三、阅读理解
(一)
Peter Judd wanted very much to be & soldier when he was a child. So he joined die army when he was eighteen, and for several months he was taught how to be a good soldier. He did quite well in everything except shooting. One day he and his friends were practicing their shoot ing, and all of them were doing quite well except Peter. After he had shot at the target (靶子) nine times and hadn’t hit it once, the officer who was trying to teach the young soldiers to shoot said, “You are quite hopeless, Peter. I Don’t waste your last bullet (子弹)! Go behind that wall and shoot yourself with it!”
Peter felt ashamed (羞愧的). He went behind the wall and a few seconds later, the of ficer and the other young soldiers heard the sound of a shot.
“Oh, dear!” the officer said. “Has that silly man really shot himself?” He ran behind the wall as quickly as he could, but Peter was all right. “I’m sorry, sir,” he said, “but I missed again.”
1. Peter Judd joined the army in order to _____.
A. be a soldier
B. be good at shooting
C. make friends
D. get a good job
2. The officer thought Peter was hopeless because
A. he didn’t know how to use a gun
B. he didn’t get along well with other soldiers
C. he was poor at shooting
D. he couldn’t do anything well
3. What the officer said at the end of the first paragraph shows that______.
A. the officer really wanted Peter to die
B. the officer was very angry with Peter
C. the officer was not a kind-hearted man
D. the officer was afraid that Peter would shoot himself
4. The officer felt _____ when he heard the sound of a shot.
A. ashamed
B. frightened
C. excited
D. disappointed (失望)
5. What happened at the end of the story?
A. Peter became a good soldier.
B. Peter killed himself behind the wall.
C. The officer was pleased with Peter in the end.
D. Peter missed the target for the tenth time.
(二)
When Christopher Columbus landed on the then unnamed Costa Rica in 1502, he saw many
Indians wearing gold earrings. So he thought the land must be rich in gold. He named the place Costa Rica, which means “rich coast” in Spanish.
Though little gold was found, Costa Rica today is indeed rich with coffee and bananas. Coffee is the most important product in Costa Rica and most of it is exported (出口) to other
countries like America and West Germany. Bananas are the country’s second most important
export.
Costa Ricans also grow many other crops such as fruits, corn and beans for their own use. Costa Ricans love colors and their houses are painted in bright colors.
Education is very important to the Costa Ricans. Almost every village has a school and education is a must for children between seven and fourteen years of age. Boys and girls go to separate (单独的) schools. Classes begin in March and end in November. The other three months of the year are harvest time and the children have to help their parents to pick coffee beans.
1. What’s the main idea of the first paragraph?
A. How Columbus found Costa Rica
B. How Costa Rica got its name.
C. What the Costa Ricans wore.
D. What language the Costa Ricans spoke.
2. The Costa Ricans may NOT paint their houses ______
A. pink and red
B. grey and black
C. blue and green
D. yellow and orange
3. In Costa Rica, boys and girls between seven and fourteen ______
A. must go to school
B. study in the same school
C. do not have to go to school at all
D. can choose to stop schooling at any time
4. From December to February, school children in Costa Rica ______.
A. have lessons every day
B. have their examinations
C. help their parents pick coffee beans
D. help their parents decorate their houses
5. This passage is mainly about ______
A. Christopher Columbus
B. Costa Rica
C. some products from Costa Rica
D. the education of Costa Rica
(三)
We do some strange things when we don’t like the way our life is going. Too often we blame someone else:
“I wish my parents were more understanding.”
“I have such a bad Chemistry teacher!”
“My friends are so boring and self-centered. They make my life worse and worse.”
Blame! Blame! Blame!
It seems natural to sing this self-pitying song, but the truth is, if you don’t like your life, you should do something about it. No one else knows exactly how you feel or what you need. No one can read your mind correctly. You are the only one with the power to check your life, and if you want it to be different, you can change what you’re doing. This means asking… “What do I need? What do I want to do?” instead of trying to meet others’ needs. For example, try to decide how you want to spend your evening instead of asking somebody else for advice. We teach other people how we want to be treated. If we don’t think of our own needs, no one else will, either.
When you’re in trouble, don’t give away your power to decide how you feel about yourself. Choose how you want to think and act. Other people can’t make you unhappy or angry. They only act in their own way and then it’s up to you to decide how you will respond. For example, your friends go out to lunch without you. You feel angry. How are you going to act? You may blame your friends… “They’re not kind. Who needs them anyway?” or you may tell your friends how you feel, listen to their explanation, and let them know you’d like to be invited next time.
When you decide everything in your own way, you’re getting hold of your own life and shaping it according to your tastes and feeling. You can choose to be happy, to make friends and to build an interesting life, you have stopped growing or learning.
One of the most important rules is that you can never change another person by your direct action. The only person you have the right and power to change is yourself. Once you change, the other person then has something different to respond to and change is possible. If you want change in your life, begin with yourself…put love into your power to take action.
1. What should we do if we don’t like our life?
A. Sing that self-pitying song.
B. Read our minds correctly.
C. Change what we’re doing.
D. Tell others what we want.
2. If the writer’s friends have dinner together without him, he may .
A. forget it and be still friendly with them
B. talk to them and try to find out why
C. do the same thing to them in return
D. ask somebody else to talk to them
3. What’s the writer’s idea about how to change others?
A. He thinks it’s impossible to change others.
B. He believes our love can change everything.
C. He chooses to talk with others directly.
D. He prefers to change ourselves frist instead.
4. How many points of view are mentioned in the passage?
A. Three
B. Four
C. Five
D. Six