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1、英语阅读1 阅读Once the king of India fell ill and sent for his doctor. The doctor came, examined him and said, “You will be well again in a few days if you take bulls milk.” The king was very surprised, for he had never heard of a bull that gave milk. “How is it possible?” he asked.“Order Gulbo, the schol

2、ar, to get it for you. He can do anything.” The doctor was an enemy to Gulbo, and thought this would be a way of making him suffer. When the king told Gulbo what the doctor had said and ordered him to get bulls milk, Gulbo immediately understood what the doctor was trying to do.When he got home he s

3、at thinking how to get out of the difficulties. His daughter, seeing him worried, asked what was the matter. On hearing what the king had asked for, she said, “Dont worry, father, Ill help you.”The next day she took some old clothes, went to the bank of the river near the palace, and chose a place b

4、elow the kings bedroom window. In the middle of the night, when everyone was in bed, she started to do her washing. She made so much noise that the king could not sleep. The king got very angry and set a guard to find out what was the matter. The soldier found the girl, and led her to the king. “Why

5、 do you wash your clothes here at night?” asked the king.The girl pretended to be afraid and said, “I had to wash clothes at night. This afternoon my father had a baby. I was busy all day because of that. Then I found there were no clean clothes for the baby, so I had to come and wash them now.” “Wh

6、at!” cried the king, “Are you trying to make a fool of me? Who ever heard of a man having a baby?”“Well, if the king himself orders someone to get bulls milk for him, why cant a man have a baby?”The king smiled and said, “You must be Gulbos daughter. Go and tell your father that he may keep the bull

7、s milk for his baby.”1. According to the doctor in the story, the kings illness can be cured by _.A. making Gulbo sufferB. drinking bulls milkC. seeing another doctorD. feeding him with cows milk 2. The doctor told the king to ask Gulbo to find bulls milk because he _.A. admired Gulbo greatlyB. hate

8、d Gulbo very muchC. thought Gulbo was a scholarD. tried to make Gulbo another doctor 3. How did Gulbo feel after getting the kings order?A. He was upset.B. He was excited.C. He was surprised.D. He was disappointed. 4. Why did Gulbos daughter wash clothes below the kings bedroom window at night?A. Be

9、cause she was forced to do it.B. Because she often washed clothes there.C. Because she enjoyed washing clothes there.D. Because she wanted the king to notice her.5. From the dialogue between the king and the girl, we know that after hearing the girls story, the king _.A. wanted to see the babyB. bec

10、ame angry with herC. thought the girl was a foolD. understood the girls meaningBBADD2 阅读People all over the world today are beginning to hear and learn more and more about the problem of pollution. Pollution is caused either by mans release of completely new and often artificial (人造的) substances int

11、o the environment, or by releasing greatly increased amounts of a natural substance (物质)，such as oil from oil tankers into the sea.Whatever its underlying reasons, there is no doubt that much of the pollution caused could be controlled if only companies, individuals and governments would make more e

12、fforts. In the home there is an obvious need to control litter and waste. Food comes wrapped up three of four times in packages that all have to be disposed of; drinks are increasingly sold in bottles or tins which cant be reused. This not only causes a litter problem, but also is a great waste of r

13、esources, in terms of glass, metal and paper. Advertising has helped this process by persuading many of us not only to buy things we neither want nor need, but also to throw away much of what we do buy. Pollution and waste combine to be a problem everyone can help to solve by cutting out unnecessary

14、 buying, excess use and careless disposal (处理) of the products we use in our daily lives.1. The main cause of pollution is _.A. the release of artificial or natural substances into the environmentB. the production of new industrial goodsC. increased amounts of a natural substanceD. our ever-increasi

15、ng population2. Much of the pollution could be controlled if only _.A. people would pay more attention to the problemB. governments would take effective measuresC. all sides concerned would make more effortsD. farmers would use less artificial fertilizers3. Food packages, bottles and tins for drinks

16、 can cause _.A. air and water pollutionB. both a litter problem and a waster of resourcesC. to pay for the serviceD. to produce the receipt4. Which of the following can not help solving the problem of pollution?A. Cutting out unnecessary buying.B. Eating.C. Reduce excess use.D. Carefully dispose our

17、 daily products.5. What does the underlined word “litter” mean in paragraph 2?A. not many B. serious problemC. bits of waste thingsD. industrial pollutionACBBC3 阅读Thousands of years ago, in the middle of an ocean, miles from the nearest island, an undersea volcano broke out. The hot liquid piled hig

18、her and higher and spread wider and wider. In this way, an island rose up in the sea.As time went on, hot sun and cool rains made the rock split and break to pieces. Sea waves dashed against the rock. In this way, soil and sand came into being.Nothing lived on the naked soil. And then the wind and b

19、irds brought plant seeds, spiders and other little creatures there. Only plants could grow first. Only they, in sunlight, could produce food from the minerals of the soil, water and air. While many animals landed on the island, they could find no food. A spider spun its web in vain, because there we

20、re no insects for its web to catch. Insects couldnt stay until there were plants for them to eat. So plants had to be the pioneer life on this new island.1. The passage centers on _.A. how an undersea volcano broke out B. how an island rose up in the sea C. how soil was formed on a new islandD. how

21、life began on a volcano-produced island2.According to the passage, the island got its first soil from _.A. sea waves B. the sand brought by the windC. its own rockD. cool rains3.The word “naked” (in para. 3) could be replaced by which of the following?A. hidden B. new C. mysterious D. bare4.The orde

22、r of coming into being on the island is _.A. soil, plants and animalsB. soil, little creatures and plants C. soil, birds and plants D. soil, human beings and animals5. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE ?A. Spiders were the first life that could live on the island.B. The island

23、 is far away from any piece of land. C. Insects could not live on the island without plants.D. Plants were brought to the island by human being.DCDAC4 阅读In the last 500 years, nothing about people not their clothes, ideas, or languages has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate dri

24、nk was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree by South American Indians. The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500s. And although it was very expensive, it quickly became fashionable. In London shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some sti

25、ll exist today.The potato is also from the New World. Around 1600, the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the“Potato Famine”of 1845-6, and thousands more were for

26、ced to emigrate to America.There are many other foods that have traveled from South America to the Old World. But some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the Worlds largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries. But it is n

27、ative to Ethiopia. It was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400s.According to an Arabic legend, coffee was discovered when a goatherd name Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee bush. He tried one and experienced the “wide-awake” feeling that one-third

28、of the worlds population now starts the day with. 1. According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years? A. Food C. PotatoB. Chocolate D. Coffee2. “Some” in “Some still exist today” means _.A. some cocoa trees C. some shopsB. some chocolate drinks D. some Sou

29、th American Indians3. Thousands of Irish people starved during the “Potato Famine” because _.A. they were so dependent on the potato that they refused to eat anything elseB. they were forced to emigrate to AmericaC. the weather conditions in Ireland were not suitable for growing the potatoD. the potato harvest wa