限时阅读训练3

1、高二英语限时阅读训练（三）AOne of my won derful memories is about a Christmas gift. Un like other gifts, it came without wrap（包装）.On September 11th. 1958. Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, say in g. I promised you a gift, and here it is. What an hon or! I

2、 turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and ni ght. I sang to it. I told it stories. 1 told it over and over how much I loved it!One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gon e! I cried for it. Mum wept and told me th

3、at the poor little thing had bee n sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days, I heard Mum and Dad whisperi ng such words as hopeless, pitiful, and dy in g, which soun ded omino us.Christmas was coming. Don t expect any presents this year. Dad said, pointing at the socksI hung in the livi

4、ng room. If your baby brother lives, thatll be Christmas eno ugh.As he spoke,his eyes filled with tears. Id n ever see n him cry before.The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to an swer it. From my bedroom I heard him say. What? Hes all right? He hung up and shouted upstair

5、s. The hospital said we can bring Richard home! Tha nk God. I heard Mum cry.From the upstairs win dow, I watched my pare nts rush out to the car. I had n ever see n them happy. And I was also full of joy. What a won derful day! My baby doll would be home. I dow nstairs. My sacks still hung there fla

6、t. But I knew they were not empty; they were filled with love!56. What happe ned to the author on September 11 1958 ?A. He received a dollB. He got a Christmas gift.C. He became four years old. D. He got a baby brother.57. What does the underlined word“ ominous ” in Paragraph 3 probably meanA. Fearf

7、ul. B. Bori ng. C. Difficult. D. Impossible.58. Which word can best describe the feeli ng of the father whe n Christmas was coming?A. Exciteme nt. B. Happ in ess.C. Disappo in tme nt.D.Sad ness.59. What is the passage mainly about ?A. A sad Christmas day.B. A special Christmas gift.C. Life with a lo

8、vely baby.D. Memories of a happy family.BThis is a time of year whe n we think about giv ing and receiv ing prese nts. Can you find a little extra to give? On this page we suggest a few orga ni zati ons you might like to help.Littleton Children s HomeWe DON T want your money, but children s toys, bo

9、oks and clothes IN GOODCONDITION would be very welcome.Also, we are look ing for frie ndly families who would take our childre n into their homes for a few hours or days as guests. You have so much will you share it?Pho ne Sister Thomas on 55671Children s HospiceWe look after a small nu mber of very

10、 sick childre n. This importa nt work n eeds skill and love.We cannot continue without gifts or money to pay for more nursing staff. We also need storybooks and toys suitable for quiet games.Please con tact the Secretary, Little Childre n s Hospice, Newby Road.Street FoodIn the win ter weather, it s

11、 no fun being homeless. It s even worse if you re hun gry. Vhot food to at least fifty people every night. It s hard work, but necessary. Can you come and help?If not, can you offer a little mon ey? We use a very old kitche n, and we n eed some newsaucepa ns 平底锅）.Money for new ones would be most wel

12、come in deed.Contact Street Food, c/o Mary s House, Elming Way. Littleton Phone 27713Littleton Youth ClubHave you got an unwan ted chair?plBe,co?d a pot of paint ? Because we can usethem!We want to get to work on our meeti ng room!Please phone 66231 and we ll be happy to collect anything you can giT

13、hank you!The Night ShelterWe offer a warm bed for the ni ght to anyone who has no where to go. We rent the former Commercial Hotel on Gree n Street. Although it is not expe nsive, we n ever seem to have quite eno ugh mon ey. Can you let us have a few poun ds? Any amount, however small, will be such

14、a help.Send it to us at 15, Green St, Littleto n. Please make check payable to Night Shelter.60. What kind of people are these orga ni zati ons desig ned for?A. Homeless and sick childre nB. Less fortun ate members of our societyC. Hungry people who have no beds to sleep in D. Frie ndly members of o

15、ur society to help others61. If you like childre n and you could offer a happy family to a homeless child, you may con tactA. Street Food B. The Night Shelter C. Littleton Children sDicChldren s Hospice62. What can be con cluded from the passage?A. There are too many social problems in this society.

