Everydaywegotoschoolandlistent-优题课

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第三部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The most popular food in America was invented because a cook got angry. George Crum was a cook at a restaurant in Saratoga Springs, New York. One day in 1853, a customer who had ordered fried potatoes sent them back to the kitchen. He wanted the cook to slice (切片) them thinner and fry them longer. George Crum had a bad temper (脾气), and he thought the potatoes were fine the way he made them. To teach the customer a lesson, he sliced potatoes very thin and fried them until they were crispy (脆的). But instead of being angry, the customer loved the new fried potatoes. He asked for more. Other people who tried them liked them too and customers kept asking for them. For many years, people called them Saratoga chips after the town where they were first made.
Even now, after more than 150 years, potato chips are very popular. At least one of every ten potatoes grown in the United States is made into potato chips. So if you like potato chips, be thankful that George Crum had a bad temper!
56. The customer sent the fried potatoes back to the kitchen because ______.
A. he wanted to make George Crum angry
B. he liked thinner potatoes fried a longer time
C. he knew the cook would invent potato chips
D. he didn’t want to pay for the food
57. George Crum cooked the potatoes in a special way in order to ______.
A. teach the customer a lesson
B. invent the potato chips
C. make the potato chips crispy
D. please that customer
58. What’s the best title for this story?
A. A cook with a very bad temper.
B. A clever customer.
C. Potato chips — the most popular food in America.
D. The invention of potato chips.

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SPECIAL EVENTS
THIS WEEKEND
Captain Goodfellow
Do your children enjoy interesting stories, funny games, and exciting dances? Captain Goodfellow will be ready to teach all these things to children of all ages at the City Theatre on Saturday morning at 10:00, free.
Walking Tour of the Town
Forget your worries on Saturday morning. Take a beautiful walk and learn about local history. Meet at the front entrance of City Hall at 9:30. Wear comfortable shoes!
Films at the Museum
Two European films will be shown on Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theatre. See Broken Window at 1:30. The Workers will be at 3:45. For further information, call 4987898.
International Picnic
Are you tired of eating the same food every day? Come to Central Park on Saturday and enjoy food from all over the world. Delicious and not expensive. Noon to 5:00 p.m.
Take Me out to the Ballgame
It’s October, and tonight is your last chance to see the Redbirds this year. Get your tickets at the gate. It might be cold… Don’t forget sweaters and jackets.
Do you want to hear “The Zoo”?
“The Zoo, a popular group from Australia, will give their first U.S. concert tomorrow night at 8 at Rose Hall, City College.
67. You can probably eat Chinese, Italian, and Arab food ________.
A. at the front entrance of City Hall
B. at the Ballgame
C. at 5:00 p.m.
D. at Central Park on Saturday
68 If you are going on the Walking Tour, don’t forget ________.
A. your worries
B. your beautiful walk
C. your learning about local history
D. your comfortable shoes
69. The Redbirds ballgame ________.
A. is in the afternoon B. is out door C. is at the gate D. might be cold
70. “The Zoo” is ________.
A. a park with lots of animals there
B. U.S. concert
C. a music group
D. going to give the concert at 8 a.m. tomorrow

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Hank Viscardi was 26 years old when he put on his first pair of long trousers and his first pair of shoes. For the first time he saw himself as he had always wanted to be –a full five feet eight inches tall.
Hank had been born without legs. Until he was seven, his world was a world of repeated operations. At last, he had no legs but stumps (残肢) that could be fitted with a kind of special boots.
Out of the hospital, Hank often found people slating at him with cruel interest. Children laughed at him and called him “Ape man” because his arms dragged on the ground. He went to school like other boys. His grades were good and he needed only eight years instead of the usual twelve.
After graduation, Hank worked his way through college. He swept floors, waited on table, or worked in one of the college offices. During all this busy life, Hank had been moving around on his stumps. But one day the doctor told him even the stumps were not going to last much longer. Hank would soon have to use a wheel chair.
Hank felt himself go cold all over. However, the doctor said there was a chance that he could be fitted with artificial (人工的)legs.
Finally a leg maker was found and the day came when Hank stood up before the mirror and saw himself for the first time five feet eight inches tall.
But this was not the end yet. He had to learn to use his new legs. Again and again he marched the length of the room, and marched back again. There were times when he fell down on the floor, but he pulled himself up and went back to the endless marching. He went out on the street. He climbed the stairs and learned to dance. He built a boat and learned to sail it.
When World War Ⅱcame, he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job. He took the regular training. He marched and drilled along with the other soldiers. Few knew that he was legless. This was the true story of Hank Viscardi, the man without legs.
63. It can be inferred from the story that five feet eight inches is _______.
A. an average height for an adult
B. too tall for an average person
C. too short for an average person
D. Hank's real height
64. The writer implies in the story that the Red Cross _______.
A. was only too glad to give him a job
B. gave him a job because be was a good soldier
C. gave him a job after he talked to somebody he knew in the organization
D. was not willing to give him a job at first
65. When Hank marched and drilled along with the other soldiers _______.
A. he did everything the other soldiers did
B. he did most of the things the other soldiers did
C. he took some regular exams
D. he took some special training
66. The writer suggests that Hank Viscardi _______.
A. had no friends
B. never saw himself as different from others
C. was very shy
D. was too proud to accept help from others

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You speak, write a letter, and make a telephone call. Your words carry a message. People communicate (交际) with words. But do you think you can communicate without words? A smile on your face shows you are happy and friendly. Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad. When you raise your hand in class, the teacher knows you want to say something or ask questions. You shake your head, and people know you are saying “No. ” You nod (点头) , and people know you are saying “Yes. ” Other things can also carry message. For example, a sign (标志) at the bus helps you know which bus to take. A sign on the door tells you where to go in or out. Have you ever noticed that a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time?
People can communicate in many other ways. An artist can use his drawing to tell about beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things. Books are written to tell about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas.
Books, magazines, TV, radio and films all help us communicate with others. They all help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.
59. Signs can carry as many _______ as words.
A. questions B. examples C. tears and smiles D. messages
60. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as things which help us communicate?
A. Books and magazines. B. TV and films. C. Newspapers. D. Radio.
61. Communication is important because it can help people to _______.
A. understand the world and other people better
B. know what other people are thinking about
C. learn what’s happening in the world
D. A, B and C
62. The passage is mainly about _______.
A. signs carrying messages B. the importance of communication
B. words, signs, drawings D. ways of communication

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III.阅读理解（共15小题计30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, because it was grown in Asia. There is a story about an English sailor（水手）. Once he went to India and China. When he came home, he 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 leaves and asked them to eat tea. Of course, nobody liked the tea leaves.
Just then the sailor came in. He looked at the tea leaves on the table and asked his mother,“What have you done with the tea?”
“I boiled it as you said.”
“I threw it away, of course.” answered the woman.
“Now, you may throw away the leaves, too.” said her son.
56. Who first grew tea?
A. People in Europe. B. People in Asia.
C.People in China only. D. People in India only.
57. The woman’s friends ________.
A. enjoyed the tea leaves very much B. didn’t like drinking tea
C. didn’t like the tea leaves D. threw away all the tea leaves
58. Before the old woman boiled the tea, ________.
A. she had learned how to enjoy it
B. her son had taught her how to drink tea
C. her son had not told her to drink the boiled water only
D. her son had not told how to eat the tea leaves

A．as slowly as possible	B．in a low voice
C．loudly	D．forcefully

A．noisy	B．quiet
C．having a rest	D．serious