(一)
Mr. Lee was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the bell ring. He turned on the light and looked at his clock. It was twelve o'clock. \"Who can it be at this time of night?\" He thought. He decided to go and find out. So he got out of bed, put on his dressing gown (浴袍) and went to the door. When he opened the door, there was nobody there. \"That is very strange.\" Then he went back to his bedroom, took off his dressing gown, got back into bed ,turned off the light and tried to go to sleep.
A few minutes later he heard the bell again. Mr. Lee jumped out of bed very quickly and rushed to the door. He opened it, but again he found no one there. He closed the door and tried not to feel angry. Then he saw a piece of paper on the floor. He picked it up. There were some words on it : \"It is now after midnight, so it is April Fool's Day. April fool to you!\"
\"Oh , it was the English boy next door!\" Mr. Lee exclaimed (惊叫) and almost smiled. He went back to bed and fell asleep at once. The bell did not ring again. 1. When did Mr. Lee go to bed?
A. Before twelve o'clock B. After twelve o'clock C. When the bell rang D. When he saw the boy
2. Why did he rush to the door when he heard the bell ring the second time?
A. He wanted to open the door for the visitor B. He wanted to find out who the visitor was. C. He was afraid of the ring D. He was waiting for someone. 3. Who did he find the second time?
A. A little boy. B. His neighbor. C. Nobody. D. An English girl. 4. From this passage, we learn that we can _______ on April Fool's Day.
A. say \"Hello\" to each other B. dance and sing at night C. play jokes on each other D. send presents to children
5. What did Mr. Lee think about the English boy? He thought he _________. A. was a bad boy B. was friendly with him
C. shouldn't ring the bell at midnight D. did a dangerous thing just now
(二)
Not everyone has a chance to be a detective（侦探）, but I got one when I was 13 years old. It happened in 1993.
One afternoon, I was walking down the street when I saw my father's new car. I expected to see my father in the driver's seat. but to my surprise, I saw a young woman driving instead, \"She has stolen my father's car,\" I thought. So I quickly stopped a taxi and got in. I said to the driver, \"Follow that new car in front,\" I told him why.
The taxi driver had a car phone, so I asked him to call the police. Soon we heard the sound of a police car. The police told the woman to stop the car using a loudspeaker. The taxi came to a stop, too. I got out right then and said to the woman, \"This is not your car. It's my father's car.\"
The woman smiled and said, \"Oh. You're Mr. Johnson's son, right? I've seen your photo in your father's office.\"
Before I could say one word, the woman explained that she was my father's new assistant.
My father had asked her to take his computer to the shop to have it repaired. He lent her his car. After hearing this, I called my father and he told us what the woman said was right. The police and the taxi driver laughed. I felt very sorry. It was both the first time and the last time I worked as a detective.
1. What did the writer see one afternoon on a street?
A. He saw his father driving a new car with a young woman. B. He saw a young woman driving a new car with his father. C. He saw a young woman trying to steal his father's new car. D. He saw a young woman in his father's new car.
2. How did the writer manage to get his father's car to stop'?
A. He had his father call the young woman.
B. He asked the taxi driver to stop his father's car. C. He got the help of the police. D. He called the young woman. 3. What was the woman driver?
A. A thief B. A taxi driver
C. Mr. Johnson's assistant D. Mr. Johnson's wife
(三)
Some years ago, I went to Australia for a meeting with my friend, Chris. We decided to drive across country to Brisbane to visit another friend after the meeting ended.
The first day we were excited and laughed at each other’s jokes. By the third day of driving in the endless desert, we began to get bored. We had been quiet for a few hours when suddenly Chris saw some kangaroos. We were both excited and decided to get a closer look. Chris accelerated to catch up with the kangaroos. We got closer and closer, and Chris was doing 110 kilometers per hour. We were very close to the kangaroos—too close—when we heard a loud BANG!
