英语阅读理解及答案

英语阅读理解及 阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的内容，从 A 、 B 、 C 、 D 四个选项中选出一个最佳选 项。 【1】 We are already familiar with computers—computers work for us at home, in offices and in factories. But it is also true that many children today are using computers at schools before they can write. What does this mean for the future? Are these children lucky or not? Many people who do not know about computers think of them as machines that children play with. They worry that children do not learn from experience but just from pressing a button and that this is not good for them. They think that children are growing not knowing about the real world. But people who understand more about computers say that computers can be very good for children . A computer can help them to learn about the real world more quickly, to learn what they want to learn and think for themselves. And for the future, don’t we need people who can think clearly, who know how to get information quickly and use it well? What do you think? 1. “To be familiar with” means to ______. A. know nothing B. know about C. dislike D. like 2. Does everyone think computers are good for children? A. Yes, they do. B. No, not everyone thinks so. C. They don’t know. D. They are not sure. 3. What can computers help children to do? A. To think clearly, to do homework and to write. B. To play games, to do math and to copy. C. To think clearly, to get information and to use it well. D. To count, to clean the house and to get information. 4. Does the writer think computer is a good thing? A. It isn’t mentioned. B. No, he doesn’t think so. C. He doesn’t know. D. Yes, he does. 【2】 Light travels at a speed which is about a million times faster than the speed of sound. You can get some idea of this difference by watching the start of a race. If you stand some distance away from the starter, you can see smoke from his gun before the sound reaches your ears. This great speed of light produces some strange facts. Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach us. If you look at the light of the moon tonight, remember that the light rays left the moon 1.3 seconds before they reached you. The nearest star is so far away that the light that you can see from it tonight started to travel towards you four years ago at a speed of nearly 2 million km. per minute. In some cases, the light from one of tonight’s stars had started on its journey to you before you were born. Thus, if we want to be honest, we can’t say, “The stars are shining tonight.” We have to say instead, “The stars look pretty. They were shining four years ago, but their light has only just reached the earth.” 1. Light speed is ______ sound speed A. as fast as B. a million times slower than C. about millions of times faster than D. about a million times faster than 2. If you stand 200 metres away from a man who is firing a gun to start a race, you will find out that ______. A. you can hear the sound before you see the smoke B. the sound does not travel as fast as light C. the sound will reach you before the man fires D. sound travels about a million times faster than light 3. Sunlight obviously ( 明显地 ) ______ than the light of the moon A. has to travel a greater distance B. moves less quickly C. travels much more quickly D. is less powerful( 有力的 ) 4. The scientific way of saying "The stars are shining tonight" should be ______. A. the stars have been shining all the time B. the stars seen tonight will shine four years later C. the stars were shining long ago but seen tonight D. the starlight seen today could be seen four years ago 【答案与解析】 【1】 1 . B 词义猜测。由破折号后的解释“ 电脑在家里、办公室、工厂都为我们工作 ” ，当 然我们就已经了解电脑了。 2 . B 事实细节题。第2段是说不太了解电脑的人认为电脑对小孩不好，而第,段则说那些 懂电脑的人认为电脑对小孩有益，因此，并不是每个人都认为电脑对小孩有益。 3 . C 事实细节题。由最后一段，特别是倒数第,个问句可知。 4 . D 推理判断题。从最后一段可推断出作者的观点是 “ 计算机是件好东西 ” 。 【2】 1 . D 事实细节题。由第 1 段第 1 句可知。 2 . B 推理判断题。由第 1 段最后一句推出。 3 . A 推理判断题。由第 2 段的第 2 句 ( 太阳光到达地球需要 8 分钟 ) 和第 3 句 ( 月 光到达地球仅需 1.3 秒 ) 可推出 ( 太阳光走过的距离明显远于月光 ) 。 4 . C 推理判断题。由最后一段的最后一句 They were shining four years ago, but their light has only just reached the earth 可推出。 