1、阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。If you look for a book as a present for a child，you will be spoiled for choice even in a year there is no new Harry Patten. J.K Rowlings wizard is not alone .The past decade has been a harvest for good childrens books ,which has set off a large quantity of films and an
2、increased sales of classics such as The lard of the Rings. Yet despite that, reading is increasingly unpopular among children .According to statistics in 1997, 23% said they didnt like reading at all. In 2003, 35% didnt. And around 6% of the children leave primary school each year unable to read pro
3、perly. Maybe the decline is caused by the increasing availability of computes games. Maybe the books boom has affected only the top of the educational pile. Either way, Chancellor Cordon Brown plans to change things for the bottom of the class .In his pre-budget report, he announced the national pro
4、ject of Reading Recovery to help the children struggling most. Reading Recovery is aimed at six year olds, who receive four months of individual daily half-hour classes with a specially trained teacher. An evaluation this year reported that children on the school made 20 months progress in just one
5、year, whereas similarly weak readers without special help made just five months progress ,and so ended the year even further below the level expected for their age. International research tends to find that when British children leave primary school, they read well ,but read text often for fun than
6、those elsewhere .Reading for fun matters because children who are keen on reading can report lifelong pleasure and loving books is an excellent indicator of future educational success . According to the OECD, being a regular and enthusiastic reader is of great advantage. 1Which of the following is t
7、rue of Paragraph 1? AMany childrens books have been adapted from films. BMany high-quality childrens books have been published. CThe sales of classics have led to the popularity of films. DThe sales of presents for children have increased. 2Statistics suggested that_ . Athe number of top students in
8、creased with the use of computers Ba decreasing number of children showed interest in reading Ca minority of primary school children read properly Da huge percentage of children read regularly3What do we know about Reading Recovery? AAn evaluation of it will be made sometime this year. BWeak readers
9、 on the project were the most hardworking. CIt aims to train special teachers to help children with reading. DChildren on the project showed noticeable progress in reading. 4Reading for fun is important because book-loving children _. Atake greater advantage of the project Bshow the potential to enj
10、oy a long life Care likely to succeed in their education. Dwould make excellent future researchers 5The aim of this text would probably be _. Ato overcome primary school pupils reading difficulty. Bto encourage the publication of more childrens books Cto remind children of the importance of reading
11、for fun Dto introduce a way to improve early children reading 【参考答案】15、BBDCD阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。It was a dark and cold night. The car driver didnt have even one passenger all day. When he went by the railway station, he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So
12、he quickly opened the door of the car and asked, “Where do you want to go, sir?”“To the Star Hotel,” the young man answered. When the car driver heard that, he didnt feel happy. The young man would give him only three dollars because the hotel was not far from the railway station. But suddenly, he h
13、ad an idea. He took the passenger through many streets of the big city. After a long time, the car finally arrived at the hotel. “You should pay me fifteen dollars,” the car driver said to the young man. “What! Fifteen dollars? Do you think Im a fool? Only last week I took a car from the railway sta
14、tion to this same hotel and I only gave the driver thirteen dollars. I know how much I have to pay for the trip. I wont pay you one dollar more than I paid to the other car driver last week. ”1. Which of the following is true? A. The young man went past the railway station. B. The young man was work
15、ing in the railway station.C. The young man had just got off a train. D. The young man was waiting for his friend there. 2. What do you think of the car driver?A. He was a nice and clever man. B. He was good at driving. C. He was a dishonest person. D. He liked to work very hard. 3. The driver felt
16、very _ when he saw the young man coming out of the railway station. A. sorry B. happy C. proud D. worried4. From the passage we know that the young man_. A. didnt want to stay in this city. B. had been to the hotel several times. C. knew clearly how far it was from the station to the hotel. D. must
17、be a stranger and didnt know the city very well. 5. The driver took the passenger through many streets so as to_. A. make the young man happyB. get more than twenty dollars. C. let the young man think it was very far from the station to the hotel. D. let the young man have a good look at the city.【参
18、考答案】15、CCBDC 阅读理解-AA child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in almost the same words, but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairy stories as formal texts. It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book, and, if a parent can pr
19、oduce what, in the actual situation of the time and the child, is an improvement on the printed text, so much the better.A charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the child by frightening him or making him sad thinking. To prove the latter, one would have to show in a controlled experiment
20、 that children who have read fairy stories were more often sorry for cruelty than those who had not. As to fears, there are, I think, some cases of children being dangerously terrified by some fairy story. Often, however, this arises (出现) from the child having heard the story once. Familiarity with
