公共英语一级-阅读理解题(六) (总分100,考试时间90分钟)
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One day a friend asked Mark Twain if he could remember the first money he ever earned. He thought (1) a long time and then said, \"Yes, it was at school. I can remember (2) then. Schoolboys in those days didn't take good care of school property (财产). They often had their desks or benches (3) . There was a rule in our school that (4) boy who damaged his desk with a pencil or a knife would be beaten in front of the whole school, or would have to (5) five dollars. \"
One day I damaged my desk in someway. I had to tell my (6) I broke the rule. I had to decide (7) I would pay five dollars or be punished before the whole school. My father said it would be (8) bad to have our family disgraced (耻辱) in front of the whole school. He agreed to give me five dollars to hand (9) to the teacher. But before giving me the money, he took me upstairs and gave me a good beating.
\"But as I had had one beating and got used to it, I decided I would take another beating at school and keep the five dollars. (10) that's what I did. That was the first money I earned. \\
1. A. of B. for C. over
2. A. something B. anything C. everything 3. A. damage B. damaging C. damaged 4. A. some B. any C. each 5. A. pay B. cost C. take
6. A. teacher B. father C. grandpa 7. A. as B. when C. whether 8. A. very B. quite C. too 9. A. in B. over C. out 10. A. So B. Or C. And
Mr. and Mrs. Smith were singers, and they travelled to a lot of countries. When they went by plane, people checked them and their things, of course, (1) they did not want them to take guns on to the plane with them. One day Mr. Smith came to (2) the plane, and the men searched (3) and his things. When he was ready (4) on the plane, Mrs. Smith arrived. She was late (5) in a hurry, but the people searched her and her bag (6) Mr. Smith heard her (7) and say to the men happily, \"Oh, that's very good! I've (8) those scissors here and
there (9) several days, and now you (10) them for me! Thank you very much!\\
11. A. Before B. Because C. If 12. A. take B. make C. have 13. A. himself B. his C. him 14. A. got B. getting C. to get 15. A. yet B. but C. and
16. A. carefully B. angrily C. terribly 17. A. to laugh B. laughed C. laugh
18. A. looked for B. looked on C. looked at 19. A. in B. since C. for
20. A. have found B. find C. are finding
Everybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong. This is what happened to Harry. One morning, he got up very (1) because his clock stopped. He (2) to shave (刮脸) quickly and cut himself. When he got dressed, he got blood all over his (3) , so he had to find another one. The only other shirt that was clean (4) ironing. While he was ironing it, there was a knock at the door. It was the man to collect money for water. After he paid the water bill and showed the man out, he found the iron had burnt a hole in his shirt. So he had to wear the one with the blood on it after all. By this time it was very late, so he (5) he couldn't go to work by bus. He (6) for a taxi to take him to work, the taxi arrived and Harry (7) in.
In another part of the town, a man had killed a woman (8) a knife and was seen to run away in a taxi. When Harry's taxi stopped outside his office, a policeman (9) to be standing there. He saw the blood on Harry's shirt, and took him to the police station. He was (10) till 3 o'clock p. m. before the police found out that he was not the man they wanted. When he finally arrived at the office at about 4 p. m. , his boss took a look at him and told him to find another job.
21. A. early B. late C. worriedly 22. A. tried B. hoped C. wished 23. A. coat B. sweater C. shirt 24. A. need B. needed C. needing 25. A. wondered B. thought C. decided 26. A. wished B. waited C. telephoned 27. A. got B. sat C. entered 28. A. by B. with C. through
29. A. seemed B. happened C. appeared 30. A. caught B. left C. kept
How much sleep do we need? We are all different. Some people need only three hours of sleep a night. (1) need ten hours of sleep a night. After age fifty, the average (平均) sleep time goes (2) to 6.5 hours a night.
Most of people have a night when they can't sleep. About one (3) three Americans has a problem with (4) . Many of these of people (5) fall sleep.
This is not (6) problem. Many famous people (7) could not fall asleep. Some of
these people had their own ideas (8) them sleep. Benjamin Franklin, the famous statesman and inventor had four (9) . He (10) from one to the other to fall asleep. King Lois XIV of France had 413 beds and hoped to fall asleep in one of them. Mark Twain, the famous American writer, had a different way. He lay on his side across the end of the bed!
31. A. Another B. The other C. Others 32. A. down B. up C. in 33. A. in B. with C. between 34. A. work B. sleep C. their health 35. A. can not B. can C. easily 36. A. an old B. a new C. the only
37. A. in America B. in France C. in history 38. A. to make B. making C. made 39. A. beds B. houses C. ways 40. A. went B. lay C. moved
Mr. Hodge was a (1) farmer. He had hundreds of chickens, and sold eggs and the meat and got a lot of (2) them, but he lived in a very (3) part of the country, and he found (4) his hens laid (5) in the summer. So he decided to put air-conditionings (空调) into his chicken-house (6) they would lay well all through the year and he could get more eggs and in that way earn more money. The owner of **pany which (7) the air-conditioning came to see him, and when he saw Mr. Hodge's house, he thought that he might be able to persuade him to buy some air-conditionings (8) .
\"Your wife would be much happier and **fortable then,\" he said to Mr. Hodge. But Mr. Hodge was (9) \"My wife doesn't (10) ,\" he said.
41. A. chicken B. chicken's C. chickens' 42. A. interesting from B. interesting for C. money for 43. A. hot B. cold C. warm 44. A. whether B. which C. that
45. A. hardly any eggs B. egg hard C. any eggs hardly 46. A. such that B. that C. so that 47. A. buy B. sold C. repair
48. A. of it too B. for it too C. also with it
49. A. not very interested B. not interested at all C. very interested 50. A. lay eggs B. feel hot C. like cool
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