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1.southpaw 左撇子
为什么把左撇子（left-handed）称为“南爪子”（southpaw）呢？这与美国人最热衷的棒球运动有关。棒球在美国是一项非常普及的运动，在棒球运动中人们把左撇子投手叫做southpaw（南爪子），久而久之，southpaw就变成了左撇子的代称。
3.boomerang children 啃老族
“啃老族”的英文表达是boomerang children。“常回家看看”入法的争议声犹在，禁止“啃老”又要写入法规了。山东省已经拟立法禁止子女“啃老”，今后成年子女若想“啃老”，父母们就可以理直气壮地拒绝了。
2.time confetti 时间碎片
忙忙碌碌一天下来，我们经常觉得自己连休息的时间也没有。感觉连时间的间隙也充斥着大大小小的琐事，或许我们应该停下来，看看自己的time confetti（时间碎片）都去哪儿了。
阅读在英语学习与考试中分量很重，而提高英语阅读水平是一个循序渐进、不断积累的过程。认真对待每一篇文章，读懂读透，是我们攻克阅读堡垒的必由之路。
A
Mrs. Forgetful has a lot of friends， but she knows none of them well. She has a big house with a garden. The gardener grows all kinds of beautiful flowers in it. She has her own driver ， cook and she doesn’t do any housework. But she has felt lonely since her husband died. She wishes someone could talk with her.
One day the woman heard a new film was being shown at a cinema. She went there at once. When she got there， they told her the film was starting at a quarter past eight. She had a look at her watch and there were twenty minutes left. There were only some people there. She began to talk to a man next to her.
"I saw Mr. Hunt this morning. He’s much fatter than before，" said the woman. "We should tell him to do more exercises."
"Mr. Hunt ？ Who is he？ " the man asked in surprise.
"Oh， you’ve forgotten our friend！" said the woman.
"But I don’t know him at all， madam！"
The film began and she had to stop talking. When the film was over， she met the man at the exit.
"Oh， Mr. Hunt，" said Mrs. Forgetful. "Can you guess what I did just now "
"Yes， I can， madam，" said the man，"You did the same thing as you’re doing now." With these words， the man hurried off.
1. Mrs. Forgetful feels lonely because________. A. she lives in a big house alone B. she can’t look after the flowers
C. she has no housework to do D. she has few good friends
2. When Mrs. Forgetful got to the cinema， it was _______.
A. a quarter to eight B. five to eight
C. five past eight D. a quarter past eight
3. Mrs. Forgetful thought ____， so she began to talk to him.
A. the man could help her B. the man felt lonely too
C. the man was her friend D. the man liked sports
4. The man was surprised because _____.
A. he knew neither Mrs. Forgetful nor Mr. Hunt
B. Mrs. Forgetful had few poor friends
C. Mrs. Forgetful was always bad to him D. Mrs. Forgetful talked too much about Mr. Hunt
5. Which of the following is wrong？
A. Mrs. Forgetful has few good friends.
B. Mrs. Forgetful is rich but alone.
C. The man doesn’t know Mrs. Forgetful， either.
D. The man was interested in Mrs. Forgetful’s talk.
B
"A child is dying-out of breath！" I had just begun my working day in the city， when these words came through the radio of the police car I was driving. I turned on the red lights and siren （警笛） and drove off as fast as I could. "Just my luck！" I thought. I didn’t know this city well and my first call of the day was a life-and-death sudden happening， several kilometers away.
I got to the house. A mother， filled with fear， handed me her baby， his face already blue. Was I too late？ Dear me！
I did what had been taught to do in such a serious condition. A small thing flew out of the baby’s mouth on to the floor. It was a button. Thank heaven！ The holes in it let a little air through.
A doctor rushed into the room. He had with him an oxygen bag.The child began to cry at the top of his voice， burned red and started to look for his mother. He was angry but was saved.
