2019年中考英语二轮专题阅读理解：综合篇及答案（北京篇）

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2019中考英语阅读理解：综合篇及答案（北京篇）
（一）
A (丰台一模)
The chart below shows the common health problems that happen to the people who often use the Internet for over four hours at a time. The numbers by Y-axis shows percentage (百分比) of the people who have a certain problem.

( ) 45. How many physical problems does the chart show?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.
( ) 46. ______ of the people may have stomachache according to the chart.
A. 70%. B. 60%. C. 50%. D. 30%.
( ) 47. Which is the third biggest problem according to the chart?
A. Bad sleep. B. Bad eyesight.
C. High blood pressure. D. Stomachache.

B. (丰台一模)
Robinson was born in a poor family. At seven, he had to pick coal in a deserted mine near his home, and then he sold what he had picked and earned a few coins to help his parents. He had no schooling, for being so poor, how could they afford school fees?
When he was fifteen, he worked as a servant in a school. Looking at other children studying in the classroom, he felt sorry for himself. In the day time, after the sweeping and cleaning was over, he could stand by the window outside the classroom trying to catch what the teacher said. At night, he tried his best to remember what he learned during the day. He worked so hard at the lesson that he sometimes had just three or four hours’ sleep. The more he learned, the greater interest he had. A maths teacher discovered him and came to like this diligent (勤奋的) boy and allowed him to sit at the back of the class. In one exam, he came first in grade in the whole school. He would have been given the scholarship if he had been a regular boy of the school.
Robinson struggled through six long years with his study of maths and wrote several articles which caught the attention of some university professors. They appreciated (欣赏)his diligence as well as his cleverness. To give him the better chance they hired him as a librarian (图书管理员)and offered him free guidance. Robinson was filled with joy, for he felt that before him there was a broad road leading to success. (264 w)
( ) 48. When he was very small, Robinson didn’t go to school because _____ .
A. there was no school there B. his family was poor
C. the school didn’t want him D. he didn’t like school
( ) 49. When he was a teenager, Robinson _____.
A. went to school B. left school
C. lived in a school D. worked in a school
( ) 50. At the end of the story, Robinson was sure that he ____ .
A. would no longer worry about his future life
B. would work in the library for a long time
C. would become successful in business
D. would become successful in learning
( ) 51. The best title for the passage is _____.
A. Diligence Makes a Success
B. Cleverness Makes a Success
C. A Boy’s Early life
D. A Boy’s Early Education

C. (丰台一模)
“You don’t listen!” says your friend.
When you answer, “But I do. I can repeat every word you just said!” It doesn’t seem to be good enough.
“No,” she says, “you don’t listen.”
What’s wrong? Scientists tell us that words give us only 35 percent of what we mean. The rest? Body language. In other words, you may hear the words but not the “tune”.
Body language. You know about the hitchhiker’s thumb. That sign is clear. But what is the sign for a pretty girl? An Arab strokes his beard (捋胡须). An Italian pulls on one of his ear lobes (耳垂). An Englishman looks slowly away.
Body language, if you look for it, is all over the place.
When two people like each other, they show it. They hold their bodies straighter. Eyes are bright. Skin may be pinker. And each preens. The girl works with her hair. The boy combs his hair, straightens his tie – or his shirt – and pulls up his socks.
When you are looking at the other person, you show interest. When you fail to make eye contact, you give the impression that the other person is of no importance.
Words are only part of talking. The rest takes in body movements, dress, eye contact, and, of course, the tone of the voice. Recently I went to a meeting of some teachers. Two teachers were arguing. What the lady was saying was polite enough. Her voice, though, gave her away. It kept getting higher and angrier by the minute. She was saying – in words – that there were two sides to the matter. But what she was really saying – with her tone of voice – was “I hate you!” When the man told her that she was showing anger by her voice – and her whole body – she did not agree. She was not aware of her real feelings. But her body language told the story.
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( ) 52. We come to know about ______ for a pretty girl in different places.
A. one sign B. two signs C. three signs D. four signs
( ) 53. If you “hear the words, but don’t get the tune,” it means that you ______.
A. didn’t hear what the person said to you
B. didn’t get the person’s real message
C. didn’t listen to the person
D. didn’t notice the person’s tone of voice
( ) 54. People who like each other show it by _____ according to the passage.
A. telling each other about it
B. holding their bodies straight
C. looks and dress
D. body language
( ) 55. This passage means to tell us that ____.
A. body language and words are both important
B. body language helps people understand others fully
C. there are different kinds of body language
D. it’s important to know some examples of body language

D （年丰台一模）

Almost everyone is afraid of something – snakes, heights, public speaking and so on.
It is normal and can even be helpful to experience fear sometimes. In dangerous situations, fear can keep our bodies alert (警醒的) so that we can act quickly to protect ourselves.
But for some people, fear develops into a “phobia”, which is a strong and unreasonable fear of something. For example, most of us feel a little scared when looking down from a tall building. But people with height phobia may have trouble breathing, feel dizzy or turn down a great job just because the company is on the 20th floor.
Phobias can prevent you from living a normal life. “People with spider phobia would stay out of their home or dorm room for days if they thought a spider was present,” Katherina Hauner, a researcher at Northwestern University, US, told ABC News. This is why scientists have been trying to find a cure for this disease.
Since fear comes from experience-from what we are told, what we see others experience and what happens to us-some scientists think if they can “rewrite” these unpleasant memories, they might be able to help people overcome their phobias.
In a study by Katherina Hauner and other scientists, participants with spider phobia were asked to first touch a spider with a paintbrush. Seeing that it was not actually dangerous, they then tried touching it while wearing a glove. Finally, they could hold it with their hands.
Certain medicine has also been found to be helpful. Back in 2010, researchers at the University of Hiroshima, Japan, injected a special medicine into a fish-who was afraid of light-to turn off the fear center in its brain. From then on, the fish no longer feared light.
While the search for solutions to phobias is making great progress, it’s an open question whether getting rid of (去除) fear is good. Some people want to use these methods to make soldiers fight harder in wars by taking away their sense of fear. Dave Smithson of the charity Anxiety UK has his own idea. “It’s fear that prevents us from doing crazy things,” he says. “There’s a name for people who don’t have fear of consequences: psychopaths(精神变态者)“
56．The expression “overcome” probably means “______”.
A.control B. beat C. weaken D. repeat
57．What can we learn from the passage?
A．People with spider phobia could be cured by touching a spider.
B．People with height phobia would lose his great job in a high building.
C．People would feel scared when seeing others frightened by something.
D．People have found certain medicine to help soldiers fight harder in wars.
58．Which of the following would Dave Smithson probably agree with?
A．Without fear, people would be braver.
B．We shouldn’t let fear affect our decision.
C．Fear stops us from doing some creative things.
D．Fear can help avoid taking unnecessary chances.
59．What is probably the best title for this passage?
A．Why is fear helpful?
B．Is fear good or not?
C．How do we treat fear?
D．When should fear be treated?

