阅读理解ForyearsIwenttoschoolbybus-优题课

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　　For years I went to school by bus，so I met many“familiar”strangers．We took the same bus but didn’t know each other’s names．I used to think it was impossible for us to be true friends．How wrong I was！Smiles from the“nameless”people have changed my thoughts．
　　The first time I got on the bus，I saw different faces．We met，greeted and cold faces turned into smiling faces．As days went on，we chatted like old friends．
　　But I felt it a pity that I was unable to set up the same friendship with a silent girl in the front of the bus．Her old clothing suggested that she didn’t have much money，but she always took a cup of water for the driver．I guessed she was a kind girl．But why did she sit in silence instead of talking with us？Why did she never reply to our friendly greetings？Couldn’t she smile？
　　Then，one evening，I got the answer．I walked to the park nearby and found the girl sitting alone under a tree，lonely and sad．I greeted her with the same warm smile that I had shown to her all these months，but this time her face turned red，then a shy smile appeared．As soon as she began her first words，I understood why she hadn’t spoken to us before．Talking was hard for her．
　　I learnt her story：Her parents worked hard somewhere．She lived with her disabled grandparents．She said，“I can’t express(表达)myself very well．Most of the time，I can’t say what I want to say．I have no friends but…you always smile to me like an angel…so I also want to smile．”That evening，we exchanged our names and we said goodbye like old friends．
　　Smile is the key to opening the door of the heart；it can break the cold walls in front of us．
All the following words can describe the girl except________．

A．silent

B．kind

C．proud

D．poor

The writer often met the girl________．

A．on the bus

B．in the park

C．at school

D．under the tree

The girl had difficulty in________．

A．listening

B．singing

C．writing

D．talking

Which of the following is TRUE？

A．The girl is very rich．

B．Smile is the key to closing the door of the heart．

C．The writer knew the name of the girl that evening．

D．The writer can’t make friends with those nameless people on the bus now．

科目英语题型阅读理解难度中等

There was once a man who couldn’t sleep well because he was afraid that there was a stranger under his bed．He thought that as soon as he went to sleep，the stranger would come out from under the bed and rob him．He was worried that the stranger might even kill him!
Every night，after he got into bed，the man had to get up again and looked under the bed．There was never anyone there，but as soon as he got back into bed，he had to get up and looked under the bed again．This went on for hours until at last he fell asleep from exhaustion．
The time came for the man to get married．He didn’t tell his wife about his fears but she soon found out because he kept her awake all night．
“You must go to a doctor．”she told him．“He will cure you of this silly fear．”
The man did as his wife told him．He told the doctor his problem，and the doctor said，“I can cure you，but it will take about two years．You must come and see me twice a week．The fee for each visit will be $ 75．”
The next day the man called the doctor and said．“I won’t need to visit you again．I’m cured．”
The doctor was surprised．“How?”he asked．“Who cured you?”
“My wife cured me，”the man said．“When I told her how much you were going to charge me，she cut the legs off the bed．”
The man thought _________was under the bed at night．

A．a monster	B．a person
C．his wife	D．money

When did the man start having his sleeping problem?

A．After he got married．

B．After he saw the doctor．

C．Before he married his wife．

D．After he got a new bed．

What does the underlined word“exhaustion”mean in this story?

A．Bad air．	B．Medicine．
C．Having strong fear．	D．Feeling completely tired．

How much would the doctor charge the man every week?

What cured the man?

A．Talking to the stranger．

B．Having no space under the bed．

C．Medicine from the doctor．

D．Sleeping with the light on at night．

Mary didn’t understand such sentences as “She is blue today”, “You are yellow”, “He has a green thumb(拇指）”, “He has told a white lie” and so on. And she went to the teacher Mrs. James for help.
Mary: Mrs. James, there is a colour in each of the sentences. What do they mean?
Mrs. James: In everyday English, Mary, blue sometimes means sad, yellow afraid. A person with a green thumb grows plants well and a white lie is not a bad one.”
Mary: I’m afraid I don’t understand them all. Would you give me an example for “a white lie”?
Mrs. James: Certainly. Now I just give you some cakes. In fact you don’t like it, but you don’t want to let me know it. Instead you say, “No, thanks. I’m not hungry.” That’s a white lie.
Mary: It sounds very interesting. Thanks very much.
Mrs. James: You are welcome. Colours are meaningful. I think you will meet more sentences like these in the future. Please come to me if you have any questions.
Blue sometimes means sad in _______________ English.

I don’t have a green thumb, so all my plants ________________.

A．die off	B．grow well
C．look nice	D．are good

David is yellow and he is ___________ to climb the tall tree!

He didn’t like me to know __________ of the accident. He told me a white lie at last.

A．the reason	B．the true story
C．the meaning	D．the answer

He is ___________today. He is told that his father is seriously ill.

