1第第 6 练练一阅读理解 A Frank Smithson woke up and leaned over to turn off the alarm clock. “Oh no!“ he thought to himself. “Another day at that office; a boss who shouts at me all the time. ” As Frank went downstairs his eyes fell on a large brown envelope by the door. He was overjoyed when he opened it and read the letter inside. “Bigwoods Football Pools would like to congratulate you. You have won half a million pounds. ” Frank suddenly came to life. The cigarette(香烟) fell from his lips as he let out a shout that could be heard halfway down the street. At 11:30 Frank arrived at work. “Please explain why youre so late,” his boss said. “Go and jump in the lake,” replied Frank. ”Ive just come into a little money so this is goodbye. Find yourself someone else to shout at. ”That evening Frank was smoking a very expensive Havana cigar when a knock was heard on the door. He rushed to the door. Outside were two men, neatly dressed in gray suits. “Mr Smithson,” one of them said, “were from Bigwoods Pools. Im afraid theres been a terrible mistake ” 1. What do we know about Frank? A. He was a lazy man. B. He didnt make a lot of money. C. He was a lucky person. D. He didnt get on well with his boss. 2. When he heard the knock at the door. Frank probably thought _. A. someone had come to make an apology B. someone had come to give him the money C. his friends had come to ask about the football pools D. his friends had come to congratulate him on his luck 3. On hearing “. theres been a terrible mistake .” Frank was most likely to be _. A. disappointed B. worried C. nervous D. curious B Londoners are great readers. They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books - especially paperbacks, which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the costs of printing. They still continue to buy “proper” books, too, printed on good paper and bound（装订）between hard covers. There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book-selling. Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London. Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which boasts of being “the biggest bookshop in the world” to the tiny, dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dickens time. Some of these shops stock, or will obtain, any kind of book, but many of them specialize in second-hand books, in art books, in foreign books, in books on philosophy, politics or any other of the countless subjects about which books may be written. One shop in this area specializes only in books about ballet! Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charring Cross 2Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand books, the collector must venture off the beaten track, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central district of London. Here there is nothing so impressive as bookshops. The booksellers come along each morning and pour out their sacks of books onto small hand carts. And the collectors, some professionals and some amateurs, have been waiting for them. In places like this they can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old one that may be worth many pounds. 3. “Londoners are great readers” means that _. A. Londoners are great because they read a lot. B. There are a great number of readers in London C. Londoners read a lot D. Londoners are readers who read only great books 4. According to this passage, Charring Cross Road _. A. is famous for its bookshops B. is in the suburbs of London C. contains various kinds of shops D. is the busiest street in London 5. In this passage, what does the underlined part “venture off the beaten track” mean? _. A. buy books in a most busy street B. waste time looking for books C. move away from a busy street D. take a risk of losing ones life 6. On Farringdon Road, _. A. you can find fine bookshops for the latest books B. you can see book sellers selling books on hand-carts C. there are only small bookshops for the second-hand books D. the same books as the ones in the bookshops of Charring Cross Road are sold 二七选五 Getting older No one really knows how and why people change as they get older. _1_. Aging is a complex and varied process that varies in how it affects different people and organs. In fact, even in one person, different organ systems “age” at different rate. At a certain point in our lives our body systems will begin to weaken. _2_. It may become more difficult for us to see and hear. The slow change of aging causes our bodies to lose some of their ability to bounce back from disease and injury. In order to live longer, we have always tried to slow or stop this change that leads us toward the end of our lives._3_ .