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科目: 來(lái)源: 題型:閱讀理解

At two o’clock a bank robber stole in.“This is a holdup,” the man said loudly. He took a gun from under his jacket, pointing to George.“Hand it over!” George reached into his money-box and took all the bills from the top part-close to six thousand dollars. The robber took them and turned to leave.
Then, while everyone watched the robber, George calmly lifted the top part of the money-box, took bills from the bottom part and put them into his own pocket secretly.
The door was shut and the bank robber was gone. George fainted(暈倒).
As soon as he was safely behind his bedroom door, George counted the money. He had eight thousand dollars. He was very happy.
The next morning, while the others were examining the bank's records, George was called into Mr Burrow's office and was introduced to Mr. Carruthers, who used to be president of the bank.
“Good morning, George, I was sorry to give you a hard time yesterday, but with all the banks being robbed these days I thought it would be a good idea to prove that our little bank can be robbed too. I have retired(退休), but I’m always thinking of our bank. That's why I played my little game yesterday, just to keep everyone on his toes(趾). Now, I have put the money back in your money-box all six thousand.”

  1. 1.

    This passage tells us ______.

    1. A.
      a serious case
    2. B.
      one part of a play
    3. C.
      a humorous story
    4. D.
      a meaningful story
  2. 2.

    Which of the following do you think is true?

    1. A.
      George wanted to protect the money for the bank.
    2. B.
      George had been thinking of taking money away.
    3. C.
      This bank had been robbed several times.
    4. D.
      Nobody knew the bank would be robbed that day.
  3. 3.

    Why was George called into Mr. Burrow’s office?

    1. A.
      His stealing money was disclosed.
    2. B.
      Mr. Burrow wanted to say sorry to him.
    3. C.
      Mr. Carruthers wanted to explain the whole thing to him.
    4. D.
      Mr. Burrow wanted to tell him the money had been put back.
  4. 4.

    In this article “to keep everyone on his toes” means “______”.

    1. A.
      to make everyone work hard
    2. B.
      to keep everyone standing straight
    3. C.
      to make everyone do a kind of exercise
    4. D.
      to keep everyone paying attention to the coming danger
  5. 5.

    Which sentence can be used to end the story?

    1. A.
      George turned cold with fear.
    2. B.
      George turned red with anger.
    3. C.
      George was pleased with the end.
    4. D.
      George was disappointed with the end.

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科目: 來(lái)源: 題型:閱讀理解

Thanksgiving time came and all the relatives were gathered around the long table, or seated behind TV trays.The television was on and some folks were watching it while visiting with one another.Something on television got their attention and one of the adults said, "Listen at it!" Someone else replied."Well, if that don't beat all."
Simple phrases were spoken by folks whose language was simple and brief.They had several idioms that were just as colorful; Phrases and words that brightened the room and warmed the conversation.In school we were taught to speak differently.The way our relatives spoke was discouraged.Sometimes our parents would say things we weren't taught in school.They'd often correct themselves, as if getting rid of a mistake.Of course we learned some of their phrases and used them.They were comfortable words to pronounce, familiar.
Our father's side of the family was from Arkansas and Oklahoma and they spoke with the accents native to their birth states.Their voices musical and often high , it was easy to pick up that effect in our own speech and at school my brother and I were often teased for the way we spoke.Our mother's side of the family came from Illinois and they had a tendency to talk fast.They had an accent, too, and my brother and I added that to our own speech, confusing the kids at school all the more.Our father's side of the family loved to laugh and have a good time.Our mother's side of the family was more serious about how they took life in; their joys more silently experienced and enjoyed.It was a rich picture of culture and it gave my brother and me a colorful view in life.
Thanksgiving holiday was always an easy comfortable going day.It was the first real holiday of the season when everyone came together in one place, and a good time was spent happily together by all.

  1. 1.

    From the text we can know that ___________.

    1. A.
      parents were worried that their relatives might affect their kids’ language
    2. B.
      parents didn’t allow their children to speak dialects
    3. C.
      parents tried to avoid affecting their kids with their dialects
    4. D.
      parents thought the language taught in school was the best
  2. 2.

    It can be inferred from the text that ________.

    1. A.
      English taught in school is different from that used in daily life
    2. B.
      his mother’s side of the family spoke in a high voice
    3. C.
      the language used by his father’s side of the family was fast
    4. D.
      the writer and brother were laughed at school because of their poor English
  3. 3.

    Why did the writer and his brother puzzle other kids at school by their speeches?

