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阅读理解练习阅读理解练习 InIn EnglandEngland 英格兰人英格兰人 nobodynobody underunder eighteeneighteen yearsyears oldold isis allowedallowed 允允 许许 toto drinkdrink inin a a barbar 酒吧酒吧 MrMr ThompsonThompson oftenoften wentwent toto a a barbar nearnear hishis househouse ButBut hehe nevernever tooktook hishis son son Tom Tom becausebecause hehe waswas tootoo youngyoung ThenThen whenwhen TomTom hadhad hishis eighteentheighteenth birthday birthday MrMr ThompsonThompson tooktook himhim toto hishis usualusual barbar forfor thethe firstfirst timetime TheyThey drankdrank forfor anan hourhour TomTom drankdrank a a bitbit ThenThen MrMr ThompsonThompson saidsaid toto hishis son Now son Now Tom Tom I I wantwant toto teachteach youyou a a usefuluseful 有用的 有用的 lessonlesson HowHow dodo youyou knowknow whenwhen you veyou ve hadhad enoughenough 足够的 足够的 Well Well I llI ll telltell youyou DoDo youyou seesee thosethose twotwo lightslights 灯 灯 atat thethe endend ofof thethe bar bar WhenWhen theythey seemseem 好象 好象 toto becomebecome four four you veyou ve hadhad enoughenough andand shouldshould 应该 应该 gogo homehome But But Dad saidDad said Tom ITom I cancan onlyonly seesee oneone lightlight atat thethe endend ofof thethe barbar 1 1 YoungYoung peoplepeople allowedallowed toto drinkdrink inin a a barbar untiluntil eighteeneighteen A A isis notnot B B areare notnot C C manymany D D mustmust 2 2 WhenWhen TomTom waswas a a child child hishis fatherfather oftenoften wentwent toto a a nearbynearby bar bar takingtaking himhim A A byby B B forfor C C withwith D D withoutwithout 3 3 OnOn Tom sTom s eighteentheighteenth birthday birthday hehe drankdrank togethertogether withwith hishis fatherfather inin thatthat barbar forfor A A thethe firstfirst timetime B B onceonce C C manymany timestimes D D eighteeneighteen timestimes 4 4 FatherFather wantedwanted toto telltell hishis sonson A A thethe timetime toto drinkdrink B B somethingsomething aboutabout thethe lightlight C C whenwhen toto stopstop drinkingdrinking D D somethingsomething aboutabout thethe barbar 5 5 InIn factfact 事实上事实上 therethere atat thethe endend ofof thethe barbar A A waswas oneone lightlight B B werewere twotwo lightslights C C werewere threethree lightslights D D werewere fourfour lightslights 002 002 InIn 1620 1620 aboutabout halfhalf thethe USAUSA waswas coveredcovered 覆盖 覆盖 byby forestsforests TodayToday thethe forestsforests havehave almostalmost gonegone A A lotlot ofof goodgood landland hashas gonegone withwith them them leavingleaving onlyonly sandsand 沙地 沙地 ChinaChina doesn tdoesn t wantwant toto copycopy 抄 抄 thethe USA sUSA s exampleexample We reWe re plantingplanting moremore andand moremore treestrees We veWe ve builtbuilt thethe GreatGreat GreenGreen Wall Wall ofof treestrees acrossacross northernnorthern 北部的 北部的 partpart ofof ourour countrycountry TheThe GreatGreat GreenGreen WallWall isis 7 0007 000 kilometreskilometres long long andand betweenbetween 400400 andand 1 7001 700 kilometreskilometres widewide ItIt willwill stopstop thethe windwind fromfrom blowingblowing thethe earthearth awayaway ItIt willwill stopstop thethe sandsand fromfrom movingmoving towardstowards thethe richrich farmlandfarmland 农田 农田 inin thethe southsouth MoreMore Great Great GreenGreen Walls Walls areare neededneeded TreesTrees mustmust bebe growngrown allall overover thethe worldworld GreatGreat GreenGreen WallsWalls willwill makemake thethe worldworld betterbetter 根据短文内容 选择正确答案 根据短文内容 选择正确答案 1 1 InIn 1620 1620 aboutabout thethe USAUSA waswas coveredcovered byby forestsforests A A a a