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初级阅读理解范文 第一篇
Most people usually traveled by ship and train which are driven by steam engine. It played an important part in many kinds of vehicles several scores of years ago. Who invented steam engine and what units could be used to measure the power of engine?
The word “horse-power” was first used two hundred years ago. James Watt from a worker‟s family made the world first widely used steam engine. At first, he couldn't tell people how powerful it was, because there were no units at that time. Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in one minute. He named that unit one horse-power. In this way he could measure the work of his steam engine.
He discovered that a horse could lift a 3300-pound weight 10 feet into the air in one minute. His engine could lift a 3300-pound weight 100 feet in one minute. Because his engine did ten times as much work as the horse, Watt called it a ten horse-power engine.
初级阅读理解范文 第二篇
On February 14th，2000，my class went on a field trip to the beach. I had so much fun. When we returned to school，my teacher told me to go to the headmasters office. When I got into the office，I saw a police officer. Suddenly I realized something was wrong. The police officer told me what had happened and we went to pick my sister up. After that，we went to the hospital and waited. Time went slowly. Finally，we got to see our mother. It was terrible.
On the next day，the headmaster came and told my two teachers what had happened. I was taking a rest that day. I knew it had something to do with my mother. I kept thinking that she either died or had gotten better. How I wished that she had gotten better. When my teacher took me outside，my sister ran up to me. She started crying，Shes gone. Teresa，mommys gone. Shes dead. I couldn't believe it. We jumped into the car and drove straight to the hospital. Most of my family were there. The silence was terrible. I knew I had to say goodbye.
Today when I look back，I still miss my mother very much，but I know that I will live. My mother was a strong mother，who had the biggest heart. My mother was an angel walking on the earth. I will always remember her as living. When someone is asked who their hero (英雄) is，they usually say someone famous，like Michael Jordan or Britney Spears. When someone asks me who my hero is，I tell them，my mother. My mother lives every day. That is what makes her a true hero.
根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择选项。
1. Where was the writer when she learned her mother was very ill?
A. On the beach. B. At the hospital.
C. At school. D. At home.
2. Who brought the writer the bad news that her mother was ill?
A. Her sister. B. The headmaster.
C. Her teacher. D. The police officer.
3. What did the headmaster tell the two teachers on the next day?
A. Her mother had been very ill.
B. Her mother had been dead.
C. Her mother had gotten better.
D. Her sister came to see her.
4. From the last paragraph of the passage we know that _______.
A. the writer is afraid of her mother
B. the writer is proud of her mother
C. the writer feels sad about her mother
D. the writer feels sorry for her mother
5. The writer must think her mother is a _______ woman.
A. famous B. free
C. rich D. great
「答案详解」
初级阅读理解范文 第三篇
Thanks for your letter. I'm glad you like your school. I go to school from Monday to Friday. We have five classes in the morning and two in the afternoon. And we have many subjects to learn: Chinese, math, English, ., science, biology, music, history and so on. We also have many things to do after class. On Monday and Wednesday afternoons we play sports after class. On Tuesday afternoons some of us have a drawing class, and on Thursdays some have a dancing class. I like music, history and English. But my favorite is music.
On Saturdays and Sundays I don't go to school. Usually I go to the park and have a good time with my father and mother there.
Love,
Lin Fang
( ) 1. Lin Fang has classes a day.
A. five B. two C. seven
( ) 2. Some students on Tuesdays.
A. play sports B. have a drawing class C. have a dancing class
( ) 3. Anna likes .
A. history B. . C. her school
( ) 4. Lin Fang likes best.
A. music B. English C. history
( ) 5. Lin Fang spends the weekends with in the park.
A. Anna B. her classmates C. her parents
初级阅读理解范文 第四篇
My name is Karen Miller. I’m a producer at Interactive Computer Games, Australia. I saw your game “Kill the Enemy!” at the International Computer Game Fair. I think your work is great and I’d like to discuss buying the rights for my part of the world. Someone at the fair said that you’re working on a new game which is even more interactive. How interactive can you get? Perhaps we interact over lunch? I’m in London until Wednesday. My mobile number is 0277417 6130800.
初级阅读理解范文 第五篇
Mr. Marshall, this is Stefi Rosen, Mr. Prince’s assistant. I’m calling to confirm(确认) tomorrow’s lunch with Mr. Yamada of Rising Sun Computer Games. Mr. Prince wants you to know what his meeting is very important. Please remember to bring to interactivity designs(互动设计) with you. He says that Mr. Yamada is ready to pay for the world rights(版权) on your new game! The restaurant is The Four Stars in Gower Street
and I’ve booked a table for a quarter past one. Be there on time—please!
初级阅读理解范文 第六篇
Most of us know about the Nobel Prize, especially the Nobel Peace Prize, but few of us know anything about the man who set them up. His name was Alfred Nobel. He was a great scientist and inventor himself. Besides, he had a big business. His business may surprise you. He made and sold explosives. His companies even made and sold weapons. Isn’t this something that surprises you? The man who made money from weapons should set up the Peace Prize?
Though Alfred Nobel had a lot of money from weapons, he hated war. He hoped that there would be no war in the world. He was one of the richest in Europe. When he died in 1896, he left behind him a lot of money and his famous will. According to his will, most of his money was placed in a fund. He wanted the interest from the fund to be used as prizes every year. We know them as the Nobel Prizes. The Nobel Prizes are international. Alfred Nobel wanted the winners to be chosen for their work, not the country they came from.
Alfred Nobel had given his whole life to his studies and work and to the benefits of mankind. He made money all by his own efforts, but he left the world share his wealth. His inventions and wealth stay with the world for ever.
