故事类阅读
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John is a paper boy.He delivers(投递)newspapers to different houses in his street every day.
He has about 80 customers(客户).Half of his customers only take the newspapers on weekdays,
and about half take the newspapers on weekdays and on Sundays.Two of John's customers only
take the newspapers on Sundays.
John has to get up at 4:30 every morning to deliver his newspapers.It takes longer to deliver the
newspapers on Sundays.The Sunday newspapers are twice as heavy as those on weekdays.
John is saving his money to buy a new bicycle.He is also saving money for college(大学).He has
already saved 500 dollars.1.John ________ every day. A.reads books
B.sells newspapers
C.borrows books
D.delivers newspapers2.How many customers does he have? A.About 40.
B.About 120.
C.About 80.
D.About 20.3.________ of his customers only take the newspapers on Sundays. A.Two
B.Eighty
C.Forty
D.Twenty4.What time does he have to get up every morning? A.3:30.
B.4:30.
C.5:30.
D.6:30.5.John is saving his money to buy ________. A.a newspaper
B.a new bag
C.a house
D.a new bicycle -
根据短文大意，从各题所给的选项中选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。将其代号填入题前括号内。 Life is not easy,so I’d like to say,"When anything happens, believe in yourself."
When I was a young boy, I was too 1 to talk to anyone. My classmates
often laughed at me. I was sad but could do 2 . Later, something happened, and
it changed my life. It was an English speech(比赛) competition. My mother asked
me to take part in it. What a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak 3 all the
teachers and students of my school!
"Come on, boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to 4 ." Then mother and
I talked about many different topics(话题). At last I 5 the topic "Believe in
yourself".I tried my best to remember all the speech and practiced it over 100
6 . With my mother’s great love, I did 7 in the contest. I could hardly
believe my 8 when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the
cheers from the teachers and students. Those classmates who once looked down
on me, now all said "Congratulations!"to me. My mother hugged (拥抱) me and
cried 9 .
Since then, everything has 10 for me. When I do anything, I try to tell
myself to be sure and I will find myself. This is true not only for a person but
also for a country.( )1. A. shy
( )2. A. something
( )3. A. after
( )4. A. win
( )5. A. reached
( )6. A. times
( )7. A. quietly
( )8. A. hands
( )9. A. sadly
( )10. A. changedB. sad
B. nothing
B. with
B. lose
B. brought
B. words
B. well
B. arms
B. warmly
B. askedC. excited
C. anything
C. before
C. beat
C. chose
C. sentences
C. slowly
C. ears
C. badly
C. goneD. happy
D. everything
D. among
D. pass
D. thought
D. topics
D. fast
D. eyes
D. excitedly
D. come -
完形填空 Health is very important for every person and every family.Here is a story about a boy whose
eyes are not very healthy.James was a boy.He was different 1other children.He did everything
very slowly.His parents did not know what was wrong.2 they took him to a doctor.The 3found
that the boy could not see anything.And he said4he could do nothing to help him.James’ parents
were very 5.
James grew bigger every day.He was healthy6happy.But he could not 7himself.One day his
parents heard that there was a8doctor in a town.They took the boy to visit him.The doctor did
a small operation and James could 9.
How 10 everyone was! Healthy life is necessary for every family.( )1.A.with
( )2.A.And
( )3.A.teacher
( )4.A.that
( )5.A.sad
( )6.A.or
( )7.A.put on
( )8.A.man
( )9.A.hear
( )10.A.easyB.of
B.So
B.doctor
B.if
B.tired
B.and
B.wake up
B.woman
B.see
B.clearC.as
C.But
C.driver
C.what
C.free
C.but
C.look after
C.bad
C.speak
C.busyD.from
D.For
D.farmer
D.how
D.angry
D.so
D.stand up
D.good
D.run
D.happy -
阅读表达 Nobody knew why Mrs.Williams was crying so loudly in her little garden.A neighbor came over
and asked her what happened.She told him,"Someone picked many of the flowers in the garden just
now.It must be a thief!" Just then a little boy came out holding a big bunch of flowers.He told Mrs.
