Ⅲ .阅读理解

A

One of the best－known American writers of children's books is Alfred Strong, or Doctor Strong, as he is better known to readers everywhere. Now, an art show called Doctor Strong From Then to Now is travelling around the United States. The pictures and drawings show the history of Doctor Strong.

Doctor Strong first became famous almost fifty years ago when his first children's book was published. Since then, he has written fortyfive books that have sold more than one hundred million copies around the world.

Doctor Strong's books are known for their easy use of words and colorful, handdrawn pictures. These drawings bring life to his imaginary creatures, The Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, and hundreds of others.

The San Diego Museum, in California, organized the art show. It included about three hundred Doctor Strong's original(最早的) drawings and some of his writings.
Most of Doctor Strong's books, although written in a funny way, have serious messages. For example, in McElligot's Pool, he describes the danger of pollution. He discusses the arms race in The Butter Battle Book, written in nineteen eightyfour.

Doctor Strong is almost eightyfour years old now. He says he never planned to write stories just for children. He says he writes stories that interest people of all ages. He says he uses easy words so that everyone, even a child, can understand.

1. Alfred Strong is a famous ______ in the United States.

A. doctor B. artist  C. writer D. reader

2. Doctor Strong first became famous in ______.

A. his eighties when an art show was travelling around the United States

B. his fifties when his drawings and writings were published

C. nineteen eightyfour when his book McEligot's Pool was published

D. his thirties when his first book was published

3. Doctor Strong's books are very popular in America because ______.

A. they are stories about animals such as cats, elephants and so on

B. they are written in easy words with colourful pictures

C. he organized the art show in California

D. they are written in a funny way

4. His purpose in writing many such books is______.

A. to show his original pictures and drawings

B. to organize a special art show of his own

C. to make his readers laugh or smile when they read his books

D. not only to interest people but to expose(uncover) some serious social problems

答案及解析：

1.C.细节题。根据文章第一句One of the bestknown American writers...可推知此题答案为C.

2.D.推断题。比较文章第二段第一句中的 fifty years ago 及最后一段的第一句中的almost eightyfour years old now 就可推知此题答案为D.

3.B.细节题。根据文章第三段第一句中known for their easy use of words and colorful, handdrawn pictures 可推知此题答案为B。

4.D.推断题。根据文章的第四段和第五段可以推知此题答案为D.

B
Beijing's broadened ban on smoking in public places took effect Thursday, adding force to the effort to hold a smokefree Olympics.

The new rules extend existing antismoking regulations to more places, including fitness centers, cultural relic sites, offices, meeting rooms, dining halls, toilets and lifts. Restaurants, Internet cafes, parks, and waiting halls at airports, railway stations and coach stations are required to set up smoking areas. Hotels will have to offer smokefree rooms or floors, but the regulations do not specify a proportion.

However, some restaurant owners have complained that it would be difficult to have a separate smoking room as required by the new regulations. “We plan to issue specific rules to solve this problem as soon as possible,” Rao Yingsheng, vicedirector of the Beijing Committee for Patriotic Public Health Campaign, was quoted by the Beijing News as saying Thursday. He said small restaurants without a separate room should set aside at least 70 percent of their area for nonsmokers. He also said customers and restaurant owners would be asked for their thoughts on the new rule.

Local authorities dispatched about 100,000 inspectors to make sure the ban was being enforced Thursday. Everyone has the right to dissuade people from smoking in public places, Liu Zejun, who works for the Beijing committee, said. “Citizens are encouraged to expose those who refuse to obey the rule by calling the free telephone line 12320，” Liu said.

People caught smoking in forbidden areas will be fined 10 yuan ($1.40), while enterprises and institutions that violate(违反) the ban will face fines of between 1 000 yuan and 5 000 yuan. Smoking was forbidden in hospitals, kindergartens, schools, museums, sports venues and other places before the new regulations took effect. From Oct. 1 last year, the city also banned smoking in its 66 000 cabs, and imposed fines of 100 yuan to 200 yuan on drivers caught smoking in taxis.

China has pledged a cigarettefree, green Olympics. This year's event will be the first nonsmoking Olympic Games since the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), of which China is a signatory(签名人), went into effect in 2005.

5. The passage mainly tells us ______.

A. there will be more places where smoking is forbidden

B. more people should give up smoking

C. a broadened ban on smoking in public places took effect in order to set up a nonsmoking Olympic Games

D. those who smoke at public places will be fined

6. Smoking is ______ at airports, railway stations or coach stations etc.

A. forbidden

B. allowed

C. allowed at it's smoking areas

D. we don't know

7. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Hotels will have to offer smokefree rooms.

B. Smoking is not allowed in most restaurants.

C. 12320 is a free telephone line to expose those who smoke at public places.

D. People caught smoking in forbidden areas will be fined.

8. If a taxi driver smokes in his cab, he will probably be fined ______.

A. 10 yuan B. 50 yuan  C. 120 yuan D. 1000 yuan

答案及解析：

5.C.见本文开头。

6.C.文章第二段提到了一些地方应当建立吸烟的场所，那么在这些地方的非吸烟场所，肯定是不准吸烟的。

7.B.文章第三段提到了在一些饭店单设吸烟的房间有困难，可见在饭店是准许吸烟的，但必须是在特定的地方。

8.C.文章倒数第二段说到被抓到吸烟的出租车司机会被罚100到200元之间。