英語新增題閱讀理解和完形填空

1、閱讀理解（一）1. There was once an ant that was very thirsty. It ran here and there looking for some water but could not find any. Then suddenly, when the ant was almost ready to die of thirst, a large drop of water fell on it. The ant drank the water, which saved its life. The water was actually a tear fr

2、om a young girl who was crying. Because of her sadness, the tear had magical qualities and suddenly the ant could speak the language of human beings. The ant looked up and saw the young girl sitting in front of a huge pile of seeds. "Why are you sad?" asked the ant. "I'm the priso

3、ner of a giant." the girl told the ant. "He won't let me go until I've made three separate heaps of grain, barley（大麥）and rye（黑麥）out of this huge pile of seeds in which they are all mixed together." "That will take you a month!" the ant said, looking at the huge pile

4、of seeds. "I know," the girl cried, "and if I haven't finished by tomorrow, the giant will eat me for his supper!" "Don't cry," the ant said, "my friends and I will help you." Soon thousands of ants were at work, separating the three kinds of seeds. Th

5、e next morning, when the giant saw that the work had been done, he let the girl go. Thus it was one of her tears that saved her life. 曾經有一只螞蟻，它很渴，為了尋找水到處跑，但沒找到。當螞蟻幾乎要渴死的時候，一大滴水掉了下來。螞蟻喝了這點水，挽救了他的生命。那些水實際上是來自一位正在哭泣的小姑娘。因為她太傷心了，眼淚變得很神奇，突然螞蟻開始說人類的語言了。螞蟻抬起頭，看到年輕的姑娘坐在一大堆的種子前面?！澳銥槭裁磦?？ ”螞蟻問。 “我是一個巨人的囚犯?！迸?/p>

6、告訴螞蟻。他讓我把混合在一起的谷子，大麥、黑麥種子全部分開，才讓我走?！斑@將需要你一個月！ ”螞蟻看了看這一大堆種子，說?！拔抑?， ”女孩哭了，如果我明天還沒有完成，巨人將把我作為他的晚飯吃掉！“不要哭了， ”螞蟻說，“我和我的朋友會幫助你。不久，成千上萬的螞蟻為了分離這三種種子一直在工作中。第二天當巨人看到這項工作已經做了，他讓女孩走了。因此，正是她的眼淚挽救了她的生命。(1)、The ant was playing when it ran here and there.當螞蟻到處跑的時候是他正在玩。A：T B：F 答案：B(2)、The drop of water fell on the

7、 ant when it was nearly dying.當螞蟻快要死的時候，一滴水落到了它身上。A：T B：F 答案：A(3)、The young girl was crying because she wanted to have supper.小女孩那會兒在哭因為她想吃晚餐。A：T B：F 答案：B(4)、The giant would eat the girl if she failed to do the work.如果小女孩沒能完成工作，巨人將會吃掉她。A：T B：F 答案：A(5)、The ant's friends saved the girl's life.

8、 螞蟻的朋友挽救了這個女孩的生命。A：T B：F 答案：A2、Languages are remarkably complex and wonderfully complicated organs of culture. They contain the quickest and the most efficient means of communicating within their respective culture. To learn a foreign language is to learn another culture. In the words of a poet and

9、philosopher, "As many languages as one speaks, so many lives one lives." A culture and its language are as necessary as brain and body; while one is a part of the other, neither can function without the other. In learning a foreign language, the best beginning would be starting with the no

10、n-language elements of the language: its gestures, its body language, etc. Eye contact is extremely important in English. Direct eye contact leads to understanding, or, as the English saying goes, seeing eye-to-eye. We can never see eye-to-eye with a native speaker of English until we have learned t

11、o look directly into his eyes.語言好像文化中非常復雜而奇妙的各種器官。在各文化中，語言包含了最快捷，最有效的溝通手段。要學習一門外語就是學習另一種文化。用一個詩人兼哲學家的話說 "一個人能說多少種語言，他就能體驗多少種生活。文化與語言的關系如同就大腦與身體，是必要的。其中一個是另一個的一部分，沒有了另一個，任何一方都不能正常運行。學習一門外語，最好先從語言的非語言因素開始學。比如手勢，肢體語言等等。在英國，眼睛接觸是非常重要的。直接的眼睛接觸會帶來理解，正如英語有句俗話說 ：意見相同。 我們學會直視某人的眼睛，這樣才能與說英語的本國人保持意見一致。(1)