thirdthird B B halfhalf C C twotwo thirdsthirds D D a a fourthfourth 2 2 A A lotlot ofof goodgood landland hashas gonegone withwith A A sandsand B B waterwater C C windwind D D forestsforests 3 3 TheThe GreatGreat GreenGreen WallWall inin ChinaChina isis longlong A A 7 0007 000 kilometerskilometers B B 1 7001 700 kilometerskilometers C C 7 0007 000 metersmeters D D 400400 kilometerskilometers 4 4 TreesTrees mustmust bebe growngrown inin A A ChinaChina B B thethe USAUSA C C somesome countriescountries D D everyevery partpart ofof thethe worldworld 5 5 willwill makemake thethe worldworld betterbetter A A TheThe GreatGreat WallWall B B TallTall buildingsbuildings C C GreatGreat GreenGreen WallsWalls D D FlowersFlowers andand grassgrass 003 003 Cool is Cool is a a wordword withwith manymany meaningsmeanings ItsIts oldold meaningmeaning isis usedused toto expressexpress 表达 表达 a a temperaturetemperature thatthat isis a a littlelittle bitbit coldcold AsAs thethe worldworld hashas changedchanged thethe wordword hashas hadhad manymany differentdifferent meaningmeaning Cool can Cool can bebe usedused toto expressexpress feelingsfeelings ofof interestinterest inin almostalmost anythinganything WhenWhen youyou seesee a a famousfamous carcar inin thethe streetstreet maybemaybe youyou willwill saysay It s It s coolcool You You maymay thinkthink He s He s soso coolcool when when youyou seesee youryour favouritefavourite footballerfootballer WeWe allall maximizemaximize 扩大 扩大 thethe meaningmeaning of cool of cool YouYou cancan useuse itit insteadinstead ofof manymany wordswords suchsuch asas new new oror surprising surprising Here sHere s anan interestinginteresting storystory wewe cancan useuse toto showshow thethe wayway thethe wordword isis usedused A A teacherteacher askedasked herher studentsstudents toto writewrite aboutabout thethe waterfallwaterfall 瀑布 瀑布 theythey hadhad visitedvisited OnOn oneone student sstudent s paperpaper waswas justjust thethe oneone sentencesentence 句子 句子 It s It s soso coolcool MaybeMaybe hehe thoughtthought itit waswas thethe bestbest wayway toto showshow whatwhat hehe sawsaw andand feltfelt ButBut thethe storystory alsoalso showsshows a a scarcityscarcity 缺乏 缺乏 ofof wordswords WithoutWithout cool cool somesome peoplepeople havehave nono wordswords toto showshow thethe samesame meaningmeaning SoSo itit isis quitequite importantimportant toto keepkeep somesome credibilitycredibility 可信性 可信性 CanCan youyou thinkthink ofof manymany otherother wordswords thatthat makemake youryour lifelife asas colourfulcolourful asas thethe wordword cool cool I I cancan AndAnd I I thinkthink theythey areare alsoalso veryvery coolcool 1 1 WeWe knowknow thatthat thethe word coolword cool hashas hadhad A A onlyonly oneone meaningmeaning B B nono meaningsmeanings C C manymany differentdifferent meaningsmeanings D D thethe samesame meaningmeaning 2 2 InIn thethe passagepassage thethe word express means word express means A A seesee B B showshow C C knowknow D D feelfeel 3 3 IfIf youyou areare somethingsomething youyou maymay saysay It s It s coolcool A A interestedinterested inin B B angryangry aboutabout C C afraidafraid ofof D D unhappyunhappy withwith 4 4 TheThe writerwriter takestakes anan exampleexample toto showshow hehe isis thethe wayway thethe wordword isis usedused A A pleasedpleased withwith B B strangestrange toto C C worriedworried aboutabout D D carefulcareful withwith 5 5 InIn thethe passagepassage thethe writerwriter suggestssuggests 暗示 暗示 thatthat thethe wordword cool cool A A cancan bebe usedused insteadinstead ofof manymany wordswords B