第一部分 蓝皮书中的阅读理解文章 （最重要）
蓝皮书上6套英语B模拟试题当中，一共有18篇阅读理解文章，必须完全掌握，你肯定会遇到其中的一篇。
第二部分 补充阅读材料A部分（11篇，必看) 第一篇
There was once an ant that was very thirsty. It ran here and there looking for some water but could not find any. Then suddenly, when the ant was almost ready to die of thirst, a large drop of water fell on it. The ant drank the water, which saved its life. The water was actually a tear from a young girl who was crying. Because of her sadness, the tear had magical qualities and suddenly the ant could speak the language of human beings. The ant looked up and saw the young girl sitting in front of a huge pile of seeds. \"Why are you sad?\" asked the ant.
\"I'm the prisoner of a giant.\" the girl told the ant. \"He won't let me go until I've made three separate heaps of grain, barley（大麦）and rye（黑麦）out of this huge pile of seeds in which they are all mixed together.\"
\"That will take you a month!\" the ant said, looking at the huge pile of seeds.
\"I know,\" the girl cried, \"and if I haven't finished by tomorrow, the giant will eat me for his supper!\"
\"Don't cry,\" the ant said, \"my friends and I will help you.\"
Soon thousands of ants were at work, separating the three kinds of seeds.
The next morning, when the giant saw that the work had been done, he let the girl go. Thus it was one of her tears that saved her life. 1. What is an ant?
A. A small animal.
B. An insect.
C. A bird.
D. A giant. 答案：B
2. When did the drop of water fall on the ant?
A. When it was looking for food. C. When it was nearly dying. 3. Why was the young girl crying?
A. Because of her sadness. B. Because she saw the ant.
C. Because the giant would let her go.
D. Because the giant had given her an impossible job to do. 4. What would the giant do if the girl failed to do the work?
A. He would eat her.
B. He would let her go.
D. He would send her to prison.
D. Her tears
答案：A 答案：D
C. He would take her away. 5. Who or what saved the girl's life?
A. The giant B. The ant
C. The ant's friends
答案：D
B. When it saved the ant's life. D. When it looked up.
答案：C
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第二篇
My secret for staying young is simple. Put all attention to the part of your brain and keep it young and growing. Keep your mind awake and you'll stay young all over. These are exciting times. Take an interest in the world around you, and stick to learning at least one new thing every day. No matter how old you are, it's not too late to make your life more interesting. I know a housewife with no knowledge before she made herself into a well-known engineer. I know a retired electrical engineer who has become a highly-paid dress designer. Get over the idea that you are too old to go back to school. I know a man who entered medical college at 70. He got his degree with honours and became a famous doctor. Another man went to law school at 71 and now was an active lawyer. Staying young is easy for those, old or young, who live in the future. You can do it if you care enough to try. Keep your mind awake and active: that's the only way. 1. According to the passage, that people's brain of all ages remains young and growing is____.
A. impossible 答案：B
2. It is wrong for the old to______.
A. think himself too old to go back to school B. keep his mind awake C. try to stay young D. lead an active life A. was unthinkable B. became tired of his life C. wanted to be a highly-paid man D. became famous in the medical circle 4. The only way to keep young is______.
A. to go back to school C. to live in the future A. take care of 第三篇
Mr. White lived in a small village. His parents hadn't enough money to send him to school. He had to help them to do something in the fields. But he didn't like to live in the poor place. When he was sixteen, he got to the town and found work in a factory. Three years later he became tall and strong. So he was sent to Africa as a soldier. He stayed there for five years and got some money. Then he came back to England and bought a shop in a small town. No people in the town went to Africa except him. And he hoped they thought he was a famous man and that they could respect him. The children often asked him to tell them some stories and his life in Africa.
B. not to consider one's age
D. to keep one's mind awake and alive
C. keep on
D. turn to
答案：C
答案：D
答案：D
答案：A
3. The passage says that the man who entered college at 70 _______.
B. a scientific fact
C. a secret
D. a wrong conclusion
5. The writer suggests that you should _____learning at least one new thing every day.
B. set out
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One day a few children asked him to tell them something about the animals in Africa. He told them how he fought with the tigers and elephants. His stories surprised them all and some policemen and workers went to listen to him. It made him happier. Just a man who taught geography in a middle school passed there. He stopped to listen to him for a while and then said, \"Could you please tell us a rare 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 aren't any rhinoceros in Africa at all!\" \"It's rare just because there aren't any!\" 1. Mr. White was born in a ______ family.
