阅读下面文字，然后回答问题。

　　一九六六年八月下旬红卫兵开始上街抄“四旧”的时候，包弟变成了我们家的一个大“包袱”，晚上附近的小孩时常打门大喊大嚷，说是要杀小狗。听见包弟尖声吠叫，我就胆战心惊，害怕这种叫声会把抄“四旧”的红卫兵引到我家里来。

　　当时我已经处于半靠边的状态，傍晚我们在院子里乘凉，孩子们都劝我把包弟送走，我请我的大妹妹设法。可是在这时节谁愿意接受这样的礼物呢？据说只好送给医院由科研人员拿来做实验用，我们不愿意。以前看见包弟作揖，我就想笑，这些天我在机关学习后回家，包弟向我作揖讨东西吃，我却暗暗地流泪。

　　形势越来越紧。我们隔壁住着一位年老的工商业者，原先是某工厂的老板，住屋是他自己修建的，同我的院子只隔了一道竹篱。有人到他家去抄“四旧”了。隔壁人家的______，我们听得______，从篱笆缝里也看得见一些情况。这个晚上附近小孩几次打门捉小狗，幸而包弟不曾出来乱叫，也没有给捉了去。这是我六十多年来第一次看见抄家，人们拿着东西进进出出，一些人在______，有人______坛坛罐罐。这情景实在可怕。十多天来我就睡不好觉，这一夜我想得更多，同萧珊谈起包弟的事情，我们最后决定把包弟送到医院去，交给我的大妹妹去办。

1．为引文的空格处选出最恰当的一项是（　）

A．一动一静　清清楚楚　大声叱骂　摔破

B．一动一静　仔仔细细　大声吆喝　摔破

C．一举一动　清清楚楚　大声嚷嚷　敲打

D．一举一动　清清楚楚　大声叱骂　摔破

2．小狗包弟为什么成为我们家的一个大“包袱”？

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3．小狗包弟作为礼物却无法送出，为什么？

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4．文章写到这里，作者与小狗包弟的故事已经结束了，请把这个故事与艺术家和狗的故事比较一下，看看二者有什么异同。

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阅读理解。

     Stephen Hawking's book A Brief History of Time was a huge commercial success. Its achievements in

bringing difficult scientific ideas to a wide audience are not so clear. Now the distinguished physicist has

teamed up with his daughter Lucy to produce a children's book designed to communicate contemporary

physics. Will it capture the attention of young minds and teach them some real science?Will it be boring and

over the heads of the prospective readers?

     George's Secret Key to the Universe is an adventure story complete with villains (反面人物) and hero and

is illustrated with enjoyable line-drawings. It involves a lost pig,a humorously portrayed (描写) intelligent

computer,school bulies and a trip through the Solar System. Didactic discussions on aspects of modern

physics,such as supernova explosions and black-hole physics are hung on this set-up.There are also fact boxes

on physics and astronomy,and some photographs of astronomical phenomena:planets,comets,galaxies (星系)

and so on. Overall, the book is a serious effort to convey facts and ideas in present day astronomy and

astrophysics,within a science-fiction adventure story.

     The mixture is great. Children love facts and adventure stories. The combination will catch their interest

and keep them occupied for hours. After ten minutes of leafing through the book,my granddaughter Ruby

was deeply absorbed and I had to promise to bring it back for her to read after I had completed my review.

Like any educational tool,it will succeed for some and not for others. I suppose there should be more of the

former.

1. Where do you think this passage is taken?

A. From a news story.

B. From a textbook.

C. From a book review.

D. From an advertisement.

2. Which of the following books is mainly reviewed in this passage?

A. George's Secret Key to the Universe.

B. A Brief History of Time.

C. The Nature of Space and Time.

D. Hawking's fact and fiction.

3. What is the author's attitude towards the book being reviewed?

A. It will be less successful.

B. It will be more successful.

C. It will be a complete failure.

D. It all depends on Ruby.

4. The underlined word "leafing" (in the last paragraph) probably means _______.

A. adding leaves to a book

B. throwing away a book

C. tearing up a book

D. turning pages of a book