阅读表达专项训练

1、阅读表达专项训练(1)If you are worried about things and are under a lot of stress at work or school, then you areprobably not sleep ing well. Worry can keep you awake, toss ing and turning in bed un til the earlyhours of the morning when you eventually fall asleep. When you wake up, you don feel refreshed, b

2、ut tired and worn out and un able to face a new day.Dr. Henry Winkle, in a recent newspaper article entitled Stress and Sleep, indicatesthat. Dr. Win kle says,“ The more we worry, the less the meepwe are un ableto deal with stress. If we can find a way to get a good night s sleep, ” he adds, “ we ca

3、the energy to deal with what s worrying us. ”So, what is a good night s sleepsearch shows that the amount of sleep which peopleneed in order to keep healthy varies a lot. Seven hours in about the average amount, thoughstra ngely eno ugh, sleep ing Ion ger ofte n gives you a headache in stead of maki

4、ng you feel more refreshed.Dr. Winkle believes that preparing for sleeping is important. People who work late should try togivethemselves a short break and do someth ing restful before going to bed. This could be watch ing TVor liste ning to music. Doi ng some exercise earlier in the day should help

5、 you to feel physically aswell as men tally tired. A bedtime drink can also help, but coffee or tea should be avoided as theycontain caffeine and will keep you awake. “ Whenyou put the light out, Dr. Winkle says,“ concentrate on relaxing your muscles, working slowly up from your feet, and you ll b a

6、sleepbefore you know it. ”1. What is the best title of the passage? (Please an swer with in 10 words)2. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the follow ing one?People shouldn t go to sleep immediately but should take a break after working late in the night.3. Please fill in the bla nk in

7、 the sec ond paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please an swer withi n 10 words)4. Some one says that the Ion ger you sleep, the better you feel. Try to find some argume nts from the passage aga inst the idea. (Please an swer with in 30 words)5. Tran slate the un derl

8、ined sentence in the first paragraph into Chin ese.(2)Many high schools and colleges with a football team in the United States usually have a homeco ming day. This can be the most importa nt event of the year n ext to graduati on. Stude nts plan homecoming day for many weeks. When the day arrives ,

9、they begin before dawn to decorate the schools. There are sig ns to wish luck to the team and many other sig ns to welcome back the graduates from other years. Ma ny people still come to homeco ming clubs build booths and sell lemonade, apples or sandwiches. Some clubs help to welcome visitors. Duri

10、ng the day people like to look for teachers that they remember from long ago. Often they see old friends and they talk together about those happy years in school. Every one soon comes to watch the football game. When the game is half over, the band comes onto the field and plays school songs. Anothe

11、r importa nt mome nt is whe n the homeco ming quee n/king appears. All the stude nts vote for ano ther stude nt who is popular.It is a great honor to become. Homecoming is a happy day. Even if the teamloses, the students still enjoy homecoming. Some stay at the school to dance , and others go to a p

12、arty. For every one it is a day to remember for a long , long time.1. What is the best title of the passage? (Please an swer with in 10 words.)2. Of all the events , what are the two things that all the students do on this day? (Please answer within 15words.)3. Please fill in the blank with proper w

13、ords or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answerwithin 10 words.)Comic book superhero Spider -Man uses tiny hairs on his fingertips to climb up walls.But he could have had another secret weapon to help him stick.Scientists have now found that some spiders can also make silk in their feet, wh

14、ich may sometimes help them get a firmer grip on a surface.Spiders are good at gripping walls with their legs. Thousands of little hairs on their feet make it possible. To test whether spiders also make these hairs wet to improve grip, scientists watched zebra tara ntulas crawl up glass slides.When

15、they tilted （ 使倾斜）a glass slide until it was almost vertical, the spider slipped a fewmillimeters before attaching itself again. The scientists were surprised to see little threads stretchi ng from its feet to the slide. When they studied the spiderial microssfpffit ,un der a specthey found tiny sil

16、k -shooting spouts （吐出）among the hairs.This was a surprise because scientists had previously thought spiders only use special organs near their stomachs to make silk.It r s possible that, a long time ago, feet were thefirst body parts of spiders to produce silk.Only later in their evolutionary histo

17、ry did spiders develop spinnerets on their abdomens to produce silk for webs.If so, the researchers say, this could mean that the silk osiginal purpose was to , rather than to build homes or trap prey （猎物）.1. What is the best title of the passage? （Please an swer with in 10 words.）2. Which sentence

