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Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice)

Directions: Read the following passages carefully and choose the best answer

from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.

Passage 1

Mr. and Mrs. Jones' flat was full of boxes, big and small; trunks (大皮箱); and

furniture. The two of them were busy with pencils and paper, checking their list of

luggage (行李) when there was a ring at the door. Mrs. Jones went to open it, and

saw a well-dressed middle-aged lady outside. The lady said that she lived in a flat

beside theirs, and that she had come to welcome them to their new home.

Mrs. Jones invited her in.

"I hope you'll excuse us for all this mess (杂乱)," said Mrs. Jones, "We "

"Oh, that's quite all right," said the lady. "Do you know, in some parts of this town,

neighbors are not at all friendly? There are some streets-and even some

buildings-where people don't know their neighbors-not even their next-door

ones. But in this building, everyone is a friend with everybody else. We are one

big, happy family. I'm sure you'll be happy here."

The lady was greatly surprised when she visited the same flat the next time,

because she found that a different man and a woman had moved in. On the lady's

first visit, Mr. and Mrs. Jones had not the heart to tell her they were not the new

owners of the flat, but the old owners, who had lived beside her for two years. All

this time she had never visited or even noticed Mr. and Mrs. Jones, her next-door

neighbors.

1. Someone knocked at the door when Mr. and Mrs. Jones were ________.

A. cleaning their house

B. counting (数) their luggage

C. moving their furniture

D. writing their shopping list

Correct answer: B

2. This writer of this passage suggests that the middle-aged lady ________.

A. lives in a big happy family

B. lives alone

C. does not do what she says

D. is a bothersome neighbor

Correct answer: C

3. According to the middle-aged lady, in some parts of the town, people

________.

A. had big, happy families

B. had small, unhappy families

C. didn't know their neighbors

D. didn't like their neighbors

Correct answer: C

4. From the passage, we know ________.

A. the middle-aged lady was warm-hearted

B. the middle-aged lady had been living in the building for two years

C. Mr. and Mrs. Jones told the middle-aged lady the truth

D. Mr. and Mrs. Jones were the middle-aged lady's old neighbors

Correct answer: D

5. What is the tone (语气) of the writer in the passage?

A. Happy.

B. Sad.

C. Indifferent (不关心的).

D. Critical.

Correct answer: D

Passage 2

When I was in the 7th grade, I had a lot of trouble reading. My mother used to sit

by my side, and explain each paragraph of each school reading assignment to me

because I didn't understand what I was reading. She would have to read each

paragraph to me. And then after each paragraph, she told me the general

meaning of what we just read.

In class, I tried to hide the fact that I couldn't read. My teachers gave us the last

ten minutes of class to start our reading homework, and I would sit there for ten

minutes staring at the page, pretending I was reading it. I remember a terrible