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1、精品学习资源阅读懂得Passage 1Very few people were coming to eat at the White Rose Restaurant, and its owner didnt know what to do. The food in his restaurant was cheap and good, but nobody seemed to want to eat there.Then he did something that changed all that, and in a few weeks his restaurant was always ful
2、l of men and their lady friends. Whenever a gentleman came with a lady, a smiling waiter gave each of them a beautiful menu. The menus looked exactly the same on the outside, but there was an important difference inside. The menu that the waiter handed to the man gave the correct price foreach dish
3、and each bottle of wine ； while the menu that he handed to the lady gave a much higherprice. So when the man calmly ordered dish after dish and wine after wine, the lady thought he was much more generous than he really was.1. The waiter gave a beautiful menu to the guests when a gentleman and his la
4、dy friend came into the restaurant.A.TB. F2. The menus for the guests were the same on the outside but different inside. A.TB. F3. The male guest could remain calm when he ordered dish after dish because he was rich.A.TB. F4. The lady thought of her friend very generous after a meal at this restaura
5、nt. A.TB. F5. The story mainly suggests that people like to go to expensive restaurants. A.TB. F答案： B A B A BPassage 2Mr. White lived in a small village. His parents hadnt enough money to send him to school. He had to help them to do something in the fields. But he didnt like to live in the poor pla
6、ce. When he was sixteen, he got to the town and found work in a factory. Three years later he became tall and strong. So he was sent to Africa as a soldier. He stayed there for five years and got some money. Then he came back to England and bought a shop in a small town. No people in the town went t
7、o Africa except him. And he hoped they thought he was a famous man and that they could respect him. The children often asked him to tell them some stories and his life in Africa.One day a few children asked him to tell them something about the animals in Africa. He told them how he fought with the t
8、igers and elephants. His stories surprised them all and some policemen and workers went to listen to him. It made him happier. Just a man who taught geography in a middle school passed there. He stopped to listen to him for a while and then said, Could you please tell us a rare animal, sir.Certainly
9、, said Mr. Turner. One day I met a rhinoceros（犀牛） by a riverPlease wait a minute, sir, said the man. There arent any rhinoceros in Africa at all. Its rare just because there arent any.6. Mr. White was born in a farmers family. A.TB. F欢迎下载精品学习资源7. Mr. White hoped to be respected because he was the ri
10、chest man in their town. A.TB. F8. The children often asked him to tell them something interesting because he knew more than any other person in the town.A.TB. F9. All people believed Mr. White except the children. A.TB. F10. Mr. White wouldnt like to admit that he was wrong. A.TB. F答案： A B A B APas
11、sage 3We are busy talking about and using the Internet ， but how many of us know the history of the Internet.Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time， computers were large and expensive. Computer network didnt work well. If one computerin the n
12、etwork broke down ， then the whole network stopped. So a new network system had to beset up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working ，information could be sent through another part. In this way computer network system would keep on work
13、ing on the time.At first the Internet was only used by the government， but in the early 1970s ， universities ， hospitals and banks were allowed to use it too. However ， computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of the 1990s ， computers became cheaper and
14、 easier to use. Scientists had also developed software that made surfingin the Internet moreconvenient.Today it is easy to get on-line and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day.Sending e-mail is more and more popular among students.The Internet has now become one of the most
15、important parts of peoples life.11. The Internet has a history of more than fourty years. A.TB. F12. A new network system was set up to make computers cheaper. A.TB. F13. At first the Internet was only used by the government. A.TB. F14. Software made surfingthe Internet more convenient. A.TB. F15. T
16、oday its still not easy to get on-line. A.TB. F答案： A B A A BPassage 4欢迎下载精品学习资源In 1920, barely out ofhis teens, AlfredHitchcockwent to workforan Americanfilm company which had opened a studio in Islington, London. His first job at the studio was writing captions （脚本） for silent movies. Withintwo yea
