阅读理解 When I was a child, I often dreamed of the time when I could leave ho
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lived on a farm, in the winter especially, we were quite cut off from the outside world. As soon as I left
school, I packed my bags and moved to the capital. However, I soon discovered that my life has its
problems too.
One big disadvantage is money. It costs so much to go out, not to mention basics like food and
housing. Another disadvantage is pollution. I suffer from asthma(哮喘), and at times the air is so bad that
I am afraid to go outside. Then there is the problem of traveling round. Although I have a car, I seldom
use it because of the traffic jams. One choice is to go by bicycle, but that can be quite dangerous.
Of course there are advantages. First, there is so much to do in the city, whatever you tastes in culture or entertainment(娱乐活动). Besides, there are wonderful jobs and greater chances of moving to a more
important job or position. Finally, if you like shopping, the variety of goods is very surprising-and, what is more, shops are often only a short walk away.
Is life better then, in the city? Perhaps it is, when you are in your teens(十几岁)or twenties. However, as you get older, and especially if you have small children, the peace of the countryside may seem
preferable. I certainly hope to move back there soon.
B. Moving to the countryside.
C. Leaving home for the city.
D. Running away from the school.
B. He is in good health.
C. He prefers driving a car.
D. He lives in the city now.
B. describe his life in the countryside
C. show an interest in the outside world
D. persuade the reader to live in the city
B. By comparing.
C. By listing examples.
D. By giving explanations.
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often writes to or telephones the _2_ parents. Sometimes students have to stay after school for one hour.
If a students behaves(表现)very _3_ in school, the headmaster can stop him or her _4_ classes. The
student can"t come to school for one, two or three days.
Mr. Serious, the headmaster of a middle school in a small town in the United States, did not like to do
this. When the teacher didn"t let the student _5_ to school, they were glad. "An unexpected _6_!" they
alway
s thought.One day, a boy was in Mr. Serious" office. Of course the student didn"t behave well in class. Mr.
Serious called the boy"s parents at once. "If you don"t come to school with your son, I _7_ him having
classes," said he. The boy"s father hurried to school and went to every classroom with his son. _8_
students looked at the father and the son. The boy was embarrassed (不好意思). And after that, he
behaves better. And, of course, other students behave better, too.
Now headmasters _9_ the USA are trying Mr. Serious" good idea. They all say that students behave
better when _10_ come to school.
| ( )1. A. with ( )2. A. students ( )3. A. bad ( )4. A. have ( )5. A. come ( )6. A. weekday ( )7. A. will stop ( )8. A. Other ( )9. A. over ( )10. A. headmasters | B. in B. students" B. badly B. to have B. to come B. study B. stop B. The other B. all over B. they | C. by C. student"s C. well C. has C. will come C. holiday C. stopped C. Others C. over there C. parents | D. of D. students"s D. good D. having D. came D. punishing D. have stopped D. The others D. all D. father | |||||||||||||
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| "Track!" said my master. Like any good tracker-dog who has received the command(命令)he most loves, I gave a bark of excitement, put my nose down to the ground and sniffed. The ground was rich with smells. Even in the high-class housing area where we were working, the stones held traces of many soft and confusing scents (smells). As I searched for the scent that would give me a clue to the tail of the guilty man, my tail wagged slowly, thoughtfully, delightedly. Work was like play to me; I enjoyed it. A small group of people gathered behind us. Among these onlookers was the old caretaker of the building next door to ours. He spoke in a scornful voice, "You actually think your dog might catch a thief three days after the event?" My master said nothing, but I"m sure he must have smiled. I did not turn to look. I knew he would not speak unless it was to give me a new command. I needed to concentrate. My task was difficult. I had to pick out one scent among the many that lay about and then tracked it to its source. "You"re wasting your time," said the caretaker. I looked at him without raising my head. He was running his hand over his fat stomach. His rough palm and smooth shirt combined to make a slight noise. It was part of my training to be aware-often it is only a little whisper of a noise that alerts(提醒) you to be drawing of a weapon. But of course the aging caretaker was going to do no such thing. There was no smell of fear or nervousness about him. He was merely being clever and talkative. "I"ve seen many tracker-dogs in my time," said the caretaker to the onlookers. "I served with the police years ago. We would never have thought of using a tracker-dog to find a car thief. Impossible. Everyone knows that dogs are useless in such matters." In a sense he was right. I"m sure there"s no need to tell you that, just as a dog"s hearing is much better than a human being"s, so his sense of smell tells one thing from another far better than a great detective. If Sherlock Holmes could work out that a man had had an egg for breakfast by seeing the yellow stain on his mouth, a trained dog could tell you whether the hen that laid the egg was healthy or not. I know it sounds funny and I mean it to be. But I"m not exaggerating. A dog can tell you-if you understand a dog"s way of communicating-all this and more without even setting eyes on the man he is investigating. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. Who do you think the dog was tracking? | ||||||||||||||||
A. The thief. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2. How did the dog react to the command to track? | ||||||||||||||||
| A. It thought for a while and did what was asked. B. It was happy, even though it wasn"t trained for the task. C. It was angry because there were so many smells. D. It was excited because it took pleasure in tracking. | ||||||||||||||||
| 3. In the dog"s opinion, its sense of smell ______. | ||||||||||||||||
| A. can give us fewer details about what a human has already discovered B. can achieve more than what a human"s only if the smell is not hidden C. is particularly trained to pick out one scent among hundreds D. is better than its sense of hearing when it does tracking | ||||||||||||||||
| 4. According to the passage, the dog is ______. | ||||||||||||||||
| A. honest and hopeful B. smart and helpful C. kind and careful D. popular and thoughtful | ||||||||||||||||
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| When Josie left school she had no idea what she wanted to do. A friend of hers, who was a year older, and 1 name was Josephine, was at art college, and she 2 Josie to join her there. Josie’s father worked in a factory, and her mother in a shop. They were 3 their money to buy their own house, and they had 4 that Josie would start earning too as soon as she 5 , so when she told them that she wanted to go to art college, she 6 them to have objections(异议). But in fact they had 7 . “You will have to find some kind of a job to _8_ your college,” Josie’s mother _9_ her. “You father and I will be very happy to keep you _10 but we have no money for your college courses and none for paints and all the other things you’ll need.” “Thank you very much,” Josie answered. “I’m really very grateful to you both. And there’s _11_ about getting a job; the head of the art college has _12_ me one in their library.” After a few months, Josie’s parents really felt very _13_ that their daughter was going to college, especially _14 she brought home some of the things she had painted, for which she had received high praise from her teachers. | ||||||||||||||||
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