2020届二轮复习专题阅读理解训练题（10）

2020届二轮复习专题阅读理解训练题（10）

阅读理解训练（10）‎ Passage 1‎ I entered high school having read hundreds of books. But I was not a good reader. Merely bookish, I lacked a point of view when I read. Rather, I read in order to get a point of view. I searched books for good expressions and sayings, pieces of information, ideas, themes—anything to enrich my thought and make me feel educated. When one of my teachers suggested to his sleepy tenth-grade English class that a person could not have a "complicated (复杂的) idea" until he had read at least two thousand books, I heard the words without recognizing either its irony (嘲讽) or its very complicated truth. I merely determined to make a list of all the books I had ever read. Strict with myself, I included only once a title I might have read several times. ( How, after all, could one read a book more than once?) And I included only those books over a hundred pages in length. ( Could anything shorter be a book?)‎ There was yet another high school list I made. One day I came across a newspaper article about an English professor at a nearby state college. The article had a list of the "hundred most important books of Western Civilization. " "More than anything else in my life," the professor told the reporter with finality , " these books have made me all that I am . " That was the kind of words I couldn’t ignore (忽视). I kept the list for the several months it took me to read all of the titles. Most books, of course, I hardly understood. While reading Plato's The Republic, for example, I needed to keep looking at the introduction of the book to remind myself what the text was about. However, with the special patience and superstition (迷信) of a schoolboy, I looked at every word of the text. And by me time I reached the last word, pleased, I persuaded myself that I had read The Republic, and seriously crossed Plato off my list.‎ ‎1. On heating the teacher's suggestion of reading, the writer thought________. ‎ A. one must read as many books as possible ‎ B. a student should not have a complicated idea ‎ C. it was impossible for one to read two thousand books ‎ D. students ought to make a list of the books they had read ‎2. While at high school, the writer________. ‎ ‎ A. had plans for reading B. learned to educate himself ‎ C. only read books over 100 pages D. read only one book several times ‎3. The underlined phrase "with finality" probably means ‎ A. firmly B. clearly C. proudly D. pleasantly ‎4. The writer's purpose in mentioning The Republic is to________. ‎ ‎ A. explain why it was included in the list ‎ B. describe why he seriously crossed it off the list ‎ C. show that he read the books blindly though they were hard to understand ‎ D. prove that he understood most of it because he had looked at every word ‎5. The writer provides two book lists to ________. ‎ ‎ A. show how he developed his point of view ‎ B. tell his reading experience at high school C. introduce the two persons' reading methods ‎ D. explain that he read many books at high school 答案 1.A 2.A 3.A 4.C 5.B Passage 2‎ Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station(加油站) about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台), I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.‎ I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.‎ I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christ-mas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.‎ Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery(电池) was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership－a shop selling cars－was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.‎ ‎“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?” I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.‎ ‎“Thank you”－two powerful words. They’re easy to say and mean so much.‎ ‎6．The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City _______. ‎ A．to visit a friend B．to see his parents C．to pay or the cash register D．to have more gas for his car ‎7．The words “took off ” underlined in Paragraph 2 mean “________”.‎ A．turned off B．moved off C．put up D．set up ‎ ‎8．What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car? ‎ A．He had it pulled back to the gas station. ‎ B．The couple sent him a business card. ‎ C．The couple offered to help him. ‎ D．He called his friend for help.‎ ‎9．The battery of the author’s car was dead because _______. ‎ A．something went wrong with the lights B．the meeting lasted a whole day C．he forgot to turn off the lights D．he drove too long a distance ‎10．By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show _______. ‎ A．