memories.
T
F
2. If you don't use your arms or legs for some time, they will become strong.
T
F
3. A good memory comes from more practice.
T
F
4. Some people can't read or write, but they have better memories, because they have saved trouble.
T
F
5. The best title of this passage is “How to Have a Good Memory”. 参考答案： 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T 讲解：
1. 文中没有此说法。 2. 从第一段可判断。 3. 第二段开头已说明。 4. 第四段开头已说明。 5. 最后一段点题。
阅读理解7
A meteorite (陨石) almost hit an 80-year-old man named Arthur Pettifer in Britain when he was working in his garden. The meteorite was the biggest in the past 26 years in Britain.
The meteorite weighed (重量) one kilo, and might be over four thousand
million (百万) years old.
“I hear the big noise in the air. I looked up and saw the tops of the trees coming and going,” he said. “I didn't know what it was.”
Meteorites are small things from the small planets in space. About 3,500 meteorites may fall on earth every year, but only very few are found. Mr. Pettifer's meteorite is the fifth to fall in Britain since the Second World War. Mr. Pettifer is glad. “When you think about it coming from so far away, it really is something strange.”
1. The meteorite was ______ Mr Pettifer when it fell down.
A. close to
B. far from
C. hitting
D. coming to
2. The meteorite was already ______ years old.
A. 40,000,000,000 C. 400,000,000
B. 40,000,000 D. 4,000,000,000
3. Mr. Pettifer found the tops of the trees coming and going because ______.
A. the trees were afraid
B. the fast falling meteorite kept the tree tops moving C. it was going to rain D. the moving was made by wind
4. ______ people see a meteorite fall although they visit the earth often each year.
A. Quite a few
B. some
C. Few
D. Many
5. Mr. Pettifer was ______ to see the falling of the meteorite.
A. happy
B. afraid
C. sorry
D. angry
参考答案
1. 从短文第1句看出陨石落下时几乎砸着Mr Pettifer，故答案应选A。 2. 由短文第2段中“…，and might be over four thousand million”4000百万即40亿，故答案应是D。
3. Mr Pettifer发现树梢来回摇摆是因为下落的陨石使它来回动，故答案选B。
4. 由短文第4段“About 3,500 meteorites may fall on earth every year, but only very few are found.”一句可推断，答案选C。
5. 由短文最后一段第1句“Mr Pettifer is glad ”可以看出，且happy与glad意思相近，故答案应选A。
阅读理解8
One of the things I always believe is that no matter how bad something is, you can take something positive out of it. The one time I wasn?t sure of that was on September 11.
I usually wake up a 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning. That day, I happened to wake up earlier. I turned on the TV and I saw that a plane had crashed (撞击) into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. My first reaction (反应) was that it was a terrible accident. Then I saw another plane fly into the South Tower and I realized that I was witnessing (目击) an act of terrorism.
My wife and I spent the day watching the terrible pictures over again. When I watched family members looking for their loved ones, the pain in their eyes was something I would never forget. I couldn?t understand how something this terrible could have happened.
It wasn?t until a few weeks after September 11 that I began to see that perhaps some good did come from this tragedy (悲剧). People seem different now, more understanding, more tolerant(宽容的). Little things that seemed to be such a trouble before are no longer big things. Personally, I am more tolerant than I was. I realize life is too short, and too precious(珍贵的), to let myself get worried over small things. I?ve learned also that you can?t take things for granted. Things change in the blink of an eye. People go to work and don?t come back. One moment they?re living and the next minute they?re not. And, it doesn?t matter who you are, there is nothing you can do about it. We never know when our time here will be over, so we all need to make the most of every minute we have.
You try to learn from what happened. You can?t be used up by it. You can?t live by it. All you can do is just live.
1. The word “positive” in the passage probably means ______.
A. terrible
B. bad
C. good
D. real
2. What did the writer see after he turned on the TV that morning?
A. A fire starting C. A terrible accident
B. A plane flying D. An act of terrorism.
3. From September 11, the writer had realized that___________.
A. people should make the most of every minute they have B. he has become less tolerant towards others C. he should get worried about little things D. life is too short to care about others.
4. What?s the best title of this passage?
A. A Report about September 11 B. The Tragedy of September 11 C. September 11 and My Family D. September 11 and My Turn.
参考答案 讲解：
1. C 见第一行，不管（no matter）事情多糟，总能发现有益的东西。 2. D 见第六行。
3. A 见倒数第三行。So we all need to make the most of every minute we have. 4. D
阅读理解9
阅读下列短文，并根据短文内容选出能完成短文题目的最佳答案。 Mrs. Weeks was reading a newspaper story to her class. The story said：Were you ever in a hospital when you were small? How did you feel? The