    1. A.
      They had relatives from different parts of Europe
    2. B.
      They added some dialects in their speeches
    3. C.
      There were many mistakes in their language
    4. D.
      their speeches were lively and colorful
  4. 4.

    What’s the writer’s attitude towards dialects?

    1. A.
      They were not accepted by others.     
    2. B.
      They should be used everywhere.
    3. C.
      They should be taught in school.    
    4. D.
      He liked them very much.

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科目: 來(lái)源: 題型:閱讀理解

“If you talk to the plants, they will grow faster and the effect is even better if you’re a woman.” Researchers at Royal Horticultural Society carried out an experiment to find that the voice of a woman gardener makes plants grow faster.
The experiment lasted a month and by the end of the study scientists managed to discover that tomato plants grew up two inches taller when women gardeners talked to them instead of male.
Sarah Darwin was the one making the plants registered the best growth. Her voice was the most “inspiring” for plants than those of nine other gardeners when reading a passage from The Origin of Species. The great-great-granddaughter of the famous botanist(植物學(xué)家) Charles Darwin found that her plant grew about two inches taller than the plant of the best male gardener.
Colin Crosbie, Garden Superintendent at RHS, said that the finding cannot yet be explained. He assumes that women have a greater range of pitch(音高) and tone(音調(diào)) which might have a certain effect on the sound waves that reach the plant. “Sound waves are an environmental effect just like rain or light ,”said Mr Grosbie.
The study began in April at RHS Garden Wisley in Survey. Scientists started with open auditions(聽(tīng)力) for the people who were asked to record passages from John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer's Night Dream and Darwin's The Origin of Species.
Afterwards researchers selected a number of different voices and played them to 10 tomato plants during a period of a month. Each plant had headphones(耳機(jī)) connected to it. Through the headphones the sound waves could hit the plants. It was discovered that plants that “l(fā)istened” to female voices on average grew taller by an inch in comparison to plants that heard male voices.
Miss Darwin said, “I think it is an honor to have a voice that can make tomatoes grow, and especially fitting because for a number of years I have been studying wild tomatoes from the Galapagos Island at the Natural History Museum in London.”

  1. 1.

    What does the passage talk about?

    1. A.
      Plants enjoy men’s voices than women’s
    2. B.
      A botanical experiment in a museum
    3. C.
      Voice’s influence on plant growing
    4. D.
      Strange phenomenon(現(xiàn)象) at Royal Horticultural Society
  2. 2.

    What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 4 mean?

    1. A.
      Plants need sound as well as rain and light
    2. B.
      Sound is basic for the plant to grow
    3. C.
      Sound has a good effect as rain or light does
    4. D.
      Plants can’t live without sound, rain or light
  3. 3.

    Sarah Darwin is most likely a (an)_____

    1. A.
      botanist
    2. B.
      gardener
    3. C.
      astronomer
    4. D.
      environmentalist
  4. 4.

    What can we learn from the passage?

    1. A.
      The experiment ended in May
    2. B.
      Scientist can explain the findings clearly
    3. C.
      Plants enjoy listening to the passages from masterpieces
    4. D.
      The findings are of great importance to human beings

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科目: 來(lái)源: 題型:閱讀理解

We were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had brought me to this spot in a small town not far from our home in Rome. I wondered why.
“Look down, Elsa,” father said. I gathered all my courage and looked down. I saw the square in the center of the village. And I saw the crisscross (十字形) of twisting, turning streets leading to the square. “ See, my dear,” father said gently. “ There is more than one way to the square. Life is like that. If you can’t get to the place where you want to go by one road, try another.”
Now I understood why I was there. Earlier that day I had begged my mother to do something about the awful(糟糕的) lunches that were served at school. But she refused because she could not believe the lunches were as bad as I said.
When I turned to father for help, he didn’t say anything. Instead, he brought me to this high tower to give me a lesson. By the time we reached home, I had a plan.
At school the next day, I secretly poured my luncheon(午餐)soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I asked our cook to serve it to mother at dinner. The plan worked perfectly. She swallowed one spoonful and sputtered(噴濺出) “ The cook must have gone mad!” Quickly I told her what I had done, and Mother stated firmly that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day!
In the years that followed I often remembered the lesson father taught me. I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago. I wouldn’t stop working until I tried every possible means to my goal. Father’s wise words always remind me that there is more than one way to the square.

  1. 1.

    The author's father took her to the top of a church tower to _____.

    1. A.
      enjoy the beautiful scenery of the whole town
    2. B.
      find out how many ways lead to the square
    3. C.
      inspire her to find out another way to solve her problem
    4. D.
      help her forget some unpleasant things earlier that day
  2. 2.

