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阅读理解 Once a rich woman invited Martin Brown, a famous singer, to her house. She wanted him to sing for her friends. But she didn't invite him to have supper with them. She told him to eat downstairs with the servants. (仆人) After supper he stood up and said to the servants, “Now, my good friends, I shall sing for you.” Of course the servants were quite pleased. He sang them several (几个，数个)songs. There was no piano in the room but he didn't mind. When they asked for more, he did so. At nine o'clock the rich woman asked the singer to come up to the big room. When he came in, the guests (客人) were waiting for the concert. “We are ready now, Mr. Brown,” said the woman, “You may begin.” “Ready for what?” asked the singer. “For your songs, of course,” she answered. “But I have sung song already(已经),” said Mr. Brown, “and I can't sing twice(两次) in a day. “You have sung song already!” said the rich woman in surprise, “but when? And where did you sing?” He didn't answer and left the rich woman's house. 1. The story happened ________. A. in the morning B. in the afternoon C. at night D. in evening 2. The woman ________. A. was not ready rich B. had a lot of money C. was poor D. had no money 3. The woman didn't invite Mr. Brown to ________. A. have supper downstairs B. sing for her friends C. have supper with the guests D. sing twice in a day 4. Martin Brown sang for ________. A. the servants B. her friends C. her guests D. the rich woman 5. The famous singer began to sing ________. A. at nine o'clock B. after supper C. after the guests were ready D. before supper 答案：1.C 2.B 3.C 4.A 5.B 快速阅读 The Pyramids in Mexico We all know that there are many pyramids in Egypt, but most of us don’t know the people of Mexico in the old times also built pyramids. They did not build the pyramids for tombs. They built a pyramid and then built a temple on top of it. The pyramids of Mexico are not as high as the pyramids of Egypt, but they are big. Each pyramid has a wide stairway that goes form the bottom to the top. There is nothing inside the pyramid, only earth and stones. Scientists thinks it took 10, 000 men more than ten years to build the great pyramid Teotchuacan. It is 2000 years old. On the top they built a temple to the sun. The temple is no longer there. How did the people of old times build the pyramids? Scientists have studied the pyramids, but nobody can just how they did it. Notes: Pyramid金字塔 Egypt 埃及 Mexico 墨西哥 tomb 坟墓 temple 庙 stairway 楼梯 scientist 科学家 Teotchuacan 特奥帝瓦坎 根据短文内容选择适当的选项完成句子。 1. The people of Mexico built a pyramid and them built ____ on top of it. A. the sun B. a temple C. a tomb D. the moon 2. The pyramids in Mexico are _____. A. very small B. big C. higher than those in Egypt D. not big 3. Each pyramid has a wide stairway that goes from the bottom to the top ______. A. in Egypt B. in China C. in Mexico D. in England 4. People built the great pyramid Teotchuacan ______. A. in 2000 B. 2000 years ago C. in 1990 D. for the moon 5. It took 10,000 men ____ to build the great pyramid Teotchuacan. A. ten years B. less than ten years C. more than ten years D. twenty years 答案：1-5 B B C B C (责任编辑：admin) |