Hearst Castle is in California, America. A person called William Randolph Hearst built it between 1922 and 1939, at a cost of more than $30 million. Last year, I had a trip to that castle.
I spent the whole day looking around. But there was much to see, and a day wasn’t enough. Hearst Castle has four houses. The main house, “Casa Grande”, is the biggest one. Visitors can live in the other three ones. Many of them are Hollywood film stars, and they often come to the parties there.
At Hearst Castle, there are also beautiful gardens and two swimming pools, one inside and a larger one outside. I loved the one outside, the “Neptune Pool”. It was a pity that we couldn’t go swimming there!
The guide told us that Mr. Hearst travelled around Europe with his mother at the age of ten and looked at paintings and castles. He never forgot that tour and wanted his house to look like a castle. When Mr Hearst died in 1951, his family gave Hearst Castle to the people of California. Now it’s a museum.

  1. 1.

    The underlined word “Castle” in the first paragraph means _____.

    1. A.
      城堡
    2. B.
      胜地
    3. C.
      城垛
    4. D.
      楼阁
  2. 2.

    “Casa Grande” is _____ the other three ones at Hearst Castle.

    1. A.
      younger than
    2. B.
      bigger than
    3. C.
      older than
    4. D.
      smaller than
  3. 3.

     There are _____ at Hearst Castle.

    1. A.
      beautiful gardens
    2. B.
      one swimming pool inside
    3. C.
      one swimming pool outside
    4. D.
      all the above
  4. 4.

     _____ made Mr. Hearst build this wonderful castle.

    1. A.
      A tour around Europe
    2. B.
      The paintings and castles in Europe
    3. C.
      His mother
    4. D.
      His dream
  5. 5.

     Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

    1. A.
      Hearst Castle in California was cheap to build.
    2. B.
      Hearst Castle is on a mountain near the sea.
    3. C.
      Many Hollywood film stars come to Hearst’s parties.
    4. D.
      After Mr. Hearst died, his family lived at Hearst Castle.
阅读理解。
     John lived with her mother when he was young. He didn't know who  his father was.  The woman did
some washing for the rich and could buy only some bread for her son.  So  the  boy  was  short and thin.
     One cold morning there was  much  snow  in  the streets.  A  car knocked  the woman down and the
policemen took her to the hospital. She didn't tell John that his father deserted(遗弃) her before he was
born until she died. She left her son the name and address of his father.
     John found his father, Mr. Brown, in another city. He was one of the richest shopkeepers and he had
to receive his son.  From  then  on  the boy lived a rich life.  He ate all kinds of  deliciou s food and wore
beautiful clothes. But he didn't go to school and could not read or write.
     Once his father took him to a party, he  saw  a  newspaper lying  on  the floor and picked it up while
others were talking about a film. He had a look at it and found  a  car's  wheels were upward,  he called
out, "Oh, dear! An accident happened!"
     All the people were surprised and began to read the newspaper. But soon they all began to laugh. Do
you know why?
1. John didn't know his father because ____________.
A. the man was rich                    
B. the man deserted his mother
C. his mother left the man              
D. the man didn't like him
2. John was short and thin because ______________.
A. he didn't like sports                  
B. his parents were short too
C. he was often hungry when he was young  
D. his mother never gave him food
3. The woman told John who his father was ______________.
A. after she was knocked down by a car    
B. before her son left
C. before she was in hospital            
D. before she died
4. After John found his father, __________.
A. he was angry with the man            
B. he started a rich life
C. he wouldn't live with him            
D. the man was bad to him
5. The people at the party laughed at him because____________.
A. he held the newspaper upside down    
B. he wasn't polite
C. the newspaper was yesterday's        
D. he wasn't clever  

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