how to write a thank-you letter B．how to deal with car problems C．the kind-heartedness of older people D．the importance of expressing thanks 答案 6.A 7.B 7.C 8.C 10.D Passage 3‎ My friend, Emma Daniels, spent the summer of 1974 traveling in Israel. During her month-long stay in Jerusalem she often went to a café called Chocolate Soup. It was run by two men, one of whom—Alex—used to live in Montreal. One morning when Emma went in for coffee, while chatting with her new friend Alex, she mentioned that she had just finished the book she was reading and had nothing else to read. Alex said he had a wonderful book she might like, and that he’d be happy to lend it to her. As he lived just above the café, he quickly ran up to get it. The book he handed to Emma just minutes later was Markings, a book by a former Secretary—General of the United Nations (UN).‎ Emma had never read it, nor had she ever bought a copy. But , when she opened it up, she was floored to see her own name and address inside the cover in her own handwriting(笔迹). It turned out that the summer before, at a concert back in Montreal, Emma had met a Californian who was in town visiting friends. They decided to exchange(交换)addresses, but neither of them had any paper. The man opened up a book he was carrying in his backpack(背包) and asked Emma to write her name and address inside. When he returned to California, he left the book behind in Montreal, and his friend Alex kept it. When Alex later moved to Jerusalem, he took the book along.‎ ‎11．Alex lent Emma the book, Markings, .‎ ‎ A．to show his friendliness to her ‎ B．to show his interest in reading ‎ C．to tell her about the importance of the UN ‎ D．to let her write her name and address inside ‎12．How did Emma feel the moment she opened the book?‎ ‎ A．Pleased. B．Satisfied. C．Worried. D．Surprised.‎ ‎13．We can learn from the text that the Californian .‎ ‎ A．met Emma at a concert ‎ B．invited Emma to a concert ‎ C．introduced Emma to his friend ‎ D．left Emma his backpack ‎14．Who was supposed to be the first owner of the book?‎ ‎ A．An official of the UN.‎ ‎ B．A coffee shop owner.‎ ‎ C．A friend of the author’s.‎ ‎ D．Alex’s friend from California.‎ 答案 11.A 12.D 13.A 14.D Passage 4‎ When I learned that my 71-year-old mother was playing Scrabble — a word game — against herself, I knew I had to do something. My husband suggested we give her a computer to play against. ‎ I wasn’t sure my mother was ready for it After all, it had taken 15 years to persuade her to buy an electric cooker. Even so, we packed up our old computer and delivered it to my parents’ home . And so began my mother’s adventure in the world of computers.‎ It also marked the beginning of an unusual teaching task for me. I’ve taught people of all ages, but I never thought I would be teaching my mother how to do anything. She has been the one teach-‎ ing me all my life: to cook and sew: to enjoy the good times and put up with the bad. Now it was my turn to give something back.‎ It wasn’t easy at the beginning. There was so much to explain and to introduce. Slowly but surely, my mother caught on, making notes in a little notebook. After a few months of Scrabble and other games, I decided it was time to introduce her to word processing（文字处理）This proved to be a bigger challenge（挑战）to her, so I gave her some homework I asked her to write me a letter, using different letter types, colors and spaces.‎ ‎“Are you this demanding with your kindergarten pupils?” she asked.‎ ‎“No, of course not, ” I said. “They already know how to use a computer.”‎ My mother isn’t the only one experiencing a fast personal growth period. Thanks to the ‎ computer, my father has finally got over his phone allergy（过敏反应）. For as long as I can remember, any time I called, my mother would answer. Dad and I have had more phone conversations in the last two months than we’ve had in the past 20 years.‎ ‎15．What does the author do?‎ ‎ A．She is a cook. B．She is a teacher.‎ ‎ C．She is a housewife. D．She is a computer engineer.‎ ‎16．The author decided to give her mother a computer .‎ ‎ A．to let her have more chances to write letters ‎ B．to support her in doing her homework ‎ C．to help her through the bad times ‎ D．to make her life more enjoyable ‎ ‎17．The author asked her mother to write her a letter .‎ ‎ A．because her mother had stopped using the telephone ‎ B．because she wanted to keep in touch with her mother ‎ C．so that her mother could practice what she had learned ‎ D．so that her mother could be free from housework ‎ ‎18．After the computer was brought home, the author’s father .