1、六年级英语阅读理解竞赛六年级英语阅读理解竞赛班级_姓名_学号_阅读短文,选择最佳的答案：（一）Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did oneday? When he wanted to steal the bell on his neighbours door, he walked up to thedoor, took hold of the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thiefwas afraid
2、and went home.Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. Hethought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, Ill put some cotton in my ears.Then I wont be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of hisneighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time h
3、e pulled even harder. The bell rangloudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out.Just then the neighbour came running out.“Steal my bell? Ill teach you a lesson,” the angry man shouted. And he hit thethief on the nose.The foolish thief did not know how the n
4、eighbour found out he was stealing thebell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered.() 1. The thief was trying to getA. his neighbourB. his neighbours doorbellC. some cottonD. a door with a bell on it() 2. The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would befor him to steal the doorbel
5、l.A. safeB. difficultC. dangerousD. easy() 3.The neighbour ran out probably because.A. he knew his doorbell was being stolenB. he thought someone was eager to visit himC. he realized something strange happenedD. Both B and C() 4. The neighbour hit the thief to.A. give him lessonsB. punish him for st
6、ealingC. help him with the bellD. be his teacher() 5. Which of the following is TRUE?A. The thief understood why he was hit on the nose.B. The thief knew why the neighbour came out.C. The thief thought the neighbour couldnt hear the noise the bell made.D. The thief didnt want to know why the neighbo
7、ur ran out.（二）Afarmer was put in prison. One day, he got a letter from his wife.“I am worried about our farm,” she wrote. “Its time to plant potatoes , but I cantdo all the digging by myself.”The farmer thought over and then had an idea. He wrote to his wife,“ Dont digthe fields. This field where my
8、 gold is. Dont plant potatoes until I come home.”A few days later, the farmer got anther letter from his wife. It said, “Two daysago, about ten prison guards came to our fields. It looked as if they were looking forsomething. They have dug our field.”The farmer wrote to his wife at once. “Now you ca
9、n plant our potatoes.”() 1.The farmer was put in prison _.A. because he had done something wrongB. because he had a lot of gold in the fieldsC. The writer didnt say anything about why the farmer was put in prisonD. For nothing() 2.The farmers wife was much worried about _.A. her husbandB. their farm
10、C. planting tomatoesD. herself() 3.The farmer told his wifefirst.A. not to dig the fieldsB. to ask the prison guards for helpC. to dig the fieldsD. to find the gold in the fields() 4.Why did the prison guards dig the farmers fields?A. They wanted to help the farmerB. Their leader ordered them to do
11、soC. The farmer asked them to do soD. They wanted to find out the gold() 5.Why did the farmer ask his wife to plant potatoes at once? Because _.A. their fields had been dugB. the prison guards asked him to do soC. the gold was found outD. the prison guards were digging the fields（三）Mr Smith gave his
12、 wife ten pounds for her birthday. So the day after her birthday,Mrs Smith went shopping. She got on a bus and sat down next to an old lady. After awhile, she saw that the old ladys handbag was open. Inside it she saw a wad of poundnotes just like hers. So she quickly opened her own bag and looked i
13、nto it. The noteswere gone.Mrs Smith was sure that the old lady had stolen them. She thought she wouldhave to call the policeman; but, as she didnt like making a fuss and getting peopleinto trouble, she decided to take back the money from the old ladys handbag and saynothing about it. She looked aro
14、und the bus to make sure that nobody was watching,then she carefully put her hand into the old ladys bag, took the notes and put them inher own bag.When she got home that evening, she showed her husband the beautiful hat. Shehad bought it that afternoon.“How did you pay for it？” he asked。“With the m
15、oney for my birthday ，of course。”she replied。Whats that then?” he asked as he pointed to a wad of ten-pound notes on thetable.() 1. Mrs Smith went shopping_.A. after a whileB. on her birthdayC. the day after her birthdayD. ten days later() 2. Mrs Smith wanted to buy_ with the ten-pound notes.A. a ca
16、pB. a hatC. a handbagD. a hat and a bag() 3. The old lady sitting_ her and her handbag open.A. besidesB. in front ofC. next toD. behind() 4. Mrs Smith saw _ in the old ladys handbag.A. a pound noteB. a wad of ten pound notesC. a wad of pound notesD. ten pounds() 5. Mrs Smith didnt call the policeman
17、 because_.A. she was on the busB. she was not sure whether she had the ten pound notes with herC. she was too angry to do soD. she didnt like to make trouble for others（四）Light and shadow are friends. They usually go together. We receive light everyday.At the same time, we produce shadow.Light cant
18、shine through you. Your body stops it from passing. There is only adark spot on the ground next to you. The light cant reach the dark spot. This is yourshadow.At noon the sun shines over your head. Your body stops very little light fromreaching the ground. So your shadow is quite short.But in early
19、morning or late afternoon, the sun is low in the sky. Its light movesover more of your body. Then your shadow is quite long. Your body keeps a lot oflight from reaching the ground.We love sunlight. Because neither animals nor plants can live without it. Sunlight can make people healthy. We love shad
20、ow, too. Most of us like to stand in theshadow of a tree or have a walk in the shadow of trees in summer. Light and shadowusually go together.() 1. Light and shadow come_.A. with friendsB. at the same timeC. every dayD. with together() 2. There is shadow because _.A. there is a dark spotB. light can
21、t reach a dark spotC. your shadow is next to youD. light is stopped by something() 3. _, the shadow is big.A. When very little light is stoppedB. When very much light is stoppedC. When your body stops little lightD. When the sun is over your head() 4. _, there would be no animals or plants.A. If there was no sunlightB. If we hate sunlightC. If sunlight makes people healthyD. If our shadow is long() 5. We love _.A. neither sunlight nor shadowB. shadow without sunlightC. both sunlight and shadowD. sunlight without shadow
