1、英語閱讀secretwork1. From the text, we learn that newspapermen writeas few words as possible,because次AA young man asked Albert Einstein , the great German scientist , what the of success is. The scientist told him that the secret of success is hard work. A few days later the young man asked the same que

2、stion again . Einstein was very annoyed . He did not say anything ,but wrote a few words on a piece of paper . On it was written: A=X+Y+Z.“What does this mean ?” asked the young man .“A means success explained the old scientist .X stands for hardfor good method （ 方法） and Z Z means stop talking and g

3、et down to work.1. The young man.A. wanted to meet EinsteinB. wanted to be a great scientist like EinsteinC. was eager （ 渴望）to know the secret of successD. wanted to be a student of Einstein2. In Einstein s opinion the secret of success was.A. to work with great energy （ 精力，活力）B. to study hard day a

4、nd nightC. to learn from great scientistsD. to raise （ 提出） questions as many as you could3. Y stands for.A. hard work B. great energy C. great success D. good manner（方法）4. The word “annoyed means.A. angry B. sad C. lovely D. glad5. Einstein was a man whoA. liked to talk with young peopleB. liked to

5、help othersC. liked to make friends with young peopleD. liked to work , but didn t like to talkBritish newspapers are much smaller than they used to be and their readers are often in a hurry ,so newspapermen write as few words as possible .They tell their readers at once what happened ,where ,when a

6、nd how it happened and what was the result how many people were killed ,what change was done and so on .Readers want the fact（ 事 實(shí)）set out as fully and accurately as possible .Readers are also interested in the people who have seen the accident. So a newspaperman always likes to get some information

7、 （ 信息）from someone who was there, which can be given in the persons own words .Because he can use only a few words ,the newspaperman must choose those words carefully ,every one must be effective（有效）.Instead of he called out ina loud voice ” , he writes “ he shouted ” ; instead of “the loose stones

8、rolled noisily down the side of the mountain ”, he will write “ they thundered down the mountainside ”Because many of the readers aren t very clever, and most of them are in a hurry.-1 -readersfj /A. want to know more about the newsB. take no interest in what has happened英語閱讀D.perso次C. have no time

9、to read the news carefullyD. pay much attention to the result2. The underlined word one in the text refers to.A.wordB.newspapermanC.readern3. Which of the following would best complete the text ?A. he will keep his writing shortB. he won t care about his writingC. he will give nothing but informatio

10、nD. he won t make his writing good enough.4. In what way do you think British newspapers have become smaller?A. In a page size.B. In number of readers.C. In number of pages.D. In number of copies5. Which of the following is true?A. Readers are not satisfied with the short news.B. Not many people hav

11、e time to read the long articles in newspapers.C. Readers find the language of the newspapers exciting.D. Newspapermen try to report as fully as possible.CThe story happened during the Second World War（戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)）.An old man lived in asmall town of Germany. He had three sons and they all worked in the same

12、factory where he had worked. After the war had begun , his sons were all made to join the army one after another and they all died in the frights . The old man was very sad . he didn t have enough food and was often hungry . And nobody helped him and he didn t know how to go in living .It was a very

13、 cold winter night . The old man couldn t go to sleep . He hadbeen hungry for two days and it was so cold in his room that ice could be seen .He had to get up and begun to run in the room until he lay down on the ground. The next morning he had to beg from door to door. He had been to a lot of citie

14、s and knew a lot.Once he came to a village , but the villages were all poor and couldn t givehim anything . He was too hungry to go to another village . He thought hard and found a way . He came to a police station and called out ,“ Hitler is a foolish pig （希特勒是蠢豬）！Out came an old policeman at once

15、. He took the old man into a room , gave him some bread and a cup of tea . Then he said ,Don t say in our village , sir !I msorry, sir. Said the old man . I don t know it s Hitler s hometown .” “No, no , sir. The policeman said in a hurry. It s pig s hometown !1. The old man was.A. a German B. a Fre

16、nchC. an Australian D. an Englishman2. The old man was sad becauseA. his three sons all died during the war B. His three sons had to join the army C. He had no food or clothes布米D. He lived in the small town alone3. The old man got up and ran in his room to.A. keep healthyB. Forget he was sad and hun

17、gryC. Make him warmD. Find a way to forget he was hungry4. The old man shouted outside the police station because A. he hated Hitler very muchB. he hoped the policeman could help himC. he wanted to make the policemen angryD. he thought the he would be given some food in prison （監(jiān)獄）5. Which statement