【1】 Most people want to work, but it has become more difficult in today’s world to find work for everyone. The economy ( 经济 ) of the world needs to grow by 4% each year just to keep the old number of jobs for people. Often this is not possible, and so more people are out of work. Some people have no jobs now because new machines can do the work of many people in short time. Also, machines do not ask for more money and longer holiday. In all of the countries of the world, machines are taking work from people, not only in factories but also on the farms. One machine can often do the work from forty people. About 75,000 people are moving to the cities a day to look for jobs, but only 70% of them can find jobs. 1. It was _______ for people to find work before than today. A. not possible B. difficult C. more difficult D. easier 2. If the economy of the world grows by 4% each year, _______ . A. people will have no jobs B. people can still have jobs as before C. 4% of the people will have jobs D. 97% of the people will have jobs 3. One machine can do as much work as _______ . A. 40% of the people B. 4% of the people in the world C. 40 people D. 75,000 people 4. How many people outside cities go into to look for jobs each day? A. 70% of the people. B. 4% of the people in the world. C. More than 75,000. D. About 75,000 people. 5. Which of the following is NOT true? A. Machines are taking work instead of people. B. Now more people are out of work. C. Machines need more money and longer holidays. D. Most people want to have jobs. 【答案与解析】 1. 由短文的第一句话 It has become more difficult in today’s world to find work for everyone. 可知现在找工作比以前更困难，即以前找工作比现在容易得多。所以答案选 D 。 2. 由短文的第二句话 The economy of the world needs to grow by 4% each year just to keep the old number of jobs for the people. 准确地理解了这一句话的意思就能得出正确答案为 B 。 3. 由短文的倒数第二句话 One machine can often do the work of forty people. 可知此题的正 确答案为 C 。 4. 此题根据原文的最后一句话可直接得出答案为 D 。 5. 此题在原文中都可找到答案，而 C 答案与作者的观点 Machines do not ask for more money and longer holiday. 不一致，所以选 C 。 【2】 A young man once went into town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he went upstairs to his bedroom and put them on. He found that they were about two inches too long. He came downstairs, where his mother and his two sisters were washing up tea things in the kitchen. “These new trousers are too long.” He said. “ They need shortening ( 缩短 )by about two inches. Would one of you mind doing this for me, please?” His mother and sisters were busy and none of them said anything. But as soon as his mother had finished washing up, she went quietly upstairs to her son’s bedroom and shortened the trousers by two inches. She came downstairs without saying anything to her daughters. Later on, after supper, the elder sister remembered her brother’s trousers. She was a kind-hearted girl, so she went quietly upstairs without saying anything to anyone, and shortened the trousers by two inches. The younger sister went to the cinema, but when she came back, she , too, remembered what her brother had said. So she ran upstairs and took two inches off the legs of the new trousers. 1. The young man bought the new trousers _______ his size. A. as long as B. two inches longer than C. as big as D. two inches shorter than 2. He asked _______ to shorten his new trousers. A. his mother and sisters B. his two sisters C. his elder sister D. his mother and one of his sisters 3. His mother and sisters ________ . A. agreed to do that B. didn’t want to do that C. said nothing to him D. said something to him 4. His elder sister shortened the trousers ________ . A. after finished washing B. before she went to bed C. when she came back from the cinema D. after having supper 5. The next morning the young man would find the trousers were _______ . A. two inches shorter B. four inches shorter C. six inches shorter D. eight inches shorter 【答案与解析】 1. B. 第一段的最后一句 He found that they were about two inches too long. 2. A. 年轻人提出缩短裤子的要求，这个要求是向在场的妈妈和他的两个姐妹提出的。 3. C. 因当时妈妈和姐妹俩都忙于干活，所以当时都没有回答他的话。 4. D. 从第四段的原句 (Later on, after supper, the elder sister remembered her brother’s trousers) 中我们可知是晚饭后去把裤子缩短了。 5. C. 通读全文，知道有三人把裤子各缩短了两英寸，那么总共缩短了六英寸。 