12、、The best title for this passage is Language and Culture. 這篇文章最好的題目是，語言與文化。 A：T B：F 答案：A(2)、According to this passage, the only way to learn a foreign language is to begin by learning its body language. 根據(jù)這篇文章，學習外語的唯一途徑是從學習肢體語言開始 。 A：T B：F 答案：B(3)、According to this passage, gestures are pictures in

13、a language. 根據(jù)這篇文章，手勢是語言中的圖片。 A：T B：F 答案：B(4)、To learn a foreign language is to learn another culture. 學習一門外語就是學習另一種文化。A：T B：F 答案：A(5)、Direct eye contact leads to understanding in all cultures. 在所有的文化中，直接的眼睛交流帶來的是相互理解。 A：T B：F 答案：B3、Oil is so important that it is sometimes called "black gold&qu

14、ot;. Almost half of our energy comes from oil. We use it to run our cars and factories and to heat our homes, offices and schools. Many everyday things are made from oil. Your shirt may have oil in the material. The soap you wash your hands with might also be made from oil. Your favorite plastic toy

15、 is made from oil. Oil is hard to find, because it is trapped deep under the earth. Once the only way people knew there was oil someplace if it leaked out of the ground. Today, however, we have many ways of finding oil. One tool measures the pull of gravity. Places where gravity is weaker are more l

16、ikely to have oil. Another tool is sound waves. Sound waves travel through different kinds of rocks at different speeds. We can use them to find the rocks that have oil in them.We need a lot of oil, and we are using up the oil wells we know about. Soon we must find new ways of looking for this "

17、;black gold". 石油非常重要，它有時候被稱為“黑金”。我們大概一半的能源來自于石油。我們用它來驅動汽車，運轉工廠，為我們的家，辦公室和學校供暖。許多日常的東西都由石油制造。你T恤的材料里就可能有石油。你用來洗手的肥皂也可能來自于石油。你最喜歡的塑料玩具是石油做的。石油很難發(fā)現(xiàn)，因為它藏在地下深處。曾經，人們知道哪里有石油的唯一途徑是看它從哪里冒出來?，F(xiàn)在，我們有各種方法去探測石油。其中一種方法是測量地心引力。地心引力微弱的地方更有可能有石油。另外一種方法是測聲波。聲波在不同介質中的傳播速度不一樣。我們可以利用這個性質來發(fā)現(xiàn)藏有石油的礦石。我們需要很多石油，可是我們已探明的

18、油井正在枯竭。我們需要趕緊發(fā)現(xiàn)新的尋找“黑金”的方法。(1)、From this passage, we can know oil is a source of energy. 由短文可知，石油是一種能源。A：T B：F 答案：A(2)、According to the passage, we can tell that oil is found only under water. 由短文可知，石油只藏在水里。A：T B：F 答案：B(3)、Sound waves travel through different kinds of rocks at different speeds. 聲波在不

19、同的礦石里傳播速度不一樣。A：T B：F 答案：A(4)、Many things are made from oil. 許多東西都是由石油做成的。A：T B：F 答案：A(5)、The main idea of the whole story is that oil is important for us but hard to find. 本文主旨是：石油對我們很重要而且很難發(fā)現(xiàn)。A：T B：F 答案：A4、 An English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for his

20、 journey back home. As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. The man closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell. When dinnertime came, he didn't go to dinning roo

21、m, saying that he was not feeling very well. The next morning he still didn't have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room. But at dinnertime he was so hungry that he went to the dinning room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him. He got ready for the quarrel."Bri

22、ng me the bill," he said. "The bill, sir?" said the waiter in surprise. "There isn't any bill. On our ship meals are included (包括) in the money for the ticket," said the waiter.一個在挪威的英國旅行者發(fā)現(xiàn)他的錢只夠買張回家的票了。他知道回英國的路程只要兩天，于是認為可以輕而易舉的不吃東西度過這兩時間。他就這么買票上了船。他裝作沒聽見午餐鈴。晚餐的時候他說自己不舒服

23、。第二天早晨他也沒吃飯，午餐時也留在了自己的房間。但是晚餐的時候他實在餓極了，跑到餐廳把服務員放在他面前的所有東西都給吃了。他準備好吵場架了。“給我賬單?！彼f?！百~單，先生？”服務員很奇怪的說，“沒有賬單，我們的船票就已經含了餐費了?！狈諉T說。(1)、The story happened on a ship from Norway to England. 故事發(fā)生在從挪威去英格蘭的船上。A：T B：F 答案：A(2)、The traveler didn't go to the dinning room first, because he had no money. 旅行者開始沒有去

