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资料内容仅供您学习参考，如有不当或者侵权，请联系改正或者删除。阅读理解1. When I begin to look back on all friends whom I have had, I quickly came to the conclusion that Jerry was the most important and had the greatest effect upon my life. His family moved to my block when I was only 10. Jerry was 15 at the time, but the fact that he was so much older than me seemed to make no difference to him. I was very glad that he liked me. We took long walks together, on which he would tell me stories he had heard form TV and radio programs.But as months went by, a change came into our friendship. Jerry almost stopped coming by the house, and every time I went to his house or telephoned, he put me off with some excuses such as ”Im studying now” or ”Ive got some jobs to do for Mum”. When we passed on the street, he would still give me a warm smile and friendly wave with a ”Hi, kid”, but he would hardly ever stop to talk. Finally I realized that he was no longer interested in me and that his taste had changed. I noticed him with a girl once in a while and several times saw him going out in his familys car on a Friday or Saturday night. I simply couldnt understand what was so great about girls and parties. But I was hurt when he finally made me know that our friendship was at an end. Of course he didnt really mean to hurt me, but it was a long time before I realized that it was an age problem that caused the break. There were a world of differences between the ideas and interests of a 17-year-old and a 12-year-old. Now that Im over sixteen myself, I realized this, and the hurt I got then has become happy memories of the good times we were once together. I wonder if millions of other boys and girls have had a similar experience.(1).When the writer and Jerry first met, Jerry was _.答案(B)A. 10 years old B. 5 years older than the writer C. of the same age as the writer D. the writers classmate (2).Their friendship lasted for _.答案(C)A. a few years B. a few weeks C. a few months D. a few hours (3).Jerry stopped playing with the writer because _.答案(D)A. the writer had changed B. he was busy with his study C. he has some jobs to do D. he was not interested in the writer (4).When a change came in their friendship, the writer _.答案(B)A. accepted it at once B. couldnt understand his friend for a long time C. stopped visiting his friend D. started going to parties with girls (5).The main idea of the passage is that _.答案(A)A. the age difference plays a part in friendship B. friendship is the most important thing for children C. many boys and girls have a similar experience as the writer D. ”friends are made in wine and tested in tears” 2. One day in 1965, when I was a library worker at school, a teacher came to me. She had a student who finished his work before all the others and needed something more difficult for him to do. ”Could you help me in the library?” she asked. I said, ”Send him along.”Soon, a golden-haired boy appeared. ”Do you have a job for me?” he asked. I told him about a system for sorting books. He picked up the idea immediately. Then I showed him some cards for some unreturned books that I thought had been returned but not recorded. Maybe some books were put on wrong places. He said, ”Is it a kind of a detective ( 侦探) job?” I answered yes, and then began his work.He had found three books with wrong cards by the time his teacher opened the door and said, ”Time for rest!” he argued for finishing the finding job, but the teacher won. The next morning, he arrived early, ”I want to finish these books,” he said. At the end of the day, when he asked to work with me more often, it was easy for me to say yes.After a few weeks I found a note on my desk, inviting me to dinner at the boys home. At the end of a pleasant evening, his mother declared that the family would be moving to another school. Her sons first concern, she said, was leaving the library. ”Who will find the lost books?” he asked. When the time came, it was hard to say goodbye. Though at the beginning he had seemed an ordinary boy, his strong feeling of interest had made him different. Do you know who he is? This boy became a great man of the Information Age: Bill Gates.(1).Why did the teacher go to the library to find a job for Bill Gates?答案(C)A. Because the teacher found the librarian quite busy. B. Because Bill Gates wanted to find a job. C. Because Bill Gates finished his study quickly and had more free time than the others. D. Because the library needed a new worker.(2).What do you know from the passage?答案(B)A. Library work was very difficult for Bill Gates. B. Bill Gates did his job without any difficulty. C. The librarian was too busy to have a rest. D. His mother hoped that Bill Gates would stay for his job. (3).The sentence He picked up the idea immediately means that _.