一、自测题：
Text 1
After a busy day of work and play, the body needs to rest. Sleep is necessary for good health. During this time, the body recovers from the activities of the previous day. The rest that you get while sleeping enables your body to prepare itself for the next day.
There are four levels of sleep, each being a little deeper than the one before. As you sleep, your muscles relax little by little. Your heart beats more slowly, and your brain slows down. After you reach the fourth level, your body shifts back and forth from one level of sleep to the other.
Although your mind slows down, from time to time you will dream. Scientists who study sleep state that when dreaming occurs, your eyeballs begin to move more quickly (Although your eyelids are closed). This stage of sleep is called REM, which stands for rapid eye movement.
If you have trouble falling asleep, some people recommend breathing very dee***. Other people believe that drinking warm milk will help make you drowsy. There is also an old suggestion the counting sheep will put you to sleep!
1 A good title for this passage is ____.
A. Sleep C. Dreams B. Good Health D. Work and Rest
2. The word drowsy in the last paragraph means ____. A. sick C. asleep B. stand up D. a little sleepy 3. This passage suggests that not getting enough sleep might make you _____.
A. dream more often C. nervous B. have poor health D. breathe quickly
4. During REM, ____.
A. your eyes move quickly C. you are restless B. you dream D. both A and B
5. The average number of hours of sleep that an adult needs is ______ .
A. approximately six hours C. about eight hours B. around ten hours D. not stated here Text 2
Obviously television has both advantages and disadvantages. In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also a comparatively cheap one. With a TV set in the family people don’t have to pay for expensive seats at the theatre, the cinema, or the opera .All they have to so is to push a button or turn a knob, and they can see plays, films, operas and shows of every kind. Some people, however, think that this is where the danger lies. The television viewers need do nothing. He does not even have to use his legs if the has a remote control. He makes no choice and exercises, no judgment. He is completely passive and has everything presented to him without any effort in his part.
Television, it is often said, keeps one informed about current events and the latest developments in science and politics. The most distant countries and the strangest customs are brought right into one’s sitting room. It could be argued that the radio performs this service as well; but on television everything is much more living, much more real. Yet here again there is a danger. The television screen itself has a terrible, almost physical charm for us. We get so used to looking at the movements on it ,so dependent on its pictures, that it begins to control our lives. People are often heard to say that their television sets have broken down and that they have suddenly found that they have far more time to do things and the they have actually begin to talk to each other again. It makes one think, doesn’t it?
There are many other arguments for and against television. We must realize that television itself is neither good nor bad. It is the uses that it is put to that determine its value to society.
6. What is the major of paragraph 1? A. To arouse the reader’s concern
B. To introduce the theme of the whole passage C. To summarize the whole passage D. To sate the primary uses of TV
7. Television, as a source of entertainment, is ______. A. not very convenient B. very expensive C. quite dangerous D. relatively cheap 8. Why are some people against TV? A. Because TV programs re not interesting B. Because TV viewers are totally passive C. Because TV prices are very high.
D. Because TV has both advantages and disadvantages 9. One of the most obvious advantages of TV is that ______. A. it keeps us informed
B. it is very cheap
C. it enables us to have a rest D. it controls our lives
10. According to the passage, whether TV is good or not depends on _______ .
A. its quality B. people ’s attitude towards it C. how we use it D. when we use it Text 3
Too often young people get themselves employed quite by accident, not knowing what lies in the way of opportunity for promotion, happiness and security. As a result, they are employed doing jobs that afford them little or no satisfaction. Our school leavers face so much competition that they seldom care what they do as long as they can earn a living . Some stay long at a job and learn to like it ;others quite from one to another looking for something to suit them, the young graduates who leave the university look for jobs that offer a salary up to their expectation. Very few go out into the world knowing exactly what they want and realizing their own abilities. The reason behind all this confusion is that there never has been a proper vocational guidance in our educational institution. Nearly all grope(摸索) in the dark and their chief concern when they look for a job is to ask what salary is like. They never bother to think whether they are suited for the job or, even more important, whether the job suits them, Having a job is more than merely providing yourself and your dependants with daily bread and some money for leisure and entertainment, It sets a pattern of life and, in many ways, determines social status in life, selection of friends, leisure and interest.
In choosing a career you should first consider the type of work which will suit your interest .Noting is more pathetic than taking on a job in which you have no interest, for it will not only discourage your desire to succeed in life but also ruin your talents and ultimately make you an emotional wreck (受到严重伤害的人)and a bitter person.
11. The reason why some people are unlikely to succeed in life is that they _____ .
A. have ruined their talents
B. have taken on an unsuitable job
C. think of nothing but their salary
D. are not aware of their own potential
12. The difficulty in choosing a suitable job lies mainly in that_____ .
A. much competition has to be faced
B. many employees have no working experience
C. the young people only care about how much they can earn D. schools fail to offer students appropriate vocational guidance
