一、阅读理解(共5题)
1、 There are many kinds of heroes. Even animals can be heroes. This month’s newsletter tells about three amazing animals. Each one is a hero!
Thumper the Dog
Thumper was a dog that lived with a family which had a three-year-old son named Benjamin. One day Benjamin wandered into a large field. The grass in the field was taller than he was, so he could not find his way out. Hundreds of people began to search for Benjamin. When they found him, they saw Thumper stayed with Benjamin and kept him warm. So Benjamin had stayed safe and calm.
Lulu the Pig
The Altsmans had a pet pig named Lulu. One summer the couple went camping and took Lulu with them. The husband went fishing one morning. The wife didn’t feel well, so she and Lulu stayed in the camper. Suddenly Mrs. Altsman fell to the floor. Lulu pushed the camper door open and climbed out to locate help. When a car came by, she lay down in front of it. When the driver got out, Lulu led him back to the camper. The man called for help and Mrs. Altsman was taken to hospital.
Sugar the Cat
Sugar was a beautiful cat. Three years ago she wandered onto the Woods’ farm in California and Mrs. Woods began feeding her. Mrs. Woods noticed something wrong with the cat’s left leg, but this didn’t make Sugar any less special. Mrs. Woods loved Sugar. Later the couple moved to a new farm in Oklahoma. They gave Sugar to a neighbor who would take good care of her, because they knew she wouldn’t like riding in cars for days. However, Sugar walked across deserts and mountains and traveled more than 1,500 miles to the Woods’ new farm! Mr. and Mrs. Woods could hardly believe their eyes. No one knows how Sugar found her way to Oklahoma.
1. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Lovely pigs. B. Unknown heroes. C. New friends. D. Amazing animals.
2. How did Thumper help Benjamin?
A. By searching for him in the field.
B. By finding the way out for him.
C. By staying with him all the time.
D. By cutting the grass around him.
3. Why did Lulu lie down on the road?
A. To get help. B. To watch the cars. C. To have a sleep. D. To ask for a lift.
4. What did Sugar do in the story?
A. Sugar tried to find help.
B. Sugar protected her owners.
C. Sugar went camping with her owners.
D. Sugar went a long way to find her owners.
2、 Mum gives little Tom ten yuan. Then little Tom goes shopping. He gets on the bus and sits down next to an old woman. Then he sees the old woman’s bag is open. There is ten yuan in it. He quickly looks into his pocket. The money isn’t there now! Little Tom is sure that the old woman is a thief(小偷). He decides(决定)to take back the money from the old woman’s bag. So he carefully puts his hand into the old woman’s bag,takes the money and says nothing. Suddenly(突然地)the old woman shouts,“Where is my money? I can’t find it. There is a thief in the bus.” Little Tom feels strange(奇怪的). Then he sees his own ten yuan under his seat. Little Tom is thinking a question now,“Am I a thief ?”
1. is sitting beside little Tom.
A. A young woman B. An old woman
C.A young man D. An old man
2. Little Tom sees in the old woman’s bag.
A. a wallet B. a packet
C. ten yuan D. ten dollars
3. Little Tom is sure that the old woman is a .
A. thief B. teacher
C. rich woman D. poor woman
4. Little Tom sees ten yuan under his seat.
A. his own B.the old woman’ s
C. the thief’ s D.the driver’ s
5. Which of the following is right?
A. Little Tom is a bad boy.
B. Little Tom often steals(偷)things.
C. Mum gives little Tom twenty yuan.
D. Little Tom makes a mistake(错误).
3、 A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said, “I am blind, please help.”
There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”
The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.”
What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it.” Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?
Of course, both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.
The first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.