阅读理解

　Many children like stamp-collecting. Stamp-collecting didn't start until 1854. As time passes, there are more and more stamp-collectors (集邮者). Not only children but also men and women collect stamps. In 1921, America began selling stamps to the collectors. In some countries, there are even lessons on stamp-collecting in school. People are becoming more and more interested in stamps. Every picture on a stamp has meaning in it. It may be the head of a famous person or an important place. Each stamp tells us a story.

根据短文内容，从下列各题所给的四个选项中选择正确的一项。

(1)  Stamp-collecting started__________.　　　

[　　]

A． earlier than 1854

B．later than 1921

C．in 1854

D．hundreds of years ago

(2)  Stamp-collectors are __________.　　　

[　　]

A．man and women

B．boys and girls

C．neither young nor old

D．both A and B

(3)  Lessons on stamp-collecting are given in _________.　　　

[　　]

A． a few countries

B．few countries

C．our country

D．America only

(4)  Every picture on a stamp__________.　　　

[　　]

A．is the head of a stamp-collecting

B．tells us something interesting

C．has nothing to do with America

D．tells us a story about some schools

(5)  Which of the following is wrong?　　　

[　　]

A．Many people enjoy collecting stamps.

B．A lot of people are interested in stamp-collecting.

C．Stamp-collecting is the most important job in many countries.

D．Stamp-collecting is liked by many people in the world.

阅读理解

　　One Sunday, Mike decided to go sailing in his boat with his friend Dan, but Dan happened to be away . Dan's brother John wanted to go instead, though he did not know anything about sailing. Mike agreed and they set out to sea .

　　Soon they found themselves in a thick fog(雾) . Mike was sure they would be hit by a big ship. Luckily he saw a large buoy (浮标) through the fog and decided to tie (系) the boat to it for safety . As he was getting onto the buoy, however, he dropped the wet rope . The boat moved away in the fog carrying John, who did not know how to use the radio . He drifted (漂流) about and was not seen until twelve hours later.

　　Mike spent the night on the buoy. In the early morning he fell asleep and was having a bad dream when a shout woke him up. A ship, the Good Hope, came up and he climbed onto it and thanked the captain . The captain told him that John had been picked up by another ship and the ship's captain had sent out a message . “Without the message I would not have found you on the buoy . ” he said .

(1) Mike tried to tie the boat to the buoy so that ________.

[　　]

A．he could spend the night on it while John was looking for help

B．he and John could go sailing again when the fog cleared

C．it would not be hit by another ship

D．he might be picked up by a passing ship

(2) John and Mike became separated (单独的) because ________ .

[　　]

A．John had to stay in the boat to radio for help

B．John could not control (控制) the boat and drifted away

C．there wasn't room for both John and Mark on the buoy

D．Mike thought it safe to stay on the buoy but John didn't

(3) The word ‘he’ on the last line is ________.

[　　]

A．the captain that got the message

B．the captain that sent the message

C．John

D．Mike

阅读理解

　　One of the famous voices of the 20th century has been silenced: Lady Margaret Thatcher , Britain's former Prime Minister (首相) has decided to follow her doctor's advice and will never make a speech in public again .

　　76-year-old Thatcher has suffered (患)slight stroke (中风) several times . Her family and friends worry a lot about her failing health .

　　When she was still the Prime Minister, Lady Thatcher used to sleep only four hours a day . Even after she retired from this post (岗位) she had a lot of work to do as a member in the House of Lords (英国上议院) .

　　But after two days of tests recently, doctors told her that another stroke could be very dangerous . So she decided to quit (停止) all public speaking. It means she has to bow out of (退出) public life .

　　Lady Thatcher had planned to speak at a number of events next month to promote (推销) her book Statecraft . But that has been cancelled (取消) . She will, however, go ahead with book - signing as arranged (安排)。

1．Lady Margaret Thatcher once worked as a Prime Minister in ________ .

[　　]

A．Scotland

B．England

C．the Great Britain

D．the House of Lords

2．Why do the family and friends worry about her? Because ________.

[　　]

A．she easily gets ill

B．her health is worse

C．she is suffering stroke for the 3rd time

D．she only has four hour's sleep every night

3．Which of the following sentences is right according to the passage?