13. Which of the following statements is most important according to the passage?
A. Your job must suit your interest.
B. Your job must set a pattern of life.
C. Your job must offer you a high salary.
D. Your job must not ruin your talents.
14.The best title for this passage would be ____. A. What Can A Good Job Offer
B. Earning A Living
C. Correct Attitude On Job-hunting
D. How To Choose A Job
15. The word “pathetic”in paragraph 2 most probably means ____ .
A. splendid B. miserable C. disgusted D. touching
1.A 文章的第一段谈到睡眠能使身体健康， 第二段、第三段谈到睡眠的几种状态，最后一段谈到很快入睡的几种方法。因此整篇文章都围绕睡眠而谈， 因此A为正确答案。
2.D. drowsy :瞌睡的， 想睡的。 因为上一句的意思是：“如果你睡觉有困难的话， 有人建议慢慢的深深呼吸。”紧接着作者说：“另外一些人认为喝热牛奶能使你…, 根据上下文应该选“瞌睡的”， 因此只有D 最符合题意。sick : 有病的；stand up :起立。 asleep : 睡着的。
3.B 答案在文章的第一段第二句话：“Sleep is necessary for good health.”意思是：“睡眠有利于身体健康。”因此本句的意思是睡眠不足有害健康。只有B最符合题意。
4.D 答案在第三段第二句话：“Scientists who study sleep state that when dreaming occurs your eyeballs begin to move more quickly.”意思是：“研究睡眠的.科学家指出一个人做梦的时候眼球移动速度加快。”因此正确答案为D。
5.D 文章中没有谈到成年人的*均睡眠时间。
6.B 文章的第一段只有一句话：“Obviously television has both advantages and disadvantages.”意思是：“显然， 电视既有缺点又有优点”， 紧接着文章围绕着这一主题展开讨论。因此本段的作用是引出文章的主题。B 最符合题意。
7.D 答案在文章第二段的第二句话：“In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also a comparatively cheap one.”意思是：“电视不仅是很方便的娱乐的来源， 而且相对便宜。”因此只有D最符合题意。
8.B 答案在文章的第二段有这样两个句子：“some people think that this is where the danger lies.” “He is completely passive and has everything presented to him without any effort on his part.”有些人认为电视的危险在于观众变的被动了。因此B为正确答案。
9.A 答案在第三段的第一句话：“television , it is often said, keeps one informed about current events and the latest developments in science and politics.”电视能使人们了解科学、政治领域里的最新发展。因此A 最符合题意。
10.C 答案在文章的最后一句话：“It is the uses that is put to that determine value to society.”意思是：“电视的使用决定它对社会的价值。”因此C 正确答案。
11.B 答案可以在最后一段找到：“Nothing is more pathetic than taking on a job in which you have no interest, for it will not only discourage your desire to succeed in life but also ruin your talents.”因此有些人事业不成功的原因是选择了不合适的工作。因此B 是正确答案。
12.D 答案在第一段的中间有一句话：“the reason behind all this confusion is that there never has been proper vocational guidance in our educational institution.” 造成这种状况的原因是我们的教育机构没有给学生们进行适当的职业指导。因此D 为正确答案。
13.A 答案在第二段第一句话。“In choosing a career you
should first consider the type of work which will suit your interest. “选择职业的时候首先要考虑的是这个工作你是否有兴趣。”因此A 正确答案。
14.D 文章的第一段谈到：“年轻人找工作时候的随意性， 因为他们没有经过任何的培训。” 第二段谈到：“选择职业的时候首先考虑的是自己是否有兴趣。”因此文章的标题应当是：“如何选择工作”因此D为正确答案。
15.B miserable: 痛苦的 splendid: 辉煌的。disgusted: 厌恶的。touching: 接触的。因此只有B 最符合题意。
Good morning. I am Professor Armstrong, and I am your laboratory instructor. This class is intended as a necessary part of the course, which Dr Smith will be in charge of. This class will meet twice a week. This laboratory begins at nine. I expect you to be on time. I do not intend to wait for the latecomers or repeat what has already been covered if you miss the explanation. And do not arrive late and interrupt your neighbor. You may as well not come if you cant be on time.
Attendance is equally important. If you miss three lab classes, youre dropped from the labs―no excuses. You cant complete the course without completing the lab.
Besides, safety is key here. Its very important to keep things neat and clean, dress properly, and be careful. You may not eat, drink or smoke in the laboratory and you should always clean the counterand wash your hands both before and after the class. Long hair must be tied back. Large clothing must not be worn. Any laboratory accident must be reported immediately.
I hope youll enjoy the laboratory. Its a wonderful place, and all the requirements Ive just mentioned are to be followed. We will begin today by learning about the microscope.
1. According to the passage how will be the latecomers be treated?
A. They will be allowed to enter the class and the teacher will repeat information for them.
B. They had better come quietly as long as they dont interrupt their neighbor.
C. They will be dropped from the class if they are late three times.
D. They will not be given any special consideration.
2. According to the passage what happens if a student misses three classes?
A. He can make up the classes.
B. He will be dropped from the class.
C. He may be allowed to remain if he has a good excuse.
D. He cant complete the lab without completing the course.
3. What should you do if you wear long hair?
A. You must have it tied back.
B. You have to cut it.
C. You will be asked to leave class.
D. You may as well not come to the lab.
4. According to the requirements which of the following isnt right?
A. You must report it immediately if there is any laboratory accident happens.
B. Dont eat, drink or smoke in the laboratory.
C. You can dress whatever you like.
D. Wash your hands both before and after the class.
答案与解析:
1. D 推理判断题。根据第1段中 I do not intend to wait for the latecomers or repeat what has already been covered if you miss the explanation 可排除 A；根据第1段最后两句 And do not arrive late and interrupt your neighbor. You may as well not come if you cant be on time 可排除 B；根据第2段第 2 句 If you miss three lab classes, youre dropped from the labs―no excuses 可排除 C。故答案为 D。
2. B 事实细节题。根据第2段第 2 句 If you miss three lab classes, youre dropped from the labs―no excuses 可知答案为 B。
3. A 事实细节题。根据第3段倒数第 3 句 Long hair must be tied back 可知答案。
4. C 推理判断题。根据第3段末句 Any laboratory accident must be reported immediately 可知 A 正确；根据第3段第 3 句 You may not eat, drink or smoke in the laboratory 可知 B 正确；根据第3段第 2 句中的 dress properly 及倒数第 2 句 Large clothing must not be worn 可知 C 不正确。故答案为 C。
第一篇：
Instead of hitting the beach, fourteen high school students traded swimming suits for lab coats last summer and turned their attention to scientific experiments.
