阅读提优 一、完形填空。【用时: 准确率: 】 Frank was a very talkative little boy. Whenever he saw a new thing, he asked a great many questions about it. His mother was very 1 . When there was time to answer his questions, she would do so. The first time Frank saw an hourglass(沙漏), he was very 2 . but he did not know what it was. His mother said, “An hourglass is made in the shape(形状)of the figure(数字)8. The sand is put in at one end, and runs through a small hole in the 3 . As much sand is put into the glass as will run through in an hour.” Frank watched the little stream of sand. He was very impatient, 4 it would not run faster. “Let me 5 it, Mother,” said he. “It is lazy, and will never get through.” “Oh yes, it 6 , my son,” said his mother, “The sand moves by little and little, but it moves all the time.” “At night,the 7 in the hourglass has run through twelve times. When you look at the hands of the clock, you think they go very 8 , and so they do, but they never stop. The hour hand of the clock has moved all around its great face. This is because the hands of the clock 9 working every minute. They do not stop to think how much they have to do, and 10 it will take them to do it.” Frank seemed to understand something. ( )1. A. patient B. polite ( )2. A. happy B. ready ( )3. A. end B. middle C. glass ( )4. A. and B. because C. or ( )5. A. pull B. repair ( )6. A. must ( )7. A.air ( )8. A. slowly B. easily C. quickly ( )9. A. dislike B. forget C. stop ( )10. A. how long B. how many B. can’t 二、阅读理解。【用时: C. honest C. interested D. bored D. beginning D. so C. mix D. shake C. will B. clock 准确率: D. humorous(幽默的) D. won’t C. sand C. how much D. hand D. quietly D. keep D. how often 】 “Listen!” Mr.Lee said seriously at the beginning of his first class, “I will put a lie into each of my classes. Your job is to try and catch me in the Lie of the Day.” That was really a clever way to fix our attention on the dry and boring subject --- geography. Then in the following weeks, we didn’t let off every single word of what he was saying in class and challenged( 质疑,挑战) his lectures( 讲 课).When his class ended with nobody seeing through the lie, Mr. Lee would say, “Ah ha! Each of you has a lie in your notes. Discuss among yourselves what it might be, and I will tell you at the end of the term.” Mr. Lee’s special style of teaching worked. All of us reviewed(复习) and discussed about our notes actively. One Monday at the end of the term, Mr. Lee listened carefully to what we were questioning for almost ten minutes. Then he finally said, “Do you still remember the first lesson how I said that every lecture has a lie?” Confused(困惑的),we said yes. “Well, that was a real big lie. In fact, all the lectures I’ve given before are completely true. But I am glad you worked so hard. Move on...” Hearing this, all eyes in the classroom went wide. While my knowledge of geography has been forgotten over time.the lessons have stayed with me. “Experts” can be wrong and say things that sound right, so build a habit of evaluating ( 评估)new information and check it against things you already accept as a fact. ( )1.We can know that Mr. Lee was A. boring ( B. serious )2. In Mr. Lee’s class, ( . C. smart D. lazy . A. he always told lies B. the students hardly questioned him C. nobody took notes D. it was difficult for the students to see through the lie )3. The sentence “all eyes in the classroom went wide” in the passage means A. the students were surprised C. the students opened their eyes ( )4. From the passage, we can infer that . B. Mr. Lee opened the students’ eyes D. the students had a look at the classroom . A. It’s easy to forget the knowledge of geography B. Mr. Lee wasn’t good at teaching C. Mr. Lee succeeded(v.成功) in making the students put all their hearts into studying D. the students would never check what the teachers said again ( )5. The best title of the passage could be A. My Teacher 三、阅读 7 选 5。【用时: B. A Real Lie 准确率: . C. Geography is Difficult D. Learn to Question 】 Long ago,as people got older, there was something wrong with their teeth and it would be very painful(痛苦的). 1 Later people learned that cleaning their teeth was important,but they didn’t have toothpaste(牙膏)at that time. 2 About 100 years ago, someone finally created a kind of cream to clean teeth. Not long after that, the toothpaste tube (管子) was invented(发明), so people could press(挤压)the toothpaste right onto the toothbr