【单元考点培优】Unit 8 It must belong to Carla 专题12 阅读理解（含答案解析）-2025-2026学年九年级全册英语单元复习考点培优人教新目标版

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2025-2026学年九年级全册英语单元复习考点培优人教新目标版
Unit 8 It must belong to Carla
专题12 阅读理解
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
Emily and Alex were happy when their family moved to a house with a very big garden. They could climb up trees, grow flowers, and even play badminton. They liked to watch the birds flying among the trees in the garden. They even started to put food out to attract more birds.
Everything was fine for a few days until one afternoon there was a strange bumping noise on a window. Emily went outside and found a small bird dead on the grass. Its neck seemed to be broken.
“It must have flown into the window,” Alex said when his sister Emily called him to have a look. “Look here. You can see the mark where it hit the window. There are a couple of tiny feathers stuck on the window.”
“Poor thing!” Emily said.
During the next month, five more birds died in the same way. “Why would they fly to the windows ” they wondered. Finally they found out the truth. When the birds were flying, they couldn’t see into the rooms. All they saw was the reflection (反射) of the garden. They thought that they were flying into trees because they saw trees reflected by the window.
“Something has to be done to save the birds,” the parents decided.
At first, the family tried keeping curtains (窗帘) across the windows, but this made the room dark. Then they bought some strong black paper and cut out the shape of a hawk. They made six hawks—one for each window. They stuck the hawks to the windows. They looked pretty and did not keep out much light. When the birds saw the hawks, they would fly away.
After that, there were no more dead birds. The family were much happier.
1．Why did they put food out to attract birds
A．Because they had a special garden for birds.
B．Because they wanted to catch some birds in the garden.
C．Because they wanted to see more birds flying in the garden.
D．Because they thought birds were hungry.
2．How many birds died in the garden
A．5. B．6. C．7. D．8.
3．Why did the birds fly to the windows
A．Because they fought for more food.
B．Because they found the windows very clean.
C．Because they wanted to go into the room.
D．Because they thought there were more trees ahead.
4．What does the underlined word “stuck” mean in Paragraph 3
A．Put up. B．Put off. C．Put out. D．Put down.
5．What is the story mainly about
A．Why the birds died in the garden. B．The family were good at paper cutting.
C．How the family saved the birds in the garden. D．The family had a very big new house.
In northern Scotland, there is a long, deep lake called Loch Ness. More than 200 meters deep, it is the largest lake in the UK. People say a big monster (怪兽) lives in its dark, cold waters. It weighs more than 1,000 kilos and is at least 10 meters long. Some people say it has a head like a horse. Others say it looks like a snake. Many people travel to Loch Ness to look for this strange monster, but only a few people have seen it.
The Loch Ness Monster remains a mystery. People have made up so many stories about it, so it has become a famous legend (传说). The first story about the monster in Loch Ness was told more than 500 years ago, but it spread widely only in the twentieth century. In 1933, a couple reported that they saw a big monster in the middle of the lake. After that, a number of people said that they had seen a monster in Loch Ness. Several people had taken photos, but at least one of them was a hoax. They were just trying to catch people’s eyes. During the 1960s, a team was formed to look for the monster. They took many photos and made movies, but they were never able to find a monster.
There is no real fact that a monster lives in Loch Ness, but there is also no fact that one doesn’t live. One thing is true about Loch Ness: there are a lot of tourists there.
6．Some people say that the monster in Loch Ness ________.
A．weighs about 100 kilos B．is one meter long
C．has a tail like a horse D．looks like a snake
7．The first story about the monster was told ________.
A．200 years ago B．over 500 years ago C．in 1933 D．in the 1960s
8．What does the underlined word “hoax” in the second paragraph mean
A．Trick. B．Difference. C．Goal. D．Truth.
9．What was the purpose of the team going to Loch Ness
A．To kill the monster. B．To search for the monster.
C．To take photos of the lake. D．To make a hoax about the monster.
10．What does this passage mainly talk about
A．People who saw a monster. B．A trip to Loch Ness.
C．The mystery of the Loch Ness Monster. D．Some facts about Loch Ness.
The Chihuahuan Desert in West Texas is larger than any other desert in North America. The winters there are cool and summers are very hot. This area is also home to a mysterious phenomenon (现象) called the Marfa Lights.
The Marfa Lights are bright lights that appear in the night sky all of a sudden and then fly to faraway places and disappear. They are about the size of basketballs and are often described as white, blue, yellow, red, or other colors. The lights sometimes even get close to people’s houses. One woman who lived on a farm told the story of what she experienced one night. She was in bed and suddenly she saw the lights shining through her bedroom window. She watched them change color for a few minutes. Finally, they went away. Pilots who used to train in the desert in the 1940s also reported that they once saw these mysterious lights.
What causes this phenomenon People have different opinions on this. A popular interpretation is the lights might have something to do with headlights from cars on the road nearby. Scientific research also suggests that some of the lights are caused by the refraction (折射) of light between layers (层) of air that have different temperatures. However, not all of them can be explained so easily.
Anyway, people will continue to study the lights to find out where they come from. No matter what these lights really are, they are as mysterious today as when they first appeared. But it is certain that the mystery behind them will be solved one day.
11．What does the first paragraph tell us about the Marfa Lights
A．The color. B．The place. C．The speed. D．The size.
12．Which of the following is TRUE about the Marfa Lights
A．They move slowly. B．They only have three colors.
C．They appear in the late afternoon. D．They are about the size of basketballs.
13．What does the underlined word “interpretation” mean
A．Explanation. B．Suggestion. C．Dialog. D．Purpose.
14．What is Paragraph 3 mainly about
A．People know the cause of the Marfa Lights.
B．The Marfa Lights come from cars on the road nearby.
C．The Marfa Lights are caused by the refraction.
D．No one has been able to explain the cause of the Marfa Lights so far.
15．What is the best title for the passage
A．Experiences of the Marfa Lights. B．Causes of the Marfa Lights.
C．Mystery of the Marfa Lights. D．Study of the Marfa Lights.
Erin was born and grew up in New York. She studied at a business college for a year, and then she went to California.
In 1990, when she was thirty years old, she had a car accident. A law firm (律师事务所) helped her deal with it, so she decided to work for them later.
One day, while working, Erin realized that there were lots of very sick people in a town called Hinkley. It was so unusual that she started to look for more information about the town.
Erin worked very hard for five years. She visited lots of sick people in Hinkley and listened to their stories. All the sick people lived near a big factory. Then she found out that there was something called chromium (铬) in the water they drank. It was from the factory and Erin believed that the cause of their sickness was the chromium in their drinking water. She planned to do something for them.
Erin started a law case (诉讼) against the factory. It wasn’t happy about this. They didn’t agree that the people were ill because of the water—but in 1996 the judge (法官) ordered the factory to pay the people in Hinkley $500,000 each.