Williams that his mother was badly ill."I'm very sorry,Mrs.Williams.I need money to pay for the
medicine,so I picked your flowers to sell,so that I could have some money to save my mother."
When she heard this,Mrs.Williams stopped crying and said to the boy that he could come to her
garden and pick as many as he need.She wants to see his mother in good health.1.Mrs.Williams was crying in her little garden because ________________.
2.________________ picked some flowers in the small garden.
3.The boy wanted to have some money because her mother ________________.
4.At last Mrs.Williams let the boy ________________. -
阅读短文,根据短文内容和所给单词填空。 hungry them until idea eat same only told Dick and Mike, both eleven years old, went out one morning to sell cakes. Dick's mother
had 1 Dick, "Now, take these twelve cakes and sell 2 , five cents (分)each. Don't 3 any of them
and don't give them to your friends."
Mike's mother had said the 4 thing to Mike. But two hours later, Mike had sold 5 one cake,
and he was getting hungry. Suddenly he had an 6. He could use the money to buy one of Dick's cakes.
Dick was just as7 as Mike. He at once used the same money to buy one of Mike's cakes.
And that was how it went for the rest (剩余部分)of the morning 8 all the cakes were gone.1.________ 2.________ 3. ________ 4. ________
5. ________ 6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ -
阅读短文,根据短文内容完成表格,每空一词。 I have always loved cars. After graduating from college, I got one, which I regarded as
(把……当作)my favorite friend.I called it Victor. For the next three years, everything I did
was connected with(与……有关)Victor. I lived a happy life. But because of money problems,
I had to sell Victor. Then my life broke down. Without Victor, I was like a fish out of water.
Three months later, with the encouragement of my friends, I decided to start a new life. I tried
and made it. Everything went well again. Losing my car made me grow up. I have learned that
life won't always go our way, but we can chose to be positive(积极的)and make the best of it.
1.________ 2.________ 3.________ 4.________ 5.________1of the car Victor Time of getting the car 2graduating from college Reason for 3the car to someone Because of money problems Feelings of losing the car Like a fish out of 4 Improvement from the experience
5won't always go our way. We can be positive.
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Many people do not like to stay at home on holidays.They want to go out to see something
different or do something interesting.So people from the country come to the city and people
from the city go to the country for holidays.During the holidays trains,buses and planes are all
very busy.It is very hard to buy train tickets or air tickets.Many people take cars or buses for
traveling.
Last May Day my family went to the country by car for our holiday.There was too much
traffic on the road,so we had to move very slowly.It took us about an hour to get out of the
town.After some time,we came to a hill.It was green and beautiful.We thought this was a good
place for a picnic,so we stopped and took the food,fruit and drinks out of the car.We sat down
and began to eat.Suddenly a strong wind blew and soon it started to rain.We had to run back
to our car and have our picnic in the car.Then we drove back home.What a sad holiday!1.Which one is right in the following sentence? A.Many people like staying at home on holidays.
B.People living in the city often go to another city for traveling.
C.It is easy to buy a ticket on holidays.
D.Many people take cars or buses for traveling.2.How did they go to the country last May Day? A.By car.
B.By train.
C.By bus.
D.On foot.3.How long did they take to get out of the town? A.Half an hour.
B.An hour.
C.One and half an hour.
D.Two hours.4.Why did they go to the country? A.To take some pictures.
B.To cook dinner.
C.To have a picnic.
D.To go sightseeing.5.They felt ________ about the holiday. A.happy
B.excited
C.unhappy
D.lucky -
完形填空。 Longhands was the son of a pirate (海盗), the grandson of a pirate and the great grandson of a
pirate. 1 he hadn't stolen anything yet, people thought he would be a great pirate when he 2 .
