1、閱讀理解（二）（每小題2分，共10分）閱讀下面短文，根據短文內容回答問題。（一）If you come to London for the first time now, you,ll see a lot of buses and cars on the road, you,ll also see a lot of bikes because nowadays more and more people travel by bike.There are a lot of reasons for this. First, it,s very cheap to use a bike, and it,

2、s quick too. You often wait for a bus for half an hour. When the bus comes, there are so many other buses and cars on the road that the bus moves very slowly. The underground train is quick but very expensive and often crowded.I traveled to work by bus for about four years. I often arrived at work l

3、ate and tired. Then one day, about two years ago, a workmate said,“I go to work by bike, why don,t we travel together?”“Because my bike is old,”I answered,“and there are so many buses and cars on the road. I always feel frightened.”“You needn,t worry about this,” said my friend.“If you follow me and

4、 we ride slowly, you,ll be fine.”Although we went slowly, we arrived at work quickly. The bus ride took forty minutes and the bike ride took half an hour!The next day I bought myself a new bike. Now I don,t feel afraid. I love cycling to work, and I feel fit and well.Many people think in the same wa

5、y as I do. That,s why you see a lot of bikes on the road. Who knows, perhaps in the future we,ll have roads for bicycles only. I hope so!1.What can we see on the road if we visit London now? 2. The writer went to work three years ago.3.How long did it take the writer to go to work by bike? 4.Is ridi

6、ng a bike good for our health? 5. The writer hope well have roads one day.（二）Have you ever been ill? When you are ill, your body becomes hot, and there are pains all over your body. You must be unhappy because of it. You don't want to work. You stay in bed feeling very sad.What makes us ill? It&

7、#39;s germs.Germs are everywhere. They are very small and you can't find them with your eyes, but you can see them with a microscope（顯微鏡）. They are very, very small and there could be hundreds of them on a very small thing.Germs are always found in dirty water. When we look at dirty water under

8、the microscope, we can see them in it. So your father and mother will not let you drink dirty water.Germs aren't found only in water. They are found in the air and dust（灰塵）. If you cut your finger, and if some of the dust from the floor goes into the cut, some of the germs will go into your fing

9、er. Your finger will become big and red, and you will have much pain in it. Sometimes the germs will go into all of your body, and you will have pain everywhere.1. Why is a person unhappy when he's ill? 2. People can see the germs with . 3. Why don't parents let their children drink dirty wa

10、ter? 4. Where are germs found？ 5. If germs go into the cut of the finger, you will feel . （三）Children all over the world like to celebrate their birthdays. American children are not different. American children usually celebrate with a party. They invite their friends to join the celebration. The pa

11、rty may not be held on the date of their birthday if it comes on a school day. It may be held on the closest weekend instead.Today two kinds of parties are the most popular. One is held at home. Parents make the house beautiful with balloons(氣球)and colored paper. They prepare a special birthday meal

12、. The children play games. Another kind is held away from home. Some are at a special restaurant. The children eat pizza and ice cream. The waiters also sing and tell jokes to the children. Other parties may be held at a park, or a movie theater, or some other places.Every birthday party has a birth

13、day cake with candles on top. There is one candle for each year of a birthday boy or girl,s age. When the candles are lighted, everyone sings the special birthday song: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.!As Americans grow older, their birthday parties change. In fact, many people stop having them. They say they

14、 would like to forget how old they are. Yet they like to remember the happy birthday parties of their childhood(兒童時代).1. American children usually celebrate their birthdays .2. If their birthday is on a school day, they will hold the party .3. When they hold the party at home, who may be very busy?

15、4. What will the waiters do if they hold the party at a restaurant? 5. Why do many people stop having their birthday parties now? （四）An eleven-year-old boy in a small town wanted to be a train driver. But the boy was born without hands. His father taught him to use his feet as hands. He couldn,t go

16、to school, so he spent all his time watching trains coming and going because he lived near the station. How wanted to be a train driver!One day he saw an empty train and climbed in. It was not easy for him to start it with his feet. Soon the train was traveling at forty miles(英里) an hour. The railwa

17、y officials(官員)could not see the boy in the train and tried to stop the train. The train reached a small station and then the boy drove it on. When he was near the town, a worker caught up with the train and stopped it. At first he was very angry, but he laughed when the boy said, “I like trains”.“W

18、ell, I,m glad you don,t like planes!”1. The boy didnt go to school because .2. The boy was interested in .3. Where did the boy lived? 4. How did the boy drive the train? 5. Was it dangerous the boy drove the train? (五)George Stephenson was born in 1781 in a poor family. He had to start work when he

