阅读理解 (本题共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)请认真阅读下列短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AI was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise (乌龟). At the end I said, “Son, remember: Be slow and steady (镇定的), and that will win the race. Don’t you think there’s something to learn from the tortoise?”Sonny opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time when I’m entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”I was shocked, “But the tortoise didn’t wish that the hare would fall asleep!”“He must have wished that,” Sonny said, “Otherwise how could he be so foolish as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did.”“He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted. “He won the race by perseverance (坚忍不拔), by pushing on steadily.”Sonny thought a while. “That’s a lie,” he said. “He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never have won the race. That’s for sure.”I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be. They’re just hopeless.31. The writer wanted his son _______.A. to learn from the tortoise B. to open his eyes wideC. to enter for the 60-meter race D. to have a big wish32. According to Sonny, it was the tortoise’s wish that _______.A. the hare would be as steady as he wasB. he could run faster than the hareC. the hare would fall asleep during the raceD. he would have a sleep during the race33. Sonny believed that the tortoise won the race ________.A. by pushing on steadily B. by luckC. by taking a risk D. by telling a lie34. It is clear that the writer ________ in the end.A. learned a lesson B. won the argumentC. became impatient D. was satisfiedBUncle Caesar was waiting outside the hotel the next afternoon. He took me to Miss Adair’s house and agreed to wait there until we had finished our business.Miss Adair did not look well. I explained the agreement (协议) to her. She signed it. Then, as she started to rise from the table, she fainted (晕倒) and fell to the floor. I picked her up and carried her to the old red sofa. I ran to the door and yelled to Uncle Caesar for help. He ran down the street. Five minutes later, he was back with a doctor.The doctor examined Miss Adair and turned to the old black driver. “Uncle Caesar,” he said, “run to my house and ask my wife for some milk and some eggs. Hurry!”Then the doctor turned to me. “She does not get enough to eat,” he said. “She has many friends who want to help her, but she is proud. Mrs Caswell will accept help only from that old black man. He was once her family’s slave.”“Mrs Caswell?” I said in surprise. “I thought she was Miss Adair.”“She was,” the doctor answered, “until she married Wentworth Caswell twenty years ago. But he’s a hopeless drunk who takes even the small amount of money that Uncle Caesar gives her.”After the doctor left, I heard Caesar’s voice in the other room. “Did he take all the money I gave you yesterday?” “Yes, Caesar,” I heard her answer softly. “He took both dollars.”I went into the room and gave Miss Adair fifty dollars. I told her it was from the magazine. Then Uncle Caesar drove me back to the hotel.35. Miss Adair fainted and fell to the floor because she was ______.A. hungry and weak B. worried and nervousC. cold and ill D. shocked and disappointed36. Mrs Caswell was willing to accept help only from _______.A. her husband B. the writerC. Uncle Caesar D. the doctor37. Which of the following statement is probably NOT true according to the passage?A. The writer went to find Adair and to get her to sign an agreement.B. Adair loved her husband and gave him all the money she had.C. The doctor was kind-hearted and was willing to help Adair.D. The writer was surprised to find that Adair was Caswell’s wife.CElephants in Uganda are starting to come close to villages near national parks. The big animals are a real danger to people. So new tools called vuvuzelas have been given to people to keep the elephants away. They are plastic instruments some fans use at sports events. The instruments make a loud sound elephants do not like. The animals leave, and no one is harmed.Vuvuzelas work because they do not threaten (威胁) the elephants. That is important because an elephant that feels threatened is more likely to attack. So far, no one has reported an elephant attacking in answer to a vuvuzela.Officials and villagers have tried other ways to stop elephants from coming near farms and houses. They have built beehives (蜂巢) —houses for flying insects that sting (叮, 蜇). They have hung ropes covered in spicy oil. They have dug long, deep holes. And they have used guns, called A-K47s.An official from the Uganda Wildlife Authority explains that people shoot the gun in the air to scare the elephant. But over time, the elephants have stopped being afraid of the sound of the gun. They only look at the shooter and wave their ears. Probably one day, elephants will accept