三、阅读理解

A

Julia lived in the countryside, but one year she decided to visit the capital city to do some shopping and to see the sights. She stayed at a hotel near the central market. She had seldom been to the city before, and was very excited about what she would find.

On the first morning of her visit, as she walked from the hotel to the market, she passed a beggar (乞丐). He was holding up a notice, which said, “Blind from birth. Please give generously(慷慨地).”

Julia felt sorry for the blind beggar and she bent down and put a dollar coin into his bowl.

“Thank you.” he said.

The same thing happened again the following day. On the third day, however, Julia did not have a dollar coin. She had only fifty cents, so she dropped this into the beggar?s bowl.

“What have I done wrong?” the beggar said, “Why are you so stingy (吝啬的) today?”

Julia was very surprised at what the beggar said.

“How do you know I haven't given you a dollar?” she said, “If you?re blind you can't know what coin I put into your bowl.”

“Ah,” explained the beggar,“The truth is that I'm not blind. I'm just looking after this place for the regular beggar while he?s on holiday.”

“On holiday?” Julia said, “And what exactly does your blind friend do on holiday?”

“He goes into the countryside,”the man said, “and takes photographs. He's a very good photographer.”

根据文章内容，选择正确答案：

1.Where was the beggar sitting?

A.Between Julia's hotel and the market.

B.In the busiest part of the city.

C. Outside the shops.

D. In the market.

2.On the first two days, ____.

A. the blind man waited for Julia

B.Julia gave the blind man some money

C.the blind man demanded money from Julia

D.Julia gave him nothing

3. On the third day, the blind man____ .

A.accepted Julia's fifty cents quite happily

B.noticed that Julia had only given him fifty cents

C. refused Julia's fifty cents

D.also received one dollar from Julia

B

In Canada you can find dogs, cats, horses, etc. in almost every family. These are their pets. People love these pets and have them as their good friends. Before they keep them in their houses, they take them to animal hospitals to give them injections(注射)so that they won't carry disease. They have special animal food stores, though they can get animal food in almost every kind of store. Some people spend around two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food. When you visit people's houses, they would be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them. You will also find that almost every family has a feeding place for birds in their garden. All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal. They are free to come and go and nobody is allowed to kill any animal in Canada. They have a law against killing wild animals. If you killed an animal, you would be punished. If an animal happened to get run over by a car, people would be very sad about it.

People in Canada have many reasons to like animals. One of them might be that their family ties are not as close as ours. When children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own life. Then the old will feel lonely, but pets can solve this problem. They can be good friends and never leave them alone.

根据文章内容，选择正确答案：

1.The passage mainly talks about____ .

A.how to keep disease from pets

B. pets in Canada

C. how to take good care of pets

D. life of the old in Canada

2.They give their pets injections before keeping them at their houses because ____.

A.the pets are sick

B.the pets are wild

C.they want to stop them from getting sick

D.they want them to sleep on the way home

3.In Canada, children leave their parents when they grow up because ____.

A.they don't love their parents any more

B.they can only find jobs far from their parents

C.their parents? houses are too small

D.they wouldn't depend on their parents any more

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.People buy animal food only at the animal food stores.

B.Pets eat better than people.

C.Almost every family has a birdcage in his house.

D.Any bird can come to the bird feeders to eat.