18、 is true?A. The old policeman hated Hitler , tooB. The old policeman found that the old man his best friendC. The old policeman would send the old man in prison D. The old policeman liked Hitler better than pigsDMiss Gorgers taught physices in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of he

19、r classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them,“ Now I have a brother in LosAngeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from across the street, which of you would h

20、ear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?Tom at once answered, “Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves. ”That s very good, Miss Gorgers answered; but then one of thegirls raised her hand, and Miss Gorgers said,“Yes, Kate? “I disagree, Kate said. Your

21、brother would hear you earlier because when it s 11 o clock here it s only 8 o clock in Los Angeles. ” 1. Miss Gorgers was teaching her class .A. how to telephoneB. about electricityC. about time zone （時(shí)區(qū)） D. about sound2. Miss Gorgers asked this question because she wanted to know whether .A. it wa

22、s easy to phone to Los AngelesB. her student could hear her from 75 feet awayC. her students had grasped（理解） her lessonD. sound waves were slower than electricity3. Tom thought that electricity was .A. slower than sound wavesB. faster than sound wavesC. not so fast as sound waves D. as fast as sound

23、 waves4. Kate thought Tom was wrong because .A. clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New YorkB. electricity was slower than sound wavesC. Tom was not good at physics at allD. Tom s answer had nothing to do with sound waves5. Whose answer do you think is correct acoording to th

24、e law of physics?-3 -英語閱讀次A. Tom sB. Kate s C. Both A and B D. Neither A nor BIt was Mondy. Mrs Smith s dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.Considering that there was no better way. Mrs Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it: Give my dog half a pound of

25、meat. Then shthe paper to her dog and said gently:Take this to the butcher (person whose jobis selling meat), and hes going to give you your lunch today.Holding the piece of paper in its mouth,the dog ran to the butcherreallye gave-5s. It gavethe paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully,r

26、ecognized that it wasthe lady s handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.The next day, the dog c

27、ame again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers (* people who buy something from a shop).But, the dog came again at four o clock. And

28、 the same thing happened once again.clock, andTo the butcher s more surprise, it came for the third time at six o brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said tohimself, “This is a small dog. Whydoes Mrs Smith give it so much meat to eat today? Looking at the piece

29、 of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!6. Mrs Smith treated her little dog quite .A. cruellyB. fairlyC. kindlyD.unfriendly-9 -7. It seemed that the dog knew well that the paper Mrs Smith gave itA. might do it much harm.C. would help the butcherB. could do it much goodD. was worth ma

30、ny pounds8. The butcher did not give any meat to the dogA. before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs SmithB. when he found that the words on the paper were not clearC. because he had sold out all the meat in his shopD. until he was paid enough by Mrs Smith9. From its experence, t

31、he dog found that .A. only the paper with Mrs Smiths words on it could bring it meatll find thats any moreB. the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it C. Mrs Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher D. a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat10. At the end of t

32、he story, youA. the dog was clever enough to write on the paperC. theD. theanimalri fB. the dog dared not go to the butcher butcher was told not to give any meat to the dogbutcher found himself cheated (* act in a way that is not honest) by the cleverMr. King is a tall and strong man. He teaches P.

33、E. in a middle school. He wears a long beard （胡子） and takes good care of it.It was Sunday yesterday. There was a big football match of the year on theplayground in the centre of the city.he was going to watch it. With his friendsAfter breakfast he hurried to the busMr. King likes the game very much

34、and of coursehelp he got a ticket a few days ago.stop, but a lot of people were waiting there.A bus came and he hardly got on. There for them to put their feet. He had to gripwere plenty of people in it and it was difficult（抓?。?the back of a chair. At the nextstop a boy got on the bus. He looked aro

35、und and saw Mr. Kings beard and grip it.The man found it at once and called out,“Are you going to get off, sir?“Let go of （松開） my beard, boy! asked to boy.11. Mr. King is a .A. player B. runnerC. teacherD. driver12. Mr. King was going to watch the match becauseA. he teaches P. E. in a middle schoolC

36、. he had already got a ticketB. he likes football very muchD. he didn t go to work yesterday13. It was difficult for Mr. King to stand becauseA. he had drunk too much B. the bus was too smallC. he got on the bus too lateD. it was very crowded in the bus14. The boy gripped Mr. King A. he was afraid t

37、o fall agains beard becauseB. he wanted to make the man angryC. he hoped the man to find a seat for him15. Mr. King was afraid , so he shouted at him.D. he hoped the man to get off soonA. the boy would pull him downB. the boy would hurt his beardC. the boy could be hurt againD. the boy would borrow

