阅读短文，完成该篇后面各题，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能回答所提问题，或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

　　The great ship, “Titanic” (泰坦尼克号), set off for America in April 1912 on its first ship. It was carrying more than 2,000 people.

　　The “Titanic” was the largest and finest ship at that time. People thought it was safe to be on the ship because it had 16 compartments (密封舱) with it. Even if (即使) 4 of those were broken, it would still. be able to stay on the sea.

　　Four days later, when the “Titanic” was crossing the sea the man on watch suddenly saw a very large iceberg ahead.

　　The great ship turned quickly on time, but before long there was sound from below. The captain went down to see what the matter was? To his surprise, he found the ship was sinking fast because 5 compartments had been broken! Hundreds of people jumped out into the water. As there were not enough lifeboats, about 1,500 lives were lost.

1.The great ship, “Titanic”, set off ______.

[　　]

A. in April 1912　　　B. in May 1812

C. in April 1219　　　D. in May 1912

2.People thought it was ______ to be on the ship.

[　　]

A. happy　　　B. warm　　　C. safe　　　D. cheap

3.______ on watch saw a very large iceberg ahead.

[　　]

A. The woman　　　B. The man　　　C. The boy　　　D. The police

4.The captain went to see ______.

[　　]

A. the hole　　　　　　　　 B. the water

C. what the matter was　　　D. where the ship arrived

5.Hundreds of people ______, as there were not enough lifeboats.

[　　]

A. ran away　　　　　　　　B. climbed the ladder

C. stayed in the ship　　　D. jumped out into the water

　　Mr Will Knott  was a teacher. He taught in a big school in London. He lived a long way from the school, so he was usually quite tired when he got home. At nine o'clock one evening when he was in bed, the telephone bell rang in the hall of his small house, so he went downstairs, picked up the telephone and said, “Hello Who's speaking, please?”

　　“Watt ,” a man answered.

　　“What's your name, please?” said Mr Knott.

　　“Watt's my name, ”was the answer.

　　“Yes, I asked you that. What's your name?” Mr Knott said again.

　　“I told you. Watt's my name.” said the other man.“Are you Jack Smith?”

　　“No. I am Knott,” answered Mr Knott.

　　“Will you give me your name, please?” said Mr Watt.

　　“Will Knott,” answered Mr Knott.

　　Both Mr Watt and Mr Will Knott put their telephones down angrily and thought, “That was a rude(粗暴的), foolish man!”

1. Mr Knott was usually tired in the evening because _______ .

[　　]

A. he worked very hard in a big school

B. he taught too many students

C. Mr Watt telephoned him

D. he returned home very late

2. Mr Knott went downstairs at nine one evening _______.

[　　]

A. when someone rang him up

B. when the door bell rang

C. to telephone Mr Watt

D. to call Mr Watt on the telephone

3. Mr Watt wanted to Speak to _______.

[　　]

A. Mrs Watt　　　　　 B. Mr Will Knott

C. Mr Jack Smith　　　D. Mrs Knott

4. “Watt's my name,” means _______.

[　　]

A. “What is my name?”

B. “Are you asking my name?”

C. “My name is Watt.”

D. “What my name is?”

5. The “a” in “Watt” is pronounced as the “a” in _______.

[　　]

A. “vapour”　　　 B. “what”

C. “satisfy”　　　D. “master”

阅读下面短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案，完成所给句子。

　　Mr Brown, a teacher in a Primary school(小学) often dozed off in class. But he didn't want his pupils to do that.

　　One day, he again dozed off in class. When he woke up, one of the boys, Tom, asked him, "Why did you doze off in class just now, dear sir?"'

　　Mr Brown's face turned red.“ I... I was invited to visit Sungod(太阳神) in my dream(梦),” he said.

　　Tom seemed to say something, but he kept silent.

　　The next day, Tom also “dozed off” in class. When the teacher saw this, he woke Tom up and asked him,“Why did you doze off in class, Tom?”

　　Tom answered with a smile,“ I was asked to visit Sungod, too.”

　　The teacher got angry and asked him, “What did he say to you, then?”

　　“He told me he didn't see you yesterday.”

