新牛津英语高考一轮复习综合课外趣味阅读及练习题（十七）
课外趣味阅读
精彩故事
A Clever dog
A dog owner claimed that his pet, when given money, would go to the news stall to buy a paper. His friend insisted on a demonstration and handed the dog some money - The dog trotted off, but an hour later he had still not returned with the paper.
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Notes:
(1) claim v.声称
(2) when given money 是 when he was given money 的省略 (3) news stall n.售报亭 (4) insist on 坚持 (5) demonstration n.演示 (6) trot off 小步跑开
Exercises:
根据短文选择正确答案：
① What could the dog do, according the owner, when it was given money? A. It could trot.
B. It could understand the news.
C. It could go to the news stall to buy a paper. D. It could tell the news on a paper.
② Why did his friend insist on a demonstration? A. Because he had a doubt about it.
B. Because he wanted to see whether this dog was as good as his . C. Because he had too much money to know how to spend it. D. Because he liked this game.
③ How much money should the man give the dog to make him buy a paper? A. One dollar B. Two dollars C. Five dollars D. It didn't say.
④ How long did the two men wait for the dog to return? A. Half an hour
B. One hour
C. One and a half hour D. Two hours
⑤ Where did the dog go, according to the owner? A. To the news stall. B. To the owner's house. C. To the cinema D. It was missing.
聪明狗
一位养狗人宣称：要是给了爱犬钱，它便会到卖报亭买份报纸来。 他的朋友坚持要来个演示，并给了狗一些钱。狗一溜小跑着去了。但一
个小时过去了，仍不见它带报纸回来。
“你给了它多少钱？”狗的主人问。
“五元。”
“这就是了。你给它五元钱时，它就去看电影。”
It Seemed like Hours
As a band instructor at an elementary school, I require my students to turn in practice sheets signed by their parents so I can be sure they are putting in enough time. I had to laugh, however, when one parent wrote on her child's sheet, \hours. Notes:
(1) band n.乐队 (2) instructor n.指挥 (3) turn in 上交；归还
(4) signed by their parents:由他们的父母签名的。这是一个分
词短语作定语修饰sheets.
(5) so I can be sure they are putting in enough time:这样我
才能确定他们投入了足够的时间。这是so that 引导的目的状语从句， 其中that 省略。
Exercises:
根据短文判断下列句子正（T）、误（F）：
① The author is a member of the musical band at the elementary school.
② The instructor requires the students to hand in practice,sheets once a month.
③ The purpose of the instructor's requirement is to make sure that the students are putting in enough time.
④ One child practiced for several hours, but the parent mistook for only 17 minutes.
⑤ From the passage we can infer that the parent is not keen on
music.
犹如几个时辰
作为一个小学的乐队指挥，为了确保学生投入足够的时间练习，我 要求他们上交由他们父母签字的练习单。可是有一次，一位家长的签字
把我逗乐了。练习单上写着：“练习了17 分钟，但犹如几个时辰。”英语短文欣赏
同义词趣味巧辨析
accumulate, amass, collect, gather, heap, pile 这些动词均含“积聚，聚集，积累”之意。
accumulate ：几乎可用于指任何事物量的增加，侧重连续不断地，一点一滴地聚积。
amass ：着重大量地积聚，尤指对如金钱、珠宝等有价值东西的大量积聚。
collect ：普通用词，多用于指物，侧重指有区别地作选择或有安排有计划地把零散物集中起来。
gather ：普通用词，指人或物或抽象事物都可用。侧重于围绕一个中心的集合、聚集。
heap ：主要指把沙、石、煤、草等堆高，不强调整齐。 pile ：着重指比较整齐地把东西堆积在一起。
accurate, exact, precise, right, true, correct 这些形容词均含“准确的，正确的”之意。
accurate ：指通过谨慎的努力达到符合事实或实际，侧重不同程度的准确性，与事实无出入。
exact ：着重在质与量方面的准确，语气比accurate强。 precise ：侧重极端准确，更强调细节的精确无误。
right ：使用广泛，可与这些词中的correct换用，但常暗示道德、理解、行动等方面的正确。
true ：暗指绝对准确，尤指复制品与原件丝毫不差。
correct ：最常用词，主要指按一定标准或规则来衡量，没有谬误和差错或无缺点错误。
ache, pain, sore
这些名词均含有“疼、疼痛”之意。
ache ：指人体某一器官较持久的疼痛，常常是隐痛。
pain ：可与ache换用，但pain既可指一般疼痛，也可指剧痛，疼痛范围可以是局部或全身，时间可长可短。也可引申指精神上的痛苦。 sore ：指身体某部位的痛处，有是也指精神上的痛苦。
中学重难知识点回顾
To短语7
7. due to 因为,由于……而起
His lateness was due to the very heavy traffic on the motorway. 他迟到是因高速公路上车辆过多所致。 8. be equal to 与……相当,有能力胜任……的 Bill is quite equal to running the office. 比尔的能力足以管理这个部门。 9. get close to *近,接近
Today many people like to go out to get close to nature. 如今许多人喜欢到户外去接近大自然。 10. get down to 开始做某事,认真处理某事 It’s time I got down to some serious work. 我该认真干点正事了。 11. hold to 忠于……,坚持,遵循
Whatever your argument, I shall hold to my decision. 不管你怎样争辩,我将坚持我的决定。 12. help oneself to 自取,自用(食物,饮料等) Help yourself to a cigarette. 请随便用香烟吧。