the vuvuzela noise, just as they do the sound of the A-K47. But right now, vuvuzelas are an effective (有效的), harmless and fun way to deal with a serious problem.38. Villagers are trying to keep away the elephants because they fear that ______.As I came closer, I saw 5 sight. Several large deer stood in front of him. Billy walked straight up to them. I almost screamed for him to get away. But the deer 6 hurt him nor even moved as Billy got down. And then I saw a baby deer 7 on the ground, thirsty, lift its head to lap up(舔) the water in my boy’s hands. When the water was gone, Billy jumped up to run back to the house. I followed him back to a tap. Billy opened it and let the drip slowly fill up his “cup”.8 he stood up and began to turn back, I was there in front of him. His little eyes 9 with tears. Very quickly, he explained 10 he was not wasting water. The week before, he had made 11 same trouble with our horses, 12 caused him a lecture from his father about the importance of not wasting water.A. Family Life B. National GeographyC. Experience Sharing D. Science Fiction第二节 阅读填空(共5小题,每题1分,满分5分)阅读短文及文后选项,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Learn to RefuseBelieve it or not, I’ve always been a people pleaser. I often put others before myself because I want to make my friends happy. (46) .“Can you help me with my English?” Grace asked me on the first day after she became my desk mate. “Of course,” I replied without hesitation(犹豫). Grace has been working really hard on her studies and needed my help — although I didn’t have much time left for her.One day after school, while I was doing a huge amount of homework, Grace’s phone call came. (47) , but I still felt bad about saying no. When Grace ended the call, the clock said it was 00:15 am. But I still had homework left and I wanted to sleep. This was bad for a Junior 3 student who is going to take an important exam this June.A. they don’t have food to feed them B. they may threaten the elephantsC. the elephants may destroy the park D. the huge animals may attack them39. The writer thinks it _______ to use the vuvuzelas to keep away the giant animals.A. safe B. harmful C. helpless D. difficult40. The meaning of the underlined word “accept” in the last paragraph is close to “_______”.A. be afraid of B. be used to C. be pleased with D. be worried about41. Which of the following statements is true about vuvuzelas?A. Vuvuzelas were invented to keep elephants away from villagers.B. So far, vuvuzelas have been the only way to keep the elephants away.C. At present, vuvuzelas work better to keep away elephants than A-K47s.D. People in Uganda are thinking of making louder and better vuvuzelas.DTim Cook, the CEO of Apple, showed off their newest device (装置), the Apple Watch. Mr. Cook said it is the “most personal” device Apple has ever created.The Apple Watch is a very small computer a person wears on his or her wrist (手腕). An Apple Watch will be able to do many of the same things as an iPhone. It will show email, texts, news, health readings and other information. It will be different from just seeing what is on your phone.Like a phone, you will be able to receive calls on your wrist. Mr. Cook smiled while describing this. “I’ve been wanting to do this since I was five years old,” he said. “The day is finally here.” Twenty years ago, a comic strip hero named Dick Tracy talked into his wrist watch, but until now, that has only been something possible in the future.The watches will be available in stores in late April. They will be sold at different prices, beginning at 349. But the high-end model will be thousands of dollars.Apple hopes to excite users so they will want to buy and wear computers on their bodies. The first smartwatches from Samsung, Sony and LG have not been selling well. Only five million smartwatches were sold last year.One problem with Apple Watch is that you need an iPhone on your body, or nearby, to make this watch fully functional. Like a phone, it will also need to be charged (充电) each night. It remains to be seen whether people really want to carry both a smartphone and a smartwatch.42. It is clear that Tim Cook _______.A. was the creator of the Apple Watch B. was proud of their new productC. is a better CEO than Steve Jobs was D. is a true fan of comic strips43. Compared to other Apple devices, Apple Watch will _______.A. be more personal B. be much smarterC. sell better D. excite more users44. The writer doesn’t tell us whether Apple Watch can be used to _______.A. receive text messages B. answer phone callsC. read the health D. watch comic strips45. We learn from the passage that ________.A. the new device must be charged at nightB. users don’t care carrying both a smartphone and a smartwatchC. Apple Watch will be useless without an iPhone nearbyD. the new products of Apple will be of different prices第Ⅱ卷 (非选择题共60分)第II卷共36小题,答案请按要求用0.5毫米黑色签字笔写在答题卡上

