IV．阅读理解（1）

（一）

One night, a littlebefore nine o’clock, Dr. Van Eyck answered his telephone.

“We have a very sick boy here. We should operate at once. But we haven’tgot a surgeon（外科医生）here at the time.”

“I’m 60 miles from your hospital.”Said Dr. Van Eyck. “And it’s snowing here. But I’ll try to get there before 12 o’clock.”

“I should tell you that theboy’s family is very poor. Idon’t think that they can pay you anything.”

“That’s all right,”said Dr. Van Eyck.

Afew minutes later, the doctor’s car had to stop for a red light. Aman in an old black coat opened the door of the car and got in

“Drive on,”he said. “I’ve got a gun.”

“I’m a doctor,”said Van Eyck. “I’m on way to the hospital to operate on a very sick…”

“Don’ttalk, just drive.”

Amile out of the town he ordered the doctor to stop the car and get out. Then the man drove on down the road. The doctor stood there for a moment in the falling snow.

It was after two o’clock in the morning when the surgeon arrived at the hospital.

“I did my best,”said Dr. Van Eyck, “but Iwas stopped on the road and my car…”

“It was good of you to try. The boy died an hour ago.”

He walked by the door of the hospital waiting room. There sat the man in the old black coat, with his head in his hands.

“Mr. Cunningman,”said a nurse to the man, “this is Dr. Van Eyck. He is the surgeon who came all the way from his town to try to save your boy.”

1.The doctor was late because_______.

A.it was snowing hard all the way

B.he lived 60 miles away from the hospital

C.his car was stopped on the road

D.his car was driven away by someone

2. The very sick boy who needed to be operated on couldn’t have died if ______.

A. it wasn’t snowing that night

B. the doctor hadn’t stopped for that red light

C. the doctor had arrived at one o’clock in the morning

D. the man in the old black coat hadn’t known the doctor

3. Which of the following is not true?

A. Mr. Cunningman was the sick boy’s father

B. Mr. Cunningman was the man in an old black coat

C .Mr. Cunningman robbed the doctor of his car

D. Mr. Cunningman took the doctor’s car as his own

4. The man in an old black coat got into the doctor’s car_____.

A. at a crossing in town

B. at a crossing out of town

C. a mile out of town

D. halfway to the hospital

5．Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?

A. the boy’s father was happy to see the doctor

B. the boy’s father would be regrettable for what he had done

C. the doctor was happy to save the boy

D. the doctor refused to save the boy’s life because the boy’s father robbed him.

（二）

Irushed into an ugly little shop to have the heels (鞋后跟) of my shoes repaired. “Please hurry,”Ibegged.

The shoemaker looked at me over his glasses. “Now, lady, we won’t be long. Iwant to do a good job. You see, Ihave a tradition （传统）to live up to. My father was a shoemaker. He always told me, ‘Son, do the best job on every shoe that comes into the shop, and be proud of your fine work.”

As he handed me the finished shoes, he said, “These will last a long time.”

Ileft the shop with a warm and grateful（感激的）feeling. This was the beginning of our friendship. Since then Iwent into his shop every few days just to talk with him.

One day, Iwent in disappointed and angry because of a poor job some painters had done for me.

“They had no pride in theirwork,”he said. “They didn’t want to work. They just wanted to collect their money for doing nothing. What can be done about it?”

“There’s only one way. Every man or woman who hasn’t a prideful tradition must start building one. No matter what sort of work a man does, if he gives it his best each day, he’s starting a tradition for his children to live up to. And he is making lots of happiness for himself.”

Iwent to Europe for a few months. When I returned, Ilearned that the old shoemaker suddenly got sick two weeks ago, right there in his shop. He had died a few days later. Iwent home with a heavy heart. Iwould miss him. He had left me something——an important piece of wisdom (名言) Ishall always remember: “If you have a prideful tradition, you must carry it on; if you have not, then start building one now.”

1. The old shoemaker thought to do his best in his work each day was ______.

A. to build a tradition for his children to be proud of

B. to start a tradition for himself to live up to

C. to make plenty of happiness for himself

D. to make lots of happiness for others

2. According to the old shoemaker’s opinion, if one didn’tdo a good job, he ______.

A. just wanted to collect others’money

B. just wanted to do nothing

C. wasn’t proud of his work

D. didn’t have a prideful tradition

3. The lady formed a friendship with the old shoemaker because_______.

A. she had the heels of her shoes repaired by him

B. he did a good job to the heels of her shoes

C. she went into his shop every few days to talk with him

D. he taught her an important piece of wisdom

4. The old shoemakerdied _____.

A. a few months after the lady went to Europe

B. two weeks before the lady returned from Europe

C. only a few days before the lady returned from Europe

D. a few days after the lady returned from Europe

5．Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?

A. the lady got something from the shoemaker.

B. the shoemakerknew how to please women.

C. the shoemaker’s words had a great influence on the lady.

D. the lady will forget the shoemaker after he died.

（三）

Galileo said that two different objects fall together if they come down from the same height. “Not possible!”his friends said. “Everyone knows that a stone falls faster than a feather(羽毛)!”

“Follow me and I will show you,”commanded Galileo. And up to the top of the tower of Pisa he climbed. He carried a ball in each hand, but one was ten times as heavy as the other. He let them go down at the same time and heard the people become silent when the balls hit the ground together. They had seen something they could not believe!

