英语阅读理解及翻译.doc

1.A strange thing happens to nearly everybody at night(英语阅读理解)A strange thing happens to nearly everybody at night. They turn off the lights, pull up the covers and close their eyes. Six or seven sleeping hours later, they wake up again. Strange, isnt it?一个奇怪的事情发生在几乎每个人身上，并且都在晚上。他们关上灯，拉上了窗帘和闭上他们的眼睛。六或七小时的睡眠后，他们再次醒来。奇怪，不是吗？Sleep is a great puzzle. Scientists and doctors would like to talk about why one cant fall asleep. They are not so sure what causes sleep.睡眠是一个伟大的谜。科学家和医生谈谈为什么不能入睡。他们不知道什么是睡眠的原因。You will sleep best both when you are in good health and when you dont eat too much or too little. No worries and a comfortable place to sleep are important, too.你会睡得最好当你身体健康时，你不要吃太多或太少。不用担心，一个舒适的睡眠环境是重要的。Strange things happen during sleep. For example, you often move. You would feel tired ever if you didnt move. You also dream. Part of your brain is still awake when you dream. Dreaming happens when the memory and imagination parts of your brain are still awake.奇怪的事情发生在睡眠期间。例如，你经常搬家。你会觉得累，如果你没有动。你也做梦。你大脑的一部分仍然是清醒的时候，您也做梦。做梦时发生的记忆和想象的部分你的大脑仍然清醒。Dont worry if you dream. Some great stories and poems were finished while the writers were dreaming.别担心，如果你有梦想。一些伟大的故事和诗歌的作家会完成梦想。根据短文内容 ,判断下列句子正 (T)、误 ( F) 。1. A strange thing happens to only someone at night.T2. Scientists and doctors are both sure what causes peoples sleep.F 3. When you are in good health, you can sleep very well at night.T 4. The writer means that some dreams are good for people.T5. If you eat too much or too little before sleep, you wont sleep well.T2. At the Barbers Shop在理发店Jack went to a barbers shop and had his hair cut, but when he came out, he 杰克去一家理发店剪了头发，但是当他出来时，他was not happy with the result. When his friend Bob saw him, he laughed 是不满意的结果。当他的朋友鲍波看到他时，他笑了and said, What has happened to your hair,Jack? 说，“你的头发怎么了，杰克？”Jack said, I tried a new barbers shop today, because I wasnt quite satisfied 杰克说，“我今天尝试了新的理发店，因为我不是很满意with my old one, but this one seems even worse. 旧的，但是这一次似乎更差。”Bob agreed. Yes, I think youre right, Jack. Now Ill tell you what 他同意了。”是的，我想你是对的，杰克。现在我要告诉你to do when you go into a barbers shop next time: look at all the barbers hair, 做的时候，你走进一家理发店下时间：看所有理发师的头发，find out whose hair looks worst, and then go straight to him. 找出他们的头发看上去最坏的，然后直接去他。”Why shall I go to him? Jack asked. But that would be foolish! “为什么我要去见他呢？”杰克问。”但是，那将是愚蠢的！”Oh, no, it wouldnt, answered Bob. Who cut that mans hair? Just think “哦，不，不，”他回答。”谁把那个男人的头发？只是想it. He couldnt cut it himself, could he? Another of the barbers cut it. So 它。他不能让自己，他能吗？另一个理发师剪的。所以you know he cant be the worst barber.你知道他不可能是最糟糕的理发师。”1. When Jack went out of the barbers shop, he was not happy because B_. A. nobody had cut his hair B. the barber hadnt cut his hair well C. the barber had cut his hair carefully D. he was not satisfied with his old barber #B 2. I tried a new barbers shop today. means _D_. A. this barbers shop was a new one B. this was the only barbers shop in this town C. Jack often went to this barbers shop D. Jack had not been to this barbers shop before #D 3. After Jack had his hair cut, he thought _C_. A. the new barbers shop was the best one B. the old barbers shop wasnt so good as the new one C. the new barbers shop was worse than the old one D. the old barbers shop was the worst one #C 4. Bob told Jack to find out which barbers hair looked the worst and then go straight to him. Why? DA. Because he was certainly the best barber. B. Because he was free all the time. C. Because he was the worst barber. D. Because he wasnt the worst barber. #D 5. From the story we know that _B A. its foolish to have ones hair cut at a barbers shop B. barbers cut each others hair C. barbers never have their hair cut D. a barber always cuts his hair by himself #B 3. Mr Perkins New Car 珀金的新车Mr Perkin stood at the bus-stop and watched the cars go by. Many of the cars 珀金站在公共汽车站，看着过往的车辆。许多车were new Beta 400s, and most of them were yellow. Mr Perkin always wore the 新的测试机型，其中大部分是黄色的。珀金先生总是穿着same clothes as other men, ate the same food as other people, and did the same 衣服和其他人一样，吃同样的食物和其他人，和当初一样things after work, and at the end of the week, Mr Perkin did not like to be 事情之后的工作，并在一周结束时，珀金先生不喜欢被different. 不同的。