初级阅读理解范文 第七篇
菊有黄花 丁立梅
初一语文阅读理解必备100篇（二）
父爱，在我的名字里
①我的名字不是父亲取的，父亲是一个地地道道的农民，一个地地道道的文盲。在我满月的时候，父亲特意请来乡里一个挺出名的算命先生，得知我五行缺金，又因为父亲希望我长大有出息，能够跳出穷山村，于是算命先生便给我掐出这样一个名字：金翔。然而，就因为这个名字，我的童年很孤寂——小伙伴们常玩的“打仗”游戏，是不会让我加入其中的，他们会咬文嚼字般地称：金——翔，今天要投降，多不吉利呀！于是就把我一个人孤零零地晾在一旁。 ②那种感受父亲是顾及不到的。父亲没进过一天学堂，成天忙于繁重的农活却仍无法脱离贫困，造成了他长年阴沉着的脸和暴躁的性情。加上那望子成龙的心切，便构成他对我独特的管教方式，“娃儿的出息是骂出来打出来的！”这是他的至理名言。而我对父亲的恨，也正是在这一次次的领教中，不断加剧加深的，尽管我的学习成绩应验了那句全村闻名的“至理名言”。为此，我时常想，也许就因为这种应验现象，才使得我的整个童年都是在父亲的“至理名言”中度过的！ ③所以，就在接到大学录取通知书的那天，我一口气冲上山顶，哭了——不是为自己十年寒窗所获得的美好前途，成为全村羡慕的第一个大学生，而是为自己终于可以脱离父亲的管制，实现不想见到他的梦想！所以，对向来节俭的父亲大办酒席，忙着招待前来祝贺的乡亲的那个高兴劲儿，不屑一顾；所以，在冲出家门的时候，我是那样急急迫迫而义无反顾，一点儿也不顾及父亲的黯然神伤…… ④在省城念书的前两年，我没有回过一次家，没有认真地给父亲写过一封信，就连每次收到他托人寄来的生活费，也只是应付性地写一下“钱已收到，勿挂念”等类似的短语。直到大三那年，直到父亲托人给我写来一封书信时，我的灵魂和良知才受到了一次强烈的震动，我才开始懂得该如何去咀嚼和阅读自己生命中一再忽略的、仇恨的那份沉重的父爱。 ⑤信是父亲找上初中的小侄子写来的，没什么要紧事，只是问我好不好而已。可信写了满满几页，小侄子在信中详细地讲述了父亲来信的原因：父亲那晚做了一个梦，他梦见自己吃馍，拿起来刚咬一口，两颗大牙就莫名其妙地没了，一看呢，馍上一片血红，牙都粘在上面……惊醒之后，父亲便再也睡不着了。于是天刚亮就找小侄子写信。而这一切，仅仅是因为老家流传着一种说法，说是梦见大牙掉是要死亲人的，而父亲首先想到的是他离家在外求学的儿子。 ⑥读到这里，我对迷信的父亲的举动嗤之以鼻，甚至愤然。最后，小侄子讲了一个令他惊讶不解的事，说他就在铺开纸，提笔欲写时，却因一时记不起我的大名而猛然顿住了，结果遭到父亲的训斥：“亏你小子还念这么多书，记性也太差了，叫——金翔!”“金——祥!”于是小侄子一边念叨着一边将我的名字写成了“金祥”。“写错了!写错了!……”小侄子说当时父亲望着他刚写下的名字大声喊着，紧接着，从他手里夺过笔，在纸上硬邦邦地写下“金翔”两个字，然后讷讷地告诉他：“我这一辈子就认识这两个字!”小侄子说他当时惊讶得说不出话来。他说，要知道，全村人都知道他老人家一字不识，包括他自己的名字呀! ⑦这就是父爱！除了父爱，便再无法解释这种奇异而真实的现象！那一刻，我那被对父亲的恨包裹着而变得无知、粗砺与麻木的灵魂，被深深地灼痛了，苏醒了！我禁不住泪流满面，双手捧着书信，朝着家乡，蓦然跪下——向父亲，向我那一生付出了大爱却得不到理解、更别说回报的父亲，忏悔，忏悔…… 1. 说说父亲和“我”对“金翔”这个名字，有着怎样不同的感受。（2分） 2. 阅读③④两段，说说“我”是怎样表达对父亲的不满情绪的。（4分） 3. “黯然神伤”的意思是，心里不舒服，情绪低落的样子。请结合文章内容，说说这一词语写出了父亲怎样的内心活动？（2分） 4. 阅读⑤——⑦段内容，简要叙述一下“我”的心理变化过程。（2分） 5. 根据你的理解，你认为“我”要向父亲“忏悔”什么？（2分）
初一语文阅读理解必备100篇（三）
塑造梦的泥土
初一语文阅读理解必备100篇（四）
中等生
刘继荣
女儿的同学都管她叫“二十三号”。她的班里总共有五十个人，而每每考试，女儿都排名二十三。久而久之，便有了这个雅号，她也就成了名副其实的中等生。
我们觉得这外号刺耳，女儿却欣然接受。老公发愁地说，一碰到公司活动，或者老同学聚会，别人都对自家的“小超人”赞不绝口，他却只能扮深沉。人家的孩子，不仅成绩出类拔萃，而且特长多多。唯有我们家的“二十三号女生”，没有一样值得炫耀的地方。
因此，他一看到娱乐节目里那些才艺非凡的孩子，就羡慕得两眼放光。后来，看到一则九岁孩子上大学的报道，他很受伤地问女儿：孩子，你怎么就不是个神童呢？女儿说，因为你不是神父啊。老公无言以对，我不禁笑出声来。
中秋节，亲友相聚，坐满了一个宽大的包厢。众人的话题，也渐渐转向各家的小儿女。趁着酒兴，要孩子们说说将来要做什么。
钢琴家，明星，政界要人，孩子们毫不怯场，连那个四岁半的女孩，也会说将来要做央视的主持人，赢得一阵赞叹。
十二岁的女儿，正为身边的小弟弟小妹妹剔蟹剥虾，盛汤揩嘴，忙得不亦乐乎。人们忽然想起，只剩她没说了。在众人的催促下，她认真地回答：“长大了，我的第一志愿是，当幼儿园老师，领着孩子们唱歌跳舞，做游戏。”
众人礼貌地表示赞许，紧接着追问她的第二志愿。她大大方方地说：“我想做妈妈，穿着印叮当猫的围裙，在厨房里做晚餐，然后，给我的孩子讲故事，领着他在阳台上看星星。”
亲友愕然，面面相觑，不知道该说些什么。老公的神情，极为尴尬。回家后，他叹着气说，你还真打算让女儿将来当个幼儿园老师？咱们难道真的眼睁睁地看着她当中等生？
其实，我们也动过很多脑筋。为提高她的学习成绩，请家教，报辅导班，买各种各样的资料。孩子也蛮懂事，漫画书不看了，剪纸班退出了，周末的懒觉放弃了。像一只疲惫的小鸟，她从一个班赶到另一个班，卷子，练习册，一沓沓地做。
可她到底是个孩子，身体先扛不住了，得了重感冒。输着液体，在病床上，她还坚持写作业，最后引发了肺炎。病好后，孩子的脸小了一圈。可期末考试的成绩，仍然是让我们哭笑不得的二十三名。
后来，我们也曾试过增加营养、物质激励等等，几次三番地折腾下来，女儿的小脸越来越苍白。而且，一说要考试，她就开始厌食，失眠，冒虚汗，再接着，考出了令我们瞠目结舌的三十三名。
我和老公，悄无声息地放弃了轰轰烈烈的拔苗助长活动。恢复了她正常的作息时间，还给她画漫画的权利，允许她继续订《儿童幽默》之类的书报，家中安稳了很久。我们对女儿，是心疼的，可面对她的成绩，又有说不出的困惑。
周末，一群同事结伴郊游。大家各自做了最拿手的菜，带着老公和孩子去野餐。一路上笑语盈盈，这家孩子唱歌，那家孩子表演小品。女儿没什么看家本领，只是开心地不停鼓掌。她不时跑到后面，照看着那些食物。把倾斜的饭盒摆好，松了的瓶盖拧紧，流出的菜汁擦净。忙忙碌碌，像个细心的小管家。
野餐的时候，发生了一件意外的事。两个小男孩，一个奥数尖子，一个英语高手，同时夹住盘子里的一块糯米饼，谁也不肯放手，更不愿平分。丰盛的美食，源源不断地摆上来，他们看都不看。大人们又笑又叹，连劝带哄，可怎么都不管用。
最后，还是女儿，用掷硬币的方法，轻松地打破了这个僵局。
回来的路上，堵车，一些孩子焦躁起来。女儿的笑话一个接一个，全车人都被逗乐了。她手底下也没闲着，用装食品的彩色纸盒，剪出许多小动物，引得这群孩子赞叹不已。至下车，每个人都拿到了自己的生肖剪纸。听到孩子们连连道谢，老公禁不住露出了自豪的微笑。
期中考试后，我接到了女儿班主任的电话。首先得知，女儿的成绩，仍是中等。不过，他说，有一件奇怪的事想告诉我，他从教三十年了，第一次遇见这种事。
语文试卷上有一道附加题：你最欣赏班里的哪位同学，请说出理由。除女儿之外，全班同学，竟然都写上了女儿的名字。
理由很多：热心助人，守信用，不爱生气，好相处等等，写得最多的是，乐观幽默。班主任还说，很多同学建议，由她来担任班长。他感叹道：你这个女儿，虽说成绩一般，可为人，实在很优秀啊。
我开玩笑地对女儿说，你快要成为英雄了。正在织围巾的女儿，歪着头想了想，认真地告诉我说，老师曾讲过一句格言：当英雄路过的时候，总要有人坐在路边鼓掌。
她轻轻地说：“妈妈，我不想成为英雄，我想成为坐在路边鼓掌的人。”我猛地一震，默默地打量着她。她安静地织着绒线，淡粉的线，在竹针上缠缠绕绕，仿佛一寸一寸的光阴，在她手里，吐出星星点点的花蕾。我心里，竟是蓦地一暖，以往的一切不理解全都释然。
那一刻，我忽然被这个不想成为英雄的女孩打动了。这世间，有多少人，年少时渴望成为英雄，最终却成了烟火红尘里的平凡人。如果健康，如果快乐，如果，没有违背自己的心意，我们的孩子，做一个善良的普通人又何妨。长大成人后，她一定会成为：贤淑的妻子，温柔的母亲，甚至，热心的同事，和善的邻居。在那些漫长的岁月里，她都能安然地过着自己想要的生活。作为父母，还想为孩子祈求怎样更好的未来呢？
（选自《读者》2008年第8期略有改动）
1.阅读全文，请依次填入表现文中父母面对“中等生”女儿，他们心理变化的词语。(4分)
（ ）——>（ ）——>（ ）——>（ ）
2.请结合文章主题谈一谈“妈妈，我不想成为英雄，我想成为坐在路边鼓掌的人。”这句话的理解。(3分)
初级阅读理解范文 第八篇
Alan? Alan, if you’re at home, please answer the phone. Are you really not there? Well, I’d just like to say that I’m very angry with you—and your father is too. You know how much he loves our monthly family lunches. This is the fifth one you’re missed. I hope you’ve got a really good reason this time. Oh, umm, this is your mother speaking.
