B级英语-阅读理解

阅读理解B

Passage 1

Mr. White lived in a small village. His parents hadn't enough money to send him to school. He had to help them to do something in the fields. But he didn't like to live in the poor place. When he was sixteen, he got to the town and found work in a factory. Three years later he became tall and strong. So he was sent to Africa as a soldier. He stayed there for five years and got some money. Then he came back to England and bought a shop in a small town. No people in the town went to Afric a except him. And he hoped they thought he was a famous man and that they could respect him. The children often asked him to tell them some stories and his life in Africa.

One day a few children asked him to tell them something about the animals in Africa. He told them how he fought with the tigers and elephants. His stories surprised them all and some policemen and workers went to listen to him. It made him happier. Just a man who taught geography in a middle school passed there. He stopped to listen to him for a while and then said, "Could you please tell us a rare animal, sir?"

"Certainly," said Mr. Turner. "One day I met a rhinoceros（犀牛）by a river…"

"Please wait a minute, sir," said the man. "There aren't any rhinoceros in Africa at all!"

"It's rare just because there aren't any!"

(1)、Mr. White was born in a farmer's family.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、Mr. White hoped to be respected because he was the richest man in their town.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(3)、The children often asked him to tell them something interesting because he knew more than any other person in the town. A：T B：F 答案：A

(4)、All people believed Mr. White except the children.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(5)、Mr. White wouldn't like to admit that he was wrong.

A：T B：F 答案：A

Passage 2

Martin Luther King was a black minister, who became a great leader of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s.

King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. When he was young, he was strongly influenced by Thoreau and Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi's idea of non-violent resistance. Having received a Ph. D (Doctor of Philosophy) from Boston University, he became a political and religious leader of the non-violent civil relights movement in 1955. On August 28, 1963, he led over 250,000 Americans on a march in Washington D.C. to fight for the Civil Rights Law to guarantee equality for all peop le, and delivered his best known speech "I Have a Dream" before the Lincoln Memorial. The "dream" is a dream of brotherl y love and equality for the Black and White. Thus, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for peace in 1964, but he was murdered four years later.

Though he died, he was greatly respected and loved by the Americans, both the white and the black. By vote of Congress in 1968, the third Monday of every January is now a federal holiday in Luther King's honor. He lives in people's hearts forever. (1)、Martin Luther King was murdered when he was 39 years old.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、Martin Luther King was a black minister only.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(3)、Martin Luther King's Day has been a federal holiday for more than 40 years.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(4)、The underlined word "delivered" in the second paragraph could be replaced by "gave".

A：T B：F 答案：A

(5)、The best title for this passage is "Civil Rights Law".

A：T B：F 答案：B

Passage 3

Let's watch the weather forecast on television. We may go to Scotland, we may go to Wales or London. We can decide after the forecast.

"Good morning, and here is the weather forecast for tomorrow. Northern Scotland will be cold, and there may be snow over High Ground. In the north of England it will be a wet day and rain will move into Wales and the Midlands during the afternoon. East Anglia（英格兰）will be generally dry, and it will be a bright clear day with sunshine, but it may rain during the evening. In the southwest it may be foggy during the morning, but the afternoon will be clear. It may be windy later in the day."

(1)、The speaker is planning to go traveling within the country.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、The speaker can fly to Northern Scotland tomorrow morning, because it won't be foggy there tomorrow.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(3)、It will be a bright clear day in East Auglia tomorrow.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(4)、The forecast mainly tells us the whole country will have fine weather tomorrow.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(5)、You can infer from the passage that none of the places offers ideal weather tomorrow for travel.

A：T B：F 答案：A

Passage 4

Nancy and Peter McCall like sports. In the summer they swim and in the winter they ski. They are planning ski trip for this weekend, but they don't know about the weather. It's 7:30 now, and they are listening to the weather report on the radio. The weatherman is giving the weather forecast for the weekend.

"Friday is going to be cold and cloudy, but it's not going to rain. The temperature is going to be in the thirties. It's going to snow Friday night and maybe Saturday morning. Saturday afternoon and Sunday are going to be clear, cold and sunny. "

Now Nancy and Peter are excited. The weather is going to be perfect for a ski trip. They are going to have a wonderful weekend in the mountains.

(1)、Nancy and Peter listened to the weather forecast for the weekend.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、Nancy and Peter are planning a trip to the village for the weekend.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(3)、It is going to snow Friday night according to the weather forecast.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(4)、The weather will be warm and rainy on Sunday.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(5)、Nancy and Peter often do sports.

A：T B：F 答案：A

Passage 5

Mr. Young ran his own business and worked very hard. His wife was afraid that he would get sick if he continued like that, so she often tried to get him to take a vacation. At last she managed to persuade him to do so, and she hoped that he would be able to enjoy his vacation without any disturbance, so before they left, Mrs. Young went to see her husband's secretary. She said to her, "My husband needs a vacation very much, so whatever happens, please don't bother him with telegrams and letters about busines s problems while we are away. Just wait till we get back."