The following week, Mr Perkin bought a new, bright yellow Beta 400s. He was 一星期后，珀金买了一个新的，明亮的黄色测试400他。satisfied with it, and drove to work in it the very next day. He was even more 满意，开车上班的第二天。他更是satisfied with his new car, when he saw all the other Beta 400s, in front, behind, 满意他的新汽车，当他看到所有其他测试400，前面，后面，and on both sides of him. 而在他的两侧。Mr Perkin parked(停车) his car in a big car-park(停车场) near his office, 珀金先生（停车）他的车停在一个大停车场（停车场）在他的办公室，and walked the rest of the way. But when he came back at five oclock, there 然后走回家。但当他五点回来，有were so many bright yellow Beta 400s in the car-park that he did not know which 很多明亮的黄色测试400在停车场里，他不知道car was his. He tried his key in some of the cars, but people passing by gave 车是他的。他试着一些关键的汽车，但是路过的人们都给him a look he didnt like. So he stopped. 他一眼，他不喜欢。于是他停下来。Poor Mr Perkin had to wait nearly two hours until his was the only yellow 可怜的珀金先生等了将近2个小时直到他是唯一的黄色Beta 400s in the car-park.-400在停车场。1. Mr Perkin wanted a new yellow Beta 400s because A. the bus did not come. B. he liked new clothes, food and cars. C. he liked to do the same as other people. D. he liked to be different from others. #C 2. He drove to work in his new car A. the very next day. B. the day he bought it. C. a week he bought in. D. on the day he first watched the cars passing. #A 3. He was satisfied with his new car because A. no one else had a yellow one. B. it was the same as other cars all around him. C. he was in front of all the other cars. D. other cars were not as bright as his. #B 4. At five oclock Mr Perkin A. walked home. B. drove his car out of the car-park. C. came back to the car-park. D. did not know which was his car-park. #C 5. People gave him a look because A. he had a nice new car. B. he could not open the door of his car. C. he was in the wrong car-park. D. he was trying to open more than one car. #D 6. Mr Perkin had to wait until A. there was only one yellow Beta 400s in the car-park. B. there was only one car in the car-park. C. there were no bright yellow cars in the car-park. D. there was no one about to look at him. #A 4. Once James Thornhill, a famous English painter, was asked to paint some pictures on the walls of the kings palace in English. Then workers were sent for and a big platform(平台) was made. With the help of a worker, Thornhill started painting on the platform. They worked for a whole year and at last the pictures were ready. Thornhill was happy when he looked at the pictures, for they were really beautiful. He looked at them for a long time, and then took one step back and looked again. Now the pictures were even more beautiful. He took another step, then another. Finally he was at the very edge of the platform, but he did not know it because he was thinking of his pictures. The worker saw everything. What should I do? he thought. Thornhill is at the very edge of the platform. If I cry out, he will take another step, fall off it and surely be killed. So the worker quickly took some paint(颜料) and threw it at the picture. What are you doing? cried the painter, running quickly forward to his pictures. 1. What was Thornhill? He was an English _. A. writer B. king C. worker D. artist #D 2. What was he ordered to do? He was ordered to _. A. paint a picture for the king B. paint some pictures on the walls of the knigs palace C. have his pictures painted in the kings palace D. have his pictures painted on the walls #B 3. The story leads us to believe that A. the worker had to pay for the picture. B. the painter could not forgave(原谅) the worker. C. the worker was really sorry for what he did. D. the painter thanked the worker for what he did when he got to know why. #A 5. Your Passport(护照) Please! 你的护照（护照）请！Mr Hill arrives at London Airport, at the end of a threeweek holiday in France. 他抵达伦敦机场，在结束了三周假期在法国。Usually he wears a beard(留胡须). Since it has been hot there, he has taken 通常他留胡子（留胡须）。因为它是热，他采取了it off(剃掉). But his passport photo shows him with his beard.$ 它（剃掉）。但他的护照上的照片是有胡子的。 $An office looks at the photo for a moment, and says: Will you excuse me? 办公室看照片片刻，说：“你会原谅我吗？Please sit down. I shant keep you long. With this, he walks away, shows the 请坐。我不留你。”这一点，他走开，显示photo to a second office, and says: I know that face. The second officer looks 照片到另一个办公室，说：“我知道的脸。”