    What did the author want her mother to do earlier that day?

    1. A.
      Do something delicious for lunch.
    2. B.
      Taste her awful lunch.
    3. C.
      Dismiss the mad cook.
    4. D.
      Speak to the school about lunch.
  3. 3.

    By sharing her own experiences, the author tries to tell us ____________.

    1. A.
      when one road is blocked, try another
    2. B.
      how bad the lunch of her school is
    3. C.
      how wise her father is
    4. D.
      about the church tower near her home

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科目: 來(lái)源: 題型:閱讀理解

I still remember my first day at school in London and I was half-excited and half-frightened. On my way to school I wondered what sort of questions the other boys would ask me and practiced all the answers: “I am nine years old. I was born here but I haven’t lived here since I was two. I was living in Farley. It’s about thirty miles away. I came back to London two months ago.” I also wondered if it was the custom for boys to fight strangers like me, but I was tall for my age. I hoped they would decide not to risk it.
No one took any notice of me before school. I stood in the center of the playground, expecting someone to say “hello”, but no one spoke to me. When a teacher called my name and told me where my classroom was, one or two boys looked at me but that was all.
My teacher was called Mr. Jones. There were 42 boys in the class, so I didn’t stand out there, either, until the first lesson of the afternoon. Mr. Jones was very fond of Charles Dickens and he had decided to read aloud to us from David Copperfield, but first he asked several boys if they knew Dickens’ birthplace, but no one guessed right. A boy called Brian, the biggest in the class, said: “Timbuktu”, and Mr. Jones went red in the face. Then he asked me. I said: “Portsmouth”, and everyone stared at me because Mr. Jones said I was right. This didn’t make me very popular, of course.
“He thinks he’s clever,” I heard Brian say.
After that, we went out to the playground to play football. I was in Brian’s team, and he obviously had Dickens in mind because he told me to go in goal. No one ever wanted to be the goalkeeper.
“He’s big enough and useless enough.” Brian said when someone asked him why he had chosen me.
I suppose Mr. Jones, who served as the judge, remembered Dickens, too, because when the game was nearly over, Brian pushed one of the players on the other team, and he gave them a penalty (懲罰). As the boy kicked the ball to my right, I threw myself down instinctively (本能地) and saved it. All my team crowded round me. My bare knees were injured and bleeding. Brian took out a handkerchief and offered it to me.
“Do you want to join my gang (幫派)?” he said.
At the end of the day, I was no longer a stranger.

  1. 1.

    The writer prepared to answer all of the following questions EXCEPT “          ”.

    1. A.
      How old are you?
    2. B.
      Where are you from?
    3. C.
      Do you want to join my gang?
    4. D.
      When did you come back to London?
  2. 2.

    We can learn from the passage that           .

    1. A.
      boys were usually unfriendly to new students
    2. B.
      the writer was not greeted as he expected
    3. C.
      Brian praised the writer for his cleverness
    4. D.
      the writer was glad to be a goalkeeper
  3. 3.

    The underlined part “I didn’t stand out” in paragraph 3 means that the writer was not       .

    1. A.
      noticeable
    2. B.
      welcome
    3. C.
      important
    4. D.
      foolish
  4. 4.

    The writer was offered a handkerchief because          .

    1. A.
      he threw himself down and saved the goal
    2. B.
      he pushed a player on the other team
    3. C.
      he was beginning to be accepted
    4. D.
      he was no longer a newcomer

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科目: 來(lái)源: 題型:閱讀理解

The Museum: The Charles Dickens Museum in London is the world’s most important collection of material relating to the great Victorian novelist and social commentator(時(shí)事評(píng)論員).The only surviving London home of Dickens (from 1837 until 1839) was opened as a museum in 1925 and is still welcoming visitors from all over the world. On four floors, visitors can see paintings, rare editions, manuscripts(手稿), original furniture and many items relating to the life of one of the most popular and beloved personalities of the Victorian age.
Opening Hours
The Museum is open from Mondays to Saturdays 10:00—17:00; Sundays 11:00—17:00.
Last admission is 30 minutes before closing time.
Special opening times can be arranged for groups, who may wish to book a private view.
Admission Charges: Adults: £5.00; Students: £4.00; Seniors: £4.00; Children: £3.00; Families: £14.00
(2 adults & up to five children)
Group Rates: For a group of 10 or more, a special group rate of £4.00 each applies. Children will still be admitted for £3.00 each.
Access: We are constantly working to improve access to the Museum and its collection. Our current projects involve the fitting of a wheelchair ramp(波道)for better access, a customer care kit and an audio tour for visitors with impaired (受損的)vision. Our Handling Sessions are also suitable for the visually(視覺(jué)上地)impaired. The Museum has developed an online virtual(虛擬的)tour through the Museum. Click here to visit all the rooms in the Museum online.
Hire the Museum: The Museum can be hired for private functions, performances soirees (社交晚會(huì)) and many other social occasions.
Find Us: The Museum may be reached by using the following buses: 7,17, 19, 38, 45, 46, 55, 243. And by these underground services: Piccadilly Line; Central Line. For a map, please click here. The British Museum and the Foundling Museum are within walking distance.

