二级阅读三合一(33篇)及其答案

阅读练习（1）One day a famous writer was walking along the shore before he began his work. As he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought of someone who would dance on the beach. So he began to walk faster to catch up.As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn’t dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean.As he got closer he called out, “Good morning! What are you doing?”The young man paused, looking up and replied, “Throwing starfish (海星) in the ocean.”“I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?”“The sun is up and the tide is going out. And if I don’t throw them in they’ll die.”“But, young man, don’t you realize that there are miles and miles of beach and starfish all along it. You can’t possibly make a difference!”The young man listened politely. Then he bent down, picked another starfish and threw it into the ocean, and said, “It made a difference for that one.”There is something very special in each and every one of us. All of us have a natural ability to make a difference.All of us must find our starfish. If we throw our starfish wisely and well, the world will be wonderful.1.Before he began writing, the famous writer was ___D_____.A)enjoying the scene on the beachB)going swimming in the oceanC)having a walk and picking up starfish on the beachD)taking a walk along the shore2.The famous writer found a young man __A______.A)trying to save as many starfish as possibleB)walking along the beach.C)picking up starfish for saleD)dancing along the beach3.In the last paragraph, “our starfish”refers to ____A____.A)our ability to have an effect on the futureB)the strength of imagesC)starfish that the young man threw back to the oceanD)the ability to make decisions4.Which of the following statements is True according to the passage? BA)The young man was unaware of his ability to make a difference for starfish.B)The young man disagreed with the famous writer on the subject of starfish.C)The famous writer thought it impossible to save any of the starfish on the beach.D)The famous writer and the young man shared the same opinion on the subject of starfish.5.This passage tells us that _____B___.A)young people are actually wiser than older peopleB)all of us can help to shape our futureC)famous men are sometimes stupidD)everyone of us is clever（2）There are two men in important positions in my office—Mr. Thompson and Mr. White. Everyone enjoys working with Mr. Thompson, but no one likes Mr. White.Mr. Thompson is always thoughtful and considerate. When he wants something done, he’ll ask, “Would you mind getting this information for me, please?” Mr. White is just the opposite. He usually shouts across the room, “Get me the memorandum, and hurry up.”Mr. White surprised us this morning, though. At first we thought he must be sick. He was king and agreeable. “Miss Erickson,” he asked, “If it’s not too much trouble for you, could you make these telephone calls for m, pleas e?” June Erickson was astonished. Right after that, Mr. White sad, “Miss Reed, would you be so kind as to open the window? It’s quite warm in here.” Then he talked to me. “I’d appreciate it very much if you’d mail these letters for me.”We couldn’t imag ine why he was behaving so strangely. Should we offer him aspirin? Or had Mr. White changed his personality?The situation was soon cleared up. “Ladies,” Mr. Thompson said, “I’ve been told that the president of the company will be here soon. He’s very i nterested in the welfare of his employees and will have some questions to ask you about your working conditions here.”6.What kind of positions do Mr. Thompson and Mr. White have? AA)They both hold important positions in an office.B)One of them holds an important position in an office.C)They both have unimportant positions in an office.D)One of them holds an unimportant position in an office.7.Why does everyone enjoy working with Mr. Thompson? BA)Because he often asks people to do things for him.B)Because he always behaves politely.C)Because he often surprises the office employees.D)Because he usually shouts rudely.8.In dealing with office work, Mr. White acts quite differently from Mr. Thompson in _C_____.A)respecting his company presidentB)considering his opposite positionC)bossing around thoughtlesslyD)addressing people impolitely9.What did people think about Mr. White’s change one morning? They thought __B____.A)Mr. White should be given some aspirinsB)Mr. White must have been either sick or changedC)Mr. White must have been kind and agreeableD)Mr. White should be so kind as to please everyone10.What did Mr. Thompson say to clear up the situation that caused Mr. White’s change? AA)The company’s president was coming to inquire about the employees’ welfare working conditions.B)The employees had written to the company’s president to complain about Mr. White’s behaviors.C)The company’s president had been told about Mr. White bad behaviors in the office of his company.D)The employees highly appreciated Mr. White’s changed behaviors.（3）During the twentieth century there has been a great change in the lives of women. A woman marrying at the end of the nineteenth century would probably have been in her middle twenties. She might have seven or eight children, and four or five of them lived till they were five years old. When the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties. After this, she could hardly find any work to make money because of the few opportunities and poor health. Today women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually a woman’s youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five. She may live another thirty-five years and take paid work until sixty.This important change in women’s lives has also changed women’s economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left school and took a full-time job. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never came back to it. Today, the school leaving age is sixteen. Many girls stay at school after that age. As women marry younger, more married women will only leave work just before their first child is born, and ma ny of them come back to work soon after. Such changes have made the family life different from before, with the husband having more duties and satisfactions of family life11.Around 1900, women probably got married at the age of ___D_______.A)15B)19C)20D)2512.The text tells us that in the nineteenth century ____C______.A)the mother would be in her early fifties when the children were bornB)a woman usually had five childrenC)the youngest child would live till he or she was five years oldD)4 or 5 children out of 7 or 8 died before they were six years old13.A mother at the end of the nineteenth century would have difficulty in finding work___D______.A)because she wanted to make moneyB)when her youngest child was bornC)because she was forty-five years oldD)when her youngest child was about fifteen14.One reason why today’s mothers take jobs again is that they ____D______.A)want to live another thirty-five yearsB)don’t like ch ildren themselvesC)needn’t worry about money for the familyD)are still young when the youngest child is fifteen15.One difference between the women today and those a few years ago is that ____D____.A)today’s women marry very youngB)many women today stop working as soon as they get marriedC)today’s women have only one childD)many women today start to work again after their first child is born（4）Long ago there was no money. It was hard for people to get the things they needed. They couldn’t just go to a store. First they had to find someone who had what they wanted. Then they had to give that person something he or she wanted. That’s how goods were traded.Trading means giving something to get something else. One farmer might have many apples, but no milk. Another farmer might have a lot of milk, but no apples. The first farmer gives the otherfarmer some apples. The other farmer gives the first farmer some milk for the apples. Then both are glad.Trading goods was hard work. It took a lot of time. Soon someone thought of using money instead of goods. In the old days money could be anything. People have used shells, little rocks, gold, and silver as money.Later, coins were used as money. The first coins were made of gold and silver. Now they are made out of many different metals. Money today is also made out of something that can be folded. It’s made out of paper. Today most of our money is bills.Most people do some kind of work to get money. With that money, they can buy the things they want and need. This could be food, a car, or a trip. They can also save some. They would do this by putting it in a bank. Then they would have it later on to pay for things like their children’s schooling. Money is very important.16.The passage mainly tells about money’s_A__.A)importanceB)convenienceC)functionD)history17.In a store today people can_D__.A)get something by giving something elseB)give things to those who want themC)find those who need the goodsD)get things by paying bills18.Which of the following objects can be bent? DA)CoinsB)ShellsC)RocksD)Bills19.“They can also save some”in the last paragraph means__D_.A)they can keep their goods from being damagedB)they can keep some goods they needC)they can keep money from getting rottenD)they can keep some money for later use20.According to this passage, all of the following statements are true EXCEPT that_D__.A) money is very important in tradeB)with the development of trade money appearedC)today money can be made of paper or metalsD)at first goods were traded with money（5）Advertising is one of the biggest businesses in America. Madison Avenue in New York is a well-known place where many advertising companies have their offices.Many different companies sell cars; many others sell oil. Many different companies sell clothes, tires, and so on. Each company wants the public to buy its products. By advertising these companies make the public interested in what they want to sell.Each company pays advertisers to tell the public about its products. Suppose a company has a new breakfast cereal （谷类食物）to sell. In an advertising office on Madison Avenue plans are made for telling the public about this product. The advertising company takes beautiful pictures ofpeople eating the cereal. These pictures appear in newspapers or magazines, and also on TV.Here is an example of a TV advertisement telling the public about the new breakfast cereal: Picture: a well-known basketball player eating a big bowl of WAKE-UPS with a W AKE-UPS box beside him on the table.Basketball Player: I always start my day with WAKE-UPS, the cereal made especially for people like me. I have to have good health. WAKE-UPS can make me strong. If you want to be strong and have good health, eat WAKE-UPS every morning!21.Madison Avenue is well-known because _____B______.A)it is in AmericaB)there are many advertisements thereC)it is in New YorkD)many advertising companies have their own offices22.In order to persuade the public to buy its products, a company should ___D______.A)start an office in Madison AvenueB)produce many different thingsC)sell the same