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1、基础义务教育资料阅读理解之人物故事/传记类阅读（一）Hannay was nervous.His enemies（敌人）were searching for him.All around him were grassy hillswithout trees.He had nowhere to hide.How could he escape?Hannay walked along the country for a long time.Then he saw a road worker,who was workingalone,fixing the road.Hannay could see
2、the road worker was not feeling well.Hannaycame up to him and said“How are you?”“My head hurts,5,the worker said,I cant do it.I want to go home to bed.My daughter gotmarried yesterday,and I drank a lot of wine with my friends.Thafs the problem!”Hannay agreed that he should be home in bed.“Yes,and I
3、would be,he replied,9,but yesterday I received a message saying that the newsurveyor was coming to look at my work.If he comes and finds me away,Til be in trouble.”Suddenly Hannay had bright idea he could act as the road worker and get away from hisenemies.“You go off to bed,Hannay said,TH do your j
4、ob until the new surveyor comes.The road worker was pleased with this idea.He gave Hannay his hat and his old coat.Thenhe went home to sleep and perhaps to drink a bit more.Hannay put on the workers hat and coatand began to fix the road.About an hour later he heard a voice.“Are you the road worker?i
5、t asked.It was the new surveyor.He was a young man with a clean face.He sat in a small car.Hannay said yes.The surveyor told him about some work he wanted him to do before hecame by again and drove off.Hannay continued with his work.Then a village boy came by.What has happened to the road worker?”he
6、 asked.“He stayed at home today,“Hannay replied.Hes sick.”At about midday,a large car came down the hill and stopped near Hannay.Three man gotout of the car.Hannays heart beat fast.He knew his enemies were coming.l.What is this passage probably taken from?A.A history book.B.A travel book.C.A novel D
7、.A science book.2.Why was the road worker feeling ill?A.He had a cold.B.He hadnt eaten all day.C.He had been working all day.D.He drank too much at his daughters wedding.3.Who did NOT come by while Hannay was working on the road?A.The surveyor.B.The road workers daughter.C.Hannays enemies.D.A villag
8、e boy.4.What can we infer（推断）from the story?A.Hannay helped the road worker because he was warm-hearted.B.The grassy hills were a perfect hiding place for Hannay.C.The surveyor had lot of working experience.D.The village boy knew the road worker.5.What is the correct order of the story?Hannay met a
9、road worker who was not feeling well and offered to take over for him.Hannay was worried because his enemies were following him.A car stopped near Hannay and three men got out.Hannay acted as the road worker when the surveyor came by.The village boy wondered what had happened to the road worker.A.B.
10、C.T T 1 D.T f一T（二）Many American presidents in the 19 th century were bom in poor families.They spent theirchildhood in little wooden rooms.They got little education.Washington and Lincoln,for example,never went to school and taught themselves.Lincoln once did jobs as a worker,a shopkeeper anda post
11、officer in his early years.A larger number of US presidents had experiences in the army.The two best known were Ulysses Grant and Dwight D.Eisenhower.Grant was a general（将军）inthe American Civil War.It happened that they came from the same schoolWest Point MilitaryAcademy（西点军校）.One may be surprised t
12、o learn that both of them didnt do well in the school.Eisenhower,for example,was fined（罚款）because he broke the rules of the school.The jobs of the US president are tiring.He must keep an eye on everything important whichhappened both at home and abroad.Every day,a lot of work waited for him to do an
13、d he had tomake many important decisions.When Franklin Roosevelt was a child,he was once brought tovisit President Taft.The old president said to him,“When you grow up,you should not be a president.It?s a tiring job.”来1.In the nineteenth century,many US p r e s i d e n t s.A.got poor education durin
14、g their childhoodB.didnt like to go to school in their early yearsC.got good education during their childhoodD.hadnt any knowledge in their work at all2.In the last paragraph,the underlined phrase“keep an eye on means A.pay no attention to B.take care ofC.never sleep all the day D.look at everything
15、 with one eye3.What can be inferred（推测）from the passage?A.Most of the people who had studied at West Point Military Academy became presidents.B.Only those who didnt study well at school could be presidents.C.All the American presidents were born in poor families.D.Many American presidents had served
16、 in the army before they took office.4.Which of the following is TRUE?A.In the US,no one wanted to be president.B.US presidents,jobs are important and tiring.C.None of the presidents except Taft would like to do the tiring job.D.President Taft didnt want Roosevelt to be a president because he was to
17、o young.（三）For years I went to school by bus,so I met many familiar strangers.We took the same busbut didnt know each others names.I used to think it was impossible fbr us to be true friends.How wrong I was!Smiles from the nameless“people have changed my thoughts.The first time on the bus,I saw diff
