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6A 期中复习三 阅读篇阅读理解（40分）Mr South got a letter from a friend of his and was going to read it in his study . The head of his office called him and he went out . His son , Bill , entered (进入)the room . He began to draw a monkey on the letter . When his father came back , he could not read it any longer . He beat the boy and drove him out . Bill came to an old man and watched him mending a bike at the turning .What does your father do ? asked the old man .Hes a lawyer (律师).Does he usually put others into prison（监狱）?No answered the boy . He says he cant do such foolish things .Do you hope to be a lawyer , too ?No , I hope to be a policeman .For what ?He beat me this morning .1.The word study in the second line means _ in Chinese .A学习B 研究C 书房2.Mr South got his friends letter _A yesterdayB this morningC this evening3.Bill left home and came to watch _ .A a football matchB an old man mending a bikeC an old man eating4.Bill hoped to be a policeman to _ .A help his father B put others into prisonC punish his father If you have a chance to travel in Europe , youd better choose Italy as a good place to visit , because Italy is a very famous country with a long history , and there are many interesting cities in this country . There are millions of people each year who visit the city of Pisa , which is known for the Leaning Tower of Pisa .The tower looks as if it might fall at any time . In fact , some visitors stop at the tower just long enough to take a picture , then they hurry away . The tower has 294 steps . Visitors who can climb to the top and come down will feel like heroes（英雄）.The engineers say that the visitors are safe , though the tower does lean . This tower has been leaning for about 800 years . And it leans a tiny bit more every year . If this keeps on , the tower will fall at last . But many engineers are trying their best to keep the tower standing as long as possible .5.Italy is famous for _A its millions of people B its millions of visitorsC its many interesting cities6.Many people visit Pisa each year because _A it is a city of Italy B they want to take some pictures thereC they want to see the Leaning Tower7.Standing near the tower is _A safe B dangerous C a brave（勇敢的）act8.The ower will fall , _A if too many visitors climb it .B if it keeps on standing for many years C if it keeps on leaning （C）Dreams may be more important than sleep . Some people dont need very much sleep , but we all need to dream , scientists say .Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time . People may have several dreams at one night . Dreams are like old movies . They come to us over and over again . That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something . Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer .Some people get new ideas about their work from dreams . They could have been thinking about their work all day . These thoughts can carry over into dreams .Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a dream . But often we cant remember the dream . Dreams can disappear quickly from memory .Too much dreaming can sometimes be harmful . The more we sleep , the longer we dream . The mind is hard at work when we dream . That is why we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired.9.The main idea of the story is that _A people need to dream B people like to dreamC dreams are harmful to people10.It may be more important to dream than to _A think B sleepC work11.Dreams are like old movies because _Athey often come to us again and again B they last a long timeC the dreamer is worrying about something12.Which of these ideas is true ?A We always remember dreams B Long dream can make you tiredC Dreams are good for your health （D）Popular music in America is what every student likes . Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class , after class , and at lunch . Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the street .Adult（成年的）drivers listen to the music on the car radio as they drive to work . They also listen to the news about sports , the weather , and life of American people . Most of the radio programs are music .Pop or popular music singers make such money . They make CDs or tapes which radio stations in many places broadcast （广播）.Once the popular singer is heard all over the country , young people buy his or her tapes . Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer . Wherever the singer goes , all the young people want to meet him or her . Now the singer has become a pop star .There are other kinds of music that are popular among Americans . One is called folk (民间的)music . It tells stories about the common (普通的)life of Americans . Another is called western or country music . This was started by cowboys（牛仔）who would sing aat night to the cows they were watching . Today any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music .13._kinds of music are mentioned in this passage.A TwoB ThreeC FourD Five14.When pop singers _ . they are regarded as a pop star .A make much money B make a CD or tapeC become popular with their fans D are wanted to sing on the radio15.From the passage we know that country music is about the _ .A common life of Americans B country life and love storiesC life of cowboysD school life in America16.What would be the best title for this passage ?A American Music B Popular MusicC History of MusicD Western Music（E）Now you are ready to understand how the sun really is . There are no solids （固体）on the sun . There are no liquids（液体）. Why not ? Remember that the temperature on the outside of the sun is above 6,000 .The temperature at the centre is believed to be about 20,000,000.The sun is so hot that all the solids and all the liquids have been turned into gases（气体）.If an iron stove（铁炉）could be brought to the sun , it would turn into gases . The sun is made up of many different gases , and all of them are very hot .Most of us have gas stoves in our kitchens . When Mother turns on a burner , you cant see the gas . You cant see it until it begins to burn (燃烧).The burning gas gives off light and heart , hot enough to cook our food . Try to imagine the difference between the light and heat given off by one little gas burner and light and heat given off by the sun , which is more than a million times as big as the earth and is made up entirely of burning gases .Now do you begin to understand why the sun can give us both light and heat even though it is 93,000 miles away ?17.The temperature on the outside of the sun is _ .A higher than that on the earth but lower than that at the center of the sun.B lower than that on the earth but higher than that at the center of the sunC as high as that at the center of the sun and higher than that on the outside of the earthD believed to be 20,000,000 .18.Which of the following statements is NOT true ?A The sun is made up of different gases . B The sun is made up of different things including（包括）solids , liquids and gases .C Everything , no matter what it is , would turn into gases if it could be flown to the sun .D Nothing can exit（存在）on the sun except gases .19.You cant see t