For the rest of his life he worked to make things that the whole world uses and enjoys today. And he proved to the world that the earth and all other stars move around the sun, which is at the center. To do this, he built a telescope through which he could study the stars, the sun, and the moon.

1. Galileo said that ________ fall together.

A. two objects of different weight from the same height

B. two objects of the same weight from different heights

C. two objects of the same weight from the same height

D. two objects of different weight form different heights

2. Which of the following is not true?

A. Galileo’s friends didn’t believe his story.

B. Galileo’s friends couldn’t believe what they had seen.

C. The two balls weren’t of the same weight.

D. The two balls didn’t fall at the same speed.

3. Galileo said that ________.

A. the earth is at the centerof the universe

B. the moon doesn’t move around the sun

C. all the stars move around a center

D. the sun also moves around a center

4. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. Galileo was well-known at that time.

B. no people wanted to see the experiment.

C. Galileo was sad becauseno one believed him.

D. Galileo proved his theory by doing an experiment.

5. Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?

A. Galileo made some money by making things that the whole world uses and enjoys today.

B. Galileo had few friends because nobody wanted to believe his theories.

C. No one was around when Galileo did the experiment

D. Galileo made some wonderful inventions in his life

（四）

One day in 1848 Mr. Sutter made a remarkable discovery in the American River in California by his house. He noticed some bright yellow pieces in the water and bent down to pick them up. This was the beginning of the Californian Gold Rush.

Sutter realized the importance of the discovery. He sent a man to San Francisco to see the governor.

The people of San Francisco did not believe him at first. But a reporter of a weekly newspaper there went to Sutter’s house to make a report. When he came back he ran through the streets of the town shouting, “Gold! Gold!”

Within a month almost the entire population had gone to look for the precious（贵重的）metal. Soldiers deserted the army, sailors left theirships and men gave up theirjobs so as not to miss the chance of becoming rich.

The news spread across America to Europe and thousands of people joined in the search. Some sailed round Cape Horn to reach California. Some chose the overland route across America and trains were formed for travelersto make the journey. Even then there were some who were prepared to cross the terrible desert of Death Valley in order to reach the gold a few days before the others.

The Gold Rush proved a disaster for Sutter himself. For years he tried to stop the people from digging his land. They did a great deal of damage （损害）and killed one of his sons, and at the end of his life he was a poor man who continually stopped people in the street to tell them that gold is the devil（恶魔）.

1.Which of the following isn’t true?

A.The Gold Rush began in the 1940s.

B.The Gold Rush was started by Mr. Sutter.

C.Mr. Sutter discovered gold in California.

D.Mr. Sutter first found gold in a river.

2.When Mr. Sutter sent a man to San Francisco, _______.

A.the governor didn’t believe him

B.nobody believed his story

C.a reporter believed him at once

D.a reporter shouted to people, “Gold! Gold!”

3.When the news of gold spread out,_______.

A.soldiers deserted the army and went home

B.sailors left their ships and took a holiday

C.men gave up their jobs to find new ones

D.nearly all the Americans went to California

4.How did all the people from Europe get to California?_____.

A.They sailed across the Atlantic Ocean or the Pacific Ocean

B.They went there all the way by land

C.They traveled all the way by train

D.They crossed the desert of Death Valley

5. Who made the people believe there was gold in California?

A. Mr. Sutter

B. A reporter

C. One of Sutter’s sons

D. The government

（五）

It was in Paris that Marie met and married Pierre Curie, a young scientist who had already won respect.

Together they made theirexperiments in an old wooden house that was too cold and damp（潮湿的）for theirhealth. They knew that some elements（元素）in the world gave off a strange power that could go through other objects. They found more of this power in some elements than in others, which made them believe that it must be a new element itself.

Four years they tried experiments to separatethis powerful new element. Then they found something which they called radium（镭）. Its powerwas very much greater than the power contained（包含）in other elements.

The Curies were given the Nobel Prize for theirgreat discovery, but they were too ill to go to Stockholm themselvesto receive it. They used the money for further experiments on the uses of radium. They found it could be used in treating diseases.

Pierredied suddenly just after he had been offered a good post. Marie Curies was given the post. She thus became thefirst woman ever to teach there. She continued their work and made many more important discoveries. In 1911 she received another Nobel Prize. It is the only time in history that two Nobel Prizes have been given to the same person.

1. Which of the following is not true?

A. Marie married Pierre Curie in Paris.

B. Marie had found radium before she got married.

C. Pierre Curie had won respect before they married.

D. Marie won respect too after they married.

2. The Curies knew that ______.

A. many elementsgave off a strange power

B. all elements gave off the same quantity of this power

C. some elements gave off thesame power

D. a strange power could go through other objects

3. The Curies found out that ______.

A. some elements gave off more of the strange power

B. the strange power wasn’t an element itself

C. radium didn’tcontain more of this power

D. other elements contained more of this power

4. The Curies were given the Nobel Prize, but they ____.

A. didn’t accept it

B. didn’tgo to receive it

C. couldn’treceive it

D. refused to accept it

5. Which of the followingcan be inferredfrom the passage?

A. the Curies made a fortune through theirexperiments.

B. the Curies made a fortune becausethey got many prizes.

C. Radium can give off a strong power.

D. Radium can only be used to treat diseases.

答案

（一）

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（二）

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（三）

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（四）

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（五）

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