AA亿成教育高中英语辅导培训资料英语阅读1(附答案)

铜仁 AA 亿成高中英语辅导培训资料之英语阅读题附答案 1 Have you ever received a gift that was so clearly not your taste that you wondered if perhaps it had been handed to you by mistake Worse have you ever given a present and watched your friend look as though she had opened the wrong box Maybe she responded with a polite Why thank you but you knew you had missed the mark Why do presents sometimes go wrong And what do your choices good and bad reflect about your personal qualities Choosing the right gift is an art I believe It calls for empathy 共鸣 感情移入 the ability to put yourself into someone else s head and heart We re all able to do this in fact we re born with a kind of natural empathy After the earliest period of childhood however it needs to be reinforced 加强 by our parents teachers friends When it isn t we re not able to understand other people s feelings as sharply This can show in the gifts we select and so can many other emotional 情感的 qualities Think back to the presents you ve given over the past year the time and effort you put into your selection how much you spent your thoughts while you were shopping and your feelings when the receiver opened the package Keep in mind that what you choose displays your inner world Of course you may express yourself differently with different friends relatives and other people you know We live in a society where exchanging presents is an important part of communication Ignoring the tradition won t make it go away If you really dislike such a tradition tell your friends ahead of time 1 The underlined expression you had missed the mark means you had failed to A make her feel better B keep your friendship C receive a present in return D get the expected effect 2 Which of the following is the main idea of the second paragraph A Natural empathy needs to be reinforced B Emotional changes influence one s choice of gifts C Selecting the right gift is an ability people are born with D Choosing gifts requires one to understand the receivers 3 In the third paragraph the author tells us that A attention should be paid to the receivers responses B one learns from what he did in the past C the choice of gifts reflects one s emotional qualities D one should spend more time choosing gifts 4 The best possible title for this passage is A Ways of Choosing Gifts B An Important Tradition C Exchanging Presents D Message in a Gift 2 Phillip Island Penguins 企鹅企鹅 The Little Penguin has called Phillip Island home for untold generations Get to Phillip Island in plenty of time to watch s summer sunset at Summerland Beach the stage is attractively set to see the little Penguin leave water and step onto land Leave Melbourne at 5 30 pm for a direct journey to Phillip Island See the Gippsland area Guinness Book of Records place for the world s longest earthworm 蚯蚓 Journey along the coastal highway around the Bay with French Island and Churchill Island in the distance Cross the bridge at San Remo to enter Phillip Island natural home for Little Penguins and many animals Take your place in special viewing stands 看台 to watch the daily evening performance of the wild Little Penguins Ultimate Penguins U Join a group of up to 15 This guided tour goes to an attractive quiet beach to see Little Penguins You can see penguins at night by wearing a special pair of glasses Adult 成人 60 00 Child 30 00 Viewing Platform Penguin Plus V More personalized wildlife viewing limited to 130 people providing closer viewing of the penguin arrival than the main viewing stands Adult 25 00 Child 12 50 Penguin Skybox S Join a group of only 5 in the comfort of a special higher up viewing tower Gain an excellent overview of Summerland Beach Adult 16years 50 00 1 What kind of people is the text mainly written for A Scientists B Students C Tourists D Artists 2 We can learn from the text that Little Penguins A have been on Phillip Island for yearsB keep a Guinness record for their size C are trained to practice diving for visitors D live in large groups to protect themselves 3 How much would a couple with one child pay for a closer viewing tour A 37 50 B 62 50 C 180 00 D 150 00 3 Tragedy at the Circus In yesterday s circus 马戏团 show a tiger suddenly attacked its trainer and had to be shot dead As the circus packed up and left circus officials said the show would go on even without tigers However the officials can t simply turn a blind eye to the ethical problems left behind Even before this tragedy 悲剧 animal rights activists protested against keeping wild animals in unnatural conditions and forcing them to suffer for the profit 利润 of circus organizers It is now time for us to take effective steps to make sure that circus animals are treated properly Circus Safe for Animals Our circus recently suffered a most tragic event in its history While we are thankful for the pity from the public we are also astonished by the opinion expressed in Tragedy at the Circus First our performing animals are not taken from the wild As to the ethical problems we always believe humans and animals can and should live together nicely To us the performing animals are representatives of their species 物种 and our circus is one of the only places left willing to support this special role of performing animals in the existence of the species Those who argue that circus life is harmful to animals show little knowledge of these facts Life in the wild is unsafe but a continuous struggle for existence To overlook these realities is the greatest fault against the animal kingdom This circus