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。

Senior citizens are permitted to travel cheaply on a bus if they have a special card. Women may get cards when they are sixty.

Mrs. Matthews lives in the country but she went into town once a week to buy food and other things for the house, and she usually went by bus. She always had to pay the full price for her ride.

Then she reached the age of sixty and got her senior citizen’s card, but when she used it for the first time on the bus, it made her feel very old.

The bus driver had often seen her traveling on the bus before, and he notices that she was feeling unhappy, so after she had paid her money, he winked（眨眼）at her and whispered, “Don’t forget to give your mother’s card back to her when you see her again.”

Mrs. Matthews was very happy when she heard this.

1. Senior citizens in the story refer to ________.

  A. those who have special cards

  B. old people with special cards

  C. those who want to travel cheaply

  D. people holding high positions

2. Women over sixty________.

  A. have to pay their special card

  B. don’t have to pay for taking buses

  C. have to pay the full price for their ride

  D. pay less for their ride if they have a special card

3. How often does Mrs. Matthews go to the town?

  A. twice a week       B. once a year        C. every other week        D. once a week

4. Mrs. Matthews felt unhappy on the bus because ________.

  A. she still had to pay for the tide                B. the card wasn’t hers

  C. she felt she was now an old woman        D. the driver whispered to her

5. The driver whispered to Mrs. Matthews because _________.

  A. he hoped to make her feel younger

  B. he knew her mother was still alive

  C. she did not pay money for taking the bus

  D. she shouldn’t have used her mother’s card

Football is so popular in China. Almost everyone is interested in the sport — the young and the old, boys and girls, and now even robots.

    Recently at Hangzhou Guangming Middle School, kids from several schools played football with their robots.

    Robot football is very different from human football. Only two robots play in each match. The field is as big as a ping-pong table. One half is black and the other is white. Each robot tries to catch the “football” and score a goal. The robot with more goals wins.

    Gao Linge, a boy from Hangzhou Guangming Middle School, helped make one of the robots for the match.

    “My school bought the main board (主板),” said Gao, 14. “Then I decided what my robot looked like and made a computer program for it.”

    Gao’s robot was eight centimeters tall and had two arms. It had four sensors (传感器) to “see” and “kick” the “football”.

    Ying Xuehai, a 12-year-old student from Gao’s school, also made a robot. His robot played against Gao’s. The match decided who would go to the final game. Ying lost the game. So he gave many of his robot’s parts to Gao.

    Even so, Gao’s robot didn’t win the final. It played well in the first five minutes. Then it slowed down. By the end of the match, it could hardly move. What was wrong? Gao and Ying found the problem — the robot ran out of batteries (电池)!

    “We’ll solve the problem and beat the other schools next time!” said the two boys.

1. ________ is popular in China.

  A. Football          B. Robot              C. Sensor        D. Game

2. How many robots are needed in a match?

  A. One.                    B. Two.              C. Three.                           D. Four.

3. The third paragraph mainly talks about ________.

  A. a wonderful robot football game         B. how robots can score more goals

  C. the rules of robot football games         D. how robots can win the matches

4. Gao Linge lost the match for the reason that ________.

  A. his robot ran out of power

  B. he broke the rules of the game

  C. he used Ying Xuehai’s robot’s parts

  D. his robot happened to be out of order

5. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

   A. Gao Linge is as old as Ying Xuehai.

   B. Ying Xuehai’s robot was 8 centimeters tall.

   C. Gao’s and Ying’s robots were both bought.[

   D. The passage doesn’t tell us who won the final.

I Am A Pencil

Children’s book author Sam Swope took a job teaching writing to third-graders in the New York City. His students were immigrants (移民) or the children of immigrants from 21 countries, speaking 11 languages and having many different beliefs. But there were a few things they had in common: family troubles, money struggles and poetry.

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What It Takes To Help Me Out

    An editor for US News & World Report, David L. Marcus takes us inside a boarding (寄宿) school for troubled teens. He shows the great stresses that are put on these teens and make them lose their confidence. This should cause us to think hard about troubled teens.

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The Most Scenic Drives in America

    Published again and again and translated into several languages beginning in 1997, this travel book includes over 200 brand-new photographs of the wonderful places along 120 selected routes.

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Our Brother’s Keeper

    Author Jedwin Smith tells what happened when he met several of his brother’s old friends. They make a journey to Vietnam, to visit the place where Jeff, his brother, died. Surprisingly, their Vietnamese guide was the former commander (海军中校) carrying out the attack that killed Jeff. A powerful story of brotherhood, bravery and understanding carried out.

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1. Which of the following books offers the biggest price cut?

