It was dangerously cold. A few drivers slippi...

It was dangerously cold. A few drivers slipping and sliding off the road and back on again had cut deep ruts（车辙）in the mud. And the ruts became frozen solid. The drum of our truck’s aging engine worried us.

Trees and bushes heavy with snow bent to form an icy tunnel. We inched along the scary route as Howard grasped the steering wheel（方向盘）tightly, trying to keep the truck in the ruts. We were now riding through a nightmare with no going back. I kept praying the truck would not quit.

However, the engine’s coughing grew worse. We came to a bumping stop. Hot tears ran down my face. We noticed a small house off in the distance. “I will go for help.” Howard’s words ruined my common sense and panic took over. We would take the children — we would walk to that house together!

But the snow was deep, and our two children, asleep in the cab, were too heavy to carry. My husband convinced me to let him go alone. If no one was home or they didn’t answer the door, he would come back and we’d try to hike out to a main road. For now, it was safer in the truck. I wish I could say I have faith, but when he walked away, I was mad at the world.

It seemed as if hours had passed before I heard a familiar voice and a kind laugh of another man as they approached in the snow. The older fellow invited us to go up to the house where his wife was waiting. Two wide-awake kids moved across the seat, ready for adventure. Their voices and laughter carried in the cold night air. When we finally got close, a cheerful woman opened the door. Warm air and the smell of hot buttered popcorn and chocolate drew us in.

Relieved, my prayers were heard!

1.What made the author worried after Howard left the truck?

A. Her being locked in the truck.

B. Howard’s failure to get the help.

C. Children’s fear in the freezing night.

D. The truck’s sudden move in the frozen mud.

2.What can we learn about the older couple from Paragraph 5?

A. They were willing to offer help.

B. They loved making friends with children.

C. They enjoyed cooking in cold winter nights.

D. They came across the Howards on the way home.

3.What would be the best title of the passage?

A. A Scary Night　　 B. Man’s Prayer

C. A Truck Accident　　 D. God’s Answer

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It was a dark and cold night. The car driver didn’t have even one passenger all day. When he went by the railway station, he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he quickly opened the door of the car and asked, “Where do you want to go, sir?”

“To the Star Hotel,” the young man answered. When the car driver heard that, he didn’t feel happy. The young man would give him only three dollars because the hotel was not far from the railway station. But suddenly, he had an idea. He took the passenger through many streets of the big city.

After a long time, the car finally arrived at the hotel. “You should pay me fifteen dollars,” the car driver said to the young man. “What! Fifteen dollars? Do you think I’m a fool? Only last week I took a car from the railway station to this same hotel and I only gave the driver thirteen dollars. I know how much I have to pay for the trip. I won’t pay you one dollar more than I paid to the other car driver last week.”

1.          Which of the following is true? ____________

2.          What do you think of the car driver?__________

3.           The driver felt very _________ when he saw the young man coming out of the railway station.

4.          From the passage we know that the young man__________.

5.          The young man should have paid the driver_____

A 15 dollars    B.13dollars   C.3 dollars   D. 8dollars

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It was a dark and cold night. The car driver didn’t have even one passenger all day. When he went by the railway station, he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he quickly opened the door of the car and asked, “Where do you want to go, sir?”

“To the Star Hotel,” the young man answered. When the car driver heard that, he didn’t feel happy. The young man would give him only three dollars because the hotel was not far from the railway station. But suddenly, he had an idea. He took the passenger through many streets of the big city.

After a long time, the car finally arrived at the hotel. “You should pay me fifteen dollars,” the car driver said to the young man. “What! Fifteen dollars? Do you think I’m a fool? Only last week I took a car from the railway station to this same hotel and I only gave the driver thirteen dollars. I know how much I have to pay for the trip. I won’t pay you one dollar more than I paid to the other car driver last week. ”

