Section V 人物事件篇

Passage 42

Bill Clinton took office (就職)on January 20,1993 and became the 42nd U.S. President (總統(tǒng)). He is the first U.S. president who was born after World War II. He is also one of the youngest of all U.S. presidents.

Clinton was born in a poor family. Three months before he was born, his father, William Blats, died. When he was small, his mother remarried (再婚) Norger Clinton, so the boy‘s family name was changed.

In the summer of 1963, Clinton was asked to visit the city of Washington. During his visit, he met President Kennedy in the White House. At that time, he wanted to become a president, and now he is!

1. Clinton became the 42nd U.S. president when he was______.

A. thirty B. about forty C. forty-seven D.37years old

2. Clinton’s father died______.

A. after 1946 B. before Clinton was born C. before World War II D. when Clinton was young

3. Why was the boy‘s name changed?

A.Because he became a president B.Because his family was very poor

C. Because his father was dead D. Because his mother remarried Norger Clinton

4. In 1963 Clinton came to the city of Washington___.

A. to take part in an exam B. for his holidays C. for a visit D. to have a meeting with Kennedy

5. Which one of the following is Not right?

A.Everybody can visit the president in the White House

B. All the U.S. presidents work in the White Horse

C.Clinton wanted to become a president after he saw President Kennedy

D. The White House is in the city of Washington

Passage 43

EVERYTHING has two sides. One side of SARS is already clear. It is a deadly disease, which causes fear. There were 2,601 cases (病例) recorded on the Chinese mainland on April 24, according to government report. 115 people have died and numbers keep rising.

But, there is another side.

SARS is a reminder (提醒) of how fragile life can be. Suddenly, it’s not just the old people who are thinking about death. Everyone now realizes there might not always be a tomorrow.

Wang Xinying, a student in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province came into contact (接觸) with a suspected (疑似) SARS patient in mid-April. He was told to stay at home for at least two weeks. “Watching TV about more and more SARS patients dying, I never knew that death could be so close. Life is valuable (珍貴的) and I’m going to treasure (珍惜) every single day,” he said.

SARS teaches people to be grateful, both for their own lives and for others. Doctors and nurses, for example, have to spend all their time with infected (被感染的) patients. As a result, more than one fifth of SARS cases in China are medical workers.

Xu Bing, a student of Beijing No. 5 Middle School wants to be a doctor in the future. “Although they certainly know the dangers, doctors and nurses kept working hard on saving people’s lives. I’m deeply moved by what they have done. I think they are real heroes.” he said.

SARS also teaches sympathy (同情). The past few weeks have been terrible for Chinese people. But there are far worse things than SARS in this world, such as war, earthquakes and robberies. Think of the Iraqis, who have been living terrible lives for 20 years. Think of how the Americans felt on 9.11.

And finally, SARS offers the chances to grow. All different kinds of people and the governments are joining together to work in this difficult time. When this passes, China and its people will have learned great lessons.

1.What does “Everyone now realizes there might not always be a tomorrow” mean?

It means life is easy to _____ and we must ______ our life.

2.How long was Wang Xinying told to stay at home?

He was told to stay at home for about _______ a _______.

3.Why can medical workers be easily infected?

Because they have to be with infected patients _______ and _______.

4.What do we learn in the difficult time?

We learn nothing is difficult if we ___________.

Passage 44

Marco Polo was born in Venice in 1254. He was the most famous westerner to visit Asia during the middle Ages. He wrote a book about his travels. In his book he wrote all the things he saw and heard. Many people read the book but few believed what Marco Polo said. He spoke of strange people and places that nobody knew about at that time.

As a young man, Marco Polo decided to travel together with his father. It took them more than three years to travel to China. He became the Chinese emperor’s friend. He learned the Chinese language when he traveled around and talked to many people. Before he reached the age of thirty he was made a Chinese official.

After nearly seventeen years in the east, Marco and his father prepared to return home. When they finally arrived in Venice, their family and friends were surprised to see them again. They had been away for almost 25years.

1. What made Marco Polo famous during the middle Ages?

A. His travel to America. B. His travel in the west.　C. His travel in Asia. D. His visit to Venice.

2. What did Marco Polo write about in his book?

A. How he traveled to China with his father.　B. Something too difficult for people to understand.

C. Some strange people and places　D. Something that had been known to people for many years.

3. Marco Polo worked as a Chinese official in ________.

A. 1254 B. 1284 C. 1271 D. 1279

4. Which of the following is the right order during Marco’s travel?

a. traveled with his father b. was made a Chinese official

c. wrote a book about his travel d. became Chinese emperor’s friend

e. returned to Venice

A. c-a-d-b-e B. c-a-b-d-e C. a-b-d-e-c D. a-d-b-e-c

Passage 45

Typhoons (臺風(fēng)) in the northern part of the world have girls’ names. Sometimes they have very beautiful names. Rose is a pretty name but there was nothing pretty about Typhoon Rose. It was the worst typhoon to hit Hong Kong in ten years.

