六年级小升初英语年卡竞赛1第48讲阅读步步高

阅读步步高

Oneafternoon,Maryandherfive-year-oldbrotherTomwereyinghide-and-seekinthestreetjustoutsideapostoffice.

MaryhadshuthereyesandwascountinguptotenwhenTomfoundthatthesmalldoorofaletterboxwasleftopen.Thepostmanhadjusttakenallthelettersoutandgoneintothepostoffice.Tomclimbedintotheletterboxandpulledthedoorfromtheinsidesohardthatitlocked.Whenheknewwhathehaddone,hebecameveryfrightenedandstartedcrying.

AtthesametimeMarywaslookingforhimeverywherebutcouldnotfindhim.Thenshehappenedtostopoutsidetheletterboxandheardherbrothercryinginit.Sherantolthepostmanatonce.Themanhurriedouttounlockthedoor.Tomwas,buthecouldn’thelpcrying.

AmangoestochurchandstartstalkingtoGod.Hesays“God,whatisamilliondollarstoyou?”andGodsays“Apenny”.Thenthemansays“God,whatisamillionyearstoyou?”Godsays“asecond”.Thenthemansays“God,canIhaveapenny?”AndGodsays“Inasecond”.

Sudoku

The200-Year-OldPuzzle

Sudoku,thepopularpuzzlethatusesthenumbers1-9,mightnotbeverynew.Accordingtosomewebsites,SudokuisbasedontheworkofLeonardEuler,an18th-centurySwissmathematician.Eulercreated“LatinSquares”,agridinwhicheverynumberorsymbolappearsonceineachroworcolumn.

Inthe1970saseriesofpuzzlescalled“Numberce”appearedinapuzzlemagazinebyanAmericanpublisher.ThepuzzlesweresimilartoEuler’s“LatinSquares”:everynumbercouldbeusedonlyonceineachroworcolumn.In1984aJapanesepublishersawthepuzzlesandwasimpressed:hemadethemeasier,calledthem“Sudoku”(meaning“singlenumber”inJapanese)andpublishedtheminabook.Thepuzzles toappearintheAmericanmagazineandinJapanesebooks,butnobodyshowedmuchinterestinthem.

Thatbegantochangein1997whenWayneGould,aNewZealanderworkinginHongKong,sawaSudokubookinabookshopandwasfascinatedbyit.InOctober2004hepersuadedTheTimestopublishoneofthepuzzles.

Itwasaninstantsuccess…andnowyoucanfindSudokupuzzlesinmostBritishnewspapers,ontheInternet,andevenon phones.TherearealsomonthlySudokumagazinesandevenaSudokupuzzleonBBCRadio4’sTodayprogramme,wherethenumbersarereadaloud.

根据短文内容，选出正确答案

NumberpuzzleswerefirstprintedintheUnitedStates .

inthe1700s

inthe1970s

in1984

TheAmericanpublishercalledthepuzzles .

“Euler’sSquares”

“LatinSquares”

“Numberce”

WhenthepuzzlesfirstappearedinJapan,theywere .

notdifficultenough

notcalledSudokufirst

easierthantheAmericanpuzzles

Between1984and2004,thepuzzles .

becameverypopularintheUSA

becameverypopularinJapanC．existed,butwerenotverypopular

WayneGouldconvincedTheTimes .

topublishaSudokubook

tobuyaSudokubook

toincludeapuzzleinthepaper

测试题

JameswroteayforevisionaboutafamilywhocametoEnglandfrom,andtheywasveryinteresting.ItwasboughtbyanAmericanTV.

JameswastheninvitedtogotoNewYorktohelpthem.HelivedinWashington,whichisanhourawayfromNewYorkbyair.Thenewasgoingtotakeoffat8:30inthemorning.Sohehadtobeattheairportatabout7:30.Heorderedataxifor6:30andwenttosleep.Heforgottowindtheclock,anditstoppedaftermidnight.Alsothedriverofthetaxihadtoworkverylatethatnightandhegotupverylatethenextmorning.

Jameswokewiththefeelingthatsomethingwaswrong.Helookedathisclock.Itstoodtheresilentlywiththehandspointingtotenpasttwelve.Heturnedontheradioandknewitwasten.Hewaslateforthene.

Hewasjustpreparinghiscoffeewhentheradiosentoutanothernews,“ReportsarecominginofanecrashnearWashingtonairport.A707flytoNewYorkcrashedshortlyaftertakingoffthismorning.nenumber2234…”Jamessuddenlyturnedpale(苍白).

“Myne,”hesaidaloud.“IfIhaven’tbeenlate,“I’dhavebeenonthene!”

根据短文内容，判断各句是否符合短文意思，符合的划“√”，否则划“×”。

JameswasawriterfromEngland.

Hehadtoreachtheairportathalfpasteight.

Jameswouldliketotakeataxiatsixthirty.

Thedrivercametopickhimupontime.

Whenheturnedontheradioheheardth