閱讀理解訓(xùn)練（22）

　　A

　　We spent a day in the country, picking wild flowers. With the car full of flowers we were going home. On our way back my wife noticed a cupboard (柜廚) outside a furniture shop. It was tall and narrow. “Buy it, ” my wife said at once. “We’ll carry it home on the roof rack. I’ve always wanted one like that.”

　　What could I do? Ten minutes later I was ￡20 poorer; and the cupboard was tied on the roof rack. It was six feet long and eighteen inches square, quite heavy too.

　　In the gathering darkness I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed unusually polite that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea.

　　After a time my wife said, “There’s a long line of cars behind. Why don’t they overtake, I wonder?” In fact a police car did overtake. The two officers inside looked at us seriously as they passed. But then, with great kindness, they led us through the rush-hour traffic. The police car stopped at our village church. One of the officers came to me.

　　“Right, sir, ” he said. “Do you need any more help?”

　　I was a bit puzzled. “Thanks, officer, ” I said. “You have been very kind. I live just on the road.”

　　He was staring at our car, first at the flowers, then at the cupboard. “Well, well, ” he said, laughing. “It’s a cupboard you’ve got there! We thought it was something else.”

　　My wife began to laugh. The truth hit me like a stone between the eyes. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, it’s a cupboard, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could.

　　1. Other drivers thought the author and his wife were _______.

　　A. carrying a cupboard to the church

　　B. sending flowers to the church

　　C. carrying nothing but a piece of furniture

　　D. going to attend a funeral at the church

　　2. The police will be more polite to those who are _______.

　　A. driving in gathering darkness

　　B. in great sorrow

　　C. driving with wild flowers in the car

　　D. carrying furniture

　　3. What did the husband think of this matter?

　　A. It was very strange.

　　B. He took great pride in it.

　　C. He felt ashamed of it.

　　D. He was puzzled at it.

　　參考答案1—3、DBC

　　B

　　Here is some information about several famous local bakeries(面包烤房) in Indiana, the US. They serve as a social gathering place for locals.

　　Maple Lane Bakery

　　At 8260 S. State Rd. Claypool, IN. (574) 566-2917, it offers a variety of cooked pies, cookies, and bread. With 20 years’ experience Maple Lane Bakery has specialized in the making of pies. The menu includes peach pie $7.19, berry pie $7.70, apple pie $7.19 and banana pie $6.99. Feel free to place an order at least 24 hours in advance.

　　Betty’s Cakes & Candy Shop

　　At 816 E. Winona Avenue Warsaw, IN. (574) 269-1231, it specializes in cakes and offers cookies and candies. The chocolate cookies are sold at $8.99 a dozen. Betty’s Cakes & Candy Shop, started half a century ago, specializes in wedding cakes and birthday cakes. Buying a cake from Betty’s will not disappoint you as they are always excellent.

　　Crepes’ Quality Bakery

　　At 217 S. Cavin Street Ligonier, IN. (260) 894-3024, this third generation bakery is located downtown Ligonier. It offers cookies and cupcakes, and specializes in rolls and bread. If you plan to buy cookies for the office or work area, you had better get there early as the building workers arrive just before 500 am waiting for the doors to open.

　　Olympia Candy Kitchen

　　At 136 N. Main Street Goshen, IN. (574) 533-5040, it has been welcoming visitors for almost a century in its unchanged location in downtown Goshen, Indiana. Its tradition began in 1912 when Greek Nicholas began making his own chocolates. Today this family-owned operation offers all kinds candies and boxed candies.

　　If you need an order, you should call ahead of time to see if they can meet your request.

　　參考答案4—5、BD

　　6-1-07、AC

　　C

　　Some people are lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even if they have only visited a place once, they will be able to find it again years later.

　　I am one of those unfortunate people who have poor sense of direction and I may have visited a place time after time but I still get lost on my way there. When I was young I was so shy that I never dared ask complete strangers the way and so I used to wander round in circles and hope that by some chance I would get to the spot I was heading for.

　　I am no longer too shy to ask people for direction, but I often receive replies that puzzle me. Often people do not like to admit that they didn’t know their hometown and will insist on telling you the way, even if they do not know it; others, who are anxious to prove that they know their hometown very well, will give you a long list of directions which you cannot possibly hope to remember, and still others do not seem to be able to tell between their left and their right and you find in the end that you are going in the opposite direction to that in which you should be going.

　　If anyone ever asks me the way to somewhere, I always tell them I am a stranger to the town in order to avoid giving them wrong direction but even this can have embarrassing results.

　　Once I was on my way to work when I was stopped by a man who asked me if I would direct him the way to the Sunlight Building. I gave my usual reply, but I had not walked on a few steps when I realized that he had asked for directions to my office building. However, at this point, I decided it was too late to turn back and search for him out of the crowd behind me as I was going to meet with someone at the office and I did not want to keep him waiting.

　　Imagine my embarrassment when my secretary showed in the very man who had asked for directions of my office and his astonishment when he recognized me as the person he had asked.

