2018下半年公共英语五级阅读理解试题2篇

第一篇

"The headmaster wants you in his office." The ( 1) boy to whom a friend says one of these things gets to ( 2) about and suddenly everyone around ( 3) and shouts, "April Fool!" ( 4) this is April 1, or All fools’ Day. In Britain and in some other countries, it is ( 5) to play tricks on people on that day. Children are ( 6) to play harmless jokes on their friends until twelve o’clock at night. Usually they ( 7) to trick other children (child的复数形式) into ( 8) foolish things. It is not only children ( 9) like such jokes. Grown-ups also enjoy tricking others. Even newspapers and radios (10) try to fool the (11) with a clever April Fools’ story (故事，新闻报道).

Some time ago, for example, a very (12) BBC TV program did a ten-minute (13) about spaghetti (实心面条) trees in Italy (意大利). The reporter (记者) said that (14) the recent bad weather, trees weren’t (15) as much spaghetti as they (16) did. He said the (17) of spaghetti would (18). A lot of TV viewers who didn’t know what spaghetti is made of actually (19) the story. Some housewives hurried to buy (20) food that was going to become in short supply.

1.cleverpoor　good　excited

2.frighten　consider　fear　worry

3.jumps speakslaughsquarrels

4.For 　AsSuch　 So

5.easy　 common　 comfortable　 moral (道德上的，道德，寓意)

6.forbidden let 　made　permitted

7.imagine 　managetry 　order

8.havingdoing takingmaking

9.whatever　however 　that　those

10.in time 　at times　all the time　for a time

11.publicreaders 　listeners children

12.curious 　famouspopular 　serious

13.reportannouncement　show　news

14.about with　tofor

15.collectingplanting　producing gathering

16.normally　possibly　seldombefore

17.price quantity　quality 　taste

18.come over go offcome down go up

19.realized　believed　accepted　understood

20.a / the 　all

　　答案:

BDCAB DCBCB ADABC AADBC

第二篇

A Frenchman had arrived at a small Italian (意大利的，意大利人) town and was staying with his wife at the best hotel there. One evening he went out for a walk ( 1). It was late and the small street was dark and ( 2). Suddenly he ( 3) some footsteps behind him. He ( 4) his head and saw an Italian young man quickly walk ( 5) him. The man was nearly ( 6) sight when the Frenchman suddenly found his ( 7) was gone. He thought ( 8) it was the Italian who ( 9) his watch. He decided to follow him and force him (10) the watch. Soon the Frenchman (11) up with the Italian. They didn’t understand (12) language. The Frenchman threatened (威胁) the Italian (13) signs and pointed to his watch-pocket. (14) thought that the Frenchman was demanding his (15) watch. The Italian, in the end, (16) his watch to the Frenchman. When he returned to the hotel the Frenchman told his wife (17) had happened. He was greatly (18) when his wife pointed to the watch on the table. (19) he realized that by mistake he had (20) the Italian of his watch.

1.usually 　lonelytogether　alone

2.clean alone quietly 　lonely

3.looked at saw 　heard listened to

4.raisedturnedshook threw

5.onpast　over　through

6.out ofinout 　away from

7.clock watch glasses 　walking-stick

8.who 　which what　that

9.had taken took　got 　had brought

10.to give 　returnto return give back

11.kept　caughtput 　ran

12.each other’s　each others’　the other’s 　others’

13.use 　inwith　by

14.The Italian 　An ItalianA Frenchman 　The Frenchman

15.lovelygold　new 　own

16.gave up 　giving up giving back 　gave back

17.that　what　which /

18.disappointed　moved interestedsurprised

19.Then　However 　SoAs

20.stolentaken robbedbought

答案:

DDCBB ABDAC BACAD ABDAC