阅读理解

　　The Dead Sea is really a large lake. The river Jordan flows into it. Its surface has an area of over a thousand square kilometres(平方公里).Because there is no outlet(出水口)and the climate is very hot, the water is slowly dried up.

　　The water in the sea has an unpleasant smell and a very salty bitter taste. It is full of salt and other minerals(矿物).Human body will not sink in it. Man can sit up there and read newspapers without sinking, but it is not a good place for swimming, because the water is bad for the skin.

　　No living things can live in it. That is why it is called Dead Sea.

1. The water of the Dead Sea ______.

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A. is not different from that in the other oceans and seas.

B. is becoming lower and lower

C. tastes bad

D. will be overflowing(漫出,溢出)some day because of no outlet

2. Human body will not sink in the water because_____.

[　　]

A. it is much heavier than ordinary sea water

B. human body is too light

C. it is not deep enough to sink human beings

D. it is very easy to swim here though it is not a good place for swimming.

3. According to this passage, man can read newspapers _____.

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A. sitting on the seashore

B. sitting above the water

C. in the boat floating on the sea

D. with part of his body out of the water

4. The Dead Sea is not a good place for swimming because _____.

[　　]

A. there is no outlet

B. no living things can live in it

C. the water contains too much salt and too many other minerals

D. the water smells unpleasant and tastes salty and bitter

5. Which is the best title for this passage?

[　　]

A. No living things can live in the Dead Sea.

B. The river Jordan.

C. The Dead Sea.

D. Man can sit up and read newspapers in the Dead Sea.

　　阅读理解

　　What is color? Why do some things look red, others green, others blue?

　　Color is caused by reflected light rays. We see color because objects reflect light. Something that is red reflects mostly red light. In the same way, a green object reflects green light, and white objects reflect all colors of light. Black objects do not reflect any light.

　　What happens to the colors of light that are not reflected? They are absorbed (吸收) by the object. The darker the color is, the less light is reflected and the more light is taken in. Light that is absorbed is turned into heat. For this reason, dark-colored clothes are warmer in the sunlight than light-colored clothes.

1．Color is caused by ________.

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A．the object itself

B．your sense of sight

C．the light around the object

D．reflected light

2．The more light an object reflects, the ________ the object's color is.

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3．Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．Red objects reflect red light.

B．Green objects reflect green light.

C．White objects reflect green light.

D．Black objects reflect black light.

4．Which of the following gets hot slowest if put in the sunlight?

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5．If you want to be warm, you should not ________.

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A．wear black clothes

B．wear more clothes

C．wear white clothes

D．put on dark coats

阅读理解

　　The owner of a large company, about to take a trip overseas, dropped into his office early in the morning to make some arrangements(安排). He was leaving for the airport when he met the night watchman who had been on duty that very evening. The latter(后者)stopped the owner and told him that he had dreamed that night of his employer’s(雇主)plane blowing up after take-off. Believing him, the owner put off his trip.

　　As things turned out, the night watchman’s dream was correct. The plane crashed(坠毁)after leaving the ground. The owner sent for the night watchman and gave him $5,000 as a reward. Then he dismissed him.

1. Why did the watchman stop the owner? Because he ______.

[　　]

A. wanted to show he cared about the owner

B. thought it was his own duty to protect the owner

C. wanted to tell the owner his good dream

D. wanted to advise the owner not to take the plane

2. A watchman must be a person who _______.

[　　]

A. watches for others　　　 B. works at night

C. protects his master　　　D. guards a building or an area

3. We may draw a conclusion from the passage the ______.

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A. it so happened that what the watchman had dreamed came true

B. the watchman cared much about his owner

C. the watchman was good at telling what would happen in the future

D. the owner was always ready to accept others’advice

4. The owner dismissed the night watchman mostly probably because_________.

[　　]

A. he didn’t want others to know it was the night watchman that had saved his life.

B. he thought the night watchman would bring him unluckiness again

C. the night watchman didn’t stay awake the whole night

D. he thought the night watchman had got enough money to make a living by himself

5. “Blow up” in this passage means________.