products as other companiesD)advertise its products23.If a company wants to sell a new breakfast cereal, it ____A_______.A)should take pictures of people eating the cerealB)must appear in newspapers or magazinesC)must give some cereals to the advertiserD)will have to pay an advertiser to make advertising plans24.W AKE-UPS is _____D_______.A)the act of getting up every dayB)the name of an advertising companyC)an advertisementD)a breakfast cereal25.The best title for this text is ___D_______.A)How to Sell Breakfast CerealsB)Advertising and BreakfastC)Madison AvenueD)The Big Business of Advertising（6）Dear Disappointed,Everyone has to leave home sometime and it’s just more difficult for some than it is for others. Being 21, it is no wonder you are eager to begin your own discovery of the world, to make your own choices and achievements. I think the main reason your families are making it so hard for you is that you are their baby. They want to keep you under their protection as long as they can, and since they have always given you extra special care, they are afraid you won’ t be able to make it without their support.But I think you can and will make it on your own. If you have a good job now, you are already building up the skills and experience you’ll need to find another better job. All it takes is self-confidence, the willingness to face up to any difficulties you meet with and the courage to face up to your family and prove them wrong.In today’s China there are more chances than perhaps ever before. So be brave and set out to find what you are looking for.Good luck to you and be hopeful!Yours,DearSusan26.This letter is written to a person __D_______.A)who is still a small babyB)who has made great achievementsC)whose real name is DisappointedD)who is disappointed and needs help27.Disappointed is eager to __D_______.A)get skills and experienceB)find a better jobC)get extra special careD)discover the world28.Dear Susan tells Disappointed that ____D____.A)his family can give him special careB)his family can only discourage himC)a 21-year-old person should be supported by the familyD)a 21-year-old person should decide what he wants to do29.According to Susan, ____D_____ can help one to make his own choices and achievements.A)more chancesB)family protectionC)skills and experienceD)self-confidence and courage30.What does Susan advice Disappointed to do in the end? DA)To prove his family wrong.B)To set out immediately without support.C)To believe in his good luck.D)To be brave and set out for his goal.（7）Gloves have been used since earliest times. Cave people wore bag-like gloves of animal skins to protect their hands. Farmers, hunters , and soldiers of long ago used them for their work. Kings and queens wore fancy gloves edged in gold or fur. Gloves often showed how important or rich a person was.Today there are gloves for every use and place. Many different kinds are used for work and play. Although dress-up gloves are not as common as they once were, they are still worn when important people are honored.Gloves are needed for different sports. Baseball gloves help players catch the hard balls without hurting their hands. Hockey players wear thick gloves to protect their hands. People going sledging or skating wear wool gloves to keep their hands warm.Special gloves are used by people in certain jobs. People who work with electric wires or certain stinging liquids wear rubber gloves to protect themselves. Doctors and nurses may also wear rubber gloves. Some traffic police wear white gloves so their hand signals can be seen easily. Some gloves today are still made by hand. Most, however, are made by machines. Among the countries known for making gloves are France, Italy, England, Scotland, Germany, and the UnitedStates. One city in the United States has been famous for over two hundred years for making gloves. It is well named. It is called Gloversville, New York.31.The first gloves were made___C.A)not mentionedB)to let others know their owners’ wealthC)to show the importance of their ownersD)to protect people’s hands32.Dress-up gloves are the ones__A_.A)to protect people’s handsB)worn by honored people onlyC)to be well decoratedD)to dress your hands up33.What kind of players need not wear gloves to protect their hands? AA)Baseball playersB)SkiersC)Hockey playersD)V olleyball players34.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? CA)People working with stinging liquids wear hard gloves.B)Some traffic police wear orange gloves.C)People working in hospitals wear rubber gloves.D)People working with electric wires wear leather gloves.35.According to the passage,_C__and many other countries are known for glove-making.A)Canada B)Spain C)Wales D)Italy（8）Farmers milk cows every day. But do you know what they do first? Before they take milk from the cows, they wash them. They do this so the milk will be clean. Everything in the farms is clean, too. There are people who visit farms to make sure that the farmers keep things clean.A cow gives milk for many months after she has had a baby. Her milk bag is called an udder. It is emptied two times every day. Milk is taken once in the morning. It is also taken once at night.On small farms farmers can milk their cows by hand. But on big farms this would take too much time. So milking machines are used. These send milk from the cows’ udders right into a milk house. There the milk is cooled. Some machines send the milk from the cow into closed pails. Then these are taken into the milk house. The machines are cleaned well after each milking.Every day milk is