A. worker's
B. farmer's
C. soldier's
D. teacher's
答案：B
2. Mr. White hoped to be respected because ______.
A. only he had been to Africa in the small town B. he was the richest man in their town
C. he knew much about birds and animals in Africa D. he was the only shopkeeper in the town A. he had been a soldier by then
B. he knew more than any other person in the town C. he was friendly to them all D. they hoped to be in Africa, too A.the policeman C.the children
答案：B
答案：D
4. All people believed Mr. White except ______.
B.the worker D.the geography teacher
答案：A
3. The children often asked him to tell them something interesting because ______.
5. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Mr. White saw a rhinoceros in Africa. B. A rhinoceros can often be seen in Africa. C. Mr. White wouldn't acknowledge he was wrong. D. The geography teacher had been to Africa, too. 第四篇
There were once many sheiks（阿拉伯的酋长）who wanted to marry Queen Maura, for she was one of the most beautiful and powerful queens of Arabia.
However, she did not like most of the sheiks, and soon there were only three left on her list of possible husbands.
These three sheiks were all equally young and handsome, rich and strong. It was very hard for the Queen to choose the best one.
One evening, she disguised herself and went to where the three sheiks were having their evening meal.
答案：C
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She asked them to give her something to eat.
The first sheik gave her some stale（不新鲜的）food left over from the day before. The second sheik gave her a tough piece of old camel's tail.
The third sheik, whose name was Hakim, gave her some of the most tender（嫩的）and tasty meat.
After the meal, Queen Maura left the sheiks' camp.
The next day, she invited the three sheiks to dinner at her palace.
She told her servants to give each sheik what he had given her the evening before. Hakim, who received a plate of tender and tasty meat, would not eat it unless the other two sheiks could share it with him.
Queen Maura was now certain which of the sheiks she wanted to marry.
\"Hakim is the most generous of you,\" she told them, \"so I want to marry him and he will become king.\"
1. What was queen looking for?
A. A sheik.
B. A king.
C. A man.
D. A husband.
答案：D
2. Why did the Queen disguise herself?
A. Because she didn't want to be recognized by the sheiks. B. Because she wanted to get an evening meal. C. Because she wanted to get some hard food. D. Because she wanted to get some tasty meat. A. An evening meal.
答案：A
3. What did she give the sheiks to eat the next evening?
B. Some stale food. D. Three different meals.
答案：D
C. A plate of tasty and tender meat. 4. Why didn't Hakim want to eat his meal?
A. Because he was not hungry. B. Because it was too tasty.
C. Because the other sheiks had worse food. D. Because the other sheiks had better food. 5. When did the Queen finally decide who to marry?
A. When she went to see Hakim. B. The next evening after the meal. C. The next day.
D. When Hakim refused to eat his meal. 答案：B 第五篇
Martin Luther King was a black minister, who became a great leader of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s.
答案：C
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King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. When he was young, he was strongly influenced by Thoreau and Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi's idea of non-violent resistance. Having received a Ph. D (Doctor of Philosophy) from Boston University, he became a political and religious leader of the non - violent civil relights movement in 1955. On August 28, 1963, he led over 250,000 Americans on a march in Washington D.C. to fight for the Civil Rights Law to guarantee equality for all people, and delivered his best known speech \"I Have a Dream\" before the Lincoln Memorial. The \"dream\" is a dream of brotherly love and equality for the Black and White. Thus, he was awarded the Nobel 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 the black. By vote of Congress in 1968, the third Monday of every January is now a federal holiday in Luther King's honor. He lives in people's hearts forever. 1. Martin Luther King was murdered when he was ____years old.
A.64
B.50
C.39
D.28
答案：C
2. Martin Luther King was a ______.
A. political leader C. religious leader
B. black minister D. all of the above
答案：D
3. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? A. Martin Luther King was killed in 1964.