1. From the story we know that ______ .

[　　]

A. Tom was an honest pupil

B. Tom liked to ask questions

C. Tom was very clever

D. Tom didn't study hard in class

2. In class Mr Brown________ .

[　　]

A. was strict with his pupils

B. often felt half asleep

C. wanted his pupils to keep silent

D. was invited to visit Sungod

3. After Tom heard Mr Brown's answer, he didn't say anything because_______ .

[　　]

A. Tom believed his teacher had visited Sungod

B. Tom was afraid of his teacher

C. Tom had a good idea

D. Tom thought what his teacher said was right

4. The next day Tom _______ in class.

[　　]

A. really dozed off

B. pretended(假装) to be asleep

C. fell sick

D. felt sorry for what he' d done

5. What Tom said meant ______ .

[　　]

A. Sungod didn't see his teacher yesterday

B. Sungod was angry with his teacher

C. his teacher didn't tell the truth

D. Tom also wanted to doze off in class like his teacher.

　　Aristotle the Greek thinker who lived about 2,300 years ago, said that heavy things fell faster than light things, but he was wrong. Most of the later scientists believed Aristotle. This remained true until the time of Galileo, the Italian(1564～1642), did not believe him. He went to school to learn science, but he did not like it. Then he went to the University of Pisa to continue his studies in medicine.

　　There is a famous tower at Pisa. It does not stand straight up, but leans(斜)a little more each year. Galileo climbed to the top of the Leaning Tower, and from there dropped two weights. One of them was heavier than the other, but they reached the ground at the same moment. The scientists who were watching were very surprised. This did not agree(同意)with Aristotle's rule.

1. ______said that heavy things fell faster than light things.

[　　]

A. Aristotle　　　B. Galileo　　　C. Newton　　　D. Copernicus

2. Galileo was _______.

[　　]

A. an English scientist　　　B. an American scientist

C. an Italian scientist　　　D. a Japanese scientist

3. Galileo went to school to learn ______.

[　　]

A. science　　　B. math　　　C. music　　　D. art

4. There is a famous _______ at Pisa.

[　　]

A. tower　　　B. horse　　　C. river　　　D. cinema

5. From the tower Galileo ______ two weights.

[　　]

A. put　　　B. dropped　　　C. drew　　　D. found

阅读理解：掌握其大意。然后从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选择最佳的一项。

　　Watson won his most important game and became Southern Chess Master(南部象棋大师)in 1977. He was given the silver(银)cup.

　　“It isn't rightly mine,” he said, when he was holding thecup. “It was won two years ago when I was on holiday in…”

　　“A family was staying at my hotel(旅馆)at that time.”

　　Mrs Prag, the mother, was told that I played chess; and she begged me to give her young son a game. ‘He’s only ten. ’she said, ‘I’ve been told that he plays quite well.’

　　“Well, as you can guess, I wasn't too happy. A player likes the opponent(对手)to play as well as he does. But it was holiday time and I agreed to play. We placed the board(棋盘) in the garden. The game began. I hoped it would be quick-and so it was.”

　　“I soon knew that David Prag was no learner. After ten minutes his sister came outside and began to play tennis against a wall. The boy seemed to lost interest in our game. He moved a piece (棋子)without care. I gave my attention to the board.”

　　“‘Call me when you are ready, Mr Watson,’he said.”

　　“When I was ready? I looked up. He had gone off to play with his sister. I studied the board--and found I was driven into a corner. So it went on with David: a quick move, then tennis, back to the board, then back to his sister. My difficult condition became impossible to change. I was beaten, oh so easily, by a ten-year-old chess player. He was the winner--in twenty-eight minutes.”

　　“David Prag: a name to remember. I had a chance to use his game today, and it won this cup for me. To him, of course it is only one of a hundred, or perhaps a thousand,winning games.”

