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1、阅读理解及完形填空1. A beautiful and very successful actress was the star of a new musical show. Her home was in the country, but she didnt want to have to go back there every night, so she rented (租用) an expensive flat in the centre of the city, bought some beautiful furniture (家具) and hired a man to paint

2、the rooms in new colours. It was very difficult to get tickets for her show because everybody wanted to see it, so she decided to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work better and more willingly for her. He took the tickets without saying anything, and she he

3、ard no more about them until the end of the month, when she got the painters bill. At the bottom of it were the words “Four hours watching Miss Hall sing and dance,3,” with this note： “After 5 p.m. I get fifteen shillings an hour instead of ten shillings.”1. In the article, “Miss Hall” was the name

4、of _. A. a place where people sang and danced B. an unmarried woman C. a hall D. a street2. The womans flat was situated _. A. near the city B. near her home C. in the middle of the city D. by the side of the country road3. The actress gave the painter two tickets, hoping he would_. A. be pleased B.

5、 ask less money for his work C. charge more money for his work D. say a good word for her musical show4. After the painter got the tickets from the actress, he _. A. sold them for 3 B. went to watch the musical show C. paid 3 for them D. was very thankful to her5. In the story , _ made a mistake. A.

6、 both the actress and the painter B. neither the actress nor the painter C. the painter D. the actress参考答案：1B 2 C 3 A 4 B 5 A2. When I lived in Spain, some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car. Before they left, they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation (住所). I sugg

7、ested that they should stay at bed and breakfast houses, because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family. My friends listened to my advice, but they came back with some funny stories. “We didnt stay at bed and breakfast houses,” they said, “b

8、ecause we found that most families were away on holiday.” I thought this was strange. Finally I understood what had happened. My friends spoke little English, and they thought VACANCIES meant holidays, because the Spanish word for holidays” is vacaciones. So they did not go to house where the sign o

9、utside said VACANCLES, which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to house where the sign said NO VACANCLES, because they thought this meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday. But they found that these houses were all full. As a result, they stayed at hot

10、els! We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. In Spanish, the word DIVERSION means fun. In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road, and that you must take a different road. When my friends saw the word DIVERSION on a road sign, they thought they

11、were going to have fun. Instead, the road ended in a large hold. English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages. Once in Paris. when someone offered me some more. coffee, I said Thank you in French. I meant that I would like some more, However , to my surprise the coffee pot was

12、taken away! Later I found out that Thank you in French means Mo, thank you.1. My Spanish friends wanted advice about _. A. learning English B. finding places to stay in England C. driving their car on English roads D. going to England by car2. I suggested that they stay at bed and breakfast houses b

13、ecause _. A. they would be able to practise their English B. it would be much cheaper than staying in hotels C. it would be convenient for them to have dinner D. there would be no problem about finding accommodation there3. “NO VACANCIES” in English means _. A. no free rooms B. free rooms C. not awa

14、y on holiday D. holidays4. If you see a road sign that says Diversion, you will _. A. fall into a hole B. have a lot of fun and enjoy yourself C. find that the road is blocked by crowds of people D. have to take a different road5. When someone offered me more coffee and I said Thank you in French, I

15、 _. A didnt really want any more coffee B. wanted them to take the coffee pot away C. really wanted some more coffee D. wanted to express my politeness6. I was surprised when the coffee pot was taken away because I _. A. hadnt finished drinking my coffee B. was expecting another cup of coffee C. mea

16、nt that I didnt want any more D. was never misunderstood参考答案：1B 2 A 3 A 4 D 5 C 6 B3. Robert is nine years old and Joanna is seven. They live at Mount Ebenezer. Their father has a big property. In Australia they call a farm a property. Robert and Joanna like school very much. At school they can talk

17、 to their friends but Robert and Joanna cannot see their friends. They live 100, perhaps 300, miles away and like Robert and Joanna, they all go to school by radio. Mount Ebenezer is in the centre of Australia. Not many people live in “The Centre”. There are no schools with desks and blackboards and

18、 no teachers in “The Centre”. School is a room at home with a two-way radio. The teacher also has a two-way radio. Every morning she calls each student on the radio. When all students answer, lessons begin Think of your teacher 300 miles away!1. The children in “The Centre” do not go to a school bec

19、ause _. A. they live too far away from one another. B. they do not like school. C. they are not old enough to go to school. D. their families are too poor.2. In order to send their children to school, parents in “The Centre” of Australia must have _. A. a property. B. a car. C. a school room at home

20、. D. a special radio.3. Teachers in “The Centre” of Australia teach _. A. not in a classroom but at the homes of the students. B. by speaking only and not showing anything in writing. C. without using any textbooks or pictures. D. without knowing whether the students are attending .4. When children

21、are having a lesson, they can hear their teacher. A. but their teacher cannot hear them. B. and their teacher can hear them too. C. but cannot hear their schoolmates. D. and see him or her at the same time.5. A “Property” in Australia is a A. house. B. school. C. farm. D. radio.参考答案：1A 2 D 3 .B 4 B

22、5 C4. In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. To have read Gullivers Travels is to have had the experience of listening to Jonathan Swift, of learning about mans inhumanity (残酷) to man. To read Huckleberry Finn is to feel wh

23、at it is like to drift (漂流) down the Mississippi River on a raft (木排). To have read Byron is to have suffered his rebellions with him and to have enjoyed his nosethumbing at (对的蔑视) society. To have read Native Son is to know how it feels to be frustrated (受挫折) in the particular way in which Blacks i

