[故事型阅读理解]

　　(限时：25分钟)A

　　I still remember—my hands and my fingers still remember—what used to lie in store for us on our return to school from the holidays. The trees in the school yard would be in full leaf again and the old leaves would be lying around like a muddy sea of leaves.

　　“Get that all swept up！” the headmaster would tell us. “I want the whole place cleaned up, at once！” There was to last over a week. Especially since the only tools with which we were provided were our hands, our fingers, our nails. “Now see that it's done properly, and be quick about it，” the headmaster would say to the older pupils, “or you'll have to answer for it！”om the older boys we would all line up like peanuts about to cut and gather in crops. If the work was not going as quickly as the headmaster expected, the big boys, instead of giving us a helping hand, used to beat us with branches pulled from the trees. In order to avoid these blows, we used to bribe(贿赂) the older boys with the juicy cakes we used to bring for our midday meal.

　　And if we happened to have any money on us, the coins changed hands at once. If we did not do this, if we were afraid of going home with an empty stomach or an empty purse, the blows were redoubled. They hit us so violently and with such evil enjoyment that even a deaf and dumb person would have realized that we were being whipped not so much to make us work harder, but rather to beat us into a state of obedience(服从) in which we would be only too glad to give up our food and money.

　　Occasionally one of us, worn out by such calculated cruelty, would have the courage to complain to the headmaster. He would of course be very angry, but the punishment he gave the older boys was always very small—nothing compared to what they had done to us. And the fact is that however much we complained, our situation did not improve in the slightest. Perhaps we should have let our parents know what was going on, but somehow we never dreamed of doing so; I don't know whether it was loyalty or pride that kept us silent, but I can see now that we were foolish to keep quiet about it, for such beating is completely foreign to our nature.

　　1. The statement “my hands and my fingers still remember” (Para.1) means that “________”．the author's hands were severely injured in the cleaning up

　　B．the author seldom did such hard work as the cleaning up

　　C．the author was bullied by the big boys in the cleaning up

　　D．the author's hands were his only tool for the cleaning

　　2. The headmaster would tell the students to clean up the school yard at the beginning of the term because________．he was too lazy

　　B．there were many fallen leaves on the ground

　　C．the school yard was covered with mud

　　D．the students didn't finish their homework

　　3. The headmaster asked the older boys to________．beat those who worked slowly

　　B．treat the small boys as peanuts

　　C．take charge of the process of the cleaning

　　D．do the cleaning all by themselves

　　4. According to Para.3, if the author had any money on him, he most probably________．gave it to the big boys so as to please them

　　B．gave it as a bribe to the headmaster

　　C．spent it all on his midday meal

　　D．spent it buying midday meals for the big boys

　　5. When receiving complaints, the headmaster would deal with the big boys by means of ________．slight punishment

　　B．harsh criticism

　　C．complete indifference

　　D．good beating

　　B

　　The 30 miles of steep roads that snake through the mountains of Logan Canyon in Utah are enough to make most drivers' hands sweat. But Andersen, a 46-year-old father of four, wasn't expecting any trouble on the road last New Year's Eve, when he set off for a ski trip to the Bear River Mountains with nine-year?old daughter Mia, four-year-old son Baylor, and nine-year-old neighbour Kenya. Andersen had driven through the Canyon hundreds of times over the years.

　　The weather was fine，but the higher they drove, the more slippery the roads became. Rounding a sharp U-turn at mile marker 473, Andersen saw a truck that had skated off the road and immediately tapped his brakes. In an instant, the car was sliding at 25 miles per hour towards the shoulder of the highway, then rolling down a steep ten-foot dam towards the extremely cold Logan River. As it hit the water, the car tipped towards the passenger side, hesitated, and then rolled onto its roof and sank into the river.

　　There was no time to tell the kids what to do. The crash had broken a few windows, and within seconds, the upside-down car was filled with water. “It was frightening how fast we were completely underwater，” remembers Andersen, a soft-spoken product development manager. “You're thinking, is this how it's all going to end？”Andersen began to search the freezing water for the kids. Mia had been right next to him in the front seat; now, in the blackness, he couldn't find her. I thought，“If I don't get out, maybe none of us are going to get out.” Andersen got out of his seat belt, swam through a broken window, and, deeply and quickly, breathed air at the surface. That's when he saw a group of men, about ten in all, appear at the top of the dam. One after another, they raced down into the water. Helping onto safety all the three children, they began to shout at the father, “Who else is in the car？” Andersen says respectfully, “It_was_like_the_sight_of_angels_(天使). ”

　　1. What might be the main reason for the car accident?

　　A．The sharp U-turn.

