阅读理解

　　Johnson was a young film producer. He wanted Sarina to act in his latest film. But Sarina was famous and she worked only with famous producers.

　　Johnson was not at all famous. In fact this was his first film. He knew it would be difficult to persuade the actress to work for him.

　　He decided to take her out to dinner.“I’ll try to impress her.”he thought.“Then she’ll act in my film.”Sarina agreed to have dinner with him. He chose the most expensive restaurant in the city and paid the waiters to greet them by name and give them the best table. When Johnson and the actress arrived, the headwaiter hurried up to them.“Good evening, Mr. Johnson. Good evening, Miss Sarina,”he said.“Please come this way. Your table is ready for you.”He led them to a table near the window, and then another waiter came up immediately and took their order.

　　During the meal, Johnson noticed that Herbert Grange was in the restaurant. Grange was a very famous producer indeed.

　　When Grange left his table to go to the bathroom, Johnson asked Sarina to excuse him, and went to the bathroom as well.

　　As Grange was washing his hands, Johnson went up and said, “Mr. Grange, please help me. I’m trying to persuade Sarina to act in my film, but she doesn’t think I’m important enough. Would you be kind enough to come over to my table, pat me on the shoulder and say.‘Good to see you, Johnson. We must have lunch again soon.’”

　　Grange smiled.“OK,”he said.“Anything to help an ambitious(有抱负的)young man.”

　　Johnson returned to his table. A few minutes later Grange came up to him, pat him on the shoulder and said,“Good to see you, Johnson. We must have lunch again soon.”

　　Johnson looked up at him angrily and said,“Oh, go away, Herbie, can’t you see I’m busy!”

1．Johnson wanted to invite Sarina to dinner to ________.

[　　]

2．Johnson and Sarina were given a warm welcome because ________.

[　　]

A．Johnson paid them beforehand

B．they were important

C．they were guests

D．they were rich and famous

3．Johnson asked Mr Grange to say“Good to see you, Johnson. We must have lunch again soon” ________.

[　　]

A．to make himself important

B．to make himself famous

C．to make Mr Grange known to Sarina

D．to invite Mr Grange to lunch

4．The best title of the passage should be ________.

[　　]

A．An Important Friend

B．Johnson and Mr Grange

C．Johnson and Sarina

D．A Strange Man, Johnson

阅读理解

　　In the United States, most children begin attending school when they are five years old. Public education is free and most children go to school near their homes. School in these early years is fun. The children learn to read and write. But they also play games and go on trips. There is no reason at such an early age for them to hit the books.

　　The situation changes as children become older. The subjects become more difficult. Students must learn about world history, algebra(代数), and the life sciences. Tests become more common. Pressure is growing to hit the books, study hard, and advance. However, most serious students only really begin hitting the books for long hours when they reach high school.

　　High school students who hope to continue their education at a college or university must take a special national test called the S－A－T. The test has two parts. The first part tests the student’s ability with numbers and mathematical skills. The second part tests the student’s ability in the English language.

　　The S－A－T test is very important. A high school student who gets a high score on the two parts of the test has a good chance to enter a top American college. For this reason, many students hit the books for months to prepare for the S－A－T.

1．From the test, we can see“hitting the books”means ________.

[　　]

A．working hard for the future

B．studying a subject carefully

C．reading books in a hurry

D．reading books with great effort

2．Which of the following statements can best express the main idea of the text?

[　　]

A．The S－A－T is the most important test.

B．Education is not easy in the United States.

C．“Hitting the books”is very important for the students who want to have a bright future.

D．The more you want to learn, the more tests you have to pass.

3．American children don’t have ________ if they want to study in public school.

[　　]

A．to work hard at their lessons

B．to pay for the education

C．to hit the books

D．to take many tests

4．The students in high school ________.

[　　]

A．have to take the S－A－T

B．are free and happy

C．have to hit the books if they want to go on to college

D．don’t hit the books until they pass the S－A－T

5．Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?

[　　]

A．In America the students have to pass certain tests to continue their education.

B．Young children needn’t work hard at their lessons because education is free.

C．Those who fail in the S－A－T cannot go to college.

D．The students must spend a lot of time preparing for the S－A－T.

阅读理解

　　Acting is such an over-crowded profession that the only advice that should be given to a young person thinking of going on the stage is“Don’t”! But it is useless to try to discourage someone who feels that he must act, although the chances of his becoming famous are slim. The normal way to begin is to go to a drama school. Usually only student who show promise and talent are accepted, and the course lasts two years. Then the young actor or actress takes up work with a theatrical company, usually as an assistant stage manager. This means doing everything that there is to do it the theatre: painting scenery, publicity(宣传), taking care of the costumes and even acting in very small parts. It is very hard work indeed, the hours are long and the salary is tiny.