17、rs, he was writingscripts（剧本） and working as an assistant director.For the rest of the 1920s, Hitchcock worked on one film after another in Britain and Germany.Filmingwas often a rough-and-ready （匆忙做成的）affairand the assistant directorwas required to step in and plug gaps. A cameraman went missing, H
18、itchcock became a cameraman. A scene needed rewriting, Hitchcock rewrote it. Someone needed to be in charge of money when the film crew was on location, Hitchcock looked after the money.At the same time, this being the era of silent movies, Hitchcock was learning the language of cinema: telling a st
19、ory not through dialogue, but through visual images（视觉影象） . This led to his success later.When he began to direct his own films, first in Britain and later in Hollywood, he was determined to make films that held the audiences attention and kept tension （紧急感） . He succeeded. Hitchcocks ability to put
20、 you on the edge of your seat makes him one of the greatest makers of suspense（悬念） movies.16. Alfred Hitchcocks first job at the studio was writing captions for silent movies.A.TB. F17. According to the context, step in and plug gaps in Line 3, Para. 2 means asking for ones help.A.TB. F18. Telling a
21、 story through dialogue prepared Hitchcock for his success later. A.TB. F19. He was determined to draw the audiences attention and keep tension in his film-making. A.TB. F20. He had taken up different jobs before he succeeded. A.TB. F答案： A B B A APassage 5The workers who brought the girl to the orph
22、anage 孤儿院 knew little about her. The streets where they found her had been her home for many years. Her parents were unknown. They left her long ago. At the orphanage, the girl, like all the children there, was taught to read and write.While she was studying at the orphanage ， she learned something
23、elseto be independent. At twenty-one， she left the orphanage and began work as a secretary. And then， in 1975, while she was still working as an ordinary secretary, something special happened. She entered the Miss Hong Kong competition and won it. This was the turning point in her life. Now her name
24、， Mary Cheung， was known to everybody.Mary entered the competition because she wanted to show that orphanage girls could be something. Winning the competition gave her the chance to start a new life. This led her first into television and then into business as a manager. When she was working as a ma
25、nager， she had欢迎下载精品学习资源trouble with her reports. My English just wasnt good enough. she says. Luckily， she had a boyfriend who later became her husband to help her.Mary studied management at Hong Kong Polytechnic and graduated in 1980. She started her own business in 1985. But she did not stop deve
26、loping herself. She then studied at the University of Hong Kong. Since 1987 ， she had spent a lot of time on photography. She has held several exhibitions of her work in many places China, New Zealand and Paris. She still found time,however, to work on TV, write for newspapers and bring up her famil
27、y.The girl from the street has come a long way, but her journey is not finished yet.21. Before Mary Cheung was brought to the orphanage ， she had lived in the streets for many years.A.TB. F22. The sentence orphanage girls could be something means that orphanage girls could be popular and successful.
28、A.TB. F23. Her life changed in 1985. A.TB. F24. This passage is probably taken from a novel. A.TB. F25. Marys boyfriend was good at English. A.TB. F答案： A A B B A资料编辑由 365iop 网编辑完成，有问题可以反馈Q+28638354,九月统考 3 天通过帮助1.Passage 6If you travel by air across the center of Africa or South America, you fly over
29、 forests for thousands of kilometers. These great forests are the oceans of trees. There are thousands and thousands of different kinds of plants and animals.However, the worlds forests are getting smaller all the time. We are cutting down the trees because we need wood, and we need more farmland. S
30、ome people say that there will not be any forests like these in 20 or 30 years. What will happen if they disappear.If we cut down our forests, a lot of plants and animals will disappear from the world. In a lot of places the new farmland will soon look like the old deserts. Crops will not grow there
31、. It will not rain very often, and the weather will get very hot. Perhaps the climate of the world will change. This will be dangerous for everyone in the world. That is why we must take care of our forests.26. The passage mainly tells us about the importance of taking care of plants.A.TB. F答案： A27.
