VI. 阅读理解。(30分)
(A)
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
Mr. Read works in a hospital. He's a good doctor but he often forgets thing. People know him well and don't mind it.
One morning he looked over an old woman and found something was wrong with her eyes. He began to do an operation. It took him three hours to finish it. The old woman could see again and thanked him very much. After that he had a look at his watch and found it was half past twelve. He felt hungry and wanted to buy some food for himself.
When he reached the lift, he remembered he didn't wash his hands. He had to return to his office. He took off his coat and put it on the back of the chair. After that he left. However in the restaurant, he realized he wasn't wearing his coat. All his money was in one of his pockets. He got up and went back to the hospital. The lift was just on the first floor. He ran to it but it was going to close. He put his head into it, and the doors opened. A man in the lift called out, “Oh, dear, sir! Why didn't you hold the doors open with your hands? It's too dangerous to do so with your head!”
“I think my hands are more important than my head, I have to do operation not with my head, but with my hands!”
46. People know ______, so they don't mind it.
A. Mr. Read is a doctor B. Mr. Read isn't careful
C. Mr. Read works in the hospital D. Mr. Read often does operations
47. The operation began at ______ that morning.
A. half past eight B. nine C. half past nine D. ten
48. Mr. Read returned to his office because _______.
A. he forgot to wash his hands B. it was cold and he had to put on his coat
C. he was too tired to reach the restaurant D. he had to borrow some money
49. Mr. Read left the restaurant because ______.
A. he ate much there B. he couldn't find his friend
C. he had no money with him D. it was closed
50. Mr. Read put his head into the lift because _______.
A. he wanted to know who was in it B. he wanted to stop it rising
C. his head was harder than his hands D. he was afraid it could hurt his hands.
(B)
Travel in New York
Public transport (交通)
Traffic is quite good in New York. The bus is cheap and the subway(地铁)is common. What’s more, you can take both the bus and the subway with the same card. If you have something important to do. You’d better take a taxi because that’s fast.
Hotels(宾馆)
There are a lot of hotels in New York. The Plaza Hotel is the best and the most expensive one. If you want to pay less for your stay, there are many smaller hotels. The YMCA near Central Park is suitable for young people.
Eating out[
Restaurants provide good service in New York. You don’t have to eat at McDonald’s every day and you can try different kinds of food from many countries. You can also enjoy delicious Chinese food in Chinatown.
Shopping[
Shopping in New York is fun. You can see big shops everywhere in this modern city. Stores are open seven days a week, but be careful when you look at the prices because you have to pay taxes(付税)on everything you buy. That means you have to pay an extra fee(额外费用) which in New York city is 8 % of the purchase(购买) price.
Places to visits
There are too many places to visit in New York—Times Square, the Empire State Building, and, the Statue of Liberty.
51. If you decide to buy a book $10 in New York, you should pay a total of how
much after tax?
A. $9.80 B. $10.80 C. $9.20 D. $10.20
52. “The Plaza Hotel” here is the name of a __________
A. house B. station C. city D. hotel
53. You can eat the delicious Chinese food ____________
A. in Chinatown. B. in Piaza C. at McDonald’s D. in YMCA
54.Which of the following is NOT in New York?
A. Central Park. B. The Empire State Building.
C. Times Square D. The White House.
55. How many types of transportation are mentioned in the passage?
A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four
(C)
The old name for films was “moving pictures”. In America they still call them “movies” and they say “Shall we go to the movies?” when we say “Shall we go to the cinema?”
A boy once said to his friend, “Do you like moving pictures?”His friend thought that he was going to invite him to go to the cinema, so he said, “Yes, please. I like moving pictures very much.”
“Good,” said the boy, “my father has a picture shop. He sells pictures. This evening I must move pictures from one room to another. You like moving pictures, so I think you will enjoy moving pictures for me.”
根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。(5分)
56. In old times people called films “moving pictures”.
57. When they ask their friends to go to see a film with them, the American people
will say “Shall we go to the cinema?”
58. Once a boy asked his friend to move some heavy boxes of pictures from one
room to another for him.
59. His friend liked pictures very much.
60. His friend didn’t understand him when he asked, “Do you like moving pictures?”
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