三、阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分;满分30分)
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On a cold winter morning in the late 1930s, Bobby awoke early. It was a day that Bobby would never forget. Bobby, his brother and his mother were once again abandoned(抛弃) by his father. When times got hard, the man left home. Bobby wasn’t surprised. He must take the responsibility for caring for his family.
He put on the warmest clothes he had and pulled on his old socks and torn shoes. After thinking of a way to keep his feet dry, he went outside looking for work.
Coming across some men working on the road, he joined in and worked hard for hours. Suddenly, rain poured down. “Go home and get out of this weather,” the men shouted, giving him a few coins.
Bobby used the money to buy as much food as he could afford in the nearest store. While holding a small bag of food ,Bobby stopped to adjust(调整) the thick paper in his shoes.
A man, who was a member of the Salvation Army, saw Bobby’s problem. He bought Bobby a new pair of shoes.
I wasn’t there on that cold day. But I’ve heard the story many times and can always imagine my father, as a child, dancing and wearing a pair of new shoes home.
Several years later, Bobby joined the navy. He continued to support his family and meanwhile worked for the Salvation Army so that another little boy somewhere might receive a new pair of shoes for Christmas.
The tradition lasted until my father became too ill. Daddy died six years ago. While the new shoes kept his feet warm in the 1930s, Daddy’s act of giving back for tens of years warmed his heart in a greater way.
36. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to Paragraph 1?
A. It wasn’t the first time that Bobby’s father had abandoned the family.
B. Bobby’s father was irresponsible toward his family.
C. Bobby was glad that his father left home.
D. Bobby was an independent and strong-minded boy.
37. How did the men working on the road treat Bobby?
A. They didn’t care for him B. They gave him some money
C. They refused to let him work with them D. They laughed at him
38. By putting thick paper in his shoes, Bobby wanted to ___________.
A. keep his feet dry B. protect his socks
C. make himself walk faster D. hide his poverty
39. According to the passage, people from the Salvation Army__________.
A. are the members of the army B. are willing to help the poor
C. serve at the local church D. are local shop assistants
Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and even cancer.
Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time. Some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Some burst with anger, and scream and yell (大叫). But others keep their anger inside. They can not or will not express it. This is called repressing anger.
For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person's health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hormones . They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc. In general the person feels excited and ready to act.
Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe that those who express anger violently may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep their anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure.
Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger. They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, "Do not express your anger while angry. Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably."
Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. They said that laughter is much healthier than anger."Damaging emotion" means that _____________.
A.the emotion is harmless |
B.the emotion is harmful |
C.the feeling is very strong |
D.the feeling is hard |
Which of the following statement is right?
A.If you were angry, you would be cancered. |
B.Once you are angry, you must be cancered. |
C.Angry as you are often, you can't be cancered. |
D.Anger may cause you to suffer from a cancer. |
Expressing anger violently ________ repressing it according to some scientists.
A.is not as danger as | B.is more harmful than |
C.is no better than | D.is much better than |
According to the author, you'd better __________
A.never be angry |
B.cool down your anger before you express it |
C.laugh and laugh when you get angry |
D.admit you are wrong when you are angry |
What is the passage mainly about?
A.The types of anger. |
B.How to release anger. |
C.Causes of anger. |
D.The damage to health caused by being angry. |
All the housewives who went to the new supermarket had one great ambition: to be the lucky customer who did not have to pay for her shopping. For this was what the notice just inside the entrance promised. It said: “Remember, once a week, one of our customers gets free goods. This May Be Your Lucky Day!”
For several weeks Mrs. Edwards hoped, like many of her friends, to be the lucky customer. Unlike her friends, she never gave up hoping. The cupboards in kitchen were full of things which she did not need. Her husband tried to advise her against buying things but failed. She dreamed of the day when the manager of the supermarket would approach her and say: “Madam, this is Your Lucky Day. Everything in your basket is free.”
One Friday morning, after she had finished her shopping and had taken it to her car, she found that she had forgotten to buy any tea. She dashed back to the supermarket, got the tea and went towards the cash-desk. As she did so, she saw the manager of the supermarket approach her. “Madam,” he said, holding out his hand, “I want to congratulate you! You are our lucky customer and everything you have in your basket is free!”The housewives learnt about the free goods _______.
A.on TV | B.at the supermarket |
C.from the manager | D.from the newspaper |
Mrs. Edwards ________.
A.is always very lucky |
B.had no friends |
C.hoped to get free shopping |
D.gets disappointed easily |
Mrs. Edwards’s husband tried to ________.
A.make her unhappy | B.cheer her up |
C.buy things with her | D.stop her buying things |
Mrs. Edwards went back to the supermarket quickly because she had to _______.
A.buy another thing | B.talk to the manager |
C.pay for her shopping | D.find her shopping |
Mrs. Edwards must have been ________.
A.pleased | B.delighted |
C.proud | D.disappointed |
Computer technology has its own special words. One example is the word “mouse”. A computer mouse is not a small animal that lives in buildings or open fields. It is a small object that you move around on a flat surface in front of a computer. The mouse moves the pointer on the computer screen. Computer expert (专家) Douglas Engelbart developed the idea of the mouse in the early 1960s. It was called a mouse because it had a tail at one end. The tail was the wire (电线) that connected it to the computer.
