阅读理解 Tom arrived at the New York airport two hours before the flight to Paris. He was wearing three shirts,...

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Tom arrived at the New York airport two hours before the flight to Paris. He was wearing three shirts, a jacket, two pairs of socks, a pair of shorts, and two pairs of jeans. He was carrying one small backpack, which was very full, but he didn't have any other luggage. Tom needed to meet a man named Tony before he checked in for his flight. He found Tony near the Air France counter. Tony gave him a round-trip ticket and a small package.

“Give this package to Jean-Paul at the airport in Paris. He will have a sign with your name on it. I think you can find him easily,” Tony said, ”You don't have any luggage, right?”

“Only this backpack,” Tom answered. ”You said I could bring one carry-on bag.”

“That's right. One carry-on bag is fine. Have a good trip.”

“Thanks.”

Is Tom a criminal (罪犯)? Not at all. He is an air-courier(空中信使). And he paid only $110 for the round-trip ticket to Paris. Air couriers get cheap airline tickets because they take important packages and papers to foreign countries. Businesses sometimes need to get packages and papers to people in foreign countries by the next day. Often, the only way they can do this is to use an air-courier company. It is not cheap for a business to send a package with an air courier, but it is quick.

Every year about 80,000 people worldwide travel as air couriers. The number of tickets for courier travel is growing by about 10 percent a year. However, air-courier travel isn't for everyone. But if you have very little money, can be flexible(灵活的) about your travel plans, and don't mind wearing the same clothes for a week, it can be a great way to take a vacation!

（1）、An air courier is a person who_________

A、manages a business company in foreign countries B、organizes international flights for tourists C、travels around the world with cheap tickets D、delivers papers and packages to foreign countries.

（2）、One of the disadvantages of traveling as an air courier is that he_____.

A、cannot decide when and where to travel B、cannot take any luggage with him C、has to wear two pairs of shoes D、saves little money from the travel

（3）、The writer of the text mainly______.

A、describes the activities of a law-breaker B、suggests an ideal way to everyone for traveling C、argues against the air-courier travel D、tells us about a developing business

举一反三

Nat lived in a small town in England. He always stayed in England for his vacation, but last year he thought, “I'm never outside this country. All my friends go to Spain , and they like it very much. So this year I'm going there, too.”
First he went to Madrid (马德里) and stayed in a small hotel for a few days. On the first morning he went out for a walk. In England people drive on the left, but in Spain they drive on the right. Nat forgot about this and when he was crossing a busy street, a bike knocked (撞) him down.
Nat lay (躺) on the ground for a few seconds and then he sat up and said,
“Where am I ?”
An old man was selling maps at the side of the street, and he at once came
to Nat and said, “Map of the city, sir ?”

One morning, Bill said he was ill. His mother called a taxi and took him to the doctor. The doctor asked Bill, "What's the matter, young man?" Bill answered, “I'm feeling sick. I'm coughing(咳嗽) and having a headache(头痛). I won't be able to go to school today, I'm afraid.” The doctor looked him over carefully, and then asked his mother, "What did he have for breakfast?" His mother said, "He had four pieces of dread, two eggs, a bottle of milk and an orange."The doctor smiled, "Don't worry. It's nothing serious. The boy will be all right after the football match." The mother said, "I don't understand, Doctor."The doctor smiled again,"This afternoon, the biggest football game of the year will be on TV. Your boy doesn't want to miss it. I think he will be fine after the game. You wait and see.”

    One day, a tiger saw a frog(青蛙)． He had never seen a frog before． He said,“I want to eat you． But first tell me who you are．”
    The frog said,“I'm the king(国王)of the frogs! I can do all kinds of wonderful things．”
“Really?" said the tiger．"Can you show me what you can do?”
“All right. Let's jump across the river. I can jump longer than you."answered the frog．
    They came to the river, The tiger jumped across it．He was surprised to see the frog was in front of him．
   “I'm waiting for you, Mr Tiger．”said the frog, laughing．
    While the tiger was ready for his jump．the frog held(拉)the tiger's tail(尾巴)and got some tiger's hair in his mouth．But the tiger didn't know．
    “Why do you have some tiger's hair in your mouth?" asked the tiger．
   “Oh". said the frog,“Yesterday I killed(杀)a tiger and ate him．”
    After hearing that, the tiger ran away quickly．

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

My name is Maria. I'm 13. I live in New York City. I often go to school by bike. Riding a bike is good exercise for me. I like watching NBA matches on TV very much. I watch them every week. It's real fun for me. I like pop music a lot， too. My favorite singing star is Michael Jackson. At school， music is my favorite subject. I have a good voice and I play the violin well. I have a dream of being a singer like Madonna.

I'm Linda. I'm 12. I live in Los Angeles. I like playing football and basketball. I play football or basketball every day with my friends after school. I like animals and I also like animal stamps. I have panda stamps from my pen pal. They are very good. On weekends I often go to the mountains to paint pictures. I have painted some very nice pictures. Painting is my life， so I'm going to be a painter when I grow up.

I'm Sophia. My home is in Washington D. C. I like reading and watching programs about travel and history. I often stay at home reading on weekends. At school， I like French very much and I'm good at it. I'd like to be a guide. I can go around the world and meet a lot of people. That would be great fun. 2

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能正确回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

Mrs. Smith is a teacher. Her house is not far from her school and she walks to school every day. All the students like her. Mrs. Smith walks to school on a very cold and windy morning. The cold wind cuts her face, and big tears go down her face. She arrives at the school and goes into the classroom. It is nice and warm there and Mrs. Smith is happy. But then a small boy looks at her and puts his arms round her and says, "Don't cry, Mrs. Smith. We all love you."

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