1. Which of the following is true?____________

A. The young man went past the railway station.

B.  The young man was working in the railway station

C.  The young man had just got off a train.

D.  The young man was waiting for his friend there.

2.What do you think of the car driver?__________

A. He was a nice and clever man.    B. He liked to work very hard.

C. He was good at driving         D. He was not an honest person.

3. The driver felt very _________ when he saw the young man coming out of the railway station.

A.  sad        B. sorry         C. happy         D. worried

4. From the passage we know that the young man__________.

A.  knew clearly how far it was from the station to the hotel.

B.  Had been to the hotel several times.

C.  Didn’t want to stay in this city.

D.  Must be a stranger and didn’t know the city very well.

5. The driver took the passenger through many streets so as to_________.

A.  make the young man happy

B.  let the young man think it was very far from the station to the hotel.

C.  Let the young man have a good look at the city.

D.  Get more than twenty dollars.

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Winter is dangerous for drivers because it’s so difficult to know what is going to happen and accidents take place easily. Bad weather can be waiting to meet you. Ice might be hiding under the snow, waiting to send you off the road. The car coming towards you might suddenly move across the road. Here are two rules for driving safely on icy roads:

Rule Number One is to drive smoothly. Irregular movements can make a car very difficult to manage. So each time you either turn the wheel, touch the brake or increase your speed, you must be as gentle and slow as possible. Just imagine you are driving with a full cup of hot coffee on the seat next to you. You should drive carefully enough in order that you wouldn’t get the coffee out of the cup.

Rule Number Two is to pay attention to what might happen. The more ice there is, the farther you have to look down the road. Test how long it takes to stop by gently braking. Remember that you may be driving more quickly than you think. Generally speaking, allow double your normal stopping distance when the road is wet, three times this distance on snow, and even more on ice. Try to stay in control of your car at all times, or you will get into trouble.

49. Driving in winter is dangerous because _________.

A. drivers usually have too much coffee      B. people drive three times faster than usual

C. unexpected things may often happen              D. people drive more gently and slowly

50.Rule Number One mainly tells us _________.

A. to drive fast on snowy roads                   B. to increase the driving speed

C. to manage your car irregularly                D. to drive smoothly on icy roads

51.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A. Winter Driving  B. Careless Driving   C. Traffic Accidents         D. Bad Weather

52.Where do you think you might read such a passage?

A. In dictionaries.   B. In cookbooks.     C. In advertisements.  D. In magazines.

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短篇小说

The Stolen Bacillus

(1) “This again,” said the Bacteriologist (病毒学家), slipping a glass slide under the microscope, “is the celebrated Bacillus of cholera (霍乱) -the cholera germ.”

(2) The pale-faced man peered down the microscope. He was evidently not accustomed to that kind of thing. “I see very little.” he said.

(3) “Touch this screw,” said the Bacteriologist, “perhaps the microscope is out of focus.”

(4) “Ah! now I see.” said the visitor “Not so very much to see after all. Little streaks and shreds of pink. And yet those little particles might multiply and devastate a city! Wonderful!”

(5) He released the glass slip and held it towards the window. “Scarcely visible,” he said. Staring at the preparation, he hesitated, “Are these-alive?”

(6) “Those have been stained and killed.” said the Bacteriologist. “I wish, for my own part, we could kill and stain every one of them in the universe.”

(7) “I suppose,” the pale man said with a slight smile, “that you don’t have such things in the living-in the active state?”

(8) “Actually, we have to.” said the Bacteriologist. “Here, for instance-” he took up one sealed tube, “is a cultivation of the actual living disease bacteria. Bottled cholera, so to speak.”

(9) A slight gleam of satisfaction appeared momentarily in the face of the pale man. “It’s a deadly thing to have in your possession.” he said, devouring the little tube with his eyes. The Bacteriologist watched the morbid pleasure in his visitor’s expression. This man, who had appeared with a note of introduction from an old friend, interested him deeply. Nothing about his look, expression, manner and his keen interest resembled that of the ordinary scientific worker whom the Bacteriologist was familiar with. It was perhaps natural, though.

(10) He held the tube in his hand thoughtfully. “Yes. Only break such a little tube as this into a supply of drinking water, and death full of pain and indignity would be released upon this city. He would take the husband from the wife, the child from its mother and the statesman from his duty. He would follow the watermains, creeping along streets, picking out and punishing a house where they did not boil their drinking-water, creeping into the wells of the mineral-water makers, getting washed into salad, and lying dormant in ices. Once start him at the water supply, he would have wiped out the metropolis before we know.”