　　Of course, some people have remarkable chances which lead to fame and success without this long and hard training. Connie Pratt, for example, was just an ordinary girl working in a bicycle factory. A film producer happened to catch sight of her one morning waiting at a bus stop, as he drove past in his car. He stopped and got out to speak to the girl. He asked if she would like to go to the film studio to do a test, and she thought he was joking. Then she got angry and said she would call the police. It took the producer twenty minutes to convince Connie that he was serious. The test was successful. And within a few weeks she was playing the leading part opposite one of the most famous actors of the day. But chances like this happen once in a blue moon!

1．From the very beginning, the author puts it clearly that acting is a profession ________.

[　　]

A．for ambitious people only

B．for young people only

C．too difficult for young people

D．sought after by too many

2．For someone who feels he must act, it is very likely that ________.

[　　]

A．he will become a film star at long last

B．he will be well paid

C．he will end up becoming a film star

D．he will become a stage manager

3．A few weeks after the test, Connile Pratt found herself ________.

[　　]

A．as famous as the greatest actor of the world

B．playing the leading female in a play

C．no less famous than the leading actor of the day

D．the most famous actress of the world

4．The concluding sentence“chances like this happen once in a blue moon”mean ________.

[　　]

A．this is a highly profitable chance

B．this is something highly possible

C．this is something which happens once in a while

D．this is very rare occurrence

5．When the producer asked the girl to do a test, the girl thought ________ at first.

[　　]

A．he must be joking

B．he was serious

C．he was telling him the truth

D．he was a real producer

阅读理解

　　People often say,“Children can’t do maths problems. It’s because parents can’t do their children’s homework.”Here’s an example to show what I mean.

　　The other day my daughter brought home her maths homework,“I have to subtract(减) 179 from 202,”she said.

　　“It’s quite easy,”I said.“You put the 202 over the 179.”

　　“But we need a 10 here. Where is the 10?”

　　“I don’t know where the 10 is. Let’s just subtract 179 from 202. Nine from two is three. You carry one and add it to seven. Eight from zero is two. The answer is 23.”

　　“We can’t do it that way. We have to use the 10.”

　　“Well, I’m going to call your teacher to see how she subtracts 179 from 202.”

Over the telephone, I said that I was having a bit of trouble with the homework she had given to my daughter. The teacher said,“In the right-hand column we have units of one. The two in that column counts for two ones. The zero in the centre counts for zero tens. The two in the left-hand column counts for hundreds. Are you clear?”But I didn’t think it was clear.

　　I hung up and found my way to the medicine box. My head was now hurting. I started putting pills of medicine into my mouth.“How many did you take?”my wife asked.“I took one and then I took another… I knew one and one was two, but don’t ask me what it is now.”

1．The daughter wanted ________ the other day.

[　　]

A．to give her father a lesson

B．to show how difficult maths was

C．her father to phone her teacher

D．her father to help her with the homework

2．Which of the following sentences is not true?

[　　]

A．The father had a different way to do the maths problem.

B．The father couldn’t do his daughter’s maths homework.

C．The daughter couldn’t understand her father’s way.

D．The daughter had some trouble doing the maths problem.

3．From what the teacher said, we know the word units means ________ here.

[　　]

A．whole numbers less than 10

B．whole things

C．groups of lessons

D．the smallest numbers

4．What the teacher said made the father ________.

[　　]

5．Can you guess what would happen next in the story?

[　　]

A．The father would go to school and begin to learn maths.

B．The father would become very ill and have to take more medicine.

C．The father would never do his daughter’s maths problems again.

D．The father would go to the school and fight against the teacher.

阅读理解

　　Fire can help people in many ways. But it can also be very dangerous. Fire can heat water, warm houses, give light and cook food. But fire can burn things, too. Houses can catch fire, and in that case animals and people can lose their lives in fire. Sometimes big fires can burn forests.

　　Now nobody knows for sure how people began to use fire. But there are many interesting old stories about the first time a man or a woman started fire. One story from Australia tells about a man very very long ago, who went up to the sun by a rope and brought fire down.

　　Today people know how to make a fire with matches. Children sometimes like to play them. But matches can be very dangerous. One match can burn a piece of paper, and then it might burn a house. A small fire can become a big fire very fast. Fire kills many people every year. So you must be careful with matches. You should also learn to put out fires. Fires need oxygen, without which fires can die. There is oxygen in the fire. Cover a fire with water, sand or sometimes with your coat. This keeps the air away from a fire and kill it. Be careful with fire, and it will help you. Be careful with fire, or it will burn or kill you.