【1】 When you are learning English, you find it not clever to put an English sentence, word for word, into your own language. Take the sentence “ How do you do?” as an example. If you look up each word in the dictionary, one at a time, what is your translation? It must be a wrong sentence in your own language. Languages do not just have different sounds, they are different in many ways. It’s important to master( 掌握 ) the rules( ) for word order in the study of English, too. If the speaker puts words in a wrong order, the listener can’t understand the speaker’s sentence easily. Sometimes when the order of words in an English sentence is changed, the meaning of the sentence changes, But sometimes the order is changed, the meaning of the sentence doesn’t change. Let’s see the difference between the two pairs of sentences. “She only likes apples.”“Only she likes apples.”“I have seen the film already.”“I have already seen the film.” When you are learning English, you must do your best to get the spirit( 精神实质 ) of the language and use it as the English speaker does. 1. From the passage we know that _______ when we are learning English. A. we shouldn’t put every word into our own language B. we should look up every word in the dictionary C. we need to put every word into our own language D. we must read word by word 2. The writer thinks it is _______ in learning English. A. difficult to understand different sounds B. possible to remember the word order C. important to master the rules in different ways D. easy to master the rules for word order 3. We can learn from the passage that ________ . A. the meaning of an English sentence always changes with the order of the words B. The order of words can never change the meaning of an English sentence C. sometimes different order of words has a different meaning D. if the order of words is different, the meaning of the sentence must be different 4. “She only likes apples.” ________ . A. is the same as “Only she likes apples.” B. is different from “Only she likes apples.” C. means “She likes fruit except apples.” D. means “She doesn’t like apples.” 5. Which is the best title ( 标题 ) for this passage? A. Different Orders, Different Meanings B. How to Speak English C. How to Put English into Our Own Language D. How to Learn English 【答案与解析】 1. A. 从整篇文章我们知道，在学习英语翻译句子时，我们不能逐字逐词译成母语，这样做 是不明智的，结果是译成错误的句子。 2. B. 从文章中的第二段的这一句中 It’s important to master the rules for word order in the study of English, too. 可知 B 项为正确答案。 3. C. 从文章所举的两组例子和原句 Sometimes when the order of words in an English sentence is changed, the meaning of the sentence changes. 了作者的这一观点:有时，不同 的词序会有不同的意思。 4. B. She only likes apples. only 在这句中修饰动词 likes ，意为 “ 她只喜欢苹果，而不喜 欢吃其它水果 ” 。 Only she likes apples. only 在此句中修饰主语 she ，意为 “ 只有她 喜欢苹果，而其他人就不一定喜欢吃苹果了。 ” 所以正确答案是 B 。 5. D. 从整篇文章可以看出其大意是 “ 怎样学习英语, ” ，把它作为标题应该是最佳的。 【2】 A cheap sweater Mr. Ford saw a nice sweater in the shop window. It was very cheap. So he bought one. When he went back home he put the sweater on, It was all right and he was pleased with it. In the afternoon he went out to work in his garden. It soon began to rain, and Mr. Ford had to run into his house. He ran quickly, but he still got wet. Then his sweater started to shrink. It got smaller and smaller. Mr. Ford tried to take it off, but he couldn’t. In the end, with the help of his wife, he got out of the sweater. Mrs. Ford laughed, “ You see, you bought a cheap thing, but…” 阅读短文，然后根据文章内容判断下列各句是否正确，对的用 “ T ” 、错误的用 “ F ” 示。 1. Mr. Ford bought the sweater because it was very nice and cheap. 2. “Shrink” here means “become smaller”. 3. Mr. Ford was not good at buying things. 4. Mr. Ford put the sweater on as soon as he bought it. 5. Mr. Ford took off the sweater by himself. 【答案与解的】 1. T. 第 1 小题的句意与文章的第 1 自然段意思相同，所以符合短文内容。 2. T. 从文章的第四自然段可知 shrink 的意思就是 become smaller 。所以符合短文内容。 3. T. Ford 先生上午买的衣服下午穿在身上被雨水打湿后就缩小变形了，由此可知 Ford 先 生不擅长买东西。 4. F. 从文章中的 When he went back home he put the sweater on. 可知 , 他是买了带回家才 穿的。所以第四小题与短文内容不相符合。 5. F. 从文章的最后一段可知他是在妻子的帮助下才把衣服给脱下来的。所以与短文内容不 相符合。 根据下面一篇短文的内容判断下列句子的正误，正确的用 “A” 表示，错误的用 “B” 表 示。 