38、his ticket GMy friend is a taxi drives. He has been a taxi driver for ten years. It nice job most of the time. He can meet a lot of people. He always works at night because there is too much traffic during the day. He usually goes home between two o clock in the morning. There are some very strange

39、things, which often happen at night. One day my friend was taking a woman back home from a party at three o clock in the morning. She had her little dog with her. When they got to her house, she found she had lost her key. So my friend waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the

40、window. My friend waited and waited. After half an hour of honking he decided to find out what was going on. He tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the window.At that moment some policemen came. They thought my friend was a thief. Luckily, the womancame downstairs. She must have g

41、one to sleep and forgotten about my friend and the dog.16. The driver always works at night because it is easier toB. climb in through windowA. driveC. make moneyA. she wanted to have a sleepD. meet a lot of people17. The woman climbed in through the window becauseJr/ /B. her husband didnC. she didn

42、 t want to pay the moneyD. she couldnt open the door for hert find her key次18. The story happenedA. early in the morningB. late at nightC. outside the cityD. near the bus station19. Which of the following is not true?A. The driver worked until 2 or 3 o clock in the morning.B. The policemen made a mi

43、stake. C. The woman had no money to pay.D. The woman had forgotten about the driver and the dog.20. The driver climbed in through the window to .A. get money from the womanB. phone the policeC. return the dog to the womanD. see what happened in the houseHOn Nov.18th,1908,three men went up in a ballo

44、on（氣球）.They started early iLondon. The headman was Augusta Gaudron, and the other two men were Tannar and Maitland. They had a big balloon and they were ready for a long way.償南子）,and it wasSoon they heard the sea. They were carrying the usual rope hanging down from the basket of the balloon. At the

45、end of the rope they had tied a metal box. This could hold water, or it could be empty. So they were able to change its weight （重量） .It was for use over the sea. They were also carrying some bags of sand.After the sun rose, the balloon went higher. It went up to 3,000 metres, andthe air was very col

46、d. The water in the balloon became ice. Snow fell past the mens basket, and they could see more snow on the ground. The men tried to throw out some more sand; but it was hard. They tried to break the icy sand with their knives, butit was not easy. The work was slow and they were still falling, so th

47、ey had to dropsome whole bags of sand. One of them fell on an icy lake and made a black hole inthe ice.At last they pulled the box into the basket. It was still snowing; so they climbed to get away from the snow. They rose to 5,100 metres! Everything became icy. They were so cold that they decided t

48、o land. They came down in Poland heavilybut safely.They had travelled 1,797 kilometers from London!1. Three men flew in balloon.A. for nearly 1,800 kilometers B. to another cityC. to visit PolandD. more than a century ago2. The metal box was used for.A. carrying the bags of sand B. keeping drinking-

49、waterC. carrying ropes of the basket D. changing weight3. When the balloon went up higher,.A. the temperature of the balloon began to fall B. They saw the sun go downC. They made a hole in the basket with their knivesD. They could see a black hole on the ground4. The balloon landedA. in London B. on

50、 the sea C. on a lake D. in a foreign country5. Which of the following is NOT true?A. The three men started their journey before the sun rose.B. The balloon began to go up when they threw bags of sand out of the basket.C. When they pulled the box into the basket, the balloon began to climb up.D. The

51、 three men had to land because they felt cold.Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van（住房?車）A small car can hold（容納）four persons and a large car can

52、 hold six persons buf it is very crowded（擁擠）.A van hold seven persons easily, so a family three children、 could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel They could all travel together.Mr. Hagen and his wife had a thirdchild last year. This made them sell a secondcar and bus a van. Their chil

53、dren sixth and seventh seat are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases（衣箱）when they travel. When theyarrive at their grandparents home, the suitcases are brought into the two seats can then carry the grandparents.Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is alwa

54、ys used for holidays. When a family are traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling togeth

55、er. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.6. From the passage, a van is also called.A. a motor car B. a motor home C. a motorbike D. a big truck7. Before Mr. Hagen and his wife bought a van, they.A. sold their old house B. moved to their gr

56、andparents houseC. built a new place for a van D. sold their second car8. A motor home is usually owned by a family with.A. a baby B. much money C. more than two children D. interest in vans9. Americans usually use motor homer.A. to travel with all the family members of holidayB. to do some shopping

57、 with all the family membersC. to visit their grandparents at weekendsD. to drive their children to school every day10. Motor homes have become popular because.A. they can take people to another city when people are freeB. they can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidaysC. some people think motor homes are cheapD. big families can put more things in motor homes,his wife saidOne day he went on a long way