英语寒假作业:人物传记/故事阅读类测试题

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2013-12-13

阅读下面短文,根据短文内容,完成81-85小题。

Tom lost his work last year and he didn’t find a job from then on. He was very worried. He had a big family to feed. His sons and daughters were often hungry. His wife was angry with him and she went away from his home.

One evening at about six, Tom went into the church (教堂) with a turkey(火鸡)in his hands. “ I took a turkey from a house, my pastor (牧师),” Tom said, “Would you like to take it away and forgive me?”

“ I won’t take the turkey away,” said the pastor, “Since you have known your fault, (错误) you must give it back to the host.”

“ I have tried,” cried Tom, “ But the host didn’t agree to take it back.”

“ I believe you,” said the pastor “You can take the turkey home and give it to your children.”

Tom thanked the pastor and went away.

When the evening prayer (祈祷) was over, the pastor went into his room. He looked for his turkey here and there but he didn’t find it.

16.Tom was worried because.

17.How did his children feel?

18.Tom has sons and daughters                   , but he lost his job. (根据短文填入适当的词语)

19.The underlined word “give it back” means                               .

20.Whose turkey did Tom take from?

Liu Wei is very famous in China because he can play the piano with

his toes(脚趾).

One day when Liu Wei was only 10 years old, he played a game with

some friends. He lost both his arms because of electricity(电).

Liu Wei was very sad when both his arms were cut off after the

accident. But soon he had to make a choice.

“For people like me, there were only two choices. One was to give up all the dreams, which would cause a quick death. The other was to work hard without arms to live an excellent life.” says Liu Wei.

Liu’s dream was to be a pianist. His excellent life included a show on China’s Got Talent(《中国达人秀》) and a wonderful performance (演奏) playing the beautiful Marriage D’amour with his two feet on the piano.

Liu Wei learned to play the piano with his feet. And teaching himself to play the piano with his feet was very hard. Many times he wanted to give it up, but his parents went on encouraging(鼓励) him and he wanted to make his parents proud.

Maybe you can not believe that Liu Wei is able to play well only with his toes. The audience(观众) were deeply moved and very excited when they watched his performance.

21.Why is Liu Wei very famous in China?

22.How old was Liu Wei when he lost his arms?

23.Was Liu Wei very sad when both his arms were cut off?

24.Who encouraged Liu Wei to play the piano?

25.How did the audience feel when they watched Liu’s performance?

Linda loves her dog Davy. They went to New York City last Saturday.

While Linda was buying a newspaper at the train station, the dog got out of his box and ran away. The station was crowded and Linda couldn't see Davy anywhere. When Linda shouted his name, some people looked at her but Davy didn't come. Then she called the police. While she was talking on the telephone, Davy met another dog outside the station. While the police were coming,Linda walked around the station and called Davy' s name. She didn't think about looking outside the station. Finally, a little boy said to her, "Did you look outside? I saw a big black dog when I came in. "When Linda finally saw Davy, he was jumping and running with another dog. There was a police officer next to them. The police officer said to Linda, "I think my dog found your dog."

26.What was Linda doing when Davy ran away?

27.How was the station?

28.What did Linda do when she couldn't find her dog?

29.Who gave Linda the tip (提示) to find Davy?

30.Who found Davy finally?

A few days ago, I ran into (撞上) a stranger as he passed by. I said sorry to him, and he said, “Excuse me too, I wasn’t even watching for you.” We were very polite, this stranger and I. Then we went on our way after saying goodbye.

Later in the kitchen at home, as I cooked our meal, my daughter Betty walked up to me, very quietly. When I turned around (转身), I nearly knocked her down. “Get out of the way!” I shouted angrily. She ran away, crying.

That night, when I lay in bed, my husband said to me, “You were so rude to Betty. Go and look around on the kitchen floor, and you’ll find some flowers there. Betty brought those for you. She picked them herself  pink, yellow, and your favourite blue.”

When I heard this, I thought deeply: “While meeting with a stranger, I was calm and polite; but with my daughter, I was not patient (耐心的). I felt sad and tears began to fall.

I quietly went to Betty’s bed, “Wake up, my dear,” I said, “Are these the flowers you picked for me?” She smiled, “t found them by the tree. I knew you’d like them, especially the blue.” I said, “I am so sorry that I treated (对待) you that way today.” And she whispered (悄声说), “Mommy, that’s okay  I still love you anyway.” I kissed her and said, “I love you too and I do love the flowers.”

That day Betty gave me a lesson on how to get along with each other in the family. I spent much time on work before and didn’t realize how important family life was. I decided to do better in the future.

31.The writer ___________ to a stranger when she ran into him.

32.When the writer nearly knocked Betty down, she _________ at her.

33.The writer’s ______ told her Betty had picked those flowers for her.

34.The writer felt sad and began to cry because ___________.

35.The writer decided to ___________.

Michelle, a famous lady, has found that more than 25% students are too fat in her country. It is a very serious prom. So she starts a health program to deal with it. The health program is to reduce(减少) the amount (数量)of fat students today and in the future.

The program will get families, schools, newspapers, magazines and TVs to join together and deal with the students’ obesity so that students will be at a healthier weight. The program includes: Food stores should sell healthier foods. Schools should serve healthier meals with less fat and should also offer gym classes.

The lady is trying to fight the students’ obesity all over the country because it can cause illnesses and higher health cost. She wants the students to eat right, exercise more and control (控制) their weight. She also wants the students to understand it is important to have less sweet food, and drink water, milk and fresh juices, but not to choose cokes. At the same time she has also set a good example by planting a vegetable garden. She hopes that the garden will encourage more people to plant one too.

The health program is really helpful to the students today and in the future. As she says, we cannot always build the future for youth, but we can build our youth for the future.

根据短文内容,从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出正确选项,并将所选答案涂到答题卡(填在答题卷)的相应位置上。(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)

36.In Michelle’s country over _______ of the students are too fat.

A. 75%     B. a quarter   C. a half   D. 15%

37.The word “obesity” in the second paragraph means ________ in Chinese.

A. 厌食症   B. 抑郁症   C. 肥胖症      D. 强迫症

38.What does the lady want the shops to do?

A. To offer gym classes.    B. To plant a vegetable garden.

C. To serve meals with less fat.    D. To sell healthier foods.

39. It’s a good way for fat student to have ______ every day.

A. more vegetables    B. sweet foods   C. many cokes   D. much fat

40.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. The lady introduces healthy drinks.   B. The lady cares about food cost.

C. The lady fights obesity in students.    D. The lady feel worried about the height.

One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood near a river. Suddenly his old axe(斧头) fell into the water. He felt very sad because he lost his only axe. Then all at once a beautiful fairy(仙女) came out and asked the man what was the matter.

“I have lost my axe.” he said. “It fell into the water when I was cutting the wood.” The fairy showed him a gold axe and asked, “Is this yours?” “No.” said the man.

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