阅读理解。 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a literary masterpiecewritten in 1876
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| 阅读理解。 |
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a literary masterpiece
written in 1876 by the famous author Mark Twain. The story line
is simple. The book is like a biography (自传) of a summer in
Tom Sawyer"s life.
Tom Sawyer is a smart but naughty young boy living in the
small town on the Mississippi River. He is an orphan and lives
with his aunt. He has many clever ideas,but doesn"t like school,
and always likes to escape the school to fish. Tom has a trusted
friend,Huck Finn,who few of the adults approve of. Tom Sawyer
and Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River,
pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral, and
witnessing a murder. Tom overcomes fear and appears in court and
speaks out the murderer. He and his friends finally discover a lot
of treasures and they become millionaires...
Mark Twain"s writing was based on his own childhood and his
personal experience. What makes this story great is that Tom
Sawyer represents everything that is great about childhood. It is a
story filled with action,adventure,ingenious (巧妙的) ideas,love,
and schoolyard politics. The whole story is seemingly a complication
of what Twain did or wishes he did during his childhood.
The book is a little difficult to read at first. Perhaps,it will
take you a little while to get used to the 19th century dialect in the
book. But on the whole,the book is an enjoyable read for people of
all ages. I highly recommend this book for anyone looking forward
to feeling young again. |
| 1.Which of the following doesn"t fit in with Tom? |
A. He often escapes the school.
B. He has a trusted friend.
C. He is a good student.
D. Both of his parents died when he was young. |
| 2. According to the passage, the story is concerned with the following things EXCEPT _____ . |
A. love
B. schoolyard politics
C. action
D. power |
| 3. The author"s purpose of writing this passage is to ____. |
A. let readers know Mark Twain
B. remind people of their childhood
C. tell the story of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
D. recommend the book to others |
| 4. Which of the following is NOT true? |
A. Tom Sawyer prefers fishing to going to school.
B. The story is about Mark Twain"s personal experience.
C. There is 19th century dialect in the book.
D. The whole story represents what Twain did or wishes he did during his childhood. |
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| 阅读理解。 |
Now net fiction (小说) , also called computer fiction is
popular in more than 80 countries.
To write computer fictions, the writers don"t have to think
about making any plot. Like reporters, they just go to a lot of
places and collect materials: what most women want, their ideas
about life and love, their happiness and sufferings and emotions.
All these materials are fed into the computer to be processed (处
理) and classified (分类). Then the writers just pick some
materials from every part and fill in some details (细节) and a
story is made up.
The first computer fiction was edited by 13 editors and
published in Canada in 1976. It was a great success and 45 million
copies were sold. Seeing this new process as profittaking (赢利
的) , a big American publishing company bought over the majority
of the 13 Canadian editors and soon a series of computer fictions
were published in the United States.
All the computer fictions have very romantic (浪漫的) titles.
The heroine(女主人公) is always about 20, while the hero is a
30 to 40 bachelor(单身的) , handsome, with money and power.
The hero and the heroine have a happy reunion(团聚) after all
kinds of misunderstandings(误会). Computer fictions are enjoyed
by most women readers of the west. But people doubt if they have
any literary value(文学价值). |
| 1. When writing computer fictions, the writers _____ . |
A. think hard
B. collect materials from many places
C. express what they want to
D. describe women"s sufferings and emotions |
| 2. How do computers write fictions? |
A. They classify the materials and make up a story according to the information put into them.
B. They pick up some useful materials.
C. They make up the story in details.
D. They are no more than typists. |
| 3. The first computer fiction was published ____ years ago. |
A. 13
B. 35
C. 20
D. 80 |
| 4. Computer fictions are all about ____. |
A. romantic people
B. 20-year-old beautiful women
C. rich, strong and handsome young men
D. the happy lives of heroines and heroes |
| 5. Computer fictions are popular for the following possible reasons except that _____. |
A. readers like them
B. they are easily sold
C. people are curious about the stories written by computers
D. people doubt if they have any literary value |
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| 阅读理解。 |
The climate of any place is the kind of weather. It usually has
over a long period of time. The houses we live in, the clothes we wear,
and the food we eat depend on the climate of the place where we live.
Climate is a pattern that is not nearly as simple as we think,
and it is affected by many factors. The distance to the North or
South Pole or to the equator really matters a lot. If you live near
either of the poles, you live in a cold climate, for the place where
you live does not get as much or as direct sunshine as a place
farther away from the poles. In places close to the equator, the
climate is very hot, for they are the parts where the sun shines
almost straight down.
Whether rain or snow falls makes a great difference to the
climate. In hot, dry deserts, little rain falls, but in a hot rainforest,
the amount (数量) of rainfalls is far larger than that in a desert, for
there is a heavy rain almost every day, even several times per day.
Though a rainforest and a desert may be the same distance from the
equator, their climates are rather different from each other.
How much rain or snow falls is considered by some to be
determined by the winds, the surrounding mountains and the
currents (水流) in nearby seas and so on. In short, it is a very
complex natural phenomenon. |
| 1. This passage mainly talks about ____. |
A. weather
B. different climates
C. climate and its determining factors
D. the difference between weather and climate |
| 2. From this passage, we know climate and weather are ____ and climate is ____. |
A. almost the same; the general term of weather
B. quite different; the average weather conditions at a particular place over a period of time
C. not the same; included by weather
D. very much alike; bigger and weather is smaller |
| 3. The climates between a tropical(热带的) desert and a tropical rainforest are different in ____ . |
A. the amount of rainfalls
B. the winds and the surrounding mountains
C. the currents in nearby seas
D. how much sunshine the two different places can get |
| 4. From the context, we can guess that the word "complex" means ____ . |
A. simple
B. easy to understand
C. rather
D. difficult to understand |
| 阅读理解。 |
We spent the next three days based in Paihia, in the famous
Bay of Islands. Although Paihia is only a town, it is a good base
for exploring the northern part of the Northland. We spent one day
in nearby Waitangi, visiting the site (地点) of the first European
settlements and signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, which created
New Zealand as it is today.