B. Martin Luther King's Day has been a federal holiday for more than 40 years. C. Martin Luther King urged his people to get equality and freedom through violence. D. Only black Americans loved Martin Luther King. 答案：B
4. The underlined word \"delivered\" in the second paragraph could be replaced by ______. A. gave
B. threw
C. announced
D. published
答案：A
5. What's the best title for this passage? A.Martin Luther King. 第六篇
If you travel by air across the center of Africa or South America, you fly over forests for thousands of kilometers. These great forests are the oceans of trees. There are thousands and thousands of different kinds of plants and animals.
However, the world's forests are getting smaller all the time. We are cutting down the trees because we need wood, and we need more farmland. 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 farmland will soon look like the old deserts. Crops will not grow there. It will
B.How to Award the Nobel Prize. D.Civil Rights Law.
答案：A
C.Civil Rights Movement.
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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 plants B. the result of cutting down the trees C. the locations of great forests D. the reasons for forming the deserts 答案：A
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 kilometers large. D. Different plants can't be found in the same forest. 答案：B
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 farmland D. All of the above 答案：D
4. What will happen in 20 or 30 years in some people's view? A. We'll have more and greater forests.
B. We'11 have enough land to support our people. C. We'11 have no forests like those in the center of Africa. D. We'll have enough wood to do some cooking. 答案：C
5. The writer thinks _________. A. it dangerous to cut down the forests B. it necessary to protect the forests C. it impossible to take care of the world D. it important to keep animals 答案：B
第七篇
Very few people were coming to eat at the White Rose Restaurant, and its owner didn’t know what to do. The food in his restaurant was cheap and good, but nobody seemed to want to eat there.
Then he did something that changed all that, and in a few weeks his restaurant was always full of men and their lady friends. Whenever gentleman came with a lady, a smiling waiter gave
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each of them a beautiful menu. The menus looked exactly the same on the outside, but there was an important difference inside. The menu that the waiter handed to the man gave the correct price for each dish and each bottle of wine; while the menu that he handed to the lady gave a much higher price! So when the man calmly ordered dish after dish and wine after wine, the lady thought he was much more generous than he really was!
6. To whom did the waiter give a beautiful menu when a gentleman and his lady friend came into the restaurant? A. The gentleman. B. The lady.
C. Both of them. D. Neither of them 7. Were the menus for the guests the same? A. Yes, they were.
B. They were the same on the outside but different inside. C. No, they weren’t.
D. They were different on the outside but the same inside.
8. Why could the male guest remain calm when he ordered dish after dish? A. Because the prices of the dishes were reasonable.
B. Because he could have some discount. C. Because he was rich.
D. Because he knew that the lady would like to share the cost with him. 9. What did the lady think of her friend after a meal at this restaurant? A. She thought he wanted to impress her.
B. She thought he only pretended to be generous. C. She thought he was very rich. D. She thought he was very generous. 10. What does the story mainly suggest? A. Knowledge of customer psychology helps promote business. B. A restaurant owner should design different menus for different guests. C. All men pretend to be generous before their lady friends. D. People like to go to expensive restaurants. 第八篇
A man got into a train and found himself sitting opposite a woman who seemed to be about thirty-five years old. Soon they began talking to each other, and the man said to her, “Do you have a family?”
“Yes, I have one son, ” the woman answered. “Oh, really?” said the man. “Does he smoke?”
“No, he’s never touched a cigarette,” the woman replied.
“That’s good,” the man continued. “I don’t smoke either. Tobacco is very bad to one’s health. And does your son drink wine?”
“Oh, no,” the woman answered at once. “He’s never drunk a drop of it.”
“Then I congratulate you, ma’am,” the said. “And does he ever come home late at night?” “No, never,” his neighbor answered. “He goes to bed immediately after dinner every night.” “Well,” the man said, “he’s a wise young man. How old is he?”
“He’s six months old today. But he will grow up to be a gentleman,” the woman replied proudly.
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6. What are the man and the woman talking about? A. What a wise young man should be like. B. What a young a man shouldn’t do. C. The woman’s son. D. The man’s son. 7. How does the woman feel about her son?
A. He is still too young to do anything bad. B. He is a very good boy. C. He will grow up to be a wise young man. D. He is born wise. 8. Where does the conversation take place? A. On a train. B. At the woman’s home. C. In the street. D. At the man’s home. 9. Which of the following probably best describes the man’s feeling at the end of the conversation?