【1】 Miss Grey lived in a small house. She was old and did not like noise at all, so she was very pleased when her noisy neighbor moved out . A young man moved in and Miss Grey thought the man seemed to be quiet. But at three o’clock the next morning, the noise of a dog woke her up. She thought she had never heard a dog there before. It must be the young man’s dog. So she telephoned the young man, said something bad about the dog and then hung up the telephone before he could answer. Nothing more happened until three o’clock the next morning. Then Miss Grey’s telephone rang, and when she answered, a voice said, “You telephoned me twenty-four hours ago. Now I’ve rung you up to say that I haven’t a dog.” 1. Miss Grey felt sorry when her noisy neighbour moved out. 2. Miss Grey’s new neighbour was as noisy as the old one. 3. Some noise woke her up in the early morning. 4. She thought the new neighbour had brought a dog with him. 5. The young man rang up Miss Grey in the early morning, because he wanted to punish( 惩罚 ) her. 【2】 Yesterday evening, when I went to town with my mother, we met a strange old man. It was raining hard and we had no umbrella( 伞 ). We were trying to get into a taxi when he came up to us. He was carrying a nice umbrella and he said that he would give it to us for only a pound. He had forgotten his wallet, he said, needed taxi-fare( 出租汽车费 ) to go back home. My mother didn’ t believe what he had said at first, and asked him a lot of questions. But the old man didn’t get into a taxi. We followed( 跟随 ) him and found he went into a pub( 小酒店 ) and bought himself a glass of whiskey ( 威士忌 ) with the pound. After he drank it, he put on his hat and took up one of the many wet umbrellas there and went off with the new one. Soon after that, he sold it again. 1. The old man sold an umbrella to the writer and her mother. 2. He gave it to them for only a pound because he had forgotten his wallet and needed taxi fare to go back home. 3. The umbrella was worth more than one pound. 4. The old man sold his own umbrella. 5. He was an honest man. 【答案与解析】 【1】 1 . B 细节题。由第 1 段第 2 句中 so she was very pleased when her noisy neighbor moved out 可知。 2 . B 细节题。由 seemed to be quiet 等可知。 3 . A 细节题。由第 2 段第 1 句 the noise of a dog woke her up 可知。 4 . A 细节题。由第 2 段的第 2 、 3 句可知。 5. A 推断题。她头天打电话来骂他时，尽管他来不及说话她挂了电话，但也可打过去或者 第二天某个时候打给她，说他没有狗。而要等 24 小时后的凌晨 3 点才打电话告诉她，这 不是故意惩罚她吗, 【2】 1 . A 推理判断题。虽然文中不可直接找到答案，但由后文的 bought himself a glass of whiskey ( 威士忌 ) with the pound. 中 pound 前用的是 the( 那 ) 和 he sold it again 中的 again( 又 ) 可推断出，作者和他母亲买了那个老人的伞。 2 . B 事实细节题。由文中所述这个老人收钱后并没乘 taxi 回家，而是去 pub 喝酒可知。 3 . A 推理判断题。他要将伞卖给作者时说 for only a pound 中的 only 可以推断，那把伞不 只值,英镑。 4. B 推理判断题。这个老头先卖给了作者一把伞，可是他喝酒后又 took up one of the many wet umbrellas there ，并将其很快卖掉，由此推断卖的并不是他自己的伞，而是别的人伞。 5. B 推理判断题。这个老人原来说卖伞乘 taxi 回家，事实上是上 pub 喝酒，后来又拿别 的雨伞去卖掉，由此可推断他是不诚实的。 阅读下列短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。 【1】 It’s hard to make friends if you stay at home alone all the time. Get out of the house and do things that will put you in touch with( 接触 ) other people. It’s easier to make friends when you have similar interests. Don’t be afraid to show people what you’re really good at. Talk about the things you like and do best. People will be interested in you if there is something interesting about you. Look at people in the eye when you talk to them. That way, they’ll find it easier to talk to you, or people may think you’re not interested in them and may stop being in-terested in you. Be a good listener. Let people talk about themselves before talking about “me, me, me”. Ask lots of questions. Show an interest in their answers. Try to make friends with the kind of people you really like, respect ( 尊敬 ), and admire ( 羡慕 ) —not just with those who are easy to meet. Be friendly with a lot of peo-ple. That way, you’ll have a bigger group of people to choose from and have more chances for making friends. 1. How can we have more friends, get in touch with other people or stay at home? 2. When Jim talks to people, he always looks right, left, or at the floor. Do you think it’s right? Why or why not? 3. Cindy always talks about herself when she talks to other people. What advice (it’80 do you think she needs to follow? 