On the site, there is a fantastic museum which explains the
history of the country, as well as the relationship between the
European settlers and the native Maori tribes. There is also an
excellent example of a Maori waka, or carved canoe, in which the
original Maori tribes arrived in Aotearoa, or the Land of the Long
White Cloud.
It was a great introduction to New Zealand history and culture
and would give us a good basis for understanding the Maori culture
that we would meet with as we traveled through the country.
The weather wasn"t fit to sailing through the blue, island-
dotted bay, so the next day we headed across the point to the
Kauri Coast and the Waipoa Kauri Forest to see the high Kauri
trees, one of the few places in the country where these big trees
that once covered the island still exist. Standing hundreds of feet
high, with girths that would take 20 men to circle, these
prehistoric(史前的) trees were used for everything from wakas to
homes. Most were cut down, and only a few still survive. The
trees in the forest are over 1 000 years old, and walking along the
paths deep into the bush to see them was like walking through land
where dinosaurs once walked.
On the way back, we stopped in several small villages and
towns, each of which seemed more Shire-like. We had almost
forgotten that this was Lord of The Rings land, but in the rolling
green hills of the central northland, we remembered that Bilbo
Baggins and company could have lived here, too. |
| 1. Which may tell the main idea of the passage? |
A. A fantastic museum.
B. Our trip to New Zealand.
C. The Kauri trees of New Zealand.
D. Our trip to the Bay of Islands. |
| 2. _____ has made New Zealand today. |
A. The Waitangi people
B. European settlements
C. The local people
D. The signing of the Treaty of Waitangi |
| 3. The second and third paragraphs mainly talk about ____. |
A. a museum
B. Maori Waka
C. the Maori culture
D. New Zealand history |
| 4. How did the author understand the Maori culture? |
A. By reading a book about New Zealand culture.
B. By experiencing the Maori life.
C. By visiting the local villages.
D. By being introduced. |
| 5. According to the passage, the underlined word " girths" in Paragraph 4 probably refers to ____. |
A. the height of the tree
B. the length around the tree
C. the width of the tree
D. the length across the tree |
| 阅读理解。 |
Canada Is Our Neighbour
Canada and the United States are neighbours. They are on
the same land. They share the same long boundary(国界) . These
two nations are same in many ways. Canada buys many goods from
the United States. Cars and clothes are two examples. The United
States also buys goods from Canada. Much of the paper used in
the United States comes from Canada. Some of the oil we use
comes from Canada, too.
Americans travel to Canada on holiday. And Canadians often
visit the United States. It is easy for the people of one country to
go to the other country.
Canadians read about the United States in newspapers and
magazines. Many Americans watch Canadian baseball and hockey
(曲棍球) matches on Sundays.
However, there are important differences between the United
States and Canada. The United States has many more people.
Because the population is smaller, there are more open
places in Canada. There is much unused land. This is another
important difference. |
| 1. Canada buys _____ from the United States. |
A. oil and paper
B. nothing
C. many things
D. everything |
| 2. In the first paragraph" we" means _____. |
A. Canadians
B. Americans
C. Chinese
D. students |
| 3. The people in the United States like Canadian _____. |
A. newspaper
B. basketball
C. baseball
D. oil |
| 4. Which of the following statements is WRONG? |
A. Canada is connected with America.
B. Canada has not used all the land
C. Canadians don"t like hockey.
D. Canada has less people than USA. |
| 阅读理解。 |
When you are travelling, whether on business or for pleasure, you often need to
stay in a hotel. The kind of hotel you choose probably is decided above all according to
how much money you want to spend. There are small hotels with very few services,where
the prices are low, or there are large hotels with all the very latest comforts,where you could
spend all the money you have in the bank for one very comfortable night.
There are several different kinds of people who go to hotels. Some want to live, rather than
just stay in a hotel. The hotels which are designed to meet their needs are called residential hotels
(公寓旅馆). However,most people who stay in hotels are either business people or tourists on holiday.
In most hotels, there are two kinds of rooms: single rooms, for the use of one person, and double
rooms,for the use of two people. In addition, in large hotels, there are also suites (套房) , which
include two or more rooms connected together - perhaps a bed-room and a living room. They are for
people who are very rich or very important. |
| 1. One"s choice of a particular hotel is made mainly according to ____. |
A. how much one is willing to pay for a night
B. whether one is travelling on business or for pleasure
C. whether the hotel is in the central part of a city
D. how good the services of the hotel are |
| 2. If the president of a certain country comes, he will ____ . |
A. live in a new hotel with a suite
B. stay in a single room of a hotel
C. stay in a double room of a hotel
D. stay in a suite of a modern hotel |
| 3. If a person stays in a modern hotel with latest comforts for a night ____. |
A. he will become poor
B. he has to pay a lot of money
C. he has to spend all the money he was in the bank
D. he has to pay some money |
| 4. How many kinds of rooms are mentioned in the article? |
A. Two.
B. One.
C. Three.
D. Four. |
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