0490《大学英语一》阅读理解复习题 Passage 1 All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy, happy and help them to live longer. Sports change with the season. People play different games in winter and summer. Games and sports often grow out of people's work and everyday activities. The Arabs use horses or camels in much of their everyday life; they use them in their sports, too. Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them. Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers. Some sports or games go back to thousands of years ago, like running or jumping. Chinese boxing, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. People are inventing new sports or games all the time. People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game they often become good friends. Sports help to train a person's character. One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace. 1. According to this passage we know that people began to play about one hundred years ago. A.T B. F 2. The writer didn't tell us in this passage that basketball was invented in America. A.T B. F 3. People all over the world enjoy sports because sports are interesting. A.T B. F 4. From this passage we can see that according to the author sports and games are significant to our life in many respects. A.T B. F 5. The writer's attitude towards sports is positive. A.T B. F Passage 2 The French Revolution broke out in 1789. At the time France was in a crisis. The government was badly run and people’s lives were miserable. King Louis XIV tried to control the national parliament and raise more taxes. But his effort failed. He ordered his troops to Versailles. The people thought that Louis intended to put down the Revolution by force. On July 14, 1789, they stormed and took the Bastille, where political prisoners were kept. Ever since that day, July 14 has been the French National Day. Louis tried to flee the country in 1792 to get support from Austria and Prussia. However, he was caught and put in prison. In September 1792, the monarchy was abolished. In the same year, Louis was executed. A few months later his wife, Marie also had her head cut off. The Revolution of France had frightened the other kings of Europe. Armies from Austria and Prussia began to march against France. The French raised republican armies to defend the nation. The Revolution went through a period of terror. Thousands of people lost their lives. In the end, power passed to Napoleon Bonaparte. (190 words) 6. What’s this passage about? A. France. B. King Louis. C. The French Revolution. D. Europe. 7. Which did not happen in 1789? A. The French Revolution broke out. B. The national economy was developing rapidly. C. The government wasn’t well run. D. King Louis XIV was in power. 8. Where were the political prisoners kept? A. In Versailles. B. In Austria. C. In Prussia. D. In Bastille. 9. What does the underlined word “abolished” mean? A. Put off. B. Established. C. United. D. Ended. 10. What was NOT the effect of the Revolution? A. July 14 has become the French National Day. B. It brought some impact on the other European kings. C. Louis’s wife, Marie was killed. D. The king tried to control the national parliament. Passage 3 There was once an ant that was very thirsty. It ran here and there looking for some water but could not find any. Then suddenly, when the ant was almost ready to die of thirst, a large drop of water fell on it. The ant drank the water, which saved its life. The water was actually a tear from a young girl who was crying. Because of her sadness, the tear had magical qualities and suddenly the ant could speak the language of human beings. The ant looked up and saw the young girl sitting in front of a huge pile of seeds. "Why are you sad?" asked the ant. "I'm the prisoner of a giant." the girl told the ant. "He won't let me go until I've made three separate heaps of grain, barley（大麦）and rye（黑麦）out of this huge pile of seeds in which they are all mixed together." "That will take you a month!" the ant said, looking at the huge pile of seeds. "I know," the girl cried, "and if I haven't finished by tomorrow, the giant will eat me for his supper!" "Don't cry," the ant said, "my friends and I will help you." Soon thousands of ants were at work, separating the three kinds of seeds. The next morning, when the giant saw that the work had been done, he let the girl go. Thus it was one of her tears that saved her life. 11. The ant was playing when it ran here and there. A. T B. F 12. The drop of water fell on the ant when it was nearly dying. A. T B. F 13. The young girl was crying because she wanted to have supper. A.T B. F 14. The giant would eat the girl if she failed to do the work. A. T B. F 15.The ant's friends