After Mr. and Mrs. Young had been away about a week, Mr. Young received a letter from his secretary which said, "Something terrible happened to your business, but I'm not going to bother you with it while you are enjoying your vacation." (1)、Mr. Young was the owner of a private business.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、Mrs. Young worried about her husband's business.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(3)、Mrs. Young was afraid that her husband's vacation might be spoilt.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(4)、The secretary didn't explain in her letter what had happened to Mr.Young's business, because she didn't want to spoil Mr. Young's vacation.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(5)、You can learn from the story that Mr. Young had a stupid secretary.

A：T B：F 答案：A

Passage 6

A public house which was recently bought by Mr. James is up for sale. He is going to sell it because it is haunted (闹鬼的). He told me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise coming from the bar. The next morning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chairs and the furniture had been moved. Though Mr. James had turned the lights off before he went to bed, they were on in the morning. He also said that he had found five empty whisky bottles which the ghost (鬼) must have drunk the night before. When I suggested that some villagers must have come in for a free drink, he shook his head. The villagers have told him that they will not accept it even if he gives it away.

(1)、Mr. James was the owner of the public house.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、Mr. James had not turned off the lights that night.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(3)、Mr. James built the house.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(4)、Mr. James found sixty empty bottles.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(5)、The writer of the passage believes Mr. James' story.

A：T B：F 答案：B

Passage 7

After having lived for over twenty years in the same district, Albert Hall was forced to move to a new neighborhood. He surprised his landlord by telling him that he was leaving because he could not afford to buy any more chocolate.

It all began a year ago when Albert returned home one evening and found a large dog in front of his gate. He was very fond of animals and as he happened to have a small piece of chocolate in his pocket, he gave it to the dog. The next day, the dog was there again. It held up its paws and received another piece of chocolate as a reward. Albert called his new friend "Bingo". He never found out the dog's real name, nor who his owner was. However, Bingo appeared regularly every afternoon and it was quite clear that he preferred chocolate to bones. He soon grew dissatisfied with small pieces of chocolate and demanded a large bar a day. If at any time Albert neglected his duty, Bingo got very angry and refused to let him open the gate. Albert was now at Bingo's mercy and had to bribe him to get into his own house! He spent such a large part of his weekly wages to keep Bingo supplied with that in the end he had to move somewhere else.

(1)、Albert lived there for many years.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(2)、Albert was moving because he did not like the place.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(3)、Albert and the dog became friends a year ago.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(4)、The dog visited Albert every day because it wanted the chocolate.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(5)、Albert "had to bribe him" means he had to take care of him.

A：T B：F 答案：B

Passage 8

Do you still get free plastic bags from the supermarkets? Things have changed.

China has banned free plastic bags at shops and supermarkets, and people have to pay for using plastic bags. The rule started on June 1. It came because our country tried to make litter less. Making super-thin plastic bags has also been banned.

The Chinese once used about 3,000,000,000 plastic shopping bags a day, and they have caused pollution of the environment. The bags have become a main cause of plastic pollution because they are not easy to break and people throw them away here and there. So the Chinese people are encouraged to bring their own bags for shopping.

What kind of shopping bag is the best to bring? Some students in Chongqing have a good idea. They make their own shopping bags. They use old clothes to make cloth bags, and send them to their parents as presents. They also ask their parents and friends to use cloth bags instead of plastic ones. They think it is their duty to protect the environment.

(1)、People in China have to pay for using plastic bags at shops and supermarkets now.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、China made this rule because plastic bags were bad for the environment.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(3)、The Chinese people are encouraged to bring their own bags for shopping.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(4)、Some students in Chongqing buy cloth bags for their parents.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(5)、The main idea of the article is the bags have become a main cause of plastic pollution.

Passage 9

Taking away a city's rubbish is a big job. Every day trucks come into a city to collect it. Most rubbish is made up of things we can't eat or use. If we kept these things, we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.

In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside the city to a dump. Often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole. The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage（污水，排水）system. The sewage system takes away the used water from toilets, bathtubs and other places.

To keep mice and flies away, some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish. Later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land. Finally, a house or a school may be built there, and then you'd never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump.

In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places. The fire burns everything except the metal. Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal. The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus（腐殖质）, which looks like black earth. It is rich with the kinds of things that feed plants and help make them grow.

(1)、You can most probably read this kind of passage in a telephone book.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(2)、The main idea of the passage is to tell people to take useful things out of rubbish.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(3)、The underlined word "sewage" in the second paragraph means laundry.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(4)、According to the passage, the food parts of rubbish can be used again to feed plants.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(5)、We should take care of a used metal box by reusing and recycling it.

A：T B：F 答案：A

Passage 10

Snowflakes look like white stars falling from the sky. But there have been times when snow has looked red, green, yellow, or black. There have been snowflakes of almost every color. Think how it would seem to have colored snowflakes coming down all around you.

Black snow fell in France one year. Another year grey snow fell in Japan. It was found that the snow was mixed with ashes. This made it look dark. Red snow had come down in other countries. When this happened, the snow was mixed with red dust.

Most snow looks white, but it is really the color of ice. Snow is ice that comes from snow cloud. Each snowflake begins with a small drop of frozen water. More water forms around this drop. The way the water freezes gives the snowflakes its shape.

