初中英语综合练习六

13.
Man's Best Friend
Almost everyone likes dogs, and almost everyone likes reading stories about
dogs.
I have a friend. The friend has a large police dog. Its name is Jack. Police
dogs are often very clever. Every Sunday afternoon my friend takes Jack for
a long walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much.
One Sunday afternoon a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long
time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for
his walk. But the visitor still stayed. Jack became very worried. He walked
around the room several times and then sat down in front of the visitor and
looked at him. But the visitor paid no attention. He continued(继续) talking.
Finally Jack couldn't stand(忍受) it. He went out of the room and came back
a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the visitor but this time
he held the visitor's hat in his mouth and ran out of the room.

1. Jack is the name of ____.
A. a young man
B. a policeman
C. a police dog
D. a good friend
#C
2. In this story the word "visitor" means ____.
A. the young man
B. the writer of this story
C. the police dog
D. the friend
#A
3. The visitor paid no attention to the dog because ____.
A. he didn't see the dog
B. he didn't like the dog
C. he was afraid of the dog
D. he didn't understand what the dog meant
#D
4. The dog held the visitor's hat in his mouth to show that ____.
A. he liked the hat very much
B. he wanted the visitor to leave immediately
C. he wanted to throw the hat away
D. he wanted to put on the hat
#B

14.
A friend of mine was fond of drawing horse. He drew the horses very well,
but he always began the tail. Now it is the Western rule to begin at the head
of the horse, that is why I was surprised. It struck me that it could not really
make any difference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the
belly(肚子) or the foot of the horse, if he really knows his business. And most
great artists who really know their business do not follow other people's rule.
They make their own rules. Every one of them does his work in a way peculiar(
奇特的) to himself; and the peculiarity means only that he finds it more easy
to work in that way.
Now the very same thing is true to literature(文学). And the question, "How shall
I begin?" only means that you want to begin at the head instead of beginning
at the tail or somewhere else. That is, you are not yet experienced(有经验的
) enough to trust to your own powers. When you become more experienced you will
never ask the question, and I think that you will often begin at the tail --
that is to say, you will write the end of the story before you have even thought
of the beginning.

1. A friend of the writer's drew the horses ____.
A. very well
B. in the way of western rule
C. in the way of his own rule
D. all of the above
#C
2. The writer was surprised because ____.
A. the artist began to draw at the head of the horse
B. the artist began to draw at the tail of the horse
C. the artist made his own rule
D. the artist did not follow other people's rule
#D
3. You are not yet experienced because ____.
A. you don't know where to begin
B. you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail
C. you always asked question
D. you do not trust to your own powers
#D
4. when you become more experienced you will ____.
A. never ask question
B. often begin at the tail
C. should write the end of the story
D. should think of the beginning
#C
5. The topic of the passage is
A. How to draw a h
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