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密云区2014高考英语阅读理解系列训练（27）及答案passage 1the year 2009 is the year of ox. the ox is a representative of the fanning culture of china. in the farming economy （经济）, oxen are the major animals pulling plows（犁）. of course, the good of oxen is not limited to plowing. in fact, they are seen as boats on land for their ability to carry loads. besides, the whole body of an ox is full of treasures. their meat and milk are food full of nutrition, and their skin can be used to make clothes and shoes. with all these qualities, oxen are regarded as generous creatures. in the past, oxen played an important role in the spiritual life of the chinese. even today, oxen still play a special part in some folk activities. for example, some people who1ive in southwest china will cook cattle bone soup and share it among family members when holding the ceremony for children who reach 13. they believe that the cattle bone soup represents the blood relationship among family members. in order to express their love for oxen, people in some other areas will run to shake off diseases on the 16th day of the first month by the lunar calendar （农历）, and during their run they will take their oxen along, which indicates they regard the creature as human. because of the contribution of oxen in their lives, the chinese people are very grateful to the animal. in addition, the use of oxen in ceremonies and the thanks people owe to oxen help to develop various traditional customs, which becomes an important part of the folk culture of the chinese nation. 60. the words boats an land underlined in paragraph 2 refer to _a. animals for taking goods b. creatures for pulling plowsc. treasures of the folk culture d. tools in the farming economy6l. from the third paragraph, we know that _a. oxen are no more important today than in the pastb. ceremonies are held when people cook cattle bone soupc. oxen are treated as human in some areas of chinad. people run with oxen to shake off diseases every month62. which of the following helps to develop traditional customs?a. the special role of oxen in frowning. b. peoples respect and love for oxen. c. the practical value of an oxs body. d. the contribution of oxen to the economy. 63. why does the author write the text?a. to stress the importance of oxen in farming. b. to introduce the chinese folk culture. c. to describe how to celebrate the year of ox. d. to explain how to develop agriculture with oxen. 1答案 60.a 61.c 62.b 63.b*结束tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. he stopped by the fence in front of the house where he lived with his aunt polly. he looked at it, and all joy left him. the fence was long and high. he put the brush into the whitewash and moved it along the top of the fence. he repeated the operation. he felt he could not continue and sat down.he knew that his friends would arrive soon with all kinds of interesting plans for the day. they would walk past him and laugh. they would make jokes about his having to work on a beautiful summer saturday. the thought burned him like fire.he put his hand into his pockets and took out all that he owned. perhaps he could find some way to pay someone to do the whitewashing for him. but there was nothing of value in his pockets nothing that could buy even half an hour of freedom. so he put the bits of toys back into his pockets and gave up the ideaat this dark and hopeless moment, a wonderful idea came to him. it filled his mind with a great, bright light. calmly he picked up the brush and started again to whitewash.while tom was working, ben rogers appeared. ben was eating an apple as he walked along the street. as he walked along, he was making noises like the sound of a riverboat. first he shouted loudly, like a boat captain. then he said “ding-dong-dong”, “ding-dong-dong” again and again, like the bell of a riverboat. and he made other strange noises. when he came close to tom, he stopped.tom went on whitewashing. he did not look at ben. ben stared a moment and then said: “hello! im going swimming, but you cant go, can you?”no answer. tom moved his brush carefully along the fence and looked at the result with the eye of an artist. ben came nearer. toms mouth watered for the apple, but he kept on working.ben said, “hello, old fellow, youve got to work, hey?”tom turned suddenly and said, “why, its you, ben! i wasnt noticing.”“say im going swimming. dont you wish you could? but of course youd rather work wouldnt you? of course you would.”tom looked at the boy a bit, and said “what do you call work?”“why, isnt that work?”tom went back to his whitewashing, and answered carelessly.“well, maybe it is, and maybe it isnt. all i know is, it suits tom sawyer.”