19、was only eight. When George was fourteen he became his father,s helper. He spent a lot of time learning about engine(機械), and on holidays he often took it to pieces and studied each piece carefully. Soon he became a very good worker though he could not read or write. He began to learn the English al

20、phabet (字母表)when he was seventeen years old. Every day after he did twelve hours, hard work, he had to walk a long way to have lessons from a school teacher. On his eighteenth birthday, he wrote his own name for the first time in his life.George invented many things in his life. The train was the gr

21、eatest one of them. Today when we take trains from one place to another, we,ll think of this great manGeorge Stephenson.1.Why did George Stephenson start working so early? 2.How long had George Stephenson worked before he became his fathers helper? 3. When George was fourteen, he spent a lot of time

22、 . 4. He could write his own name for the first time .5. What was Georges greatest invention? (六)Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in town, I wanted to have a rest before catching the train. I bought a newspaper and some chocolate and went in to the station coffee shop. It was a cheap

23、 self-service place with long tables to sit at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, put the newspaper and chocolate on the table and then went to get a cup of coffee.When I came back with the coffee, there was someone sitting in the nest seat. It was a boy, with dark glasses and old clothes, and h

24、is hair was coloured bright at the front. He had started to eat my chocolate!Naturally, I was rather uneasy(不安)about him, but I didn,t want to have any trouble. I just looked down at the front page of the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me closely. Then he

25、took a second piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. Still I didn,t say anything to him. When he took a third piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought,“Well, I shall have the last piece.”And I got it.The boy gave me a strange look, then stood up. As he left he shouted out, Theres s

26、omething wrong with that woman! Everybody looked at me, but I did not want to quarrel with the boy, so I kept quiet. I kept quiet. I did not realize that I had made a mistake until I finished my coffee and was ready to leave. My face turned red when I saw my unopened chocolate under the newspaper. T

27、he chocolate that I had been eating was the boy,s.1. The writer went home by _.2The writer put on the table before she went to get a cup of coffee.3How many pieces of chocolate did the boy take? 4. Did the boy take the writers chocolate? 5. The writer made a mistake, didnt she? (七)Hello, everyone. I

28、 just want to tell you about our trip to town of Chester. The bus will leave at nine fifteen tomorrow morning. It takes about an hour and a half to get to Chester, so we will arrive at a quarter to eleven. You will have time for a cup of coffee before our first visit .This will be to the palace. It

29、is a very interesting old building and I,m sure you,ll enjoy the visit. Tickets for the palace cost three pounds fifty for adults and, if you have children, a family ticket is just eight pounds. There are lots of things to see and we will be there about two hours. We will take sandwiches for lunch w

30、ith us and we will all eat together in a park. You will be pleased to know that tomorrow is going to be sunny. After lunch, we will walk round the old market. You will be able to buy all your presents there. Now, any questions?1. It takes about to get to Chester.2. They will have before their first

31、visit.3. How much is a family ticket? 4. Where will they have lunch? 5. What will they visit in the afternoon? (八)Most people have jobs. They go to work nearly every day. Some people are lucky. Either they have very interesting jobs or they can earn(賺)a lot of money. Most people are not so lucky. Ei

32、ther their jobs are not very interesting or they don,t earn a lot of money.The most interesting jobs are often the most difficult. It takes a long time to learn how to do them. Doctors study for at least 6 years after finishing school. Airline pilots(飛行員)study for longer. They have to learn to fly i

33、n small plane first, and then slowly move up to bigger and bigger plane. Most airline pilots are at least 30 years.Some young people have interesting and well-paid jobs. Many successful athletes are young .Football and tennis stars are usually under 35. Older people usually can,t play these sports v

34、ery well. They can,t move far enough. Golf, however, is a good sport for older people.Most people work until they are 60 or 65 years old. Then they retire(退休)and have a lot of free time. Some people never retire. These people usually have very interesting jobs. Writers, artists, musicians, and actor

35、s usually work until they die. Their work is their life.1. Most people nearly every day.2.Why are some people lucky? 3.How long do doctors have to study after finishing school? 4.What is a good sport for older people? 5.Some people never retire because . (九)If someone asks me:“Do you like music?” I,m sure I will answer him or her:“Of course, I do.”Because I think music is an important part of our lives. Different people have different ideas about music. For me, I like rock music because it ,s so exciting. And my favorite rock band, the “