阅读综合练习培训讲学

Part IIII Readi ng Comprehe nsion (40minu tes)Section A Directions: In this sect ion, there is a passage with ten bla nks. You are required to select one word for each bla nk from a list of choices give n in a word bank follow ing the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Questio ns 36 to 45 are based on the follow ing passage.Education makes our lives richer. It 36 us with opportunities .So the amount that girls were allowed to 37 in education is an important part of American history. Women' participation as teachers is an importa nt part of history too.In Colonial times, school was8 for boy; it was usually taught by a young man ,since pare nts felt that boys n eeded39 leadership.In the19th centurymore women became school teachers.These teacherswere often very young wome n, even40 . Usually they taught for only a few years .By about the 1840s,teach ing had become a women' professi on. Now people wan ted a teacher who would nd support their childre n ,n ot a strict school master. They felt that wome n were m423to the job. By the 1850s n early all teachers were wome n, especially in the eleme ntary schools .Still ,not all g4feschool, and schools still focused mainly on educati ng boys. This bega n to cha nge by the end of the 19th cen tury whe n our country decided that all childre n should have free education .However, it did not happen right away; at first, schools still focused on the boys as they had in the past.During the 20th centurythe majority of children,both boys and girls attendedschool regularly. The teaching45 continued to be made up mostly of women. Since the 1930s, about70% of the teaching force has bee n wome n.A) attended B) completely C) mai nly D) mild E)nu rtureF) offers G) participate H) private I) professi on J) providesK) public L) scold M) strict N) suited O) teenagersSection BDirections: In this sect ion, you are going to read a passage with ten stateme nts attached to it. Each stateme nt contains in formatio n give n in one of the paragraphs. Ide ntify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the question by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Six Secrets of High-E nergy PeopleA) There's an energy crisis in America, and it has nothing to do with fossil fuels. Millions of us get up eachmorning already weary over the day holds. “ I just can . B'it get stastedt physical etepys thatmost of us lack. Sure, we could all use extra sleep and a better diet. But in truth, people are healthier today tha n at any time in historyI can almost guarantee that if you long for more energye problem is not with yourbody What you ' re seeking is not physical e ntergy s emotional eY e tgyad to say life sometimes seems desig ned to exhaust our suppjye work too hard. W have family obligati ons. Wencoun ter emerge ncies and personal crises. No wonder so many of us suffer from emotional fatigue, a kind of utter exhaustion of the spirit.B) And yet we all know people who are filled with joy despite the un pleasa nt circumsta nces of their lives.Even as a child I observedpeople who were poor or disabledor ill, but who non etheles^aced life with optimism and vigor. Consider Laura Hillenbrand, who despite an extremely weak body wrote the best-seller Sea biscuit. Hille nbrand barely had eno ugh physical en ergy to drag herself out of be to write. But she was fueled by hav ing a story she wan ted to share. It was emoti onal en ergy that helped her succeed. Un like physical en ergy which is fin ite and dimini shes with age, emoti on al en ergy is un limited and has nothing to do with genes or upbringing. So how do you get it?ou can ' t simply tell yourself to be positivemYst take action. Here are six practical strategies that work.C) Do something newhry little that ' s new occurs in our lives. The impact of this sameness on our emotionalen ergy is gradual, but huge: It's like a tire with a slow leakdYn't it at first, but even tually you'll get a flat. It'sup to you to plug the leak--eve n though there are always a doze n reas ons to stay stuck in your dull rout ines of life.That's where Maura, 36, a waitress, found herself a year ago.FortijnMteJya had a lifeli ne--a group of women friends who meet regularly to discuss their lives. Their lively discussions spurred Maura to make small but n evertheless life alteri ng cha nges. She joined a gym in the n ext tow n. She cha nged her look with a short haircut andnew black T-shirts.Eve ntually Maura gatheredthe courageto quit her job and start her own bus in ess.Here's a challe nge: If it's someth ing you would n't ordin arily do, do it. Try a dish you've n ever eate n.Listen to music you'd ordinarily tune ououYl discover these small things add to your emotional energyD) Reclaim life's meaning.So many of my patients tell me that their lives used to have meaning, but that somewhere along the line things went state.The first step in solving this meaning shortage is to figure out what you really care about, and the n do someth ing about it. A case in poin57, Ia^pion eer in in vestme nt banking."I mistake nly believed that all the money I made would mea n someth in g." she says. "But I feel lost, like a 22-year-old won deri ng what to do with her life." Ivy's soluti on? She started a program that shoStseeters how to don ate time and money to poor childre n. In