13. look forward to 盼望,期待
We are so much looking forward to seeing you again.
我们非常盼望再见到你。 14. lead to 导致
This misprint led to great confusion. 这个印刷错误造成很大的混淆。
练习题 （一）
Societies all over the world name places in similar ways. Quite often there is no official naming ceremony but places tend to be called names as points of reference by people. Then an organized body steps in and gives the place a name. Frequently it happens that a place has two names: One is named by the people and the other by the government. As in many areas, old habits died hard, and the place continues to be called by its unofficial name long after the meaning is lost.
Many roads and places in Singapore(新加坡) are named in order that the pioneers will be remembered by future generations. Thus we have names such as Stamford Road and Raffles Place. This is in
keeping with traditions in many countries ---- in both the West and the East.
Another way of naming places is naming them after other places. Perhaps they were named to promote friendships between the two places or it could be that the people who used to live there were originally from the places that the roads were named after. The mystery is clearer when we see some of the roads named in former British bases. If you step into Selector Airbase you will see Piccadilly Circus ---- obviously named by some homesick Royal Air Force personnel.
Some places were named after the activities that used to go on at those places. Bras Basah Road is an interesting example, “Base Basah” means “wet rice” in Malay(马来语). Now why would anyone want to name a road “Wet Rice Road”? The reason is simple. During the pioneering days, wet rice was laid out to dry along this road. A few roads in Singapore are named by their shapes. There is “Circular Road” for one. Other roads may have part of their names to describe their shapes, like “Paya Lebar Crescent”. This road is called a crescent(月牙) because it begins on the main road, makes a crescent and comes back to join the main road again.
36. We learn from Paragraph 1 that _____.
A. the government is usually the first to name a place B. many places tend to have more than one name C. a ceremony will be held when a place is named D. people prefer the place names given by the government 37. What does the underlined phrase “die hard” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
A. Change suddenly. B. Change significantly. C. Disappear mysteriously. D. Disappear very slowly.
38. Which of the following places is named after a person? A. Raffles Place. B. Selector Airbase. C. Piccadilly Circus.
D. Paya Lebar Crescent.
39. Bras Basah Road is named _______. A. after a person B. after a place C. after an activity D. by its shape
40. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Some place names in Singapore are the same as in Britain. B. Some places in Singapore are named for military purposes. C. The way Singaporeans name their places is unique. D. Young Singaporeans have forgotten the pioneers. 答案
36.B 37.D 38.A 39.C 40.A
（二）
I am a writer. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language—the way it can evoke(唤起) an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth. Language is the tool of my trade. And I use them all—all the Englishes I grew up with.
Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California, I’ve been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as “broken” English. But feel embarrassed to say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than “broken”, as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness. I’ve heard other terms used, “limited English,” for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people’s perceptions(认识)of the limited English speaker.
