第一周阅读练习

1、阅读练习（ 阅读单选题）Passage 1Long bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning, a middle, and an end with commercials thrown in every three or four minutes. The commercials are unavoidable. They happen whether you want them or not. Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus

2、window."Buy Super Clean Toothpaste." "Drink Good Wet Root Beer." "Fill up with Pacific Gas." Only if you sleep, which is equal to turning the television set off, are you spared the unending cry of "You Need It! Buy It Now!" The beginning of the ride is comfort

3、able and somewhat exciting, even if you've traveled that way before. Usually some things have changed new houses, new buildings, sometimes even a new road. The bus driver has a style of driving and it's fun to try to figure it out the first houror so. If the driver is particularly reckless o

4、r daring, the ride can be as thrilling as a suspense story. Will the driver pass the truck in time? Will the driver move into the right or the left hand lane? After a while, of course, the excitement dies down. Sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride. Food always makes bus rides

5、 more interesting. Butyou' ve got to be careful of what kind of food you eat.Too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops.The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning. You know it will soon be over and there ' s a kind of expectation and excitement in that. The seat of c

6、ourse, has becomeharder as the hours have passed. By now you've sat with your legs crossed, with your hands in your lap, with your hands on the arm rest seven with your hands crossed behind your head. The end comes just at no more ways to sit.1、According to the passage, what do the passengers us

7、ually see when theyare on a long bus trip?A：Buses on the road.B：Films on television.C：Advertisements on the billboards.D：Gas stations.2、What is the purpose of this passage?A：To give the wri ter 's opinion about long bus trips.B：To persuade you to take a long bus trip.C：To explain how bus trips a

8、nd television shows differ.D：To describe the billboards along the road.3、The writer of this passage would probably favor .ADA：B：driving alonebus drivers who aren 't recklessC：D：4、The writer feels long bus rides are like TV shows because .BAA：the commercials both on TV shows and on billboards alo

9、ng theroad area television set on the bus no billboards along the roadfunB：they both have a beginning, a middle, and an end, with commercials in betweenon busesC：the drivers are always reckless on TV shows just as they areD：both traveling and watching TV are not exciting.5、The writer thinks that the

10、 end of the ride is somewhatlike the beginningbecause both are .ABA：excitingB：comfortableC：tiringD：boringinternational organization. It wasPassage 2Shortly after the the United States, hopes that nations instead of fighting them.end of World War I, leaders of manynations, including decided to form a

11、n could discuss their disagreements on this organizationOn April 25, 1945, two hundred representatives from many nations came to San Francisco, California, to make the rules that would govern this organization. After manymonths of hard work, arguments, and compromises, the Untied Nations organizatio

12、n, was founded. Today thousands of people visit the Untied Nations head-quarter on NewYork City. They see the large rooms where representatives from about a hundred nations meet to discuss their problem. They find out about the work of the Untied Nations. Children who visit the Untied Nations are es

13、pecially interested in learning about the help given to children. Teams of workers from the Untied Nations visit countries in Latin and America, Africa and Asia to help children who are sick and hungry. They bring food and medicine. They also teach people what doctors have learned about keeping chil

14、dren strong.People who work for the Untied Nations believe that happy, healthy people are more likely to be friendly to others nations. They believe that helping people will help the world at peace.1、Where and when was the Untied Nations formed?DBA：At San Francisco on April 25, 1945.B：At San Francis

15、co in 1945.C：In New York shortly after the World War I.D：In New York in 1945.2、Where is the headquarters of the Untied Nations?CAA：At San Francisco.B：At Washington.C：In New York.D：In California.3、The Untied Nations is _AD_.A：an international organizationB：an international organization of peaceC：an organization of the United StatesD：an organization of big power4、The United Nation gives help toCA_.A：the big powerB