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A. explode　　 　B. fly away

C. fly fast　　　D. fly off

　　阅读理解

　　An English traveller found himself in a northern European country with a little money to buy the ticket for the travel back home. As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he found that he would be all right without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. He closed his ears to the lunch bell. When dinnertime came, he refused to go to the dining hall, saying that he was not feeling well. The next morning he didn't go to breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room. At dinnertime he was so hungry that he could not stand it any, longer. “I'm going to eat,” he said, “even if they throw me into the sea.” At dinner he ate everything in front of him at table, and felt for the coming trouble. “Bring me the bill. ” he said, “There isn't any, bill. ” was the answer. “On the ship the money for the ticket includes meals. ” The traveller was sad when he heard this.

1．The English traveller knew he would ________ in two days.

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A．be back home

B．buy some food to eat

C．travel everywhere in Europe

D．enjoy himself in the ship

2．The first day he ________ to have lunch and dinner.

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3．He didn't go to the dining hall because

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4．The next day he decided to ________ at last.

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5．The English traveller ________ that he had no meal on the first day.

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阅读理解：

　　David Moore taught science at the City School. He needed some expensive books , so he bought them. He left them in his car in a quiet street . Then he went to buy some other things. At six o’clock he came back to the car . One window was open-and the books were not there ! David drove home to Fry Road.

　　That night he wrote a letter to a newspaper. The next day he went to the police.

　　On Friday people read this in the newspaper:

　　Have you any old books ? I buy old and new books .

　　Open all day on Saturday David Moore, 26 Fry Road.

　　David stayed at home on Saturday. His first visitor came at eight o’clock. David took him to the kitchen. At half past nine another man arrived . He had a bag under his arm.

　　“Mr Moore?” the man asked.

　　“That’s right ,”David said. “Can I help you ?”

　　“I’ve got some good books. You buy books , don’t you ?”

　　“Yes. Bring them in . I’ll have a look at them. ”

　　Soon the books were on the dining-table. “Come in now ,”called David, “ and bring the list.”

　　A policeman came into the dining-room . He read the names on the list in his hand . They were the same .

“Come with me sir ,”the policeman said to the man.

1.David had a job as ______.

[　　]

A.a bookseller 　B.a policeman 

C.a driver 　　　D.a school teacher

2.David bought some books . They were ______ books .

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A.cheap 　B.old 　C.science 　D.new

3.How did the man get the books ?

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A.He bought them from David.

B.He found them in an old car.

C.He bought them from a bookseller.

D.He took them from a car.

4.The names on the list were the names of ______ .

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A.David Moore’s friends 

B.the books

C.the booksellers 

D.The school in the city

5.David looked at the books on the dining-table. He thought:”They’re all ______ .

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A.mine B.his C.novels D.theirs

6.How did David get his books back?

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A.A man brought them to David’s house.

B.David bought them from the visitor.

C.David got them back from a friend.

D.The police found them and gave them to David.

7.The policeman was waiting ______ .

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A.in a quiet street 　B.outside the bookshop

C.in the kitchen 　　 D.in the dining-room

8.David’s first visitor was a ______ .

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A.policeman 

B.cook

C.good friend of his 

D.person interested in old books

9.We may consider David a man of ______ .

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A.careless　 B.interesting　 C.humor 　D.wisdom

10.The title of the passage may be ______ .

A.Missing Books 　B.Books Finding 

C.A Trap 　　　　 D.Punishment

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　　A store manager heard his shop assistant tell a customer, “No, madam, we haven't had any for a while and it doesn't look as if we'll be getting any soon. ”

　　Surprised, the manager came running over to the customer and said in a loud voice, “Of course, we'll have some soon. We placed an order last week. ” Then the manager drew the assistant aside. “Never,” he said, “never, never, never say we're out of anything ----say we've got it an order and it's coming. Now what was she wanted?”