The High School Research Program offers high school students guidance with researchers in Texas A&M’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.Jennifer Funkhouser, academic adviser for the Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management, dirests this four-week summer program designed to increase understanding of research and its career potential(潜能)。
Several considerations go into selecting students, including grades, school involvement and interest in science and agriculture. And many students come from poorer school districts, Funkhouser says. “This is their chance to learn techniques and do experiments they never would have a chance to do in high school.
Warner Ervin of Houston is interested in animal science and learned how to tell male from female mosquitoes(蚊子).His adviser, Craig Coates, studies the genes of mosquitoes that allow them to fight against malaria and yellow fever. Coates thought this experience would be fun and helpful to the high school students.
The agricultural research at A&M differs from stereotypes. It’s “molecular(分子)science on the cutting edge,” Funkhouser says. The program broadened students’ knowledge. Victor Garcia of Rio Grande City hopes to become a biology teacher and says he learned a lot about chemistry from the program.
At the end of the program, the students presented papers on their research.They’re also paid $600 for their work-another way this program differs from others, which often charge a fee.
Fourteen students got paid to learn that science is fun, that agriculture is a lot more than milking and plowing and that research can open many doors.
71.The research program is chiefly designed for .
A. high school advisers from Houston
B. college students majoring in agriculture
C. high school students from different places
D. researchers at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
72.It can be inferred from the text that the students in poorer areas .
A. had little chance to go to college
B. could often take part in the program
C. found the program useful to their future
D. showed much interest in their high school experiments
73.When the program was over, the students .
A. entered that college B. wrote research reports
C. paid for their research D. found way to make money
74.The underlined expression “on the cutting edge” in paragraph 5 means “on the most position”.
A. important B. favourable C. astonishing D. advanced
75.What would be the best title for the text?
A.A Program for Agricultural Science Students
B. A Program for Animal Science Students
C. A Program for Medical Science Lovers
D. A Program for Future Science Lovers
第二篇：
EAT YOUR VEGETABLES.Wash your hands. Always say “please” and “thank you”. We are full of advice for our children, but when it comes to money, we often have little to say. As a result, our children may grow up with clean hands and good manners, but without any idea how tomanage their money.
Here are some basics that will help guide them their entire lives：
Show them the future. If your 13-year-old girl were to save $1.000,invest(投资)it at 8% and add $100 every month, by the time she’s 65,she would have $980,983!
Be careful of credit(信用).Credit cards can help you buy necessary things and build a credit history, but they must be used responsibly, which means paying off your debt in time. Explain to your children that when you buy something using a credit card, you can easily end up paying two or three times what you would have paid if you used cash.
Teach patience. Suppose your child wants a new bicycle that costs $150.Rather than paying the cash, give him some regular pocket money and explain that by putting aside,say,$15 each week, he will be able to buy it for himself in only ten weeks.
Provide incentive. Tell your children the importance of saving. “For every dollar he or she agrees to save and invest rather than spend, you agree to add another dollar to the pot,” says Cathy Pareto, expert in money planning.
Explain your values. Values and money are dee*** intertwined, says Eilleen Gallo,co-author of The Financially Intelligent Parent. When your child demands that you buy something, explain why you really don’t want to buy it.“You might say, ‘I’d rather save that money for your education,’” advises Gallo. Every time you spend or don’t spend money, you have a chance to share your values.
67.The writer gives some basics to help in a proper way.
A. parents teach their children how to deal with money
B. children follow their parents ’instructions
C. children manage their money
D. parrents save their money
68.The writer thinks that, if a child wants to buy something, his parents should .
A. give him some regular pocket money
B. encourage him to put money away for it
C. explain to him the importance of investment
D. tell him to save some money by using a credit card
69.The underlined word “incentive” in paragraph 6 means .
A. honor B. praise C. excitement D. encouragement
70.What leads the writer to write this article?
A. Parents want to know how to educate their children.
B. He wants to share his good ideas about money ***.
C. He thinks money management the most important for children.
D. Parents care Little about their children’s management of money.
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第一篇：71.C 72.C 73.B 74.D 75.D
第二篇：67.A 68.B 69.D 70.D
important ways
Trees are useful to man in three very important ways：they provide him wood and other products;they give him shade;and they help to prevent drought(干旱)and floods.
Unfortunately，in many parts of the world，man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important.In his eagerness to draw quick profit from the trees，he has cut them down in large numbers Two thousand years ago，a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships，with which to gain itself an empire It gained the empire but，without its trees，its soil became bare and poor.When the empire fell to pieces，the country found itself faced by floods and starvation.
