閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的A、B、C或者D四個選項中選出最佳選項。

（一）

In China dinner is usually from four in the afternoon to six in the evening. But there are no strict[嚴格] rules about ___1___ in China. Whenever a guest comes， a family offers ___2___.

When you go to a home， the host takes you to the living room ___3___. At this time everyone welcomes you. Then you go to ___4___. There you wash your hands in a bowl of water.

In China you usually eat ___5___ your fingers. You eat from the same dish as everyone else. After dinner you ___6___ again.

Most meals in China have a dish called fufu. People ___7___ fufu from the powder[粉末] of some plants. Sometimes they cut the fufu with saw[鋸] because it is very ___8___ and like rubber. You must chew fufu well， ___9___ you can get ill. You eat fufu with the fingers of your right ___10___ only.

（? ? ）1. A. time B. places C. meals D. dinners

（? ? ）2. A. room B. food C. seats D. money

（? ? ）3. A. quickly B. slowly C. again D. first

（? ? ）4. A. the dining room B. the living room

C. the shop D. the kitchen

（? ? ）5. A. in B. by C. with D. without

（? ? ）6. A. go home B. wash your hands

C. cook food D. get ill

（? ? ）7. A. take B. leave C. find D. make

（? ? ）8. A. hard B. heavy C. old D. strange

（? ? ）9. A. and B. but C. or D. so

（? ? ）10. A. take B. hands C. room D. arms

（二）

A rich man ___1___ to learn drawing when he was ___2___， and he loved ___3___ very much. He drew and drew， ___4___. There were a lot of pictures in his workroom. He thought they were very good， and ___5___.

One day the old man was ill ___6___， but he didnt forget his pictures. ___7___ he died[死]， he said to Tom， his little grandson，“I want to give my pictures to a school， ___8___ the students ___9___ me. But which school am I going ___10___ my child？”

“Well，”said the little boy，“youd better give them to a blind[盲人的] school.”

（? ? ）1. A. began B. begin C. begins D. begun

（? ? ）2. A. sixty year old B. sixty-years-old

C. sixty-year old D. sixty years old

（? ? ）3. A. them B. it C. theirs D. they

（? ? ）4. A. twenty year later B. after twenty year

C. twenty years late D. after twenty years

（? ? ）5. A. kept well them B. kept good them

C. kept them well D. kept them good

（? ? ）6. A. in bed B. in the bed C. on bed D. on the bed

（? ? ）7. A. Until B. After C. Before D. At

（? ? ）8. A. but B. then C. and D. or

（? ? ）9. A. will forget B. remembered C. not forget D. will remember

（? ? ）10. A. to give them B. give them

C. give them to D. to give them

（三）

It was December 25， Marie， a 13-year-old American girl， was happy. Maries mother made an unusual cake. She put four small coins into ___1___. The four small coins were for good ___2___.

After dinner Marie and her ___3___ ate the cake. When they ___4___ the cake， there were three coins on the table. One coin was ___5___. Maries mother didnt notice.

After Christmas Marie got ill. She coughed and couldnt speak. Six weeks later she felt ___6___， but she still couldnt speak. So Marie went to the hospital.

Doctors at the hospital looked over Marie. They took an X-ray. Maries mother asked the doctors， “Why cant Marie ___7___？” The doctors said， “ We dont know. Maybe she will speak again. Maybe she wont. Were ___8___， but we cant help her.”

For twelve years Marie didnt speak. She ___9___ and got a job. But she never spoke.

One day when Marie was 25 years old， she got ill. She began to cough. She coughed up a lot of blood[血]. She also coughed up ___10___ small and black from her throat[喉嚨]. What was it？ Marie didnt know. She took it to the hospital. A doctor said， “This is a coin.”

The doctor told Marie， “I think you can speak again.” Soon Marie began talking.

（? ? ）1. A. the cake B. her pocket C. Maries bag D. the box

（? ? ）2. A. friends B. health C. luck D. life

（? ? ）3. A. teacher B. brother C. daughter D. family

（? ? ）4. A. began B. finished C. did D. made

（? ? ）5. A. paid B. found C. missing D. put away

（? ? ）6. A. worse B. terrible C. better D. lonely

（? ? ）7. A. talk B. listen C. tell D. hear

（? ? ）8. A. sure B. busy C. worried D. sorry

（? ? ）9. A. got up B. put up C. grew up D. sent up

（? ? ）10. A. something B. thing C. a D. one

（四）

About 70000000 Americans are trying to lose weight. This is almost 1 out of every 3 people in the United States. Some people eat ___1___ food and they hardly have any fats or sweets. Others do running， exercise with machines， take medicines， or even have operations. ___2___ you can see losing weight is ___3___ work， and it will also cost a lot of money. But ___4___ do so many people in the United States want to lose weight？

Many people in the United States worry about their look of the body. For many people， looking nice also means to be ___5___. Other people worry about their health as many doctors ___6___ overweight is not good.