However, the idea of spending his life taking things away from other people didn't attract him. From
when he was a child he knew that the life of a pirate was 3 .
While he was growing up, Longhands became terribly worried that some day his real pirate character
would suddenly come out. Then he had to be a 4 . Every morning, when he woke up, he looked in the
mirror to see if the terrible change had happened. But every 5 he had the same pleasant face he had had
the day before.
As time went by, it became clear to everyone that Longhands would't 6 a pirate. But his family
didn't want to say that. Even though Longhands studied 7 and had worked as a doctor, they kept
saying,"He will be a good pirate." At the same time, Longhands was still worried 8 turning into a pirate.
Until one day, he became an old man and he had his children and grandchildren, and none of 9 had
become pirates. He realised that neither himself,nor anyone,was ever forced to be a pirate. Everyone
had the 10 to choose his or her own life.( )1. A. Because
( )2. A. brought up
( )3. A. terrible
( )4. A. driver
( )5. A. evening
( )6. A. turn
( )7. A. medicine
( )8. A. of
( )9. A. us
( )10. A. choiceB. Although
B. turned up
B. nice
B. teacher
B. morning
B. change
B. history
B. on
B. them
B. advantageC. But
C. grew up
C. funny
C. pirate
C. noon
C. take
C. geography
C. about
C. they
C. wordD. However
D. came out
D. exciting
D. doctor
D. night
D. become
D. chemistry
D. at
D. their
D. right -
阅读理解。 Li Yan's parents divorced (离婚) when she was only six years old. Two years later, her father got
married again and the stepmother (继母)wasn't kind to her. Her father didn't look after her well. So she
had to live with her grandmother. Sadly, her grandmother died five years ago. Her mother was ut into
prison (监狱) because of killing a person by mistake. What a poor girl! She became very lonely.
One day, she came home late. Her father became angry and hit her with a stick. Then he locked her
in the room. She cried and cried. No one came to help her. The next day, she climbed out through the
window while they were away. She ran away from the house. She was free. But where could she go?
She wanted to find a job to make some money,but she was too young. No one would give her the
chance. At night, she had nothing to eat. She was so weak that she fell down on the street.
When she woke up, she found herself lying on the bed. "Is it my home?" She looked around and
saw a smiling couple (夫妇). The couple gave her some delicious food to eat. They treated her as
their own child. Now she is living with the couple happily.1. 判断正误（“T”表示正确，“F”表示错误）
( ) Li Yan's parents got, married again when she was eight years old.
2. Li Yan was too _______ to find a job to make money.
3. Why did Li Yan's father hit her with a stick?
4. Who helped Li Yan at last?
__________________________________
5. 将文中画线句子译成汉语。
__________________________________ -
阅读理解。 One day, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. He wanted
to collect money for his schooling. When he got home, he found there was a lottery (彩票) among the
money.
The next day, he went there again, put his hat on the ground. Meanwhile he took out a large piece
of paper and laid it on the ground. It said, "Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put an important
thing into my hat by mistake. Please come to get it soon. "Then he began playing.
It caused a great excitement and people wondered what it could be. After half an hour, a man ran
there and said, "Yes, it's you. You did come here. I knew that you re an honest man and would certainly
come here. "
The young violinist asked calmly, "Are you Mr. George Sang?"
The man nodded. The violinist asked,"Did you lose something?"
"Lottery. It's a lottery", said the man.
The violinist gave him the lottery.
George was excited to see the lottery. He said he bought a lottery ticket a few days ago. The awards
opened yesterday and he won a prize of $500,000.
Later someone asked the violinist, " Why didn't you take the lottery ticket for yourself? Then you
don't have to play here."