1. The writer of the story is _______.
A. a policeman B. a driver C. a doctor D. the boy’s father
2. The writer turned on the red lights and siren in order to _____.
A. show that he was a police car
B. have the people in the streets make way for him
C. warn the people in the streets of the danger ahead
D. tell the people in the streets that he did not know the way well
3. The baby was still living when the writer got to the house because _______.
A. the writer arrived in time
B. the writer had been taught what to do at that time
C. the button was not big enough
D. the button happened to have holes in it
4. What did the writer mean when he said to himself " Just my luck"？
A. It was a good chance for him to practise what he had learned before.
B. He was happy to have such a serious matter on his working day.
C. He was not all happy to have so serious a matter on his working day.
D. He had been long waiting for the day to come.
5. What worried the writer all the way to the dying child？
A. He was afraid to come too late to save the child.
B. It was a sudden happening and he was too young.
C. Any people might be knocked down or killed buy his car.
D. He was afraid that he could not have the button taken out.
参考答案：A篇1～5：ABCAD B篇1～5：ABDCA
为什么把左撇子（left-handed）称为“南爪子”（southpaw）呢？这与美国人最热衷的棒球运动有关。棒球在美国是一项非常普及的运动，在棒球运动中人们把左撇子投手叫做southpaw（南爪子），久而久之，southpaw就变成了左撇子的代称。
3.boomerang children 啃老族
“啃老族”的英文表达是boomerang children。“常回家看看”入法的争议声犹在，禁止“啃老”又要写入法规了。山东省已经拟立法禁止子女“啃老”，今后成年子女若想“啃老”，父母们就可以理直气壮地拒绝了。
2.time confetti 时间碎片
忙忙碌碌一天下来，我们经常觉得自己连休息的时间也没有。感觉连时间的间隙也充斥着大大小小的琐事，或许我们应该停下来，看看自己的time confetti（时间碎片）都去哪儿了。
阅读在英语学习与考试中分量很重，而提高英语阅读水平是一个循序渐进、不断积累的过程。认真对待每一篇文章，读懂读透，是我们攻克阅读堡垒的必由之路。
A
Mrs. Forgetful has a lot of friends， but she knows none of them well. She has a big house with a garden. The gardener grows all kinds of beautiful flowers in it. She has her own driver ， cook and she doesn’t do any housework. But she has felt lonely since her husband died. She wishes someone could talk with her.
One day the woman heard a new film was being shown at a cinema. She went there at once. When she got there， they told her the film was starting at a quarter past eight. She had a look at her watch and there were twenty minutes left. There were only some people there. She began to talk to a man next to her.
"I saw Mr. Hunt this morning. He’s much fatter than before，" said the woman. "We should tell him to do more exercises."
"Mr. Hunt ？ Who is he？ " the man asked in surprise.
"Oh， you’ve forgotten our friend！" said the woman.
"But I don’t know him at all， madam！"
The film began and she had to stop talking. When the film was over， she met the man at the exit.
"Oh， Mr. Hunt，" said Mrs. Forgetful. "Can you guess what I did just now "
"Yes， I can， madam，" said the man，"You did the same thing as you’re doing now." With these words， the man hurried off.
1. Mrs. Forgetful feels lonely because________. A. she lives in a big house alone B. she can’t look after the flowers
C. she has no housework to do D. she has few good friends
2. When Mrs. Forgetful got to the cinema， it was _______.
A. a quarter to eight B. five to eight
C. five past eight D. a quarter past eight
3. Mrs. Forgetful thought ____， so she began to talk to him.
A. the man could help her B. the man felt lonely too
C. the man was her friend D. the man liked sports
4. The man was surprised because _____.
A. he knew neither Mrs. Forgetful nor Mr. Hunt
B. Mrs. Forgetful had few poor friends
C. Mrs. Forgetful was always bad to him D. Mrs. Forgetful talked too much about Mr. Hunt
5. Which of the following is wrong？
A. Mrs. Forgetful has few good friends.
B. Mrs. Forgetful is rich but alone.
C. The man doesn’t know Mrs. Forgetful， either.
D. The man was interested in Mrs. Forgetful’s talk.
B
"A child is dying-out of breath！" I had just begun my working day in the city， when these words came through the radio of the police car I was driving. I turned on the red lights and siren （警笛） and drove off as fast as I could. "Just my luck！" I thought. I didn’t know this city well and my first call of the day was a life-and-death sudden happening， several kilometers away.
I got to the house. A mother， filled with fear， handed me her baby， his face already blue. Was I too late？ Dear me！
I did what had been taught to do in such a serious condition. A small thing flew out of the baby’s mouth on to the floor. It was a button. Thank heaven！ The holes in it let a little air through.
A doctor rushed into the room. He had with him an oxygen bag.The child began to cry at the top of his voice， burned red and started to look for his mother. He was angry but was saved.
1. The writer of the story is _______.
A. a policeman B. a driver C. a doctor D. the boy’s father
2. The writer turned on the red lights and siren in order to _____.
A. show that he was a police car
B. have the people in the streets make way for him
C. warn the people in the streets of the danger ahead
D. tell the people in the streets that he did not know the way well
3. The baby was still living when the writer got to the house because _______.
A. the writer arrived in time
B. the writer had been taught what to do at that time
C. the button was not big enough
D. the button happened to have holes in it
4. What did the writer mean when he said to himself " Just my luck"？
A. It was a good chance for him to practise what he had learned before.
B. He was happy to have such a serious matter on his working day.
C. He was not all happy to have so serious a matter on his working day.
D. He had been long waiting for the day to come.
5. What worried the writer all the way to the dying child？
A. He was afraid to come too late to save the child.
B. It was a sudden happening and he was too young.
C. Any people might be knocked down or killed buy his car.
D. He was afraid that he could not have the button taken out.
参考答案：A篇1～5：ABCAD B篇1～5：ABDCA