六年级英语暑假阅读训练11（牛津上教版含解析）

六年级英语暑假阅读训练11（牛津上教版） 一、阅读理解题 The Whites live a happy life in a small town. They always celebrate their family's birthdays. They usually go out to a restaurant, but sometimes Mrs. White gives her children birthday parties at home. Then they can invite lots of their friends over. Mr. White's birthday is April 23. He was born (出生) in 1962. Mrs. White is five years younger than her husband. She was born on August 15, 1967. Tracy was their daughter. She was born in 1991 on January 5. Sandy was born a year later, but on February 29. Tracy is older than her brother. For three years out of four there are only 28 days in February. The year in which February has 29 days is called a leap year (闰年). If you were born in a leap year, you may not get to celebrate your birthday every year. So Sandy has a true birthday only once every four years because he was born in a leap year. However, in other years he usually celebrates his birthday on February 28. (1) What do the Whites always celebrate (2) How many people are there in the Whites family (3) When was Sandy born (4) How often can Sandy celebrate his true birthday (5) Does Sandy celebrate his birthday every year (6) What do you think of Sandy's birthday Why Hello, I am Peter from England. My family lives in London. I have two bothers. In the morning, my father goes to work and we go to school. My father takes us to school every day. My mother stays at home. She does the housework. She always has lunch at home, and visits her friends in the afternoon. In the afternoon, we go home from school by bus. My father gets home from work late. At night my two brothers and I always do our homework. We go to bed at about ten. My father and my mother usually read newspapers before going to bed. (1) ( )Peter's family lives in London. (2) ( )In the morning, my mother goes to work and we go to school. (3) ( )My mother stays at home and does the housework. (4) ( )In the afternoon, we go home from school by bus. (5) ( )My parents usually watch TV before going to bed. The Earth is not hungry, but it is thirsty. It seems strange that nearly 3/4 of the Earth is covered with water while we say we are short of water. Why Because about 97% of the water on the Earth is sea water which we can't drink or use for watering plants directly (直接地). Man can only drink and use the other 3%, which usually comes from rivers and lakes. And we can't even use all of that, because some of it has been polluted. Now much water is needed. So how can we avoid (避免) a serious water shortage later on Firstly, we should learn how to save water. Secondly, we should find out the ways to reuse it. Today, in most large cities, water is used only once and then runs to the sea or rivers. However, even if (即使) every large city reused its water, still there would not be enough. What could people turn to next The sea seems to have the best answer. There is a lot of water in the sea. All that needs to be done is to get the salt ou ... ...