第二部分 阅读理解
(共一大题，满分40分)
四. 阅读理解(40分)
A
Two old men，Bob and Alf，were waiting in line outside the stadium(体育场).They were waiting to get into watch a football game.
They were both poor and could not buy tickets for seats in the best part of the stadium.They were standing in line to get into the cheapest section(部分).
They both liked football.Every week they watched the game.Today when they got to the gate of the stadium，a man was checking the tickets.Bob showed his ticket and went in.Alf started looking for his ticket，first in his trousers pockets，then in his jacket pockets and his shirt pockets.The man became angry.
“What's that in your mouth?he asked.
“Oh，it's my ticket.I knew I had it somewhere.”
He took the ticket out of his mouth and showed it to the man at the gate.
“OK....OK....the man at the gate said.“You can go in.
When Alf went in side the stadium， Bob said，“That's not the place to keep your ticket.
“Yes，but when I took the old ticket out of my mouth，the date came off(脱落)too!”
根据短文内容判断下列各句正(T)、误(F)。
( ) 46. Alf was poor and Bob was rich.
( ) 47. Both of them liked football games.
( ) 48. Alf really didn't know where he put his ticket.
( ) 49. Bob bought a ticket.
( ) 50. Alf didn't buy the ticket，he had an old one.
B
The Chinese New Year is now known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the beginning of spring. Though there are some sayings about its origin(起源), all agree that the word Nian, the name of a beast. The beast started to eat people the night before the beginning of a new year. It has a very big mouth that would take in a lot of people at one time. People were very frightened. One day, an old man came to help and said he would stop this. Then the old man came to Nian and said, “ I hear that you are very strong , so can you eat up all the beasts instead of people who are too weak(弱)to be your enemy?” “Yes” Nian agreed with him and killed many other beasts on the earth. People were very happy because those beasts also did bad things to people and killed farm animals.
In fact, the old man was a god, he rode on the beast Nian and left. Nian was gone, and other beasts also went into forests. People began to enjoy their happy lives. Before the old man left ,he had told people to put up red paper cuts on their window and doors at each year’s end to drive(驱赶) Nian away, because Nian was afraid of the color red.
From then on, every year at the beginning of spring, people “Guo Nian”. The word “Guo Nian” means “Go through the Nian safely”. People also made dumplings for a better mew year. However, people today have forgotten why they are doing this, they just feel the color and the food make the New Year very happy.
( ) 51. The Chinese New Year is also called _______________.
A. The beginning of spring. B. The Spring Festival.
C. The New Spring. D. The New Year.
( ) 52. How did the old man stop Nian from eating people?
A. By putting red paper cuts on windows.
B. By telling Nian to eat up other beasts.
C. By fighting against with it.
D. By giving Nian some food.
( ) 53. Why did people put up red paper cuts instead of other colors?
A. Because Nian liked the color red.
B. Because the old man liked the color red.
C. Because Nian was afraid of the color red.
D. Because people like the color red..
( ) 54. Which of the sentences is true?
A. Nian can eat up all the beasts on earth at one time.
B. Nian is a big beast that liked eating people and farm animals.
C. Nian is afraid of black paper cuts.
D. Nian likes red paper cuts.
( ) 55. The best title of the passage is ______________.
A. What is Nian? B. The Old Man and the Beast Nian.
C. How to Go Through the Nian Safely. D. The Origin of the Chinese New Tear.
C
Many years ago, there was a family named Franklin. They lived in Boston. There were five girls and six boys in the family. On a January day in 1706 another baby was born. The boy's mother and her husband gave the boy a name—Benjamin.
Benjamin was the cleverest of all the children. He could read when he was five and he could write when he was seven. The next year his parents sent him to school.
In school Benjamin was good at reading and writing, but not good at maths. He read all of his father's books. And when he had money, he always went to buy books. He liked books. They told him how to do something. The boy liked to use his head and tried to find ways to help people enjoy life more. For example, he tried to know if there was some way to swim farther, maybe with something on his hands or feet. Slowly a picture of swimming shoes, or paddles, grew in his mind. The paddles must be neither too big nor too small. And they must be neither too heavy nor light. At last he invented the paddle for swimming.
( ) 56. How many children did Mr. Franklin have?
A. five B. six C. eleven D. twelve
( ) 57. Why was it said Benjamin was clever?
A. Because he could read and write when he was very young.
B. Because he go to school when he was only five.
C. Because he was the youngest.
D. Because his parents sent him to school
( ) 58. When did Benjamin begin to go to school?
A.5 years old B. 6 years old C. 7 years old D. in 1714
( ) 59. Why did Benjamin like books?
A. Because his father had a lot of books
B. Because he was so clever
C. Because he liked to use his head
D. Because he could learn a lot from the books.
( ) 60. What did Benjamin invent the paddles for?
A. hands B. feet C. working D. swimming
D
It was Sunday and Tom was staying at home. After breakfast he went out into the garden and played quietly by himself. There were no kids around and he was used to playing alone quietly. He played with Bobby, the dog. He climbed up and down the tree. Sometimes a bird would come down to perch(停歇)on top of the doghouse. Then Tom would have the greatest fun by throwing a stone or something at it. Though he never made it, he did like doing this kind of thing.
Now Tom had been in the garden for half an hour. Suddenly a crack was heard and the little boy began crying.
“What’s the matter, Tom?" His mother looked through the kitchen window. Tom ran into the kitchen.
“Mum," he sobbed. "I broke Bobby’s plate. I didn’t know it was so fragile(易碎的)."
His mother put her arms round him and said,“Don’t feel so sad, Tom. We have other plates for Bobby. But how did you break that one?"
“I threw it at a bird but missed, and it went straight to the plate."
In Tom’s hand was his father’s gold pocket watch!
( ) 61. When did the story happen?
A. On a Sunday afternoon. B. On a Sunday morning.
C. At noon. D. In the evening.
( ) 62. When a bird perched on top of the doghouse, Tom .
A. would like to play with it B. was very interested in it by throwing a stone at it
C. would like to give it something to eat D. would smile
( ) 63. There were no kids around…… Here“kids" means .
A. men B. dogs C. children D. birds
( ) 64. How long had Tom been in the garden when his mother heard him cry?
A. An hour. B. A day. C. Two hours. D. Half an hour.
( ) 65. “Though he never made it” means “ ”.
A. Though he couldn’t hit a bird with a stone or something
B. Though he couldn’t catch the bird
C. Though he couldn’t have fun from the bird
D. Though he couldn’t eat the bird
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