18、in the passage can be best replaced by the follow ing one?It has been discovered that the silk spouted from the feet of the spiders can assist them to get attached on objects.5. What can you lear n from this discovery ? (Please an swer with in 20 words.)We ofte n feel trapped with in the routi nes o

19、f our everyday lives. In order to achieve a true state of relaxation, we must make time for uninterrupted leisure. Set aside an hour a day, or even a day a week if you can, for your chosen leisure pursuit. Take all the necessary steps to make sure that you will not be called away or in terrupted, an

20、d leave the teleph one off the hook the n, set your spirit free.Accept Changes n atural flow,Sometimes it seems safer to stay where we are than to risk going into the unknown or to accept change. But in reality, true relaxation comes not from trying to control life but from allowing ourselves to be

21、carried along by that flow without fear of the future, or nostalgia(留恋)for the past.Believe in YourselfEach of us has un limited pote ntial to achieve our goals even those that seem the mostfar-reaching. Mark out realistic stepping stones toward your aims, and try each day to work toward reach ing a

22、no ther stone. Most importa ntly, do not feel disappo in ted if, on one day, you make only half your intended progress, or evenat all the act of thinking about yourgoals will help to bring you closer to them.Value Your bless ingsWe are all gifted with spiritual bless in gs, among them happ in ess, h

23、ealth, truth, and inner still ness. Spend today bringing happ in ess to yourself and your friends and family. Tomorrow, eat especially healthily. The next day, be true to yourself if something makes you unhappy, try something else. The day after, spend time in quiet thinking. The reward for being ri

24、ch in these bless ings is a fulfilled and peaceful life.2. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?All the wishes will bring you a quiet and meaningful life.3. Please fill in the blank in the third paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.( Please an

25、swer within 10 words. )4. Which of the suggestions do you think is helpful to you? Why? ( Please answer within 30 words.)5. Translate the underlined sentence in the second paragraph into Chinese.(5)In the United States, train transportation is unpopular compared with cars and airplanes. Most people

26、like traveling by car or by air.Officials of the United States Department of Transportation made a study in 2001. The study is about how many miles Americans traveled by different means of transportation. They only studied trips longer than 50 miles. The study showed that fifty-six percent of all mi

27、les were traveled in personal vehicle. Forty-one percent were traveled in an airplane. Two percent were traveled in a bus. And less than one percent of miles were traveled in a train.Amtrak is the national provider of train transportation in the United States. In the past ten years, the number of it

28、s passengers has increased by eighteen percent. Although the number of passengers has increased, it is still very small now. In countries such as France, Germany, or Japan, more people use trains.There are several reasons why many people .Firstly, Americans love to drive their own cars. On highways,

29、 cars can travel as fast as trains. These highways connect all major cities in America Secondly, many travelers like to be independent. When they use their own cars they can decide when to travel. Thirdly, many buses travel between major cities. Bus travel is less costly than train travel.In a huge

30、country like the United States, cities are far away from each other. In some cases, travel from one city to another by train may take more than a day. Airplanes can carry passengersover long distances much faster. People who do not want to spend long time traveling by train decide to fly. For these

31、people savi ng time is the most importa nt thi ng.1. What is the best title of the passage? (Please an swer with in 10 words.)2. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the follow ing one?It sconvenient for people to decide the start -off time when they travel in their own cars.3. Please fi

32、ll in the bla nk in the fourth paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete thesenten ce.( Please an swer withi n 10 words.)4. What means of transportation do you like best when traveling, trains, cars, or planes? Why?(Please an swer withi n 30 words)5. Tran slate the un derl ined senten ces i

33、n the last paragraph into Chin ese.An swer1. Sleep and Your Life / Stress and Sleep /Sleep is Importa nt2. People who work late should try to give themselves a short break and do someth ingrestful before going to bed.3. stress / worry and (lack of ) sleep are directly related.4. Seven hours is about

34、 the average amount, though stra ngely eno ugh, sleep ing Ion gerofte n gives you a headache in stead of making you feel more refreshed.，反而疲惫不堪，难以面对新的一天。5. 当你醒来时，你不但没有感到精力充沛(旺盛)1. Homeco ming Day2. Watchi ng the football game and vot ing for homeco ming quee n or king.3. homeco ming quee n or king.4. Because they come to meet their teachers or classmates and have fun.5. 有些标语是祝球队好运，还有很多欢迎往届毕业生回校的标语。