45. D 46. C 47. B 48. B 49. D 50. D 51. A
52. C 53. B 54. D 55. B 56. B 57. C 58. D 59. D

(二)
A （石景山一模）
Take a look at the following advertisements! You may find some useful information you need here!
Guitar lessons Experienced musician from Australia. Good at teaching kids for many years! For more information, please visit Larry’s website: www.music.com.au.
Lost dog Medium size, with brown spots and white short hair. Answer you when you call it David. Many thanks for sending it back. Call at 7328059.
Taxi driver wanted Full time or part time. Good knowledge of the city is necessary. English is also a must. Under 45 years old. Call Mr White at 5132683.
House for sale Two bedrooms, a kitchen and a bathroom. Hot water 8:00 am-6:00 pm. Beautiful sights out of the windows. Write to Mr Black. E-mail: sdgt@163.com

45. You may visit www.music.com.au to _____.
A. buy a house B. have a guitar lesson
C. have a dog D. get a job
46. If you are interested in the house, you can write to _____.
A. Larry B. David C. Mr Black D. Mr White
47. You can call 5132683 to get the job as _____.
A. a taxi driver B. a dog keeper
C. a guitar teacher D. a house seller
B （石景山一模）
The first Starbucks（星巴克） coffee shop opened in 1971 in Seattle, Washington, in the United States. It was a small coffee shop and it made its own coffee beans. The coffee shop’s business did well. By 1981 there were three more Starbucks stores in Seattle.
Things really began to change for the company in 1981. That year, Howard Schultz met three men. They are the owners of Starbucks. At that time, Schultz worked in New York for a company that makes kitchen things. He noticed that Starbucks ordered some special coffee makers, so he wanted to know something about the company. Schultz went to Seattle to have a look, and he liked what he saw. He wanted to become part of the company. In 1982, the Starbucks owners hired Schultz as the company’s manger.
In 1983, Schultz traveled to Italy. The special atmosphere（气氛） of the coffee bars there caught his eyes. To Schultz it seemed that Italians spent their daily lives in three places: home, work, and coffee bars. His experience in Italy gave Schultz a new idea for Starbucks back in Seattle.
Schultz created an atmosphere for Starbucks coffee shop that was comfortable and casual（随意的）, and customers everywhere seemed to like it. Between 1987 and 1992, Starbucks opened 150 new stores - and that was only the beginning. By the year 2000, three new Starbucks stores opened somewhere around the world every day!
Today, Starbucks has thousands of stores, including stores in twenty-six countries. Do you know why Starbucks succeed in cities outside the United States? One way is that Starbucks works with local（当地的）stores and restaurants. By working together with a store already in the city, Starbucks has a good understanding of customers in the city. This understanding helps Starbucks open stores in the right places for their customers.
48. By 1981 there were ____ Starbucks stores in Seattle.
A. five B. four C. three D. two
49. By the year 2000, Starbucks ______.
A. opened 150 new stores B. made coffee machines
C. grew quickly all over the world D. was still a small company
50. What does the underlined word “hire” mean?
A. Refuse to accept. B. Pay someone for a job.
C. Be angry with. D. Be afraid of
51. What helped Starbucks succeed in places outside the United States?
A. Only selling locally produced coffee beans.
B. Working with other coffee-making companies.
C. Opening restaurants in some places each year.
D. Learning about local customers.
C （石景山一模）
People have always wanted to speak with animals. There are many books about this, especially children books. Now there are also movies, such as Dr. Doolittle. When you watch animals, it seems clear that they can communicate with each other. Many people wonder why people can’t also communicate with them.
Scientists know how some animals communicate. Bees, for example, use their bodies. They do a kind of dance to give information about food. Birds, on the other hand, share information with sounds. They use certain sounds to protect their homes and to stay together when they fly. Some male（雄性） birds use lovely songs to attract a female（雌性）. Other animals communicate with both body movements and sounds. For example, dogs wag（摇摆） their tails（尾巴） when they are happy, and they bark（吠） when they are excited.
People used to think it was possible to teach human language to animals. Parrots and other birds, for example, can learn to say words. But the birds just repeat the words. They don’t understand them. Some American scientists tried to teach English to chimpanzees, close relatives of human beings. However, this was impossible. Chimpanzees can’t move their mouths the right way. They could never learn to speak like people.
Then scientists tried to teach human language to chimpanzees in other ways. Some tried with American Sign Language (ASL). Others tried with a simple computer. But chimpanzees could only learn to use a few words. They could never learn to use grammar. Their brains are very different from the brains of human beings.
Now some scientists are studying the same points between human and animal language. In fact, some animals use sounds like people do. Dogs, for example, use an unpleasant, low sound to tell other dogs to stay away. People, too, use that kind of voice to say the same things. A dog’s noisy bark communicates that something is happening. People use the same high tone when they shout, “Watch out!”
Scientists want to understand the language of other animals, such as whales and bears. To do this, they go out to the animals’ natural homes. They watch the animals for days or even years. They take pictures and make tapes recordings and share the information with other scientists. In this way, they hope to learn more about the way animals communicate, and maybe someday we’ll be able to communicate better with them.