‎ ‎ A．lost interest in cooking B．took more phone calls ‎ C．played more games D．began to use it ‎ 答案 15.B 16.D 17.C 18B Passage 5‎ I was 9 years old when I found out my father was ill. It was 1994, but I can remember my mother’s words as if it were yesterday: “Kerrel, I don’t want you to take food from your father, because he has AIDS. Be very careful when you are around him.”‎ AIDS wasn’t something we talked about in my country when I was growing up. From then on, I knew that this would be a family secret. My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone. For a while, he could take care of himself. But when I was 12, his condition worsened. My father’s other children lived far away, so it fell to me to look after him.‎ We couldn’t afford all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had no money for school supplies and often couldn’t even buy food for dinner. I would sit in class feeling completely lost, the teacher’s words muffled as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.‎ I did not share my burden (负担) with anyone. I had seen how people reacted to AIDS. Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease. And even adults could be cruel. When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too weak to feed himself.‎ I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of keeping his condition a secret. I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days. Sad and ‎ hopeless, I called a woman at the nonprofit National AIDS Support. That day, she kept me on the phone for hours. I was so lucky to find someone who cared. She saved my life.‎ I was 15 when my father died. He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even me. He didn’t want to call attention to AIDS. I do.‎ ‎19. What does Kerrel tell us about her father?‎ ‎ A. He had stayed in the hospital since he fell ill.‎ ‎ B. He depended on the nurses in his final days.‎ ‎ C. He worked hard to pay for his medication.‎ ‎ D. He told no one about his disease.‎ ‎20. What can we learn from the underlined sentence?‎ ‎ A. Kerrel couldn’t understand her teacher.‎ ‎ B. Kerrel had special difficulty in hearing.‎ ‎ C. Kerrel was too troubled to focus on the lesson.‎ ‎ D. Kerrel was too tired to bear her teacher’s words.‎ ‎21. Why did Kerrel keep her father’s disease a secret?‎ ‎ A. She was afraid of being looked down upon.‎ ‎ B. She thought it was shameful to have AIDS.‎ ‎ C. She found no one willing to listen to her.‎ ‎ D. She wanted to obey her mother.‎ ‎22. Why did Kerrel write the passage?‎ ‎ A. To tell people about the sufferings of her father.‎ ‎ B. To show how little people knew about AIDS.‎ ‎ C. To draw people’s attention to AIDS.‎ ‎ D. To remembered her father.‎ 答案 19.D 20.C 21.A 22.C Passage 6‎ Scientific experiments can sometimes go wrong and when they do the results may range from the disastrous to the troubling. One such experiment took place in South America about fifty years ago. Whether its final consequences will cause serious damage or nothing more than a small trouble still remains to be seen.‎ ‎ The story began in 1956 when an American scientist working in Brazil decided to solve the problem of increasing the productivity of that country's bees. He imported a very active type of African bee from Tanzania and mated (交配) it with the more easy-going native variety to produce a new kind of bees. The new bees worked harder and produced twice as much honey. It seemed that Professor Kerr, for that was the scientist's name, had a total success on his hands.‎ ‎ Then things began to go wrong. For some reason as yet unseen, but perhaps as a result of ‎ something in their environment, the new bees began to develop extremely attacking personalities. They became bad-tempered and easy to be angry, attacked the native bees and drove them from their living places.‎ ‎ But worse was to follow. Having taken over the countryside, the new bees, with their dangerous stings (叮) , began to attack its neighbours -- cats, dogs, horses, chickens and finally man himself. A long period of terror began that has so far killed a great number of animals and about 150 human beings.‎ ‎ This would have been bad enough if the bees had stayed in Brazil. But now they are on the move, heading northwards in countless millions towards Central and North America, and moving at the alarming speed of 200 miles a year. The countries that lie in their path are naturally worried because it looks as if nothing can be done to stop them.‎ ‎23. The results of the South American experiment .