阅读理解训练50篇（1）1Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer.Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time. Some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Others burst with anger, and scream and yell.But other people keep their anger inside. They can not or will not express it. This is called repressing anger.For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person's health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hor- mones (荷尔蒙).They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etC．In general the person feels excited and ready to act.Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe that those who express anger violently may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep their anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure.Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger. They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, “Do not express your anger while angry. Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.”Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. They said that laughter is much healthier than anger.1．“Damaging emotion” means t hat _________.A．the emotion is harmless B．the emotion is harmfulC．the feeling is very strong D．the feeling is hard 2．What statement is right?A．Were you angry, you would be cancered (得癌症).B．Once you are angry, you must be cancered.C．Angry as you are often, you can't be cancered,D．Anger may cause you a cancer.3．Expressing anger violently _________ repressing it according to some scientists.A．is just the same as B．is more harmful thanC．is no better than D．is much better than 4．According to the author, you'd better _________.A．never be angryB．cool it down before you express itC．laugh and laugh when you get angryD．admit you are wrong when you are angry二There is a popular belief among parents that schools are no longer interested in spelling. No school I have ever taught in has ever ignored spelling or considered it unimportant as a basic skill. There are, however, different ideas about how to teach it, or how much priority (优先) it must be given over general language development and writing ability. The problem is how to encourage a child to express himself freely and confidently in writing without holding him back with the complexities (复杂性) of spelling.If spelling becomes the only focal (焦点的) point of his teacher’s interest, clearly a bright child will be likely to “play safe”. He will tend to write only words within his spelling range, choosing to avoid adventurous language. That’s why teachers often encourage the early use of dictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical ability.I was once shocked to read on the bottom of a sensitive piece of writing about a personal experience: “This work is terrible! There are far too many spelling errors and your writing is terrible.” It m ay have been a sharp criticism of the pupil’s technical abilities in writing, but it was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had omitted(省略) to read the essay, which contained some beautiful expressions of the child’ s deep feelings. The teacher was not wrong to draw attention to the errors, but if his priorities had centered on the child’ s ideas, an expression of his disappointment with the presentation would have given the pupil more motivation (动机) to seek improvement.1．Teachers are different in their opinions about _________.A．he difficulties in teaching spellingB．the role of spelling in general language developmentC．the complexities of the basic writing skillsD．the necessity of teaching spelling2．The underlined expression “play safe” pro bably means ________.A．to write carefullyB．to do as teachers sayC．to use dictionaries frequentlyD．to avoid using words one is not sure of3．Teachers encourage the use of dictionaries so that ____________.A．students will be able to express their ideas more freelyB．students will have more confidence in writingC．students will have less trouble in correcting mistakesD．students will learn to be independent of teachers4．The author seems to think that the teacher’s judgment on that sensitive piece of writing is __________.A．unfair B．reasonable C．foolish D．careless三Perhaps the most famous theory, the study of body movement, was suggested by Professor Ray Birdwhistell. He believes that physical appearance isoften culturally programmed. In other words, we learn our looks--- we are not born with them.A baby has generally informed face features. A baby, according to Birdwhistell, learns where to set the eyebrows by looking at those around--- family and friends. This helps explain why the people of some areas of the US looks much alike.New Englanders or Southerners have certain common face features that can not be explained by genetics (遗传学). The exact shape of the mouth is not set at birth, it is learned after. In fact, the final mouth shape is not formed until well after new teeth are set. For many, this can be well into grown-ups. A husband and wife together for a long time often come to look somewhat alike. We learn our looks from those around us.This is perhaps why in a single country there are areas where people smile more than those in other areas. In the US, for example, the south is the part of the country where the people smile most frequently. In New England they smile less, and in the western part of New York States still less. Many southerners find cities such as New York cold and unfriendly, partly because people in Madison Avenue smile less than people on Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia. People in largely populated areas also smile and greet each other in public less than people in small towns do.1．