阅读理解一、记叙文 a Look at the light and beautiful snowflakes(雪花)falling.Ever wanted to hold them in your hands?They are always lost when they meet your hands. Well,this isnt just a problem for you.It was a problem for Wilson Bentley,too.In the 1870s,Wilson Bentley was just a teenager.His family lived in a small town in northeast America.Winters there were long and hard.Bentleys mother was once a school teacher. She taught him at home. Bentley didnt go to school until he was 14. He was a quiet boy, and loved reading his mothers books.But it was his mothers microscope (显微镜) that interested him. When the other boys were playing with balls, little Bentley was studying things like drops of water, flowers and snowflakes. Bentley loved watching snowflakes. For the next two years young Bentley spent many winter days in a cold room watching these ice crystals (晶体) under his microscope.The boy thought they were so beautiful that he started to draw pictures of them. But there were so many snowflakes that he couldnt draw them all. How could he keep their beauty forever? Bentley thought of buying a camera.The boy and his mother asked his father to buy one. But, his father didnt agree. He thought the whole thing was a bad idea. He thought the only thing a farmer should do was farming. But finally Bentley did get a camera. For more than a year he tried to take pictures of snowflakes. On January 15, 1885, during a snowstorm, Bentley took the first ever photo of an ice crystal with his camera. “It was the greatest moment of my life,” Bentley said later. For 13 years, Bentley worked quietly and took thousands of photos of ice crystals. Later he became known as “Snowflake” Bentley.( )1. The best title for this passage is _. A. Snowflake Photos B. Snowflake Boy C. Long and Hard Winters D. Teenage Photographer( )2. We can tell from the story that Bentleys father was _. A. a farmer B. a funny man C. an athletic man D. a school teacher( )3. Which of the following statements about Bentley is true? A. He didnt get any kind of education as a child. B. He was born into a rich family. C. He was the first person to take photos of snowflakes. D. He was fascinated by the beauty of snowflakes.( )4. What kind of person do you think Bentley was? A. He was outgoing. B. He was too serious. C. He was interested in learning. D. He was very warm-hearted.( )5. The “ice crystals” in the third paragraph refers to “_”. A. water drops B. rain drops C. flowers D. SnowflakesBSchool kids Say Goodbye to Their Flying Friends Jin Jun and his classmates at Shanghai Nanyang Middle School are not very happy to be back from holiday.Not because they hate studying, but because some of their best friends on campus（校园） are gone: pigeons. More than 100 pigeons used to(过去常常) fly around campus every day, making students smile during break time.But now, the birds are gone. Where? Now theyre all locked up in a bird cage. Bird flu(流感) has landed in Shanghai, and experts are afraid the pigeons might spread（传播）the disease if they keep flying around. For safety, the school also asks students to stay away from the cage. “I feel sad for those birds. Theyre my best friends,” said Jin, a Junior 3 student. “Last term I would bring corn to feed them, but I cant do that any more. I hope bird flu will end soon so I can play with the pigeons again.” Nanyang Middle School is not the only one to take pigeons off campus.Students in Beijjng Fengtai Experimental Primary School also gave their pigeons to the local health department （当地卫生部门）on February 3. Their pigeons are special birds. In 1999, students found two injured pigeons and gave them a home. To get money for bird food, the kids sold rubbish paper They took good care of the birds, and five years later, those two pigeons had become 265!“The students loved the birds,” said Mr Chen, the schools headmaster. “But to keep the school safe, they are willing to give them up.”( )1. Students in Nanyang Middle School are not happy to be back from holiday because _. A. they dont like studying B.their best friends are not studying there any more C. their pigeons are all locked up in a big cage away from them D. their pigeons have all been killed( )2. Students in Beijing Fengtai Experimental Primary School got money for bird food by_. A.selling(卖) rubbish paper B. selling their books C. asking their parents for money D. borrowing money from friends( )3. The pigeons have all been locked up so that _. A. they wont fly around all day B. they wont make a lot of noise C. they wont spread bird flu D. they will grow faster( )4. There are about _ more pigeons in Fengtai Experimental Primary School than in Nanyang Middle