4. What should you do if you want to have more chances for making friends? 5. What’s the main idea of the passage? 【2】 Reading for pleasure is the easiest way to become a better reader in English. It is also the most important way. Some students say they don’t want to read for pleasure. They say they want to use their time to learn the rules of the language and new words. They say that pleasure read-ing is too easy. Many experts ( 专家 ) say pleasure reading is very important for learning English. Dr. Stephen Krashen, a famous expert on learning languages, says that pleasure reading helps you learn many important things about English. Students learn more grammar and more words when they read for pleasure. They also learn more about good writing. Dr. Krashen tells us that pleasure reading helps each student in a different way. Each student needs to learn something different. Pleasure reading makes it possible for each student to learn what he or she needs. Reading for pleasure is not the same as studying. When you read for pleasure, you choose your own books, and you don’t have to remember everything. There are no tests on your pleasure reading books. Pleasure reading will help you: ?learn how English speakers use English ?read faster in English ?find examples of good writing in English ?learn new words ?learn about the cultures ( 文化 ) of English speakers 1. Is pleasure reading important for learning English? 2. Which is the easier way to become a better reader, pleasure reading or studying? 3. What do some students think of pleasure reading? 4. How can we become better readers? 5. What’s the greatest advantage ( 优点 ) of pleasure reading? 【答案与解析】 【1】 1. Get in touch with other people. 回答选择问句不能用 Yes 或 No 来回答，而是从选项中选 择一项进行回答。本题答案由第 1 段前两句可知。 2. No. / I don’t think so. Because people may think he’s not interest-ed in them. / Because he should look at people in the eye. / Because it’s impolite / not polite 可在第 3 段找到答案。 3. Be a good listener. / Let people talk about them-selves before talking about “her, her, her.” / Listen to other people first 可根据第 4 段的内容来回答。 4. Be friendly with other (a lot of) people. / Try to make friends with the kind of people you really like, respect and admire—not just with those who are easy to meet. / Get out to meet other people. 5. How to make friends / To make friends / Make friends. / Making friends 根据首尾段即可概括 出。 【2】 1. Yes, it is. 由文章的第 1 段第 2 句可知。 2. Pleasure reading. 根据最后一段的内容可知。 3. It’s too easy. / It’s not useful / helpful / important. 根据第 2 段的内容回答。 4. Do pleasure reading. 由第 1 段第 1 句可知。 5. We can learn what we need. 由第 4 段可知。 Waste can be seen everywhere in the school. Some students ask for more food than they can eat and others often forget to turn off the lights when they leave the classroom. They say they can afford these things. But I don’t agree with them. Waste can bring a lot of problems. Although China is rich in some resources(资源), we are short of(缺乏) others, for example, fresh water(淡水). It is reported that we will have no coal(煤) or oil to use in 100 years. So if we go on wasting our resources, what can we use in the future and where can we move? Think about it. I think we should say no to the students who waste things every day. Everybody should stop wasting as soon as possible. In our everyday life, we can do many things to prevent waste from happening, for example, turn off the water taps(水龙头) when we finish washing, turn off the lights when we leave the classroom, try not to order more food than we need, and so on. Little by little, everything will be changed. Waste can be stopped one day, if we do our best. 根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。 1. From the passage we know that some students often _______ in the school. A. eat too much B. don’t work hard C. waste things D. throw rubbish everywhere 2. Which is not mentioned in this passage? A. Fresh water. B. Forest . C. Oil. D. Coal. 3. What may happen in 100 years? A. We may still have enough oil. B. We may still have enough coal. C. We may have a little oil. D. We may have no coal or oil to use. 4. Which of the following is right? A. Waste brings problems. B. Waste can bring no problem. C. China is rich in fresh water. D. Students never waste things. 