IV. 阅读理解。(每小题2分，共30分)
阅读下列材料，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
A
2014 is the year of horse in China. Do you know anything about the horse?
The horse is strong and runs very fast. He’s a use
ful and hard-working animal. The horse learns to know his master(主人) soon. He loves his master, even after his master has died. Here’s a story about such a horse. In a war, the master was killed, and fell from his horse. When his body was found some days later, the horse was still standing beside it. During that long time, the horse didn’t leave the body of his master, without food or water, in the c
oldest weather, driving away the birds that might eat it. Wasn’t be a great animal?
51. The horse is a _________ animal to man.
A. strange B. lazy C. useful D. small
52. When the body of the master was found, the horse was _________.
A. going away B. eating grass beside it
C. drinking water D. still standing beside it
53. The story probably took place in _________.
54. A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter
B
A big umbrella
Nancy: I saw seven girls in one umbrella and none of them got wet.
Taney: Oh, that must be a very big umbrella.
Nancy: No, it wasn’t raining.
A good boy
Little Robert asked his mother for two cents(美分).
“What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?”
“I gave it to a poor old woman,” he answered.
“You’re a good boy,” said the mother proudly. “Here are two more cents. But why are you so interested in the old woman?”
“She is the one who sells candies. ”
Break a mirror
“What are you so happy about, Jason?” Lisa asked the 98-year-old man.
“I broke a mirror,” he replied.
“But that means seven years of bad luck. ”
“I know,” he said happily. “Isn’t it wonderful? I can live for another seven years. ”
54. The three passages above are all ________.
A. jokes B. notices C. news D. letters
55. The seven girls didn’t get wet because _________.
A. the umbrella was big enough B. the seven girls wore raincoats
C. it wasn’t raining at all D. it wasn’t a heavy rain
56. Little Robert spent the money ________.
A. helping the poor old lady B. buying candies for himself
C. helping his mom D. buying gifts for his mom
57. _________ broke the mirror.
A. Nancy B. Lisa C. Robert D. Jason
C
Why are you study habits different from those of your friends? Why do you seem to learn faster in some classes while more slowly in others? One reason you may not know is that people have different types. Scientists say there are three different learning types: Visual(视觉型)，Auditory(听觉型)，and Kinesthetic (动觉型)。
Visual learners learn best by seeing. If you seem to easily remember information from pictures, graphs(图表)，and videos, you are probably a visual learner. You’re not good at copying down what the teacher says in class. Never mind. You can draw graphs or pictures instead, if you find that works better for you.
Auditory learners learn best by hearing. If you seem to easily remember things by hearing them, then you are probably an auditory learner. You must listen carefully while the teacher is speaking because it’s the easiest way foy you to learn . Sometimes you may find that taking notes tops you from listening carefully. After class, you can write down what you remember or borrow your friend’s notes to copy. Kinesthetic learners learn best by doing. If you seem to learn best by working with your hands, you are probably a kinesthetic learner. Taking notes by writing can make you pay close attention to information as you receive it. Of course, you can learn best by making full use of labs or other class activities.
Hope you learn better by knowing what your personal learning type is.
58.There are____________different learning types according to the passage.
A. two B. three C. four D. five
59. Jude can remember the words of a song quickly by listening to it once or twice. She might be a /an ____________ according to the passage.
A. auditory learner B. visual learner
C. strange leaner D. usual learner
60.Kinesthetic learners learn best by ____________
A. Remembering information from videos B. listening teachers in class
C. drawing graphs or pictures D. doing things with their hands
61. The best title of this passage may be “____________”
A.Study Habits B. Ways to study
C. Learning types D. Reasons to learn
D
Rachel Carson was born in the USA on May,1907. Her mother, Maria Carson, had been a schoolteacher. She also loved nature. She showed Rachel the beauty of nature. She also taught Rachel a deep love for books. As a quiet child, Rachel liked to read and write stories. At a very early age, she decided she wanted to be a writer some day. Her story first appeared in a children’s magazine when she was ten years old.
Her first books, Under the Sea Wind came out in 1941. In 1948, Miss Carson began working on another book, The Sea Around Us. She always remembered carefully when she wrote. She collected information from more than one thousand places to write The Sea Around Us. When the book came out in 1951, it won the National Book Award. It was No. 1 on the best-seller list for more than a year. The Sea Around Us made Rachel Carson famous.
Rachel Carson’s most famous book, Silent Spring came out in 1962. In this book, she pointed out that the use of some kinds of pesticides(杀虫剂) like DDT would cause the number of birds to decline because it would kill them as well. Finally, in November 1969, the United Sates government decided that the use of DDT must stop in two years.
Rachel Carson has been regarded as a great environmentalist(环保主义者) and writer. She will be remembered by the world.
62. Rachel Carson had a deep love for nature and books because of ____________ .
A. her father B. her mother C. her schoolteacher D. her brother
63. Rachel decided that she wanted to be a writer when ___________ .
A. she was very young B. she was in college
C. she became a teacher D. she became famous
64. The Chinese meaning of the word ”decline” in this passage is probably “___________” .
A. 增加 B. 减少 C. 维持 D. 翻番
65. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Rachel Carson was a careful and serious writer.
B. The Sea Around Us won the National Book Award.
C. In Silent Spring Rachel said some pesticides were bad for the environment.
D. The use of DDT was stopped as soon as the book Silent Spring came out.
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