初级阅读理解范文 第九篇
A bicycle tour and race will be held on August 26 and 27(Sat. & Sun.). At 5:30 ., the rides will leave Tiananmen Square and ride the first 35 kilometers as a training leg. Then the next 55 kilometer leg, from Yanjiao to Jixian to Changli.
The second racing leg of the tour will be from Changli to the seaside of Nandaihe, covering a distance of 20 kilometers.
Sunday morning is free for sightseeing at the seaside. At noon all the people and their bikes will be taken back to Beijing.
Cost: 200 yean.
Telephone: 46750278
初级阅读理解范文 第十篇
The Third National Rock Climbing Competition will be held on August 26-37 at the Huairou Mountain-climbing Training Base. More than 10 teams from Beijing, Wuhan, Dalian, Jilin and other places will take park in it. A Japanese team will give an exhibition climbing. Free for spectators.
Take a long-distance bus from Dongzhimen to Huairou.
Time/Date: 8-12 . August 26 and 27.
Telephone: 7143779, 71448505 (Wang Zhenghua)
初级阅读理解范文 第十一篇
艾伦，你好。我是戴西。周末过得愉快吗？新游戏进展如何？我想你。再见。
“Cool” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, the word has had many different meanings.
“Cool” can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything. When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say, “It’s cool.” You may think, “He’s so cool,” when you see your favourite footballer.
We all maximize(扩大) the meaning of “cool”. You can use it instead of many words such as teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall they had visited. On one student’s paper was just the one sentence, “It’s so cool.” Maybe he thought it was the best way to show that he saw and felt.
But the story also shows a scarcity(不足) of words. Without “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility(可信性). Can you think of many other words that make your life as colorful as the word “cool”? I can, and I think they are also very cool.
“酷”是一个具有多种含义的词。其本义是用来表达一个温度有点冷。由于世界变化了，这个词有许多不同的含义。
“酷”可以用来表达对几乎所有的东西感兴趣的感觉。当你在街上看到一辆名牌汽车，也许你会说，“这很酷。“当你看到你最爱的足球运动员，你可能想：”他太酷了“。
我们都在扩大“酷”的意思。你可以用它代替许多话，比如老师要求她的学生描写他们观赏过的瀑布。在一个学生的作文里只有一个句子，“这太酷了。“也许他认为这是最好的方式来表达他看到的和感受到的。
但这个故事也显示出词语的匮乏。不用“酷”，有些人就没有词语来表达同样的意思。所以保留一些可信性是很重要的。你能想到许多其他词语使你生活得如同“酷”字一样丰富多彩吗？我能做到，我觉得他们也很酷。
Today there are about 7,000,000 Americans in colleges and universities. In the United States nearly half of the population(人口) are young persons under twenty-five. Many of them will soon be in charge of(掌管) the country. So their ideas are important to everyone in the country, and it is necessary for older people to understand what young people think and feel.
College students today have strong opinions(观点) about right and wrong. They are interested in making a better life. They see much that is wrong in the lives of their parents. It is hard for them to see what is right and good in the older ways. Because of this, there is often trouble in American families.
今天，大约有7,000,000美国人就读高校。在美国近半数的人口是二十五岁以下的青少年。他们中许多人将在不久掌管这个国家。因此对国家中的每个人而言，他们的想法是很重要的，而且成年人理解年轻人的想法和感受是必要的。
今天的大学生具有强烈的对错观。他们对创造一个美好生活感兴趣。他们看到在父母生活中的很多不足。让他们用老观念去看什么是正确而好的是很困难的。正因为如此，在美国家庭往往存有烦恼。
“How are you?” is a nice question. It’s a friendly way that people in the United States greet each other, but when a person says “How are you?” he expects() to hear the answer “Fine,” even if the person’s friend isn’t fine. The reason is that “How are you?” isn’t really a question, and “fine” isn’t really an answer. They are common ways of saying “Hello” and “Hi”.
Sometimes people also don’t say exactly what they mean. For example, when someone asks, “Do you agree?” the other person may be thinking. “No, I don’t agree. I think you are wrong.” But it doesn’t sound very polite, so he may say, “I’m not so sure.” It’s a nicer way to say that you don’t agree with someone.
People also don’t say exactly what they are thinking. For example, when a person wants to finish talking with other people on the phone, he may say “I have to go now”. Sometimes he often gives an excuse, “Someone is at the door”, “Something is burning” so on. The excuse may be real, or it may not. It’s a polite way to stop a conversation and it doesn’t hurt the other person’s feeling. It’s an important way that people try to be nice to each other, and it’s a part of the game of language.
“你好吗？“是一个友善的问题。这是一种美国人民互相问候对方的友好方式，但是当一个人说：“你好吗？“即使这人的朋友不是很好，他期望听到的回答：”好，“。原因是，“你好吗？ “不是一个真正的问题，”好“也不是一个真正的回答。它们是说“你好”和“嗨”的常见方式。
有时候，人们不是精确地说出他们的意思。例如，当有人问，“你是否同意？“其他人可能会想。“不，我不同意。我认为你错了。“不过，这听上去不是很有礼貌，所以他可能会说，”我不那么肯定。“这是一个较好的方式来表达你不同意某人。
人们也不是精确地说出他们的所想。例如，当一个人要结束与他人在电话中的交谈，他会说：“我得走了。”有时候，他常常给出一个借口，“有人在门口”，“有东西烧糊了”等。借口可能是真实的，也可能不真实的。这是一种停止谈话的礼貌方式，这样不会伤害他人的感觉。这是一个人们尽量善待对方的重要途径，，这也是语言游戏的一个部分。
It isn’t strictly true that one half of the world is rich and the other half is poor. It’s one third that is very rich and tow-thirds that are very poor.
People in the rich countries don’t understand the great difference between them and those in the poorer countries. A very simple is that a dog or a cat in North America eats better than a child in the poorer countries. A fisherman is South America may be catching fish which is made into pet food, and his own children are not getting enough to eat for their bodies to grow properly.
Although a lot of the world’s natural resources(资源) like oil come from these poorer countries, people in the richer countries are using about sixty times as much of these resources as people in Asia of Africa. And it’s the richer countries that deicide that kind of prices they are ready to pay for these resources. And the process the richer countries get for their own exports(出口), however, are always rising. So they are getting richer and richer and the poorer countries are getting poorer.