　　8. What is the writer going to do when someone asks him for direction?

　　A. He will direct the right way to the person willingly.

　　B. He will reply to it by the means of being a stranger to the town.

　　C. He will give the very person long list of direction.

　　D. He is going to show the man an opposite direction.

　　9. Why did the writer consider himself to be an unlucky dog?

　　A. Because of his poor sense of direction. B. Because he always forgot the way home.

　　C. Because he did not have any friend. D. Because he used to be shy and dared not ask others the way.

　　10. How did the visitor feel when he was showed into the very room?

　　A. He felt strange.

　　B. He felt embarrassed.

　　C. He felt very sad.

　　D. He felt astonished.

　　11. Who showed the right way to the interviewee according to the passage?

　　A. Someone we don’t know.

　　B. The writer did it for himself.

　　C. The secretary did so.

　　D. A warm-hearted old lady did such a thing.

　　參考答案8—10、BAD

　　11、A

　　D

　　Motherhood may make women smarter and may help prevent dementia(癡呆) in old age by bathing the brain in protective hormones(荷爾蒙) , U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

　　Tests on rats show that those who raise two or more litters of pups do considerably better in tests of memory and skills than rats who have no babies, and their brains show changes that suggest they may be protected against diseases such as Alzheimer’s(早老癡呆癥). University of Richmond psychology professor Craig Kinsley believes his findings will translate into humans.

　　“Our research shows that the hormones of pregnancy(懷孕) are protecting the brain, including estrogen(雌激素), which we know has many neuroprotective (保護(hù)神經(jīng)的) effects,” Kinsley said.

　　“It’s rat data but humans are mammals just like these animals are mammals,” he added in a telephone interview. “They go through pregnancy and hormonal changes.”

　　Kinsley said he hoped public health officials and researchers will look to see if having had children protects a woman from Alzheimer’s and other forms of age-related brain decline.

　　“When people think about pregnancy, they think about what happens to babies and the mother from the neck down,” said Kinsley, who presented his findings to the annual meeting of the Society of Neuroscience in Orlando, Florida.

　　“They do not realize that hormones are washing on the brain. If you look at female animals who have never gone through pregnancy, they act differently toward young. But if she goes through pregnancy, she will sacrifice her life for her infant—that is a great change in her behavior that showed in genetic alterations (改變) to the brain.”

　　12. How do scientists know “Motherhood may make women smarter”?

　　A. Some researchers have told them.

　　B. Many women say so.

　　C. They know it by experimenting on rats.

　　D. They know it through their own experience.

　　參考答案12—15、CABB

　　閱讀理解訓(xùn)練（22）

　　A

　　We spent a day in the country, picking wild flowers. With the car full of flowers we were going home. On our way back my wife noticed a cupboard (柜廚) outside a furniture shop. It was tall and narrow. “Buy it, ” my wife said at once. “We’ll carry it home on the roof rack. I’ve always wanted one like that.”

　　What could I do? Ten minutes later I was ￡20 poorer; and the cupboard was tied on the roof rack. It was six feet long and eighteen inches square, quite heavy too.

　　In the gathering darkness I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed unusually polite that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea.

　　After a time my wife said, “There’s a long line of cars behind. Why don’t they overtake, I wonder?” In fact a police car did overtake. The two officers inside looked at us seriously as they passed. But then, with great kindness, they led us through the rush-hour traffic. The police car stopped at our village church. One of the officers came to me.

　　“Right, sir, ” he said. “Do you need any more help?”

　　I was a bit puzzled. “Thanks, officer, ” I said. “You have been very kind. I live just on the road.”

　　He was staring at our car, first at the flowers, then at the cupboard. “Well, well, ” he said, laughing. “It’s a cupboard you’ve got there! We thought it was something else.”

　　My wife began to laugh. The truth hit me like a stone between the eyes. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, it’s a cupboard, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could.

　　1. Other drivers thought the author and his wife were _______.

　　A. carrying a cupboard to the church

　　B. sending flowers to the church

　　C. carrying nothing but a piece of furniture

　　D. going to attend a funeral at the church

　　2. The police will be more polite to those who are _______.

　　A. driving in gathering darkness

　　B. in great sorrow

　　C. driving with wild flowers in the car

　　D. carrying furniture

　　3. What did the husband think of this matter?

　　A. It was very strange.

　　B. He took great pride in it.

　　C. He felt ashamed of it.

　　D. He was puzzled at it.

　　參考答案1—3、DBC

　　B

　　Here is some information about several famous local bakeries(面包烤房) in Indiana, the US. They serve as a social gathering place for locals.

　　Maple Lane Bakery

　　At 8260 S. State Rd. Claypool, IN. (574) 566-2917, it offers a variety of cooked pies, cookies, and bread. With 20 years’ experience Maple Lane Bakery has specialized in the making of pies. The menu includes peach pie $7.19, berry pie $7.70, apple pie $7.19 and banana pie $6.99. Feel free to place an order at least 24 hours in advance.