In 2000, there was a film about Erin Julia Roberts played Erin and the film was very successful. Now Erin is famous—she has her own company and she gives talks all over the world.
16．What can we know from Paragraph 2
A．Erin studied business in college. B．Erin wanted to help sick people.
C．Erin became a businessman. D．Erin was thankful to the law firm.
17．What does the underlined word “cause” in Paragraph 4 mean
A．Spirit. B．Difference. C．Reason. D．Result.
18．What did Erin plan to do when she found out the truth
A．To make more money. B．To end her work for the firm.
C．To pay the sick people. D．To help the sick people.
19．What’s the main idea of Paragraph 5
A．Erin did a survey about the people in Hinkley.
B．Erin started a law case to help the people in Hinkley.
C．Erin helped the people in Hinkley know the truth.
D．Erin made the factory close down.
20．What is the passage mainly about
A．Erin’s life experiences. B．A film in 2000.
C．How to work on a law case. D．How to care for sick people.
Mr. Smith is telling two funny stories of his police work.
Story A
I remember catching a “thief” in a clothes shop once. It was strange. The man was hiding a yellow sweater inside his coat. I thought he had stolen it, so I caught him. We found later that his wife gave him the sweater for his birthday, but he hated it. He just wanted to return it to the shop for money, but he didn’t want his wife to see him！We soon let him go.
Story B
Another day, a man called Bob went into a bank on Sixth Street. He wrote on the back of an envelope, “Give me the money! Or I’ll kill you.” And then he gave it to the bank clerk. She gave him $100,000 and the man ran away. Then we received a phone call from the bank clerk. She told us to go to the man’s house in Candy Town and get him. We caught him as soon as he got out of the elevator. He couldn’t believe that we found him so quickly. We told him that his name and address were on the front of the envelope he used!
21．What does Mr. Smith do
A．A policeman. B．A bank clerk. C．A thief. D．A teacher.
22．Mr. Smith caught the man in the clothes shop ________.
A．on impulse (冲动) B．by chance C．by mistake D．under great pressure
23．Why did the man want to return the sweater to the shop
A．Because he didn’t want his wife to see it. B．Because he hated it.
C．Because he liked money more than the sweater. D．Because he liked money best.
24．Bob was caught so quickly because ________.
A．the police had guns B．he received a phone call from the bank clerk
C．the police waited for him outside the elevator D．his address was found on the envelope he used
25．What do you think of Bob
A．He is brave. B．He is careful. C．He is careless. D．He is clever.
Along with the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, the Great Sphinx is one of the greatest monuments (历史遗迹) in human history.
Carved (雕) out of a single piece of stone of hundreds of tons, the Sphinx is the head of a man resting on the body of a lion. The nose, eyes and ears have been carved in accurate proportion (比例). That’s not easy for an object 72 meters long and 20 meters high. The Sphinx was built in about 2500 BC． But no one knows what tools were used or by whom. The Egyptians wrote very little about the building of the Sphinx. No one knows what the Sphinx looked like when it was first finished because both natural erosion (侵蚀) and people’s damage have changed its shape. Many earlier pictures of the Sphinx show it with wings, the body of a lion, and the face of a man.
Today only the man and the lion can be seen. To this day, people can’t agree with each other on the true role of the Sphinx.
26．The writer wrote this text to tell us ________.
A．some information about the Great Sphinx B．something about the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt
C．what the Great Sphinx looks like today D．to visit the Great Sphinx
27．Many parts of the Sphinx are mentioned in the passage except ________.
A．the nose B．the mouth C．the eyes D．the ears
28．Which of the following about the Sphinx is known to people
A．The date of building it. B．The size of it. C．The way of building it. D．The people who built it.
29．Which of the following used to be a part of the Sphinx
A．Wings. B．The head of an ox. C．The body of a man. D．The face of a lion.
30．Which of the following is TRUE
A．The Sphinx was made of a lot of big stones. B．Both Nature and people damaged the Sphinx.
C．The Sphinx today looks the same as what it used to be. D．People protected the Sphinx very well.
Every time I came home from work at midnight, I often saw a shadow (影子) walking in our neighborhood. Was it “a night walker ” Someone walked alone in the dark and this always made me scared.
I thought it was “a sleeping walker”. So I never bothered about it. But one night, when I walked past it quietly and quickly as usual, I heard a low voice.
“Do you often have to work at night ”
I was a little afraid. I looked around, but no one was nearby. I ran home as quickly as possible.
Later on, I heard it was a neighbor, an old man who has been living alone at home. He’s not “a sleeping walker”. He enjoys having a walk at night. So I seldom see him in the neighborhood in the day.
It’s said that he was a soldier many years ago. He has two children—a son and a daughter. His son has a family in Shanghai. His daughter went abroad in Sydney. He has been living alone since his wife died several years ago. Without any child living with him, he feels lonely and helpless.
I feel sorry for the old man. We might care less about our parents living alone. When we grow up, our parents get old. We should often go back home even though we’re busy with work.
31．How did the writer feel when he saw “the night walker”
A．Excited. B．Happy. C．Boring. D．Scared.
32．What did the old neighbor do when he was young
A．A soldier. B．An artist. C．An engineer. D．A biologist.
33．The writer mainly wants to tell us ________.
A．we shouldn’t work at night for money
B．life is full of the unexpected
C．it’s best to live with our parents
D．we should often go back home to see our parents
Though oceans cover about 71 percent of the earth’s surface, there’s still a lot we don’t know about them. Only about 20 percent of the seafloor has been mapped, and the remaining 80 percent is still a secret to us. Some scientists even think that 91 percent of sea animals have yet to be discovered.
So why do we know so little about the deep sea Well, getting to those depths is very difficult and requires high technology that simply didn’t come into being for most of human history. The first navigable submarine (可驾驶的潜水艇), for example, was built in 1620, and it couldn’t go more than five meters below the surface. In fact, for a long time many scientists didn’t even think that there could be any life at depths greater than 550 meters and didn’t see much need to explore (探索) the deep sea. However, this changed in 1862 when life was discovered as far down as 945 meters below sea level with the help of a digging machine. Ten years later, around 4, 700 species (物种) unknown before from the ocean floor were discovered.
Since then, high technology has been developed to help explore the deep sea, including satellites. But why is deep-sea exploration still so difficult Well, at greater depths it is freezing (极冷的), everything is completely dark, and the pressure can be over 1, 000 times greater than that on the surface.
Though we have the difficulties, it’s important that we understand the seas. They help control the earth’s temperature and produce half of the oxygen (O2) in the air. They can also provide us with information about climate change. Our future depends on learning more about our oceans, and it is possible for us to really understand what is ongoing below the surface.
34．Why are some numbers listed in Paragraph 1
A．To introduce how important oceans are.
B．To discuss why sea animals have yet to be found out.