It began to rain in the morning of Monday, August 16th, 1971. At ten o’clock in the morning, Typhoon Rose was still 130 miles away but already the wind was blowing people’s umPella away. The wind became stronger and stronger. The typhoon shelters (避風(fēng)港) were soon full of boats. Ships that were too big to go inside the shelters put down more anchors (錨). Some very big shops went out to sea. It is safer for a big shop to be at sea in a typhoon because it cannot be blown onto rocks. Kai Tak Airport closed. No planes were able to take off or land. At 9:00 in the evening, all the lights went out.

No one slept well that night. It is difficult to sleep in such bad weather.

In Typhoon Rose, more than one hundred people died. 229 people were hurt and 66 of these had to go to hospital. 1500 lost their homes. The people of Hong Kong will not quickly forget Typhoon Rose!

1.What’s true according to the passage?

A.Typhoons all over the world have girls’ names.

B.Typhoons with pretty names are usually beautiful.

C.Typhoon Rose only hit Hong Kong.

D.For ten years, people in Hong Kong haven’t seen a worse typhoon than Typhoon Rose.

2.What’s the possible result of Typhoon Rose?

A.Lots of big shops were blown onto rocks.

B.More than two hundred people lost their lives and many more lost their homes.

C.People didn’t sleep well in such bad weather.

D.People turned off the lights at 9:00 in the evening.

3.The people of Hong Kong will not quickly forget Typhoon Rose because ____________.

A.it caused the terrible losses B. they didn’t sleep well that night

C. Typhoon Rose wasn’t as pretty as its name

D. they couldn’t find their ships after the typhoon

4.Some big shops didn’t go inside the shelters because _______.

A. they had more anchors B. it is safer outside

C. they were out at sea and they weren’t fast enough to reach the shelters

when Typhoon Rose came

D. it was too expensive for big shops to go inside the shelters

5.This passage is mainly about ______.

A. the names of typhoons B. typhoons in Hong King C. Typhoon Rose D. the typhoons

Passage 46

There was once a man called Mr. Flowers, and flowers were his only joy in life. He spent all his free time in one of his four glass-houses and grew flowers of every color, with long and difficult names, for competitions (比賽). He tried to grow a rose of a new color to win the silver cup (銀杯) for the Rose of the Year.

Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses were very near to a middle school. Boys of around thirteen of age were often tempted (引誘) to throw a stone or two at one of Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses. So Mr. Flowers did his best to be in or near his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school day.

But it was not always possible to be on watch at those times. Mr. Flowers had tried in many ways to protect his glass, but nothing that he had done had been useful. He had been to school to report to the headmaster; but this had not done any good. He had tried to drive away the boys that threw stones into his garden; but the boys could run faster than he could, and they laughed at him from far away. He had even picked up all the stones that he could find around his garden, so that the boys would have nothing to throw; but they soon found others.

At last Mr. Flowers had a good idea. He put up a large notice (布告) made of good, strong wood, some meters away from the glass-houses. On it he had written the words: DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS NOTICE. After this, Mr. Flowers had no further trouble; the boys were much more tempted to throw stones at the notice than at the glass-houses.

1.It was Mr. Flowers’ hope to ________.

A.build glass-houses in his free time　B.grow the Rose of the Year in a silver cup

C.win a silver cup for growing a rose of a new color

D.grow a rose with the longest name

2.Boys were often tempted to ________.

A.throw stones at Mr. Flowers’ glass-house　B.throw stones at Mr. Flowers from their school

C.be in or near by Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses　D.play with Mr. Flowers near his glass-houses

3.Mr. Flowers stayed in or near by his glass-houses _______.

A.at times when school-boys were walking near them

B.all the school day when there were no boys about

C.where he could not be seen by the boys passing

D.in his free time at the beginning and end of the school day

4.Mr. Flowers had tried to ______ to protect his glass.

A. be on watch in his free time B. ask the headmaster for help

C. pick up all the stones around his garden D. do all the above

5.Mr. Flowers’ good idea was to ______.