taken from the farm in big trucks. It goes to a milk plant. Here people smell, taste, and test the milk. This is to make sure that it is safe to drink.After the milk is made safe, it goes into bottles. Then it is stored in a cold room. Next a truck comes to take the milk away. The truck keeps the milk cold. At one time it was brought right to the home. Now most people must leave their houses and go to the store to get milk36.The word “milk”in the first sentence of paragraph 1 means___D_.A)to feed cows with machineB)to feed and make cows give milkC)to feed cows with milkD)to take milk away from cows37.In the first paragraph “people who visit farms”will__D_.A)believe that farmers keep things cleanB)help farmers clean thingsC)find out clean things thereD)make it certain that things there are clean38.We can learn from the passage that farmers__D_.A) feed cows twice every dayB) clean milking machines three times every dayC) transport trucks of milk three times every dayD) milk cows twice every day39.According to the text, at one time bottles of milk were_D__.A)brought only to people’s homesB)brought only to the storeC)brought directly to the storeD)brought directly to people’s homes40.Which of the following statements is Not true? AA)Farmers should store the milk in a frozen room.B)Farmers milk cows either by hand or by machine.C)Farmers should clean cows before milking.D)All the milk is still brought to the home.（9）The earth is not the only body that travels around the sun. With it are eight other planets: two of them are nearer while the other six are farther from the sun than the earth is. The farther they are, the longer trips they make around the sun. People noticed long ago that these traveling bodies move around in the sky in fixed paths. It is a force called gravity (引力) that holds them in their paths.We know that every little bit of matter in the universe pulls upon every other bit of matter. If it were not for these pulls, the planets would fly off into space instead of around the sun. In the same way there exists a pull between the earth and the moon, which keeps the moon traveling in its path around the earth. Gravity holds you to the earth’s surface, and pulls back to it the ball which you throw into the air. Of course, the ball also pulls on the larger earth but the earth is so much larger that the pull is not noticed.Now remember that large bodies bring to bear a greater pull on any body than smaller ones which contain less material. But each object in the universe, no matter how small, pulls on all other objects to some degree41.The earth is _____A_____ in the sun family.A)one of the nine membersB)one of the eight membersC)nearer than two fellow membersD)bigger than two of the other bodies42.These traveling bodies _____C_____.A)make much longer trips when they travel around the sunB)move along certain paths around the sunC)have their paths changed a bitD)have the same traveling paths43.The gravity of every matter in the universe ____C______.A)keeps the object travelingB)has the object work properlyC)holds the object to the surfaceD)makes the object fly off into space44.The pull makes the ball ________A__.A)you throw into the air fall back to the earthB)fly around the body and then fall onto the groundC)you play with go farther and faster away from the earthD)go up into the sky and fly away45.Which of the following is True? BA)The smaller matters fly off into space.B)The moon travels nearer and nearer to the earth.C)The larger the bodies are, the greater their pull is.D)We do not notice the pull of the moon.（10）Some desert animals can survive the summer heat and dryness because they are very unusual. The camel, for example, can experience and bear an increase in the temperature of its body and its blood of 9°C without anything bad happening to it. In addition, it can drink a lot of water at one time; then store enough water in parts of its body to supply its needs for two weeks or more. The kangaroo rat, on the other hand, gets all the water it needs from water that it produces when it breathes. However, most animals need to maintain a fairly constant body temperature, and will die if it rises more than 5°C. Therefore, they need to find some way to stay away from the heat of the summer sun. Nor can many animals either store or produce water in their bodies, as the camel and kangaroo rat can. So they must find ways to keep their bodies from losing water because of the heat. Because very few desert animals can survive t he high temperature of a typical summer’s day, most of them are active only in the night. Only after the sun has set does the desert come fully to life. The night is relatively cool, and the darkness provides protection, not only from the sun, but also from other animals and from the birds. So the coming of darkness is the signal for the large majority of animals and insects to start again their search for water and food. When morning comes, most of them seek shelter again: many go underground; nearly all find some dark and cool place where they can keep away from the sun’s heat.For many species of insects, living in the desert is easier than for animals. Like many desert plants, they have a waterproof skin which prevents water loss because of the high temperature. In addition, some species spend all or most of their life below ground. Here, for most of the year at least, there is some moisture, and it is generally cooler than on the surface. In the case of ants, only adults leave the underground nests, and they do so only to gather food or to defend the nest against