另一个官员看at the passport and asks where Mr Hill has come from. When he hears that Mr 看护照，并要求在山先生来了。当他听说先生Hill has arrived back from Paris, the second officer smiled and says: An Englishman 山已经抵达巴黎后，二军官笑着说：“一个英国人with a beard stole a painting in Paris on Friday, And that man looks just the 胡子偷了画在巴黎上星期五，那个男人看起来kind of man . 一种人”Suddenly it comes to the first officer who Mr Hill is. He returns to him, 突然，它来的第一个军官山先生。他回到了他，and asks: Did you teach at the No.2 . High School? When Mr Hill answers, 又问：“你教2。高中？”当山答案，in surprise, that he did, the first officer smiles and says: I thought so. 在惊奇的是，他，第一次人员笑着说：“我这么认为。Im Jack Smith. You taught me French. You havent changed a bit.我是杰克。你教我法语。你一点也没变。1. Mr Hill _. A. has just come back from the airport. B. is on his way to Paris. C. spent three weeks in Paris before he went to France. D. has been in France for three weeks #D 2. Mr Hill _. A. has a beard on his face but not in his photo B. grew a beard while he was on holiday C. has a beard in his photo but not on his face D. took his beard off long before he went on holiday. #C 3. The first officer is sure _. A. Mr Hill stole the painting B. he has seen the face in the photo before C. he knows the second officers face D. a man without a beard stole the painting #B 4. The second officer says that _. A. Mr Hill stole the painting B. a man with a beard, from France, stole a painting in English C. an Englishman took his beard off and stole a painting D. a man with a beard, from England, stole a painting in Paris. #D 5. Mr Hill taught _. A. Jack Smith French at the No. 2 High School B. Jack Smith to be a first officer C. at the No.2 High School, in France D. French some years ago and his name was Smith, not Hill #A 6. A long time ago people thought that the sun went round the earth. In some 很久以前，人们以为太阳绕着地球。在一些countries people even said that the sun was a god(神). They thought the god 国家的人甚至说太阳是一个神（神）。他们认为上帝drove across the sky each day on a golden horse. Now we know the earth goes 开车穿越天空每一天在金马奖。现在我们知道地球round the sun. It takes the earth a year to go all way round the sun. Today 太阳轮。它以地球用一年一轮太阳。今天men even know how far it is for the earth to go round the sun. They tell us 人们甚至不知道有多远是地球绕太阳一圈。他们告诉我们that the earth travels over a thousand miles a minute on its journey round the 认为地球旅行超过一千英里一分钟绕着sun.$ 美元的太阳。The sun is really a star. It is much bigger than the earth and it is very 太阳的确是一颗恒星。它比地球大得多，这是非常hot. Some people have been to the moon but we know that no one can ever go to 热。有人曾去过月球，但我们知道，没有人可以去the sun. It is far too hot for people to live anywhere near it. The sun is three 太阳的。这是太热，人民生活接近它。太阳是三hundred thousand times heavier than the earth and more than million times larger.$万倍重比地球大了一百多万倍。 $1. A long time ago, people said the sun was _. A. a golden horse of god B. a god on a golden horse C. a god with golden dress D. a god and a golden horse #B 2. People can never live anywhere near the sun because it is _. A. star . the sun B. planet . the moon C. planet . itself D. planet . the sun #D 4. The earth travels over _ miles an hour. A. 1,000 B. 100,000 C. 6,000,000 D. 600,000 #D 5. One year is _ A. the time for the earth to turn round. B. the time the earth travels one thousand miles. C. one circle the earth goes round the sun. D. the journey of the earth. #C 7. The Farmer, His Horse, and His son 农民，他的马，和他的儿子Once there was an old farmer, with a horse which was almost as old as himself. 从前有一个老农民，一匹马，几乎和他一样。He set out one morning with his son to sell the horse before it died. Father 他提出了一个早上，他的儿子卖马之前就死了。父亲and son walked, because the farmer did not want the horse to be too tired. 和儿子走了，因为农民没有要马太累。They met two men on the road who said, Why are you walking, farmer? You have 他们遇到了男人的道路上说，“你为什么走，农民？你有a horse, Its a long way to market(市场). The farmer know that this was true, 一匹马，它是一个漫长的市场（市场）。”农夫知道这是真实的，so he rode on the horse, while his son walked. 他骑着马，而他的儿子。Then they met two old women, What are you doing up there, farmer? Cant you 然后他们遇到两只老妇女，“你干什么呢在那里，农民？你不可以see how tired boy is? So the farmer got down, and his son rode instead.$ 看累了的男孩是谁？”因此，农夫，他的儿子骑代替美元。Next, three old men stopped them, one said, Why are you walking, farmer? 下一步，三个老男人拦住了他们，说，“你为什么走，农民？Get up, Its too hot for an old man like you to walk today, So the farmer got 起床，太热了像你这样的老人走到今天，“使农民得到了up behind his son, and they rode on. 