阅读理解：
( A )
I am used to taking a bus home,but last night it was raining
and I decided to take a taxi.I stood on the sidewalk signaling to
each cab that passed.I expected each one to stop,but none would.
Then I remembered that it was the time of day when one group of
taxi drivers stopped and another began to work .I began to wish
that I hadn‘t had the idea of getting a taxi in the first place.
I was soaking wet.I set my briefcase down and took off my hat for
a minute to pour out the water that had collected in the brim.
At the moment ,a taxi stopped in front of me and the driver
said something that I didn’t understand.I quickly jumped in and
sat down."Where do you want to go?"he asked me.I gave him my
address. "That‘s uptown,sir,"he said."I’m going downtown.I told
you that.I‘m off duty now.I was going to pick you up if you were
going my way."By this time,it was raining harder.Cars were stopped
behind the taxi.Their horns were beginning to demand that we move.
I wish I had known what to do !I felt like in sisting that the
taxi drive take me home .But at the same time ,I knew that I
should’t have gotten into the taxi without understanding what the
driver had said to me.Two more blasts from somebody‘s horn made
the driver demand that I make up my mind.I got out,although I
didn’t want to.But my story does have a happy ending.As I stood
dripping on the sidewalk,feeling sorry for myself and trying to
decide what to do next,a friend of mine drove up and offered me
a ride home.I assured you he didn‘t have to insist.I hopped in
and away we went.


1. At frist taxi driver passing him took no notice of his signaling
because________
A. they didn’t see him as it was dark
B. it was too late
C. it was the time of day when one group of taxi drivers stopped
and another began to work
D. it was difficult for a taxi to stop in the rush hours

2. Which one is true?
A. The driver had asked him why he was standing in the rain.
B. The driver had asked him to get into the taxi
C. The driver had told him he was going downtown
D. The driver had told him he would not pick him up.

3. I knew that I shouldn‘t have gotten into the taxi without
understanding what the driver had said to me.This means_____
A. the writer realized he had done a wrong thing
B. the writer saw thwt he had been made fun of by the driver
C. the writer felt sad as he didn’t understand the driver
D. the writer regretted that the driver had failed to make
himself understood

4. I assure you he didn‘t have to insist.This means___________
A. I was only too eager to get into his car.
B. he didn’t insist on picking me up
C. he didn‘t offer me the lift
D. I was most thankful to him for his help





( B )
It ia difficult for parents of nearly every family to
teach their children to be responsible for homework,but with
one of the folling suggestions,you really can get your children
to help at home.
If you give your children the impression that they can never
do anything quite right,then they will regard themselves as unfit
or unable persons.Unless children believe they can succeed,they
will never become totally independent.
My daughter Carla’s fifth-grade teacher made every child in
her class feel special .When students received less than a perfect
test score,she would point out what they had mastered and declared
firmly they could learn what they had missed.
You can use the same technique when you evaluate your child‘s
work at home.Don’t always scold and give lots of praise instead ,
Talk about what he has done right ,not about what he hasn‘t done
If your child completes a difficult task,reward him with a Sunday
trip or a ball game with Dad.
Learning is a process of try and failing and trying and
succeeding.If you teach your children not to fear a mistake or
failure,they will learn faster and achieve success at last.

1. The whole passage deals with_________________
A. social education
B. school education
C. family education
D. pre-school education

2. The author thinks that________________________
A. there is no way to get children to help at home
B. the more encouragement and praise you give ,the more responsible
and helpful children will become
C. it is very difficult to make children responsible for housework
D. children can be forced to help with housework

3. The article gives us a good suggestion about how to evaluate
you child’s work at home. That is _______________.
A. praise his success
B. reward him with a trip
C. give him a punishment
D. reward him with a ball game

4. The author advises readers to ___________________
A. learn from himself ,for he has a good way of teaching
B. take pride in Carla‘s fifth-grade teacher
C. do as what Carla’s teacher did in educating children
D. follow Carla‘s example because she never fails in the test

5. Having read the last paragraph ,we can conclude that________
A. pride goes before a fail
B. practice makes perfect
C. no pains, no gains
D. failure is the mother of success




答案：

(A)
1.C
2.C
3.A
4.A
(B)
1.C
2.B
3.A
4.C
5.D