24、餐廳，因為他沒錢。A：T B：F 答案：A(3)、The traveler went to the dinning room to eat something because his friend had given him some money. 旅行者去吃東西是因為朋友給了他錢。A：T B：F 答案：B(4)、The traveler had two meals on the ship. 旅行者在船上吃了兩餐。A：T B：F 答案：B(5)、After the traveler finished eating, he came to know that travelers on the s

25、hip had free meals. 旅行者吃完東西后才知道船上的食物是免費的。A：T B：F 答案：A5、A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco. "Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend. I'd like to bring him

26、 home with me." "Sure," they replied, "we'd love to meet him." "There's something you should know," the son continued, "he was injured pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mine（地雷） and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and

27、 I want him to live with us." "We're sorry to hear that, son. But, maybe we can help him find somewhere to live." "No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us." "Son," said the father, "you don't know what you're asking. Someone with such a handica

28、p would be a terrible burden to us. We have our own lives to live, and we can't let something like this interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home and forget about this guy. He'll find a way to live on his own." At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents hear

29、d nothing more from him. A few days later, however, they received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building. The police believed he had killed himself.The grief-stricken（悲痛欲絕的） parents flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgue（太平間） to identi

30、fy the body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they didn't know, their son had only one arm and one leg.一個關于參加過越戰(zhàn)并且生還的士兵的故事， 他在舊金山給他的父母打了個電話。媽媽、爸爸， 我在回家的路上，但是我想請求你們幫個忙，我有一個朋友， 我想帶他一起回家?！爱斎豢梢浴?，他們回答， 我們希望能見見他。有些事情你們必須知道，兒子繼續(xù)說， 在戰(zhàn)爭中他受了嚴重的傷， 他踩到了地雷，

31、失去了一支胳膊和一條腿。他沒有地方可去，我希望他能和我們生活在一起。我很遺憾聽到這些，兒子，也許我們能幫助他找到其它的一些地方去生活。不， 媽媽爸爸， 我希望他能和我們生活在一起。兒子， 爸爸說， 你不知道你在說什么。一個有這樣殘疾的人對于我們來講是一個很嚴重的負擔。 我們有自己的方式去生活， 我們不能讓類似于這樣的事情干擾我們的生活。 我覺得你應該直接回家， 不要管這個人了。 他會找到自己生活的方式的。這時，兒子掛了電話， 父母再也聽不到他的聲音了， 然而過了一些天， 他們接到了舊金山警察的電話。他們被告知，他們的兒子墜樓死亡了。警察認為是自殺。 悲痛欲絕的父母坐飛機到舊金山然后被帶到太平間

32、去確認他們的兒子的尸體。 他們認出了他， 令他們驚詫的是他們也發(fā)現(xiàn)了一些他們不知道的事情， 他們的兒子只有一條胳膊一條腿。(1)、The soldier called his parents from San Francisco after having fought in Vietnam. 越南戰(zhàn)爭之后，這位戰(zhàn)士在舊金山給他的父母打電話。A：T B：F 答案：A(2)、The soldier told his parents that he wanted them to meet his friend in the army. 這位戰(zhàn)士告訴他的父母，他想讓他們見見他軍隊里的朋友。A：T B：

33、F 答案：B(3)、His father considered his plan unacceptable. 他的父親認為他的計劃是不可行的。A：T B：F 答案：A(4)、A few days later the parents were told by the police that their son had killed himself. 幾天之后，警察告訴他父母，他們的兒子自殺了。A：T B：F 答案：A(5)、The son killed himself because he was unable to find a job. 這個兒子自殺是因為他找不到一份工作。A：T B：F 答

34、案：B6、Background music may seem harmless, but it can have a powerful effect on those who hear it. Recorded background music first found its way into factories, shops and restaurants in the USA. Very soon it spread to other parts of the world. Now it is becoming difficult to go shopping or eat a meal

35、without listening to background music. To begin with, background music was intended simply to create a soothing （舒適的） atmosphere. Recently, however, it's becoming a big business. An American marketing expert has shown that music can boost（提升） sales or increase factory production by as much as a

36、third.But it has to be the light music. Lively music has no effect at all on sales. Slow music can increase receipts（收入） by 34%. This is probably because shoppers slow down and have more opportunity to spot items they would like to buy. Yet, slow music isn't always the answer. The expert found t