18、erent faces,we met,greeted and cold faces turned intosmiling faces.As days went on,we chatted like old friends.But I felt it a pity that I was unable to set up the same friendship with a silent girl in the frontof the bus.Her old clothing suggested that she didnt have much money,but she always took
19、a cupof water fbr the driver.I guessed she was a kind girl.But why did she sit in silence instead oftalking with us?Why did she never reply to our friendly greetings?Couldnt she smile?Then,one evening,I got the answer.I walked to the park nearby and found the girl sittingalone under a tree,lonely an
20、d sad.I greeted her with the same warm smile that I had shown to herall these months,but this time her face turned red with a shy smile.As soon as she began her firstwords,I understood why she hadnt spoken to us before.Talking was hard fbr her.I learned her story:Her parents worked hard somewhere.Sh
21、e lived with her disabledgrandparents.She said,I cant express myself very well.Most of the time,I cant say what I wantto say.I have no friends but.you always smile to me like an angel.so I also want to smile.That evening,we exchanged our names and we said goodbye like old friends.Smile is the key to
22、 opening the door of heart;it can break the cold walls in front of us.1.All the following words can describe the girl Except.A.silent B.kind C.proud D.poor2.The writer often met the girl.A.on the bus B.in the park C.=at school D.under the tree3.Which of the following is True?A.The girl only talked w
23、ith the driver.B.The girl was too shy to talk with others.C.The writer knew the name of the girl that evening.D.The writer cant make friends with those nameless people on the bus now.4.The main idea of the passage is that.A.we should help those silent people B.smiles can deal with every difficulty w
24、e meetC.we should smile to the nameless people on the busD.smiles can help us get closer and understand each other better（四）Michael Morpurgo is one of Britains best loved story makers whose book War Horse istaught in school.He made a speech at Book Trust Annual Lecture.When talking about tests,hesai
25、d that too much testing in schools was taking the joy out of reading for children because itdestroyed their confidence and resulted in feelings of shame and disappointment.Mr.Morpurgo said testing was supposed to encourage1 all children,whether they passed ornot,but his was not the case.nWhen you fa
26、il,it brings a sense of worthlessness.It separates youfrom those who have passed,rocks confidence,and destroys hopes and dreams.For children whopass,they can have the opportunity to receive the great cultural and material benefits of oursociety through developing an enjoyment of reading.But fbr chil
27、dren who fail,they are made tofeel that the world of books,stories and ideas is not for them,and they are not clever enough tojoin that world.It is not the world they belong to,and it is shut off from them forever.As the president of Book Trust,Mr.Morpurgo also criticized schools fbr taking the wond
28、erof stories and playfulness of language.Schools have been teaching reading by turning stories intoa series of comprehension and grammar tests,because they insist that measurable（可量化的）outcomes and results are the be-all and end-ail of the education process.But blaming（责备）governments or schools is pa
29、ssing the buck it is a society as a whole that is responsible forwhether its children succeed or fail in education,and everyone should make an effort to ensurethat reading itself is a pleasure experience for all children.Mr.Morpurgo,who was a primary teacher before becoming a writer,wants to see a“s
30、toryintroduces in every primary school,when stories are read aloud,at the end of each day.HisBook Trust lecture called on schools and the governmemt to keep libriries open,for parents toread to their children every night,etc.Story would be a special time with no testing orteaching.uLet the children
31、go home dreaming of the story,reliving it,wonder.All the rest willcome later.Once the seed is sown,the fore is lit,children will want to learn.So give them the loveof story first;the rest will fbllow.Diana Gerald,the co-worker of Book Trust,said,Reading isnt a tick-list of books.Thatneed to have bee
32、n read;nor is it just a skill to be learned then put aside.The ability of reading andwriting can,and should be tested;reading for pleasure needs to be valued and seen more likeexercise-do it as regularly as you can,make it fun and red together whenever possible fbrmaximum benefits.”1.What does the e
33、xpression passing the buck“in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A.Valuable.B.Irresponsible.C.Unnecessary.D.Hannful.2.According to the passage,what should children do at their“story time”?A.Enjoy reading.B.Prepare for tests.C.Practise writing stories.D.Tick their book lists.3.Which of the following is Mr.Mor