在他的儿子，他们骑。Some time later, a young woman passed them, Why arent you walking? she 一段时间后，一个年轻的女人经过他们，“你为什么不走？”她asked, It isnt far to the market. Give your poor horse a rest. 问，“它不远的市场。给你可怜的马休息。”So the farmer, and his son, got down once again. It is a fact that you cannot 因此，农民，和他的儿子，下了一次又一次。这是一个事实，你不能please all the people all the time.请所有的人所有的时间。1. The farmer wanted to sell the horse _. A. before it was dead B. before it become too tired C. before it market was over D. before it was as old as he was #A 2. The two men on the road _. A. asked how far it was to the market B. said they thought the horse looked very tired C. asked why the farmer was not riding on his horse D. told the farmers son to get off the horse and walk #C 3. The two old women said it was wrong for _. A. the farmer to ride such a tired horse B. the farmer to ride while his young son walked C. the boy to ride instead of his father D. only one person to ride such a long way #D 4. The farmer got up behind his son because _. A. the old man said it was too hot for him to walk B. the three old men stopped them on the road C. he did not know why he was walking D. his son could not ride the horse by himself #A 5. The young woman was most sorry _. A. for the old man B. for the farmers young son C. that it was not far to the market D. for the horse #D 8.I Want to Be a Dustman 我想成为一名清洁工Tom was ten years old, and he was a very lazy boy, He didnt like doing any 他十岁的时候，他是一个很懒的男孩，他不喜欢做任何work. He had to go to school of course, but he didnt study hard there and tried 工作。他上学，当然，但是他学习不努力，尽力to do as little work as possible. His father and mother were both doctors and they 做尽可能少的工作。他的父亲和母亲都是医生，他们hoped that their son would become one, too, when he grew up. But one day Tom 希望他们的儿子会成为一个，太，当他长大的。但有一天said to his mother, When I finish school, I want to be a dustman. 对他的母亲说，“当我完成学业，我想当一名清洁工。”A dustman? his mother asked, she was very surprised. Thats not a very “一个清洁工？”他的母亲问，她感到很惊讶。”这不是一个很pleasant job, why do you want to become a dustman? 愉快的工作，为什么你想成为一名清洁工吗？”Because then I would only have to work one day a week. Tom answered at once. “因为我只会有一个星期工作一天。”汤姆立刻回答。Only one day a week? his mother said, What do you mean? and how do you “只有一个星期的一天？”他的母亲说，“你这是什么意思？和你怎么做know? 知道吗？”Well, Tom replied, I know that the dustmen who come to our house on work “好”，他说，“我知道清洁工到我们家来工作on Thursday, because I only see them on that day.在星期四，因为我只看到他们的那一天。”1. What kind of boy was Tom? A. Tom was a clver boy. B. Tom was a boy who didnt like to work. C. Tom was a boy who worked very hard. #B 2. What were his father and mother? A. His father was a doctor and his mother was a nurse. B. His father was a worker, his mother was a doctor. C. His father was a doctor, so his mother. #C 3. What did his parents want him to be when he grew up? A. They wanted him to be a dustman. B. They wanted him to be an officer. C. They wanted him to be a doctor. #C 4. What did Tom say he wanted to be? A. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who collected rubbish and emptied the dustbins. B. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who taught the children at school. C. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who worked in a hospital. #A 5. Why did Tom think that dustmen only worked one day a week? A. Because Tom heard of this. B. Because one of the dustmen had told him before. C. Because Tom had seen the dustmen only on Thurday at his house. #C 9.Can Animal be Made to Work for Us 动物将为我们工作Can animals be made to work for us? Some scientists think that one day animals 动物能为我们工作吗？一些科学家认为，动物有一天may be taught to do a number of simple jobs. They say that in a film or on TV 可以被训练来做一些简单的工作。他们说，在电影或电视we may see elephants, or monkeys, dogs, bear, or other animals doing a lot of 我们可以看到大象，猴子，狗，熊，或其他动物做了很多things. If you watch carefully, you may find that those animals are always given 事情。如果你仔细观察，你会发现那些动物总是有something to eat in return for doing them. The scientists say that many different 一些吃的东西做为回报。科学家们说，许多不同的animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs if they know they will get 动物可能被教做了一些简单的工作，如果他们知道他们会得到something to eat in return. 一些吃的东西。Of course, as we know, dogs can be used to guard a hou