阅读理解和任务型阅读十一

1、高考英语阅读理解和任务型阅读课堂综合练习阅读理解"That is a most remarkab阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。Whe n Joh nson called aga in, the man ager received him very po litely.oil you brought us, Mr. Johnson, 'he said. Johnson nodded his smooth, dark head. That was something he knew very well. “I ' never see

2、n anything like it, t'e manager admitted. Johnson“ But I think you will, sir. A very great deal ofnodded again.“ No?” he said politely. Then he added,-7 -it. ” He app eared to think for a mome nt.“I think youbeibfinsale seve n, p erha ps, eight“It is better tha n our fish oils. I admit that.year

3、s from now. ” He smiled.The man ager thought that was un certa in. He said,“ So I am told, sir,” agreed Joh nson.“ Have you any plans to produce it yourself, Mr. Johnson? ”Joh nson smiled aga in.” said the man ager.“ Would I be showi ng it to you if I had?“ We might add some chemicals to one of our

4、own fish oils,“It would be expen sive to do that, even if you could.” Joh nson said gen tly.“ Besides,"I am toldthat this oil will be much chea per tha n your best fish oils. Chea per tha n any vegetable oil,in fact. ”“ Perhaps, ” said the manager.“ Well, I suppose you want to make an arran gem

5、e nt, Mr Joh nson,Shall we discuss it?“ Ocourse, said Johnson."Theretwce ways of dealing with a situation of this sort. Theusual one is to p reve nt it altogether or at least to delay it as long as p ossible. That is, of course, thebest way, ” The manager nodded. He knew plenty about all that.“

6、 But I am so sorry for you, because, you see, that is not possible this time.” The maihis doubts, but all he said was an inq uiri ng(ask in g),“Oh?”“The other way, ” continued Joh nson,“is to p roduce yourself before the trouble starts.1. The man ager thought of addi ng chemicals to the fish oil to

7、make itB. more quicklyA. chea per tha n the new oilC. more expen siveD. as good as the new oil2. Johnson ' s new oil would beA. more expen sive tha n fish oil, but betterB. less expen sive, and betterC. less expen sive, but not goodD. more expen sive, and not so good3. Joh nson exp ressed his re

8、gret that the man agerA. could not stop the new oil being madeB. would n ever know how to make itC. had spent a lot of money on itD. did n ' t know eno ugh about i4. Joh nson showed his new oil to the man ager because he wan tedA. to p roduce it himselfB. to prevent it being p roducedC. to be p

9、aid not to p roduce itD. the man ager to p roduce itA lot of us lose life's tough battles bfrriiatang正面的）attack when a touch of humormight well en able us to win. Con sider the case of a young friend of mine, who hit a traffic jam on hisway to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum（最后通牒 ）abou

10、t being late on the job. Althoughthere was a good reason for Sam' sa being late -serious illness at home he decided that thisby-now- familiar excuse would n't work any Ion ger. His sup ervisor was p robably already pacing upand dow n preparing a dismissal sp eech.Yes, the boss was, Sam enter

11、ed the office at 9:35. The place was as quiet as a locker room（更衣室）;every one was hard at work. Sam ' s sup ervisor came up to him. Sudde niy, Sam forced a grin andstretched out his hand.“How do you do! ” he said."I ' m Sam Maynard. I ' m applying for a job.'I un dersta nd, beca

12、me available just 35 minu tes ago. Does the early bird get the worm?The room exploded in laughter. The supervisor clamped off a smile and walked back to his office. Sam Maynard had saved his job with the only tool that could win, a laugh.Humor is a most effective, yet frequently neglected（忽略）,means

13、of handling the difficultsituations in our lives. It can be used for patching up differences, apologizing, saying“ no”some jobs, itcriticiz ing, gett ing the other fellow to do what you want without his los ing face. For the only tool that can succeed. It is a way to discuss subjects so sen sitive t

14、hat serious dialog may start a quarrel. For example, many believe that comedians（ 喜剧演员）on television are doing more today for racial and religious tolerance（ 忍受力）than people in any other forum.5. Why was Sam late for his job?A. Because he was ill.B. Because he got up late.C. Because he was caught in

15、 a traffic jam.D. He was busy applying for a new job.6. The main idea of this p assage isA. Sam Maynard saved his job with humorB. humor is imp orta nt in our livesC. early bird gets the wormD. humor can solve racial discrim in ati ons7. The phrase clamped off ” in Paragraph 3 meansA. tried to hold

16、back B. tried to set C. charged D. gave out8. Which of the followi ng stateme nts can we infer from the p assage?A. Many lose life's battles for they are lacking in a sense of humor.B. It wasn' t the first time that Sam came late for his work.C. Sam was suppo sed to come to his office at 8:3

17、0.D. Humor is the most effective way of solvi ng p roblems.In 1939 two brothers, Mac and Dick McD on ald, started a drive-i n restaura nt in San Bernadino,California. They carefully chose a busy corner for their locati on. They had run their own bus in esses for years, first a theater, the n a barbe

