高一英语阅读理解强化训练Day 16

高一英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day 101Passage 1My father's family is not a musical family. They are a family of words. My brother has my father's dark hair, his love of a good argument. I take after my mother. From her I got a curious nature, a sense of adventure, bright red hair. I did not, however, have a talent for the piano. That fact was seen beyond doubt after unsuccessful attempts to draw music from me.The piano lessons began when I was four. My mother was convinced that I would be a child Mozart. She found the ideal teacher — Madame Oblenka, a strict Russian woman, whose pursed lips were enough to frighten a wild horse into submission (服从). Madame Oblenka, who expected a little Mozart, was not very happy to find a little girl banging her fists(拳头) on the keys.I tried to please her. "Feel the music, " she urged. I "felt" it and closed my ear — for what is more unpleasant than a series of wrong notes played continuously? She "felt" my music, too, because she always left with an angrier expression than when she came.Once, when I was ten, I managed to record one of my own rehearsals(练习). In order to escape my practice sessions, I would close myself behind the door of the piano room, put on the tape recording, and read until the tape had finished. That method worked for a week, until my mother began to wonder why I always missed the same B-sharp. She knocked on the door, and, receiving no answer, came in to check on me and found that I had fallen asleep while the tape of my performance played on and on.I was twelve when my parents finally realized that my hidden talent was not about to emerge any time soon. My mother, refusing to admit defeat, told me to pick another instrument. "Choose anything you want, Honey, " she said, thinking that freedom of choice would bring devotion. I thought long and hard and chose the drums. My parents, sensitive to noise, would be less than overjoyed by a daily bombardment(轰炸) of playing. I imagined my father in his study, cotton wads(团) in his ears.I worked my way through several other instruments before my mother hit on another idea. Maybe I wasn't meant to be a musician. Realizing that drama might be more suited to my talents, Mom took me to a drama teacher. However, he put me backstage, painting scenery. Once I recovered from my sense of injury, I realized the wisdom of his choice. I loved the active, practical backstage world, and I discovered that I had a love for building and painting. I loved the challenge of taking our limited supplies and using them to make something beautiful. Imagining a scene and then seeing it emerge before me — this, to me, was close to magic.I'm a sculptor(雕刻家) now, and every day I experience afresh the joy of being fully absorbed in the act of artistic creation. It's a wonderful, cheerful feeling. I realize that my parents, in their misguided attempts to interest me in music, were trying to give me this feeling. And now I feel grateful. Perhaps they went about it in the wrong way, but their hearts were in the right place.1. The underlined word "emerge" in the fifth paragraph can be replaced by________ .A. disappearB. failC. turnD. show2. The music teacher always left when the playing because________ .A. she didn't like the music being playedB. she was already angry when she cameC. the writer played too many wrong notesD. the writer "felt" her own music3. Which of the following best shows the author's attitude towards piano practice? ________A. She tried to make the piano teacher pleased.B. She repeated the same mistake in practicing.C. She played the recording instead of practicing.D. She recorded her performance for improvement.4. The author's mother can be best described as________ .A. devoted and stubbornB. encouraging and independentC. helpful and thoughtfulD. hardworking and generous5. We can learn from the passage________ .A. art should be treated as a joy rather than a burdenB. the ordinary backstage work can help one succeedC. you can only get better at something if you practiceD. parents should encourage their children to create artPassage 2Liverpool, my hometown, is a unique city. It is so unique that in 2004 it become a World Heritage (遗产) Site.I recently returned to my home city and my first stop was at a museum on the River Mersey. Blanketed in mist, Victorian architecture (建筑) rose from the banks of the river, responded to the sounds of sea-birds, and appeared unbelievably charming. When I headed toward the center, I found myself surrounded by buildings that mirror the best palaces of Europe. It is not hard to imagine why, on first seeing the city, most visitors would be overpowered by the beauty of the noble buildings, which are solid signs of Liverpool's history.As if to stress its cultural role, Liverpool has more museums and galleries than most cities in Britain. At Walker Art Gallery, I was told that it has the best collections of Victorian paintings in the world, and is the home of modern art in the north of England. However, culture is more than galleries. Liverpool offers many music events. As Britain's No. 1 music city, it has the biggest city music festival in Europe, and its musicians are famous all over the world. Liverpool is also well-known for its football and other sports events. Every year, the Mersey River Festival attracts thousands of visitors, making the city a place of wonder.As you would expect from such a city, there are restaurants serving food from around the world. When my trip was about to complete, I chose to rest my legs in Liverpool's famous Philharmonic pub. It is a monument (丰碑) to perfection, and aheritage attraction itself.Being a World Heritage Site, my home city is certainly a place of "outstanding universal value". It is a treasure house with plenty of secrets for the world to explore.1. Visitors who see the city for the first time would be deeply impressed by ________ .A. its charming banksB. its famous museumsC. its wonderful palacesD. its attractive buildings2. The third paragraph is developed mainly by ________ .A. providing different examplesB. following the order of spaceC. making comparisonsD. analyzing causes3. The author uses the Philharmonic pub to prove that ________ .A. Liverpool is a well-known city for its restaurantsB. Liverpool is an impressive place full of attractionC. a pub is a wonderful place for visitors to relax themselvesD. a pub is a perfect choice for visitors to complete their journey4. What is the passage mainly about? ________A. The unusual artistic beauty in LiverpoolB. The exciting experience of the author in LiverpoolC. The special cultural atmosphere of LiverpoolD. The beautiful historic sites of LiverpoolPassage 3A theme park manager has the job of watching over and controlling the daily operations of the theme park. One of their most important jobs is to manage the visitors' experience. This can include everything from the appearance of the park to the hours of operation. A theme park manager also makes plans and develops strategies(策略) to ensure the health and safety of visitors. To help keep visitors satisfied, he usually sets customer service polices(政策) that show how employees should treat visitors and respond to their needs.Often, theme park managers make decisions regarding theme park policies. For example, the manager of a theme park may have to decide when the park opens and closes daily. He may also choose when the park will open and close for the season. If the weather turns terrible, the manager often has to decide whether or not to open the park for the day. A person in this position may also be responsible for making policies on when a visitor can get a refund(退款) or discount on his admission fee.The amusements in a theme park have to be maintained(保养) in order to ensure they stay in good working order to ensure they stay in good working order. A theme park manager typically carries out a routine inspection. The individual who holds this position also creates plans and strategies for dealing with emergencies. He may also watch over security workers who help keep the park safe for visitors.Some theme park managers also have the job of staying abreast of changes in the theme park industry and knowing what the park's competitors are doing. Theinformation the manager gets through these efforts often helps him decide when to make improvements and how to keep the park competitive.The extent (范围) of a theme park manager's job may depend on the size of the park. In a small park, he may closely with his employees. In a large park, he may work to set polices and then depend on other managers or department heads to carry them out. What he needs to do is watch over these managers.1. What might be a theme park manager's most important job? ________A. To make sure the park gets regular improvements.B. To make the park workers perform their jobs well.C. To ensure the visitors have a satisfying experience.D. To ensure the customers service policies work well.2. The decisions made by theme park managers usually depend on ________ .A. customers' needs.B. theme park policies.C. the size of the park.D. weather conditions.3. The underlined phrase "staying abreast of " in Paragraph 4 probably mean "________ ".A. knowing aboutB. bringing aboutC. calling forD. getting used to4. The writer develops the passage by________ .A. telling storiesB. giving examplesC. making commentsD. making comparisonPassage 4It began as a game: High school and college students studying computer technology figured out they could use personal computers to break into telephone company computers and make free, long-distance telephone calls. These young computer talents soon gained the name "hackers".Police arrested a few hackers, but many went on to even more complex hacking. One of them was arrested for making illegal telephone calls and later he used a phone to change a police officer's credit records to get back at the officer for arresting him. He also used a computer to change his college records to give himself better grades.As hackers gained experience, they began invading computers at banks, airlines and other businesses. In one case a hacker instructed an airline' s computer to give him free airplane tickets.The U. S. government is worried that hackers may break into its networks of defense computers. The government's secrets are easily attacked because thousands of government computers are connected by telephone lines that hackers can get into.In November 1988, a college student entered a U. S. Defense Departmentcomputer network called Arpanet. The hacker injected a computer program that made copies of itself throughout Arpanet. Some hackers use viruses to destroy all the data in a computer. But in this case, government officials shut down the network before the program reached every computer in the system. Shutting down the system angered many researchers who were using the computers. The hacker turned himself in to the police and he was charged with a crime.The incident put the spotlight on computer hacking in the United States. Many companies have hired experts to protect their computers from hackers, and many computer experts now advise companies on how to protect their computers.The U. S. government believes foreign governments have hired hackers to try to break into top-secret defense computers.Experts disagree over whether a computer network can ever be safe from hacking. But in the future, some of the most outstanding minds in the U. S. will be working to frustrate the attempts of computer hackers.1. What did the first hackers do?A. They broke into government computers.B. They destroyed airplane ticket systems.C. They played computer games.D. They made free phone calls.2. Why can U. S. government computers be easily hacked into?A. They have no defense systems.B. They are connected by telephone lines.C. They are partly accessible to the public.D. They lack complex processing programs.3. What happened to the government computers in November 1988?A. They lost all of the important data.B. They were shut down by researchers.C. They were invaded by a college student.D. They got totally ruined by a computer program.4. What did companies decide to do to protect their computer systems?A. Employ computer talents.B. Build secret defense systems.C. Ask the government for help.D. Collect and analyze the data of hackers.Passage 5A recent study showed that disordered eating has negative effects on health including lower self-evaluation of health, which isn’t too surprising. What was really shocking was how common the disordered eating behaviors seemed to be in our culture.Individually, these behaviors aren’t something to be overly concerned about, but when they add up, it became a roadblock to healthy living. Ask yourself the right questions to find out if you, too, have gone beyond healthy habits and worry about your weight.For example, starchy(含淀粉的) foods can make people feel uneasy about eating them. Sometimes an ingredient, like fat, causes anxiety, even if it’s used to make healthy foods like olive oil. If you’re skipping foods and blaming it on an allergy(过敏) reason,but your real motivation is to lose weight, that’s a red flag.A strict eating schedule might seem like a smart way to provide structure throughout your day, but overdoing it can leave you feeling hungry.Not having control over how your food is prepared can be a concern, especially if you have food allergies. It’s when that anxiety is baseless and prevents you from otherwise enjoying a night out that it becomes a problem.Tracking calories can be a useful tool to understand which foods are rich in calories, which ones aren’t, and what calorie range you should be eating. If it becomes overbearing, it’s no longer a healthy method. It’s the right way to pay attention to your hunger and satiety(饱足), and rely on those to decide when to start and stop eating.Disordered eating is common, but it’s not harmless. Seek out help if you see yourself in these behaviors, and make sure you recognize the signs that you’re already at a health weight.1. What does the underlined part “a red flag” in the third paragraph mean?A. A good means.B. A negative attitude.C. A warning sign.D. A normal situation.2. What’s the main idea of the passage?A. Tracking calories can be a useful tool to keep fit.B. Disordered eating is common but harmful.C. Skipping foods won’t help you lose weight.D. Knowing how your food is prepared can be beneficial.3. If you have disordered eating problems, you’d better ______ accordingly.A. avoid starchy foodsB. lose weightC. prepare your food wellD. turn to the doctors4. The author proves her point by ____________.A. using examplesB. making a comparisonC. asking and answeringD. analyzing causes and effects参考答案Passage 11. D推理判断题。

高一英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day 152Passage 1College students constantly hear the praises of education. We have all become used to believing that a college education is always a guarantee of an easier life. I was nine years old when my fourth-grade teacher presented me with a task, to write down all of the things I wanted in my life. I filled my paper with things like: own a big house and have servants; be rich and have a good job. The next day my teacher handed back my paper and in red ink she wrote: “GO TO COLLEGE.” For a long time, I was convinced that once I obtained an education, BAM! Life would be easier.However, education cannot promise all wishes, dreams, and desires. Society must reject the foolish idea that a college education’s main purpose is to satisfy our desires and secure success. Like most challenging things, education is a gamble (赌博) in which results depend entirely on people’s ability to look past their wants to see the realism and reason behind their wants.For instance, my first year of college, I took a sociology class. In class, we were taught that Third World countries were poor. We learned that our quality of life would be almost impossible for an average person in those countries. I began to examine my own desire to be rich. To always go after money felt selfish when knowing others had none at all. Learning about other society’s financial situations forced me to look beyond what I wanted.Through the process of education, everything once desired is tested. Wanting something no longer is enough; it’s more important to examine why we want it andwhether we really want it. When my desire for money changed, everything changed. I stopped longing for money-driven careers and stopped valuing the people who had them. I began to examine the things I purchased and my reason for wanting them.Education is a tool to be used to develop and advance our desires, so we can discover the things that are truly significant in life. Education is a source to expand our society to see beyond the superficial (表面的) appeals and the “quick fixes”, leaving the belief of an effortless life behind in order to desire a meaningful one.1. The author’s fourth-grade teacher probably agreed that ______.A. the author was an ambitious studentB. the author should set more realistic goalsC. a college student would lead an easier lifeD. a college degree was the key to the author’s dreams2. Why does the author mention her sociology class?A. To share her learning experiences with readers.B. To support her new understanding about education.C. To express her sympathy for people in Third World.D. To stress the importance of taking a sociology course.3. With a college education, the author ______.A. envied rich peopleB. lost interest in careerC. desired more material thingsD. stopped always seeking more wealth4. What’s the main idea of the passage?A. College education promises an effortless life.B. College education tests and guides our life desires.C. College education offers solutions to social problems.D. College education turns young people into gamblers.Passage 2Running on EmptyFor almost a century, scientists have assumed, tiredness—or exhaustion—in athletes originates(起源于) in the muscles. Precise explanations have varied, but all have been based on the “Limitations Theory”. In other words, muscles tire because they hit a physical limit: they either run out of fuel or oxygen or they drown in harmful by-products(副产品).In the past few years, however, Timothy Noakes from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, has examined this standard theory. Tiredness, he argues, is caused not by signals springing from overtaxed muscles, but is an emotional response which begins in the brain. The fundamental nature of his new theory is that the brain paces the muscles to keep them well back from the edge of exhaustion. When the brain decides it’s time to quit, it creates unbearable muscle tiredness. This “Central Governor” theory remains controversial, but it does explain many puzzling aspects of athletic performance.A recent discovery that Noakes calls the “lactic acid paradox” made him startresearching this area seriously. Lactic acid is a by-product of exercise, and the increase of it is often mentioned as a cause of tiredness. But when research subjects exercise in certain conditions created artificially, they become tired even though lactic acid levels remain low. Nor has the oxygen content of their blood fallen too low for them to keep going. Obviously, something else was making them tire before they hit either of these physiological limits.Noakes conducted an experiment with seven cyclists. It has long been known that during exercise, the body never uses 100% of the available muscle fibres(纤维). The amount used varies, but in some tasks such as this cycling test the body calls on about 30%. His team found that as tiredness set in, the electrical activity in cyclist’s legs declined—even when they were making a great effort to cycle as fast as they could.To Noakes, this was strong evidence that the old theory was wrong. “The cyclists may have felt completely exhausted,” he says, “but their bodies actually had considerable reserves that they could theoretically tap by using a greater amount of the resting fibres.” This, he believes, is the proof that the brain is regulating the pace of the workout to hold the cyclists well back from the point of extreme tiredness.1. Which of the following is supported by “the Limitations Theory”?A. Tiredness is caused by signals from brain.B. Athletes feel tired when they use up all their energy.C. The body uses 100% of the muscle fibres in exercise.D. Athletes become tired though lactic acid levels remain low.2. Noakes has found out that ___________.A. muscle fibres control athletes’ movementsB. Lactic acid levels remain high in cycling testC. mental processes control the symptoms of tirednessD. different exercises use different amount of muscle fibres3. It is likely that both theories accept that ___________.A. lactic acid is produced in muscles during exerciseB. the oxygen content in blood may rise after sportsC. tiredness is a harmful by-product of exerciseD. the energy in human bodies can be balanced4. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?A. The description of a new test.B. The explanation of the theory.C. The puzzling evidence of a study.D. The whole process of the research.Passage 3For the brave in the armed forces, being sent away from home for months at a time is just part of the duty. However, it’s never an easy one to perform especially for those with children. So, when I found out I was going to stay in South Korea for a year, I was nervous about how my five children, particularly my eldest daughter Abigail, would take the news since it meant I wouldn’t be home to see her graduate from high school.To my surprise, Abigail told me not to worry and even suggested we make thenews known among family members. “We’ve been lucky you haven’t had to be sent abroad yet. Anyway, we can get connected through the Internet. See me on your phone on my spot.” Abigail said. She stepped into many of my roles when I was gone. I wanted to find a way to thank her and show her how proud I was of her. I started planning the special surprise when my request to return home a few weeks earlier to attend Abigail’s graduation ceremony was approved.When my time in South Korea finally came to an end, I flew home, rented a car, and stayed in a hotel. And on Abigail’s graduation day, I hid in an office behind the stage waiting until I heard my daughter’s name called. I just kept thinking “Don’t cry. Don’t trip in your heels. Don’t fall over.” At last! Abigail was up on stage. I slipped up behind her, whispered in her ear, and around she turned! “I was just thinking, like, ‘You aren’t supposed to be here. What? What? How? ’ It was the biggest shock. . . I’m pretty sure my dad made people he didn’t even know cry. Emotional for everyone.” Abigail cried.You know what followed: embraces, kisses, tears, laughs, flowers, wishes. . . ; aren’t they what a family have in store?1. What worried the author most? ________A. His duty in South KoreaB. His Five children’s safetyC. His eldest daughter’s studyD. His absence from a big event2. What can we learn about Abigail from the story? ________A. She reacted angrily to her father leaving home.B. She took good care of the other four kids when her father was away from home.C. She was the smartest kid in her family.D. She gave a speech to express her gratitude to her father on graduation day.3. How did Abigail feel when meeting her father? ________A. EmbarrassedB. OverjoyedC. NervousD. Satisfied4. What does the author mainly intend to express by telling the story? ________A. A soldier’s personal sacrificeB. A father’s contribution to a familyC. The meaning of family tieD. The way to plan a big surprisePassage 4That China will not play in the Football World Cup has not prevented Chinese soccer fans from taking part in the exhilaration of the sports gala in Russia. Reports say Chinese fans have bought over 40, 000 tickets, more than Spanish and English fans. They have also booked 16 percent of the hotel rooms in the host cities in Russia. Except for actually playing, China will take part in almost every other aspect of the World Cup. Chinese companies have made the balls to be used in the World Cup and the official mascot Zabivaka. And the air-conditioning system in the newly built Mordovia Stadium in Saransk has been provided by Chinese companies as well. Fans can also get WorldCup special coins that are made in Nanjing.“It is no secret that China has a key role in our plan to develop football around the globe. It must play.” said FIFA secretary-general Fatma Samoura during her visit to Beijing last year. FIFA has set a target of making 60 percent of the world’s population take part in soccer by 2026. And China, thanks to its huge population, will play an important role in realizing that goal. Although China is ranked between 80 to 90 in the world soccer standing, it has more than 200 million soccer fans. Moreover, ten Chinese super league players are making Chinese fans proud by shouldering national duty for their countries in the World Cup.China has almost all the conditions needed for the healthy development of soccer. Hopefully, the World Cup will encourage the decision-makers to focus on ordinary people to develop the sport. In the 1950s, the government at various levels built a large number of ping-pong tables in urban residential communities, which attracted a large number of people to play ping-pong. The result is that China remains the best in the sport. But even in Beijing, where public sports facilities are the most developed in the country, children find it hard to get a chance to play in the limited number of soccer fields. If the government wants to raise the level of soccer in China, they should first improve the soccer facilities in the country.1. Which of the following can best explain the underlined word ? ________A. DisappointmentB. ThrillC. EmbarrassmentD. Regret2. What can we infer from the second paragraph? ________A. China will contribute a lot to the development of football.B. Chinese football fans are the most influential in the world.C. China’s football teams will improve greatly by 2026.D. China’s Super League will attract the best football players in the world.3. Why is ping-pong mentioned in the last paragraph? ________A. To show how well the Chinese can play ping-pong.B. To set an example of how to develop a sport among ordinary people.C. To attract more people to play ping-pong.D. To indicate that soccer is less popular than ping-pong.4. From which is the text probably taken? ________A. An advertisementB. A daily newspaperC. A research paperD. A travel guidebookPassage 5Steven Stein likes to follow garbage trucks. His strange habit makes sense when you consider that he's an environmental scientist who studies how to reduce litter, including things that fall off garbage trucks as they drive down the road. What is even more interesting is that one of Stein's jobs is defending an industry behind the plastic shopping bag.Americans use more than 100 billion thin film plastic bags every year. So many end up in tree branches or along highways that a growing number of cities do not allow them at checkouts (收银台). The bags are prohibited in some 90 cities in California,including Los Angeles. Eyeing these headwinds, plastic-bag makers are hiring scientists like Stein to make the case that their products are not as bad for the planet as most people assume.Among the bag makers' arguments: many cities with bans still allow shoppers to purchase paper bags, which are easily recycled but require more energy to produce and transport. And while plastic bags may be ugly to look at, they represent a small percentage of all garbage on the ground today.The industry has also taken aim at the product that has appeared as its replacement: reusable shopping bags. The stronger a reusable bag is, the longer its life and the more plastic-bag use it cancels out. However, longer-lasting reusable bags often require more energy to make. One study found that a cotton bag must be used at least 131 times to be better for the planet than plastic.Environmentalists don't dispute (质疑) these points. They hope paper bags will be banned someday too and want shoppers to use the same reusable bags for years.1. What has Steven Stein been hired to do? ________A. Help increase grocery sales.B. Recycle the waste material.C. Argue for the use of plastic bags.D. Stop things falling off trucks.2. What dose the word "headwinds" in paragraph 2 refer to? ________A. Plastic bags hung in trees.B. Bans on plastic bags.C. Headaches caused by garbage.D. Effects of city development.3. What is a disadvantage of reusable bags according to plastic-bag makers? ________A. They are quite expensive.B. Producing them requires more energy.C. Replacing them can be difficult.D. They are less strong than plastic bags.4. What is the best title for the text? ________A. Recycle or Throw AwayB. Industry, Pollution and EnvironmentC. Plastic, Paper or NeitherD. Garbage Collection and Waste Control参考答案Passage 11. D推理判断题。

高一英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day 151Passage 1Bill Bowerman was a track coach. He wanted to help athletes run faster. So he had learnt how to make running shoes. He had also started a shoe company with a friend. It was 1971. Running shoes at the time were heavy. They had spikes(鞋钉)on the sole(鞋底). The spikes tore up the track and slowed down runners.To make a lighter shoe, Bill tried the skins of fish. To make a better sole, he wanted to replace the spikes. Bill dug through his wife Barbara's jewelry box. He hoped to find a piece of jewelry with an interesting pattern. He would then copy the pattern onto the new soles. Nothing worked. Bill was defeated.Then, one Sunday morning, Barbara made Bill waffles(华夫饼)for breakfast. Bill watched her cook.He studied the criss-cross pattern on a waffle iron.Inspiration struck. The pattern on the waffle iron was just what Bill was looking for. The squares were flatter and wider than sharp spikes. The pattern would help the shoes hold any surface without tearing into it.When Barbara left the house, Bill ran to his lab. He took the liquid chemicals that, when mixed, would harden into the sole of a shoe. He poured the mixture into the waffle iron---and the Waffle Trainer was born.Bill’s company put the Waffle Trainer on market in 1974. It was a huge hit. Maybe you’ve heard of that company---it’s called Nike. And today it’s worth around $100 billion.It was the waffle iron that had changed the course of Bill’s life---and helped turn Nike into a well-known name. Today, the waffle iron is kept at Nike headquarters. It serves as a reminder that if we keep trying, we can find a solution to even the most difficult problems. And those solutions can come from unlikely places, even the breakfast table.1. What shortcomings did the old-style running shoes have?A. They were hard to wear.B. They were too large.C. They were impractical.D. They were easy to break.2. Where did Bill get the inspiration to invent the famous Waffle Trainer?A. From the skins of the fish.B. From his wife’s jewelry.C. From the colour of the iron.D. From his wife’s cooking tools.3. What can we learn from Bill’s success?A. A cheerful wife is the joy of life.B. Two heads are better than one.C. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.D. A bad workman quarrels with his tools.4. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Waffles and NikeB. Inspiration and InventionC. A Great InventorD. A Well-Known CompanyPassage 2Robotic PuppyRoll over, sit and fetch aren’t commands normally given to a robot, but the smart toy company WowWee has developed a new way of owning a puppy.CHIP (Canine Home Intelligent Pet) is a robotic dog with blue LED eyes and pointy ears and can sit, shake, dance and make all types of dog noises. It also has tracking capabilities to help locate its owner. “The beauty about CHIP is that it has its own thing going on,” said Sufer, CTO at WowWee. “It has its own life and own kind of intelligence. Even if you’re not around, it’s always doing something.”CHIP uses wheels to get around and is loaded with sensors (传感器) that give it a 360-degree view to find its ball. The pup is Bluetooth enabled, which connects to a wristband worn by its owner. The wristband, similar to a watch, displays icons (图标) for different commands such as a thumb-up, which allows you to give your pup a digital belly rub. With its owner wearing a smart wristband, it can even follow him around the room.“We worked on CHIP for about five to six months,” Davin Sufer, told dailymail. com, “We typically come up with a concept, model and product and get it on shelves within a year.” The company plans to start shipping units by next fall, which will allow them to load up the robotic dog with sensors and add many more animated responses per-owner interactivity.The high-tech toy company made its debut (处女作) in 2004 by releasing the 1. 5 foot RoboSapien, which sold millions of units. MiP, which hit shelves last year, is a seven-inch-tall robot covered in white with black accents. Users can direct it, change its emotions and make it dance to any song on your iPad. It’s loud, fast and active.About 15 years ago, a company called ToyQuest developed the first ever electronic robotic dog — Tekno, the Robotic Puppy. The company sold over seven million units in the first season and 40 million more during its original four years of production. Tekno was built with over 160 emotions and instructions, but most importantly offered consumers a quick look into the future.1. According to Sufer, the amazing characteristic of CHIP is that _____.A. it is loaded with special sensorsB. it can make all kinds of dog noisesC. it has quick response to the commandsD. it can do something without instructions2. CHIP can follow its owner with the help of _____.A. a watchB. a smart wristbandC. pointy earsD. blue LED eyes3. From the passage, we can know_______.A. CHIP can be bought in the store nowB. WowWee introduced its first product last yearC. Tekno provided the bright future of the robotic puppyD. MiP is the first company to develop the robotic puppyPassage 3If you believe in thermometer (温度计), you should believe in global warming. And if you believe in eating fries with your hamburger, you should worry more about carbon emissions.It won’t happen to overnight, but as the planet’s climate changes, the growth cycles of main crops will all be heavily affected. Here are three of the crops that might not beat the heat.The potato actually needs a great deal of beauty rest to develop properly. "They need a cool night-time temperature in order to start growing the tuber, the part that we eat. " Nelson says.Temperature and altitude are no primary concerns in coffee growth, and farmers are stuck between a rock and a hard place. "We know that coffee grows in a certain temperature range. " Nelson says. "They’ve been moving up the mountains, but at some point, you run out of mountains to move up. " Higher-grade strains of Arabica coffee in Central American regions are at particular risk due to the need for lower growing temperature, especially since diseases and pests are also becoming more of a factor as temperatures rise.Even if you’re looking at the direct effects of temperature alone, rice is in trouble. "As night-time temperatures go up, the rice is going to have a problem flowering and won’t make as many seeds. " Nelson says. In addition to this direct heat consequence, rising sea levels will flood many rice fields and destroy water salinity (盐度) levels, while droughts will lower production, raise prices, and further shame westerners whoare too clumsy with chopsticks to be able to clear their plates once a new grain is adopted.1. What is the closest meaning to the underlined word "emissions" in Paragraph 1? ________A. MixtureB. PollutionC. Going downD. Letting off2. The rice is difficult to flower, probably because ________ .A. sea levels go up suddenlyB. the temperature rises at nightC. many seeds can’t be producedD. both temperature and altitude rise3. What is the best title for the text? ________A. What Is the Real Reason for Crops’ GrowthB. How Does the Cool Temperature Affect RiceC. How Does Global Warming Affect WesternersD. Three Crops That Won’t Survive Minor Climate ChangesPassage 4In the middle of the 20th century people were worried about whales. The number of whales killed worldwide came up to 66, 000 per year. However, people weren't worried about the whale as an endangered animal. Instead, they were worried about the whale industry, which would disappear if there were no whales. In 1946, theInternational Whaling Commission was established. It limited the whale hunting for every country and controlled the whale industry. But the commission recognized that the limitation wasn't enough. They set a worldwide law against hunting whales with only two exceptions: the hunt for scientific research and "aboriginal whaling". Aboriginal whaling allows some countries to hunt a limited number of whales because it is a part of their culture. Some countries like Japan and Norway don't care about the law; they make excuses to hunt whales and sell the products. They only care about the money.Many fishermen complain that dolphins, also a kind of whale, steal their fish. Therefore, they kill thousands of them. In fact, this is not the truth. In reality there are so many fishermen who steal the fish from each other. Some whale hunters say that they catch the animals for scientists. They have to research what whales are eating. For that, they kill them and look into their stomach. The truth is that they only want to sell the meat. Today scientists want to observe live whales for their research.Many whale families are not protected and thousands of them are killed. Nobody knows if all whale families would survive, even if humans end all whale hunting today. The pollution of the oceans increases fast and the poison gets into the bodies of the animals. Many of them get sick and die. The human being has killed 90% ― 95% of many whale families. Others are already extinct.1. The text is mainly about________ .A. whale industryB. whale researchC. whale productD. whale protection2. In the middle of the 20th century, what people really worried was that________ .A. more whales would be killed worldwide per yearB. the whale would become an endangered animalC. the whale industry would disappearD. the law against hunting whales would come into effect3. Which of the following can best explain the word aboriginal from paragraph 1? ________A. A particular areaB. Compare new and differentC. People or customs existing in a place from the earliest timesD. The country which someone or something comes from4. Why do many fishermen complain about dolphins? ________A. Because dolphins steal their fish.B. Because people have misunderstood their purpose of hunting dolphins.C. Because there are so few dolphins for them to hunt.D. Because they want to make an excuse for killing dolphins.5. What will the passage talk about next most probably? ________A. The protection and reservation of whalesB. Typical whale eating culturesC. How to develop other whale industries to make moneyD. New jobs for former whale huntersPassage 5German artist HA Schult is an unusual artist who uses trash(废物) to make sculptures. “We are living in the time of garbage,” says Schult. “I created a thousand sculptures of garbage. They are a mirror of ourselves.” Here, Schult was talking about his 1, 000 trash sculptures in the form of humans. He first exhibited them in 1996 in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.“They are social sculptures,” he explains. “They are not only sculptures for the eyes. They are sculptures to spread the idea that we live in a time of garbage.” So far, Schult’s social sculptures have been on show in Paris, in Moscow’s Red Square, on the Great Wall of China, and in the desert next to the Pyramids of Giza near Cairo.HA Schulfs work is unforgettable. Although his work has had a big influence on the art world, Schult remains modest(谦虚的) about his creations: “Artists have to learn every time. We are not important. All that counts is the time in which we are living.”Trash art has been around for years. But it seems that only the popular artists are regarded as true artists when working with trash. Why can’t common people be considered artists when they use the same things and change them into some form of personal art? Maybe it’s because we all have our own preset ideas of what art is and isn’t, or whom artists are or should be.You can be an artist like Schult if you try. Look at used metal cans. What might be done with them? Imagine them in any number of new uses, or imagine them simply as an art form. What about boxes or clothing? Boxes can usually serve as new storage containers and houses for pets. And clothing? Imagine taking old clothes and turningthem into hats or hanging organizers.1. What do we know about Schult’s sculptures? ________ .A. They served as garbage containersB. They reflected environmental problemsC. They were first shown in Paris, FranceD. They were to raise economic awareness2. HA Schult’s artistic works also get the message across that an artist must ________ .A. be socially responsibleB. be as modest as possibleC. make garbage recyclableD. take different kinds of artistic forms3. Which of the following is the best title for the text? ________A. Could You Be a Trash Artist?B. What Are Social Sculptures?C. Do You Know about Trash Art?D. How Can We Deal with Used Cans?参考答案Passage 11. C细节理解题。

高一英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day 155Passage 1In April, 1967 my brother, Harvey Cooley, met a soldier, David Lawson during basic training. In their free time, they hung out together. As the weeks went by, they grew very close, almost like brothers. However, after basic training, soldiers moved on to advanced training. They thought they would never see each other again.One day in September, 1967, these men were both in California waiting for transport to the front. Harvey and David had an unexpected surprise when they ran into each other. They talked very briefly since they had got to report in five minutes. They agreed to meet after they were discharged(退伍)from the service. Harvey wrote a brief note which he gave to David showing the date and location they were to meet.Harvey never made it back home. He died while saving two soldiers during enemy fire. David did not learn of Harvey’s death until the mid 1980s. he wrote a letter to Harvey after he returned home and asked if they could postpone their meeting to a later date. His letter was unanswered. David felt then that Harvey must not have made it back. He knew Harvey would surely have answered his letter if he had been able to.While David was searching the internet for Information about Harvey, he found a poem dedicated(献给) to Harvey by me. He sent me an email and told me about his friendship with Harvey and we swapped phone numbers.David called me and we talked about his friendship with Harvey. While on the phone with David, I learned about the note Harvey had written for him. David still had the note and sent me a copy of it.It is amazing, to say the least, that David was able to track(追查到) me down. Even more amazing is the fact that he still had Harvey’s note after all these years. David told me it was a joy to finally hear from Harvey through me after over forty years.1. What did Harvey and David decide to do after they met unexpectedly?A. Meet after they returned.B. Leave the army.C. Write a report.D. Go to advanced training.2. What did David do when he didn’t hear from Harvey?A. He decided to meet Harvey at a later timeB. He went to the front to look for HarveyC. He feared that Harvey had diedD. He asked two soldiers about Harvey3. The underlined word “postpone” in Paragraph 3 means ______.A. talk aboutB. put offC. attendD. call4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. A Note Kept for Over Forty YearsB. Friendship Developed in the WarC. A Letter Never AnsweredD. Two Brothers Never SeparatedPassage 2Two of the saddest words in the English language are "if only". I live my life with the goal of never having to say those words, because they convey regret, lost opportunities, mistakes, and disappointment.My father is famous in our family for saying, "Take the extra minute to do it right. " I always try to live by the "extra minute" rule. When my children were young and likely to cause accidents, I always thought about what I could do to avoid an "if only" moment, whether it was something minor like moving a cup full of hot coffee away from the edge of a counter, or something that required a little more work such as taping padding (衬垫) onto the sharp corners of a glass coffee table.I don't only avoid those "if only "moments when it comes to safety. It's equally important to avoid "if only" in our personal relationships. We all know people who lost a loved one and regretted that they had lost an opportunity to say "I love you" or "I forgive you". When my father announced he was going to the eye doctor across from my office on Good Friday, I told him that it was a holiday for my company and I wouldn’t be there. But then I thought about the fact that he's 84 years old and I realized that I shouldn’t give up an opportunity to see him. I called him and told him I had decided to go to work on my day off after all.I know there will still be occasions when I have to say "if only "about something, but my life is definitely better because of my policy of doing everything possible to avoid that eventuality (不测的事). And even though it takes an extra minute to do something right, or it occasionally takes an hour or two in my busy schedule to make a personal connection, I know that I' m doing the right thing. I’m buying myself peace of mind and that’s the best kind of insurance for my emotional well-being.1. Which of the following is an example of the "extra minute" rule?A. Start the car the moment everyone is seated.B. Leave the room for a minute with the iron working.C. Wait for an extra minute so that the steak tastes better.D. Move an object out of the way before it lets someone fall down.2. Why did the author decide to go to her office on Good Friday?A. To keep her appointment with the eye doctor.B. To meet her father who was already an old man.C. To join in the holiday celebration of the company.D. To finish her work before the deadline.3. What can we infer from the passage?A. It is the most important thing to avoid “if only” in our daily life.B. The author must have a good relationship with her children.C. We should buy insurance to make our life better.D. Avoiding “if only” can make the author comfortable.4. What is the best title for the passage?A. The Emotional Well-being.B. The Two Saddest Words.C. The Most Useful Rule.D. The Peace of Mind.Passage 3Alzheimer's disease is mostly a condition of old age. Since life expectancy is getting longer around the world, the number of people affected by the brain disease is expected to increase greatly in some countries by the middle of the century. People with Alzheimer's often have other medical needs that require the services of numerous healthcare professionals. The caregivers often have a hard time keeping up with all the medical information.More and more family members are being called on to help care for loved ones with Alzheimer's. It is a responsibility for which most people are unprepared. This is why the Hebrew Home, a private non-profit health care group in Riverdale, New York, developed an iPhone and iPad application called "Balance. " The app offers caregivers advice on recognizing symptoms and on feeding, bathing and providing a healthy environment for patients. It can be bought on the Internet for four dollars. David Pomeranz is Hebrew Home's program development director, and he created "Balance. ""It is not easy and we hope this will make it a little easier for people, " Mr Pomeranz says. "We are dealing with their family members because, as a philosophy, we feel that we need to care for the caregivers equally in our response to the care needs of the clients themselves, since if the caregivers do not have the proper supports, they simply cannot be caregivers. "Mr Pomeranz says the "Balance" software is designed to let users organize medical and other information so they can easily keep track of the person's health. It helps caregivers manage doctor's appointments and share information with doctors about the patients' daily emotional changes.Interest in the app is not limited to the United States. "It has been interesting to see that we have had apps purchased in countries from Egypt to the Netherlands to Greece. It is like the United Nations every day, to see where people are buying this. "David Pomeranz says software developers are working on a version of "Balance" for mobile devices using the Android operating system.1. Which of the following statements is correct? ________A. Not all mobile phones can use the app "Balance".B. Fewer people will suffer from Alzheimer's disease.C. The app "Balance" are used in all countries in Europe.D. The Hebrew Home has made money from the app.2. It can be inferred from Para. 3 that ________ .A. most caregivers aren't good enoughB. good caregivers are needed badlyC. caregivers also need professional aidD. most caregivers are too old to learn3. The purpose of the passage is ________ .A. to tell us the situation of Alzheimer's diseaseB. to introduce the "Balance" software to usC. to ask us to care about Alzheimer's diseaseD. to attract people to buy the app "Balance"Passage 4Jefrin Bayona is already running late for school and it's just after 6 a. m. "I barely slept last night, " the 15-year-old student says. "The baby woke me up at ten, and four in the morning. " Classes start early here in the rural plains of northeastern ColombiA.Estiven, his infant son, silently sits in a baby carrier on the living room floor.Fortunately for Jefrin his early foray(冒险) into fatherhood ends today. He is participating in an immersive(侵入式的) school program that aims to prevent teenage pregnancy. "Estiven" is actually a robotic baby designed to simulate(模拟) a needy one-month-old—crying at programmed intervals day and night to provoke students to feed and burp (拍嗝) the baby and change its diaper. The responses are tracked and recorded, and students are graded on how quickly they react. A baby left unattended for too long will shut down, affecting the student's grade.Jefrin has taken care of the baby for the past 48 hours, and the typically outgoing and buoyant(开朗的) teen is clearly exhausteD. He arrives at school five minutes after the bell and hands the baby off to fellow student, and designated(委派的) mother, Alexandra Guerrero, 15, for the next two-day shift.Worldwide some 17 million teenage girls give birth every year, facing increased risk of health complications during pregnancy as well as life-long economic challenges for themselves and their families. Latin America has the third highest teenage pregnancy rate in the worlD. While the global rate has declined over the past decade, the pace of decline in Latin America lags behind that of other regions.The program that Jefrin, Alexandra, and 100 of their ninth-grade classmates, ages 14 to 16, are enrolled in—with their parents' consent—aims to prevent early pregnancies. In addition to the two-day simulated-baby experience, students in Jefrin's school undergo 30 hours of instruction, from basic sex education and contraceptive(避孕的) use to discussion of gender stereotypes and roles, domestic violence, and familybudgeting. Students have to pass a final exam on these topics and write an essay or shoot a video on their experiences with the babies. "Sex education and the baby simulation are both important; they reinforce each other, " says Camila Guzman, director of the program Baby? Think It Over! in ColombiA"The objective isn't to scare the students. We want to create a consciousness about sex and pregnancy. It's OK for them to have kids—when they're ready. "The robotic babies were developed in the United States more than 20 years ago, and the program has been implemented(实施) around the worlD. But it is relatively expensive—costing more than 100 per student here in Colombia and requiring multiple instructors. That raises questions of scalability(可量测性) in developing countries with scarce resources. Yet the program has proved effective. In a study of more than 1, 400 student participants in one region of ColombiA. the program reduced the teen pregnancy rate by 40 percent.After the weeklong course Alexandra, who plans to pursue engineering in college, is determined to delay motherhooD. "I don't want to have a baby now. I'm not capable of taking care of it, " she says. "Maybe when I'm 25 or 26 and I finish studying. "1. Estiven was designed ________ .A. to wake up every two hoursB. to help students pass an examC. to break down when ignoredD. to imitate a demanding baby2. Jefrin and his friends ________ .A. take turns to look after the "baby" for a weekB. are having a hard time practicing to be parentsC. simulate families to participate in the programD. have paid 100 to get enrolled in the program3. In Jefrin's school, ________ .A. students produce essays and videos to pass the program's examB. the program is operated with the help from the United StatesC. parents are aware that their kids are taking part in the programD. there is a shortage of teachers who can work on the program4. The program Baby? Think It Over! ________ .A. aims to discourage teenagers to have kids in the futureB. attaches equal importance to experience and knowledgeC. works by showing teenagers that they are incapable parentsD. cannot work effectively in countries with limited resources5. Which statement is TURE about teenage pregnancy rate? ________A. Around the world about 17 million teenage girls get pregnant every years.B. Columbia has the third highest teenage pregnancy rate in Latin America.C. The drop in teenage pregnancy rate in Latin America is slower than in other places.D. Thanks to robotic babies, teenage pregnancy rate in Colombia has dropped by 40%.Passage 5Today, the technology that is being developed for cell phones is surprising. Soonour cell phones will be able to do things that we thought impossible or not even thought of at all.When picturing the future, there are quite a few things that we would love our cell phones to be able to do. Let's take a look at the ones that are likely to be in the next generation of cell phones. Cell phones of the near future will be able to start and unlock cars, turn lights on and off in houses, make payments (付款), work as computers. This sounds too good to be true, right? Fortunately, this future is just over the horizon; you won't wait too long. New technology for phones is being developed to realize eye scans (扫描) and fingerprint scans as new "unlock your phone", so you needn't worry about your information being stolen.What do I want my phone to be able to do? I want it to be special. For example, I will shout to my phone across the room "Give me directions to the market" and it pulls up the directions and sends them to my printer. Is it possible? Yes. Maybe someday cell phones will be able to change into robots and walk our dogs and clean our houses to. Who knows? In the last 30 years we have gone from hardly knowing what a cell phone was to surfing the Internet with excellent cell phones.It is hard o believe that technology is advancing as quickly as it is, with no end in sight. In 5 years the technology of today will be a thing of the past, and the world won't look back one bit.1. The underlined phrase "over the horizon" in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by "________ ".A. arriving as time goesB. what people all hopeC. what we work hard forD. coming in a short time2. If one's scan is done by his cell phone, ________ .A. his picture is kept in it foreverB. his information won't be lostC. his cell phone only serves himD. his cell phone won't be stolen3. What is special about your future cell phone? ________A. It works as a robot does.B. You can speak loudly to it.C. It can give you information.D. It can warn you out of danger.参考答案Passage 11. A细节理解题。

高一英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day 160Passage 1By now, we are all aware that social media has had a powerful influence on our culture, in business, on the world at large. Social media websites revolutionized the way people communicate and socialize on the Web. However, besides seeing your friends' new baby on Facebook, or reading about Justin Bieber's latest conflict with the law on Twitter, what are some of the real influences?Social networks offer the opportunity for people to reconnect with their old friends and acquaintances, make new friends, share ideas and pictures, and many other activities. Users can keep pace with the latest global and local developments, and take part in campaigns and activities of their choice. Professionals use social media sites like Linkedln to improve their career and business development. Students can work together with their peers to improve their academic and communication skills.Unfortunately, there are a few downsides too to social networking. If you are not careful, immoral people can target you for cyber bullying(网络欺凌) and disturbance on social sites. School children, young girls, and women can fall victim to online attacks which can create tension and suffering. If you are a victim of cyber bullying, do not take it lying down, but try to take appropriate legal action against the attacker.Many companies have blocked social networks as addicted employees can distract (分心)themselves on such sites, instead of focusing on work. In fact, studies show that British companies have lost billions of dollars per year in productivity because of social media addiction among employees.Also, what you carelessly post on the Net can come back to trouble you. Leaking personal information on social sites can make users easily harmed to crimes like identity theft, stalking(尾随犯罪), etc. Many companies perform a background check on the Web before hiring an employee. If a potential employee has posted something embarrassing on social media, it can greatly affect their chances of getting the job. The same holds true for our relationships too, as our loved ones and friends may get to know if we post something undesirable on social networks.Social media has its advantages and drawbacks as each coin has two sides. It is up to each user to use social sites wisely to improve their professional and social life, and exercise caution to ensure they do not fall victim to online dangers.1. Paragraph 2 mainly shows that social networks.A. benefit users in various waysB. offer professionals good chancesC. guide users to make right choicesD. help students finish their homework2. Faced with problems caused by social media, some companies.A. take legal action against the attackersB. avoid posting embarrassing informationC. refuse to hire potential addicted employeesD. forbid the use of social networks during work time3. The main purpose of this passage is to.A. remind people to wisely use social mediaB. provide some advice on social problemsC. raise public awareness of social problemsD. share experiences in using social media4. Which of the following shows the development of ideas in this passage?I: IntroductionP : Point Sp : Sub - point (次要点) C : ConclusionA. B.C. D.Passage 2Elephant Transit HomeIn both Africa and Asia elephants are being threatened by changes in their natural habitats. People are moving into the elephants’ habitats and endangering their survival. In the country of Sri Lanka, there is one place where elephants are not only protected but also respected. It is called the Elephant Transit Home (ETH).Set up in 1995, the ETH aims to protect and nurture baby elephants that are found injured or living without their mothers in the wild. Every year about 30 baby elephants in Sri Lanka need help. As many as possible are brought to the ETH. There they are given food, shelter, and medical care. Most importantly, they are given the chance to be with other elephants and become part of a herd (象群).A day at the ETH begins early in the morning when the baby elephants are given their first feeding of milk. During the day, each baby will drink an average of 13 gallons of milk. Older elephants are fed mostly coconut leaves and other native plants. Then the elephants are allowed to walk around, eating the grass and forming a herd. The cost of caring for the baby elephants is high. The ETH spends about $125,000 each year on powdered milk for the baby elephants.At the ETH, workers try to reduce human connection with the elephants. They also try to increase bonds (联系) between the elephants. It usually takes three years for a baby elephant to be set free into its natural habitat. The elephants are sent back to the wild together with other orphans with whom they have bonded. This program helps them return to the wild as members of a herd that will communicate with each other and take care of each other.The ETH is considered one of the best animal protection sites in the world. Not only are the elephants cared for, they are treated with respect. Most importantly, they go back to live in the wild, where they belong.1. What does the underlined word “nurture” in Paragraph 2 mean?A. Set free.B. Care for.C. Focus on.D. Relate to.2. What do we know about the ETH?A. It receives about $125,000 each year.B. It is the largest animal protection site.C. It helps to keep baby elephants safe.D. It changes elephants’ habitats for the better.3. The workers reduce human connection with the elephants to ___________.A. train them to stay away from huntersB. provide them with more living spaceC. study them better in a natural environmentD. help them make it in the wild as a herd4. What’s the purpose of the passage?A. To show the ways of wildlife protection.B. To explain the threat baby elephants face.C. To introduce an animal protection project.D. To persuade the readers to protect elephants.Passage 3Like people from most countries, the people of the British Isles speak kinds of dialects. A dialect is a different version (版本) of a main language. It has different words and has something to do with the culture of the place in which it is spoken. It is usually spoken with a certain accent. Although it may be different, however, a dialect is usually not so different that an outsider can't understand what is being said.Speakers of dialects in Britain are often proud of them. For this reason, when you visit an area with a dialect, particularly when it is a place visited by tourists, gift stores will sell books about the local words.The dialects of Northern Ireland have a great many words that other Britons havenever heard of. An unusual example I recently learned from this part of the world is "boke", which means "vomit (呕吐)". The nearly poetic words of the Cockneys (伦敦东区的人) of the East End of London are famous throughout the word because they can be so clever and humorous. Here is a piece of rhyming slang (押韵俚语): A "whistle and flute" is cockney for "suit".It is true that there are fewer dialects in Britain today than there were a hundred years ago, and far fewer than there were 200 years ago. The reason is quite clear: The modern world and its opportunities (机会) for communication have made the differences between people much smaller. When people speak and listen to more people from a much larger area than their mothers and fathers did, the differences between the ways they speak get smaller.This means that there are now far fewer problems understanding each other when British people, say, from the outer Hebrides of Scotland speak with people from Cornwall in the southwest of the country. Also, English speakers from all over the world can generally understand each other. Of course, if dialects had not become less important, it would have been much more difficult for English as a second language to be such a big success all over the world!1. How do people in Britain usually feel about their dialects? ________A. They consider them useless.B. They often ignore them.C. They are ashamed of them.D. They take pride in them.2. How are dialects in Britain changing according to the text? ________A. The number of dialects is getting smaller.B. There won't be any dialects is in the near future.C. There are fewer dialects in Northern Ireland than in other parts.D. There were more dialects 100 years ago than there were 200 years ago.3. What is a result of the change in dialects spoken in Britain? ________A. It has caused people more problems in understanding each other.B. It has made the British culture much less attractive.C. It has played its part in helping English become a world language.D. It has created more opportunities for communication.4. The best title of the text would be ________.A. Dialect speakers in BritainB. Dialects in BritainC. The influence (影响) of British dialectsD. The future of British dialectsPassage 4First of all, I believe that in order to get we must be willing to give. And it works with love as well. The more of it you give away, the more of it you get back from others. Secondly, I am certain that love is not only a feeling but also an attitude. If you want to attract love into your life, you must be willing to think about it.Most people would not agree with me on that. They may say that they do thinkabout it more than anything else. But what kind of state are you in when you think about it? Most are unhappy and doubtful and they do not believe that they are going to achieve. Their thoughts on love are wrong. You have to be optimistic about it. You have to expect love and believe that it will come. And it will.Thirdly, love comes when you learn to excuse others. Do not keep hatred (仇恨)in your heart for it will destroy your ability to receive and give love. Try to forgive the person or people who have hurt you.Fourthly, do some love actions. Very often love is there, but you have to express it. Do something good for other people. Do something nice for the person whom you have warm feelings for. Do not rely only on thoughts and words. Move to actions and love will be there.So, I do believe that thoughts on love can help you have the most satisfactory love in the world.1. What does the underlined world "that" in Paragraph 3 probably refer to? ________A. Feeling love in your heart.B. Thinking more about love.C. Learning to love others.D. Getting love back from others.2. To get desirable love, we should________ .A. receive rather than give loveB. hate the ones who have hurt usC. express love with actionsD. pay more attention to our words3. The author's purpose in writing the text is________ .A. to tell a storyB. to advertise somethingC. to review somethingD. to give advicePassage 5Seventeen-year-old Sariah Estrada didn't expect to receive anything in return when she saved a drowning man on Marianne Beach in Blanchisseuse earlier this year.However, for her random (随意的) act of kindness, Estrada was awarded the Hummingbird Medal-Bronze for her bravery, loyalty and devotion to Trinidad and Tobago on Monday, September 24, when the country celebrated its 42nd year as a republic. President Paula-Mae Weekes presented the national award to her.In July of this year, Estrada along with two friends went to the Marianne Beach to relax. Upon leaving the beach, Estrada and her friends noticed a man struggling in the water. Immediately, she and her friends sprang into action. The teens borrowed a body board from some people on the beach and swam to the man's rescue.She said when they reached the man, he was already unconscious and they dragged him out of the water on the body board. Estrada remembered what she learned during a life-saving course the week before and quickly started pumping the man's chest. After several attempts, she was successful and the young man's life was saved.In an interview with LoopTT, the teenager said while she is grateful for the award, she wasn't expecting anything in return."This award was never expected because I thought of helping someone as an act of humanity and never looked for anything in return, but the award is well appreciated. As I reflect on the action I took, I felt as though I could help this person as I have the proper training. The week before the incident I participated in a basic life support﹣training course offered by the North Central Regional Health Authority. " Estrada explained. She said she intends to continue assisting people.The national award receiver also had this message for the youths of Trinidad and Tobago."I would like to encourage the young people of Trinidad and Tobago to strive for excellence, never sell yourself short by believing that you cannot do what you desire, all things are possible and hard work surely brings success.1. It can be learned from the passage that Estrada________ .A. saved the man by simply dragging him out of the waterB. shared the award with her friends for their heroic deedC. was motivated to save the drowning man by reputationD. owed the successful rescue to her proper training2. What do the underlined words "sell yourself short" in paragraph 8 probably mean? ________A. Think too highly of yourself.B. Accept yourself with pleasure.C. Recognize your strength and weakness.D. Have a low judgement of your ability.3. What is the message mainly conveyed in the passage? ________A. Random acts of kindness make all the difference in our life.B. Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident.C. Dreams and desires make the impossible possible.D. Success is based on the team not the individual.参考答案Passage 11. A主旨大意题。

高一英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day 166Passage 1The world is witnessing the worst refugee crisis(难民危机) since World War II. Tens of thousands of people are fleeing civil war and unrest(动荡) to find new homes in Europe — sometimes with sad consequences(后果).On Aug 27, Austrian officials found the dead bodies of 71 Syrian migrants(移民) in a deserted truck near Austrian-Hungarian border, just as European leaders were holding a meeting in Vienna to figure out how to deal with the refugee crisis. On the same day, 200 migrants were found dead and 200 rescued as two boats packed with refugees sank off the coast of Libya, according to media reports.The terms “migrant” and “refugee” are often used interchangeably. But there’s a big difference between them, says an article in the Atlantic magazine. Here is how the United Nations defines refugees:“Refugees are persons fleeing armed conflict( 武装冲突) or ill-treatment. Their situation is often so dangerous and intolerable that they cross national borders to search for safety in nearby countries. …These are people for whom denial(拒绝) of protection has possibly deadly consequences.”Migrants, on the other hand, move mainly to improve their lives by finding work, or for education, family reunion or other reasons, said the agency.Countries should offer refugees certain protections under their international treaty obligations(条约义务).This is why some states hesitate to admit those people who are fleeing unrest intheir home countries.When talking about refugee and immigration problems, many media outlets use “illegal immigrant”. Critics say that it gives the impression that it’s the person that is illegal rather than their actions. The UN and the EU parliament have called for an end to the phrase, the BBC reported.1. The differences between “refugee” and “migrant” are written with the purpose of _____.A. defining the two words clearlyB. indicating why some states are not willing to admit refugeesC. showing that refugees are more than migrantsD. urging European countries to accept more refugees2. According to the text “refugee” differs from “migrant” because _____.① they both cross national borders but with different purposes② refugees are illegal while migrants are legal③ refugees may face deadly consequences while migrants are relatively safe④ refugees are treated badly while migrants are highly respectedA. ①④B. ①③C. ②③④D. ①③④3. According to the text, what may be discussed in the next several paragraphs?A. Explanations for “illegal immigrant”.B. Examples about the refugee crisis in Europe.C. Measures to offer refugee protections.D. Causes of the refugee crisis in Europe.Passage 2Pitt Crawley was astonished to receive such a pleasant letter from his brother Rawdon Crawley. Jane was delighted, and expected that her husband Pitt would immediately divide his aunt’s inheritance (遗产) into two equal parts and send one to his brother.The brothers did not meet for some time, however. Since the death of Miss Crawley, Pitt and his wife had been living down at Queen’s Crawley with his father Sir Pitt Crawley.In fact, when the black-aged invitation to the funeral (葬礼) arrived in Curzon Street, the reactions (反应) were very far from sad.“We don’t have to go, do we, Becky?” Rawdon said. “Pitt bores me to death, and a carriage there and back will cost too much.”“Of course we’re going, you silly man!” cried Becky, jumping up in delight. “Your brother is now Sir Pitt, and a Member of Parliament. I want Lady Jane to present me at court next year, and I want Sir Pitt to get you a position of some importance — the Governor of the West Indies, or something like that. We must order our black clothes for the funeral at once.”“Litter Rawdy comes too, of course,” said her husband.“Of course not! Why pay for a third seat in the carriage?”It was a great moment when the two Crawley brothers met again at last. The new Sir Pitt shook his brother warmly by the hand, while Lady Jane took both Becky’s hands, and kissed her.This mark of kindness brought tears to Becky’s eyes, which was a rare event. When Lady Jane took Becky to her room, Becky at once began work on earning her sister-in-law’s approval.“What I should like to do first,” Becky said, in a soft little voice, “is to see your dear little children.”This request pleased Lady Jane very much. She led Becky away to meet her daughter and son, aged four and two, and in no time at all, she and Becky were close friends.“You must be so sad,” Lady Jane said sympathetically, “to have left your little boy in London.”“Dear, dear Rawdy!” sighed Becky. “I miss him so much.”It was fortunate that her husband did not hear this remark. He was very fond of his son. He saw Rawdy every day at home, brought him presents and toys and played with him whenever he could. His mother took no notice of the boy at all. When he cried at night, it was a servant who came and took him to her room to comfort him.Rawdon and Becky spent several days at Queen’s Crawley, and it was time well spent. Lady Jane thought Becky was delightful, and Sir Pitt also approved of her. She had shown interest in his ambitions (抱负) for government, and made admiring comments on his political ideas, which he had found very agreeable.Becky was glad to escape from playing the part of a dutiful sister-in-law — listening with interest to dull conversations, inspecting the fruit garden, visiting sick villagers with soup and encouragement.Lord Steyne was one of Becky’s admirers in London. High-society women still ignored her, but the men crowded to Mrs Crawley’s little house, Many of them lost money at the card-tables to Colonel Crawley. Not Lord Steyne, however, who was no fool. Becky amused Lord Steyne. He admired her charm and her intelligence and her cunning, which he saw was equal to his own, and her artful lies gave him much entertainment. He laughed a great deal at Becky’s account of her time at Queen’s Crawley.