高一阅读材料 Where Is God?
A couple had two little boys, aged 8 and 10, who were excessively mischievous. They were always getting into trouble. And their parents knew that. If any mischief (恶作剧) occurred in their town, their sons were probably involved.
The boys? mother heard that a clergyman in town had been successful in disciplining (管教)children, so she asked if he would speak with her boys. The clergyman agreed, but asked to see them individually. So the mother sent her 8-year-old first in the morning, with the older boy to see the clergyman in the afternoon.
The clergyman, a huge man with a booming voice, sat the younger boy down and asked him sternly（严厉地）， \made no response（回答）, sitting there with his mouth hanging open, wide-eyed. So the clergyman repeated the question in an even sterner tone, \the boy made no attempt to answer. So the clergyman raised his voice even more and shook his finger in the boy's face and bellowed（吼叫）, \HERE IS GOD!?”?
The boy screamed and bolted（逃跑） from the room, ran directly home and dove（扑，冲） into his closet, slamming the door behind him. When his older brother found him in the closet, he asked, \
The younger brother, gasping for breath, replied, \dude. God is missing – and they think WE did it!\1. The underlined sentence means _______.
A. Their sons were probably beaten. B. Their sons were probably hurt.
C. Their sons probably played a part in it. D. Their sons were happy.
2. The clergyman promised to __________.
A. frighten the children. B. beat the children.
C. talk to the 2 children at the same time. D. talk to the two children one by one.
3. According to the passage, which of the following sentence is true?
A. The two children always obey their mother.
B. The two children?s father didn?t know that their children were naughty. C. The clergyman was very rich.
D. The two children liked to play tricks.
4. By “where is God”, the clergyman wanted to tell the child _______.
A. they should behave themselves.
B. he was angry, for they have had stolen God. C. that God is missing. D. to find God.
5. At last, when the younger child rushed home, he was_______. A. happy B. frightened C. ill D. angry 1—5 CDDAB
Tie a knot (结)in the equator(赤道)?
When Ted Hughes finished training college, he became a teacher in a primary school. His favorite subject was geography, because he had always wanted to travel, and he studied various parts of the world so that he could feel as if he knew them a little.
Ted liked children, and was always ready to have a joke with them, so they learnt a lot from him while at the same time having fun.
One September, he was having his first lesson with a class of boys and girls. And to start with he decided to ask them some general questions, so that he could see how much they already knew. He found that this was about the average for their age, and that some of the boys and girls had obviously heard that he enjoyed a joke and were ready to have some fun with him
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”Turkey, sir?\ ”Very funny!\ \
The boy did, in fact, know. \he said.
\But they all knew the correct answers too.
Ted knew that there was one girl in the class who was very clever. She had entered the school on a scholarship that term, and it was her he turned to next.
\he said, \let's see if there's at least one of you who doesn't talk nonsense(废话)?. What is the equator?'\
\and the South Pole, sir,\
\heart, so he asked her another question to see whether he was right or not.
\tie a knot in the equator?\
The class laughed, but she answered, \\\sir,\the girl said \the equator's an imaginary line, you could tie an imaginary knot in it.\
This time Ted joined happily m the class's loud laughter.
1. Why did Ted like geography very much? Because _______.
A. he had traveled a lot.
B. he could make a lot of money . C. he had always wanted to travel. D. He is geography teacher.
2. Why did the first boy give that answer at first? Because ________.
A. He wanted to laugh at Ted.
B. He didn’t know the correct answer. C. He didn’t like Ted.
D. He wanted to joke with Ted.
3. Look at the underlined sentence. Why did Ted smile? Because_______.
A. he was quite satisfied with the answer. B. the girl’s answer was very funny.
C. Ted thought maybe the girl didn’t really understand the definition (定义) of equator. D. Ted was very kind and always wore a smiling face.
4. According to the passage, which of the following sentence is true?
A. This is Ted’s 1st lesson after his graduation from college. B. The students had known of him before this lesson. C. The 1st answer given by the girl was wrong. D. Ted’s favorite subject was biography.
5. Why the class and Ted burst into laughter in the end? Because ________.
A. the girl had given a very intelligent answer. B. the girl’s answer was wrong but funny.
C. the other students wanted to make fun of the girl.
D. the girl had learnt the definition of equator by heart but actually she didn’t
understand it. 1—5 CDCBA
The holiday flight
I am not a good traveler. I suffer from car sickness, sea sickness and air sickness. Sometimes I feel ill when I am riding a bicycle! Therefore I was hesitant before I accepted an invitation from my sister, Lucy, to join her for a holiday in Hawaii. The problem was the six hour flight from Tokyo. On the other hand, I had not seen Lucy for nearly two years, and a holiday in Hawaii was very attractive.（有吸引力的）
We met up in Narita Airport. The flight took off, and I experienced the usual queasy（想呕吐的） feeling in my stomach. I had taken some travel sickness pills but these never seem to do the ticket for me. I missed lunch and settled into my seat to try to sleep.
About four hours into the flight, I was woken by some violent bouncing（弹起的动作）. The flight attendants were hurrying through the plane, telling people to sit down quickly and to fasten their seatbelts. Then suddenly the plane seemed to fall out of the sky. We must have dropped several thousand metres. I was thrown into the air before my seatbelt pulled me back again. The cabin lights went out and many people started screaming.
It seemed like ages, but was probably only few seconds before the plane was under control again.
There were still some bumps, but nothing as bad as before. My heart was pounding and I was very, very sick..
A few minutes later, the pilot’s calm voice came over the intercom. “Ladies and gentlemen,” he said, “I am afraid we hit some unexpected and severe turbulence（气流）. We shall continue to Honolulu and expect to arrive there on schedule（按时） in a little over one hour’s time. Please keep your seatbelts fastened at all times for the rest of the flight.”
We reached Honolulu safely and had a good holiday, but I will never forget that flight.(315 words)
1. After reading, we can know Narita Airport is in _________. A. in Hawaii B. in Honolulu C. in Tokyo D. It can’t be known from the passage. 2. In the passage the word “age” means ________. A. length of time a person has lived B. later part of life C. period
D. very long time
3. From the passage, we know how long it took the writer to make her journey to Hawaii?
_______ A. about 6 hours B. about 7 hours C. 5 hours D. 8 hours 4. From the passage we can’t infer ___________. A. The writer missed her sister very much.
B. The writer and her sister left Tokyo for Honolulu together. C. On the plane the writer missed her lunch because of the pills. D. The plane was under control in seconds.
5. Which of the following shows the right order of what happened to the writer? _______ a. The writer fell asleep.
b. The writer suffered the queasy feeling in her stomach. c. There were some bumps on the plane. d. A violent turbulence hit the plane. e. The writer was thrown into the air.
A. a,c,d,b,e B. b,a,c,e,d C. c,b,a,e,d D. b,a,d,e,c
(answers: 1.c2.d3.a4.c5.d)
The holiday meeting
Mike Tell was enjoying a holiday in Malaysia with his wife and children. One day he decided to go and explore the countryside. His family chose to go swimming, so Mike went for a walk by himself.
He walked through several villages, following a path, but soon he saw a small hill that looked interesting. Leaving the path, he set off up the hill. There was a good view from the top. And Mike stood there for several moments. He was about to return to the path, when he saw a river nearby, so he went to have a closer look. Suddenly there was a loud bellow（吼叫）. Mike looked up in alarm. It was an angry female water buffalo. Mike realized that he was walking very close to a baby water buffalo, and the mother thought he was going to hurt it. Suddenly, the water buffalo charged at Mike. He was a good athlete, but he could not get back
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