阅读理解试卷

I. Match the following words with their definitions within each group of five wards. (1*10) various              make or become suitable adapt                deal with challenging            happen cope with            difficult, but in an interesting way occur                different annual                continue to live or exist messenger              a person who brings messages exhausted              separate and drive in many directions survive                happening once a year scatter                very tired II. For each italicized word, choose the best meaning below. (1*15) 1. The customer asks the salesman to demonstrate how to use the machine. A. express        B. show        C. failure    2. Making mistakes is inevitable, so do not be discouraged. A. cannot be blamed      B. cannot be avoided C. cannot last long        3. The fans were jubilant about the victory of their team. A. filled with great expectations      B. filled with great joy C. filled with great confidence        4. The pollution from the chemical factory is a source of worry in the neighborhood. A. cause        B. result        C. river 5. Do they observe Christmas Day in that country? A. watch        B. find        C. celebrate 6. Whales are enormous animals. You cannot imagine how big some whales are. A. huge        B. funny      C. strong 7. There’s been a boom in exports this year; the increase is tremendous. A. fall        B. mistake      C. growth    8. Thousands of people could die of starvation if the crops fail again. A. disease      B. disaster      C. hunger 9. In old days, few people could earn enough to sustain their families.. A. save        B. support      C. afford 10. At last he attained the goal he had set for himself. A. completed    B. trouble-making    C. lazy    11. There is an unidentified object in the sky. No one knows what it is. A. different      B. unknown      C. irregular  12. There many myths about the cause of cancer; unfortunately, many people believe them. A. untrue beliefs      B. true beliefs      C. old beliefs 13. She is very lean and thus weak, compared with other girls in the class. A. pretty      B ugly      C. thin 14. After he failed his math exam, he has been feeling depressed for several weeks. A. happy      B. angry      C. low in spirits 15. I bought this pair of shoes five years ago, and they are so durable and I’m still wearing them now. A. good-looking    B. long-lasting    C. fashionable III. Fill in each of the blanks with the given words in its proper form. (1*15) 1. Before playing the new game, _____ yourself with the rules. (familiar) 2. Can you ____ how big this company will be in ten years’ time? (visual) 3. You must carry out your plan with _____ (determine) 4. He smiled in _____. Obviously he was very pleased with what he had done. (satisfy) 5. To run away at the first sight of danger is a ____ action. (coward) 6. The _____ behavior of the big boy frightened Little Tom into crying. (beast) 7. The medicine is ____ if taken in large quantities. (poison) 8. Adolf Hitler is a ____ dictator and tyrant. (pity) 9. Mary’s dress is too long. She decides to ____ it. (short) 10. I cannot bear that ____ noise any more. (deaf) 11. The only ____ of the accident told us what he felt in the disaster. (survive) 12. ____ to say, this absent-minded professor left his umbrella in the classroom again. (need) 13. The judge would give ____ to his decision when new evidence came to light. (consider) 14. Your son is old enough to look after himself: I think you are ____ about him. (anxiety) 15. He did not have time to finish his novel. The story remained ____. (complete) IV. Fill in each of the blanks with a word from the box below. (1*10) like animal wonderful snake bad bush fruit eat tree garden middle person   The snake was the most cunning   1  that the Lord God had made. The   2   asked the woman, “Did God really tell you not to 3  fruit from any tree in the garden?” “We may eat the fruit of any tree in the 4  ,” the woman answered, “except the tree in the   5  of it. God told us not to eat the fruit of that 6 or even touch it; if we do, we will die.” The snake replied, “That’s not true; you will not die. God said that because he knows that when you eat it, you will be 7 God and know what is good and what is   8  .” The woman saw how beautiful the tree was and how good its fruit would be to eat, and she thought how 9  it would be to become wise. So she took some of the  10  and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, and he also ate it. V. Reading comprehension. (2*15) Passage One Once there was an old farmer, with a horse which was almost as old as himself. He set out one morning with his son to sell the horse before it died. The father and the son walked because the farmer did not want the horse to be too tired. They met two men on the road who said, “Why are you walking, farmer? You have a horse. It’s a long way to market.” The farmer knew that this was true, so he rode on the horse, while his son walked. Then they met two old women, “What are you doing up there, farmer? Can’t you see how tired the boy is?” So the farmer got down, and his son rode instead. Next, three old men stopped them, one said, “Why are you walking, farmer? Get up. It’s too hot for an old man like you to walk today. So the farmer got up behind his son, and they rode on. Some time later, a young woman passed them, “Why aren’t you walking?” she asked, “It isn’t far to the market. Give your poor horse a rest.” So the farmer and his son got down once again. It is a fact that you cannot please all the people all the time. 1. The farmer wanted to sell the horse ____. A. before it was dead B. before it become too tired C. before it market was over D. before it was as old as he was 2. The two men on the road ____. A. asked how far it was to the market B. said they thought the horse looked very tired C. asked why the farmer was not riding on his horse D. told the farmer’s son to get off the horse and walk 3. The two old women said it was wrong for ____. A. the farmer to ride such a tired horse B. the farmer to ride while his young son walked C. the boy to ride instead of his father D. only one person to ride such a long way 4. The farmer got up behind his son because ____. A. the old man said it was too hot for him to walk B. the three old men stopped them on the road C. he did not know why he was walking D. his son could not ride the horse by himself 5. The young woman was most sorry ____. A. for the old man B. for the farmer’s young son C. that it was not far to the market D. for the horse Passage Two If you do not use your arm or your legs for some time, they become weak; when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong. If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault(过错). But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are to blame(受责备), and few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you ever found that some people can’t read or write but usually they have better memories? This is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember things; they cannot write down in a little notebook. They have to remember days, names, songs and stories; so their memory is the whole time being exercised. So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: Practice remembering. 6. The main reason for one has poor memory is that _______. A. his father or mother may have a poor memory B. He does not use his name or legs for some time C. his memory is not often used D. he can’t read or write 7. If you do not use your arms or legs for some time _______. A. you can’t use them any more B. they will become stronger C. they become weak and won’t become strong until you use them again. D. they will become neither stronger nor weaker 8. Which of the following is NOT true? A. Your memory works in the same way as your arms or legs. B. Your memory, like your arms or legs, becomes weak if you don’t give it enough chance for practice. C. Don’t learn how to read and write if you want to have a better memory. D. A good memory comes from more practice. 9. Some people can’t read or write, but they usually have better memories, because _______. A. they have save much trouble B. they have saved much time to remember things C. they have to use their memories all the time D. they can’t write everything in a little notebook 10. Which is the best title for this passage? A. Don’t Stop Using Your Arms or Legs B. How to Have a Good Memory C. Strong Arms and Good Memories D. Learn From the People Passage Three Nick Petrels is a doctor in Montreal. He works 60 hours a week. He takes care of 159 patients a week in the hospital and at his office. He’s been a doctor for ten years. Dr. Petrels gives his patients good medical advice. But he doesn’t just tell his patients what to do. He also sings to them on television! Dr. Petrels has his own TV show. The show is in Italian, English and French. The doctor starts the show with a song and then gives medical advice. He explains a medical problem or disease in simple language. After that, he sings another song.