Ray Birdwhistell believes that physical appearance ___________.A．has little to do with culture B．has much to do much cultureC．is ever changing D．is different from place to place2．According to the passage, the final mouth shape is formed _________.A．before birth B．as soon as one’s teeth are newly set C．some time after new teeth are set D．around 15 years old3．Ray Birdwhistell can tell what area of the US a person is from by _______.A．how much he or she smiles B．how he or she raise his or her eyebrowsC．what he or she likes best D．the way he or she talks4．People who live _________ are more friendly.A．in largely populated areas B．in New York City C．in the country D．in the North四EFL TEACHERSSummer PostsOnce again we require 10 excellent TEFL Teachers for our summer program. Large thriving(兴旺) Arels- Felco school offers special package to qualified, TEFL experienced teachers.$1,500 and free accommodation for 200 hours teaching from 2 July-24August. Overtime available. Good Possibility of longer term and permanent posts. Shorter contracts available. Letters of application and C．V. to Teacher Recruitment(征募) (Dept. E),ChurchillHouse School,40－42 SpencerSquare, Ramsgate, Kent CT11 9LD.Fax: (0843)584827．Established 20 years. Recognized by the British Council anda member of Arels- Felco.1．What does “package”in the advertisement refer to ?A．The salary. B．The number of the teaching hours C．The free accommodation provided. D．All the above. 2．Some teachers may be able to ______________.A．accomplish the job ahead of scheduleB．quit the job when they choose to do soC．enjoy free accommodation for a longer timeD．continue working at the school after the summer3．Arels-Felco is probably_____________.A．a company B．the name of a schoolC．an educational organization D．a housing agency五California—Upset by the war in Iraq, Julia Wilson expressed her anger and impatience with President Bush last spring on her web page on MySpace. . She posted a picture of the president, wrote “Kill Bush ” across the top and drew a sword stabbing his outstretched hand. She later replaced her page after learning in her eighth-grade history class that such threats are a federal offense.It was too late, Federal authorities had found the page and placed Wilson on their checklist. They finally reached her this week in her biology class. The 14—year—old was taken out of class Wednesday and questioned for about 15 minutes by two Secret Service agents. The incident has upset her parents, who said the agents should have included them when questioning their daughter.The teenager said the agents’questioning led her to tears. “I wasn’t dangerous,”said Wilson, an honor student who describes herself as politically enthusiastic. “I’m a peace-loving person. I’m against the war in Iraq. I’m not going to kill the president.”Her mother, Kirstie Wilson, said two agents showed up at the family’s home Wednesday afternoon, questioned her and promised to return once her daughter was home from school.After they left, Kirstie Wilson sent a next message to her daughter’s call phone, asking her to come straight home and telling her that two men from the secret service wanted to talk with her.But moments later, Kirstie Wilson received a text message from her daughter saying agents had pulled her out of class.Julia Wilson said the agents threatened her, saying she could be sent to court for making the threat. “They yelled at me a lot,”she said. “They were unnecessarily mean.”Wilson and her parents said the agents were justified in questioning her overher MySpace. posting. But they said the agents went too far by not waiting until she was out of school and the agents should have more quickly figured out they weren’t dealing with a real danger.Assistant Principal Paul Robinon said the agents gave him the impression the girl’s mother knew they were planning to question her daughter at school. There is no legal requirement that parents be notified.“This has been an on-going problem.”said Ann Brick, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union in San Francisco.Former governors Pete Wilson and Gray Davis vetoed(否决) bills that would have required that parents give permission or be present when their children are questioned at school by law enforcement officers.1．Julia Wilson was questioned because .A．she wanted to kill President BushB．she set up the website Myspace.C．the agents thought she might be a threat to the federalD．she was a peace-loving person2．What can we infer from the text?A．Julia Wilson will be put into prison for making a threat.B．Kirtie Wilson thought it wrong to question her daughter in school without them.C．Assistant principal thought there was no need to inform Julia’s parents when questioning her.D．Ann Brick believes that teenagers should not be politically enthusiastic. 3．What does the underlined word “mean” mean in the text?A．cruel and violent B．poisonousC．kind-hearted D．unfair4．The author wrote this story mainly to .A．struggle against the war in Iraq started by the USB．discuss whether parents should be included when children are questioned C．warn teenagers not to post web pages on websitesD．criticize the former governors who vetoed the bill六When Nathan Winograd announced that he was leaving his job as a lawyer in California to run an animal shelter in Tompkins County, New York, his father looked at him for a long minute and then asked, “What do dogs and cats need a lawyer for?”The move meant giving up eight weeks’ vacation, an office with a view of the San Francisco Bay and a big house among the redwoods, and moving to a rural area know for its harsh winters. But Winograd’s wife, Jennifer, also an animal lover, was all for it. So they packed everything they owned, and with two young children, plus two dogs, and a bunch of cats Winograd had rescued, drove cross—country.On the second day, they had no room for six more puppies they received. They found an old horse trough, filled it with hay and nestled the animals inside. They placed it next to the front desk, and within a day or two, all six had homes, adopted by people who walked into the shelter and couldn’t resist.Blind dogs, cats with missing limbs—all find homes. “There is no dog or cat too old, toougly or too undesirable not to be adopted by someone,” says Winograd.Today, Tompkins County is considered the only no-kill county in the United States. Nine out of ten dogs cats that come through the shelter doors are saved. Only animals with incurable injuries or illnesses, and the truly evil, are put down. The national average is half of all dogs and 70 percent of cats, totaling more than four million animals last year alone.Even though he drives an old car that leaks when it rains, and his family lives on a tight budget while his classmates from Stanford Law earn six-figure salaries, Winograd says he’s doing what he’d always wanted to do when he grew up; run an animal shelter and save all the animals.As a young district lawyer, he kept his goal in mind, starting when he raised his first animal cruelty case. A man was accused of intentionally setting his brown cat on fire. Winograd made his case, and the abusive owner was sentenced to prison.It was the first of many such cases, and he raised each with vigor. But the senseless violence, neglect and ignorance never failed to shock him. He decided simply, “I need to get to the other side and start saving these animals.”Now, Winograd is helping to save thousands, even millions, “I’m convinced that a no kill nation is possible, I’m just here trying to shorten the time until it arrives.”1．What was his father’s response when Nathan Winograd left his job as a lawyer in California?A．He was all for it. B．He was strongly against it.C．He was greatly puzzled. D．He was very angry.2．How did Winograd successfully save so many animals?A．He kept all the rejected animals in a large shelter.B．He let the animals adopted by people who visited the shelter.C．He sold some of the animals and get some money.D．He delivered the animals to the local government.3．Which could be the right order of the following events according to the passage?a．Winograd and Jennifer set up an animal shelter.b．Winograd and Jennifer lead a comfortable life.c．Winograd and Jennifer got married and had two children.d．Winograd and his family lived on a tight bugget.e．Winograd worked against animal cruelty as a lawyer.f．Winograd worked as a lawyer in Californiag．Winograd and Jennifer moved to Tompkins County.A．f-c-b-g-a-e-d B．f-e-d-e-a-g-b C．g-a-c-b-f-e-d D．e-d-g-a-f-c-d 4．Which could be the best title of the passage?A．Being Rich is Important B．Animals, Our Best FriendsC．No Pet Left behind D．The Winograd Family七This website is meant for the short story and for those interested in reading light articles.If you have a “classic” short story you would like added here, please don’t be shy about ing me in this regard as I would be happy to give your favorite story consideration. I have a fairly large collection of short stories; however, if you want to send a story to me, I would appreciated it (this would save me scanning time).Please note three things about this site. One, some of the biographies are not available( the focus of this site is the story, not the biographies). If they are not in the book from which I am scanning the story, I will not go through my collection looking for a bio. Two, I will be focusing on shorter short stories. No Tolstoi or F. Scott Fitzgerald here (unless you are willing to send me the story ready to go online)! Maybe some day I will want to spend an entire day or two on one story, but not at this time. Three, I have no summaries or analyses, so you needn’t ask. I read short stories often, but only for the enjoyment of doing so. I have very little desire to analyze what I am reading for that deep, hidden meaning.Fewer and fewer people these days read short stories. This is unfortunate-so few will ever experience the joy that reading such fine work can give. The goal of this site is to give a nice cross section of short stories in the hope that these short stories will excite these people into rediscovering this excellent source of entertainment.Happy reading! Oh yes, visit the bannered sites on this page. This is how we survive and thus keep this free site on line. If you are familiar with the costs involved with bandwidth, you will understand that a site such as this one requires a lot of bandwidth (as it is visited heavily), which can be quite expensive. So, if you appreciate this collection, go buy something. Thank you!1．The passage is mainly about .A．what the website focuses onB．how to email short stories to the websiteC．why fewer and fewer people enjoy readingD．how to find short stories on this websites2．What can we know about the book mentioned in this passage?A．It contained many classical works with analysesB．It was written by the author and advertised here.C．there are many biographies in this book.D．It’s a collection of short stories of this website.3．How is the website kept free on line?A．The website receives much donation from society.B．The website got much money from advertisements on it.C．The website earns money by selling books which collect stories of the website.D．Every reader pays for what they read before reading it.4．The purpose of writing this article is to .A．