　　“Rain,” replied calmly the assistant.

1．The manager was surprised because he thought ________.

[　　]

A．it was foolish of his assistant to tell a customer they were out of some goods

B．it was not polite of his assistant to say “No” to a customer in his store

C．the customer was sure to get angry with the assistant in their talk about goods

D．it was not right for his assistant to tell a lie to any of the customers

2．When he heard what the assistant said, the manager was ________.

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3．From the passage we are sure that ________.

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A．something must have been wrong with the manager's ear

B．the manager was a man who was very honest to his customers

C．the manager must have mistaken what they talked of

D．the manager must have got better ways to please the customers

4．In fact, the assistant and the customer ________.

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A． were quarrelling about the price of the goods

B．were talking about some goods called rain

C．were talking about the weather they were having

D．were discussing what to buy

5．Most probably the customer in the passage ________.

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A．came to ask for something like rain

B．was an old friend of the shop assistant

C．often did some shopping in the store

D．came to do some shopping in the store

　　阅读理解

　　A professor's grandson asked his grandfather, “Grandpa, why did you say that all the false things are ugly (丑的)?” “That is certainly true. Couldn't you give me an opposite (相反的) example?”

　　“Oh, yes. ” the grandson, climbing on his grandfather's knee, said proudly, “Look at yourself, when you put on your false teeth, you look younger and lively; when you get them off , your mouth looks empty and shriveled. That's really ugly. Isn't it an opposite example?”

　　The professor could find no answer.

1．The best title for this passage would be “________.”

[　　]

2．The question by the grandson in the first sentence showed that ________ .

[　　]

A．he didn't think all the false things were ugly

B．he believed what his grandfather had said

C．he believed that all the false things were ugly

D．he thought his grandfather could find no answer

3．When the professor said “Couldn't you give me an opposite example?”, he was sure ________ .

[　　]

A．he himself couldn't find any example

B．his grandson could give an opposite example

C．his grandson could agree with him

D．what he had said was a certain truth

4．In the sentence “Your mouth looks empty and shriveled,” the word “shriveled” may mean ________ .

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5．The last sentence of the passage shows that ________ .

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A．the professor insisted on what he had thought

B．the professor was puzzled (迷惑不解的) with the question

C．the professor had no knowledge of the problem

D．the professor was foolish enough

阅读理解

　　My grandfather was a teacher.He was the head teacher of a school for boys between the ages of thirteen and eighteen.I know that he was a kind and gentle man at heart,because when I was young,he gave me presents,and set me on his knee,and told me stories.But I believe the boys at his school were afraid of him.

　　At school.when he walked into a room full of noisy boys,there was silence at once.When he looked at a boy with a certain look in his eyes,that boy went red in the face,and looked down at his shoes.If a boy brought him poor,careless work,that was not the best that boy could do,my grandfather picked up the boy’s book and threw it across the room,shouting:‘Do it all again,and bring it back first thing in the morning!’If the boy was late,or if he forgot to bring the work,he had to do it again,and yet again.My grandfather never forgot.

　　He was a very different man at school,from the man I saw in his own home.

1．My grandfather was _________.

[　　]

A．a kind and gentle teacher

B．a teacher who gave presents to the pupils

C．the head  teacher of a boy’s school

D．a boy at a school where everyone was afraid of the head  teacher

2．I knew my grandfather was kind and gentle,because ______.

[　　]

A．he was the head   teacher of a boys’ school

B．he gave me presents and told me stories

C．he told me stories about how kind he was

D．he let me sit on his knee and tell him stories

3．When he looked at boy in a certain way,that boy ________.