‎ ‎ A. have caused a serious trouble B. have proved to be wrong ‎ C. are not yet certain D. are not important ‎24. The experiment mentioned in this passage was designed to .‎ ‎ A. increase the amount of honey in ‎Brazil ‎ B. make Brazilian bees more easy-going ‎ C. increase the number of bees in ‎Brazil ‎ D. make African bees less active ‎25. Which of the following may be the cause of the new bees' attacking personalities?‎ ‎ A. Their production of honey. B. Their hard work.‎ ‎ C. Their living environment. D. Their bad temper.‎ ‎26. The last paragraph implies that .‎ ‎ A. the bees have been driven to Central and ‎North America ‎ B. the bees may bring about trouble in more countries ‎ C. the bees must be stopped from moving north ‎ D. the bees prefer to live in ‎Brazil 答案 23.C 24.A 25.C 26.B Passage 7‎ He's an old cobbler (修鞋匠) with a shop in the Marais, a historic area in Paris. When I took him my shoes, he at first told me: “I haven't time. Take them to the other fellow on the main street ; he'll fix them for you right away.”‎ ‎ But I'd had my eye on his shop for a long time. Just looking at his bench loaded with tools and pieces of leather, I knew he was a skilled craftsman (手艺人). “No,” I replied, “the other fellow can't do it well.”‎ ‎ “The other fellow” was one of those shopkeepers who fix shoes and make keys “while-U-wait” -- without knowing much about mending shoes or making keys. They work carelessly, andwhen they have finished sewing back a sandal strap (鞋带) you might as well just ‎ throw away the pair.‎ ‎ My man saw I wouldn't give in, and he smiled. He wiped his hands on his blue apron ( 围裙), looked at my shoes, had me write my name on one shoe with a piece of chalk and said, “Come back in a week.”‎ ‎ I was about to leave when he took a pair of soft leather boots off a shelf.‎ ‎ “See what I can do?” he said with pride. “Only three of us in Paris can do this kind of work.. ”‎ ‎ When I got back out into the street, the world seemed brand-new to me. He was something out of an ancient legend, this old craftsman with his way of speaking familiarly, his very strange, dusty felt hat, his funny accent from who-knows-where and, above all, his pride in his craft.‎ ‎ These are times when nothing is important but the bottom line, when you can do things any old, way as long as it “pays”, when, in short, people look on work as a path to ever-increasing consumption (消费) rather than a way to realize their own abilities. In such a period it is a rare comfort to find a cobbler who gets his greatest satisfaction from pride in a job well done.‎ ‎27. Which of the following is true about the old cobbler.'?‎ ‎ A. He was equipped with the best repairing tools.‎ ‎ B. He was the only cobbler in the Marais.‎ ‎ C. He was proud of his skills.‎ ‎ D. He was a native Parisian.‎ ‎28. The sentence “He was something out of an ancient legend.” ( paragraph 7 ) implies that ‎ ‎ A. nowadays you can hardly find anyone like him ‎ B. it was difficult to communicate with this man ‎ C. the man was very strange ‎ D. the man was too old ‎29. According to the author, many people work just to .‎ ‎ A. realize their abilities ‎ B. gain happiness ‎ C. make money ‎ D. gain respect ‎30. This story wants to tell us that .‎ ‎ A. craftsmen make a lot of money ‎ B. whatever you do, do it well ‎ C. craftsmen need self-respect ‎ D. people are born equal 答案 27.C 28.A 29.C 30.B Passage 8‎ When I was in the third grade, I was picked to be the princess(公主)in the school play. For weeks my mother had helped me practice my lines. But once onstage, every word disappeared from my head. Then my teacher told me she had written a narrator’s(解说者的) part for the play, and asked me to change roles. Though I didn’t tell my mother what had happened that day, she sensed my unhappiness and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the yard.‎ It was a lovely spring day .We could see dandelions(蒲公英)popping through the grass in bunches, as if a painter had touched our landscape with bits of gold. I watched my mother carelessly bend down by one of the bunches. “I think I am going to dig up all these weeds,” she said. “From now on, we’ll have only roses in this garden.”‎ ‎“But I like dandelions,” I protested. “All flowers are beautiful—even dandelions!”‎ My mother looked at me seriously. “ Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn’t it?” she asked thoughtfully. I nodded. “And that is true of people, too,” she added.‎ When I realized that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry and told her the truth.‎ ‎ “But you will be a beautiful narrator,” she said, reminding me of how much I loved to read stories aloud to her.