[　　]

A．Thatcher retired from the Prime Minister when she was 76．

B．Thatcher retired from the Prime Minister when she suffered slight stroke several times .

C．Thatcher does nothing at home now.

D．She doesn't do anything dealing with public life .

阅读理解

　　Last month the manager of a jewelry shop (珠宝店) received a letter. As he was very busy then, the letter lay on his desk till tea-time . He opened it and a 10-pound note (票)fell out onto the desk . Within the note was a letter which said:

　　Dear sir:

　　In 1935 I got engaged (订婚) . But unfortunately I lost my job . At the time a lot of people were out of work . Six months later I got a job again, but of course I was very short of money . I came to your shop to buy a wedding ring (婚戒) . The assistant took out some rings for me to look at, but she was called away for a moment, and I put one of the rings in my pocket. When she came back, I said I didn't know the size of my girl's finger. So I left the shop without buying a ring. My wife died a short while ago and the fact that I never paid for the ring has been heavy in my heart all these years. At that time, the ring cost 2 pounds so I think it is 10 pounds at today’s price and I'm sending 10 pounds .

Yours truly,

A customer(顾客) .

(1) When did the manager open the letter?

[　　]

(2) The customer didn’t write the letter until ________ .

[　　]

(3) What happened in 1935?

[　　]

A．The jewelry shop lost some rings .

B．The customer married a girl .

C．The customer stole a ring for his wife .

D．The customer stole a ring for his girl friend.

(4) Which of the following is Not true?

[　　]

A．The customer was poor at that time .

B．The ring was bigger for his girl friend .

C．The shop assistant was careless.

D．The customer was too poor to buy a ring for his girl friend.

(5) What do you think of the customer?

[　　]

阅读理解：

　　　One day a man went to a chemist's shop and said, “Have you anything for a headache?”

　　　Without a word, the chemist took a bottle from the table, took off the cover and held it under the man's nose. the smell was so strong that tears came into the man's eyes and ran down his face.

　“What did you do that for?” he asked angrily as soon as he got back his breath.“Don't you feel better after that?” asked the chemist with a smile.

　“You're a fool,” said the man. “It's my wife that had a headache, not me!”

(1) The man went into the shop________.

[　　]

A．to get some medicine for his cough

B．for some clothes

C．to get some medicine for his wife's headache

D．to see one of friends

(2) The chemist was________.　　　　　　

[　　]

A．a kind-hearted man

B．a strong man

C．a kind doctor

D．a bad man

(3) The man chemist thought________.　　　　　　

[　　]

A．the man's wife was ill

B．the man was ill.

C．the man's brother was ill

D．the man had a stomachache

(4) The man thought________.　　　　　　

[　　]

A．the chemist did a good thing

B．he was wrong

C．the chemist was foolish

D．the chemist wanted to kill him

(5) The writer asked us________.　　　　　　

[　　]

A．not to take anything for granted(想当然行事)

B．to do anything as we please

C．to put hearts into it when we do something

D．to do something well as soon as we can

先阅读下列短文，然后根据文章内容，从 A,B,C,D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的正确答案．

　Our eating habits （习惯）are very important for good health and a strong body. There are times when most of us like eating sweets and ice-cream better than meat and rice. Sweets and ice-cream are not bad for us if we eat them at the end of a meal. If we eat them before a meal, they may take away our appetite(食)。It's important for us to eat our meal at regular （规律的）time each day. When we feel worried or excited, we may not want to eat. A long time ago, in England, some judges often decided whether a man was telling truth by giving him some dry bread. If the man could not swallow the bred, it meant that he wasn't telling the truth. Though this seems strange and foolish, they though it was an excellent way of finding out truth. A man who is worrying something has difficulty in swallowing anything dry, because he loses his appetite.

(1)  Good eating habits make us_______.　　　

[　　]

A． stronger　　　　　B． happier

C． more beautiful　　　D． more polite

(2)  It is good to eat sweets and ice-cream________.　　　

[　　]

A． after a meal　　　　　　B． before a meal

C． when we are hungry　　　D． when we want to eat

(3)  It is good for us to have our meal_______ every day.　　　

