中招英语阅读理解练习.doc

1. 阅读短文，根据短文内容在其后句子中的空处填入适当的词。Mr Green works in a hospitalHe is busy driving a car every dayHis wife works in a school libraryShes strict with her only son，TommyHalf a year ago，when Tommy was six，Mrs Green took him to her schoolThe boy was clever and studied wellBut at first he couldnt adapt（使适应）himself to the new lifeIn the morning，he woke up late and in the evening he didnt go to bed on timeBut his mother tried to make him do everything on timeOne evening，when Mr Green was driving in a street，a traffic accident happenedHe had to take the wounded（受伤的）people to the hospital and it took him about two hoursWhen he got home，he began to tell his family about it“Its time for you to go to bed， Tommy，said Mrs GreenThe boy wanted to listen to his father tell the accident，but he had to do what his mother told himWhen he lay down，he said，“I dont think Mom can look after me at all！“Oh，why ？asked his fatherThe boy said，“she always makes me go to bed when I am not sleepy（困的），but she wakes me up when Im asleep1）Mr Green works in a _ He is a _2）Mrs Green works in a _ _ 3）Tommys mother wants to make him go to bed and get up _ _ 4）One day，Tommys father went back home late because a _ _happened5）Tommys mother often wakes him up when he _ _ 参考答案：1hospital，driver 2school library 3on time 4traffic accident 5is asleepI didnt hear them call my name, explained Shelley Hennig to Active Teens (AT) as she talked about that exciting moment on national television when she won the honor of Miss Teen USA 2004. Are you ready? is what she heard. Then she said, I shook my head no, and then they said yes and it was announced again.It was four days after that life changing moment for the seventeen-year-old high school student from Destrehan, Louisiana-she was still on cloud nineI was so shocked! I never believed that it could actually really happen. Present in the audience（观众）that day were: her mother and father, older brother, her friends, and her dance teacher.Understanding why members of her family and her friends would be there, AT asked why herdance teacher had traveled so far to see her competitionShes always been my role modelIve danced with her since I was six. Shes been through so many difficulties and came through them all. Ive learned to get over bad lifes experiences and learned how to move on because of her.One of those bad lifes experiences for Shelley happened three years ago when her brother Brad was killed in a drunk driving accident. He was 18. She found writing helped her get through the rough days. She said, I write a lot about my brother. I write a lot, a lot, a lot.”As Miss Louisiana Teen, she traveled around the state speaking to teenagers about the dangers of drinking and driving. In her role as Miss Teen USA, Sheiley will continue to speak to youth about safe driving, in addition to many other things to help the youth.When AT asked Miss Teen USA if she had any advice for our readers, she said, Dont let anyone change you. Hang out with people that make you feel good about yourself. That way, it is easy to be yourself.56.What do the words “on cloud nine” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A. frightened B. troubled C. very happy D. very angry57.Shelley takes her dance teachers as a role medel mainly because she is .A. determined B. friendly C. strict D. experienced Iceland lies in the North Atlantic Ocean. It lies between 6324and 6633N,And between 1330and 242W and is the second largest island in Europe. It is close to the Arctic Circle, yet in fact, only one of its northerly islands lies inside. The country has a total area of 103,000 square kilometers and a coastline of about 6,600 km. The island is 300 km wide from north to south, and 500 km across from west to east. From 1262 to 1944 Iceland was ruled first by Norway and then by Denmark. Centuries of foreign rule, and such things as volcanoes(火山)and the weather, made life very difficult at times for the Icelanders: there was lots of hard work and little change. The situation began to improve during the nineteenth century. Then in 1944 Iceland became an independent republic; since that time it has become a quite rich country where the people enjoy having cars, modern houses and lots of electrical equipment. If you look at the kind of products that Iceland exports today-fish, meat and wool for example-its easy to see that both the sea and the land are important to Icelanders. This has been true in fact since the time of the first Icelanders-Vikings from Norway who arrived in AD874(公元874年) Some things in the lives of the Icelanders have changed very little-the Icelandic language, for example, 700 years ago the stories called Sagas were first written down, these can still be read in the old language without much difficulty by Icelandic speakers today.1. Where is Iceland? A. In the Arctic Circle. B. Near the Atlantic Ocean. C. Between Norway and Denmark. D. In Europe.2. In Iceland, the distance from north to south is _that from west to east.A much longer than B shorter thanC. the same as D. a little longer than3.How many years did Norway and Denmark rule the Iceland?A. 700 B. 682. C. 388 D. 10704. What has hardly changed in Iceland?A. Exporting products. B. The Icelandic language.C. House equipment. D. The lives of the Icelanders.5. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?A. Iceland has been an independent republic since Vikings began to live there.B. Iceland is a country of many small islands.C. Iceland is not the largest island in the world,D. Iceland is quite a modern country now.keys: BBBBA根据短文内容选择最佳答案。