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第二部分 阅读理解(2)(2017年12月统考)全真翻译版
以下16篇阅读理解考试中100%考一篇， 答案是四个选项之一。出现在考试中阅读部分的第二部分，简化或硬背，必须掌握，原题出现，答案位置不变，考1题10分，一定不可以丢。建议多看短文的中文意思，然后记下选项答案。 最后附录为搭桥联想记忆法，适合10分钟内强化记忆。
Passage 1(美国及美国人的由来)
The United States covers a large part of the North American continent. Its neighbors are Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. Although the United States is a big country , it is not the largest in the world. In 2000, its population was over 222 million.
When this land first became a nation, after winning its independence from England, it had thirteen states. Each of the states was represented on the American flag by a star. All these were in the eastern part of the continent. As the nation grew toward the west, new states were added and new stars appeared on the flag. For a long time, there were 48 stars. In 1959, however, two more stars were added to the flag, representing the new states of Alaska and Hawaii.
Indians were the first people of the land which is now the United States. There are still many thousands of Indians now living in all parts of the country. Sometimes it is said that the Indians are “the only real Americans”. Most Americans come from all over the world. Those who came first in greatest numbers to make their homes on the eastern of North America were mostly from England. It is for the reason that the language of the United States is English and that its culture and customs are more like those of England than those of any other country in the world.
美国占去北美大陆很大一部分土地。它北邻加拿大，南接墨西哥。虽然美国是一个大国，但它不是世界上最大的。在2000年，它的人口超过2.22亿。
这片土地刚从英国独立出来，第一次成为一个国家的时候，只有十三个州， 每个州在美国国旗上由一颗星米代表。这些州都是在东部。当这个国家不断向西扩大，就增加了新的州， 同时它们也出现在国旗上。很长一段时间，美国有48个州， 可是到1959年，国旗上有多了2颗星， 分别代表阿拉斯加和夏威夷。
印第安人是如今叫做美国的这块土地上的最初的居民。现在在各国各地仍然居住着许多这些原始居民的后裔。有时人们说印第安人才是“真正的美国人”。不过，扣扣一零七八二五二四四九 大部分美国人是来自世界各地。那些最早大批来到北美东海岸建立家园的人大部分来自英格兰，也是由于这个原因，美国的国语为英语，而它的文化习俗也与英国的更为相像。
Which of the following is TURE? 以下选项哪个是正确的?
American is the largest country in the world.
The United States lies next to Canada and Mexico. 美国邻近加拿大和墨西哥。
America covers most part of the North American continent.
D. Mexico is to the north of Canada.
2. After winning its independence, the United States . 在赢得了独立之后，美国和英格兰就没什么关系了。
A. had nothing to do with England B. made India part of its land
C. mianly developed westward D. took over parts of Canada and Mexico
3. The United States didn’t have states until . 美国在1959年前没有50个州。
A. thirteen;1959 B. fifty;1959 C. fifty, this land first became a nation D.fifty;1964
4. Why is English the language of America? 为什么美国的国语是英语?
A.Because English is the native language of the Indians. 因为土著人的语言是英语。
B. Because most Americans come from all over the world.
C. Because Canada is America’s nearest neighbor.
D. Because most of the people who first settled in America were from England.
5. The best title for the passage is “ ”. 这篇文章最好的标题是美国。
A. the States of America B. The language of America
C. The United States of America D. The Culture and Customs of America
KEY: BABAA
Passage 2 (科学家)
What makes a person a scientist? Does he have ways or tools of learning that are different from those of others? The answer is “no”. It is not the tools a scientist uses but how he uses these tools that make him a scientist. You will probably agree that knowing how to use a power is important to a carpenter. You will probably agree, too, that knowing how to investigate, how to discover information, is important to everyone. The scientist, however, goes one step further, he must be sure that he has a reasonable answer to his questions and that his answer can be confirmed by other persons. He also works to fit the answer he gets to many questions into a large set of ideas about how the world works.