No two snowflakes are ever just the same size or shape. Sometimes the snowflakes are broken when they come down. Other snowflakes melt as they fall. All snowflakes are flat and have six sides, if they are not broken or melted. When the air is cold and dry, the falling snowflakes are small and hard. If the air wet and warm, the snowflakes are big and soft.

Would you be surprised to see snowflakes as big as your head falling from the sky? It happened once in the United States. It could happen again.

(1)、The first two paragraphs mainly tell us that sometimes snow has different colors.

(2)、No two snowflakes are just the same size, but all snowflakes are hard.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(3)、Snowflakes begin with cloud.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(4)、The bigger the snowflakes are, the softer they are.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(5)、Black snow fell only in European Countries.

A：T B：F 答案：B

Passage 11

The Spring Festival together with the winter holidays often means sharing cakes, candies and other delicious food with friends and families. Most people will eat more than they usually do. But doctors find out that what you eat may affect how well you remember things. This is bad news for people who eat too much.

Forgetfulness seems to many people an inevitable part of aging. As our bodies grow older, most of us find that many things we should remember are slipping out of minds. But new facts show that it is possible to slow time's effects on our minds.

Once people thought that the brain could not make new cells, but now studies show that learning new things can help brain grow and keep the illness away from the brain.

Professor Eric Kandel, a Nobel Prize winner for his study of the human memory, says the best way to save our memories is to keep our brains in good shape. Through mental exercise, he says, people can keep their memories well into their 80s and 90s.

And Mark Mattson, a professor at the National Institute on Aging, says that reducing the amount of calories fed to older rats and mice by thirty percent can be a good help to learning and memory. While it is hard for many people to go on their diet like that, doctors tell us that even small steps can make big difference.

(1)、Doctors find out that eating too much may be bad for your memory.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、The underlined word "slipping" in the second paragraph means forgetting immediately.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(3)、A famous doctor thinks that we can save our memories through mental exercise.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(4)、The writer thinks that forgetfulness is a big problem we face as we grow older.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(5)、Doctors say we can save our memories even through small efforts in our diet.

A：T B：F 答案：A

Passage 12

Mr. and Mrs. White had two sons and three daughters．One Sunday，Mrs. White said to her husband，"The children don't have any lessons today，and you're free too．There's a new funfair（庙会）in the park．Let's all go there to play."

Her husband said，"I want to finish some work today.""oh, forget it．Go there and make our children happy．That's the most important work" Mrs. White said.

So Mr. and Mrs. White took their children to the funfair．Mr. White was forty-five years old. But he enjoyed the funfair more than his children. He hurried from one thing to another，and ate lots of sweets. One of the children said to her mother，"Dad is just

like a small child，isn't he, Mom?" Mrs. White didn't want to follow her husband around any more at that time and answered，"He is even worse than a small child，Mary，because he might spend more money than a small child."

(1)、There were five children in the White family.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、One Sunday，Mr. and Mrs. White wanted to go to a shop with their children.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(3)、Mr. White liked the place so much that he bought lots of sweets.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(4)、From the story we know Mrs. White was a little angry with Mr. White.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(5)、Of all the family members, Mr. White enjoyed playing there most that Sunday.

A：T B：F 答案：A

Passage 13

Some British and American people like to invite friends and colleagues for a meal at home. You should not be upset (心烦意乱) if your English friends don't invite you home. It doesn't mean they don't like you.

Dinner parties usually start between 7 and 8 p.m., and end at about 11. Ask your hosts what time you should arrive. It's polite to bring flowers, chocolates or a bottle of wine as a present.

Do you want to be extra (特别地) polite? Say how much you like the room, or the pictures on the wall. But remember - not to ask how much things cost.

You'll probably start the meal with soup, or something small as a "starter" (第一道菜), then you'll have meat or fish with vegetables, and then a dessert (甜食), followed by coffee. It's polite to finish everything on your plate and to take more if you want it. Some people eat bread with their meal, but not everyone does.

Before they take out their cigarettes after the meal, most people usually ask, "Do you mind if I smoke here?"

Did you enjoy the evening? Call your hosts the next day, or write them a short "thank you" letter. Perhaps it seems funny to you, but British and American people say, "thank you, thank you, and thank you." all the time.

(1)、If your English or American friends don't invite you to dinner at home, it doesn't show they don't like you.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、When you are invited to go to your friend's home, you may go at any time.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(3)、In England and America, it's not polite to ask the price of something.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(4)、In the passage, the order of the serving of a meal is meat or fish with vegetables-dessert-soup-coffee.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(5)、You'd better write a short "Thank you" letter to your hosts or give them a call if you want to be extra polite.

A：T B：F 答案：A

Passage 14

People have been talking about health for a long time because people know the importance of it. People's understanding of health also becomes deeper with the progress in scientific research. Recently the term "health" has come to have a wider meaning than it used to. It no longer means just the absence of illness. Today, health means the well-being of your body, your mind and your

relationship with other people. This new concept of health is closely related to another term－quality of life. Quality of life is the degree of overall satisfaction that a person gets from life.