5. Which is the best title of this passage? A. Stop Wasting B. School life C. Waste in the School D. Rich Resources in China 【答案与解析】 1. 选C. 从文章的第 1 句 Waste can be seen everywhere in the school. 就说明了在学校浪费 现象随处可见，故选 C 。 2. 选B. 在第 2 段中，Fresh water, oil, coal 均有提及，但 Forest 没有提到。故选 B 。 3. 选D. 由第 2 段的句子 It is reported that we will have no coal or oil to use in 100 years. 可 知，在 100 年后，我们可能没有 coal or oil to use 。 故答案选 D 。 4. 选A. 短文的第 2 段第 1 句 Waste can bring a lot of problems 就告诉了我们答案，故选 A。 5. 选A. 在短文的第 1 段例举一些浪费现象，引出第 2 段 Everybody should stop wasting as soon as possible. 所以 Stop Wasting 为短文的最佳标题。 Napoga is a 12-year-old girl in Ghana(加纳), Africa. It is hard for her family to get clean water. Every morning, she leaves home at half past five to get clean water for her family in a village far away. It takes her six hours to get enough clean water for daily(日常) cooking and drinking. She has no time to go to school or to play with her friends. Millions of people in the world are like Napoga. They can’t get enough clean water to keep healthy. Earth Day is April 22. But on all other days, we must also remember it. The water we use is the most important natural resource(自然资源) on the earth. Water covers 70% of the earth’s surface(表面). But most of that is sea water. We can’t use it for very many things. Fresh water covers only 1% of the earth’s surface. You probably feel lucky that your life isn’t as hard as Napoga’s. But that doesn’t mean you don’t have to worry about water. We all face serious water problems. One of them is water pollution. All kinds of things from cars, factories, farms and homes make our rivers, lakes, and oceans dirty. Polluted water is very bad for people to drink. And dirty water is bad for fish, too. Now, 34% of all kinds of fish are dying out. How do cars and factories make our water dirty? First, they pollute the air. Then, when it rains, the rain water comes down and makes our drinking water dirty. Dirty rain, called acid rain(酸雨), is also bad for plants, animals and buildings. Scientists say that in 30 years, more than half of the people in the world won’t have enough clean water. We have to learn how to save more water for ourselves and our children. Here is some advice for saving water: ? Turn off the water while you brush your teeth. You can save as much as 450 liters(升) each month. ? Leaky taps(漏水的龙头) waste a lot of water. Fix them right away! ? You can easily cut your 10-minute showers(沐浴) in half — and you’ll be just as clean. ? When you wash dishes, don’t let the water run. ? Only wash clothes when you have a lot to wash. If your washing machine isn’t full, you’re wasting water! 根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。 1. Every morning Napoga went to get clean water _______. A. before she went to school B. after she finished school C without going to school D. after she played with her friends 2. On the earth, _______. A. sea water is widely used than fresh water B. there is very little water for our living C. there is 71% of fresh water D. we don’t need to worry about water 3. Acid rain _______. A. is only bad for living things B. can be produced in factories C. doesn’t do harm to people, but it’s bad for plants, animals and buildings D. doesn’t just do harm to human beings but to ani-mals, plants and buildings 4. Which of the following wastes water? A. We need ten minutes if we want a clean shower. B. We should put in enough clothes when we wash them in washing machines. C. You can keep yourself clean by having a shower for five minutes. D. Don’t let the water run when we brush our teeth and wash dishes. 5. What’s the main idea of the passage? A. Something must be done to prevent water form be-ing polluted. B. Clean water means much to human beings and living things around us. C. It’s time to take care of the water we use. D. Water is the most important natural resource on the earth. 【答案与解析】 1. 选C 。从第1段中的句子 She has no time to go to school 可知，她根本没有去上学。