B usuallyusually meansmeans somethingsomething interestinginteresting C C cancan makemake youryour lifelife colourfulcolourful D D maymay notnot 可能不 可能不 bebe asas coolcool asas itit seemsseems 004004 A A friendfriend ofof minemine namednamed PaulPaul receivedreceived 收到 收到 anan expensiveexpensive carcar fromfrom hishis brotherbrother asas a a ChristmasChristmas presentpresent OnOn ChristmasChristmas EveEve whenwhen PaulPaul camecame outout ofof hishis officeoffice a a streetstreet urchin urchin 顽童顽童 waswas walkingwalking aroundaround thethe shiningshining carcar Is Is thisthis youryour carcar PaulPaul he he askedasked PaulPaul answeredanswered Yes Yes mymy brotherbrother gavegave itit toto meme forfor ChristmasChristmas The The boyboy waswas surprisedsurprised 惊奇 惊奇 You You meanmean youryour brotherbrother gavegave itit toto youyou andand itit didn tdidn t costcost youyou anythinganything BoyBoy I I wish Hewish He hesitated hesitated 犹豫犹豫 OfOf coursecourse PaulPaul knewknew whatwhat hehe waswas goinggoing toto wishwish forfor 希望 希望 HeHe waswas goinggoing toto wishwish hehe hadhad a a brotherbrother likelike that that ButBut whatwhat thethe boyboy saidsaid surprisedsurprised PaulPaul greatly greatly I I wish thewish the boyboy wentwent onon that that I I couldcould bebe a a brotherbrother likelike thatthat Paul Paul lookedlooked atat thethe boyboy inin surprise surprise thenthen hehe saidsaid again again Would Would youyou likelike toto taketake a a rideride inin mymy carcar Oh Oh yesyes I dI d lovelove thatthat AfterAfter a a shortshort rideride thethe boyboy turnedturned andand withwith hishis eyeseyes shiningshining saidsaid Paul Paul wouldwould youyou mindmind 介意 介意 drivingdriving inin frontfront ofof mymy househouse PaulPaul smiledsmiled a a littlelittle HeHe thoughtthought hehe knewknew whatwhat thethe boyboy wantedwanted HeHe wantedwanted toto showshow hishis neighboursneighbours thatthat hehe couldcould rideride homehome inin a a bigbig car car ButBut PaulPaul waswas wrongwrong again again Will Will youyou stopstop wherewhere thosethose twotwo stepssteps areare thethe boyboy askedasked HeHe ranran upup toto thethe steps steps ThenThen inin a a shortshort whilewhile PaulPaul heardheard himhim comingcoming back back butbut hehe waswas notnot comingcoming fast fast HeHe waswas carryingcarrying hishis littlelittle crippledcrippled 残疾的 残疾的 brother brother HeHe satsat himhim downdown onon thethe stepstep andand pointedpointed toto thethe car car There There sheshe is is Buddy Buddy justjust likelike I I toldtold youyou upstairs upstairs HisHis brotherbrother gavegave itit toto himhim forfor ChristmasChristmas andand itit didn tdidn t costcost himhim a a centcent 美分 美分 AndAnd somesome dayday I mI m goinggoing toto givegive youyou oneone justjust likelike it thenit then youyou cancan seesee forfor yourselfyourself allall thethe nicenice thingsthings inin thethe ChristmasChristmas windowswindows thatthat I veI ve beenbeen tryingtrying toto telltell youyou about about PaulPaul gotgot outout andand liftedlifted thethe boyboy toto thethe frontfront seatseat ofof hishis car car TheThe shining eyedshining eyed olderolder brotherbrother climbedclimbed inin besidebeside himhim andand thethe threethree ofof themthem beganbegan anan unforgettableunforgettable 难忘的 难忘的 holidayholiday ride ride 1 1 TheThe streetstreet urchinurchin waswas veryvery surprisedsurprised whenwhen A A PaulPaul receivedreceived anan expensiveexpensive carcar B B PaulPaul toldtold himhim aboutabout thethe carcar C C hehe sawsaw thethe shiningshining carcar D D hehe waswas walkingwalking