阅读理解 Here is a story told an American general (将军) who was a very important
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during the First World War. Everybody in the Untied States knew him and many people wished to have a
picture or something of his in their homes.
Soon after the war, the general returned to Washington. One day he went to a dentist (牙医) and had
six teeth pulled out. A week later the general heard that his teeth were being sold in curiosity shops at $5
each. On each of the teeth there was a label (标签) with the name of the general and words, "Buy these
teeth and show them to your friends at home." The general got angry. He rushed to his office and ordered
six officers to go around the city and buy all his teeth.
The officers went out and visited every curiosity shop in the capital. They were away from the office all
day. In the evening they returned and put on the table in front of the general the teeth they had bought.
They had collected 175 teeth.
B. the special shops selling some rare and interesting things
C. the department store
D. the hospital
B. $1, 050
C. $157
D. $875
B. excited
C. sad
D. angry
B. the shop-keeper wanted to have more customers buy the teeth
C. the shop-keeper tried to make the general more popular
D. Both A and C
B. arrest the dentist at once
C. make all the shops stop selling teeth
D. buy all the teeth in all the shops
答案
举一反三
was not far from his house, the light on the cart went out. He tried but could not mend (修理) it. He was
near his home, and so he went along the road without a light. When a policeman saw this, he stopped the
old carter.
"Where is your light?" asked the policeman. "No man may take a cart along the road at night without
a light. You know that. You have broken the law (法律)." "I had a light, but it has just gone out," said the
old man.
"I don"t believe that story," said the policeman. He took out a book and got ready to write. What"s
your name and where do you live?" he asked.
"Please don"t take my name," said the old man. "My home is just there. You can see it from here. I
had a light nearly the whole way. I haven"t come far without a light."
"You came all the way without a light. What"s your name?"
The carter quickly took the policeman"s hand and put it down on top of the light. The light was still
hot and burnt the policeman"s hand. The policeman jumped and he was very angry. "Now, what do you
think?" said the carter. "Did I come all the way without a light?"
B. something like a light
C. something pulled by a horse
D. something with a light
B. late one night
C. very late every night
D. with a policeman
B. At the traffic lights.
C. Under a road light.
D. Far from the old man"s home.
B. the policeman didn"t believe the old man"s words
C. the old man didn"t want to tell his name
D. the light on the old man"s cart was not on
A. He made the policeman touch the light.
B. He jumped and shouted angrily.
C. He made the policeman angry.
D. The light burnt the policeman"s hands.
A rich man was once riding along the road and saw an old man digging in his garden. On the ground
lay a young tree,ready to be planted.The rich man called out to the old man, "What kind of tree are you
planting there, my good man?"
"This is a fig (无花果) tree,sir," he said.
"A fig tree?" the rich man was very surprised. "Why,how old are you, may I ask?" "I am ninety years
old."?
"What!" cried the rich man." You"re ninety years old. You are planting a very young tree now and it"ll
take years to give fruit. You certainly don"t hope to live long enough to get any fruit from this tree. "The
old man looked around the garden. Then he said with a smile, "Tell me, sir.Did you eat figs when you were
a boy?" "Sure,"the rich man did not know why he asked this question."Then tell me this,"he said."Who
planted the fig trees?" "Why? I don"t know." "You see, sir," went on the old man."Our forefathers (祖先)
planted trees for us to enjoy and I am doing the same for the people after me."?
The rich man was quiet and said, "You are right,my good man.We should do some good things for the
people after us.Thank you very much."Then he rode away.
( )1. The rich man in the story was helping the old man plant a fig tree.
( )2 .The old man planted the fig tree,hoping to eat its fruit after some years.
( )3. The rich man"s father planted the fig trees,so he could eat figs when he was a boy.
( )4. The old man planted a fig tree because he wanted the people after him to eat fig.
( )5. This story tells us the rich man and the old man are clever.
bookstore to buy a few books. He (2)__________(hurry)to the bus stop and arrived there at three.
When he (3)__________(wait) for a bus, he saw a little dog. It (4)__________(go) across the street.
Just then a car (5)__________(come), driving fast. But it (6)__________(be) too late. The dog
(7)__________(fall) down and (8)__________(not move).
"Poor dog!" he cried .But look! Suddenly it (9)__________(stand) up and went away.
He was very glad (10)__________(find) it was safe.
Carnival time or Mardi Gras, as it"s called in the brochure. New Orleans is always lively,
but it"s so much more fun to go (2)s__________ here at the moment. We have eaten some
(3)d__________ food here very hot! We have enjoyed music played by a great band on the
famous Bourbon Street and have (4)d__________ lots of beer! We"ve even been on a boat
(5)t__________ on Mississippi and luckily I didn"t (6)f__________ into the river! Then, sadly,
it"s just one more night before we have to get on our (7)p__________. It has been such an
enjoyable time and it seems I"ve lived in a (8)d__________. I"ve taken many (9)p__________
and I want to (10)s__________ them to my classmates.
The woman was selling cakes,and many people from __2__ train were buying them.The old man wanted
__3_ a cake,but the old woman was standing far from him.It was raining hard and he _4__ want to go out of the train.?
Suddenly he saw a boy.
The boy was walking on the 
platform__5__ from him."Come here boy,"the old man shouted."Do you know __6__each of the cakes is?""Five cents,"the boy answered.The old man gaveten cents and asked him __7__two cakes."One is for me,and __8__is for you,"he told the boy.?
Some minutes __9__,the boy came back.He was eating a cake.He gave the old man five cents and
said,"Sorry,there was only _10__."?