the process, Ivy filled her life with meaning.E) Put yourself in the fun zone.Most of us grown-ups are seriously fun-deprived. High-energy people have the same day-to-day work as the rest of us, but they man age to find someth ing enjoyable in every situati on. A real estate broker I know keeps herself amused on the job by men tally redecorati ng the houses she shows to clie nts. "I love imagining what even the most run-down house could look like withy a little tender loving care," she says. "It's a challe nge--a nd the least desirable properties are usually the mosefulrh define fun differe nt|yof course, but I can guara ntee this: If you put just a bit of it into yo uiodaynergy will in crease quicklyF) Bid farewell to guilt and regret. Every on e's past is filled with regrets that still cause pain. But from an emoti on al en ergy point of view, they are dead weights that keep us from us from movi ng forward. While they can't merely be willed away do recomme nd you remind yourself that whatever happe ned is in the past, and nothing can change that. Holding on to the memory only allows the damage to continue into the present.G) Make up your mind. Say you ve been thinking about cutting your hair short. Will it look stylishr tooextreme?Yu endlessly think it over. Having the decision hanging over your head is a huge energy drain.Every time you can ' t decide, you burde n yourself with alter natives nQng t hat you have to make the right decisi on; in stead, make a choice and don ' t look back.H) Give to get. Emotional energy has a kind of magical quality; the more you give, the more you get back..This is the difference between emotional and physical eneWyh the latter. Y5u have to get it to be able to give it. With the former, however, you get it by givi ng it.Start by ask ing every one you meet, if you really want to know the n liste n to the rep.l£e the one who hears. Most of us also n eed to smile more often. If you don ' t smile at the person you love first thing in the morning, you ' re suckinrelati on ship. Fin ally, help ano therperson— and make the help real, con crete.Give a massage(按摩)to some one you love, ocook her dinner, Then, expa nd the circle to work. Try ask ing yourself what youyour goal were to be helpful rather than efficient.After all, if it ' s true that what goes aroun(not make sure that what ' s circulating aBogodcyotufth46. High-e nergy people usually find themselves some fun and in crease their en erg.y quickly47. Even small cha nges people make in their lives can help in crease their emoti onal en ergy48. People hold ing on to sad memories of the past will find it difficult to move forward.49. People no wadays are look ing for emoti onal en ergy50. When it comes to decisi on makj ng)ne should make a quick choice without look ing back.51. The en ergy crisis in America discussed here does n s§il fuefef to a shortage of fo52. Emoti onal en ergy is in a way differe nt from physical en ergy in that the more you give, the more you get back.53. The author believes emoti on al en ergy is not in herited or gen etically determ in ed.54. Ivy filled her life with meaning by launching a program to help poor childre n.55. Laura Hille nbrand is an example cited to show how emoti on al en ergy can con tribute to on e's success in life.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this sect ion. Each passage is followed by some questi ons or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a sin gle line through the cen tre.Questio ns 56 to 60 are based on the follow ing passage.Passage OneNowadays, Internet shopp ing is beco ming in creas in gly popular and many more high street stores and supermarkets are now offeri ng this faciliYou can shop for just anything from the comfort of your own home, and all you n eed to do is to sit in your armchair and order thi ngs directly on the Intern et.Shopp ing on the Internet offers convenienceand time-savi ng ben efits to shoppers,as compared to traditionalstore front(店面)shopping. People can shop for a variety of products on the Internet, ranging from physical products,such as books, CDs, clothes and food, to in formati on products, such as on-I ine n ews or magazine stories. If it is too inconvenient for you to go out for shopping on your own, or if lack of time makes it difficult for you to shop at physical locati ons such as stores and shopp ing malls, you can choose to do shopp ing on the Intern et. The Internet operates 24 hours a sleven days a week, and shoppers can expect to find and purchase goods on the Internet any time, un like traditi onal storefr onts which have fixed ope ning hours. No won der that some researchfi ndings in dicate that con sumersview the Internet as an “ in strume nt of convenience .Despite the adva ntage of Internet shopp ing, there are also disadva ntages of Internet shopp ing. The main disadva ntage on Internet shopp ing is that you cannot actually see the products you are buying or check their quality. Sometimes the computer image of the products can hardly compare with those that can be touched for quality and put on for comfort. Furthermore ‘Internet shopp ing cannot provide the social in teract ion and the sense of com munitNany people will find it completely un pleasa nt because they may miss the opport un ity to talk to frien ds. Some people are