是什么使一个普通人成为科学家?他有与从不同的学习方法和工具吗?答案是否定的。不是因为科学家使用的工具，而是因为他使用工具的方法使他成为科学家。你也许认同怎么用力对一名木匠来说很重要。你也许也认同怎么研究调查，发现信息对每个人来说都很重要。然而，科学家比这更进一步，他必须确定他对自己的问题得出了一个合理的答案，并且他的答案通过别人也可以得到证实。他同时把自己得出的许多答案归结为一个系统的关于世界如何运作的观点。
The scientist’s knowledge must be exact. There is no room for half right or right just half the time. He must be as nearly right as the conditions permit. What works under one set of conditions at one time must work under the same conditions at other times. If the conditions are different, any changes the scientist observes in a demonstration must be explained by the changes in the conditions. This is one reason that investigations are important in science. Albert Einstein, who developed the theory of relativity, arrived at this theory through mathematics. The accuracy of this mathematics was later tested through investigations, Einstein’s ideas were shown to be correct. A scientist uses many tools for measurements. Then the measurements are used to make mathematical calculations that may test his investigations.
科学家的知识必须很确切。不能给半错半对或者只有一半机会对的情况留任何空间。他必须在条件允许的情况下尽可能正确。在一种条件下成功一次的话必须在同样的条件下都能成功。如果条件不同，科学家在证明过程中观察到的任何变化都必须解释他的条件是如何变化的扣扣一零七八二五二四四九。这是关于调查研究在科学研究中十分重要的其中一个理由。爱因斯坦通过数学方法提出了相对论。他的数***用的正确性被后人通过调查研究的方法证实该理论是正确的。一个科学家会用很多工具来测量。测量的结果用来进行数学计算，再进行调查研究的测试。
11. What makes a scientist according to the passage? 根据这篇文章的观点科学家是如何来的?
A. The tools he uses. B. The way he uses his tools. 他使用工具的方法
C. His way of learning. D. The various tools he uses.
12. “The scientist, however, goes one step further…”. The author says this to show _______.
“然而，科学家比这更进一步……”作者这么说是为了说明什么?
A. the importance of information
B. the importance of thinking
C. the difference between scientists and ordinary people科学家与普通人的区别
D. the difference between carpenters and people with other jobs
13. A sound scientific theory should be one that _______.一项伟大的科学理论应该是怎么样的?
A. works not only under one set of conditions at one time, but also under the same conditions at other times 不仅只在一种条件下一次可行，而是要在同样的条件下一直可行。
B. does not allow any changes even under different conditions
C. can be used for many purposes
D. leave no room for improvement
14. The author quotes the case of Albert Einstein to illustrate _______.作者引用爱因斯坦的例子是为了证明什么?
A. that measurements are 答案s to success in science
B. that accuracy of mathematics
C. that the investigations are important in science调查研究在科学领域十分重要。
D. that the mathematical calculations may test his investigations
15. What is the main idea of the passage? 这篇文章的中心意思是什么?
A. The theory of relativity.
B. Exactness is the core of science.
C. Scientists are different from ordinary people.
D. Exactness and ways of using tools are the 答案s to the making of a scientist.
确切性和使用工具的方法是成为科学家的重要因素。
KEY：BCACD
Passage 3 (书商)
One day a bookseller (书商) let a big box of books fall on his foot. “Go to see the doctor，” said his wife. “No”, he said, “I’ll wait until the doctor comes into the shop next time. Then I’ll ask him about my foot. If you I go to see him, I’ll have to pay him.”
On the next day the doctor came into the shop for some books. When the bookseller was gettinghim ready, he told the doctor about his bagd foot. The doctor look at it.
“You must put that foot in hot water every night. Then you must put somthing on it,” said the deoctor.
He took out a piece of paper and wrote on it. “Buy this and put it on the foot before you go to bed every night，”he said.
