected? You can see how light is reflected if you hold a mirror in the sun. The mirror will reflect some sunlight.

　　The moon is something like a mirror. It reflects the light of the sun.

　　If you see light shining on the ball, half of the ball is in the light and the other half is dark.

　　The sun shines all the time. However, it shines on only half of the moon at a time. Like the earth, half of the moon is in sunlight. The other half is dark.

　　What part of the moon can you see? The only part of the moon you can see is the part that is in sunlight.

1．The moon is really very large, ________.

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A．but as large as the largest mountain on the earth

B．but not as large as the sun

C．but not as small as the earth

D．but as large as the earth

2．The moonlight is ________.

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A．the sun gives off light

B．the moon gives off light of its own

C．the sun and stars give off light

D．some of this light that comes from the sun and stars in the sky and reaches the earth from the moon

3．Like the earth, half of the moon is in sunlight. The other half is dark because ________.

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A．the sun shines all the time

B．we can see a part of the moon only

C．the only part of the moon we can see in the part that is in sunlight

4．The moon looks smaller than large mountains on the earth because ________.

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A．the moon is not a real object

B．large mountains are bigger than the moon

C．large mountains are closer than the moon

D．the sun shines on the moon

5．Which of the following is not true?

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A．The moon reflects sunlight all the time.

B．The sun shines all the time.

C．When we are not in sunlight, it is at night.

D．We can see the dark half of the moon.

阅读理解

　　Dinner, for English people, is the richest meal of the day and is a very formal meal. Many people even wear special clothes for dinner, so if you are asked out to dinner you must find out whether you are expected to wear a dinner suit: for you would feel very upset if when you get there, you were the only person in ordinary clothes. Dinner is generally served at about half past seven. All the members of the family sit down together and eat on their best behavior. The head of the family sits at one end of the table; his wife sits at the other. If there is a guest, he generally sits in the place of honour, which is at the right of the lady of the house. If there are several guests, the most important is asked to sit there. During the meal conversation is carried on, you should try to get in conversation with the person on your right or left, but you should not try to talk to someone who is a long way from you.

1．English dinner is the richest meal of the day, which suggests that ________.

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A．you have the best meal you have never had before

B．you can enjoy quantities of or all sorts of food and drink

C．such dinner usually costs a lot of money

D．you can receive a best service

2．Before going to dinner, you should be careful ________.

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3．The most important guest usually sits ________.

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A．at the right side of the housewife

B．at the place he likes best

C．at one end of the table

D．between the head of the family and the lady of the house

4．During the dinner conversation, the guest should only talk to ________.

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A．the one in the place of honour

B．the one just at his or her side

C．the one at either end of the table

D．the one who is a long way off

5．For English people, dinner is a very formal meal. The reason for this is that ________.

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A．the last meal of the day should be formal

B．guests are often invited to dinner

C．it just follows the custom of the British

D．something special often takes place then

阅读理解

　　An elderly couple (夫妇) were saved by firemen last night when their flat (公寓房间) in King's Road was filled with smoke. Firemen saved John Chen, 74 and his wife, Mary Chen, 69, from the kitchen of their flat of the 12th, floor of Seaview Building.

　　A neighbour, Mrs Yuan Soying, dialed (拨电话号码) 999 when she saw smoke coming from the flat below her. The door of the Chens' flat was locked so the firemen had to break the door with their axes (斧头). They found Mr and Mrs Chen on the kitchen floor, almost dead, The burning flat had started a small fire, which was soon put out.

　　Firemen gave the Chens the kiss-of-life (人工呼吸) before an ambulance (救护车) took them to hospital. It was reported from the hospital last night that the Chens were out of danger and were recovering (康复).

　　Firemen officer Peter Wong said that Mrs Yuan had saved the lives of her neighbours.

　　“If we had been two minutes late,”he told our reporter, “the Chens would have been dead. That's quite certain. It was lucky for them that we arrived.”

1．Whom did Mrs Yuan Soying ask for help when she dialled 999?

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2．The couple were almost dead because of ________

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3．Choose the right older of the events given in the passage. ________

a．Mrs Yuan Soying dialled 999.

b．The firemen arrived.

c．The Chens' flat was filled with smoke.

d．The Chens were out of danger.

e．The Chens were sent to hospital.

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4．Whom should the couple thank for saving their lives?

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5．Pick out the most possible fact that might lead to the death of the Chens.

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A．The firemen refused to come in time.

B．No neighbours happened to see the smoke.

C．The doctors delayed treating the Chess.

D．The firemen failed to give Chess the kiss-of-life.

阅读理解

　　During the 19th century, scientists found that when certain parts of person's brain were injured, he would lose the power to do certain things. And so, people thought that each part of the brain does a different job. But modern research has discovered that this is not so, for it is not easy to show exactly what each part of the brain does.