C．To explain that oceans cover a large area of the earth.
D．To show that we have only a little understanding of oceans.
35．What caused the change of exploration into the deep sea
A．High technology. B．Unknown species.
C．A pleasant environment. D．Valuable information.
36．What does the underlined word “They” in the last paragraph refer to
A．Sea animals. B．The seas. C．The satellites. D．Many scientists.
37．What can we learn from the text
A．It is difficult to build a navigable submarine. B．The seas have a strong influence on our future.
C．The seas have no lives at a depth of 550 meters. D．It is easier to go into the deep sea than we think.
38．What could be the best title of the text
A．Hidden Treasures in Deep Sea B．Unlocked Secrets of Deep Sea
C．Deep-Sea Exploration: Into the Freezing Depths D．Deep-Sea Exploration: The Past and the Future
What do black holes look like Human beings have wanted to know about it for a long time. In 2019, we finally got the answer. They look like dark circles with a bright ring around the outside.
Scientists took the world’s first photo of a black hole. Scientists didn’t use a camera to take the picture. They used eight radio telescopes in different places around the world. Telescopes got signals (信号) from the black hole. Scientists used computers to process (处理) the signals. It took them two years to get the final picture.
The black hole is very far from Earth—about 55 million light years away. One light year is the journey that light travels in one year. One light year is about 9 trillion (万亿) kilometers.
This isn’t the only black hole in the universe. In fact, scientists believe every large galaxy (星系) has a big black hole at its center. The one in our galaxy is called Sagittarius A．
Black holes are some of the most mysterious (神秘的) things in the universe. This photo can help us learn more about them.
39．What do we know about black holes
A．They are dark holes with a bright center.
B．They are many black circles inside each other.
C．They are black holes with colorful rings in the center.
D．They are dark circles with a bright ring around the outside.
40．What can we infer (推断) from the text
A．Scientists took the picture of the black hole with a camera.
B．The black holes aren’t very far from the Earth.
C．The picture of the black hole can help us learn a lot about them.
D．Sagittarius A is the only black hole in the universe.
41．Where can we read this text
A．In a science magazine. B．In a storybook.
C．In a travel guidebook. D．In a physics exercise.
Cafe Colombo is a busy store. Rich people with nice clothes and shoes often drink coffee and eat ice-cream there. Charlie, an eight-year-old boy, always stays in the store. But he doesn’t drink or eat. He cleans shoes for people because he doesn’t have money to go to school.
One day, a young man in Cafe Colombo asks Charlie to clean his shoes. During the cleaning, an old man walks into the store. He is selling lottery tickets.
“Lucky numbers! One dollar for a ticket!” he shouts.
“Give me a ticket!” the young man says. Then the ticket-seller gives him one.
When Charlie finishes cleaning, the young man stands up and leaves. He is in a hurry because a car is waiting outside. He puts the ticket in his bag quickly, but it falls out. Charlie sees this and shouts out to stop the man. But the young man does not hear Charlie. He gets into the car and it runs away.
At night, Charlie gets home and shows the ticket to his mother, Emily. Emily looks at it and sees the number 7-5-3-8-1-2-9-4-6. Isn’t this the winning number for today One can get 500, 000 dollars with the ticket.
“Where is the ticket from, Charlie ” Emily asks. “It’s from a young man. I’ll give this back to him tomorrow,” says Charlie.
The next day, Charlie meets the young man at the store and gives the ticket to him. The young man is touched by Charlie, so he uses the money to help Charlie. Now Charlie is happy to be a student. So these numbers are lucky for him.
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42．What does Charlie often do at Cafe Colombo
A．He drinks coffee. B．He eats ice-cream.
C．He sells shoes and clothes. D．He cleans shoes for others.
43．The underlined phrase “lottery tickets” in Para. 2 means “________” in Chinese.
A．彩票 B．发票 C．船票 D．电影票
44．Which of the following is TRUE
A．Charlie is a waiter of Cafe Colombo.
B．A car is waiting for Charlie at the gate.
C．The young man leaves the store slowly.
D．Charlie gives the ticket to the young man the next day.
45．Why is the number on the ticket lucky for Charlie
A．Because of it, he makes a friend.
B．Because of it, he can go to school.
C．Because he can use it to help people.
D．Because he gets 500, 000 dollars with it.
46．What can we learn from the story
A．It’s never too old to learn. B．Many hands make easy work.
C．Doing good things brings luck. D．A friend in need is a true friend
Wearing armor (盔甲) and holding weapons, they look like ancient soldiers on door posters. But look closer—they are two cats instead of the generals Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong.
These posters were designed by Liu Shuning and Lin Chen from Hangzhou, Zhejiang. They wanted to mix modern art and youth culture with traditional culture.
The posters use the style of woodblock New Year paintings, which are a form of intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) in China. Called “nianhua” in Chinese, this style of art dates back to the Western Han Dynasty.
“We think woodblock New Year paintings are treasures—their colors and patterns are beautiful,” Lin said. “We want to show that young people are still interested in traditional culture.” “Protecting cultural heritage requires to breathe new life into it. So I tried to add something that young people like,” Liu said. “People love little cute animals—So Lin and I keep three cats.”
They used these cats as models. They designed a carpet (地毯) using the traditional “six children pattern”—six children making up a circle and sharing three heads—but the children were replaced with dogs and cats.
Their design got hundreds of “likes” on the art website. But Liu and Lin aren’t stopping there. They are now planning another project that will include things borrowed from pictures in Dunhuang.
47．What can we know about the Chinese door posters
A．They usually have cats. B．They are made from wood.
C．They have a long history. D．They are world cultural heritage.
48．The purpose of designing the posters in a special way is to ________.
A．get “likes” from users on the art website B．let more people love little cute animals
C．show their deep love for the three little cats D．make young people love traditional culture
49．What does the underlined word “replaced” in Paragraph 5 probably mean
A．取代 B．覆盖 C．伤害 D．包围
50．What can be the best title for the passage
A．Nianhua Gets Popular Again B．Old Art Gets a Modern Touch
C．Pass on Cultural Heritage Online D．Create New Painting Style
Mel found a wallet on her way back home. She picked it up and looked inside. Five hundred dollars! Mel thought about the bike she wanted. She had asked her mom for one, which would cost 460 dollars, but her mom said they had no money. Mel looked around. No one had seen her with the wallet. She put it into her schoolbag and ran home fast.
When she got home, she put the wallet in her treasure box. However, there was one problem. How could she tell her parents about it Then Mel remembered the prize of the science competition was five hundred dollars. She would tell her parents she had won it.
The next day, Mel rushed home from school. She was just about to tell her mother the good news when her mother said, “I have enough money left over this week for a treat. I’ve bought some strawberries. You can have one.” Mel’s news darted (猛冲) back inside her, like a moth (飞蛾) into a dark corner. What would happen if her mother lost her wallet and someone kept it They might not have any food for weeks! Mel ran to her room. She opened the treasure box and took the wallet to her mother.