A. Disappointed. B. Surprised. C. Amused. D. Annoyed. 10. What can’t you learn from the conversation?
A. The man didn’t expect that the woman has a young boy. B. The man believes in proper behavior for the young.
C. The woman is so proud of her son that she does not really understand what the man’s questions mean.
D. The woman is sure that her son won’t do all the things the man mentions then he grows up. 第九篇
Let’s watch the weather forecast on television. We may go to Scotland, we may go to Wales or London. We can decide after the forecast.
“Good morning, and here is the weather forecast for tomorrow. Northern 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 will move into Wales and the Midlands during the afternoon. East Anglia（英国）will be generally dry, and it will be a bright clear day with sunshine, but it may rain during the evening. In the southwest it may be foggy during the morning, but the afternoon will be clear. It may be windy later in the day.\"
6. What is the speaker planning to do?
A. To go traveling within the country. B. To listen to the weather forecast on the radio. C. To watch the weather forecast on TV. D. To fly to Wales or London.
7. Can the speaker fly to Northern Scotland tomorrow morning, according to the weather forecast? A. Yes, because it will be a fine day tomorrow.
B. Yes, because it won’t be foggy there tomorrow. C. No, because it will be foggy there tomorrow. D. No, because there will be a storm there tomorrow. 8. When is the speaker watching the forecast?
A. In the morning. B. At noon. C. In the afternoon. D. In the evening 9. What does the forecast mainly tell us?
A. The whole country will have fine weather tomorrow. B. The whole country will have very bad weather tomorrow.
C. Within one day the weather varies from one part of the country to another, even within one district.
D. Weather changes a lot in Britain recently.
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10. What can you infer from the passage?
A. The speaker will go to London. B. The speaker is in Northern Ireland now.
C. None of the places offers ideal weather tomorrow for travel. D. East Anglia will have perfect weather tomorrow. 第十篇
As price and building costs keep rising, the \"do-it-yourself\" (DIY) trend in the U.S. continue to grow.
\"We needed furniture for our living room,\" says John Ross, \"and we just didn't have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs.\" John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high.
The Rosses took a 2-week course for $ 280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.
Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe-making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for $ 420. \"I was deeply upset about it. Now I've finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself.\"
John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a \"do-it- yourselfer\are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.
6. We can learn from the passage that many newly married couple ______. A. find it hard to pay for what they need
B. have to learn to make their own furniture C. take DIY courses run by the government
D. seldom go to a department store to buy things
7. John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to ______. A. run a DIY shop
B. do it themselves in their spare time C. do his own car and home repairs
D. keep house and looks after his children
8. When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim ____. A. makes shoes in his home
B. does extra work at night C. does his own car and home repairs
D. keeps house and looks after his children
9. Jim Hatfield decided to become a \"do-it-yourselfer\" when ______. A. his car repairs cost too much B. the car repair class was not helpful
C. he could not possibly do two jobs D. he had to raise the children all by himself 10. What would be the best title for the passage? A. The Joy of DIY. B. You Can Do It Too. C. Welcome to Our DIY Course. D. Ross and Hatfield: Believers in DIY.
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第十一篇
Mrs. Jones' telephone number was 3463, and the number of the cinema in her town was 3464, so people often made a mistake when they wanted the cinema.
One evening the telephone bell rang and Mrs. Jones answered it. A tired man said, \"At what time does your last film begin?\"
\"I'm sorry,\" said Mrs. Jones, \"but you have the wrong number. This is not the cinema.\" \"Oh, it began twenty minutes ago,\" said the man. \"I'm sorry about that. Goodbye.\"
Mrs. Jones was very surprised, so she told her husband. Mr. Jones laughed and said, \"The man's wife wanted to go the cinema, but he was feeling tired, so he telephoned the cinema. His wife heard HIM, but she didn't hear YOU. Now they will stay at home this evening, and the husband will be happy!\"
6. Why do people often telephone Mrs. Jones when they want the cinema? A. Because she lives next door to the cinema.
B. Because she knows the cinema program very well. C. Because the telephone company's computer goes wrong from time to time. D. Because her telephone number is similar to that of the cinema. 7. Why was Mrs. Jones so surprised at a phone call one evening? A. Because the call was from a stranger. B. Because the man on the phone knew her name.
C. Because the man on the phone asked a question and then answered it himself. D. Because the man on the phone invited her to the cinema.