has proven that animals are stronger and smarter than we could imagine Within the circus is a joyful atmosphere for both animals and humans people are educated and species saved 1 What is the main purpose of the first passage A To show pity for the performing animals B To express worries about animal trainers safety C To deal with the difficult situations of the circus D To call for action to protect circus animals 2 What will the circus most probably do A Take no notice of the tragedy B Continue its performances C Use fewer wild animals D Limit its profit 3 What does the circus think of its performing animals A They are as clever as human beings B They struggle continuously with human beings for existence C They are helpful in saving their species D They have equally natural living conditions as wild animals 4 What is the most probable relationship between the two passages A A public request and a newspaper report B A newspaper article and a reply to it C Two parts of a newspaper article D Two newspaper reports 4 People fell in love with Elizabeth Taylor in 1944 when she starred in National Velvet the story of Velvet Brown a young girl who wins the first place in a famous horse race At first the producers of the movie told Taylor that she was too small to play the part of Velvet However they waited for her for a few months as she exercised and trained and added three inches to her height in four months Her acting in National Velvet is still considered the best by a child actress Elizabeth Taylor was born in London in 1932 Her parents both Americans had moved there for business reasons When World war II started the Taylor moved to Beverly Hills California and there Elizabeth started acting in movies After her success as a child star Taylor had no trouble moving into adult 成人 roles and won twice for Best Actress Butterfield 8 1960 and Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf 1966 Taylor s fame 名声 and popularity gave her a lot of power with the movie industry so she was able to demand very high pay for her movies In 1963 she received 1 million for her part in Cleopatra the highest pay received by any star up to that time Elizabeth Taylor is a legend 传奇人物 of our time Like Velvet Brown in National Velvet she has been lucky she has beauty fame and wealth But she is also a hard worker Taylor seldom acts in movies any more Instead she puts her time and efforts into her businesses and into helping others several years ago she founded an organization that has raised more than 40 million for research and education 1 The producers didn t let Taylor play the part of Velvet at first because they thought she A was small in size B was too young C did not play well enough D did not show much interest 2 What Elizabeth Taylor and Velvet Brown had in common was that they were both A popular all their lives B famous actresses C successful when very young D rich and kind hearted 3 Taylor became Best Actress at the age of A 12 B 28 C 31 D 34 4 In her later life Elizabeth Taylor devoted herself to A doing business and helping othersB turning herself into a legend C collecting money for the poorD going about research and education work 5 When Babbage was working at Cambridge a new idea occurred to him He wanted to construct a calculating machine to work out the solutions 解法 to maths problems not only with correctness but also with a speed beyond the power of any human mind His machine could solve problems involving 涉及 long rows of figures in one continuous operation 运算 In 1822 Babbage exhibited his invention and won a prize from the government After that he immediately started to work on a larger machine designed to solve more difficult problems Although he received some money left by his father the money was not enough to support his design He wrote to the government about his plan and was given 2500 to start with a sum worth much more in those days than it is now Babbage continued his work in London for four years Then his health broke down and he had to take a long holiday abroad When he returned to London in 1828 he was at the end of his resources Many bills remained unpaid His chief assistant and co workers quarreled with him and left with many expensive tools For one year no work was done During this period Babbage whose mind was always active suddenly thought of a completely new idea for the machine He rushed to meet the government officials to explain his new idea But this time they were unwilling to help him For eight years they refused to say whether they wanted the machine or not and their final answer was No From 1828 to 1839 Babbage held the position of professor at Cambridge very successfully But his greatest work was the unfinished calculating machine which stood covered in dust in his house It was the beginning of the modern computer 1 The machine Babbage designed would solve difficult maths problems A in one operation with few mistakes B in more than one operation without any mistakes C in more than one operation with slight mistakes D in one operation without any mistakes 2 Babbage failed to continue his research work in 1828 mainly because A he was in poor health B he almost ran out of money C his co workers argued with him D he spent all his money on his bills 3 Babage explained his new idea to the government officials expecting that A they would agree to his plan B they would pay for his new idea C they would support him with money D they would exhibit his new design 4 From the passage we can infer that A Babbage failed to