A.write some words on the glass　B.put up a large notice to cover his glass-houses

C.give the boys something else to throw stones at　D.send for policemen

Passage 47

People often say, “Children can’t do math problem, it’s because parents can’t do their children’s homework.” Here’s an example to show what I mean.

The other day my daughter Pought home her math homework. “I have to subtract (減) 179 from 202,” she said.

“It’s quite easy,” I said. “You put the 202 over the 179.”

“But we need a 10 here. Where is the 10?”

“I don’t know where the 10 is. Let’s just subtract 179 from 202. Nine from two is three. You carry one and add it to seven. Eight from zero is two. The answer is 23.”

“We can’t do it that way. We have to use the 10.”

“Well, I’m going to call your teacher to see how she subtracts 179 from 202.”

Over the telephone, I said that I was having a bit of trouble with the homework she had given to my daughter. The teacher said, “In the right-hand column (欄) we have units of one. The two in that column counts for two ones. The zero in the center counts for zero tens. The two in the left-hand column counts for hundreds. Are you clear?” But I didn’t think I was clear.

I hung up and found my way to the medicine box. My head was now hurting. I started putting pills of medicine into my mouth. “How many did you take?” my wife asked. “I took one and then I took another…I know one and one was two, but don’t ask me what it is now.”

1.The daughter wanted ______ the other day.

A. to give her father a lesson B. to show how difficult math was

C. her father to phone her teacher D. her father to help her with her homework

2.Which of the following sentences is not true?

A.The father had a different way to do the math problem.

B.The father couldn’t do his daughter’s homework.

C.The daughter couldn’t understand her father’s way.

D.The daughter had some trouble doing the math problem.

3.From what the teacher said, we know that the word “units” means ______ here.

A. whole numbers less than 10 B. whole things

C. groups of lessons D. the smallest numbers

4.What the teacher said made the father _________.

A. angry B. worried C. sad D. tired

5.Can you guess what would happen next in the story?

A.The father would go to school and begin to learn math.

B.The father would become very ill and have to take more medicine.

C.The father would never do his daughter’s math problems again.

D.The father would go to the school and fight with the teacher.

Passage 48

Almost everyone likes dogs, and almost everyone likes to read about dogs. I have a friend. He has a big police dog with the name Jack. Police dogs are very clever. Every Sunday afternoon my friend takes Jack for a long walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much.

One Sunday afternoon a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for a walk. But the visitor still stayed. Jack became much worried. He walked around the room several times and then sat down in front of the visitor and looked at him. But the visitor paid no attention (注意)to Jack. He went on talking. At last Jack got angry. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the visitor, but this time he took the visitor’s cap in his mouth.

1. The young visitor stayed a long time in my friend‘s house, didn’t he?

A. Yes, he was. B. Yes, he did. C. No, he wasn’t. D. No, he didn’t.

2. Jack became worried because _______ .

A. he wanted to go out for a walk　B. he wanted to play with him

C. he didn’t know the young man　D. he wanted to eat something

3. Jack sat down in front of the visitor because he wanted _____.

A. the visitor to talk with him B. to join the talk

C. to show the visitor how clever he was D. the visitor to leave the house soon

4. The visitor went on talking and ______.

A. he paid no attention to his cap B. he didn’t like Jack

C. he didn’t know that his cap was taken away by Jack D. he paid no attention to Jack

5. At last Jack took ______ in his mouth.

A. food B. nothing C. the visitor’s cap D. the visitor’s bag

Passage 49

Watson won his most important game and became Southern Chess Master (大師) in 1977. He was given the silver cup.

“It isn’t rightly mine,” he said, when he was holding the cup.” “It was won two years ago when I was on holiday in…”

“A family was staying at my hotel at that time. Mrs. Prig, the mother, was told that I played chess; and she begged me to give her young son a game. ‘He’s only ten.’ she said, ‘I’ve been told that he plays quite well.’

“Well, as you can guess, I wasn’t too happy. A player likes the opponent (對手) to play as well as he does. But it was holiday time and I agreed to play. We placed the board (棋盤) in the garden. The game began. I hoped it would be quick----and so it was.

“Isoon knew that David Prig was no learner. After ten minutes his sister came outside and began to play tennis against a wall. The boy seemed to lose interest in our game. He moved a piece (棋子) without care. I gave my attention to the board.

“ Call me when you are ready, Mr. Watson,” he said.

