课后练习36 阅读理解
A（xx·杭州市余杭区模拟）
Getting excited over the Christmas ads bees a big tradition for people in the UK. This year, Sainsbury, the second largest supermarket in the UK, shared its ad called Mog the Cat. Now the ad is known as “the best Christmas ad ever” according to Twitter.
The ad is about a cat of the Thomas family. In the ad, the cat blew up the Christmas tree and almost burned the house. Luckily, she succeeded in phoning the fire service and saved the house.____________ Mog felt sorry. As they were worried, the neighbors came together to help the family clean up and enjoy Christmas dinner. Its ending will make you feel all sweet inside. It also carries Sainsbury’s Christmas saying “Christmas is for sharing.”
Another reason why the ad is popular is that Mog the cat is the star of a much-loved children’s book. The writer Kerr herself appears in this ad as a neighbor of the Thomas family. This ad also tells us some fire safety facts.
Twitters were talking about and enjoyed the ad. One little boy named Jim wrote the ad was the best Christmas gift he got this year. Jill mixed feeling with the ad. She wrote this ad made her laugh and cry at the same time and she said, “I don’t even like cats.” Another woman wrote: “So far Sainsbury’s Christmas ad is the best I’ve seen this year.” People like the ad not only for the funny story but also for the spirit of Christmas it shows.
（ ）1. “____________” might be the most proper sentence to be put in the blank of Paragraph 2.
A. But she made Christmas Day even greater.
B. But she brought much fun to the Thomas family.
C. But she was ready to live with the neigh-bors of the Thomas family.
D. But she messed up Christmas Day.
（ ）2. Find out the probable reasons why people like the ad according to the passage.
①The ad shows the spirit of Christmas.
②The writer Kerr appears in the ad.
③That is the ad made by Sainsbury.
④Mog the cat is the star of a much-loved children’s book.
A. ①② B. ③④ C. ①④ D. ②③
（ ）3. From the last paragraph, we can learn that____________ .
A. few Twitters like the ad Mog the Cat
B. Jill doesn’t like cats anymore after watch-ing the ad
C. people like the ad just because it’s really funny
D. the ad Mog the Cat is very popular with people
（ ）4. Which of the following shows the structure（结构） of the passage?（P=Paragraph）
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B（xx·温州市瓯海区模拟）
word/media/image2_1.pngYu Guangzhong was born in 1928 in Nanjing, Jiangsu. Yu spent his younger days on the Chinese main-land before moving to Taiwan in his 20s. Nostalgia—which Yu wrote in his 40s to voice his homesickness for his childhood mother-land—became his most well-known work. The poem appeared in Chinese school textbooks and was changed into songs.
However, Nostalgia became so famous among the over 1,000 poems he’d written. Nostalgia seemed to be the only one that the public ever talked about. “It kept people from seeing the real me,” Yu once said, according to China Youth Daily.
Indeed, writing poems is only one of Yu’s many talents. Great Chinese writer Liang Shiqiu once said of Yu, “He writes poems with his right hand and proses with his left. There is hardly anyone who matches his achievements at the time.”
Yu was also a translator. According to CGTN, Yu spoke French, German, Spanish, Italian and Russian, and published 13 translation collections.
And he used his talents well. He spent his whole life working, even in his 80s. Yu said that whenever people asked whether he still kept the habit of writing up, he would always answer, “Why don’t you ask me if I’m still breathing?”
To him, writing was a part of life that shouldn’t be changed by age or anything else.
Now that Yu has taken his last breath, his writing career has finally been put to rest. But many books he wrote and translated will be kept in our hearts.
（ ）1. Yu spent most of his life time____________ .
A. in Italy B. in France
C. in Taiwan D. in Chinese mainland
（ ）2. According to the passage, Nostalgia____________ .
A. became as well-known as Yu’s other 1,000 poems
B. was the only poem Yu had written in his lifetime
C. appeared in school textbooks in many countries
D. showed his homesickness for Chinese main-land
（ ）3 What can we infer from the passage about Yu?
A. He thought he couldn’t live without writ-ing.
B. Liang Shiqiu thought highly of him as a translator.
C. He was the only poet speaking many lan-guages.
D. Most of his proses were written by his left hand.
（ ）4. What’s the best title of this passage?
A. A Poem to Voice Homesickness
B. A Poet to Be Remembered
C. The Lifelong Writing Career
D. The Deep Love for Motherland
C（xx·遂昌模拟）
There is a saying, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” And when you eat Western food, do as the Westerners do. Here are some things you may wish to know about eating together in the West.
In the West, lunch is eaten later, always after midday, sometimes at one o’clock. Dinner is served around 7 p.m. or even later. In Spain it’s usual to eat lunch at 2 p.m. and dinner at 10 p.m.!
At the start of a meal the Chinese usually say “manman chi”. The French say “Bon appétit”， and the Italians say “Buon appetito”. But there’s no similar expression in English！“Enjoy your meal!” is usuallyonly said by a waiter. For “ganbei”, you can say “Cheers!”
Chopsticks are only used when people eat Chinese food. Knives and forks are used for most food. The fork is held in your left hand and the knife in your right, and the food is held with the fork and cut with the knife. Americans often cut all their food to eat it. Soup is drunk with a spoon. However, there is some food which can be eaten with your fingers, such as chicken legs, seafood, bread and cake.
At the start of a meal,____________ , you’ll be invited to serve yourself（“Help yourself!”）, or your plate will be filled by your host（“Can I serve you?”）. If you’ve been given something you don’t like, it should be pushed to the edge of the plate and left. You don’t have to say why, but if you feel an explanation is required, just say, “I’m sorry. I can’t eat this.” No one will becross. If you’re offered more food, but can’t eat any more, just say, “No, thanks. It was delicious, but I’ve had enough.”
Generally, fewer dishes are prepared than in China. It isn’t thought to be so important to offer too much food.
Finally, it’s something difficult to know when the meal is over. If you’ve been invited to dinner by Western friends, you’ll know that you’re expected to stay and talk around the dinner table long after the last dish has been brought to the table, and it’s thought quite rude if you leave as soon as you finish eating.
The golden rule is: Watch the other people. Do as they do.
（ ）1. What can we often use when we eat Western food?
A. Spoon and knife.
B. Fork and chopsticks.
C. Knife and fork.
D. Spoon and plate.
（ ）2. What does the underlined word “cross” mean in Paragraph 5?
A. Happy. B. Angry.
C. Excited. D. Bored.
（ ）3. Which of the following can be put in the blank?
A. if you’re the guest
B. if you’re the host
C. though you’re old
D. though you’re young
（ ）4. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Talking at the Start of a Meal
B. Table Manners in Western Countries
C. Food That Foreigners Eat
D. How to Live in Western Countries
参考答案
A篇：1—2. DC
3. D 【解析】文章最后一句说人们不仅喜欢这个有趣的故事，还喜欢它其中的圣诞精神。
4. D
B篇：1—3. CDA
4. B 【解析】本文最好的标题是《一位永远被人们记在心中的诗人》。
C篇：1—3. CBA
4. B 【解析】本文最好的标题是《西方国家的餐桌礼仪》。