“ Thank you,” said the bookseller. “And now, sir, here are your books.”
“How much?”said the doctor.
“Two pounds.”
“Good,”said the doctor. “I shall not have to pay you nothing.”
“Why?”asked the bookseller.
“I told you about your foot. I want two pounds for that. If people come to my house, I ask them to pay one pound for a small thing like that. But when I go to their houses, I want two pounds. And i came here, didn’t I?”
一天一位书商被一大箱书砸到了脚。他妻子说：“去看医生吧。”他说“不，我要等医生下次到店里来，然后他帮我看脚。如果到他那里看，我就给付给他诊金了。”
第二天医生到书店里来买书。书商把书找齐，然后把脚伤告诉了医生。医生给他看脚。
医生说：“你每晚要用热水泡脚，然后上药。他拿出一张纸写下药方，说：“买这种药，然后每晚睡前涂在脚上。”
书商说：“谢谢。那么，先生，这是您的书。”
医生问：“多少钱?”
“2英镑。”
“太好了，”医生说：“我就不用付您钱了。”
“为什么?”书商问道。
“我给你看了脚，收你两英镑。像那样的小伤，如果到我那里看我只收一英镑。但是要我出诊，就收两英镑。而我到你这里来给你看病了，不是吗?”
What happened to the bookseller one day ? 有一天书商发生了什么事情?
He lost a box of books. B. His foot was wounded by a box of books.
C. He lent the doctor a box of books. D. He sold out all his books.
2. The bookseller’s wife asked him . 书商的妻子让他 .
A. to go out fo some medecine B. To send somebody for a doctor
C. to go to see the doctor 去看医生 D. To wait for the doctor to come
3. The bookseller didn’t take his wife’s advice because .
书商没有接受妻子的建议是因为 .
He was afraid of the doctor B. He didn’t take to take medicine
He couldn’t walk by himself D. He didn’t want to pay the doctor 他不想付钱给医生
4. The doctor paid for the books. 医生支付了 买书。
A.one pound B.two pounds C. Nothing 没有 D. Something
5. The bookseller paid moeny for seeing the doctor in the end.
A. more 更多 B. Less C. The same amount of D.no
KEY：BCDCA
Passage 4 (牛顿市)
Today Newton is a very clean place. Many years ago, however, there were millions of rats in it. They attacked the cats and dogs. Sometimes a great number of them knocked down a man or woman walking home at night. The rats were very large in size and they harmed many people.
They goverment ordered everybody to kill rats. Most people were lazy, so they didn’t kill many. The goverment promised to pay some money for each dead rat. The made the people very happy. They killed thousands of rats everyday. A goverment officer put all the dead rats in a big pile. Sometimes a man brought hundreds in one day.
After two weeks there were not many rats in the city, but people still brought many rats to the goverment office. The goverment officer thought that people were stealing dad rats from the pile. He ordered his mean to dig a deep hole and put the rats in it. Soon there were no mroe rats, and the goverment didn’t pay any more momey.
如今牛顿市是一个非常干净的地方。然而，很多年前，那里有上百万只老鼠。它们袭击猫狗。走夜路回家的人中，无论男女，也经常有人被一大群老鼠撞到。那些老鼠个头很大，是很多人受伤。
政府下令每个人都要灭鼠。大多数人很懒，所以灭掉的不多。政府许诺会为每只死老鼠付赏金，这让人们很兴奋。 每天人们灭掉成千上万只老鼠，一名政府工作人员将死老鼠堆成一大堆。有时一个人一天就带来百只死老鼠。
两周后，城里就没有很多老鼠了。但人们仍然将大量死老鼠带到政府工作人员那里。他认为有人在从老鼠堆里偷死老鼠，于是命令输下挖一个深坑，将死老鼠丢进坑里。很快那里就没有老鼠了，政府也不用再付赏金了。
1. Newton is a place which , 牛顿市是一个 的地方。
A.used to be very clean B. Is no longer a city C is very clean很干净 D. Will be very clean
2. when the goverment first ordered the people to kill rats, the people .