52. Some birds can learn to say words, ______.
A. but they don’t really know the meaning
B. and they make up new words, too
C. and they use grammar, too
D. but they forget them quickly
53. Dogs and people use ______.
A. words when they communicate
B. different sounds to mean the same thing
C. a low sound to keep others away
D. a high sound to keep others away
54. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Bees communicate by making a noise
B. Dogs wag their tails when they are angry.
C. Chimpanzees can learn to use some grammar.
D. Birds use sounds to stay together
55. This passage is mainly about ______.
A. how scientists communicate with each other
B. how scientists are studying animals’ communication
C. how people might communicate with animals
D. how animals communicate with each other

D（石景山一模）
Thousands of teenagers will be able to move to a new wave of “studio schools” at the age of 14 to improve their chances of finding a job in UK. Twelve new-style schools are open to act as a bridge to the workplace and cut the number of NEETs.
Under plans, schools will operate longer days and work outside standard school terms.
Each teenager will be expected to spend between four hours and two days a week on work placements with business related to the school and a personal coach will be sent to the teenagers to act as a school “line manager”.
The reforms (改革) are put forward because of the fears that too many teenagers are finishing full-time education at present but they are short of the skills needed to succeed in the workplace. According to a recent report, more than two thirds of employers (雇主) believe school and college leavers have less important employability skills, while 55% say they are unable to manage their time or daily routine. And the number of NEETs who are not in education has hit a record high, with almost one-in-five young people being left without a job or a training place.
The Department for Education will tell the public the building of 12 studio schools – providing for around 3,600 teenagers – in areas such as Liverpool, Stevenage, Stock-on-Trent and Fulham, west London. Each one will be connected to the local employers. Under plans, teenagers will be able to move out of ordinary schools to attend them between the ages of 14 and 19.
The government said all subjects would be taught “through projects, often prepared with employers” – with rules such as science being connected directly to local engineering companies or hospitals. Schools will operate a longer day to give teenagers a better understanding of the needs of the workplace. Along with their studies, students will carry out work placements for four hours a week, rising to two days a week of paid work for those aged 16 to 19. They will also get the chance to take professional qualifications (专业资历) connected directly to the needs of local employers.
56. According to the passage, NEETs refer to those who ______.
A. often miss classes from studio school
B. prefer studio schools to ordinary schools
C. refuse to take any part-time job after school
D. are not in education, employment or training
57. Compared to ordinary schools, studio schools will offer the young more ______.
A. skills to finish full-time education
B. personal coaches to help with the work
C. chances to get future jobs with job training
D. jobs to make money without going outside
58. What makes the government decide to build studio schools?
A. The worry about educated teenagers short of working skills.
B. The doubt about whether full-time education is perfect.
C. The decision to solve the problems of unemployment.
D. The increasing number of teens who drop out early.
59. What can be the best title for the passage?
A. Studio schools are popular in UK at present.
B. More NEETs will find jobs from Studio schools.
C. Teenagers will get jobs without full-time education.
D. Studio schools are built to improve teens’ employability skills.

45. B 46. C 47. A 48. B 49. C 50. B
51. D 52. A 53. C 54. D 55. B 56. D 57. C 58. A 59. D

（三）
( A ) （西城二模）
Internet Activities
About 63% of American adults go online. That is about 128 million people. Here are the kinds of things they do and the percent of those who can use the Internet.
Send e-mails 93 %
Use a search engine to find information 84 %
Look for a product before buying it 78 %
Check the weather 75 %
Get travel information 73 %
Get news 72 %
Buy a product 65 %
Play a game 39 %
Listen to music 34 %
Chat in a chat room 25 %
Download music files to your computer 20 %

45. How many American adults go online?
A. 80 million. B. 63 million. C. 128 million. D.200 million.
46. More people use the Internet to ________ than do anything else.
A. send e-mails
B. check the weather
C. look for a product before buying it
D. use a search engine to find information
47. The number of people who download music files to their computers is about ________ million.
A. 5 B. 10 C. 20 D. 25
( B ) （西城二模）
A worldwide food shortage is getting more and more serious for the lives of millions.
The period of cheap food is over. In Cameroon, 24 people have been killed in food riots (暴乱) since February. In the past month, there have been food riots in eight other countries.
Ban Ki-Moon said that higher food prices risked (冒险) sweeping away progress towards solving poverty (being poor) problems and could harm the world’s growth and safety.
WHAT CAUSED THE PRICE RISES?
The rise in the price of crops may result from many things. For example, the sudden need of food crops for use in biofuels (生物燃料), in both Europe and the United States. The rice-growing land in countries such as the Philippines is being lost to industrialization and urbanization (城市化), while the growing need for meat and dairy products is leading farmers to give up rice growing. Flooding and cold weather in rice-producing countries have also hit production.
WHO IS WORST INFLUENCED?
The food price rise hits the poor hardest. Food makes up about 10 to 20 percent of home spending in developed countries, but as much as 60 to 80 per cent in developing countries.
The World Food Programme has warned that we could be living in a world of food supply imbalances (不平衡) until 2010 at least.
WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT?
In the short term, farmers in the developed world are likely to be attracted (吸引) by high prices and try to grow more crops. The signs are that Europe’s farmers will grow 13 per cent more crops this year.
In the developing world, things are less certain, because the poorest in Africa and India have been selling their tools and their animals just to buy food.
For the poorest, recovery (恢复) is more difficult and help will be needed. The balance will finally be repaired --- nearly half of the world’s possible farming land is unused.

48. What worldwide problem is the passage talking about?
A. There’re food riots in nine countries.
B. 24 people have been killed since February.
C. There’s no enough food for millions of people.
D. Industrialization make people give up rice growing
49. Which is NOT the cause of food price rises?
A. Developed countries need crops for biofuels.
B. Urbanization uses more farming land.
C. Bad weather makes less food production.
D. The farmers don’t like to grow rice.
50. In most Chinese families, ______ percent of the home spending is on food.
A. 10 B. 20 C. 30 D. 70
51. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Europe’s farmers will become much richer because of higher prices.
B. The higher food prices may harm the world’s growth and safety.
C. The food supply problem will disappear soon in the poorest countries.
D. We need buy and store much food for the future at the moment.