(11) He stopped abruptly. He had been told rhetoric was his weakness.

(2) The eyes of the pale-faced man shone. “These Anarchists (无政府主义者) -rascals are blind fools to use bombs when this kind of thing is available.”

(13) A gentle knock was heard at the door. The Bacteriologist opened it. “Just a minute, dear.” whispered his wife.

(14) When he returned, his visitor was looking at his watch. “I had no idea it’s been an hour. I have an engagement at four and I must leave now.”

(15) The Bacteriologist accompanied him to the door, and then returned thoughtfully to his laboratory. He was still thinking about his visitor. “How fascinated he was by those disease-germs!” Then a disturbing thought struck him. He turned to the bench and then his writing-table. He felt hastily in his pockets, and then rushed to the door.

(16) “Minnie!” he shouted hoarsely in the hall.

(17) “Yes, dear.”

(18) “Had I anything in my hand when I spoke to you just now?”

(19) Pause.

(20) “Nothing, dear, because I remember-”

(21) “Blue ruin!” cried the Bacteriologist and rushed to the front door and into the street.

(22) Minnie, hearing the door slam violently, ran to the window Down the street a slender man was getting into a cab (马车). The Bacteriologist, hatless and in his slippers, was running and gesticulating wildly towards this group. One slipper came off unnoticed. The slender man, glancing round, seemed shocked. He pointed to the Bacteriologist and said something to the cabman. The cabman swished his whip and in a moment the cab disappeared around the corner.

(23) Minnie was dumbfounded. “Of course, he is out of his mind,” she thought, “but running about London-in the height of the season, in his socks!” A happy thought struck her. She hastily put on her hat, shoes and coat, and stopped a cab that passed by. “Drive me up the road and round Havelock Crescent and see if we can find a gentleman running about in a velveteen coat and no hat.” “Very good, ma’am.” And the cabman whipped up at once in the most matter-of-fact way.

(24) Some few minutes later, the little group of cabmen at the cabmen’s shelter were startled by the passing of a cab with a several ginger-colored horses driven furiously.

(25) Must be an emergency, they said. Moments later, they were stunned to see another cab racing by.

(26) “It’s Old George,” said one, “and he’s driving a lunatic, as you say.”

(27) The group became excited. “Go George! It’s a race! You’ll get him!”

(28) The sight of a third cab flying by aroused more curiosity. Minnie went by in a perfect roar of applause. She did not like it but she felt that she was doing her duty. She fixed her eyes on the animated back of Old George that was driving her husband.

(29) The man in the foremost cab sat crouched in the comer, with the little tube gripped in his hand. He felt a mixture of fear and exultation. Chiefly he was afraid of being caught before he could accomplish his purpose but behind this was a vaguer but larger fear of the awfulness of his crime. But his joy far exceeded his fear. No Anarchist before him had ever approached this. All those distinguished persons whose fame he had envied became insignificant. He had only to break the little tube into a well. How brilliantly he had planned it, faked the letter of introduction, and got into the laboratory. How brilliantly he had seized his opportunity! The world should hear of him at last. All those people who had sneered at him and neglected him should consider him at last. Death! They had always treated him as nobody. All the world had been in a conspiracy to keep him under. He would teach them yet what it is to isolate a man. He stuck his head out of the cab. The Bacteriologist was scarcely fifty yards behind. That was bad. He would be caught and stopped yet. He felt in his pocket for money and found half a sovereign. This he waved the money in the cabman’s face. “More,” he shouted, “if only we get away.”

(30) The money was snatched out of his hand. The cab swayed as it sped up. The Anarchist put the hand containing the little glass tube on the bench to preserve his balance. He felt the tube cracked and saw what it contained flow onto the cab floor. He let out a curse and stared dismally at the two or three drops of moisture on the apron.

(31) He shuddered.

(32) “Well! I suppose I shall be the first. Anyhow. I shall be a Martyr. That’s something But I wonder if it hurts as much as they say.”

(33) He picked up the broken end of the tube, where there was still a little drop inside. And he drank that to make sure. He would not fail.