When I was ready? I looked up. He had gone off to play with his sister. I studied the board, and found I was driven into corner. So it went on with David: a quick move, then tennis, back to the board, then back to his sister. My difficult condition became impossible to change. I was beaten. Oh, so easily, by a ten-year-old chess player. He was the winner── in twenty-eight minutes.

“David Prig, a name to remember. I had a chance to use his game today, and it won this cup for me. To him, of course, it is only one of a hundred, or perhaps a thousand, winning games.”

1. When Mr. Watson said, “It isn‘t rightly mine. It was won …”, he meant _____two years before.

A. he had played chess with a little boy for twenty-eight minutes

B. he had had a chance to take part in an important game

C. he had learned how to play chess from a child

D. he had learned a good game from a child

2. Before the game, Mr. Watson was quite sure that _________.

A. the boy played as well as he did　B. he would be Southern Chess Master two years later

C. he could win the game easily D. the boy would win the game quickly

3. Why did David play tennis while he was playing chess with Watson?

Because he __________.

A. had no interest in playing chess with adults (成年人)　B. was not good at playing chess

C. liked playing tennis much better than playing chess

D. played chess much better than Watson

4. From the story, we know that __________.

A. David Prig was the real winner　B. Mr. Watson was the real winner

C. neither of them was the real winner　D. both of them were the real winners

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Sometimes young children can beat adults in playing chess.

B. Watson thought he could win the game quickly, and so he did.

C. Watson learned something from David and won the silver cup.

D. Watson would never forget the name of the boy.

Passage 50

閱讀下面短文，把A—E五個(gè)句子填入文中空缺處，使短文內(nèi)容完整正確。

In the 13th century, the famous Italian traveler, Marco Polo, traveled a long way to China. During his stay in China, he saw many wonderful things. One of the things he discovered was that the Chinese used paper money. In western countries, people did not use paper money until the 15th century. (1)____

A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented paper almost 2,000 years ago. He made it from wood. (2)____ He then put these pieces of paper together and made them into a book.

(3)____ We use a lot of paper every day. If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth.If there are no trees, there will be no paper. Every day, people throw away about 2,800tons of paper. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting nearly 48,000 trees every day.

Since it takes more than 10years for a tree to grow, we must start using less paper now. If we don't, we will not have enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper.

(4)____ We can use both sides of every piece of paper, especially when we are making notes. We can choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper packets. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs(手帕)and not paper ones. When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and reuse it later.

(5)____ If we all think carefully, we can help protect trees. But we should do it now, before it is too late.

A. Now paper still comes from trees.　B. Everyone can help to save paper.

C. However, people in China began to use paper money in the 7th century.

D. He took the wood from trees and made it into paper.

E. So how can we save paper？

Passage 51

On November 18th, 1908, three men went up in a balloon. They started early in London. The headman was Auguste Gaudron, and the other two men were Tannar and Maitland. They had a big balloon, and they were ready for a long way.

Soon they heard the sea below them. They were carrying the usual rope , and it was hanging down from the basket of the balloon. At the end of the rope they had tied a metal box. This could hold water. Or it could be empty. So they were able to change its weight. They were also carrying some bags of sand.

After the sun rose, the balloon went higher. It went up to 3,000 meters, and the air was very cold. The water in the balloon became ice. Snow fell past the men’s basket, and they could see more snow on the ground. There was also some snow on the balloon, and that made it very heavy. It began to go down towards the ground. The men tried to throw out some more sand; but it was hard. They tried to Peak the icy sand with their knives, but it was not easy. The work was slow and they were still falling; so they had to drop some whole bags of sand. One of them fell on an icy lake below and made a black hole in the ice.

At last they pulled the box into the basket. It was still snowing; so they climbed to get away from the snow. They rose to 5,100 meters! Everything became icy. They were so cold that they decided to land. They came down in Poland heavily but safely. They had traveled 1,797 kilometers from London!

1.Three men flew in a balloon _________.

A. more than a century ago B. to visit Poland　C. for nearly 1,800 kilometers D. to another city

2.The metal box was used for _______.

A. changing weight B. carrying ropes of the basket

C. keeping drinking water D. carrying the bags of sand

3.When the balloon went up higher, ________.

A.they saw the sun go down B. the temperature of the balloon began to fall

C. they could see a black hole on the ground D. they made a hole in the basket with their knives

4.The balloon landed __________.

A. in a foreign country B. on a lake C. in London D. on the sea

5.The three men had to land because _______.

A.they were very hungry B. they had not enough sand

C. they pulled the box into the basket D. they felt too cold

Passage 52

In a small village in England about 150 years ago, a mail coach (郵車) was standing on the street. Around the coach many people were talking to one another about it.