Even where a government realizes the importance of a plentiful sup*** of trees，it is difficult sometimes to make the people realize this.They cut down the trees but are too careless to plant and look after new trees So，unless the government has a good system of control，or can educate the people，the forests slowly disappear
This does not only mean that there will be fewer trees.The results are even more serious：for where
there are trees，their roots break the soil up，allowing the rain to sink in， and also bind the soil.This prevents the soil from being washed away.But where there are no trees，the rainfalls on hard ground and flows away on the surface，and this causes floods and the rain carries away the rich topsoil in which crops grow When a11 the topsoil is gone.nothing remains but worthless desert.
41.Trees are useful to man mainly in three ways，the most important of which is that they can ____
A. keep him from the hot sunshine
B.enable him to build warships
C.make him draw quick profit from them
D .protect him from droughts and floods
42.It’s a great pity that ____
A.man is only interested in building empires
B.man is eager to profit from trees
C.man hasn‟t realized the importance of trees to him
D. man hasn‟t found out that he has lost all trees
43.Sooner or later the forests will disappear ______.
A. unless a country has a plenty sup*** of trees
B.unless people stop cutting down their trees
C.unless aIl people are taught the importance of planting trees
D.unless the government punishes those who cut trees instead of planting them
44.The word“bind”in Paragraph 5 means“____”
A.to wash away
B.to make wet
C.to make stay together
D.to improve
45. When there is a heavy rain.trees can help to prevent floods.as they can.
A.keep rain from falling down to soft ground
B，cause the soil to allow rainwater to sink in
C.prevent the soil from being washed away
D .make the topsoil stick together
答案：DCCCB
Englishman
For any Englishman，there can never be any discussion as to who is the world‟s greatest dramatist(剧作家).Only one name can possibly suggest itself to him：that of William Shakespeare Every Englishman has some knowledge，however slight，of the work of our greatest writer.All of US use words，phrases and quotations from Shakespeare‟s writings that have become part of the common property of the English-speaking people.Most of the time we are probably unaware of the source of the words we used，rather like the old lady who was taken to see a performance of Hamlet and complained that it was full of well—known proverbs and quotations.
Shakespeare，more perhaps than any other writer，makes full use of the great resources of the English language.Most of US use about five thousand words in our normal use of English;Shakespeare in his works used about twenty-five thousand.
There is probably no better way for a foreigner to appreciate the richness and variety of the English language than by studying the various ways in which Shakespeare used it.Such a study is well worth the effort(it is not，of course，recommended to beginners)even though some aspects of English usage，and the meaning of many words，have changed since Shakespeare‟s day.
36. English people ______
Millions of women use cosmetics, often called “make-up”. The cosmetics industry is one of the biggest in the world. Most large stores sell cosmetics, and there are always shops at airports selling them chea***.The word “cosmetics” refers to anything that people put on their faces to make them look better. Lipstick, face powder and cream, and eye make-up are the most popular. Although more women than men use cosmetics, there are cosmetics for men as well as women.
Some people even have cosmetic surgery to make their faces look different. They have the shape of their noses and eyes changed.
The most widely used cosmetic is probably lipstick, as many women who do not wear any other make-up will often put on a little lipstick.
Lipstick is made by mixing together different oils and colors. This mixture is then allowed to get hard and is cut into the shape of a small pencil. When a woman presses the lipstick to her lips, the end of it becomes soft, and some of it sticks to her lips, giving them extra color.
Cosmetics were probably first used in India, but it was the Egyptians, six thousand years ago, who made the most use of them. Rich Egyptian women painted their eyes green and black. They used a red color to paint pretty designs on their fingernails, the palms of their hands and the soles of their feet. Pictures of Cleopatra always show her wearing a lot of make-up.
The Romans also used cosmetics. They liked to make their skin very white and to paint their eyes. They also used a kind of lipstick.
In England at one time, very rich women had baths in milk to make their skin beautiful. They also used a lot of sweet-smelling powder to stop people smelling their bodies, which were often very dirty because they did not wash very often or change their clothes.
At one time, some cosmetics were not safe. They were bad for the skin, and some of the lipsticks and powders that people used were even poisonous. Nowadays, people in the cosmetics industry take great care to make sure that everything they use is completely safe.
