III．阅读理解
命题意图：以下几篇题阅读理解题主要选用了主题突出，语言流畅的叙述文、应用文和说明文，旨在训练学生的基本阅读能力------快速搜索信息能力和简单的信息处理能力（如时空排序能力等）。请针对学生实际情况，选用以下训练题。
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Doing Favours Can Be Dangerous
I found out one time that doing a favour for someone could get you into a lot of trouble．I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test．During the test, the girl sitting next to me whispered something, but I didn’t understand．So I leaned over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen．She showed me that hers was out of ink and would not write．I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk.
Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were dismissed．As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about what it meant to grow up; she mentioned how important it was to stand on your own feet and be responsible for your own acts．For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating themselves．She made me promise that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave．I walked out of the room wondering why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.
Later on, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test．When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as though I was copying answers from the girl’s test paper．I tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed awfully strange to her that I hadn’t mentioned anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test．Even though I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favour by letting her use my pen, I am sure she continued to believe that I had cheated on the test.
1．As the author didn’t understand what the girl was whispered, he __________．
A．paid no attention to her
B．turned to the teacher for help
C．tried to find out what it was all about
D．whispered back, meaning to silence her
2．The teacher believed that the author was trying __________．
A．to help the girl next to him B．to copy the answers from others
C．to lend his pen to his partner D．to whisper the answers to the girl
3．The main point stressed in the teacher’s talk was __________.
A．honesty B．independence C．sense of duty D．willingness to help
4．The boy came to see what had happened to him __________．
A．the moment he was asked to stay behind
B．when the teacher started talking to him
C．when he was walking out
D．only some time later
Some time people call each other “scared-cat”,but have you ever thought about this expression? When a cat is frightened,its heart starts beating faster,its muscles get tense,and there are changes in the chemicals in its bloodstream.Although the cat doesn't realize this,its body is getting ready for action.If the danger continues,the animal will do one of two things:It will defend itself,or it will run away as fast as it can.
Something like this also happens to people.When we are excited,angry,scared,or aroused by other emotions (feelings),our bodied go through many physical changes.Out hearts beat faster,and our muscled get tense.All of these changes make us more alert and ready to react.We,too get ready to defend ourselves or run.
Human beings,however,have a problem that animals never face.If we give way to our feelings and let them take over,we can get into trouble.Have you ever said something in anger—or hit somebody—and regretted it later? Have you ever shouted at a teacher,told somebody you were lonely,or said you were in love,and then wished later you had kept your mouth shut? It isn't always wise to express your feelings freely.
Does this mean that it's smarter always to hide our feelings? No! If you keep feelings of anger,sadness,and bitterness hidden away or bottled up inside,your body stays tense.Physical illness can develop,and you can feel churned up inside.It can actually be bad for your health.(It isn't good to keep pleasant feelings inside either;all feelings need to be expressed.)
Feelings that you keep all bottled up inside don't just go away.It's as if you bought some bananas and stuck them in a cupboard.You might not be able to see them,but before long you'd smell them.And if you opened the cupboard,chances are you'd see little fruit flies hovering all over them.They'd be rotten.
You can try to treat emotions as if they were bananas in the cupboard.You can hide them and you can pretend they don't exist,but they'll still be around.And at last you'll have to deal with them,just like those bananas.The best title for this article is _________.
| A．Emotions Affect Our Bodies | B．What Happens to a Frightened Cat |
| C．What Happens to An Excited Person | D．Feelings that People Have |
The underlined words “churned up” in the fourth paragraph mean _________.
| A．gradually they'll disappear | B．they won't exist any more |
| C．they will hover all over | D．your body stays tense |
The author wrote this article in order to _________.
