高中英语阅读理解分块训练5：推理判断1

阅读理解分块训练5：推测判断1宁乡一中：邹鸿鹰高中英语阅读理解能力训练之（三）推测判断能力In the following pages, there are several short passages. Read them and try to make reasonable judgments according to the information given in each passage.Passage 1Care in planning and management is needed if a factory is to run well. Work areas should be large, clean, well-lighted, and airy. Word should move in a straight line form one machine to another, allowing materials in different stages of production to advance smoothly. Careful planning and clever execution can also contribute to harmonious labor management relations.1. Both labor and management can benefit froma. a shorter work week b. improved working conditionsc. periodio salary increases d. a fair promotion policy2. Which of the following can produce a satisfied and well organized work force?a. Labor b. Bank financingc. Government contracts d. Management3. The layout of production line is important toa. safety and output b. materials and machinesb. government inspectors d. insurance companiesPassage 2The benefits of exercise cannot be stored for a long time. They should be renewed each day. Astronauts who have spent long periods of time in space know at first hand how weightlessness works to weaken mans muscles. On earth when our muscles lift, push or pull, they work against the resistance of gravity to maintain tone or normal conditions and do build strength and endurance. With the removal in space of this resistance, hey tend to lose their strengthen and endurance. That is why the legs of recently returned astronauts feel so wobbly or unsteady when they first go on with the normal task of supporting the bodys weight.1. Which of the following persons would most likely have weak muscles?a. A housewife with a husband and two childrenb. An astronaut training for a moon shot or tripc. A banker who works in a large, quiet officed. A doctor with international fame2. Exercise is to health asa. training is to condition b. thought is to ideac. decision is to action d. weight is to height3. Which is the best statement? Exercise isa. useful for persons over forty b. good for athletes in trainingb. necessary for growing children d. essential for everyones good healthPassage 3Every child should have an older brother he can look up to. I fell sorry for those kids or children who dont care for their older brother as I do mine. A boy requires understanding, protection, and a strong sense of belonging. I think my brother Kevin was my safety blanket. It wasnt that he allowed me to follow him around puppy style. I cant explain it ,he was just there-like the Rock of Gibraltar.1. Which of the following judgments applies to Kevin?a. He was fair but demanding b. He was dull and silentc. He was quiet and soft-hearted d. He was reliable and helpful2. The idea in the passage would most probably be discussed in a book dealing witha. behavior problems b. marriage suggestionsb. family troubles d. child development3. Kevins behavior toward his younger brother showsa. a good background in educationb. a patient and understanding attitudec. a deep concern for his brothers futured. a lack of friends and social lifePassage 4The cell of the body have varied and essential roles. Skin cells protect the whole body, red blood cells carry oxygen, and bone cells build the akeleton. Cells multiply fast when a person is growing, but their activity stablizes with maturity. In grown-ups, cells divide and renew themselves to replace dead tissue or to help in the healing process. Cancerous cells are runaway cells that multiply rapidly and without obvious purpose. They destroy healthy tissue and tend to spread at spread at an alarming speed.1.A healthy cell is to cancer asa. slow is to fast b. life is to deathc. blood is to life d. good food is to growth2.Normal cell reproduction is importanta. during the growing years b. at all timesb. during the period of childhood d. after reaching maturity3.The body of the grown-upsa. needs a lot of food b. produces cancerous cellsc. has need for preventive medicine d. has reached a maintenance levelPassage 5The world had watched in awe for more than a quarter century as a California-sized island-nation in the Far east rose from the ashes of defeat in World War II to become one of the worlds third largest economy. It also has one of the worlds strongest currencies, the yen, and an industrial establishment that, in terms of pure sophistication and modernity, is second to none, Indeed, Japan had become the worlds largest steel producer, ship builder, camera maker, and motorcycle producer and ranks second only to the United States in automobiles, chemicals, textiles, and computers. As the worlds largest trader, Japans products have moved over the world, from Bombay to Trenton.1. Japans successful story isa. an ugly story b. a commonplace happeningb. an unusual development d. a commonplace happening2. Japanese products seem to bea. overpriced compared with American productsb. competitive on the worlds marketc. useless more often than notd. superior in a class by themselves3.Considered objectively, Japans industrial growth should bea. controlled b. admired c. reduced d. stoppedPassage 6Borger Sullivan is an air traffic controller at one of the nations largest airports. His is an uninteresting, tension-packed job because it means directing hundreds of jet airplanes to safe landings and takeoffs every day. But the tensions have never troubled Sullivan as much as how to relax at the end of a bus day. He has tried bowling and bicycling, chess, and bridge, to list a few amusements. But the problem was never really solved until he bought a boat. It was not an ordinary boat for fishing, sailing, racing or the usual water sports. Instead it was a single platform mounted on parallel pontoons with awning on top for shade and a small outboard for power. Now, several times each week, Sullivan drives directly to where the boat is moored and his wife is waiting. Then after a short sail to a quiet bay, they cook dinner on board.1. Besides the Sullivans, who else do you think benefits from their relaxing hobby?a. Boat rental business b. Airline passengersc. Chess club members d. Airport employees2. Relaxation isa. a reward for working hard b. a problem for peoplec. a waste of precious time d. a physical and mental necessityPassage 7Have you ever passed a border crossing between two countries? If so, you were probably questioned by a customs inspector. A customs inspector often asks travelers what they are bring into the country with them. If a person is bringing in goods of great value, the inspector may ask him to Pay customs on them.Some people try to hide the valuables they have with them so that will have to pay these taxes. But customs inspectors are hard to fool. They see scores of travelers every day. They soon learn how to pick out a person who may be smuggling something across the border. The clue may be in the just a strange feeling the inspector has that makes him suspect a person of smuggling.Inspector Joseph Koehler had worked for the U.S Customs Service for years. He had seen many travelers. One day a group of passengers arrived on a flight from Belgium. They came up to his inspection post. Koehler took special notice of one the women among them. At first he did not know what had made him pick her out of the group.She was tall and well-dressed. A smart hat sat on her dark hair. Her dark cloth coat was trimmed with fur ,She waited calmly in line for baggage to be inspected.The womans baggage was made up of a purse and two suitcases, She showed no sign of a purse and two suitcases. She showed no sign of fear when Koehler opened them. She answered all his questions calmly. yet Koehler could not rid himself of the feeling that something was wrong. Something about this woman set off a small alarm in his mind.Suddenly he knew what it was. The woman was too tall! Many tall women came through his inspection lane every day. But this womans height didnt seem right somehow. Then Koehler saw her shoes. They had very thick soles. The woman was smartly dressed. Why would she wear such ugly thick-soled shoes?Koehler called a second inspector. The tall woman was taken to a room reserved for questioning. There it was found that the soles of her shoes were hollow. The inspector pried them open. A handful of diamonds spilled out on the floor. More diamonds were found under a false bottom in one of the largest diamond hauls ever made by U.S Customs.The young woman broke down in tears. Then she told her story. For years she had dreamed of coming to live in America, he said. At last she had managed to obtain the papers she needed to imm