A. wished to give his brother a car B. wanted Paul's brother to give him a car C. wished he could have a brother like Paul's D. wished Paul could be a brother like that (3)The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house________.
A. to show his neighbours the big car B. to show he had a rich friend C. to let his brother about his wish
(4)We can infer(推断) from the story that______.
A. Paul couldn't understand the urchin B. the urchin had a deep love for his brother C. the urchin wished to have a rich brother D. the urchin's wish came true in the end (5)The best name of the story is ______.
A. A Christmas Present B. A Street Urchin C. A Brother Like That D. An Unforgettable Holiday Ride
解析 (1)本题考查细节理解，依据本文第二段：Paul answered,“Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.”The boy was surprised.故答案选B。(2)本题考查学生的推理判断能力，依据倒数第二段和第三段的内容，尤其是顽童对他弟弟所说的话：“And some day I'm going to give you one just like it...”故选A。(3)本题考查学生的深层理解。Paul的种种猜想会对正确选择产生干扰。依据是本文倒数第二段的最后一句话：“Then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I've been trying to tell you about.”故选D。(4)本题考查归纳文章中心。从顽童的言行之中可以看出他对残疾弟弟有深深的爱。如：“You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn't cost you anything.”“He was carrying his little crippled brother.”故选B。(5)本题考查概括全文主旨的能力。本文叙述了两对兄弟的关爱之情。Paul的哥哥送给他一辆小汽车作为圣诞礼物，顽童虽然没有Paul哥哥那样的经济条件，但他有着一份对残疾弟弟的深深的爱。所以A Brother Like That为最佳题目。
阅读理解（98）
Nasreddin(纳斯雷金) was sitting by a window in his house one day in the middle of winter when he heard women crying outside. He put his head out of the window and saw a lot of people coming towards his house. They were crying a dead man, and he women were going,“Oh, why are you leaving us to go to a place without light and without a fire and without food? It will be dark there and you will be cold and hungry. Nobody will look after you. Nobody will be kind to you and nobody will love you there!”“My god!”said Nasreddin to his wife.“They are talking about our house. They are bringing the dead man here! Quick! Lock the door! Don't let him in.” 5.The story happened in ________.
A. January B. February C. December D. November 6.Nasreddin put his head out of the window and saw _____.
A. a lot of women crying B. a lot of people walking in the street C. many people crying D. many people with a dead man coming towards his house 7.The women were crying because ________.
A. their father diez? B. their father left them
C. a man that was cried by many people died D. Nasreddin saw them 8.Nasreddin was ______.
A. very rich B. very poor?C. alone D. living a happy life 9.Nasreddin told his wife to lock the door because _______.
A. it was very cold in his house B. he was afraid of those crying women
C. he wanted to go to bed D. he was afraid those people would bring the dead man to his house
解析 5.在中国，习惯上把11月至次年的1月称之为冬季，文章中的in the middle of winter,故此题答案为C。 6.根据上下文，如：“He put his head out of the window and saw a lot of people coming towards his house. They were crying a dead man.”故此答案为D。
7.根据上下文，联系全文，可用排除法判断A、B、D答案都是不正确的，故此题答案为C。 8.从文中“Why are you leaving us to go to a place without light and without a fire and without food?”上文一句“...a lot of people coming towards his house.”由此推断答案应为B。
9.文章最后一句“They are talking about our house. They are bringing the dead man here!”所以说Nasreddin害怕的是人们把这个死人拍到他家里来。故此答案为D。
阅读理解（99）
The giraffe is the tallest modern land animal. It can be over 5.5 metres tall. Its neck alone may be 1.9metres long. Yet the giraffe has only seven bones in its neck, the same number as in the human. Even a small bird has many more bones in its neck than in a tall giraffe. Each bone in a giraffe's neck is very long, while the bones in a human neck are small. That makes the difference. A female giraffe gives birth to one baby at a time. The baby, called a calf, is about 1.9 metres tall at birth. By the age of eight it is full-grown. The giraffe eats mostly leaves. Because it has a long neck, it can reach the leaves high up on the trees. (1)In this passage the underlined word “giraffe” means _______. A.?鲸鱼 B.?长颈鹿 C.?大象 D.?恐龙 (2)The bones in a bird's neck is ________.
A. as big as in a human's neck B. not so big as in a giraffe's neck C. many more than in a human's neck D. much smaller in a giraffe's neck (3)Which of the following is true? A. A giraffe has only seven bones
B. The giraffe is the largest animal on the land C. It takes eight years for a giraffe to grow up
D. Most of the leaves on the trees are eaten by giraffes (4)When a giraffe is born, it is about ______.
A. 5.5 metres long B. 5.5 metres tall C. 1.9 metres long D. 1.9 metres tall (5)We can guess when giraffe see a tiger _______.
A. it will run away as fast as possible B. it will run to eat the tiger C. it will make the tiger bring it something to eat
D. it will make one of the smallest animals bring the tiger something to eat 解析 (1)根据下文颈长1.9米且是陆地动物，显然B是正确答案。
(2)giraffe颈骨的数量和人类颈骨数量相同，但鸟的颈骨数量比giraffe颈骨数量多，所以正确答案为C。(3)这是一题细读题，文章中“By the age of eight it is full-grown.”故选C。(4)这也是细读题，文章中“The baby, called a calf, is about 1.9 metres tall at birth.”故选D。(5)这一题考查常识知识，长颈鹿看到虎，当然是尽力跑开，故选A。
阅读理解（100）
A Japanese toy maker says that they’ve developed a gadget（小器具）that translates dog barks （吠）into human languages and plan to begin selling the gadgets—under the name of Bowlingual—in the US pet stores and present shops this summer.
People laughed when the Japanese toy maker Takara company made the world’s first dog-human translation machine last year .But about 300,000 of them have been sold since it was on sale in Japan last year .Far bigger sales will be expected once an English language translation machine for dogs comes to America in August .The United States is home to about 67 million dogs ,more than six times the number in Japan.
“We know that the Americans love their dogs so much ,so we don’t think they’ll mind spending $ 120 on this gadget”, the Takara marketing manager said before the journalists at a meeting in Atlanta. Bowlingual ,one of US Time magazine’s coolest inventions of 2002, has two parts .A microphone is tied to the dog’s collar（项圈）and sends out sound information to the gadget held by the owner .Then the translation is done in the gadget by a database （数据库）with every kind of barks .Those barks show six feelings—happiness, sadness ,disappointment ,anger ,
declaration and desire .Each of the feelings is then translated into words like “Let’s play.” “Look at me !” or “Spend more time with me.”
Takara says it has spent millions of dollars developing the gadget .One thing that seems certain is that the markets for animal translation machines will probably be a dog’s world since Takara has no plans to develop such a gadget for cats . “They are too unpredictable （反复无常） ,”the marketing manager said. 67．The first three paragraphs of the passage mainly tell us that Bowlingual . A．was invented in Japan B．has developed quickly C．will be sold in America D．sells well for its price 68．The underlined word “they” in the last sentence refers to . A．markets B．dogs C．plans D．cats 69．When was this passage most probably written? A．In the winter of 2002. B．In the spring of 2003. C．In the summer of 2002. D．In the autumn of 2003.
70．From the passage ,we can see that Takara is the sale of its new gadget in the US.
A．proud of B．pleased with C．confident of D．worried about
67.C 68.D 69.B 70.C