aroundaround thethe carcar 2 2 FromFrom thethe storystory wewe cancan seesee thethe urchinurchin A A wishedwished toto givegive hishis brotherbrother a a carcar B B wantedwanted Paul sPaul s brotherbrother toto givegive himhim a a carcar C C wishedwished hehe couldcould havehave a a brotherbrother likelike Paul sPaul s D D wishedwished PaulPaul couldcould bebe a a brotherbrother likelike thatthat 3 3 TheThe urchinurchin askedasked PaulPaul toto stopstop hishis carcar inin frontfront ofof hishis househouse A A toto showshow hishis neighboursneighbours thethe bigbig carcar B B toto showshow hehe hadhad a a richrich friendfriend C C toto letlet hishis brotherbrother rideride inin thethe carcar D D toto telltell hishis brotherbrother aboutabout hishis wishwish 4 4 WeWe cancan inferinfer 推断 推断 fromfrom thethe storystory thatthat A A PaulPaul couldn tcouldn t understandunderstand thethe urchinurchin B B thethe urchinurchin hadhad a a deepdeep lovelove forfor hishis brotherbrother C C thethe urchinurchin wishedwished toto havehave a a richrich brotherbrother D D thethe urchin surchin s wishwish camecame truetrue inin thethe endend 5 5 TheThe bestbest namename ofof thethe namename storystory isis A A A A ChristmasChristmas PresentPresent B B A A StreetStreet UrchinUrchin C C A A BrotherBrother LikeLike ThatThat D D AnAn UnforgettableUnforgettable HolidayHoliday RideRide 005005 DreamsDreams Dreams Dreams 梦梦 maymay bebe moremore importantimportant thanthan sleep sleep WeWe allall needneed toto dream dream somesome scientistsscientists say say DreamsDreams taketake upup 占据 占据 aboutabout oneone quarterquarter ofof ourour sleepingsleeping time time PeoplePeople havehave severalseveral dreamsdreams eacheach night night DreamsDreams areare likelike shortshort films films TheyThey areare usuallyusually inin colour colour SomeSome dreamsdreams areare likelike oldold films films TheyThey comecome toto usus overover andand overover again again ThatThat maymay bebe becausebecause thethe dreamerdreamer isis worryingworrying aboutabout something something DreamingDreaming maymay bebe a a wayway ofof tryingtrying toto findfind anan answer answer SomeSome peoplepeople getget newnew ideasideas aboutabout theirtheir workwork fromfrom dreams dreams TheyThey maymay 可能 可能 havehave beenbeen thinkingthinking aboutabout theirtheir workwork allall day day TheseThese thoughtsthoughts cancan carrycarry overover 携入 携入 intointo dreams dreams SometimesSometimes wewe wakewake upup withwith a a goodgood feelingfeeling fromfrom a a dream dream ButBut oftenoften wewe can tcan t rememberremember thethe dream dream DreamsDreams cancan disappeardisappear 消失消失 quicklyquickly fromfrom memorymemory 记忆记忆 TooToo muchmuch dreamingdreaming cancan bebe harmfulharmful 有害的有害的 TheThe moremore wewe sleep sleep thethe longerlonger wewe dream dream TheThe mindmind isis hardhard atat workwork whenwhen wewe dream dream ThatThat isis whywhy wewe maymay havehave a a longlong sleepsleep andand stillstill wakewake upup tired tired 1 1 ItIt maymay bebe lessless importantimportant toto sleepsleep thanthan to to A A thinkthink B B dreamdream C C workwork D D studystudy 2 2 DreamsDreams andand filmsfilms areare usuallyusually A A veryvery longlong B B inin colourcolour C C aboutabout workwork D D veryvery sadsad 3 3 WhyWhy dodo somesome peoplepeople oftenoften dreamdream aboutabout theirtheir work work A A BecauseBecause theythey areare tiredtired inin thethe daytime daytime B B BecauseBecause theythey areare notnot interestedinterested inin theirtheir work work C C BecauseBecause theythey maymay bebe