( C ) （西城二模）
Around twenty years ago I was living in Seattle and going through hard times. I could not find a satisfying job and I found this especially difficult as I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree.
To my shame I was driving a school bus to make ends meet and living with friends. I had been through five interviews with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not get the job.
Later that afternoon, while doing my rounds through a quiet neighborhood I had an internal (inside) wave — like a scream (尖叫) — come up from deep inside me and I thought “Why has my life become so hard?” …
Immediately after this internal scream I pulled the bus over to drop off a little girl and as she passed she handed me an earring saying I should keep it in case somebody looked for it. The earring was stamped with words ‘BE HAPPY’.
At first I got angry. Then it hit me. I had been putting all of my energies into what was wrong with my life rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a list of 50 things I was thankful to.
At first it was hard, then it got easier. One day I decided to up it to 75. That night there was a phone call for me, asking if I would do a one-day training for 200 hospital workers. I said yes and got the job.
My day with the hospital workers went very well. I got a standing welcome and many more days of work. To this day I KNOW that it was because I changed my attitude (态度) to gratitude.
By chance, the day after I found the earring the girl asked me if anyone had looked for it. I told her no and she said “I guess it was meant for you then.”
I spent the next year doing training workshops all around the Seattle area and then decided to risk everything and go back to Scotland where I had lived before. I closed my one man business and bought a plane ticket. One month later I met my wonderful English wife and best friend of 15 years now. We live in a small beautiful house in Scotland.
‘THE ONLY ATTITUDE IS GRATITUDE’ has been my motto (座右铭) for years now and yes, it completely changed my life.

52. What does the underlined word it mean?
A. To make a list of things he was thankful to
B. The words “BE HAPPY”
C. To forget that his life became so hard
D. The special earring the girl gave to the writer
53. The word gratitude means being ________.
A. thankful B. open C. careful D. kind
54. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. The writer made a list of 75 things he was thankful to.
B. The writer’s wife has been his best friend for 15 years.
C. The writer has lived in Seattle since 20 years ago.
D. The writer did the training for 200 hospital workers.
55. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Attitude and Gratitude. B. The Girl and I.
C. Be Happy. D. The Earring.

D （石景山一模）
According to an official report on youth violence（暴力）, “The greatest danger to the lives of children is not disease or food shortage, but violence”. Why aren’t students taught to manage conflict（冲突）the way they are taught to solve math problems, drive cars, or stay physically fit?
First of all, students need to realize that conflict is unavoidable. A report on violence among middle school students shows that most violence between students begin with small things. For example, a fight could start over the fact that one student eats a peanut butter sandwich each lunchtime. Laughter over the sandwich can then lead to a fight. The problem isn’t in the sandwich, but in the way students deal with the conflict.
Once students realize that conflict is unavoidable, they can practice the golden rule of staying calm（平静的）. Once the student feels calmer, he or she should choose words that will calm the other person down as well. Rude words only make things worse. On the other hand, soft words can put out the fire before it is out of control.
After both sides have calmed down, they can use another key way to help: listening. Listening allows the two sides to understand each other. One person should describe his or her side, and the other person should listen without getting in a word. Afterwards, the listener can ask some questions to make the speaker’s position clear. Then the two people should change roles.
Finally, students need to consider what they are hearing. This doesn’t mean trying to work out what’s wrong with the other person. It means understanding what both sides are trying to deal with. For example, a shouting match over a peanut butter sandwich might happen because one person thinks the other person is unwilling to try new things. Students need to ask themselves questions such as these: How did this start? What do I really want? What am I afraid of? As the problem becomes clearer, the conflict often simply becomes smaller.
There will always be conflict in schools, but that doesn’t mean there needs to be violence. Learning to resolve conflicts can help students deal with friends, teachers, parents and coworkers. In that way, conflict resolution（解决）is a basic life skill that should be taught in schools across the country.
56. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The lives of school children.
B. The causes of fights in schools.
C. How to explain youth violence.
D. How to deal with school conflicts.
57. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?
A. A small conflict can lead to violence.
B. Students seem to lose their temper easily.
C. Violence is more likely to happen at lunchtime.
D. The eating habit of a student often causes a fight.
58. Why do students need to ask themselves the questions in Paragraph 5?
A. To make clear what the real problem is.
B. To find out who should take responsibility.
C. To show more considerations for both sides.
D. To work out how to stop the shouting match.
59. What’s the writer’s purpose for writing this passage?
A. To tell the latest studies on school violence.
B. To teach students different skills for school life.
C. To describe some problems in school education.
D. To suggest teaching conflict management in schools.

45. C 46. A 47. D 48. C 49. D 50. D 51.B
52. A 53. A 54. C 55. C 56. D 57. A 58. A 59. D

（四）
（A） (东城一模)
David works for a popular newspaper. His job is to answer the readers’ letters. Today he received two letters and made his reply as follows.
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45. The second letter is from _________.
A. David B. Moonlight C. Norman D. a website
46. Norman is going to__________.
A. take a writing competition B. learn English by himself
C. give some advice to Moonlight D. introduce a website to David
47. www.britishcouncil.org.cn is a website for _____________.
A. English learners B. language teachers
C. winning a competition D. answering the readers’ letters

(B) (东城一模)
Brian liked jogging (running slowly). He jogged in Central Park every morning. He always took a five-dollar bill with him in his top pocket. He jogged into the park and went to the shop by the lake. He always bought himself a coffee and a hamburger.
One day he jogged into the park and another jogger knocked into him. For a few moments he didn't think about it, then he suddenly thought, "Hey! This man might be a pickpocket!" He felt for his five-dollar bill in his pocket. It wasn't there! The other man had taken it!
He thought, "There is too much crime(犯罪)in New York! I always say honest people must fight crime!"
The man was only 30 meters ahead. Brian ran after him, hit him on the shoulder, and said," Give me the money!" The man said, "OK! Just stay cool! Take it easy! Take it easy!"
Then the man gave Brian a five-dollar bill.
Then the man ran away as fast as he could!
Brian felt really good and ran to the shop. He had fought crime. He had got his money back again. He bought himself a coffee and two hamburgers.
Then he ran home. His wife was waiting. She was shaking her head. "Oh dear! Oh dear!" she said. "You've had a bad morning, haven't you?"
"No! Why? I've had a very good morning!" he said. "Really?" she said." But you left your five-dollar bill on the table!"