Chris stopped the car and we got out. Behind the car was a large kangaroo lying still on the ground. Chris went over to the kangaroo and put his baseball cap on its head. He took off his sunglasses and put them on the kangaroo and did the same with his jacket. Then he put his arm around the kangaroo and told me to take a photo of them together. I was still in shock, but I took out my camera. While I was taking the photo, I saw the kangaroo move. It suddenly woke up, looked at Chris, and jumped away into the distance before we could do anything.
I started laughing but Chris looked very serious. He said his purse and passport(护照) were in the jacket. I started laughing even harder. I stopped laughing, however, when he said our car keys were also in the jacket.
1.Why did the writer and Chris go to Brisbane?
A. To have a trip. B. To have a meeting. C. To see kangaroos. D. To visit their friend.
2.What does the underlined word “accelerated” in the second paragraph probably mean?
A. Climbed slowly. B. Walked slowly. C. Drove faster. D .Ran faster.
3.What can you most probably conclude(推断) from the last sentence of the passage?
A. The kangaroo drove their car away.
B. They had to walk in the endless desert. C. Chris had another key to the car.
D. The writer should buy a new jacket for Chris.
(四)
I was born disabled．A difficult birth, feet first, my head stuck．By my first birthday, I couldn’t stand or walk．
When I was three, the doctor told dad I had cerebral palsy（脑瘫）．A loss of oxygen（氧气） to my brain had destroyed brain signals to the right side of my body．
But no son of my dad’s was going to be disabled．Every morning before breakfast and every evening before bed, my dad placed me on the bedroom floor to exercise my right leg．The muscles were shrunk（收缩）and twisted（缠绕）together．Back and forth up and down, my dad pushed and pulled the muscles into shape．
But my dad’s exercise of passion didn’t stop there．For my 13th birthday, he threw me a special party. When everybody was gone, he brought me to open a large box, it was a set of boxing gloves．We put them on．My dad kept on beating me mercilessly（无情地）．Each time I tried to get up, leather kissed my nose, eyes and jaw. I begged him to stop. He said he beat me to get me ready for the tough world.
That same year, I was the only kid in my neighborhood that wasn’t picked for Little League. Two weeks later, Dad started the Shedd Park Minor League, and every kid played. Dad coached us and made me a pitcher（棒球投手）.
The power of my dad’s love guaranteed I walked and more. In high school, I became a football star.
In 1997, a brain surgeon in San Jose told me I didn’t have cerebral palsy after all. He explained how and where the doctor’ s forceps（镊子）at birth had damaged my brain.
My dad never knew the whole truth since he passed away years ago. But all that counts is the bottom line. After all his madness, on this Father’s Day, like every Father’s Day, I’m no longer disabled.
1. What caused the author’s disability?
A. A failed operation. B. The doctor’s forceps.
C. An accident in a game. D. Shrunken and twisted muscles. 2. What do we learn from the passage?
A. The author has a talent for boxing.
B. The author became a baseball star with the help of his father. C. The author achieved a lot thanks to his father’s love.
D. The author doesn’t think his father should be so strict with him. 3. Paragraph 3 suggests that the author’s father____.
A. wouldn’t give up hope easily
B. believed his son was a normal child
C. blamed the doctors for his son’s disability
D. couldn’t accept the truth that his son was disabled 4. The author wrote the passage to ____.
A. give advice to the parents of disabled children B. encourage disabled children C. show the difficulty the disabled face D. remember his father
(五)
Every January we celebrate the life of a great man, Martin Luther King who fought for civil rights. He believed that all Americans should be treated fairly, no matter what their skin colors were.
Dr. King was born in 1929 in Atlanta. Because he was black, he could not go to the same schools as white children. Black Americans also had to use separate restrooms, restaurants, theaters and swimming pools in some states.
Dr. King thought this was wrong. He was a Christian minister(牧师) who worked for equal rights for black people. He helped organize protests to change those unfair laws. It was a hard fight. Dr. King was attracted and arrested(逮捕) many times. But more and more Americans grew to understand that it was wrong to treat black people differently from white people.