故 选 C 。 2. 选B 。短文第3段中介绍了全球 70% 被水覆盖，但只有 1% 才是饮用淡水。而世界上 的很多国家和地区都缺水。所以选 B 项，即我们的生活用水很少。 3. 选D 。由第5段中的句子 Dirty rain, called acid rain, is also bad for plants animals and buildings. 可知， acid rain( 酸雨 ) 的危害很大。故答案选 D 。 4. 选A 。A 选项与C选项相互矛盾，则必有一个为正确选项。而从第 3 点建议 (advice) 可 知，你可以沐浴只须五分钟来节约用水，若用 10 分钟则是浪费水。故选 A 。 5. 选C 。读完 全文我们知道地球上的水资源有限，所以大家都要节约用水。故选 C 。 “ Well, we’re in our new house. Let’s get a new pet to get along with it,” Mrs Brown said to her husband. “ That sounds like a pretty good idea,” he answered. “Do you want to see the ads in the newspaper?” “ Let’s go to the animal shelter. Many pets there need homes. Since tomorrow is Saturday, we can both go,” she said. Next morning the Browns met Mr Snow at the animal shelter. “We want to be sure that the pets here go to good homes,” Mr Snow said, “So I need to ask you some questions.” After they talked for a while, the Browns decided to get a small dog. It wouldn’t need a big house or a big yard. A small dog would bark( 吠 ) and warm them if someone tried to break into their house. After Mr Snow gave the Browns a book on pet care, they chose one and wanted to take her home right away. But the animal doctor hadn’t checked her yet. So Mr Snow told them to return on Sunday. On Sunday afternoon the Browns went to the animal shelter. The animal doctor said, “ Shadow has had all of her shots ( 预防针 ). She will be healthy. ” The browns thanked the doctor and took Shadow home. 根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。 1. From the reading we learn that _______. A. the Browns have never had a pet before. B. the Browns knew about Shadow from the newspaper. C. Shadow is a small and healthy dog. D. Mr Brown didn’t quite agree with his wife. 2. The word shelter in the reading means _______. A. a place to sell small dogs B. a place to keep homeless animals C. a place to study animals D. a place to sell books on pet care 3. Mr Snow asked the Browns some questions to _______. A. see if they had moved to a new house B. find out how rich the Browns were C. know where they’d keep their new pet D. make sure they’d take care of pets 4. The Browns thinks that a small dog _______. A. doesn’t need any room to keep B. can help them watch their house C. eats less food than a bigger one D. usually has a beautiful name 5. It’s clear that _______. A. Shadow will not be easy to get ill B. the Browns were not satisfied with Shadow C. Mr Snow didn’t check Shadow at all D. Shadow likes barking a lot 【答案与解析】 1. 选 C 。文章第5段提到„ the Browns decided to get a small dog 以及最后一段动物医生 说: Shadow has had all of her shots ( 预防针 ). She will be healthy. 我们 可以知道 Shadow 是一只健康的小狗。答案选 C 。 2. 选 B 。由第3段句子 Let’s go to the animal shelter. Many pets there need homes. 可知， shelter 是 a place to keep homeless animals( 无家可归的动物们的避难所 ) 。 3. 选 D 。第4段内容告诉我们:医生想为宠物们找个好家，他想知道 Brown 夫妇是否能 照顾好宠物，否则医生也不放心把宠物交给他们的。 4. 选 B 。由第5段的句子 A small dog would bark( 吠 ) and warm them if someone tried to break into their house. 我们可 知，一只小狗就可以帮他们看家了。故答案选 B 。 5. 选 A 。因为 Shadow has had all of her shots. 它已经打过所有的预防针了，所以 Shadow 是不会容易得病的。 A (1)disciple and his teacher were walking through the forest. The disciple was disturbed by the fact that his mind was in constant unrest. He asked his teacher, "Why most people’s minds are restless, and only a few possess a calm mind? What can one do to still the mind?” The teacher looked at the disciple, smiled and said, "I will tell you a story. An elephant was standing and picking leaves from a tree. A small fly came，flying and buzzing near his ear. The elephant waved it away with his long ears. Then the fly came again, and the elephant waved it away once more. This was repeated several times. Then the elephant asked the fly, "Why are you so restless and noisy? Why can't you stay for a while in one place?" The fly answered, "I am attracted to whatever I see, hear or smell. My five senses pull me constantly in all directions and I cannot resist them(What is your secret? How can you stay so calm and still?" The elephant stopped eating and said, "My five senses do not rule my attention. Whatever I do, I get (2)immersed in it. Now