Why has the emphasis of health shifted from the absence of disease to a broader focus on the quality of a person's life? One reason for this has to do with the length and conditions of life that people can now expect. Medical advances have made it possible for people today to live longer, healthier lives. Imagine for a moment that you were born in the year 1900. Y ou could have expected on average to live until about the age of 47. In contrast, if you were born in the year 1999, you could expect to live to the age of 75.

(1)、Progress in scientific research leads to people's deeper understanding of health.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、According to the passage, to people of today, health means absence of illness.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(3)、The emphasis of health has shifted nowadays because people enjoy better conditions of living and they can live longer.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(4)、We can infer from the passage nowadays the emphasis of health has a broader focus because of improvements in the quality of food.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(5)、This passage is mainly about different understandings of the term "health".

A：T B：F 答案：A

Passage 15

On February 14th many people in the world celebrate an unusual holiday, St. V alentine's Day, a special day for lovers. The origin of this holiday is uncertain but according to one story it gets its name from a Christian named V alentine who lived in Rome during the 3rd century A.D. His job was to perform marriages for Christian couples. Unfortunately, the Emperor of Rome didn't allow Christian marriages. So they had to be performed in secret. Finally V alentine was arrested and put into prison. While he was in prison he fell in love with the daughter of the prison guard. After one year the Emperor offered to release V alentine if he would stop performing Christian marriages. V alentine refused and so he was killed in February, 270 A.D. Before he was killed V alentine sent a love letter to the daughter of the prison guard. He signed the letter "from your V alentine". That was the first V alentine.

Today V alentines are cards usually red and shaped like hearts with messages of love written in them. On V alentine's Day tens of millions of people send and receive V alentines. Whether it is an expensive heart-shaped box of chocolates from a secret admirer or a simple hand-made card from a child, a V alentine is a very special message of love.

(1)、The passage is mainly about a special holiday.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、Valentine was put into prison because he sent a love letter to the daughter of the prison guard.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(3)、It is because he refused to accept the Emperor's offer that Valentine was killed.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(4)、Valentines are cards usually red, and shaped like hearts with messages of love written in them.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(5)、People send Valentines to each other nowadays to celebrate Valentine's birthday.

A：T B：F 答案：B

Passage 16

Man has always wanted to fly. Some of the greatest men in history had thought about the problem. One of them, for example, was the great Italian artist, Leonardo Da Vinci. In the sixteenth century he made designs for machines that would fly, but they were never built.

Throughout history, other less famous men had wanted to fly. An example was a man in England 800 years ago. He made a pair of wings from chicken feathers. Then he fixed them to his body and jumped into air from a tall building. He did not fly very far. Instead, he fell to the ground and broke every bone in his body.

The first real steps took place in France, in 1783. Two brothers, the Montgolfiers, made a very large "hot air balloon". They knew that hot air rises. Why not fill a balloon with it? The balloon was made of cloth and paper. In September of that year, the King and Queen of France came to see the balloon. They watched it carry the very first air passengers into the s ky. The passengers were a sheep and a chicken. We do not know how they felt about the trip. But we do know that the trip lasted eight minutes and that the animals landed safely. Two months later, two men did the same thing. They rose above Paris in a balloon of the same kind. Their trip lasted twenty-five minutes and they traveled about eight kilometers.

(1)、Leonardo Da Vinci made designs for flying machines.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、Eight hundred years ago an Englishman made a kind of flying machine.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(3)、In fact, the Englishman who tried to fly lost his life.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(4)、The very first air passengers in the balloon were two Frenchmen.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(5)、The two Frenchmen rose above Paris in November 1783.

A：T B：F 答案：A

Passage 17

A film crew was at the Circle Five Ranch to film a Marlboro commercial. This was in 1868, before they prohibited cigarette ads from American television. Darrell Winfield was watching the crew set up the equipment. The scene included an actor crossing a river on horseback, but when the time came to shoot, the man was too drunk to ride. Someone from the crew saw Winfield and asked him if he would ride the horse for 50 dollars. "Hell," said Winfield, "for 50 bucks, I'll jump that damn horse over the moon!"

To people in many countries, Winfield is just a familiar but nameless face, a simple cowboy with an advertising message about a connection between the West and a brand of cigarettes. Few people know that he is 55, a family man who's been married to the same woman for 37 years and has 5 children and 7 grandchildren. Most surprisingly, he's a real, working cowboy who raises horses in his ranch in Wyoming.

One of the most striking things about the Marlboro Man is that success hasn't changed him much. He says that complete strangers sometimes come up to him and say, "I've met you,know you from somewhere. "Whenever it happens, he says that he gets embarrassed.

(1)、Marlboro commercials were allowed on television in America before 1868.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、The word "prohibited" in the first paragraph mean "forbidden".

A：T B：F 答案：A

(3)、When they filmed the ad, Winfield was too drunk.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(4)、From the passage, we know that Winfield was a rich man.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(5)、When people recognized Winfield, he felt uncomfortable.

A：T B：F 答案：A

Passage 18

Last Friday a storm tore through two villages in the New Territories destroying fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or torn roofs. One person was killed, several were badly injured and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller injuries. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless as a result of the storm.

A farmer, Mr. C. Y. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.

"I was in the kitchen with my wife and children," he said, "when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us, we managed to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened."

Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she noticed that her house was shaking. She rushed outside immediately with her children.