34、purgos suggestion?A.Test should be canceled in schools.B.Children should join the Book Trust.C.Reading fbr pleasure should be encouraged.D.The government should build more libraries.4.Which of the following statements is TRUE?A.Mr.Morpurgo hopes to become a primary teacher.B.Children who are tested
35、cant get the joy from reading.C.Mr.Morpurgo wants his book War Horse to be read often in schools.D.Chilrdren who fail in tests probably wont explore the wonder of stories.（五）DIY is very popular in China now.Yang Chen works for a computer business in Beijing.Though he enjoys his work,it is hard for h
36、im to relax（放松）after work.“For a long time,I had no choice（选择）except going to a bar for a drink and karaoke（卡拉OK）to relax myself,“he said.One day when he saw many toy dogs in a toy shop,he had an idea.uWhy not do some kindsof things and relax myself?Then he began to make model planes,model ships and
37、 somethingelse.The things that he made by himself didnt look as professionally（专业地）made as those inthe shops,but he liked doing it.It is not as much fun to play with things as the things we boughtexpensively from the shops,he said.Now his bookshelves are full of many kinds of things he hasmade.They
38、are very beautiful,and his family and friends like them very much.More and more young people are like Yang,making or creating（仓 U 造）things on their own.They like to do them themselves.Though making things with our own hands may take much time,some people,now known asDIYers-do-it-yourselfers,enjoy do
39、ing them very much.They can make all kinds of things theylike.DIY is becoming more and more popular in China.It may be new to the young,yet manypeople remember when it was a way of life.During the 19 60s and 19 70s,when there were not enough living things for people to live on,they had to use their
40、own hands to do many things.White washing the wall or making clothes wasa part of life because there was no other choice.If you wanted something done,you had to do ityourself;and if you needed something,you made it yourself.1.Yang Chen in his free time in the past.A.played computers B.went to a bar
41、for a drink and karaokeC.enjoyed his work D.made something by himself2.Things that Yang Chen made.A.look as professionally made as those in the shopsB.are much more expensive than those in the shopsC.are popular with his family and friendsD.are only model planes and ships3.Many young people like mak
42、ing things by themselves b e c a u s e.A.they want to make more moneyB.they do them for funC.there are not enough living things for them to live onD.they cant buy them anywhere4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A.DIY is becoming more and more popular in China.B.More and more p
43、eople begin to make model planes.C.Between the 19 60s and 19 70s,people liked making things themselves.D.More and more young people are like Yang Chen.5.The main idea of the passage is.A.Yang Chen has a new hobby B.how young people create new thingsC.DIY is a good way of life D.DIY was a part of lif
44、e in the past（六）Ive loved my mothers desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mothersat doing letters.Standing by her chair,looking at the ink bottle,pens,and white paper,I decidedthat the act of writing must be the more wonderful thing in the world.Years later,during her fina
45、l illness,mother kept different things for my sister and brother.“But the desk,shed said again,its for Elizabeth.I never saw her get angry,never saw her cry.I knew she loved me;she showed it in action.But as a young girl,I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.They never happened.A
46、nd a gulf opened between us.I was too emotional（易动感情的）But she lived on the surface（表面）”.As years passed I had my own family.I loved my mother and thanked her for our happyfamily.I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any wayshe chose that she did forgive（原谅）me.I posted the l
47、etter and waited for her answer.None came.My hope turned to disappointmenl（失望），then little interest and,finally,peace it seemedthat nothing happened.I couldnt be sure that the letter had even got to mother.1 only knew that 1had written it,and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
48、Now the present of her desk told,as shed never been able to,that she was pleased thatwriting was my chosen work.I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside-a photoof my father and a one-page letter,folded（折叠）and refolded many times.Give me an answer,my letter asks,in any way you choose
49、.Mother,you always chose the actthat speaks louder than words.1.The writer began to love her mothers des k.A.after Mother died B.before she became a writerC.when she was a child D.when Mother gave it to her2.The passage shows t hat.A.mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daught
50、erB.mother was too serious about everything her daughter had doneC.mother cared much about her daughter in wordsD.mother wrote to her daughter in careful words3.The word gulf in the passage me a n s.A.deep understanding between the old and the youngB.different ideas between the mother and the daught