世界上一半是富人，另一半是穷人，这不完全正确。世界上三分之一的人非常富有，三分之二的人非常贫穷。
在富裕国家的人们并不了解他们与在贫穷国家的人们之间的巨大差异。一个显见的事是，狗或猫在北美吃的比在较贫穷国家的儿童吃的更好。一个南美渔民可能把捕到的鱼制成宠物食品，而他自己的孩子得不到足够的身体正常生长所需的东西吃。
虽然世界上的自然资源比如石油来自这些贫穷国家，在富裕国家的人享用的资源约为在亚洲，非洲人民的六十多倍。富裕的国家决定了他们愿意支付这些资源的价格。而这个过程中较富裕的国家由于他们出口得到的却总是在上升。因此，他们越来越富，穷国越来越穷。
From the time we were babies we have been taught our manners. We are taught how to hold a knife and a fork and not to talk with our mouths full. We are taught how to shake hands and when to stand and when to sit and the way to introduce people.
Sometimes good manners in one place are very bad manners somewhere else.
Almost everywhere eating together means that you are very friendly to each other. But in parts of Polynesia(波利尼西亚) it is bad manners to be seen eating at all. They politely turn their backs on each other when they are taking food.
Some East Africans spit four times as a kind of blessing. They do it to show that they want a sick person to get well, or to bless a new-born baby. In most other places, spitting means just something completely different. It’s something to do to show that you hate someone.
When we go to visit someone we say “Hello”, and “How are you” and things like that.
If you were visiting an East African village, everyone would be very careful not to pay any attention to you. The polite thing there would be for you to go quietly, without speaking to anyone, and sit beside your friend. You would wait until he had finished what he was doing and then he would begin talking to you.
In a village in Arab, a visitor walks behind all the tents(帐篷) until he gets to the one he wants to visit. If he passed in front, he would be invited into each tent and asked to eat. It was rude(粗鲁) to refuse.
从我们是婴儿时候起就被教导我们的举止。我们被教导如何拿刀叉，满嘴东西不可说话。我们被教导如何握手，何时起立坐下，招呼别人的方式。
有时候一个地方的良好举止在其他地方是很不礼貌的举止。
几乎所有地方全部吃光意味着你们相互很友好。但在波利尼西亚那里，全部吃光被视为是不礼貌的行为。当他们吃东西时，他们会有礼貌地留下给对方。
一些东非人吐四次作为一种祝福。他们这样做是为了表明他们希望一个有病的人病情好转，还有祝福新出生的婴儿。在大多数其他地方，吐的意思正好是完全不同的。做这事，说明你讨厌某人。
当我们见到某人，我们说“你好”和“你好吗”之类的东西。
如果你在游览东非村寨，每个人会非常小心一点都不理会你。对你而言在那里有礼貌的事情是你静静地走，不跟任何人说话，坐在你的朋友旁边。你要等到他完成了他做的事情，然后他会开口跟你说话。
在一个阿拉伯村庄，访客要在所有帐篷的背后行走，直到他找到??一个他想要访问的帐篷。如果他在帐篷前面行走，他将被邀请到每个帐篷，并要吃东西。拒绝是粗鲁的行为。
Little Tom down the street calls our dog _The keep dog_.Zip is a sheep dog. But when Tom tries to say_ Seep_, it comes out _keep_. And in a way Tom is right. Zip is always bringing things hoem for us to keep! I'll tell you about some of them.
Zip's first present was a shoe. It was made of green silk.
We didn't know how Zip found the shoe. But after a moment Mary, my big sister, told me the shoe had a strange smell. I nodded(点头)and held my nose. _What do you think it is?_
_It smells like something for cleaning. I think someone tried to clean a spot (污点) off the shoe. Then he put it at the door to dry._
_Along came Zip. And good-bye shoe!_ I said._We should take it back._
_We can't _.said my sistter.
_Maybe little Tom is right,_ Mary said. _Maybe Zip is a keep dog!_
writer and Mary didn't know______.
A. what Zip's first present was B. how Zip carried its first present home
C. who owned Zip's first present D. what Zip's first present was made of
calls Zip _the keep dog_ because ______.
A. the dog likes keeping things B. the dog likes playing with shoes
C. he doesn't know the dog's name D. he can't pronounce the word _ sheep_ well
made the shoe strange was ______.
A. its colour B. its smell C. its size D. that it was a silk one
word _keep_in the last sentence means _______
A. keeping things for itself B. bringing things for other to keep
C. not letting it run about D. taking care of a small child
can know from the reading that the dog _____.
A. likes to give presents to people B. has been kept in at the writer's home
C. has brought some trouble D. likes to be called _the keep dog_
Key:
An old lady in a plane had a blanket（毯子）over her head and she did not want to take it off . The air hostess spoke to her, but the old lady said, “I have never been in a plane before , and I am frightened. I am going to keep this blanket over my head until we are back on the ground again !”
Then the captain came. He said, “Madam, I am the captain of this plane. The weather is fine, there are no clouds in the sky, and everything is going very well. ”But she continued to hide.
So the captain turned and started to go back. Then the old lady looked out from under the blanket with one eye and said, “I am sorry, young man, but I don’t like planes and I am never going to fly again. But I’ll say one thing, ”She continued kindly, “You and your wife keep your plane very clean!”
1. An old lady had _________ .
A. glasses B. a blanket over her head C. a coat D. a basket
2. A. She didn’t want to ________ .
A. take it off B. turn it off C. get on D. talk about it
3. _________ spoke to her .
A. The air hostess B. The man next to her C. her husband D. one of her friends
4. The old lady had never been _________ before .
A. abroad B. home C. in a plane D. in hospital
5. The woman didn’t like planes and she was never going ________ .
A. to fly again B. to travel C. to go abroad D. to go home
Key: 1－5 BAACA
Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, _I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there._ _Where are you going to stay there?_ his wife asked. _I don't know yet._ Dick answered. _Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报),_ his wife said. _All right,_ Dick answered.
He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.
In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, _Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner._
He found a taxi (出租车) and the driver said, _Where do you want to go?_ But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.
_Which hotel are my things in?_ he said, _And what am I going to do tonight?_ But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, _Please send me my address at this post office._
Choose the right answer
1. Dick flew to New York because ___.
A. he went there for a holiday B. he had work there
C. he went there for sightseeing (观光) D. his home was there
2. Why did his wife want a telegram from him?
A. Because she didn't know his address yet B. Because she wanted to go to New York, too
C. Because she might send him another telegram
D. Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York
3. Where did Dick stay in New York?
A. In the center of the city. B. In a hotel.
C. In a restaurant. D. At his friend's house.
4. Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?
A. The manager (经理) of his hotel. B. The police office.
C. The taxi driver. D. His wife.
5. Which of the following is not true?
A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.
B. Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival.
C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.
D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.
Key: 1-5 B A B D C
Bob and Jim once worked in the same factory. One day, Bob lent Jim ten dollars, but then Jim left his work and went to work in another town without paying back the money.
Bob didn't see Jim for a year, and then he knew from another friend that Jim was in another town and staying at a hotel. So he went there to see him late in the evening.
When he got to Jim's room, he saw his shoes near the door. _Well, he must be in,_ he thought, and knocked again, and said, _I know you are in, Jim. Your shoes are out here._
_I've gone out in my boots,_ answered Jim.
True or False
1. Bob and Jim once worked in different factories.
2. One day Jim borrowed ten dollars from Bob.
3. Jim paid back the money to Bob and went to work in another town later.
4. Bob hadn't seen Jim for a year when he learned that Jim was in another town.
Key: 1-4 F T F T
I think the most terrible thing in life for my little brother is getting up in the morning. He is almost sick when my mother calls, _Herbert! It's seven o'clock! Get up!_
Herbert answers, _I'm coming!_ and goes right back to sleep. I'm not at all like my brother. I don't like to go to bed at night but I don't mind getting up in the morning. I usually wake up before my mother calls me. I jump out of bed and go into the bathroom to take a shower. I get dressed, brush my teeth, comb my hair, and get ready to go downstairs for breakfast as soon as my mother calls.
But not Herbert. He just sleeps. A military band (军乐队) in our bedroom could not wake him up. I call him and say, _Get up! Mum will be up here to pull you out of bed if you don't get up immediately!_
But he just sleeps. After calling a few more times my mother has to come upstairs and pull Herbert out of bed. It's that way every day with my little brother. Perhaps some day he'll learn to get up on time, but I really don't think so.
