阅读理解(Reading comprehension)(共30小题,计30分)
A)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
(A)
August 16,1993
Dear Mary,
We have been pen pals(笔友) for more than one year now.It's fun to have a pen pal,isn't it?
This year I'm starting high school.I'm really excited.Everything will be different from things in junior high school.I'll have more classes,and each class will be in a different classroom.My school is very big,so I'm still a little worried because we have only five minutes between classes to get to the next room.
The students can eat lunch in the dinning-room.However,because there are so many students,there are two different lunch times—first lunch and second lunch.I really hope I will be able to eat with my friends.But I'm not sure yet what time I will have lunch.
I will have a locker in high school.In the locker I can keep my textbooks,notebooks,coats,and other things.This is my favorite thing about going to high school.Two students have to share each locker,but I can choose anyone to be my locker partner(伙伴). My friend Kim is going to be my partner.We are planning to put our favorite pictures on the locker door.
Please send me a new picture of yourself!OK?
Well,write soon.Bye.
Best wishes,
Cindy
21.How long have Mary and Cindy written to each other?__________
22.When will Cindy go to high school?__________ __________ __________
23.By whom is the lunch time decided?__________ __________ __________
24.The word “locker” here means “__________ ”.
25.What are Cindy and Kim planning to do with their locker?
__________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
(B)
During the Emergency(非常时期) in Malaya,a police officer was usually together with British troops when they were searching for terrorists.One day,a police officer went into the jungle(丛林) with a patrol of troops(巡逻队) who had just arrived in Malaya.Before he started on patrol,the officer filled his water-bottle with beer.
Several hours later,the patrol stopped for a rest.The officer took a tablet(药片) used by soldiers to make stream water fit to drink.He dropped the tablet into his water-bottle,knowing that it would not affect(影响) the beer.Two soldiers watched the officer with GREat interest.
“What are you doing?”they asked.“Making beer,”the officer said.“If you drop one of these tablets into the bottle of stream water,it makes good quality beer.You can have a taste if you like.”
The officer let the two soldiers taste the beer in his water-bottle.“Very good!”they said.“Very good.Where can we get these tablets?”“Oh,from most shops in town,”the officer said.He did not tell the truth that it was impossible to change water into beer simply by dropping in a tablet.He knew that the soldiers had recently arrived from England and did not know anything about Malaya.
For the next two months,traders(商人) in nearby towns were surprised when British soldiers came in and wanted to buy beer tablets.It was a long time before the soldiers discovered that the officer had cheated them.By that time,the officer had been transferred(调动) to another city.
26.The probable Chinese meaning of “terrorist” is__________ .
A.恐怖分子 B.叛徒 C.特务 D.密探
27.The police officer__________ in the jungle.
A.was searching for terrorists B.was looking for a patrol of troops
C.was making an experiment D.was having a rest
28.The officer let the soldiers drink some of the beer because .
A.he liked the two soldiers B.he wanted to sell his beer
C.he knew that the two soldiers were eager to drink the beer
D.he wanted the soldiers to believe what he had said
29.Which is NOT TRUE according to the story?
A.The tablet is used to clean the stream water.
B.The tablet can not change stream water into beer.
C.At first,the British soldiers knew nothing about Malaya.
D.The soldiers soon found that they had been cheated.
30.What do you think of the police officer?
A.He was very clever.
B.He was used to putting tablets into beer.
C.He loved his family. D.Both A and C.
B)阅读下列短文,然后回答问题或完成句子。
(C)
David was in bed because he had been ill.Feeling better one morning,he sat up.Bright sunlight was streaming through(穿过) the window.“Mother!”he called out.“Come and see the tiny specks(微粒)in the air.”Mrs Lawson told David that what he could see was only dust.He asked,“Why does it come in that narrow piece of air?”“Silly.The dust is in the air everywhere.It enters through doors and windows,but we can only see it when strong light shows it to us.It is in the air we breathe,but luckily we have hairs inside our nose.They catch dust and prevent it going down our lungs(肺).”David's mother brought a duster and started to wipe his dressing table.“See,”she said,“the dust settles(落)on furniture(家俱),on our skin and clothes.When it is thick enough,we can see it clearly on polished(磨光的)wood.Dust is made of soil,grains of pollen(花粉),smoke from fires and even germs(菌).”“Thanks,Mum,”said David.“I was feeling better.I think I had better breathe through a handkerchief so I don't get any new germs!”
31.Why did David stay at home?__________ __________ __________
32.What were the tiny specks in the air?__________ __________
33.When can we see the dust in the room?__________ __________
34.What do the hairs inside the nose do?__________ __________
35.What does the underlined word “duster” mean? __________
36.What is dust made of?__________ __________ __________ __________
(D)
Alexander lived some three hundred years before Christ.He was a GREek king and general who conquered(征服)a huge area of the civilised(开化的)world of that day.He brought Greek ideas and customs to these people.
He became King at the age of 20 and was determined(决定) to beat the Persians who were old enemies of the GREeks.By using cavalry(骑兵) cleverly,he attacked(攻打) and occupied(占领) part of Persia that is now the present day country of Turkey.His soldiers also had the advantage(优势) of very long spears of about six metres in length.He then swept down as far as Egypt.The people there welcomed him as they hated their Persian rulers.
Then Alexander turned to attack the rest of Persia.Both sides used cavalry,but Alexander defeated(打败) the Persians again and took their city of Babylon.He conquered the rest of Persia and swept on to Afghanistan and India.
The Indians were attacked,and in spite of using elephants against Alexander,they were defeated.Being such a large country,Alexander could not possibly conquer the whole of India.He decided to turn back and take over the administration(管理)of his empire.
On the return journey through India,Alexander came across a new town with high walls.Determined to capture(征服)it,his men put ladders(梯子)in place to climb the walls.Alexander himself went up and dropped below.With only three other GREeks,he was surrounded(包围)and in danger of being killed.Fortunately,other Greek soldiers dropped down beside him,and helped him.A spear,however,pierced(刺穿)his armour(盔甲). Suddenly a gate in the walls was pushed open and the Greek army entered,they saved Alexander's life.
A few years later,Alexander was in Babylon.At the young age of 33 he was taken ill.The simple medicines of the day could not cure(治愈) him.He became weaker and died in 323 B.C. His body was placed in a gold coffin(棺材) and finally laid to rest in a tomb at Alexandria,a city in Egypt named after him.
37.Egypt was ruled by__________ before Alexander conquered it.
38.How old was Alexander when he became King?__________ __________
39.The Turkish were called__________ in the past.
40.Were the Persian rulers loved by the people?__________ __________
41.Which countries did Alexander begin to fight against after he conquered Persia?__________ __________ __________ __________ __________
42.What did the Indians use to fight against Alexander?__________
43.Why couldn't Alexander control the whole of India?__________
44.Alexander died in his early thirties because__________ .
45.The name of “Alexandria” was given according to__________ .
参考答案：
21.More than one year. 22.In the autumn,1993.
23.It's not mentioned here.
24.a small cupboard
25.To put our favourite pictures on the locker door.
26—30 AADDA
31.Because he was ill. 32.It was dust.
33.When strong light shows it to us.
34.They catch dust and prevent it going down our lungs.
35.A cloth for cleaning furniture,etc.
36.Soil,grains of pollen,smoke from fires and even germs.
37.Persia 38.At the age of 20. 39.Persian
40.No,they weren't. 41.Afghanistan and India.
42.Elephants. 43.Because the country was too large.
44.he was taken ill 45.Alexander's name