attack.pared with other desert animals, the camel can bear __B____.A)a very low body temperatureB)a big increase in body temperatureC)a constant change in body temperatureD)only a little change in body temperature47.The kangaroo rat is different from other animals in that __A___.A)it can produce water through breathingB)it can maintain different body temperaturesC)it can drink a lot of water at a timeD)it can store water in parts of its body48.Why is the desert full of activity in summer nights? AA)Because it is cooler and safer for most animals.B)Because it is easy to find water at night.C)Because animals cannot sleep at night.D)Because animals can find food in the dark.49.Why is it easy for many species of insects to live in the desert? CA)Because it is not difficult for them to survive there.B)Because it is not difficult for them to find food there.C)Because they have a waterproof skin.D)Because they are not afraid of the heat.50.Most insects live below the ground because ___B___.A)it is easy for them to build nests thereB)it is cooler there than in the surfaceC)it is easier to build nests thereD)it is easy to find water there（11）Everyone needs friends.We all like to feel close to someone. It is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh, and do things with. Surely, there are times when we need to be alone. We don’t always want people around. But we would feel very alone if we never had a friend.No two people are just the same. Sometimes friends don’t get along. That doesn’t mean that they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will make up and go on being friends.Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very sad. We miss them very much. But we can call them and write to them. It could be that we will even see them again. And we can make new friends. It is surprising to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them.Families sometimes name their children after a close friend. Many places are named after men and women who have been friendly to people in a town. Some parks are named this way. So are some schools. We think of these people when we go to these places.There’s more good news for people who have friends. They live longer than people who don’t. Why? It could be that they are happier. Being happy helps you stay well. Or it could be just knowing that someone cares. If someone cares about you, you take better care of yourself.51.We learn from the passage that__A_.A)having friends is one of the nicest things in the worldB)no one in the world needs friendsC)it’s nicer to have new friends than to have old friendsD)people always need friends around them52.Which of the following is what the author doesn’t say in the passage?A)People depend upon their friends to a great extent.B)People may call and write to their friends.C)People like their new friends a lot if they get to know them.D)People feel unhappy when their friends move away.53.Which of the following is most probably the place people name after friendly people?A)parkB)neighborhoodC)hotelD)town54.According to the passage, people who have friends live longer because___.A)they feel happier and stay healthyB)they take better care of their friendsC)there’s more good news for themD)there’s a lot of help from the ir friends55.This passage mainly talks about___.A)the importance of friendsB)the need for new friendsC)how to keep old friendsD)how to make new friends（12）In the book Future Shock by Toffler the writer describes the great changes in family life because of science and industry.In the past, when more Americans lived on farms, the typical family had many children. In a farm family, parents and their children often lived with grandparents. Often, too, uncles and aunts lived not far away. But when industry became more important than agriculture in American life, families became smaller. Industry needs workers who are ready and able to move off the land and to move again when they must.In the future, because of industrialization (工业化), a typical family will have to move even more often than now, so families will be even smaller. They may not have any children but only a man and a woman. A smaller number of families may raise children. These families may raise children as their main work, so that families that have no children can be free to move from job to job. What’s more, these child-raising families may adopt (收养) other people’s children, especially when some parents have proble ms in looking after these children’s lives and education. As most families are enjoying themselves in their work at different places, these few families are also havinga good time taking care of their own and the adopted children.56.The book Future Shock is mainly about _________.A)the great changes in family lifeB)AmericansC)the great changes in science and industryD)Alvin Toffler57.One reason why Americans had big families in the past was that _________.A)uncles and aunts lived together with themB)all Americans lived on farmsC)they lived on farms near their relativesD)three generations lived together in one family58.Industry is different from agriculture in that ___________.A)it is more important than agricultureB)it needs a lot of workers to raise more childrenC)workers in industry often need to moveD)it is more important to smaller families59.In the future, most families will __________.A)raise children as their main workB)have only the husband and the wifeC)raise more childrenD)not be free to change jobs60.Child-raising families adopt children __________.A)who want to live in a different family with more children。