　　B．The steep dam.

　　C．The sudden brake.

　　D．A truck hitting the car.

　　2. Andersen didn't expect any trouble on the road because ________．he was familiar with the road

　　B．he was good at driving

　　C．his hands didn't have sweat

　　D．the weather was fine

　　3. What can be learned from the last paragraph?

　　A．Andersen lost conciousness in the water.

　　B．Strangers helped Andersen out of the car.

　　C．Andersen liked Mia most among the children.

　　D．Strangers teamed together to save the three children.

　　4. The underlined sentence is to express Andersen's feeling of being________．tired

　　B．excited

　　C．doubtful

　　D．grateful

　　5. Which of the following can be the best title of the text?

　　A．Stay calm when in trouble

　　B．Drive rounding a U-turn

　　C．Miracle rescue from an icy river

　　D．Mystery of the Bear River Mountains

　　C

　　Detective Keeling took his client—a good-looking lady into the back yard of the store together. The lady opened a door in the wall and they entered the small room behind the store. They crossed the room to a locked door.

　　Mr Keeling took some special keys from his pocket. Moments later, one of the keys unlocked the door. The lady went into the store. She said she would hide under the table to keep watch on her husband. Mr Keeling did not follow her.

　　The detective went quickly to the policeman's house. Then the two men hurried to the jewellery store. They looked through the window. The policeman was surprised. He spoke to Mr Keeling，“I don't understand. You told me, ‘Robbins took a young woman to a restaurant.’ Where is she？”！” said Mr Keeling. He pointed through the window.？” asked the policeman.，” said Mr Keeling. You're wrong! That's Robbins' wife，” said the policeman. “I've known her for fifteen years.”？” the detective shouted. His face became pale. “Who is under the table in the store？”He started to kick the door of the jewellery store.

　　Mr Robbins came to the door and opened it. The policeman and the detective ran into the store.

　　“Look under that table！” shouted the detective. “Be quick！”a black veil and a woman's wig(假发)．？” Mr Keeling asked the jeweller. He pointed at the woman. She is my wife！” said Mr Robbins angrily. “Why did you kick my door? Why are those clothes under my table？”Mr Robbins，” the policeman said. “Is anything missing？”Mr Keeling was sitting in his office. He was looking through a big book of photographs. They were photographs of criminals. The policeman had brought the book to the detective's office. Suddenly, Mr Keeling stopped turning the pages. He looked at a picture of a handsome young man with a familiar face.

　　The next morning, Mr Keeling paid the jeweller $800, then closed his office.

　　1. At the beginning, the lady was able to go into the jewellery store because ________．she went to the back yard and found the way

　　B．she was the owner of the store and had the key

　　C．two men helped her together to enter the store

　　D．Mr Keeling unlocked the back door to the store

　　2. The young lady who stayed with Mr Robbins in the jewellery store was actually ________．Mr Robbins' sister

　　B．Mr Robbins' secret friend

　　C．Mr Robbins' wife

　　D．a clever thief

　　3. It can be inferred from the passage that Mr Keeling cooperated with his client ________．so that he could get some jewellery from the store