The violinist said, "Although I don't have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty I won't be
happy forever."1. A poor young artist ______. A. was not a happy man
B. didn't give the lottery back to the man
C. was angry with the old man
D. had no money to go to school2. Why did the violinist give the lottery back? A. He didn't like money.
B. He wants to be an honest man.
C. He won't be happy forever.
D. He bought a lottery ticket a few days ago.3. What caused a great excitement? A. He began playing.
B. He took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground.
C. He was looking for the loser.
D. He lost honesty.4. ______ is Mr.George Sang. A. A poor young artist
B. The violinist
C. A happy man
D. A gentleman who lost the lottery5. Which of the following is true? A. A poor young artist lives happily.
B. Mr. George Sang is the violinist.
C. The violinist took the lottery ticket for himself.
D. All the people were excited. -
完型填空 John was ten years old, but he was still 1 Grade One. He liked 2 . and didn't work hard 3 his
lessons. His parents always wanted him 4 a good boy.
This afternoon John 5 back, he was very happy. He said to his parents. "Today our teacher praised(表扬) 6 Of course his parents were happy, too. They said. "Tell us about it" " 7 class she asked
Tom 8 easier question, but he couldn't answer. And I answered it at once."
"What question?"
"How much is one 9 one ?"
"What did your teacher praised you?" asked his parents.
She said to Tom "You're the most foolish (愚蠢) student in our class and John is 10 than you."( ) 1. A. at
( ) 2. A. played
( ) 3. A. in
( ) 4. A. to be
( ) 5. A. come
( ) 6. A. I
( ) 7. A. At
( ) 8. A. a
( ) 9. A. to
( )10. A. goodB. on
B. to play
B. at
B. be
B. are coming
B. my
B. In
B. an
B. and
B. the bestC. in
C. play
C. for
C. become
C. comes
C. me
C. On
C. the
C. by
C. bestD. with
D. is playing
D. with
D. is
D. came
D. mine
D. For
D. /
D. with
D. better -
阅读理解 The students were having their chemistry class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like.
After that, she asked her students, "What's water?"
No one spoke for a few minutes.
Miss Li asked again, "Why don't you answer my question? Didn't I tell you what water is like?"
Just then a boy put up his hand and said, " Miss Li, you told us that water has no color and no smell.
But where to find such kind of water? The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has
bad smell."
Most of the children agreed with him.
"I'm sorry, children." said the teacher, " Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier. That's a problem."1. The students were having their _____class.
A. English
B. Chinese
C. chemistry
D. maths
2. Miss Li was telling the children what _____ was like.
A. water
B. air
C. earth
D. weather
3. What is the water like behind the boy's house?
A. No color
B. Bad smell
C. Black
D. both B and C
4. Most of the children ______ the boy.
A. agreed with
B. agreed on
C. heard from
D. liked
5. What do you know from the story?
A. The river is getting more and more.
B. The river is getting less and less.
C. The river is getting cleaner and cleaner.
D. The river is getting dirtier and dirtier. -
阅读理解。 John Cox is a school boy. He delivers (传递) newspapers every day t 
o different houses near his home. He has about 80customers (顾客). About one half of his customers only take the paper on weekdays, and about one half take the paper on week days and on Sunday. Two of John's customers only take the paper on Sunday.
John has to get up at 4:30 every morning to delivers his papers. It takes him longer to deliver the papers on Sundays. The papers on Sundays are much bigger than those on weekdays.
John is saving (积蓄) money to buy a new bike. He is also saving money for college. He has $ 500
now.1. What does John do?
A. He is a student.
B. He's a farmer.
C. He's a teacher.
D. He's a postman
2. About _____ of his customers only take the papers on weekdays.
A. 50
B. 80
C. 40
D. 2
3. About 40 customers take the papers _____.
A. on Sundays
B. on weekdays
C. on weekdays and Sundays
D. every day
4 John gets up ______ every day.
A. early
B. late
C. at six thirty
D. at three forty
5. It
takes John longer to deliver the papers on Sunda
ys because _____.