阅读理解 (本题共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)

请认真阅读下列短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise (乌龟). At the end I said, “Son, remember: Be slow and steady (镇定的), and that will win the race. Don’t you think there’s something to learn from the tortoise?”

Sonny opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time when I’m entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”

I was shocked, “But the tortoise didn’t wish that the hare would fall asleep!”

“He must have wished that,” Sonny said, “Otherwise how could he be so foolish as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did.”

“He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted. “He won the race by perseverance (坚忍不拔), by pushing on steadily.”

Sonny thought a while. “That’s a lie,” he said. “He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never have won the race. That’s for sure.”

I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be. They’re just hopeless.

31. The writer wanted his son _______.

A. to learn from the tortoise B. to open his eyes wide

C. to enter for the 60-meter race D. to have a big wish

32. According to Sonny, it was the tortoise’s wish that _______.

A. the hare would be as steady as he was

B. he could run faster than the hare

C. the hare would fall asleep during the race

D. he would have a sleep during the race

33. Sonny believed that the tortoise won the race ________.

A. by pushing on steadily B. by luck

C. by taking a risk D. by telling a lie

34. It is clear that the writer ________ in the end.

A. learned a lesson B. won the argument

C. became impatient D. was satisfied

B

Uncle Caesar was waiting outside the hotel the next afternoon. He took me to Miss Adair’s house and agreed to wait there until we had finished our business.

Miss Adair did not look well. I explained the agreement (协议) to her. She signed it. Then, as she started to rise from the table, she fainted (晕倒) and fell to the floor. I picked her up and carried her to the old red sofa. I ran to the door and yelled to Uncle Caesar for help. He ran down the street. Five minutes later, he was back with a doctor.

The doctor examined Miss Adair and turned to the old black driver. “Uncle Caesar,” he said, “run to my house and ask my wife for some milk and some eggs. Hurry!”

Then the doctor turned to me. “She does not get enough to eat,” he said. “She has many friends who want to help her, but she is proud. Mrs Caswell will accept help only from that old black man. He was once her family’s slave.”

“Mrs Caswell?” I said in surprise. “I thought she was Miss Adair.”

“She was,” the doctor answered, “until she married Wentworth Caswell twenty years ago. But he’s a hopeless drunk who takes even the small amount of money that Uncle Caesar gives her.”

After the doctor left, I heard Caesar’s voice in the other room. “Did he take all the money I gave you yesterday?” “Yes, Caesar,” I heard her answer softly. “He took both dollars.”

I went into the room and gave Miss Adair fifty dollars. I told her it was from the magazine. Then Uncle Caesar drove me back to the hotel.

35. Miss Adair fainted and fell to the floor because she was ______.

A. hungry and weak B. worried and nervous

C. cold and ill D. shocked and disappointed

36. Mrs Caswell was willing to accept help only from _______.

A. her husband B. the writer

C. Uncle Caesar D. the doctor

37. Which of the following statement is probably NOT true according to the passage?

A. The writer went to find Adair and to get her to sign an agreement.

B. Adair loved her husband and gave him all the money she had.

C. The doctor was kind-hearted and was willing to help Adair.

D. The writer was surprised to find that Adair was Caswell’s wife.

C

Elephants in Uganda are starting to come close to villages near national parks. The big animals are a real danger to people. So new tools called vuvuzelas have been given to people to keep the elephants away. They are plastic instruments some fans use at sports events. The instruments make a loud sound elephants do not like. The animals leave, and no one is harmed.

Vuvuzelas work because they do not threaten (威胁) the elephants. That is important because an elephant that feels threatened is more likely to attack. So far, no one has reported an elephant attacking in answer to a vuvuzela.

Officials and villagers have tried other ways to stop elephants from coming near farms and houses. They have built beehives (蜂巢) —houses for flying insects that sting (叮, 蜇). They have hung ropes covered in spicy oil. They have dug long, deep holes. And they have used guns, called A-K47s.

An official from the Uganda Wildlife Authority explains that people shoot the gun in the air to scare the elephant. But over time, the elephants have stopped being afraid of the sound of the gun. They only look at the shooter and wave their ears. Probably one day, elephants will accept the vuvuzela noise, just as they do the sound of the A-K47. But right now, vuvuzelas are an effective (有效的), harmless and fun way to deal with a serious problem.