“I found this,” she said. “It has five hundred dollars in it.”
“Wow!” said her mother. “Five hundred dollars!”
She looked inside the wallet. “It could be Mrs. Maka’s,” she said. “We’ll have to take it to her right now.”
Mrs. Maka was very pleased to get her wallet back. “This money is to get my eyes fixed, or I will go blind,” she said. She gave twenty dollars to Mel, but Mel refused.
After that, Mel and Mrs. Maka became good friends. Mel helped Mrs. Maka make a garden and Mrs. Maka showed Mel how to make clay pots (陶罐). One day, Mrs. Maka said, “Mel, my clay pot won a prize—1,000 dollars and a red bike! I can’t ride a bike. Would you like it ”
51．How did Mel get the 500 dollars
A．She found it on her way home. B．She won the prize of the science competition.
C．She borrowed it from her friend. D．She saved it from her pocket money.
52．What did Mel do with the money in the end
A．She gave it to her mom. B．She kept it in her treasure box.
C．She bought herself a bike. D．She returned it to Mrs. Maka.
53．From the last paragraph we can know that ________.
A．Mel’s dream finally came true B．Mel became good at making clay pots
C．Mrs, Maka didn’t like the bike at all D．Mrs. Maka needed more money for her eyes
54．What does the passage mainly tell us
A．Trust is the best choice. B．Honesty makes close friendship.
C．Do well and have well. D．Don’t wait to correct your mistakes.
In 1924, Frederick Mitchell-Hedges led a team to Lubaantun, an ancient Mayan (玛雅人的) city in modern-day Belize, a country in Central America. There, his daughter, Anna, found one of the most mysterious objects in history: a crystal skull (水晶头骨) that looked like a perfect human head. After that, more crystal skulls appeared in a short period across Europe and North America.
For years, those mysterious crystal skulls have caused a lot of discussion. Even now, no one knows exactly who made them, and no one can say when.
Some people believe the Mesoamerican (中美洲的) people made the skulls thousands of years ago. Some stories say they have special powers (能力), such as the ability to make sick people well. Moviemakers love these stories. In the movie Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the skulls had great powers. In the movie, a crystal skull is actually the head of an alien.
However, most scientists don’t believe these stories. They think the skulls are more modern. Scientists have found marks on the skulls that they believe only more modern technology could make. Because of this, scientists are certain the skulls are not thousands of years old. Instead, they think the skulls are from the 19th century. Scientists also point to the British Museum’s research—researchers have found many Mesoamerican objects, but they have never found a crystal skull. Scientists say this is also evidence to show they are not really Mesoamerican.
Until we know more about the skulls, the mystery—and the debate (争论)—will continue.
55．According to some stories, the crystal skulls ________.
A．were made by aliens B．could make people sick
C．were the heads of aliens D．could help people get better
56．What have the scientists found about the crystal skulls
A．They weren’t made of real crystal.
B．They were made in the same country.
C．They are typical Mesoamerican objects.
D．They have a shorter history than people think.
57．What’s the underlined word “evidence” mean in Chinese
A．机会 B．观点 C．证据 D．成就
58．What is the passage mainly about
A．What the crystal skulls are. B．Who made the crystal skulls.
C．The debate about the crystal skulls. D．The medicl purpose of the crystal skulls.
Mr. White was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the bell ring. He turned on the light and looked at his clock. It was twelve o’clock. “Who can it be at this time of night ” He thought. He decided to go and find out. So he got off bed, put on his dressing gown (晨衣) and went to the door. When he opened the door, there was nobody there.
“That’s very strange.” he thought. Then he went back to his bedroom, took off his dressing gown, got back into bed, turned off the light and tried to go to sleep.
A few minutes later he heard the bell ring again. Mr. White jumped out of bed very quickly and rushed to the door. He opened it, but again he found no one there. He closed the door and tried not to feel angry. Then he saw a piece of paper on the floor. He picked it up. There were some words on it, “It is now after midnight (午夜), so it is April Fool’s Day. April fool to you!”
“Oh, it was the English boy next door!” Mr. White exclaimed and almost smiled. He went back to bed and fell asleep at once. The bell did not ring again.
59．Mr. White ________ when the bell rang.
A．was getting ready for bed B．was playing computer games
C．was making a call. D．was watching TV
60．Why did Mr. White rush to the door when he heard the bell ring the second time
A．He wanted to open the door for the visitor.
B．He wanted to find out who the visitor was.
C．He was afraid of the ring.
D．He was waiting for someone.
61．From this passage, we learn that we can ________ on April Fool’s Day.
A．write notes to each other
B．visit others at night
C．play jokes on each other
D．send presents to children
62．What does the underlined word “exclaimed” mean in the last paragraph
A．惊叫 B．哭喊 C．沉默 D．跌倒
63．What did Mr. White think about the English boy
A．He was a bad boy. B．He was friendly with him.
C．He shouldn’t ring the bell at midnight. D．He did a dangerous thing just now.
An old man was going home late one night with his horse and cart after a day’s hard work. When he was not far away from his house, the light on the cart went out. He tried but could not repair it. He was near his home, so he went along the road without a light. When a policeman saw this, he stopped the old man.
“Where is your light ” asked the policeman. “No man may take a cart along the road at night without a light. You know that. You have broken the law.” “I had a light, but it has just gone out,” said the old man.
“I don’t believe that story. What’s your name and where do you live ” asked the policeman. “Please don’t write down my name.” said the old man. “My home is just there. You can see it from here. I had a light nearly the whole way.”
“You came all the way without a light. What’s your name ”
The old man quickly took the policeman’s hand and put it down on the top of the light. The light was still hot and burnt the policeman’s hand. The policeman jumped and he was very angry. “Now, what do you think ” said the old man. “Did I come all the way without a light ”
64．What does the underlined word “cart” mean in the passage
A．It means a house. B．It is something pulled by a horse.
C．It means a light. D．It is something used for cooking food.
65．Where did the policeman stop the old man
A．Under a street light. B．At the traffic lights.
C．Near the old man’s home. D．Far away from the old man’s home.
66．Why was the old man stopped by the policeman
A．Because the light on his cart was not on.
B．Because he burnt the policeman’s hand.
C．Because he broke a street light.
D．Because he didn’t want to help the policeman.
67．What did the old man do to make the policeman believe his words
A．He made the policeman angry. B．He jumped and shouted angrily.
C．He made the policeman touch the light. D．He made the policeman touch the cart.
68．Which is TRUE according to the passage
A．The old man came all the way without a light.
B．It is not allowed to take a cart along the road at night.
C．The old man told his name to the policeman.
D．The policeman was angry because his hand was burnt.
