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1、每周一测. 阅读理解ACompassion is a desire within us to help others. With effort, we can translate compassion into action. An experience last weekend showed me this is true. I work part-time in a supermarket across from a building for the elderly. These old people are our main customers, and its not hard to
2、lose patience over their slowness. But last Sunday, one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson. This untidy man walked up to my register(收款机)with a box of biscuits. He said he was out of cash, had just moved into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards. He asked if we could let him
3、 have the food on trust. He promised to repay me the next day.I couldnt help staring at him, I wondered what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years before, and what he would be like if luck had gone his way. I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul, all alone in the world, I told
4、 him that I was sorry, but store rules didnt allow me to do so. I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I valued my job.Just then, another man, standing behind the first, spoke up. If anything, he looked more pitiable(可怜的).“Charge it to me” was all he said.What I had been feeling was pity. Pity is
5、 soft and safe and easy. Compassion, on the other hand, is caring in action. I thanked the second man but told him that was not allowed either, then I reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself. I reached into my pocket because these two men had reached into my heart and taught me compa
6、ssion.1. The aged gentleman who wanted to buy the biscuits _.A. promised to obey the store rulesB. forgot to take any money with himC. hoped to have the food first and pay laterD. could not afford anything more expensive2. Which of the following best describes the old gentleman?A. Kind and lucky.B.
7、Poor and lonely.C. Friendly and helpful.D. Hurt and disappointed.3. The writer acted upon the store rules because _.A. he wanted to keep his present jobB. he felt no pity for the old gentlemanC. he considered the old man dishonestD. he expected someone else to pay for the old man4. What does the wri
8、ter learn from his experience?A. wealth is more important than anything else.B. Helping others is easier said than done.C. experience is better gained through practice.D. Obeying the rules means more than compassion.5. How would the old men feel at the end of the story?A. Sad and disappointed.B. Hap
9、py and lucky.C. Depressed and unlucky.D. Surprised and grateful.BWalk through the Amazon rainforest today and you will find it steamy, warm, damp and thick. But if you had been there around 15,000 years ago, during the last ice age, would it have been the same? For more than 30 years, scientists hav
10、e been arguing about how rainforests might have reacted to the cold, dry climate of the ice ages, but till now, no one has reached a satisfying answer.Rainforests like the Amazon are important for mopping up CO2 from the atmosphere and helping to solve global warming. Currently the trees in the Amaz
11、on take in around 500 million tons of CO2 each year: equal to the total amount of CO2 given off in the UK each year. But how will the Amazon react to the future climate change? If it gets drier, will it survive and continue to draw down CO2? Scientists hope that they will be able to learn in advance
12、 how the rainforest will manage in the future by understanding how rainforests reacted to climate change in the past.Unfortunately, collecting information is incredibly difficult. To study the past climate, scientists need to look at fossilized pollen(花粉) kept in lake mud, Going back to the last ice
13、 age means drilling down into lake sediments(沉淀物), which requires specialized equipment and heavy machinery. There are very few roads and paths, or places to land helicopters and aeroplanes. Rivers tend to be the easiest way to enter the forest, but this still leaves vast areas between the rivers co
14、mpletely unsampled(未取样). So far, only a handful of cores have been drilled that go back to the last ice age and none of them provide enough information to prove how the Amazon forest reacts to climate change.6. How do scientists study the past climate change?A. By predicting the climate change in th
15、e future.B. By drilling down deep into land sediments.C. By analyzing fossilized pollen in lake mud.D. By taking samples from rivers in the Amazon.7. Why is it difficult to collect information about the past climate change?A. Because scientists cant find proper equipment and machinery.B. Because it
16、is very difficult to obtain complete samples.C. Because helicopters and aeroplanes have no place to land.D. Because none of the cores provide any information.8. Where is the passage most probably taken from?A. A medical journal.B. A news report.C. A travel brochure.D. A science magazine.9. The best title for the tex
