英语阅读专项练习

TheMalaysiangovernmentannouncedthatMalaysianflightMH370lostthecontactwiththeAir

TrafficControlthemorningofMarch8th.Theflightat00:41a.m.thatmorning

andplannedtoarriveinBeijingat6:30a.m.Itcarried239passengers,154Chinese.The

passengerscomefrom14countriesandareas.Nobodyknowswhathappenedtotheplane.Over

twentycountriestookpartinit.OnMarch24,PrimeMinisterofMalaysiasaidthat

MH370crashedinsouthernIndianOceanandnoneofthepassengerssurvived.Whenweheard

thebadnews,wewereverysad.Sofartheplanewreckage（飞机残骸）yet.Wehopethey

willfinditsoon.

1.A.inB.atC.onD.for

2A.takesoffB.landedC.wastakenoffD.tookoff

3.A.includingB.exceptC.besidesD.inclusion

4.A.searchingoutB.searchingforC.lookingforD.lookingout

5hasn,tbeenfoundedB.wasn'tfoundC.hasn'tbeenfoundD.hasbeenfound

试题分析：马来西亚政府宣布马来西亚航班MH370在3月8日上午与空中交通控制台失

去联络。上午00:41那天早上，飞机上有239名乘客，其中包括154名中国人。乘客来

自14个国家和地区。没有人知道飞机发生了什么事。二十多个国家参加了在39,它。3月

24日，马来西亚总理说MH370坠毁在南印度洋和没有乘客幸存下来。当我们听到这个坏

消息时，我们都很伤心。到目前为止飞机残骸还尚未找到。我们希望他们很快就会找到它。

1:考查介词及语境的理解。A.in在……内；B.at在。后跟具体的时间、地点；C.on在，具

体的某一天的上午、下午和晚上；D.for为了。马来西亚政府宣布马来西亚航班MH370在

3月8日上午与空中交通控制台失去联络。在3月8日的上午，用。n。所以选C。

2:考查动词及语境的理解。A.takesoff起飞；B.landed着陆；C.wastakenoff起飞，被动语

态；D.tookoff是takeoff的过去式。句意：航班MH370那天凌晨00:41起飞，并计划在

上午6:30抵达北京。在过去发生的事应该用动词的过去式。takeoff表示起飞的意思时，没

有被动语态。所以选D。

3:考查介词及语境的理解。A.including包括...；B.except除了；C.besides而且；D.inclusion

名词，包含。根据句意（飞机上有239名乘客，其中包括154名中国人。）可知选A。

4:考查动词及语境的理解。A.searchingout查出；B.searchingfor搜寻；C.lookingfor寻找；

D.lookingout当心。句意应该是：二十多个国家参加了搜寻。所以选B。

5:考查动词时态和语态及语境的理解。A.hasn'tbeenfounded没有被建立；现在完成时，

这里found是动词，创立；B.wasn*tfound,一般过去时；这里found是find（发现）的过

去分词；C.hasn'tbeenfound没有被发现；现在完成时；D.hasbeenfound被发现；现在完

成时；根据事实可知，到目前为止飞机残骸还尚未找到。S。far常用于现在完成时态中。所

以选C。

IgrewupinoneofthepoorestareasinBradford.Iliveinathree-bedroomhousewithsixbrothers

andsisters.Istudiedveryhard.Igotthebestresultsinthehistoryoftheschool.Otherstudents

wouldbehappywithreceivingsuchresults.TheirparentswouldgivethemanMP5playerasa

prizeortakethemforatrip.Whataboutme?Infactitmademesad.Itwasbecausemy

application（申请）toImperialCollegeLondondidn,tpass.Itismydreamtostudymedicinethere.

Iknowthatnothinginlifeiseasy.Iwon'tgiveup.Iwillapplyagainthefollowingyear.While

somestudentsaretravelingduringtheholiday,Iamworkinghard.Ihelpthedoctorslookafter

sickpeopleinahospital.IbelieveImustbecomeadoctoroneday.

l:Howmanybrothersandsistersdoesthewriterhave?

A.Three.B.Four.C.Five.D.Six.

2:Whatdoesthewriterwanttostudy?.

A.History.B.Medicine.C.English.D.Chemistry.