　　B．because he thought he was helping the lady

　　C．because he wanted to play a joke on Mr Robbins

　　D．so that he could get a job as a policeman

　　4. According to the story, ________．the boss of the store cheated $800 from Mr Keeling

　　B．the thief stole $800 from the jewellery store

　　C．the policeman and Mr Robbins would share the $800

　　D．Mr Keeling paid $800 to the store because of his fault

　　5. The missing jewellery worth$800 was in fact taken away by ________．a young woman

　　B．a young man

　　C．a detective

　　D．a policeman

　　专题限时训练(十三)【要点综述】 本文为记叙文。文中作者回忆了早年读书期间，假期返校清除落叶的一段经历。　作者一开始用了两个remember表明他对假期返校要清除落叶一事记忆深刻。第二段提到自己在为学校清除落叶时没有别的工具，唯一的工具就是手，由此可推断“手和指尖都记得”是因为在大扫除中，作者的手作为唯一的清洁工具受了不少的罪。　第一段最B项。　 第二段最后一句，特别是其中的see，表明校长让大孩子们做大扫除的“监工”，负责带领其他孩子们把学校打扫干净。这也可以从该句的“…or you'll have to answer for it！(否则你们就要为此负责)”看出答案。　第三段第四句中的“…the coins changed hands at once.”可理解为“钱马上就会易主”，即钱到了大孩子们的口袋里。　 根据题干中的complaints可定位到最后一段开头两句。该段第二句表明校长对大孩子们的惩罚很轻，因此本题应选A项。【要点综述】 本文主要介绍了Andersen开车带三个孩子上盘山公路时遭遇车祸并死里逃生的故事。　由第二段第二句“Rounding a sharp U-turn at mile marker 473, Andersen saw a truck that had skated off the road and immediately tapped his brakes.”可知是急刹车导致了这一次事故。　由第一段最后一句“Andersen had driven through the Canyon hundreds of times over the years.”可知Andersen在Canyon山路上开了成百上千次车，所以，他应该是对这条路非常熟悉。　由最后一段“That's when he saw a group of men, about ten in all, appear at the top of the dam.One after another, they raced down into the water.Helping onto safety all the three children…”可知，陌生人成群　由最后一句话中Andersen把他们比喻成天使，可知他应该对营救他们的人心存感激。　纵观全文可知本文主要介绍了在冰河中，大家营救车祸中的三个孩子和一位父亲的故事，故C项为最佳选项。【要点综述】 本文主要介绍了一个侦探误把一个小偷当成了珠宝商的妻子带进了珠宝店，从而导致珠宝丢失的故事。　Mr Keeling took some special keys from his pocket.Moments later, one of the keys unlocked the door.The lady went into the store.”可知这位“女士”能进入珠宝店是因为这个侦探打开了后门。　由文中的“‘No! You're wrong! That's Robbins' wife，’” said the policeman.‘I've known her for fifteen years.’”以及“‘Yes! She is my wife！’ said Mr Robbins angrily.”可知这位年轻的女士是Robbins先生的妻子。　由第二段第四句“She said she would hide under the table to keep watch on her husband.”可知这位侦探一开始以为自己在帮这位女士抓她有外遇的丈夫。　由本文最后一段“The next morning, Mr Keeling paid the jeweller $800, then closed his office.”可知Keeling先生由于自己的过错付了800美元给珠宝商。B　由倒数第二段最后一句“He looked at a picture of a handsome young man with a familiar face.”可知价值800美元的珠宝是被一个年轻的男人偷走了。

　　　[故事型阅读理解]

　　(限时：25分钟)A

　　I still remember—my hands and my fingers still remember—what used to lie in store for us on our return to school from the holidays. The trees in the school yard would be in full leaf again and the old leaves would be lying around like a muddy sea of leaves.

　　“Get that all swept up！” the headmaster would tell us. “I want the whole place cleaned up, at once！” There was to last over a week. Especially since the only tools with which we were provided were our hands, our fingers, our nails. “Now see that it's done properly, and be quick about it，” the headmaster would say to the older pupils, “or you'll have to answer for it！”om the older boys we would all line up like peanuts about to cut and gather in crops. If the work was not going as quickly as the headmaster expected, the big boys, instead of giving us a helping hand, used to beat us with branches pulled from the trees. In order to avoid these blows, we used to bribe(贿赂) the older boys with the juicy cakes we used to bring for our midday meal.

　　And if we happened to have any money on us, the coins changed hands at once. If we did not do this, if we were afraid of going home with an empty stomach or an empty purse, the blows were redoubled. They hit us so violently and with such evil enjoyment that even a deaf and dumb person would have realized that we were being whipped not so much to make us work harder, but rather to beat us into a state of obedience(服从) in which we would be only too glad to give up our food and money.

　　Occasionally one of us, worn out by such calculated cruelty, would have the courage to complain to the headmaster. He would of course be very angry, but the punishment he gave the older boys was always very small—nothing compared to what they had done to us. And the fact is that however much we complained, our situation did not improve in the slightest. Perhaps we should have let our parents know what was going on, but somehow we never dreamed of doing so; I don't know whether it was loyalty or pride that kept us silent, but I can see now that we were foolish to keep quiet about it, for such beating is completely foreign to our nature.