Mail coach did not come to that village so often in those days. People had to pay a lot of money to get a letter. The person who sent the letter did not have to pay. The person who got the letter had to pay the postage (郵資).

“Here’s a letter for Miss Alice Pown,” said the mailman. Everyone turned to a girl of about eighteen who was standing by the coach. “I’m Alice Pown,” she said in a low voice. The mailman gave her the letter.

Alice looked at the envelope for a minute, and then handed it back to the mailman.

“I’m sorry I can’t take it,” she said. “I don’t have enough money to pay the postage.”

The people standing around were very sorry for the girl. They were silent for a while. Then a gentleman came up to the mailman and paid the postage for Alice’s letter.

When the gentleman gave her the letter, she said with a smile, “Oh, thank you very much, sir. This letter is from the young man I’m going to marry. His name is Tom. He went to London to look for work. He has to get enough money for our marriage (結(jié)婚). I’ve waited a long time for this letter, but now don’t need it. I don’t have to open the envelope because there is nothing inside.”

“Really?” the gentleman said in surprise. “How do you know that?” “He told me that he would put some signs on the envelope. Look, sir, this cross in the corner means that he is well, and this circle means he has found work. That’s very good news.”

The gentleman was Sir Rowland Hill. He did not forget Alice and her letter.

“The postage to be paid by the receiver has to be changed,” he said to himself. He thought and thought for many years. At last he had a good plan.

“The postage has to be much lower,” he said. “What about a penny (便士) for a letter? And the person who sends the letter pays the postage. He has to buy a stamp and put it on the envelope.”

“A good idea!” people said when they heard of his plan.

The Government decided to adopt (采納) the plan. The first postage stamp was put out in 1840. It was called the “Penny Black”. It had a picture of the Queen on it.

1.The first postage stamp was made ________.

A. in England B. in America C. by Alice D. in 1910

2.The girl handed the letter back to the mailman because ______.

A.she did not know whose letter it was

B.the letter had already told her what she wanted to know

C.she could not pay the postage

D.the gentleman promised to pay the postage for her

3.When the girl returned the letter to the mailman _____.

A.the people around her felt sorry for her　B.the people thought that the girl was too poor

C.none of them wanted to pay the postage for her　D.the people was angry with the girl

4.Alice knew how Tom was getting from the signs on the envelope because ______.

A.Tom had told her what the signs meant before leaving for London

B.Alice was clever and could guess the meaning of the signs

C.Alice had put the signs on the envelope herself

D.Tom had put the signs as Alice had told him to

5.The idea of using stamps was found by ______.

A. the government B. Sir Rowland Hill C. Alice Pown D. Tom

Section V 人物故事篇答案詳解

Passage 42

【答案與解析】這是一篇關(guān)于美國總統(tǒng)克林頓的人物傳記。克林頓是二戰(zhàn)后美國的第一任總統(tǒng)，他是美國最年輕的總統(tǒng)之一?？肆诸D出生于一個(gè)貧苦的家庭，其父早亡，后隨繼父改姓克林頓?？肆诸D被邀參觀華盛頓市期間，在白宮受到總統(tǒng)肯尼迪接見，當(dāng)時(shí)就有做總統(tǒng)的想法。

1.C.根據(jù)“He is the first U.S. president who was born after World War II.”這一句話，可知克林頓是在第二次世界大戰(zhàn)之后出生的。故可推知答案為C。

2.B.本題屬細(xì)節(jié)理解題?！癟hree months before he was born, his father ,William Blats, died.”是答案的出處。

3.D.本題同樣也是細(xì)節(jié)理解題。答案就在第二段的末句中。

4.B.短文末段的首句已交代提非常清楚。

5.C.文章的最后一句話是解答本題的關(guān)鍵。

Passage 43

【解題思路點(diǎn)撥】這是一篇以SARS為話題的閱讀材料。文章作者告訴我們：SARS這種致命的疾病讓人們清醒地認(rèn)識到生命是多么的脆弱，每個(gè)人都要好好珍惜生命中的每一天。SARS給人們帶來的啟示是：我們大家要感謝那些置個(gè)人安危于不顧的醫(yī)務(wù)工作者；人人都應(yīng)當(dāng)有點(diǎn)同情心；團(tuán)結(jié)協(xié)作才能共度難關(guān)。