[　　]

A．went red and could not return my grandfather’s look

B．looked back at my grandfather’s red face

C．looked at his shoes to see if they were dirty

D．went red in the face because his shoes were dirty

4．My grandfather did not like to receive ________.

[　　]

A．worse work than he could do himself

B．work that the boys could not do

C．work that was not as good as the boys could do

D．the most careful work that the boys could do

5．When he received poor work,my grandfather ________.

[　　]

A．shouted at the boy and threw his work across the room

B．went red in the face

C．threw the book on the floor,and shouted across the room

D．threw the book at the boy

　　阅读理解

　　It was Monday morning. Susie left home early that day because she was going to start a new job in downtown Manhattan. She was only eighteen and this was her first job. When she got to the bus stop, there were so many people waiting that she almost called a passing taxi. Later she was glad that she had waited for the bus because the traffic was so heavy that even a taxi would not have arrived much earlier. As it was, she was a few minutes late.

　　She took the elevator (电梯) to the eighth floor and went directly to the office where she had been interviewed (面试) by Mr Samson two weeks before. This was the man she was going to work for. She knocked on the door slightly and waited, but there was no answer. Just then she heard the sound of someone's voice coming from the next office. She opened the door and looked in. There Mr Samson was talking angrily to all the people in the office. He suddenly turned around and left the room. Later in the day, Susie found out what had happened. Because Mr Samson lived forty miles away in Westchester Country, he had to take the train to work and would normally arrive at the office around nine thirty. This morning, however, he happened to catch a late train, and when he arrived at the office, not a single person was working. They were all standing around smoking, chatting and telling jokes.

1．________made Susie go to work late on the first day.

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2．Mr Samson asked Susie to start working ________ at the interview.

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3．When she arrived, ________ was (were) in the room she wanted to enter.

[　　]

4．Mr Samson usually ________ to work.

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5．The man Susie was going to work for was angry on Monday because ________ .

[　　]

A．someone smoked at the office

B．only Susie arrived early

C．some people were chatting about his private things

D．none of his employees (雇员) was working

阅读理解

The people of the village of Tardov were waiting for a man from the government.Important men from the big city always wore a white shirt and a black jacket.This man was coming to look at the village,and write a report for the government,saying how fine the farms were,and how hard the people worked.Tardov dreamed that good times were on the way.

A man came to the village wearing a white shirt and a black jacket.The Chairman of the village gave him the best room in the hotel,and paid for all his meals.He took him to all the farms round about,and the farmers’wives gave him presents of eggs,milk and cheese.Then the Chairman took the man to his own house and gave him dinner.They ate fish,meat and vegetables,cakes and other sweet things,and drank the Chairman’s best wines,for three hours and more.The man enjoyed himself,and he laughed.

After two days the man left the village with his pockets and his bag full of good things.Then another man arrived,wearing a white shirt and a black jacket.And the first words he said were:“Good morning.I am from the government.”

1．Tardov was _________．

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A．a big city where the people wore white shirts and black jackets

B．a village whose people were expecting a man from the government

C．a village where important man lived

D．an important man who always wore a white shirt and black jacket

2．The man was going to ________．

A．write a report about the village to the government

B．work hard on the fine farms in the village

C．look at the village and write a report about it

D．dream about good times and the fine farms of Tardov

3．The Chairman of the village __________．

A．gave the man a hotel room,and free meals in his own house

B．gave him the best room in the hotel and bought his meals

C．paid for all the eggs and cheese that the man ate

D．gave the man the best room in his own house

4．When the Chairman took the man to the farms ________．

A．the farmers’wives gave him presents of food

B．he gave him presents of eggs,milk and cheese

C．everybody worked very hard making milk and cheese

D．the man wrote a report about all the presents he received

5．When the Chairman took the man to his own house _________．

A．his wife gave the man presents of eggs,cheese and milk

B．they ate eggs,cheese and other sweet things and drank milk

C．they ate fish,meat,cakes and sweet things

D．the chairman drank the best wines