英文阅读理解(作业及答案)

1、阅读理解(作业)A篇Once there was a man traveli ng in a faraway village. As he was pass ing the elepha nts, he sudde nly stopped. He found that these huge elepha nts were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No cha ins(锁链)，no cages. It was clear that the elepha nts could, at any time, bre

2、ak away from their ropes but for some reason, they did not.He saw a trainer n earby and asked why these ani mals just stood there and didn'try to get away. Well, the trainer said, when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that rage, ifse no ugh to ho

3、ld them. As they grow up, they still believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can hold them, so they n ever try to break fred1.How could it be? These animals could at any time break free from their ropes. But because they always stuck right where they were, they believed they couldnt.Ju

4、st like the elephants, how many of us go through life believing that we cannot do someth ing, just because we failed at it once before? We should n ever give up the struggle 挣兆)in life.()1. What did the writer see in the village?A. Chai ns B. Elepha nts C. CagesD. Farmers()2. Why do the elepha nts n

5、 ever try up to break free from the ropes?A. Because they think they can not.B. Because they are too old to do it.C. Because they like their livi ng places.D. Because they get on well with the trainer.()3. How did the man feel after he heard what the trainer said?A. Moved B. Surprised C. An gry D. N

6、ervous ()4. Which of the following is the missing part in the last paragraph?A. Faili ng is part of lear ning.B. We should be differ© nt from others.C. Help ing ani mals is help ing ourselves.D. Traveli ng always makes people relaxed.()5. What is the best title for this test?A. Pleasa nt tripB.

7、 A Cruel Trai nerC. Elepha nt TrainingD. The Elepha nt RopeB篇Once upon a time, a boy was walk ing through a wood and he thought he could hear a sad cry. Follow ing the sound he came to a big, round, mysterious, grey fountain. The sad sound seemed to be coming from the fountain pool. The boy swept as

8、ide the pool's dirty surface water and saw a group of grey fish swimmi ng in a slow circle through the pond.Amused by this, the boy tried to catch one of these in credible talking fish. But when he stuck his arm into the water it turned grey right up to the elbow. As this happe ned,a huge sad ne

9、sse ntered into him, and he suddenly understood how sad the fish were feeling.He quickly pulled his arm out of the water, and ran from that place. But the arm stayed grey, and the boy con ti nued feeli ng sad. He tried so many times to cheer himself up, but nothing worked. That was, until he realize

10、d that if he were to make the Earth happy then that happ in ess would be, in turn, tran smitted back to him, through the earth on his arm.From then on, he set about looking after countryside. He cared for the pla nts, and he did what he could to keep the water from being polluted. He en couraged oth

11、ers to do the same. He was so successful that his arm started to recover its no rmal color. Whe n the grey had disappeared completely, he started feeli ng happy aga in, and he decided to go and visit the fountain. When he was still some way from the fountain he could hear the fish singing happily.()

12、6. What happe ned to the boy whe n he stuck his arm in to the water?A. He caught some fish.B. His arm was bitten by the fish.C. He felt great sad ness.D. Nothi ng special happe ned.()7. The underlined word “ecover" means "" in Chinese.A.转变B.进化C.变异D.恢复()8. Which of the following didn &

13、#39; happen after the boy left the foun tai n?A. He started to look after the coun tryside.B. He stopped the water from being polluted.C. He en couraged people to protect the earth.D. His arm kept grey and he n ever felt happy.（）9. What can we lear n from the passage?A. We should protect the earth.B

14、. We shouldn*tcatch fish.C. Even the fountain may cry. D.We should visit the fountain.（）10. What is the best title of the passage?A. The Beautiful Coun tryside.B. The Taiki ng Fish.C. The Sad Cry.D. The Grey Fountain.Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everythingtutors （

15、家庭教师）,cards, special learning cen ters in short, everyth ing they could think of. Fin ally they took Tommy to a catholic 天主教的）school.After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He did n' kiss his mother hello. In stead, he went straight to his room and start

16、ed study ing. 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 dow n to dinner and as soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word. In no time he was back Mttirc the books as hard as before. Th

17、is went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happe ning.Fin ally, 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 an A in math. She

18、 could no Ion ger hold her curiosity （好奇心、）.She went to his room and asked, Son, what was it? Was it the nuns 彳修女）? ”Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head,£t No. ” Well then, "she asked again. WHAT was it?”Little Tommy looked at her and said, Well, on the first day of school, whe n

19、 I saw that man n ailed (钉)to the plus sig n (力3 号),1 knew they were n't jok ing.”()11. Why did Tommy's pare nts send him to a catholic school?A. Because he could eat well there.B. Because he could lear n more about nuns.C. Because his pare nts wan ted him to do better in his math.D. Because

20、 his pare nts didftwa nt him to lear n math any more. ()12. Tommy's mother felt surprised that his so .A. was still the same as usualB. ate so much at dinnerC. kissed her hello after schoolD. worked hard but said little()13. Hitting the books "means "” in Chinese.A.一而 B.捶书C.发泄D.振作()14.

21、 The last sentence in the passage shows that.A. Tommy felt sorry for the mailB. Tommy was afraid of being n ailedC. Tommy did n'tlike the plus sig nD. Tommy liked playing jokes on others ()15. From the passage, we can infer 推断)that.A. teachers should be strict with their stude nts B. mistak ing

22、(误解)might do good sometimesC. a catholic school is much better tha n other onesD. nuns are good at help ing childre n with their mathD篇In today*s world of modern scienee and medicine, a more traditi onal treatme nt is once aga in beco ming popular ani mal frien dship.It is now well-known that people

23、 with problems such as heart disease or can cer live Ion ger and get better more quickly if they have pets. Keeping pets lowers blood pressure and makes people less worried. Animals are increasingly important in treating older people who have memory loss and other brain problems. These people ofte n

24、 feel nervous and upset. Activities with animals help them improve their physical condition and also give them joy, entertainment and loving frie ndship.Here is a case that shows the ben efits of ani mals. Joh n was a six- year-old mute. He had no physical problems. He just refused to talk. His olde

25、r cous in, Ned, had a parrot called Sally, and Joh n used to visit it. When he arrived, Ned used to say, Hi, John!” We all know parrots copy what they hear. After a few visits, Sally began saying Hi, John!" when John came into the room. Then, one day, John turned to the parrot and replied Hi, S

26、ally! ” Staying with the parrot encouraged Joh n to beg in talk ing.Another use of animal helpers is in schools. In some cases, ani mals are used to help childre n with physical or pers onal problems. In other cases, they are used to teach childre n to get on and share with others, and eve n to teac

27、h them about ani mals.If you want to know more about ani mal helper programmes, you can get in touch with organizations like Riding for the Disabled or do a search un der “nimal therapy ” orlhe Intern et. You don 'have to be an an imal trainer or a doctor to joi n in.()16. Which is NOT mentioned as an illness that animals can help with?A. Heart dis