1．How did people begin to use fire?

[　　]

A．We know how people began to use fire.

B．Nobody knows how people began to use fire.

C．It was an Australian who started fire.

D．We are not sure how people started fire.

2．Children mustn’t play with matches because ________.

[　　]

A．matches burn paper

B．it isn’t interesting

C．they can be dangerous

D．they can burn a house

3．We must be careful with fire, or it ________.

[　　]

A．will die

B．will warm our houses

C．might burn us

D．will help you

4．Which of the following is the main idea of this passage?

[　　]

A．Fire can help people in many ways.

B．Fire can be both useful and dangerous.

C．Fire can bum things and people.

D．We must be careful with matches.

阅读理解

　　These days’ experience(经历) ,like many other things, are becoming increasingly expensive. One has to get to pay a lot to get, even an ordinary one.

　　Not long ago, I wanted to invite my friends to a lunch. What we really need was a good and a quiet place for a talk, not a big meal. So I chose one and told my friends to go there.

　　After I ordered, I was asked whether I would eat a 100 yuan or 200 yuan lunch, I said,“200 yuan.” I didn’t realize until I was asked to pay after lunch, that“200 yuan”means“200 yuan for person each.”

　　There were five people that day, and all of us were surprised by the 200 yuan meal. The bill came at last: it was 1260 [l000 for the five of us, plus the money for drinks, fruits and air conditioning(空调)]. I paid the bill without a word.

　　What could I say? It was not their fault(过失). It was my own fault that made me pay the largest bill in my life.

　　However, it was not so bad: we had a good lunch and at a quiet place. Besides, the experience will help in later years.

　　To support my idea, I have developed my own way of thinking about the price: 200 yuan for the lunch and 1060 for the experience. This paid experience has made me ten times wiser.

1．According to the passage, now one has to pay ________.

[　　]

A．more for a lunch in a restaurant

B．more to get an ordinary lunch

C．more for some experience

D．increasingly high price

2．I ordered a lunch ________.

[　　]

A．so as to have a big lunch

B．so that we could have a good meal

C．in order to introduce my friends to the restaurant

D．to have a talk in a good place

3．I thought I ordered a meal that would cost ________.

[　　]

4．The last sentence of the passage expressed ________.

[　　]

A．my thanks to the restaurant

B．my happiness to be ten times wiser

C．my anger at the experience

D．my pleasure to have a good lunch

5．I paid the largest bill in my life because ________.

[　　]

A．the restaurant cheated the customers

B．there was a misunderstanding between the restaurant and the customer

C．I was unknown to the restaurant

D．I knew little about the market prices

阅读理解

　　Mark Twain was asked one day if he could remember the first money he earned. He thought for a long time before answering and then said,“Yes, it was at school. I can remember everything about it. Schoolboys in those days never respected their teachers and never took care of the things of the school. They often damaged their desks. There was a rule in our school that any boy who damaged his desk with a pencil or a knife would be beaten in front of the whole school or would have to pay five dollars.”

　　“One day I damaged my desk in some way, I had to tell my father I had broken the rule, and had to pay five dollars or be beaten before the whole school. My father said it would be too bad to hand over to the teacher. But before giving me the money, he took me upstairs and gave me a beating.”

　　“But as I had one beating and got used to it, I decided I would take another beating at school and keep the five dollars. So that is what I did.”

1．Schoolboys in those days ________.

[　　]

A．had no respect for their teachers

B．cared nothing for desks and benches(板凳)

C．used to do harm to their desks with a pencil or a knife

D．All of above

2．Which of the following is true?

[　　]

A．The school did nothing to stop the damage.

B．The boy who did damage to his desk would be beaten besides paying for it.

C．Anyone who damaged the desks would either be beaten or pay five dollars.

D．No boy dared break the rule.

3．When Mark Twain damaged his desk one day, his father ________.

[　　]

A．was very angry and gave him a good beating before giving him the five dollars

B．decided that he himself would punish Mark Twain at home

C．said nothing and gave Mark Twain the money he wanted

D．would rather have him beaten that give him the money

4．Later Mark Twain ________.

[　　]

A．was given another beating at school

B．handed in the five dollars to the teacher in order not to be beaten in front of the whole school

C．gave the money back to his father

D．got used to being beaten

阅读理解

　　A traveller hurried down to the hall of an American hotel and went to the cash-desk. He had just 15 minutes to pay his bill and get to the station. Suddenly he remembered that he had left something in his room.

　　“Look here, boy,”he said to the bellboy,“run up to my room and see if I have left a parcel on the table there. Be quick about it.”

