山东省新泰市第二中学高中英语 unit 4 earthquakes阅读理解练习 新人教版必修1

山东省新泰市第二中学2014英语 Unit 4 Earthquakes阅读理解练习
新人教版必修1
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Mr. Brown worked in a factory of a small town. He had been there for twenty years before one day he was sent to the capital for important business. He was quite excited because he had never been there before. Before he set off, he asked his wife and three daughters if they wanted him to buy something for them in Lon-don. Mrs. Brown began to think it over and then she said she wished her husband would be able to buy a nice umbrella for her, and so did their three daughters. As he was afraid he would forget it, he drew an umbrella on his hand. To his regret, he lost it at the station.
On the train Mr. Brown sat opposite to an old woman. The woman’s umbrella was so nice that he carefully looked at it and said to himself not to forget to buy a few umbrellas like it. When the train arrived at the station in London, he said good-bye to the old woman, took his bag and her umbrella and was going to get off.
“Wait a minute, sir,” shouted the old woman.“That’s my umbrella!”
Now Mr. Brown noticed that he had taken her umbrella. His face turned red at once and said in a hurry,“Oh, I’m very sorry, Madam! I didn’t mean it!”
Seven days later Mr. Brown left the capital. To his surprise, he met the old woman and sat opposite to her again. Looking at the four umbrellas, the old woman was satisfied with herself. “It seems that I had a better result than the other four women.” She thought.
56. We can learn from the passage that Mr. Brown was ______.
A. a conductor
B. a worker
C. a thief
D. an umbrella maker
57. The underlined word “it” in the first paragraph refers to ______.
A. his ticket
B. his bag
C. his drawing
D. his umbrella
58. Why did Mr. Brown take the woman’ s umbrella?
A. Because he was lost in thought.
B. Because it was much like his own umbrella.
C. Because he thought the woman would not notice it.
D. Because the woman misplaced it beside Mr. Brown.
59. When looking at Mr. Brown with four umbrellas, the woman felt ______.
A. surprised
B. angry
C. fortunate
D. sad
60. How did Mr. Brown get the four umbrellas?
A. He picked them on the train.
B. He brought them from his small town.
C. He bought them in London.
D. He stole them from four women.
B
A young woman carrying a three-year-old child got on a bus. The conductor hurried to give her a warm welcome and then kindly asked the other passengers to make more room
for the woman and her child. On seeing this, people began to talk. "You know this conductor used to be very rude. Now suddenly he has changed his bad behavior, "said a middle-aged man.
"Yes, he should be praised and we must write a letter to the company," said a second passenger. "That's right," another lady said, "I wish a newspaper reporter were here so that more pe ople could learn from this conductor.”
Just then a gentleman who looked like a teacher turned to the conductor and said, "Excuse me, but can I know your name, please? Your excellent service must be praised..." Before he could open his mouth, the three-year-old child sitting on the young woman's lap interrupted, "I know his name. I call him Dad."
61. The passengers were ________ to see the conductor's kindness to the woman and the child.
A. excited
B. pleased
C. interested
D. surprised
62. One passenger suggested writing a letter to the company to ______.
A. make a demand for more buses
B. thank the conductor for his good service
C. criticize the conductor for his rude behavior
D. invite a newspaper reporter to write about the conductor
63. What was the gentleman?
A. A teacher.
B. A newspaper reporter.
C. Not known from the story.
D. The conductor's friend from his company.
64. The word "he" in the last paragraph refers to _______.
A. the gentleman
B. the conductor
C. the middle-aged man
D. the three-year-old child
65. It is clear from the story that the conductor _______.
A. has changed his attitude towards his work
B. has now been kind and polite to all passengers
C. has not changed his rude behavior to passengers
D. has now been kind and polite to women with children
C
America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while —then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.
Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.
Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although
they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.
For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!
66. The writer of this passage must be ______.
A. an American
B. a Chinese
C. a professor
D. a student
67. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.
B. Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.
C. Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.
D. Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.
68. From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ______.
A. warmly welcomed at the airport
B. offered a ride to his home
C. treated hospitably at his home
D. treated to dinner in a restaurant
69. The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.
A. strict with time
B. serious with time
C. careful with time
D. willing to spend time
70. A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.
A. Friendships between Chinese
B. Friendships between Americans
C. Americans’ hospitality
D. Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships D
One day，Jack’s parents told him that his grandpa would retire(退休)after working for forty years．Jack said in surprise，“I'm only seven，so it means Grandpa has been…er…A really long time!”
His parents said, “Yes．That’s why we are going to have a surprise party for him．’’
Jack loved his Grandpa and wanted to do something special for him．He remembered the business card which his grandpa had given him two years before．He knew that his grandpa would no longer have the position(职位)on that card，so he decided to build a new one for his grandpa．
When the big day came, Jack was ready．But he didn’t want to put his gift together
with others’．He carried it around with him the whole evening．
When all the other people left，he took his grandpa’s hand and brought him over to a chair and gave him the gift．
His grandpa smiled，“Well，it must be a beautiful gift．May I open it now?”“Sure!”Jack said excitedly．
As Grandpa opened the gift，tears came into his eyes．Jack gave him the greatest gift he had ever got! They were business cards with his new position：FULL—TIME CRANDPA! Jack said，“Now your full—time job is my gr andpa!”
“Well，how much do I get pai d?” his grandpa asked，smiling．“As many hugs(拥抱)as you want!”With these words，Jack gave Grandpa a hug．“Well，I guess that means I’m the richest man in the world!” said Grandpa．
71．Who was going to retire?
A. grandma
B. grandpa
C. mother
D. father
72．Jack remembered his grandpa had given him two years before．
A．the birthday card B．the toy C．the book D．the business card 73．What did Jack decide to do for his grandpa?
A．To build a new position for him． B．To draw a picture for him．
C．To sing a song for him． D．To buy a gift for him．
74．Which of the following is TRUE?
A．Jack was the first one to give his girt to his grandpa．
B．Jack was the last one to give his gift to his grandpa．
C．Jack gave his gift to his grandpa together with other people．
D．Jack gave his gift to his grandpa together with his parents．
75．Why were there tears in Grandpa’s eyes?。