True or False
1. The most terrible thing in life for my little brother is going to school.
2. I'm not like my brother because I like to go to bed early at night and get up early in the morning.
3. I usually jump out of bed and go into the bathroom for a shower before my mother calls.
4. When mother calls, Herbert doesn't answer and remains in bed.
5. My mother often has to go upstairs and pull Herbert out of bed as he refuses to get up.
6. Sometimes we have to send for a military band to wake Herbert up.
7. The writer thinks some day Herbert will learn to get up on time.
Key: 1-7. F T T F T F F
In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience (经历) four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour later black clouds come and then it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day.
In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.
When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella (伞)or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them.
If you don't take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret (后悔) later in the day.
1. Why do people in England often talk about the weather?
A. Because they may have four seasons in one day
B. Because they often have very good weather
C. Because the weather is warm just like in spring
D. Because the sky is sunny all day
2. From the story we know that when _________come, there is a heavy rain.
A. sunshine and snow B. black clouds
C. summer and winter D. spring and autumn
3. _People can also have summer in winter._ Means _it is sometimes too ______in winter._
A. warm B. cool C. cold D. rainy
4. In the sunny morning some English people usually take a raincoat or an umbrella with them because ________.
A. their friends ask them to do so B. it often rains in England
C. they are going to sell them D. they are their favourite things
5. The best title (标题)for this passage is ________.
A. Bad Seasons B. Summer or Winter
C. The Weather in England D. Strange English People
KEY: ABABC
Mr Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, _if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea._
_OK, Dad,_ said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.
Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.
The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, _Where is your father?_ The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, _No more._
The man was very surprised. He asked, _No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?_
_Burnt yesterday evening._
1. Mr Brown told his son that _____.
A. he would be away from home for four days B. he would be back in seven days
C. he would be back in a month D. he liked a cup of tea
2. Mr Brown wrote the words down on ________.
A. the wall B. the door C. a piece of paper D. his son's pocket
3. A man came to visit the boy's father on ________.
A. the second day B. the third day C. the fourth day D. the fifth day
4. The man was very surprised because _________.
A. he thought the child's father was dead B. the child didn't ask him to sit down
C. the child gave him a cup of tea D. he couldn't find that piece of paper
5. What was burnt? ___________.
A. The piece of paper B. Mr Smith C. The visitor D. The boy
KEY: BCDAA
One of the things to be learnt in a foreign language is guessing all the time what kind of thing to come when listening to someone talking. People do this all the time in their own language, so it is necessary (必要的) to do this in a foreign language, too. Here are some examples.
1. _What's the matter？_ _I went to a party last night, so I…_
2. _I feel so tired these days.__ I think you'd better…_
3._Of course, she never stops talking. She is one of the most…_
You can see from the above three examples that the context (上下文) helps a lot in understanding what is being talked about. So _guessing _is very important in understanding English, especially (尤其)spoken English.
passage tells us mainly about _________.
A. the importance of _guessing _ in learning a foreign language
B. how to guess what one is going to talk about
C. some examples of right guessing
D. how important it is to guess all the time
the context, we can see maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE I is _________.
A. _… so I didn't have a good time._ B. _…so I went to bed very late._
C. _…. So I felt unhappy._ D. _… so I got up very early._
3. Maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 2 is ________.
A. _I think you'd better have a good rest and take good care of yourself._
B. _I think you'd better have something to drink._
C. _I think you'd better get some help from your friends._
D. _I think you'd better be more careful._
4. Maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 3 is ______.
A. _… she is one of the most famous film stars._
B. _…she is one of the most beautiful women._
C. _… she is one of the most famous speakers._
D. _ .. she is one of the most talkative women._
5. From the passage we can infer (推断) that guessing is _______in learning a foreign language.
A. the only way
B. more important in spoken English than in written English
C. more important than any other way
D. more important in written English than in spoken English
KEY: ABADB
Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are good friends. They live next to each other and their farms are both at the foot of the mountain. So they can help each other. But neither of them likes to use his head. They're both poor though they work hard. Most villagers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses. They never find out why.
Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife. In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive. He told Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back. They decided to carry some apples to the city. They borrowed some money from their friends and bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor. Bad luck! A lot of apples has already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price (价格)。They felt unhappy and returned to their village.
_I can't understand why we sustained (蒙受) losses in business while others always profit (盈利)_ Uncle Li asked one day.
_The tractor was too small _ Uncle Wang said without thinking. _We'll carry more apples on a truck next time!_
_I agree!_ said Uncle Li. _How foolish (傻的) we were !_
1. Uncle Li and Uncle Wang live in the low and broken houses because __________.
A. they hope to save money B. they're both poor
C. their farms are at the foot of the mountain D. they're not far from their farms
2. The two farmers carried the apples to the city to _________.
A. make a journey B. visit some places of interest
C. meet their friends D. make a profit
3. the tow farmers had to sell their apples at a low price because ________.
A. theirs weren't as good as the others' B. theirs were much less than the others'
C. a lot of apples had been already carried to the city D. they forgot to carry them on a truck
4. Uncle Li and Uncle Wang were unhappy because _________.
A. they had sustained losses in business B. they had lost some money in the city
C. something was wrong with the tractor D. other people profited in the city
5. Which of the following is true?
A. The two farmers found out why they were poor. B. The two farmers will soon get rich.
C. Neither of the farmers is clever. D. The two farmers decided to buy a truck.
KEY: BDCAC
On Christmas Eve─the night before Christmas Day─children all over Britain put a stocking at the end of their beds before they go to sleep. Their parents usually tell them that Father Christmas will come during the night.
Father Christmas is very kind and hearted. He gets to the top of each house and climbs down the chimney into the fireplace. He fills each of the stockings with Christmas presents.
Of course, Father Christmas isn't real. In Jim and Kate's house, _Father Christmas_ is really Mr Green. Mr Green doesn't climb down the chimney. He waits until the children are asleep. Then he quietly goes into their bedrooms and fills their stockings with small presents. When they were very young, Mr Green sometimes wore a red coat. But he doesn't do that now. The children are no longer young, and they know who _Father Christmas_ really is. But they still put their stockings at the end of their beds.
1. Christmas Eve is __________.
A. the night of Christmas Day B. the evening of Christmas Day
C. Christmas Day D. the night before Christmas Day
2. Father Christmas often puts presents ________.
A. into children's hats B. into children's stockings
C. under children's beds D. into children's shoes
3. When the children were very young, __________.
A. they didn't know who Father Christmas was
B. they knew that Father Christmas wasn't real
C. they thought their father was Father Christmas
D. they knew who put the presents into their stockings
4. When the children are older, they __________.
A. know that Father Christmas is real
B. ask their mother to fill their stockings with presents
C. know that Father Christmas is really their father
D. know that Father Christmas is really their friend
5. Father Christmas comes into the house through the ________.
A. chimney B. back door C. front door D. window.
KEY: DBACA
To find out whether bees（蜜蜂）can see colours, the following experiment is made. A round table is put in a garden, and on the table is a piece of blue cardboard（硬纸版）with a drop of syrup（糖浆）on it. After a short time, bees come to the syrup. The bees then fly to their hive（蜂房）and give the syrup to other bees in the hive. Then they return to the feeding-place which they have found. After a while, the blue cardboard with the syrup on it is taken away. Instead of this card, a blue card is now put on the left side of the first feeding-place and a red card to its right. These new cards have no syrup on them. Very soon bees arrive again, and fly straight to the blue card. None go to the red card.
Picture 1
1. How many cards do you need to prepare for the experiment?
A. Two: one blue and one red B. Three: two blue and one red
C. Three: one blue and two red D. Four: two blue and two red
2. If Picture 1 below shows the table top during Step 1 of the experiment, which of A, B, C, D in Picture 2 shows the table top during Step 2?
