A Brother Like That

初二英语阅读题专项练习（10篇）（001）In England (英格兰人) nobody under eighteen years old is allowed (允许) to drink in a bar （酒吧)．Mr Thompson often went to a bar near his house．But he never took his son, Tom, because he was too young．Then when Tom had his eighteenth birthday，Mr Thompson took him to his usual bar for the first time．They drank for an hour．Tom drank a bit．Then Mr Thompson said to his son，“Now，Tom, I want to teach you a useful（有用的）lesson．How do you know when you’ve had enough（足够的)？Well, I’ll tell you．Do you see those two lights(灯）at the end of the bar? When they seem（好象) to become four，you’ve had enough and should(应该）go home．” “But, Dad，"said Tom,“I can only see one light at the end of the bar．”1．Young people ______ allowed to drink in a bar until eighteen．A．is not B．are not C．many D．must2．When Tom was a child，his father often went to a nearby bar______ taking him．A．by B．for C．with D．without3．On Tom’s eighteenth birthday, he drank together with his father in that ba r for ______．A．the first time B．onceC．many times D．eighteen times4．Father wanted to tell his son ______．A．the time to drink B．something about the lightC．when to stop drinking D．something about the bar5．In fact （事实上）, there ______ at the end of the bar．A．was one light B．were two lightsC．were three lights D．were four lights（002）In 1620, about half the USA was covered(覆盖）by forests．Today the forests have almost gone．A lot of good land has gone with them, leaving only sand （沙地）．China doesn’t want to copy(抄）the USA’s example．We're planting more and more trees．We've built the " Great Green Wall” of trees across northern（北部的）part of our country．The Great Green Wall is 7,000 kilometres long，and between 400 and 1，700 kilometres wide．It will stop the wind from blowing the earth away．It will stop the sand from moving towards the rich farmland（农田) in the south．More "Great Green Walls" are needed．Trees must be grown all over the world．Great Green Walls will make the world better．根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

5分钟英语演讲短文One day an old man siselling a big elephant.A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly.The old man goes up to him and says inhis ear,“Don't say anything about the elephant before I sell it,then i'll give you some money.”“All right,”says the young man.After the old man slles the elephant,he gives the young man some money and says,“Now,can you tell me how you find the bad ears of theelephant?”“I don't find the bad ears,”says the young man.“Then why do you look at the elephant slowly?”asks the old man.The young man answers,“Because I never see an elephant before,and I want to know what it looks like.”一天，一个老的男人正在卖一头大象。

一个年轻的男人走向大象然后开始慢慢看着它（大象），这个老的男人走向他对着他的耳朵说，“不要在我卖出它（大象）之前说关于它（大象）的事，然后我会给你一些钱。

”“好的”，这个年轻的男人说。

在这个老的男人卖出大象后，他给了年轻的男人一些钱并且说，“现在，你可以告诉我你是怎样知道大象的坏的耳朵了吧？”“我不知道坏的耳朵”，这个年轻的男人说。

（1）阅读理解When my family moved to America in 2010 from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect(尊敬) elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States.I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serv ing food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so q uickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always resp ect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, w ho happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how s ensitive(敏感) Americans are and how they dislike the description “old”. I then walked ba ck to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they unders tood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no lo nger angry.In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and e xperience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn fr om their rich experience.However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” s hows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many pe ople try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and w omen put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant tha t I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something th ey didn’t want to hear.After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t res pect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings through wors.By Jack根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。

