问题 阅读理解

Mary can’t understand such sentences as “She is blue today.” “You are yellow.” “He has a green thumb (大拇指).” “He tells a white lie.” and so on. And she goes to her teacher for help.

Mary: Mrs. Smith, there is a colour in each of these sentence. What do they mean?

Mrs. Smith: In everyday English, blue sometimes means sad. Yellow, afraid. A person with a green thumb grows plants well. And a white lie is not a bad one. 

Mary: Would you please give me an example of a white lie?

Mrs. Smith: Certainly. Now I give you some cake. In fact, you don’t like it. But you won’t say it. Instead, you say, “ No, thanks. I’m not hungry.” That’s a white lie.

Mary: Oh, I see. Thank you very much.

小题1: Blue sometimes means sad in ________ English.

A.good

B.spoken

C.dirty

D.poor小题2:I don’t have a green thumb, so all my plants _________.

A.die off

B.grow well

C.look nice

D.are good小题3:He is yellow. Tom is ______ to climb the tree. 

A.happy

B.clever

C.glad

D.afraid小题4:He is ______ today. It means his father is ill.

A.blue

B.yellow

C.green

D.white

答案

小题1:B

小题2:A

小题3:D

小题4:A

题目分析:这篇短文主要介绍了Mary对几个带有颜色的句子的不理解,于是她去问Mrs. Smith,然后她在老师的帮助下,理解了它们的含义。

小题1:细节理解题。根据In everyday English, blue sometimes means sad. 在口语中,蓝色意味着难过。可知选B。

小题2:细节理解题。根据A person with a green thumb grows plants well.带有绿色拇指的人植物种得好。故选A。

小题3:细节理解题。根据Yellow, afraid. 黄色,害怕。故选D。

小题4:细节理解题。根据blue sometimes means sad.蓝色有时意味着难过。故选A。

阅读理解

Marco Polo(马可波罗) was born in Venice in 1254. He was the most famous foreigner to visit Asia(亚洲)during the Middle Ages. He wrote a book about his travels. In his book he wrote all the things he saw and heard. Many people in the west read the book, but few believed what Marco Polo said in the book. He told stories about a lot of strange people and places. But at that time nobody knew these places and the people.

When Marco Polo was still very young, he decided to travel together with his father. It took them more than three years to travel to China, later he became a friend of the Chinese emperor (皇帝) . He learned to speak Chinese when he traveled around, and he talked to many people in Chinese. The emperor liked him and made him a Chinese Official(官员). At that time Marco Polo was only thirty years old. After nearly seventeen years’ travel in the east, Marco and his father wanted to go back home.

When Marco and his father arrived in Venice many years later, their family and friends saw them again. They couldn’t believe their eyes because Marco and his farther were quite old. Marco Polo and his father had been away for almost 25 years.

小题1:Marco Polo was                             foreigner           the Middle Ages.

小题2:Marco Polo wrote a famous book ___________ “The Travels of Marco Polo”. He wrote __________           _ he saw and heard in the book.

小题3:Many people in the west read the book, but ____  _____ believed ________    ____.

小题4:It took Marco Polo and                  over three years to ________  __________.

小题5:Marco Polo and his father had been away ____                            .

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