Picture 2
3. During Step 2 of the experiment, the bees go to ________.
A. the blue card with syrup on it B. the new blue card with no syrup on it
C. the empty space where the original（原先的）blue card was
D. the new blue card with syrup on it on the left of the red card
4. The experiment has proved（证明）that bees ________.
A. cannot see colors B. can see colors
C. can not see blue D. cannot see red
5. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Bees Love Blue B. Bees Love Syrup
C. Bees, Color and Syrup D. Can Bees See Color?
Keys: 1－5 BCBBD
Now satellites are helping to forecast（预报）the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere（大气）, because this is where the weather forms（形成）. They send these pictures to the weather stations. So meteorologists（气象学家）can see the weather of any part of the world. From the pictures, the scientists can often say how the weather will change.
Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures. When they receive new pictures, the meteorologists compare（比较）them with earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say this.
So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists. Before satellites were invented, the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for three or five days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead（提前）.
1. Satellites travel _____________.
A. in space B. in the atmosphere
C. above the ground D. above space
2. Why do we use the weather satellites to take pictures of the atmosphere? Because __________.
A. the weather satellites can do it easily B. clouds form there
C. the weather forms there D. the pictures can forecast the weather
3. Meteorologists forecast the weather __________.
A. when they have received satellite pictures
B. after they have compared new satellite pictures with earlier ones
C. before they received satellite pictures
D. during they study satellite pictures
4. Maybe we’ll soon be able to forecast the weather for ________.
A. one day B. two days
C. five days D. seven days or even longer
5. The main（主要的）idea of this passage is that satellites are now used in _________.
A. taking pictures of the atmosphere B. receiving pictures of the atmosphere
C. doing other work in many ways D. weather forecasting
Keys: 1-5 ACBDD
In almost every big university（大学）in the United States, football is a favourite sport. American football is different. Players sometimes kick the ball, but they also throw the ball and run with it. They try to take it to the other end of the field. They have four chances（机会）to move the ball ten yards（码）. They can carry it or they can throw it. If they move the ball ten yards, they can try to move it another ten yards. If they move it to the end of the field, they receive six points（点.
It is difficult to move the ball. Eleven men on the other team try to stop the man with the ball. If he does not move the ball ten yards, his team kicks the ball the other team.
Each university wants its own team to win. Many thousands of people come to watch. They all shout for their favourite team.
Young men and women come on the field to help the people shout more. They dance and jump while they shout.
Each team plays ten or eleven games each season.
The season begins in September and ends in November. If a team is very good, it may play another game after the season ends. The best teams play again on January 1, the first day of the New Year. Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on TV.
1. The passage talks about ___________.
A. football B. how to play football
C. American sport s D. American football
2. We can _______ the football in both American football and Chinese football.
A. kick B. throw C. run with D. catch
3. Why is it difficult to move the ball? Because ___________.
A. ten yards is a long way
B. many men on the other team try not to let the ball come near
C. the playing field is very large
D. eleven men have to catch the ball one by one
4. If they _________, the teams will play on January 1.
A. receive six points B. play eleven games in the season
C. are the best teams D. move the ball to the end of the field
5. Many people come to watch football and they want their team to win. Which of the following is not their act?
A. Jumping B. Dancing C. Crying D. Shouting
Keys: 1-5 DABCC
“Who has more questions, a teacher or a student?” About this question a great learned man told his student that nobody does but a teacher.
The student got puzzled. With a smile, the teacher drew two circles（圆）. Within（在……里面）the larger one is my knowledge of things, and within the smaller one is yours. Out of the circles is still unknown to both of us. Since mine is larger, as you can see, the line that marks out the circle is longer. That makes it clear that who has more chances（机会）to face something still unknown.
1. The great learned man believed that ________.
A. a teacher has more questions B. a student has more questions
C. both a teacher and a student have questions
D. everyone, except a teacher, has more questions
2. The student thought that ________.
A. a student’s knowledge is less than his teacher’s because it comes from the teacher
B. a teacher can not necessarily answer all the questions his students ask
C. those who have less knowledge have more questions
D. anyone who learns more has more questions
3. At the end of the story, the great learned man concluded（推断）that ________.
A. a student should learn from his teacher
B. a teacher does not have so many questions as his student
C. a student knows more than his teacher
D. a teacher has more chances to face what he doesn’t know
4. Which of the following topics can NOT express the idea of the story?
A. You Will Never Learn Enough B. A Teacher and His Student
C. There Is No Limit to Knowledge D. One Is Never Too Old to Learn
5. We can often find such an article in ________.
A. the Palace Museum B. any book
C. a newspaper of magazine D. An encyclopedia（百科全书）
Keys: 1－5 ACDBA
Snow fell on the mountain. It snowed and snowed. The snow did not melt（融化）. It became deep and heavy. The snow on the bottom pressed （挤压）together., it became ice.
The ice was very wide and thick. It began to move down the mountain. It was like a river of ice. It was a glacier（冰河）.
Sometimes the glacier moved only a few inches（英寸） each day. As it moved, it took rocks and dirt with it. It changed the land. In some places, it left hills. In some places, when the glacier melted, it made rivers and lakes.
A million years ago, there were many big glaciers. Glaciers covered many parts of the world. The glaciers changed the land.
Glaciers are still at work today. A glacier in the north of Canada is cutting a new path（路） down the side of a mountain. This glacier will change the land, too.
1. The snow that fell on the mountain
A. became snowman B. melted C. became ice D. turned to rain
2. The word in the story that means a river of ice is __________.
3. The story says, “The snow did not melt. It became deep and heavy”. The word it means ____.
4. Which of the following does this story lead you to believe?
A. There are not as many glaciers as there used to be
B. Glaciers do not change the land as they move over it.
C. Glaciers are found only in warm places.
5. How fast did the glacier move? (Which sentence is exactly like the one in your book?)
A. Sometimes the glacier moved only once a year.
B. Sometimes the glacier moved over ten miles each day.
C. Sometimes the glacier moved only a few inches each day.
6. The main idea of the whole story is that _______.
A. snow is heavy B. the high land never changes C. glaciers changed the land
Key: 2. glacier
Long ago, people in Rome（罗马） talked to one another in Latin（拉丁文）. Pupils in school learned to read and write in Latin. Books are in Latin.
Some Romans（罗马人） went to other parts of the world. They took their language with them. Soon Latin was used in many countries. It became a world language.
People in other countries did not talk in Latin the same way. In each land, they changed the language a little. As time went by, they made more changes. At last they did not talk in Latin any more. New languages had come from the old one.
People do not talk to one another in Latin today. But they still use many Latin words. You do, too. Street, wall, city, and salt are some of the Latin words we use. You are a pupil in school. Pupil is a Latin word. It means “little doll”.
1. Latin was used by people in _____.
A. Rome B. the United States C. Greece(希腊) D. Texas
2. The word in the story that means what people speak and write is ______
3. The story says, “People do not talk to each other in Latin today. But they still use many Latin words,” The word they means ________.
4. Which of the following does this story lead you to believe?
A. It is not good to change a language. B. Pupils in schools today play with dolls.
C. Not many people can read Latin today.
5. What happened to Latin when it was taken to other countries?(which sentence is exactly like the one in your book?)
A. In each land, people talked about each other.
B. In each land, they changed the language a little
C. In each land, the children had to speak some Latin.
6. The main idea of the whole story is that ________.
A. Romans did not like to stay home
B. people in old Rome talked a lot to each other.
C. Latin changed as it moved from land to land.
Key: 1. A 2. language 3. people 4. C 5. B 6. C
A Leg Walking Right
Here are some signs + - x…, the signs are very different. They mean very different things. When you see them, you know what to do. This sign + means that you will add some numerals. This sign—means that you will take one numeral away from another. You will subtract（减去）. What will you do when you see x and… ?
Our signs are easy to read. They are easy signs to remember. Look at these two signs… .The ancient Egyptians used these signs. A picture of a leg walking to the left told them to add some numerals. A picture of a leg walking to the right told them to subtract.
