阅读理解10Once there lived an old man in a town. He always forgot a lot of things. So his wife always had to say to him，“Dont forget this.”One day he went on a long way alone. Before he left home，his wife said，“Now you have all these things. You need them on your way. Take care of your things on the way.”He went to the station. He bought a ticket and got on the train with it.About an hour later，the conductor began to see the tickets. He came to the old man and said，“Will you please show me your ticket?”The old man looked for his ticket in all his pockets but he could not find it. He was very worried. “I cant find my ticket. I really bought a ticket before I got on the train，”said the old man.“I think you are right. I believe you bought a ticket. All right，you dont have to buy another ticket，”said the conductor kindly. But the old man still(仍然) looked worried and said sadly，“You dont know why Im worried. If I dont find my ticket，I cant remember my station. Where am I going? ”1. The old man bought a ticket _. A. after he got on the train B. before he got on the train C. when the conductor told him to buy one D. when he found he had no ticket with him 2. About an hour later，the conductor began _. A. to buy the tickets B. to look for the tickets C. to check(检查) the tickets D. to show the tickets 3. The conductor told the old man that he didnt need to buy another ticket because _. A. the man was very old B. he thought the old man had no money with him C. the old man showed him the ticket D. he believed the old man 4. The old man still looked worried because _. A. he couldnt get on the train. B. he lost his ticket and a lot of money C. he thought his wife would get angry with him D. he forgot where he was going 5. Which of the following(下列) is right? A. The old man went on the trip with his wife B. The old man didnt find his ticket C. The conductor was also an old man D. The old man had to buy another ticket 参考答案 1. B 第二段最后一句话表明。2. C 第三段第一句话表明。3. D 第四段第一行。4. D 最后一句话。5. B Scientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts，so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth. Some places on the earth dont get much rain. But they still dont become desert. This is because some green plants are growing there.Small green plants and grass are very helpful to dry places. Plants dont let the hot sun make the earth even drier. Plants dont let the wind blow the earth away. When a little bit of rain falls，the plants hold the water. Without the plants，the land can become a desert much more easily.1. Why can the land become a desert? A. Some places dont get much rain. B. Plants dont let the hot sun make the earth even drier. C. People dont keep the earth well. D. Scientists havent learnt enough about the deserts.2. Scientists _ to make the deserts into good land again. A. carry water B. grow food C. do nothing D. study a lot3. Which is not true? A. The land never stops becoming desert. B. Scientists ask the people to live in the deserts and grow food there. C. People do bad things to the earth. D. Scientists may not be able to change the deserts.4. Why are green plants and grass helpful? A. They can hold the water. B. They can stop the wind from blowing the earth away.C. They can keep the earth wet. D. All the above are right.5. Which is the best title(题目) for the passage? A. The Desert Problem. B. People Make Deserts. C. Green Plants and Grass. D. The Desert，the Tree and the Water. 参考答案 1. C（第一段说明。）2. D（文中第一句。）3. B（文中无此观点。）4. D（文中有说明。）5. A（全文谈论沙漠化问题。） 阅读理解2We are all busy talking about and using the Internet (互联网), but how many of us know the history of the Internet?Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks (网络) didnt work well. If one computer in the network broke down, then the whole network stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information could be sent through another part. In this way computer network system would keep on working all the time.At first the Internet was only used by the government, but, in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of the 1990s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists