blems and possibly cancer.
Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time. Some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Others burst with anger, and scream and yell.But other people keep their anger inside. They can not or will not express it. This is called repressing anger.
For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person's health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hor- mones (荷尔蒙).They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etC．In general the person feels excited and ready to act.
Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe that those who express anger violently may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep their anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure.
Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger. They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, ―Do not express your anger while angry. Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.‖
Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. They said that laughter is much healthier than anger.
1．―Damaging emotion‖ means that _________.
A．the emotion is harmless B．the emotion is harmful
C．the feeling is very strong D．the feeling is hard
2．What statement is right?
A．Were you angry, you would be cancered (得癌症).
B．Once you are angry, you must be cancered.
C．Angry as you are often, you can't be cancered,
D．Anger may cause you a cancer.
3．Expressing anger violently _________ repressing it according to some scientists.
A．is just the same as B．is more harmful than
C．is no better than D．is much better than
4．According to the author, you'd better _________.
A．never be angry
B．cool it down before you express it
C．laugh and laugh when you get angry
D．admit you are wrong when you are angry
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There is a popular belief among parents that schools are no longer interested in spelling. No school I have ever taught in has ever ignored spelling or considered it unimportant as a basic skill. There are, however, different ideas about how to teach it, or how much priority (优先) it must be given over general language development and writing ability. The problem is how to encourage a child to express himself freely and confidently in writing without holding him back with the complexities (复杂性) of spelling.
If spelling becomes the only focal (焦点的) point of his teacher‘s interest, clearly a bright child will be likely to “play safe”. He will tend to write only words within his spelling range, choosing to
avoid adventurous language. That‘s why teachers often encourage the early use of dictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical ability.
I was once shocked to read on the bottom of a sensitive piece of writing about a personal experience: ―This work is terrible! There are far too many spelling errors and your writing is terrible.‖ It may have been a sharp criticism of the pupil‘s technical abilities in writing, but it was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had omitted(省略) to read the essay, which contained some beautiful expressions of the child‘ s deep feelings. The teacher was not wrong to draw attention to the errors, but if his priorities had centered on the child‘s ideas, an expression of his disappointment with the presentation would have given the pupil more motivation (动机) to seek improvement. 1．Teachers are different in their opinions about _________.
A．he difficulties in teaching spelling
B．the role of spelling in general language development
C．the complexities of the basic writing skills
D．the necessity of teaching spelling
2．The underlined expression ―play safe‖ probably means ________.
A．to write carefully
B．to do as teachers say
C．to use dictionaries frequently
D．to avoid using words one is not sure of
3．Teachers encourage the use of dictionaries so that ____________.
A．students will be able to express their ideas more freely
B．students will have more confidence in writing
C．students will have less trouble in correcting mistakes
D．students will learn to be independent of teachers
4．The author seems to think that the teacher‘s judgment on that sensitive piece of writing is __________.
A．unfair B．reasonable C．foolish D．careless
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Perhaps the most famous theory, the study of body movement, was suggested by Professor Ray Birdwhistell. He believes that physical appearance is often culturally programmed. In other words, we learn our looks--- we are not born with them.
A baby has generally informed face features. A baby, according to Birdwhistell, learns where to set the eyebrows by looking at those around--- family and friends. This helps explain why the people of some areas of the US looks much alike.
New Englanders or Southerners have certain common face features that can not be explained by genetics (遗传学). The exact shape of the mouth is not set at birth, it is learned after. In fact, the final mouth shape is not formed until well after new teeth are set. For many, this can be well into grown-ups.
A husband and wife together for a long time often come to look somewhat alike. We learn our looks from those around us.
This is perhaps why in a single country there are areas where people smile more than those in other areas. In the US, for example, the south is the part of the country where the people smile most frequently. In New England they smile less, and in the western part of New Y ork States still less. Many southerners find cities such as New Y ork cold and unfriendly, partly because people in Madison A venue smile less than people on Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia. People in largely populated areas also smile and greet each other in public less than people in small towns do.
1．Ray Birdwhistell believes that physical appearance ___________.
A．has little to do with culture B．has much to do much culture
C．is ever changing D．is different from place to place
2．According to the passage, the final mouth shape is formed _________.
A．before birth B．as soon as one‘s teeth are newly set
C．some time after new teeth are set D．around 15 years old
3．Ray Birdwhistell can tell what area of the US a person is from by _______.
A．how much he or she smiles B．how he or she raise his or her eyebrows
C．what he or she likes best D．the way he or she talks
4．People who live _________ are more friendly.
A．in largely populated areas B．in New Y ork City
C．in the country D．in the North
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A．The salary. B．The number of the teaching hours
C．The free accommodation provided. D．All the above.
2．Some teachers may be able to ______________.
A．accomplish the job ahead of schedule
B．quit the job when they choose to do so
C．enjoy free accommodation for a longer time
D．continue working at the school after the summer
3．Arels-Felco is probably_____________.
A．a company B．the name of a school
C．an educational organization D．a housing agency
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California—Upset by the war in Iraq, Julia Wilson expressed her anger and impatience with President Bush last spring on her web page on https://www.doczj.com/doc/974247948.html, . She posted a picture of the president, wrote ―Kill Bush ‖ across the top and drew a sword stabbing his outstretched hand. She later replaced her page after learning in her eighth-grade history class that such threats are a federal offense.
It was too late, Federal authorities had found the page and placed Wilson on their checklist. They finally reached her this week in her biology class. The 14—year—old was taken out of class Wednesday and questioned for about 15 minutes by two Secret Service agents. The incident has upset her parents, who said the agents should have included them when questioning their daughter.
The teenager said the agents‘ questioning led her to tears. ―I wasn‘t dangerous,‖ said Wilson, an
honor student who describes herself as politically enthusiastic. ―I‘m a peace-loving person. I‘m against the war in Iraq. I‘m not going to kill the president.‖
Her mother, Kirstie Wilson, said two agents showed up at the family‘s home Wednesday afternoon, questioned her and promised to return once her daughter was home from school.
After they left, Kirstie Wilson sent a next message to her daughter‘s call phone, asking her to come straight home and telling her that two men from the secret service wanted to talk with her.
But moments later, Kirstie Wilson received a text message from her daughter saying agents had pulled her out of class.
Julia Wilson said the agents threatened her, saying she could be sent to court for making the threat. ―They yelled at me a lot,‖ she said. ―They were unnecessarily mean.‖
Wilson and her parents said the agents were justified in questioning her over her https://www.doczj.com/doc/974247948.html, posting. But they said the agents went too far by not waiting until she was out of school and the agents should have more quickly figured out they weren‘t dealing with a real danger.
Assistant Principal Paul Robinon said the agents gave him the impression the girl‘s mother knew they were planning to question her daughter at school. There is no legal requirement that parents be notified.
―This has been an on-going problem.‖ said Ann Brick, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union in San Francisco.
Former governors Pete Wilson and Gray Davis vetoed(否决) bills that would have required that parents give permission or be present when their children are questioned at school by law enforcement officers.
1．Julia Wilson was questioned because .
A．she wanted to kill President Bush
B．she set up the website https://www.doczj.com/doc/974247948.html,
C．the agents thought she might be a threat to the federal
D．she was a peace-loving person
2．What can we infer from the text?
A．Julia Wilson will be put into prison for making a threat.
B．Kirtie Wilson thought it wrong to question her daughter in school without them.
C．Assistant principal thought there was no need to inform Julia‘s parents when questioning her.
D．Ann Brick believes that teenagers should not be politically enthusiastic.
3．What does the underlined word ―mean‖ mean in the text?
A．cruel and violent B．poisonous
C．kind-hearted D．unfair
4．The author wrote this story mainly to .
A．struggle against the war in Iraq started by the US
B．discuss whether parents should be included when children are questioned
C．warn teenagers not to post web pages on websites
D．criticize the former governors who vetoed the bill
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When Nathan Winograd announced that he was leaving his job as a lawyer in California to run an animal shelter in Tompkins County, New Y ork, his father looked at him for a long minute and then asked, ―What do dogs and cats need a lawyer for?‖
The move meant giving up eight weeks‘ vacation, an office with a view of the San Francisco Bay and a big house among the redwoods, and moving to a rural area know for its harsh winters. But Winograd‘s wife, Jennifer, also an animal lover, was all for it. So they packed everything they owned, and with two young children, plus two dogs, and a bunch of cats Winograd had rescued, drove cross—country.
On the second day, they had no room for six more puppies they received. They found an old horse trough, filled it with hay and nestled the animals inside. They placed it next to the front desk, and within a day or two, all six had homes, adopted by people who walked into the shelter and couldn‘t resist.
Blind dogs, cats with missing limbs—all find homes. ―There is no dog or cat too old, too
ugly or too undesirable not to be adopted by someone,‖ says Winograd.
Today, Tompkins County is considered the only no-kill county in the United States. Nine out of ten dogs cats that come through the shelter doors are saved. Only animals with incurable injuries or illnesses, and the truly evil, are put down. The national average is half of all dogs and 70 percent of cats, totaling more than four million animals last year alone.
Even though he drives an old car that leaks when it rains, and his family lives on a tight budget while his classmates from Stanford Law earn six-figure salaries, Winograd says he‘s doing what he‘d always wanted to do when he grew up; run an animal shelter and save all the animals.
As a young district lawyer, he kept his goal in mind, starting when he raised his first animal cruelty case. A man was accused of intentionally setting his brown cat on fire. Winograd made his case, and the abusive owner was sentenced to prison.
It was the first of many such cases, and he raised each with vigor. But the senseless violence, neglect and ignorance never failed to shock him. He decided simply, ―I need to get to the other side and start saving these animals.‖
Now, Winograd is helping to save thousands, even millions, ―I‘m convinced that a no kill nation is possible, I‘m just here trying to shorten the time until it arrives.‖
1．What was his father‘s response when Nathan Winograd left his job as a lawyer in California?
A．He was all for it. B．He was strongly against it.
C．He was greatly puzzled.D．He was very angry.
2．How did Winograd successfully save so many animals?
A．He kept all the rejected animals in a large shelter.
B．He let the animals adopted by people who visited the shelter.
C．He sold some of the animals and get some money.
D．He delivered the animals to the local government.
3．Which could be the right order of the following events according to the passage?
a．Winograd and Jennifer set up an animal shelter.
b．Winograd and Jennifer lead a comfortable life.
c．Winograd and Jennifer got married and had two children.
d．Winograd and his family lived on a tight bugget.
e．Winograd worked against animal cruelty as a lawyer.
f．Winograd worked as a lawyer in California
g．Winograd and Jennifer moved to Tompkins County.
A．f-c-b-g-a-e-d B．f-e-d-e-a-g-b C．g-a-c-b-f-e-d D．e-d-g-a-f-c-d
4．Which could be the best title of the passage?
A．Being Rich is Important B．Animals, Our Best Friends
C．No Pet Left behind D．The Winograd Family
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This website is meant for the short story and for those interested in reading light articles.
If you have a ―classic‖ short story you would like added here, please don‘t be shy about e-mailing me in this regard as I would be happy to give your favorite story consideration. I have a fairly large collection of short stories; however, if you want to send a story to me, I would appreciated it (this would save me scanning time).
Please note three things about this site. One, some of the biographies are not available( the focus of this site is the story, not the biographies). If they are not in the book from which I am scanning the story, I will not go through my collection looking for a bio. Two, I will be focusing on shorter short stories. No Tolstoi or F. Scott Fitzgerald here (unless you are willing to send me the story ready to go online)! Maybe some day I will want to spend an entire day or two on one story, but not at this time. Three, I have no summaries or analyses, so you needn‘t ask. I read short stories often, but only for the enjoyment of doing so. I have very little desire to analyze what I am reading for that deep, hidden meaning.
Fewer and fewer people these days read short stories. This is unfortunate-so few will ever experience the joy that reading such fine work can give. The goal of this site is to give a nice cross section of short stories in the hope that these short stories will excite these people into rediscovering this excellent source of entertainment.
Happy reading! Oh yes, visit the bannered sites on this page. This is how we survive and thus keep this free site on line. If you are familiar with the costs involved with bandwidth, you will understand that a site such as this one requires a lot of bandwidth (as it is visited heavily), which can be quite expensive. So, if you appreciate this collection, go buy something. Thank you!
1．The passage is mainly about .
A．what the website focuses on
B．how to email short stories to the website
C．why fewer and fewer people enjoy reading
D．how to find short stories on this websites
2．What can we know about the book mentioned in this passage?
A．It contained many classical works with analyses
B．It was written by the author and advertised here.
C．there are many biographies in this book.
D．It‘s a collection of short stories of this website.
3．How is the website kept free on line?
A．The website receives much donation from society.
B．The website got much money from advertisements on it.
C．The website earns money by selling books which collect stories of the website.
D．Every reader pays for what they read before reading it.
4．The purpose of writing this article is to .
A．advertise his or her website and books
B．explain how this website is kept
C．explain who this website is for
D．discuss whether we should read on line
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Join us on December 17th, 2006 (2nd day of Hanukkah) for our annual Hanukkah Family Fun Fest for an exciting day of fun activities for the whole family. The Hazimir Choir will provide holiday musical entertainment. Drum Tales will present ―The Hearty Story of Hanukkah‖ show. There will be ceramic(陶瓷) painting of dreidles, menorahs(烛台), and other Hanukkah items for the kids. And fun foods, crafts(手工艺) and activities will be happening throughout the day. Bring the whole family and enjoy a fun—filled day!
11:30—Jolly Follies puppet show Ages 2-12
A fun muppet(提线木偶) style musical holiday story followed by a Hanukkah sing a long featuring the ―Chipmunks‖ and other favorite characters. Adult: $7 Child $ 5
1:30—Hazamir Teen Choir
Sponsored by the Berman and Lerner families in memory of Cantor Moses L. Snyder
3:15—Drum Tales presents The Hearty Story of Hanukkah
Drum Tales is fun, interactive percussive(打击乐) and musical. It is much like the traditional drum circle concept. It combines story telling, musical instrumentation and song. Each participants is given a percussive instrument which becomes their media of transportation to far away lands and exotic places, to ride the waves of mystery of an unfolding plot, and into the deep realm of imagination and the colorful beyond. Drumming, rhyming, rapping, clinking, shaking and clapping, this performance will leave you feeling refreshed after having returned from a journey through these stories! Audlts $ 7 Child $ 5
Plus food and fun for the entire family
Crafts with BBYO and Y oung Judea
Ceramic painting with Jack and Jill
T-Shirt fun with Computer Adventures
Fun with Cyber-Connection
V endors
Special visit by ―Chanukah Bubby ‖
1．How much does a family of three (a kid and parents) have to pay if they attend Jolly Follies puppet show?
A．$ 21. B．$ 15. C．$ 19. D．$ 17.
2．What feeling will you not experience if you attend the Drum Tales?
A．Mystery. B．Imagination. C．Exoticism D．Horror.
3．If your family are free at 1:30, what activity can you take part in?
A．Drum Tales: The Hearty Story of Hanukkah.
B．Hazamir Teen Choir.
C．Jolly Follies puppet show.
D．Cartoon films.
4．What is not included in the Chanukah Festival?
A．Ceramic painting. B．Fun foods.
C．Computer adventures. D．Fashion show.
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Never forget where you come from
Many of us remember the touching television advertisement where the actor Iron Eyes Cody sheds a tear over litter. Such Native images are often used to convey the idea of saving mother earth. People who accept this image find it difficult to bring together what they have seen of some reservations—shabby homes, broken cars, underfed dogs, weeds in winds, and coal strip mines. Those who most romanticize American Indians are the quickest to be disappointed and discover that things are not as good as they have once believed. However, Indians‘ relationship with the land is much more complicated(复杂的) than those two black and white images which appeared in the television.
Historically, tribal(部落的) people around the globe have had close ties with the earth. Lakota historian Vine Deloria, Jr., tells the story of the Ponca people who were taken from their range over a century ago and transported against their will to Oklahoma. Otherwise healthy, many Ponca wasted and died from no other clear cause than separation from their home. As Cheryl Crazy Bull says in this issue, ―The land is our relative. Without land, tribal people lose their identity—the land along with language, spiritual beliefs, and social systems distinguishes tribal people from others.‖To many people in the United States, the Indian reservation is an embarrassment. It represents the American version of racial seperation—a prison without walls where the government confined Indians to keep them apart from other Americans. To Indian people the reservation is home, regardless of what it looks like. They have spiritual, emotional, and family ties. Many of their relatives still live there or are buried there, and their creation stories are centered there.
Americans tend to pull up roots and separate from their birthplace, moving from city to city many times. Many of us non—Indians have never visited the places where our ancestors are buried or the houses where our parents were born. Western nations use Earth in the same way, as if we can go to another planet when the air and water become too dirty. On the other hand, tribes are very familiar with the concept of limited resource. They cannot get another reservation if theirs becomes too polluted.
1．What does the writer mainly intend to state in this passage?
A．American Indians are disappointed with their living environment.
B．American Indians lead a miserable life now.
C．Television advertisements can have an unexpected effect on people.
D．Land is very important to people, especially tribal people.
2．The author included the story of the Ponca people in this article mainly to state .
A．the close relationship between tribal people and land
B．the poverty of the tribal people
C．the long history of the Ponca people
D．the great changes of the Ponca people
s life
3．Which of the following statements is true according to this passage?
A．Americans can use land as they like and then go to another place.
B．People in the west don‘t like to travel from city to city.
C．Tribal people have the same concept of the resources as the non-Indians.
D．The reservations have both positive and negative(负面的)effects on Indian people‘s life. 4．What topic does this article focus on?
A．Family life of the Indians.
B．People‘s attitude towards land.
C．The history of tribal people.
D．Environmental pollution nowadays.
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The octopus‘s（章鱼）reputation as a human-killer isn‘t simply an exaggeration（夸张）—it is a total myth. The octopus can indeed be a deadly hunter, but only of its natural victims. Some shellfish （壳类动物）and an occasional sick or incautious fish have reason to be frightened of this multi-armed hunter, but a person is much too large to interest even the biggest octopus. Even the largest among octopi is much smaller than most people imagine. Far from being large enough to swallow a ship, as monster octopi in movies have been known to do, the largest octopus, found on the Pacific coast, weighs around 110 pounds and grows to no more than ten feet in width.
The hard, parrot-like beak（喙）of an octopus is not used for attacking deep-sea divers, but for cutting open shellfish. Indeed, the octopus possesses such a tiny throat that it cannot swallow large pieces of meat. Instead, it feeds by pouring digestive juices into its victims, and then sucking up the soupy remains. A shellfish that finds itself in the grasp of an octopus has only a short time to live. But human beings are perfectly safe. Still, people rarely care to go close enough to these careful creatures to get a good look at them.
1．This passage is mainly about .
A．the horrors of the octopus
B．the largest octopus in the world
C．octopi and their behaviour
D．the octopus‘s deadly hunting method
2．It is implied but not stated in the passage that .
A．people have unreasonable fears about the octopus
B．the octopus is not interested in human beings
C．the octopus is afraid of human beings
D．the octopus is a very cruel sea animal
3．What does the underlined part ―careful creatures‖ refer to in the last paragraph?
A．Octopi. B．Shellfish. C．Fish. D．The victims.
4．The hard beak of the octopus is used for .
A．attacking deep-sea divers
B．cutting up large pieces of meat
C．cutting open its victims
D．defending itself
5．From the passage, we can conclude that .
A．the octopus is not dangerous to man
B．people often fear creatures that are not dangerous to them
C．the octopus only hunts its natural victims
D．things described in movies are not to be believed
十一
We all hate speed cameras, don‘t we? They‘re not there to slow drivers down and lower the road accidents; they just make money for the government. They trick us, cost us cold hard cash, disturb us from driving properly and are unfair.
Well, here‘s a surprising thing: what if there were facts that the boring cameras actually saved lives? It‘s a conclusion difficult to ignore when you look at what‘s happening in France, a country with a historically poor record of road safety.
There were 16,617 road deaths in 1972 in France for example, but that dropped to 8412 by 1995 following rules such as compulsory seat belt wearing in 1990 and a lowering of the blood alcohol limit to 0.05 in 1995.
Last year, the road deaths dropped below 5,000 for the first time, or 4.9 per cent less than 2004. Comparing road deaths to population in 2005, that‘s about 817 per million people compared with Australia‘s 806.
And guess what? Last year the number of speed cameras on French roads reached 1,000 and the government plans to double that within the next three years.
Okay, you know the arguments regarding increased traffic safety and cameras-for-income, but it seems in France there‘s been a major cultural change brought on by radars and other laws. A three-hour, wine-soaked lunch with a quick rush back to the office is no longer on.
Travelling on the highways, it is rare to see anyone breaking the 130km/h speed limit when once few traveled below it. The speed cameras are clearly signed so drivers know when they are coming. There‘s even an official web site listing fixed and mobile camera locations and it is updated regularly.
Maybe it is because of such transparency by government, rather than the concealment too often used by authorities in many other countries that more French can enjoy la joi de vivre thanks to speed cameras.
1．Generally, it seems to most people that speed cameras are used to .
A．make money for the government
B．slow down the traffic
C．lower the road accidents
D．help us drive properly
2．From the passage we can learn that .
A．France has a very poor record of road safety
B．we‘d better ignore the evidence that speed cameras save lives
C．France had less road deaths than Australia in 2005
D．France does successfully in controlling road accidents
3．Which seems more effective in lowering road deaths in France according to this passage?
A．Compulsory seat belt. B．Lowering blood alcohol limit.
C．Placing more speed cameras. D．Eating in a shorter time.
4．Now you can seldom see in France .
A．people drive at a speed of less than 130km/h
B．lunch time lasts long hours with drunk people rushing back to office
C．drivers drive according to the traffic lights
D．police conduct traffic in streets
5．What does the underlined word ―concealment‖ in the last paragraph mean?
A．Secrecy. B．Openness. C．Strictness. D．Harmony.
十二
Sometime early in the next century, human beings will move to Mars. They will live there for about a year, and then will be replaced with another group of pioneers. Building the base on Mars will advance our knowledge of the solar system and aid in our understanding of the earth.
We already know that Mars resembles the earth in many aspects: general size, presence of water, length of day, range of temperatures. These resemblances have caused many people to consider a centuries-long project: to terraform Mars. Terraforming means altering a planet‘s surface so that
Earth‘s life forms can survive there. This concept, previously found only in science fiction is now being seriously considered by scientists.
Terraforming Mars is theoretically simple: add nitrogen and oxygen to the atmosphere; pump water to the surface; and add the earth‘s plants and animals in the order in which they developed on Earth. But it will take at least 300 years.
Some people think that such a project is too huge for humans to undertake, but there are very good reasons to make the attempt. The earth now contains some 6 billion people, and no one has any idea of how many humans the earth can support. Our very existence and numbers are threatening many other species. We also have had some experience with terraforming our own planet: altering the landscape, the atmosphere and the climate. Currently terraforming earth has become a wiser activity as we try to control global warming, air and water pollution, and preserve some natural living places.
While the possibility of such a project is small, it is not impossible. Even if earth-bound societies come and go in the next 300 years, the project can continue through the work of the Mars settlers without the need for constant backing from the earth.
The future existence of all the people in our world may very well depend upon our ability to terraform Mars.
1．What would be the best title for this passage?
A．Terraforming Mars. B．Saving the Earth.
C．Travelling to Mars. D．A Newly-found Place.
2．What does the underlined word ―altering‖ mean in the second paragraph?
A．Warming. B．Changing. C．Planting. D．Building. 3．According to the passage the main purpose of terraforming Mars is to .
A．do some scientific research work
B．find out its similarity to earth
C．avoid the dying away of many other species
D．find on Mars living place for the increasing human beings
4．The main reason for causing many people to consider terraforming Mars is that .
A．there are some resemblances between Earth and Mars.
B．terraforming Mars is theoretically simple
C．we have had some experience with terraforming our own planet: Earth
D．the development of science and technology is very rapid
5．What‘s the author‘s attitude towards the project?
A．Optimistic. B．Negative. C．Sceptical. D．Objective.
十三
When six the very best students from different cities in Guandong province all together chose universities in Hong Kong; when the very best student of Beijing picked up HK University while giving up the nearby Peking or Tsingbua University; when the highest enrollment （录取）rate of Hong Kong Science and Industry University reached 48:1, it‘s the high time to ask where the real education heaven for students in China is.
Y ears ago, the answer certainly would be ―Peking or Tsinghua University‖. But now no one could give the exact reaction without hesitation. The only sure thing is that HK universities have gradually showed an unusual attraction to a great many mainland students.
It‘s no doubt to call this HK craze（狂热）,which is even out of the expectation of those HK universities themselves.
How can HK universities shake the steady foundations of Peking and Tsinghua and attract so many mainland students?
First, Hong Kong universities offer large-amount scholarship, especially for the top students who can receive the sum scholarship as much as 400,000 HK dollars. Since higher education has become a kind of heavy burden of many families, it‘s easy to understand why the reaction to the generous offering of HK universities is great.
Second, most HK universities receive professors and students from all over the world and carry out bilingual（双语）education. This kind of excellent language atmosphere is another attraction for mainland students.
Further more, university students in Hong Kong have a better chance to study abroad as exchange students.
Can mainland top universities like Peking or Tsinghua University calm as before when facing the unexpected competition from HK? Will they take relevant measures to win back the top students who once help them set the worldwide reputation? Time will explain it.
The fierce competition brought by HK universities can be a good thing for an entire improvement of education in China. After the awakening and action taking of mainland universities, they can perform better together with HK universities.
At least, it reminded the mainland universities the tuition fees（学费）are among students‘ top concern when they are choosing universities. It‘s time to move.
1．What is the passage mainly talking about?
A．Some thought brought by the enrollment of HK universities.
B．Higher education in Hong Kong.
C．The competition between HK University and Peking University.
D．The fall of mainland universities.
2．Top students from mainland apply for HK universities because .
A．many students now would love to study aboard to get a better experience
B．they concern only about the tuition fees when choosing universities
C．HK universities offer higher scholarship, better environment and more opportunities for their further study
D．Peking university has lost its worldwide reputation
3．What is the author‘s attitude toward the competition brought by HK universities?
A．The government should take relevant measures to stop this unfair competition.
B．Mainland universities had better lower their tuition fees and win back the top students.
C．Universities both in mainland and in HK would get an entire improvement during the competition.
D．It may probably cause a complete loss both sides in the end.
4．From the passage we can see HK universities .
A．didn‘t mean to enroll top students from mainland
B．didn‘t expect their enrollment of mainland students would be so popular
C．have strict enrollment rules and only 1 out of 48 students can get the chance to study there D．are proud of their teaching staff and facilities
5．What does the author mean by saying ―It‘s time to move‖ in the last paragraph?
A．Mainland universities should take measures as soon as possible to attract students.
B．The opportunities come for top students to study abroad.
C．Mainland universities should make full preparations to challenge mainland universit ies.
D．Top students should be offered further education free of charge.
十四
Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus. Finally there was only one family between us and the ticket counter. This family made a big impression on me. There were eight children, all probably under the age of 12．Y ou could tell they didn‘t have a lot of money. Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean. The children were well-behaved, all of them standing in line, two-by-two behind their parents. The children were excitedly talking about the clowns, elephants and other acts they would see that night. One could sense they had never been to the circus before.
The father and mother were ahead standing proud as could be.
The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. He proudly responded,“Please let me buy eight children‘s tickets and two adult tickets.”
The ticket lady quoted（引用）the price.
The father leaned a little closer and asked,“How much did you say?”
The ticket lady again quoted the price.
The man didn‘t have enough money. How was he supposed to turn and tell his eight kids that he didn‘t have enough money to take them to the circus?
Seeing what was going on, my dad put his hand into his pocket, pulled out a $20 bill and dropped it on the ground.（We were not wealthy in any sense of the world!）My father reached down, picked up the bill, tapped the man on the shoulder and said,“Excuse me, sir, this fell out of your pocket.”
The man knew what was going on. He looked straight into my dad‘s eyes, took my dad‘s hand in both of his, pressed tightly onto the bill, and with his lip quivering（颤抖）and a tear streaming down his cheek, he replied,“Thank you, thank you, Sir. This really means a lot to me and my family.”
My father and I went back to our car and drove home. We didn‘t go to the circus that night, but we didn‘t go without.
1．What the family impressed the writer was that ________.
A．the family was too large B．they looked very poor and pitiful
C．they looked fairly rich and proud D．they were poor but respectable
2．The writer‘s father dropped the note on the ground instead of giving the money to the father directly because ________ .
A．he wanted to make the father feel ashamed
B．he didn‘t want to hurt the man‘s pride and respect
C．he wanted to pretend to be very wealthy
D．he was not very willing to help the man and his family
3．It can be concluded from the last sentence of the story that ________ .
A．they felt it a pity that they didn‘t go to the circus
B．they felt they would be blessed for their behavior
C．they didn‘t feel bad though they didn‘t go to the circus
D．they had never gone to the circus ever since
十五
Allen: I‘ve never been a big fan of the bears, especially the vacation show. On my last trip to Disneyland (1999) we passed it by, because we didn‘t want to spend the time on something we didn‘t really enjoy. If we‘d known it would be closed by our next visit. I‘m sure we would have watched it one more time. I was just making the point that it wasn‘t until Disney announced the closing that this
feeling suddenly sprang (弹跳) up for the Country Bear show at Disneyland.
But I think the idea of keeping some attractions open forever regardless of the number of visitors it gets is a mistake. We all have great memories of the Bears, but clearly very few kids today (or I should say families today) are making those same memories from this show. That may be a sad fact, but it‘s a fact. For whatever reason, the show doesn‘t pull in the numbers. Isn‘t it right to use the Country Bear space to bring in a more popular attraction so that more kids today can make those magic memories of an attraction they like? Otherwise aren‘t we just telling kids today that they ―have to‖ make great memories of the Bears, when it‘s obvious that the kids themselves are not enjoying the Bears like we did?
Roger: I am very disappointed that they have decided to retire the Country Bear Playhouse. I remember going to the show as a child, and still enjoyed it as a teenager, and now young adult. It is true that there aren‘t a lot of shows left at DL and with this one closing even less. Being at DL does require a lot of walking, and it is nice to have a few attractions that are a place to sit and enjoy a good show. I understand that DL has to develop, but there has to be some history to the Disneyland that Walt Disney first designed. There should be some parts of DL that just never go away, and this is one of them. By the time I have children it looks like there won‘t be any attractions that I can say I went to as a child at the rate they are going.
Now the Bears are leaving. What I want to say is: stop trying to compete with everyone! DL is the best, because of attractions like the Country Bears. If DL insists on destroying all of its magic to make way for the latest, well, then it might as well be just another theme park.
1．What news might get people talking about the problem of the Country Bears?
A．The Country Bear Playhouse will be closed.
B．There will be a new attraction for our guests at Disneyland.
C．The number of visitors to the Country Bear Playhouse is falling.
D．The Bears will retire because of old age and can‘t give shows any more.
2．Allen spoke mainly to get his point across that ________.
A．the Bears will be missed
B．we should tell kids today that they ―have to ‖ make great memories of the Bears
C．the longtime attraction ought to make way for a future attraction
D．people never care about what they have until all is lost
3．Which is the best choice to complete Roger‘s idea: ―The Country Bears have been a part of Disneyland for nearly 30 years, __________.‖
A．and I feel it is time to give our bears a good rest
B．but anyway, the attraction has lost interest
C．but I know that Disneyland will always be changing, and I accept that
D．and I am sad that the Bears will be leaving
4．Which of the following is not in the same group as the other three?
A．an attraction B．the latest magic C．the Bears D．a theme park 5．Where can this passage be found?
A．In a Web discussion zone.
B．In a suggestion book.
C．In a report on the popularity of the Country Bears.
D．In high school students‘ compositions.
十六
How can you hear your friends‘voices when they are far away and you can‘t make a long-distance call? Besides the web camera system with your computer, we have a new high-tech way to solve the problem and ease your pain of missing them.
The Japanese company Combiwith created a system ―talking picture‖. It makes people in pictures speak! The ―talking picture‖has a special pen. It is actually a pen-shaped scanner. It can scan information in specially-made pictures. A connected player will then play the information out loud.
First, you need to take a picture and record what you want to say with the company. The company will then make special barcodes (条形码) onto your picture (you can‘t see those codes). Those codes are your voice and your words. When you hold up the pen to scan your picture with barcodes, a player connected to the pen will start to play. It plays things you‘ve recorded. That way the invention makes the ―you‖ in the picture speak!
Do you want your friends and families talking out of pictures? Have them make pictures like that, and you can hear them whenever you want to, only with ―talking picture‖ system. The system can play messages for up to 12 minutes.
―The pictures would be useful for those who hope to hear the voice of someone living far away,‖said Mayumi Fuji, a spokeswoman for the company. ―Grandparents, for example, longing to know about their grandchildren would be happy to hear their voices when they see the picture,‖ Fuji said.
But it is troublesome to go to the company for taking a special picture first. And it is much more expensive than using a telephone. The photo with barcodes costs between 17,040 and 17,990 yen (日元) (160 and 169 dollars ). The larger picture you want, the more you pay.
Now, just raise a finger, lonely people can have their loved ones speak out of pictures. But, whether the ―talking picture‖ is practical or not, let‘s wait and see.
1．What does a ―talking picture‖ mean according to this passage?
A．The picture can play what‘s been recorded as if the person in the picture ―talks‖.
B．Y ou can have a talk with the person in the picture whenever you want to.
C．The picture can tell you wonderful stories to ease your pain.
D．The picture can tell what‘s on your mind when you are looking at it.
2．The right order when making a talking picture is ______ .
①record what you want say
②scan a picture with a pen-shaped scanner
③make special barcodes onto a picture
④take a picture
A．④③②①B．②④③①C．④①③②D．②④①③
3．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．The ―talking picture‖ system can play messages for 12 minutes at most.
B．It will cost you more to take a larger talking picture.
C．It might take a lot of trouble to make a talking picture.
D．Y ou can make a talking picture by just raising a finger.
4．The attitude of the writer toward the ―talking picture‖ is ______.
A．optimistic B．uncertain C．positive D．cold
十七
Nowadays, we hear a lot about the growing threat of globalization（全球化）, accompanied by those warnings that the rich pattern of local life is being undermined（破坏）, and many dialects（方言）and traditions are becoming extinct. But stop and think for a moment about the many positive aspects that globalization is bringing. Read on and you are sure to feel comforted, ready to face the global future.
Consider the Internet, that good example of our shrinking world. Leaving aside the worries about political extremism, even the most narrow-minded must admit that the net offers a lot of benefits, not just in terms of education, the sector（部分）for which it was originally designed, but more importantly on a global level, the spread of news and comment. It will be increasingly difficult for politicians to misinform the public, as the oppressed（被压迫的）will not only find support and comfort, but also be able to organize themselves more effectively.
MTV is another global provider that is often criticized for imposing（强加）popular culture on the unsuspecting millions around the world. Y et the viewers‘ judgment on MTV is undoubtedly positive; it is regarded as necessary by most of the global teenage generation who watch it, a vital part of growing up. And in the final analysis, what harm can a few songs and videos cause?
Is the world dominance（绝对优势）of brands like Nike and Coca-Cola so bad for us, when all is said and done? Sportswear and soft drinks are harmless products when compared to the many other things that have been globally available for a longer period of time —heroin and cocaine, for example. In any case, just because Nike shoes and Coke cans are for sale, it doesn‘t mean you have to buy them —even globalization cannot take away people‘s free will.
Critics of globalization can stop presenting their doom （毁灭）and gloom（阴暗）statements. Life goes on, and has more to offer for many citizens of the world than it did for their parents‘generation.
1．Some people feel sad about globalization because they believe it will ______.
A．bring threat to the world peace B．affect the rich local life
C．change their present easy lifestyle D．increase the size of people speaking dialects 2．Internet was originally designed ______.
A．to promote education B．to make news and comment known
C．to make people not worried D．to publicize political beliefs
3．It is implied in the passage that Nike and Coca-Cola ______.
A．should not become dominant brands B．have been ignored by many people
C．cannot be compared with drugs D．shouldn‘t have caused so much worry 4．Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?
A．Globalization is Standardization（标准化）
B．Globalization: Like it or change it
C．Globalization: Don‘t Worry, Be Happy
D．Globalization Brings Equality
十八
To many web-building spiders, most of whom are nearly blind, the web is their essential window on the world: their means of communicating, capturing prey（猎物）, meeting mates and protecting themselves. A web-building spider without its web is like a men cast away on an island of solid rock，totally out of touch and destined to starve to death.
So important is the web to an orb-web spider's survival that the animal will continue to construct new webs daily even if it is being starved. For 16 days the starving spider builds completely normal webs. Then, as the animal gets scrawnier, it constructs a wider-meshed （网孔、网眼）web using fewer strands（线）. Such webs would only trap larger prey, which is more economical from the perspective of a starving spider.
The spider stores energy by recycling web protein. It simply eats its own web each evening and reuses it to produce new silk. In studies with radioactivity, labeled materials, it was found that 95 percent of web protein reappears in the next day' web. Most of the energy needed for web-building is used in walking over the strands as they are laid down．
Scientists are impressed by the adaptability of the spider's highly preprogrammed brain, which is larger for its size than the brain of any other invertebrate（无脊推动物）. If web-building is interrupted, or if some of the existing strands are destroyed, the spider simply goes back to see where the web is left off and then finishes building a normal web. One spider will finish building the incomplete web of another.
1．Which of the following best expresses the main ideas of the passage?
A．Secrets of Spiders‘ Adaptability B．Importance of Webs to Spiders
C．Secrets of the Spiders‘ Life D．Spiders' Highly Preprogrammed Brain 2．According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A．Most spiders will stop conducting webs when hungry.
B．One Web-building spider usually conducts one web.
C．Web-building spiders will probably die without their webs.
D．Web-building spiders have good eyesight.
3．The underlined word ―scrawnier‖ in the second paragraph probably means ______.
A．weaker but good-looking B．fatter and stronger
C．nice and healthier D．thinner and bony
4．A spider's ability to finish an incomplete web proves that ______
A．it has a highly preprogrammed brain
B．it reuses its web protein to reproduce new silk
C．the web is everything for a spider
D．it is able to rebuild a destroyed web
十九
My first day as a tour salesgirl was a nightmare . I was 22 when I applied for the job . I was sent on a training course , but you don‘t really find out what the job is about until you are actually up to your neck in it .
My very first day on the job I had a terrible experience . I was having a drink at about 2 and thinking , ―Thank goodness the first day is over‖, when someone arrived and told me that the hotel was trying to throw one of the guests out because he had hit his wife over the head with a shoe and split her head open . I tried to smooth it with the hotelier , but all he said was , ―I don‘t want him here ; get the police .‖ So I called the police , but they wouldn‘t take him without identification .
Eventually I found his passport in his room among 20 bottles of whiskey , and then the next day , I had to get him released because his wife wouldn‘t demand charges . It was a nightmare .
They had warned me during the training course that things wouldn‘t be easy , but I wasn‘t expecting problems quite so soon . During my last lesson , a forest fire came down the mountain
during the night and surrounded the hotel . In another resort things sometimes got a bit out of control .
I would get hooligans (小流氓)throwing rubbish inside , refusing to leave the hotel . It was my job to tell them off for behaving like that .
Every day was different .
A lot of sales representatives give up after one season ; there are very few who carry on for years , but I enjoyed my three years . On my first trip to Corsica , I met a waiter , and in my last summer , I married him . The staff wouldn‘t give me any time off , so I had to marry him on my day off . But the guests were very nice and gave us presents and said they‘d come and visit us in England . Over all , I‘ve no regrets , and I would certainly do it again if I had the chance , and I would recommend others of an adventurous spirit to do the same .
1．The writer said that her day as a tour salesgirl was a nightmare probably because .
A．she was only 22 years old at that time
B．she met something difficult to deal with
C．she had no such experience before .
D．she had a terrible dream that day .
2．From this passage we can infer that the man hit his wife over the head because .
A．he was not satisfied with the service of the hotel .
B．his wife didn‘t agree with what he said
C．he had drunk too much wine
D．his wife forgot to bring their passport
3．The following statements are true except that .
A．the writer worked as a tour salesgirl for 3 years .
B．the writer was very busy as a tour salesgirl
C．the writer treasured her job very much
D．the writer was troubled by hooligans by everywhere
4．From the last paragraph we may conclude that the writer‘s attitude towards her job was .
A．positive B．negative C．regretful D．sorrowful
二十
Baseball is America‘s national sport . So it is not unusual that many popular expressions come from baseball . But first, let me explain a little about the game .
Each baseball team has nine players . The pitcher of one team throws the ball to a batter from the other team . The batter attempts to hit the ball . If he misses , it is called a strike . If a batter gets three strikes , he loses his turn at bat and is called out . The batter also is out if he hits the ball in the air and an opposing player catches it . But if the batter hits the ball and it is not caught , the batter tries to run to one or more of the four bases on the field . The batter can run to all four bases if he hits the ball over the fence or out of the ballpark . Such a hit is called a homerun .
Now , here are some common expressions from baseball. Someone who is ―on the ball‖is intelligent and able to do a good job . But a person who ―threw a curve ball ―did something unexpected . Someone who ―steps up to the plate‖ is ready to do his or her job . A―pinch hitter‖ takes the place of someone else at a job or activity .
Sometimes I have to give information quickly , without time to think it over . Then I would say something ―right off the bat .‖ If someone is doing an extremely good job and is very successful , you might say he or she is ―batting one thousand .‖
If I say I want to ―touch base‖ with you , I will talk to you from time to time about something we
plan to do . I might say I ―touched all the bases‖if I did what is necessary to complete a job or activity . And if I ―covered my bases‖ I was well prepared . However , someone who is ―way off base‖did something wrong or maybe even dishonest or immoral . A person with strange ideas might be described as ―out in left field.‖
Finally , when a situation changes completely , we say ―that is a whole new ballgame.‖
1．The purpose of the passage is to .
A．indicate baseball is America‘s national sport
B．explain the rules of a sport game
C．introduce some useful expressions from baseball
D．show the connection between expressions and sports
2．What does the underlined sentence ― The batter also is out‖ mean ?
A．The batter comes out from his position
B．The batter will not continue the game .
C．The match will be over suddenly .
D．The batter will change his position .
3．Which of the following expressions can show the meaning that someone is ready to do something ?
A．To be right off the bat . B．To throw a curve ball .
C．To cover his bases . D．That is a whole new ballgame
4．What is the main idea of the second paragraph ?
A．The history of baseball .
B．The rules of baseball .
C．The connection between baseball and the expressions
D．Baseball is popular in America .
二十一
Street art can be found on buildings , sidewalks , street signs and even trash cans from Tokyo to Paris to New Y ork City . This special kind of art can take the form of paintings , sculptures , cloth or even stickers . Street art has become part of a global visual culture . Now , even art museums and galleries are collecting the work of street artists .
It is not easy to provide an exact history of the street art movement . This kind of art has developed in many kinds of ways in places all over the world . Also , because it is illegal to paint public and private property without permission , street artists usually work secretly . This secretive nature of street art and its countless forms make it hard to define exactly . And people have different opinions about the movement . Some think street art is a crime and destroys property . But others see this art as a rich form of non-traditional cultural expression .
Many experts say the movement began in New Y ork City in the nineteen sixties. Y oung adults would use paint in special cans to spray their ―tag‖ on walls and train cars around the city . This tag was a name they created to identify themselves and their artwork . This colorful style of writing is also called graffiti . It is visually exciting and energetic .
Graffiti also became a separate movement expressing the street culture of young people living in big cities . Graffiti art represented social and political rebellion . These artists could travel around areas of the city making creative paintings for everyone to see . Sometimes this street art created a dispute between artists and city officials . Graffiti artists created their images and city officials quickly painted over them .
During the 1980s , two famous New Y ork painters—Keith Haring and Jean Michel began showing their work in art galleries and museums . This is when street art started to become part of the more general popular culture .
1．What can we infer from the first paragraph ?
A．Street art has become popular and is accepted as a kind of culture .
B．Street art is very special compared with other forms of popular art .
C．Many people are beginning to learn street art .
D．Street art is better developed in big cities than in rural areas .
2．Which of the following statements is true according to the passage ?
A．―TAG‖ was a word created by people to distinguish street artists and the other artists .
B．There are three reasons to explain why it is hard to define the history of street art .
C．The movement of street art began in the 1980s in New Y ork City .
D．All the people don‘t think that the street art is a rich form of cultural expression .
3．The city officials used to do away with graffiti probably because .
A．they caused arguments between people
B．they were ugly in someone‘s eyes
C．they were not painted under proper guidance
D．they didn‘t express good traditional culture .
4．They best title of the passage is .
A．The way to become a street artist . B．What does Graffiti art stand for ?
C．The history of an art movement . D．the work of street artists .
二十二
More than 60,000 foreign scientists come to China every year and 80,000 Chinese scientists go abroad , contributing to an international scientific and technological exchange system .
―These foreigners are helping China solve a lot of essential problems , which used to be bottlenecks in the country‘s technological development ,‖Shang Y ong , China‘s vice-minister of Science and Technology , told China Daily yesterday .
Meanwhile , Chinese scientists educated abroad have become the cornerstone in the country‘s scientific establishment . More than 80 per cent of academicians at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have studied abroad , according to statistics released yesterday .
The foreign scientists have been most active in areas such as renewable (可更新的) energy development , resource management , environmental protection and agricultural technology improvement , according to the vice-minister .
For example , a dozen experts from the United States are currently working with their Chinese colleagues around the country to build a nationwide earthquake monitoring system .
The new system , which will forecast earthquakes with great accuracy and provide timely information online , has included nine Chinese cities and is adding Lhasa .
China has signed agreements with 26 countries to carry out joint research into traditional Chinese medicine since expressing its commitment to international co-operation in this field in July .
According to Shang , Chinese and foreign scientists are sharing the intellectual property rights of core technologies in most of these projects .
―China will seek international co-operation in many more fields of scientific research in the next five years,‖he said. ―The country needs thousands and thousands of scientists from abroad , both Chinese and foreign.‖
阅读理解训练50篇（1） 1 Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer. Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time. Some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Others burst with anger, and scream and yell.But other people keep their anger inside. They can not or will not express it. This is called repressing anger. For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person's health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hor- mones (荷尔蒙).They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etC．In general the person feels excited and ready to act. Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe that those who express anger violently may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep their anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure. Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger. They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, “Do not express your anger while angry. Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.” Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. They said that laughter is much healthier than anger. 1．“Damaging emotion” means t hat _________. A．the emotion is harmless B．the emotion is harmful C．the feeling is very strong D．the feeling is hard 2．What statement is right? A．Were you angry, you would be cancered (得癌症). B．Once you are angry, you must be cancered. C．Angry as you are often, you can't be cancered, D．Anger may cause you a cancer. 3．Expressing anger violently _________ repressing it according to some scientists. A．is just the same as B．is more harmful than C．is no better than D．is much better than 4．According to the author, you'd better _________. A．never be angry B．cool it down before you express it C．laugh and laugh when you get angry D．admit you are wrong when you are angry 二
高考英语阅读理解专项训练100篇 (名师传授解题技巧+实战练习，值得下载) 一、阅读理解解题技巧 阅读理解题是考查学生对活的语言材料的理解能力，即通过阅读材料获得信息的能力。具体说来，阅读理解能力测试的主要要求是：（1）掌握所读材料的主旨大意，以及用以说明主旨大意的事实和细节；（2）既理解具体事实，也理解抽象的概念；（3）既理解字面意思，也理解深层含义，包括作者的态度、意图等；（4）既理解某句、某段的意义，也理解全篇的逻辑关系，并能根据文章进行推理和判断；（5）既能根据材料所提供的信息去理解，也能结合中学生应有的常识去理解。根据这几项能力测试的要求，试题中常采用如下几种题型：事实询问题、推理判断题、数据推算题、识图解意题和主旨大意题。根据这一测试要求和题型设计，答题时可以采取如下解题技巧和对策。 1．首先解题时要充满自信。由于平时有些同学对做阅读理解时存在一种畏惧心理，因此考试做题时心理就难免会产生紧张感，特别是阅读时再遇到几个生词就头脑发胀，从而使自己的思路更加模糊不清。其实这是完全没有必要的，因为阅读中遇到几个生词或几个难以理解的句子是常有的事，也是正常现象。因为按大纲要求，试卷中允许有不超过3%的生词，只要认真分析，仔细阅读，这些生词和句子很可能并不影响你的解题。所以答题之前首先要有必胜的信心。 2．扫读全文，理解全文主旨大意。拿到一篇文章，首先要快速扫读全文，虽为扫读，但不可漫不经心，阅读时也应聚精会神，力求可能多地获取材料信息，只是这次遇到生词和难句先不必去处理，不要因纠缠文中的个别生词和难句而影响了对全文的主旨大意的了解。
3．对症下药，各个击破。了解全文的大概意思之后，再把短文的问题简单看一遍，弄懂题意，然后带着问题再去寻读全文。这次阅读过程中要善于抓文章中的关键词句。寻读也就是迅速的查找需要了解的信息，是为某些特定的问题而阅读，因此阅读时要有较强的针对性，对与问题有关的数据，词句等仔细阅读，认真理解，同时结合不同考查内容的题型，采取如下解题对策： （1）事实询问题：这类试题通常是以疑问词what，who，when，where，why，how 等引起的特殊问句，就文章中某一词语、某一句子、某一段落或某一具体细节和事实进行提问。解答此类试题首先要弄清题目和每一个选项的含义，然后按题目要求寻找与之相关的细节，正确估计答案来源，同时注意题目和文章中的暗示作用。特别注意辨别各种信息，确认各种信息。 （2）推理判断题：此题要求我们通过表面文字信息去推测文章隐含的意思，对文章的发展情节及作者的态度、意图等做出合乎逻辑的的推理判断。这种题要求我们在阅读时要抓住文章的主题和细节、从分析文章的结构入手，根据上下文的内在联系，充分挖掘文章的深层含义。对暗含在文章中事件的因果关系，人物的动机，以及作者未言明的倾向、态度、意图、观点进行合乎逻辑的推理、分析和判断。同时善于抓住文中实质性的东西，不要被带假象的表面信息或似是而非的东西所迷惑。并且注意推断作者态度时要力求从作者的态度、观点去思考，切勿想当然，凭个人的观点习惯看法来回答的问题。 （3）数据推算题：此题要求我们就文章提供的数据，以及数据与文章中其他信息的关系做出计算和推断，然后做出选择。这就要求我们解题时，要在理解好题意的前提下去对与数据有关的信息认真分析，若数据信息较多，还要注意弄清数据之间的关系，同时分清有用与无用信息，最终作出正确判断。 （4）主旨大意题：此题用以考查我们对文章主题或中心思想的领会和理解能力。在解答此类试题时要注意每段的中心句，抓住每一段的主题句。一般主题句都用来表达一段主旨大意，因此，只要找准每段的主题句，文章的中心思想和文章的最佳标题也就不难确定了。
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高考英语阅读理解专项训练及答案及解析 一、高中英语阅读理解 1．阅读理解 Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is gaining global popularity. According to a government white paper, TCM has been introduced in 183 countries and regions around the world. Westerners' understanding of TCM, however, may be limited to acupuncture, cupping and massage(针灸，拔罐和按摩). For instance, the purple, injury-like marks left on U. S. swimmer Michael Phelps，back from cupping for the purpose of relaxing his muscles and reducing pain became the center of attention during the Rio Olympics in 2016. As a matter of fact, Chinese herbs play a more important role in getting rid of diseases and keeping the body in good condition in the TCM treatment system than physical treatment. It is therefore disheartening to know that while 103 World Health Organization member countries have given approval to the practice of acupuncture, not many recognize Chinese herbal medicine. TCM falls far behind Western medicine owing partly to the slow development of Chinese herbs. Herbs are made into pills, powder and soup, and the kind of herbs used, their quality and quantity, and the processing of the ingredients (原材料) jointly determine the effectiveness of the prescription. Compared with Western medicine, which has standardized drug production processes and treatment methods, TCM lacks standardization, with the chemical composition and functions of its medicines being unclear and their effects being unstable. Fortunately, standardization has improved in recent decades, with an increasing number of factories producing patented TCM drugs. Another factor that has prevented the development of TCM prescription drugs is the lack of creativity. While Western medicine-making companies come up with new products every year, TCM drug producers tend to make medicines according to prescriptions handed down from the past. Chinese chemist Tu Youyou's winning the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her research into malaria (疟疾) treatment may drive creativity to some extent in China's TCM industry. However, the current state of affairs cannot be changed within a short time. （1）Why does the author mention the example of Michael Phelps? A. Because he was injured in his swimming. B. Because cupping is a kind of important TCM treatment. C. Because westerners know a little about TCM. D. Because westerners attach great importance to TCM. （2）Why don't some member countries of WHO recognize Chinese herbal medicine? A. Because Chinese herbs can get rid of diseases. B. Because they only approve the practice of acupuncture. C. Because Western medicine is more effective. D. Because medicine made out of Chinese herbs develops slowly. （3）Compared with Western medicine, what is the weak point of TCM in Paragraph 4? A. The methods of planting herbs. B. The effectiveness of prescription. C. Lacking in standardization. D. Its stable functions.