21、the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered.There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds that they are not objectively true, that giants, witches, two - headed dragons, magic carpets, etc. do not exist; and that, instead of being
22、fond of the strange side in fairy tales, the child should be taught to learn the reality by studying history. I find such people, I must say so peculiar (奇怪的) that I do not know how to argue with them. If their case were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to P
23、hiladelphia on a stick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girl -friend.No fairy story ever declared to be a description of the real world and no clever child has ever believed that it was.1. The author considers that a fairy story is more effective when it is
24、 _.A. repeated without any change B. treated as a jokeC. made some changes by the parent D. set in the present答案解析：答案为C。本题为细节推理题。 由第一段的 “It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book, and, if a parent can produce what, in the actual situation of the time and the child, is an im
25、provement on the printed text, so much the better.”可知，作者认为如果父母讲神话故事结合小孩所在的真实时间情况，而不仅仅是从故事书上读故事，效果更好。故答案为C，即父母如果对神话故事作一些变化，更有效。解答此题要注意同一意思的不同表达。2. According to the passage, great fear can take place in a child when the story is _.A. in a realistic setting B. heard for the first timeC. repeated too of
26、ten D. told in a different way答案解析：答案为B。本题为细节题。由第二段 “As to fears, there are, I think, some cases of children being dangerously terrified by some fairy story. Often, however, this arises from the child having heard the story once.”可知，作者认为如果故事只讲了一遍，小孩会产生恐惧感。故答案为B。3.The advantage claimed (提出) for repea
27、ting fairy stories to young children is that it _.A. makes them less fearfulB. develops their power of memoryC. makes them believe there is nothing to be afraid ofD. encourages them not to have strange beliefs答案解析：答案为A。本题为细节推理题。由第二段的最后一句话 “Familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of f
28、ear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered.”可知，作者认为不断的重复故事可以让小孩变得熟悉(familiarity)故事, 这样恐惧的痛苦（pain of fear） 就会变成恐惧的快乐（pleasure of a fear），故答案为A。B，D在文章中未提及；C选项 “让小孩相信没有什么可害怕的” 意思与此不符，且此答案显得绝对。4. The authors mention of sticks and telephones is meant to suggest that _.A. fairy stories are still b
29、eing made upB. there is some misunderstanding about fairy talesC. people try to modernize old fairy storiesD. there is more concern for childrens fears nowadays答案解析：答案为B。本题为推断题。从第三段 “If their case were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a st
30、ick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girl -friend.” 和第四段 “No fairy story ever declared to be a description of the real world and no clever child has ever believed that it was.” 可知，作者的观点是神话故事不是对现实世界的描述，没有哪个聪明的小孩相信它们是真的。故答案为B，作者用sticks and telephones 来证明一些人对神
31、话故事存在误解。5. One of the reasons why some people are not in favor of fairy tales is that _.A. they are full of imaginationB. they just make up the stories which are far from the truthC. they are not interestingD. they make teachers of history difficult to teach答案解析：答案为B。本题为细节题。从第三段的首句 “There are also p
32、eople who object to fairy stories on the grounds that they are not objectively true, that giants, witches, two - headed dragons, magic carpets, etc. do not exist”可知，也有人反对神话故事是因为它们不是客观真实的，故答案为B。解答此题同样要注意同义句的转换， “not in favor of”与object to 同义；”not objectively true” 与 “far from the truth”同义。来源:短文改错。(20
33、14河南省郑州市高中毕业班第一次质量预测)Mr.Turner turned over in bed from time to time in last night，for he was very excited that he could not fall asleep.Yesterday morning，he went to a big gardening company，knowing as Green Fingers，for the interview.Mr.Turner，that liked to help his grandfather grow flowers in the gar
34、den，looking forward to the job offered by the company.When he got to the company，he found there were many people waiting there and he had no ideas whether he could get the job.While waiting，he helps the workers there to remove the fallen trees and clear the road.Unluckily，he was the only one who fin
35、ally got the job，so the manager decided to give the job to whoever he believed was helpful.【参考答案】短文改错Mr.Turner turned over in bed from time to time last night，for he was excited that he could not fall asleep.Yesterday morning，he went to a big gardening company， as Green Fingers，for interview.Mr.Turn
36、er， liked to help his grandfather grow flowers in the garden，/ forward to the job offered by the company.When he got to the company，he found there were many people waiting there and he had no whether he could get the job.While waiting，he the workers there to remove the fallen trees and clear the roa
37、d.，he was the only one who finally got the job， the manager decided to give the job to whoever he believed was helpful.短文改错。假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同学写的以下作文。文中有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线(划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。2只允许修改10处，多者(从第
38、11处起)不计分。Im eighteen years old and I live in small village in the Peak District , not far from Nottingham. I grow up in this village, so I know everyone here. Thats the problemthe problem is theres nothing to do , and nobody of my age to do it with ! At the moments I travel into Nottingham every day
39、 to the shop as I work. Theres a bus at 7：30 in the morning or the last bus back in the evening is at 5：30 . From September, therefore, Im going to stay in Nottingham by my aunt and uncle when my cousin joins in the Navy . I can use his room . Im really looking forward to living in Nottingham. 【参考答案
40、】：Im eighteen years old and I live insmall village in the Peak District , not far from Nottingham. I up in this village, so I know everyone here. Thats the problemthe problem is theres nothing to do , and nobody of my age to do it with ! At the I travel into Nottingham every day to the shop I work. Theres a bus at 7：30 in the morning the last bus back in the evening is at 5：30 . From September, ， Im going to stay in Nottingham my aunt and uncle when my cousin joins the Navy . I can use his room . Im really looking forward to living in Nottingham.