Paul got on the bus to go to the town.It was very crowded, and he had to stand for about five min-utes.Then some of the passengers got off.Paul sat down next to a fat lady.She had several shopping bags, and Paul didn't have much room on the seat.At last the bus got to the town.All the passengers started to get off.Paul was very polite, so he stood up to let the fat lady get off before him.She said, “Thank you.”Then she tried to get out of the seat with all her bags.But she couldn't move.She was stuck!Paul had to push th lady.The conductor pulled her.Finally they got her free but she wasn't pleased.“I'll write to the bus company, ”she said.“I'll tell them not to make buses with such small seats.”
根据短文内容判断句子的正(T)误(F).
(1)
The lady couldn't get out of the seat because the lady was too fat and had a lot of bags.
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(2)
Paul got a seat on the bus as soon as he got on the bus.
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(3)
Paul was very polite because he stood up to let the lady get off before him.
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(4)
“…and Paul didn't have much room on the seat.”The word“room”here means space
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(5)
She was stuck!In the story it means she pushed her bags.
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阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
People often said Thomas Edison was the greatest genius of his age.There are only a few men in all of history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light.But Edison could never be pleased only because someone said he was a genius.“There is no such thing as genius,”Edison said.He thought what people called genius was mostly hard work.
But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker.From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature.He tried to understand them, and then he tried to learn what he could usefully do with them.
Edison enjoyed thinking.He knew that most people would do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often.But he knew, too, that thinking could give men enjoyment and pleasure.
Edison could not understand how anyone could not be interested in life.As he loved to think, he also loved to work.On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what idea he had about life.“Work,”he answered,“Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier.”He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.
(1)
According to Thomas Edison, what’s genius?
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A.
Hard thinking.
B.
Hard work.
C.
Useful dreams.
D.
Useful inventions.
(2)
After exploring the secrets of nature, Edison always tried to ________.
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A.
write down what he had learnt
B.
carry out a new experiment
C.
make them useful in life
D.
share them with others
(3)
Edison could not understand ________.
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A.
how anybody enjoyed life
B.
how anybody loved working
C.
why anybody loved thinking
D.
why anybody was tired of life
(4)
The last sentence in the passage means that ________.
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A.
Edison was born to be a great inventor
B.
Edison was able to live another 100 years
C.
Edison was ready to make his 100 th invention
D.
life was too short for Edison to work for human beings
阅读理解
The Seats Are Too Small
Paul got on the bus to go to the town.It was very crowded, and he had to stand for about five minutes.Then some of the passengers got off.Paul sat down next to a fat lady.She had several shopping bags, and Paul didn’t have much room on the seat.At last the bus got to the town.All the passengers started to get off.Paul was very polite, so he stood up to let the fat lady get off before him.She said, “Thank you.”Then she tried to get out of the seat with all her bags.But she couldn’t move.She was stuck!Paul had to push th lady.The conductor pulled her.Finally they got her free but she wasn’t pleased.“I’ll write to the bus company, ”she said.“I’ll tell them not to make buses with such small seats.”
根据短文内容判断句子的正(T)误(F).
(1)
The lady couldn’t get out of the seat because the lady was too fat and had a lot of bags.
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(2)
Paul got a seat on the bus as soon as he got on the bus.
( )
(3)
Paul was very polite because he stood up to let the lady get off before him.
( )
(4)
“…and Paul didn’t have much room on the seat.”The word“room”here means space
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(5)
She was stuck!In the story it means she pushed her bags.
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仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. When Mencius(孟子) was a small boy, his father died. So Mencius and his mother were quite poor. One day Mencius returned home from school and found his mother making some cloth(布). It was very beautiful and expensive. "How much of your book have you read today " Mencius' mother asked him. Mencius threw down his book. "I haven't read any of it" He replied, "I played with some friends of mine in the fields. " When his mother heard this, she picked up a pair of scissors and cut the cloth. "Why have you cut your cloth " Mencius asked. "It was so beautiful and now you've wasted it. " "You have wasted your time," His mother said. "Now I have wasted time. Look at the terrible thing we have done. " Mencius learnt a lot from this lesson. After that, he always studied hard.
(1)
When did this story happen
A. Not long before liberation(解放).
B. More than 2000 years ago.
C. About 400 years ago.
D. In the 18 th century.
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(2)
Mencius and his mother were quite poor because ________.
A. they had to spend a lot of money on beautiful and expensive cloth
B. Mencius was young and he couldn't work
C. his father died when Mencius was a child
D. Mencius' schooling cost them much money
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(3)
What was Mencius doing while his mother was cutting the cloth
A. He was reading his book.
B. He was playing in the fields.
C. He was trying to help her.
D. He was watching strangely.
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(4)
When the mother knew Mencius had played in the fields, she felt ________.