六年级英语阅读竞赛试卷一、阅读下列短文及问题选择最佳的答案。
（A）Do you know there are two kinds of football games? One is American football, and the other is soccer. In China many young men like playing soccer. It is very popular. But the Chinese don’t call it soccer. We call it football. There are eleven players on a team(队).And the ball is round. Only the goalkeeper can touch the ball with his hands. The other players can’t touch the ball with their hands.In America, soccer is not very popular. They like playing American football. It is very different. The ball is not round. It likes a big egg. There are also eleven players on a team. All the players can touch the ball with feet and hands.( ) 1. How many kinds of football games are there?A. TwoB. Three.C. Four( ) 2. Do the Chinese like playing soccer?A. Yes, they do.B. No, they don’t.C. Yes, I do.( ) 3. What do the American people like very much?A. Playing soccerB. Playing American football.C. Watching TV( ) 4. How many players are there on a soccer team?A. EightB. Eleven.C. Twenty-two.( ) 5. Who can touch the ball with his hands in American football match?A. Only the goalkeeper.B.Some of the players.C. All the players.（B）Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbour’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of(抓住) the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, 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? I’ll teach you a lesson(教训),” th e angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.The foolish thief did not know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell.“Why did he come out just then?” he wondered (感到疑惑).( ) 1. The thief was trying to getA. his neighbourB. his neighbour’s doorbellC. some cottonD. a door with a bell on it( ) 2. The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would be for him to steal the doorbell.A. safeB. difficultC. dangerousD. easy( ) 3.The neighbour ran out probably(很可能) because .A. he knew his doorbell was being stolenB. he thought someone was eager (渴望的) to visit himC. he realized (意识到) something strange happenedD. Both B and C( ) 4. The neighbour hit the thief to .A. give him lessonsB. punish (惩罚) him for stealingC. 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 couldn’t hear the noise the bell made.D. The thief didn’t want to know why the neighbour ran out.（C）A farmer was put in prison(监狱). One day, he got a letter from his wife.“I am worried about our farm,” she wrote. “It’s time to plant potatoes , but I can’t do all the digging(挖) by myself.”The farmer thought over and then had an idea. He wrote to his wife,“ Don’t dig the fields. This field where my gold(金子) is. Don’t plant pota toes until I come home.”A few days later, the farmer got anther letter from his wife. It said, “Two days ago, about ten prison guards(监狱看守) came to our fields. It looked as if they were looking for something. They have dug our field.”The farmer wrote to his wife at once. “Now you can 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 didn’t say anything about why the farmer was put in prisonD. For nothing( ) 2.The farmer’s wife was much worried about _____ .A. her husbandB. their farmC. planting tomatoesD. herself( ) 3.The farmer told his wife first.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 farmer’s fields ?________.A.They wanted to help the farmerB.Their leader ordered them to do 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（D）Mrs Brown had a small garden behind her house, and in the spring she planted some vegetables in it. She looked after them very carefully, and when the summer came, they looked very nice.One evening, Mrs Brown looked at her vegetabl es and said, “Tomorrow I am going to pick them, and we can eat them.” But early the next morning, her son ran into the kitchen and shouted, “Mother, Mother! Come quickly! Our neighbour's (邻居的) ducks are in the garden, and they are eating our vegetables!”Mrs Brown ran out, but it was too late. All the vegetables were finished! Mrs Brown cried, and her neighbour was very sorry, but that was the end of the vegetables. Then, a few days before Christmas, the neighbour brought Mrs Brown a parcel (包裹). In it was a beautiful, fat duck, and on it was a piece of paper with the words, “ENJOY YOUR VEGETABLES!”( )1. There was a _______ a behind her house.A. small hillB. small lakeC. small houseD. small garden( )2. In _____, she planted some vegetables in the garden.A. the springB. the summerC. the autumnD. the winter( )3. Early the next _____, her son ran into the kitchen and shouted.A. morningB. afternoonC. eveningD. night( )4. One morning, _____ were eating vegetables in the garden.A. sheepB. ducksC. pigsD. chickens( )5. A few days before Christmas, the neighbours gave Mrs Brown a parcel with _____.A. a fat duck inside(在……里面) and a piece of paper on itB. some vegetablesC. a fat duck and some vegetablesD. only a piece of paper二、完形填空Troy is a small city. The people of Troy had to 1 with the Greek army. They have won most of the fights in the past ten 2 .One morning, the people of Troy woke and saw a huge 3 horse!The wooden horse was standing 4 the city gate. Some people came out to see the huge wooden horse. “What’s this? 5 did it come from? Is it a6 ?” asked the people. A soldier stood on its back and tapped its7 . A bird stood on its head. The wooden horse did not move. Finally, the people opened the8 and dragged the wooden horse into the city. It was very 9 , and they spenta long time dragging it into the city. “10 big it is!” the people walked around the horse. They touched it. The 11 about it. It didn’t seem to do anything!12 were men hiding inside the horse! Late at night, when everyone was 13 , the hidden door of the wooden horse opened! The men came running out! It was a big surprise! The Greek men fooled the people of Troy and 14 the fight in the end, thanks 15 the wooden horse!( )1. A. argue B. fight C. friendly D. join( )2. A. days B. months C. years D. centuries( )3. A. wooden B. big C. white D. golden( )4. A. near B. in C. next to D. outside( )5. A. Where B. What C. Which D. Who( )6. A. friend B. animal C. gift D. thing( )7. A. foot B. body C. tail D. neck( )8. A. door B. gate C. window D. eyes( )9. A. tall B. short C. heavy D. light( )10. A. How B. What C. Which D. Why( )11. A. said B. told C. talked D. spoke( )12. A. They B. These C. Those D. There( )13. A. drawing B. sleeping C. reading D. cooking( )14. A. won B. lost C. began D. started( )15. A. for B. to C. with D. on。