‎ Over the next few weeks, with her continuous encouragement, I learned to take pride in the role. The big day finally came. A few minutes before the play, my teacher came over to me. “Your mother asked me to give this to you,” she said, handing me a dandelion. After the play, I took home the flower, laughing that I was perhaps the only person who would keep such a weed.‎ ‎31．The girl did not play the role of the princess mainly because .‎ ‎ A．she felt nervous on the stage ‎ B．she lost her interest in that role ‎ C．she preferred the role of the narrator ‎ D．she had difficulty memorizing her words ‎32．Why did the mother suggest a walk in the garden?‎ ‎ A．To remove the dandelions ‎ B．To enjoy the garden scene.‎ ‎ C．To have a talk with her daughter.‎ ‎ D．To help her daughter with the play.‎ ‎33．What is the main idea of the story?‎ ‎ A．Everybody can find his or her own way to success.‎ ‎ B．Everybody has his or her own value in the world.‎ ‎ C．Everybody should learn to play different roles.‎ ‎ D．Everybody has some unforgettable memory.‎ 答案 31.A 32.C 33.B Passage 9‎ The Marches were a happy family . Poverty, hard work, and even the fact that Father March was away with the Union armies could not down the spirits of Meg , Jo, Beth , Amy , and Marmee , as the March girls called their mother .‎ The March sisters tried to be good but had their share of faults . Pretty Meg was often displeased with the schoolchildren she taught ; boyish Jo was easy to become angry ; golden-haired schoolgirl Amy liked to show up ; but Beth , who kept the house , was loving and gentle always .‎ The happy days passed and darkness came when a telegram arrived for Mrs . March . “Your husband is very ill,” it said , “come at once.” The girls tried to be brave when their mother left for the front . They waited and prayed . Little Beth got scarlet fever (猩红热)when she was taking care of a sick neighbor . She became very ill but began to recover by the time Marnee was back . When Father came home from the front and at that joyful Christmas dinner they were once more all together .‎ Three years later the March girls had grown into young womanhood . Meg became Mrs .Brooke , and after a few family troubles got used to her new state happily . Jo had found pleasure in her literary efforts . Amy had grown into a young lady with a talent for design and an even greater one for society . But Beth had never fully regained her health , and her family watched her with love and anxiety .‎ Amy was asked to go and stay in Europe with a relative of the Mareches’ . Jo went to New York and became successful in her writing and had the satisfaction of seeing her work published there .But at home the bitterest blow was yet to fall . Beth had known for some time that she couldn’t live much longer to be with her family , and in the springtime she died .‎ News came from Europe that Amy and Laurie , the grandson of a wealthy neighbor , had planned to be married soon. Now Jo became ever more successful in her writing and got married to Professor Bhaer , and soon afterwards founded a school for boys .‎ And so the little women had grown up and lived happily with their children , enjoying the harvest of love and goodness that they had devoted all their lives to .‎ ‎34．The members of the March family were Father March , Mrs, March and their .‎ ‎ A．four daughters B．five daughters ‎ ‎ C．son and four daughters D．son and five daughters ‎ ‎35．Who was the most successful in career (事业) among the March girls ?‎ ‎ A．Jo. B．Beth . C．Amy . D．Meg .‎ ‎36．Which of the following would be the best title for the passage ?‎ ‎ A．The March Family . B．The March Parents .‎ ‎ C．The March Girls . D．The March Relatives .‎ ‎37．It can be inferred from the passage that the March family had .‎ ‎ A．both happiness and sadness B．wealthy neighbors ‎ ‎ C．more girls than boys D．a lot of rich relatives ‎ 答案 24.A 35.A 36.C 37.A Passage 10‎ The incident took place on Sunday，the 25th Of June．On that particular day，a south wind had been gusting(劲吹) on and off all morning．It was not strong enough to cause us any concern，so we carried on our daily work not suspecdng what was about to happon．‎ ‎ The storm gaveus very little warnning．Black clouds loomed over the distant horizon(地平线) so suddenly that we were taken by surprise．Even then，we were not really worried，as the clouds seemed to be moving over our house and towards the distant moountains．Then，just as the clouds had moved inland，the wind suddenly swung around in a full circle and we were facing a major storm．