1. When Mr Watson said, “It isn’t rightly mine. It was won...”, he meant ______ two years before.

[　　]

A. he had played chess with a little boy for twenty-eight minutes

B. he had had a chance to take part in an important game

C. he had learned how to play chess from a child

D. he had learned a good game from a child

2. Before the game, Mr Watson was quite sure that ______.

[　　]

A. the boy played as well as he did

B. he would be Southern Chess Master two years later

C. he could win the game easily

D. the boy would win the game quickly

3. Why did David play tennis while he was playing chess with Watson? Because he ______.

[　　　　]

A. had no interest in playing chess with adults(成年人)

B. was not good at playing chess

C. liked playing tennis much better than playing chess

D. played chess much better than Watson

4. From the story, we know that ______.

[　　]

A. David Prag was the real winner

B. Mr Watson was the real winner

C. neither of. them was the real winner

D. both of them were the real winners

5. Which of the following (下列)is NOT true?

[　　]

A. Sometimes young children can beat adults in playing chess.

B. Watson thought he could win the game quickly, and so he did.

C. Watson learned something from David and won the silver cup.

D. Watson would never forget the name of the boy.

阅读理解

　　Dick was seven years old, and his sister, Jane, was five. One day their mother took them to their aunt’s house to play while she went to a big city to buy some new clothes.

　　The children played for an hour, and then at half past four their aunt took Dick into the kitchen(厨房).She gave him a nice cake and a knife and said to him, “Now here’s a knife, Dick. Cut this cake in half and gave one of the pieces to your sister, but remember to do it like a gentleman(有教养的人)”.

　　“Like a gentleman?” Dick asked. “How do gentlemen do it？”

　　“They always give the bigger piece to the other person,”answered his aunt at once.

　　“Oh, ” said Dick. He thought about this for a second. Then he took the cake to his sister and said to her, “Cut this cake in half, Jane.”

1. Dick was ______ Jane

[　　]

A. as old as

B. two years older than

C. not so old as

D. two years younger than

2. What did their mother do one day? She ______.

[　　]

A. took them to their aunt's house

B. went to a big city to buy some new clothes

C. took them to work

D. both A and B

3. Their aunt asked Dick to cut the cake into ______ pieces.

[　　]

A. five　　　B. four　　　C. three　　　D. two

4. Their aunt wanted Dick to ______ to his sister.

[　　]

A. give the bigger piece of cake

B. give the smaller piece of cake

C. take the bigger piece of cake

D. take the whole cake

5. Dick gave the knife to his sister in order to ______.

[　　]

A. be a gentleman

B. not to be a gentleman

C. get the bigger half of the cake

D. get the smaller half of the cake

阅读短文，完成该篇后面各题，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

　　On Sunday my father called for us at noon. Mom never comes to the door when she knows Daddy is outside. I don't know how I am going to get them back together when they never even see each other.

　　We visit Daddy's new apartment. He moved this week. The place is called Country Village and it has the kind of streets running through it where you can get lost pretty easy because everything looks the same. There are two swimming pools in Country Village. Each section has four apartments. Daddy's is in building 12, upstairs on the right. It's all fixed up like a magazine picture. Everything is brown-and-white and very modern.

1. Mom never comes to the door when ______.

[　　]

A. someone knocks at the door

B. when we come back

C. she knows Daddy is outside

D. the door bell rings

2. We went to visit ______.

[　　]

A. Daddy's new apartment

B. the science museum

C. my new friend

D. My teacher's new office

3. Daddy moved to the new apartment ______.

[　　]

A. last month　　　B. yesterday

C. this week　　　 D. last year

4. There are ______ in Country Village.

[　　]

A. three shops　　　B. two swimming pools

C. a cinema　　　　 D. a hospital

5. Daddy's is in building 12,upstairs ______.

[　　]

A. on the left　　　 B. on the top

C. on the right　　　D. at the end

阅读下面短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案，完成所给句子。

　　Small children often laugh at a lame or blind person, or at someone who isn't dressed as well as they are. But as they grow up, they learn not to hurt people's feelings by laughing at their problems. They learn to laugh at themselves.

　　Suppose you're playing a game. You make a silly mistake and lose. Do you become angry? Or can you laugh at yourself and hope to do better next time? Suppose you're at a special dinner. You accidentally（偶然）spill（溢出）some food. Why keep worrying about how clumsy（笨拙的）you looked? Why not laugh in off and enjoy yourself anyway? If you can, it's a good sign you've really grown up.