| A．tell us that it isn't good to keep feelings inside |
| B．give us some advice on how to express our feelings |
| C．make us face the problem that we have to deal with feelings |
| D．make us know that it isn't always wise to express our feelings freely |
Look at this mail-order advertisement:
| SUNSHINE COMPANY Products for a Safe Environment |
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A2477—l You're going to love this natural soap.There are no chemicals in it.It is very good for your hands and face. |
D4545—GARDEN SPRAY Insects are going to run away from our new chiligarlic spray.It's safe and natural. |
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| B2377—HOME CLEANERYou're not going to need 5 or 6 chemical cleaners.You have Dr Clean!It is safe and strong,and it cleans everything in your house! |
A2104—CANVAS BAG You're going to say,“No paper or plastic!”You have this excellent heavy canvas shopping bag. |
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item |
code |
price |
| Natural ampoo |
T6762 |
$3.00 |
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| garden spray |
D4545 |
$2.50 |
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| canvas bag |
A2104 |
$4.00 |
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| hand soap |
A2477 |
$1.00 |
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| home cleaner |
B2377 |
$2.25 |
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| Postage:$3.50 |
Dr Clean is _________.
| A．an expert in cleaning everything | B．a newly-invented machine |
| C．a can of cleaning powder | D．a magic cloth for cleaning |
According to the ad,where can you mail your letter if you want something to kill the ants?
| A．D4545 Garden Spray. | B．Sunshine Company. |
| C．A2104 Canvas Bag. | D．The Dr Clean's. |
You're going to love the natural soap,because _________.
| A．it is cheap | B．it smells sweet |
| C．there are no chemicals | D．it is powerful |
According to the ad,how much do you have to pay for 3 shampoos and 2 canvas bags totally?
| A．＄12.25. | B．＄20.50. | C．＄13.50. | D．＄17. |
Shundagarh is a village on India's east-facing coast.It is a village of simple mud and grass houses built on the beach just above the waterline.The Khadra Hills rise immediately behind the village,to a height of one hundred and fifty meters.A simple,good-hearted old man,whose name was Jalpur,farmed two small fields on the very edge of these hills.From his fields he could see the fishing boats that travelled up and down the coast.He could see the children playing on the sands;their mothers washing clothes on the flat stones where the Shiva River flowed into the sea;and their fathers landing the latest catch or repairing nets and telling stories that had no end.
All Jalpur owned in the world were the clothes he wore day in and day out,the miserable hut(小屋) that he slept in at night,a few tools and cooking pots—and his fields.The corn that he grew was all that made life possible.If the weather was kind and the harvest was good,Jalpur could live happily enough—not well,but happily.When the sun was fierce,and there was little or no rain,then he came close to the line between life and death.
Last year the weather had been so kind,and the harvest promised to be so good,that Jalpur had been wondering whether he could sell all that he had and live with his son farther up the coast.He had been thinking about doing this for some years.It was his dearest wish to spend his last days with his son and his wife.But he would go only if he could give;he would not go if it meant taking food out of the mouths of his grandchildren.He would rather die hungry than do this.
On the day when Jalpur decided that he would harvest his corn,sell it,and move up the coast,he looked out to sea and saw a huge wave,several kilometers out,advancing on the coast and on the village of Shundagarh.Within ten minutes everyone in Shundagarh would be drowned.Jalpur would have shouted,but the people were too far away to hear.He would have run down the hill,but he was too old to run.He was prepared to do anything to save the people of Shundagarh,so he did the only thing that he could do: he set fire to his corn.In a matter of seconds the flames were rising high and smoke was rising higher.Within a minute the people of Shundagarh were racing up the hill to see what had happened.There,in the middle of his blackened cornfield,they found Jalpur;and there they buried him.
On his grave,they wrote the words: Here lies Jalpur,a man who gave,living: a man who died,giving.Which of the following could Jalpur NOT see from his Fields?
| A．Mothers washing clothes. |
| B．Fathers taking their corn to market. |
| C．Fishing boats traveling on the sea. |
| D．Children playing on the sands. |
Why didn't Jalpur live well?
| A．He didn't work hard. |
| B．He had too many children to feed. |
| C．He only depended on good weather and harvest for survival. |
| D．The villagers kept taking his corn. |
Jalpur's dearest wish was to _________.
| A．move away from his son |
| B．take a vacation up the coast |
| C．make a great deal of money in order to live an easy life |
| D．spend his last days with his son and his wife |
What did Jalpur do when he saw the huge wave?
| A．He set his corn on fire so the people of Shundagarh would leave the beach. |
| B．He screamed loudly to get the villagers' attention. |
| C．He ran down the hill to tell the people. |
| D．He stood still,not knowing what to do. |
Early one morning,more than a hundred years ago,an American inventor called Elias Howe finally fell asleep.He had been working all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem: It seemed impossible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needle.