3:Whydidthewriterfeelupset?

A.Hedidn,tgetgoodgrades.

B.Hisparentsdidn'tgivehimanMP5player.

C.Hecouldn'tgotraveling

D.Hisapplicationtoacollegefailed.

4:WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?

A.Thewriterisworkingasadoctor.

B.Thewriterisgoodatschool

C.Thewriter,sfamilyispoor.

D.Thewriterdoesn'tthinkthatlifeiseasy.

小题1:D

小题2:B

小题3:D

小题4:A

小题5:A

试题分析：本文介绍了作者家境不好，学习努力，在学校里历史成绩最好，梦想着到伦敦大

学学医，将来成为一名医生，但他的申请没有通过；他不气馁，继续努力学习，还在医院里

帮助医生，为以后的工作奠定基础；作者是一个有理想，有抱负的青年。

小题1:细节理解题。根据短文第一段描述Iliveinathree-bedroomhousewithsixbrothersand

sisters.可知作者和六个兄弟姐妹一起住在一上三居室的房子里，故选D。

小题2:细节理解题。根据短文第一段描述Itismydreamtostudymedicine（here.可知作者的梦

想是在那里学医，故选B。

小题3:细节理解题。根据短文第一段描述Itwasbecausemyapplication（申请）toImperial

CollegeLondondidn'tpass.可知他难过的原因是因为他的去伦敦大学的申请没有通过，也就

是去大学的申请失败了，故选D。

小题4:细节理解题。根据短文第二段描述Ihelpthedoctorslookaftersickpeopleinahospital.

可知作者帮助医生在医院里照顾病人而不是作为医生在工作；纵观全文，其它几项都是正确

的，故选A。

小题5:推理判断题。根据短文描述可知作者在校功课很好、希望到伦敦大学学医，申请失败

后也不气馁，继续努力学习，到医院里实习以适应以后的工作，综上所述可以推知作者是一

个有理想、有抱负的人，故选A。

Ihavealwaysbeeninterestedinmakingthings.WhenIwasachild,Ienjoyedpainting,butIalso

likedmaltingthingsoutofday.IwonaprizeforoneofmypaintingswhenIwasfourteen.

ThatmaybewhyIwenttoartschoolfouryearslater.ButIstudiedpaintingatfirst,notpottery.I

likebeingapotterbecauseIliketoworkwithmyhandsandfeeltheclay.I'mhappyworking

bymyselfandbeingnearmyhome.Idon,tlikemass-producedthings,fortheyaremadeby

machinesandareallthesame.Ithinkcrafts（手工艺）areveryimportantandcraftspersons（手艺

A）makethingscleverlywithhands.Theymakeourlivescolorful.WhenIleftschool,Igotsome

money.Ihopetobecomeafull-timecraftswoman.Thisworkplaceissmall,butIwishtot:move

toalargeronenextyear.

1.Thewriterwenttotheartschoolattheageof

2.Thewriteristalkingaboutherworkplace

A.unhappilyB.hopefully

C.seriouslyD.angrily

3.Fromthepassageweknowthatthewriterprefers

A.alongwaytowork

B.groupwork

C.asmallworkplace

D.somethingdifferent

1.182.B3.D

1.从第一段的最后一句话：IwonaprizeforoneofmypaintingswhenIwasfourteen.和第二

段的第一句ThatmaybewhyIwenttoartschoolfouryearslater.可知作者是18岁上艺术学校

的。

2.从第二段的句子：Ihopetobecomeafull-timecraftswoman可知作者认为很有希望。选.B

3.从第二段的句子：Idon*tlikemass-producedthings,fortheyaremadebymachinesandare

allthesame.可知作者喜欢不一样的东西。选D。

Ann'sgrandpawasveryrichandhehadsomeshops.Theoldmanbegantolearndrawingwhen

hewassixty,andheloveditverymuch.Fortwelveyearshedrewalotandthereweremany

picturesinhisworkroom.Hewaspleasedwiththemandkeptthemwell.Oneday,theoldman

wasill.Hehadtostayinhospital.Beforehedied,hesaidtoAnn,“Iwanttogivemypicturestoa

schoolaspresents.Thenthestudentscanremembermeforever.ButIdon'tknowwhichschoolI'

mgoingtogivethemto.Canyouhelpme?”“Well,usaidthelittlegirl,"you'dbettergivethem

toablindschool."