Using a computer takes some training. People who are experts are sometimes called hackers. A hacker is usually a person who writes software programs in a special computer language. But the word “hacker” is also used to describe a person who tries to steal information from computer systems.
Another well known computer word is Google, spelled g-o-o-g-l-e. It is the name of a popular “search engine(引擎)”for the Internet. People use the search engine to find information about almost any subjects on the Internet. People who started the company named it Google because in mathematics, googol, spelled g-o-o-g-o-l, is an extremely large number. It is the number followed by one hundred zeros.
When you “Google” a subject, you can get a large amount of information about it. Some people like to Google their friends or themselves to see how many times their names appear on the Internet. If you Google someone, you might find that person’s name on a blog. A blog is the shortened name for a Weblog. A blog is a personal Web page. It may have stories, opinions , pictures and links(链接) to other Web sites. Some people add information to their blogs every day. People who have blogs are called bloggers.
Blogs are not the same as spam. Spam is unwanted sales messages sent to your electronic mailbox...According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A.A mouse didn’t have a wire at the beginning. |
B.Hackers steal information from computer systems. |
C.Hackers can only write special computer language. |
D.A mouse attracts more people to play computer games. |
The company was named Google mainly because __________.
A.this name was very interesting |
B.there were many zeros in this name |
C.it was very easy to remember this name |
D.it stands for an extremely large number in mathematics |
What would most probably be talked about next?
A.More about the word spam. |
B.More about sales messages. |
C.More about blogs and bloggers. |
D.The use of an electronic mailbox. |
What would be the best title of the passage?
A.Google and Blog. |
B.What’s Google. |
C.Computer Technology. |
D.Special Computer Words. |
Have you ever thought about why malls, restaurants, and even theaters have music? Well, to understand this, you simply just look back at how you felt when you heard music in these places. Music is known to improve the mood of people. Often music helps us pay attention to what we are doing. Music helps patients feel good and helps them recover faster and better.
Depression(沮丧) is a state of mind that most of us experience at some point of time. There are some periods in our life when everything seems difficult. It seems that everything is getting worse and we have no control over our life. Studies have shown that music can be an important mood lifter in such situations. Music also plays a great role in making us feel less nervous or worried. Anxiety(焦虑) can often cause loss of sleep and other illnesses.
Music is often known as an international language. We may not know the language another person is speaking, but most of us respond to music in the same way. Music can often be the best way to connect with someone.
Music is one of the best ways to improve your moods, but this can depend largely on the kind of music you listen to. While happy music can certainly make you feel better, sad music can further lower your spirits. Listening to classical music can often make you feel a lot more powerful, while soft music can be the perfect way to relax at the end of a long way. If you want to use music to change the way how you are feeling, you need to understand the role of it, learn to recognize the kind of music that lifts your mood and helps you feel better. Once you realize the kind of music you can use, you can use it to change the way you feel. The right kind of music can be the perfect way to help us feel happier.The passage is mainly about __________.
A.what meanings music has |
B.how we control our moods |
C.how music affects our moods |
D.what kind of music we listen to |
According to the passage, playing music in restaurants is to __________.
A.welcome the customers |
B.make customers feel good |
C.make customers dance |
D.make customers feel powerful |
From the passage, we can know that __________.
A.most of us suffer depression all the time |
B.most of us respond to music in different ways |
C.music can be a good way to connect with others |
D.any kind of music will help us improve our moods |
According to the passage, which kind of music can relax ourselves from a long day’s work?
A.Soft music. | B.Classical music. |
C.Sad music. | D.Rock music. |
Very soon the Rabbit noticed Alice, as she went hunting about, and called out to her, “What are you doing out here? Run home this moment, and fetch me a pair of gloves and a fan! Quick, now!”
Alice was so much frightened that she ran off at once in the direction it pointed to. She saw a little house, on the door of which was a plate with the name “W. RABBIT”. She went in and hurried upstairs.
By this time she had found her way into a tidy little room with a table in the window, and on it a fan and two or three pairs of tiny white kid gloves: she took up the fan and a pair of the gloves, and was just going to leave the room, when her eye fell upon a little bottle that stood near the looking-glass. There was no label(标签) this time with the words’ DRINK ME,’ but she opened it and put it to her lips(嘴唇).”I know something interesting is sure to happen,” she said to herself. Before she had drunk half the bottle, she found her head touching the ceiling. She went on growing and very soon had to get down on her knees on the floor. Still she went on growing, and as a last resource, she put one arm out of the window, and one foot up the chimney(烟囱), and said to herself, “Now I can do no more, whatever happens. What will happen to me?”
Luckily for Alice, she grew no longer: still it was very uncomfortable, and as there seemed to be no sort of chance of her ever getting out of the room again, no wonder she felt unhappy.According to the passage, we can know that Alice __________.
A.felt comfortable when she grew no longer |
B.was afraid when the Rabbit called out to her |
C.knew what would happen to her if she continued to grow |
D.saw a label “DRINK ME” on the bottle and drank half of it |
Alice grew so big because she __________.
A.had special magical power |
B.wore the Rabbit’s gloves. |
C.drank something in the bottle |
D.wanted to frighten the Rabbit |
Which of the following could best replace the underlined word “resource” in Paragraph 3?
A.way | B.dream | C.ending | D.loss |
The passage may come from a(an) __________.
A.science book | B.wildlife magazine |
C.guide book | D.English novel |