Though he was tired,Howe slept badly.He turned and turned.Then he had a dream.He dreamt that he had been caught by terrible savages whose king wanted to kill him and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine.When he tried to do so,Howe ran into the same problem as before.The thread kept getting caught around the needle.The king flew into the cage and ordered his soldiers to kill Howe.They came up towards him with their spears raised.But suddenly the inventor noticed something.There was a hole in the tip of each spear.The inventor awoke from the dream,realizing that he had just found the answer to the problem.Instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle,he should make it run through a small hole in the center of the needle.This was the simple idea that finally made Howe design and build the first really practical sewing machine.
Elias Howe was not the only one in finding the answer to his problem in this way.Thomas Edison,the inventor of the electric light,said his best ideas came into him in dreams.So did the great physicist Albert Einstein.Charlotte Bronte also drew in her dreams in writing Jane Eyre.
To know the value of dreams,you have to understand what happens when you are asleep.Even then,a part of your mind is still working.This unconscious(无意识的),but still active part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had during the day.It stores all sorts of information that you may have forgotten or never have really noticed.It is only when you fall asleep that this part of the brain can send messages to the part you use when you are awake.However,the unconscious part acts in a special way.It uses strange images which the conscious part may not understand at first.This is why dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves ”.According to the passage,Elias Howe was_________.
| A．the first person we know of who solved problems in his sleep |
| B．much more hard-working than other inventors |
| C．the first person to design a sewing machine that really worked |
| D．the only person at the time who knew the value of dreams |
The problem Howe was trying to solve was_________.
| A．what kind of thread to use |
| B．how to design a needle which would not break |
| C．where to put the needle |
| D．how to prevent the thread from getting caught around the needle |
Thomas Edison is spoken of because_________.
| A．he also tried to invent a sewing machine |
| B．he got some of his ideas from dreams |
| C．he was one of Howe's best friends |
| D．he also had difficulty in falling asleep |
Dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves” because _________.
| A．strange images are used to communicate ideas |
| B．images which have no meaning are used |
| C．we can never understand the real meaning |
| D．only specially trained people can understand them |
We know that many animals do not stay in one place.Birds,fish and other animals move from one place to another at a certain time.They move for different reasons:most of them move to find food more easily,but others move to get away from places that are too crowded.
When cold weather comes,many birds move to warmer places to find food.Some fishes give birth in warm water and move to cold water to feed.The most famous migration（迁移）is probably the migration of fish,which is called “Salmon”.This fish is born in fresh water but it travels many miles to salt water.There it spends its life.When it is old,it returns to its birthplace in fresh water.Then it gives birth and dies there.In northern Europe,there is a kind of mouse.They leave their mountain homes when they become too crowded.They move down to the low land.Sometimes they move all the way to the seaside,and many of them are killed when they fall into the sea.
Recently,scientists have studied the migration of a kind of lobster（龙虾）.Every year,when the season of bad weather arrives,the lobsters get into a long time and start to walk across the floor of the ocean.Nobody knows why they do this,and nobody knows where they go.
So,sometimes we know why humans and animals move from one place to another,but at other times we don’t.Maybe living things just like to travel.Most animals move from one place to another at a certain time to _________.
| A．give birth | B．enjoy warmer water |
| C．find food more easily | D．find beautiful places |
The mice in northern Europe move when _________.
| A．they give birth | B．the weather is bad |
| C．the place gets too crowded | D．they haven’t enough food |
The lobsters move _________.
| A．to the fresh water | B．to the deeper sea |
| C．at a certain time | D．to find more food |
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