阅读理解专练（二） (2)

阅读理解专练阅读理解专练 2 A The buses in Curitiba a city in southern Brazil carry two million passengers a day that s 85 of the city s population You buy your ticket before you get on the bus The price is the same wherever you re going No one in the city lives more than 400 meters from a bus stop People don t use their cars much in the city so there s less pollution Japanese bullet trains 子弹列车 travel at up to 320 kilometers an hour The 520 kilometer journey between Tokyo and Osaka the world s busiest high speed line takes just three and a half hours by car it would take seven Bullet trains are used by many local people They re popular with foreign tourists too because as a tourist you can buy a rail pass which gives you unlimited 无限制的 travel during your trip in Japan Copenhagen is known as A third of the people who live there go to work by bike In fact you see more bikes than cars in the city center There are 350 kilometers of cycle paths 道路 You don t even need to have your own bike you can use a city bike which is free A good way to travel in Singapore is by river taxi It s not expensive and you get a great view 风景 of the city from the river River taxis are popular with local people tourists and anyone who wants to get from A to B Each taxi can carry up to 60 passengers 根据材料内容选择最佳答案 1 What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 mean A There are bus stops everywhere B There are 400 bus stops in the city C Bus stops are far away from each other D Each bus stop is 400 meters away from another 2 If you take the bullet train instead of the car from Tokyo to Osaka you can cut your time by A 20 B 35 C 50 D 60 3 Which of the following can be put in the blank in Paragraph 3 A the Garden City B the City of Water C the City That Never Stops D the World s Best Biking City 4 Which of the following is TRUE about the river taxi in Singapore A It is very fast B It is very expensive C It can only carry several people D It provides tourists with a great city view 5 Which is the best title of the passage A Transport problems in the world B Special transport in the world C The history of transport D Traffic and pollution B Although most dogs are kept just as pets assistance 协助 dogs are specially trained to help people with many different types of disabilities These dogs help their owners live more independent lives There are several types of assistance dogs but the most common are guide dogs hearing dogs and service dogs Guide dogs help blind people get around their homes and communities Most guide dogs are large dogs like German shepherds which wear a harness 系带 with a U shaped handle 手柄 It allows the dog and its owner to communicate The owner gives directional orders and the dog makes sure its owner is safe Hearing dogs tell a person who is deaf or hard of hearing to pay attention to sounds like doorbells baby cries and smoke alarms They re trained to touch their owners and lead them to where the sound comes from Hearing dogs are generally small or not too large They always wear orange harnesses that can be easily seen Service dogs usually help people who are wheelchair users The dogs are trained to pick up dropped objects open and close doors help people get into or out of a wheelchair and find help when needed Because many of these tasks require strength 力量 most service dogs are large dogs such as Golden or Labrador retrievers These dogs usually wear a backpack or harness Guide dogs hearing dogs and service dogs have one thing in common however Before being matched 匹配 with a human partner each type of assistance dog undergoes a one to two year training program After the dog and its owner are matched they begin to trust each other and often become a team 根据材料内容选择最佳答案 1 An assistance dog is specially trained to help a person who A is disabled B is in danger C asks for help D loves dogs 2 What does a hearing dog wear A A backpack B A black harness C An orange harness D A harness with a U shaped handle 3 Service dogs are generally A small B large C active D quiet 4 The underlined word undergoes in the last paragraph means A gives up B looks for C is interested in D takes part in 5 Which of the following shows the organization of the passage P Paragraph C Click s friend David Shannon is an artist and writer He drew all the pictures and wrote all the words for lots of funny picture books Click visited David at his local library Click 1 David I didn t really I always knew I wanted to be an artist of some kind I ve loved to draw ever since I could hold a crayon Click 2 David I did a lot of the same things I do now played baseball fished swam and rode my bike Click 3 David I never know what will turn into a good story so I always write down all my ideas or make little drawings in my notebook even the ideas I think are really silly Sometimes they turn out to be the best ones Click When you are working on a book do you write the words or draw the pictures first David It depends on the book Sometimes I work on both at the same time and other times a book will start with a picture A Bad Case of Stripes is an example of the latter 后者 Click 4 David I like doing both they are very different You know the saying A picture s worth a thousand words Well sometimes a word is worth a thousand pictures Click 5 David The main thing is to practice If you want to be a writer then write a lot When I was a kid I loved to write and draw comic books I learned tons of things about telling stories with words and pictures 根据材料内容 从根据材料内容 从 A F 六个句子中选择五个还原到文中空白处 使材料完整 六个句子中选择五个还原到文中空白处 使材料完整 通顺 并将其标号填写在下面题号后的横线上 通顺 并将其标号填写在下面题号后的横线上 A Do you have any advice for kids who might like to be writers someday B So David when did you know you wanted to be a writer C What s your favorite picture book D How do you know what to write about E Besides drawing what else did you like to do when you were younger F Is drawing more fun for you than writing 1 2 3 4 5 D Sonja Henie started dancing lessons when she was five years old She loved dancing and wanted to be a dancer Then on her sixth birthday she got some ice skates 滑冰鞋 and she started skating Now she wanted to dance and skate Sonja decided to be a figure skater 花样滑冰运动员 Her brother Leif gave her lessons at first She learned very fast and she was very good Then her parents spoke to a famous skating teacher Oscar Holte He began to give her lessons and Sonja won the children s figure skating championship 锦标赛 in Oslo when she was eight years old At ten she won the national figure skating championship of Norway At eleven Sonja went to her first Winter Olympic Games She didn t skate very well She forgot some of her turns and jumps She finished eighth in the skating competition and she didn t win a medal 奖牌 But she didn t give up Then Sonja saw Anna Pavlova the famous Russian dancer Sonja thought that Anna s dancing was beautiful She wanted to copy Anna Pavlova on ice She practiced for hours every day Two years later she went to the world championships in Stockholm This time she didn t forget her jumps and turns She finished second After the competition she said I didn t win this time but next year I will and I ll n