32、 Forests are homes for different kinds of animals.A.TB. F 答案： A28. The need for more wood and more land help to protect our forests.A.TB. F 答案： B29. Well have more and greater forestsn in 20 or 30 years in some peoples view.欢迎下载精品学习资源A.TB. F 答案： B30. The writer thinks it necessary to protect the for
33、ests.A.TB. F 答案： APassage 7What makes one person more intelligent than another. What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool. Are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live. These are very old questions
34、and the answers to them are still not clear.We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. It needs exercise. Mental exercise is particularly important for young children. Many child psychologists 心理学家 think that parents
35、should play with their children more often and give them problems to think about. The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent. If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent.Parents should
36、also be careful with what they say to young children. According to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. So it is probably better for parents to say very positive things to
37、 their children, such as That was a very clever thing you did. or You are such a smart child.31. The word intelligent in the 1st paragraph probably mean bright.A.TB. F 答案： A32. According to the context we can guess that a genius is a normal person while an idiot is a funny person.A.TB. F 答案： B33. A
38、person born with a good brain and putting it into active use is more likely to become a genius.A.TB. F 答案： A34. It is better for parents to praise and encourage their children more often.A.TB. F 答案： A35. Intelligence is obviously the result of where and how you live.A.TB. F 答案： BPassage 8A man got i
39、nto a train and found himself sitting opposite a woman who seemed to be about thirty- five years old. Soon they began talking to each other, and the man said to her, Do you have a family.Yes, I have one son, the woman answered.Oh, really. said the man. Does he smoke.No, hes never touched a cigarette
40、, the woman replied.Thats good, the man continued. I dont smoke either. Tobacco is very bad to ones health. And does your son drink wine.Oh, no, the woman answered at once. Hes never drunk a drop of it.Then I congratulate you, maam, the man said. And does he ever come home late at night. No, never,
41、his neighbor answered. He goes to bed immediately after dinner every night. Well, the man said, hes a wise young man. How old is he.Hes six months old today. But he will grow up to be a gentleman, the woman replied proudly.36. The man and the woman are talking about the womans son.A.TB. F 答案： A37. T
42、he woman thinks her son will be a gentleman.A.TB. F 答案： A38. The conversation took place on a train.欢迎下载精品学习资源A.TB. F 答案： A39. The word disappointed probably best describes the mans feeling at the end of the conversation.A.TB. F 答案： B40. The woman is so proud of her son that she does not really unde
43、rstand what the mans questions mean.A.TB. F 答案： BPassage 9Mr. Young ran his own business and worked very hard. His wife was afraid that he would get sick if he continued like that, so she often tried to get him to take a vacation. At last she managed to persuade him to do so, and she hoped that he w
44、ould be able to enjoy his vacation without any disturbance, so before they left, Mrs. Young went to see her husbands secretary. She said to her, My husband needs a vacation very much, so whatever happens, please dont bother him with telegrams and letters about business problems while we are away. Ju
45、st wait till we get back.After Mr. and Mrs. Young had been away about a week, Mr. Young received a letter from hissecretary which said, Something terrible happened to your business, but Im not going to bother you with it while you are enjoying your vacation.41. Mr. Young was the owner of a private b
46、usiness.A.TB. F 答案： A42. Mrs. Young worried about her husbands business.A.TB. F 答案： B43. Mrs. Young was afraid that her husbands vacation might be spoilt.A.TB. F 答案： A44. The secretary didnt explain in her letter what had happened to Mr.Youngs business, because she didnt want to spoil Mr. Youngs vac
47、ation.A.TB. F 答案： A45. You can learn from the story that Mr. Young had a stupid secretary.A.TB. F 答案： A资料编辑由 365iop 网编辑完成， 有问题可以反馈 Q+28638354,九月统考 3 天通过帮助2.Passage 10Here is a story told about an American general who was a very important figure in the American army during the First World War. Everyb
48、ody in the United States knew him and many people wished to have a picture or something of his in their homes.Soon after the war the general returned to Washington. One day he went to a dentist and had sixteeth pulled out. A week later the general heard that his teeth were being sold in shops at $5 each. On each of the teeth there was a label with the name of the general and words: buy these teet