There are many man-made wonders and natural wonders all over the world. Let’s know about some information about the man-made wonders of the world. I am sure you will be interested in them.
The Pyramids of Egypt There are about eighty pyramids known today. The “Great Pyramid” is the most well-known in Egypt. It’s also the largest one. Workers used about 2.3 million blocks of stone to build it. It took twenty years to build it.
Hanging Garden of Babylon The garden sat on a hill. It was a large and wonderful structure (建筑物). Many parts of the garden were high up on large columns (支柱). There were many big and green trees with lovely flowers. Although there are many different ideas about the garden, we are not sure whether this wonder ever existed (存在)!
The Lighthouse of Alexandria The Lighthouse of Alexandria was designed about 2,000 years ago. It was in Egypt, too. It was one of the ancient wonders of the world, about 135 meters high. It was once the highest building in the world. Although it doesn’t exist now, many people come to see its relic (遗迹) every year.
69．How long did it take to build the “Great Pyramid”
A．Five years. B．Eight years. C．Twenty years. D．Twenty-five years.
70．What raised high up the parts of Hanging Garden of Babylon
A．Big green trees. B．Lovely flowers. C．Stones. D．Large columns.
71．Which of the following is NOT true
A．The Great Pyramid has used many stones to build.
B．Scientists can prove that the Hanging Garden of Babylon has ever existed.
C．The Lighthouse of Alexandria was in Egypt.
D．The Lighthouse of Alexandria was about 135 meters high.
You must think a computer is the best thing in the world, right You must think it works at a super speed and can do everything Well, it’s not! In fact, the brain is much more powerful than any super computer! Think about when a glass is just about to fall off the table. Your brain controls everything that you need to do to save that glass from falling. First, your eyes check out what’s going on, then tell your brain, and your brain decides how quickly you need to react (反应), and then your muscles (肌肉) go into action. That is just from your brain. No computer could never come close to that !
The brain weighs just 3 pounds, but it controls everything you do from thinking, learning, feeling even breathing and your heart beating. Even though the brain is just 2% of your body weight, it uses around 20% of all your energy in your body. That is a lot for such a small organ (器官). There are about 100 billion tiny, tiny little cells (细胞) in your brain. There are so many that it would take you over 3,000 years to count them all!
Your brain stops growing when you’re 18, but it actually keeps on developing and learning new things. So your parents are really super smart! You won’t be able to fool them! Believe it or not, your brain NEVER stops working. Even during sleeping, the brain works for long-term memory establishment (建立). It is realized that the brain is the second organ in the body as the heart that never stops during human lives.
72．In Paragraph 1, the writer wants to tell us ________.
A．eyes and muscles react quickly
B．the brain controls everything in your body
C．the computer is the best thing in the world
D．the brain is more powerful than any super computer
73．In Paragraph 2, the underlined word “That” refers to (指的是) ________.
A．the body weight B．2% of the body weight
C．all energy in the body D．around 20% of the energy in the body
74．Which is TRUE according to the passage
A．The brain doesn’t work during sleeping.
B．The brain keeps on developing during human lives.
C．The brain keeps growing during human lives.
D．The brain is the only organ that never stops.
75．Which word can best describe the brain according to the passage
A．Magic. B．Quick. C．Light. D．Developing.
76．In which magazine can the passage be found most probably
A．Business. B．Medicine. C．Science. D．Sports.
阅读下面A、B、C、D四篇短文，根据短文内容，从下列各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。
Antarctica Desert Antarctica is a continent (大陆) of ice. There is hardly any rain in Antarctica, so the Antarctic Desert becomes the driest desert in the world. It is also the world’s largest desert by area.
Sahara Desert The Sahara Desert is the hottest of all the deserts on the earth. It covers most parts of North Africa and is similar in size to the land area of the USA．The word “sahara” in Arabic mean s “desert”.
Arabian Desert The Arabian Desert is in Asia on the Arabian peninsula. It covers almost the entire Arabian Peninsula. The sand here has a red-orange color and the surface of the Arabian Desert is covered mainly by sand hills, some gravel plains (砾石平原) and rocky plains.
Mojave Desert The Mojave Desert is in the USA．It is the driest desert on the North American continent. Death Valley, one of the hottest areas in the world, is in the Mojave Desert. Mojave comes from the Spanish word for “beside the water”.
77．Which is the driest desert in the world __________
A．The Antarctica Desert.
B．The Sahara Desert.
C．The Arabian Desert.
D．The Mojave Desert.
78．What is the Sahara __________
A．It is the hottest desert in the world.
B．It is the largest desert in the world.
C．It is the coldest desert in the world.
D．It is the driest desert on the North American continent.
79．What color is the sand in the Arabian Desert __________
A．Red. B．Orange. C．Red-orange. D．Red-yellow.
Wetlands are any land that is flooded with shallow water all or most of the time. They are a natural water holding system.
There are many types of wetlands. Among them, bogs, marshes and swamps are the three main types. The different types of wetlands have different kinds of plants. Only mosses(苔藓)and a few other kinds of plants can grow in bogs. Grassy plants like cattails（香蒲）and reeds(芦苇)are the most common plants in a marsh. A swamp is a forest whose ground is underwater all or most of the time. Unlike bogs or marshes, a swamp is full of trees and bushes. It’s not a good idea to go exploring a swamp without a guide. There are hidden pools of water, thick mud, and sometimes big crocodiles(鳄鱼)looking for their next meal.
Hungry crocodiles aren’t the only animals that make the wetlands their home. Otters, turtles, frogs, snakes and many other animals do too. The water is home to many kinds of fish and crabs. Birds, including ducks, geese and cranes, use wetlands seasonally during their long migrations.
Wetlands are important because they provide habitats for plants and animals. A wetland system can also protect shorelines, make polluted waters clean, prevent floods, and restore underground water supplies.
According to WWF, more than half of the world’s wetlands have disappeared since the beginning of the 20th century. If this continues, countless plant and animal species will surely die out. Without wetlands, cities have to spend more money treating water. Don’t feel helpless. Try to do your part to protect them right now. Here are some ideas.
80．According to Paragraph 2, what can you see in a swamp
A．Mosses. B．Cattails. C．Reeds. D．Trees.
81．According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE
A．Wetlands are a man-made water holding system.
B．There are three types of wetlands in the world.
C．People can not meet with big crocodiles in wetlands.
D．Wetlands can protect shorelines and prevent floods.
82．What is the writer probably going to talk about after Paragraph 5
A．What are the different types of wetlands
B．What will happen if wetlands disappear
C．What actions can people take to protect wetlands
D．What other kinds of plants and animals live in wetlands
Glaciers (冰川) are large bodies of ice and snow. Because they’re so icy, it’s very hard for things to live on them. But glacier mice do somehow.
Of course, glacier mice aren’t mice. They’re round balls of moss (苔藓) that can grow to about the size of a tennis ball. They’re usually found in groups near small rocks on the surface of icy glaciers.