当政府初次下令市民灭鼠，人们 .
Asked for some money for each dead rat B. Stole dead rats from the pile
Were too lazy to kill many rats 太懒所以没有大量灭鼠 D. Killed nearly all the rats quickly
3.The people killed rats . 人们灭鼠 .
To get money from the goverment 为了从政府领到赏金
To help the goverment make the city clean
Tomake the goverment officer happy
To protect(保护)their cats and dogs
4. A deep hole was dug so that . 挖深坑的目的是 .
A. the rats couldn’t come out to attack people at night.
B. people could take rats from it easily
C. people would kill more rats
D. nobody could take any rats from the pile 没有人能从死老鼠堆里拿走老鼠
5. What is the best topic for this passage ? 本文最佳标题是什么?
A.How to Kill Rats B. Newton--- A City of Rats
C. How Newton Became a Very Clean Place 牛顿市如何成为一个干净的地方
D. How Newton Became a Famous City
KEY: CCADC
Passage 5 (汤姆)
Mr. Froster lived by himself a long way form town. He hardly ever left his home, but one day he went iinto town to buy some things in the market. After he had bought them, he went into a restaurant ans sat down at a table by himself. When he looked around, he saw several old people put glasses on before reading their man newspapers, so after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself some glasses too. He walked along the road, and soon found a shop.
The man in the shop made him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said, “No, i can’t read with these.”
The man became more and more puzzled (迷惑不解)，until fianlly he said, “Excuse me, but can you read at all?”
“No, of course i can’t!” Tom said angrily. “If I was already able to read, do you think i would have come here to buy glasses?”
汤姆.福瑞斯特先生独自一人住在离城镇很远的地方。他几乎足不出户，但有一天，他到城里的市场上买点东西。 买完后，他走进一家餐馆，单独坐在桌边。 环顾四周， 他看到几位老人读报纸前都先戴上眼镜，所以午餐后， 他决定到商店去给自己也买副眼镜。沿街走着，很快就找到一家店。
店员让他试戴了好几副眼镜，单汤姆总是说：“不，我戴这副眼镜无法阅读。”
店员越来越感到迷惑不解，知道最后他问道：“恕我失礼，但请问您究竟会阅读吗?”
“当然不会啦!”汤姆生气地说：“如果我已经能够阅读的话，你以为我还会来这儿买眼镜吗?”
Mr. Forester lived . 福瑞斯特先生居住 .
With his family in a city B. With his family in the countryside
Alone in a city D. Alone in the countryside 独自一人在乡村
Tom went into town. 汤姆 进城。
A.often B.always C. Almost never 几乎从不 D. Everyday
3. The old people in the restaurant read their newspapers .
餐馆里的老人读报纸 。
A. with glasses on 戴着眼镜 B. with glasses off
C. With glasses of beer in front of them D. with glasses pipes in their mouths
4. The shop Tom went into sold . 汤姆走进的那家店卖 .
A. drinking glasses and cups B. glass for windowss and colors
C. glasses for people who could not read
D. Glasses for people who could not see well 眼镜给视力不好的人
5. what kind of mistake did Tom make? 汤姆犯了什么错误?
A.He went to the wrong kind of shop. B. He didn’t try on all the glasses in the shop
C. He thought that a person who had not learned to read would be able to do so if he wore glasses.
他认为不会阅读的人戴上眼镜就能阅读了。
D.He left his money in the restaurant
KEY：DCADC
Passage 6 (英国画家)
Once James Thornhill, a famous English painter, was asked to paint some pictures on the walls of the king’s palace in England.
Then workers were sent for and a big platform(台子) was made.
With the help of a worker, Thornhill started painting on the plastform. They worked for a whole yeara and at last the pictures were ready.
