Test for Reading 高中英语初级阅读

Test for Reading

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Passage One

0. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was bom in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy, he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long. But he did his best to teach himself everything he needed to know.

When he was about twenty years old, he went to Texas where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, he was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories.

After he went out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote most-ly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the stories were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the readers，surprise.

1.In which order did O. Henry do the following things?

a.Lived in New York.

b.Worked in a bank.

c.Travelled to Texas.

d.Was put in prison.

e.Had a newspaper job.

f.Learned to write stories.

A.. e, c,f,b,d, a

B. C,e,b, d, f, a

C. e,b, d , c, a, f

D. c, b,e, d, a, f

2.Why did people enjoy reading O. Henry’s stories?

A.Because they had a surprising ending.

B.Because they were easy to understand.

C. Because they showed his love for the poor.

D. Because they were about New York city.

3.How old was O. Henry when he tried different jobs?

A. Ten

B. About twenty

C. Thirty

D.About forty.

4.O. Henry was sent to prison because .

A.he broke the law by not using his own name

B.people thought he had stolen money from a poor person

C.people thought he had taken the money that was not his

D.he wanted to write stories about prisoners

5. What do you know about O. Henry before he began writing?

A. He was a well-educated man.

B. He was not serious about his work.

C. He liked the poor very much.

D. He was very good at learning.

Passage Two

China Youth s a y s t h a t m o r e a n d m o r e g i r l s t u d e n t s h a v e e n t e r e d c o l l e g e s t o s t u d y i n t h e

r e c e n t f e w y e a r s.A s w e k n o w,o n c e t h e n u m b e r o f b o y s w a s l a r g e r t h a n t h a t o f g i r l s a n d b o y s

d i d m u c h b

e t t e r t h a n g i r l s i n o u r c o u n t r y

f o r a l o n

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i n g s h a v e c h a n g e d a l o t.

In recent years, the proportion (比例1) of girl students is growing fast. In 1998，about 39.75% o f t h e c o l l e g e s t u d e n t s w e r e g i r l s.I n2000，i t w a s41.07%;a n d i n2001，t h e

n u m b e r w a s42.14%. T h e r e a r e s e v e r a l r e a s o n s f o r t h i s.

First, there is little difference between boys and girls in their intelligence (智力）•That is t o s a y,g i r l s a r e a l m o s t a s c l e v e r a s b o y s.A n d b o y s h a v e m o r e i n t e r e s t s t h a n

g i r l s,s o t h e y a r e n o t s o a b s o r b e d i n t h e i r s t u d y.

Second, girls are more careful, more sensible (懂事的）than boys. They work harder at s c h o o l a n d t h e y d o b e t t e r i n a l l e x a m s.

A n o t h e r r e a s o n i s t h a t i n C h i n a,t h e r e a r e m o r e w o m e n t e a c h e r s t h a n m e n t e a c h e r s.

T h e l a s t o n e i s t h a t w i t h t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f s o c i e t y,p e o p l e p a y m o r e a n d m o r e a t t e n t i o n

t o g i r l s，e d u c a t i o n.

1.China Youth s a y s t h a t_____.

A.m o r e a n d m o r e b o y s h a v e e n t e r e d c o l l e g e s

B.m o r e a n d m o r e g i r l s c a n’t g o t o s c h o o l

C.m o r e a n d m o r e g i r l s h a v e e n t e r e d c o l l e g e s

D.m o r e a n d m o r e g i r l s b e g i n t o s t u d y a t s c h o o l

2.T h e p r o p o r t i o n o f42.14%r e f e r s t o___________.

A.t h e n u m b e r o f g i r l s a t s c h o o l i n1998

B.t h e n u m b e r o f g i r l s i n c o l l e g e s i n2001

C.t h e n u m b e r o f b o y s a t s c h o o l i n2001t).t h e n u m b e r o f b o y s i n c o l l e g e s i n2000

3.T h e w r i t e r g a v e u s_________r e a s o n s t o e x p l a i n t h e q u e s t i o n.

A.2

B.3

C.4

D.5

4.W h a t d o e s t h e u n d e r l i n e d w o r d“a b s o r b e d”m e a n i n C h i n e s e?

A.厌恶的

B.专心的

C.吸收的

D.感兴趣的

5.W h i c h o f t h e f o l l o w i n g s t a t e m e n t s i s TRUE?

A.Boys aren’t so absorbed in their study as girls because they don’t like studying.

B.Boys are much cleverer because they are interested in so many things.

C.Girls’ intelligence is alm ost the same as boys’.

D.Girls study harder, but they couldn’t get higher marks than boys.

Passage Three

We send our children to school to prepare them for the time when they will be big and will have to work for themselves. They learn their own languages so that they will