题目内容
Mr. King lived with six hundred wild（野生）animals on the Greek Island of Kyklos. Ever since he left school, he had traveled all over the word collecting animals for his own zoo. He hoped to collect（收集） two examples of every kind of animal on his island（岛屿）. But he was afraid that people would find him someday.
He wrote books about his travels and about his animals that he collected. The money from the books helped to pay for all the food that these animals ate.
One day, when Mr. King was out looking for drinking water, he found oil（石油）. He needed money for his travels and for his zoo, and a little oil would buy enough water for what he needed all his life, but he knew that if he told anyone else about it, it would be the end of his zoo and his life’s work. So he decided not to tell anyone else about what he had found, because oil and water couldn’t mix.
1.. . Mr. King traveled all over the world for collecting ______.
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A．oil |
B．water |
C．animals |
D．money |
2.. . Mr. King was afraid that people would find him someday because ________.
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A．he hadn’t got enough money for them |
B．that would be the end of his zoo |
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C．he hadn’t got enough water and oil |
D．they would buy his animals |
3.. . Mr. King wrote books to _______.
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A．tell people about his story |
B．tell people how to find oil |
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C．get enough money for his animals |
D．make money for his travels |
4.. . In the passage, “oil and water couldn’t mix” means that “_________”.
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A．Mr. King needed not only water but also oil |
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B．oil and water were rather difficult to be mixed together |
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C．Mr. King’s animals only needed water, not oil |
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D．if he told the others he found oil, his life’s work would be stopped |
1.. C
2..B
3..C
4..D
【解析】 略
Henry found work in a bookstore after he finished middle school. He wouldn’t do anything but wanted to get rich. Mr. King thought he was too lazy and was going to send him away. Henry was afraid and had to work hard.
It was a cold morning. It was snowing and there was thin ice on the streets. Few people went to buy the books and the young man had nothing to do. He hated to read, so he watched the traffic. Suddenly he saw a bag fall off a truck and it landed by the other side of the street.
“It must be full of expensive things,” Henry said to himself. “I have to get it, or others will take it away. ”
He went out of the shop and ran across the street. A driver saw him and began to whistle (鸣笛), but he didn’t hear it and went on running. The man drove aside, hit a big tree and was hurt in the accident. Two weeks later Henry was taken to court (法庭). A judge asked if he heard the whistle when he was running across the street. He said that something was wrong with his ears and he could hear nothing.
“But you’ve heard me this time.” said the judge.
“Oh, I’m sorry. Now I can hear with one ear.”
“Cover the ear with your hand and listen to me with your deaf (聋的)one. Well, can you hear me? ”
“No, I can’t, Sir.”
【小题1】What was Mr. King?
| A．a driver | B．a doctor | C．a policeman | D．a shopkeeper |
| A．Because Henry was too lazy. | B．Because Henry hoped to be rich. |
| C．Because Henry finished middle school. | D．Because Henry sold few books. |
| A．He drove aside and hit a big tree. | B．He began to whistle to him. |
| C．He went out of the bookstore. | D．He shouted at him. |
| A．He wanted to have a joke with the judge. |
| B．He wanted to get the judge’s help |
| C．He wanted to find another piece of work |
| D．He didn’t want to pay for the accident. |