阅读理解．

阅读短文，根据其内容，从各题所给的四个选项中，选择最佳答案．

　　Sally was a student. It was going to be her mother's birthday. She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not expensive.

　　A week before her mother's birthday, she went shopping after a quick and simple lunch. When she had been looking for half an hour, she found a shop that was selling cheap umbrellas, and decided to take a black one, since her mother had lost hers the month before.

　　She thought, “You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color.” So she decided to buy a lovely black umbrella and took it back to the school with her until her classes had finished.

　　On her way back home in the train that evening she felt hungry because she had such a small lunch that she went along to the buffer car(餐车) for another sandwich and a cup of coffee. She had left the black umbrella above her seat in the compartment(车厢), but when she got back, it had gone! When she had left the compartment, there had been no other passengers in it, but now there were three.

　　Sally began to cry when she saw that the umbrella was no longer there. The other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what the matter was. She told them that the black umbrella she had bought for her mother was gone, and that she had to get out at the next station. After the three other passengers heard it, they asked her for her mother's address so that they could send the umbrella to her if someone had taken it by mistake, and brought it back after Sally had got out of the train.

　　The next week, Sally heard from her mother. It said, “Thank you very much for your lovely presents, but why did you send me three black umbrellas?”

1．Which of the following is the best meaning for the sentence “You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color”?

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A．You can carry it when you are wearing any clothes.

B．Any color of your clothes will be all right.

C．The umbrella will be OK for your clothes in any colors.

D．You can take any clothes that you like to wear.

2．What does the story infer(推断)?

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A．Her mother would write to her if she didn't receive the presents.

B．The three umbrellas were sent by the girl.

C．Only four people had ever been to the compartment.

D．Nobody brought the umbrella back.

3．The best name of the story is ________.

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A．A LUCKY GIRL

B．THE MISSING UMBRELLA

C．A HAPPY MOTHER

D．MOTHER'S PRESENT

4．What does the writer want to tell us?

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A．You should take care of your things when you are traveling.

B．Show your love to others, and they will bring you love.

C．Children should often come back to see their parents.

D．It's no use crying when you are in trouble.

阅读理解

Thursday, April 24th

We got to the clean, lovely city of Yangzhou early in the morning. This is our first trip to China. All the different smells attract our attention to the local food. We are going to try something special for dinner tonight. The hotel we are staying in is not expensive but very clean. We plan to stay here for a few days, visit some places in the city, and then travel to the Great Wall in the north.  

Sunday, April 27th

We visited the famous Slender West Lake (瘦西湖) which was crowded with visitors from all over the world, and bought a lot of toys for our friends outside the gate of the park. Everything is so colourful, and we have taken hundreds of photos already! Later today we will do the famous foot massage (按摩) and then leave for the Great Wall. We will take the night train north, stay in Beijing for two days, and then catch a bus to the Great Wall.

Wednesday, April 30th

Our trip to the Great Wall was long and boring. We visited a small village in the mountains. People in the village love the quiet life. They are the kindest people I had ever met. They always smile and say “Hello”. Ralph and I can speak only a few words in Chinese, so smiling is the best way to show our kindness.

1.From the passage we can see that the writer had a ____ stay in Yangzhou.

2.The writer didn’t ____ in Yangzhou.

3.The writer left Beijing for the Great Wall _______.

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

5.What is the best title for the passage?

Modern life is impossible without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by plane. With a modern plane you can travel to lots of places in one day.
Traveling by train is slower than by plane. But you can see beautiful countryside when you are traveling by train. Modern trains give comfortable seats and dining cars. They make the journey(旅途) interesting.
Some people like to travel by sea. There are large liners and river boats. You can visit many other countries and different parts of your country on them. Ships are not so fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very nice way to spend a holiday.
Many people like to travel by car. You can make your plan. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop whenever you wish to see something interesting. If you find a good place to have meals you can stop, too. That is why traveling by car is popular, while people usually take a train or a plane when they travel on business.
【小题1】The fastest way of traveling is ________from this passage.