　　In the past fifty years there has been a great increase in the amount of research done on the brain. Scientists have found out that the way the brain work is not so simple as people in general may think. Chemists tell us that about 100,000 chemical changes take place in the brain every second. Some recent researches also suggest that we can remember everything that happens to us. We may not be able to think of the things we have heard and seen. but it is all kept there in the store - house of the human mind.

　　Earlier scientists thought that the power of one's brain got weaker and weaker as one grew older. But it is now thought that's not true. As long as the brain is given plenty of exercise, it keeps its power. It has been proved that an old person who has always been active in the mind has a quicker mind than a young person who has only done physical work without using much of his brain

1．In the last century, scientists found that a person would lose the power to do certain things ________.

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A．when he had drunk too much

B．if certain parts of his brains were hurt

C．after he did a quite different job

D．if he had been greatly frightened

2．Scientists today are still unable to show exactly ________.

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A．how many chemical changes take place in the brain each second

B．whether each part of the brain does the same work

C．what each part of the brain is doing

D．which part of the brain is the most important.

3．It has been found that the brain usually works ________

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A．in a fairly complicated(复杂) way

B．a little now and a little then

C．without any rest all day long

D．in a very simple way

4．Which of the following is not true?

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A．Scientists are working hard to solve (解决) the mysteries of the brain.

B．As many as six million changes take place in the brain every minute.

C．A young man doing physical labour is sure to have a much slower mind.

D．Even an old man may have a quick mind only if his brain is given much exercise.

5．The more work our brains have, ________.

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A．the less result we will gain

B．the more tired they will feel

C．the weaker their power will get

D．the more work they are able to do

阅读理解

　　The first true piece of sports equipment (器材) that man invented was the ball.

　　In ancient Egypt, as everywhere else, throwing stones was a game that small children liked best. But a badly thrown rock could hurt a child. Looking for something less dangerous to throw, the Egyptians made what were probably the first balls.

　　In the beginning, balls were made of grass or leaves held together by animal skins. Later they were made of pieces of cloth sewed together and filled with feathers or hay.

　　Even though the Egyptians were warlike(好战的),they found time for peaceful games. Before long they had developed a number of ball games, each with its own set of rules. Perhaps they played ball games more for instruction(训练) than for fun. Ball playing was thought of mainly as a way to teach young men the speed and skill they would need for war.

1．The best title for this passage is ________.

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A．How Egyptian Children Played Games

B．The Beginning of Sports

C．The First Ball Games

D．A Brief History of Egyptian sports

2．Balls took the place of stones in the Egyptians' sports equipment because ________.

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A．throwing stones was not fun

B．rocks were too heavier to throw

C．games with stones did not have rules

D．throwing stones often hurt children

3．The first balls were probably made of ________.

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A．cloth filled with feathers or hay

B．animal skins filled with rocks

C．grass and leaves held together with animal skins

D．rolls of hay

4．This passage says that the Egyptians played ________.

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A．many different games with balls

B．many different kinds of games

C．only one ball game

D．different games with the same rules

5．The Egyptians considered ball games ________.

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A．to be a good way to train young people

B．to be very difficult for children to play

C．not to be worth playing

D．not to be interesting enough

阅读理解

　　Alice always wanted to be a singer. Music was the most important thing in her life, but, to tell you the truth, she took lessons for years, practised every day, but in spite of all this, her voice didn't improve. Honestly, it didn't get better. It just got louder.

　　Her teacher finally gave up and stopped the lessons, but Alice refused to quit (放弃) , and one day she decided to give a concert and invited her former teacher to attend.

　　The teacher was very worried about what to say after the performance. She knew it would be terrible and it was. She didn't want to tell a lie , but she didn't want to hurt Alice's feelings, either. Finally, she got an idea and went to the backstage(后台) to greet her former pupil .

　　“Well, ”said Alice, “What did you think of my performance?”

　　“My dear, ”said the teacher. “You'll never be better than you were tonight.”

1．Alice wanted to be a singer because she ______.

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A．was good at singing

B．could do nothing but sing

C．had a good teacher

D．was most interested in music

2．Alice's teacher stopped the lessons because ______.

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A．Alice didn't make any improvement in singing

B．Alice's voice became louder and louder

C．Alice didn't work hard enough

D．Alice was so proud and wouldn't listen to her

3．What made Alice decide to give a concert?

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A．She wanted to prove that her teacher was wrong.

B．She wanted to please her teacher.

C．She was sure that she could sing beautifully.

D．Somebody else wanted her to do so.

4．What is really meant by saying“You'll never be better than you were tonight. ”?

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A．You gave good performance tonight.

B．You won't make any improvement in the future.

C．You have never sung so well before.

D．You gave the best performance than ever.

5．If Alice's teacher had told a lie, she might have said, ______

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A．“I don't like the performance.”