　　Betty’s Cakes & Candy Shop

　　At 816 E. Winona Avenue Warsaw, IN. (574) 269-1231, it specializes in cakes and offers cookies and candies. The chocolate cookies are sold at $8.99 a dozen. Betty’s Cakes & Candy Shop, started half a century ago, specializes in wedding cakes and birthday cakes. Buying a cake from Betty’s will not disappoint you as they are always excellent.

　　Crepes’ Quality Bakery

　　At 217 S. Cavin Street Ligonier, IN. (260) 894-3024, this third generation bakery is located downtown Ligonier. It offers cookies and cupcakes, and specializes in rolls and bread. If you plan to buy cookies for the office or work area, you had better get there early as the building workers arrive just before 500 am waiting for the doors to open.

　　Olympia Candy Kitchen

　　At 136 N. Main Street Goshen, IN. (574) 533-5040, it has been welcoming visitors for almost a century in its unchanged location in downtown Goshen, Indiana. Its tradition began in 1912 when Greek Nicholas began making his own chocolates. Today this family-owned operation offers all kinds candies and boxed candies.

　　If you need an order, you should call ahead of time to see if they can meet your request.

　　參考答案4—5、BD

　　6-1-07、AC

　　C

　　Some people are lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even if they have only visited a place once, they will be able to find it again years later.

　　I am one of those unfortunate people who have poor sense of direction and I may have visited a place time after time but I still get lost on my way there. When I was young I was so shy that I never dared ask complete strangers the way and so I used to wander round in circles and hope that by some chance I would get to the spot I was heading for.

　　I am no longer too shy to ask people for direction, but I often receive replies that puzzle me. Often people do not like to admit that they didn’t know their hometown and will insist on telling you the way, even if they do not know it; others, who are anxious to prove that they know their hometown very well, will give you a long list of directions which you cannot possibly hope to remember, and still others do not seem to be able to tell between their left and their right and you find in the end that you are going in the opposite direction to that in which you should be going.

　　If anyone ever asks me the way to somewhere, I always tell them I am a stranger to the town in order to avoid giving them wrong direction but even this can have embarrassing results.

　　Once I was on my way to work when I was stopped by a man who asked me if I would direct him the way to the Sunlight Building. I gave my usual reply, but I had not walked on a few steps when I realized that he had asked for directions to my office building. However, at this point, I decided it was too late to turn back and search for him out of the crowd behind me as I was going to meet with someone at the office and I did not want to keep him waiting.

　　Imagine my embarrassment when my secretary showed in the very man who had asked for directions of my office and his astonishment when he recognized me as the person he had asked.

　　8. What is the writer going to do when someone asks him for direction?

　　A. He will direct the right way to the person willingly.

　　B. He will reply to it by the means of being a stranger to the town.

　　C. He will give the very person long list of direction.

　　D. He is going to show the man an opposite direction.

　　9. Why did the writer consider himself to be an unlucky dog?

　　A. Because of his poor sense of direction. B. Because he always forgot the way home.

　　C. Because he did not have any friend. D. Because he used to be shy and dared not ask others the way.

　　10. How did the visitor feel when he was showed into the very room?

　　A. He felt strange.

　　B. He felt embarrassed.

　　C. He felt very sad.

　　D. He felt astonished.

　　11. Who showed the right way to the interviewee according to the passage?

　　A. Someone we don’t know.

　　B. The writer did it for himself.

　　C. The secretary did so.

　　D. A warm-hearted old lady did such a thing.

　　參考答案8—10、BAD

　　11、A

　　D

　　Motherhood may make women smarter and may help prevent dementia(癡呆) in old age by bathing the brain in protective hormones(荷爾蒙) , U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

　　Tests on rats show that those who raise two or more litters of pups do considerably better in tests of memory and skills than rats who have no babies, and their brains show changes that suggest they may be protected against diseases such as Alzheimer’s(早老癡呆癥). University of Richmond psychology professor Craig Kinsley believes his findings will translate into humans.

　　“Our research shows that the hormones of pregnancy(懷孕) are protecting the brain, including estrogen(雌激素), which we know has many neuroprotective (保護(hù)神經(jīng)的) effects,” Kinsley said.

　　“It’s rat data but humans are mammals just like these animals are mammals,” he added in a telephone interview. “They go through pregnancy and hormonal changes.”

　　Kinsley said he hoped public health officials and researchers will look to see if having had children protects a woman from Alzheimer’s and other forms of age-related brain decline.

　　“When people think about pregnancy, they think about what happens to babies and the mother from the neck down,” said Kinsley, who presented his findings to the annual meeting of the Society of Neuroscience in Orlando, Florida.

　　“They do not realize that hormones are washing on the brain. If you look at female animals who have never gone through pregnancy, they act differently toward young. But if she goes through pregnancy, she will sacrifice her life for her infant—that is a great change in her behavior that showed in genetic alterations (改變) to the brain.”

　　12. How do scientists know “Motherhood may make women smarter”?

　　A. Some researchers have told them.

　　B. Many women say so.

　　C. They know it by experimenting on rats.

　　D. They know it through their own experience.

　　參考答案12—15、CABB