18、cue（ 烤肉）restaura nt, the n ano ther drive-i n. But i n their new op erati on, they offered a n ew, shorte ned menu: French fries, hamburgers, and sodas. To this small selecti on they added one new idea: quick service, no waiters or waitresses, and no tips.Their hamburgers sold for fiftee n cen ts. C

19、heese was ano ther four cen ts. Their French friesand hamburgers had a remarkable uniformity（ 一致性）,for the brothers had developed a strict routine（程序）for the preparation of their food, and they insisted on their cooks sticking to their routi ne. Their new drive-i n became sur prisin gly popu lar, p

20、articularly for lun ch. People drove up by the hun dreds duri ng the busy noon time. The self-service restaura nt was so popu lar that the brothers had allowed ten copies of their restaura nt to be open ed. They were content with this modest success un til they met Ray Kroc.Kroc was a salesman who m

21、et the McDonald brothers in 1954, when he was sellingmilkshake-mixing machines. He quickly saw the special attraction of the brothers fast-food restaurants and bought the right to franchise（特许经营）other copies of their restaurants. The agreement included the right to duplicate（ 复制）the menu, the equipm

22、ent, even their red and white buildings with the golden arches（拱门）.Today McDonald ' s really a household name. In 1976, McDonald ' had over $ l billion in total sales. Its first twenty-two years is one of the most surprising success stories in modernAmerica n bus in ess history.9. This p ass

23、age mainly talks aboutA. the deve lopment of fast food servicesB. how McD on alds became a bilHdollar bus in essC. the bus in ess careers of Mac and Dick McD on aldD. Ray Kroc ' s bus in ess tale nt10. Mac and Dick man aged all of the follow ing bus in esses exce ptB. a theaterA. a drive-i nC. a

24、 cin emaD. a barbecue restaura nt11. We may infer from this p assage thatA. Mac and Dick McDon ald n ever became wealthy for they sold their idea to Kroc.B. the p lace the McDon alds chose was the only source of the great popu larity of their drive-i nC. forty years ago there were lots of fast-food

25、restaura ntsD. Ray Kroc was a good bus in essma n12. The p assage suggests thatA. creativity is an important eleme nt of bus in ess successB. Ray Kroc was the close partner of the McDon ald brothersC. Mac and Dick McDon ald became broke n after they sold their ideas to Ray KrocD. Califor nia is the

26、best place to go into bus in essA characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect theself-made man the man who has rise n to the top through his own efforts, usually begi nning by work ing with his han ds. While the leader in bus in ess or in dustry or the college

27、 pro fessor occ up ies a higher social po siti on and comma nds greater respect in the com munity tha n the com mon laborer or eve n the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort.豪华地）This attitude toward manual（

28、 体力的）labor is now still seen in many aspects of Americanlife. One is in vited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously （ furni shed and in which there is every evide nee of the fact that the family has bee n able to afford foreig n travel, expen sive hobbies, and college

29、 educati on for the childre n; yet the hostess p robably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not con sist merely of someth ing quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the n ea

30、rby bakery. On the con trary, the hostess usually takes p ride in careful prep arati on of sp ecial dishes. A p rofessi onal man may talk about wash ing the car, diggi ng in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwash ing

31、. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his livi ng, or duri ng the summer he may work with a con struct ion gang on a highway in order to pay for his educati on.13. From p aragra ph 1, we can know that in AmericaA. people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made m

32、anB. people can always rise to the top through their won effortsC. college pro fessors win great respect from com mon workersC. people feel painful to men ti on their fathers as labors.14. Accord ing to the p assage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly becauseA. serva nts in America n are hard t

33、o getB. she takes p ride in what she can do herselfC. she can hardly afford serva ntsD. It is easy to prepare a meal with canned food15. The exp ressi on“ wait on table ” in the sec ond p aragra ph meansA. work in a furn iture shopB. kee p acco unts for a barC. wait to lay the tableD. serve customer

34、s in a restaura nt16. Which of the follow ing may serve as the best title of the p assage?A. A Resp ectable Self-made FamilyB. America n Attitude toward Manual LaborC. Characteristics of America n CultureD. The Development of Manual Labor二.任务型阅读注意:请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。每空格1个单词。An Even

35、t of ImaginationThe year is 2094. It has bee n announced that a comet is headi ng towards the Earth. Most of it will miss our plan et, but two pi eces will p robably hit the souther n half of the Earth.On 17 July, a piece four kilometers wide enters the Earth's atmosphere with a massive expl osi

36、 on.About half of the pi ece is destroyed, but the rema ining part hits the South Atla ntic at 200 times the sp eed of sound. The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the seabed. Huge waves are created and sp read outwards from the hole. The wall of water, a kilometer high, rushes towards souther n

37、Africa at 800 kilometers an hour. Cities on the Africa n coast are totally destroyed and milli ons of people are drow ned.Before the waves reach South America, the sec ond pi ece of the comet lands in Arge ntina.Earthquakes and volca noes are set off in the An des Mountains. The shock waves move north into Califor nia and all around the Pacific Ocea n. The cities of Los An geles, San Fran cisco and Tokyo are compietely destroyed by earthquakes. Millions of people in the southern half of the