3、阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项.

Charles White is one of the top artists in America. He is now probably the country's best known Negro artist, who does most of his work about Negro life.

White grew up in Chicago. For his seventh birthday his mother bought him a set of oil paints. One day he pulled down the window curtain and used them to paint on. His first prize for painting was a good scolding from his mother.

In high school he was often truant until he won a school prize for his art work. Then he began to study art seriously.

While he paints, he listens to music, often the gospel kind that is based on the Bible (圣经).“I have to have sounds”, he insists. “I can't paint in silence”.

He never takes a vacation from art, for he is unhappy when he isn't working.

If a painting doesn't seem right, he will start over again completely, “No matter how long I've gone on it or how big it is”.

Today a White drawing sells for $ 1500.His paintings sell for $ 18000 to $ 25000.

1.What could be the best title?

[　　]

A.A Prize, A Painting.

B.Charles White: A Well-known Negro.

C.Hard Work.

D.Thoughts From the Bible.

2.Charles' mother scolded him because ________.

[　　]

A.he had painted on the curtain

B.he wasted lots of money

C.he had not won the prize

D.he was using his set of oil paints

3.White was a truant ________.

[　　]

A.all through his high school education

B.after he won a prize for his art work

C.before he won a prize for his art work

D.because he liked to paint very much

4、阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项.

The elephant is the biggest four-legged animal in the world. It is also, perhaps, the gentlest; but not always!

Elephants are like us in some ways. They live for a long time fifty or sixty years. They can remember things very well. They never forget great sadness or great happiness. A female elephant dies, her daughters and her grand-daughters are sad for many months. They stay with the dead body. Then they carry a bit of it away with them. They never forget a dear friend.

Elephants are like us, but they are also different. They live in families, families of females. There will be a few young males a few“baby boys.”But the females will soon send them away. An elephant family keeps only its daughters, mothers, grandmothers and its great-grand-mothers.

The females stay together for fifty, sixty…a hundred years. The older animals look after the younger ones. The mothers teach their daughters and set a good example.

And what happens to male elephants? Well, the young males stay with their mothers for a time. Then they must leave the family. The females just send them away. A bull(雄性) elephant does not often have a friend. He lives apart, away from the family, and often away from other bulls.

Sometimes the females call a bull. He can visit them then, and stay for a time. But soon his“wives”and sisters send him away again. The females have a very happy family life. What do the bulls think about it? We don't know.

1.Elephants are very sad when ________.

[　　]

A.their parents die

B.a bull leaves their family

C.they are attacked by men

D.they lose a female in the family

2.When a female elephant dies, the others ________.

[　　]

A.leave its dead body there

B.shed(流出)tears together

C.take a bit of the dead body away sadly

D.bury the dead

3.An adult bull elephant often ________.

[　　]

A.lives together with his“wife” B.lives by himself

C.has many female friends D.has many male friends

4.The best title is ________.

[　　]

A.The Elephant B.The four-legged animal

C.The Female Elephant D.The Elephant's Family

5、阅读理解

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项.

The world is divided into two main parts. The difference is that one part is rich and the other is poor. In the poor part, a lot of people never get enough to eat. In the rich part, a lot of people eat too much. In one part, children go hungry and in the other, a lot of people get fatter and fatter and go on diets, or do special exercises in order to lose weight, The poorer countries are called“the developing countries”. They have special problems. Sometimes the land is too poor to grow anything on. The land can be improved but a lot of things must be done first. New farming methods must be found. The people must be educated. Water must be found. Many of the problems are too big for one country to solve alone. Help must be given by the richer countries but it must be the right sort of help. Money is not enough. The developing countries must be helped to help themselves. But rich countries have problems, too. They are not always very pleasant. Usually, it is the things that make them rich and that also make them unpleasant. Sometimes the air is too bad to breathe and the rivers are too dirty to swim in or to take water from.

1.In the rich part, a lot of people ________.

[　　]

A.go hungry and get thinner and thinner

B.eat much in order to get fatter and fatter

C.never get enough to eat

D.have to do something to prevent themselves from getting fatter and fatter

2.One of the problems to be solved in the poorer countries is that ________.

[　　]

A.the air is too bad to breathe

B.the rivers are too dirty to take water from

C.the poor land must be improved

D.water must be made clean

3.The sentence“the air is too bad to breathe” means ________.

[　　]

A.the air is bed enough to breathe

B.the air is not bad enough as to breathe

C.the air is so bad that people can not breathe it

D.the air is very bad so that people can breathe it

4.The best title for the passage is ________.

[　　]

A.The Developing Countries

B.The Poorer Part of the World

C.The Difference Between the Two Parts of the World

D.How to Help Each Other

五、完形填空： 本大题共1小题， 第36小题为15.0分; 共计15.0分。

1、完形填空

Mrs Power had a 1 in a factory. She swept the floor. She was a very strong old 2 . She lived on the top 3 of a tall building.

One day 4 work she fell over and 5 her leg. The doctor was 6 . He put her leg in plaster(石膏).

“How long do I 7 to carry this weight around 8 me, Doctor?”asked Mrs Power.“ 9 two months.”replied the doctor. “ 10 I will come and take the plaster 11 . But till then you can not climb up 12 down stairs or do hand 13 .”

At the end of two months the doctor 14 again. “Can I climb up and down stairs now, Doctor?” asked Mrs Power.“I think 15 ,”said the doctor. “Well, I am very glad to 16 that,”said Mrs Power. “I am beginning to feel rather 17 . You said I couldn't climb up and down stairs. The only 18 way into my room was 19 the drainpipe(排水管). And that was 20 work, you know.”?

1.

[　　]

A.work B.job

C.doctor D.home

2.

[　　]

A.boss B.lady

C.wife D.assistant

3.

[　　]

A.floor B.ground

C.room D.office

4.

[　　]

A.from B.for

C.on D.at

5.

[　　]

A.hit B.wounded

C.hurt D.broken

6.

[　　]

A.called out B.taken

C.sent for D.asked

7.

[　　]

A.have B.want

C.hope D.force

8.

[　　]

A.on B.in

C.with D.about

9.

[　　]

A.Over B.Through

C.Around D.Round

10.

[　　]

A.And B.Then

C.So D.As

11.

[　　]

A.down B.away

C.out D.off

12.

[　　]

A.or B.and

C.since D.also

13.

[　　]

A.act B.thing

C.work D.job

14.

[　　]

A.went B.came

C.return D.got

15.

[　　]

A.can B.not

C.it D.so

16.

[　　]

A.see B.listen

C.hear D.find

17.

[　　]

A.tired B.angry

C.hungry D.happy

18.

[　　]

A.other B.another

C.one D.a

19.

[　　]

A.through B.by

C.on D.in

20.

[　　]

A.easy B.happy

C.hard D.terrible