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1、阅 读 理 解 B24 Mr.White lived in a small village.His parents hadnt enough money to send him to school.He had to help them to do something in the fields.But he didnt like to live in the poor place.When hewas sixteen,he got to the town and found work in a factory.Three years later he became tall andstron

2、g.So he was sent to Africa as a soldier.He stayed there for five years and got some money.Thenhe came back to England and bought a shop in a small town.No people in the town went to Africaexcept him.And he hoped they thought he was a famous man and that they could respect him.Thechildren often asked

3、 him to tell them some stories and his life in Africa.One day a few children asked him to tell them something about the animals in Africa.He toldthem how he fought with the tigers and elephants.His stories surprised them all and some policemenand workers went to listen to him.It made him happier.Jus

4、t a man who taught geography in a middleschool passed there.He stopped to listen to him for a while and then said,Could you please tell us arare animal,sir?Certainly,said Mr.Turner.One day I met a rhinoceros(犀 牛)by a river.*“Please wait a minute,sir,said the man.There arent any rhinoceros in Africa

5、at all!Its rare just because there arent any!(1)、Mr.White was born in a farmers family.A：TB：F答 案：A、Mr.White hoped to be respected because he was the richest man in their town.A：TB：F答 案：B、The children often asked him to tell them something interesting because he knew more than anyother person in the

6、town.A：TB：F答 案：A(4)、All people believed Mr.White except the children.A：TB：F答 案：B(5)、Mr.White wouldnt like to admit that he was wrong.A：TB：F答 案：A25 Martin Luther King was a black minister,who became a great leader of the civil rightsmovement in the 1950s and 1960s.King was born on January 15,1929 in

7、Atlanta,Georgia.When he was young,he was stronglyinfluenced by Thoreau and Indian leader Mahatma Gandhis idea of non-violent resistance.Havingreceived a Ph.D(Doctor of Philosophy)from Boston University,he became a political and religiousleader of the non-violent civil relights movement in 1955.On Au

8、gust 28,1963,he led over 250,000Americans on a march in Washington D.C.to fight for the Civil Rights Law to guarantee equality forall people,and delivered his best known speech I Have a Dream1 before the Lincoln Memorial.Thedream is a dream of brotherly love and equality for the Black and White.Thus

9、,he was awarded theNobel Prize for peace in 1964,but he was murdered four years later.Though he died,he was greatly respected and loved by the Americans,both the white and theblack.By vote of Congress in 1968,the third Monday of every January is now a federal holiday inLuther Kings honor.He lives in

10、 peoples hearts forever.、Martin Luther King was murdered when he was 39 years old.A：TB：F答 案：A(2)Martin Luther King was a black minister only.A：TB：F答 案：B、Martin Luther Kings Day has been a federal holiday for more than 40 years.A：TB：F答 案：A(4)、The underlined word delivered in the second paragraph coul

11、d be replaced by gave”.A：TB：F答 案：A(5)、The best title for this passage is Civil Rights Law.A：TB：F答 案：B26、Let*s watch the weather forecast on television.We may go to Scotland,we may go to Walesor London.We can decide after the forecast.MGood morning,and here is the weather forecast for tomorrow.Northe

12、rn Scotland will be cold,and there may be snow over High Ground.In the north of England it will be a wet day and rain willmove into Wales and the Midlands during the afternoon.East Anglia(英 格 兰)will be generally dry,and it will be a bright clear day with sunshine,but it may rain during the evening.I

13、n the southwest itmay be foggy during the morning,but the afternoon will be clear.It may be windy later in the day.”、The speaker is planning to go traveling within the country.A：TB：F答 案：A(2)、The speaker can fly to Northern Scotland tomorrow morning,because it wont be foggy theretomorrow.A：TB：F答 案：A、

14、It will be a bright clear day in East Auglia tomorrow.A：TB：F答 案：B(4)The forecast mainly tells us the whole country will have fine weather tomorrow.A：TB：F答 案：B、You can infer from the passage that none of the places offers ideal weather tomorrow for travel.A：TB：F答 案：A27 Nancy and Peter McCall like spo

15、rts.In the summer they swim and in the winter they ski.They are planning ski trip for this weekend,but they dont know about the weather.Its 7:30 now,andthey are listening to the weather report on the radio.The weatherman is giving the weather forecast forthe weekend.Friday is going to be cold and cl

16、oudy,but its not going to rain.The temperature is going to be inthe thirties.It*s going to snow Friday night and maybe Saturday morning.Saturday afternoon andSunday are going to be clear,cold and sunny.HNow Nancy and Peter are excited.The weather is going to be perfect for a ski trip.They aregoing t