1. This article is mostly about ______.

[　　]

A. why laughter is good for your body

B. what you should laugh at

C. when babies learn to laugh

D. where you may laugh

2. The writer says small children laugh at people who _____.

[　　]

A. have problems　　　B. spill food

C. dress well　　　　 D. play games

3. The writer suggests that children's laughter is often ______.

[　　]

A. unkind　　　　　　B. shrill

C. both A and B　　　D. neither A nor B

4. The most important thing is to learn how to laugh at ______.

[　　]

A. jokes　　　　　B. pictures

C. children　　　 D. yourself

5. The writer shows how laughter could help you not to ______.

[　　]

A. make a mistake　　　B. lose a game

C. become angry　　　　D. try again

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。

　　Our village carpenter（木匠）, John Hill, came one day and made a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows. When I got home that evening, John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill（帐单）for the job.

　　My wife said to me, quietly, “That's his ninth cup of tea today.” But she said, in a loud voice, “ It's a beautiful table, dear, isn't it ? ”

　　“ I'll decide about that when I see the bill, ” I said.

　　John laughed and gave me his bill for the work. I read:

　　One dining table 10 November 1989

　　Cost（成本；费用）of wood ￡17.00（ ￡是pound的符号）

　　Paint（油漆）￡1.50

　　Work, 8 hours（￡1 an hour）￡8.00

　　Total（合计）￡36.50

　　When I was looking at the bill, John said, “ It's been a fine day, hasn't in? Quite sunny. ”

　　“ Yes, ” I said. “ I'm glad it's only the 10th November. ”

　　“Me, too, ” said John. “ You wait it'll be a lot colder by the end of the month. ”

　　“Yes, Cold  and more expensive! Dining tables will be ￡20 more expensive on November 30th, won't they, John? ”

　　John looked hard at me for half a minute. Was there a little smile in his two blue eyes? I gave his bill back to him .

　　“If it isn't too much trouble, John , ” I said . “please add it up again. You can forget the date . ”

　　I paid him ￡26.50 and he was happy to get it .

1. Why did John talk about the weather when the writer was looking at the bill?

[　　]

A. Because he didn't want the writer to go through the bill carefully .

B. Because it was really a fine day .

C. Because he wanted the writer to check the bill carefully .

D. Because he wanted to tell the writer what the weather was like .

2. Why did the writer say that dining tables would be ￡20 more expensive on November 30th ?

[　　]

A. Because it was difficult to make dining tables in cold weather .

B. Because paint would be more expensive .

C. Because the cost of wood would be more expensive .

D. Because he thought John would almost certainly add the date to the cost of the dining table

3. The writer thought John would ask for ______ if he made a dining table on the last day of November .

[　　]

A.￡20.00　　　B.￡46.50　　　C.￡56.50　　　D.￡26.50.

4. When the writer gave him the money, John was happy because ______.

[　　]

A. he got what he should get for his work

B. he got much more money for his work

C. he got the money easily

D. he didn; t have to add up the costs again

5. From the story we know that ______ .

[　　]

A. John made a mistake in the bill

B. John tried to fool the writer in order to get more money for his work

C. John had written out the bill before the writer got home

D. John still wanted to get ￡36.50 for his work in the end

阅读短文，完成该篇后面各题，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

　　“That's a fine picture of a horse , ” said the doctor. The boy looked up happily. Young Walt Disney loved to draw. “ I draw all day long, but I have work to do . ” he told his friend Dr. Sherwood. Walt's father had many jobs for him to do . “ Stop all that drawing, ” Mr Disney would say , “ there's work to be done. ”

　　When he was old, Walt decided to make art his work. He worked drawing cartoons. When he had time, he studied art. He began to make cartoon movies. But he didn't have much money and he did't always have enough to eat. Sometimes when he worked in his little office, a mouse would run near his desk. “Would you like to be my pet? ” Walt asked the mouse. He caught the mouse and kept him as a pet. He called him Mortimer.

　　Disney made many Mickey Mouse cartoons. People all over the world saw Mickey Mouse and loved him. Mickey Mouse made Walt Disney famous.

1. Young Walt loved to  ______.

[　　]

A. draw　　　B. sing　　　C. swim　　　D. skate

2. Walt's father had ______.

[　　]

A. many farms

B. drawings

C. many jobs for him to do

D. horses

3. When he had time he studies ______.

[　　]

A. math　　　B. science　　　C. art　　　D. history

4. Sometimes when he worked in his office, a ______ would run near his desk.

[　　]

A. cat　　　B. dog　　　C. mouse　　　D. boy

5. Mickey Mouse made Walt Disney ______.

[　　]

A. sad　　　B. famous　　　C. angry　　　D. poor