8. According to Mr. Jones, why didn't the man on the phone want to go to the cinema? A. Because he had seen the film before.
B. Because he was feeling very tired that evening. C. Because the film wasn't worth seeing. D. Because the film had started already.
9. What do you think the man's wife wanted to do that evening? A. To go to the cinema with her husband. B. To find out when the last film started. C. To stay home with her husband.
D. To eat out with her husband and then go to the cinema. 10. What can you conclude from the story?
A. The man on the phone was not interested in film. B. The man on the phone was rather clever. C. The man's wife was fond of films. D. The telephone companies are inefficient sometimes.
第三部分 补充阅读材料B部分（也是11篇 ，如果有时间，强烈推荐阅读） Passage 1
Mr. Perkin stood at the bus-stop and watched the cars go by. Many of the cars were new Beta 400s, and most of them were yellow. Mr. Perkin always wore the same clothes as other men, ate the same food as other people, and did the same things after work, and at the end of the week, Mr. Perkin did not like to be different.
The following week, Mr. Perkin bought a new, bright yellow Beta 400s. He was satisfied
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with it, and drove to work in it the very next day. He was even more satisfied with his new car, when he saw all the other Beta 400s, in front, behind, and on both sides of him.
Mr. Perkin parked his car in a big car-park near his office, and walked the rest of the way. But when he came back at five o'clock, there were so many bright yellow Beta 400s in the car-park that he did not know which car was his. He tried his key in some of the cars, but people passing by gave him a look he didn't like. So he stopped.
Poor Mr. Perkin had to wait nearly two hours until his was the only yellow Beta 400s in the car-park.
6. Mr. Perkin wanted a new yellow Beta 400s because_______. A. the bus did not come B. he liked new clothes, food and cars C. he liked to do the same as other people D. he liked to be different from others 7. He drove to work in his new car______. A. the very next day B. the day he bought it C. a week he bought in D. on the day he first watched the cars passing
8. He was satisfied with his new car because______. A. no one else had a yellow one B. it was the same as other cars all around him C. he was in front of all the other cars D. other cars were not as bright as his 9. People gave him a look because______. A. he had a nice new car. B. he could not open the door of his car. C. he was in the wrong car-park. D. he was trying to open more than one car 10. Mr. Perkin had to wait until______.
A. there was only one yellow Beta 400s in the car-park B. there was only one car in the car-park C. there were no bright yellow cars in the car-park D. there was no one about to look at him
Passage 2
Once an old man was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining hard. The old man was cold because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to stay in a restaurant. It was a quarter past three in the afternoon. The old man got to a small restaurant. There were a lot of people in it. The old man couldn't come near the fire. He thought and thought. At last he said to the waiters, \"Take some fish to my horse.\" The waiter and the people were very surprised.
The waiter said, \"A horse doesn't eat fish.\" The old man told the waiter, \"This horse is very interesting. It can sing, dance and does all kinds of things. It can eat fish, too,\" So the waiter brought the horse some fish. All the people in the restaurant ran out to see the horse eat fish except the old man. Now the old man sat beside the fire. After a while the waiter came back and said. \"Your horse didn't eat any fish.\" The old man said, \"All right, take the fish back and put it on the table. I'll eat it.\"
6. The old man felt very cold because ______. A. it was a cloudy and windy day B. it snowed C. he had traveled in the heavy rain D. he was hungry 7. The people in the restaurant all ran out because ______. A. they wanted to see the old man B. they wanted to see the horse eating fish C. they had been told there came the horse D. there was no fire over the stove
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8. Indeed, the horse can neither ______ nor ______ nor ______. A. walk ... speak ... eat B. sing ... dance ... sleep C. sing ... dance ... eat fish D. speak ... walk ... sit 9. All the people in the restaurant rushed out ______ but ______. A. to see the horse sing ... the old man B. to watch the horse play games ... the waiter C. to look for the horse ... the old man D. to see the horse eat fish ... the old man 10. Why did the old man ask the waiter to take some fish to his horse? Because ______. A. his horse liked eating fish B. he was cold C. he wanted to sit by the fire, but wasn't able to do so at first D. he himself also liked to eat fish Passage 3
One day a man and his daughter were going out for a walk. The man had put on a pair of odd shoes, one with a thick sole (鞋跟) and one with a thin sole. As he came out to the street, he felt very uncomfortable.
