译林牛津版M1-2（期末复习）阅读理解专练.doc

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。(A)On Christmas Eve a few years ago an English couple received a very special telephone call. It was only a 20-second call but it was very important. The Haydens 15-year-old daughter had disappeared six months before. On Christmas Eve she rang them. “Im phoning to wish a happy Christmas,” she said, “I Love you.”Ronals and Edwine Hayden were so happy that they started a special telephone service called “Alive and Well”. The service helps parents to get in touch with children who have run away from home.Young people can phone “Alive and Well” and leave a message for their parents. The telephones are answered by answering machines. So no one can speak to the child or make him return home. Parents of runaway children who are under eighteen can ask the police to bring their children home. So children do not want to tell their parents where they are. Through “Alive and Well” they can telephone their parents without worrying about this or giving out their addresses.The Haydens and their helpers write down the tape-recorded telephone message and connect the addresses given. Many of the 30,000 British teenagers who have left home are probably in London. For only two pence they can go into a telephone coin box and call their parents.They can dial 5675339 and stop the parents worry: Is he dead or alive?1. The underlined word “disappeared” in the passage means _.A. lost her life B. run away from home C. lost her way D. come home late 2. The Haydens daughter rang _.A. only to give them a message B. in order to give them her addressC. so as to say she was coming home D. so that they wouldnt worry about her 3. Through the special telephone service called “Alive and Well”, _.A. the Haydens failed to persuade their daughter to return homeB. parents will know nothing from their children except their addressesC. parents can ask the police to bring their lost children homeD. runaway children can leave a message for their parents and ease their worry4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?A. In Britain, parents of runaway children under sixteen can ask the police to bring their children home.B. At “Alive and Well”, the phones are answered by an automatic system(系统).C. On Christmas Eve the girl phoned to tell her parents where she was.D. Only a few of the British runaway teenagers are staying in London.5. The best title for the passage is _.A. A runaway daughter B. A special telephone callC. Relationships between parents and children D. A special telephone service(B)Your body, which has close relations with the food you eat, is the most important thing you own; so it needs proper treatment and proper nourishment(食物，营养品). The old saying “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” is not as silly as some people think. The body needs fruit and vegetables because they contain Vitamin C. Many people take extra vitamins in pill form, believing that these will make them healthy. But a good diet is made up of nourishing food and this gives all the vitamins you need. The body doesnt need or use extra vitamins, so why waste money on them?In the modern Western world, many people are too busy to bother about eating properly. They throw anything into their stomachs, eating hurriedly and carelessly. The list of illnesses caused or made worse by bad eating habits is frightening.6. “Your body has close relation with the food you eat” really means that _. A. all kinds of food you eat can be made into your bodyB. your body is made up of all the food you eat C. what you eat has great effect upon your health D. the more you eat, the healthier you will become7. The old saying “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” tells us that _. A. apples will take the place of doctors B. if you eat an apple every day, you will never fall ill C. eating apples regularly does lots of good to our health D. eating an apple a day is an effective cure for illness8. From the second paragraph, we can infer the writers opinion is that _. A. we cant live without enough food B. people in the West have no time to pay more attention to their eating nowadays C. many peoples illnesses are caused or made worse by bad eating habits D. a proper diet is of great importance to our health9. After reading the passage, we can draw a conclusion if we want to keep healthy, we should _. A. only eat an apple a day B. eat properly C. take as many vitamin pills as possible D. throw food into our stomachs slowly and carefully (C)As far as I know, there has never been a rule against pets in a space station; yet we had never had any pets until Sven Olsen decided he wanted one. None of us ever understood why he chose the pet.I first saw Claribel when I was working in my office. I heard a sweet whistle near my ear and thought it had come from the radio. I waited for the news to follow. Instead, there was a lovely song, I looked up and saw Claribel.She was a small yellow canary(金丝雀), hanging very still in the air. Her wings were folded quietly at her sides. She could stay that way because nothing has any weight in space. Before I recovered from the surprise of seeing a canary in our space station, she did a kind of slow tumble(翻筋斗). No canary on earth could have done it.In fact, Svens pet was everybodys pet. We had a little trouble hiding her when important guests came to visit the space station. We couldnt be sure if we were breaking any rules having her there .But we liked her too much to lose her.Claribel always got noisy when we hid her. Sometimes we had to think fast to explain the whistles that came from the strange place.All of us at the station were on duty for twelve hours at a time. This was not as hard as it seems, since you need little sleep in space. Of course there is no “day” and “night” when you are always floating(漂浮) in sunlight. But we found it easier to think of time as day and night. 