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阅读理解练习 (A) When this story happened, they were working around a very large house. Their job was to do the cleaning. It was not a difficult job, but sometimes it was a little dangerous, because they had to walk below where workmen were working. Often these workmen dropped something from the top of the house many meters high to the ground. One morning Joe was working near the house with a cigarette behind one of his ears. Suddenly somebody on the top shouted, "Look out!" But Joe did not "look out". He looked up. And as he did so, a long knife missed Joe's head, but it cut off one of his ears. At once he put his hand to one side of his head and cried out, "I've lost an ear. Help! Help!" Jeff ran up to help his friend. "Look for my ear," Joe told him. "It must be on the ground somewhere." Jeff looked everywhere for the missing ear. At last he found an ear on the ground. He picked it up and carried it to Joe. "Here you are," he said, "I've found it." Joe looked at it. "No, that's not my ear." he said, "Mine had a cigarette behind it." ( )1. What were Joe and Jeff? A. Soldiers. B. Drivers. C. Farmers. D. Cleaners. ( )2. How did Joe lose his ear? A. He cut it off by himself. B. Jeff cut it off with a knife. C. A falling knife cut it off. D. A cigarette burned it up. ( )3. At the end of the story Jeff found _______. A. someone else's ear B. Joe's ear C. a long knife D. a cigarette ( )4. From the passage, we know Joe was not _______. A. strong B. kind C. foolish D. clever ( )5. Which is the most possible title for this passage? A. A Lost Ear B. A Busy Cleaner C. A Falling Knife D. A forgetful Man (B） Newtown is a clean place today. Many years ago there were millions of rats in Newtown. They attacked cats and dogs. Sometimes many of them knocked down a man or a woman at night. The rats were very big and they harmed many people. The city office ordered everyone to kill the rats. Most people were lazy, so they did not kill many. Then the city office promised to pay some money for each dead rat. That made people very happy. They killed thousands of rats every day. A city official put all the dead rats together. Sometimes a man brought a hundred in one day. After two weeks there were not many rats in the city, but people still brought many rats to the city office. The city official thought that people were stealing dead rats. He ordered his man to dig a hole and put all the dead rats in it. Soon there were no more rats, and the city office didn’t pay any more money. ( )1. Newtown________. A.was very clean B. is no longer dirty C.had been very clean D.will be very clean ( )2. The rats in Newtown were ____many years ago. A .as big as cats B.as dangerous as dogs C. very big D.knocked down by the people there ( )3. when the city office first ordered the people to kill rats, most people_____. A.got some money B.were too lazy to kill many C.helped the city office to make the city clean D.killed many rats ( )4. A big hole was dug, because_____. A. the rats could come out to attack people at night B.people could take many rats C.the rats could not escape quickly D.people could steal rats for some money ( )5. Soon there were no more rats, and the city office didn’t_______. A. order people to kill rats B. pay any more money C. see any rats D. look for rats (C) th In the 20 century, advertising has become very popular. Why is it so popular? Because it has been proved that repeated advertising can increase product sales and make the price of products lower. Advertisements can be made in many ways. People in the U.S.A. and Europe use them to advertise all kinds of products, services and other things as well. People use large boards, signs inside or outside shops and cinemas, printed mails or gifts to make advertisements. Besides, balloons and aeroplanes are also used. 1 An advertisement, however, should be properly designed to avoid waste. How is an advertisement made? An advertising firm (公司) selected a company designs and makes the advertisement by studying the information about customers and products. The designers put forward their different plans with pictures or photos. When the advertisement is ready, it is tested in a place to see whether it can make the product popular with customers or not. If it does, it will be used all over the country. Otherwise it should be designed until it is accepted by customers and market by finding out the reason for the failure. ( )1. The reason for which advertising is popular is that _________. A. it can make the price of products higher B. it can increase products sales C. it can make the products have better quality. D. it can lower the cost of products ( )2. How many ways of advertising are mentioned(提到) in the second paragraph? A.Six B.Eight C.Two D.Four ( )3. People in the USA use advertisements to advertise_______. A. products only B. services only C. products and services only D. products, services and other things as well ( )4. The steps of making advertisements include the following except ________ A. the designers put forward their plans B. the advertising company studies information about customers and products C. the advertisements are tested D. the advertisements are sold to companies ( )5. If the advertisement can make a product popular with customers, it proves that _____. A. the advertisement is a failure B. the advertisement is a success C.the advertisement will be redesigned D.the advertisement will not be accepted （D） (D) Newspapers are very important in our daily life. Many people begin their day by reading the paper. In this way they learn what is going on in the world. Sometimes, however, they don’t have the time to read the news carefully and must be pleased with a quick look at the front page. At other times they may be in such a hurry that they have time only to have a quick look at the headlines(标题). There are newspapers to please every reader. In big cities there are many types with several different editions(版面) every day. In small towns there are fewer newspapers and perhaps only one edition each day. In some places the paper is printed weekly. Most papers have several editions, especially on Sunday when the edition is larger than usual. There are, besides the front page with the most important news, the sports news, the amusements page, a business page, and so on. ( )1. People read newspaper to ______. A. learn about the most important news B. learn about everything they want C. be pleased D. get some information ( )2. Reading the headlines, people can know ______. A. what the passages are about B. the newspapers C. about amusements D. about sports ( )3. In big cities newspapers are usually printed ______. A. every day B. every week C. every month D. every year ( )4. Most papers have ______ on Sundays than usual. A. more types B. more pages C. less types D. less pages ( )5. If you want to see a film, you’d better read ______ in a newspaper. A. the business page B. the front page C. the sports page D. the amusements page (E) Every 30 seconds there is an earthquake. But don't worry because most are so weak that they cannot be felt. Only a few big ones hurt people. Many earthquakes happened in China, such as the big one is Sichuan last year. Thousands of people died in it. So it's important to know what to do when one hits. Here are some tips on how to stay safely in an earthquake. If you are indoors during an earthquake, hide under a desk. Stay away from windows and anything that could fall on you. If you are outdoors, move to a clear place. Try to be away from trees, signs, buildings and 2 streetlights. These could fall on you. If you are in a shop and far from the door, don't try to run to outside and rush for exits(出口). Everyone will be doing that and you’ll find it hard getting out. Don't get into a lift during an earthquake. Just hide under some strong covers near you. When an earthquake has ended, be careful because after-shocks may still happen. These are just as dangerous as the earthquake itself. So stay under the desk until you make sure it's safe to get up. If you are at home and you smell gas, open the windows and get out of the building as quickly as you can. A gas line in your house may be broken. This could be very dangerous. 1. Most earthquakes are too ________ to hurt people. A. strong B. weak C. dangerous D. heavy 2. If you are indoors during the earthquake, you should do except _______. A. hide under a desk B. stay away from windows C. hide at a corner D. run anyway at once 3. If you are outdoors, it would be safe to ________. A. go to a playground B.stay under a tree C. stand by the window D. stand under the streetlights 4. If you're in a shop and far from the door, you'd better __________. A. rush to the door right away B. run after the people quickly C. rush to a lift to get down D. hide yourself under a cover near you 5. This passage tells us __________. A. how dangerous the earthquake is B. how to be safe in an earthquake C. we shouldn’t be afraid of the earthquake D. how does the earthquake come into being 3 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/b01cec4333687e21af45a952.html