Thornhill was happy when he looked at the pictures, for they were really beautifu. He looked at them for a long time, and then took one step back and looked again. Now the pictures were even more beautiful. He took another step, then another. Finally he was at the very edge of the platform, but he didn’t know it because he was thinking of his picture.
The worker saw everything. “what should i do?” he thought. “Thornhill was at the very edge of the platform. If I cry out, he will take another step, fall off in and surely be killed.” So the worker quickly took some paint (漆)and threw iin at the pictures.
“what are you doing?”cried the painter, running quickly forward to his pictures.
詹姆斯.桑希尔是一名英国画家。有一次，他奉命在皇宫的墙壁上作画。
之后派来了一些工匠，支起一个平台。
在一名工匠的帮助下， 桑希尔开始在平台上作画。他们工作了一整你，油画终于完成。
桑希尔望着油画很开心，因为那些油画是很美丽。他看了很长时间，然后退一步再看，现在感觉更美了。他又退一步，然后再退一步， 最后已经很靠***台边缘了， 但是并不知道，因为他只想着自己的画。
工匠看到了一切。“我该怎么做呢?”他想到，“桑希尔已经在平台的边缘了，如果大声喊叫，他会再退一步，从平台上掉下来， 肯定会死。”于是工匠迅速拿油漆泼向油画。
“你在干吗?”画家喊道，飞快的向油画跑来。
James Thornhill was an English . 詹姆斯.桑希尔是一名英国 .
A.worker B. artist 艺术家 C. King D.writer
2. He was ordered to . 他奉命 .
A. paint the wall of king’s palace in England. 在英国皇宫的墙壁上作画。
B. paint some pictures on the wall of the palace.
C. build a big platform in front of the palace
D. put up some new pictures on the old wall.
3. It took them to finish the pictures. 他们完成油画用了 。
A.a month B. a week C.tewelve months 十二个月 D. Half a month
4. James Thornhill felt that the he was from the pictures, the they were.
詹姆斯.桑希尔觉得他距离画 ， 那些画就 .
A.nearer... more beautiful B.father... more ugly
C.father... more beautiful 越远... 越美丽 D. Higher above... more good-looking
5.The worker threw some paint at the pictures in order no .
工匠向油画泼油漆的目的是 .
A.save Jame’s life 挽救詹姆斯的生命 B. destory the picture
C. make the picture more beautiful D.make the king angrey
KEY：BBCCA
Passage 7(好商人)
Morgan Rees has always been a good businessman. He used to own three petrol stations and was busy most of the time. When he was 65, the normal retirement age, he decided that the didn’t want to stop, so he carried on working for another two years. Eventually, when he was nearly 68, his wiefe, Dolly, asked him to retire because she wanted to enjoy their old age together. Reluctantaly, he handed over the business to his son.
But he was unhappy. He didn’t know what to do with himself. Although he read a lot of books and he went on holiday to interesting places with his wife, he was bored and befgan to get deperessed because he hated being retired.
Then one day he saw an advertisement in the newspaper and, without telling his wife, he bought a small crockery (陶器) factory. The next week he told his family. They were horrified and worried. They thought he was too old at 71 to start work again.
He is now 76 and he has expanded the company considerably. He has increased the number of staff from 6 to 24 and he has found many new customers for the products. He has developed the export market and has improved profits by 200%. He has opened a new design office and enpolyed three young designers. They have been all over the world to ger new ideas, and one of them has gone to France this week to a major trade fair. Most importantly, he hasn’t been bored since he brought the factory.
