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阅读理解专题训练（记叙文） 容秋萍A Captain James Cook was a great explorer. Before he started exploring, maps of the Pacific Ocean were almost empty. He visited hundreds of islands across the Pacific Ocean and put them in the correct places on the map. He made maps of the coastlines of Australia and New Zealand. James Cook was born in England in 1728. His parents were poor farm workers. When James was 18, he found a job on a coastal ship. He worked on the ship until he was 27 years old, and then he joined the navy. He fought in Canada in a war against France, and she mapped some of the eastern coasts of Canada. In 1768 King George made him Captain of a ship and sent him to the Pacific. He was gone for nearly three years. When he returned, he was regarded as a national hero.He started his third voyage in 1776. On this trip he visited Hawaii. He was the first European to set foot on this beautiful island. Then he mapped the western coast of North America. After that he returned to Hawaii. Unfortunately there was some trouble between the Hawaiians and the white men and they started fighting. In the end Captain was killed in a clash with the local.36. In which order did James Cook do the following things? a. Fought against France. b. Made maps of some of the eastern coast of Canada. c. Mapped the coast lines of Australia and New Zealand. d. Mapped the coast of North America. e. Was made Captain of a ship. f. Work on a coastal ship.A. f a b e d cB. f a b d e cC. f a b e c dD. a b e c f d37. He started exploring when _.A. he worked on a coastal ship B. he was 27 years oldC. he was sent to the Pacific D. he served in the navy38. Which of the following is NOT true?A. He made the first maps of the Pacific Ocean.B. He went on three long important voyages in his life.C. He was the first English man to reach Hawaii. D. He was respected by his people.39. He was considered a national hero because of _.A. his experience in Canada B. his being the first European to visit HawaiiC. his heroic death D. his devotion to exploration on the Pacific Ocean40. Captain Cook was killed by _.A. his sailorsB. the HawaiiansC. the CanadiansD. the FrenchB Zhou Yongjie, a quiet and shy boy from Kongjiang High School, Shanghai, took part in a recent International Computer Programming Contest for University Students in April, 2001. Zhou, with his two partners, came out as third winners, next to the teams from Qinghua University in Beijing and Shanghai Jiaotong University.Zhou took up computer six years ago. He took his parents advice and entered his name for a computer class. When asked how to balance his school work and his after-school computer class. Zhou said that it was difficult to keep balanced between the two. Thanks to his hard work, he is always listed as one of the five best students in his class after exams. Zhou gets no introduction from his parents. Whenever he has problems he discusses with his classmates. Self-teaching is not an easy thing and many students have given up. But Zhou Yongjie is not discouraged. He also regards the computer as a tool for studying maths and other subjects. He also does some programming for running in his spare time.Talking about the international contest, Zhou seemed to be a little excited. He said he and his two partners were supposed to solve eight problems within five hours, including the meal time. They divided the work among themselves and finally solved six problems with joint efforts. What impressed him most was that when a problem was solved, the team would be given a balloon as an encouragement. So once in a while, they would look around and wonder how other teams were going. Surprisingly, Zhou Yongjie hasnt decided whether to work as a full-time computer programmer in the future. He prefers to do what he likes most and will regard computer as an instrument.41. Which of the following do we know from the passage?A. Zhou Yongjie still made better progress in his school work besides the computer.B. As a result of learning computer, he always got the first place in examinations.C. Zhou Yongjie took up computer when he was six years old.D. Zhou Yongjie has made up hi mind to do some research on computer.42. No matter when Zhou Yongjie meets some problems in his studies, _.A. he asks for some advice from his parents B. he has a discussion with his classmatesC. he thinks them over himself D. he gives them up43. During the contest, _.A. Zhou solved eight problems within five hoursB. Zhou and his partners solved five problems within five hoursC. Zhou and his partners worked out all the problems with joint efforts within five hoursD. Zhou and his partners worked out six problems and got the third place44. Why is Zhou