“I should like to see you visiting the sick,” he said, “and being polite to those dull relations of your husband’s.”Lord Steyne laughed again. “You were bored to tears by them all. Come now, admit it, Mrs Crawley!”Becky gave a wicked little smile.1. Why did Becky do lots of things against her will at Queen’s Crawley?A. To show concern for her relatives.B. To bring out her talents.C. To win Jane’s and Pitt’s favor.D. To kill the boring time.2. From the underlined sentence, we can conclude that ________.A. Becky told a lie, which would surprise RawdonB. Becky worried this remark would annoy RawdonC. Rawdon, like Becky, missed their son RawdyD. Rawdon took no notice of the remark3. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.A. Becky was a devoted motherB. Lady Jane was kind and generousC. Lord Steyne was worth relying onD. Rawdon was as intelligent as Becky4. Lord Steyne admired Becky for ________.a. her intelligenceb. her charmc. kindnessd. wicked smileA. acB. abC. bcD. bdPassage 3First of all, I believe that in order to get we must be willing to give. And it works with love as well. The more of it you give away, the more of it you get back from others.Secondly, I am certain that love is not only a feeling but also an attitude. If you want to attract love into your life, you must be willing to think about it.Most people would not agree with me on that. They may say that they do think about it more than anything else. But what kind of state are you in when you think about it? Most are unhappy and doubtful and they do not believe that they are going to achieve. Their thoughts on love are wrong. You have to be optimistic about it. You have to expect love and believe that it will come. And it will.Thirdly, love comes when you learn to excuse others. Do not keep hatred (仇恨) in your heart for it will destroy your ability to receive and give love. Try to forgive the person or people who have hurt you.Fourthly, do some love actions. Very often love is there, but you have to express it. Do something good for other people. Do something nice for the person whom you have warm feelings for. Do not rely only on thoughts and words. Move to actions and love will be there.So, I do believe that thoughts on love can help you have the most satisfactory love in the world.1. What does the underlined world "that "in Paragraph 3 probably refer to? ________A. Feeling love in your heart.B. Thinking more about love.C. Learning to love others.D. Getting love back from others.2. To get desirable love, we should________ .A. receive rather than give love.B. hate the ones who have hurt us.C. express love with actions.D. pay more attention to our words.3. The author's purpose in writing the text is________ .A. to tell a story.B. to advertise something.C. to review something.D. to give advice.Passage 4It was ugly. It was the worst Christmas present I had ever received. I quickly pretended joy. After all, Michael, my four-year-old son, had bought it at his school's Christmas market."I bought it for you, mama, " he said, offering it up to me, face smiling, eyes big,blue and bright. "We'll. . . put it. . . here…on. . . on the. . . kitchen table, " I said.The rest of the house was filled with beautiful, natural materials from the garden. In the summer, I operated a garden gift shop at the bottom of my yard. I also hosted an open house on the main floor of our home in late November, featuring high-end gifts for gardeners as well as natural items. And each year, I proved unique and attractive ways to bring the outdoors in with wonderful, creative decorating ideas. How uncomfortably my son's addition looked in the middle of all the natural beauty.Soon my older children burst through the door, excited to tell the adventures of their day and show their valuable things. Within seconds, the kitchen table was loaded with treats: cheerfully decorated cupcakes, a couple of packages of homemade sweets, candy canes, and a few of the small crafts some of the moms had prepared for the kids to buy with their allowance money."Where are the rest of things you bought? " I asked Michael, hoping hadn't eaten them at school or on the way home. ""I spent all my money on your presents, " he said proudly. "You spent all your money on me? " I asked, unbelieving that a four-year-old boy would avoid candy and cupcakes and crafty (巧妙的) creations designed with kid-appeal in order to buy a present for his mom. Ugliness suddenly turned into beauty. Overjoyed, I hugged both my son and his gift.1. When Michael gave the gift the mom, he felt ________ .A. proudB. nervousC. shyD. embarrassed2. According to paragraph 3, Michael's gift ________ .A. added beauty to the natural roomB. was out of place in the roomC. was a sign of high-end giftsD. decorated the room in a unique way3. What might be the most suitable title for the passage? ________A. The Most Beautiful Ugliest GiftB. The Christmas Gift from My SonC. The Cheapest Gift for MomD. The Gift of a Sincere MindPassage 5One winter Sunday, my little sister, Colleen, and I built the greatest snowman ever. We gave him a traditional carrot nose, cool hat, comfortable scarf and gloves on the end of his stick arms. He was a masterpiece (杰作).The next morning when looking outside, we smiled lovingly at him over our meal. We gave him a high﹣five as we passed by on our way to school. A lot of kids went past our house, so he was the hot topic at our school that morning. My sister and I generously shared our professional (专业的) snowman-building suggestions and techniques with our classmates.The day dragged on until finally we could rush home. But as our yard came into sight, we saw something that wasn't right. The snowman was gone! We only found a broken stick here, a torn glove there and balls of snow everywhere. Worst of all, the snowman's once﹣proud carrot nose lay half﹣eaten.What had happened? We knew only one thing: our snowman would rise again. And so we rebuilt him. The next day we came home to find another mess on the front lawn (草坪). For the rest of the week, the destruction was repeated daily. Each afternoon we'd return to find our snowman fallen apart, and then we would build him up again.By Saturday morning, we had a plan. We borrowed a really big bucket (桶) from Mom, filled It with water and left it outside. The next morning, it was frozen solid. We packed snow all around the ice block for the base of the snowman. Then we built the other parts of it once again. The trap was set, and we waited for the snowman bullies (破坏者) to come.Monday morning, looking out of the window, we soon saw what we were waiting for.A group of fifth﹣grade bullies came up to our snowman and sneered (轻蔑地笑). Taking their places on all sides, they pulled back their legs to deliver strong kicks. But when their feet hit hard ice block, sneers turned to surprise, then pain and then tears.We came close to feeling sorry for them, but they were too funny as they jumped away holding their Damaged feet. We started laughing and couldn't stop. Could it be that snowman was laughing too?1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the first two paragraph? ________A. A great number of kids went to visit the writer's house the next morning.B. Few kids asked the writer and her sister for advice on making a snowman.C. The writer and her sister felt like they were good at building a snowman.D. The writer and her sister didn't tell their classmates how to build a snowman.2. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 implies that ________.A. they decided to find out who was behind it.B. they were determined to build another wonderful snowman.C. they would stop their snowman from being damaged.D. they didn't care about what had happened.3. From the last two paragraphs, it can be concluded that the writer and her sister ________.A. decided to get along well with the snowman bulliesB. were disappointed that things didn't happen as plannedC. actually made a smiling snowman to wait for the bulliesD. felt happy to punish the snowman bullies参考答案Passage 11. B推理判断题。

高一英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day 104Passage 1J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter book series, began writing at age 6. In her biography(传记), she well remembers her good friend, Sean, whom she met in secondary school, helped build her confidence in becoming a very good writer. "He was the first person to know my serious dream to be a writer. He was also the only person who thought I was certain to be a success at it, which meant much more to me. "Rowling met many difficulties in her writing, especially fantasy(幻想) stories. It wasn't until l990 that she first got the idea about Harry Potter. As she recalls, it was on a long train journey from London to Manchester that "the idea of Harry Potter simply fell into my head. I didn't have a pen with me, and I was too shy to ask anybody if I could borrow one. I think, now, that this was probably a good thing, because I simply sat and thought, for four (delayed train) hours, and all the details appear in my brain, and this thin, black-haired, glasses-wearing boy who didn't know he was a wizard(男巫)became more and more real to me. "That same year, her mother passed away after a ten-year illness, which deeply affected her writing. She went on to marry and had a daughter, but separated from her husband shortly afterwards.During this time, Rowling suffered from depression(抑郁症). She, out of work, completed her first novel in the cafes, where she could get her daughter to fall asleep. After being refused by l2 publishing houses, the first Harry Potter novel was sold to a small British publishing house.Now with seven books sold nearly 400 million copies in 64 languages, J. K. Rowling is the highest earning novelist in history. And it all began with the confidence of a friend!1. Which of the following could be the best title of the passage? ________A. Confidence of a Friend Helped the Success of Harry Potter.B. J. K. Rowling's Hard Life and the Success of Harry Potter.C. J. K. Rowling---author of the Harry Potter book series.D. How J. K. Rowling Firstly Got the Idea of Harry Potter.2. According to the passage, we know J. K. Rowling________ .A. had a happy familyB. had a ten-year illnessC. earned a lot from her novelsD. published 12 books in 64 languages3. Where did J. K. Rowling first have the shape of Harry Potter? ________A. in the cafes.B. on a train.C. in a secondary school.D. in a publishing house.4. What can we learn from the passage? ________A. Harry Potter's friends didn't know he was a wizard until he graduated.B. J. K. Rowling wrote down her idea while she was on the train by borrowing a pen.C. It's lucky that J. K. Rowling didn't have a pen while she got the idea of Harry Potter.D. Harry Potter was a thin-yellow-haired handsome boy with a pair of glasses on his nose.Passage 2Are you tired of getting "Storage Almost Full" situation when you try to record THE moment? Then you will love this app.The idea came out when I went to Raptors game in Toronto to enjoy the heat of NBA. Raptors were losing the whole game. But at the last quarter, they were about to come from behind and win! The crowed got warmed up, and I really wanted to record the moment! Then the stupid "Storage Almost Full" moment came along. First, I deleted 10 of the least important apps. And then I had to record 5 seconds, and delete the video, and also delete from deleted picture folder, and repeat…like 1000 times… Well, it wasn't actually 1000 times but I did a lot, and also lost the moment. All I wanted was a 5 seconds video of the historic moment for my Instagram(照片分享). And the idea for this app dawned on me."What if I could keep video recording but only catch the last 5 seconds? "THIS 'MOMENT' APP EXACTL Y DOES THAT—It lets you WAIT AS LONG AS YOU WANT WHILE RECONDING as if it has endless storage.—It catches last 5 or 10 seconds based on your choice.—It's super simple that even my grandma can use it.—Once again, DON'T WORRY ABOUT YOUR STORAGE, the app will handle just fine.All you have to do is just hold your camera while you're waiting for THE moment like:—when Curry scores a three-points—when your friend enters the room for a surprise birthday party—when your dog catches a Frisbee(飞盘)—when you finally jump off from the top of stairs on your skateboard and land safe Simple and SweetI hope it makes your life stress-free by reducing one small but annoying problem.1. Why did the author write this passage? ________A. To describe an app.B. To promote an app.C. To develop an app.D. To design an app.2. What caused the author to come upon the idea? ________A. Raptor's losing the whole game.B. His wrong deletion of the video.C. The 5 seconds video of the moment.D. His failure to record an important moment.3. What do we know about the app? ________A. It has endless storage.B. It operates automatically.C. It's quite hard to use.D. It works well when needed.4. What is the best title of the passage? ________A. Tired of "Storage Almost Full"B. Simple and SweetC. Goodbye to "Storage Almost Full"D. Enjoy the Historic MomentPassage 3Fifteen years ago, I took a summer vacation in Lecce in southern Italy. After climbing up a hill for a panoramic (全景的) view of the blue sea, white buildings and green olive trees, I paused to catch my breath and then positioned myself to take the best photo of this panorama.Unfortunately, just as I took out my camera, a woman approached from behind, and planted herself right in front of my view. Like me, this woman was here to stop, sigh and appreciate the view.Patient as I was, after about 15 minutes, my camera scanning the sun and reviewing the shot I would eventually take, I grew frustrated. Was it too much to ask her to move so I could take just one picture of the landscape? Sure, I could have asked her, but something prevented me from doing so. She seemed so content in her observation. I didn't want to mess with that.Another 15 minutes passed and I grew bored. The woman was still there. I decided to take the photo anyway. And now when I look at it, I think her presence in the photo is what makes the image interesting. The landscape, beautiful on its own, somehow comes to life and breathes because this woman is engaging with it.This photo, with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who "ruined" it, now hangs on a wall in my bedroom. What would she think if she knewthat her figure is captured (捕捉) and frozen on some stranger's bedroom wall? A bedroom, after all, is a very private space, in which some woman I don't even know has been immortalized (使……永存). In some ways, she lives in my house.Perhaps we all live in each others' space. Perhaps this is what photos are