第三节 短文理解2阅读下列短文，从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。Being away from their

第三节 短文理解2

阅读下列短文，从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。

Beethoven (贝多芬) was never afraid to show his feelings. Once when he was playing at a rich man's house, one of the listeners, a man of good family, was talking to a girl. He liked girls more than music, and he didn't stop talking when Beethoven started to play. The voice was not a quiet one, and Beethoven could hear well in those, days. The music stopped in the middle and Beethoven stood up. "I don't play for animals of this kind!" he cried. "No! Not for animals!" Then he walked out.

Beethoven was a ______.

A．painter

B．musician

C．chemist

第三节 短文理解2

阅读下列短文，从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。

Do you know what the White House is？ Perhaps some of you do, while others don't.

The White House is a house in Washington. The president of the U. S. A. lives in it. It's really white. But do you know why the White House is white？ The story happened in 1812. That year England was at war with America. The British army got to Washington and set the president's house on fire. In 1814, in order to hide the marks of the fire, the stone walls of the president's house were painted white and it has been the "White House" ever since.

White House is a house for ______ .

A．the American people

B．the soldiers of the U. S. A.

C．the president of the U. S. A.

第三节 短文理解2

阅读下列短文，从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。

Excuse me, Mrs. Jones. Would you mind doing me a favor？ I was just going out shopping. But as soon as I shut my front door, I realized that I had left my key in the house. So when I got back, I'll not be able to get in. It was very silly of me. I needn’t have come out at all, because all the vegetables and fruits had been bought by my husband. I only wanted some salt. May I come and climb over the fence into my back garden？ That’s very kind of you. I wish I didn’t give so much trouble.

Mrs. Jones was the speaker's ______.

A．boss

B．friend

C．next door neighbor

第三节 短文理解2

阅读下列短文，从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。

Students in many countries are learning English. Some of these students are children, others are teenagers (少年). Many are adults (成年人). Some learn at school, others by themselves. A few learn English by hearing the language over the radio, on TV or in films. One must work hard to learn another language.

Why do all these people want to learn English？ It is difficult to answer this question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own language, maths and English. Some people learn it because it is useful for their work. Many people learn English for their higher studies, for entering college or university. Some of their books are in English. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English.

People learn English ______ .

A．at school

B．over the radio

C．not all in the same way

第三节 短文理解2

阅读下列短文，从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。

One day Mr. and Mrs. Green went shopping by car. They stopped their car near a shop. They bought many things from the shop and the things were very heavy. They wanted to put the things in their car. But Mr. Green couldn't open the door of the car. "Let's ask a policeman for help," said Mr. Green. They asked a policeman to help them. The policeman was very friendly to help them open tile door of the car, but he couldn't open it, either. At that time a young man came and shouted," What are you doing with my car？" Mr. Green looked at the number of the car. "Oh, dear! See what we're doing!" Then said sorry to the young man.

The Greens drove their car ______ .

A．to ask the policeman for help

B．to buy something

C．to open the door of the car

第三节 短文理解2

阅读下列短文，从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。

A poor boy became a rich and famous singer. He got married and had two sons and two daughters. One day he said to his wife, "Our children mustn't have a hard life as we had. We must help them more than our parents helped us." The wife agreed.

So the parents sent their children to fine schools. They enjoyed expensive sports (玩物). They were given everything in life except this: they were not taught how to work. Later the parents bought businesses (商行) for their children. The sons, at 21, became the owners of banks. The girls were given shops. But soon all these businesses failed, because the young owners knew nothing of business or of work.

The man said to his wife, "Where did we do wrong？"

The singer was ______ .

A．not rich

B．poor

C．rich and famous

第三节 短文理解2

阅读下列短文，从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。

Last Sunday I saw the worst storm. It came suddenly and went on for more than three hours.

After lunch, I went into my room to have a rest. The air was hot, and everything was quiet. The strong wind started blowing into my room suddenly. Pieces of paper on my desk flew high into the air and some flew out of the open window. As I ran out to catch them, big drops of rain began to fall.

When I came back into the house, it was raining harder and harder. I tried very hard to close the window. Then I heard a loud crashing sound from the back of the house. I ran out of my room to find out what it was -- a big tree fell down and broke the top of the back room.

The storm happened ______ .

A．in the morning

B．in the afternoon

C．while I was in the back room

第三节 短文理解2

阅读下列短文，从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。

It's 8:15 in the morning. They're having the first class.

“May I come in, Mr. Black？” a girl says at the door.

“Come in, please,” says Mr. Black. “You are five minutes late this morning, Lucy. It is the fourth time this week.” The girl often makes some excuses when she is late for class. Sometimes she says she doesn't feel well, or the bus is broken on the way, or her watch is slow...So her classmates are listening to her very carefully.

“I'm sorry, Mr. Black,” says Lucy. “I'm late because the traffic is busy and I have to wait for the lights to turn green.”

“But why don't you take an earlier bus？”

“I just take the earlier bus. But it's no use. The later bus often overtakes the earlier one!” answers Lucy.

The first class begins at______.

A．8:10

B．8:15

C．7:45

第三节 短文理解2

阅读下列短文，从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。

Being away from their families during the holidays is one of the hardest things for most soldiers stationed(驻扎) far away.

Serena Ravenell, 35, has been stationed in Texas and misses her family back home in South Carolina. "I have a 5-year-old son and a daughter who just turned 2 years old. All I can do is talk with them on the phone." Ravenell said.

Many soldiers are stationed in other countries, but even being not very far away in their own country can be heartbreaking. For their families left behind, the holidays can be a hard time.

"Right now my husband is Mr. Mom. He takes care of the children," Ravenell said.

In Ravenell's unit(部队), many women have children or are single mothers. Most of them have relatives(亲戚) taking care of their children while they are away.

"Leaving my little girl was hard. My husband has done a good job, but I think all children need their mothers for those early years," Ravenell said. "Leaving was something that I did not want to, but I knew I had to do."

During the holidays most soldiers ______.

A．miss their families very much

B．ask to go home to see their families

C．have the pleasure of staying with their families

第三节 短文理解2

阅读下列短文，从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。

One day a businessman was going to another town to sell his goods (货物). He decided to take ten servants(仆人) with him. They would carry his goods and also some food to eat on the way. He said to one of the servants, "You are the smallest and the shortest one. You may carry the lightest load (担子). "The servant thanked him but took the biggest load. This was the bread to eat on the way.

The man said, "You're foolish. That is the heaviest load." But the servant took up the load happily, and so they set off. After four hours they stopped for a rest. They all ate some of the bread. Then there was less bread for the servant to carry. Every time they ate some bread, the load became smaller and lighter. At the end of the trip, the servant had nothing to carry, and all the other servants still had a lot of things to carry.

The businessman lived in ______ .

A．a village

B．a town

C．a city