“oh come, now, you dont mean to say that you like it?” the brush continued to move.“like it? well, i dont see why i shouldnt like it. does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?”ben stopped eating his apple. tom moved his brush back and forth, stepped back to look at the result, added a touch here and there, and stepped back again. ben watched every move and got more and more interested. soon he said,“say, tom, let me whitewash a little.”tom thought for a moment, was about to agree; but he changed his mind.“no no it wont do, ben. you see, aunt polly wants this fence to be perfect. it has got to be done very carefully. i dont think there is one boy in a thousand, maybe two thousand, that can do it well enough.”“no is that so? oh come, now let me just try. only just a little.” “ben, id like to, but if it isnt done right, im afraid aunt polly ”“oh, ill be careful. now let me try. say ill give you the core of my apple.”“well, here no, ben, now dont. im afraid ”“ill give you all of it.”tom gave up the brush with unwillingness on his face, but joy in his heart. and while ben worked at the fence in the hot sun, tom sat under a tree, eating the apple, and planning how to get more help. there were enough boys. each one came to laugh, but remained to whitewash. by the time ben was tired, tom sold the next chance to billy for a kite; and when billy was tired, johnny bought in for a dead rat and so on, hour after hour. and when the middle of the afternoon came, tom had won many treasures.and he had not worked. he had had a nice idle time all the time, with plenty of company and the fence had been whitewashed three times. if he hadnt run out of whitewash, tom would have owned everything belonging to his friends.he had discovered a great law of human action, namely, that in order to make a man or a boy want a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to get. 15. how many characters are mentioned in this story? a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 716. why did tom take all his bits of toys out of his pockets?a. because he is tired and wanted to play with his toys.b. because he wanted to throw his toys away.c. because he wanted to give his toys to his friends. d. because he wanted to know if he could buy help with his toys.17. tom was about to agree to let ben whitewash when he changed his mind because _.a. tom wanted to do the whitewashing by himselfb. tom planned to make ben give up his apple firstc. tom was unwilling to let ben do the whitewashingd. tom was afraid ben would do the whitewashing better.18. we can learn from the passage that _.a. tom was interested in whitewashing the fence.b. tom had a lot of friends who are ready to help others.c. tom was unwilling to whitewash the fence, but he managed to let other boys do it for himd. tom was good at whitewashing the fence, so he looked at the result of his work with the eye of an artist.19. what made ben rogers eagerly gave up his apple and offer to brush the fence for tom? a. his warm heart and kindness to friends.b. his curiosity about toms brushing job. c. toms threat.d. aunt pollys idea20. which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?a. the happy whitewasher b. tom and his fellowsc. whitewashing a fence d. how to make the things difficult to get参考答案-15-20 bdbcba*结束the arctic is one of the few places in the world untouched by pollution where you can use its beautiful nature. join our ship the northern star from 2 to 18 july, for a 17-day voyage to the arctic. during the voyage you are able to relax yourself. there are no parties or film-shows to attend, quizzes to enter, or entertainers to watch. however, we do have specialists on board who are willing to answer any of your questions about the arctic.after setting off from scotland, we go north along the coast of norway to bear island. along the way youll see thousands of seabirds and wonderful scenery, with rivers of ice and huge cliffs. you will have the chance to see polar bears and other arctic animals. although we have a timetable, experience has shown that we may have to change our direction a little, depending on the weather.the northern star is a very special ship and our past voyages have been very popular. our cabins all have the same excellent facilities. our chefs are happy to prepare any food for people on special diets. if you need some exercise, why not do some swimming in the indoor pool?prices include economy class air travel and 16 nights on the northern star, all meals and all lectures.day 1: board the northern star.day 2-7: we sail slowly north along the coast of norway, stopping at places of interest.day 8: tromse. you need to get up at sunrise to see the whales as we sail towards tromse. visit tromse to see the artic museum and the beautiful old