17、o have a wonderful weekend in the mountains.、Nancy and Peter listened to the weather forecast for the weekend.A：TB：F答 案：A(2)、Nancy and Peter are planning a trip to the village for the weekend.A：TB：F答 案：B、It is going to snow Friday night according to the weather forecast.A：TB：F答 案：A(4)、The weather wi

18、ll be warm and rainy on Sunday.A：TB：F答 案：B(5)Nancy and Peter often do sports.A：TB：F答 案：A28 Mr.Young ran his own business and worked very hard.His wife was afraid that he would getsick if he continued like that,so she often tried to get him to take a vacation.At last she managed topersuade him to do

19、so,and she hoped that he would be able to enjoy his vacation without anydisturbance,so before they left,Mrs.Young went to see her husbands secretary.She said to her,Myhusband needs a vacation very much,so whatever happens,please dont bother him with telegramsand letters about business problems while

20、 we are away.Just wait till we get back.After Mr.and Mrs.Young had been away about a week,Mr.Young received a letter from hissecretary which said,Something terrible happened to your business,but Im not going to bother youwith it while you are enjoying your vacation.、Mr.Young was the owner of a priva

21、te business.A：TB：F答 案：A(2)、Mrs.Young worried about her husband*s business.A：TB：F答 案：B(3)Mrs.Young was afraid that her husbands vacation might be spoilt.A：TB：F答 案：A(4)、The secretary didnt explain in her letter what had happened to Mr.Youngs business,because shedidnt want to spoil Mr.Youngs vacation.A

22、：TB：F答 案：A(5)、You can learn from the story that Mr.Young had a stupid secretary.A：TB：F答 案：A29、A public house which was recently bought by Mr.James is up for sale.He is going to sell itbecause it is haunted(闹 鬼 的).He told me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard astrange noise comi

23、ng from the bar.The next morning,he found that the doors had been blocked bychairs and the furniture had been moved.Though Mr.James had turned the lights off before he wentto bed,they were on in the morning.He also said that he had found five empty whisky bottles whichthe ghost(鬼)must have drunk the

24、 night before.When I suggested that some villagers must havecome in for a free drink,he shook his head.The villagers have told him that they will not accept iteven if he gives it away.(1)Mr.James was the owner of the public house.A：TB：F答 案：A(2)、Mr.James had not turned off the lights that night.A：TB：

25、F答 案：B(3)Mr.James built the house.A：TB：F答 案：B(4)、Mr.James found sixty empty bottles.A：TB：F答 案：B(5)The writer of the passage believes Mr.James*story.A：TB：F答 案：B30、After having lived for over twenty years in the same district,Albert Hall was forced to moveto a new neighborhood.He surprised his landlor

26、d by telling him that he was leaving because he couldnot afford to buy any more chocolate.It all began a year ago when Albert returned home one evening and found a large dog in front ofhis gate.He was very fond of animals and as he happened to have a small piece of chocolate in hispocket,he gave it

27、to the dog.The next day,the dog was there again.It held up its paws and receivedanother piece of chocolate as a reward.Albert called his new friend Bingo1 1.He never found out thedogs real name,nor who his owner was.However,Bingo appeared regularly every afternoon and itwas quite clear that he prefe

28、rred chocolate to bones.He soon grew dissatisfied with small pieces ofchocolate and demanded a large bar a day.If at any time Albert neglected his duty,Bingo got veryangry and refused to let him open the gate.Albert was now at Bingos mercy and had to bribe him toget into his own house!He spent such

29、a large part of his weekly wages to keep Bingo supplied withthat in the end he had to move somewhere else.(l)Albert lived there for many years.A：TB：F答 案：B、Albert was moving because he did not like the place.A：TB：F答 案：B、Albert and the dog became friends a year ago.A：TB：F答 案：A(4)、The dog visited Alber

30、t every day because it wanted the chocolate.A：TB：F答 案：A、Albert Mhad to bribe him means he had to take care of him.A：TB：F答 案：B31、Do you still get free plastic bags from the supermarkets?Things have changed.China has banned free plastic bags at shops and supermarkets,and people have to pay for usingpl

31、astic bags.The rule started on June 1.It came because our country tried to make litter less.Makingsuper-thin plastic bags has also been banned.The Chinese once used about 3,000,000,000 plastic shopping bags a day,and they have causedpollution of the environment.The bags have become a main cause of p

32、lastic pollution because theyare not easy to break and people throw them away here and there.So the Chinese people areencouraged to bring their own bags for shopping.What kind of shopping bag is the best to bring?Some students in Chongqing have a good idea.They make their own shopping bags.They use