37、hat in restaurants slow music meant customers took longer to eat their meals, which reduced overall sales. So restaurant owners might be well advised to play faster music to keep the customers movingunless, of course, the resulting indigestion（消化不良） leads to complaints.背景音樂似乎是無害的，但它對聽者卻有很大影響。錄在唱片或磁帶

38、上的背景音樂首先是在美國的工廠、商店和餐館里發(fā)現(xiàn)市場的。但它很快就傳到世界各地?，F(xiàn)在無論是購物還是進餐，聽不到音樂是越來越難了。起初，在公共場所連續(xù)播放背景音樂只是為了營造一種和諧的氣氛。然而，現(xiàn)在卻演變成了一樁大生意。 美國營銷專家羅納德·米利肯博士的調研表明，音樂可以提高銷售額，也可以使工廠生產增加三分之一。但這必須是輕音樂。節(jié)奏快的音樂對銷售不產生任何影響，而慢音樂可增加38的銷售額。這也許是因為購物者隨著音樂減緩了購物速度，從而有更多的機會去發(fā)現(xiàn)他們喜歡買的東西。不過，節(jié)奏緩慢的音樂并非總是那么有效。例如，米利肯博士發(fā)現(xiàn)，在飯館里，播放慢音樂則意味著顧客進餐所花的時間更久，因

39、而減少了銷售總額。所以，餐館老板最好播放快速音樂，以便使顧客不斷地流動當然，不要由此產生消化不良，引起顧客抱怨。(1)、Background music was first used in the factories, shops and restaurants in the USA. 美國的工廠、商店和餐廳最開始使用背景音樂的。A：T B：F 答案：A(2)、An American marketing expert has found background music can increase sales or factory production. 一位美國的營銷專家發(fā)現(xiàn)背景音樂能夠提高銷

40、售量或者工廠生產量。A：T B：F 答案：A(3)、Slow music has no effect on sales. 慢音樂不會銷售量沒有影響。A：T B：F 答案：B(4)、Slow music is useless in factories in increasing sales. 慢音樂在增加工廠銷售量方面是沒用A：T B：F 答案：B(5)、Restaurant owners are advised to play lively music to increase overall sales. 餐廳老板被建議播放快音樂來增加營業(yè)總額。A：T B：F 答案：B7、The fourth

41、 Thursday in November is called Thanksgiving Day. In the United States, it is an annual occasion to show thanks to God for his goodness.As a historical, national and religious holiday, Thanksgiving Day began with the English in Plymouth Colony. As far back as 1621, after a long bitter winter and the

42、 gathering of the first harvest, these early settlers shared a feast with the local Indians and offered prayers of thanksgiving. The first national Thanksgiving Day was proclaimed（頒布） by President Washington on November 26, 1789. President Lincoln revived the custom in 1863.It was not until 1941 tha

43、t the U.S. Congress adopted a resolution（決定）, setting the fourth Thursday of November as an annual Thanksgiving Day. Thus what began as a religious celebration of the harvest has since become a nationwide holiday.Now Thanksgiving Day is usually a family day, celebrated with a traditional turkey dinn

44、er and a happy reunion. Schools are closed on Thanksgiving Day and the day after. Many people, including students studying in another state, often travel long distances to spend the holiday at home.十一月份的第四個星期四被稱為感恩節(jié)。在美國，感恩節(jié)是每年感謝神恩賜的節(jié)日。作為一個帶有歷史性、民族性、宗教性質的節(jié)日，感恩節(jié)始于生活在普利茅斯的英國人。歷史可追溯1621年，經過一個漫長而饑寒交迫的冬季。

45、早期的移民慶祝第一次豐收，他們邀請當?shù)赝林〉诎踩烁把缫允靖兄x。 華盛頓總統(tǒng)在1789年11月26日頒布第一個國家感恩節(jié)。1863，林肯總統(tǒng)重申了這個習俗。1941年，美國國會決定把十一月的第四個星期四定為感恩節(jié)。這樣，起源于宗教慶祝豐收儀式成為了全國的法定假日。現(xiàn)在感恩節(jié)通常是家庭團聚的日子，家人團聚吃火雞晚宴來慶祝。學校在感恩節(jié)放兩天假。很多人，包括在其他州上學的學生都不畏舟車勞累趕回家過節(jié)。(1)、The passage is mainly about how Thanksgiving Day came into being. 文章主要講述感恩節(jié)的產生。A：T B：F 答案：A(2)、T