答案(A)A. he learned that system quickly B. he collected that system quickly C. he lifted up that system quickly D. he improved that system quickly (4).What was Bill Gates expected to do in the library?答案(D)A. Finding the lost cards. B. Learning the system. C. Helping the worker with everything in the library. D. Finding books with wrong cards. (5).How did Bill Gates feel when his family would move to another school area?答案(C)A. Sad. B. Pleasant. C. Worried. D. Interested. 3. In 1939 two brothers, Mac and Dick McDonald, started a drive-in restaurant in San Bernardino, California. They carefully chose a busy corner for their location. They had run their own businesses for years, first a theater, then a BBQ restaurant, then another drive-in. But in their new operation, they offered a new, shortened menu: French fries, hamburgers, and sodas. To this small selection they added one new concept: quick service, no waiters or waitresses, and no tips.Their hamburgers sold for fifteen cents. Cheese was another four cents. Their French fries and hamburgers had a remarkable uniformity, for the brothers had developed a strict routine for the preparation of their food, and they insisted on their cooks sticking to their routine. Their new drive-in became incredibly popular, particularly for lunch. People drove up by the hundreds during the busy noontime. The self-service restaurant was so popular that the brothers had allowed ten copies of their restaurant to be opened. They were content with this modest success until they met Ray Kroc.Kroc was a salesman who met the McDonald brothers in 1954, when he was selling milkshake-mixing machines. He quickly saw the unique appeal of the brothers fast-food restaurants and bought the right to franchise( 特许经营) other copies of their restaurants. The agreement included the right to duplicate the menu. The equipment, even their red and white buildings with the golden arches( 拱门) . Today McDonalds is really a household name. Its names for its sandwiches have come to mean hamburger in the decades since the day Ray Kroc watched people rush up to order fifteen-cent hamburgers. In 1976, McDonalds had over $ 1 billion in total sales. Its first twenty-two years is one of the most incredible success stories in modern American business history.(1).We may infer from this passage that _.答案(D)A. Mac and Dick McDonald never became wealthy for they sold their idea to Kroc B. The location the McDonalds chose was the only source of the great popularity of their drive-in C. Forty years ago there were numerous fast-food restaurants D. Ray Kroc was a good businessman (2).The passage suggests that _.答案(A)A. creativity is an important element of business success B. Ray Kroc was the close partner of the McDonald brothers C. Mac and Dick McDonald became broken after they sold their ideas to Ray Kroc D. California is the best place to go into business (3).In the second sentence of the third paragraph, the word ”unique” means _.答案(A)A. special B. attractive C. financial D. peculiar (4).This passage mainly talks about _.答案(C)A. the development of fast food services B. how McDonalds became a billion-dollar business C. the business careers of Mac and Dick McDonald D. Ray Krocs business talent (5).Mac and Dick managed all of the following businesses except _.答案(B)A. a drive-in B. a cinema C. a theater D. a BBQ restaurant 4. No one knows who made the first ice cream. Some people think that water ices and milk ices may have been made by the Chinese between three thousand and four thousand years ago. In time, the dish reached India. The Indians, in turn, may have passed on the secret to the Arabs and Persians. The Persians called their dish Sharbat, from which our word sherbet( 冰冻果子露) comes.Marco Polo, an Italian who traveled widely in the thirteenth century, noted that he found the Chinese had long been making ices out of fruit juices and milk. From the fourteenth century on, ices became popular, first in Venice and then throughout Italy.In 1533, when Catherine de Medicis left Italy to marry the future King Henry of France, she took her cooks with her. They made desserts the French had never tasted before. Among them was ”ice cream”. For each day of the wedding festivities Catherines cooks prepared a different flavor of her favorite dessert-”ice cream.”At first ice cream was a luxury in France. Only rich people had money to buy it. Then, in 1660, a young man from Sicily, Francisco Procopio, arrived in Paris. He opened a shop that sold ice cream at prices people could afford. Procopios”ice-cream parlor ” became so popular that other shops were opened.About 1640, King Charles I introduced ice cream to England. He had heard it was popular in Italy and France. He served ice cream for dessert at a banquet. The surprise dish was a great success. The King ordered his cook to keep the recipe for ice cream a secret. Charles felt that only royalty should serve the dessert. But the secret soon leaked out. Ice cream quickly became popular in England too.