阅读理解
Little Tommy Was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything—tutors(家庭教师), cards , special learning centers—in short , everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to catholic(天主教的)school.
After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn’t kiss his mother hello. Instead , he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread(铺开)out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating,he went back to his room、without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening .
Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His mom looked at it and to her surprise,little Tommy got all A in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity(好奇心). She went to his room and asked , “Son, what was it? Was it the nuns(修女)?”
Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head,“No.”
“Well then,”she asked again. ‘‘WHAT was it?”
Little Tommy looked at her and said , “Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that man nailed(钉)to the plus sign(加号), I knew they weren’t joking.”Why did Tommy’s parents send him to a catholic school?
A.Because he could eat well there. |
B.Because he could earn more about nuns. |
C.Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math. |
D.Because his parents didn’t want him to learn math anymore |
Tommy’s mother felt surprised that his son .
A.was still the same as usual | B.ate so much at dinner |
C.kissed her hello after school | D.Worked hard but said little |
“ hitting the books ” means “_____” in Chinese·
A.用功 | B.捶书 | C.发泄 | D.振作 |
The last sentence in the passage shows that .
A.Tommy felt sorry for the mail |
B.Tommy was afraid of being nailed |
C.Tommy didn’t like the plus sign |
D.Tommy liked playing jokes on others |
From the passage , we can infer(推断)that .
A.teachers should be strict with their students |
B.mistaking(误解)might do good sometimes |
C.a catholic school is much better than other ones |
D.nuns are good at helping children with their math |
阅读短文,选择正确答案(每题2分)
A) LiYugang dresses like a woman and sings like a bird. He won the third prize in CCTV’s Star Road in 2006. He sings folk songs. However, he seems to have the spirit of Mei Lanfang. In fact, the young man had learnt something from Mei Lanfang’s students. People in China usually don’t like cross-dressing(反串). But people are really surprised at Li’s beauty and grace when he sings and dances.
B) Do you know who invented QQ? It was Ma Huateng. He was born in Guangdong in 1971. He chose computer science when he entered Shenzhen University in 1989. He worked as a computer programmer for a company in Shenzhen for five years after he graduated in 1993. Later he left the company and started his own company in 1998.
C) Yue Fei was a famous hero of Southern Song Dynasty. He was born in a poor family in Henan Province. He was very brave and won many battles with his soldiers. But Qin Hui killed Yue Fei for Mo Xuyou. Later a temple about Yue Fei was built in memory of him at the foot of Qixia Ling by the West Lake, in Hangzhou.Who did Li Yugang once learn from according to the passage?
A.Mei Lanfang. | B.Mei Lanfang’s students. |
C.Mei Yanfang’s students. | D.Mei Lanfang’s friends. |
The underlined word “grace” means____________ in Chinese.
A.粗犷 | B.做作 | C.傲慢 | D.优雅 |
From the passage, we know Yue Fei_____________.
A.was not born in a rich family |
B.was not brave |
C.killed Qin Hui |
D.built a temple |
Ma Huateng set up his own company when he was____________.
A.18 | B.22 | C.27 | D.42 |
Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Li Yugang invented QQ. |
B.Ma Huateng used to work as a computer programmer for a company. |
C.Li Yugang won the first prize in CCTV’s Star Road. |
D.Yue Fei seldom won battles with his soldiers. |
阅读短文,选择正确答案(每题2分)
The Lantern Festival is a Chinese festival. It has a long history. People celebrate it on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year(农历). It is one of the biggest holidays in China. Some days before the festival, people begin to make lanterns. People make lanterns in the shape of different animals,vegetables,fruits and many other things.People also write riddles(谜语) on the lanterns. It’s very interesting. Then on the evening of the Lantern Festival, all the lanterns are hung up. People go outside to enjoy the lanterns and guess the riddles on them. Often you can see lion and dragon dances. Everything is very interesting and everyone is very happy.The Lantern Festival is a festival ____________.
A.in the USA | B.in England |
C.in China | D.in India |
What do people begin to make before the Lantern Festival?
A.Dumplings. | B.Lanterns. |
C.Masks. | D.Rice dumplings. |
When are all the lanterns hung up?
A.On the evening of the Lantern Festival. |
B.On 15 January. |
C.On New Year’s Day. |
D.At the Spring Festival. |
What do people do at the Lantern Festival?
A.Play “trick or treat”. |
B.Eat dumplings. |
C.Make pumpkin lanterns. |
D.Guess the riddles on the lanterns. |
How do people feel on that day?
A.Sad | B.Full | C.Tired | D.Happy |
.阅读理解(40分,将前15小题答案序号填入答题卡,否则不给分,任务型阅读的答案写在横线上。)阅读短文,判断下面句子的正(T)误(F)(每小题2分)
We drink tea every day. But more than three hundred years ago most of the people in Europe did not know anything about tea. Some people had heard about it, but very few of them knew what to do with it.