　　1. The statement “my hands and my fingers still remember” (Para.1) means that “________”．the author's hands were severely injured in the cleaning up

　　B．the author seldom did such hard work as the cleaning up

　　C．the author was bullied by the big boys in the cleaning up

　　D．the author's hands were his only tool for the cleaning

　　2. The headmaster would tell the students to clean up the school yard at the beginning of the term because________．he was too lazy

　　B．there were many fallen leaves on the ground

　　C．the school yard was covered with mud

　　D．the students didn't finish their homework

　　3. The headmaster asked the older boys to________．beat those who worked slowly

　　B．treat the small boys as peanuts

　　C．take charge of the process of the cleaning

　　D．do the cleaning all by themselves

　　4. According to Para.3, if the author had any money on him, he most probably________．gave it to the big boys so as to please them

　　B．gave it as a bribe to the headmaster

　　C．spent it all on his midday meal

　　D．spent it buying midday meals for the big boys

　　5. When receiving complaints, the headmaster would deal with the big boys by means of ________．slight punishment

　　B．harsh criticism

　　C．complete indifference

　　D．good beating

　　B

　　The 30 miles of steep roads that snake through the mountains of Logan Canyon in Utah are enough to make most drivers' hands sweat. But Andersen, a 46-year-old father of four, wasn't expecting any trouble on the road last New Year's Eve, when he set off for a ski trip to the Bear River Mountains with nine-year?old daughter Mia, four-year-old son Baylor, and nine-year-old neighbour Kenya. Andersen had driven through the Canyon hundreds of times over the years.

　　The weather was fine，but the higher they drove, the more slippery the roads became. Rounding a sharp U-turn at mile marker 473, Andersen saw a truck that had skated off the road and immediately tapped his brakes. In an instant, the car was sliding at 25 miles per hour towards the shoulder of the highway, then rolling down a steep ten-foot dam towards the extremely cold Logan River. As it hit the water, the car tipped towards the passenger side, hesitated, and then rolled onto its roof and sank into the river.

　　There was no time to tell the kids what to do. The crash had broken a few windows, and within seconds, the upside-down car was filled with water. “It was frightening how fast we were completely underwater，” remembers Andersen, a soft-spoken product development manager. “You're thinking, is this how it's all going to end？”Andersen began to search the freezing water for the kids. Mia had been right next to him in the front seat; now, in the blackness, he couldn't find her. I thought，“If I don't get out, maybe none of us are going to get out.” Andersen got out of his seat belt, swam through a broken window, and, deeply and quickly, breathed air at the surface. That's when he saw a group of men, about ten in all, appear at the top of the dam. One after another, they raced down into the water. Helping onto safety all the three children, they began to shout at the father, “Who else is in the car？” Andersen says respectfully, “It_was_like_the_sight_of_angels_(天使). ”

　　1. What might be the main reason for the car accident?

　　A．The sharp U-turn.

　　B．The steep dam.

　　C．The sudden brake.

　　D．A truck hitting the car.

　　2. Andersen didn't expect any trouble on the road because ________．he was familiar with the road

　　B．he was good at driving

　　C．his hands didn't have sweat

　　D．the weather was fine

　　3. What can be learned from the last paragraph?

　　A．Andersen lost conciousness in the water.

　　B．Strangers helped Andersen out of the car.

　　C．Andersen liked Mia most among the children.

　　D．Strangers teamed together to save the three children.

　　4. The underlined sentence is to express Andersen's feeling of being________．tired

　　B．excited

　　C．doubtful

　　D．grateful

　　5. Which of the following can be the best title of the text?

　　A．Stay calm when in trouble

　　B．Drive rounding a U-turn

　　C．Miracle rescue from an icy river

　　D．Mystery of the Bear River Mountains

　　C

　　Detective Keeling took his client—a good-looking lady into the back yard of the store together. The lady opened a door in the wall and they entered the small room behind the store. They crossed the room to a locked door.

　　Mr Keeling took some special keys from his pocket. Moments later, one of the keys unlocked the door. The lady went into the store. She said she would hide under the table to keep watch on her husband. Mr Keeling did not follow her.

　　The detective went quickly to the policeman's house. Then the two men hurried to the jewellery store. They looked through the window. The policeman was surprised. He spoke to Mr Keeling，“I don't understand. You told me, ‘Robbins took a young woman to a restaurant.’ Where is she？”！” said Mr Keeling. He pointed through the window.？” asked the policeman.，” said Mr Keeling. You're wrong! That's Robbins' wife，” said the policeman. “I've known her for fifteen years.”？” the detective shouted. His face became pale. “Who is under the table in the store？”He started to kick the door of the jewellery store.

　　Mr Robbins came to the door and opened it. The policeman and the detective ran into the store.