advertise his or her website and booksB．explain how this website is keptC．explain who this website is forD．discuss whether we should read on line八Join us on December 17th, 2006 (2nd day of Hanukkah) for our annual Hanukkah Family Fun Fest for an exciting day of fun activities for the whole family. The Hazimir Choir will provide holiday musical entertainment. Drum Tales will present “The Hearty Story of Hanukkah” show. There will be ceramic(瓷) painting of dreidles, menorahs(烛台), and other Hanukkah items for the kids. And fun foods, crafts(手工艺) and activities will be happening throughout the day. Bring the whole family and enjoy a fun—filled day!11:30—Jolly Follies puppet show Ages 2-12A fun muppet(提线木偶) style musical holiday story followed by a Hanukkah sing a long featuring the “Chipmunks” and other favorite characters. Adult: $7 Child $ 51:30—Hazamir Teen ChoirSponsored by the Berman and Lerner families in memory of Cantor Moses L. Snyder3:15—Drum Tales presents The Hearty Story of HanukkahDrum Tales is fun, interactive percussive(打击乐) and musical. It is much like the traditional drum circle concept. It combines story telling, musical instrumentation and song. Each participants is given a percussive instrument which becomes their media of transportation to far away lands and exotic places, to ride the waves of mystery of an unfolding plot, and into the deep realm of imagination and the colorful beyond. Drumming, rhyming, rapping, clinking, shaking and clapping, this performance will leave you feeling refreshed after having returned from a journey through these stories! Audlts $ 7 Child $ 5 Plus food and fun for the entire familyCrafts with BBYO and Young JudeaCeramic painting with Jack and JillT-Shirt fun with Computer AdventuresFun with Cyber-ConnectionVendorsSpecial visit by “Chanukah Bubby ”1．How much does a family of three (a kid and parents) have to pay if they attend Jolly Follies puppet show?A．$ 21. B．$ 15. C．$ 19. D．$ 17.2．What feeling will you not experience if you attend the Drum Tales?A．Mystery. B．Imagination. C．Exoticism D．Horror.3．If your family are free at 1:30, what activity can you take part in?A．Drum Tales: The Hearty Story of Hanukkah.B．Hazamir Teen Choir.C．Jolly Follies puppet show.D．Cartoon films.4．What is not included in the Chanukah Festival?A．Ceramic painting. B．Fun foods.C．Computer adventures. D．Fashion show.九Never forget where you come fromMany of us remember the touching television advertisement where the actor Iron Eyes Cody sheds a tear over litter. Such Native images are often used to convey the idea of saving mother earth. People who accept this image find it difficult to bring together what they have seen of some reservations—shabby homes, broken cars, underfed dogs, weeds in winds, and coal strip mines. Those who most romanticize American Indians are the quickest to be disappointed and discover that things are not as good as they have once believed. However, Indians’ relationship with the land is much more complicated(复杂的) than those two black and white images which appeared in the television.Historically, tribal(部落的) people around the globe have had close ties with the earth. Lakota historian Vine Deloria, Jr., tells the story of the Ponca people who were taken from their range over a century ago and transported against their will to Oklahoma. Otherwise healthy, many Ponca wasted and died from no other clear cause than separation from their home. As Cheryl Crazy Bull says in this issue, “The land is our relative. Without land, tribal people lose their identity—the land along with language, spiritual beliefs, and social systems distinguishes tribal people from others.”To many people in the United States, the Indian reservation is an embarrassment. It represents the American version of racial seperation—a prison without walls where the government confined Indians to keep them apart from other Americans. To Indian people the reservation is home, regardless of what it looks like. They have spiritual, emotional, and family ties. Many of their relatives still live there or are buried there, and their creation stories are centered there.Americans tend to pull up roots and separate from their birthplace, moving from city to city many times. Many of us non—Indians have never visited the places where our ancestors are buried or the houses where our parents were born. Western nations use Earth in the same way, as if we can go to another planetwhen the air and water become too dirty. On the other hand, tribes are very familiar with the concept of limited resource. They cannot get another reservation if theirs becomes too polluted.1．What does the writer mainly intend to state in this passage?A．American Indians are disappointed with their living environment.B．American Indians lead a miserable life now.C．Television advertisements can have an unexpected effect on people.D．Land is very important to people, especially tribal people.2．The author included the story of the Ponca people in this article mainly to state .A．the close relationship between tribal people and landB．the poverty of the tribal peopleC．the long history of the Ponca peopleD．the great changes of the Ponca peoples life3．Which of the following statements is true according to this passage?A．Americans can use land as they like and then go to another place.B．People in the west don’t like to travel from city to city.C．Tribal people have the same concept of the resources as the non-Indians.D．The reservations have both positive and negative(负面的)effects on Indian people’s life.4．What topic does this article focus on?A．Family life of the Indians.B．People’s attitude towards land.C．