问题 阅读理解

Henry found work in a bookstore after he finished middle school. He wouldn’t do anything but wanted to get rich. Mr King thought he was too lazy and was going to send him away. Henry was afraid and had to work hard.

It was a cold morning. It was snowing and there was thin ice on the streets. Few people went to buy the books and the young man had nothing to do. He hated to read, so he watched the traffic. Suddenly he saw a bag fall off a truck and it landed by the other side of the street.

“It must be full of expensive things, ”Henry said to himself. “I have to get it, or others will take it away. ”

He went out of the shop and ran across the street. A driver saw him and began to whistle (鸣笛), but he didn’t hear it and went on running. The man drove aside, hit a big tree and was hurt in the accident. Two weeks later Henry was taken to court (法庭). A judge asked if he heard the whistle when he was running across the street. He said that something was wrong with his ears and he could hear nothing.

“But you’ve heard me this time.”said the judge.

“Oh, I’m sorry. Now I can hear with one ear.”

“Cover the ear with your hand and listen to me with your deaf (聋的)one. Well, can you hear me? ”

“No, I can’t. sir.”

小题1:What was Mr. King? (   )

A.a driver

B.a doctor

C.a policeman

D.a shopkeeper小题2: Why did Mr. King want to send Henry away? (   )

A.Because Henry was too lazy.

B.Because Henry hoped to be rich.

C.Because Henry finished middle school.

D.Because Henry sold few books.小题3:Why did Henry say that he was deaf? (   )

A.He wanted to have a joke with the judge.

B.He wanted to get the judge’s help

C.He wanted to find another piece of work

D.He didn’t want to pay for the accident.

答案

小题1:D

小题2:A

小题3:D

阅读理解

Look! There are thousands of people waiting to buy tickets home in the railway station. Each time when Spring Festival comes, buying tickets of train trip would be very hard. And things seem to be getting worse and worse, although we have greatly increased the mileage of railway network and speeded up trains. Why? It’s because too many people want to go back home to spend Spring Festival with their family. Many people become angry with the Ministry (部)of Railways.

They wonder why it is hopeless for them to get the tickets from the railway station(火车站)Instead, they sometimes can only buy them from ticket scalpers (票贩) at much higher price.

The Ministry of Railways estimated(估计)that about 188 million passengers would travel by train during the 40-day peak (高峰) period surrounding the 2009 Spring Festival holiday. The number of travelers will be 8% higher than that of 2008. This problem even drew the President Hu Jintao’s attention. He wrote a note to Liu Zhijun,Minister of the Ministry of Railways, asking him to take action to improve passenger convenience. Afterward, officials from the Ministry of Railways said they would try their best not to let any ticket-buyers spend Spring Festival at the railway station.

小题1: Many people can’t buy the tickets from the railway station, and they sometimes can only buy them from the scalpers_________.

A.expensively

B.happily

C.dangerously

D.hardly小题2: How many people took the train trip during the peak period surrounding the 2008 Spring Festival holiday?

A.About 203 million.

B.About 188 million.

C.About 180 million.

D.About 174 million.小题3:What does the passage mainly tell us?

A.People go home much more easily during the Spring Festival.

B.It is very hard to buy tickets in the railway station during the Spring Festival.

C.President Hu Jintao cares about the railway building problem.

D.The Ministry of Railways felt sorry about the problem.

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