wooden houses. in the evening we sail away along the west coast to bird island, which is excellent for bird- watching.day 9-10: bear island. we arrive there in the early evening. bear island once had an active fishing industry, but today little of this remains.day 11-16: spitsbergena place of mountains and rivers of ice. it is home to a large variety of animals.day 17: leave the ship in spitsbergen and fly to london from tromse.17. which of the following is true according to the passage?a. many different activities are organized on boardb. the voyage starts from scotland.c. the ship follows a fixed route.d. there are different types of accommodations.18. where can you see different kinds of animals?a. tromseb. bear islandc. bird island d. spitsbergen19. bear island used to be_.a. a busy fishing centerb. a place of interestc. a shopping centerd. a place for bird-watching20. whats the writers aim of writing the passage?a. introducing the artic.b. arranging a trip.c. describing the ship.d. advertising a trip to the arctic.参考答案 bdad *结束hans was an honest fellow with a funny round good-humored faceliving alone, every day he worked in his gardenin all the countryside there was no garden so lovely as hisall sorts of flowers grew there, blooming in their proper order as the months went by, one flower taking another flowers place, so that there were always beautiful things to see, and pleasant odors to smell hans had many friends, the most devoted being the millerso devoted was the rich miller to hans that hed never go by his garden without plucking a large bunch of flowers or a handful of sweet herbs, or filling his pockets with fruitsthe miller used to talk about noble ideas, and hans nodded and smiled, feeling proud of having such a friend the neighbors thought it strange that the rich miller never gave hans anything in return, though he had hundreds of sacks of flour, many cows and sheep, but hans never troubled his head about these, and nothing gave him greater pleasure than to listen to all the wonderful things about the unselfishness of true friendship in spring, summer, and autumn hans was very happy, but when winter came, and he had no fruit or flowers to sell, he suffered from cold and hungerthough extremely lonely, the miller never came to see him then “theres no good in going to see hans while the snow lasts” the miller said to his wife, “when people are in trouble they shouldnt be botheredso ill wait till the spring comes when hes happy to give me flowers” “youre certainly very thoughtful,” answered his wife, “its quite a treat to hear you talk about friendship” “couldnt we ask hans up here?” said their son“ill give him half my meal, and show him my white rabbits” “how silly you are!” cried the miller“i really dont know whats the use of sending you to schoolif hans came up here, and saw our warm fire, our good supper, and our red wine, he might get envious, and envy is a most terrible thing, and would spoil anybodys naturei am his best friend, and ill always watch over him, and see that hes not led into any temptationbesides, if hans came here, he might ask me for some flourflour is one thing, and friendship is another, and they shouldnt be confusedthe words are spelt differently, and mean quite different thingseverybody can see that” he looked seriously at his son, who felt so ashamed that he hung his head down, and grew quite scared, and began to cry into his tea spring coming, the miller went down to see hansagain he talked about friendship“hans, friendship never forgetsim afraid you dont understand the poetry of lifesee, how lovely your roses are!” hans said he wanted to sell them in the market to buy back his things which were sold during the hard time of the winter “ill give you many good thingsi think being generous is the base of friendship” said the miller“and now, as ill give you many good things, im sure youd like to give me some flowers in returnheres the basket, and fill it quite full” poor hans was afraid to say anythinghe ran and plucked all his pretty roses, and filled the millers basket, imagining the many good things promised by the miller the next day he heard the miller calling: “hans, would you mind carrying this sack of flour for me to market?” “im sorry, but i am really very busy today” “well,” said the miller, “considering that im going to give you my things, its rather unfriendly of you to refuseupon my word, you mustnt mind my speaking quite plainly to you” poor hans was driven by his friendship theory to work hard for his best friend, leaving his garden dry and wasted one evening hans was sitting by fire when the miller came “hans,” cried the miller, “my little boy has fallen off a ladder and hurt himself, and im going for the doctorbut he lives so far away,