Most people want to find a faster and ___7___ way to take off fat， and books of this kind are very popular. These books tell people how to lose weight. Each year a lot of new books like these are ___8___. Each one says it can easily help people take fat away.

Losing weight can be ___9___. Some overweight people go to health centers， like La Costa in California. Men and women ___10___ several hundred dollars a day at these health centers. People live there for one week or two， ___11___ exercise， eating different foods. Meals there may be just a little. All this works for losing weight. ___12___ 4 days on the programme， one woman called Mrs. Warren lost 5 pounds（2.27kg）. At ?400 a day， she spent ?320 to lose each pound. But she said she was still ___13___ to do so.

Health centers， books， medicines， operations， running and exercise machines all ___14___ a lot of money. So in the United States， losing weight may mean losing ___15___ too.

（? ? ）1. A. less B. more C. nice D. fast

（? ? ）2. A. For B. So C. Or D. And

（? ? ）3. A. good B. useful C. hard D. easy

（? ? ）4. A. why B. what C. how D. when

（? ? ）5. A. high B. short C. thin D. fat

（? ? ）6. A. talk B. say C. speak D. tell

（? ? ）7. A. dearer B. harder C. shorter D. easier

（? ? ）8. A. taken B. given C. written D. copied

（? ? ）9. A. cheap B. expensive C. easy D. safe

（? ? ）10. A. pay B. cost C. take D. have

（? ? ）11. A. making B. taking C. playing D. using

（? ? ）12. A. Before B. Until C. After D. At

（? ? ）13. A. sorry B. angry C. sad D. glad

（? ? ）14. A. need B. have C. use D. get

（? ? ）15. A. health B. time C. food D. money

（五）

After her husband had gone to work， Mrs. Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too ___1___ to do any housework that morning， ___2___ in the evening she was going to an interesting fancy dress party[化裝舞會] with her husband. What she ___3___ was a terrible genie[妖怪] and as she had made that special dress of hers the night before， she was anxious to try it on. ___4___ the dress was just a big piece of old cloth which was red， green， black and white， it would be very effective[有效的] to make her like a red genie. After putting it on， Mrs. Richards went downstairs happily. She wanted to find out ___5___ it would be comfortable to wear.

Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dining-room there was a ___6___ at the door. She thought that it ___7___ be the baker[面包師]. She had told him to come straight in if she ___8___ to open the door and leave the bread on the kitchen table. Now not wanting to ___9___ the poor man， Mrs. Richards quickly ___10___ in the small storeroom under the stairs. She heard the front door open and a man came in. When Mrs. Richards ___11___ that it was the man from the electricity board[供電局] who had come to read the meter[電表]， she walked out of the hiding-place on a sudden and tried to explain the matter， saying with a smile，“Its only ___12___！ It is not ___13___ for you to be ___14___ ！” But it was too late. The man let out a sharp cry[發(fā)出尖叫] and jumped back several paces[步]. Then he ran away， ___15___ the door behind him with great force and noise.

（? ? ）1. A. angry B. ready C. frightened D. excited

（? ? ）2. A. for B. but C. so D. and

（? ? ）3. A. wanted to see B. wanted to play

C. was afraid to see D. was afraid to play

（? ? ）4. A. Through B. But C. And D. If

（? ? ）5. A. that B. how C. whether D. when

（? ? ）6. A. knock B. voice C. man D. baker

（? ? ）7. A. may B. must C. wouldnt D. couldnt

（? ? ）8. A. not B. had C. tried D. failed

（? ? ）9. A. see B. frighten C. help D. scold[責怪]

（? ? ）10. A. went B. lay C. appeared D. hid

（? ? ）11. A. thought B. wondered C. imagined D. realized

（? ? ）12. A. me B. you C. game D. play

（? ? ）13. A. good B. necessary C. late D. early

（? ? ）14. A. off B. here C. afraid D. sorry

（? ? ）15. A. pushed B. locking C. knocking D. shutting

參考答案

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