saved the girl's life. A. T B. F Passage 4 Mr. Young ran his own business and worked very hard. His wife was afraid that he would get sick if he continued like that, so she often tried to get him to take a vacation. At last she managed to persuade him to do so, and she hoped that he would be able to enjoy his vacation without any disturbance, so before they left, Mrs. Young went to see her husband’ s secretary. She said to her, ‘My husband needs a vacation very much, so whatever happens, please don’t bother him with telegrams and letters about business problems while we’re away. Just wait till we get back. After Mr. and Mrs. Young had been away about a week, Mr. Young received a letter from his secretary which said, ‘Something terrible happened to your business, but I’m not going to bother you with it while you’re enjoying your vacation.’ 16. What did Mr. Young do? A. He was an office worker. B. He was a company manager. C. He was owner of a private business. D. He was a school principal. 17. What was Mrs. Young worried about? A. Her husband’s business. B. Her husband’s health. C. Her husband’s relation with his secretary. D. Her husband’s authority(权威) in the company. 18. What was Mrs. Young afraid of ? A. That her husband’s vacation might be spoilt(破坏). B. That her husband wouldn’t like to take a vacation. C. That something terrible might happen to the business. D. That her husband would have a plan of his own. 19. Why didn’t the secretary explain in her letter what had happened to Mr Young’s business? A. Because she wanted Mr. Young to guess what it was. B. Because she forgot to mention it. C. Because she was afraid that the letter would be read by Mrs. Young. D. Because she didn’t want to spoil Mr. Young’s vacation. 20. What can you learn from the story? A. Mr. Young was an intelligent businessman. B. Mr. Young had a stupid secretary. C. Mrs. young was a considerate wife. D. Mrs. Young was a sensitive woman. Passage 5 Here is a story told about an American general who was a very important figure in the American army during the First World War. Everybody in the United States knew him and many people wished to have a picture or something of his in their homes. Soon after the war the general returned to Washington. One day he went to a dentist and had six teeth pulled out. A week later the general heard that his teeth were being sold in shops at $5 each. On each of the teeth there was a label with the name of the general and words: "buy these teeth and show them to your friends at home." The general got angry. He rushed to his office and ordered six officers to go around the city and buy all his teeth. The officers went out and visited every shop in the capital. They were away from the office all day. In the evening they returned and put on the table in front of the general the teeth they had bought. They had collected 175 teeth. 21. Many families wanted to have a signature of the general. A.T B. F 22. The general came back to Washington after the First World War. A.T B. F 23. The general ordered his men to look for all his teeth and buy all of them. A.T B. F 24. The fact that the general's name was on the label of each tooth shows that the general was famous. A.T B. F 25. The teeth they collected most probably cost $1150. A.T B. F Passage 6 It was Monday. Mrs. Smith's dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house. Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it: "Give my dog half a pound of meat. " Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently: "Take this to the butcher and he's going to give you your lunch today." Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once. At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more. The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon still with a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers. But, the dog came again at four o'clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher's more surprise, it came for the third time at six o'clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said to himself, "This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today? " Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it! 26. Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quite _________. A. cruelly B. fairly C. kindly D. heavily 27. The dog seemed to know that the paper Mrs. Smith gave it ________. A. could do much good B. might do much harm C. would help the butcher D. was worth many pounds 28. The butcher did not give any meat to the dog ________. A. before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs. Smith B. when he found that the words on the paper were not clear C. because he had sold out all the meat in his shop D. until he was paid enough by Mrs. Smith 29. The dog always went to the butcher's with a piece of paper, because it found that ________. A. the paper only with Mrs. Smith's words could bring it meat B. the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it C. Mrs. Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher D. a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat 30. At the end of the story, you'll find that ________. A. the butcher found himself cheated by the clever animal B. the dog dared not go to the butcher's any more C. Mrs. Smith told the butcher not to give any meat to the dog D. the dog was clever enough to write on the paper Passage 7 If you travel by air across the center of Africa or South America, you fly over forests for thousands of kilometers. These great forests are the oceans of trees. There are thousands and thousands of different kinds of plants and animals. However, the world's forests are getting smaller all the time. We are cutting down the trees because we need wood, and we need more farmland. Some people say that there will not be any forests like these in 20 or 30 years. What will happen if they disappear? If we cut down our forests, a lot of plants and animals will disappear from the world. In a lot of places the new farmland will soon look like the old deserts. Crops will not grow there. It will not rain very often, and the weather will get very hot. Perhaps the climate of the world will change. This will be dangerous for everyone in the world. That is why we must take care of our forests. 31.The passage mainly tells us about the importance of taking care of plants. A.T B. F 32. Forests are homes for different kinds of animals. A.T B. F 33. The need for more wood and more land help to protect our forests. A.T B. F 34. We'll have more and greater forests in 20 or 30 years in some people's view. A.T B. F 35. The writer thinks it necessary to protect the forests. A.T B. F Passage 8 As long as the sun shines, the earth will not run out of energy. The sun pours more energy on earth than we can ever use. Most of that energy comes to us as heat and light. Energy from the sun is called solar energy. Anything to do with the sun is called "solar". The word began with the Roman word for the sun and their god of the sun, who was called Sol. Solar energy is a safe kind of energy. It doesn't make pollution or have dangerous leftovers. That is why scientists and investors are experimenting with ways of harnessing（治理利用）the sun to do some of the jobs fossil fuels have been doing. But to make the sun do work like that, they have to solve some problems. They have to collect the sun's energy. Collecting sunshine is not easy, unless you are a plant. Sunshine is not easy to store, either. You can't fill a tank with it or put it in the wood box. You can not move it through a pipe or a wire. You can not just turn it on. 36. What form does most of solar energy take to reach us? A. Light. B. Heat. C. gas. D. both A and B. 37. Where does the word "solar" come from? A. Greek. B. Roman. C. Old English. D. Chinese. 38. Which of the following is NOT true of solar energy? A. It is a safe energy. B. It is a green energy. C. It may cause pollution to the air. D. It is endless. 39. What are the problems facing scientists who want to use solar energy? A. It is not easy to collect. B. It is not easy to store. C. It is not easy to find out. D. both A and B. 40. What is the writer's purpose of writing the passage? A. To give a brief introduction to solar energy. B. To explain the reason why it is not easy to make solar energy. C. To give information about the advantages of solar energy. D. To give a brief introduction to the word "solar". Passage 9 Let's watch the weather forecast on television. We may go to Scotland, we may go to Wales or London. We can decide after the forecast. "Good morning, and here is the weather forecast for tomorrow. Northern Scotland will be cold, and there may be snow over High Ground. In the north of England it will be a wet day and rain will move into Wales and the Midlands during the afternoon. East Anglia（英格兰） will be generally dry, and it will be a bright clear day with sunshine, but it may rain during the evening. In the southwest it may be foggy during the morning, but the afternoon will be clear. It may be windy later in the day." 41. The speaker is planning to go traveling within the country. A.T B. F 42. The speaker can fly to Northern Scotland tomorrow morning, because it won't be foggy there tomorrow. A.T B. F 43. It will be a bright clear day in East Auglia tomorrow. A.T B. F 44. The forecast mainly tells us the whole country will have fine weather tomorrow. A.T B. F 45. You can infer from the passage that none of the places offers ideal weather tomorrow