三、阅读理解

(A)

    Many scientists find that colors can change people’s feeling. It’s very interesting. Some colors can make people

feel relaxed, and some colors can make people feel nervous. Now, this kind of knowledge is being used in many

places. For example, school walls are always painted green because green makes students feel relaxed. It is also

good for the students’ eyes. Some books are also green or light blue for the same reason. Restaurant owners not

only have to know how to make food, but also have to know how to make money. Here are some things they’ve

learned from scientific studies. The color red makes people hungry. Many fast food restaurants have red

furniture or walls. Soft color like pink and light blue makes people look good, but it makes food look bad. Loud

music may be nice at first, but it soon makes people want to leave. Hard seats also make customers want to eat

quickly and leave. Many restaurants, especially fast food restaurants, use this knowledge to make customers eat

faster.

( )1. How does the color green make the students feel?

A. Hungry     B. Nervous      C. Angry     D. Relaxed

( )2. How does the color red make most people feel?

A. Hungry      B. Comfortable      C. Excited     D. Worried

( )3. Which color isn’t mentioned in this passage?

A. Green     B. White     C. Light blue      D. Red

( ) 4. What do many fast food restaurants do?

1)Play loud music.     2) Play soft music.     3) Have hard seats.     4) Paint their walls red

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

( )5. What’s the best title for this passage?

A. Color and Restaurant     B. Use Color to Make Money     C. Color and Science      D. Use Color to Change Feeling

(B)

Once there was a rich man who lived with his wife and child. He loved the child so much that he sent him to

Oxford(牛津大学) for two or three years. At the end of the first year at the university, this young student came

home. He wanted a change. And he also wanted to tell his parents about Oxford. It happened one night that the

father, the mother and the young student were sitting at supper. They had in front of them only two chickens.

Just as they were about to begin eating, the father said, “My boy, I have spent a lot of money on you to send you

to Oxford. Now I want to know what you have learned.” The son smiled and said, “Father, I have studied a science

which can prove (证明) that these two chickens on the plate are really three chickens.” “Well,” said the father,

“this is something I would like very much to know.” “There are two chickens on the plate,” said the student, and

then he took one of the chickens in his hand and said, “Here is one more and one and two makes three. So here are

three chickens.” Then the father took one of the chickens to himself, gave the other to his wife, and said, “I will

have one of the chickens myself, your mother will have another, and you can have the third for supper and nothing

else.” The father kept his word and so the student went without his supper.

( ) 1. The rich man loved his son very much, so he _________.

A. sent him to work at Oxford for two or three years.

B. wanted him to live at Oxford for two or three years.

C. sent him to Oxford to study.

D. gave him a lot of money.

( ) 2. The father asked his son __________.

A. how much money he had spent at the university .

B. how he liked Oxford

C. what he had learned by the end of the first year at the university

D. how his son got along with his classmates

( ) 3. The student said that __________.

A. he could make three chickens

B. he could change the two chickens into three

C. he could prove the two chickens on the plate were really three

D. he was good at math

( ) 4. Who was clever, the father or the son?

A. neither       B. both      C. the son      D. the father

( ) 5. In the end__________.

A. the student had nothing to eat for his supper

B. each of them had a chicken for their supper

C. the father gave his son the third chicken to eat

D. both of the parents had no chicken to eat

(C)

While I was waiting for a bus at a bus stop, I saw a young man get into the telephone box nearby. After a short

while, however, he came out and looked very worried. As he saw me standing there, he walked up to me in a hurry.

“Good morning, sir,” he said, “When was Abraham Lincoln born, do you know?” I felt a little surprised at his words.

“Something must be wrong with the poor young man.” I thought. “Could you tell me just in which year Abraham Lincoln

was born?” He repeated politely. Now I could see that he was not joking, so I thought for a minute and told him that

Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809. “Oh, yes! That’s it! Thank you.” He turned around and rushed into the telephone

box again. A few minutes later, he came out with all smiles. He thanked me again and explained that he wanted to

make a telephone call to his friend, but he forgot his telephone number. “You helped me to recall(回想) it,” he said.

“You see, his telephone number is 180909, and it can be easily remembered if you know when the great man was

born.”

根据短文内容判断正(T)误(F)

( ) 1. The young man looked very happy when he came out of the telephone box.

( ) 2. The writer thought there was something wrong with the young man.

( ) 3. The young man was playing a joke on the writer.

( ) 4. The young man thanked the writer for telling his friend’s telephone number.

( ) 5. the telephone number of his friend could be easily remembered if he knew Abraham Lincoln’s year of birth.