1:Ann'sgrandpawas.

A.adriverB.ateacherC.ablindmanD.arichman

2:Theoldmantriedhisbesttobe.

A.anartistB.afarmerC.adoctorD.ateacher

3:Theoldmanlovedverymuchwhenhewassixty.

A.writingB.hisshopsC.moneyD.drawing

小题4:Whentheoldmanwasinhospital,hewasyearsold.

A.60B.70C.72D.78

1:D

2:A

3:D

4:C

试题分析：短文大意：安的爷爷六十岁时开始学习绘画，十二年来，他画了很多，在他的工

作室有很画。有一天，老人生病住院了。在他去世之前，他请安帮忙把他的画送给学校作纪

念，但安认为他画得不好。

1:细节理解题。根据首句Ann'sgrandpawasveryrichandhehadsomeshops（安的爷爷非

常富有，他有一些上的）可知安的爷爷是个富人，所以选D。

2:细节理解题。根据第三句Fortwelveyearshedrewalotandthereweremanypicturesinhis

workroom.（十二年来，他画了很多，在他的工作室有很多画）可知他尽最大努力当画家，

所以选A。

3:细节理解题。根据第二句Theoldmanbegantolearndrawingwhenhewassixty,andheloved

itverymuch.（老人在他六十岁的时候开始学习绘画，他很喜欢它）可知他非常喜欢画画。

所以选D。

4:推理判断题。根据Theoldmanbegantolearndrawingwhenhewassixty和Fortwelveyears

hedrewalot可以推知他生病时是72岁，所以选Co

Onedayaboywaswalkingalongthestreet.Suddenlyhestoppedandlookedupintothesky.A

youngmanpassedbyhim.Whenhesawtheboy,hefeltcuriousandlookup,too.Justthenagirl

cameupandsawthem."Isthereanythinginthesky?”Shethoughtandlookedup,too.Aftera

whiletherewerequitesomepeople.Theywereinterestedintheclearandbluesky.Suddenlythe

boyaskedHey,whatareyoulookingupat?”uthatiswhatwearegoingtoaskyou,“saidthe

youngman."Youwanttoaskme?ButIwasn'tlookingatanything,theboysaid."Iraisedmy

headupbecausemynosebled（流血）。

1:Whosenosewasbleeding?

A.Theboy's.B.Theyoungmans.C.Thegirl's.

2:Theunderlinedphrase“fellcurious”maymeaninChinese.

A.感到恶心B.感到抱歉C.感到好奇

3:Wastheboylookingupintothesky?

A.Yes,heis.B.No,hewasnt.C.Idon'tknow.

4:Fromthestorywecansee.

A.Theskymustbethemostbeautifulthatday.

B.Theboywassurprisedwhysomanypeoplewerelookingupintothesky.

C.Theremustbesomethinginterestinginthesky.

1:A

2:C

3:B

4:B

试题分析：短文大意：一天，一个男孩正在街上走。他突然停了下来，抬头望着天空。一段

时间后，有相当一些人从他身旁经过也都抬头看天空。突然，男孩问，“嘿，你们大家都看

什么呢？““这就是我要问你的，”年轻人说。“你想问我的吗？但我没有看任何东西，”

男孩说。“我把我的头向上抬起是因为我的鼻子流血。”

1:细节理解题。根据短文最后theboysaid/（Iraisedmyheadupbecausemynosebled（流血）。

可知该选A。

2:词义猜测题。根据并列成分andlookedup,too可推知此处是说他感到好奇，所以该选C。

3:细节理解题。根据短文中Youwanttoaskme?ButIwasn'tlookingatanything/（theboysaid

可知该选B。

4丝田节理解题。根据文中SuddenlytheboyaskedHey,whatareyoulookingupat?”可矢口该选

B»

Therearetwomainkindsofsports.Thesetwokindsofsportsareteamsportsandindividual（个

人的）sports.Teamsportsaresuchsportsasbaseball,basketball,andvolleyball.Teamsportsneed

twoseparate（独立的）teams.Theteamsplayagainsteachother.Theycompeteagainsteachother

togetthebestscore.Forexample,inafootballgame,ifteamAgets8pointsandteamBgets4

points,teamAwinsthegame.Teamsportsaresometimescalledcompetitive（竞争性的）sports.