　　The boy ran upstairs. Five minutes passed. The traveller was walking up and down the hall, looking very angry. At last the boy appeared.

　　“Yes, sir,”he reported to the traveller,“you have left the parcel there, it’s right on the table in your room.”

1．The traveller ________.

[　　]

A．ran down the street

B．came downstairs very quickly

C．ran so quickly that he fell down

D．came into the hotel hall very quickly

2．Which statement is true?

[　　]

A．He had to pay his bill and arrived at the station in 15 minutes.

B．It took him 15 minutes to go to the station from the hotel.

C．He could pay his bill in 15 minutes and then go to the station.

D．He had nothing but 15 minutes.

3．According to the passage, a bellboy is ________.

[　　]

A．a boy whose work is to ring the bell

B．a boy who plays with a bell

C．a boy whose work in a hotel is to help guests with their bags

D．the hotel owner’s boy

4．The traveller asked the boy ________.

[　　]

A．to go upstairs

B．to look for his parcel

C．to fetch the parcel he had left in his room

D．only to see if the parcel was on the table in his room

5．Five minutes later, the boy ________.

[　　]

A．ran up to the room

B．came downstairs

C．reported to the traveller in the room

D．came down to the hall but brought nothing back

阅读理解

　　If you travel by air across the centre of Africa or south.

　　America, you fly over forests for thousands of kilometres. These great forests are the oceans of trees. There are full of thousands and thousands of different kinds of plants and animals.

　　However, the worlds forests are getting smaller all the time. We are cutting down the trees because we need wood, and we need more farm land. Some people say that there will not be any forests like these in 20 or 30 years. What will happen if they disappear?

　　If we cut down our forests, a lot of plants and animals will disappear from the world. In a lot of places the new farm land will soon look like the old deserts. Crops will not grow there. It will not rain very often, and the weather will get very hot. Perhaps the climate of the world will change. This will be dangerous for everyone in the world. That is why we must take care of our forests.

1．The passage mainly tells us about ________.

[　　]

A．the importance of taking care of our plants

B．the result of cutting down the trees

C．the locations of great forests

D．the reasons for forming the deserts

2．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

[　　]

A．Africa and South America are the oceans of trees.

B．Forests are homes for different kinds of animals.

C．Forests are usually several square kilometres large.

D．Different plants can’t be found in the same forest.

3．The need for more wood and more land results in ________.

[　　]

A．the change of the world climate

B．the disappearance of many plants and animals

C．more deserts and less farm land

D．all of the above

4．What will happen in 20 or 30 years in some people’s view?

[　　]

A．We’ll have more and greater forests.

B．We’ll have enough land to support our people.

C．We’ll have no forests like those in the centre of Africa.

D．We’ll have enough wood to do some cooking.

5．The writer thinks ________.

[　　]

A．it dangerous for everyone to cut down the forests

B．it necessary for everyone to protect the forests

C．it impossible for everyone to take care of the world

D．it important for everyone to keep animals

阅读理解

　　You of course know that you will never add very rapidly to your vocabulary by merely coming across words, or by reading, or by talking. You must have a plan.

　　Here is one way to get ahead with words in everyday life. It’s the simplest thing in the world.

　　Buy a small pocket notebook. When you read a newspaper, a magazine, or a book, or listen to TV or the radio, and come upon a strange word, enter it in your notebook. Then look it up in the dictionary. If you find that it’s a word too difficult to understand or a highly technical term, just pass it by. But if it sounds like a word that will be helpful to you, take possession of it, make it your own personal possession. Say it aloud many times. Study its exact meaning, note its root. Be sure, also, to copy from the dictionary the example sentence in which it is used, if such is given. Then write our own sentence in line with the examle in the dictionary.

　　All this will take only a few minutes or so, but it is necessary to make the practice a daily habit. Then the list in your notebook will grow and grow, as will your command(掌握)of English.

1．According to the passage, when you come across a new word, ________.

[　　]

A．you just forget it

B．you must look it up in the dictionary and possess it if it will be useful

C．just enter it in your notebook and remember it

D．first look it up, then only which of help needs to be possessed

2．The underlined word“term”in the passage refers to ________.

[　　]

A．a period of time

B．a word with a particular meaning

C．school day

D．a fixed time

3．It is suggested in the passage that first you copy the example sentence from the dictionary, then write your own sentence ________ it.

[　　]

4．From the passage it can be inferred that the most effective (有效) way to add vocabulary is ________.

[　　]

A．to look up any word you meet

B．to list useful words in your notebook

C．to keep on practising helpful words in your notebook every day

D．to write down example sentences from the dictionary