48. When Brian went for jogging, he always __________.
A. fought crime in the park B. took a five-dollar bill with him
C. run after the young man D. talked his with friend for a while
49. Brian ran after the man because __________.
A. the man was a friend of his
B. the man didn’t say sorry to him
C. he thought the man stole his money
D. he thought they were running the same way
50. The man ran away as fast as he could because_________.
A. he was in a hurry to go to work
B. he didn’t hear Brian talking to him
C. he didn’t have enough money for Brian
D. he was afraid Brian might run after him again
51. Brian felt very good for ________.
A. he could go to the shop now
B. he had two doughnuts that morning
C. he thought he had fought crime and won
D. he could run faster than the second jogger


(C) (东城一模)
When the Beijing Olympics begin this August, the world will be watching . The games have become a huge international event. People will come from around the world to watch 10,500 athletes from 205 countries compete to take home the gold. It takes years of work and billions of dollars to prepare for Olympics . But it hasn’t always been that way.
The ancient Olympics
The first recorded Olympics, in 776 B.C., were an important religious festival . But they only included athletes from about a dozen cities. Even after 200 years , the ancient games only included Greek men from about 100 cities around Mediterranean. Unlike today, the ancient games were always at Olympia, in Greece.
Olympic sports have also changed a lot in the last few thousand years. The ancient games began with just one 192-metre race. In later years , the games grew to include a total of six sports tested skilled soldiers needed. These included races where runners wore fighting equipment and the pankration –-- a violent sport with few rules.
The modern games
Even the modern Olympics were once far smaller than they are today. The first of the modern games , in 1896, once had 241 athletes from 14 countries. Moreover， the early modern Olympics were not an independent event. Until 1908 the Olympics were part of the world’s fair!
At the first modern Olympics , there were 43 events from ten sports. Many of the sports from the early modern games are no longer part of the Olympics. These include the sports of golf and tug of war.. There has always been a lot of disagreement over changing Olympic sports.
The number of Olympic sports has constantly increased throughout history. At the Beijing games , athletes will compete in 302 events from 28 sports . Despite all the changes over the years , some ancient sports are still part of the modern games . These include running , boxing and wresting.
The Olympics continue to grow and change , and they encourage us all to work harder , go faster and be stronger.
52. What is the best title for the passage ?
A. The History of the Summer Olympics
B. The Changes of the Olympics Sports
C. The Growing Events of the Olympics
D. The Increasing Sports of The Summer Olympics
53. The ancient Olympics were held _______.
A. as important religious festivals
B. at Olympia , in Greece
C. in 776 B.C. at Olympia , in Greece
D. in about 100 cities around Mediterranean.
54. Which of the following is NOT true ?
A. 241 athletes from competed in 43 events in 1896.
B. The first modern Olympics were held in 1896.
C. 205 countries competed in 302 events at the 28th Olympics .
D. 10,500 athletes will compete in 302 events at Beijing Olympics

55. What can we infer from the passage ?
A. The Olympic Games have become a huge international event.
B. The number of Olympic sports has increased throughout history.
C. The Olympics encourage us to work harder, go faster and be stronger.
D. While the games have grown and changed, the Olympic spirit has stayed the same
D (东城一模)
Much has been said and written recently about heroes, mainly because many people think we have too few of them. There are many different kinds of heroes, but they all seem to have two things in common. First, heroes, by their actions, show the great possibilities of human nature. Second, heroes can also stand the test of time, and their achievements will not be easily forgotten. Because of these good points, we need to choose our heroes carefully.
Olympic sportstar Jackie Joyner-Kersee, who is believed to be a hero, warns young people to be careful of making athletes heroes. She hopes that if someone tries to copy her, it will be because she has achieved her goals by working hard. Joyner-Kersee says that a hero should be someone who has an influence on another person’s life.
Poet Maya Angelou believes that a hero encourages people to treat others well and to be concerned about the greater good. A hero should show politeness, courage, patience, and strength all the time. A hero should encourage others to follow him with actions that improve the world, even if only in small ways.
Author Daniel Boorstin suggests that, “Celebrities are people who make news, but heroes are people who make history.” Thus, if a person is truly worthy to be called a hero, he or she will not be soon forgotten.
We all need heroes. We need to be able to respect people who have been there, done that, and succeeded. Many times the greatest heroes are the people we deal with every day — relatives（亲戚）, friends, and neighbours — who will keep going when it is easier to give up. The parent who puts her or his family ahead of herself or himself, the teacher who will make more money at another job but chooses to help others — all these people can be considered as heroes. A hero quietly and continuously sets a good example, an example that inspires others to follow.
56. Joyner-Kersee hopes that young people ______.
A. will work hard B. will become heroes
C. will follow her D. will achieve her goal
57. The underlined word “celebrities” in Paragraph 4 means ______.
A. volunteers???????????????B. reporters?????????C. sport players?????? D. famous people
58. From the passage we know that ______.
A. there are fewer heroes than before
B. many common people set examples to us
C. heroes should be polite, patient and famous
D. heroes have to reach the standard required for them
59. The best title for this passage is ______.
A. What Heroes Do B. Who Are Heroes
C. How Heroes Live D. Where Heroes are

45. B 46. A 47. A 48.B 49. C 50.D 51. C
52. A 53. B 54. C 55. D 56. A 57. D 58. B 59. B


（五）
(A) （朝阳一模）
If you want to be a writer, send us your joke or story, and if we publish (出版) it in the magazine, we’ll pay as follows!
My Story: $ 500
We need stories about yourselves. They must be unpublished, original (首创的) and less than 1,000 words.
Everyday Heroes: $ 100
Have you heard of an ordinary (普通的) person who has done something extraordinary? Tell us about the person, and if we accept him, we’ll pay you $ 100 for finding the hero.
Jokes: $ 100
Funny things can happen at work and at home—especially when kids are around. We may run your work in Life’s Like That, All in a Day’s Work, As Kids See It, or Laughter, the Best Medicine.
Facts of Life
We do not pay for these things, but why not share your questions with the world?
45. Where can we find the advertisement?
A. In a newspaper. B. In a magazine. C. In a story book. D. In a text.
46. How many kinds of writing will be paid?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
47. Stories about ______ can be used for My Story.
A. yourselves B. heroes C. children D. facts
(B) （朝阳一模）
Nine-year-old Antonio “Dan Boy” Fernandez Jr was playing with his younger brothers Ken and Billie in their yard after lunch one day last June when he noticed smoke coming from the roof of their house. Realizing his three-year-old brother, Nathaniel, was sleeping in the house, Antonio protected his head with his hands and rushed inside the wooden house.
“I was so afraid to see the flames (火焰) on the roof, but when I heard my brother crying, I just closed my eyes and rushed in,” says Dan Boy, who stopped schooling two years ago to look after his younger brothers.
He found his brother sitting in the corner of the room, shaking and crying. Nathaniel was disoriented (迷惑的) from the smoke, so Dan Boy caught him with his right hand. “Don’t worry, kuya (big brother) is here,” Dan Boy said as he protected Nathaniel from the flames with his own body.
Just as they reached the front door, Nathaniel stopped. A nail (钉子) had caught his shorts. Flames reached the upper part of the door as Antonio tried to get his brother free. With one last, hard pulling, they ran into the yard as the house was finished.
For what he had done, Antonio received a special prize from the government and a university in the city offered to help him go back to school. “I would have done the same if Nathaniel were not my brother,” says Dan Boy.
48. When did the fire break out?
A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening. D. In the night.
49. Who is the oldest child in the family?
A. Antonio. B. Ken. C. Billie. D. Nathaniel.
50. How was Nathaniel after the accident?
A. Badly hurt. B. A little hurt. C. All right. D. Very well.
51. Which of the following is the best to describe what Dan Boy did?
A. A good luck. B. A hard try. C. A quick run. D. A heroic act.



