(三)阅读理解 (每小题2分,共50分)

Ⅶ. 阅读下面五篇短文,根据文章的内容选择最佳答案作答36-60题.

A

Twenty years ago almost all nurses were women, and almost all pilots were men. Today some women fly planes, and some men care for patients. Forty years ago there were no women news reporters on television. Now women report the news, the weather, and even men’s sports. Women are reporting games and interviewing athletes. Fifty years ago there were almost no women lawyers or doctors, but today over half of all medical students are women.

Today men teach very young children. Men work as librarians and secretaries. Some men stay at home to take care of the house and children. They are called “house husbands” or “stay-at-home dads”.

However, many women still work as homemakers.

Jobs are changing. Today men and women are working in every field.

(  )36. According to the passage, what is TRUE about women today?

A. Women like to be secretaries.    B. There are no homemakers today.

C. Women report news and sports.

(  )37. What is said about men in the passage?

A. Only men are sports reporters.   B. All lawyers are men.

C. Some men stay at home with the children.

(  )38. Which of the following is TRUE about men and women today?

A. Many women still work as homemakers.

B. Women don’t like sports, but men do.

C. There are no women pilots.

(  )39. House husbands means_____________.

A. There are many husbands at home

B. Husbands stay at home to do housework.

C. Husbands want to buy houses.

(  )40. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Jobs of today are changing.

B. Women are leaders of today’s world.

C. People change their jobs for fun

B

(  )41. From above, we know the business hours of _____________ is the longest.

A. Supermarket W    B. Supermarket Y    C. Supermarket M

(  )42. The price of the pork in_____________ is the same as that in_____________.

A. Supermarket W and Supermarket M

B. Supermarket W and Supermarket T

C. Supermarket M and Supermarket T

(  )43. Eggs in_____________ are dearer than those in any other supermarket.

A. Super market W       B. Supermarket M    C. Supermarket T

(  )44. _____________ need to do better in the environment.

A. Supermarket Y and Supermarket T

B. Supermarket W and Supermarket M

C. Supermarket T and Supermarket W

(  )45. The writer doesn’t think people would like to buy things in_____________ because of the        service.

A. Supermarket M    B. Supermarket Y    C. Supermarket T

C

Mr. And Mrs. Smith married thirty years ago and they have lived in the same house since then. Mr. Smith goes to work at eight o'clock every morning from Monday to Friday and Mrs. Smith does the housework every day. Both of them enjoy their work very much.

There are quite a lot of houses in their street, and most of their neighbors are kind and friendly. One day, the old lady in the house opposite them died and, after a few weeks, a young man and young woman came to live in it.

Mrs. Smith watched them for a few days from her window. One day when her husband came back from work, she said to him, "Bill, the man in that house opposite us always kisses his wife when he leaves in the morning and kisses her again when he comes home in the evening. Why don't you do that, too "

Mr. Smith thought for a while and answered, "Well, I don't know her very well yet." From then on, Mrs. Smith never mentioned it again.

(  )46. After they got married, Mr. and Mrs. Smith _____________.

A. have never kissed each other    B. have moved from one place to another

C. have stayed in the same house for 30 years

(  )47. Mr. Smith doesn't work on _____________.

A. From Monday to Friday    B. Sunday and Monday

C. Saturday and Sunday

(  )48. The young man and young woman came to live in the opposite house because_____________.

A. the old lady died

B. they left in the morning and came back in the evening.

C. they had no place to live

(  )49. Mrs. Smith hoped that _____________.

A. Mr. Smith would kiss the young woman

B. Mr. Smith would kiss her.

C. her husband would make a lot of money

(  )50. From this passage, we can see that Bill is _____________.

A. the young woman's husband  B. Mr. Smith   C. Mrs. Smith's son

D

A memorial was put up in California. The memorial was pu t up to remember a small boy. The boy was killed when his family was on vacation in Italy.

After the boy died, his parents donated (捐赠) his body parts. The body parts helped save seven people l iving in Italy. The people in Italy were very moved. They wanted to thank the boy’s family in some way, so they built a memorial with 130 bells on  it. The memorial was placed by the ocean. When the wind blew, the bells rang. The bells reminded the family of  all the love that the Italian people have for them and their dead son.

The parents want the memorial to be a comfort for anyone who visits it. They hope that people will keep giving body part s to those who need  them. They want to keep sharing the love that their son had.

(  )51. The boy was killed in ___________.

A. California      B. Italy     C. the ocean

(  )52. How many people did the boy’s body parts help save?

A. 7.         B. 130.    C. 18.

(  )53. Why did the people in Italy build the memorial?

A. Because the boy was killed.

B. Because they wanted to thank the family.

C. Because they wanted to make their country more beautiful.

(  )54. What does the underlined word “memorial” mean?

A. 记忆       B. 房子      C. 纪念碑

(  )55. What can we infer (推断) from the passage?

A. The boy was from Italy.

B. Italy sent 110 bells to the parents.

C. The parents were very kind and helpful.

E

Have you ever been ill? When you are ill, you must be unhappy because your body becomes hot, and there are pains all over your body. You don’t want to work, and you stay in bed, feeling very sad.

What makes us ill? They’r e germs(细菌). Germs are everywhere. They are very small and you can’t find them with your eyes, but you can find them with a microscope. They are very small and there could be lots and lots of them on every small things.

Germs are always found in dirty water. When we look at dirty water under microscope, we will see them in it. So our parents will not let you drink dirty water.

Germs aren’t found only in water. They are found in the air and dust(灰尘). If you cut your finger, and if some of the dust from the floor goes into the cut, some of the germs would go into your finger. Your finger would become big and red, and you will have much pain in it. Sometimes the germs would go into all of your body, and you would have pain everywhere.

(  )56. Which of the following is true?

A. If things are very small, they are germs.

B. Germs are everywhere around us.

C. Germs are only in dirty water

(  )57. What is a microscope used for?

A. Making very small things look much bigger.

B. Helping you read some newspaper.

C. Making very big things look much smaller.

(  )58. Why don’t your parents let you drink dirty water? Because _________.

A. you haven’t looked at it carefully

B. there must be lots of germs in it

C. water will make you ill

(  )59. Which of the following is Not true?_________

A. Germs can be found both in water and in the air.

B. Germs can go into your finger if it is cut.

C. If your finger isn’t cut, there aren’t any germs on it.

(  )60. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Germs may make us ill.

B. Germs are in dirty water.

C. Take care of your fingers.