A few years ago, Masaru Ibuka, the head of Sony, was at a company planning meeting. Suddenly, he had an idea. He stopped the meeting and asked everyone what would happen if Sony took away the recording function (功能) and speakers and sold headphones with a tape player instead. Almost everyone thought he was silly. Still, Ibuka kept his idea and worked at it. The result, of course, turned out to be the successful Sony Walkman.Good ideas often start with a really silly question. Bill Bowerman was making breakfast one day. As he stood there making cakes for his son, he asked himself what would happen if he poured rubber into his mold (模具). Later, he tried it and the result was something like the bottom of most sport shoes we see today. Still, when the took this idea to several shoe companies, he was laughed at. In fact, every single company turned his down. Though rather disappointed, Bowerman went on to form his own company, making NIKE sports shoes.We know today, of course, that each of these ideas caused a successful thing that has changed the way many of us live. The best questions are usually open-ended and are often “silly”. Children arent afraid to ask such questions, but adults (成年人) usually are. Think how different the world might be if people never asked “silly” questions!( ) 1. At first, _ thought Masarus idea was good.A. noneB. mostC. few peopleD. everyone( ) 2. Masaru wanted to make a tape player _.A. with recording function, speakers and headphonesB. with headphones, but no recording function or speakersC. with speakers and headphones, but no recording function,D. with recording function and speakers, but no headphones( ) 3. Bill Bowerman got his idea from _.A. his sonB. sports shoesC. eatingD. cooking( ) 4. So many people refused Bill Bowerman because _.A. they thought his idea was sillyB. they didnt know how to make sports shoesC. his idea was hard to come trueD. it was difficult to pour rubber into the cake iron( ) 5. From the passage we know _.A. its easy to make ones idea come trueB. adults are frustrated to asked open-ended questionsC. sometimes “silly” questions may cause a successful inventionD. the more personal questions we ask, the more inventions there will be.参考答案：CBDACIt was a beautiful day. The sun was shining. There was no cloud, and the weather was warm. Trees just turned green, flowers came out. Young people were walking after breakfast, children were playing on the grass happily. Mr. Brown saw an old man standing alone under the tree with a big umbrella (伞) in his hand.Mr. Brown went up and asked him, “Do you think we are going to have rain today?” “No,” said the old man. “I don t think so.” “Then are you carrying the umbrella because the sun is too hot?” “No, the sun is not very hot in this season.”Mr. Brown looked at the big umbrella again, just then the old man said, “I m old and my legs aren t very strong for walking far away. I must have a walking stick. But young people will think I m too old to do anything. When I carry an umbrella in such fine weather, they will laugh at me and say I m stupid (愚蠢), but I don t mind.” Mr. Brown said, “Oh, I see. You re never too old. It s important for us young people to understand the old people. Now let s have a walk together, will you?” The old man said, “Thank you, let s go!”l. This story happened _.A. on a summer morning B. on a spring morningC. on a summer afternoon D. on a spring afternoon2. Mr. Brown is_.A. neither old nor young B. more than twentyC. older than the old man D. as old as the old man3. -In which country did this story happen?-_.A. In England B. In India C. I have no idea D. In Australia4. From the story we know some old people _A. are afraid of saying they re old B .should have walking-sticksC. don t like young people D. are very happy every day5. After you read this story, you can know _A. when the people become olderB .what you give the old people to eatC. where you can find the old peopleD. what you should do for the old people参考答案：1. B 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. D“Cool” is a word with many meanings .Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, the word has had many different meanings.Cool can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything.When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say, “it s cool.” You may think, “he s so cool,” when you see your favourite footballer.We all maximize (扩大)the meaning of “cool”. You can use it instead of many words such as “new” or “surprising”. Here s an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall (瀑布) they had visited. On one student s paper was just the one sentence, “It s so cool.” Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.But the story also shows a scarcity (缺乏) of words. Without “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility(可信性). Can yon think of many other words that make your life as colourful as the word “cool”? I can. And think they are also very cool.6. We know that the word “cool” has had_.A. only one meaning B. no meaningsC. many different meanings D. the same meaning7. In the passage, the word “express” means “_”.A. see B. show C. know D. feel8. If you are _something, you may say, “it s cool.”A. interested in B. angry aboutC. worried about D. unhappy with9. The writer takes an example to show he is _ the way the word is used,A. pleased with B. strange toC. worried about D. unhappy with10. In the passage, the writer suggests(暗示)that the word “cool”_.A. can be used instead of many wordsB. usually means something interestingC. can make your life colourfulD. may not be as cool as, it seems参考答案： 6. C 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. DOnce a boy who wanted to fly covered his arms with feathers. He used wax to keep the feathers on. But he flew too close to the sun. The wax melted. The feathers came off. Down came the boy!This is just a story. But it tells us that man has always dreamed of flying. In 1783, this dream came true. Two French brothers invented the hot-air balloon. It rose a thousand feet high.It took almost 100 years for men to move from the hot-air balloon to the first airship. It was invented in the late 1900s. It was a powered balloon.In North Carolina of America, less than twenty-five years later, the Wright Brothers flew the first airplane. This first flight, in 1903, lasted less than half a minute. It covered just a few feet.根据短文内容，选择能回答所提问题的最佳答案。11. Why did the boy come down from the sky? Because _.A. he covered his arms with feathersB. he used wax to keep the feathers onC. he flew too close to the sunD. the wax melted and the feathers came off12. Who invented the hot-air balloon?A. Two French brothers. B. the Wright Brothers.C. Benjamin Franklin. D. Einstein.13.When was the first airship invented?A. In the late 1900s. B. About 100 years ago.C. A and B. D. Many years ago.14. How about the first airplane?A. The Wright Brothers invented the first airplane.B. It flew less than half a minute and a few feet high.C. This first flight was in 1903.D. It was born in North Carolina of America.【答案与解析】1. D。根据E-books are electronic books. They are no larger than an ordinary book, with a screen on which you can read 可知答案为D。2. A。根据First, you call up websites on your computer and select books that you want可知答案为A。3. B。根据You can download about 10 books at a time(你每次大约能下载10本书)就能确定答案。4. A。根据First of all, e-books save space. You can put as many as 10books into a thing no bigger than a pocket radio and then carry it everywhere(首先，电子书节省空间，你能放10本书进入比口袋收音机大不多的一件东西里，且可携带到任何地方去)可确定答案。5. C。根据With the development of e-book technology, probably an e-library will appear(随着电子书技术的发展，电子图书馆就会应运而生)就能确定答案。6. Russian, chance。根据Eager to open up a space tourism market, a Russian company presented a “space place” model. It would give tourists the chance to spend an hour in space(人类渴望开发太空旅游市场, 一家俄罗斯公司提出一项“太空住所” 样式，将给旅游者提供1小时在太空潇洒的机会)足能敲定要填的词(from 。7. eager, flying。根据Anybody who can pay about $100,000 would be able to experience zero gravity. About 100 people have already booked seats to fly on the C-21 plane (任何能负担得起大约10万美元的人都能体验飞行时之失重状态，约有100人已经预定了飞向太空的C-21 型飞机的座位)足能敲定要填的词。8. space tourist。根据The US company helped the first space tourist, Dennis Tito, to secure his flight to the International Space Station. Tito is said to have paid $20 million for the eight-day trip(美国公司帮助第一位太空旅行者丹尼斯提托安全飞行到太空站上，据提托说他付了两千万美元旅行了8天)足能敲定要填的词。9. pilot, passengers。根据The aircraft, carrying a pilot and two passengers, will be positioned on top of a carrier airplane until it is 17,100 metres in the air(载一个飞行员和两名乘客的太空船安放在一架航空母舰上，一直飞行到17,100米的高度)足能敲定要填的词。10. slide, land。根据Then C-21 will slide back into the atmosphere and land like an ordinary plane(然后C-21就滑回到大气层中，像一架普通飞机着陆到地面上)足能敲定要填的词。11. D。根据 Once a boy who wanted to fly covered his arms with feathers. He used wax to keep the feathers on. But he flew too close to the sun. The wax melted. The feathers came off (从前, 一个胳膊上绑着羽毛的男孩想飞向蓝天。他用蜡把羽毛粘在胳膊上，由于飞得离太阳太近，蜡融化了，羽毛脱落了) 显然, 选项A和选项B都不是原因，选项C是原因，选项D才是最佳答案。12. A。根据 Two French brothers invented the hot-air balloon(两个法国兄弟发明了热气球)就能确定选项。13. C。根据 It took almost 100 years for men to move from the hot-air balloon to the first airship. It was invented in the late 1900s可知答案选C。14. B。根据This first flight, in 1903, lasted less than half a minute. It covered just a few feet(1903年诞生了第一架飞机，飞行不到半分钟，仅飞了几英尺高)可知答案选B。Saturday，March 24thWe have arrived in the hot, wet city of Bangkok. This is our first trip to Thailand（泰国）. All the different smells make us want to try the food. We are going to eat something special for dinner tonight. The hotel we are staying in is cheap, and very clean. We plan to stay here for a few days, visit some places in the city, and then travel to Chiang Mai in the North.Tuesday, March 27thBangkok is wonderful and surprising! The places are interesting. We visited the famous market which was on water, and saw a lot of fruits and vegetables. Everything is so colorful, and we have taken hundreds of photos already! Later today we will leave for Chiang Mai. We will take the train north, stay in Chiang Mai for two days, and then catch a bus to Chiang Rai.Friday，March 30thOur trip to Chiang Rai was long and boring. We visited a small village in the mountains. The village people here love the quiet life - no computers or phones. They are the kindest people I have ever met. They always smile and say “hello”. Kathy and I can only speak a few words of Thai, so smiling is the best way to show our kindness. I feel good here and hope to be able to come back next year.( )6. The diaries above show the writers _ days in Thailand.A. 3 B. 7 C. 15 D. 30( )7. It seems that visitors _ in Bangkok.A. often feel hungry B. can always find cheap things C. cant take any photos D. can enjoy themselves( )8. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Chiang Mai is a beautiful city in the south of Thailand.B. The writer left Chiang Mai for Chiang Rai by bus.C. Chiang Rai is a boring city in the mountai