5. What does the word “Cosmetics” refer to ________.
A. lipstick B. make-up C. creams D. surgery
6. According to the passage people use cosmetics ________.
A. only at airports
B. only to color their feet
C. to make themselves look better
D. instead of surgery
7. From the passage we know that in earlier times ________.
A. cosmetics were never used in milk baths
B. cosmetics were never used on the eyes
C. cosmetics were never used on the skin
D. sometimes cosmetics were harmful to the skin
8. Which of the following statements is true?
A. In order to make their faces look different some people even have cosmetic surgery.
B. In England, women have baths in milk to make their skin beautiful.
C. Cosmetics were probably first used by the Egyptians six thousand years ago.
D. Not all cosmetics are safe so we should be careful to use them.
答案与解析:
5. B 事实细节题。根据文章首句 Millions of women use cosmetics, often called “make-up” 可知答案为 B。
6. C 推理判断题。根据第2段第 1 句 The word “cosmetics” refers to anything that people put on their faces to make them look better “化妆品”这个词是指人们涂在脸上使他们看起来更好看的东西，因此可推断，人们用化妆品是为了看起来更好看。故答案为 C。
7. D 事实细节题。根据文章最后一段开头 At one time, some cosmetics were not safe. They were bad for the skin 过去有个时期有些化妆品是不安全的。它们对皮肤有害，可知答案为 D。
8. A 推理判断题。根据第3段第 1 句 Some people even have cosmetic surgery to make their faces look different 可知答案。
——高考英语阅读理解优选【10】份
1.观念转变和方法转变(close reading 细读)
高考考察细读、辨别能力。
2.阅读的重要性
3.高考文章类型的分析(来源、内容、体裁)
①来源：一二年级课本、西方报刊杂志
②从内容角度把44篇文章分类：社会科学为主，自然科学为辅，新的趋势是人文科学的文章。
文章的分类：(共44篇)
(1)社会科学 (Social Science)有30篇
包括：政治学、经济学、社会学、传播学、教育学、心理学、历史学、人类学、文化学等
分析：政治学，从89-03没有出过题，因为西方和东方的意识形态存在差异性，避开敏感话题，没有出过;
经济学，每年至少一篇;教育学，隔年出一次;传播学，隔年出一次。
总结：泛读的重点――经济学、教育学、传播学、心理学。
(2)自然科学(Natural Science)有10篇
10篇中，纯而有纯的自然科学很少，只有约4篇。命题集中在科学史方面。
出题的原则：一般性原则，公正性原则。
总结：泛读自然科学的'文章，少读纯自然科学的文章，多读简介科学史的文章。
(3)人文科学，包括：文学、历史、哲学(还剩4篇)
分析：88--99年，11年中从未出过题。
文学评论―未来主义诗歌;
散文―雄心壮志;
散文―我这个人的一段心路历程;
讲幽默，题目有迷惑性。
总结：人文科学出题有抬头趋势。
③从体裁角度把44篇文章分类：议论文、说明文、记叙文、应用文。
多读：议论文、说明文。 (从来没有出现过记叙文，应用文只出过1篇)
④从语言上，以美国英语为主。
突显美国英语与美国文化，应该多了解一些美国的基本概况。最好有一幅美国地图。
4.新大纲中对于阅读理解的总体要求
①阅读速度：(02年开始为4篇x 5题)每篇文章略有增加，但增加不大。要求文章读得更细了，用close reading(细读)的方式击破高考阅读。比较适合的阅读速度为：45-50/分
②八点阅读要求：
(1)能够抓住文章中的主旨大意
(2)理解文章中的具体信息，
(3)理解概念性的含义(concept)，
(4)进行有关的判断、推理和引申的能力(解体思路应尽量适应命题专家)
(5)根据上下文推测生词含义，
(6)理解文章的谋篇结构及段与段、句与句的逻辑关系，
(7)理解作者的意图、观点、态度，
(8)区分论点和论据
③新大纲提出的三点要求：
(1)词语的概念性含义
(2)理解文章的谋篇结构
(3)区分论点和论据
5.新大纲的特点(3个)：
①放慢作题速度(close reading仔细阅读)，阅读速度要求我们读得更细更慢了;
②词的变化(passage变成了text)，重视文章总体结构的把握，这要求从结构的角度来读文章;
③命题范围没有任何变化。
④强调时效性。高考阅读“赶时髦”，与当今形势联系较紧，多看一些时文(经济方面)。
在英语学*中，阅读占有很重要的地位。阅读理解也是高考的必考题型。但是在日常的学*中，有不少同学还没有养成良好的阅读*惯，大大影响了阅读的效率。要想提高阅读水*，首先要养成良好的阅读*惯。
养成默读的*惯
许多同学在阅读的时候都有读出声的*惯。出声阅读的主要弊病就是使自己的阅读速度和效率受到说话速度的限制。因为，正常默读速度几乎要比出声朗读的速度快两倍以上。另外，出声阅读往往以不同的形式表现出来，有时仅仅是无声地动一动嘴唇，有时甚至连嘴唇也不动，只是舌、喉在活动。嘴唇的活动无疑会影响眼睛扫视文章的速度。一个有效率的读者能够只看到印刷符号就直接获得意思，而不经过声音阶段。因此，为了克服这种不良的阅读*惯，就要训练自己养成通过眼睛直接感知文字符号的视读能力。
克服心读的*惯
心读是一种很难观察到的阅读*惯。心读时，人体的任何部位，不论嘴、头或声带都没有动，只存在一种说话的内在形式：阅读者在内心里始终自言自语，清晰地发出并听着每个字音。这种毛病亦是一种很坏的阅读*惯，它直接影响到阅读的速度和效率，并且矫正起来还比较困难。采用强制自己在深入理解文章内容的同时，又强制自己加快阅读速度的方法，一般能逐渐克服这种坏*惯。
克服指读的*惯
指读是指用手指、铅笔或尺子等指着文章的一个个词进行阅读。指读是单纯机械运动，不仅会减慢阅读速度，而且还会把注意力引向错误的方向。一个高效率的阅读者不会注意单词的位置，也不会在每个单词上*均花费时间，而是把注意力集中在作者要阐明的思想内容上。有指读*惯的同学实际上妨碍了眼睛运动并限制了大脑的快速活动能力。因此，必须克服这种不良的阅读*惯，逐渐养成用脑瞬间反映文字信息的能力。
克服复视的*惯
复视指的是读完一个句子或段落后回过头去重复阅读。阅读能力差的同学往往有复视的*惯。改变这种不良*惯的办法是让自己阅读大量难度适宜的读物。在先了解阅读要求的情况下，用眼睛快速扫描答案。这样就不会因遇到生词或不太懂的短语、句子或段落而回过头来再看，以致养成复视的*惯。
克服阅读时头摆动的*惯
有的时候，我们在阅读时头部会下意识地左右摆动，这也是阅读的一种坏*惯。在阅读过程中，有些同学往往尽量使自己的鼻尖对准正在读的每一个字。这样，当他顺着一行字往下读时，他就会轻微地摆动头部，而当他通过头的摆动来阅读下一行时，他就会很快转回去以便使鼻尖再对准阅读文章的左边。这种头部摆动的过程，自己往往意识不到，而正是这种不必要的动作对阅读的速度产生了不良的影响。因此，必须克服这种毛病，养成阅读时只移动视线不摆动头的*惯。
还有其他一些不良的阅读*惯，如阅读时注意力不集中，思想开小差；有的用手或笔比划着，逐行地向下移；有的一面阅读一面玩弄着笔、尺子、钥匙等物，不时地发出响声；有的爱抖动双腿；有的过多地进行语法分析；等等。这些不良*惯直接影响到我们的思路，降低阅读速度，因此应及时纠正。
1.切忌忽视文章的类别。在开始阅读之前，要判断阅读文章的类别，这样才能做到心中有数。
2.切忌边看问题边查找答案。因为用这种方法难以提高阅读理解的效果，尤其是对于深层理解的文章。应首先浏览全文，了解全文的概貌。看完后，应记住文章的'要点，重要的结论以及一些关键性的人名、地点、定义和数字(不同的人名、地点可用铅笔在试卷上分别打上不同的记号，以便查找)等。
3.切忌乱用解题技巧。不同类型的题目，如事实细节题、词语猜义题、主旨大意题、推理判断题等，都有各自的解题技巧，不能乱用。
4.切忌打乱解题节奏。在考试时一定要掌握好解题速度，有效地控制考试时间，先易后难是考试时答题的一般方法。碰到难题时，千万不要钻牛角尖，耽误太多时问。一时做不出的题，要果断舍弃，以免影响解别的较有把握的题。待全部题解完后，如有剩余时间再回头做放弃的题。
5.切忌每词都不放过。对于一般不影响句子或全文理解的生词，可以放过去，不必务求理解。遇到重要生词时，不要着急，也不要轻易放弃，可以采取根据上下文来猜词或根据构词法猜词等方法来猜出这个词的大致意思。
6.切忌凭空猜测推断。应是立足已知推断未知。
7.切忌主观臆断。不能以自己的观点代替作者的想法。
O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when some money went missing from the bank O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s surprise.
1. In which order did O. Henry do the following things?
a. Lived in New York. b. Worked in a bank. c. Travelled to Texas.
