故事型阅读.doc

专题限时训练(二十九）　［故事型阅读理解］
（限时：25分钟)
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
(一）
War Horse is a historical story by Michael Morpurgo. It is nny, as long as Albert promises to share Emilie’s story so her life will not be in vain。 Joey and Albert return home。（精品文档请下载）
1．Why does Albert's father secretly sell Joey？
A．Because he's in need of money.
B．Because Captain Nicholls is fond of Joey.
C．Because Albert is too young to care for Joey。
D．Because he believes Joey will contribute to the country。（精品文档请下载）
2．Which of the following is TRUE about Captain Nicholls?（精品文档请下载）
A．He’s a rich man。
B．He's a Frenchman。
C．He’s a man of his word.
D．He doesn't win Joey's trust.
3．The underlined phrase “dote on" in Paragraph 4 probably means “________”．（精品文档请下载）
A．train B．ride C．raise D．love
4．Which of the following words can be used to describe Emilie's grandfather?（精品文档请下载）
A．Brave. B．Generous。
C．Hard­working。 D．Humorous.
（二）
I still remember—my hands and my fingers still remember—what used to lie in store for us on our return to school from the holidays. The trees in the school yard would be in full leaf again and the old leaves would be lying around like a muddy sea of leaves.（精品文档请下载）
“Get that all swept up！" the headmaster would tell us. “I want the whole place cleaned up, at once！" There was enough work there， to last over a week. Especially since the only tools with which we were provided were our hands, our fingers， and our nails。 “Now see that it’s done properly, and be quick about it，" the headmaster would say to the older pupils, “or you’ll have to answer for it！”（精品文档请下载）
So at an order from the older boys we would all line up like peanuts about to cut and gather in crops。 If the work was not going as quickly as the headmaster expected, the big boys， instead of giving us a helping hand， used to find it simpler to beat us with branches pulled from the trees。 In order to avoid these blows，
we used to bribe（贿赂） the older boys with the juicy cakes we used to bring for o