1.lose, love/treasure。短文第三自然段的意思是說，SARS的流行提醒人們：生命是脆弱的。突然間的死亡不只是老年人所面臨的?，F(xiàn)在每個(gè)人都意識到明天不總是有的。也就是說，“生命是很容易失去的，我們大家都應(yīng)當(dāng)熱愛(珍惜)生命?！?/p>

2.half, month。本小題所提的問題是“王信英被告知在家里呆大約多長時(shí)間？” “He was told to stay at home for at least two weeks.”一句中的“at least two weeks”(至少兩個(gè)星期)即是答案。但在解題時(shí)，要注意抓住兩個(gè)空格中間的冠詞a，從而可以聯(lián)想到由其構(gòu)成的時(shí)間狀語，否則就會不知所措。

3.day, night。根據(jù)“Doctors and nurses, for example, have to spend all their time with infected patients.”中的可以聯(lián)想到醫(yī)生和護(hù)士們?nèi)杖找挂沟?(day and night)與SARS病人在一起。故可得答案。本題也應(yīng)從連詞“and”入手，聯(lián)系題中信息方能找出答案。

4.join/work, together。短文最后一段說，在SARS嚴(yán)重威脅人們生命健康的這一段時(shí)間里，不同國家的人和政府?dāng)y手合作，終于戰(zhàn)勝了SARS。文中的“All different kinds of people and the governments are joining together to work in this difficult time.”這句話對答案有暗示作用。

Passage 44

【答案與解析】本文是關(guān)于馬可·波羅的小故事。中世紀(jì)，馬可·波羅跟隨父親來到中國。他在中國生活了十多年，為中西文化交流做出了很大貢獻(xiàn)。

1.C。文首的這句“Marco Polo was born in Venice in 1254. He was the most famous westerner to visit Asia during the Middle Ages.”即是答案的出處。

2.C。本題屬表層理解題。答案就在短文開頭一段的最后一句話中。

3.B。根據(jù)“Before he reached the age of thirty he was made a Chinese official.”這句話及文首的1254年即可推算出他被任命為中國古代官員時(shí)的年代。

4. A。本文的時(shí)間線索非常清晰。首先根據(jù)最末一段的“When they finally arrived in Venice,…”可排除C和D，然后由第二段所述的情況即可輕易將干擾項(xiàng)B篩選掉。

Passage 45

【答案與解析】短文描寫了一九七一年臺風(fēng)Rose襲擊香港的情景。Rose來臨之前，狂風(fēng)肆虐，避風(fēng)港內(nèi)停滿了船只，機(jī)場關(guān)閉，供電線路也切斷了。臺風(fēng)Rose過后，造成了大量的人員傷亡，損失巨大，在香港人心里留下了深深的傷痕。

1.D。短文首段的末句即是答案的依據(jù)。

2.C。第三段的這兩句話就是答案的出處。

3.A。短文在列舉了臺風(fēng)Rose所造成的巨大損失后，又說“The people of Hong Kong will not quickly forget Typhoon Rose!”。顯然，他們不能忘記的原因是臺風(fēng)Rose所帶來的損失之慘重。

4.B。本題的答案就在“It is safer for a big shop to be at sea in a typhoon because it cannot be blown onto rocks.”一句中。

5.C。整篇短文都是介紹臺風(fēng)在香港登陸前后的經(jīng)過以及它所造成的損失。故答案非C莫屬。

Passage 46

【答案與解析】Mr. Flowers嗜花如命，他種花的暖房位于一所學(xué)校附近。一些男孩子經(jīng)常朝他種花的暖房上扔石塊。盡管他絞盡腦汁，想盡了一切辦法，都無濟(jì)于事。最后Mr. Flowers想出了一個(gè)高招。他掛起了一塊結(jié)實(shí)的布告牌，上面寫著“請不要朝布告牌扔石塊”。孩子們的興趣于是轉(zhuǎn)向了這塊木牌，Mr. Flowers自此高枕無憂了。

1.C。“…to win the silver cup for the Rose of the Year.”一句中，不定式在句中作目的狀語，也是Mr. Flowers的愿望之所在。

2.A。第二段前兩句有明確的說明。

3.D。“So Mr. Flowers did his best to be in or near his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school day.”是該題的出處。

4.D。為了保護(hù)自己的玻璃房子不受損壞，想盡了各種方法。選項(xiàng)A、B、C所述內(nèi)容均在文中有明確的闡述。

5. C。由最后一段，特別是其中的關(guān)鍵詞large, good, strong以及布告上的DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS NOTICE, 可知他制作布告牌的真正目的不是要它對孩子們起警示作用，而是利用孩子們的心理讓其當(dāng)作他們投擲的靶子。