　　“Look under that table！” shouted the detective. “Be quick！”a black veil and a woman's wig(假发)．？” Mr Keeling asked the jeweller. He pointed at the woman. She is my wife！” said Mr Robbins angrily. “Why did you kick my door? Why are those clothes under my table？”Mr Robbins，” the policeman said. “Is anything missing？”Mr Keeling was sitting in his office. He was looking through a big book of photographs. They were photographs of criminals. The policeman had brought the book to the detective's office. Suddenly, Mr Keeling stopped turning the pages. He looked at a picture of a handsome young man with a familiar face.

　　The next morning, Mr Keeling paid the jeweller $800, then closed his office.

　　1. At the beginning, the lady was able to go into the jewellery store because ________．she went to the back yard and found the way

　　B．she was the owner of the store and had the key

　　C．two men helped her together to enter the store

　　D．Mr Keeling unlocked the back door to the store

　　2. The young lady who stayed with Mr Robbins in the jewellery store was actually ________．Mr Robbins' sister

　　B．Mr Robbins' secret friend

　　C．Mr Robbins' wife

　　D．a clever thief

　　3. It can be inferred from the passage that Mr Keeling cooperated with his client ________．so that he could get some jewellery from the store

　　B．because he thought he was helping the lady

　　C．because he wanted to play a joke on Mr Robbins

　　D．so that he could get a job as a policeman

　　4. According to the story, ________．the boss of the store cheated $800 from Mr Keeling

　　B．the thief stole $800 from the jewellery store

　　C．the policeman and Mr Robbins would share the $800

　　D．Mr Keeling paid $800 to the store because of his fault

　　5. The missing jewellery worth$800 was in fact taken away by ________．a young woman

　　B．a young man

　　C．a detective

　　D．a policeman

　　专题限时训练(十三)【要点综述】 本文为记叙文。文中作者回忆了早年读书期间，假期返校清除落叶的一段经历。　作者一开始用了两个remember表明他对假期返校要清除落叶一事记忆深刻。第二段提到自己在为学校清除落叶时没有别的工具，唯一的工具就是手，由此可推断“手和指尖都记得”是因为在大扫除中，作者的手作为唯一的清洁工具受了不少的罪。　第一段最B项。　 第二段最后一句，特别是其中的see，表明校长让大孩子们做大扫除的“监工”，负责带领其他孩子们把学校打扫干净。这也可以从该句的“…or you'll have to answer for it！(否则你们就要为此负责)”看出答案。　第三段第四句中的“…the coins changed hands at once.”可理解为“钱马上就会易主”，即钱到了大孩子们的口袋里。　 根据题干中的complaints可定位到最后一段开头两句。该段第二句表明校长对大孩子们的惩罚很轻，因此本题应选A项。【要点综述】 本文主要介绍了Andersen开车带三个孩子上盘山公路时遭遇车祸并死里逃生的故事。　由第二段第二句“Rounding a sharp U-turn at mile marker 473, Andersen saw a truck that had skated off the road and immediately tapped his brakes.”可知是急刹车导致了这一次事故。　由第一段最后一句“Andersen had driven through the Canyon hundreds of times over the years.”可知Andersen在Canyon山路上开了成百上千次车，所以，他应该是对这条路非常熟悉。　由最后一段“That's when he saw a group of men, about ten in all, appear at the top of the dam.One after another, they raced down into the water.Helping onto safety all the three children…”可知，陌生人成群　由最后一句话中Andersen把他们比喻成天使，可知他应该对营救他们的人心存感激。　纵观全文可知本文主要介绍了在冰河中，大家营救车祸中的三个孩子和一位父亲的故事，故C项为最佳选项。【要点综述】 本文主要介绍了一个侦探误把一个小偷当成了珠宝商的妻子带进了珠宝店，从而导致珠宝丢失的故事。　Mr Keeling took some special keys from his pocket.Moments later, one of the keys unlocked the door.The lady went into the store.”可知这位“女士”能进入珠宝店是因为这个侦探打开了后门。　由文中的“‘No! You're wrong! That's Robbins' wife，’” said the policeman.‘I've known her for fifteen years.’”以及“‘Yes! She is my wife！’ said Mr Robbins angrily.”可知这位年轻的女士是Robbins先生的妻子。　由第二段第四句“She said she would hide under the table to keep watch on her husband.”可知这位侦探一开始以为自己在帮这位女士抓她有外遇的丈夫。　由本文最后一段“The next morning, Mr Keeling paid the jeweller $800, then closed his office.”可知Keeling先生由于自己的过错付了800美元给珠宝商。B　由倒数第二段最后一句“He looked at a picture of a handsome young man with a familiar face.”可知价值800美元的珠宝是被一个年轻的男人偷走了。