(C) （朝阳一模）
As we become richer and richer, we are producing more and more rubbish. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) says that our largest cities produce 760,000 tons of solid waste every day. It predicts (预料) that there will be an increase—to 1.8 million tons—by 2025. It seems too much to deal with. “The growing waste is simply trying to cover our cities,” says Michael Lindfield, a specialist of ADB in Manila.
The proper treatment of rubbish is beyond the financial resources (金融资源) of many countries. The World Bank says some governments are spending as much as half of their budgets (预算) dealing with rubbish. And even so, it is common that half of all the waste goes uncollected.
Much of the added difficulty is packaging from consumer (消费者) products and the products themselves—all of which need years, even centuries to decompose (化解). Lindfield believes that four of every five products we buy are thrown away after a single use. It all makes the work to deal with solid waste much more expensive.
The rubbish is more than just an environmental problem—it also influences national economies (经济) by disturbing the world market, discouraging tourism and slowing down industrial development.
Lots of rubbish also influences the look of our cities. As he walks to work from his home in Bangkok every day, Chatchat Mutita, a 36-year-old advertising specialist, must pass a lot of ugly, smelly rubbish that isn’t collected until late at night. He says things get worse when it rains because some yellow water will stream from the rubbish to the sidewalk.
The most serious problem is open dumps (垃圾堆), which are more than eyesores. Ground water is being polluted, explosive (易爆的) gas is being created and disease-bearing animals are growing fast.
Modern technology can make the problems of open dumps less serious. But Chettiyappan Visvanathan, a professor at the Asian Institute of Technology in Pathumthal, Thailand, believes that there are no engineered facilities (设备) in nine of every ten dumps all over the country. Some countries depend on most solid waste to produce energy, but there’s a growing problem of air pollution. Burning is far more dangerous than open dumps. The ADB says the growing rubbish must be dealt with by the “3Rs”—reducing the waste, reusing things that are being thrown away and recycling materials.
52. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. What our environment looks like. B. How important to clean our cities.
C. What a serious problem we have. D. How difficult to remove rubbish.
53. Which of the following can be the most serious problem rubbish brings to us?
A. It causes a lot of difficulty cleaning up our cities.
B. It stops our nation economies from developing.
C. It makes our environment uglier and dirtier.
D. It brings air pollution, water pollution and diseases.
54. What does the underlined sentence mean in the passage?
A. Many countries are short of proper methods to deal with rubbish.
B. Many countries are not rich enough to deal with rubbish properly.
C. Many countries are short of proper resources to deal with rubbish.
D. Many countries are not wise enough to deal with rubbish properly.
55. Which of following is true, according to the passage?
A. There are both hope and difficulty in our future.
B. It’s impossible for us to make our cities clean.
C. We may find some ways but things will be worse.
D. The problem is not serious if everyone knows it.

D （朝阳一模）
None of us is quite as healthy in mind as we seem, but neither is every unusual thing we do means we’re unhealthy. How to tell the difference? Start by reading the letters below, which have been analyzed by our experts.
(1) Lately, after I read an unusual word, I often can’t get it out of my head for days, sometimes weeks. I silently repeat it to myself, often spell it, and even wake up in the night with it ringing in my head. What’s wrong with my brain?
That sounds like a little obsession (着迷). Your brain feels that for some reason it must repeat this word. Unless it is taking up more than an hour of your day or really influencing your life, it is not serious. To stop it, leave it alone. If you really want to stop the repetition, set aside ten minutes a day to repeat the word over and over again. Do it so many times that you finally get sick of it.
(2) I sometimes have strange dreams when taking a short sleep, and I think they’re real when I wake up. Then, as I come around, I realize they aren’t. Is there something wrong with me?
What’s wrong is that you take short sleeps and most of us don’t! But are you mad? No. We all have strange dreams, and it’s normal, upon waking, to be fuzzy (模糊) for a little while or even not to remember where we are. What is not normal is if you don’t have these dreams.
(3) When people are eating, I can’t stand the sound of a fork or spoon knocking on a plate or bowl. I begin shaking and having a headache. I’m also sickened by the sound of people chewing with their mouths open. Is there something wrong with me?
It seems that there is something wrong with everyone else you know. How come they don’t eat with their mouths closed? At the least, you’re over sensitive (敏感) to little noise. You may also be troubled by a disorder in mind called misophonia. Try drawing your attention away from the noise. Pay attention to something else as hard as you can when you eat with your friends: the music in the background, the scene out the window, even what they’re talking about. You can train yourself to be less troubled by the noise.
(4) When I’m driving and have to cross a bridge, my heart starts racing and I feel light-headed. The fear that I’m going to pass out makes the whole situation worse. Am I crazy?
This sounds like an anxiety (忧虑), which can bring on heart illness and a real sense that you’re going to die. This kind of feeling is the body’s reaction to the possible danger in near future. To keep your anxiety from progressing, try the old method: breathing. When you feel your heart starting to race, take a deep breath in three or four times, and then let it out five or six times until you start to feel comfortable. You can also make a tape of your favourite song, and sing along as you cross the bridge.
56. What does the word analyzed mean in the first paragraph?
A. Divided into parts. B. Examined carefully.
C. Discussed in groups. D. Treated scientifically.
57. Which person described in the four letters has got something wrong?
A. The first two. B. No. 1 and No. 3.
C. The last two. D. No. 2 and No. 4.
58. What can we do when we have strange dreams after a short sleep?
A. It’s not necessary for us to do anything.
B. We can think about the dreams once again.
C. It’s a good idea to pay attention to other things.
D. We’d better go to see a doctor as early as possible.
59. From the passage, we can infer that ______.
A. we don’t need to worry about anything in mind
B. disorders in mind can be treated by ourselves
C. one must face all kinds of problems in life
D. if you are brave, nothing can trouble you