Passage 47

【答案與解析】作者向我們講述了很多人都可能遇到的一個(gè)問題：父母往往回答不上來小孩子問的一些非常簡單的數(shù)學(xué)問題。文中作者的女兒向他詢問怎樣計(jì)算二百零二減去一百七十九這道題。結(jié)果，他的女兒不但弄不懂他的解釋，而且他還無法解釋清楚女兒提出的問題。他只好向女兒的老師求助，而自己被老師的解釋搞得天昏腦脹……

1.D。細(xì)讀第二段，再聯(lián)系父女倆的談話即可得出答案。

2.B。根據(jù)“but I didn’t think I was clear.”以及“I took one and then I took another…I know one and one was two, but don’t ask me what it is now.”可知B項(xiàng)是錯(cuò)誤的。

3.A。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容， 那位老師所說的“”她的意思是說“個(gè)位上的數(shù)字是幾就表示幾個(gè)一”，當(dāng)然應(yīng)是小于1的數(shù)。

4.D。由“My head was now hurting.”這句話，可知“父親”聽了老師的解釋后沒有生氣、焦慮或悲傷，而是頭昏腦脹，疲憊之至。

5. C。選項(xiàng)A是不現(xiàn)實(shí)的，而選項(xiàng)C、D更是荒誕離奇。體會一下文末一段“父親”的舉動，就可以想起他是一種什么樣的心情。

Passage 48

【答案與解析】差不多人人都喜歡狗這種動物。作者在這篇短文中給我們講了一個(gè)十分有趣的故事：Jack，一條聰明伶俐的警犬。每逢星期天下午都要與主人一同去公園散步?？墒怯幸淮?，家里來了客人，與主人攀談起來，沒完沒了。到了Jack去散步的時(shí)間，那個(gè)人還是說個(gè)不停。Jack在房間內(nèi)轉(zhuǎn)了幾圈就坐在這位客人面前，可這個(gè)人仍然滔滔不絕地談笑。Jack這 回可真生氣了，它干脆叼著這個(gè)人的帽子，坐在他的面前。

1.B。短文的第二段的第二個(gè)句子是答案的出處。

2.A。“Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for a walk. But the visitor still stayed. Jack became much worried.”是解答該題的重要依據(jù)。

3.D。仔細(xì)考慮全文的整體意思，則不難得出答案。

4.D。答案即是“But the visitor paid no attention to Jack.”這句話。

5. C。本題屬表層理解題，短文末尾的“He sat down again in front of the visitor, but this time he took the visitor’s cap in his mouth.”這句話即是答案。

Passage 49

【答案與解析】這是一篇讀后讓人驚嘆不已的故事。象棋大師Watson在旅館時(shí)遇到了一個(gè)孩子。孩子的母親請求Watson與兒子下一盤棋。Watson很不情愿地答應(yīng)了。然而下棋過程中，那個(gè)孩子漫不經(jīng)心地，還不時(shí)地跑出去和姐姐打網(wǎng)球。讓W(xué)atson考慮之后再叫他。Watson后來處于僵局，最終也未能挽回。一個(gè)年僅十歲的孩子在二十八分鐘里就勝了他。他非常佩服。后來，Watson用這個(gè)孩子的棋路獲得了一個(gè)銀杯。作者最后的“I had a chance to use his game today, and it won this cup for me. To him, of course, it is only one of a hundred, or perhaps a thousand, winning games.”這句話可以讓人體會到Watson的心情，發(fā)人深思。

1.D。本題需綜合考慮下文所回憶的那局輸?shù)舻钠宸秸业酱鸢浮?/p>

2.C。由作者在“I wasn’t too happy. A player likes the opponent to play as well as he does.”一句中所流露出的感情以及“But it was holiday time and I agreed to play.”等句子的暗示可判斷作者根本沒有把這個(gè)小孩子放在眼中。不難得出正確的答案。

3.D。那小男孩即便是在“a quick move, then tennis, back to the board, then back to his sister.”這種情況下還是贏得了這局棋。這說明他的水平是明顯高于對方的。

4.A。本題難度稍大，但根據(jù)作者所表達(dá)的情感及“I had a chance to use his game today, and it won this cup for me.”一句可知A是最佳答案。

5.B。由“I was beaten.… He was the winner--- in twenty-eight minutes.”等句子，可明顯看出B是錯(cuò)誤的。