In 1963, Dr. King led many people in a march to Washington, D. C. where there he gave his famous speech “I Have a Dream”. He said people should be judged by their hearts, not by their skin colors. His efforts helped bring about new laws to create equal rights for all Americans.
The third Monday of January is a holiday to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King. We should respect his courage in working to improve the lives of so many people. 1. The Chinese meaning of the word “protests” in this passage is probably “ ”
A. 抗议 B. 保护 C. 措施 D. 比赛
2. More Americans realized that it was not to treat black people differently from white people. A. important B. unfair C. wrong D. right 3. Martin Luther King said people should be judged by . A. their skin colors B. their hearts C. unfair laws D. different rights 4. The passage is mainly about . A. the fight for civil right
B. the introduction of Martin Luther King
C. a holiday to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King
(六)
the differences between black people and white people
16、Before I started school, people felt that I was not going to be successful．At the age of four I started speech lessons because I could not speak well enough for anyone to understand me.
The first grade was a struggle (挣扎)．I had difficulty speaking, I also couldn’t learn to read．The second grade was not much better．I still struggled with the inability to read．In the third grade a new school was built. It was near my home. I went there with my parents and helped to get the school ready so that we could move to the new one. However, things didn’t get better for the next two years.
It was in the fifth grade．Mrs．Wakefield was my teacher, and she was a good teacher．She did not make me feel unconfident. Instead, she did her best to let me know that I could be whatever I wanted to be．And that is just what I did．
For the past 22 years, I have been a fifth grade teacher．Because of Mrs．Wakefield's influence on my life, I am now encouraging students who have had difficulties in their lives to
believe that they can deal with any difficulty successfully and become someone．I have won many awards(奖项) up to now, such as Teacher of the Year．I think I should thank my fifth grade teacher. She believed in me and helped me to be all that I could be．
1.The writer started speech lessons at the age of four because_________.
A. he could not speak well B. he could not read
C. he wanted to be a good teacher D. he wanted to go to a new school 2. The writer ______ when he was in the third grade．
A. did better in reading B. met a good teacher C. received a high award D. went to a new school 3. We can know that the writer ______．
A. has taught speech lessons B. thinks teaching is a good job
C. is a very successful teacher now D. works in the same school with Mrs. Wakefield
(七)
I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to sit above the top of it. Mother sat writing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be a 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 in action. But as a young girl, I wanted to have heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional(易动感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface(表面)”.
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.
My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace — it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that 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.
But 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(折叠) and refolded many times. It was my letter.
“In any way you choose, Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.” 1. 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 her daughter in words C. Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words D. Mother wrote to her daughter in careless words 2.The word “gulf” in the passage means __________.
A. deep understanding between the old and the young B. different ideas between mother and daughter C. free talks between mother and daughter D. part of the sea going far in land 3. What’s 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
(八)
阅读理解
①“I will think of it. ”It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking? Though we can not see, or hear, or feel our thoughts, they have great power （力量）!
②Isaac Newton was seated in his garden on a summer evening when he saw an apple fall from a tree. He began to think, and tried to find out why the apple fell. Then he discovered how the earth, sun, moon, and stars are kept in their places.
③James Ferguson once saw the inside of his father’s watch, and he wondered, “Why should I not make a watch?”This set him thinking and it led to a wooden clock which kept good time.
④Walt Disney, the famous American film-maker, was often thinking of new ideas. One day, when he was in a meeting, he suddenly stopped talking, deep in thought. He looked and looked at a place high up in the room. This continued for a long time, and then he got an idea for a new cartoon.
⑤Ideas come at any time, and the important thing is to think. When you meet with any difficulty, don’t lose heart. Try to think of it before asking someone to help you. Think and by thinking you will learn how to think creatively. 1. Newton wanted to find out .
A. when the apple hit him B. why the apple fell C. who made the apple fall D. where the apple fell 2. made a wooden clock.