38. Villagers are trying to keep away the elephants because they fear that ______.

As I came closer, I saw 5 sight. Several large deer stood in front of him. Billy walked straight up to them. I almost screamed for him to get away. But the deer 6 hurt him nor even moved as Billy got down. And then I saw a baby deer 7 on the ground, thirsty, lift its head to lap up(舔) the water in my boy’s hands. When the water was gone, Billy jumped up to run back to the house. I followed him back to a tap. Billy opened it and let the drip slowly fill up his “cup”.

8 he stood up and began to turn back, I was there in front of him. His little eyes 9 with tears. Very quickly, he explained 10 he was not wasting water. The week before, he had made 11 same trouble with our horses, 12 caused him a lecture from his father about the importance of not wasting water.

A. Family Life B. National Geography

C. Experience Sharing D. Science Fiction

第二节 阅读填空(共5小题,每题1分,满分5分)

阅读短文及文后选项,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Learn to Refuse

Believe it or not, I’ve always been a people pleaser. I often put others before myself because I want to make my friends happy. (46) .

“Can you help me with my English?” Grace asked me on the first day after she became my desk mate. “Of course,” I replied without hesitation(犹豫). Grace has been working really hard on her studies and needed my help — although I didn’t have much time left for her.

One day after school, while I was doing a huge amount of homework, Grace’s phone call came. (47) , but I still felt bad about saying no. When Grace ended the call, the clock said it was 00:15 am. But I still had homework left and I wanted to sleep. This was bad for a Junior 3 student who is going to take an important exam this June.

A. they don’t have food to feed them B. they may threaten the elephants

C. the elephants may destroy the park D. the huge animals may attack them

39. The writer thinks it _______ to use the vuvuzelas to keep away the giant animals.

A. safe B. harmful C. helpless D. difficult

40. The meaning of the underlined word “accept” in the last paragraph is close to “_______”.

A. be afraid of B. be used to C. be pleased with D. be worried about

41. Which of the following statements is true about vuvuzelas?

A. Vuvuzelas were invented to keep elephants away from villagers.

B. So far, vuvuzelas have been the only way to keep the elephants away.

C. At present, vuvuzelas work better to keep away elephants than A-K47s.

D. People in Uganda are thinking of making louder and better vuvuzelas.

D

Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, showed off their newest device (装置), the Apple Watch. Mr. Cook said it is the “most personal” device Apple has ever created.

The Apple Watch is a very small computer a person wears on his or her wrist (手腕). An Apple Watch will be able to do many of the same things as an iPhone. It will show email, texts, news, health readings and other information. It will be different from just seeing what is on your phone.

Like a phone, you will be able to receive calls on your wrist. Mr. Cook smiled while describing this. “I’ve been wanting to do this since I was five years old,” he said. “The day is finally here.” Twenty years ago, a comic strip hero named Dick Tracy talked into his wrist watch, but until now, that has only been something possible in the future.

The watches will be available in stores in late April. They will be sold at different prices, beginning at $349. But the high-end model will be thousands of dollars.

Apple hopes to excite users so they will want to buy and wear computers on their bodies. The first smartwatches from Samsung, Sony and LG have not been selling well. Only five million smartwatches were sold last year.

One problem with Apple Watch is that you need an iPhone on your body, or nearby, to make this watch fully functional. Like a phone, it will also need to be charged (充电) each night. It remains to be seen whether people really want to carry both a smartphone and a smartwatch.

42. It is clear that Tim Cook _______.

A. was the creator of the Apple Watch B. was proud of their new product

C. is a better CEO than Steve Jobs was D. is a true fan of comic strips

43. Compared to other Apple devices, Apple Watch will _______.

A. be more personal B. be much smarter

C. sell better D. excite more users

44. The writer doesn’t tell us whether Apple Watch can be used to _______.

A. receive text messages B. answer phone calls

C. read the health D. watch comic strips

45. We learn from the passage that ________.

A. the new device must be charged at night

B. users don’t care carrying both a smartphone and a smartwatch

C. Apple Watch will be useless without an iPhone nearby

D. the new products of Apple will be of different prices

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