10. What made Sven keep a canary in the space station is that _.A. he wanted to do some research work B. there has never been a rule against pets in a space stationC. he decided he wanted a pet D. nothing has any weight in space11. That Claribel could do a tumble slowly in the space station is because _.A. she didnt have any weight in spaceB. she was small and light-weighted C. she was very happy in the space stationD. no other canary on earth could have done it.12. There was no “day” and “night” in the space station because _.A. people there had only little sleepB. the station was always floating in sunlightC. the singing of the canary could make people there forget day and nightD. every person at the station was on duty for twelve hours at a time13. The main idea of this passage is _.A. whether canaries can live in space B. that people in space must have some petsC. how a canary lived in a space station D. how to keep a bird in a space station (D)Jungle country is not friendly to man，but it is possible to survive there. You must have the right equipment and you must know a few important things about woodcraft(山林野外知识). Then your chances of staying alive are very good.No one should go into the jungle without the right equipment. You need lightweight clothing, a good knife, and a compass. Fishhooks and a line，a rifle，matches in a waterproof container and a poncho(雨披) are necessary too. So is a mosquito net(蚊帐) to protect the head.In the jungle you can get hopelessly lost within five minutes after leaving known landmark(地界碑). That is why you should always carry a compass. In open country during the day, you can tell which way to go by studying the sun. At night the stars are sure guides to direction. But in most places the jungle rooftop is so thick that it is impossible to see the sun or the stars. Again and again you must check your position by the compass.Keep alert(警惕的). Watch the ground in front of you carefully. Stop and listen now and again. Avoid haste(匆忙), and rest often. In a place that is hot and humid(潮湿的), the person who sets a fast pace will soon become tired. A steady and even pace is wisest in the long run.If you lose your way, dont panic. Try to decide how long it has been since you were sure of your position. Mark the spot where you are with blazes on a tree. Put them on four sides of the tree, so that you will be able to see them from any direction. Then you can begin retracing your steps(going back exactly the way you have come), knowing that you can always find the spot from which you started. Except in an emergency, never try to travel the jungle at night.Whenever possible, it is wise to follow streams and rivers that are going in your general direction. This may cause you many extra miles of travel. But in the end it will save time and energy. Nothing is more exhausting (extremely tiring) than hacking(cutting) a way through unbroken jungle.If a river is broad and deep and has no rapids(急流), rafting is the best means of travel. Bamboo grows along the banks of many jungle streams. Since it is hollow and extremely strong, it makes a perfect raft.Surviving in the jungle is a science. The jungle people have become perfect in this science, and you can too. Learn as much as you can about what to expect in the jungle. Make sure you have the right equipment. Then no part of the jungle will seem completely or frightening. In fact, you will be able to “live off” it for a long time.14. To keep alive in the jungle, you should make it clear that the right equipment is _.A. more important than a knowledge of woodcraft B. less important than a knowledge of woodcraftC. just as important as a knowledge of woodcraft D. We dont know.15. If you lose your way in the jungle, which of the following can NOT be done? A. Check your position by the compass again and again.B. Decide how long ago it was that you got lost.C. Tell which way to go by studying the sun/the stars.D. Mark blazes on four sides of a tree and be sure to see them from any direction.16. The author is strongly against traveling at night probably because _.A. one tends to move too slowly at night B. some animals will attack you C. emergencies occur most frequently at night D. it is more difficult to check your position17. “It is wise to follow streams and rivers”, which will ensure you to _.A. avoid animals attacks B. save many extra miles of travelC. avoid hacking a way through unbroken jungle D. have a rich supply of drinking water (E)Curse of IcemanWho would have thought a man that lived in the Stone Age would be dressed in clothes made in China? A thousand-year-old mummy, nicknamed Otzi the Iceman was wearing a Chinese jacket, latest research has found. But where and how he got the jacket has become a topic of great debate.Otzi is the nickname of a well-preserved mummy from about 3300 BC. He was found in 1991 in the Otztal valley in the Alps, near the border between Austria and Italy. Two German tourists, Helmut and Erika Simon found him when they were climbing.Otzi was thought to be the body of a soldier who fought during World War I but later was found to be thousands of years older. Analyzing Otzi showed that the items with him were all of different ages. His arrows are 7,000 years old, the axe(斧) belonged to a time hundreds of years later and the skin in which the man was dressed originally belonged to a goat that lived in China. Otzis tattoo(纹身) shows that he might have been a wizar