d. Was put in prison. e. Had a newspaper Job. f. Learned to write stories.
A. e. c. f. b. d. a B. c. e. b. d. f. a C. e. b. d. c. a. f. D. c. b. e. d. a f.
2. People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because
A. they had surprise endings B. they were easy to understand
C. they showed his love for the poor D. they were about New York City
3. O. Henry went to prison because .
A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper
B. he broke the law by not using his own name
C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners
D. people thought he had taken money that was not his
4. What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?
A. He was well-educated. B. He was not serious about his work.
C. He was devoted to the poor. D. He was very good at learning.
5. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?
A. His life inside the prison. B. The newspaper articles he wrote.
C. The city and people of New York. D. His exciting early life as a boy.
2、(1分)
One day a few years ago a very funny thing happened to a neighbour of mine. He is a teacher at one of London’s big medical schools, He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.
He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he had put Rupert, the skeleton (人体骨骼) to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase (箱子). At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.
When he got back he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.
1. Who wrote the story?
A. Rupert’s teacher. B. The neighbour’s teacher.
C. A medical school teacher. D. The teacher’s neighbour.
2. Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?
A. He needed it for the summer term in London.
B. He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.
C. He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.
D. He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.
3. What happened at the airport?
A. The skeleton went missing . B. The skeleton was stolen .
C. The teacher forgot his suitcase. D. The teacher took the wrong suitcase .
4. Which of the following best tells the teacher’s feeling about the incident?
A. He is very angry . B. He thinks it rather funny .
C. He feels helpless without Rupert. D. He feels good without Rupert .
5. Which of the following might have happened afterwards?
A. The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert.
B. The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert.
C. The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase.
D. The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert.
3、(1分)
On the evening of June 21, 1992, a tall man with brown hair and blue eyes entered the beautiful hall of the Bell Tower Hotel in Xi’an with his bicycle. The hotel workers received him and telephoned the manager, for they had never seen a bicycle in the hotel ball before though they lived in “the kingdom of bicycles.”
Robert Friedlander, an American, arrived in Xi’an on his bicycle trip across Asia which started last December in New Delhi, India.
When he was 11, he read the book Marco Polo and made up his mind to visit the Silk Road. Now, after 44 years , he was on the Silk Road in Xi’an and his early dreams were coming true.
Robert Friedlander’s next destinations (目的地) were Lanzhou, Dunhuang, Urumqi, etc. He will complete his trip in Pakistan.
1. The best headline(标题) for this newspaper article would be .
A. The Kingdom of Bicycles B. A Beautiful Hotel in Xi’an
C. Marco Polo and the Silk Road D. An American Achieving His Aims
2. The hotel workers told the manager about Friedlander coming to the hotel because .
A. he asked to see the manager
B. he entered the hall with a bike
C. the manager had to know about all foreign guests
D. the manager knew about his trip and was expecting him
3. Friedlander is visiting the three countries in the following order, .
A. China, India, and Pakistan B. India, China, and Pakistan
C. Pakistan, China, and India D. China, Pakistan, and India
4. What made Friedlander want to come to China?
A. The stories about Marco Polo . B. The famous sights in Xi’an .
C. His interest in Chinese silk. D. His childhood dreams about bicycles .
5. Friedlander can be said to be .
A. clever B. friendly C. hardworking D. strong—minded
4、(1分)
Mr. Grey was the manager of a small office in London. He lived in the country, and came up to work by train. He liked walking from the station to his office unless it was raining, because it gave him some exercise.