Anotherkindofsportsisindividualsports.Inindividualsportstherearenoteams.Thereisn'tany

competition.Peopleplayindividualsportsinordertogetsomeexercise,nottowinagame.

Individualsportsaresuchsportsasswimming,skiing,andrunning.

Ofcourse,itispossible（可能的）tocompeteinindividualsports.Itispossibletokeepascorein

individualsports.Themaindifference,however,betweenteamsportsandindividualsportsisthat

individualsportscanbefinishedalone.Butteamsportsalwaysneedmorethanoneperson.

根据短文内容，指出能完成所给句子的最佳答案。

1:Thereare___kindsofsportsaccordingtothepassage.

A.oneB.twoC.threeD.four

2:InafootballmatchteamAgets1pointandteamBgets3points,then.

A.teamAwinsB.teamBwinsC.teamBlosesD.bothteamswin

3:sportsneedmorethanonepersoninthegames.

A.NoB.FavoriteC.IndividualD.Team

4:____isakindofindividualsports.

A.ThehighjumpB.TabletennisC.VolleyballD.Basketball

5:Teamsports.

A.arealsocalledindividualsports

B.canbedonealone

C.needtwoteamstoplayagainsteachother

D.arethesameasindividualsports

小题1:B

小题2:B

小题3:D

小题4:A

小题5:C

试题分析：这篇短文介绍了两种主要的运动：团体运动和个体运动。同时分述了这两种运动

的内容特点以及不同之处。

小题1:细节理解题。根据短文第一段Therearetwomainkindsofsports的描述可知，主要有

两种运动，即teamsportsandindividualsports。故选B。

小题2:推理判断题。根据第一段inafootballgame,ifteamAgets8pointsandteamBgets4

points,teamAwinsthegame.的描述可知，得分多的球队获胜。故选B。

小题3:细节理解题。根据最后一段teamsportsalwaysneedmorethanoneperson.的描述可知，

团体运动需要一人以上参加比赛。故选D。

小题4:细节理解题。联系上下文Teamsportsaresuchsportsasbaseball,basketball,and

volleyball.以及individualsportscanbefinishedalone的描述可知，跳高是个体运动。故选A。

小题5:细节理解题。根据第一段Teamsportsneedtwoseparateteams.Theteamsplayagainst

eachother的描述可知，团体运动需要两个队进行比赛。故选C。

Mr.Clarkworkedinanewspaper,andhedidalotofimportantanddifficultwork,butthenhe

begantoforgetthings,andthismadehisworkverydifficult.Onedayhesaidtohimself,'Tm

goingtogoandseeDr.Martinaboutthis.”

HewaitedinthedoctorJswaitingroomwiththeotherpatients,andthenthenursesaidtohim,

“YoucangoinandseeDr.Martinnow”.

“Oh,doctor,“saidMr.Clark,'it'sterrible,Ican'trememberanythingforlongerthanhalfa

minute,andit'smakingmyworkverydifficult.WhatcanIdo?Canyouhelpme?”

Thedoctorsaid,“Whendidthisstart,Mr.Clark?”

“Whendidwhatstart?”Mr.Clarksaid.

小题1:madeMr.Clarkworkverydifficult.

A.ImportantworkB.Workingforalongtime

C.ForgettingthingsD.Badcondition

小题2:gotoseeDr.Martin.

A.Mr.Clarkhimselfdecidedto

B•Mr.Clark'sfriendadvisedhimto

C.ThenurseaskedMr.Clarkto

D.TheotherpatienttoldMr.Clarkto

小题3:Apatientis.

A.apersonwhowilldiesoonB.apersonwhoisill

C.adoctorJshelperD.adoctorsfriend

小题4:WhydidMr.ClarkaskDr.Martin,uWhendidwhatstart,,?Becauseheforgot.

A.thetimeB.hisillnessC.thedoctorD.thehospital

d、题5:WhichstatementisTURE?