thinkingthinking aboutabout theirtheir workwork allall day day D D BecauseBecause theythey havehave tootoo muchmuch workwork toto do do 4 4 TheThe mainmain ideaidea ofof thethe storystory isis thatthat A A whatwhat dreamdream isis B B peoplepeople likelike toto sleepsleep C C dreamsdreams areare likelike filmsfilms D D wewe alwaysalways rememberremember dreamsdreams 006006 A A FaithfulFaithful 忠实的 忠实的 DogDog MoreMore thanthan sevenseven hundredhundred yearsyears ago ago thethe PrincePrince ofof WalesWales hadhad a a veryvery bigbig andand bravebrave dogdog calledcalled Gelert Gelert OneOne dayday thethe PrincePrince wantedwanted toto gogo huntinghunting 打猎 打猎 withwith hishis men men HeHe toldtold hishis dogdog toto staystay atat homehome andand looklook afterafter hishis babybaby son son TheThe babybaby waswas inin a a woodenwooden cradlecradle 摇篮 摇篮 whichwhich waswas likelike a a smallsmall bed bed WhenWhen thethe PrincePrince camecame backback fromfrom hunting hunting GelertGelert ranran outout toto meetmeet hishis master master HeHe waggedwagged 摇 摇 hishis tailtail 尾巴 尾巴 andand jumpedjumped upup toto putput hishis pawspaws 手爪手爪 onon thethe Prince sPrince s chest chest ThenThen thethe PrincePrince sawsaw thethe bloodblood 血 血 onon Gelert sGelert s jawsjaws 颚 颚 andand head head What What havehave youyou done done thethe PrincePrince said said HeHe rushedrushed intointo hishis househouse andand lookedlooked forfor hishis babybaby son son TheThe cradlecradle waswas lyinglying onon itsits sideside onon thethe floor floor TheThe clothesclothes werewere torntorn andand therethere waswas bloodblood onon them them So So youyou havehave killedkilled mymy son son thethe PrincePrince saidsaid angrily angrily You You unfaithfulunfaithful dog dog HeHe tooktook outout hishis swordsword 剑 剑 andand killedkilled thethe dog dog JustJust asas GelertGelert waswas dying dying hehe managedmanaged 设法 设法 toto bark bark ThenThen thethe PrincePrince heardheard a a babybaby callcall toto thethe dog dog TheThe PrincePrince ranran outout ofof thethe househouse andand sawsaw hishis sonson lyinglying onon thethe groundground unhurtunhurt 没受伤 没受伤 NearNear himhim waswas a a deaddead wolf wolf ThenThen thethe PrincePrince knewknew thatthat GelertGelert hadhad defendeddefended 保卫 保卫 thethe babybaby andand killedkilled thethe wolf wolf TheThe PrincePrince ranran backback intointo thethe househouse butbut hehe waswas tootoo late late GelertGelert waswas dead dead TheThe PrincePrince waswas veryvery sadsad indeed indeed TearsTears ranran downdown hishis faceface whenwhen hehe realizedrealized he he hadhad killedkilled hishis faithfulfaithful friend friend TheThe PrincePrince carriedcarried thethe bodybody ofof hishis bravebrave dogdog toto thethe toptop ofof a a mountainmountain andand buriedburied 埋葬 埋葬 himhim there there AfterAfter this this thethe PrincePrince nevernever smiledsmiled again again EveryEvery morningmorning atat dawn dawn hehe walkedwalked upup thethe mountainmountain andand stoodstood byby thethe dog sdog s gravegrave forfor a a fewfew minutes minutes IfIf youyou gogo toto MountMount SnowdonSnowdon inin Wales Wales peoplepeople willwill showshow youyou wherewhere GelertGelert isis buried buried ThereThere isis a a signsign byby hishis grave grave ItIt remindsreminds peoplepeople ofof a a bravebrave andand faithfulfaithful dog dog 1 1 GelertGelert waswas thethe dogdog ofof thethe PrincePrince ofof A A ScotlandScotland B B EnglandEngland C C IrelandIreland D D WalesWales 2 2 TheThe PrincePrince toldtold thethe dogdog toto whenwhen hehe waswas leaving leaving A A watchwatc