Turning to his daughter, he said: \"Why should one of my legs be longer than the other one?\" The daughter looked at her father's legs and said, \"You have put on two odd shoes!\"
When he heard this, the man was very happy and thought to himself: \"What a bright daughter I've got!\" Then he asked his daughter to go back to the house and got him another pair of shoes. When the daughter went back to the house, all she could find was one shoe with thick sole and one with thin sole. Taking the shoes to show her father, she said, \"It's no use changing! These shoes are also odd, one with a thick sole and one with a thin sole.\"
The man listened and thought to himself: \"It can't be helped. I might as well wear the ones I have on now.\" So they went for their walk.
6. The man thought that his daughter was ______. A. beautiful B. clever C. lazy D. clean 7. It was the ______ that found the reason for it. A. father B. daughter C. neighbor D. passer-by 8. The daughter came back, bringing ______ with her. A. a pair of shoes B. a pair of odd shoes C. a pair of thick-soled shoes D. nothing 9. What do you think that the man should have done? A. He should return to his home and got the shoes himself. B. He should have the thick sole cut off. C. He should have changed one of his shoes. D. He should have no shoes on.
10. What do you think of the man and his daughter? A. They both were not clever. B. The father was cleverer than the daughter. C. The daughter was cleverer than the father. D. Either of them was foolish enough.
Passage 4
In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour later black clouds come
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and then it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day.
In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.
When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them. If you don't take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret later in the day.
6. Why do people in England often talk about the weather? A. Because they may have four seasons in one day. B. Because they often have very good weather. C. Because the weather is warm just like in spring. D. Because the sky is sunny all day.
7. From the story we know that when ______ come, there is a heavy rain. A. sunshine and snow B. black clouds C. summer and winter D. spring and autumn
8. The sentence \"People can also have summer in winter.\" means \"it is sometimes too _____ in winter.\" A. warm B. cool C. cold D. rainy
9. In the sunny morning some English people usually take a raincoat or an umbrella with them because ______. A. their friends ask them to do so B. it often rains in England C. they are going to sell them D. they are their favorite things 10. The best title for this passage is ______. A. Bad Seasons B. Summer or Winter C. The Weather in England D. Strange English People
Passage 5
On Christmas Eve─the night before Christmas Day─children all over Britain put a stocking at the end of their beds before they go to sleep. Their parents usually tell them that Father Christmas will come during the night.
Father Christmas is very kind and hearted. He gets to the top of each house and climbs down the chimney into the fireplace. He fills each of the stockings with Christmas presents.
Of course, Father Christmas isn't real. In Jim and Kate's house, \"Father Christmas\" is really Mr. Green. Mr. Green doesn't climb down the chimney. He waits until the children are asleep. Then he quietly goes into their bedrooms and fills their stockings with small presents. When they were very young, Mr. Green sometimes wore a red coat. But he doesn't do that now. The children are no longer young, and they know who \"Father Christmas\" really is. But they still put their stockings at the end of their beds.
6. Christmas Eve is ______. A. the night of Christmas Day B. the evening of Christmas Day C. Christmas Day D. the night before Christmas Day 7. Father Christmas often puts presents ______. A. into children's hats B. into children's stockings C. under children's beds D. into children's shoes
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8. When the children were very young,______. A. they didn't know who Father Christmas was B. they knew that Father Christmas wasn't real C. they thought their father was Father Christmas D. they knew who put the presents into their stockings 9. When the children are older, they ______. A. know that Father Christmas is real B. ask their mother to fill their stockings with presents C. know that Father Christmas is really their father D. know that Father Christmas is really their friend
10. Father Christmas comes into the house through the ______. A. chimney B. back door C. front door D. window.
Passage 6
Once there was something wrong with a machine in a factory. The workers could do nothing but turn to a German engineer for help, who drew a line on it and then said, \"Take off the part where the line is and change it for a new one.\" The machine, with a new part on, began running well again. The engineer then asked for $30,000 for what he had done. The following were what he wrote on a bill, \"The new part only costs one dollar, and knowing where the problem with the machine is costs $29,999.\"
One dollar for changing a new part sounds reasonable（有道理的）but the $29,999 is exactly the value of wisdom and knowledge.
