阅读提优 一、完形填空。【用时: 准确率: 】 Rosa was walking home from work one evening when she got the idea. She didn’t 1 her job at the factory, but it was better than no job at all. So, while she was trying not to think about work, she saw the pots ( 盆) piled up in a quiet street. They were 2 plastic ( 塑料) pots, but there were lots of them behind the flower shop. “Such a waste!” she thought. When the pots were 3 lady said she didn’t mind, so Rosa there three days later, Rosa went in and asked if she could take some. The flower shop 4 home a tower of pots. At home, Rosa put the pots outside her small flat. And there they sat. One day, a gust of wind sent them to the street three floors 5 , and she had to go and collect them before the gathering storm. Every day, Rosa went to work and thought about her pots. She was 6 something, but she was patient enough. At last, the newspaper brought good news. A shop was selling potting soil (泥土) and seeds. Rosa 7 counted her money, and then she walked six blocks(街区) to the shop. She bought six bags of soil and some seeds. Rosa slept well that night and 8 many colourful flowers and fat, fresh fruits. Sundays were always good days because Rosa didn’t have to work. She got up early and ate her breakfast. 9 , she began to put the soil into the pots with a scoop. She hummed a little song until all six of bags of soil were empty. She took out seed packets and 10 her garden. Tomatoes for the biggest pots, peppers for the next-biggest ones, and flowers in all the rest. At the end of the day, Rosa sat in her garden and watched the sunset. Soon, she thought, there will be many colourful flowers and fat, fresh fruits. ( ) 1. A. take B. change C. like D. need ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ) 2. ) 3. ) 4. ) 5. ) 6. ) 7. ) 8. ) 9. ) 10. A. broken A. still A. got A. above A. getting ready for A. usually A. dreamed of A. Finally A. built B. cheap B. just B. sent B. over B. waiting for B. exactly B. thought of B. Then B. watered C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. special always carried under going for suddenly heard of So tidied pretty already went below paying for carefully took care of Soon planned 二、阅读理解。【用时: 准确率: 】 One Saturday Maria and I had a 30-mile bike ride. It seemed perfect. We started at 7:00 a.m. in beautiful spring weather. At 10:30 a.m., when we stopped for a rest, we both felt wonderful. And then a brisk wind came. That was when our perfect day began to change. By noon, we knew a serious thunderstorm was blowing our way. Dark clouds rolled up our of the southwest. A stinging wind burned our faces. There was no way to stay out of the storm. We would have to wait it out, but where? Then things went from bad to worse. The temperature dropped suddenly. I looked up and saw the sky now turned dark green. Trees and crops were bent over by the wind. No animals were in sight. Then a blue car stopped beside our bikes. The driver shouted, “Get in!” She looked frightened(害怕的), and so did we. We did as she said. That was when the hail(冰雹)started. Ice, the size of golf balls, hit the windows of the car. She drove fast to the north. Maria and I looked back at the black sky. Maria screamed, “Tornado(龙卷风)!” It was so close that I could see trees, doors, and all kinds of other things that this monster swallowed(吞). My heart moved up to my throat and was beating so hard, I thought it would jump out of my body. I had never been so frightened. We would never run faster than the tornado! The driver turned to us and said calmly, “There’s an overpass(立交桥)ahead. We’ll stay under it for protection(保护).” When we parked, we jumped out of the car and ran to the wall of the overpass. Before I could count to 20, there came a loud noise. It sounded like a train passing overhead. Then, suddenly, it was over. We had made it. Soon we were all laughing with relief( 轻 松 ). We were shaken but excited. What a story I would have to tell at school. ( )1. What was the writer doing on the day of the tornado? A. Resting at home. ( B. Playing outside. C. Riding a bike. )2. What happened first when the tornado began? A. Dark clouds rolled up. B. The hail came suddenly. C. The temperature dropped. ( D. Driving a car. D. Animals ran out of the sight. )3. What is the righter order of the story? ① The woman drove to the overpass. ② Maria and I had a bike ride. ③ A thunderstorm was blowing our way. ④ Ice hit the windows of the car. ⑤ We got into a woman’s car. A. ②-③-①-④-⑤ ( B. ②-③-⑤