B．“The performance tonight is terrible.”

C．“You have made no progress.”

D．“Your performance tonight is excellent.”

阅读理解

　　Perhaps we will begin a new history when we begin to farm the sea, and live under it! Some scientists say that we will grow fish like plants in the fields. The water will not be very deep and the water temperature (温度) will be at the level to make the fish grow biggest and fastest. Oxygen will be fed into the water and low flying airplanes will spray(喷)the sea with the food. Even without fish farming, scientists say that there are enough fish in the Indian Ocean to feed all of India for a hundred years and in the Antarctic (南极洲的) sea, there are so many tiny fish that it is impossible to use them all up.

　　With education and more technology, people in poor countries will learn how to grow better food. They will become happier and have fewer children so the food problem will actually get better.

1．A new history mainly means ______.

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A．people will dry the sea and plant food in it

B．people will grow fish in not very deep water

C．people will grow fish as well as plants in the sea

D．people will grow fish in the sea just as they grow plants in the fields

2．The water where people grow fish will be ______.

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A．fit for the biggest fish

B．fit for fishing

C．fit for the growing of fish

D．not very deep and the temperature is low

3．The fish in the Indian Ocean is ______.

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A．impossible to use up

B．enough for people in India for a century

C．enough for the Indian if they farm the fish there

D．enough for the people in the world for a hundred years

4．The food problem in poor countries will improve ______.

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A．only if people have fewer children

B．only if people grow food in the sea

C．only if people become happier

D．only if people receive more education and master technology

5．Which of the following statements is correct according to the passage?

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A．The number of the tiny fish in the Antarctic sea is very small

B．Fish in the Indian Ocean is very limited

C．It is very important and necessary for the people in poor countries to receive more education and master technology

D．The governments needn't to control the increase of their population if they want to solve food problem

阅读理解

　　July 20th, 1969 was an important day. Two Americans landed on the moon. They were the first men on the moon. Their names were “Armstrong and Aldrin. ”They went in spaceship called Apollo 11 left Cape Kennedy (肯尼迪角) on July 16th and went 385, 000 kilometres. The journey took three days. On July 20th the spaceship landed in the sea of Tranquility. Armstrong stepped onto the moon. The two men walked on the surface of the moon. They picked up some rocks and put them in the spaceship. They jumped up and down. Then they put a flag in the ground. They were tired after their moon walk so they rested.

　　On July 21st Apollo 11 left the moon and returned to earth. Three days later it came down in the Pacific Ocean. A ship took the men to America and to their families.

1．July 20th, 1969 was an important day because ______.

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A．two men left in a spaceship for the moon

B．two men returned to earth

C．two men went 385,000 kilometres

D．man reached the moon for the first time

2．The two astronauts set off from ______.

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A．Cape kennedy and landed in the sea on July 20th

B．on July 16th and landed on July 20th

C．on July 16th and landed on July 21th

D．Cape Kennedy and landed in the sea on July 24th

3．The two men felt tired after they ______.

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A．landed on the moon

B．left Cape Kennedy

C．walked on the moon

D．put a flag in the ground

4．The whole journey to the moon and back took them ______.

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5．The sea of Tranquility is ______.

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A． on the earth

B．on the moon

C．in America

D．in the Pacific Ocean

阅读理解

My father, at the death of his father, was six years old, and he grew up without education. He moved from Kentucky to Indiana when I was seven. We reached our new home about the time the state came into the Union. It was a wild area, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods, but what was required (要求) of a teacher never went beyond(超过) “reading, writing and adding”. If a stranger suppose to understand Latin happened to live for a time in the area, he was looked on as a wizard(奇才) . There was simple nothing to excite a desire (欲望) for education. Of course , when I grew up , I did not know much. Still, somehow I could read, write and add, but that was all. The advance I have now made is upon this store of education. I have gained it under the pressure (压力) of necessity.

1．When the writer was a child ______.

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A．his grandfather died in the state of Kentucky

B．his family settled down in the country of Indiana

C．Kentucky joined the Union as a member state

D．his family had to move from place to place

2． When the writer was seven, his family moved to an area where ______.

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A．educated people were greatly respected

B． only a few had a knowledge of Latin

C． people were often attacked(攻击) by wild animals

D． the land hadn't been farmed yet

3．The school in the area ______.

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A．was of poor quality(质量)

B．offered various subjects

C．respected those who knew Latin

D．hired the teachers who were good at reading, writing and adding

4．How did the writer look at his early education?

A． He believed he met the school requirements.

B． He thought he was well - educated

C． He thought it was not satisfactory

D． He believed he was poorly - educated .

5． At the time he wrote this passage, the writer ______.

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A．had to learn to read, write and add

B．found it necessary to receive advanced education

C．was probably fairly well - educated

D． was dissatisfied with his level of education