  1. 1.

    The passage is probably from a(n)________.

    1. A.
      book
    2. B.
      website
    3. C.
      newspaper
    4. D.
      announcement
  2. 2.

    If a family with two adults and five children go to the Museum together, they will save ______ compared to going there separately.

    1. A.
      £25.00
    2. B.
      £ 14.00
    3. C.
      £ 9.00
    4. D.
      £11.00
  3. 3.

    According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

    1. A.
      In any case people cannot visit the Museum after 17:00.
    2. B.
      Visitors with poor vision cannot enjoy the Museum.
    3. C.
      The Museum is not very far from the British Museum.
    4. D.
      Anyone cannot hire the Museum for other uses.
  4. 4.

    The passage is written to _______.

    1. A.
      persuade readers to visit the Charles Dickens Museum.
    2. B.
      inform readers about the history of the Charles Dickens Museum.
    3. C.
      offer readers some information about the Charles Dickens Museum.
    4. D.
      tell readers how to make use of the Charles Dickens Museum.

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You need to take your job________if you want to keep it.


  1. A.
    curiously
  2. B.
    seriously
  3. C.
    nervously
  4. D.
    Humorously

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科目: 來(lái)源: 題型:閱讀理解

A flock of hungry pigeons were flying across the sky in search of food. Having traveled a long distance, they felt tired and settled down on a tree. Just below the tree, they saw grains strewn(拋灑)all over the ground. The pigeons were happy to have found enough food to eat. All the pigeons came down from the tree and started eating the grains. As they were doing so, a huge net fell on them and trapped them all.
The pigeons were taken aback. They noticed a hunter sitting at a distance from the tree, a bow and arrow in hand. The pigeons realized it was the hunter who had trapped them in the net. The hunter got up and began to move towards the pigeons.
The leader of the pigeons spoke,“ Friends, we are in great trouble. The hunter will catch us if we do not act swiftly in a few seconds. There is only one option available at this moment. Let all of us use our force together and fly up along with the net. If all of us use our force and fly together, we can fly carrying the net along with us. Let us start now.”
All the pigeons agreed with him and flew high carrying the net along with them, After traveling enough distance away from the hunter, the pigeons settled on a tree and carefully came out of the net one by one and thus escaped the evil design of the hunter.

  1. 1.

    Who strewed the grains over the ground?

    1. A.
      A villager.     
    2. B.
      The hunter.      
    3. C.
      The pigeon owner. 
    4. D.
      The writer.
  2. 2.

    The word “_________” has the closest meaning to the underlined word “option“.

    1. A.
      reason        
    2. B.
      choice          
    3. C.
      action           
    4. D.
      opinion
  3. 3.

    How did the pigeons react when they got trapped?

    1. A.
      They didn’t know what to do.        
    2. B.
      They tried to fly in all directions.
    3. C.
      They remained rather calm.          
    4. D.
      They decided to fight for their lives.
  4. 4.

    This story wants to tell us that ________.

    1. A.
      two heads are better than one        
    2. B.
      confidence will save everyone
    3. C.
      teamwork can work wonders         
    4. D.
      actions speaker louder than words

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科目: 來(lái)源: 題型:閱讀理解

Some students get so nervous before a test, they do poorly even if they know the material. Sian Beilock, a psychology professor at the University of Chicago in Illinois, has studied these highly anxious test-takers.
Sian Beilock says: “They start worrying about the consequences. They might even start worrying about whether this exam is going to prevent them from getting into the college they want. And when they worry, it actually uses up attention and memory resources. I talk about them as their cognitive(認(rèn)知的)horsepower that they could otherwise be using to focus on the exam.”
Professor Beilock and another researcher, Gerardo Ramirez, have developed a possible solution. Just before an exam, highly anxious test-takers spend ten minutes writing about their worries about the test. The researchers tested the idea on a group of 20 anxious college students. They gave them two short math tests. After the first one, they asked the students to either sit quietly or write about their feelings about the upcoming second test. The researchers added to the pressure. They told the students that those who did well on the second test would get money. They also told them that their performance would affect other students as part of a team effort.
Professor Beilock says those who sat quietly scored an average of 12 percent worse on the second test. But the students who had written about their fears improved their performance by an average of five percent.
Next, the researchers used younger students in a biology class. They told them before final exams either to write about their feelings or to think about things unrelated to the test.
Professor Beilock says highly anxious students who did the writing got an average grade of B+, compared to a B-for those who did not.
The research shows that for students who are highly test-anxious, who’d done the writing intervention(介入), all of a sudden there was no relationship between test anxiety and performance. Those students most likely to worry were performing just as well as their classmates who don’t normally get nervous in these testing situations.
But what if students do not have a chance to write about their fears immediately before an exam or presentation? Professor Beilock says students can try it themselves at home or in the library and still improve their performance.