A. he has t o deliver many more papers.
B. he is always too tired to deliver the papers.
C. the papers are much bigger
D. no one helps him -
用所给动词的适当形式填空. Lucy and Lily _1__ (have) a good time last Sunday. They __2__ (get) up very early, After breakfast
they__3_ (go) to the park.
In the park, they __4__ (find) a lot of flowers. Lucy __5__ (want) to __6___ (pick) one of
them. But Lily __7__ (stop) her. Then they 8 (get) on the boat and _9 _ (start) boating on the river. Two hours later, they _10_ (leave) the river and 11 (begin) to _12__ (c
limb) the hill near the river. They_13__(reach) the
top at half past eleven. There they _14 _ (have) their lunch. What _15 _ they _16__ (have) for lunch?
Eggs, bread and orange.
In the afternoon they __17_ (go) home.
Their mother _18__ (ask) them. "Do you __19_ (enjoy) yourselves?"
"Yes, very much." they _20 _ (answer) . -
阅读理解。 Mr. Brown is an old man. Every morning he goes for a walk in the park. And he comes home at
twelve thirty for his lunch in the middle of the day.
But today a car stops at his house at twelve o'clock. Two policemen help him get out. One of them
says to Mr. Brown's daughter, "He can't find his way home in the park and asks us to take him home in
the car."
The daughter thanks the policemen and they leave. Then she asks her father, "Dad, you go to the
park every day. But today you can't find the way. Why? "
The old man smiles(美) like a child and says, "I can find my way home. But I don't want to walk
home today. "1. The old man ______ every day. A. takes a walk in the morning
B. has lunch in the park
C. asks the policemen to take him home
D. runs in the park2. Two policemen take him home in the car, because they think ______. A. he is too old
B. he likes their car
C. he can't find his way home
D. he can't walk3. The old man asks the policemen to take him home in the car, because ______. A. he is ill
B. he is tired
C. he wants to have lunch at 12 o'clock
D. his daughter asks him to do that4. Which of the following sentences is RIGHT? A. The daughter will not let her father go to the park again.
B. The old man is not happy when the policemen take him home in the car.
C. The policemen know the old man.
D. The old man comes home earlier (更早) today.5. What do you think of (认为) the old man? A. He's boring.
B. He's helpless (无助的).
C. He's clever.
D. He's dangerous. -
用所给词的适当形式填空。 Mr. Smith l______ (be) a writer. He likes animals very much. One day one of his 2______
(friend) from China gives him a bird and a cat. He 3______ (find) the cat is friendly to the bird. So he
puts 4______ (they) in one room. In fact, the bird is very beautiful and the cat 5______ (real) wants
to eat the bird. But he doesn't 6______ (know) what the bird is. So he walks near the bird. The bird
is very afraid(害怕).She doesn't know what 7______ (do) first. She tries to be quiet. When the cat is
next to her, she says, "Do you want 8______ (eat) me? I'm your friend." The cat is very afraid. He
9______ (run) away. He thinks she can 10______ (speak) and she must (一定) be a woman. -
根据句意及所给词的适当形式填空，使短文意思完整通顺。 Victor is seven years old and l______ (start) to go to school this fall (秋天). He 2______ (study)
hard and listens to his teachers. He is polite(有礼貌的)and has some friends. They all 3______ (like)
him. It's Sunday today. Victor, his sister Tina and his mother 4______ (be) at home. His mother is doing
some housework and he 5______ (watch) TV and the girl 6______ (do) her homework. At eight
thirty his father 7______ (come) back with a bag of apples. The boy likes them very much and wants
8______ (eat) some. His mother 9______ (give) him four and says, "Which one do you want,
Victor?"
"The biggest (最大的) one, Mum."
"What"says his mother,"You should (应该) be polite and take the smallest one."
"Should I 10______ (tell) a lie (撒谎) just to be polite, Mum?" says Victor. -
完形填空。 Mr. White works in an office. He is very 1 and has no time to have a good rest. Every evening,
when he comes back 2 his office, he's always tired and wants to go to bed early. 3 his wife
often has a lot of interesting things to tell him after supper. She doesn't stop talking until he falls 4 .