Normal moss can’t form on a glacier, so scientists believe glacier mice probably form around something small, like a bit of dust (尘土). Because staying on the ice too long would kill the moss, glacier mice form into a ball. It allows them to move around, so that their different parts touch the ice at different times.
Some scientists once did an experiment on glacier mice. They put a small device (装置) inside 30 glacier mice to follow their movements. They learned that the mice traveled about 2.5 centimeters (厘米) a day. They seemed to move in groups. They moved in the same direction and at about the same speed, almost like a group of animals. The scientists tested several ideas that might explain how the mice moved together, such as rolling downhill, being blown by the wind, or following the sun. None of these could explain the movement of the glacier mice.
Glacier mice are still a mystery to scientists. For their next experiment, the scientists said they would use cameras to take pictures of the movements of the mice over a long period of time. Are you looking forward to getting the answer
83．Glacier mice are a kind of ________.
A．animal B．plant C．rock D．glacier
84．Why can the glacier mice live on the ice
A．Because they get heat by rolling downhill.
B．Because they live together to fight against the wind.
C．Because they get more light by following the sun in groups.
D．Because they can touch the ice with different parts at different times.
85．How far can the glacier mice move in a year
A．About 10 meters. B．About 2.5 centimeters.
C．About half a kilometer. D．More than 10 kilometers.
86．Which of the following statements is TRUE
A．Scientists know everything about the glacier mice.
B．We have known about how the glacier mice move.
C．There is still something unknown about the glacier mice.
D．Scientists have taken some photos to learn about the movements of the glacier mice.
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1．C 2．B 3．D 4．A 5．C
【导语】本文主要讲述了Emily一家发现鸟因窗户反射而撞死，进而采取措施拯救花园里的鸟的故事。
1．细节理解题。根据“They liked to watch the birds flying among the trees in the garden. They even started to put food out to attract more birds.”可知，他们投放食物是为了看到更多鸟在花园里飞。故选C。
2．细节理解题。根据“Emily went outside and found a small bird dead on the grass.”及“During the next month, five more birds died in the same way.”可知，总共6只鸟死亡。故选B。
3．细节理解题。根据“When the birds were flying, they couldn’t see into the rooms. All they saw was the reflection of the garden. They thought that they were flying into trees”可知，鸟以为前面有更多树，所以飞向窗户。故选D。
4．词句猜测题。根据“There are a couple of tiny feathers stuck on the window.”可知，stuck在此处意为 “粘贴；附着”，与Put up“张贴；放置”意思相近。故选A。
5．主旨大意题。文章主要讲述了Emily一家发现鸟因窗户反射而撞死，进而采取措施拯救花园里的鸟的故事。故选C。
6．D 7．B 8．A 9．B 10．C
【导语】本文主要讲述了尼斯湖怪兽的神秘传说。
6．细节理解题。根据“Others say it looks like a snake.”可知，有人说尼斯湖怪兽看起来像蛇，故选D。
7．细节理解题。根据“The first story about the monster in Loch Ness was told more than 500 years ago, but it spread widely only in the twentieth century.”可知，关于怪兽的第一个故事是在500多年前，故选B。
8．词义猜测题。根据“Several people had taken photos, but at least one of them was a hoax. They were just trying to catch people’s eyes.”可知，后文提到了他们只是想吸引人们的眼球，因此推测hoax是指“骗局”，与“Trick”同义。故选A。
9．细节理解题。根据“During the 1960s, a team was formed to look for the monster.”可知，组建团队是为了寻找怪兽，故选B。
10．主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其根据“There is no real fact that a monster lives in Loch Ness…there are a lot of tourists there.”可知，本文主要讲述了尼斯湖怪兽的神秘传说，故选C。
11．B 12．D 13．A 14．D 15．C
【导语】本文主要介绍了美国西德克萨斯州奇瓦瓦沙漠中的神秘现象——玛法之光。
11．主旨大意题。第一段介绍了玛法之光出现的地点——西德克萨斯州的奇瓦瓦沙漠。故选B。
12．细节理解题。根据“They are about the size of basketballs”可知，玛法之光的大小和篮球差不多。故选D。
13．词句猜测题。根据“A popular interpretation is the lights might have something to do with headlights from cars...”可知，此处是对玛法之光的一种“解释”。故选A。
14．主旨大意题。第三段主要介绍了人们对玛法之光成因的不同看法，但并非所有现象都能轻易解释，因此本段主要说明玛法之光的成因尚不明确。故选D。
15．最佳标题题。通读全文可知，文章主要介绍了玛法之光的神秘现象及其未解之谜。故选C。
16．D 17．C 18．D 19．B 20．A
【导语】本文通过讲述了艾琳在律师事务所工作时帮助了欣克利的人们这件事，介绍了艾琳的人生经历。
16．细节理解题。根据“A law firm (律师事务所) helped her deal with it, so she decided to work for them later.”可知，艾琳非常感谢这家律师事务所。故选D。
17．词义猜测题。根据“Erin believed that the cause of their sickness was the chromium in their drinking water.”艾琳认为他们生病的原因是饮用水中的铬。可知，这里的cause是“原因”的意思，与Reason表达的意思相同。故选C。
18．细节理解题。根据“She planned to do something for them.”可知，艾琳发现真相后打算帮助病人。故选D。
19．段落大意题。根据“Erin started a law case (诉讼) against the factory. It wasn’t happy about this. They didn’t agree that the people were ill because of the water—but in 1996 the judge (法官) ordered the factory to pay the people in Hinkley $500,000 each.”可知，艾琳通过法律途径来帮助欣克利的人民。故选B。
20．主旨大意题。根据“In 2000, there was a film about Erin Julia Roberts played Erin and the film was very successful. Now Erin is famous—she has her own company and she gives talks all over the world.”可知，本文介绍了艾琳的人生经历。故选A。
21．A 22．C 23．B 24．D 25．C
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了两个发生在警察身上的故事。