  1. 1.

    The purpose of the passage is         .

    1. A.
      to build the confidence of the highly anxious test-takers
    2. B.
      to introduce a research about the anxious test-takers
    3. C.
      to improve the performance of the test-takers
    4. D.
      to tell something about the highly anxious test-takers
  2. 2.

    The underlined word “them” in paragraph 2 refers to       .

    1. A.
      attention and memory resources
    2. B.
      worries about the consequences
    3. C.
      concerns about the exam
    4. D.
      cognitive horsepower
  3. 3.

    According to the research, the solution to the test anxiety is to       .

    1. A.
      sit quietly before the exam
    2. B.
      prepare well before the test
    3. C.
      set their mind on happy memories
    4. D.
      write about their feelings before the test
  4. 4.

    The result of the research suggests that         .

    1. A.
      proper amount of burden may turn out to be a good thing
    2. B.
      avoiding facing the problem may contribute to relaxation
    3. C.
      facing the fears bravely may help one to achieve more
    4. D.
      taking no action before difficulty may result in success

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科目: 來(lái)源: 題型:閱讀理解

If I were writing a history of my family, some of the darkest moments recorded would be those surrounding Christmas trees. One would certainly think otherwise; selecting and putting up our trees have always been filled with risk.
For example, one afternoon dangerously close to Christmas Eve my mother bought what she thought to be a bargain, a glorious tree that was so full and tall that we could hardly get it into the house. Once we did, my father immediately realized that we would have to hire a carpenter to build a stand for it.
Another December, perhaps the very next one, we bought a tree earlier than we ever had before. We were happy with its shape and delighted that its size was manageable. We easily placed it in a stand, decorated it from top to bottom, and then self-satisfiedly sat back by the fire in its soft light.
Two or three days passed and the truth could not be hidden; we had bought a tree cut so long ago that its needles were coming off. There was nothing to do but undecorated it, take it down, and begin tree shopping again.
Our most recent Christmas tree offered still another difficult task. When we brought it home, once again it seemed larger than it was in the great outdoors. To complicate matters, we had bought a new stand, one whose nuts(螺帽)and bolts(閂子)worked more mysteriously than those of our old stands. I persuaded two young neighbors to stop playing basketball and to help us get the tree into the house and set it correctly in the stand. Unfortunately, no one noticed the mud on our helpers’ shoes, so only after removing several reddish brown sports from the carpet were we able to discuss the question of where the lights and ornaments(裝飾)were stored. Perhaps those who cut their own trees have tales more painful than these. I don’t care to hear them, as my family’s experiences are enough to cause me to make the following suggestion: “Let’s forget the tree next Christmas. Let’s simply hang some flowers on the front door and over the mirror in the hall.”

  1. 1.

    The darkest moments in the writer’s family were with the fact that        .

    1. A.
      the family bought big Christmas trees
    2. B.
      they had problems decorating their Christmas trees
    3. C.
      they had problems picking suitable Christmas trees
    4. D.
      they had problems finding carpenters for putting up Christmas trees
  2. 2.

    We can learn from the passage that the writer would like to        .

    1. A.
      forget about Christmas stories
    2. B.
      get the neighbors to put up their trees
    3. C.
      buy a better tree to celebrate Christmas
    4. D.
      make other decorations rather than Christmas trees
  3. 3.

    When the writer said “my mother bought what she thought to be a bargain”, he means      .

    1. A.
      she bought the tree at a cheap price
    2. B.
      she didn’t really want to buy it
    3. C.
      she had to bargain hard with the salesman
    4. D.
      she couldn’t afford a more expensive one
  4. 4.

    Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      How to Select a Christmas Tree
    2. B.
      No More Christmas Tree for Us
    3. C.
      Dark Moments of Life
    4. D.
      Christmas Without Trees

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