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英语阅读能力综合训练一 It was difficult for parents of nearly every family to teach their children to be responsible for homework, but with one of the following suggestions, you really can get your children to help at home. If you give your children the impression that they can never do anything quite right, then they will regard themselves as unfit or unable persons .Unless children believe they can succeed, they will never become independent .My daughter Carlas fifth-grade teacher made every child in her class feel special .When students received less than a perfect test score, she would point out what they had mastered and declared firmly they could learn what they had missed.You can use the same technique when you evaluate your childs work at home .Dont always scold and give lots of praise instead .Talk about what he had done right , not about what he hasnt done .If your child completes a difficult task, reward him with a Sunday trip or a ball game with Dad . Learning is process of trying and failing and trying and succeeding .If you teach your children not to fear a mistake or failure, they will learn faster and achieve success at last.1. The whole passage deals with _.A. social education B. school education C. family education D. pre-school education2. The article gives us a good suggestion about how to evaluate your childs work at home. That is_ .A. praise his success B. reward him with a trip C. give him a punishment D. get rid of all the tests3. The author advises readers to _.A learn from himself, for he has a good way of teaching. B take pride in Carles fifth-grade teacher.C do as what Carles teacher did in educating D follow Carles example because she never fails in the test.4. Having read the last paragraph,we can conclude that _.A. pride goes before a fall B. practice males perfect C. no pains ,no gains D. failure is the mother of success英语阅读能力综合训练二The next great land area that man hopes to colonize is the moon .In size it is nearly equal to the area of North and South America. However, it is not suitable for human habitation. Temperatures vary from +120 to 150 degrees centigrade .There is no air, no water .Today there is considerable scientific thinking about living on the moon. When man will begin life on its surface is still not determined .But experts believe that colonization will take place in three steps. First, there will be increasing periods of exploration with temporary shelters. These periods will be followed by longer stays with housing under the surface of the moon and daily necessities brought by the colonizers themselves. Finally, colonies that are self-supporting will be set up .The main job of the early settlers will be to stay alive. They will have to plant crops to produce food and oxygen and find water sources. After this is done, the settlers will have time to explore the possibilities of business development and to make discoveries important to science.1. The area of the moon is _that of North and South America.A about the same as B larger than C equal to D far smaller 2. The temperature on the moon cant be _.A 150 B +150 C 0 D +1203. According to this passage , the colonization of the moon _.A will be realized B can be done under the surface of the moon C is being thought about by many scientists D sounds entirely impossible 4. To stay alive on the moon , the early settlers must first of all be able to _.A explore the possibilities of business B get enough food, oxygen and water C make discoveries important to science D set up industries 英语阅读综合能力训练三This report presents details of home computer use by a sample group of young people. It is a common belief that teenagers today know about computers and are familiar with using them in all aspects of their lives. We decided to try to find out if this was true. We questioned thirty young people between 14 and 18. All the teenagers we chose said they had computers at home. We asked them how much time they spent on their computer in an average work, but we were most interested in what they used their computers for. The average time spent on a computer in a week was about 12 hours, with the highest user averaging 32 hours and the lowest user only 5 hours. There was no significant difference between boys and girls. All of the people questioned said they regularly used the computer to play games. Fourteen told us they did some word-processing at home, but not very much. Only 2 of the respondents said that computers helped them with their studies, while 8 people told us they kept addresses and telephone numbers on their computers or used them as diaries. Only 3 people said they were learning to program computers, and nobody consulted databases (other than their address lists). None of the people used their computer for any other purpose. The chart gives the overall results in detail. The results indicate that average computer use is quite high amongst 14-18 years old. They also show quite clearly that computers are seen by most young people as little more than games machines. The only other significant uses are for word-processing and organizing address lists. It seems to us that, although computers are common in the homes of British adolescents, they have not yet become useful tools in the routine of everyday life.1 .Where do you think the report is from? A .A textbook B.A newspaper C. An advertisement D.A poster2 .The report shows that_.A. Computers are helpful for teenagers to study at home.B. Computers play an important role in teenagers daily lifeC. Most teenagers questioned take computers for game machinesD. Girls spend less time on computer than boys do in a week3 .What percentage of the teenagers questioned have learned to program computers? A. 7% B.10% C.27% D.46%4 .Which of the following ways that computers are used is NOT mentioned in report? A. Used as a word-processor B. Used as a game machine C. Used to keep telephone numbers D. Used to communicate with others5What is really meaning to tell us for the last sentence of the third paragraph? A it is not nearly seen for young people to use computers in the right way B the author thinks what the young people do is very good C computers are useful to young persons in their life D it is very necessary for young persons to have a computer英语阅读综合能力训练四In the earliest stages of mans development he had no more need of money than animals have .He was content with very simple forms of shelter ,made his own rough tools and weapons and could provide food and clothing for himself and his family from natural materials around tools and weapons ,and more comfortable ,more lasting clothing than could be provided by his own neighborhood or by the work of his own unskilled hands .For these things he had to turn to the skilled people such as smiths ,leather workers and carpenters who were springing up everywhere It was then that the question of payment arouse . At first he got what he wanted by a simple process of exchange .The smith who had not the time to look after land or cattle was glad to take meat or grain from the farmer in exchange for an axe or a plough .But as more and more goods which had no fixed exchange value came on the market, exchange became too complicated to be satisfactory. Another problem arouse when those who made things wanted to get stocks of wood or leather ,or iron ,but had nothing to offer in exchange until their finished goods were ready . Thus the difficulties of exchange led by degrees to the invention of money .In some countries, easily handled things like seeds or shells were given a certain value and the farmer, instead of paying the Smith for a new axe by giving him some meat or grain, gave him somany shells .If the Smith had any shells left when he had bought his food, he could get stocks of the raw materials of his trade .In some countries quite large things such as cows or camels or even big flat stones were used for trade .Later, pieces of metals, bearing values according to the rarity of the metal and the size of the pieces, or coins were used .Money as we know it had arrived .1 . In very early times _.A .child