There is a story about an English sailor(航海家). He went to countries in the east,the west and the south. He had been to India and China. One day he came home and brought some tea as a present for his mother. She told her friends about the present and asked them to a “tea party”. When her friends came to the “tea party”, the old woman brought out some tea leaves and asked them to eat. Of course, nobody liked the tea leaves.
At that time the sailor came in. He looked at the table and said,”Mother, what have you done with the tea?”
“I boiled it as you said.”
“And what did you do with the water?’
“I threw it away, of course.” answered the old woman.
“Now you may throw away the leaves,too.” said her son.Most of the people in Europe ___300 years ago.
A.drank tea every day | B.knew everything about tea |
C.knew nothing about tea | D.liked to eat the tea-leaves |
One day the English sailor brought his mother some tea from ___.
A.countries in the west | B.countries in the south |
C.India or China | D.a tea shop in England |
The sailor's mother asked her friends to her house, because ___.
A.the sailor told her to. |
B.she liked to show off (炫耀) |
C.she wanted to ask her friends what to do with the tea |
D.she wanted to taste the tea together with her friends |
At the "tea party",___.
A.all the woman's friends spoke highly of (高度评价)the tea. |
B.nobody knew what to do with the tea |
C.the woman didn’t eat the tea-leaves |
D.the woman gave her friends each a glass of tea water |
What mistake(错误) did the old woman make? She ___.
A.boiled the tea |
B.did as the sailor said |
C.threw away the water |
D.didn't throw away the tea-leaves |
阅读短文,选择正确答案(每题2分)
A) LiYugang dresses like a woman and sings like a bird. He won the third prize in CCTV’s Star Road in 2006. He sings folk songs. However, he seems to have the spirit of Mei Lanfang. In fact, the young man had learnt something from Mei Lanfang’s students. People in China usually don’t like cross-dressing(反串). But people are really surprised at Li’s beauty and grace when he sings and dances.
B) Do you know who invented QQ? It was Ma Huateng. He was born in Guangdong in 1971. He chose computer science when he entered Shenzhen University in 1989. He worked as a computer programmer for a company in Shenzhen for five years after he graduated in 1993. Later he left the company and started his own company in 1998.
C) Yue Fei was a famous hero of Southern Song Dynasty. He was born in a poor family in Henan Province. He was very brave and won many battles with his soldiers. But Qin Hui killed Yue Fei for Mo Xuyou. Later a temple about Yue Fei was built in memory of him at the foot of Qixia Ling by the West Lake, in Hangzhou.Who did Li Yugang once learn from according to the passage?
A.Mei Lanfang. | B.Mei Lanfang’s students. |
C.Mei Yanfang’s students. | D.Mei Lanfang’s friends. |
The underlined word “grace” means____________ in Chinese.
A.粗犷 | B.做作 | C.傲慢 | D.优雅 |
From the passage, we know Yue Fei_____________.
A.was not born in a rich family |
B.was not brave |
C.killed Qin Hui |
D.built a temple |
Ma Huateng set up his own company when he was____________.
A.18 | B.22 | C.27 | D.42 |
Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Li Yugang invented QQ. |
B.Ma Huateng used to work as a computer programmer for a company. |
C.Li Yugang won the first prize in CCTV’s Star Road. |
D.Yue Fei seldom won battles with his soldiers. |
阅读短文,选择正确答案(每题2分)
The Lantern Festival is a Chinese festival. It has a long history. People celebrate it on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year(农历). It is one of the biggest holidays in China. Some days before the festival, people begin to make lanterns. People make lanterns in the shape of different animals,vegetables,fruits and many other things.People also write riddles(谜语) on the lanterns. It’s very interesting. Then on the evening of the Lantern Festival, all the lanterns are hung up. People go outside to enjoy the lanterns and guess the riddles on them. Often you can see lion and dragon dances. Everything is very interesting and everyone is very happy.The Lantern Festival is a festival ____________.
A.in the USA | B.in England |
C.in China | D.in India |
What do people begin to make before the Lantern Festival?
A.Dumplings. | B.Lanterns. |
C.Masks. | D.Rice dumplings. |
When are all the lanterns hung up?
A.On the evening of the Lantern Festival. |
B.On 15 January. |
C.On New Year’s Day. |
D.At the Spring Festival. |
What do people do at the Lantern Festival?
A.Play “trick or treat”. |
B.Eat dumplings. |
C.Make pumpkin lanterns. |
D.Guess the riddles on the lanterns. |
How do people feel on that day?
A.Sad | B.Full | C.Tired | D.Happy |