（英语）高三英语阅读理解专项训练及答案 一、高中英语阅读理解 1．阅读理解 The setting was a packed gymnasium just before the start of a game against another school. There were five girls who were members of the Danville High School basketball team—all of them starters. They were not in uniform to play that night and would not be on the team for the rest of this season. They were there to admit their breaking of team rules. They were there to support their coach's decision to take them off the team. They were there to let the town know there was a problem in their little community that needed to be addressed. And they did it with sincere regret rather than defensiveness. While the school had been out for the New Year's holiday, the five girls had gone to the party with several of their friends. There was alcohol there. And they all drank some. Coach Rainville has a zero tolerance rule on drugs and alcohol for her members though it was a hard decision to make. When classes resumed and accounts of holiday parties were shared, rumors about the five girls began closing in on them. The coach said she couldn't back down on her rules. And the players—two junior students and three senior students—agreed. That night in the gym was part of their public support of the coach's decision. “We hope you will understand that we are not bad kids. What we did was definitely not worth it. We hope this event will make everyone realize that there is a big drug and alcohol problem in our community,” one of the senior students said, “And if you work with us to try to solve this problem, you will help us feel that we have not been thrown off our basketball team for nothing.” The five left the floor to deafening applause. The team may not win another game this year. But they've learnt something about personal responsibility, the effect of one's action on others, and honesty that will serve them well throughout life. （1）It can be inferred from the passage that the five girls who were kicked off the team were ________. A. very good players on the team B. addicted to alcohol and drugs C. three junior students and two senior students D. scolded by their parents for drinking alcohol （2）What did the girls do to support their coach's decision? A. They didn't fight for Danville High School any more. B. They all gave speeches to apologize in the local press. C. They admitted their mistake in public in the gymnasium. D. They would never drink any alcohol throughout their life. （3）Which word best describes the coach Rainville? A. Indifferent. B. Strict. C. Stubborn. D. Cruel. （4）Which would be the best title for the passage? A. Growing up with pain B. A bad mistake C. Team rules are everything D. Basketball girls in high school 【答案】（1）A
高考英语阅读理解真题汇编及答案解析（11） 摘要：阅读理解题的“三步法”：1．略读。目的是了解短文的主旨大意和便于迅速掌握短文的语篇结构。2．查读。同学们要先通读题干，做到胸中有数；再将短文读第一遍，锁定某些特定信息进行快速阅读，迅速选出最佳答案；先易后难，先做细节题，后做推论题。3．重读短文重点。核查。同学们做题的关键是看清题目的要求，读准的关键是分清句子的结构和确认词性词义。 When Andrea Peterson landed her first teaching job,she faced the daunting task of creating a music program with almost no money for equipment or supplies in a climate where standards-based learning was the focus and music just provided a break for students and teachers. For her drive and creativity in overcoming those challenges,she’s been named national teacher of the year. Principal Waynes Kettler said he’s worked with many outstanding teachers in his22years as an educator,but Peterson is“just that one step above anybody I’ve ever worked with before.” Kettler and others at Monte Cristo Elementary School talk about the ways she has introduced the learning from other classrooms into her music program and her creativity in working around things such as the lack of money for new music. When students were reading S.E.Hinton’s novel The Outsiders in their regular classroom, Peterson helped them write a30-minute play with scenes from the book.Then they chose three Broadway tunes that focused no race,equality and social justice,the themes of the book.Peterson composed two other songs herself after classroom discussions about the play and the book. The honor means a lot to residents of Granite Foils.It’s inspiring to know that people from small towns own even win national honors. As national teacher of the year,Peterson will spend the next year outside the classroom, as a national and international spokeswoman for education. Not surprisingly,She is a big believe in the value of arts education.She said it’s essential for schools to offer classes such as art or music and physical education because for some kids one of those subjects is the only thing that motivates them to come back to school day after day. 65.The underlined word“daunting”in Paragraph1most probably means__________. A. discouraging B.interesting C.creative D.unbearable
【英语】高考英语阅读理解练习题及答案 一、高中英语阅读理解 1．阅读理解 There might be as many as 10 million species of complex life on this planet today —— a huge number. But add up all of the complex species that ever lived and some biologists think the grand total would be about five billion. The estimate leads to an astonishing conclusion: a staggering 99% of species are not around any more. They have been driven to extinction. More species are joining the ranks of the extinct every year. Many scientists believe we are living through an episode of remarkably rapid extinction, on a scale that has been seen only five times in the last half a billion years. They call this current episode the sixth mass extinction —— a large, global decline in a wide variety of species over a relatively short period of time. And they tend to agree that humans are the main cause. Over-hunting, overfishing, and human-driven habitat loss are pushing many species to the brink. In fact, we have changed the planet so much that some geologists are now suggesting that we have entered a new phase in Earth's history; an epoch they call the ＂Anthropocene＂. By 2100, it is expected that humans will have caused the extinction of up to half of the world's current species. Because we are living through this extinction, it is relatively easy for us to study the driving forces behind it. But how do we determine what caused other mass die-offs that happened long ago? To do so we have to look at what archaeologists, palaeontologists, geologists and other scientists have concluded from the evidence they have gathered. The trouble is, those scientists do not always agree with one another —— even about the most recent extinction event. As well as the five-or six- mass extinctions, there have also been many smaller extinctions. One of these mini extinction events happened towards the end of the Pleistocene, a few tens of thousands of years ago. It is sometimes called the ＂megafaunal＂ extinction because many of the species it claimed were particularly large animals, weighing more than 97lb (44kg). However, its cause remains a debate amongst scientists. （1）What can we learn about the sixth mass extinction？ A. Humans are the main cause of it. B. It means a global decline over a long time. C. It occurred towards the end of the Pleistocene. D. Scientists still disagree about the cause of it. （2）What can be inferred from the text about species？ A. 99% of species will not be around any more by 2100. B. By the 22nd century, there will probably be about five million on this planet. C. About eight years later we will enter what is called the ＂Anthropocene＂. D. It is not easy for us to figure out causes behind the＂Anthropocene＂. （3）Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word in the last paragraph ? A. Land animals. B. Marine life. C. Huge animals. D. Flesh-eating creatures.
高考英语阅读理解练习题及答案及解析 一、高中英语阅读理解 1．阅读理解 I was born on the 17th of November 1828, in the village of Nam Ping, which is about four miles southwest of the Portuguese Colony (殖民地) of Macao, and is located on Pedro Island lying west of Macao, from which it is separated by a channel of half a mile wide. As early as 1834, an English lady, Mrs. Gutzlaff, wife of a missionary to China, came to Macao. Supported by the Ladies' Association in London for the promotion of female education in India and the East, she immediately took up the work of starting a girls' school for Chinese girls, which was soon followed by the opening of a boys' school. Mrs. Gutzlaff's comprador(买办) happened to come from my village and was actually my father's friend and neighbor. It was through him that my parents heard about Mrs. Gutzlaff's school and it was doubtlessly through his influence and means that my father got me admitted into the school. It has always been a mystery to me why my parents should put me into a foreign school, instead of a traditional Confucian school, where my big brother was placed. Most certainly such a step would have been more suitable for Chinese public opinion, taste, and the wants of the country, than to allow me to attend an English school. Moreover, a Chinese belief is the only avenue in China that leads to political promotion, influence, power and wealth. I can only guess that as foreign communication with China was just beginning to grow, my parents hoped that it might be worthwhile to put one of their sons to learning English. In this way he might become an interpreter and have a more advantageous position to enter the business and diplomatic world. I am wondering if that influenced my parents to put me into Mrs. Gutzlaff's School. As to what other sequences it has eventually brought about in my later life, they were entirely left in the hands of God. （1）How was the author admitted to Mrs. Gutzlaff's school? A. Through his father's friend's help. B. Through his own efforts to exams. C. Through his father's request. D. Through Mrs. Gutzlaff's influence. （2）Why did the author's parents put him into an English school？ A. An English school was more influential. B. Foreign trade with China was developing fast. C. It met with Chinese public opinion. D. He could become a successful interpreter. （3）What did the author think of his parents' decision to put him into an English school? A. It was skeptical. B. It was mysterious. C. It was thoughtful. D. It was wonderful.【答案】（1）A （2）D （3）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，小时候父亲送作者去英语学校而不是中文学校，并分析了具体原因。 （1）考查细节理解。根据第三段中的“Mrs. Gutzlaff's comprador(买办) happened to come from my village and was actually my father's friend and neighbor. It was through him that my parents heard about Mrs. Gutzlaff's school”可知，作者是通过父亲朋友的帮助进入到Mrs.