for: to remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a common desire for pleasure, for connection, for something that is greater than us.That photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken conversation between two women, separated only by a thin square of glass.1. According to the author, the woman was probably ________ .A. enjoying herselfB. losing her patienceC. waiting for the sunsetD. thinking about her past2. In the author's opinion, what makes the photo so alive? ________A. The rich color of the landscape.B. The perfect positioning of the camera.C. The woman's existence in the photo.D. The soft sunlight that summer day3. The photo on the bedroom wall enables the author to better understand________ .A. the need to be close to natureB. the importance of private spaceC. the joy of the vacation in ItalyD. the shared passion for beauty4. The passage can be seen as the author's reflections upon ________ .A. a particular life experienceB. the pleasure of travelingC. the art of photographyD. a lost friendshipPassage 4“I wish I could!” It’s my response when turning down an invitation, but it’s not exactly true.Sometimes it is. For example, if you need people to feed your baby sheep, but I have to go to work that day, I really wish I could come to your farm.But if you’ve invited me to attend a three-hour meeting, “I wish I could” is a lie. It’s a lie of omission, though, which is better than a regular lie. In a lie of omission, two people just assume（设想）different things about what’s left unsaid.When you hear “I wish I could”, your imagination might complete my response as “I wish I could go to your makeup party.” If that’s what you think I mean, great. I may not want to go to your pottery exhibit (I really don’t), but I don’t want to make you sad either. So this works for both of us.If I’m being honest about how that sentence really ends, most of the time it means “I wish I could please you by doing the thing you’re asking me to do; however, I’m not going to do it.” I’d love to say I’m a reformed（改进的）people pleaser, but I’m onlyreformed enough to say no to your event, not reformed enough to be clear and say, “I’d rather eat glass than attend a meeting on a Friday.” I admit it: I like being liked. Who doesn’t?It made me happy that, when a friend asked last week, “Come and try my hot yoga class tomorrow?” and I answered, “I wish I could!” she walked away smiling. Plus, who knows? Maybe I’ll be in the mood for hot yoga next time. Probably not, but I’ve left the window open for her to ask me again.1. What does the text mainly focus on?A. The art of turning down.B. The power of saying no directly.C. The relationship between friends.D. The most effective ways to accept invitations.2. What can we infer about the author from Paragraph 3?A. She is a habitual liar.B. She is a sports enthusiast.C. She tends to make people angry.D. She knows how to tell white lies.3. What does the author mean by saying “I’m a reformed people pleaser” in Paragraph 5?A. She pleases everyone.B. She hates those who tell lies.C. She says no in an indirect way.D. She pays little attention to others’ feelings.4. Which of the following words best describe the author?A. Wise and polite.B. Brave and generous.C. Honest and respected.D. Sensitive and self-centered.Passage 5I graduated in 2004 and moved to Israel, making a career as an English teacher. I am always looking for interesting projects to get my students more inspired to learn the language. Through Facebook, I saw that Kirstin, a friend of mine, was teaching at a school in an East African country. I contacted Kirstin and asked her if she would like to do a letter exchange between my students in Jerusalem and her students in Tanzania.It took a while to wait for Kirstin’s answer because Internet access is not easy to come in the countryside of Tanzania, but when she finally was able to connect, she responded with a huge yes.Two months later, a package arrived. The students gathered around my table in class, and we went over the letters together. “My name is Nelson,” one letter read. “I am 13 years old. I live in Njombe, Tanzania. I like to play ball, to ride a bike, and to read books.” Below the handwritten letter was a colorful drawing of a boy wearing traditional Tanzanian clothing.My students were excited. “This is so cool! What a great project,” shouted one of my students, Hadas. This was followed by a group of students asking if we could travel to Tanzania to meet their new friends. One student, Nir, suggested maybe they couldsimply become friends on Facebook instead. “The kids don’t have Facebook accounts. And there’s very limited Internet access in their area of Tanzania, I explained to them.It was hard for my students to imagine that there were places in the world where teens did not have online social networking systems.The pen pal project gave my students the chance to not only practice their English, but to also learn about other areas in our world.1. Why did the author get in touch with Kirstin?A. To get to know East Africa.B. To learn English online from her.C. To let two classes write to each other.D. To ask her for advice about teaching English.2. How did Kirstin react to the author’s request?A. She turned it down.B. She accepted it willingly.C. She replied immediately.D. She never showed up online.3. What was the attitude of the author’s students toward the project?A. Disappointed.B. Uncaring.C. Favorable.D. Doubtful.4. What is the best title for this text?A. Two Heads Are Better Than OneB. A friend In Need Is A Friend IndeedC. How Writing Letters Improves People’s RelationshipsD. How A Class Pen Pal Project Connected Two Continents参考答案Passage 11. A最佳标题题。

高中阅读理解专项训练附答案解析1篇To develop one's taste in English, the most effective way is to read English books extensively. Yet one may be at a loss to choose the appropriate books, especially as a beginner. As a native Spanish, I would like to share some of my experience.My first English novel was Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, recommended by many English teachers and professors as an ideal book for English learners. But my experience was somewhat disastrous. I had great difficulty in understanding the novel, let alone enjoying it. It's not the vocabulary that troubled me, but rather the way Austen constructs sentences, and her way of thinking, which seemed too remote to me at that time. My fading enthusiasm was much recovered after reading Hemingway's novel A Farewell to Arms. No long and complicated sentences. And I particularly liked his brief and straightforward (简洁的) style. So my first suggestion is, as a beginner, you'd better choose contemporary novels instead of classical ones. However, if you restrict yourself to novels you will miss a lot of treasures. English essays can at once inform you, entertain you, and improve your taste in English. The best example is Bertrand Russell's work. Its language is plain, yet you cannot help feeling the elegance and the peculiar sense of humor. His simple language enables his philosophy within the reach of ordinary people. Here comes my second suggestion — essays are indispensable.Never follow others' recommendations and opinions blindly, however famous or influential (有很大影响的) the person might be. We should be open to various ideas, but always think and determine for ourselves. As a saying goes, one man's meat is another man's poison. With that in mind, we are bound to find out our favorite writers through reading and develop our fine taste in English.1．What made the first English novel that the author read hard to understand? A．Complicated conversations.B．Sentences and Austen's thinking pattern.C．The old-fashioned vocabulary.D．Not knowing the social background.2．Which can best replace the underlined word "indispensable"?A．Necessary B．Challenging C．Relevant D．Inspirational 3．What advice does the author give in the last paragraph?A．Choose books that challenge us most.B．Read books that are instructive.C．Don't be affected by others' choices.D．Compare books before buying.4．What is the author's purpose of writing the passage?A．Give comments on literature works.B．Tell beginners how to choose English books.C．Encourage people to read more English books.D．Recommend first class books to English learners.【答案】1．B2．A3．C4．B【分析】本文是一篇说明文。

高一英语阅读理解强化训练Day 12Passage 1For Pineda, it was a long way to succeed.His story began in El Salvador, where he was born with something wrong with his mouth. He had great difficulty in speaking. At age 2, his family’s home burned down. Pineda was injured, and his legs needed to be cut. His mother died when he was 8, and he spent years on the streets before he was taken in by an orphanage（孤儿院）.Finally, at the orphanage, Pineda began to receive support and encouragement. He taught himself to play the guitar. He began to perform with other musicians. Then the group went to Chicago, where Pineda, then 18, caught the attention of many people, who wondered what they could do to help him.Shriners Hospitals offered him free medical care. A group called the Mulliganeers agreed to pay for Pineda’s flights to and from El Salvador.When he was in the hospital, Pineda began writing music, and wondered if he might be able to record his own album. Soon with the help of a musician, “The Sound of Gratitude（感激）”, was born. On October 15th, Pineda went to a Chicago club to play his new songs to strangers, and to the friends who had helped him come so far.Pineda was surprised that he had come into such a good luck, after having so many years of hardship（困难）. “We have a saying in El Salvador, ‘Suffer first, then enjoy.’I guess that’s what’s happening,” he said.1. What happened to Pineda after the fire________ ?A. He couldn’t hear.B. He couldn’t walk.C. He couldn’t see.D. He couldn’t speak.2. When did Pineda learn to play the guitar________ ?A. When he was two years old.B. When he was eight years old.C. When he was ten years old.D. When he was at the orphanage.3. Why did Pineda go to a Chicago club to play his new songs________ ?A. To learn singing skills.B. To make some money.C. To help poor people.D. To express thanks.4. What could be the best title of the passage________ ?A. Good Beginning, Half Done.B. Practice Makes Perfect.C. Suffer first, then Enjoy.D. Every Little Helps.Passage 2At first glance, Ronny looked like every other kid in the first-grade classroom where I volunteered as the Reading Mom. However, he arrived at school dirty every morning, and along with his outward appearance, Ronny stood apart from his classmates in other ways, too. His home was a mess and his parents never settled in one place. He had yet to live a full year in any one place.Every time when it was Ronny’s turn to read, he would sit close to me. I watched his fingers move slowly under each letter as he struggled to sound out "Bud the Sub". It sounded more like "Baw Daw Saw" when he said it because of his speech impediment and his difficulty with the alphabet (字母表).The year passed quickly and Ronny had made some progress but hardly enough to bring him up to grade level. A few weeks before the school year ended, I held an award ceremony. It took me a while to figure out where Ronny fit; I needed something positive, but there wasn’t really much. I finally decided on "Most Improved Reader". I presented Ronny with his certificate and a book.A few days later, I returned to the school to visit. I saw Ronny read the book. His teacher appeared beside me. "He hasn’t put that book down since you gave it to him. It’s the first book he’s ever actually owned. "Fighting back tears, I approached Ronny and asked, “Will you read me your book, Ronny? ” He glanced up and nodded.And then, for the next few minutes, he read to me with more expression, clarity, and ease than I’d ever thought possible for him. When he finished reading, Ronny closed his book and said with great satisfaction, "Good book. "At that moment, I knew I would get serious about my own writing career and do what that author had done, and probably still does – care enough to write a story that changes a child’s life, care enough to make a difference.I want to be that author.1. The underlined word “impediment” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________ .A. styleB. anxietyC. disabilityD. technique2. How did the author feel when Ronny read the book to her? ________A. Proud and curious.B. Moved and surprised.C. Satisfied and relieved.D. Confident and excited.3. What is the author? ________A. A teacher.B. A writer.C. The mother of Ronny’s classmate.D. A volunteer for a writing program.Passage 3Americans like to travel on their yearly holiday. Today, more and more travelers in the United States are spending nights at small houses or inns(客栈) instead of hotels. They get a room for the night and the breakfast the next morning.Rooms for the night in private(私人的) homes with breakfast have been popular with travelers in Europe for many years. In the past five to ten years, these bed-and-breakfast places have become popular in the United States. Many of these America's bed-and-breakfast inns are old historic buildings. Some bed-and-breakfast inns only afew rooms; others are much larger. Some inns do not provide telephones or televisions in the rooms, others do.Staying at a bed-and-breakfast inn is much different from staying at a hotel. Usually the cost is much less. Staying at an inn is almost like visiting someone's home. The owners are glad to tell about the areas and the interesting places to visit. Many vacationers say that they enjoy the chance to meet local families.1. Americans take a holiday trip________.A. every yearB. every other yearC. all the year roundD. for years2. Why do American travelers prefer staying at bed-and-breakfast inns? ________A. It is like visiting someone's home.B. They can meet local families.C. The money they spend there is much less.D. All of the above.3. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true? ________A. The bed-and-breakfast inns are private homes open to vacationers.B. Some Americans like to stay at bed-and-breakfast homes instead of at hotels.C. The bed-and-breakfast inns have been popular in America for a long time.D. The bed-and-breakfast inn owners provide a morning meal for their visitors and a room for the night.4. Staying at the bed-and-breakfast inns, ________ .A. the travelers needn't pay anythingB. the owners will show the travelers around the areaC. the travelers can meet and talk with the local peopleD. the travelers don't have to pay for telephone or television5. Which is TRUE according to the passage? ________A. All Americans enjoy travelling.B. European and American vacationers like staying at bed-and-breakfast inns.C. Staying at a bed-and-breakfast inn is just like at the traveler's home.D. These bed-and-breakfast inns are old historic buildings.Passage 4Alice Moore is a teenager entrepreneur (创业者), who in May 2015 set up her business AilieCandy. By the time she was 13, her company was worth millions of dollars with the invention of a super--sweet treat that could save kids' teeth, instead of destroying them.It all began when Moore visited a bank with her dad. On the outing, she was offered a candy bar. However, her dad reminded her that sugary treats were bad for her teeth. But Moore was sick of missing out on candies. So she desired to overcome the warning, "Why can't I make a healthy candy that's good for my teeth so that my parents can't say no to it?" With that in mind, Moore asked her dad if she could start her own candy company. He recommended that she do some research and talk to dentists about what a healthier candy would contain.With her dad's permission, she spent the next two years researching online and conducting trials to get a recipe that was both tasty and tooth--friendly. She also consulted dentists to learn more about teeth cleaning. Consequently, she succeeded in making a kind of candy only using natural sweeteners, which can reduce oral bacteria.Moore then used her savings to get her business off the ground. Afterwards, she and her father got their first business meeting with a supermarket owner, who finally agreed to sell Moore's product—CanCandy.As CanCandy's success grows, so does Moore’s reliability as an entrepreneur. Moore is enthusiastic about the candy she created, and she hopes that every kid can have a clean mouth and a broad smile.Meanwhile, with her parents' help, Moore is generally able to live a normal teenage life. Although she founded her company early in life, she wasn't driven primarily by profit. Moore wants to use her unique talent to help others find their smiles. She donates 10% of AilicCandy's profits to Big Smiles.1. How did Moore react to her dad's warning?A. She didn’t care.B. She tried to find a way out.C. She argued with him.D. She chose to consult dentists.2. What is special about CanCandy?A. It is free of sweeteners.B. It is sweeter than other candies.C. It is beneficial to dental health.D. It is produced to a dentists' recipe.3. What can we learn from Alice Moore's story?A. Success means getting personal desires satisfied.B. Fame is a great thirst of the young.C. A youth is to be regarded with respect.D. Positive thinking and action result in success.Passage 5When I was in fourth grade, I worked part--time as a paperboy. Mrs. Stanley was one of my customers. She’d watch me coming down her street, and by the time I’d biked up to her doorstep, there’d be a cold drink waiting. I’d sit and drink while she talked.Mrs. Stanley talked mostly about her dead husband, “Mr. Stanley and I went shopping this morning. ” she’d say. The first time she said that, soda(汽水) went up my nose.I told my father how Mrs. Stanley talked as if Mr. Stanley were still alive. Dad said she was probably lonely, and that I ought to sit and listen and nod my head and smile, and maybe she’d work it out of her system. So that’s what I did, and it turned out Dad was right. After a while she seemed content to leave her husband over at the cemetery(墓地).I finally quit delivering newspapers and didn’t see Mrs. Stanley for several years. Then we crossed paths at a church fund--raiser(募捐活动). She was spooning mashed potatoes and looking happy. Four years before, she’d had to offer her paperboy a drink to have someone to talk with. Now she had friends. Her husband was gone, but life went on.I live in the city now, and my paperboy is a lady named Edna with three kids. She asks me how I’m doing. When I don’t say “fine”, she sticks around to hear my problems. She’s lived in the city most of her life, but she knows about community. Community isn’t so much a place as it is a state of mind. You find it whenever people ask howyou’re doing because they care, and not because they’re getting paid to do so. Sometimes it’s good to just smile, nod your head and listen.1. Why did soda go up the author’s nose one time?A. He was talking fast.B. He was shocked.C. He was in a hurry.D. He was absent--minded.2. Why did the author sit and listen to Mrs. Stanley according to Paragraph 3?A. He enjoyed the drink.B. He wanted to be helpful.C. He took the chance to rest.D. He tried to please his dad.3. Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase “work it out of her system”?A. recover from her sadnessB. move out of the neighborhoodC. turn to her old friendsD. speak out about her past4. What does the author think people in a community should do?A. Open up to others.B. Depend on each other.C. Pay for other’s helpD. Care about one another.参考答案Passage 11. B细节理解题。

高一英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day 125Passage 1The Taj Mahal (泰姬陵) is considered to be one of the most beautiful buildings in the world and the finest example of the late style of Indian architecture (建筑). It is at Agra in northern India. It lies beside the River Jumna in the middle of gardens with quiet pools.The Taj Mahal was built by the Mogul emperor (皇帝) Shah Jehan, who ruled India in the seventeenth century. It is in memory of his favorite wife, Arjumand Banu Bagam, known as Mumtaz Mahal, who died in 1631. The building, which was completed between 1632 and 1638, was designed by a local Muslim architect (建筑师), Ustad Ahmad Lahori. The whole building, with gardens and gateway structures, was completed in 1643. The Taj Mahal stands at one end of the garden tomb with marble (大理石) path. The room is softly lighted by the light that passes through double screens of carved marble set high in the walls. The building now is kept in good condition.The Taj Mahal took 22 years to build. Shah Jehan planned a similar building, but in black instead of white, to lie on the other side of the river. But before it could be built, Shah Jehan was imprisoned (监禁) by his son and buried next to his wife in the Taj Mahal.1. Why do you think Shah Jehan was buried next to his wife?A. His own tomb hadn't been built.B. He hoped to be buried there.C. King and Queen should be buried together.D. He liked Mumtaz all his life.2. The passage mainly tells us____.A. why the Taj Mahal was builtB. the love story between Shah and MumtazC. some information about the Taj MahalD. the Taj Mahal—the pride of Indians3. Form the passage we can learn that____.A. the Taj Mahal looks more beautiful than before.B. the Taj Mahal doesn't exist now.C. the Taj Mahal has completely changed.D. the Taj Mahal has become a place of interest.4. Which of the statements is right according to the passage.A. Shah Jehan's son built a similar building as the Taj Mahal.B. Shah Jehan was killed by his son.C. Shah Jehan's wife died before him.D. After Shah Jehan died, the Taj Mahal was completed.Passage 2Being a teenager can be hard, for you have to face a lot of difficult problems, but a new program called Nfusion is working hard to help teens with mental(精神的) health needs. Nfusion gives teenagers classes where they study or discuss some troubling subjects. Drugs and bullying(欺凌) are just a few of the topics discussed during theclass on Saturday.“I had a bad attitude,” said 17-year-old Titeana Davis. Davis went through the Nfusion Program last year. The teen, who once had trouble with her attitude towards others, says the program has changed her life. “They taught me a bad attitude is not going to get you anywhere,” said Davis.Nfusion is a new program that meets teens mental health needs and provides help for their families. The program is designed to help teens aged 14-21 live through a difficult period.“They’re still growing, still developing and still there are a lot of things they don’t know how to address. So this is a good program for them to be a part of,” said Lakicha Jemigan, who worked for the Nfusion Program.Teens like Davis are just a few who have come through the program successfully. Now thanks to Nfusion, Davis says she’s looking forward to a bright future. “After I graduate from college, I want to work at a primary school and I want to be a second grade teacher,” added Davis.1. What’s the purpose of Nfusion?A. To provide teens with some programs.B. To help teens fight for a better future.C. To help teens receive a good education.D. To meet the mental health needs of teens.2. What does the underlined word “address” in Paragraph 4 mean?A. look forB. deal withC. talk aboutD. learn from3. What happened to Davis after going through Nfusion?A. She became a teacher.B. She worked for Nfusion.C. She went back to school.D. She got along well with others.Passage 3Anyone who cares about what schools and colleges teach and how their students learn will be interested in the memoir (回忆录) of Ralph W. Tyler, who is one of the most famous men in American education.Born in Chicago in 1902, brought up and schooled in Nebraska, the 19-year-old college graduate Ralph Tyler became hooked on teaching while teaching as a science teacher in South Dakota and changed his major from medicine to education.Graduate work at the University of Chicago found him connected with honorable educators Charles Judd and W. W. Charters, whose ideas of teaching and testing had an effect on his later work. In 1927, he became a teacher of Ohio State University where he further developed a new method of testing.Tyler became well-known nationally in 1938, when he carried his work with the Eight-Year Study from Ohio State University to the University of Chicago at the invitation of Robed Hutchins.Tyler was the first director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, a position he held for fourteen years. There, he firmly believed that researchers should be free to seek an independent spirit in their work.Although Tyler officially retired (退休) in 1967, he never actually retired. He served on a long list of educational organizations in the United States and abroad. Even in his 80s he traveled across the country to advise teachers and management people on how to set objectives (目标) that develop the best teaching and learning within their schools.1. Who are most probably interested in Ralph W. Tyler's memoir? ________A. Top managers.B. Language learners.C. Serious educators.D. Science researchers.2. The words "hooked on teaching" underlined in Paragraph 2 probably mean ________ .A. attracted to teachingB. tired of teachingC. satisfied with teachingD. unhappy about teaching3. Where did Tyler work as the leader of a research center for over 10 years? ________A. The University of Chicago.B. Stanford University.C. Ohio State University.D. Nebraska University.4. Tyler is said to have never actually retired because ________ .A. he developed a new method of testingB. he called for free spirit in researchC. he was still active in giving adviceD. he still led the Eight-Year StudyPassage 4A king was once in need of a faithful servant. He gave notice that he wanted a man to do a day's work, and two men came and asked to be admitted. He engaged them, and set them to fill a basket with water from a well, saying he would come in the evening again.After filling one or two buckets （水桶）, one man said. "Why do we do it? You see, it is no use putting the water into the basket, and it runs out at once. " The other man answered, "It is none of our business. We promised to do it, and we are to get paid for it. "The first speaker thought it foolish and then went away. The other man continued his work. Towards evening, he had nearly emptied the well. Looking into the basket, he saw something shining. It was a ring of great value, which his bucket had brought from the muddy bottom of the well. "Now I come to understand the use of pouring the water into a basket. " he said to himself. At this moment the king came up. Seeing the ring, he knew the man had been doing exactly as he had ordered, although the work had seemed useless.The king knew he had found a servant he could trust at last. He told the man to keep the ring for himself, saying, "You have been faithful in a little thing: now I see I can trust you in great things. It is your attitude that makes the difference. From now onyou shall be the head of my servants. "1. The king asked the two men to pour the water into the basket in order to________ .A. empty the wellB. clean the muddy basketC. find a faithful servantD. look for his lost ring2. What does the underlined word "engaged" in paragraph 1 mean? ________A. employedB. firedC. beggedD. forced3. Where did the man find the ring? ________A. In the water.B. In the basket.C. In the wellD. In the bucket.4. What do we learn from the passage? ________A. Practice makes perfect.B. Two heads are better than one.C. Attitude is everything.D. Think twice before you act.5. We may infer from the passage________ .A. it is no use putting the water into the basketB. the king was satisfied with what two men didC. the first man didn't like being a servantD. the second man not only found a job but also got a ringPassage 5In the book The Best Little Girl in the World, Kessa has a serious eating disorder (进食障碍) called anorexia nervosa. But she is not alone. Many people have this eating disorder.In the beginning of her story, Kessa is a normal 15-year-old. She is good at many things, especially dancing. She has danced for many years and loves it. One day her dance teacher tells her to continue eating right, but maybe lose a few pounds. Once Kessa hears this, she takes things too far. Instead of cutting down on snacks and junk food, she decides not to eat at all. She does not eat breakfast, lunch, or dinner. She begins losing weight and becomes slimmer (更加苗条的) and slimmer. But she loses weight to a point where she is unhealthy.As her poor eating habits continue, her parents start getting as much help as possible to cure (治疗) their beautiful daughter. But it is just as hard for Kessa’s parents to deal with her disorder as it is for her. Every day she exercises to lose more pounds and plans what and when she will eat. Her parents try everything, but Kessa decides not to have any fat on her body.Kessa’s doctor and parents finally take her to the hospital. She is now so thin that she can hardly walk. There, she is given good care.In the rest of the book, Kessa goes through a lot of trouble in order to cure her eating disorder. This book, I think, can help to prevent people from doing this to themselves. It shows the trouble that people go through just to be slimmer, and all the terrible things they must experience to be cured. It is a book I think every teenagershould read.1. What does Kessa do to lose weight? ________A. She stops eating.B. She eats less junk food.C. She has three small meals a day.D. She dances many more hours a day.2. What do we know about Kessa’s eating disorder? ________A. It is caused by her dance teacher.B. It’s too serious to be cured.C. It makes her suffer a lot.D. It’s an unusual illness.3. The book mentioned in the text is mainly about ________ .A. how to cure eating disorderB. the importance of eating rightC. a girl’s fight against an eating problemD. why so many people have eating disorder4. The author writes the passage to________ .A. share a moving story with readersB. give teenagers some advice on eating habitsC. tell parents to take good care of their childrenD. warn people not to make the same mistakes as the girl参考答案Passage 11. A细节理解题。