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三、阅读理解
第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Noah Webster, born on October 16, 1758, is known for The American Dictionary of the English Language. He has been called the “Father of American Scholarship and Education.” His “Blue-Backed Speller” books were used to teach spelling and reading to five generations of American children. But how much do you know about him beyond that?
At the age of 16, Noah Webster began attending Yale College. Unfortunately, he spent his four years at Yale during the American Revolutionary War, and because of food shortages, many of his college classes were held in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Later, he served in the army.
Having graduated from Yale in 1778, Webster wanted to continue his education in order to earn his law degree. He had to teach school in order to pay for his education. He set up many small schools that didn’t survive, but he was a good teacher because instead of forcing his students to learn, like most teachers did, he rewarded them. He earned his law degree in 1781, but did not practice law until 1789. Once he started he found the law was not to his liking.
Webster did not have much money. In 1793, Alexander Hamilton lent him $1500 to move to New York City to edit a newspaper. In December, he founded New York’s first daily newspaper, American Minerva, and edited it for four years. For decades, he published textbooks, political essays, a report on some diseases, and newspaper articles for his party. He wrote so much that a modern list of his published works required 655 pages. Noah Webster died on May 28, 1843 and was buried in the Grove Street Cemetery.
31. What’s the main idea of Paragraph l?
A. Webster’s famous dictionaries. B. Webster’s daily routines.
C. Webster’s main achievements. D. Webster’s college education.
32. Which of the following best describes Webster’s life at Yale?
A. Tough. B. Smooth. C. Normal. D. Tiring.
33. What did Noah want to be after graduation from Yale?
A. A teacher. B. A lawyer. C. A headmaster. D. A scholar.
34. Webster was a good teacher, because he______.
A. set up many small schools B. graduated from Yale College
C. forced his students to learn D. often rewarded his students
35. We can infer from Paragraph 4 that ______.
A. Webster was a most productive author
B. Webster’s books added up to 655 pages
C. Webster didn’t write any political works
D. Webster led a miserable life in New York City
B
My daughter and I collected the empty cans and bottles in our home this morning. We had 6 full garbage bags later so I knew we would be spending a bit more of time at the recycling center. When we got there, a man and his kids were also doing the morning recycling and were using two of the four machines to recycle their plastic and cans. Luckily, we were able to use the 2 remaining machines.
Of course, there were others that came, but when they saw the two families with garbage bags full of recycled things, they quickly left. However, one woman came in with just 5 cans and looked as if she was in a hurry. So I stopped what I was doing and let her in to recycle her cans. Of course, she was grateful, and it felt good to let her go ahead of me. But that was not the whole story.
My daughter and I continued to work through the bags, but the plastic recycling machine stopped working because it was full. My daughter was left with nothing to do. The other family was still using the other two plastic recycling machines, but it seemed that they were almost done. I just told my daughter we would have to wait until they were done. But the man of the other family came through with another act of kindness. He offered to let us go ahead of him. I was really surprised, because we had more than 5 bottles, but he didn’t seem to mind. I happily accepted it.
It was great to give and then to get an act of kindness in turn. It was small, I didn’t expect it, but it surely brightened up my day.
36. From Paragraph l we can learn that ______.
A. the author did collecting every morning
B. the author usually had 6 bags of cans to recycle
C. there were four recycling machines in all
D. most people did recycling in the morning
37. The author let the woman recycle her cans first because _______.
A. there were many other families there
B. the woman seemed to be in a hurry
C. the author wanted to hear a story
D. the woman was very grateful
38. Why couldn’t the author finish her recycling in time?
A. Because her daughter’ s machine stopped working.
B. Because the other family was still using the machines.
C. Because she let the other family use her machine first.
D. Because she helped recycle the other family’s bags first.
39. What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. The kindness. B. The offer.
C. The machine. D. The 5 bottles.