摩根.里斯一直是一位不错的生意人。他曾经有过3个加油站， 而且一直都很忙。当他65岁时，也就是正常退休的年龄时， 他决定不想停止工作， 所以他又接着干了两年。结果在他快68岁的时候，他妻子多丽让他退休， 希望能和他一起共度晚年的时光。今天管他读了很多的书，而且也和妻子一起去一些好玩的地方去度假，但是他感到很无聊， 并且由于讨厌退休而开始变得压抑沮丧。
在这之后的一天，他在报纸上看到了一则广告，也没有告诉他的妻子，他就买下了一家小陶器厂。 一周后他才告诉家里人。他们为此刚到惊讶，扣扣一零七八二五二四四九而且有些担心。大家认为他不能以71岁高龄再重新开始工作了。
现在他76岁， 已经显著地扩大了公司的规模。公司的员工人数从6人增加到24人， 而且他还开发了很多新客户。 他也开拓了出口市场，利润增长200%。 他还开办了一家新的设计室， 并且聘用了三名年轻的设计师。他们一直世界各地四处发掘新的信息，其中一位本周已经去了法国参加一次重大的商铺交易会。最为重要的是，自从他收购了这家工厂后，他便不再感到没事可做。
The topic sentence of Para.1 is . 第一段的主题句是?
Morgan Rees has always been a good businessman 摩根.里斯一直是以为不错的生意人。
He used to own three petrol stations asn was busy most of the time
When Morgen Rees was 65, he got retired
Reluctantly, he handed over the business to his son
The topic sentence of Para.2 is . 第二段主题句是?
A.he didn’t what to do with himself B. he went on holiday to interesting places with his wife
C. he was unhappy after he got retired 退休后他并不高兴 D. None of them
3. Which of the following statements can best express the main idea of Para.3? 以下哪一项陈述能最好地表达第三段的中心思想?
A.One day he saw an advertisement in the newspaper
B. He bought a small crockery factory in seceret and started work again. 他偷偷买下一家小陶器厂，并重新开始工作。
C.He told his family he bought a small factory.
D. His family was horried and worried when they learned he bought the small factory.
4. What is the central idea of the last paragraph? 最后一段的中心思想是?
A.Morgan Rees has worked until he is 76.
B. Morgan Rees has developed the export market and improvedthe profits by 200%
C. Morgan Rees hasn’t been bored since he bought the factory.
D. Since he started working again, Morgan Rees has expanded the company considerably, which has enriched his retire life. 自从重新开始工作，摩根.里斯显著的扩大了公司的规模，这丰富了他的退休生活。
5. The passage mainly deals with . 这篇文章主要讲的是?
A.why Morgan Rees bought a small crockery factory
B. how Morgan Rees lived his retired like more happy by turning to work again.
摩根.里斯如何通过重新开始工作使他的退休生活更加快乐。
C.how Morgan Rees became a good businessman
D.how Morgan Rees expanded the company considerably.
KEY：ACBDB
Passage 8(24号居民)
The residents of 24 Acacia Grove were dissatisfied with the condition of the property, so John Preston called a meeting to discuss things last week. At the meeting John suggested setting up a residents’ committee. Everyone was so worried and angry about the agent’s inactivity that they agreed, and they elected John as chairman of the committee. Many residents said that they were tired of telephoning the agent and tired of complaining about the flats. Although the agent was responsible for the flats, they thought that he didn’t do enough. Therefore John was asked to write to the agent and say that they were disappointed with the management of the flats.
The next service payment was due at the end of the month. However, they agreed not to pay it until they were happy with the plans to improve the property. They decided to tell the agent that he must start the work within one month. They all went away very pleased with themselves.
阿卡西亚格拉芙街24号的居民对公寓情况不满意, 因此上周约翰.普雷斯顿召开会议进行讨论。在会上约翰建议成立居民委员会，对房东代理的无所作为，大家既担心又气愤，所以，他们都同意成立委员会。 他们选举约约翰为委员会主席。许多居民说，他们憎恶在给房东代理打电话，向他们抱怨公寓的状况。尽管房东代理有责任管理公寓。但是他们认为房东代理做得不够。因此居民要求约翰写信给房东代理说明他们对公寓的管理很失望。
下期付费应该在月底，但是他们一致决定直到房东代理制定出令人满意的改善计划，他们才付服务费。 他们决定告诉房东代理必须在一个月内开始工作。然后他们都十分满意的离开了。
Why did John Preston call a meeting last week? 上周约翰.普雷斯特为什么召开会议?