24、n Chicago are frustrated. This is effective communication (交流). It enables us to feel how others felt about life, even if they lived thousands of miles away and centuries age. It is not true that “We have only one life to live.” If we read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives a

25、s we wish.1. The sentence “People who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read” suggests that _. A. reading stimulates(激发) a desire to travel B. reading broadens(扩大) a persons experience C. people who read much live longer D. people who read are more relaxed2

26、. The author implies that good literature _. A. must deal with social problems B. must teach a lesson C. is varied in subject and in content (内容) D. is always exciting and heart-warming3. According to the author, reading good literature _. A. produces new income B. is quite useless C. satisfies the

27、curious D. opens new worlds to us(眼界)4. The underlined word effective in this passage means _. A. actual B. striking C. existing D. having an effect参考答案：1B 2 C 3 D 4 D5. My father, at the death of his father, was six years old, and he grew up without education. He moved from Kentucky to Indiana when

28、 I was seven. We reached our new home about the time the state came into the Union. It was a wild area, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. I grew up there. There were some so-called schools, but what was required of a teacher never went beyond “reading, writing, and adding.”

29、If a stranger supposed to understand Latin happened to live for a time in the area, he was looked on as wizard (奇才). There was simply nothing to excite a desire for education. Of course, when I grew up, I did not know much. Still, somehow, I could read, write, and add, but that was all. The advance

30、I have now made is on this store of education, which I have picked up under the pressure of necessity.1. When the writer was a child _ . A. his grandfather died in the state of Kentucky B. his family settled down in the countryside of Indiana C. Kentucky joined the Union as a member state D. his fam

31、ily had to move from place to place2. When the writer was seven, his family moved to an area where _ . A. educated people were greatly respected B. only a few had a knowledge of Latin C. people were often killed by wild animals D. the land had yet to be farmed3. The schools in the area _ . A. were o

32、f poor quality (质量) B. offered all kinds of subjects C. respected those who knew Latin D. had teachers good at reading, writing, and adding4. How did the writer look at his early education? A. He believed he met the school requirements. B. He thought he was well-educated. C. He thought it was not sa

33、tisfactory. D. He believed he was poorly educated.5. At the time he wrote, the writer _ . A. had to learn to read, write and add B. found it necessary to receive advanced education C. was probably fairly well-educated D. was dissatisfied with his level of education参考答案：1B 2 D 3 A 4 C 5 C6. Read the

34、following directions on a bottle of medicine： “Take two tablets(药片)with water, followed by one tablet every eight hours, as required, For maximum(最大量) night-time and early morning relief(缓解疼痛), take two tablets at bed - time, Do not take more than six tablets in twenty-four hours. For children six t

35、o twelve years old, give half the amount for a grownup. For children under six years old, ask for your doctors advice. Reduce the amount if nervousness, restlessness, or sleeplessness occurs,”1. The directions on this medicine bottle clearly warn the patient not to take more than . A. twenty-four ta

36、blets a day. B. eight tablets a day. C. six tablets a day. D. three tablets a day.2. We can infer from the directions that . A. the medicine could cause some people to feel nervous. B. children may take the same amount that grown-ups take. C. one may not take this medicine before going to bed. D. th

37、e medicine is a liquid.3. If one cannot sleep, it is suggested that he .A. take two tablets before going to bed. B. take less than two tablets before going to bed.C. stop taking the medicine. D. ask advice of a doctor.4. Obviously the medicine . A. may be dangerous to small children. B. cannot be ta

38、ken by children under twelve years old. C. may be taken by children but not by grown-ups. D. may be taken by grown-ups but not by children.参考答案：1C 2 A 3 B 4 A7. A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an appointment (预约) into the outer 1 of Harvards president. But

39、 they were 2 by his secretary and kept waiting. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, 3 that the couple would finally become 4 and go away. But they didnt. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though 5 .A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a

40、 6 face. The lady told him, “We had a son that 7 Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was 8 here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to 9 a memorial (纪念物) to him, somewhere on campus.”The president wasnt 10 . Instead, he was shocked. “Madam,” he said,

41、 “we cant put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died. If we did, this 11 would look like a cemetery (墓地),” “Oh, no,” the lady 12 quickly. “We dont want to put up a statue. We would like to give a 13 to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and 14 at the couple and then exclai

42、med, “A building! Do you have any 15 how much a building costs? We have spent over 7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard.” For a moment the lady was silent. The president was 16 , because he could get rid of them now. Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs

43、to start a 17 ? Why dont we just start our own?” Her husband nodded. 18 their offer was turned down. Mr. and Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their 19 , a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer 20 about.1. A. labB. libraryC. hallD. office2. A. watch

44、edB. stoppedC. followedD. interviewed3. A. pingB. findingC. realizingD. imagining4. A. surprisedB. disappointedC. worriedD. troubled5. A. hopelesslyB. carefullyC. unexpectedlyD. unwillingly6. A. pleasantB. funnyC. coldD. sad7. A. attendedB. visitedC. studiedD. served8. A. cleverB. braveC. proudD. ha

45、ppy9. A. set aboutB. set upC. take downD. take over10. A. satisfiedB. excitedC. movedD. ashamed11. A. houseB. partC. gardenD. place12. A. explainedB. expressedC. refusedD. admitted13. A. buildingB. yardC. playgroundD. square14. A. laughedB. shoutedC. glancedD. called15. A. suggestionB. ideaC. thoughtD. opinion16. A. boredB. astonishedC. interestedD. pleased