[　　]

A． earlier　　　　　　　　B． at the same time

C． at any time　　　　　　D． at the different time

(4) The judges in old England thought if a man didn't tell the truth, he could _______.　　　

[　　]

A． drink milk or tea　　　 　B． eat a lot of dry bread

C． hardly eat dry bread　　　D． swallow dry bread easily

(5)  A person who feels _______ may not want to eat.　　　

[　　]

A． happy　　　B． shy　　　C． unhappy　　　D． well

阅读理解

　　　A farmer was selling a large elephant. A man came up to the elephant and began to look at it very carefully. Being afraid that the man would find out the elephant was not worth（值）much, the farmer went up to him and said in a low voice, “Don't say anything about that elephant till I have sold it, and I'll give you a present.”“All right,” said the man.

　　　After the elephant was sold, the man gave him fifty yuan, Then the farmer asked “Now, will you tell me how you found out the elephant had a defect （缺陷）in its left leg?”

　　　“I've never found any defect.” said the man.

　“Then why did you look so carefully at every part of it?”

　“Because I had never seen an elephant before, and wanted to know what it was like.”

(1)  The farmer came up to the man ________.

[　　]

A． to ask him to buy the elephant

B． to tell him not to say a word about the elephant

C． to ask him if he found any defect

D． to tell him to look carefully

(2)  The man looked at the elephant very carefully because ________.　　　

[　　]

A． he wanted to buy it

B． he tried to find something wrong

C． he had never seen an elephant before

D． he decided to find out where the defect was

(3) From the story we know the man ________.

[　　]

A． should tell the buyer the truth

B．might feel lucky when the farmer gave him a lot of money for nothing

C． really found something wrong with the elephant

D． wasn't given any money by the farmer

(4)  The farmer might________.

[　　]

A． feel angry when he heard the man's words

B． feel pleased that the man didn't find anything wrong with the elephant

C． feel surprised that the man looked at the elephant so carefully

D． feel sorry for having given the man the money

(5) We know the elephant________.

[　　]

A． was not worth the price it was sold at

B．was wroth more than the price

C． was wroth a lot of money

D． was worth nothing

阅读理解

　　My father waved me good-bye and the bus set off. The person sitting next to me was a government(政府)engineer going to Peshawar to examine the roads. He said that traveling by bus was an excellent way to test the roads.

　　We passed many villages on the way and stops once or twice to buy cold drinks , because it was very hot and dusty. The countryside was brown and there were long distances with no peopleor villages in sight. We had to stop once at some road works, too , which made my traveling companion very happy.

　　Most of us were dozing in the afternoon heat when we were woken by a sudden noise, which sounded like a shot from a gun. As the bus turned suddenly to one side and stopped at the side of the road, I remembered all the stories I had heard about bands like this. Many of the other passengers looked as puzzled and frightened as I must have looked.

　　My neighbor, however, comforted me, “Nothing to worry about. Only a burst tyre(车胎). But we shall have to wait while the driver changes the wheel. ”

　　My cousin(表兄)Bob met me at the bus station. “Well, there you are, ”he said. “I was beginning to wonder what had happened to you. ”

1．The word“dozing”in the third paragraph means ________ .

[　　]

2．Hearing the sudden noise, the engineer ________ .

[　　]

3．The writer's cousin________ what had happened.

[　　]

英语趣味阅读

　　 “We should do something nice for the old people of our town,”the teacher said to her class one day. “What could we do?”

　　“Can we give them a picnic?”one of the children asked. “We can send out invitations(邀请)and bring cakes and sausages(香肠)and all kinds of good things to eat.”

　　“That's very good idea,”the teacher said. “We'll ask all the old people to a picnic by the river.”

　　The children worked hard getting ready for the picnic. Their parents made cakes and pies(馅饼)or gave money, and the children wrote invitation cards to the old people. Then they took the cards to the old people's homes.

　　On the morning of the picnic the sky was blue and the sun was shining. The children were all looking forward to giving the old people a happy day.

　　Then one of the children said. “Oh! We forgot to invite Mrs. Waller.”