45. B 46. C 47. A 48. B 49. A 50.C 51. D
52. C 53. D 54.B 55.A 56. D 57. C 58. A 59. B

(六)

A (房山期末)
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41. We can go to see the Taj pictures every day except ______.
A. Monday B. Tuesday C. Friday D. Sunday
42. On Saturday morning, the film Harry Potter ends at ______.
A. 9:30 B. 10:00 C. 11:00 D. 11:30
43. If Sam wants to know the history of our city, he may go to _____ to learn it.
A. City Art Museum B. the Grand Cinema C. African Safari Park D. Bell Tower
B ( 怀柔期末)
Different weather makes people feel different. It influences health intelligence and feeling.
In August, it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States. People there have heart trouble and other kinds of health problems during this month. In the Northeast and the Middle West, it is very hot at some times and very cold at other times. People in these states have more heart trouble after the weather changes in February or March.
The weather can also influence intelligence. For example, in a 1983 report by scientists, IQ ( 智商) of a group students were very high when a very strong wind came, but after the strong wind, their IQ was 10% below. The wind can help people more intelligent. Very hot weather, on the other hand, can make it lower. Students in many schools of the United States often get worse on exams in the hot months of the year (July and August).
Weather also has a strong influence on people's feelings. Winter may be a bad time for thin people. They usually feel cold during these months. They might feel unhappy during cold weather. But fat people may have a hard time in hot summer. At about 18℃, people become stronger.
Low air pressure may make people forgetful. People leave more bags on buses and in shops on low-pressure days. There is a word "good weather" for people’s feeling and health. People feel best at a temperature of about 18 centigrade.
Are you feeling sad, tired, forgetful or unhappy today? It may be the weather's problem.
( ) 44.__________can have a bad effect on health.
A. Hot and wet weather B. Good weather C. Warm weather D. High intelligence
( ) 45. People may have more intelligence when ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿comes.
A. a rain B. very hot weather C. a strong wind D. low air pressure
( ) 46.In "good weather" of 18 centigrade,＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿．
A. people are very forgetful B. people can't do their work well
C. thin people feel cold D. people are in better health
( )47. The writer wants to tell us that＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿．
A. hot and cold weather influences all people in the same way
B. weather influences people's lives
C. IQ never changes during weather changes
D. there is a good kind of weather for people's work and health

C (房山期末)
While carrying your heavy schoolbag on the way to school or home, does it make you lose your interest in knowledge? Don’t worry and you may soon be able to say goodbye to your heavy schoolbag.
Instead of burying(埋) your face in textbooks, newspapers, magazines and novels, you could find that the e-book reader(阅读器) fits all in one.
An e-book reader is a new invention, which can hold thousands of texts and display them as real text printed on a paper page. Sony and iRex Technologies are among the first to produce and sell e-book readers. The new device(装置) is expected to hit stores in a few months.
In the same way that the I Pod had changed the way people enjoy music, e-book readers could change the way that books both bought and read.
The size of an e-book reader is as the same as that of real books. Its screen is different from that of a computer. It is as thin as a piece of paper. The words in the e-book’s screen look exactly the same as words on real pages. But you can do more with an e-book reader than you can with an ordinary book. The reader can change the size of the words and connect with the Internet to download new books.
The e-book reader is also expected to have a function that makes you play MP3 music while you are reading.
Book publishers(出版商) have begun to produce books that can be bought and download to the new e-book devices. One of the publishers has already changed more than 3000 of different kinds of books into the digital format(格式) and there are already large numbers of books and stories on the devices.
48. Which of the following can be used to read books instead?
A. An MP3 player. B. A radio. C. An e-book reader. D. A computer.
49. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. An e-book reader will make us enjoy wonderful music while reading.
B. An e-book reader’s screen is much thinner than that of a computer’s.
C. An e-book reader can connect with the Internet and download information.
D. The words on the e-book reader look different from those on real pages.
50. What’s the writer’s purpose(目的) of writing this passage?
A. The writer tries to tell us something about e-book readers.
B. The writer wants to describe the future textbooks look like.
C. The writer is introducing different ways of reading books.
D. The writer is showing some new kinds of schoolbags to us.
51. What’s the advantage of the new invention according to the passage?
A. The e-book readers are much cheaper than ordinary books.
B. Our schoolbags will become much lighter than they were.
C. We can use e-book readers to download information from ordinary books.
D. The e-book readers allow us to send information into the Internet directly.

D (房山期末)
DIY is very popular in China now. Do you know what it is? Yang Chen works for a computer business in Beijing. Though he enjoys his work, it is hard for him to relax after work. “For a long time, I had no choice except going to a bar for a drink and karaoke to relax myself,” he said.
One day when he saw many toy dogs in a toyshop, he had an idea. “Why not do some kinds of things and relax myself?” Then he began to make model planes, model ships and something else. The things that he had made by himself don’t look as professionally made as those in the shops, but he likes doing it.
“It is not as much fun to play with things which are bought expensively from the shops,” he said. Now his bookshelves are full of many kinds of things he has made. They are very beautiful, and his family and friends like them very much.
More and more young people are like Yang, making or creating things on their own. They like to do it themselves.
Though making things with our own hands may take much time, some people, now known as DIYers---- do-it-yourselves, enjoy doing it very much. They can make all kinds of things they like. DIY is becoming more and more popular in China. It may be new to the young, yet many people remember when it was a way of life.
During the 1960s and 1970s, when there were not enough living things for people to live on, they had to use their own hands to do many things. White washing the wall or making clothes was a part of life because there was no other choice. If you wanted something done, you had to do it yourself; and if you needed something, you made it yourself.
But times have changed and DIY had also different meanings now.
52. What does Yang Chen most enjoy doing in his free time now?
A. Playing computers. B. Going to a bar for a drink and karaoke.
C. White washing the wall. D. Making something by himself.
53. Many young people like making things by themselves because ______.
A. they want to make more money
B. they do it only for fun
C. there are not enough things for them to live on
D. they can’t buy them anywhere
54. From the passage we know ________.
A. DIY is more and more popular with young people
B. more and more people begin to make model planes
C. between 1960s and 1970s, people liked making things themselves
D. more and more young people begin to like Yang Chen
55. What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. Yang Chen has a new hobby. B. How young people create new things.
C. DIY is a good way of life. D. DIY was a part of life in the past.