for travel. A.T B. F Passage 10 I am going to tell you a story about two drivers who wanted to park their cars in the same parking space. The man who arrived at the parking space first was rather old with gray hair. He was driving a large Rolls Royce. The beautiful car stopped just in front of the parking space. Then the driver turned his head and very slowly began to reverse his car into the space. Just as he was doing this, a young man in a Mini came up from behind. He noticed the space and drove straight in, nose first. The older driver in the Rolls Royce stopped his car suddenly. He was very angry and red in the face. He wound down his window and looked at the young man. But the young man wasn't sorry. He had got out his car now and he was laughing. "You have to be young to do that!" he said to the older driver and pointed at the Mini and at the space he had just taken. The older man said nothing. He just began to reverse his Rolls Royce again and crashed into the Mini very hard. There was not much of the Mini left when the older driver had finished. The young man watched what was happening and couldn't believe his eyes. He was angry and very red in the face. The older driver looked out of the window and smiled. "You have to be rich to do that," he said. 46. What is the story about? A. Two drivers happened to crash into each other in a parking space. B. Two cars crashed into each other due to the drivers' dispute over a parking space. C. One driver tried to park their cars in one small parking space. D. The parking space was too small to hold two cars at the same time. 47. What do you know about the two drivers? A. The young driver was quicker than the older driver. B. Each of them had an expensive car. C. They didn't see each other while they were getting into the same parking space. D. Both of them were good at driving. 48. What did the older driver mean when he said, "You have to be rich to do that"? A. You are not rich enough to buy a new car like mine. B. You are too poor to contend with me for the parking space. C. You are not rich enough to park your car here. D. Only rich people dare to do that. 49. Which of the following statements about the young driver can NOT be inferred? A. He hadn't expected the older driver to react so strongly. B. He hadn't thought the older driver had that much daring in him. C. He was shocked to see what had become of his car. D. He had expected his defeat. 50. Which of the following proverbs is NOT suitable to describe the story? A. Tit for tat. B. The young and the aged will never agree. C. Win at first and lose at last. D. First come, first served. Passage 11 There was once a large, fat woman who had a small, thin husband. He had a job in a big company and was given his weekly wages every Friday evening. As soon as he got home on Fridays, his wife used to make him give her all his money, and then she used to give him back enough to buy his lunch in the office every day. One day the small man came home very excited. He hurried into the living-room. His wife was listening to the radio and eating chocolates there. "You'll never guess what happened to me today, dear," he said. He waited for a few seconds and then added, "I won ten thousand pounds on the lottery!" "That's wonderful!" said his wife delightedly. But then she thought for a few seconds and added angrily, "But wait a moment! How could you afford to buy the lottery tickets?" 51. The small man was allowed to keep just enough to buy his lunch in the office every day. A.T B. F 52. The man won a lottery one day. A. T B. F 53. The woman is good-natured. A. T B. F 54. The woman was pleased yet suspicious when her husband won a lottery. A. T B. F 55. The man had to give almost all his money to his wife every week. A. T B. F Passage 12 My Aunt Edith was a widow（寡妇） of 50, working as a secretary, when doctors discovered what was then thought to be a very serious heart disease. Aunt Edith didn't accept defeat easily. She began studying medical reports in the library and found an article in a magazine about a well-known heart surgeon （外科医生）, Dr. Michael DeBakey, of Houston, Texas. He had saved the life of someone with the same disease. The article said his fees were very high; Aunt Edith couldn't possibly pay them. But could he tell her of someone whose fees she could pay? So Aunt Edith wrote to him. She simply listed her reasons for wanting to live: her three children, who would be on their own in three or four more years; her little-girl dream of traveling and seeing the world. There wasn't a word of self-pity－only warmth and humor and the joy of living. She mailed the letter, not really expecting an answer. A few days later, my doorbell rang. Aunt Edith didn't wait to come in; she