V. 阅读理解(15分)(A)

John is twelve years old. His sister, Mary, is two years younger than he is. One day their mother asked them to clean the house. Because they did a good job, their mother bought a delicious cake and said to John, “John, cut this cake into two pieces, and give one piece to your sister. Don't forget that you must do it like a good brother.”

“Like a good brother?”John asked.“How does a good brother do?”

“He always gives the bigger piece to the other person.”answered the mother.

“Oh, I see.”said John. He thought about this for a short time, and then took the cake to his sister and said to her,“Please cut the cake into two, Mary, and be a good sister.”

1. _________ cleaned the house very well.

A.John　　B.Mary  C.Jim’s brother　　D.John and Mary

2.John's mother asked him to give _________ of the cake to Mary .

A.the bigger piece　　　　　　　　B.the smaller piece

C.the better piece　　　　　　　　　　D.the more delicious piece

3.At last John asked _________ to cut that cake.

A.his mother　　B.his brother  C.Mary　　D.his friends

(B)

A young man once went into town and bought himself a pair of pants. When he got home, he went upstairs (楼上) to his bedroom and put them on. He found that they were about two inches long.

He went downstairs to the kitchen. His mother and two sisters were washing up the tea-things there. “The new pants are too long,” he said.“They need shortening (剪短) by about two inches. Could one of you do it for me, please?”His mother and sisters were busy and no one said anything.

But as soon as his mother had finished washing up, she went quietly upstairs to her son’s bedroom and shortened the pants by two inches (英寸). She came downstairs without saying anything to her daughters.

After supper, the elder sister remembered her brother’s pants. She was a kind-hearted girl, so she went quietly upstairs without saying anything to anyone, and shortened the pants by two inches.

The younger sister went to the cinema, but when she came home, she remembered her brother’s pants, too. So she ran upstairs and did as her mother and sister had done.

You can imagine (想象) the look (表情) on the young man’s face when he put the pants on the next morning.

4.The young man’s pants were ______ for him at first.

A.too long　　B.very good  C.not too long　　D.too short

5.His elder sister shortened the pants ______.

A.in the evening

B.after lunch

C.as soon as she had finished the washing

D.after she came back from the cinema

6.The next morning the young man found that the pants were ______ inches too short for him.

A.two　　B.four  C.six　　D.eight

7.We can imagine that when the young man put the pants on the next morning, he would feel_____.

A.happy　　　B.excited  C.surprised　D.sad

(C)

People usually dislike mice but one mouse has won (赢) the heart of the people around the world. It is the famous Mickey Mouse.

About 50 years ago, films were silent (无声的). Walt Disney made a cartoon mouse. It could talk in the films. He named his mouse Mickey Mouse. People were very interested in the mouse’s voice.

Mickey was a clean and cute mouse from the beginning. Maybe this is why people dislike real mice but love Mickey Mouse. Because there were some things that Mickey Mouse could not do, Disney created (创造) a new animal. Its name is Donald Duck. He also created a dog, Pluto. They did foolish things and made mistakes(错误) everywhere. Now our Mickey Mouse is clean and very important. He has friends in every country.

8.Mickey Mouse could talk ___________________________________.

A.to young people　B.to children  C.to old people　D.in the films

9.People dislike real mice but love Mickey Mouse because _____________________.

A.Mickey Mouse is bigger than real mice

B.Mickey Mouse is clean and cute

C.Mickey Mouse is very beautiful

D.Mickey Mouse can speak English

10.Which of the following is WRONG?

A.People were interested in Mickey Mouse’s voice.

B.Fifty years ago films were silent.

C.Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Pluto helped people everywhere.

D.Mickey Mouse has friends around the world.