Because the residents were dissatisfied with the presents’ committee.
Because the residents were dissatisfied with the bad management of the flats. 因为居民们对公寓的管理不满意。
Because some residents requested to change the present residents’ committee.
Because he wanted to become chairman of the committee.
Who elected John as chairman of the committee? 谁推选约翰为委员会主席?
A. The agent B. the residents 居民们 C. the committee D. Acacia Grove
3. What does the word “inactivity” mean in the thrid sentence in Para.1? 第一段第三句中的“inactivity” 一词是什么意思?
A. weakness B. Progress C. State D. Lace of actions (缺乏行动)
4. What does the word “due” mean in the first sentence in Para.2? 第二段第一句中的“due” 一词是什么意思?
A.to be paid 到期支付 B. Proper C. Owed D. large
5. When did they agree to pay the next service payment ? 他们一直同意什么时候付下一期的服务费?
A.at the end of the month B. Within one month
C. When they were happy with the plans to improve the property. 直到房东代理制定出令人满意的改善计划时
D. The agent would tell them.
KEY：BBDAC
Passage 9(集邮)
When I was a little girl, my brothers and i collected stamps for many years. My mother didn’t use to work during the week, but she worked in the post office near our house on Saturdays and she used to bring home all the new stamps as soon as they were issued(发行).
On the day of World Cup football final in London in 1996, we were very excited because England were playing West Germany in the final. When we were having lunch, my mother told us to go to the post office straight way after the match if England won, but she didn’t tell us why. At 2 O’clock my mother went back to work as usual, while the rest of the family were watching the football on TV at home. Although she wasn’t watching the match, she was listening to it on the readio.
England won 4：2 and so my brothers and I ran to the post office. As we burst in, my mother was standing behind the counter. She was waiting to sell us a very special limited edition with ENGLAND WINNDERS on eah stamp. We were over the moon.
We still have it today, and perhaps it is worth a lot of money.
当我还是个小女孩， 我的哥哥们和我收集邮票多年。 我母亲通常周一至周五不工作，但周六在我们家附近的邮局上班。而且只要一发行最新的邮票，她就把它们都带回家。
1966年伦敦世界杯足球决赛那一天， 我们都非常兴奋， 因为在决赛中英格兰队对阵西德队。 吃午饭时，母亲告诉我们比赛后如果英格兰队获胜就直接去邮局， 但她没告诉我们为什么。两点整母亲像往常一样去上班，而家里其他成员都在电视上收看比赛。母亲虽然没有看，但是她从收音机里收听了比赛。
英格兰队以4比2获胜，于是我和哥哥就跑去邮局。 当我们跑进去时， 母亲正站在柜台后面。她正等着卖给我们特别限量版的邮票，每一枚邮票上都印着“英格兰获胜”的字样。 我们欣喜若狂。
我们直到今天还一直保存着它，或许现在她很值钱了。
This passage mainly tell us . 这篇文章主要告诉我们?
The auther and her brother used to like stamps very muhch
The auther had a very kind mother
The auther and her brother had an unforgetable experience in collecting stamps
作者和她的兄弟一次难忘的集邮精力
their mother used to support them by working in the post office.
Accordin to the passage, her mother worked in the post office . 根据文章的内容，作者的母亲在邮局工作 .
During the week B. on Saturdays 在周六 C. On Sundays D. For six days
Their mother told them to go to the post office straight away after the match if England won, but she didn’t tell them why. Why do you think she did that ? 母亲告诉他们比赛结束后如果英格兰队获胜了就直接去邮局但是她没告诉他们为什么。 你认为母亲为什么那样做?