In the 1500s people used this printed（印刷的） sign & to add numerals. After a while the sign began to look like this… .Later, the sign became +.
How much is 2…2?
1. What do you do when you see this sign +?
A. Walk away B. Write a numeral C. Read a sign D. Add
2. The word in the story that means to take one numeral away from another is _____.
3. The story says, “Our signs are easy to read. They are easy signs to remember”. The word they means ______.
4. Which of the following does this story lead to believe?
A. Egyptians could not add numerals together B. All Egyptians had two left legs.
C. Our signs are not hard to understand
5. What did the sign to add numerals begin to look like(which sentence is exactly like the one in your book)?
A. After a while, the sign began to look like this… .
B. After a while, the sign began to look like this +.
C. After a while, the sign began to look like this &.
6. The main idea of the whole story is that ______.
A. the signs for adding and subtracting have changed.
B. People could not write in the 1500s
C. the old signs were good for Egyptians but not for us
Key:
Mexico's neighbours are the United States to the north and Guatemala and Belize to the south. Mexico is about one quarter of the size of the United States. Mexico has more than ninety million people. The language of Mexico is Spanish. This makes Mexico the world's largest Spanish-speaking country.
Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico. The city is also very high. It is 7349 feet high (2240 metres). This makes it one of the highest capital cities in the world. The population, of Mexico City grows bigger every day. About thirty million people live there. It has more people than any other city in the world, even more than Tokyo.
Mexico also has its specialities. Many of the foods we eat started in Mexico. Foods like beans, maize, avocados, tomatoes, peanuts, chili peppers, vanilla, and chocolate come from Mexico. Mexico is also famous for its cactus (仙人掌) plants. Mexico has more kinds of cactus than any other country.
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1. Mexico is ____the USA.
A. on the south of B. on the north of C. a part of D. as large as
2. Mexicans speak______.
A. English C. French B. Spanish D. Latin(拉丁语)
3. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Mexico City is the capital of Mexico.
B. The population of Mexico City is 30,000,000.
C. Tokyo is one of the cities with the largest population.
D. Mexico City is the highest city in the world.
4. Tomatoes were originally (最初) grown in ______.
A. America B. Spain C. Tokyo D. Mexico
5. The best title (题目) of the passage is ___.
A. Mexico City B. Mexico's plants C. Mexico D. Mexico's population
[Key] 1. A 2. B 3. D 4. D 5. C
A Trip to the Forest
One day Bob took two of his friends in-to the mountains. They put up their tents (帐篷) and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing.
In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometres from their camp(营地), it start-ed to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon Bob could hardly see his hands before his face. He could not find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was white snow. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp?
Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would hap-pen if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometres in such cold weather!
It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? None of them could tell. John looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents!
1. John and his two friends went to the forest to ____.
A. build their camp B. find their way home
C. enjoy the mountains in the snow D. watch the trees in the forest
2. They could not find their way back be-cause ____.
A. there was only one road to their camp
B. they couldn't decide which of the two roads led to their tents
C. there were no roads in the mountains at all
D. everything was covered by the white snow
3. It is clear that they wanted the horses to take them to ____.
A. John's house B. the camp C. the forest D. the mountains
4. The horses stopped because____.
A. it was getting late B. they were tired after running for a long way
C. they knew that they had got to the camp D. they had seen John's house
5. The story happened ____.
A. on a cold winter day B. on a dark snowy evening
C. in a cold camp far from villages D. at night when nothing could be seen
[Key] 1. D 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. A
Two farmers were on their way home one evening after a hard day's work. Both were tired. They happened to look up at the sky and saw a black cloud overhead.
_Ah!_ said one farmer, _tomorrow we shall have rain and the rice will grow well._ The second answered, _Nonsense (胡说), the rain will only kill the crops (庄稼)._
So they began to quarrel (争吵). Just then a third farmer came along and asked them why they were quarreling. Both farmers explained about the black cloud.
_What cloud?_ asked the third farmer. They all looked at the sky. The cloud was no longer there.
Choose the right answer
1. The two farmers were _____.
A. going home B. going to the field C. going to work D. going to see their friend
2. The two farmers _____ on that day.
A. had a holiday B. didn't work
C. worked hard D. wanted to quarrel with each other
3. When there are black block clouds in the sky, _____.
A. it will rain soon B. it will be fine
C. it will get hot D. the sun is shining brightly
4. The two farmers fought in words because _____.
A. they were hungry B. it rained
C. one said the rain would do good to the crops and the other didn't think so
D. they both hoped for rain
5. The third farmer came with and said to the other two. He _____.
A. wanted to make friends with them B. joined them in the quarrel
C. wanted to know why they were quarreling D. had nothings to do
6. How many farmers said that the rain would be helpful? _____.
A. None B. One C. Two D. Three
Keys: ACACCB
Renting a color television makes more sense than buying. Here’s why:
1. The longer you rent (租), the less you pay. Each year the monthly rate is reduced. You can reach a low rate of not much more than $12 a week.
2. Service is fast and free. We can have your set installed (安装) in two days. If anything goes wrong, we’ll have it fixed the same day or lend you another set while we’re mending it. And don’t forget: service and spare parts are free!
3. If you don’t have an aerial (天线), we’ll install one for you, and that will be free, too. All you have to pay is the installation charge (安装费)!
4. You can choose from all kinds of models, and what’s more, if after a certain period of time, and you would like a new model, you can change. How’s that for service?
5. No deposit (押金) is needed. You pay only the monthly rental fee. But if you pay in advance, you can save money. Pay twelve months’ fees when you begin to hire, and we’ll give you a month’s hire without charge.
6. If you decide that you want to stop renting and buy the set you have on hire, this can be arranged—with a generous allowance (折扣) for the fees already paid.
1. From the passage we know _______________________.
A. the more you rent, the less you pay
B. the lowest weekly rental fee is much more than $12
C. the longer you rent, the less you pay
D. if you rent a TV set for a long time, service and spare parts will be free
2. What is the good of paying twelve months’ fees when you begin to hire?
A. One and a half months’ hire free of charge.
B. One month’s hire free of charge.
C. Half a month’s hire free of charge.
D. One-fourth of a month’s hire free of charge.
3. What does “pay in advance” mean?
A. You pay the rent for a period of time before you actually get the television.
B. You go ahead and pay the rent.
C. You pay the rent in front of anyone.
D. You will be the first to pay the rent.
4. If you want to rent a color television, ____________________.
A. leasing company (租赁公司) can have your set installed the same day
B. you can have a choice of sets to rent
C. leasing company will install an aerial for you free of charge
D. you must have an aerial
5. This passage is a (an) _______________________.
A. book B. report C. advertisement D. picture
Key: 1-5 CBABC
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We have known for a long time that flowers of different plants open and close at different time of day. This is so familiar that there seems to be no need to ask the reason for it. Yet no one really understands why flowers open and close like this at particular times. The process (过程) is not as simple as we might think, as recent experiments have shown. In one study, flowers were kept in constant (连续的) darkness. We might expect that the flowers, without any information about the time of day, did not open as they normally do. In fact, they continued to open at their usual time. This suggests that they have some mysterious (神秘的) way of knowing the time. Their sense of time does not depend on information from the outside world; it is, so to speak, inside them, a kind of “inner clock”.
This discovery (发现) may not seem to be very important. However, it was later found that not just plants but also animals —including man —have this “inner clock” which controls the working of their bodies and influences (影响) their activities. Men, then, are also influenced by this mysterious power. Whether we wish it or not, it affects such things in our life as our need for sleep, our need for food.
In the past, this did not matter very much because people lived in natural condition. In the modern world, things are different; now there are spacemen, airplane pilots and, in ordinary life, a lot of people who have to work at night. It would be very useful, then, to know more about the “inner clock”. Such ordinary things as flowers might help us understand more about ourselves.
