阅读练习 (2)

1、阅读练习（一）Mr Young worked in a factory .One day he broke an important part of a machine and was sent away .He couldnt find any work any longer. He had to roam(流浪)here and there . One day when he was walking by a river , an Englishman fell into it and the water would nearly wash him away . In the time o

2、f danger , Mr Young jumped into the river and saved him. The Englishman thanked him very much and took him to England and helped him find a job in London . A few years later, he could speak English but could neither read nor write . It brought him a lot of difficulties. He decided to learn reading a

3、nd writing . He found an Englishwoman lived next to him . He came to the old woman and asked her to teach him .“All right , young man .” said the old woman . Then she brought out a pencil and an exercise-book and wrote A,B,C,D on it . Pointing to A, the woman said , “Its A.” “How can I know its A?”

4、Mr Young asked . The woman didnt know how to answer .She had to say, “Its A. And its B.” “How can I know its B?” he asked again .The old woman didnt answer . She thought for a while and began to pull him by the ear.“Ah, my ear .” the young man called out. “How do you know its an ear?”“Everyone knows

5、 its an ear.” “All right ,” the old woman said with a smile , “Everyone knows its B.Lets go on!”( ) 1 Mr Young was sent away because A he knew little EnglishB he was very lazyC he had broken an important part of a machineD he didnt listen to anybody ( )2 Mr Young roamed here and there to .A find a h

6、ouse to live in B find another piece of work C find something to eat D learn something useful( )3 The Englishman helped Mr Young to find work in London because . A it was easy to do it there B the man paid a lot for it C the man was able to do everything D Mr Young had saved him before ( ) 4 Mr Youn

7、g could neither read nor write because . A he came from a poor country B he was too busy to learn everything C he hadnt learn English in his country D he hadnt been in school when he was young ( )5 For the old woman , Mr Youngs question was . A too strange to answer B necessary to answer C so easy t

8、hat everyone could answer D so difficult that nobody could answer (二)She got married(结婚) in 1914 to a pliot and they had one daughter. During the First World(战争)，when she was working as a nurse ,she began to write detective novels （侦探小说）.In the hospital , she learned a lot about drugs ,and she used

9、these in her novels.She wrote her first novel in 1920. The hero(主人公) was a detective , Hercules Point. The book soon because a best-seller and made her famous.In 1928, Agatha Christie was lost . The police found her two weeks later . She didnt know anything . This was front page news in all the news

10、papers in Britain, and even today nobody knows what happened to her during those two weeks.In 1929, Agatha Christie went on holiday to the Middle East .She came home to England in 1930.After that ,she traveled with her husband to the Middle East many times, and a lot of her later stories took place

11、there , for example , Murder On The Nile . She also wrote the detective in the West End of London in 1952, and still on later.During her life she wrote nearly eithty detective stories. She also wrote other novels under the pen name of May Westmacott. She died in January 1976 at the age of eighty-six

12、 .Agatha Christies detective novels are famous for their surpring endings.( )1 Christie began to write detective novels . A in 1914 B during World War I C at home D since she married( )2 What may the word “drugs” here mean ? A枪械B 药品C浪漫 D推理( )3 Why was Christie lost for two weeks in 1928? A Because she was ill B Because she got married C Because she wanted to write novels herself. D Nobody knows.( ) 4 Who is Mary Westmacott? A Christies husband B Christie herself C A detective D A