高中英语完形填空和阅读理解练习

A

Muscles (肌肉) are important for running, jumping, and lifting. Most of our muscles are

hidden under our skin. But one of the most important muscles is easy to see. Can you guess which

one it is? Here are some clues:

It helps us move food around in our mouths.

It helps us form words.

It helps us taste food.

It helps us clean teeth.

If you guess the tongue, you are right!

Go to a mirror and stick out your tongue. Those bumps (凸块) are called papillae (舌乳头).

Each of the papillae contains many taste buds (味蕾).

We have up to 10,000 taste buds. The number of taste buds can be different in each person,

but girls usually have more than boys.

Taste buds tell you whether food is salty, sweet, sour (酸的), or bitter. You taste salty and

sour on the sides of your tongue. You taste bitter food near the back, and sweet food on the tip.

Your tongue works with your nose to taste different flavors. Nerves in your taste buds send

“taste” messages to your brain. Your nose sends “smell” messages. The brain then tells you which

food you are eating.

56. How many taste buds do we have according to the passage？

A. About 100. B. About 1,000. C. About 10,000. D. About 100,000.

57. What does the underlined word “flavors” in the last paragraph mean?

A. Foods. B. Tastes. C. Flowers. D. Vegetables.

58. What can we know from the passage?

A. Papillae help us clean our teeth.

B. All people have the same number of taste buds.

C. Boys have fewer taste buds than girls.

D. It is on the tip of your tongue that you taste sour.

59. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. One important muscle B. How to taste food

C. How many taste buds we have D. One way to clean teeth

B

Does your daughter really think that she has a problem making new friends or is she worried

that she doesn’t have any or enough friends? If so, then there are a few solutions.

Try to take some time to teach your daughter some social skills or even role-play like you are

her friend if she needs to know how to handle a certain situation. Teach her to go up to someone

bravely and start talking — this is always a good idea to make new friends.

Try to encourage her to invite a friend over to go to see a movie together in the afternoon. Let

her plan the afternoon, with your approval (同意) of course, as she will know what she and the

friend may want to do, like sit around and talk, watch TV, etc. Don’t plan the time for her when a friend comes over as you need to remember she is growing up and she needs her own space and

time with a friend.

If she likes to play baseball, encourage her to sign up (报名参加) to play on a team either at

school or away from school because she can make friends with other girls, and she will have

something in common with them.

Sometimes your daughter may make a wrong choice in a friend and you’ll need to work this

out with her. Don’t make negative comments（ 评论） in front of her friend. Wait until she has

left the home, then sit down with your daughter and discuss the reasons you don’t think this girl

should be her friend or be invited to your home.

Always try to have her invite new friend to your home so that you can see the quality of that

person and make good decisions on your daughter’s friendship.

60. The purpose of the first paragraph is to ______.

A. tell us it is difficult to make new friends

B. show us our daughter is in great trouble

C. tell you your daughter needs your help

D. introduce the topic to the readers

61. What should you do when your daughter invites her friend to go to see a movie?

A. You’d better make a plan for her ahead of time.

B. You should be happy to see the movie with them.

C. You must give her chance to share with her friend.

D. You may join them in talking about the movie.

62. If your daughter has trouble in making friends, you can do all the following EXCEPT ______.

A. do your best to help her to solve it B. order her not to invite her friend home

C. talk with her after her friend has left D. encourage her to talk to others bravely

63. What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Try to help your daughter make new friends

B. Better be friendly to your daughter’s friends

C. You should often have a talk with your daughter

D. It is good to make decisions for your daughter

C

There once was a little bird. He sang and flew around but had no manners and read no books.

The king said, “This bird is no good. He doesn’t do anything except eat fruit in the garden.” He

called his nephew and told him, “Give the bird some education!”

The king’s nephew immediately ordered some wise men to find out why the bird was so