21．细节理解题。根据“Mr. Smith is telling two funny stories of his police work”可知，史密斯先生是个警察。故选A。
22．细节理解题。根据“He just wanted to return it to the shop for money”可知，这个人并不是真的小偷，所以史密斯先生抓错了。故选C。
23．细节理解题。根据“his wife gave him the sweater for his birthday, but he hated it”可知，因为这个人讨厌这件毛衣。故选B。
24．细节理解题。根据“We told him that his name and address were on the front of the envelope he used”可知，能抓住他是因为信封的正面上有他的名字和地址。故选D。
25．推理判断题。根据“He couldn’t believe that we found him so quickly. We told him that his name and address were on the front of the envelope he used”可知，鲍勃用带有自己名字和地址的信封作案，说明他很粗心。故选C。
26．A 27．B 28．B 29．A 30．B
【导语】本文主要介绍了神秘的狮身人面像。
26．主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了狮身人面像的一些信息。故选A。
27．细节理解题。根据第二段中的“The nose, eyes and ears have been carved in accurate proportion (比例).”可知，文中提到了鼻子、眼睛和耳朵。但没有提到嘴巴。故选B。
28．细节理解题。根据第二段中的“That’s not easy for an object 72 meters long and 20 meters high.”可知，大家知道狮身人面像的尺寸。故选B。
29．细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Many earlier pictures of the Sphinx show it with wings, the body of a lion, and the face of a man.”可知，许多早期的狮身人面像照片显示它有翅膀、狮子的身体和男人的脸。故选A。
30．细节理解题。根据第二段中的“...both natural erosion (侵蚀) and people’s damage have changed its shape”可知，自然侵蚀和人为破坏都改变了它的形状。故选B。
31．D 32．A 33．D
【导语】本文讲述了作者经常半夜遇到一位老人的奇特经历，以此告诉我们要多回家看望父母。
31．细节理解题。根据“Someone walked alone in the dark and this always made me scared.”可知，作者那时很害怕。故选D。
32．细节理解题。根据“It’s said that he was a soldier many years ago.”可知，这个邻居年轻时是一名士兵。故选A。
33．主旨大意题。根据“We should often go back home even though we’re busy with work.”以及通读全文可知，本文讲述了作者经常半夜遇到一位老人的奇特经历，以此告诉我们要多回家看望父母。故选D。
34．D 35．A 36．B 37．B 38．C
【导语】本文介绍了了解海洋的重要性。
34．推理判断题。根据“Though oceans cover about 71 percent of the earth’s surface, there’s still a lot we don’t know about them.…”可知列举的数字表明，尽管海洋覆盖地球的71%，但是我们仍然知之甚少。故选D。
35．推理判断题。根据“In fact, for a long time many scientists didn’t even think that there could be any life at depths greater than 550 meters and didn’t see much need to explore the deep sea.”和“Since then, high technology has been developed to help explore the deep sea, including satellites.”可知探索深海需要高科技的帮助。故选A。
36．词义推断题。根据“Though we have the difficulties, it’s important that we understand the seas.”可知虽然我们有困难，但了解海洋是很重要的。此处they指代上文的seas。故选B。
37．细节理解题。根据“Our future depends on learning more about our oceans, and it is possible for us to really understand what is ongoing below the surface.”可知我们的未来取决于更多地了解我们的海洋，说明海洋对我们的未来有很大影响。故选B。
38．最佳标题题。本文主要介绍了探索海洋的重要性，根据“Since then, high technology has been developed to help explore the deep sea, including satellites. But why is deep-sea exploration still so difficult ”可知主要是介绍深海探究的现状，并不是过去与未来。故选C。
39．D 40．C 41．A
【导语】本文是一篇说明文，讲述了什么是黑洞以及它的一些特征。
39．细节理解题。根据“They look like dark circles with a bright ring around the outside.”可知，黑洞就是周边有着明亮圆环的黑圈。故选D。
40．推理判断题。根据“This photo can help us learn more about them.”可知，黑洞照片有助于我们对黑洞有更多的了解。故选C。
41．推理判断题。这是一篇科普文章，可推测，一般能在科学杂志上看到。故选A。
42．D 43．A 44．D 45．B 46．C
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了擦鞋男孩Charlie把中奖彩票归还给主人并因此获得了上学的机会，从而告诉我们：做好事是会带来好运的。
42．细节理解题。根据第一段中“He cleans shoes for people...”可知，Charlie在咖啡厅为别人擦鞋。故选D。
43．词义猜测题。根据第三段中“Lucky numbers! One dollar for a ticket!”和第五段内容可知，lottery tickets应该是“彩票”的意思。故选A。
44．推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句可知，Charlie第二天把彩票还给了那个年轻人，D项正确。故选D。
45．推理判断题。通读全文，尤其根据最后一段最后两句可知，Charlie因归还中奖彩票而获得了上学的机会，所以彩票上的数字对于Charlie来说是幸运的。故选B。
46．推理判断题。本文讲述了Charlie因归还中奖彩票而获得了上学的机会，从而告诉我们：做好事会带来好运。故选C。
47．C 48．D 49．A 50．B
【导语】本文讲述了来自浙江杭州的刘树宁和林晨想把现代艺术和青年文化与传统文化结合起来。
47．细节理解题。根据“The posters use the style of woodblock New Year paintings, which are a form of intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) in China. Called ‘nianhua’ in Chinese, this style of art dates back to the Western Han Dynasty.”可知，它们有着悠久的历史。故选C。
48．细节理解题。根据“We want to show that young people are still interested in traditional culture.”可知，他们这样设计的目的是让年轻人热爱传统文化，故选D。
49．词句猜测题。根据“They used these cats as models. They designed a carpet(地毯) using the traditional ‘six children pattern’—six children making up a circle and sharing three heads—but the children were replaced with dogs and cats.”（他们用这些猫作为模型。他们设计了一种地毯，使用传统的“六个孩子图案”——六个孩子围成一个圈，共用三个头——但孩子们换成了猫狗。）结合选项可知，此处的replace表示“代替”，故选A。
50．最佳标题题。根据“They wanted to mix modern art and youth culture with traditional culture.”以及通读全文可知，本文讲述了来自浙江杭州的刘树宁和林晨想把现代艺术和青年文化与传统文化结合起来。故选B。
51．A 52．D 53．A 54．C
【导语】本文主要讲述了梅尔捡到了一个钱包和妈妈一起还给失主的故事。我们从中悟出了一个道理：善有善报。
51．细节理解题。根据“Mel found a wallet on her way back home”可知，钱包是在梅尔回家的路上捡到的，故选A。
52．细节理解题。根据“She looked inside the wallet. ‘It could be Mrs. Maka’s,’ she said. ‘We’ll have to take it to her right now.’ Mrs. Maka was very pleased to get her wallet back.”可知，梅尔和妈妈一起把钱包还给了玛卡太太，故选D。
53．推理判断题。根据“Mel, my clay pot won a prize—1,000 dollars and a red bike! I can’t ride a bike. Would you like it”可知，玛卡太太赢得了一辆自行车，但是她不会骑，询问梅尔是否想要，因此可推知梅尔得到了这辆自行车，她的梦想实现了。故选A。
