《英语阅读与写作》期末考试试卷附答案

《英语阅读与写作》期末考试试卷附答案

一、阅读理解（20小题*4=80）

Passage 1

A Children Restaurant

In Amsterdam, the capital of Holland, there is a unique Children Restaurant. It is run wholly by the children. From the manager to the cooks, cashiers, waiters or waitresses and other staff members are all children form 6 to 12 years old. They themselves do all the necessary work such as cooking and cleaning. These children are selected in Amsterdam. After training, they may serve in the Restaurant for four weeks. All of them are willing to work there and they are very proud of the work.

This Restaurant was founded in 1983 by a woman cook, who wanted to give the children chances to learn to be useful to the society. And now she is the only adult there, but her job is just to take care of the children.

The Restaurant is welcomed almost by everyone. Since there are only 20 seats in the restaurant, it is always very crowded.

So you should make a reservation months in advance. The cost of a meal differs according to the customers. Usually US $ 4 for each adult, but much cheaper for the children. And its business hours are only on Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons.

1. The children in this restaurant__________________.

A. can earn only four dollars a day

B. are fond of working there

C. will have to work there for over a month

D. do all the work except cooking

2. The word “cashier” in the first passage perhaps means_________________.

A. a person who cooks food

B. a person who does cleaning

C. a person who receives and pays out money in a restaurant etc.

D. a person who serves food to customers

3. Which can be TRUE according to this passage ?

A. All the children in the restaurant form Amsterdam

B. If you don’t order a meal a month ahead of time, you will get no food in the city.

C. Everybody likes the Restaurant , so it is often filled with customers.

D. In Amsterdam, any child between 6 and 12 can work in this Restaurant if he likes

4. Which is NOT true according to the writer?

A. This Restaurant has a history of about 20 years.

B. For the same meal a child will pay less while an adults pay more.

C. The woman who set up this Restaurant used to be a cook.

D. There are more than a score of seats.

5. The Children Restaurant was managed by_______________.

A. the government of Amsterdam

B. a woman cook

C. the children themselves

D. one of the children’s parents

Passage 2

M ark Twain’s First Money

Mark Twain was asked one day if he could remember the first money he ever earned.

He thought a long time and then said , “Yes, it was at school. I can remember everything about it . School boys in those days did not take good care of their chairs and desks. There was a rule in our school that if anyone damaged his desk or chair, he would have to pay five dollars or the teacher would beat him in front of the whole school.”

“One day I damaged my desk in some way, I had to pay five d ollars or be beaten before the whole school. My father said it would be too bad to have our family disgraced in front of the whole school. He agreed to give me five dollars to hand over the teacher. But before he gave me the money, he took me upstairs and gave me a beating.”

“But as I had one beating and I decided I would take another beating at school and keep the five dollars. So that’s what I did. That was the first money I ever earned.”

6. Mark Twain earned his first money _________.

A. when he was a pupil

B. when he became a writer

C. when he taught at a school

D. when he was beaten by his father

7. The school made the rule so that they could_____.

A. teach the students well

B. give the students a beating

C. keep the desks and chairs well

D. ask the students for more money

8. Mark Twain’s father______.

A. was happy to give him the money

B. got angry when he knew what Mark Twain had done at school

C. said sorry to the teacher when he heard the news

D. agreed to beat Mark Twain and then give him the money

9. Mark Twain’s father thought if he gave Mark Twain the money______.

A. he would not be beaten in front of the whole school

B. he would go to the school again

C. he would never do that again

D. he would earn the money

10. Mark Twain was beaten_______.

A. at home

B. only by his father

C. at school

D. both at school and at home Passage 3

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