She wanted to give them a surprise. 她想给他们一个惊喜。
She doubted if she would get the stamps
She forgot to do that. D. She thought is unneccessary to tell them the reason.
What does the sentence “We were over the moon” mean ? 本文中的“We were over the moon”是什么意思?
A.we jumped high B. We were extremly happy about it. 我们欣喜若狂
C.We watched the moon of a long time D. We couldn’t sleep the whole night
5. What is the best title for this passage ? 本文的最佳标题是什么?
A. My childhood B. My mother C. A precious Stamp
D. A memorable Experience in Collecting Stamps 一次难忘的集邮经历
KEY： CBABD
Passage 10 (约翰和维多利亚)
When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay, they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished apartment or to buy used furniture. But they soon learned about a new system that more and more people are using. The renting of home furnishings (bed, tables, dishes, and so on) has become one of America’s fastest growing businesses.
当John和Victoria Falls到达纽约开始他们的一年生活时，他们没有随身带很多东西。他们计划要么住在装修好的公寓里，要么买些旧家具。但是他们很快了解到越来越多的人正在采用的一种新的方式。租用家具(如窗，桌子，盘子等等)已经成为美国发展最快的行业之一。
What kinds of people rent their home furnishings instead of buying them? People who are international business or government officials, foreign students, airline workers, young married couple – people whose job or business may force them to move frequently from one city to another. They save a lot of trouble and the cost of moving their furniture each time. They simply rent new furniture when they reach their new homes. Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniture that they may soon dislike. They prefer to wait until they have enough money to buy furniture that they really like. Meanwhile, they find they can rent better quality furniture than they could afford to buy.
什么样的人是租用家具而不是买家具的呢?从事国际商务的人，政府官员，外国学生，航空公司工作人员，刚结婚的年轻夫妇---- 那些由于工作而被迫频繁来往不同的城市的人。他们可以省去每次搬家具的麻烦和费用。他们到一个新家的时候，只需租新的家具就好了。收入少的年轻人不想买那些他们可能很快就不喜欢的便宜家具。他们宁愿等到有钱时买他们真正喜欢的家具。同时，他们发现他们可以租比他们买得起的质量更好的家具。
One family, who now have a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things. But usually people don’t like to tell others about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure what their neighbors might think. (248words)
有个家庭，他们有属于自己的大而漂亮的房子，可是他们太喜欢租来的家具了以至于他们决定继续租用而不买新的家具。但是人们通常不喜欢告诉别人这些。租家具的想法还是很新的，他们不能确定邻居们对此会怎么想。
6. Which of the following has become one of America’s fastest growing businesses? ____________
以下哪个行业已成为美国发展最快的行业之一?
A. Selling home furnishings. B. Renting furnished apartments.
C. Selling used furniture. D. Renting home furnishings. 租用家具。
7. Why do some people prefer to rent furniture? ____________
为什么人们更喜欢租用家具?
A. Because the furniture they get in this way is new.
B. Because it saves them a lot of money.
C. Because it saves them much trouble and money. 因为这样可以省去很多麻烦和钱。
D. Because they can always get better quality furniture in this way.
8. What can you infer from the passage? ____________
从段落中你能推断出什么?
A. The idea of renting furniture is not acceptable.
B. Renting furniture is not popular in the couple’s home town.
在这对夫妇的家乡，租用家具并不流行。
C. Only those who don’t have enough money to rent furniture.
D. People usually grow to like the furniture they have rented.
9. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage? ____________
下面哪个作为本段的题目最好?
A. Rent or Buy? B. A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings. 一种新的获得家具的方法。
C. Furnished Apartments. D. A New Idea.
10. Young people liked renting home furniture in that __________.
年轻人喜欢租用家具是由于什么?他们没有钱而且不想买便宜的家具。
A. They have less money
B. They don’t want to buy old furniture
C. The new furniture is of good quality
D. They don’t have much money and don’t want to buy the cheap furniture
KEY：DCBBD