The history of tribal people.D．Environmental pollution nowadays.十The octopus’s（章鱼）reputation as a human-killer isn’t simply an exaggeration（夸）—it is a total myth. The octopus can indeed be a deadly hunter, but only of its natural victims. Some shellfish（壳类动物）and an occasional sick or incautious fish have reason to be frightened of this multi-armed hunter, but a person is much too large to interest even the biggest octopus. Even the largest among octopi is much smaller than most people imagine. Far from being large enough to swallow a ship, as monster octopi in movies have been known to do, the largest octopus, found on the Pacific coast, weighs around 110 pounds and grows to no more than ten feet in width.The hard, parrot-like beak（喙）of an octopus is not used for attacking deep-sea divers, but for cutting open shellfish. Indeed, the octopus possesses such a tiny throat that it cannot swallow large pieces of meat. Instead, it feeds by pouring digestive juices into its victims, and then sucking up the soupy remains. A shellfish that finds itself in the grasp of an octopus has only a short time to live. Buthuman beings are perfectly safe. Still, people rarely care to go close enough to these careful creatures to get a good look at them.1．This passage is mainly about .A．the horrors of the octopusB．the largest octopus in the worldC．octopi and their behaviourD．the octopus’s deadly hunting method2．It is implied but not stated in the passage that .A．people have unreasonable fears about the octopusB．the octopus is not interested in human beingsC．the octopus is afraid of human beingsD．the octopus is a very cruel sea animal3．What does the underlined part “careful creatures”refer to in the last paragraph?A．Octopi. B．Shellfish. C．Fish. D．The victims. 4．The hard beak of the octopus is used for .A．attacking deep-sea diversB．cutting up large pieces of meatC．cutting open its victimsD．defending itself5．From the passage, we can conclude that .A．the octopus is not dangerous to manB．people often fear creatures that are not dangerous to themC．the octopus only hunts its natural victimsD．things described in movies are not to be believed十一We all hate speed cameras, don’t we? They’re not there to slow drivers down and lower the road accidents; they just make money for the government. They trick us, cost us cold hard cash, disturb us from driving properly and are unfair.Well, here’s a surprising thing: what if there were facts that the boring cameras actually saved lives? It’s a conclusion difficult to ignore when you look at what’s happening in France, a country with a historically poor record of road safety.There were 16,617 road deaths in 1972 in France for example, but that dropped to 8412 by 1995 following rules such as compulsory seat belt wearing in 1990 and a lowering of the blood alcohol limit to 0.05 in 1995.Last year, the road deaths dropped below 5,000 for the first time, or 4.9 per cent less than 2004. Comparing road deaths to population in 2005, that’s about 817 per million people compared with Australia’s 806.And guess what? Last year the number of speed cameras on French roads reached 1,000 and the government plans to double that within the next three years.Okay, you know the arguments regarding increased traffic safety andcameras-for-income, but it seems in France there’s been a major cultural change brought on by radars and other laws. A three-hour, wine-soaked lunch with a quick rush back to the office is no longer on.Travelling on the highways, it is rare to see anyone breaking the 130km/h speed limit when once few traveled below it. The speed cameras are clearly signed so drivers know when they are coming. There’s even an official web site listing fixed and mobile camera locations and it is updated regularly.Maybe it is because of such transparency by government, rather than the concealment too often used by authorities in many other countries that more French can enjoy la joi de vivre thanks to speed cameras.1．Generally, it seems to most people that speed cameras are used to .A．make money for the governmentB．slow down the trafficC．lower the road accidentsD．help us drive properly2．From the passage we can learn that .A．France has a very poor record of road safetyB．we’d better ignore the evidence that speed cameras save livesC．France had less road deaths than Australia in 2005D．France does successfully in controlling road accidents3．Which seems more effective in lowering road deaths in France according to this passage?A．Compulsory seat belt. B．Lowering blood alcohol limit.C．Placing more speed cameras. D．Eating in a shorter time.4．Now you can seldom see in France .A．people drive at a speed of less than 130km/hB．lunch time lasts long hours with drunk people rushing back to officeC．drivers drive according to the traffic lightsD．police conduct traffic in streets5．What does the underlined word “concealment” in the last paragraph mean?A．Secrecy. B．Openness. C．Strictness. D．Harmony.十二Sometime early in the next century, human beings will move to Mars. They will live there for about a year, and then will be replaced with another group of pioneers. Building the base on Mars will advance our knowledge of the solar system and aid in our understanding of the earth.We already know that Mars resembles the earth in many aspects: general size, presence of water, length of day, range of temperatures. These resemblances have caused many people to consider a centuries-long project: to terraform Mars. Terraforming means altering a planet’s surface so that Earth’s life forms can survive there. This concept, previously found only in science fiction is now being seriously considered by scientists.。