One morning he was walking along the street when a stranger stopped him and said to him, “You may not remember me, sir, but seven years ago I came to London without a penny in my pockets, I stopped you in this street and asked you to lend me some money, and you lent me £ 5, because you said you were willing to take a chance so as to give a man a start on the way to success.”
Mr Grey thought for a few minutes and then said, “Yes, I remember you. Go on with your story!” “Well,” answered the stranger, “are you still willing to take a chance?”
1. How did Mr. Grey get to his office?
A. He went up to work by train.
B. He walked to his office.
C. He went to his office on foot unless it rained.
D. He usually took a train to the station and then walked to his office if the weather was fine.
2. Mr Grey liked walking to his office because ________.
A. he couldn’t afford the buses B. he wanted to save money
C. he wanted to keep in good health D. he could do some exercises on the way
3. Mr. Grey had been willing to lend money to a stranger in order to_______
A. give him a start in life B. help him on the way to success
C. make him rich D. gain more money
4. One morning the stranger recognized Mr. Grey, and_______
A. wanted to return Mr. Grey the money
B. again asked Mr. Grey for money
C. would like to make friends with him
D. told Mr. Grey that he had been successful since then
5. In the second paragraph, “…take a chance” means ______.
A. Mr. Gray happened to meet a stranger
B. Mr. Grey had a chance to help a stranger
C. Mr. Grey helped a stranger by chance
D. Mr. Grey took the risk that the stranger would not give back the money which he lent him
5、(1分)
Even if you are a good high-jumper, you can jump only about seven feet off the ground. You cannot jump any higher because the earth pulls you hard. The pull of the earth is called gravity.
You can easily find out the pull of the earth. If you weigh yourself, you will know how much gravity is pulling you.
Since there is gravity, water runs down hill. When you throw a ball into the air, it falls back down. Because of gravity, you do not fall off the earth as it whirls (旋转) around.
Then, can we get away from the earth and go far out into space? Now you can do it, because spaceships have been invented. Then spaceship will go so fast that it can escape (逃出) the earth’s gravity and carry you into space.
1. In this passage, the word “gravity” means.
A. the pull of everything.
B. the force of attraction(吸引) among objects.
C. the force which attracts objects towards the centre of the earth
D. the force which attracts the earth towards the sun.
2. When you slip(滑) you always fall to the ground because
A. the earth always turns round. B. the earth has gravity
C. the earth’s gravity is greater than your weight. D. you are careless.
3. Gravity is strong that
A. it can throw a ball into the air. B. it makes you jump only seven feet.
C. it can let you fly away from the earth. D. it can keep everything on earth.
4. Because of gravity,
A. water flows everything. B. we can go everywhere by ship.
