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1、阅读理解阅读理解 They were just grasshoppers(蚂蚱). But there were millions of them, which was why dad was so anxious to get rid of them. “Theyre totally destroying our beans, ”he told Mom over lunchtime one Saturday. “Ive been trying to keep them out of the tomatoes, but I dont know if I can make it. ” “Isnt
2、 there something you can do about them? ”Mom asked. She was mostly concerned about the tomatoes. “I think theres a spray(喷雾)or something, ”Dad said. “Im going down to the garden center after lunch and see if they have any suggestions. ” Im pretty sure thats what he said. But what I heard was, “While
3、 Im gone, why dont you and George come up with your own plan for getting rid of the grasshoppers? ” And so thats what we did. It was the summer between fifth and sixth grade, so we were feeling pretty clever and mature. Certainly we knew how to get rid of these grasshoppers. That seemed simple enoug
4、h. Finally Ron and Don joined us but then, things got a little crazy. Before we knew it we were doing terrible experiments. I wont describe our experiments. Lets just call it“The Adventures of the Marquis de Orkin”. Dad came home and saw these different deaths. We were laughing, but the laughter qui
5、ckly turned to silence when we saw the look on my Dads face. “What are you boys doing? ”he asked. “Were just sort of helping to get rid of the grasshoppers, ”I said. “This isnt getting rid of grasshoppers, ”Dad said. “This is killing. ” I was confused. I looked at the insecticide he was carrying. “B
6、ut arent you going to kill grasshoppers with that? ”I asked. “Yes, because its something we need to do for the protection of our garden, ”he said seriously. “But Im not going to enjoy it. ” 【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。作者家的菜园遭到蚂蚱的破坏, 天真的作者想帮助父亲除 掉蚂蚱, 不想他和同伴使用的方法让父亲很生气, 父亲告诫他们: 不能杀生取乐, 要学会仁慈。 1. It can be inferred
7、 from the text that . A. the tomatoes in the garden were badly damaged by grasshoppers B. the father was advised to get rid of grasshoppers with insecticide C. the father asked the author to help catch grasshoppers D. the authors way of treating grasshoppers was interesting 【解析】选 B。推理判断题。由文章第三段中提到的父
8、亲午饭后要去花卉商店寻求帮助以及 倒数第二段中的 I looked at the insecticide he was carrying. 可知, 花卉商店建议父亲使用杀虫 剂。故选 B 项。 2. The underlined sentence“And so thats what we did. ”means that . A. we killed the grasshoppers for fun B. we carried out an experiment on the grasshoppers C. we thought of a way to deal with the grassh
9、oppers D. we were clever enough to get rid of the grasshoppers 【解析】选 C。推理判断题。在上一段中提到作者认为父亲的言外之意是让作者想办法除掉 蚂蚱, 因此此句承接上文, 指“我们就是那样做了”, 即“我们自己想出了除掉蚂蚱的办法”。 3. How did the authors father feel when he saw what the children were doing? A. Angry. B. Confused. C. Satisfied. D. Fearful. 【解析】选 A。推理判断题。由文章第五段中的最
10、后一句 We were laughing, but the laughter quickly turned to silence when we saw the look on my Dads face. 以及文章最后一句 But Im not going to enjoy it. 可知父亲看到孩子们残杀蚂蚱取乐很生气。 4. In which magazine would you most probably find this passage? A. American Laboratory. B. Accounts of Chemical Research. C. Readers Diges
11、t. D. Technology. 【解析】选 C。文章出处题。本文的主题是“仁慈, 不杀生取乐”。此类题材的文章最有可能来 自读者文摘这样的期刊。 阅读理解。 Cars are an important part of life in the United States. Without a car most people feel that they are poor. And even if a person is poor he doesnt feel really poor when he has a car. Henry Ford was the man who first sta
12、rted making cars in large numbers. He probably didnt know how much the car was going to change American culture. The car made the United States a nation on wheels. And it helped make the United States what it is today. There are three main reasons why the car became so popular in the United States F
13、irst of all the country is a big one and Americans like to move around it. The car makes the travel the most comfortable and cheapest. With a car people can go to any place without spending a lot of money. The second reason cars are popular is the fact that the United States never really developed a
14、 practical and cheap public travel system. Long distance trains have never been as common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world. Now there is a good system of air- service provided by planes. But it is too expensive to be used often. The third reason is the most important one,
15、 though. The American spirit of independence is what really made cars popular. Americans dont like waiting for a bus, or a train or even a plane. They dont like to have to follow an exact timetable. A car gives them the freedom to plan their own time. And this is the freedom that Americans want most
16、 to have. Less oil has caused a big problem for Americans. But the answer will not be a bigger system of public transportation. The real answer will have to be a new kind of car, one that does not use so much oil. 1.Which of the following statements is TRUE? A In the United States even the poor own cars. B In the United States all the poor have no cars. C When an American has a car, he will never be poor. D An American will feel poor unless he has a car. 2.We