be a famous scientist at Cambridge B Babbage always had new ideas but gave them up easily C Babbage always needed support from the government officials D Babbage was the first designer of the modern computer 6 For centuries the only form of written correspondence 通信 was the letters letters were and are sent by some form of postal service the history of which goes back a long way Indeed the Egyptians began sending letters from about 2000 BC as did the Chinese a thousand years later Of course modern postal service now are much more developed and faster depending as they do on cars and planes for delivery Yet they are still too slow for some people to send urgent documents 紧急文件 and letters The invention of the fax 传真 machine increased the speed of delivering documents even more When you send a fax you are sending a copy of a piece of correspondence to someone by telephone service It was not until the early 1980s that such a service was developed enough for businesses to be able to fax documents to each other The fax service is still very much in use when copies of documents require to be sent but as a way of fast correspondence it has been largely taken the place of by email Email is used to describe messages sent form one computer user to another There are advantages and disadvantages with emails If you send some one an email then he will receive it extremely quickly Normal postal services are rather slow as far as speed of delivery is concerned However if you write something by email which you might later regret and send it immediately there is no chance for second thoughts At least if you are posting a letter you have to address and seal 封 the envelope and take it to the post box There is plenty of time to change your mind The message is think before you email 1 We can learn from the text that A email is less popular than the fax service B the postal service has over the years become faster C the postal service has over the years become slower D the fax service has a history as long as the postal service does 2 It can be inferred from the text that A the fax service had been fully developed by the 1980s B letters have been used in China for about 1 000 years C the fax machine was invented after the 1980s D letters have been used in Egypt for about 2 000 years 3 In the last paragraph the writer mentions think before you email to show that A you may regret if you don t use your envelope B you may regret before you send something by email C you d better not send your email in a hurry D you need plenty of time to send an email 4 The text mainly deal with A the progress in correspondenceB the advantage of fax machines C the advantage of emails D the invention of fax machines 7 Caf Hub Next to the Castle lies the Hub home of the Edinburgh International Festival and one of the most talked about spots in town Our caf in open every day for mouth watering lunches snacks and fine dining Come in and enjoy the atmosphere of the Hub or watch the world go by from our beautiful terrace The Hub Castlehill Royal Mile Edinburgh Open every day from 9 30 a m till late Tel 0131 473 2067 www thehub Farm World Enjoy being A Farmer for a Day Join in delivering and feeding our spring babies bottle feeding sessions twice daily Fun for all family Horse Rides BMX Bikes Cross Country Course Tractor through 600 acres New Adventure Playground Nature Trails Full details on website Open May Oct Wednesdays to Saturdays and daily during school holidays 11 a m 5 p m Tel 01797 260256 260321 www farmworld rye co uk Enter the Europe wide student competition Are you curious creative and energetic Are you interested in the new media Are you between 12 and 19 years of age Then Join Multimedia 2006 is for you Your challenge will be to build a team and develop a multimedia presentation in English based on one of three different topics You can register 报名 between May 1 and June 15 2006 and will have to turn in your entry before September 15 2006 The rewards are wonderful 150 000 in prize for schools and the chance to attend a European student camp plus new experiences an opportunity to make friends throughout Europe For further information and registration forms go to www S Multimedia 1 You ll have to register first if you want A to enjoy delicious food B to lry Tractor Ride through 600 acres C to enter the Europe wide student competition D to watch the world go by from the beautiful terrace 2 According to the passage there will be rewards for the Europe wide student competition A only one B two C three D four 3 You can visit Farm World A on Monday in May B any day in October C at 2 p m at Christmas D at 10 30 a m during school holidays 4 From the advertisements above we can learn that A Caf Hub is a popular place in the local area B families can enjoy Horse Rides on New Adventure Playground C Farm World provides lunches snacks and fine dining D the Europe wide student competition will be held on June 15 2006 8 Welcome to Ontario Parks a new body set up to manage Ontario s most treasured special places the parks in our area We are entering a very exciting year for Ontario Parks Last season we asked some 15 000 visitors in 45 parks how we could improve our programs and services We also looked at the thousands of comment cards we received As a result new comfort stations have been added the number of campsites has been increased and we ve made other facility 设施 improvements In addition we ll be providing more educational programs This year for example more than 40 parks will offer sp