Ⅲ. 阅读理解(每小题2分, 满分18分)

A

①“I will think of it. ”It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking? Though we can not see, or hear, or feel our thoughts, they have great power (力量)!

②Isaac Newton was seated in his garden on a summer evening when he saw an apple fall from a tree. He began to think, and tried to find out why the apple fell. Then he discovered how the earth, sun, moon, and stars are kept in their places.

③James Ferguson once saw the inside of his father’s watch, and he wondered, “Why should I not make a watch?”This set him thinking and it led to a wooden clock which kept good time.

④Walt Disney, the famous American film-maker, was often thinking of new ideas. One day, when he was in a meeting, he suddenly stopped talking, deep in thought. He looked and looked at a place high up in the room. This continued for a long time, and then he got an idea for a new cartoon.

⑤Ideas come at any time, and the important thing is to think. When you meet with any difficulty, don’t lose heart. Try to think of it before asking someone to help you. Think and by thinking you will learn how to think creatively.

46. Newton wanted to find out .

A. when the apple hit him B. why the apple fell

C. who made the apple fall D. where the apple fell

47. made a wooden clock.

A. Isaac Newton B. Walt Disney

C. James Ferguson D. James’ father

48. Walt Disney was when he got an idea for a new cartoon.

A. making a film B. telling a story

C. having a meeting D. sitting in a garden

49. From the passage we can learn that .

A. we should always ask others for help

B. every one of us likes thinking

C. it is easy to see and hear our thoughts

D. thinking helps to get new ideas

B

Two children stood outside the door with old coats. “Any old papers, lady?” asked one of them.

I was busy. I wanted to say no, but I saw that their shoes had holes in them and they were wet. “Come in and I’ll make you a cup of hot tea. ” They came in, saying nothing. Their shoes left prints on the floor.

I gave them tea and bread to protect (保护) them from the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started my housework again.

The silence in the living room surprised me. I looked in.

The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked me in a low voice, “Lady, are you rich?”

Am I rich? Oh, no!I looked at the old things in my room.

The girl put her cup back in its saucer(茶碟) carefully and said, “Your cups match(相配) your saucers. ”

Then they left, holding their papers against the wind. They hadn’t said thank you. They didn’t need to. They had done more than that. They had reminded me that I had so much to thank for. The blue cups and saucers were simple, but they matched. The potatoes and meat before me, a roof over my head, my husband with a job—these things matched, too.

I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The prints of their small shoes were still wet on my floor. I let them be. I wanted them there to remind me how rich I was.

50. The writer let the two children in to .

A. serve them tea and food

B. sell them some old papers

C. show them how rich she was

D. offer them some warm clothes

51. Why did the children think the writer was rich?

A. They liked the saucer.

B. The room was quite large.

C. The cups matched the saucers.

D. She was kind and ready to give.

52. We can learn from the passage that .

A. the writer felt everything matched

B. the writer’s husband was out of work

C. the children talked happily in the living room

D. the children thanked a lot before leaving

53. The underlined sentence “I let them be. ” means “ ”

A. I loved them. B. I left them there.

C. I didn’t like them. D. I didn’t want to see them again.

54. According to the passage, whether you are rich depends on .

A. what job you are doing

B. what you have

C. how much money you have

D. how you feel about your life