I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother’s “limited” English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say. That is ,because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plenty of evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.
I started writing fiction in 1985. And for reasons I won’t get into today, I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as “broken”, and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese, her internal(内在的) language, and for that I sought to preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure: I wanted to catch what language ability tests can never show; her intention, her feelings, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts.
41. By saying “Language is the tool of my trade”, the author means that ______.
A. she uses English in foreign trade B. she is fascinated by languages C. she works as a translator D. she is a writer by profession
42. The author used to think of her mother’s English as ______. A. impolite B. amusing
C. imperfect D. practical
43. Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3? A. Americans do not understand broken English. B. The author’s mother was not respected sometimes. C. The author’ mother had positive influence on her. D. Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts.
44. The author gradually realizes her mother’s English is _____. A. well structured B. in the old style C. easy to translate D. rich in meaning
45. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The changes of the author’s attitude to her mother’s English. B. The limitation of the author’s perception of her mother.
C. The author’s misunderstanding of “limited” English. D. The author’s experiences of using broken English. 答案
41.D 42.C 43.B 44.D 45.A
（三）
Rosa liked making up stories. She was so __1__ that her classmates believed her from time to time. In fact, the whole class believed her! At first she supposed it was __2__. Now, as she got up to __3__ before the class, She knew that make –believe stories had some way of coming back to make you sad.
Rosa’s parents were separated. Nine months out of the year, Rosa lived with her mother in an apartment on Anderson Street. But when summer __4__, she went to her father’s farm in Arizona.
The farm was great! Rosa rode horses and __5__ with some farm work. Her father, however, was so __6__ that he couldn’t find time to go places with her. When she arrived each summer, her father would __7__ her at the airport and take her out to eat. And the day she went back to the __8__ he would always buy her a present.
When summer came to a close, Rosa __9__ to her mother. At school she heard lots of stories her friends told about their family trips. Rosa wished she had a __10__ to talk about.
Not long after __11__ began, Rosa was looking through travel magazines in the school library. They talked about many exciting __12__, like England and Germany. When Rosa’s friends asked what she had done that summer, she made up something that was not __13__. Remembering the travel magazines she had looked at, she told her classmates that she and her father had gone to __14__. When the class began studying England, Mr. Thomas asked Rosa to tell all the things she could __15__ about her trip to England! 1. A. afraid B. worried C. sure D. happy 2. A. joke B. fun C. turn D. game
3. A. talk B. teach C. show D. travel 4. A. passed B. arrived C. lasted D. changed
5. A. made B. played C. helped D. did 6. A. weak B. pleased C. busy D. lonely
7. A. show B. visit C. meet D. send
8. A. farm B. city C. family D. school
9. A. wrote B. called C. moved D. returned
10. A. family B. school C. teacher D. farm 11. A. meeting B. school C. summer D. talk 12. A. people B. cities C. languages D. places 13. A interesting B. true C. long D. same 14. A. England B. Germany C. farm D. home 15. A. think B. see C. remember D. read 答案
本文讲述了父母已离异的罗莎喜欢编谎言骗人，从中获得乐趣。暑假过后其他同学都在谈假期中的家庭旅游时，罗莎只得自欺欺人，骗大家说她与爸爸去了英国。结果上课时，老师让她谈英国的情况时，她无话可说了。