6. The factory turned to the German engineer because _______. A. he had nothing to do in the factory B. there were no other people in the factory C. the workers could not repair the machine D. the workers asked for too much money for repairing the machine 7. The problem of the machine _______. A. was caused by the German engineer B. was found and solved by the workers C. took the engineer a long time to find D. was just a part 8. According to the engineer, the finding of the problem cost _______. A. only one dollar B. $ 29,999 C. nothing D. less than the now part 9. The writer wants to tell us that ________. A. the engineer asked for too much money
B. the workers should pay the money C. the knowledge is worth money
D. the new part could cost more 10. What is the best title of the passage? A. The Value of Knowledge B. Helpless Workers C. The Expensive Machine D. The Lucky Factory Passage 7
Six people were traveling in a compartment（包厢）on a train. Five of them were quiet and well behaved（举止）, but the sixth was a rude young man who was causing a lot of trouble to the other passengers.
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At last this young man got out at a station with his two heavy bags. None of the other passengers helped him, but one of them waited until the rude young man was very far away, and then opened the window and shouted to him. \"You left something behind in the compartment!\" Then he closed the window again.
The young man turned around and hurried back with his two bags. He was very tired when he arrived, but he shouted through the window, \"What did I leave behind?\"
As the train began to move again, the passenger who had called him back opened the window and said, \"A very bad impression!\"
6. Of the six passengers in the compartment ______. A. five of them were rude and badly behaved B. one of them was rude and badly behaved C. five were always causing trouble on the train D. only one was quiet and well behaved
7. When the rude young man got off the train ______. A. he left his two heavy bags behind B. he was thrown out through the window C. the other five passengers didn't help him D. one of the other passengers opened the door for him 8. The young man hurried back because _____. A. he found he had left something on the train B. he found he had left his bags on the train C. he heard a passenger calling him by his name D. he heard a passenger shouting to him that he had left something behind 9. The passenger who had called him back wanted ______.
A. to punish him for his bad behavior
B. to have a word with him about his behavior C. to help him with his behavior D. to return him the things he had left on the train 10. The writer is trying to tell us in the story that _____. A. a bad impression is easily left on the train B. young people should behave well on the train C. people with bad manners are not welcomed D. don't leave things behind when traveling by train Passage 8
Look at the instructions on the bottle of the medicine and then choose the right answers.
John is twelve years old. He had a bad cold and coughed day and night. He went to see a doctor. The doctor gave him some cough medicine. Cough Medicine Shake it well before use. Take it three times each day before meals. Dose (药量): Age：over 14: 2 teaspoonfuls 8-13: 1 teaspoonful 4-7: 1／2 teaspoonful
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Not right for children below the age of three. Put it in a cold place. Use it before December 1st 2002.
6. John should take ______ a day. A. 2 teaspoonfuls B. 3 teaspoonfuls C. 4 teaspoonfuls D. 1 teaspoonful 7. The medicine should be kept in _______. A. a fridge B. hot water C. any place D. the sun 8. John should ______ before he takes it. A. shake the medicine well B. eat nothing
C. do some exercise D. drink a cup of tea
9. When kids are ______ years old, they cannot take this medicine. A. eighty B. thirty C. two D. twelve
10. John will ______ the medicine when it is left after Dec.1st, 2002. A. throw away B. stop to take C. take once D. take six times more
Passage 9
Tom is a little boy, and he is only seven years old. One day he went to the cinema. It is the first time for him to do that. He bought a ticket and then went in. But after two or three minutes he came out, bought a second ticket and went in again. After a few minutes he came out again and bought a third ticket. Two or three minutes later he came out and asked for another ticket. Then the girl in the ticket office asked him, \"Why do you buy so many tickets? How many friends do you meet?\" Tom answered,\" No, I have no friend here. But a big boy always stops me at the door and tears（撕）my ticket to pieces.\"
6. Tom wanted to buy ______ when the girl asked him.
A. the second ticket B. the third ticket C. the fourth ticket D. the fifth ticket 7. The big boy stopped Tom at the door because ______. A. it was the big boy's job B. the big boy didn't like Tom C. the big boy didn't know Tom D. Tom didn't buy tickets at all 8. The big boy was ______ at the cinema. A. a bookseller B. a policeman C. a shopkeeper D. a worker 9. From the story we know ______. A. the little boy had a lot of money
B. the little boy knew nothing about the cinema C. The big boy wasn't friendly to Tom
D. the girl wanted to get more money
10. Which of the following is NOT true in the passage? A. Tom bought the tickets for himself. B. Tom didn't go to the cinema before. C. Tom was too young to make friends. D. Tom had no friend at the cinema. Passage 10
Long, long ago there was no zero. To write the number sixty-three people wrote 63. To write six hundred and three, people wrote 6 3.The space between six and three was there to mean \"not any\" tens. Sometimes people did not remember the space. It was hard to see and read.