"There was no time to take anything," she said. "A few minutes later, the roof came down."

Soldiers helped to bring people out of the flooded area and the Welfare Department provided food, clothes and shelter. (1)、Some of the people were taken to hospital because they had been badly injured.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、When the storm first began, Mr. Tan was inside his house.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(3)、When Mr. Tan's house fell down, only one of his children was inside it.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(4)、Mrs. Woo and her family escaped injury because her husband had gone to work.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(5)、The best title for the passage would be "A Terrible Storm."

A：T B：F 答案：A

Passage 19

In 1933 an unknown American called Clarence Nash went to see the filmmaker Walt Disney. He had an unusual voice and he wanted to work in Disney's cartoon（动画片）film for children. When Walt Disney heard Nash's voice, he said,"Stop! That's our duck!"

The duck was the now-famous Donald Duck, who first appeared in 1934 in the film The Wise Little Hen. Donald lived in an old houseboat and wore his sailor jacket and hat. Later that year he became a star after an eight-minute Mickey Mouse film. The cinema audience liked him because he was lazy and greedy, and because he lost his temper very quickly. And they loved his voice when he became angry with Mickey's eight nephews. Soon Donald was more popular than Mickey Mouse himself, probably because he wasn't a goody-goody like Mickey.

In the 1930s, 40s and 50s Donald and his friends Mickey, Goofy and Pluto made hundreds of Disney cartoons. He also made

educational films about the place of the USA in the world and safety in the home. Then in 1966 Donald Duck and his voice disappeared---there were no more new cartoons.

Clarence Nash died in February, 1985. But today's children can still see the old cartoons on television and hear that famous voice.

(1)、Walt Disney made Donald Duck film.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、The first Donald Duck film was made in 1934.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(3)、Clarence Nash was a film-maker.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(4)、The underlined word "audience" in the second paragraph means readers.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(5)、The underlined word "goody-goody" in the second paragraph means a person who likes to appear to be faultless in behavior. A：T B：F 答案：A

Passage 20

One day in 1965, when I was a library worker at school, a teacher came to me. She had a student who finished his work before all the others and needed something more difficult for him to do. "Could you help me in the library?" she asked. I said, "Send him along."

Soon, a golden-haired boy appeared. "Do you have a job for me?" he asked. I told him about a system for sorting books. He picked up the idea immediately. Then I showed him some cards for some unreturned books that I thought had been returned but not recorded. Maybe some books were put on wrong places. He said, "Is it a kind of a detective （侦探）job?" I answered yes, and then began his work.

He had found three books with wrong cards by the time his teacher opened the door and said, "Time for rest!" he argued for finishing the finding job, but the teacher won.

The next morning, he arrived early, "I want to finish these books," he said. At the end of the day, when he asked to work with me more often, it was easy for me to say yes.

After a few weeks I found a note on my desk, inviting me to dinner at the boy's home. At the end of a pleasant evening, his mother declared that the family would be moving to another school. Her son's first concern, she said, was leaving the library. "Who will find the lost books?" he asked. When the time came, it was hard to say goodbye. Though at the beginning he had seemed an ordinary boy, his strong feeling of interest had made him different.

Do you know who he is? This boy became a great man of the Information Age: Bill Gates.

(1)、The teacher went to the library to find a job for Bill Gates.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、The librarian was too busy to have a rest.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(3)、The sentence "He picked up the idea immediately" means that he learned that system quickly.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(4)、Bill Gates was expected to find books with wrong cards.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(5)、Bill Gates felt sad when his family would move to another school area.

A：T B：F 答案：B

Passage 21

A young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she became his fiancée （未婚妻）. The man was very poor while the girl was rich. The young man wanted to make her a present on her birthday. He wanted to buy something beautiful for her, but he had no idea how to do it, as he had very little money. The next morning he went to a shop. There were many fine things there: gold watches, diamond… but all these things were too expensive. There was one thing he could not take his eyes off. It was a beautiful vase. That was a suitable present for his fiancée. He had been looking at the vase for half an hour when the manager of the shop noticed him. The young man looked so pale, sad and unhappy that the manager asked what had happened to him.

The young man told him everything. The manager felt sorry for him and decided to help him. A bright idea struck him. The manager pointed to the corner of the shop. To his great surprise the young man saw a vase broken into many pieces. The manager said: "When the servant enters the room, he will drop it."

On the birthday of his fiancée the young man was very excited.

Everything happened as had been planned. The servant brought in the vase, and as he entered the room, he dropped it. There was horror on everybody's face. When the box was opened, the guests saw that each piece was packed separately.

(1)、The story took place in the United States.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(2)、The young man's family was poor while the beautiful girl is rich, according to the passage.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(3)、The young man wanted to buy a present as a Christmas gift for the girl.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(4)、The shop manager came to talk to the young man, because he was poorly dressed.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(5)、On the birthday of his fiancée, the young man was excited because the girl was in love with him.

A：T B：F 答案：B

Passage 22

Our child's behavior is greatly influenced by the way we react to what he has done. Our reactions help to determine whether our child will repeat his behavior or whether he will do something different. This statement is a very important part of a pr inciple of behavioral psychology.

