三、阅读理解 (共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分)

A

Mr Stilwell looked out of his window. There was a boy at the other side of the street. The boy sat before a store and took some bread out of a bag and then began eating it.

There was a very thin dog in the street too. The boy said to it very kindly. “Come here, good dog. Do you want a piece of bread?”

The dog was very hungry and went to the boy, but he didn’t give it any of his bread. Instead, he kicked (踢) the dog. It ran away and the boy laughed.

Then Mr Stilwell came out of his house and said to the boy, “Do you want a dol lar?”

The boy was happy and said, “Yes, I do.”

“Come here,” Mr Stilwell said. The boy went to Mr Stilwell, but Mr Stilwell didn’ t give him a dollar. Instead, he hit him with a stick.

The boy cried and said,“Why did you hit me? I didn’t ask you for any money.”

“No,” Mr Stilwell said, “and the dog didn’t ask you for any bread, but you kicked it.”

(   )31. Where did Mr Stilwell stand and look out?

A. Before the window.   B. At the other side of the street.

C. Before a store.        D. Before his house.

(   )32.  Whose was the thin dog?

A. Mr Stilwell’s.    B. The boy’s. C. Mr Stilwell’s friend’s.  D. We don’t know.

(   )33. What did the boy do to the dog?

A. He kicked the dog, then gave bread to it.

B. He kicked the dog, then laughed at it.

C. He gave the dog bread kindly.

D. He gave the dog bread, then kicked it away.

(   )34. What did Mr Stilwell do to the boy?

A. He asked the boy to give some bread to the dog.

B. He took the boy to his house and gave him money.

C. He hit the boy with a stick and didn’t give him any money.

D. He gave the boy a dollar and then hit him with a stick.

(   )35. What can we learn from the passage?

A. We should never play tricks (捉弄) on others.

B. Mr Stilwell was so bad to hit the boy.

C. Mr Stilwell was the boy’s father.

D. People in Western countries like dogs.

B

When the plane was waiting at the airport, a big snake climbed up the steps and into  the plane. It went to sleep under the pilot’s (飞行员的) seat. Nobody saw it. Soon the passengers (乘客) walked into the plane and it took off. A little girl called Mary took out a whistle (哨子) and began playing. But none of the passengers liked the music. Then the stewardess (女乘务员) asked Mary to stop.

The noise of the plane woke the snake. It put its head out and looked into the pilot’s room. The pilot saw the snake and was greatly afraid. He was very afraid that the snake would bite him so he could not control the plane, and the plane started to swing strongly from side to side. The stewardess told the passengers what was happening and asked them not to be afraid. Mary was not afraid at all. She ran to the pilot’s room with her whistle and began to play slow music, then the snake went after her. The girl returned to her seat and the snake lying on the floor beside her, dancing to the music.

When the plane finally landed at the airport, and people took the snake to a zoo near Mary’s house. She often went to visit the snake.

(   )36. How did the  snake get into the plane?

A. Somebody took it there.               B. Mary’s whistle brought it there.

C. It was always under the pilot’s seat.  D. It climbed up the steps and into the plane itself.

(   )37. Why did the stewardess stop Mary playing whistle?

A. Because it could wake the snake.

B. Because no one liked her music.

C. Because it was time for people to sleep.

D. Because people couldn’t play any music in the plane.

(   )38. How did the pilot feel when he saw the snake?

A. Excited. B. Sad.  C. Afraid. D. Happy.

(   )39. What does the word “swing” mean?

A. 摇摆  B. 下坠     C. 跳动 D. 上升

(   )40. What did Mary do to make the snake lying on the floor?

A. She caught it.                                  B. She talked to it.

C. She played the slow whistle music to attract (吸引) it.   D. She danced for it.

C

One day an Australian farmer, Joe, saw a bright light in the sky. The light came nearer and nearer and suddenly Joe saw that it was a spaceship. The spaceship  landed in a field nearby.

The door of the spaceship opened and two strange beings (物种) climbed out. They seemed to be half man and half bird. Joe was afraid of them. He tried to run away. But the spacemen walked towards him, picked him up and carried him into the spaceship.

They asked him questions about the Earth. “We’re from Venus (金星),” they said, “but it is getting very hot there. A lot of our people are dying and we haven’t much time left. We tried to find a new home, but it’s broken. Can you do something about it?”

Joe did something with the spaceship, and it could work again! Then they let Joe go and at last the spaceship flew away.

Joe told his friends about the spacemen, but no one believed his story.

“You will believe me one day,” Joe told them. “The spacemen will come back.

(   )41. Where is Joe from?

A. Australia. B. England.  C. Japan.   D. America.

(   )42. What did the strange beings look like?

A. They looked like a man.                B. They looked like a bird.