A.Mr.Clarkdidn'tknowMr.Martinbefore.

B.Mr.Clarkshouldnotseethedoctor.

C.Mr.Clarkcouldrememberthingsaswellasbefore.

D.Mr.Clark'sillnesswasserious.

小题1:C

小题2:A

小题3:B

小题4:B

小题5:D

试题分析：本文叙述了Clark先生因为平时的工作非常难又很重要，但是他感觉近几天总是

爱忘事，所以他自己决定去看病，当大夫问他问题的时候，大夫刚说过的话他却想不起来了，

看来他的病很严重。

小题1:细节理解题。根据thenhebegantoforgetthings,andthismadehisworkverydifficult.

因为他开始忘事，所以让他工作起来非常难，故选C。

小题2:细节理解题。根据Onedayhesaidtohimself,aTmgoingtogoandseeDr.Martinabout

Ihis.”他自己决定去看病，故选A。

小题3:细节理解题。根据HewaitedinthedoctorJswaitingroomwiththeotherpatients和You

cangoinandseeDr.Martinnow可知palient指的是得病的人，故选Be

小题4:细节理解题。根据WhatcanIdo?Canyouhelpme?”可知他忘了自己的病情了，故选

Bo

小题5:推理判断题。根据"Whendidwhatstart?”Mr.Clarksaid.和thismadehisworkvery

difficult.他病得很严重，故选D。

Long,longagotherewasaveryfoolishthief.Doyouknowwhathedidoneday?Whenhe

wantedtosteal（偷）thebellonhisneighbour*sdoor,hewalkeduptothedoor,tookholdof（抓住）

thebellandpulledhard.Thebellmadeaveryloudnoise.Thethiefwasafraidandwenthome.

Thenhesatdowntothink,“Imustdosomethingaboutthenoise,“hesaid.Hethoughtand

thought.Atlasthehadanidea.uAh,Tilputsomecottoninmyears.ThenIwon,tbeabletohear

thenoise."Thenextdayhewenttothedoorofhisneighbour,andtookholdofthebell.Thistime

hepulledevenharder.Thebellrangloudly,butthethiefdidnothearanything.Withanotherhard

pullhegotthebellout.Justthentheneighbourcamerunningout."Stealmybell?V11teachyou

alesson（教训I）,"theangrymanshouted.Andhehitthethiefonthenose.

Thefoolishthiefdidnotknowhowtheneighbourfoundouthewasstealingthebell."Whydidhe

comeoutjustthen?”hewondered（感到疑惑）.

4、题l:Thethiefwastryingtoget.

A.hisneighbourB.hisneighbourJsdoorbell

C.somecottonD.adoorwithabellonit

〃、题2:Thethiefputsomecottoninhisears.Hethoughtitwouldbeforhimtostealthe

doorbell.

A.safeB.difficultC.dangerousD.easy

小题3:Theneighbourranoutprobably（很可能）because.

A.heknewhisdoorbellwasbeingstolen

B.hethoughtsomeonewaseager（渴望的）tovisithim

C.Herealized（意识至U）somelhingstrangehappened

D.BothBandC

小题4:Theneighbourhitthethiefto.

A.givehimlessonsB.punish（惩罚）himforstealing

C.helphimwiththebellD.behisteacher

〃、题5:WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?

A.Thethiefunderstoodwhyhewashitonthenose.

B.Thethiefknewwhytheneighbourcameout.

C.Thethiefthoughttheneighbourcouldnothearthebell.

D.Thethiefdidn,twanttoknowwhytheneighbourranoutjustatthetimehestolethedoorbell.