(34) Then it dawned upon him that there was no further need to escape. In Wellington Street he told the cabman to stop and got out. He slipped on the step. His head felt queer. It was rapid stuff this cholera poison. He stood on the pavement with his arm folded upon his breast awaiting the arrival of the Bacteriologist. There was something tragic in his pose. The sense of death gave him a certain dignity. He laughed.

(35) “You are too late, my friend. I have drunk it. Long live anarchy!”

(36) The Bacteriologist from his cab beamed curiously at him. “You have drunk it! An Anarchist! I see now.” He was about to say something more but stopped. He opened the cab door as if to get off. The Anarchist waved him a dramatic farewell and strode off to Waterloo Bridge, carefully bumping his infected body against as many people as possible. The Bacteriologist was so shocked that he didn’t notice Minnie appearing on the pavement with his hat and shoes and overcoat. “Very good of you to bring my things.” he said and remained lost in his thoughts.

(37) “You had better get in,” he said. Minnie felt convinced now that he was mad and directed the cabman home. The cab began to turn, hiding the black figure in the distance from the Bacteriologist’s eyes. Then suddenly something strange struck him and he laughed. Then he remarked, “It is really very serious though.”

(38) “You see, that man came to my house to see me and he is an Anarchist. No-don’t faint, or I cannot possibly tell you the rest. And I wanted to astonish him, not knowing he was an Anarchist, and took up a cultivation of that new species of Bacterium I think caused the blue patches upon various monkeys. Like a fool, I said it was Asiatic cholera. And he ran away with it to poison the water of London, and he certainly might have made things look blue for this civilized city. And now he has swallowed it. Of course, I cannot say what will happen, but you know it turned that kitten blue, and the three puppies-in patches, and the sparrow-bright blue But the bother is, I shall have all the trouble and expense of preparing some more.”

(39) “Put on my coat on this hot day! Why? Because we might meet Mrs. Jabber? My dear! Mrs. Jabber is not a draught. But why should I wear a coat on a hot day because of Mrs. -? Oh! Very well.”

A. one who suffers greatly or is killed, esp. due to political or religious beliefs

B. clever language that sounds good but is not sincere or meaningless

C. someone who wishes to destroy the existing government and laws

D. a substance that has been specially prepared for use as a medicine

E. to look at something with great interest and enthusiasm

F. to show, express or direct through movement

G. to eat all of something quickly and eagerly

前5个小题根据小说内容，判断表述是否正确，正确的请选A，错误的选B。第6-10个小题,请在A-G选项中找出五个单词在文中的正确英文释义，其中有两个是多余选项。最后一个小题, 根据小说内容用完整句子回答问题。

1.The visitor, with the help of the Bacteriologist, saw the living disease bacteria on the glass slip.

2.Minnie chased after her husband to bring him the coat and shoes he needed.

3.Seeing the tube broken and its content spilt, the Anarchist felt angry and disappointed first.

4.By saying “it is really very serious though”, the Bacteriologist showed his care about the Anarchist.

5.The Bacteriologist knew who the visiting man was and played a trick on him.

6.preparation (Para. 5)

7.devour (Para. 9)

8.rhetoric (Para. 11)

9.gesticulate (Para. 22)

10.Marty (Para. 32)

11.What is the theme of this story, and how is it relevant to today’s society and culture?

高二英语阅读表达中等难度题查看答案及解析

It was a dreadfully cold and cloudy afternoon. I was on the bus with my children, aged four and two, 1.(head) home when it started to rain. I realized this would mean a wet walk home 2. the bus stop.

3. my house was only two blocks away, it was not a pleasant walk with one small boy asleep in the pram (手推婴儿车), the other one in a raincoat and no umbrella for myself. A pick-up truck passed us on the road. I tried to thumb a ride but failed. My little boy woke up with a start and began to cry. I 4.(convince) that things might become worse and nobody would bother to help on such a terrible day. A few minutes later, 5.truck drove by, but to my surprise, I saw it pulling back and the driver looking directly at us. A young man put the window down. “Hey, here’s an umbrella for you, please take 6..” He called out. I stood there7.(astonish), barely believing that the man 8. existence was unknown to me only moments ago, could be so 9.(consider). “Come on, give this to your mummy,” he said to my older son. I accepted the offer and expressed my gratitude to him.