But it's usually too late and Mr. White has to 5 early in the morning when she is asleep.
One day the man 6 terrible and couldn't go to work. He decided to go to 7. And Mrs.
White went with him. Before her husband said 8 was the matter with him, the woman had told
the doctor all and the doctor understood why. He wrote a prescription(处方). And when
Mrs. White 9 the medicine to the doctor, he said to her, “The bottle of medicine is for your
husband and the pills are for you. "
“For me？”the woman said in surprise，“I’m fine. I don't need 10 medicine."
“I don't think so, madam,”said the doctor. “They are sleeping pills. Your husband will soon
be all right if you take them. "( ) 1. A. happy
( ) 2. A. off
( ) 3. A. But
( ) 4. A. sleepy
( ) 5. A. awake
( ) 6. A. feels
( ) 7. A. the market
( ) 8. A. that
( ) 9. A. brought
( ) 10. A. someB. busy
B. in
B. And
B. sleeping
B. go to bed
B. felt
B. the park
B. if
B. bought
B. anyC. angry
C. from
C. So
C. asleep
C. stay up
C. falls
C. the office
C. what
C. took
C. noD. sorry
D. to
D. Or
D. to sleep
D. get up
D. fell
D. the hospital
D. how
D. caught
D. hardly -
阅读理解。 An old woman opens her windows and looks out. What a sunny day! But she is surprised there is
a man in the front of the garden. The old woman looks at him and says,"He is eating grass. why?" She
goes out into her garden and says to him,"Are you very hungry? Why don't you go to work and get
some food?" The man looks at her and says , 'I don't like working,I just like eating. Now I' m hungry,
I have nothing for my breakfast. You see. I'm eating grass. Can you give me some food?"
The old woman says, "Come to the back door of my house. " The man is very happy. He thinks he
can get food from the old woman, So he goes with her. The old woman opens the back door and says
to the man. "Look, the grass here is longer (更长的) than that in the garden. Just enjoy it here! "1. What's the man doing in the garden? A. He is working hard there.
B. He is opening the windows there.
C. He is eating some food there.
D. He is eating the grass there.2. What does the man have for breakfast? A. Some food
B. Nothing.
C. Vegetables.
D. Fruits.3. How does the man feel (感觉) when the old woman asks him to the back door? A. Sad
B. Sorry
C. Interesting
D. Happy4.What does the woman ask him to do? A. She asks him to work for her.
B. She asks him to the back door and eat food.
C. She asks him to the back door and eat the grass there.
D. She gives him some food at the back door.5. What do you think of the man? He is _____. A. happy
B. sad
C. lazy
D. sorry -
阅读理解。 Mr Smith and his son Yoke rent (租借) a boat from Mr Creen. They start to fish but get nothing.
They find another place to fish and catch a lot of fish. Now it is late and they are going back home.
Yoke says, "I am going to come here again tomorrow." "Yes, I'm coming with you, too,"says his
father."But how can we find the same place again?""I think that's easy. "Yoke says. "Look! I can make
a mark on the side of the boat. "
His father laughs and says, "No. That's foolish! Mr Green doesn't give us the same boat every time."1. What does Mr Green rent to Mr Smith? A. Fish.
B. A car.
C. A bus.
D. A boat.2. Do they catch a lot of fish at first? A. No, they don't.
B. Yes, they do.
C. Yes, he does.
D. No, he doesn't.3. Yoke wants to ______ to find the same place. A. rent the same boat
B. make a mark in the car
C. make a mark on the boat
D. go fishing4. Who is foolish? A. Mr Green.
B. Mr Smith.
C. Yoke.
D. Mr Smith and Yoke.5. Which is NOT true? A. Mr Smith rent a boat from Mr Gree.
B. They catch lots of fish at last.
C. They'll come to fish again.
D. They can find the same place to fish.