小题1:B

小题2:A

小题3:C

小题4:B

小题5:C

试题分析：本文就是我们汉语成语“掩耳盗铃”的故事。

小题1：细节判断题。根据文章中的Whenhewantedtosteal（偷）thebellonhisneighbour'sdoor,

可判断选B。

小题2:细节推理题。根据文章中的Whenhewantedtosteal（偷）thebellonhisneighbour?sdoor

以及在文章的最后，这位小偷还在疑惑，说明他认为捂住自己的耳朵，别人就听不见铃声了，

所以是安全的。故选A。

小题3:推理判断题。邻居听到铃声“不一般”，故认为发生了奇怪的事情。故选C。

小题4:细节理解题。根据邻居说的那句话，邻居打小偷是为了惩罚他。判断选B,。

小题5:综合判断题。根据文章的最后一句话说明A是错误的；掩耳盗铃的小偷不知道邻居

为什么会出来判断B是错误的；小偷捂上自己的耳朵就认为别人听不到，才大胆去偷铃，C

与文章相符。

Schoolnews（June8th,Friday）

Schooltrip:StudentsinJuniorTwohadagreattimeduringtheschooltriponChildrenJsDay.

TheywenttoOceanParkbybus.Theteacherswereveryhappybecausethestudentscleanedthe

busafterthetrip.

Japanesevisitors:ThirteenvisitorsfromJapanarrivedatourschoolonMonday,June4th.They

visitedourschoolandenjoyedtheweekendpartywithteachersandstudents.

Basketballworld:Theschoolbasketbailmatchwillbeheldtomorrow.BothTeamFiveandTeam

Onehopetobethechampion（冠军）.Whodoyouthinkwillwin?

Talentshow（才.艺表演）：TherewillbeatalentshowinourschoolonJune15th.Lotsofstudents

willshowtheirtalentsbysinging,dancingandplayingtheinstrumenls（乐器）atthecentralhall.

小题l:SomestudentsvisitedtheonJune1st.

A.schoolB.OceanParkC.zooD.thecentralhall

小题2:TheplayersinTeamFiveandTeamOnewilltakepartinthe.

A.talentshowB.schooltripC.basketballmatchD.weekendparty

小题3:Therewerethirteenattheweekendparty.

A.JapanesevisitorsB.AmericansC.ChineseD.children

小题4:Accordingtothenews,thetalentshowwillbeon.

A.MondayB.FridayC.WednesdayD.Thursday

小题5:OnJune9th,thestudentscanhavea

A.partyB.talentshowC.schooltripD.basketballmatch

小题1:B

小题2:C

小题3:A

小题4:B

小题5:D

小题1:本文主要谈论的是学校的4条新闻，第一条新闻是学生在六月一号儿童节那天去了海

洋公园旅行，玩得很开心，故本题选B。

小题2:本文的第三条新闻为篮球世界，明天将举行篮球比赛，5队和1队都想获得冠军，所

以5队和1队的篮球运动员都参加了篮球比赛，故选Co

小题3:本文的第二条新闻是日本游客，谈论是6月4号13名日本游客到访我们学校，和我

们学校的师生共享周末聚会，故本题选A。

小题4:本文的第四条新闻是才艺秀，在6月15日学校将有一场才艺表演，本文的第一句提

到6月8号为星期五，所以6月15号也是星期五，故选B。

小题5:新闻的时间是6月8号，在篮球世界新闻上可以看到篮球在明天举行，也就是6月9

号，故选D。

Overthirtythousandyearsago,peoplefromnorthernAsia（亚洲北部）wenttoAmerica.Today,

wecallthesepeopleIndians（印第安人）.

TheIndianswenttoAmericabecausetheweatherbegantochange.NorthernAsiabecame

verycold.Everythingfroze.Theyhadtomoveordie.HowdidthefirstIndiansgotoAmerica?

Theywalked1

LaterColumbusfoundtheNewWorldin1492.Atfirst,onlyafewEuropeansfollowed（品艮

随）.TheytravelledtoAmericainboats.Forthenextthreehundredyears,about500,000

peoplewentthere.Thenthenumbergrewveryquickly.From1815to1915,overthirty-two

millionEuropeanslefttheircountriesandwenttotheUnitedStates.Thebiggestgroupswere

fromGermanyandItaly（意大利）.TheseEuropeansspokemanydifferentlanguages.Mostof

themtookalmostnomoney.TheywenttoAmericasothattheycouldfindabetterlife.

4、题1:wenttoAmericafirst.

A.PeoplefromnorthernAsiaB.PeoplefromEurope

C.PeoplefromGermanyD.Columbus

小题2:WhydidtheIndiansgotoAmerica?Because.