This man might have needed the umbrella for himself later during the day but preferred to give it to me. It was a lesson to me 10. it’s possible to give without expecting anything in return.

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It was a cold December and Mrs. Bell wanted to do a lot of shopping. She waited until it was Saturday, when her husband was free, and she took him to the shops with her to pay for everything and to carry for her what she had bought. They went to a lot of shops, and Mrs. Bell bought everything she could think of.

She often stopped and said, “Look, Peter! Isn’t that beautiful?

“All right, my dear. How much is it?” answered Mr. Bell, and then he took money out to buy it for her.

It was almost dark when they came out of the last shop, and Mr. Bell was tired. He was thinking about a nice drink by the side of a warm fire home. Suddenly his wife looked up at the sky and said, “Look at that beautiful moon, Peter!”

Without stopping, Mr. Bell answered at once. “All right, dear. How much is it?” Then he took his wallet out of his pocket.

1.Mrs. Bell took her husband to the shops because 　　　　　　 ．

A．he liked beautiful things

B．he liked to do shopping too.

C．she wanted him to pay money

D．he was always free

2.Mrs. Bell bought 　　　　　　 in the shops.

A．nothing　　 　　　　　　　　　　 　 B．a drink

C．the most beautiful thing　　 D．a number of things

3.Mr. Bell 　　　　　　 shopping.

A．was addicted to　　　　　　 B．was thinking about

C．was tired of　　　　　　　　 D．was very interested in

4.According to the last paragraph, we know Mr. Bell 　　　　　　 .

A．wanted to buy the moon

B．did not really know what his wife was saying

C．was a millionaire

D．did not like the idea of buying the moon

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It was a cold winter．The wind blew all night and the snow was blinding．When morning came，my three children and I got up and made our way to the windows. As we looked out of the window, we saw that the henhouse was gone．Our three hens had been blown away by the cold wind．

I looked at the emptiness outside．Then I saw all three chickens sitting around the edge of a white bucket．I couldn't believe my eyes! How was this violent wind not blowing them into the field beyond？I quickly pulled on long snow pants and heavy winter coat, wrapped a scarf around my neck and stuck my feet into large boots．

I shouted at the wind as it blew．I was alone，struggling in the snow．They stared out the window into the vast white sea of snow, peering at any sign of movement. Outside I heard the sound of my boots as I walked against the wind．

As the snow circled around me，I steadily made my way to the soft cluck-cluck-cluck sound my hens always made．When I reached them，I saw that their little feet were holding on to the edge of the bucket，heads bent forward and away from the wind. I gently lifted each hen and put it carefully into the warm inside．Then I began the freezing walk back to the small shed directly behind our house. One by one I laid my chickens on the cold floor，and they began to cluck softly．

As I shut the shed doors，my eyes went directly to the window where my children were watching. They jumped up and down cheering，and so did I! I wasn't some dragon slayer(屠龙者) from a fairy tale. I was simply a mom，but the look on my children's faces told me that they thought I was a hero mom．

1.Seeing all three chickens sitting around the bucket, the author felt_______?

A. worried. B. incredible.

C. shy. D. confident.

2.From the story, we know that_____.

A. the author’s children liked dragon slayers.

B. the author enjoyed herself in the snow.

C. the author struggled to be a hero.

D. the children watched their mother all the way.

3.How does the author reach the hens?

A. By following the sound of the hens.

B. By wearing protective clothes.

C. By searching for the white bucket.

D. By shouting at the henhouse.

4.What might be the best title for the text?

A. Weather in extreme. B. Hens in trouble.

C. Kindness in need. D. Hero in the snow.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

I realized that I was getting cold, and felt it was probably time to go back to the apartment, so I put my collar up against the wind and began to walk back up the cold street. I managed to get some food from a vendor（小贩）, and walked on.

