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1、阅读理解训练题（五十六）AWhen I was younger, bedtime was always my favourite part of the day. Wearing soft pajamas and with Ian, my stuffed monkey, in my arms, I felt no pressure at all.I named Ian after my uncle when I compared Ians long arms and legs to his. One night I ran up to Uncle Ian at a family party a
2、nd told him I had named my monkey after him. His eyebrows wrinkled in confusion, then a chuckle（哈哈笑）escaped his lips. I guess he didnt understand how important it was to me.Even if Uncle Ian didnt think my monkey was special, I certainly did. I dressed him in a white baby nightgown. My mother though
3、t that Ian was the best-dressed stuffed animal in the world. Yes, he was certainly a fashionable creature. The strong cologne（科隆香水）I used on him years ago makes him still smell “pretty”.For a long time, Ian went everywhere with me. He was my best friend, and I told him everything. But when I turned
4、twelve, I realized I was too old for stuffed animals. I thought people would think I was babyish, so I put him in the cupboard with the rest of my teddy bears and dolls. I begged him to understand why I was doing this, but at the same time I longed to talk to him again.It took me several years to re
5、alize that it was OK to miss Ian. I know now that maturity（成熟）doesnt only mean growing up and taking on more responsibility. It also means holding on to your childhood and acting young sometimes.Ian has been with me since I was six years old holding him in my arms connects me to my past and my prese
6、nt as I continue to grow and understand myself.56Which of the following is not true according to the text?ABedtime used to be the writers favourite part of the day because of the stuffed monkey.BUncle Ian liked the stuffed monkey as much as the writer.CThe writer used to carry the monkey with her wh
7、erever she went.DYears later the writer realized that it was not wrong to miss Monkey Ian.57The writer loved Monkey Ian deeply because _.Ahe could understand her Bhe was a fashionable monkeyChe could talk with her Dhe was her most honest listener58We can learn from the text that the writer believes
8、_.Akeeping stuffed animals is babyishBmaturity doesnt mean growing up and taking on more responsibilityCone should keep to his childhood and act young sometimes even when he has grown upDhuman beings should be kind to animals59We can infer from the text that _.Athe writer is still a teenager Bthe wr
9、iter is now a middle-aged womanCMonkey Ian got angry for being left alone DUncle Ian has a monkey-like faceB“The Lord of the Rings”, one of the best sellers in the new millennium（千年）, was made up of three parts“The Fellowship of the Ring”, “Two Towers”, and “The Return of the King”. Millions upon mi
10、llions of people have read it in over 25 different languages, but fewer know about the author and the history of the composition of the creative materwork.John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in South Africa in 1892. His parents died when he was a child. Living in England with his aunt, Tolkien and hi
11、s cousins made up play languages, a hobby that led to Tolkiens becoming skilled in Welsh, Greek, Gothic, Old Norse and Anglo-Saxon.After graduating from Oxford, Tolkien served in World War I. In 1917, while recovering from trench fever, he began composing the mythology for The Rings. As a professor
12、of Anglo-Saxon in 1930s at Oxford, Tolkien was part of an informal discussion group called the Inklings, which included several writers. The group was soon listening to chapters of Tolkiens imaginative work “The Hobbit”.Hobbit was a name Tolkien created for a local people that could best be describe
13、d as half-sized members of the English rural（乡村的）class. Hobbits live in hillside holes. One of them, Bilbo Baggins, looks for treasures with a group of dwarves（侏儒）. On the way, he meets the twisted, pitiful creature Gollum, from whom he sees a golden ring that makes the holder invisible.One of Tolki
14、ens students persuaded her employer, publisher Allen & Unwin, to look at a draft（草稿）. The chairman of the firm, Stanley Unwin, thought that the best judge for a childrens book would be his ten-year-old son. The boy earned a shilling for reporting back that the adventure was exciting, and “The Hobbit
15、” was published in 1937.It sold so well that Unwin asked for a continuation. Over a dozen years later, in 1954, Tolkien produced “The Lord of the Rings”, a series of books so creative that they hold readersnew and old after their publication.60What can we learn from the text?A “The Lord of the Rings
16、” didnt sell well in the last millennium.BPeople know better about Tolkien himself than about his works.CTolkien was quite familiar with Old English.DTolkien knew very well about different kinds of local languages in Africa.61What can we learn about “Hobbit” that Tolkien created in his works?AHobbit was a race l