A.northernAsiabecameveryhot

B.northernAsiabecameverycold

C.theywereinterestedinAmerica

D.theylikedtravelling

小题3:TheNewWorldwas.

A.ItalyB.northernAsia

C.GermanyD.America

〃、题4:ThefirstEuropeanswenttoAmerica.

A.byshipB.byb汰eC.byboatD.bytrain

小题1:A

小题2:B

小题3:D

小题4:C

试题分析：文章大意：美洲的印第安人竟然是从亚洲北部迁徙过去的，而且是走着过去的，

太不可思议了！

小题1：A细节理解题。根据第一段可知答案选择A。

小题2:B细节理解题。根据文章第二段TheIndianswenttoAmericabecausetheweather

begantochange.NorthernAsiabecameverycold.Everythingfroze.Theyhadtomoveordie.可

知印第安人去美国是因为天气变化，亚洲北部非常寒冷。答案选B。

小题3:D细节理解题。根据第三段LaterColumbusfoundtheNewWorldin1492.Atfirst,only

afewEuropeansfollowed（跟随）.They（ravelledtoAmericainboats.可知“新世界”指的

是美国，所以选择D。

小题4:B细节理解题。根据第三段句子TheytravelledtoAmericainboats.答案选B。

Evenachildknowsthatnoddingtheheadmeans"Yes”.Butsomepeoplewillprobablybe

puzzledwhentheyfirstcometoIndia.WhentheytalktoanIndian,heoftenshakeshishead.They

mightthinkthattheIndiandoesnotlikewhathesaid,butonthecontraryheisexpressing

agreement.

TheIndianshaveahabitofshakingtheirheadsslightlywhentheytalktosomebody.Itdoesn't

mean"No",but"Yes”.

Ifapersondoesn'tknowthis,itmightcausemisunderstanding.

AtonetimeaforeignerinIndiantoldhisdriverwhowasanIndiantotakehimtohisoffice.The

drivershookhishead.Theforeignerrepeatedhisrequestandthedrivershookhisheadagain.At

last,theforeignershoutedangrily,uDrivemetomyofficeatonce!”Thedriversaidinalow

voice,“Yes,sir,"smilingandshakinghisheadagainatthesametime.

小题1:Generallyspeaking,noddingtheheadmeans,andshakingtheheadmeans

A.Yes;NoB.No;YesC.Yes;YesD.No;No

小题2:WhydidtheIndiandrivershakehisheadwhentheforeigneraskedhimtodrivehimtohis

office?Because.

A.theIndiandriverhadsomethingimportanttodo

B.theforeignerpromisedtogivehimonlyalittlemoney

C.thedriverfeltuncomfortableatthattime

D.inIndiashakingtheheadmeansagreement

小题3:Whydidtheforeignerbecomeangry?Because.

A.theIndiandriverdidn*twanttosendhimtohisoffice

B.hemisunderstoodthemeaningofshakingtheheadinIndia

C.heaskedthedrivertosendhimtohisoffice,buttheIndiandriverdidn'tsayanywords

D.theIndiandriveraskedhimforalotofmoney

小题4:Theunderlinedphrase“onthecontrarymeans.

A.justtheoppositeB.cleardifferencebetweentwothings

C.doingwhatyouwanttodoD.ontheotherhand

小题1:A

小题2:D

小题3:B

小题4:A

文章讲述了印度一个与众不同的风俗，摇头不表示反对而表示同意。

小题1:细节题。根据第——段Evenachildknowsthatnoddingtheheadmeans"Yes”和Whenthey

talktoanIndian,heoftenshakeshishead.

小题2:推理题。因为在印度摇头表示同意。

小题3:推理题。根据文章最后一段可知是双方存在着误会。

小题4:猜测词义题。根据第一段内容可知在印度摇头表示同意。这个短语表示“相反”。

HaveyoueverbeentoLondon?Hereissomehotelinformationforyou.

KingswayHallHotel

Weofferqualityservice（优质服务）inKingswayHallHotel.Thislocationputsguestsineasy

reachofmanyplaces,suchastheBritishMuseumandPiccadillyCircus.Ourhotelalsohas

modernWesternfood,andoffersaperfectdiningenvironment.Theloungebarisacomfortable

placetoenjoyadrinkwhilewatchingthetourists.Therearehundredsofdiningchoiceswithin

walkingdistance.Non-smokingroomsarereadyforguests.