The principle states that a behavior is influenced or affected by how the environment ---- people, places and things ---- immediately responds to the behavior. Perhaps without realizing it, you have used this principle many times.

On the occasion when you told your child what a good boy he was after he cleaned up his room, you used the principle. When you sent your child to his room for fighting with his brother, you used the principle. When I gave Kim a cookie after she started to cry, I used the principle. In each of these examples, a particular behavior occurred first ---- cleaning up a room, fighting, and crying.

In addition, there was a reaction to each behavior ---- the child was praised, sent to his room, or given a cookie. By these actions, we have influenced the previous behaviors and have helped to determine whether those behaviors will occur again in the future.

(1)、The lecture is mainly about Children's behavior and our response.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、The lecture is based on the principle in behavioral psychology.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(3)、The audience at this lecture might be social workers.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(4)、According to the lecture, the child was sent to his room as a kind of reward.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(5)、People, places and things are elements of "environment" meant by the lecturer.

A：T B：F 答案：A

Passage 23

Y ounger people and older people do not always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about life, work and play. But in one special program in New Y ork State, adults and teenagers live together in peace. Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. The aim is not just to keep busy but rather to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make furniture and to build houses. The adults teach them these skills.

There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photography or painting. Others sit around talking and singing. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free time.

When people live together, rules are always necessary. In this program the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. The group discusses the problem. They ask, "Why did it happen? " "What should we do about it? "

One of the teenagers has this to say about the experience: " Y ou stop thinking only about yourself. Y ou learn how to think about the group. "

(1)、The passage is mainly about how adults and teenagers live together in a special group.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、The special program offered every winter in New York city.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(3)、People will make more rules when someone breaks a rule.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(4)、To find a way to solve the generation gap is NOT stated directly in the passage as a purpose of the program.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(5)、Some teenagers learn photography when they are free.

A：T B：F 答案：A

Passage 24

In Sydney there is a special long-distance running race called the City to Surf. The race takes place on the second Sunday in August every year. More than 23,000 people run in the race.

The race is 14 kilometers long. It starts in the center of the city and finishes at a surf beach called Bondi. That is why it's called the City to Surf.

All kinds of people run in the City to Surf. Some people take their small children in strollers. Other people take their dogs on the lead.

Blind people in wheelchairs also take part in the race. Old people take part in the race too. In 1981 the oldest runner was an 81-year-old man and his sister Linda, 76 was the last runner to finish.

At the end of the race an official writes down the runner's names and running times. The newspaper prints the names and running times of the competitors a few days later.

In 1981 the first runner took just 40 minutes to run the race. The last runner took two and a half hours.

The first man and the first woman to cross the finishing line each received a trophy and a free trip to San Francisco in the United States. There they ran in another long-distance race.

(1)、An annual long-distance running race in Sydney is "The City to Surf".

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、The race starts in center Sydney and finishes at Bondi.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(3)、The race is held in winter.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(4)、Local citizens take part in the race.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(5)、Old-aged runners are especially encouraged to join the race.

A：T B：F 答案：B

Passage 25

There was once a large, fat woman who had a small, thin husband. He had a job in a big company and was given his weekly wages every Friday evening. As soon as he got home on Fridays, his wife used to make him give her all his money, and then she used to give him back enough to buy his lunch in the office every day.

One day the small man came home very excited. He hurried into the living-room. His wife was listening to the radio and eating chocolates there.

"You'll never guess what happened to me today, dear," he said.

He waited for a few seconds and then added, "I won ten thousand pounds on the lottery!"

"That's wonderful!" said his wife delightedly. But then she thought for a few seconds and added angrily, "But wait a moment! How could you afford to buy the lottery tickets?"

(1)、The small man was allowed to keep just enough to buy his lunch in the office every day.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、The man won a lottery one day.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(3)、The woman is good-natured.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(4)、The woman was pleased yet suspicious when her husband won a lottery.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(5)、The man had to give almost all his money to his wife every week.

A：T B：F 答案：B

Passage 26

Clowns（小丑）like to make people laugh. They paint their faces and put on funny noses. Sometimes they put on a sad face

but most of the time they put on a happy face. They also wear funny clothes.

Most clowns work in circuses. They do all kinds of silly things to make the audience laugh. They run, jump, fall down, turn somersaults (翻滚，斤头), and roll over. They ride donkeys backwards. They push each other in wagons or wheelbarrows（独轮车）. Sometimes they shout and sing. Clowns are funny men, and occasionally, women, too! A circus is not a circus without cl owns!

Children especially enjoy watching clowns. A clown named Cookie often visits hospitals to entertain sick children as well as older people. Sick people need to laugh. It helps them to get better faster.

There is an old saying: "Laughter is good medicine."

(1)、Clowns make people laugh by doing all kinds of silly things.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、Clowns are mostly female.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(3)、The sentence "A circus is not a circus without clowns" means a circus will not be of much fun if it has no clowns.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(4)、Clowns are a great favorite with children.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(5)、The best interpretation of the old saying "Laughter is good medicine" may be laughter cures people's diseases.

A：T B：F 答案：B

Passage 27

A guide dog is a dog especially trained to guide a blind person. Dogs chosen for such training must show good disposition, intelligence, physical fitness and sense of responsibility.