stood in the hall and read aloud: Your beautiful letter moved me very deeply. If you can come to Houston, there will be no charge for either the hospital or the operation. Signed :Michael DeBakey 56. Aunt Edith ________ when she knew she had a very serious heart disease. A. stopped working as a secretary B. didn't lose hope C. stayed in the hospital D. asked many doctors for help 57. From the story we can see ________. A. Dr. Michael DeBakey was not famous at all B. Aunt Edith could afford Dr. Michael DeBakey's fees C. Dr. Michael DeBakey was experienced in dealing with Aunt Edith's disease D. Aunt Edith accepted defeat easily 58. In Aunt Edith's letter to the doctor, ________. A. she showed she was warm, humorous and enjoying living B. she avoided talking about her children C. she showed she was very sad D. she said she had a little girl who dreamed of traveling and seeing the world 59. When Aunt Edith mailed her letter, ________. A. she was determined to move the doctor B. she expected some wonder would happen C. she knew it would never reach the doctor D. she didn't expect the doctor would give her a reply 60. Michael DeBakey mainly told Aunt Edith in the letter that ________. A. he was going to operate on her for free B. he thought he was unable to offer help C. her letter was well-written D. her disease was so serious that he couldn't cure her Passage 13 Clowns（小丑） like to make people laugh. They paint their faces and put on funny noses. Sometimes they put on a sad face but most of the time they put on a happy face. They also wear funny clothes. Most clowns work in circuses. They do all kinds of silly things to make the audience laugh. They run, jump, fall down, turn somersaults (翻滚，斤头), and roll over. They ride donkeys backwards. They push each other in wagons or wheelbarrows（独轮车）. Sometimes they shout and sing. Clowns are funny men, and occasionally, women, too! A circus is not a circus without clowns! Children especially enjoy watching clowns. A clown named Cookie often visits hospitals to entertain sick children as well as older people. Sick people need to laugh. It helps them to get better faster. There is an old saying: "Laughter is good medicine." 61. Clowns make people laugh by doing all kinds of silly things. A. T B. F 62. Clowns are mostly female. A. T B. F 63. The sentence "A circus is not a circus without clowns" means a circus will not be of much fun if it has no clowns. A. T B. F 64. Clowns are a great favorite with children. A. T B. F 65. The best interpretation of the old saying "Laughter is good medicine" may be laughter cures people's diseases. A. T B. F Passage 14 I like the street market in the city center in this small American town. It often reminds me of the open-air in my hometown. The market is full of sounds. The music plays loudly, and people are calling to their friends. There are lots of different smells, too — fried onions, coffee and fresh bread. All kinds of things are for sale there — food and vegetables, shoes and dresses, CDs and clocks. And there are all kinds of people doing different things — selling, buying, eating, trying on clothes and just walking around. I went there with my American friend Bill last Saturday afternoon. We walked through the market slowly, looking at this and that. However, when we turned a corner, we found the sky covered with colored hands: blue, red, pink, yellow, orange and white. I was so surprised that I stopped short with my mouth wide open. But I soon smiled and took out my camera: what a wonderful view, with all those beautiful and colorful gloves dancing in the sun. 66. The street market in the passage is usually ________. A. full of foreign people. B. very busy and quiet. C. full of bad smells. D. very busy and noisy. 67. All of following things can be bought in the street except ________. A. foods and vegetables. B. shoes and dresses. C. cars and bikes. D. CDs and clocks. 68. The underlined word “short” in paragraph 3 means __________. A. quickly. B. suddenly. C. slowly. D. angrily. 69. In the street, the author ____________. A. enjoyed the food. B. bought some CDs. C. took a picture. D. drank a cup of coffee. 70. According to the passage, “Colored hands” refer to ___________. A. hands with different colors. B. people with different colors. C. gloves with different colors. D. faces with different colors. Passage 15 Last Friday a storm tore through two villages in the New Territories destroying fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or torn roofs. One person was killed, several were badly injured and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller injuries. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless as a result of the storm. A farmer, Mr. C. Y. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour. "I was in the kitchen with my wife and children," he said, "when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us, we managed to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened." Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she noticed that her house was shaking. She rushed outside immediately with her children. "There was no time to take anything," she said. "A few minutes later, the roof came down." Soldiers helped to bring people out of the flooded area and the Welfare Department provided food, clothes and shelter. 71. Some of the people were taken to hospital because they had been badly injured. A. T B. F 72. When the storm first began, Mr. Tan was inside his house. A. T B. F 73. When Mr. Tan's house fell down, only one of his children was inside it. A. T B. F 74. Mrs. Woo and her family escaped injury because her husband had gone to work. A. T B. F 75. The best title for the passage would be "A Terrible Storm." A. T B. F Passage 16 America is a very large country. It has many kinds of landscapes (风景) and many different kinds of people. In the East, the countryside is green and fresh. Here are some of the first states and some of the big cities. New York and the capital, Washington D.C., are in the East. In the South, there is the beautiful city of New Orleans, the capital of jazz. It is something hot here and the people here are very different from those in the East. The Central Plains of America are rich with big fields of crops, such as wheat and corn. In the south-west, it is often hot and dry. But the deserts and mountains are beautiful. And California, on the West Coast, is famous as a “paradise” state, which is dreamed by people around the world. Every year, thousands of people visit this area. The weather in the Mid-west, near the Great lakes, is often cold and windy, and there is a lot of snow in winter. 76. America has many different kinds of ________. A. landscapes. B. people. C. climates D. all of the above. 77. Which of the following states and cities is in the East ? A. New Orleans. B. Washington D. C. C. California. D. Los Angeles. 78. New Orleans is famous for its __________. A. folk music. B. popular music. C. jazz music. D. classic music. 79. Big fields of wheat and corn can be found in ________. A. the East. B. the South. C. the South-West. D. the Central Plains. 80. The underlined word “paradise” in paragraph 3 means ______. A. desirable. B. horrible C. terrible. D. surprising. Passage 17 Weather has a great influence on people. It influences people's health, intelligence (智力) and feelings. In August, it is very hot in the southern part of the United States. People there have heart disease (疾病) and other kind of health problems during the month. In the Northeast and Middle West, it is very hot at some times and very cold at other times. People in these places may have heart disease after the weather changes in February or March. The weather can also influence intelligence. For example, in a 1982 study by scientists, the IQ scores of a group of students were very high during a storm, but after the storm their IQ scores were lower than usual level. So storms can increase intelligence. However, very hot weather can lower it. Students in the United States often do badly on exams in the hot months of the year. Weather also has a strong influence on people's feelings. Winter may be a bad time for thin people. They usually feel cold during these months and they may feel unhappy during cold weather. In hot summer weather, on the other hand, fat people may feel unhappy. The summer heat may make them tired and they are easy to get angry. Are you feeling sick, sad, tired or very intelligent today? The weather may be the cause. 81. If thin people feel unhappy, the weather may be very cold. A.T B. F 82. Students in the U.S. usually do badly on exams in December. A.T B. F 83. People in the Northeast of America usually have heart disease in March. A.T B. F 84. Storms can increase student's IQ. This discovery was made by 1982 students. A.T B. F 85. The best title for this passage is "Weather and Health." A.T B. F Passage 18 Mrs. Brown had a small garden behind her house, and in the spring she planted some vegetables in it. She looked after them carefully, and when the summer came, they looked very nice. One evening Mrs. Brown looked at her vegetables and said, “Tomorrow I am going to pick them, and then we can eat them.” But early the next morning, her son ran into the kitchen and shouted, “Mother, mother! Come quickly! Our neighbor’s ducks are in the garden and they are eating our vegetables.” Mrs. Brown ran out, but it was too late! All the vegetables were finished! Mrs. Brown cried, and her neighbor was very sorry, but that was the end of the vegetables! Then a few days before Christmas, the neighbor brought Mrs. Brown a parcel. In it was a beautiful, fat duck, and on it was a piece of paper with the words, “Enjoy your vegetables!” 