16、B. People are very poor duri ng the time of giv ing.C. To offer help is just an excuse for these orga ni zatio ns to collect mon ey.D. There are many orga ni zati ons tryi ng to solve social problems.63. What kind of thi ngs would Littleton Youth Club like to collect?A. Old furn iture and sec on d-h

17、a nd electrical equipme nt.B. An apartme nt and some saucepa ns.C. Hot food and storybooks.D. A sum of money and children s toys.CWASHINGTON Laura Straub is a very worried woma n. Her job is to find families for foreig n tee nagers who expect to live with America n families in the summer.It is not e

18、asy, even desperate.“ We have many childre n left to place 40 out of 75,” said Straub, who works for a foreig nexcha nge programme called LEC.When foreign exchange programmes started 50 years ago, more families were accommodating. For one thing, more mothers stayed at home. But now, increasing numbe

19、rs of wome n work outside the home. Excha nge-stude nt programmes have struggled in rece nt years to sign up host families for the 30, 000 teenagers who come from abroad every year to spend an academic year in the United States, as well as the thousands more who take part in summer programmes.School

20、 systems in many parts of the U.S., un happy about accept ing non-taxpay ing stude nts, have also strictly limited the nu mber of excha nge stude nts they accept. At the same time, the idea of hosting foreign students is becoming less exotic（ 有异国情调的 ）.In search for host families, who usually receive

21、 no pay, exchange programmes are in creas in gly broade ning their requests to in clude every one from young couples to the retired.“ Weare open to many different types of families, said Vickie Weiner, eastern regional director for ASSE, a 25-year-old programme that sends about 30,000 tee nagers on

22、academic-year excha nge programmes worldwide.For elderly people, exchange students“ keep us young they really do ” , said Jen Foster, wlis hosti ng 16-year-old Nina Post from Denm ark.64. Accord ing to the text, why was it easier for Laura Straub to find America n families for foreig nstude nts?A. A

23、merica n school systems were better tha n now.B. The gover nment was happy because it could gain tax.C. Foreig n stude nts paid host ing families a lot of mon ey.D. More mother s didn t work outside and cdubok after children.65. To deal with the problem in rece nt years, excha nge programmes have to

24、.A. exte nd the range of host familiesB. limit the nu mber of the excha nge stude ntsC. borrow much money to pay for the costsD. make hosti ng foreig n stude nts more exotic66. Which of the follow ing is the best title of this passage?A Excha nge Stude nts Keep Old People Young. B. Idea of Hosti ng

25、Stude nts is Different.C. Foreig n-excha nge Program Is Goi ng on. D U.S. Struggle to Find host Families.DDont you just love ice skat ing every win ter? I am sure, that since win ter is approachi ng, your skates are set to come out, just wait ing to be used. Impress your friends with your new trick

26、on how to ice -skate backwards with the help of these tips. Skat ing backwards on ice is a bit difficult but once you master the basic, there s nothing like it. Follow the steps give n below and you will be able to skate backwards in no time.Sta nd StraightThe first thing that you n eed to do is, st

27、a nd straight. If you feel that you are falli ng backwards, then just put your chin up and slightly bend your kn ees. Dont worry; this happe ns to all.Confidenee is What Y ou NeedThe most importa nt step while lear ning how to skate backwards, is havi ng eno ugh con fide nee in yourself and in what

28、you are doing. How can you achieve this? By practice. Just practice rolli ng backwards dow n a gen tle slop every sin gle day or just by push ing off from a wall or someth ing of that sort. But before you do that, make sure that the place where you are practici ng is free from any kind of debris（碎片）

29、because otherwise, you could end up in the hospital due to someaccide nt. While going backwards, just get used to the feeli ng of moving backwards. One of the importa nt ice skati ng tips and tech niq ues is that if you feel that you are los ing your bala nee, the n scissor （做剪式运动）your skates. Keep

30、practici ng this till you are con fide nt about it.Maintain SpeedCon fide nt now? Great! Now the n ext step is to mai ntai n your speed. While rolli ng in a straight li ne with one skate, with the other try sculli ng （滑浆），that is, keep push ing yourself backwards with an outwards stroke（滑动）.Now brin

31、g the skate which you were using to scull,and the n aga in, repeat the same process. Make sure that you put most of your weight on the skate which is moving straight and not the one with which you are scull ing. Now, try the same thing using the other foot. Aga in keep doing this till you are con fi

32、de nt eno ugh.In crease Your Speed NowOnce you are con fide nt that you can scull with either foot, the n ext thi ng that you have to do is in crease your speed. Try some of your own tricks now. Scull with either foot or with both at the same time.Scull and Be AwareWhile you keep one foot straight, keep sculling with the other. You can do that simulta neously （同时，一起）with both feet. Concen trate on what you are doing but dont getso in volved that