that I am eating, I am completely immersed in eating. In this way I can enjoy my food and chew it better. I rule and control my attention, and not the other way around." Upon hearing these words, the disciple’s eyes opened wide and a smile appeared on his face. He looked at his teacher and said, "I understand! If my five senses are in control of my mind and attention, then my mind is in constant unrest. If I am in charge of my five senses and attention, then my mind becomes calm." "Yes, that's right," answered the teacher, "The mind is restless and goes wherever the attention is. Control your attention, and you control your mind." 一对师徒正在一片森林中行走。徒弟因自己的思绪纷乱而感到烦恼不已。于是他请教师父: “为什么只有一小部分人能够心如止水，而大多数人的思想都是焦躁不安的呢?要怎么做才 能平静下来呢?” 师父看着徒弟，笑着说:“我给你讲一个故事。一头大象站在一棵树下，摘取叶子进食。一 只小苍蝇飞了过来，在大象的耳朵旁环绕并嗡嗡作响。大象挥动它的长耳朵把苍蝇赶走。不 久苍蝇又来了，大象再一次把它赶走。一对师徒正在一片森林中行走。徒弟因自己的思绪纷 乱而感到烦恼不已。于是他请教师父:“为什么只有一小部分人能够心如止水，而大多数人 的思想都是焦躁不安的呢?要怎么做才能平静下来呢?” 这样的动作持续了几次，大象不禁 向苍蝇问道:“为什么你这么吵闹停不下来呢?你不能静静地呆在一个地方吗?” 苍蝇回答道， “我无论看到什么，听见什么或是闻到什么，都会被吸引过去。我的五种感官总是吸引我飞 往不同的方向，而我抵抗不了。为什么你能保持这么平静，一动也不动呢?你的秘诀是什么 呢?” 大象停止了进食，说道:“我的注意力并不受五种感官的影响。无论做什么，我都全 神贯注。(比如)现在我在吃东西，那么我就完全专注于吃东西。这样我就能好好享受我的食 物并且细嚼慢咽。我掌控自己的注意力，而不是屈服于它。”听到这些话，徒弟眼睛一亮， 脸上漾起了笑容。他看着他的师父说，“我明白了!如果我让我的五种感官控制我的思想与注 意力，那么我的思想就会不停地波动。反之，如果我掌控了我的五种感官，那么我的思绪就 会平静下来。” “是的，就是这样，”师父回答道，“思想是动态的并随着注意力移动。控制 了你的注意力便控制了你的思想。” NOTES: (1) disciple: n. 门徒，信徒 (2) immerse: v. 使沉浸在;使浸没 True(T) or False (F) 1. The fly can’t keep quiet because whatever it sees, hears or smells will attract it. 2. Because the elephant’s five senses rule its attention, whatever it does, it can get immersed in it. Keys: 1. T 2. F [1]Many of us reach a point when our lives become routine, dull and thankless. There seems to be a lack of purpose and feelings of hopelessness. We do reach a time when we're tired of being emotionally constipated(患便秘的) and seek out ways to break this cycle. The time has come to venture into something new. [2]Listen to Music Select songs that'll make you happy, select songs that'll induce sadness. The release of tears will help you let go of whatever is keeping you stuck. [3]Follow Your Dream If you've had a dream of writing a book, opening a store, moving to the country or running for political office, it's the time to pursue that dream. [4]Let Go of Grief You may have been deeply hurt. If you're having difficulty forming and keeping relationships and if you've had a loss or traumatic(受创伤的) event and it seems like it happened yesterday. Seeking out an appropriate self-help may be very helpful. [5]Change Your Job If you've been working at the same job for a long time, perhaps it's time_____________. It's difficult to know when you've outgrown your current position and you stay because it's familiar and secure. However, the lack of new challenges is deadly for your personal growth and creativity. [6]Celebrate Your Positive Changes We tend to focus on the negative aspects of our being and the positive parts of us tend to be overlooked or ignored. Tune in to the positive changes you may have recently made. [7]Give to Your Community Volunteering to help those less fortunate than you'll not only be appreciated by many. [8]Decide to Break Your Addiction Whether you're addicted to substances, getting assistance and eventually breaking your addiction will make you a happier, more productive person. 1. What time does the author say that we face Paragraph 1? (within 8 words) _________________________________________________________________________ 2. Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one? Looking for a suitable saving-oneself way may be very useful. ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 5 with proper words. (within 5 words) _________________________________________________________________________ 4. List three characters of many people’s life according to the text. (within 8 words) ? ? ? 5. Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 6 into Chinese. Keys: 1. The time that we venture into something new. 2. Seeking out an appropriate self-help may be very helpful. 3. for a change 4. ? routine ? dull ? thankless 5. 我们倾向于看重我们的否定方面，而我们的肯定方面则被宽容或被忽略。