阅读理解（作业）A 篇Once there was a man traveling in a faraway village. As he was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped. He found that these huge elephants were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg.No chains(锁链)， no cages. It was clear that the elephants could, atany time, break away from their ropes but for some reason, they did not.He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and didnt try to get away. “Well,” the trainer said, “when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that rage, its enough to hold them. As they grow up, they still believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can hold them, so they never try to break free.”How could it be? These animals could at any time break free from their ropes. But because they always stuck right where they were, they believed they couldnt.Just like the elephants, how many of us go through life believing that we cannot do something, just because we failed at it once before? . We should never give up the struggle(挣扎) in life.()1. What did the writer see in the village?A. ChainsB. ElephantsC. CagesD. Farmers()2. Why do the elephants never try up to break free from the ropes?A. Because they think they can not. B. Because they are too old to do it.C. Because they like their living places.D. Because they get on well with the trainer.()3. How did the man feel after he heard what the trainer said?A. MovedB. SurprisedC. AngryD. Nervous()4. Which of the following is the missing part in the last paragraph?A. Failing is part of learning.B. We should be different from others.C. Helping animals is helping ourselves.D. Traveling always makes people relaxed.12()5. What is the best title for this test?A. Pleasant tripB. A Cruel TrainerC. Elephant TrainingD. The Elephant RopeB 篇Once upon a time, a boy was walking through a wood and he thought he could hear a sad cry. Following the sound he came to a big, round, mysterious, grey fountain. The sad sound seemed to be coming from the fountain pool. The boy swept aside the pools dirty surface water and saw a group of grey fish swimming in a slow circle through the pond.Amused by this, the boy tried to catch one of these incredible talking fish. But when he stuck his arm into the water it turned grey right up to the elbow. As this happened, a huge sadness entered into him, and he suddenly understood how sad the fish were feeling.He quickly pulled his arm out of the water, and ran from that place. But the arm stayed grey, and the boy continued feeling sad. He tried so many times to cheer himself up, but nothing worked. That was, until he realized that if he were to make the Earth happy then that happiness would be, in turn, transmitted back to him, through the earth on his arm.From then on, he set about looking after countryside. He cared for the plants, and he did what he could to keep the water from being polluted. He encouraged others to do the same. He was so successful that his arm started to recover its normal color. When the grey had disappeared completely, he started feeling happy again, and he decided to go and visit the fountain. When he was still some way from the fountain he could hear the fish singing happily.()6. What happened to the boy when he stuck his arm into the water?A. He caught some fish.B. His arm was bitten by the fish. C. He felt great sadness.D. Nothing special happened.()7. The underlined word “recover” means “ ” in Chinese.A. 转变B. 进化C. 变异D. 恢复()8. Which of the following didnt happen after the boy left the fountain?A. He started to look after the countryside.B. He stopped the water from being polluted. C. He encouraged people to protect the earth. D. His arm kept grey and he never felt happy.()9. What can we learn from the passage?A. We should protect the earth. B. We shouldnt catch fish.C. Even the fountain may cry. D. We should visit the fountain.()10. What is the best title of the passage?A. The Beautiful Countryside. B. The Talking Fish.C. The Sad Cry.D. The Grey Fountain.C 篇Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everythingtutors ( 家 庭教师 ), cards, special learningcentersin short, everything they could think of. Finally they tookTommy to a catholic (天主教的) school.After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didnt kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers werespread (铺开) out all over the room and little Tommy was hard atwork. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening.Finally