worried about pay ing for goods using credit cards, so Internet compa nies are now finding ways to make on li ne payme nt safe.As a new type of shopp ing, Internet shopp ing is bound to become more and more popular in the future. Moreover, if the problem of the security of payment can be overcome, there will be more people willing to try on li ne shopp ing.56. What is the most importa nt adva ntage of Internet shopp ing?A) The reas on able price.B) The quality of the goods.C) The convenience it brings to youD) The speed at which the goods are delivered to you.57. The phrase"physical product” (Line 3, Para. 2) means .A) anything you can use B) things useful for health careC) things conn ected with study D) things you can see or feel58. On-I ine n ews and magaz ines stories are .A) not yet available on the InternetB) everywhere on the Internet and free to dow nl oad.C) information products available on the InternetD) the most popular products on the Internet59. We can learn from the third paragraph that _______ .A) a delivery charge added to the shopp ing bill discourages people from shopp ing on li neB) on li ne payme nt is so safe that people can do shopp ing on the Internet securelyC) people who enjoy the social experience will not choose online shoppingD) the quality of the goods is not always exactly what you expect60. What can you infer from the last paragraph?A) Sometimes people worry about the money they pay on li ne.B) Shopp ing on the Internet is a relatively new shopp ing mode.C) Shopp ing is made easier by Internet shopp ing.D) People n eed to get used to computer systems for a secure way of shopp ing.Questio ns 61 to 65 are based on the follow ing passage.Passage woOnce it was possible to define male and female roles easily by the division of labor. Men worked outside the home and earned the in come to support their families, while wome n cooked the meals and took care of the home and the children. These roles were firmly fixed for most people, and there was not much opportunity for women to exclange their roles. But by the middle of this centumen ' s and women ' s roles were becoming less firmly fixed.In the 1950s, econo mic and social success was the goal of the typical America n. But i n the 1960s a new force developed called the counterculture. The people involved in this movement did not value the middle-class America n goals. The coun terculture prese nted men and wome n with new role choices. Taking more in terest in childcare, men began to share child-raising tasks with their wives. In fact, some young men and women moved to com mun al (社区的)homes or farms where the econo mic and childcare respon sibilities were shared equally by both sexes. In additi on, many America ns did not value the traditi onal male role of soldier. Some young men refused to be drafted as soldiers to fight in the war in Viet nam.In terms of nu mbers, the coun terculture was not a very large group of people. But its in flue nce spread to many parts of America n socieWork ing men of all classes bega n to cha nge their econo mic and social patter ns. In dustrial workers and bus in ess executives alike cut dow n on " overtime ” work so that they coul leisure time with their families. Some doctors, lawyers, and teachers turned away from high paying situations to practice their professi ons in poorer n eighborhoods.In the 1970s, the feminist movement, or women ' s liberation, produced additional economic and socia cha nges. Wme n of all ages and at all levels of society were en teri ng the work force in greater nu mbers. Most of them still took traditional women ' s jobs as public school teaching, nursing, and secretarial work. But some wome n bega n to en ter traditi on ally male occupati ons: police work, banking, dentisidyc on struct ion work. WOme n were ask ing for equal work, and equal opport un ities for promoti on.Today the expertsgenerallyagree that important changesare taking place in the roles of men and wome n. Naturallythere are difficulties in adjusti ng to these tran sformati ons.61. Accord ing to the passage, in the past _____ .A) Wome n usually worked outside the home for wagesB) Men and women ' s roles were easily exchanged in the pastC) Men' s roles at home were more firmly fixed tha n wome n 'sD) Men and women ' s roles were usually quite separated62. Which of the followi ng was the result of coun terculture force?A) Men were more in terested in childcare.B) Soldiers refused to fight in the war of Viet nam.C) Working men all cut dow“vertime‘ work.D) Wome n asked for equal work with men.63.ln the passage the author proposes that the counterculture __ .A) destroyed the Uni ted StatesB) changed some America h spoint of valueC) was not importa nt in the Un ited StatesD) brought people more leisure time with their families64.It could be in ferred from the passage that _ .A) men and women will never share the same goalsB) some men will be willing to change their traditional male rolesC) most men will be happy to share some of the household resp on sibilities with their wivesD) more America n households are headed by wome n tha n ever before65.The best title for the passage may be ___ .A) Results of Fem inist Moveme ntsB) New in flue nce on America n LifeC) Coun terculture and Its con seque nceD) Traditi onal Divisi on of Male and Female Roles。