86. Where was Mrs. Brown’s garden? A. In front of her house. B. In the middle of her house. C. Behind her house. D. On the left side of her house. 87. What was she planning to do with the vegetables the next day? A. To feed ducks. B. To sell them in a market. C. To throw them away. D. To pick them. 88. Why did Mrs. Brown’s son shout the next morning? A. He saw their neighbor’s ducks in their house. B. The ducks ran out of the garden. C. He was afraid of the ducks. D. He saw their neighbor’s ducks eating their vegetables in the garden. 89. What did Mrs. Brown do when she heard her son shouting? A. She ran out of the house. B. She still stayed in the house. C. she was shouting too. D. She called her neighbor. 90. What words were written on a piece of paper? A. Enjoy your vegetables. B. Thanks for your vegetables. C. Merry Christmas. D. Happy birthday. Passage 19 Mark Twain was a famous writer. He wrote many famous stories which are still popular in many countries today. Mark Twain was also famous in his day as a public speaker. In his public speeches Twain liked to tell stories. He also liked to listen to funny stories and to play jokes on his friends. One day, one friend, John, lost his wallet and asked Mark Twain to pay his train fare for him. "But I don't have enough money to pay both your fare and my fare," Mark Twain said. John didn't know what to do. He was worried. "We can do this," said Mark Twain. "We can get on the train and when the conductor comes to take the tickets, you can hide under my seat." Later, however, on the train, when the conductor came, Mark Twain gave him two tickets - one for himself and one for John. Then in a loud voice, Mark Twain explained: "My friend here is a strange man. When he travels on a train, he prefers to lie on the floor under the seat. He doesn't like to sit on the seat." Of course, everyone in the train then looked at the poor friend under the seat and laughed at him. 91. The passage states that Mark Twain is famous not only for his writing but also for his public speeches. A.T B. F 92. According to the passage, Mark Twain didn't buy train tickets for his friends. A.T B. F 93. Mark Twain didn't have enough money to buy a ticket for John. A.T B. F 94. Mark Twain gave the conductor some money in order to help John. A.T B. F 95. John lied on the floor under the seat because Mark Twain played a joke on him. A.T B. F Passage 20 Our eating habits are very important for good health and a strong body. There are times when most of us would rather eat sweets and ice cream than meat and rice. Sweets and ice-cream are not bad for the stomach if we eat them at the end of a meal, if we eat them before a meal, they may take away our appetite. It is important for us to eat our meal at the same time each day. When we feel hungry, it is a sign that our bodies need food. When we feel angry or excited, we may not want to eat. When we are worried, we may not want to eat, either. A long time ago, in England, some judges used to decide whether a man was telling the truth by giving him some dry bread. If the man could not swallow the bread, it was a sign that he wasn’t telling the truth. He was telling a lie. Although this seems very strange and rather foolish, it is indeed an excellent way of finding out the truth. A man who is worrying about something has difficulty in swallowing anything dry. Because when he is worrying, he loses his appetite and does not want to eat. 96. We have to develop good eating habits because_________. A. we want to eat more B. we want to enjoy our meals C. we want to be healthy and strong D. we want to save time 97. _________ may take away our appetite before we have our meal. A. either meat or rice B. Neither sweets nor ice-cream C. Not only meat but also rice D. Both sweets and ice-cream 98. We had better have our meals_________. A. when our work is over B. at the same time each day C. when the meal is still hot D. when we go back home 99. A man who is angry has _________. A. a better appetite B. a poor appetite C. to eat more food D. to eat dry bread 100. The judges in old England considered that a man could _________ if he told a lie. A. swallow dry bread easily B. eat a lot of dry bread C. drink milk or hot water D. hardly swallow dry bread 参考答案：1-5 BABAA 6-10 CBDDD 11-15 BABAA 16-20 CBADB 21-25 BAAAB 26-30 CAADA 31-35 AABBA 36-40 DBCDA 41-45 AABBA 46-50 BADDB 51-55 AABAB 56-60 BCADA 61-65 ABAAB 66-70 DCBCC 71-75 AAABA 76-80 DBCDA 81-85 ABABB 86-90 CDDAA 91-95 ABBBA 96-100 CDBBD