54．主旨大意题。文章主要通过梅尔把钱包还给了玛卡太太，最后玛卡太太把中奖的自行车给了梅尔的故事，让我们明白了善有善报的道理，故选C。
55．D 56．D 57．C 58．C
【导语】本文是关于水晶头骨的一些争论：有些人认为这些头骨是中美洲人在几千年前制造的，有的人认为它们具有治病的特殊能力，但科学家们可以确定的是这些头骨的历史比人们想象的要短。
55．细节理解题。根据“Some stories say they have special powers (能力), such as the ability to make sick people well.”可知，有些故事说水晶头骨能让生病的人康复。故选D。
56．推理判断题。根据“Because of this, scientists are certain the skulls are not thousands of years old. Instead, they think the skulls are from the 19th century.”可知，科学家们确信这些头骨并没有几千年的历史；相反，他们认为这些头骨来自19世纪。由此推知，这些头骨的历史比人们想象的要短。故选D。
57．词句猜测题。根据“Scientists say this is also evidence to show they are not really Mesoamerican.”可知，科学家表示，这也是证明他们不是真正的中美洲人的证据。因此“evidence”表示“证据”。故选C。
58．主旨大意题。根据“For years, those mysterious crystal skulls have caused a lot of discussion. Even now, no one knows exactly who made them, and no one can say when.”可知，本文是关于水晶头骨的一些争论。故选C。
59．A 60．B 61．C 62．A 63．B
【导语】本文讲述了怀特先生半夜两次听到门铃声，他打开门却什么也没发现，最后才知道是隔壁的英国小男孩跟他开的愚人节玩笑。
59．细节理解题。根据“Mr. White was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the bell ring.”可知，怀特先生正要准备睡觉。故选A。
60．推理判断题。根据“Mr. White jumped out of bed very quickly and rushed to the door. He opened it, but again he found no one there.”可推知，他想知道来访者是谁。故选B。
61．推理判断题。根据“It is now after midnight (午夜), so it is April Fool’s Day. April fool to you!”可推知，愚人节那天人们可以互相开玩笑。故选C。
62．词句猜测题。根据怀特先生说“Oh, it was the English boy next door!”这句话时的状态，可猜测出“exclaimed”表示“惊叫”。故选A。
63．推理判断题。根据“and almost smiled”可推知，怀特先生知道小男孩是跟他开玩笑，没有恶意，对他很友好。故选B。
64．B 65．C 66．A 67．C 68．D
【导语】本文叙述了一位老人驾驶一辆马车，由于马车上的灯不亮而被警察拦截的故事。
64．词义猜测题。根据“An old man was going home late one night with his horse and cart after a day’s hard work.”可推知，cart是一种交通工具，且与马有关的应该是马车，所以单词“cart”指的是“马车”，故选B。
65．细节理解题。根据“He was near his home, so he went along the road without a light. When a policeman saw this, he stopped the old man.”可知，警察在老人的家附近拦下了他。故选C。
66．细节理解题。根据“No man may take a cart along the road at night without a light. You know that. You have broken the law.”可知，是因为他马车上的灯不亮了，所以他被警察拦住了，故选A。
67．细节理解题。根据“The old man quickly took the policeman’s hand and put it down on the top of the light. The light was still hot and burnt the policeman’s hand.”可知，由于灯还有余热，老人通过让警察摸灯从而相信他所说的话。故选C。
68．细节理解题。根据“The old man quickly took the policeman’s hand and put it down on the top of the light. The light was still hot and burnt the policeman’s hand.”可知，警察因为手被烫而感到生气，故选D。
69．C 70．D 71．B
【导语】本文主要介绍了世界三大人造奇观——埃及金字塔、古巴比伦空中花园以及亚历山大灯塔。
69．细节理解题。根据The Pyramids of Egypt描述中的“It took twenty years to build it.”可知，建造金字塔花费了20年。故选C。
70．细节理解题。根据Hanging Garden of Babylon描述中的“Many parts of the garden were high up on large columns (支柱). ”可知，巨大的柱子抬高了花园的许多部分。故选D。
71．细节理解题。根据Hanging Garden of Babylon描述中的“Although there are many different ideas about the garden, we are not sure whether this wonder ever existed (存在)!”可知，人们并不确定这个奇观是否存在过，因此B项叙述错误。故选B。
72．D 73．D 74．B 75．A 76．C
【导语】本文是一篇说明文，文章主要介绍了人类大脑的相关知识。
72．细节理解题。根据“In fact, the brain is much more powerful than any super computer!”和第一段内容可知第一段主要告诉我们大脑比任何超级计算机都强大，故选D。
73．词义猜测题。根据“Even though the brain is just 2% of your body weight, it uses around 20% of all your energy in your body. That is a lot for such a small organ”可知这里应是指20%的能量对于如此小的一个器官来说太多了。故选D。
74．细节理解题。根据“Your brain stops growing when you’re 18, but it actually keeps on developing and learning new things.”可知大脑虽然18岁时停止生长，但是却一直保持发展和学习新东西，故选B。
75．推理判断题。根据文章可知如此小的人脑居然能够比任何超级计算机更强大，居然能够使用人体能量的20%，结合备选项推测应该说人脑是神奇的。故选A。
76．推理判断题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍人脑的相关知识，从而推断，文章可能来自科学杂志，故选C。
77．A 78．A 79．C
【导语】本文主要介绍了几个沙漠。
77．细节理解题。根据“so the Antarctic Desert becomes the driest desert in the world”可知南极沙漠成为世界上最干燥的沙漠。故选A。
78．细节理解题。根据“The Sahara Desert is the hottest of all the deserts on the earth”可知撒哈拉沙漠是地球上最热的沙漠。故选A。
79．细节理解题。根据“The sand here has a red-orange color”可知这里的沙子呈橙红色。故选C。
80．D 81．D 82．C
【导语】本文主要介绍了三种不同的湿地，不同的湿地有不同的植物和动物，而且湿地很重要，所以我们要采取行动保护湿地。
80．细节理解题。根据“ a swamp is full of trees and bushes”可知在沼泽地里有树木和灌木。故选D。
81．细节理解题。根据“ wetland system can also protect shorelines, make polluted waters clean, prevent floods”可知湿地系统还可以保护海岸线、防止洪水。故选D。
82．推理判断题。根据“Try to do your part to protect them right now. Here are some ideas”可知接下来会介绍应如何保护湿地。故选C。
83．B 84．D 85．A 86．C
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了在冰川上生存的一种植物——冰川老鼠，但关于冰川老鼠还有一些未解之谜。
83．细节理解题。根据“They’re round balls of moss that can grow to about the size of a tennis ball.”可知，冰川老鼠是一种植物。故选B。
84．细节理解题。根据“It allows them to move around, so that their different parts touch the ice at different times.”可知，冰川老鼠能生活在冰上是因为它们可以在不同的时间段用不同部位接触冰，这样就不会因为长期接触冰而被冻死。故选D。
85．推理判断题。根据“They learned that the mice traveled about 2.5 centimeters a day.”可知，冰川老鼠一年能移动2.5×365=912.5厘米，即大约10米。故选A。
86．细节理解题。根据“Glacier mice are still a mystery to scientists.”可知，关于冰川老鼠还有一些未解之谜。C项表述正确。故选C。
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