高二英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day 84Passage 1Your colleague’s sharp comment keeps replaying in your mind. Two of your students are trapped in a “he said/she said” battle. When you reflect on your emotional reactions, you sometimes get caught up in cycles of negative feelings, which can make you feel even worse. If so, the answer may lie in a skill called “self-distancing”, the ability to take a step back and view yourself more objectively. According to a research, when people adopt self-distancing while discussing a difficult event, they make better sense of their reactions, experience less emotional suffering, and display fewer signs of stress.But what might self-distancing look like in action? Consider a typical “he said/she said” student conflict where they are each focusing on their own feelings. One is thinking, “I can’t believe he did that to me.” And another insists, “She really hurt my feelings.” However, if you ask them to take the self-distancing, they might step outside of themselves and ask broader questions: “Why was he so hurt in this situation?” or “How did her anger affect him?”Although this approach may sound too simple to be effective, studies indicate that a change in point of view can have a powerful effect on the way people think, feel, and behave. Here are several different techniques you can try.First, consider how a thoughtful friend might respond after quietly observing their situation. Besides, avoid using the pronoun “I”. Focus on using third-person pronouns, he, she, they, and they were able to see the stressful event as challenging rather than threatening. Finally, ask yourself, “How would I feel about this one week from now or ten years from now?” This form of mental time travel may be effective because our attention is directed away from our immediate, concrete circumstances.1. What is self-distancing?A. Getting stuck in negative emotions.B. A stressful situation.C. A study on relieving emotional stress.D. Reflecting on yourself objectively.2. Paragraph 2 is developed by____.A. exampleB. definitionC. classificationD. process3. Which of the following statement uses the techniques of self-distancing?A. I’m angry with him.B. How I wish I could go back to the past!C. How did these two people get to this point?D. He grabbed my notes, and then, and then...4. What is the best title for the passage?A. Why Self-distancing MattersB. The Application of Self-distancingC. Breaking the Cycle of Negative ReflectionD. Ways to Reflect on Emotional ReactionsPassage 2Jerome Karie and Isabella Lugoski met in their first physical chemistry class at the University of Michigan in 1940. Jerome Karie was in his first year of doctoral work, Isabella Lugoski was in her last year as an undergraduate(大学本科生), and they were laboratory partners. However, they didn't get along well at first.Isabella Lugoski looked back on the past, “I walked into the physical chemistry laboratory and there's a young man in the desk next to mine with his equipment all set up running his experiment. I don't think I was very polite about my question. I asked him how he got there early and had everything all set up. He didn't like that. So we didn't talk to each other for a while.Their relationship got going as they competed for the top grade in that course and they started to build connection because both of them were interested in chemistry. They married in 1942. By 1946, both of the Karies had earned doctorates in physical chemistry, and, after a period of time at the University of Chicago working on the Manhattan Project, moved to Washington DC to join the US Naval Research Laboratory.Each specialized in a different aspect of X-ray crystallography(晶体学): Jerome focused on developing equations(方程式) that could determine how atoms(原子) were arranged inside complex molecules, while Isabella ran practical experiments to test how well the equations worked. Working together, they created what is now called the direct method for determining molecular structures(分子结构), which has allowed scientists to effectively study and copy complex organic molecules to continue further study.Jerome Karie was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1985. Although he was disappointed that the Nobel committee had ignored Isabella's contribution to that work, she was unfazed. At that point, she had already won more awards and prize money for her experimental work than he had.1. What did Isabella Lugoski do when she first met Jerome Karie?A. She blamed him for his being late.B. She set up all his equipment for him.C. She asked him a question impolitely.D. She observed his experiment silently.2. What made Jerome Karie and Isabella Lugoski become connected?A. Their common interest in chemistry.B. Their wonderful marriage since 1940.C. Their pleasant first talk in a laboratory.D. Their successful cooperation in courses.3. What is paragraph 4 mainly intended to show?A. The Karies' encouraging further study.B. The Karies' good teamwork in science.C. How the Karies worked with others.D. Why the Karies won the Nobel Prize.4. Which of the following best explains “unfazed" underlined in the last paragraph?A. Generous.B. Touched.C. Shocked.D. Calm.Passage 3If you expect to work in the future in the travel industry, you should begin learning Chinese.That’s because Chinese people spent nearly$258 billion in total on international travel last year. That’s more than twice the combined amount spent on international travel by people from the United States and Germany, the next two biggest-spending nations. The Chinese are relative(相对的)newcomers when it comes to traveling beyond their nation’s borders and only a small percentage of them travel outside of China each year. Given the size of that nation’s population. even that small percentage represents well over 100 million Chinese travelers to foreign destinations.Yet Chinese citizens flew, on average, just 65 miles last yearversus(与……相对)the 227 miles flown on average by US residents(居民), the 285 miles flown on average by Germans, the 271 miles flown on average by those from the United Kingdom, and the 632 miles flown by the average Canadian last year.China’s high total spending on international travel and its low average number of miles flown on international travel may show that while only a small percentage of China’s residents actually travel outside their homeland, and those who do spend a lot of money don’t go that far. But there are reasons for China’s low average of miles travel on international trips. A small percentage of Chinese now have enough money to travel internationally, though the number of people who do travel outside of China is growing fast every year. Besides, a large percentage of Chinese people traveling abroad stay close to home.However, as more and more Chinese gain the financial ability to travel internationally and as Chinese become more and more interested in visiting destinations farther and farther away from home, their spending on international travel and the average distances flown will both rise rapidly.1. Why does the author suggest learning Chinese for the future work in travel industry?A. Being good at Chinese is a must for future work.B. Chinese is most commonly used in travel industry.C. Travel industry requires employees to learn Chinese.D. China is a big-spending nation in international travel2. What can we infer from paragraph 3?A. People from different countries have different preferred destinations.B. China has a relatively low average number of miles flown on travel.C. Chinese people are more willing to travel abroad compared with Canadians.D. People going on a journey around the world hate taking international planes.3. What are many Chinese people who travel abroad likely to do?A. Try to save their money.B. Improve their ability to travel.C. Choose to stay close to home.D. Travel in America and Germany.4. What does the last paragraph say about the future of Chinese people’s traveling abroad?A. It’s bright.B. It’s confusing.C. It’s hopeless.D. It’s unclear.Passage 4Paul received an automobile from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when he came out of his office, a street boy was walking around the shining new car admiring it. "Is this your car, Mister？"heasked. Paul nodded. "My brother gave it to me for Christmas. " The boy was surprised. "You mean your brother gave it to you and it cost you nothing？Boy, I wish…" He hesitated. Of course, Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what this boy said jarred Paul all the way down to his heels. "I wish" the boy went on, "that I could be a brother like that. "Paul looked at the boy in astonishment, and then he added, "Would you like to take a ride in my automobile？""Oh yes, I'd love that. " After a short ride, the boy turned with his shining eyes and said, "Mister, would you mind driving in front of my house？"Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile. But Paul was wrong again. "Will you stop where those two steps are？" the boy asked. He ran up the steps. Then in a little while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled（残疾的）brother. He sat him down on the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car. "There he is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn't cost him a cent. And some day I can give you one just like it, and you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that I've been trying to tell you about. "Paul was deeply moved. Watching the two brothers, he suddenly got a great idea…1. The underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 most probably means "________".A. surprised Paul a lotB. hurt Paul a lotC. threatened PaulD. fooled Paul2. Why did the boy want to give a car to his brother？________A. He wanted to show his neighbors that he was successful.B. His brother could drive around and buy things he needed.C. He could take his brother out to see things with his own eyes.D. His brother just liked cars and was eager to get one.3. What does the story want to tell？________A. A friend in need is a friend indeed.B. Better to do well than to say well.C. Two heads are better than one.D. It's more enjoyable to give than to receive.4. What would Paul be most likely to do next？________A. He would take the boy's brother to hospital.B. He would buy the two brothers some food.C. He would go back home alone.D. He would take the two brothers for a holiday ride.Passage 5There are plenty of mindless activities to keep a child busy in this information age. Yet despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Alicewants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition which she won last year.As a writer, I know about winning contests﹣and about losing them.I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection letter from the publisher. I also know the pressure of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn't win the contest again？That's the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and destroyed hopes can resurface in our children. A revelation （启示）came last week when I asked her, "Don't you want to win again""No, " she replied. "I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade. "I had just spent weeks correcting her stories as she spontaneously （自发地）told them. Telling myself that I was an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall, I offered suggestions for characters, conflicts and endings for her tales. The story about a fearful angel starting first grade was quickly "guided" by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her first music lesson.I had turned her contest into my contest without even realizing it. Staying back and giving kids space to grow is not as easy as it looks. Because I know very little about farm animals who use tools or angels who go to first grade, I had to accept the fact that I was co﹣opting （借鉴）my daughter's experience.While stepping back was difficult for me, it was certainly a good firststep that I will quickly follow with more steps, putting myself far enough away to give her room but close enough to help if asked. All the while I will be reminding myself that children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices.1. The underlined sentence probably means that the author was________ .A. trying to let her daughter enjoy her own lifeB. helping her daughter develop real skills for writingC. making sure that her daughter would win the contestD. trying to get her daughter to do the thing as the author wished2. Why did Alice want to enter this year's writing contest？________A. She wanted to share her story with readers.B. She had won a prize in the previous contest.C. She believed she possessed real talent for writing.D. She was sure of winning with her mother's help.3. The author took great pains to improve her daughter's stories because________ .A. she was afraid that Alice's imagination might run wild while writingB. she did not want to disappoint Alice who needed her help so muchC. she wanted to help Alice realize her dream of becoming a writerD. she believed she had the knowledge and experience to offer guidance4. What does the writer mean to tell us in the last two paragraphs？________A. Children need more room to develop.B. Parents should co﹣opt children's experience.C. Children should be provided enough help.D. Parents need to remind their children of their own choices.参考答案Passage 11. D细节理解题。