46、hanksgiving Day was first celebrated in 1621 by English settlers of the Plymouth Colony. 普利茅斯的英國移民在1621年第一次慶祝感恩節(jié)。 A：T B：F 答案：A(3)、President Washington set Thursday, November 26, 1789 as the First National Thanksgiving Day. 華盛頓總統(tǒng)在1789年11月26日，把星期四定為第一個國家感恩節(jié)。A：T B：F 答案：B(4)、Since 1863, the fourth Thurs

47、day of November has been set as an annual Thanksgiving Day, a nationwide holiday. 自從1863年，11月的第四個星期四就被定為一年一度的感恩節(jié)，一個全國性的節(jié)日。A：T B：F 答案：B(5)、The pattern of the Thanksgiving celebration has not changed through the years. The basic traditional food on Thanksgiving Day is roast turkey. 感恩節(jié)的慶祝模式經過多年沒變。感恩節(jié)最

48、基本的傳統(tǒng)美食是火雞。A：T B：F 答案：A8、 Americans, like many people elsewhere in the world, like to invite friends to their homes for an evening of food, drink and conversation. Formal dinners in fine homes and hotels in the United States are much the same as formal dinners anywhere in the world. But as most peop

49、le in the United States have no servants, their dinner parties at home are decidedly informal. As many new small homes have no separate dining room or just have very small dining space, guests can also serve themselves and eat in the living room, holding their plates or trays on their knees.A more e

50、njoyable form of entertainment is the picnic. Americans are great picnickers, and almost every family has a picnic basket. Summer invitations are often for a picnic at a park or in the open countryside. Unless hamburgers or hot dogs are cooked over a fire, picnic food is usually cold sandwiches, sal

51、ads, potato chips, pickles. Watermelon is a favorite dessert, followed very often by baseball for the young and active, and naps for the old and weary. 跟世界上許多其他民族一樣，美國人也喜歡在晚上把朋友請到家里去吃飯、喝酒或聊天。美國上等家庭和旅館里的正規(guī)晚宴與世界上任何地方的正規(guī)晚宴大致相同。然而，由于大多數(shù)美國家庭都沒有傭人，他們在家里舉行的晚宴肯定都是非正規(guī)的?？腿藗兛梢宰诓妥琅猿燥垼蛘?，因為許多小家庭沒有單獨的餐廳或者餐廳面積非常小

52、，客人們也可以自己動手，或者干脆在客廳里吃飯，把盤子、碟子就放在膝蓋上。 還有一種更有趣的款待形式是野餐。美國人非常喜歡野餐，幾乎每個家庭都有一個野餐用的籃子。夏日里人們常常邀請朋友到公園或開闊的郊外去野餐。除非要吃在火上烤熱的漢堡包或熱狗，野餐的食品一般都是冷食，如三明治、色拉、炸土豆片和泡菜等。西瓜是美國人民最喜愛的甜食。野餐后年輕人和喜歡活動的人們可以打棒球，疲倦了的人們則可以打個盹。(1)、Americans like to invite their friends over to dinner at their homes. 美國人喜歡在晚上把朋友請到家里去吃飯。 A：T B：F 答

53、案：A(2)、Most Americans prefer informal parties because they cannot afford formal ones. 大多數(shù)美國人喜歡非正式的聚會是因為他們付不起正式聚會的費用。 A：T B：F 答案：B(3)、Guests sit and eat at an informal dinner, in the dining room or in the living room. 客人們可以在餐廳或者客廳里享用一次非正式晚餐。A：T B：F 答案：A(4)、According to the passage, people seldom have

54、 hot food at a picnic. 根據(jù)這篇文章，人們很少在野餐的時候吃熱食。A：T B：F 答案：A(5)、The picnic is considered a more enjoyable form of meal because a dessert is always served. 人們認為野餐是三餐中最有趣的形式是因為餐后有甜食。 A：T B：F 答案：B9. Mrs. Weeks was reading a newspaper story to her class. The story said: "Were you ever in a hospital whe

55、n you were small? How did you feel?" The doctors in Children's Hospital are asking for money for children's toys. Some children in the hospital must stay in bed for many weeks. Toys are needed to keep the sick children happy and quiet. Money for them can be sent to the hospital. After M

56、rs. Weeks read the story，she said，"This story gave me an idea." "You want us to bring some money for the toys." "We could bring some of our own toys for the children in the hospital, "said the boys and the girls one after another. "Well, your ideas would be nice, "Mrs. Weeks said， "but mine is different." "We could make some toys, "shouted one of them. Mrs. Weeks smiled. "Do you think you could m