HiltonDocklandsRiverside

LocatedonthebankoftheThames,ourhotelisabouttwomileseastofTowerBridgeand36

milesfromLondonHeathrowAirport.Ourhotelhasabeautysalon,aflowershopanda

swimmingpool.Thehotelalsoofferslaundry（洗衣店）services,babysitting,shiningshoes,and

localareatransportation.

WindermereHotel

LocatedinthecenterofLondon,ourhotelputsguestswithineasyreachofLondon'swell-known

buildings.BuckinghamPalaceandtheRoyalParksarejustashortwalkaway.Within1.5miles

youcanvisitWestminsterAbbeyandtheHousesofParliament.Thetheatres,Harrodsshopping

centre,andthedesignershopsofSloaneSquareandKnightsbridgeareallonlyashortwalkaway

orataxirideaway.

小题1:WhatdoesKingswayHallHotelprovideforitsguests?

A.Chinesefood.B.Aloungebar.

C.Smokingrooms.D.Aswimmingpool.

小题2:WhatisspecialaboutHiltonDocklandsRiverside?

A.Itoffersdifferentkindsofservice.B.Itoffersareasonableprice.

C.Ithasconvenienttransport.D.Ithasdeliciousfood.

〃、题3:Thispassageismostlikelytobefoundin.

A.atravelguideB.astorybook

C.atechnicalreportD.ageographymagazine

1.B

2.A

3.A

小题1:根据第一段Theloungebarisacomfortableplacetoenjoyadrinkwhilewatchingthe

tourists.描述，可知选B

小题2:根据Ourhotelhasabeautysalon,aflowershopandaswimmingpool.Thehotelalso

offerslaundry（洗衣店）services,babysitting,shiningshoes,andlocalareatransportation.可知这

个地方提供各种服务，故选A

小题3:根据HaveyoueverbeentoLondon?Hereissomehotelinformationforyou.及下文描述，

可知本文主要提供了一些旅游信息，故选A,一本旅游指南。

Droughts（干旱）arecommoninKenya.Before,theycameevery10years,butnowtheyseemto

behittingusmoreoftenandforalongertime.

Wegavethedroughtsnames:"longoza”wasthedroughtwhenmanyanimalsdied;therewasthe

droughtofthe“planes“becausefoodwasdroppedfromtheairbyplanes;andoneparticularly

baddroughtwascalled“manwhodieswithhismoneyinhisflsl（拳头）"，because,evenifthere

wasmoney,therewassimplynofoodtobuy.

Iwasbornin1951inMachakos.Fromwhatmymothertellsme,whenIwas7,therewasa

seriousdrought.Iclearlyremembertheterribleweatherandthehunger.Ican*ttellyouhow

manytimesIwenttobedwithouteating."Isleptlikethat,“ishowwedescribedit.Ican't

countthenumberofdayswhen“Isleptlikethat,“ordescribethefeelingofgoingtosleep

hungry,knowingI'dwakeupandtherewouldstillbenofoodforbreakfast.

Myfatherwouldleaveearlyinthemorningcarryingalittlebaskettoaskforfoodoncredit。赊欠）.

Eachnighthewouldreturnhomearound10:00p.m.Mymotherwouldtrytoencouragemeby

tellingmetokeepthewaterinourpotboilingsothatwhenmyfatherarrivedwecouldquickly

cookanyfoodhebroughtinthealreadypreparedwater.Iwouldkeepthefireburningandthe

waterboiling,alongwiththehopesthatwewouldeatthatnight.Butmyfatherwouldarrive

frustratedandempty-handed.AndIwouldsleeplikethat.

小题l:Thebesttitleforthetextis.

A.AHungryChildhoodCausedbyDroughts

B.FoodandHunger

C.ProtectingtheEnvironment

D.DroughtsandTheirNames

小题2:Whatdoesthedroughtofthe"longoza”referto（指代）?

A.Manyanimalsneededfooddroppedbyplanes.

B.Peoplehadtoeatanimalsbecauseofhunger.

C.Manyanimalsdiedbecause