阅读理解。

     Mom was a teacher most of her life.When she wasn't in the classroom,she was educating
 her children or grandchildren:correcting our grammar,starting us on collection of butterflies,
flowers or rocks;or inspiring a discussion on her most recent "Book of the Month Club"
 topic.Mom made learning fun.?
     It w as sad for my three brothers and me to see her ailing in her later years.At 
eighty-five,she suffered a stroke and she went steadily downhill after that.?
     Two days be fore she died,my brothers and I met at her nursing home and took her 
for a short ride in a wheelchair.While we waited for the staff to lift her limp body back 
into bed,Mom fell asleep.Not wanting to wake her,we moved to the far end of the room 
and spoke softly.?
     After several minutes our conversation was interrupted by a muffled sound coming
 from across the room.We stopped talking and looked at Mom.Her eyes were closed,
but she was clearly trying to communicate with us.We went to her side.?
     "Whirr," she said weakly.?
     "Where?" I asked."Mom,is there something you want?" "Whirr." she repeated a bit
 stronger.My brothers and I looked at each other and shook our heads sadly.
     Mom opened her eyes,sighed,and with all the energy she could muster said,"Not 
was.Say were!"
      It suddenly occurred to us that Mom was correcting brother's Jim's last sentence,
"if it was up to me..."?
     Jim leaned down and kissed her cheek."Thanks,Mom," he whispered.We smiled at 
each other and once again shook our heads this time in awe of a remarkable teacher.

1.When Mom said,"Whirr",what did she really want to do?_____
A.She wanted to tell her sons her will.?
B.She wanted to have something to eat before she died.?
C.She wanted to correct the mistakes Jim made while talking.?
D.She wanted to te ach her sons more because she was dying.? 
2.Which of the following statements is NOT right?_____.
A.Mom was a good teacher and never wanted to stop her teaching.?
B.Mom was always making her teaching fun.?
C.Mom didn't forget her teaching until she died.?
D.Mom was no longer a teacher when she was at home.?
3.What does the writer think of his mother?_____.
A.He loved her but was tired of his mother's teaching at home.?
B.His mother should forget her teaching and enjoyed the rest of her life.?
C.His mother was great because she devoted herself to teaching.?
D.His mother was an excellent teacher before she was retired.?

Dou Te, a 54 – year – old single man, sleeps for extremely long periods of time in winter, thinking it helps him to lose weight and brings him good luck. Sometimes he sleeps for a week, sometimes for a month, waking only occasionally for a drink of water. This unusual habit of his attracted (吸引) the attention of a professor at a local university, who is studying him.

Dou Te is an agricultural consultant (顾问) and has no fixed working hours. He says he has had this habit of hibernation since the 1960’s, when one winter he felt particularly tired and became seriously overweight. Because of bad weather, he had to stay at home for several weeks, and he found that sleeping is the only way to get rid of the boredom, and from then on, he started to sleep in winter, whether it was day or night. As a result he lost 50 pounds that first year. At the beginning, he would get up in the mornings and have something to eat and take a shower, but then he read some materials and learned that every kind of need could be reduced during the hibernation, and he gradually learned to control his instincts. Now when he hibernates, he need only drink some water once a week; all his system slows down. And he hardly needs any food and certainly doesn’t need to wash.

Says he “For four months, I don’t eat or play. I save a lot of money, and when I wake up, I can use the money to improve my quality of life. Hibernation is really a good idea. If anyone else is interested, it is worth trying.”

1.Dou Te sleeps for a very long period of time in winter for the thinks          .

       A.it helps him to lose weigh and brings him good luck.

       B.it helps him to get rid of work and worries of life.

       C.he can have a very good rest.

       D.it helps him to gain weight and brings him good luck.

2.He started his hibernation in one winter when            .

       A.he felt a little tired and became slightly overweight.

       B.he particularly felt bored and became seriously overweight.

       C.he was particularly tired and became seriously overweight.

       D.he particularly felt tired and lost 50 pounds.

3.After hibernation, Dou Te thinks           .

       A.he can get rid of the boredom.

       B.he can get rid of the troubles of eating and drinking.

       C.he can save money and improve the quality of his life.

       D.he can be free from his work and away from people.

违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com

精英家教网