About twenty-five minutes later I knew that something was wrong. It was getting very, very cold, there were no streetlights, and the hill I was hoping to see on my right was nowhere in sight.  There was almost no light except for mysterious red crosses shining from the tops of churches, and I was beginning to get worried.  To cut a long story short, I had walked the wrong way from a crossroads, and had wandered miles in the wrong direction. My head was aching from the cold, and I couldn’t think straight. Turing around, I started back, and a long time later was outside the house I had set off from. It was at about that time I realized that I had a gate key but no house key.  How happy I was when I found that the front door was open—my only piece of good luck that day.  My apartment was of course locked, my head felt like it was about to explode, and my hands and feet were freezing.

I tried turning the handle.  No luck.  I tried another key from England.  I wanted to avoid waking the family downstairs, so despite the fear of an early death from cold, I couldn’t break the door down.  What would my hosts think? I pulled an ATM card from my pocket and forced it alongside the inside of the lock. I didn’t think it would work, but after fifteen minutes of trying, I heard a click.  Another couple of minutes later the door was open.  Relieved, I took off my clothes in the dark and got into bed.

1.The purpose of the passage is mainly to ________.

A. tell us how difficult it is living abroad

B. show us how terrible the weather was

C. tell us an unusual experience abroad

D. show us how afraid the author was

2. What made the author find he had walked the wrong way?

A. He didn’t see the house.

B. A vendor reminded him.

C. The street name reminded him.

D. He didn’t see the hill.

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. The front door was closed.

B. The house had many locks.

C. The author woke the hosts.

D. The author came from England.

4.From the passage we can infer that the author was ________.

A. careful                             B. careless                          C. excited                         D. annoying

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It was a cold night in Washington, D.C. and I was heading back to the hotel when a beggar walked up to me. He asked if I would give him some money so he could get something to eat. After a short hesitation, I shook my head and kept walking. With helplessness, he said, “I really am homeless and I really am hungry! You can come with me and watch me eat!” But still, I kept on walking.

The incident bothered me for the rest of the week. In fact, I had money in my pocket and it wouldn’t have killed me to hand over a dollar or two even if he had been lying. On a freezing cold night, I wondered what would happen to a hungry man.

Flying back to my hometown, Anchorage, I couldn’t help thinking of him. I tried to find excuses for my failure to help. After all, government agencies, churches and charities were there to feed him. Besides, you’re not supposed to give money to beggars.

But I just couldn’t forget the incident and began to think I must do something. At that time, I was writing a garden column(专栏) for the local Daily News. Suddenly, I came up with an idea. Why not try to get all my readers to plant one row in their gardens donated to Bean’s? Bean’s Cafe, the soup kitchen which has volunteered to feed hundreds of hungry people every day for many years.

The idea began to take off. I began to receive more e-mails and calls from kind people. They tried their best to show their concerns about the hungry. Food was sent by different warm-hearted people and even those who only grew flowers sent their flowers. They are food for the spirit, which comforted me a lot.

Next year, the Garden Writers Association of America held their annual conference in Anchorage and after learning of Anchorage’s program, Plant a Row for Bean’s became Plant a Row for the Hungry. You can imagine how happy I was then.

1. According to the passage, the reason why the author refused to give some money to the beggar probably is that ________.

A. he happened not to take money then

B. he wasn’t fond of beggars

C. he thought that the beggar was lying

D. he didn’t like being bothered

2.Why did the author can’t help thinking of the beggar ?

A. Because he felt he had done wrong for his failure to help him.

B. Because he wanted to know whether the beggar had lied to him.

C. Because he was worried that the beggar might die from hunger.

D. Because some agencies, churches and charities should help the beggar.

3. What does the underlined phrase “take off” in Paragraph 5 mean?

A. remove clothes. 　　　　　　　　 B. leave suddenly.

C. become successful. 　　　　　　 D. come into being.

4. What’s the correct order to record the author’s launch of the program “Plant a Row for the Hungry?”

① He ran into a beggar.

② He was regretful.

③ He came up with the idea of planting a row for Bean’s.

④ The Plant a Row for Bean's became Plant a Row for the Hungry.

⑤ He went back home.

⑥ Writers gathered in Anchorage.

A. ①②③④⑤⑥.　　 　　 　 B. ①⑤②③④⑥.

C. ①②⑤③④⑥.　　 　　 D. ①②⑤③⑥④.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析