(1).Ice cream was unknown in France until _.答案(A)A. 1533 B. 1660 C. 1640 D. 1774 (2).Ice cream was introduced to England by _.答案(C)A. Catherine de Medicis B. Francisco Procopio C. King Charles I D. Marco Polo (3).What will be probably discussed in the paragraphs following this passage?答案(D)A. Marco Polos travel in the world. B. Development of ice cream in France. C. Development of ice cream in England. D. Development of ice cream in America or other countries. (4).Marco Polos remark shows that he traveled in _.答案(A)A. China B. India C. Persia D. Italy (5).This passage is mainly about _.答案(D)A. Marco Polos travel B. one of Chinese inventions C. Catherines marriage D. the history of ice cream 5. We say that a person has good manners if he or she behaves politely and is kind and helpful to others. Everyone likes a person with good manners but no one likes a person with bad manners. ”Yes”, you may say , ” but what are good manners? How do I know what to do and what not to do?”People all over the world agree that being well-mannered really means being kind and helping others, especially to those older or weaker than ourselves. If you remember this, you will not go very far wrong.Here are some examples of the things that a well-mannered person does or does not do.He never laughs at people when they are in trouble.Instead, he tries to help them. He is always kind, never cruel, either to people or to animals. When people are waiting for a bus, or in a post office, he takes his turn.He does not push to the front of the queue. In the bus, he gives his seat to an old person or a lady who is standing. If he accidentally bumps into someone, or gets in their way, he says, ”excuse me” or ”Im sorry”. He says ”please” when making a request, and ”thank you” when he receives something. He stands up when speaking to a lady or an older person, and he does not sit down until the other person is seated. He does not interrupt other people when they are talking. He does not talk too much himself. He does not talk loudly or laugh loudly in public. When eating, he does not speak with his mouth full of food. He uses a handkerchief when he sneezes or coughs.(1).Which of the following is considered as being well-mannered? 答案(C)A. Laughing at the weaker B. Behaving impolitely C. Helping older people D. Being kind to ourselves(2).If you try to be kind and helpful to others, you _.答案(C)A. will make a mistake B. will be completely wrong C. will be considered very polite D. will not be regarded as being well-mannered (3).When waiting for a bus, a well-mannered person should _.答案(D)A. try to stand in the front of the line B. line up in a queue C. give his seat to a lady D. stand where he is and wait for his turn (4).According to this passage, a polite person _.答案(A)A. will not break into others conversation B. will do most of the talking when speaking with others C. will sit down before an older person does D. will not speak without his mouth full of food when eating (5). The word accidentally (Line 5, Para. 4) means _.答案(B)A. on purpose B. by accident C. in an accident D. willingly 6. A young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she became his fiance ( 未婚妻) . The man was very poor while the girl was rich. The young man wanted to make her a present on her birthday. He wanted to buy something beautiful for her, but he had no idea how to do it, as he had very little money. The next morning he went to a shop. There were many fine things there: gold watches, diamond but all these things were too expensive. There was one thing he could not take his eyes off. It was a beautiful vase. That was a suitable present for his fiance. He had been looking at the vase for half an hour when the manager of the shop noticed him. The young man looked so pale, sad and unhappy that the manager asked what had happened to him.The young man told him everything. The manager felt sorry for him and decided to help him. A bright idea struck him. The manager pointed to the corner of the shop. To his great surprise the young man saw a vase broken into many pieces. The manager said: When the servant enters the room, he will drop it.On the birthday of his fiance the young man was very excited.Everything happened as had been planned. The servant brought in the vase, and as he entered the room, he dropped it. There was horror on everybodys face. When the box was opened, the guests saw that each piece was packed separately.(1).The story took place _.答案(B)A. in France B. in England C. in Germany D. in the United States (2).Which of the following is true?答案(A)A. The young mans family was poor while the beautiful girl is rich. B. A rich y