阅读理解训练（12）ADarnay Duck walks into a pub and orders a pint of beer and a ham sandwich. The landlord looks at him and exclaims, But youre a duck! Your eyes work, replies the Darnay Duck. And you talk. utters the landlord. And your ears, continues Darnay Duck, Now can I have my beer and my sandwich please? Certainly, agrees the landlord, sorry about that. its just we dont get many ducks in this pub. What are you doing round this way? Im working on the building site across the road, explains the duck. The landlord watches, astonished, as Darnay Duck drinks his beer, eats his sandwich and leaves. The duck visits regularly for two weeks. Then one day the circus comes to town. The owner of the circus comes into the pub and the landlord says to him, Youre with the circus, arent you? I know this duck that would be just brilliant in your circus - he talks, drinks beer and everything. Sounds incredible, says the owner, get him to give me a call. So the next day when Darnay Duck comes into the pub the landlord says, Hey Mr Duck, I believe I can line you up with a top job, paying really good money. Yeah? questions Darnay, Sounds great, where is it? At the circus. Answers the landlord. The circus? Darnay Duck enquires, rather puzzled. Thats right, replies the landlord. What, the place with the big tent? Big canvas roof, hole in the middle, loads of animals? asks the duck. Thats right. smiles the landlord. Darnay Duck looks confused. Why would they want a plasterer(泥水匠)?21. What does the underlined sentence “Your eyes work.” mean in the passage?A Your eyes are good in function B I am a real duckC Youd better work with your eyes D You can see clearly with your eyes22. Why does the owner of the circus ask the landowner to get the duck to give him a call?A He wants to get in touch with the duckB He wants to employ the duckC He doesnt believe what the landowner says.D He gets some news for the duck 23. Why does the Duck look confused when the landowner find him a job in the circus? A He does not know what job a plasterer can do at the circus.B He does not know what performance he can give at the circus.C He does not know why a plasterer can be paid good money at the circus.D He does not know what is wrong with the circus.24. What job does the landowner try to recommend to the duck at the circus?A a plasterer B a talker C a drinker D a performer参考答案21-24 BCAD B“Time,” says the proverb, “is money”. This means that every moment well spent may put some money into our pockets. If our time is usefully employed, it will either turn out some useful and important piece of work which will fetch its price in the market, or it will add to our experience and increase our capacities so as to enable us to earn money when the proper opportunity comes. Our life is nothing more than our time. To kill time is therefore a form of suicide. We are shocked when we think of death, and we spare no pains, no trouble, and no expense to preserve life. But we are too often indifferent to the loss of an hour or of a day, forgetting that our life is the sum total of the days and of the hours we live. Our life is a brief period measuring some seventy or eighty years in all. But nearly one third of this has to be spent in sleep; some years have to be spent over our meals; some in making journeys on land and voyages by sea; some in merry making. Now if all these years were to be deducted(扣除) from the term over which our life extends, we shall find about twenty or thirty years at our disposal for active work. Whoever remembers this can never willingly waste a single moment of his life. All time is precious，but the time of our childhood and of our youth is more precious than any other portion of our existence，for those are the periods when we can acquire knowledge and develop our capacities. If we allow these morning hours of life to slip away, we shall never be able to recover the loss. Just as money laid out at interests doubles and trebles itself in time, so the precious hours of childhood and youth, if properly used, will yield us incalculable advantages.25. Why does the author quote the proverb “time is money” in the beginning?A to explain the meaning of the proverbB to show how precious time isC to compare the importance of time and lifeD to warn us not to waste time26. According to the author, which of the following is right?A A day or an hour wasted is so much life lost.B We shouldnt spend one third of our life sleepingC Merry making is something unnecessary in our life.D We have less than twenty or thirty years to do active work27. What is the best title for the passage?A Time is money B The value of time C How we spend our time D The morning hours of life28. In the last paragraph, the author warns that _.A one must do his best to acquire knowledge and dev