高一英语限时阅读训练(第9周)

1、高一英语限时阅读训练（第9周）阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选取项A，B，C，D中， 选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AImagine a boy from a small village in East Africa. He from a very early age has been looking after cattle. At twelve years old he knows more about cattle than most of you. However, he has never been to school. Has this boy ever had any

2、education?Education is discovering about ourselves and about the people and things around us. All the people who care about us our parents, brothers, sisters, friends are our teachers. In fact, we learn something from everyone we meet. We start learning on the day we are born, not on the first day w

3、e go to school . Every day we have new experiences, like finding a bird's nest, discovering a new street in our neighborhood, making friends with someone we didn't like before. New experiences are even more fun when we share them with other people.Encouragement from the people around us enab

4、les us to explore things as much as possible. As we grow up, we begin to find out what we are capable of doing. You may be good at cooking, or singing or playing football. You find this out by doing these things. Just thinking about cooking doesn't tell you if you are good at it.We learn so much

5、 just living from day to day. So why is school important? Of course you can learn some things better at home than at school, like how to do the shopping, and how to help old or disabled people who can' t do everything for themselves. At school, teachers help us to read and write. With their guid

6、ance, we begin to see things in different ways.1. The writer takes the African boy as an example to show that _.A. African children are very poor B. some children are unluckyC. education takes many ways D. schools are of great importance2. In the eyes of the writer .A. we have to learn from the peop

7、le around us B. school is not important at allC. only the people caring for us can teach usD. education takes place everywhere3. One can find out what he is good at by _ .A. the encouragement of people around B. the teachings of those he or she meetsC. thinking of it when growing up D. trying and pr

8、acticing it4. How the writer looks at the role of school is that .A. school is not so important as our living placesB. school enables us to understand the world in other waysC. school teaches us something useless at homeD. school cannot prepare us for our daily lives5. The passage tells us that _ .A

9、. everyone gets education from the day he or she is bornB. different education trains different classes of peopleC. school is absolutely necessary if one wants to understand the worldD. everyone will find out what he or she is good atB More and more often we heard of people talking about Karaoke. Bu

10、t what on earth it is about, still remains a question for many people.Karaoke is a sort of acoustic equipment(音响设备) which was invented in Japan around the middle of the 1970s. It means "a band without people" in Japanese. In fact, it is just a music tape without words. This equipment first

11、 appeared in some public houses and snack bars (快餐店), and mainly for the customers to enjoy themselves. Most of the music in Karaoke was popular music. Therefore, at times, when anyone felt like it, he might sing songs to the accompaniment (伴奏) of the music that came from the equipment. Shortly afte

12、r its invention, Karaoke was spread (流传) to the whole world. It was introduced to China and was welcomed by many people. Although you are not a good singer, or even sometimes you may sing out of tune, you can always enjoy yourself by singing Karaoke.6. In this passage "band"(Para. 2) means

13、 "group of persons _." A. who play games on the sports ground B. who play music togetherC. living in the same neighbourhood D. doing things together under a leader and with a common purpose7. Karaoke is just a _in fact. A. tape with only music B. tape recorder C. band from Japan D. voice r

14、ecording equipment8. People went to public houses and snack bars _when Karaoke appeared. A. to have a good time B. to have something to drink C. to get something to eat D. to buy the equipment9. Karaoke was spread to the whole world _.A. as soon as it was invented B. long before C. not long after it

15、 was invented D. before long10. The main idea of this passage is _.A. all persons like to play Karaoke B. how can you play KaraokeC. Karaoke is a wonderful equipment D. Karaoke is used everywhere including snack barsC Dear editor, You can find language pollution whenever you open a newspaper or turn

16、 on your TV set, listen to a popular song at various advertisements. Language pollution exists almost everywhere and can be seen in the following places: 1. Chinese characters are written in the complex(复杂的 ) form. Although simplified Chinese characters were accepted for use many years ago, it seems

17、 that more and more people like Chinese characters written in the complex form. 2. Many goods are produced in China but carry foreign names, which sound strange and have no meaning at all. 3. Words and expressions being used have a bad meaning. "Ba"(霸), which means bully in Chinese, is one

18、 example. Now there are a lot of goods, restaurants, even factories or firms, with "Ba" in their names. 4. There are too many incorrect grammatical expressions. Some films have strange names and incorrect grammatical structures. "Ai ni mei shang liang', which means "I love yo

19、u without consulting", is grammatically incorrect and this kind of expression is now becoming popular. Some language experts point out that language pollution must be done away with, whichis an idea shared by myself and many others. Fan Yongqian, Shanxi11. The writer of the letter suggests that

20、 _. A. something be done to make our language pure (纯正) B. the Chinese language not have the word "ba" C. everything have a good name and a good meaning D. everybody try their best to stop pollution12. In the last paragraph, what the writer wants to say is that _.A. great difference exists

21、 between the Chinese characters written in the complex form and simplified form B. our newspapers, TV programs, pop songs and advertisements are getting polluted C. many people agree with the experts on language pollution in China D. some film writers haven't studied Chinese grammar13. The expre

22、ssion "do away with" in the last paragraph means "_". A. clean B. reuse C. get D. end14. What do you guess Fan Yongqian is? He or she probably is _. A. a language expert B. a singer of pop songs C. a reader D. an expert of grammar15. Choose the best title for the passage. A. More

23、 Attention to Grammar B. Pollution of Our Language C. Experts' Good Advice D. Films with Strange Names信息匹配Lily ,Martin, Anna, Ken and Joan 和Terry 正在考虑从电视节目中获取一些个人理财方面的帮助 阅读1620题中的个人情况说明和A-F节目介绍，选出符合各自要求的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。TV Videos availableA.60 Second Savings: Money & Kids10/16

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26、ecting yourself while shopping online.F. Personal Finance: Emergency（紧急）Fund 10/2/2006 1:56 PM EDT Tracy Byrnes discusses what you need to know when life just throws you a curve ball.16. Lily. Lily is a housewife. She is fond of organic vegetables, but sometimes she is not sure of whether they are w

27、orth it. She wants to find some advice to help her.17. Martin. Martin, a fan of Tracy Byrnes, is considering putting some savings aside in case something unexpected happens. He needs some tips from Tracy Byrnes.18. Anna. Anna likes fashion and is addicted to on-line shopping. Sometimes she bought so

28、mething that she does not need at all. Mother advised her to find some videos at .19. Ken and Joan. Ken and Joan want to have their baby next autumn. They feel that they are in deadly need of their own flat. They need some TV programs to offer them some advice.20. Terry. Terry went to a bank for a l

29、oan, but was refused. He realized his bad credit. In order to improve the conditions of his mill, he needs some expert advice.课后练习完形填空阅读下面短文，从短文后所给出的和四个选顶中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。One of the most remarkable things about the human mind is our ability to imagine the future. In our _21_ we can see w

30、hat has not yet happened. For example, while we are looking forward to visiting a new place or country, we _22_ what it will be like. We predict（预言） the way people will eat, dress and act. Of course, we do not always predict things _23_. Things are often very different from the way we expected them

31、to be.One of the famous dreams in history is the dream of the German scientist, Kekule, who had been managing to work out a very difficult problem in physics. He had _24_ and analyzed（分析） the problem from every angle (角度) for days, but there _25_ to be no way of finding out the answer. Then one night he went to be