At the age of about fourteen months, a guide dog begins an intensive course that lasts from three to five months. It becomes accustomed to the leather harness and stiff leather handle it will wear when guiding its blind owner. The dog learns to watch the traffic and to cross the street safely. It also learns to obey such commands as "forward", "left", "right" and "sit" and to disobey any command that might lead its owner into danger.

The most important part of the training course is a four-week program in which the guide dog and its future owner learn to work together. However, many blind people are unsuited by personality to work with dogs. Only a tenth of the blind find a guide dog useful.

(1)、A guide dog is a dog trained to help the blind.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、A guide dog begins its training course at the age of fourteen months.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(3)、Learning not to guide its owner in the street is included in the training course.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(4)、The most important part of the training course is to teach the dog how to cooperate with its future owner.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(5)、Guide dogs are not popular because it's hard to train a guide dog.

A：T B：F 答案：B

Passage 28

These days, children often think of superheroes(超级英雄) as cute(帅气的), cool and strong supermen. A poor, short and thin

boy wearing glasses may not interest the kids today. Yet in less than 4 years, Harry Potter has taken the world by the storm. J. K. Rowling, the writer of Harry Potter, was a British single mother out of work and living on money given to her by the government. One day, when she was on a long train trip，she had the idea for this book. She wrote the first book of the seven in the cafe with her baby daughter sleeping beside her. Last year, the fans welcomed the birth of the fourth by lining outside the bookstores. Today these books are still popular among people. Harry Potter is something more than fantasy (幻想). Rowling tries to tell the readers how things are not always what they seem to be. However, millions of the fans don't care about such a lesson. They would like to spend many sleepless nights waiting in line for the fifth, the sixth and the seventh to come. For them, surprising stories of the little boy are what they want.

(1)、J.K. Rowling was very poor and didn't get work for herself when she wrote the first book.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、When Rowling thought of the idea of writing her book, she was on her way to find work.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(3)、Four books of the seven have come out according to this passage.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(4)、Rowling wants to show to her readers,how things are not always what they seem to be.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(5)、Rowling wrote the first book with her daughter's help.

A：T B：F 答案：B

Passage 29

Computers can injure you. Most other injuries happen suddenly. For example，if you fall off a bike and break your arms，it happens very quickly. But computer injuries happen slowly.

You probably know how to ride a bike safely. Now learn to use a computer safely.

Your eyes

Too much light can injure your eyes，so never sit too close to a computer screen. Your eyes should be at least 50cm from the screen. Remember to look away from it sometimes. This gives your eyes a rest.

When you use a computer, the window should be on your left or your right. If it is behind you, the light will reflect on (反射) the screen. If the window is in front of you, the sun and the screen will both shine into your eyes.

Your hands and wrists

Hand and wrist injuries can happen because the hands and wrists are moved in the same way hundreds of times. If you use a keyboard for a long time，follow these three rules:1) Rest your wrists on some thing. 2) Keep your elbows (肘) at the same height as the keyboard. 3) Stop sometimes and exercise your hands，wrists and fingers in a different way.

Your back

Some people sit for many hours in front of a computer. If you sit in the wrong way，you can injure your back or your neck. So you should sit with your back straight. The top part of the screen should be in front of your eyes. Your forearms，wrists，hands and the upper part of your legs should all be parallel (平行) to the floor. If you are sitting for a long time，get up every 30 minutes and exercise your arms，legs and neck.

Enjoy your computer，but use it safely.

(1)、A computer screen may injure your eyes if your eyes are too close to it.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、Hand and wrist injuries are caused when you get plenty of exercise.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(3)、Your eyes and hands will be safe if you often take rests from working.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(4)、It is good for your back and neck if you sit in the right way.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(5)、The best title for the text is "How to Protect Your Eyes."

A：T B：F 答案：B

Passage 30

Do you want to know something about the history of weather? Don't look at the sky. Don't look for old weather reports. Looking at the tree rings is more important. Some weather reports go back only one century，but some trees can show us an exact record of the weather even further back.

It's clear that a tree would grow best in a climate with lots of sunlight and rainfall. It is also expected that litt le sunlight or rainfall would limit the growth of a tree. The change from a favorable (有利的) to an unfavorable climate can be reading the tree rings in tree trunk. To find out the weather of ten years ago，count the rings of a tree trunk from the outside to the inside. If the tenth ring is far from the other rings，then we are sure that lots of sunny and rainy weather happened. If the rings are close together，then the climate was bad for the tree.

Studying tree rings is important not only for the history of the weather，but also for the history of man. In a place of New Mexico you can find only sand－no trees and no people. However，many centuries ago a lot of people lived there. They left suddenly. Why?

A scientist studied the dead tree rings which had grown there. He decided that the people had to leave because they had cut down all the trees. Trees were used to make fires and buildings. So, after the people cut down the trees，they had to move. (1)、It is understood that in a favorable climate tree rings grow far from each other.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、Trees brought lots of sunlight and rainfall.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(3)、The scientists are interested in studying tree rings because they can tell whether the climate was favorable or not.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(4)、Studying dead tree rings shows how the people left.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(5)、The people had to leave the place of New Mexico because they had cut down all the trees.