1. C.罗莎的谎言经常让同学们信以为真，说明她骗人时自信心强，把握大。故选择sure。
2. B.与下文罗莎自欺欺人相对应，一开始她认为骗人是件快乐的事，故选择fun。
3. A.根据文意，经过这件事后她意识到骗人其实就是骗自己，这种意识在平时与大伙交谈时更为强烈，故选talk。
4. B.夏天到时，罗莎就会到爸爸农场去度假，故选arrive。 5. C.help with sth. 意为“帮助干些事情”。
6. C.爸爸没时间陪她去其它地方游玩，说明爸爸很忙，故选busy。 7. C.这里meet表示爸爸去机场接她。
8. B.在农场度假结束后，罗莎应返回城里，故选city.
9. D.根据文意暑假结束了，罗莎要返回到妈妈身边。故选 returned. 10. A.与上文相对应，她的朋友都在谈假期与家人的旅游，罗莎因此希望拥有一个完整的家庭。
11. B.假期结束了，新学期又开始了，且下文讲到了学校里的事情，故选school。
12. D.下文的例子既不是城市也不是人或语言而是两个国家，只有选places。
13. B.别人问起她夏天的旅游情况时，她只有编织一些不真实的事情骗大家，故选true。
14. A.下文老师让她讲在英国旅行的情况，说明她骗大家去了英国，故选England。
15. C.老师让罗莎对过去的事情进行回忆并讲述，故选remember。
（四）
Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in the town. I wanted to have a rest before catching the rain. I __1__ a newspaper and some chocolate and __2__ into the station coffee shop. It was a cheap self-service place with long tables to __3__ at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, __4__ the newspaper and the chocolate on the table and then went to get a cup of coffee.
When I came back with the coffee, There was someone __5__ in the next seat. __6__ was a boy, with dark glasses and old clothes, and __7__ bright red at the front. He had started to eat my chocolate! Naturally, I was rather uneasy about him, but I didn’t want to have any __8__. I just read the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me in __9__.Then he took a __10__ piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. Still I didn’t say anything to him. When he took a third piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, “Well, I shall have the last piece.” And I got it. The boy gave me a strange look, then __11__ up. As he left, he shouted out, “There’s something __12__ with that woman!” Everyone looked at me, __13__ I didn’t want to quarrel with the boy, so I kept
quiet. I did not realize that I had __14__ a mistake until I finished my coffee and was ready to __15__. My face turned red when I saw my unopened chocolate under the newspaper. The chocolate that I had been eating was the boy’s!
1. A. stole B. bought C. sold D. wrote 2. A. went B. sat C. seated D. looked 3. A. sit B. seat C. lie D. laugh 4. A. pushed B. took C. put D. pulled 5. A. jumping B. playing C. sitting D. sleeping 6. A. He B. It C. Who D. What 7. A. cut B. washed C. covered D. colored 8. A. coffee B. trouble C. chocolate D. matter 9. A. carelessness B. anger C. surprise D. happiness 10. A. first B. second C. very D. last 11. A. stood B. took C. cried D. looked 12. A. strange B. wrong C. OK D. funny 13. A. and B. but C. so D. while 14. A. spelt B. corrected C. made D. found 15. A. finish B. leave C. jump D. shop 答案
这是“我”外出购物时的一次尴尬的经历，故事贴近生活，生动有趣，
读这样的文章有助于我们在今后的生活中避免出现类似的错误。 1. B.为了消磨时间，“我”买了报纸和巧克力，故选bought。 2. A.由文章推理出，“我”走进了一家咖啡店，故应选went。 3. A. to sit at 是作为tables的后置定语，意为“可以在旁边就坐的桌子” 。
4. C.按常理“我”应把报纸等放在桌子上，而不是推到或拉到桌子上故应选 put。
5. C.由下文可知，回来时“我”发现他开始吃“我”的东西，说明他坐在桌旁，故选 sitting。
6. A.由下文可知，对方是一个男子，故用he指代。 7. D.头发应是被染成红色的，故应选colored。
8. B.面对这样一个男子，“我”不想惹麻烦，trouble合乎文意为正确选项。
9. C.由下文可知，“我”吃的是这个男子的巧克力，这引起了对方的某一反应，比较四个选项，再根据上文，用名词surprise比较合乎当时的情形。
10. B.习惯用语“a second + 名词”，常用来表示“再一个，又一个” 11. A.根据文意可知那个男孩起身要走，故选择stood。
12. B.男孩生气了，必定说了发泄的话，比较四个选项wrong为最佳选择。
13. B.男孩骂了“我”导致大家都朝“我”看，而“我”不想与他争吵，可见“我”的反应与上文描述的气氛恰恰相反，故选择but构成转折关系。
14. C.固定搭配make a mistake意为“犯了个错误”。
15. B.“我” 在喝完咖啡准备离开时发现了自己的过错，故应选leave。