1. A recent experiment showed that ________________.
A. different flowers open and close at different times of day
B. for their opening and closing, flowers do not need information from the outside world
C. flowers are influenced by weak light even when they are in a dark room
D. flowers can be used for telling the time
2. The “inner clock” _________________________.
A. is an unimportant discovery B. is only found in animals
C. has not been understood by far D. has an effect on human life
3. Further study of the “inner clock” will be useful because ________________.
A. it might help us in some way
B. we do not yet understand plants and animals well enough
C. the number of spacemen and airplane pilots is fast increasing
D. we should try to live more naturally than we do now
4. Kept in constant darkness, flowers ________________________.
A. will not open or close as usual B. will not open any longer
C. will open as they do in natural conditions D. will always remain in full blossom (开花)
5. ________________ have a mysterious power of knowing time without information from the outside world.
A. Animals including man as well as plants B. All living things except man
C. Flowers are the only things in the world that D. Neither animals nor plants
Key: 1-5 BDACA
.In the old days, in London, the smog (烟雾) was very thick. Car and bus drivers___________ to drive very slowly: they could ___________ see the road in front of them even during the daytime. People did not like going out in the smog. If they had to go out, they _____________“smogmask (防雾面具)” over their faces.
In December 1952, a very ________ dark cloud came down over London. It was the ________ smog Londoners had ever had. _________ of it was bad factory smoke. Nearly fifty people died in road accidents. But many more people became unhealthy (not healthy). The smog was very _________ for old people and children. One man said, “The streets were almost ____________ because people stayed at home as much as __________. The air was very thick, and you could almost cut it with a knife.”
After three weeks, the smog began to ___________. But in the following weeks and months over 4,000 people died as a result of the smog.
(had, hardly, wore, thick, worst, Most/Much, dangerous, empty, possible, lift)
.There are a few different r_____(1) why people use small first,and most obvious,is to break an uncomfortable s____(2).Another reason,however,is simply to kill t____(3).That is why it is so common to make small talk when you are w____(4) for people make small talk in order to be p____(5).You may not feel l_____(6) chatting with anyone at a party,but it is r____(7) to just sit in a corner by someone i____(8) you to another person,you do not know anything about them,so in order to show a polite i____(9) in getting to know them better,you have to start with some small remember in an English-speaking environment it is often b____(10) to make a few mistakes than to say nothing at all!
( reasons; silence;time;waiting;polite; like; rude; introduce;intention; better)
Knowing about yourself means not only that you find what you are good at and what you like, it also means discovering what you are not good at and what you don’t like. Both help you to see your aim in life.
Although most students would be unhappy if they found that they had failed an advanced math course, they have actually learned a great deal about themselves. They know they should not become engineers or physical scientist, and that they should not be good at accounting work. So failing can help a student to lead a much happier life he or she draws the right conclusion from the failing. They may then decide on their aim and choose the kind of work they would like to do.
It is impossible to decide whether or not you like something until you have tried it. If you decide that you would like to play the violin, you need to take more than one lesson before you can know whether you have any interest or ability.
It’s not enough to want to be a violinist. You also have to like the hard and long training before you become one. If you would enjoy being a great violinist but hate the work, forget it.
It’s a good plan to try as many as possible when you are still young. And then you will come to a wise decision.
1. If you say you really know yourself,_________________.
A. you know what you are good at. B. you have got the whole picture of yourself.
C. you keep in mind your aim in life. D. you have less you don’t like than what you like.
2. The writer suggests ____________________.
A. failure is a better mirror B. advanced math courses help you to know yourselves.
C. success is more helpful. D. when one is unhappy he gets to know himself better.
3. Failing can turn into something good ___________________.
A. if you have aim in life and get the job you wish to have B. if you lead a happier life
C. if your decision is right D. if you learn something from it
4. The example of “playing the violin” in Paragraph 3 and 4 implies that _________________.
A. if you don’t like music, don’t practice the violin
B. it takes more than one lesson to learn to play the violin.
C. you can decide only after you have tried.
D. you can become a great violinist only after hard and long training.
5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. You have enough time before you come to a wise decision.
B. The more experiences, the better decision you will have.
ideas, compare and then decide.
D. People always make hasty decisions.
答案：B, A, D, C, D
In Britain you are allowed to drive a car when you are seventeen. You have to get a special two-year driving license before you can start. When you are learning, someone with a full license always has to be in the car with you because you aren’t allowed to drive the car on the road alone. You don’t have to go to a driving school –--- a friend can teach you. The person with you isn’t allowed to take the money for the lesson unless he’s got a teacher’s license.
Before you are allowed to have a full license, you have to take a driving test. You can take a test in your own car, but it has to be fit for the road. In the test you have to drive round for about half an hour and then answer a few questions. If you don’t pass the test, you are allowed to take it again a few weeks later if you want to. In 1970 a woman passed her fortieth test after 212 driving lessons. When you’ve passed your test, you don’t have to take it again, and you are allowed to go on driving as long as you like. Britain’s oldest driver was a man who drove in 1974 at the age of 100.
Before 1904 everyone was allowed to drive, even children. Then from 1904 car drivers had to have a license. But they didn’t have to take a test until 1935. On the early days of car driving, before 1878, cars weren’t allowed to go faster than four miles an hour, and someone had to lead the car with a red flag.
( ) 1. Which of the following is not necessary for a young man who wants to drive a car alone?
A. He should reach the age of 17. B. He should get a special two-year driving license.
C. He should learn to drive in a driving school. D. He should pass a driving test to get a full license
( ) 2. A person can’t take money for driving lessons unless he ________.
A. has learnt to drive in a driving school. B. has a full driving license.
C. has a full license and a teacher’s license. D. is given a special two-year driving license
( ) 3. In the driving test, one _____________.
A. mustn’t drive his car, even though the car is fit for the road. B. is usually asked to drive on roads for some time. C. has to be examined only in car driving skills
D. must drive round for more than an hour
( ) 4. Which of the following is not true?
A. There is no limit to the age of a man who drives a car. B. One can take a driving test again and again until he passes it. C. There was a speed limit to cars before 1878
D. A car driver didn’t have to get a limit license until 1935.
( ) 5. The best title for the passage is ______________.
A. Driving licenses in Britain. B. Tests for Britain people.
C. Driving cars. D. Young Men’s driving licenses
答案：C, C, B, D, A
Today is April Fools' Day,so we could cheat our English teacher-Miss erasered the lessons' names,and c_____ English into physics. When Miss Zhang came into the c_____,all of us pretended to be taken by a big s_____,and said to her.“Miss Zhang,please look at the school time table. It's time for physics,not for English.” After h_____ these words,she really b_____ us. Shesaid,“I'm sorry,boys and girls. It's my fault.” And she was g_____ out of the classroom. When we saw this,we all l_____. Oh,Miss Zhang knew what had came back and laughed,too.
Then she took a lot of p_____ of paper out of her bag and said ,“Today,let's have an exam.”“ We were all shocked. But Miss Zhang b_____ to laugh again. “Ladies and gentlemen,it's April Fools' Day”
(changed classroom secret hearing belived gone laughed pages began)
初级阅读理解范文 第十二篇
On Sunday, David asks his mother if he can go to the party. His mother says, _Yes, you can go, but you must be polite. Don't ask for any food. They will give you some._ _All right, Mum._ David answers and he goes to Rose's house on his bike.
There are lots of kids at the party. They play together for some time, and then Rose's mother gives them some food, but she forgets David. He waits and waits and then he takes his plate up and asks, _Do you want a nice clean plate?_
( ) 1. Whose birthday is it? .
A. Rose's B. David's C. Rose's mother's
( ) 2. The birthday party is in .
A. Rose's house B. David's house C. Rose's school
( ) 3. David goes to the party .
A. by car B. by bike C. by bus
( ) 4. David is Rose's .
A. friend B. classmate C. brother
( ) 5. Who gives David food at the party?
A. Rose B. Rose's mother C. No one
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