A：T B：F 答案：A

Passage 31

When you want to go shopping，decide how much money you can spend for new clothes. Think about the kind of clothes you really need. Then Look for those clothes on sale.

There are labels inside all new clothes. The labels tell you how to take care of your clothes. The label for a shirt may tell you to wash it in warm water. A sweater label may tell you to wash by washing in cold water. The label on a coat may say "dry clean only. Washing may ruin this coat." If you do as the directions say on the label，you can keep your clothes looking their best.

Many clothes today must be dry cleaned. Dry cleaning is expensive. When buying new clothes，check if they will need to be

dry cleaned. You will save money if you buy clothes that can be washed.

You can save money if you buy clothes that are well made. Well-made clothes last longer. They look good even after they have been washed many times. Clothes that cost more money are not always better made. They do not always fit better. Sometimes less expensive clothes look and fit better than more expensive clothes.

(1)、If you want to save money, you can buy clothes that can be washed.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、The labels inside the clothes tell you how to save money.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(3)、The first thing for you to do before you buy clothes is to see how much money you can pay.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(4)、We learn from the reading that cheaper clothes are always worse made.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(5)、The best title for the reading should be " Being a Clever Clothes Shopper ".

A：T B：F 答案：A

Passage 32

For several years，Americans have enjoyed teleshopping－watching TV and buying things by phone. Now teleshopping is starting in Europe. In a number of European countries，people can turn on their TVs and shop for clothes，jewelry，food，toys，and many other things.

Teleshopping 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 teleshopping channels，and the French spend about $20 million a year to buy things through those channels.

In Germany，until last year teleshopping was only possible on one channel for 1 hour every day. Then the government allowed more teleshopping. Other channels can open for telebusiness，including the largest American teleshopping company and a 24-hour teleshopping company. German businesses are hoping this new teleshopping will help them sell more things.

Some people like teleshopping 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 can do teleshopping "junk on the air". Many Europeans usually worry about the quality 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 teleshopping 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.

(1)、Teleshopping is cheap in Europe.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(2)、People like teleshopping because it is easier.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(3)、Some Europeans don't like teleshopping because they don't watch TV.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(4)、In Germany，teleshopping may have fewer buyers.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(5)、The best title of this passage is " Teleshopping in Europe" .

A：T B：F 答案：A

Passage 33

Today the official language of the United Sates and most of Canada is English. However, French almost became the official language because of a war.

The French and Indian War was fought between 1754 and 1763. The name of this war is not accurate because the war was actually between England and France. The Indian fought on the side of the French.

France and England were trying to gain control of North America. France held Canada, and England held part of what is now the United States. However, France tried to expand its land by moving southward into New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Virginia. When the French built a fort on the Ohio River, the residents in Virginia sent George Washington to attack the fort in 1754. However, the French defeated Washington.

The French, aided by Indians, outsmarted（更精明）the English and won many early battles. Later, the British began to do well against the French. In the final battle in Quebec, Canada, General Wolfe of England faced General Montc alm from France. Both general died in this battle, but the English outlasted（比……持久）the French and won the battle. Thus, most of North America today has the English culture and language.

(1)、A good title for this selection is The French and Indian War.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(2)、Most of North America today has the English culture and language.

A：T B：F 答案：A

(3)、General Wolfe died in France.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(4)、Washington lost his battle at the fort on the Ohio River at the end of the war.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(5)、Both general died in the final battle.

A：T B：F 答案：A

Passage 34

The French Revolution broke out in 1789. At the time France was in a crisis. The government was badly run and people's lives were miserable. King Louis XIV tried to control the national parliament and raise more taxes. But his effort failed. He ordered hi s troops to V ersailles. The people thought that Louis intended to put down the Revolution by force. On July 14, 1789, they stor med and took the Bastille, where political prisoners were kept. Ever since that day, July 14 has been the French National Day. Louis tried to flee the country in 1792, to get support from Austria and Prussia. However, he was caught and put in prison. In September 1792, the monarchy was abolished. In the same year, Louis was executed. A few months later his wife, Marie, also had her head cut off. The Revolution of France had frightened the other kings of Europe. Armies from Austria and Prussia began to march agains t France. The French raised republican armies to defend the nation. The Revolution went through a period of terror. Thousands of people lost their lives. In the end, power passed to Napoleon Bonaparte.

(1)、What's this passage about?

A：France.

B：King Louis.

C：The French Revolution.

D：Europe.

答案：C

(2)、Which did not happen in 1789?

A：The French Revolution broke out.

B：The national economy was developing rapidly.

C：The government wasn't well run.

D：King Louis XIV was in power.

答案：B

(3)、Where were the political prisoners kept?

A：In Versailles.

B：In Austria.

C：In Prussia.

D：In Bastille.

答案：D

(4)、What does the underlined word "abolished" mean? A：Put off.

B：Established

C：United

D：Ended

答案：D

(5)、What was NOT the effect of the Revolution?

A：July 14 has become the French National Day.

B：It brought some impact on the other European kings. C：Louis's wife, Marie was killed.

D：The king tried to control the national parliament.

答案：D