For most kids, homework is just part of their daily lives, but have you ever imagined that one day you won't need to do any homework at all? Such a thing has just happened in a school in the UK.
Nottingham East Academy, a school in the UK, has established a non-homework policy (政策) recently. The school plans to give an extra lesson and provide more activities for students to do at school. So the students no longer need to do homework after class. When the school announced this policy ， students ， parents and teachers were all shocked.
The school ， Nottingham East Academy ， is the country's largest school. It has a total of 3，570 students. Barry Day, the president of the school, thinks that homework is unnecessary and can easily cause argument both at home and at school. He once told the local newspaper ，" People give homework for children to do simply because they think it should be given. Actually, homework doesn't help with education at all."
Letting kids leave their homework at school is becoming popular in the UK. Several other schools are welcoming the policy and are taking similar measures (措施).Tiffin Boy's school has started giving students less homework. Students now spend less time on homework. The time has dropped from two or three hours to just forty minutes a night. Nottingham East Academy is asking students to read for pleasure with their parents at home instead.
The underlined word" established" in the second paragraph probable means .

How much time does it take students to finish their homework at Tiffin Boy's school now?

A．None.	B．Two hours.
C．Three hours.	D．Forty minutes.

According to the passage, which statement is WRONG?

A．Nottingham East Academy is larger than any other school in the UK.

B．In the UK, no school has announced a non-homework policy so far.

C．Letting kids do their homework at school is popular in the UK.

D．Reading after school is good for students.

Barry Day thinks homework unnecessary because .

A．most people don't think homework should be given

B．he doesn't think homework is helpful to education

C．homework taken students too much time

D．some schools welcome the policy

The best title for the passage is.

A．Homework Is Necessary	B．Reading after School
C．Non-Homework Policy	D．Amazing Advertisement

When I was 19 years old, I was at a dance club. It was a very cold night. As my friend and I were walking to my car, a man walked up to us. Behind him was a woman pushing a *stroller with a child inside. The child had a jacket on but it wasn’t *zipped. The man began to tell us that he wanted to borrow some money for the night to get his wife and kid into a hotel …out of the cold. He had a job but no place to live and was waiting for his first *paycheck. He said he could get our address and send the money back to us.
My friend reached into his pocket to give this man a $20 bill. As the man was holding his hand out to take the money. I put my hand on my friend’s hand and said, “Can I talk to you for a minute?”
I told him about how my mother works in Seattle and every day people ask her for money. She said they make more money than she does, simply by *begging for money. These people were scamming those with soft hearts. And if they were truly worried about their child, they would have at least zipped his jacket or covered him with his *blanket.
My friend said “Michelle，I know there are people that take advantage of (占便宜)others. I also know there are people that are one paycheck away from being homeless. If I give money to 10 people and only one of them really needs it and uses it for the right thing, it is *worth it.”
I am now 37 years old. But I do remember that the experience changed the way I look at different situations.
The man borrowed money to ___

A．find a hotel for his wife and child

B．buy food for his wife and child

C．let his child join in the dance club

D．pay some bills

What does the underlined word “scamming” in Paragragh3 probably mean?

Michelle’s friend didn’t accept（接受）his advice because he____

A．thought that someone might really need help.

B．had enough money to give away to others

C．didn’t think that the man tell a lie (谎言)to him

D．had pity for the kid in the cold weather

What lesson did Michelle learn from his friend?

A．Some poor people often tell stories to win pity.

B．Never believe what a stranger says to you.

C．Look with pity instead of only thinking someone might be telling a lie.

D．The homeless need love rather than money.

Have you ever stayed in a hotel? Most Chinese hotels often provide *guests with things like * disposable toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo and slippers. Many guests like the idea because they don't have to bring their own. It’s convenient for them to travel during their traveling .But, if you travel to Beijing, remember to bring your own things. Starting from June, some hotels in Beijing will no longer provide guests with these disposables. They want to ask people to use fewer disposable things.
Many disposable things are made of *plastic. People throw them away after only using them once. It is a waste of natural *resources and is very bad for the *environment. Do you know, one Chinese person makes as much as 400kg of waste a year! Most of that waste comes from dispos -able things. In Beijing, people throw away about 19,000 *tons of plastic bags and 1,320 tons of plastic lunch bowls every year! Plastic can take between 100 and 400 years to break down. So the less plastic we throw out, the better. So, wherever you travel, bring your own things and use them again and again.
Back at home and school, you can also do something to make our world a better place. Try to do these things in your daily life. Use cloth shopping bags, not plastic ones. After using a plastic bag, wash it out and let it dry. Then you can use it over and over again. Do not use paper cups. At your school dining hall, use your own bowl and chopsticks instead of disposable ones.
Which of the following may still be provided(被提供) in Beijing hotels after June?