A. Isaac Newton B. Walt Disney C. James Ferguson D. James’ father
3. Walt Disney was when he got an idea for a new cartoon.
A. making a film B. telling a story C. having a meeting D. sitting in a garden 4. From the passage we can learn that .
A. we should always ask others for help B. every one of us likes thinking C. it is easy to see and hear our thoughts D. thinking helps to get new ideas
(九)
Tony Wheeler was born to travel. His father worked for an airline. For the first 16 years of his life, Wheeler and his family lived in many different countries.
In the early 1970s, Wheeler met a young woman named Maureen. They soon married. Before getting jobs, Tony and Maureen wanted to travel. They took a year-long trip from London, through Asia, to Australia. On the trip, they visited some places like India, Iran, and Afghanistan.
When Tony and Maureen arrived in Australia, people asked many questions about their trip. To answer these questions, Wheeler wrote a guidebook called Across Asia on the Cheap. The book told people about different countries’ weather, customs(风俗), and places to see. But unlike travel guides in the 1970s, Wheeler’s book also talked about places most tourists did not go. He also wrote about unusual things to see and do. The book was very popular.
Wheeler and Maureen started a company called Lonely Planet. They continued travelling. They wrote guidebooks for each place they visited. Today, 400 people work for Lonely Planet. The company has over 650 guidebooks. Wheeler still writes about travel “hot spots”(for example, Cambodia in Asia and Croatia in Europe). For more information, read the books! 1. Which trip was Tony Wheeler’s first guidebook about?
A. The United Kingdom. B. From Asia to England. C. From Australia to Afghanistan. D. From England to Australia. 2. Why did Tony Wheeler write his first guidebook?
A. He needed the money. B. His wife asked him to do it. C. Many people asked questions about his travels. D. He liked writing books. 3. How was Across Asia on the Cheap different from other travel guides?
A. It talked about places most tourists did not go. B. It was longer and more expensive.
C. It told people about different countries’ weather, customs, and places to see. D. It was the first guidebook about Asia.
(十)
Jack and James were good friends .One day,they were walking through the desert(沙漠).During the journey they had a big fight,and Jack hit james in the face.James felt hurt,but he didn’t say anything.Instead( 相反),he wrote in the sand:Today my best friend hit me in the face.
They kept on walking until they found an oasis(绿洲).They decided to get some water there .Suddenly James had trouble in the water,he fell into the mire(泥潭) and was in danger.Jack saved him at once.When he felt Ok,he wrote on a stone:Today my best friend saved my life. “After I hurt you ,you wrote in the sand, and now you wrote on the stone.Why?”asked Jack.“When someone hurts us,we should write it down in the sand so that the wind of forgiveness (宽恕) can blow it away.But when someone does anything good for us,we must write it down on the stone,so no wind can blow it away.” Since then ,the two friends have never fought with each other again.
Hatred(仇恨) can bring you nothing but unhappiness .If you don’t forgive others,you are making trouble for yourself.Keep a peaceful heart all the time and remember to be always thankful to those who ahve helped you!
1. What’s the matter with James in the oasis?
A. He wanted to make his friend have trouble ,too. B. He wanted some water and fell into the mire.
C. He wanwed to know if his friend would save him when he was in trouble. D. He wanted to have fun in the oasis.
2. Which of the statements is not TRUE according to the passage.
A. Jack didn’t hit James in the face.
B. Hatred can only bring you unhappiness.
C. The two friends went on walking after they had a fight. D. They decided to get some water after they found an oasis. 3. What can we learn from the passage?
A. We should hate someone forever(永远). B. The wind can blow everything away.
C. Learn to forgive others and remember to be thankful to others. D. Forgiveness can make trouble for ourselves. 参考答案
1、1A 2B 3C 4C 5B 2、1D 2C 3C 3、1D 2C 3B 4、1B 2C 3A 4D 5、1A 2D 3B 4B 6、1. A 2. D 3. C 7、1. A. 2. B 3. C 8、 1B 2C 3C 4D 9、1D 2C 3A 10、1B 2A 3C
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