always regarded as one of the best students in his class after exams?A. For he is very shy and quiet. B. With the help of his two partners.C. Because of his working very hard at his subjects. D. With the help of his computer.45. Which of the following is the best title?A. Self-teaching Is Not Easy B. A Young Computer ExpertC. A Young Students Success D. The Secret of SuccessCThe famous director of a big and expensive movie planned to film a beautiful sunset over the ocean, so that the audience could see his hero and heroine in front of it at the end of the film as they said goodbye to each other for ever. He sent camera team out one evening to film the sunset for him.The next morning he said to the men, “Have you provided me with that sunset?”“No, Sir,” the men answered. The director was angry. “Why not?” he asked.“Well,” one of the men answered, “we are on the east coast here, and the sun sets in the west. We can get you a sunrise over the sea, if necessary, but not a sunset.”“But I want a sunset!” the director shouted. “Go to the airport, take the next flight to the west coast, and get one.”But then a young secretary had an idea. “Why dont you photograph a sunrise,” she suggested, “and then play it backwards, Then itll look like a sunset.” “Thats a very good idea!” the director said. Then he turned to the camera team and said, “Tomorrow morning I want you to get me a beautiful sunrise over the sea.”The camera team went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the middle of a beautiful bay. Then at nine oclock they took it to the director. “Here it is, Sir,” they said, and give it to him. He was very pleased.They all went into the studio. “All right,” the director explained, “now our hero and heroine are going to say goodbye. Run the film backwards so that we can see the sunset behind them.”The “sunset” began, but after a quarter of a minute, the director suddenly put his face in his hands and shouted to the camera team to stop.The birds in the film were flying backwards away from the beach.46. One evening, the director sent his camera team out _.A. to watch a beautiful sunset B. to find an actor and an actressC. to film a scene on the sea D. to meet the audience47. Why did the director want to send his team to the west coast?A. Because he changed his mind about getting a sunsetB. Because he was angry about his team C. Because it was his secretarys suggestion D. Because he wanted to get a scene of sunset48. Which of the following is NOT true?A. The team ad to follow the secretarys advice.B. If you want to see a sunrise, the east coast is a place to go to.C. The camera team wasnt able to film the scene the first day.D. The director ordered his team to stop filming the “sunset”49. The director wanted to film a sunset over the ocean because _.A. it went well with the separation of the hero and heroineB. when they arrived at the beach it was already in the eveningC. it was more moving than a sunrise D. the ocean looked more than a sunrise50. After the “sunset” began, the director suddenly put his face in his hands _.A. because he was moved to tears B. as he saw everything in the film moving backwardsC. as the sunrise did not look as beautiful as he had imaginedD. because he was disappointed with the performance of the hero and the heroineDMr. Andrews was waiting for a subway train in the city. The train pulled into the station and stopped. As Andrews was getting ready to board the train, he saw an elderly blind man fall to the tracks (站台). David Schnair, aged 75, had mistaken the space between two subway cars for a door, while feeling his way with a cane. Instead of ending up inside the train, Schnair fell off the platform and landed under the train. Andrews jumped down to the tracks to save Schnair. He pulled the man to safety. Onlookers immediately declared Andrews a hero. Messages began to pour in from all over the country. Some people sent checks. The largest was for $3,000. President called Andrews and wished him a Merry Christmas and a good new year.Andrews had been on the subway because he was returning from a job interview. He probably would have been hired anyway, but all the good publicity (宣传) made it a sure thing.After about a week of newspaper stories and donations of food, money and gifts for his children, Andrews faded from limelight. Most people assumed that the story had come to a happy ending, but it didnt quite happen that way. Andrews did start his new job, but the company moved to New Jersey. Andrews didnt have any way to get to work, so he had to give up. It wasnt long before he was back to job hunting and being discouraged again. Few newspapers, however, bothered to tell their readers what happened to Mr. Andrews after he became a hero