33、old clothes to make cloth bags,and send them to theirparents as presents.They also ask their parents and friends to use cloth bags instead of plastic ones.They think it is their duty to protect the environment.、People in China have to pay for using plastic bags at shops and supermarkets now.A：TB：F答

34、案：A(2)、China made this rule because plastic bags were bad for the environment.A：TB：F答 案：A(3)The Chinese people are encouraged to bring their own bags for shopping.A：TB：F答 案：A（4）、Some students in Chongqing buy cloth bags for their parents.A：TB：F答 案：B、The main idea of the article is the bags have beco

35、me a main cause of plastic pollution.A：TB：F答 案：B32、Taking away a citys rubbish is a big job.Every day trucks come into a city to collect it.Mostrubbish is made up of things we cant eat or use.If we kept these things,we would soon have amountain of rubbish.In some cities the rubbish is collected and

36、taken outside the city to a dump.Often the city dumpis placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole.The kitchen rubbish is broken into smallpieces and sent into the sewage（污 水，排 水）system.The sewage system takes away the used waterfrom toilets,bathtubs and other places.To keep mice and flies

37、 away,some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish.Later,grassmay be planted on the rubbish-filled land.Finally,a house or a school may be built there,and thenyoud never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump.In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places.The fire burns eve

38、rything except themetal.Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal.The foodparts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus（腐 殖 质）,which looks like black earth.It is rich with the kinds of things that feed plants an

39、d help makethem grow.、You can most probably read this kind of passage in a telephone book.A：TB：F答 案：B(2)The main idea of the passage is to tell people to take useful things out of rubbish.A：TB：F答 案：B、The underlined word sewage1 1 in the second paragraph means laundry.A：TB：F答 案：B(4)、According to the

40、passage,the food parts of rubbish can be used again to feed plants.A：TB：F答 案：A、We should take care of a used metal box by reusing and recycling it.A：TB：F答 案：A33、Snowflakes look like white stars falling from the sky.But there have been times when snowhas looked red,green,yellow,or black.There have be

41、en snowflakes of almost every color.Think howit would seem to have colored snowflakes coming down all around you.Black snow fell in France one year.Another year grey snow fell in Japan.It was found that thesnow was mixed with ashes.This made it look dark.Red snow had come down in other countries.Whe

42、n this happened,the snow was mixed with red dust.Most snow looks white,but it is really the color of ice.Snow is ice that comes from snow cloud.Each snowflake begins with a small drop of frozen water.More water forms around this drop.Theway the water freezes gives the snowflakes its shape.No two sno

43、wflakes are ever just the same size or shape.Sometimes the snowflakes are brokenwhen they come down.Other snowflakes melt as they fall.All snowflakes are flat and have six sides,if they are not broken or melted.When the air is cold and dry,the falling snowflakes are small andhard.If the air wet and

44、warm,the snowflakes are big and soft.Would you be surprised to see snowflakes as big as your head falling from the sky?It happenedonce in the United States.It could happen again.、The first two paragraphs mainly tell us that sometimes snow has different colors.A：TB：F答 案：A、No two snowflakes are just t

45、he same size,but all snowflakes are hard.A：TB：F答 案：B(3)Snowflakes begin with cloud.A：TB：F答 案：B(4)、The bigger the snowflakes are,the softer they are.A：TB：F答 案：A、Black snow fell only in European Countries.A：TB：F答 案：B34、The Spring Festival together with the winter holidays often means sharing cakes,can

46、dies andother delicious food with friends and families.Most people will eat more than they usually do.Butdoctors find out that what you eat may affect how well you remember things.This is bad news forpeople who eat too much.Forgetfulness seems to many people an inevitable part of aging.As our bodies

47、 grow older,mostof us find that many things we should remember are slipping out of minds.But new facts show that itis possible to slow times effects on our minds.Once people thought that the brain could not make new cells,but now studies show that learningnew things can help brain grow and keep the

48、illness away from the brain.Professor Eric Kandel,a Nobel Prize winner for his study of the human memory,says the bestway to save our memories is to keep our brains in good shape.Through mental exercise,he says,people can keep their memories well into their 80s and 90s.And Mark Mattson,a professor a

49、t the National Institute on Aging,says that reducing the amountof calories fed to older rats and mice by thirty percent can be a good help to learning and memory.While it is hard for many people to go on their diet like that,doctors tell us that even small steps canmake big difference.、Doctors find

50、out that eating too much may be bad for your memory.A：TB：F答 案：A、The underlined word slipping1 in the second paragraph means forgetting immediately.A：TB：F答 案：B、A famous doctor thinks that we can save our memories through mental exercise.A：TB：F答 案：A(4)、The writer thinks that forgetfulness is a big pro