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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上 第二部分 阅读理解(1) 阅读的第一题2011年改为5个正误判断题，相对来说难度降低，投机几率提高，考前一天 会在更新群内确定本部分范围，一般在20篇左右，建议强记，确保阅读的30分不丢。 解题思路：正误判断题主要考查学生对文章的具体事实、信息的理解能力。一般是根据文章的事实或细节，给出一个句子，判断其正误。比较直接，难度相对较小。做此类题时，应先看题，后带着“问题”快速阅读短文，寻找所需要的信息。 Passage 1 Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one

2、 day? When he wanted to steal the bell on his neighbours door, he walked up to the door, took hold of the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home. Then he sat down to think, I must do something about the noise, he said. He thought and thought. At las

3、t he had an idea. Ah, Ill put some cotton in my ears. Then I wont be able to hear the noise. The next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bel

4、l out. Just then the neighbour came running out. Steal my bell? Ill teach you a lesson, the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose. The foolish thief did not know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell. Why did he come out just then? he wondered. 1 The thief was trying to

5、get his neighbours doorbell. A. T B. F 2. The thief put some cotton in his ears so as not to hear anything. A. T B. F 3. The neighbour ran out probably because he knew his doorbell was being stolen. A. T B. F 4. The neighbour hit the thief to punish him for stealing. A. T B. F 5. The thief thought t

6、he neighbour couldnt hear the noise of the bell. A. T B. F- KEY：AAAAA Passage 2 Miss Grey lived in a small house. She was old and did not like noise at all, so she was verypleased when her noisy neighbor moved out. A young man moved in and Miss Grey thought the man seemed to be quiet. But at three o

7、clock the next morning, the noise of a dog woke her up. She thought she had never heard a dog there before. It must be the young mans dog. So she telephoned the young man, said something bad about the dog and then hung up the telephone before he could answer. Nothing more happened until three oclock

8、 the next morning. Then Miss Greys telephone rang, and when she answered, a voice said, “You telephoned me twenty-four hours ago. Now Ive rung you up to say that I havent a dog.”1. Miss Grey felt sorry when her noisy neighbour moved out. A. T B. F2. Miss Greys new neighbour was as noisy as the old o

9、ne. A. T B. F3. Some noise woke her up in the early morning. A. T B. F4. She thought the new neighbour had brought a dog with him. A. T B. F5. The young man rang up Miss Grey in the early morning, because he wanted to punish her. A. T B. FKEY：BBAAA Passage 3 Yesterday evening, when I went to town wi

10、th my mother, we met a strange old man. It was raining hard and we had no umbrella. We were trying to get into a taxi when he came up to us. He was carrying a nice umbrella and he said that he would give it to us for only a pound. He had forgotten his wallet, he said, needed taxi-fareto go back home

11、. My mother didnt believe what he had said at first, and asked him a lot of questions. But the old man didnt get into a taxi. Wefollowed him and found he went into a pub and bought himself a glass of whiskey with the pound. After he drank it, he put on his hat and took up one of the many wet umbrell

12、as there and went off with the new one. Soon after that, he sold it again.1. The old man sold an umbrella to the writer and her mother. A. T B. F2. He gave it to them for only a pound because he had forgotten his wallet and needed taxi fare to go back home. A. T B. F3. The umbrella was worth more th

13、an one pound. A. T B. F4. The old man sold his own umbrella. A. T B. F5. He was an honest man. A. T B. FKEY：ABABB Passage 4 December 25th is Christmas Day. In most countries it is the most important day in the year. All the people come back to their homes to have the day with their parents or their

14、children. On Christmas Day bells ring everywhere. The ringing bells tell people Christmas is coming. People sing and dance day and night. They have a good time. Most families buy a Christmas tree for their children. And there are some presents hanging from the tree here and there. People also put pr

15、esents in childrens stockings. In many places, Father Christmas himself brings presents to them. He is a kind man and in red clothes. There is a big bag on his back. In it there are a lot of presents. Christmas is also a day when people enjoy all kinds of food. But some poor people have no homes and

16、 have on food to eat. They die of cold and hunger(饥饿)on Christmas Day. 1. Christmas is a very important day in some countries in a year. A. T B. F 2. Many people have a good time on Christmas Day. A. T B. F 3. Father Christmas wears red clothes. A. T B. F 4. There are a lot of Christmas trees in Fat

17、her Christmas bag. A. T B. F 5. Some poor people die on Christmas Day because they have no homes and no A. T B. FKEY：BAABA Passage 5 Once upon a time there was a great Greek hero, Hercules. He was taller and stronger than anyone you have ever seen. On his shoulder he carried a club and in his hand h

18、e held a bow (弓). He was known as the hero of a hundred adventures. Hercules served a king. The king was afraid of him. So again and again he sent him on difficult tasks. One morning the king sent for him and told him to fetch three golden apples for him from the garden of the Singing Maidens (歌女).