Later people used a dot to hold the space. Six hundred and three looked like this 6.3.But the
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dot was hard to see. So people put a circle around it like this 6⊙3.Then people could see the dot. They remembered the space. At last, only the circle around the dot was used. It was like a zero. This is one story of how the zero came to be used.
Now zero has many important uses. Zero tells how many. Can you tell some other ways of using zero?
6. Long, long ago people didn't know how to ______. A. write B. write zero C. write numbers D. sixty-three 7. Long, long ago if they wrote two hundred-eight, people wrote ______. A. 218 B. 28 C. 228 D. 208 8. Later ______ was used to mean space. A. \"not any\" B. letter \"o\" C. zero D. a dot 9. People used circles ______. A. to remember ways B. to remember numbers
C. not to forget the space D. to mean nothing 10. The story tells us ______. A. how zero came to be used B. how to write zero C. what's the use of zero D. that zero means a dot, a circle or space
Passage 11
Linda and David have traveled by air from London to Sydney, Australia. Linda has promised her mother that she will ring her to let her know that they have arrived safely. This is something she had done ever since she was a child. David thinks it is not a good idea to ring so far, to spend too much, and to say so little.
\"If there were an accident,\" he says, \"They'd know soon enough. Bad news travels fast.\"
But Linda has promised that she would ring. \"However,\" she says, \"it doesn't cost much when you just think that it's the other side of the world. It's only six pence per second (每秒六便士).\" \"If you're on that telephone for less than one minute, I'll eat my hat,\" David says, \"And one minute's nearly four pounds．\"
\"That's no more than you'd pay for a new hat,\" Linda answers．
She has asked the man at the hotel desk to get her the number. The telephone rings. Linda picks it up.
\"Hello, Mum. Is that you?\" She says.
\"Six pence per second, \"David reminds her.
\"Hello, love.\" It is Mrs. Lee, Linda's mother, speaking from London. \"I can hear you very clearly just like you are in the next room. It's a better line than when you called me from your office. Do you remember? I shouted at that time, and still you couldn't hear me sometimes.\" \"Yes, Mum.\" Linda puts in. \"I just wanted to ring to…\"
\"I remember how you rang when you went to Betty's house to eat, when you were a little girl. And then when you…\" Mrs. Lee is a great talker. \"Nearly four pounds.\" says David.
Linda tries to tell her mother that it is time to say goodbye.
\"Yes, all right, \"says Mrs. Lee, \"But you will write, won't you, as you did when you were at work…\"
Once again, Mrs. Lee talks about the past, and there is no stopping her.
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\"Four pounds fifty,\" says David．
At last, Linda cuts her mother short, promises to write, and rings off. \"There! That wasn't long, was it?\"
\"Four pounds, ninety pence.\" David answers. \"And you didn't even say that we've arrived．\" 11. Linda is telephoning home to ______. A. tell her mother some bad news
B. say that she and David have arrived safely C. report an accident to her mother
D. say that she and David have left London
12. Linda does not think it expensive to ring, because ______. A. it only costs four pounds and ninety pence
B. it is even more expensive to buy a new hat C. she had telephoned home since she was a child D. she will speak from one side of the world to the other 13. David says, \"Nearly four pounds,\" because ______. A. he wants to remind Linda of the cost of the call
B. he wants to buy himself a new hat C. Linda has not told her mother they have arrived
D. he wants Mrs. Lee to know how much the call costs 14. Mrs. Lee goes on talking for so long because _______. A. she likes to hear all about the past
B. she likes talking C. Linda had not told her that she has arrived
D. she is going to pay for the telephone call 15. Linda stopped her mother by ______. A. telling her how much the call is costing
B. writing a letter as she has promised to do C. telling her that they have arrived safely
D. promising to write, and ringing off
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