Passage 50

【答案與解析】這篇閱讀材料時(shí)間跨度較大，內(nèi)容較為復(fù)雜。短文先從馬可·波羅發(fā)現(xiàn)中國使用紙幣談起，然后說到蔡倫發(fā)明造紙術(shù)。第三自然段談到現(xiàn)在中國存在著嚴(yán)重浪費(fèi)紙張的現(xiàn)狀，并對中國森林資源的日益匱乏深感憂慮。第四自然段則說到了一些節(jié)約用紙的具體做法。短文最后呼吁大家認(rèn)真反思，從現(xiàn)在做起，保護(hù)有限的森林資源。

1.C。根據(jù)上文的意思，二者之間顯然是一種轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。故選C。

2.D。上一句“He made it from wood.”和下文的“He then put these pieces of paper…”是解答本題的關(guān)鍵。

3.A。選項(xiàng)D承接上文，另外下面的“…there will not be any trees left on the earth.”也對本題的解答起一定的暗示作用。

4.E。第一張紙的兩面都要使用，這顯然是談節(jié)約用紙的方法。故答案為E。

5.B。由上面一段說的意思，再聯(lián)系下面的幾句話，即可得出答案。

Passage 51

【答案與解析】這是發(fā)生在歷史上的一則歷險(xiǎn)小故事。1908年12月，三個(gè)人乘坐氣球從倫敦出發(fā)，進(jìn)行了一次長途旅行。為了能有效地控制氣球的重量，他們在氣球下方掛了一個(gè)能盛水的金屬盒子，還事先攜帶了沙子。隨著氣球的升高，氣球上面結(jié)滿了冰，于是引起了一系列的麻煩。歷盡千難萬險(xiǎn)，總算化險(xiǎn)為夷?？僧?dāng)氣球升至五千多米的高空時(shí)，他們實(shí)在無法忍受嚴(yán)寒，結(jié)果在波蘭安全降落。

1.C。由首句的1908年可知A項(xiàng)有誤。另外，這三個(gè)人打算從倫敦出發(fā)乘氣球作長距離旅行，由于天氣狀況不好，只好在波蘭(Poland)著陸。行程達(dá)1,797公里，將近1,800公里。

2.A. 根據(jù)“This could hold water. Or it could be empty. So they were able to change its weight.”可知，金屬盒里盛的水是并非是飲用水，而是用來改變氣球重量的。文中還說他們同時(shí)也帶了幾袋沙子來調(diào)節(jié)氣球的重量?！?/p>

3.B.根據(jù)“It went up to 3,000 meters, and the air was very cold.”或地理常識可斷定B為最佳答案。

4.A.如果氣球降落在湖上或海上，那將是很危險(xiǎn)的，聯(lián)系“They came down in Poland heavily but safely”，可知A是最佳答案。

5.D.答案源自最后一段中的“They were so cold that they decided to land.”一句。

Passage 52

【答案與解析】這是一篇關(guān)于付資郵票起源的歷史小故事。故事發(fā)生在一百多年前的英國。當(dāng)時(shí)的情況是，寫信人不用付郵資，收信人在收到信件時(shí)才付郵資，且郵資十分昂貴。一位小姐收到男友的來信，看了看信封又交給了郵差。她說自己付不起錢。這時(shí)一位名叫Sir Rowland Hill的紳士替她付了錢。接下來，這位小姐便給大家講了自己不拆開信的緣由和一個(gè)很感動人的故事。Sir Rowland Hill.從這件事上很受啟發(fā)。他決定改變這種狀況。后來政府采納了Sir Rowland Hill.的建議，于是世界上第一枚付資郵票從些便產(chǎn)生了。

1. A。文末“The first postage stamp was put out in 1840.”一句只是講了第一枚郵票是1840年發(fā)行的，并未說出發(fā)明人是誰?？紤]到故事發(fā)生在150年前的英國，故唯有A才符合題意。

2. B。姑娘將信遞給郵差發(fā)生在Sir Rowland Hill幫她付郵資之前，故選項(xiàng)D不對。根據(jù)姑娘所做的解釋，答案顯然非B莫屬。

3. A。答案就在“The people standing around were very sorry for the girl.”之中。

4. A。由“He told me that he would put some signs on the envelope.”一句及下面的說明，不難想象這是在小伙子離開倫敦時(shí)就告訴過姑娘的。

5. B。Sir Rowland Hill從姑娘所講的故事中受到啟發(fā)，決定改變一下由收信人付費(fèi)的方式。選項(xiàng)A有較大的迷惑性，但考慮到“The Government decided to adopt the plan.”可予以排除。