19、But no one knew where the garden was. So Hercules went away. He walked the whole day and the next day and the next. He walked for months before he saw mountains far in the distance one fine morning. One of the mountains was in the shape of a man, with long, long legs and arms and huge shoulders and

20、a huge head. He was holding up the sky. Hercules knew it was Atlas, the Mountain God. So he asked him for help. Atlas answered, My head and arms and shoulders all ache. Could you hold up the sky while I fetch the golden apples for you? Hercules climbed the mountain and shouldered the sky. Soon the s

21、ky grew very heavy. When finally Atlas came back with three golden apples, he said, Well, you are going to carry the mountain for ever. Im going to see the king with the apples. Hercules knew that he couldnt fight him because of the sky on his back, So he shouted: Just one minutes help. My shoulders

22、 are hurting, Hold the sky for a minute while I make a cushion (垫子) for my shoulders. Atlas believed him. He threw down the apples and held up the sky. Hercules picked up the apples and ran back to see the king. 1. Hercules was the tallest man in the world. A. T B. F 2. Hercules was given many diffi

23、cult tasks because the king wanted to get rid of him. A. T B. F 3. Atlas was the giant who held up the sky. A. T B. F 4. Atlas got the golden apples for Hercules because he wanted to be the king himself. A. T B. F 5. Hercules finally managed to get the apples by defeating Atlas. A. T B. FKEY：AAABB P

24、assage 6 “Get up, the water is coming.” Yan Xinzhi, director of the neighborhood committee of Chaoyang Street, Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi Province, would knock at the door of every household at midnight to have people collect water; otherwise, the tap water would soon run dry when everyone in the ci

25、ty got up and joined the “water rush” in the morning. Yan, an elderly lady about 60, had served as committee director for more than 20 years; her major work was to rouse her neighbors from their sleep to get water. As time went by, residents could not go to sleep before one oclock in the morning. Ch

26、aoyang Street was not the only street in Taiyuan that lacked water, and Taiyuan was not the only city in China with water in short supply. Niu Maosheng, Minister of Water Resources, told China Today that more than 300 cities nationwide lack water; in 108 cities the situation has become critical. The

27、 annual deficit of water has reached 6 billion cubic meters, leading to a loss of RMB 200 billion (approximately US $24 billion) in industrial output.1. As neighborhood committee director, the major part of Yan Xinzhis job was to wake up her neighbors at midnight to get water. A. T B. F2. The passag

28、e reveals that all the cities in China suffer from water shortage. A. T B. F3. The passage is written by a water expert. A. T B. F4. The lack of water has lead to a loss of US $24 billion in industrial output. A. T B. F5. Xian is another city with water in short supply. A. T B. F KEY：ABBAB Passage 7

29、 People who cannot tell all colors apart are said to be color blind. Most color-blind people can see yellow and blues, but confuse reds with greens. It is very rare for a person to be blind to all colors, but they may see everything in shades of black, white, and gray. It is interesting to note that

30、 many color-blind people dont even realize that they are color-blind. They dont know that the colors they are seeing and naming are not the actual colors that people with normal vision can see. This can be particularly dangerous when a color-blind person confuses the red and green of a traffic light

31、. Color blindness is thought to be inherited (遗传). And although doctors have thought up tests to determine（测定）color blindness, there is no cure to treatment for it. 1. A color-blind person can tell correctly red and green. A. T B. F 2. Many color-blind people are unaware (没意识到) that they are color-b

32、lind. A. T B. F 3. Its especially dangerous for a color-blind person to cross a street when there are no traffic lights at the cross of the streets. A. T B. F 4. A person who is color-blind is not allowed to drive. A. T B. F 5. Up to now, doctors have found a way to free a person from his color blin

33、dness. A. T B. F KEY：BABBB Passage 8 Lily is 70 years old and she takes care of her 91-year-old mother. She told us about caring for her mother. I wake up early every day, its usually about 6.30 am, and wait until I hear Tilly, my mum, moving about. Then I make her a cup of tea. At about half past s

34、even she gets up and we have breakfast together. We normally just have toast, but on Sundays we always have bacon and eggs. After breakfast she reads the newspaper, then she sits by the window and waves to the neighbours as they walk by. She hardly ever goes out but she is very proud of her personal

35、 appearance, so she goes to the hairdresser once a month. She doesnt like being left on her own for very long, so I always arrange for a neighbour to come and sit with her when I go out. Now and again, my friend and neighbour, Joan, comes to spend the day with her, and I can go and have lunch with a

36、nother friend, May, who lives in town. I have a brother, Syd. He comes to stay two or three times a year. He is very good and keeps in touch, but he lives 300 miles away. Once a year, he collects mum and takes her to stay with him in London for a week. She doesnt really like going because its a long

37、 journey, but I need the rest. Sally, the nurse, comes to see mum regularly. My next-door neighbour, Jack, often calls in. In the evening we usually watch TV and we sometimes play cards. Mum is fantastic for her age. But I can never decide to go anywhere spontaneously. I always have to plan it, so I

38、 feel a bit trapped. But what is the alternative An old peoples home I couldnt do that to my mother. 1. Lily wakes before her mother. A. T B. F 2. Tilly is satisfied with her hairdresser. A. T B. F 3. Joan sometimes spends the day with Lilys mother. A. T B. F 4. Lilys brother comes to visit every three weeks. A. T B. F 5. Lily and her mother play cards more than they watch TV. A. T B. F KEY：ABABB Passage 9 Computer technology has become an important part of peoples lifeThis technology has its own special wordsOne well-known