‎ ‎ Instantly，we were busily preaparing for the worst． The whole family had experienced such a storm before and evelyone remembered the damage it had caused to stock and crops．There was very little we could do about tbe corps.‎ But we needcd to protect the animals in case the river flooded again．My older brother called his sheep-dog and began driving our small flock of sheep to higher ground above river．If the river flooded，they should be safe there．‎ ‎ In the meantime，my father was mending a shed roof that had partly fallen down after many years of fine service．If the tin flew off，it could damage the house． My younger brother began hurriedly carrying firewood under the shelter．My job was to help Mum board up the windows．If the storm developde into a cyclone(旋风)，the boalds would protect the glass.‎ ‎ Thc storm raged for four hours，pouring more rain on us than we had seen in the last five years．As expectcd the river borke its banks and came slowly up towards the house and the stock．‎ ‎ Then，jnst as we were beginning to lose hope，the storm stopped as suddenly as it had begun．The animals were safe，and the roof was still nailed on． “All，s weU that ends well,"Said my mother.‎ ‎ 38．When the black clouds appeared suddenly in the distance.‎ A．the family were surprised ‎ B．they were extremely worried C. they were preparing fOr the worst ‎ D．they faced the storm bravely ‎ ‎39．“There was very little we could do about the crops" indicates that ．‎ A．little damage would be done to the crops ‎ B．they had everything ready for the crops C．they felt unablet to protect the crops ‎ D．the crops should be safe enough there ‎40．The underlined word"stock" in the third paragraph refers to ．‎ ‎ A.money owned by the family ‎ B．goods for sale ‎ C．suppplies for family use ‎ D．farm animals ．‎ ‎41．It can be inferred from what the mother said that——·‎ A．they had no damage at all ‎ B．everything went beyond their expectation C. everything was under control ‎ D．the family could have suffered a greater loss 答案 38.A 39.C 40.D 41.D Passage 11‎ ‎ Buster Brown waw a thief-and a good one，too，he thought． He’d never been caught by the police because he never took chances． He was always Prepared for any unforeseen event or emergency.‎ ‎ Confidently，he stood outside the house Of his intended victim(受害者)and read the sign On the front gate of the house．“Don't worry about the dog—be aware of the owner!”it said．Buster smiled and found his way in．‎ ‎ The house looked quite normal outside，but inside it was very exotic with fascinatig objects on display．As he began putting them into his bag，a dog came into the room．It stopped when it saw Buster，then wagged its tail madly adn went over to．‎ him，licking his outstretched hand． "Good boy，”Buater whispered． “What a great guard dog you are—trying to lick me to death.”‎ ‎ Satisifed he'd made friends with the dog，Bluster bggan tO wander round the house，choosing items to put in his bag．His skilled eye picked out only the best antiques(古董)：a pair of silver candleholders，a silver tea-and-coffee ervice，etc．．His new friend，the dog，sat and watched，as if wondering what was happening．‎ ‎ “Well，boy，”Buster whispered，finally．“That might do．Any more and I won't be able to ‎ carry it!”He swung the heavy bag onto his shoulders, just as the lights came on, nearly blinding him. He shielded his eyes with his hand.‎ ‎ "You're a very silly person," the figure in the doorway said, his voice dry em dust. As the man came closer,Buster could see he was well dressed. His face seemed familiar, but Buster couldn't quite place where he had seen him hafore.‎ ‎ "You should have taken more notice of the sign outside," the man rasped. "I knew about this attempted robbery last week and I also know you will end up behind bars for 20 years. Fancy trying to rob the house of the world's greatest fortune-teller!"‎ ‎42. Why was Buster so confident?‎ ‎ A. He was not afraid of dogs. ‎ B. He knew the owner of the house lived alone]‎ ‎ C. He had never been caught by the police. ‎ D. The house had no security alarm.‎ ‎43. Which of the definitions is closest in me&ting to the word "exotic" in the third paragraph?‎ ‎ A. Messy and untidy. B. Rich and expensive.‎ ‎ C. Comfortable and calming. D. Foreign and unusual.‎ ‎44. How did Buster decide which objects tff take7‎ ‎ A. He took those that were easy to carry in his bag.‎ ‎ B. He took only the best antiques.‎ ‎ C. He took those that he knew he could sell easily.‎ ‎ D. He looked for silver objects.‎ ‎45. What punishment waits for Buster Brown?‎ ‎ A. A prison sentence with hard labour. B. A long prison sentence.‎ ‎ C. A heavy fine. D. Community service for 20 years.‎ 答案 42.C 43.D 44.B 45.B