VI.阅读理解  阅读下列短文，从每题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。(15分)

A

There was a very rich man named Mike. In his house, he had a very large room. “If anyone can fill my room in one day, I will give him 20,000 dollars.” he said. Everyone in the town wanted to have a try.

Mark tried to fill the room with stones. At the end of the day, he was very tired, but the room was still not full.

Martin tried to fill the room with wood. He worked all day, but the room was not full. “That room is too big, no one can do this.” he said.

Alan said, “I can do it. It’s easy.” Everyone laughed. They thought he could not do it. Then, he went to the park and played all day. His friend asked him, “Why are you playing, you should be working.” The man said, “Don’t worry.” At 8:00 at night, the man came to the room with a small bag. The rich man said, “That bag is too small. How will you fill the room?” The man took a candle out of the bag. He lit the candle and said, “You see, the whole room is filled with light!”

71. Mike wanted someone to fill his large room in ________.

A. one day    B. two days   C. three days   D. half a day

72. Martin tried to fill the room with ________.

A. stones      B. earth      C. wood    D. water

73. What was in Alan’s bag?

A. An apple.     B. A candy.     C. A bottle.   D. A candle.

74. Why did Alan play all day instead of filling the room?

A. Because he didn’t know how to fill the room.

B. Because he liked playing better than working.

C. Because he wasn’t allowed to work in the daytime.

D. Because he had already had a good idea to fill the room.

75. How much money will Alan get from Mike?

A. Two thousand dollars.          B. Twenty thousand dollars.

C. Two million dollars.          D. Twenty million dollars.

B

Recently, a network video called the most beautiful blind man in Jinan picking up rubbish is popular on the Internet. The blind man in the network video is Bi Yukui. He picked up the rubbish on the street and threw it into the dustbin with his wife’s help and walked away slowly. Many people were moved by his behavior(行为).

Why is the network video so popular? That is because even a blind man who happened to find the rubbish can pick it up. His behavior really made a lot of people feel ashamed. In real life, we see some people throw rubbish everywhere. Some people don’t like walking a bit farther to put the rubbish into the dustbin. They just throw it on the road. They think it’s not a big deal.

Is this really the case? They harmed the environment. At the same time, they made the street cleaners’ work more difficult. Does it have nothing to do with them? No. If everyone throws rubbish like them, the city will be full of rubbish. How dirty it will be! Although picking up rubbish is a small thing in life, we can know a nation’s civilization (文明)from it. But some people think things like picking up the rubbish are not worth doing. In fact, this is not right. Protecting the environment begins with small things. We can’t throw rubbish here and there. We can’t spit or smoke in public places, either.

So we should learn from the blind man. It’s everyone’s duty to protect the environment.

76. In a network video, Bi Yukui is called the most beautiful blind man in Jinan because ________.

A. his job is picking up rubbish   B. he tried to improve the environment

C. he is a very handsome blind man   D. he helped his wife do chores every day

77. The underlined word “ashamed” most probably means ________ in Chinese.

A. 惭愧的    B. 悲痛的   C. 恐惧的   D. 哀伤的

78. According to the passage, some people throw rubbish on the road because ________.

A. all the dustbins are full of rubbish     B. they are too lazy to walk to the dustbin

C. they don’t like to walk on clean roads     D. there are not enough dustbins in cities

79. According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A. Throwing rubbish on the road is not a big deal.

B. Only big things can help protect the environment.

C. Things like picking up rubbish are not worth doing.

D. We are not supposed to spit or smoke in public places.

80. What is this passage mainly about?

A. Bi Yukui and his wife are blind people living in Jinan.

B. In order to become famous, Bi Yukui made a network video.

C. Everybody should play a part in protecting the environment.

D. People like Bi Yukui make the street cleaners’ work difficult.

C

When I lived in Spain(西班牙), some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car. Before they left, they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation (住所). I suggested that they should stay at “bed and breakfast” houses, because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family. My friends listened to my advice, but they came back with some funny stories.

“We didn’t stay at ‘bed and breakfast’ houses,” they said, “because we found that most families were away on holiday.”

I thought this was strange. Finally I understood what had happened. My friends spoke little English, and they thought “VACANCIES” meant “holidays”, because the Spanish word for “holidays” is “vacaciones”. So they did not go to the house where the sign outside said “VACANCIES”, which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to the house where the sign said “NO VACANCIES”, because they thought this meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday. But they found that these houses were all full. As a result, they stayed at hotels!

We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. In Spanish, the word “DIVERSION” means fun. In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road, and that you must take a different road. When my friends saw the word “DIVERSION” on a road sign, they thought they were going to have fun. Instead, the road ended in a large hole.

English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages. Once in Paris, when someone offered me some more coffee, I said “Thank you” in French. I meant that I would like some more. However, to my surprise the coffee pot was taken away! Later I found out that “Thank you” in French means “No, thank you.”

81. My Spanish friends wanted advice about ______.

A. telling funny English stories B. finding places to stay in England

C. learning English in a clever way  D. driving their car on English roads

82. I suggested my Spanish friends should stay at “bed and breakfast” houses because ________.

A. it would be much cheaper than staying at hotels

B. it would be convenient for them to have breakfast

C. they would be able to practice their spoken English

D. they would have a good chance to know foreign visitors

83. My Spanish friends didn’t go to the house where the sign outside said “VACANCIES” because ________.

A. they thought the house wasn’t beautiful enough

B. they thought the people in the house were strange

C. they thought there were no free rooms in the house

D. they thought “vacancies” was “vacaciones” in Spanish

84. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The sign “VACANCIES” outside a house in England means it has free rooms.

B. The sign “NO VACANCIES” outside a house in England means the house was full.

C. The road sign “DIVERSION” in England can guide you to a good place to have fun.

D. When we see the road sign “DIVERSION” in England, we should take a different road.

85. In France, if you say “Thank you” in French when someone offers you some more coffee, the person will think ________.

A. you don’t want any more coffee           B. you are very kind and polite

C. you would like another cup of coffee       D. you don’t like the coffee pot