阅读理解提高训练8AMr. King goes to a dinner party. He is wearing old clothes. He comes into the room. But people in the room don't look at him. They don't ask him to sit at the table. Mr. King goes home and puts on his good clothes. He goes back to the party. Everyone in the room stands up and smiles at him. They give him very good food to eat. Mr. King takes off his clothes, and puts them in the food and says, "Eat, clothes!" The other people ask, "What are you doing?" He answers, "I'm asking my coat to eat food. When I am wearing my old clothes, you don't look at me. You don't ask me to sit down. Now I'm in these clothes. And you give me very good food. Now I see, you give the food to my clothes, not to me!"
(C)1. Mr. King goes to the dinner party, but people in the room don't look at him. Because ________. 【详解】由第一段和第二段的对比可知,人们不看他不招待他是因为他穿着旧衣服。 A) he doesn't come by car B) he is young C) he is wearing his old clothes D) he is old
(A)2. Mr. King goes home to _______ his ________ clothes. 【详解】由第二段第一句"Mr. King goes home and puts on his good clothes."可知答案。 A) put on; good B) puts on; fine C) take off; good D) wear; good
(C)3. Mr. King goes back to the party. People in the room stand up and smile at him because _____. 【详解】由第一段和第二段的对比可知,人们起身笑迎他是因为他穿着好衣服。wear .v.穿着,强调穿戴的状态;put on .ph.穿上,强调穿的动作。这里指的是他穿戴的状态,所以用he is wearing his good clothes. A) he is wearing his old clothes B) he comes by a very good car C) he is wearing his good clothes D) he is putting on his good clothes
(B)4. Mr. King takes off his good clothes, and ________ them _________ the good food.2 【详解】由第三段"Mr. King takes off his clothes, and puts them in the food and says, 'Eat, clothes!'"可知答案。主语是单数第三人称,动词ask要加-s;ask sb. to do,所以用to eat. A) ask; to eat B) asks; to eat C) lets; to eat D) ask; eat
(D)5. Mr. King says the good food is _______. 【详解】由最后一句话"Now I see, you give the food to my clothes, not to me!"可知答案。 A) for he B) for him C) for me D) for his good clothes
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Mr. and Mrs. White had two sons and three daughters. One Sunday, Mrs. White said to her husband, "The children don't have any lessons today, and you're free too. There's a new funfair in the park. Let's all go there to play." Her husband said, "I want to finish some work today. "Oh, forget it. Go there and make our children happy. That's the most important work." Mrs. White said. So Mr. and Mrs. White took their children to the funfair. Mr. White was forty-five years old, but he enjoyed the funfair more than his children. He hurried from one thing to another, and ate lots of sweets. One of the children said to her mother, "Dad is just like a small child, isn't he, Mom?" Mrs. White didn't want to follow her husband around any more at that time and answered, "He is even worse than a small child, Mary, because he might spend more money than a small child."
(D)1. There were _________ children in the White family. 【详解】根据文章内容"Mr. and Mrs. White had two sons and three daughters." 可知答案。 A) two B) three C) four D) five
(C)2. One Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. White wanted to go to _________ with their children. 【详解】根据文章内容"There's a new funfair(游乐场)in the park." 可知答案。 A) school B) work C) a funfair D) a shop
(C)3. Mr. White liked the place so much that he _________. 【详解】根据文章内容"but he enjoyed the funfair more than his children. He hurried from one thing to another, and ate lots of sweets." 可知答案。 A) was still excited to play B) followed his wife all the time C) hurried from one thing to another D) asked a lot of questions
(B)4. From the story we know Mrs. White _________ when Mary asked her the question.2 【详解】根据文章内容"Mrs. White didn't want to follow her husband around any more at that time and answered." 可知答案。 A) was still excited to play B) was a little angry with Mr. White C) looked for Mr. White everywhere D) ate a lot of sweets
(A)5. Of all the family members, _________ enjoyed playing there most that Sunday.2 【详解】根据文章内容"but he enjoyed the funfair more than his children...he might spend more money than a small child." 可知答案。 A) Mr. White B) Mrs. White C) Mary D) the boys