　　They did not like Mrs. Waller. She looked like a witch.

　　 “We must invite her how then,” the teacher said. “She will be hurt and angry if we don't ask her.”

　　She looked around the class and then pointed at one of the boys. “Tom, take an invitation card to her house. Apologize(道歉)for being late. Don't tell her we forgot her.”

　　Tom did not want to go to Mrs. Waller's house, but he was a brave(勇敢的)boy, and said, “All right, Miss Lee.”

　　He went to the old woman's house and knocked on the door. Mrs. Waller opened it. She looked very angry.

　　 “Well,” she said, “what is it? What do you want?”

　　Tom gave her the invitation card and said, “I'm sorry we did not ask you before, but please come to our picnic. It's a beautiful day.”

　　Mrs. Waller knew that the children thought she was a witch. She guessed that they had forgotten her.

　　 “You're too late,” the woman said. “It's a beautiful day now, but I've already arranged for rain this afternoon.”

1．What did the children decide to do?

[　　]

A．They decided to visit the old witch.

B．They decided to help their teacher.

C．They decided to give a picnic for some old people.

D．They decided to cook cakes and sausage themselves.

2．Where did the children have the picnic?

[　　]

A．At their school.

B．At home.

C．In the old people's home.

D．By the river.

3．Why didn't the children invite Mrs. Waller?

[　　]

A．They did not know where she lived.

B．She didn't like picnics.

C．They were frightened(受惊吓)of her.

D．She was cruel(残酷的)to children.

4．Why did the teacher say they must invite Mrs. Waller?

[　　]

A．Because she did not want to hurt Mrs. Waller.

B．Because she was frightened of her.

C．Because she wanted to punish the children.

D．Because she liked her.

5．What did Mrs. Waller say she had done when she realized(意识到)they had forgotten her?

[　　]

A．She had arranged for it to be a rainy day.

B．She had locked Tom in a closet(储藏室)so that he could not got to the picnic.

C．She had changed the date of the picnic.

D．She had said bad things about the teacher.

阅读短文并选出能回答所提问题的最佳答案

　　　Will You Help?

　My friend Pedro works in the post office. He is a good sportsman; and so he belongs to （属于）the Ajax Sports Club （俱乐部）.

　Three months ago, Pedro made a money-box. He got a flat（扁平的）box, and he coloured it white, He cut a slit （缝）in the top of the box. (This slit was for the money, of course.) He wrote these words on the box in big letters: WILL YOU HELP?

　That was all. He did not write his name, or any name. The words were

　just—WILL YOU HELP?

　Pedro took the money-box to the club. He put it on a table just inside the door. Every Friday evening he opens the box.

　I do not belong to the Ajax Sports Club, but went there last Friday evening with Pedro. He opened the money-box and took out the money.“Not bad,” he said. “Between two and three pounds.”

　He shut the box then, and put it back on the table . The money went into Pedro's pocket.

　“People are kind,”Pedro said. “They like to help. They like to give some money away.”

　“Are you going to keep the money?” I asked.

　“Yes. I'mnot a rich man, and that box is mine.”

　I said,　　 “Doesn't anyone ever ask questions about it?”

　“No. They help or they don't help . They never ask questions. People don't like to ask questions about money.”

(1)　　 Why does Pedro need the money?　　　

[　　]

A．He doesn't rightly need it.

B．Because he is a poor man.

C．He needs it for the club.

D．Because he hasn't got a job.

(2)　　 What does a money-box always have?　　　

[　　]

A．Money inside it.

B．The words WILL YOU HELP?

C．A slit.

D．It must be white.

(3)　　 How often does Pedro open the box?　　　

[　　]

A．He opened it last Friday.

B．Every Friday.

C．It is full, so he opens it.

D．Every three months.

(4)　　 Why does Pedro leave the box near the club door?　　　

[　　]

A． Because there is a table there.

B．The club won't let him leave it in any other place.

C． The door-man can look after it there.

D．People are always coming and going, and they see it easily there.

(5)　　 People put money in the box . Whom were they helping?　

[　　]

A．Pedro

B．The Ajax sports Club

C．poor sportsmen

D． The post office