(六) 41-43 AD D 44-47 ACDB 48-51 C D A B 55-58 D B A C

(七)
A (朝阳期末)

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41. Which book is the most popular one among the buyers?
A. Ten Little Fingers B. Bookmarks by Phillips
C. The Mystery of Breathing D. The Best of the Song Books
42. You read this advertisement most probably .
A. in a novel B. in a magazine
C. on the Internet D. in a newspaper
43. If you buy the four mentioned books (one of each), how much can you save?
A. $92.00. B. $26.00. C. $66.00 D. $110.00.
B ( 崇文期末)
“No man is an island” is a well-known line from John Donne’s Devotion, written more than three hundred years ago. Even now people still agree with him. No one can live a completely isolated life. Without other people, life became empty and sad. We all need friends.
For some of us, though making friends is not difficult, feeling shy, we may not want to make the first move. It is also difficult at times to keep the friends we already have.
There are many books about friendship, but Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, written in 1936, is the most famous. This “how to” book about getting along with other people became a best-seller. It was later put into 28 languages.
Dale Carnegie’s advice (劝告) seems to be simple, but can his advice help you? Do you need to change the way you act? Here is the list of advice from his book.
1. Be friendly and polite.
Always greet with a smile. Begin with “excuse me” or “would you please”, when you want to ask somebody. Remember to say “thank you” and try to be as helpful as you can.
2. Go out of your way to be nice.
Find some time to do special things for other people. Making some soup for a sick neighbour may seem like a little thing to you, but it will make your neighbour feel a lot better.
3. Remember names.
They say that the sweetest music to a person’s ears is the sound of his or her own name.
4. Be open-minded.
Try to understand other people’s ways and ideas and learn something from them.
5. Listen patiently.
When someone is talking to you, look at him or her, listen carefully and say something when necessary.
44．The first sentence “No man is an island”means__________ .
A. no one can live on an island
B. everyone needs friends
C. man enjoys living alone
D. we all should be freindly
45. We can learn from this passage that ________.
A. John Donne learned something from Dale Carnegie
B. the writer mainly tells people to behave politely
C. Carnegie’s book was read by a small number of people
D. the writer agrees with John Donne and Dale Carnegie
46. Dale Carnegie advises you _________.
A. not to visit your neighbour too often B. not to say anything when someone talks to you
C. not to forget other people’s names D. not to spend time doing something for others
47. The best possible title for this passage should be “________”.
A. Friendship B. Make Friends
C. Neighbourhood D. Keep Friends

C (朝阳期末)
Science has changed the way we live and the way we think. New inventions and discoveries have made it possible for us to think about the world in new ways.
The means of transportation we use today are good examples. They are based on the idea that transportation means moving something from one place to another. This takes time, of course, and we can only travel as fast as the laws of physics allow. It is not easy to travel much faster than today’s airplanes and to travel very far, such as to the stars or to other planets.
Now, scientists believe that we might be able to send things from one place to another without moving them through space. This sounds strange, but a new way of transportation may become possible in the future.
Teleportation is a combination(组合) of sending information through telephone or the Internet. With normal transportation, for example, by car or plane, a person or thing is moved from point A to point B. With teleportation, a person or thing is taken apart (把……拆开) at point A and put together again at point B. It becomes possible, we may be able to travel faster and farther than we could imagine.
In the 1990s, scientists discovered that teleportation was possible. Experiments showed that teleportation could be done, but the thing being teleported was broken into pieces on the way. So far scientists have only been able to teleport photos-particle(粒子). What about teleportation of human beings (人)? Teleporting a human being would be very difficult since there are so many parts in a human body. Even the smallest mistake could cause serious problems with the person’s mind or body.
There is still a long way from being able to use teleportation to move human beings, but what we used to think impossible does now seem possible. What we know and what we imagine often work together; the more we know, the more we can imagine and the more we imagine, the more we can learn. Science is the tool that we use to make our dreams come true and to build a new world with our ideas.
48. According to the laws of physics, we know that .
A. human beings can be taken apart first and put together again
B. human beings can move everything from one place to everywhere
C. it’s easy for human beings to drive much faster than airplanes
D. it’s difficult for human beings to travel to the stars or other planets
49. Teleportation has the following advantages EXCEPT that .
A. it can travel very fast
B. it can be very cheap
C. it can travel very far
D. it can teleport small things
50. We can learn from the last paragraph that .
A. imagination is the most important way to build a new world
B. we can only use modern science to make our dreams come true
C. many things thought impossible in the past seem possible now
D. it is certain that human beings can be teleported in the near future
51. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Teleportation B. Inventions C. Transportation D. Information
D (西城期末)
Householders are being made to collect their own mail because postmen are not bothering (费力) to deliver parcels (包裹)and letters that must be signed for. Instead, they simply leave cards saying “Sorry you were out” without even ringing the doorbell to check. Customers then have to collect their mail from their local Post Office.
Consumer Watchdog Postwatch said it had received 150 complaints (投诉) from Royal Mail customers across Britain who received “Sorry you were out” notices when they were actually at home.
Most parcels and all recorded delivery letters need to be signed for. But some postmen do not seem to want to wait for householders to answer a knock at the door. Others, employed(雇用) as short-term workers, have been known only to deliver the cards.
“We have had complaints that postmen are leaving these cards even when people are in,” a spokesman for Postwatch said. “And we have also had customers telling us that short-term postmen are not allowed to take signed-for mail to the door, so they had to drop these notices through the letterbox instead. It is completely unacceptable that this mail is not being delivered. The recorded mail service is more expensive and is meant to be a top quality（品质）delivery service, but this is not the case.”
Musician Adrian Bradbury, 38, complained to Postwatch after he received two cards through the letterbox at his South London home while he was there caring for his baby daughter. He ran after the postman, only to find he did not have the parcels with him. The postman told him that he was a short-term worker and said the parcels could be picked up from the sorting office at New Cross Gate. More than three weeks later, Mr. Bradbury has not had a chance to pick up his parcels. “I am so busy looking after the baby,” he said, “The parcels are probably presents for her.”
The Royal Mail said it knew about the situa