   A. I Am A Pencil

   B. What It Takes To Help Me Out

   C. The Most Scenic Drives in America

   D. Our Brother’s Keeper

2. If you are interested in pictures, you would probably choose ________.

   A. Our Brother’s Keeper

   B. What It Takes To Help Me Out

   C. The Most Scenic Drives in America

   D. I Am A Pencil

3. From the book I Am A Pencil, we can learn that Sam Swope’s students _______.

   A. are homeless children

   B. have the same beliefs

   C. like writing poetry

   D. are in different grades

4. What can we learn from the passage?  

   A. I Am A Pencil is written by Jedwin Smith.

   B. What It Takes To Help Me Out is about troubled teens.

   C. You have to pay $47.88 for The Most Scenic Drives in America.

   D. Jedwin Smith was killed in Vietnam.

5. What type of writing is this passage?

   A. An advertisement. B. A news report. C. An announcement. D. A tour guide.

It’s 8:30, time for John to start work. So he turns on his radio. Then he eats breakfast. As he eats, he reads his e-mail and reviews his to-do list. Then he sits on the sofa and thinks about an article he needs to write ... Wait a minute! Radio? Breakfast? Sofa? What kind of workplace is this? Well, actually it is John’s house, and he is a telecommuter — he works at home, communicating with the workplace through the Internet.

    Like John, millions of people — and their employers — are finding that telecommuting is a great way to work. Telecommuters can work on their own schedule(预定表). They work in the comfort of homes, where they can also look after young children or elderly parents. They save time and money by not traveling to work. Their employers save, too, because they need less office space and furniture. Studies show that telecommuters change jobs less often. This saves employers even more money. Telecommuting helps society, too, by reducing pollution and traffic problems.

    Jobs that are suited to telecommuting include writing, design work, computer programming and accounting. If a job is related to working with information, a telecommuter can probably do it.

1. From the passage we can learn that John does his job ___________.

   A. by telephone               B. in his office        C. away from home        D. through the Internet

2. One of the advantages of telecommuting is that you can _________.

   A. get along well with other workers

   B. follow your own timetable

   C. work for several employers

   D. enjoy a lot of traveling

3. Telecommuters change jobs less often, so _________.

   A. they can get more work experience

   B. they will have a longer paid holiday

   C. their employers can save lots of money

   D. their employers will give them a higher pay

4. What does the underlined words “suited to” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

   A. 相似于            B. 不同于         C. 适合于                    D. 有益于

5. The writer wrote the passage to_________.

   A. introduce telecommuting

   B. call on a better workplace

   C. reduce pollution and traffic problems

   D. show the disadvantage of telecommuting

 完形填空

    阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Dad had a green comb. He bought it when he married Mum. Every night, he would hand me his   1   and say, “Good girl, help Daddy clean it, OK?”

I was   2   to do it. At age five, this dull task brought me such   3   . I would excitedly turn the tap   4    and brush the comb carefully. Satisfied that I’d done a good job, I would happily return the comb to Dad. He would   5    affectionately at me and place the comb on his wallet.

Two years later, Dad started his own  6   , which wasn’t doing so well. That was when things started to    7    . Dad didn’t come home as early and as much as he used to. Mum and I became    8   with him for placing our family in trouble. With  9   , an uncomfortable silence grew between us.

After my graduation, Dad’s business was getting back on track. On my 28th birthday, Dad came home    10   . As usually I helped him carry his bags into his study. When I turned to leave, he said, “Hey, would you help me    11   my comb?” I looked at him a while, then    12    the comb and headed to the sink.    

It hit me then: why, as a child,   13   Dad clean his comb was such a pleasure. That routine(习惯) meant Dad was home early to   14     the evening with Mum and me. It   15   a happy and loving family.    

I passed the clean comb back to Dad. He smiled at me and   16    placed his comb on his wallet. But this time, I noticed something    17   . Dad had aged. He had wrinkles(皱纹) next to his eyes when he smiled,    18    his smile was still as   19   as before, the smile of a father who just wanted a good   20   for his family.

    1. A. bag                  B. wallet               C. comb                            D. brush

    2. A. energetic        B. disappointed          C. upset                     D. pleased

    3. A. joy               B. sadness                C. courage                   D. pain  

    4. A. out                B. over                    C. in                                  D. on 

    5. A. smile                   B. stare                C. shout                           D. laugh

   6. A. family               B. task                  C. business              D. journey 

   7. A. progress        B. change           C. improve                  D. form 

   8. A. satisfied        B. delighted         C. mad                        D. strict  

   9. A. time                  B. patience          C. speed                    D. ease

   10. A. occasionally       B. early                     C. frequently                      D. rarely 

   11. A. sharpen       B. repair           C. clean                           D. keep 

   12. A. dropped      B. took                  C. handed                          D. threw 

   13. A. watching     B. letting                        C. helping                 D. hearing  

   14. A. find            B. lose                 C. waste                           D. spend 

   15. A. affected        B. broke            C. meant                         D. supported 

   16. A. nervously     B. hurriedly          C. excitedly                           D. carefully 

   17. A. different      B. exciting           C. interesting            D. bored 

   18. A. for                B. or               C. so                          D. yet  

   19. A. patient        B. heartwarming      C. tired                         D. worried

   20. A. belief        B. life                    C. style                       D. education