C. water always flows downwards. D. fish can live in water.
5. We can get away from the earth by spaceship because
A. the spaceship goes very fast. B. the earth can’t pull the spaceship.
C. the spaceship has a strong force. D. the spaceship can jump higher than other things.
文章体裁辨析能力
英语中，由于不同文体的英语文章有不同的写作方法。如果考生具备了识别英文文体的.能力，能根据文体特征迅速抓住文章的要点，就会大大缩短阅读时间，提高理解效率。
文章结构辨析能力
英语文章有一个共同的特点，一般说来，首先确定文章的主题句，即文章的中心，然后，后面的内容都是围绕这一中心来展开论述的。中心句一般位于文章最前面，也有的位于文章末尾，还有的位于文章的中间。有了文章结构的辨析能力，考生就能快速对文章进行全面、系统的掌握。从而根据试题的不同内容或要求在不同的部位准确找到答案的依据。
归纳总结能力
虽然绝大多数英语文章有中心句，但也还有些文章根本没有中心句。如有些描述性的记叙就要求考生根据文章内容来归纳、总结出中心句。目前高考中的英语试题总有 3～4 题考查考生对文章中心的理解，这就要求考生一定要具有对文章的归纳、总结能力。
生词猜测能力
掌握一定量的词汇是进行阅读的前提，但运用各种英语知识猜测生词的能力是考查考生阅读理解能力的一个重要方面。倘若单词都不认识，也就无法阅读下去。然而，并不是说，一定要把所有的单词都认识才能进行阅读。事实上，阅读当中出现一些生词，是一件非常正常的事情。不仅英语阅读如此，就连本族语也是这样。正因为如此，有些语言专家把阅读戏称为猜词游戏。因此，考生在英语阅读理解过程中碰到不认识的单词时，要根据各种知识大胆地猜测生词的意义，培养猜测生词意义的能力。
长句分析能力
句子长而复杂是现代英语的一个显着特点，特别在现代科技英语中更是这样。作者为了把叙述说得准确、逻辑严密，往往是一个主句接一个或几个状语从句、宾语从句、定语从句、同位语从句、并列句，中间还来几个非谓语动词短语或插入语。这样不但使句子长，而且句子结构支离破碎，令读者不知从何处下手。因此，为了夺得高考英语阅读理解的高分，考生必须具备长句分析能力。
综合推断能力
*年来，英语阅读理解中的推理判断题逐年增多，单从文章的字面找不出答案，而要根据文章中的某些词、短语或句子来推断出它内在的深层意义，或将几个事实综合起来对文章进行深层理解。因此，考生必须在*时的训练中提高综合推断能力。
陷阱识别能力
在英语阅读理解题所给选项中，常出现部分真实的情况，但往往以偏概全、过于笼统，增添枝叶，让选项中的确含有原文中的事实、细节，或原文中已有的情况，却并不与原文事实完全一致，故意扰乱考生的视觉，让考生信以为真，这就是英语阅读理解中的陷阱。因此，考生要具有对陷阱的识别能力，才能绕过陷阱，从而作出正确的选择。
阅读理解一直是考研英语的重中之重，但同时也是考生的重灾区，阅读理解由于其分值高、题量大，成为了考研英语能否致胜的关键所在，但同时又因为其难度大，也为考生制作了不小的麻烦。阅读理解能否拿高分，直接关系到考生的英语成绩是否能够达到一个理想的分值，因此大家在复*过程中，一定要掌握好阅读理解的做题方法。
理解主旨要义
做阅读理解最重要的就是要理解文章的主旨要义，通常来讲，英语文章中的主旨句会出现在第一段以及每段的首句，考生在阅读文章的过程中一定要着重理解这些重点部位。
理解文中的具体信息
找到主旨句之后，就要在阅读过程中多加留意，找出文章中的具体信息。大家在阅读时要注意两点，首先要先看问题在阅读，带着问题看文章;其次要注意把关键词圈出来，这样能有效帮助你理解文中的有用信息。
理解文中的概念性含义
阅读理解的文章中往往隐藏这一些概念性的含义，其中不仅包括对于名词的解释，还包括人物的介绍以及大背景的介绍。一般来说，阅读理解的问题通常不会简单地询问字面上的意思，但答案往往是在这些概念性的阐述中推理出来的。
进行有关的判断、推理和引申
由于阅读理解的答案不会摆在桌面上任你采撷，需要你通过推理获得，所以考生在阅读过程中要进行有关的`判断、推理和引申。推理的依据通常包括三种，时间、地点、人物，大家可以通过文章中这三点的变换获得有用信息。
根据上下文推测生词的词义
生词也是阅读理解中让人头疼的事情，我们可以把不认识的词汇分为两种，面熟的和面生的。对于面熟的词汇，那么你就把你认识的那一部分标记出来，如果这个词语不是超纲词汇的话，那么这个单词很可能是你所认识的那一部分的词的引申词汇，意义也可以由此推理一下。对于面生的词汇，就只能通过练*上下文猜测和揣度了，这就需要你多读上下文，通过理解段落的含义，推敲出词汇的大致意思。
文章体裁辨析能力
英语中，由于不同文体的英语文章有不同的写作方法。如果考生具备了识别英文文体的能力，能根据文体特征迅速抓住文章的要点，就会大大缩短阅读时间，提高理解效率。
文章结构辨析能力
英语文章有一个共同的特点，一般说来，首先确定文章的主题句，即文章的中心，然后，后面的内容都是围绕这一中心来展开论述的。中心句一般位于文章最前面，也有的位于文章末尾，还有的位于文章的中间。有了文章结构的辨析能力，考生就能快速对文章进行全面、系统的掌握。从而根据试题的不同内容或要求在不同的部位准确找到答案的依据。
归纳总结能力
虽然绝大多数英语文章有中心句，但也还有些文章根本没有中心句。如有些描述性的记叙就要求考生根据文章内容来归纳、总结出中心句。目前高考中的英语试题总有 3～4 题考查考生对文章中心的理解，这就要求考生一定要具有对文章的归纳、总结能力。
生词猜测能力
掌握一定量的词汇是进行阅读的前提，但运用各种英语知识猜测生词的能力是考查考生阅读理解能力的一个重要方面。倘若单词都不认识，也就无法阅读下去。然而，并不是说，一定要把所有的单词都认识才能进行阅读。事实上，阅读当中出现一些生词，是一件非常正常的事情。不仅英语阅读如此，就连本族语也是这样。正因为如此，有些语言专家把阅读戏称为猜词游戏。因此，考生在英语阅读理解过程中碰到不认识的单词时，要根据各种知识大胆地猜测生词的意义，培养猜测生词意义的能力。
长句分析能力
句子长而复杂是现代英语的一个显着特点，特别在现代科技英语中更是这样。作者为了把叙述说得准确、逻辑严密，往往是一个主句接一个或几个状语从句、宾语从句、定语从句、同位语从句、并列句，中间还来几个非谓语动词短语或插入语。这样不但使句子长，而且句子结构支离破碎，令读者不知从何处下手。因此，为了夺得高考英语阅读理解的高分，考生必须具备长句分析能力。
综合推断能力
*年来，英语阅读理解中的推理判断题逐年增多，单从文章的字面找不出答案，而要根据文章中的某些词、短语或句子来推断出它内在的深层意义，或将几个事实综合起来对文章进行深层理解。因此，考生必须在*时的训练中提高综合推断能力。
陷阱识别能力
在英语阅读理解题所给选项中，常出现部分真实的'情况，但往往以偏概全、过于笼统，增添枝叶，让选项中的确含有原文中的事实、细节，或原文中已有的情况，却并不与原文事实完全一致，故意扰乱考生的视觉，让考生信以为真，这就是英语阅读理解中的陷阱。因此，考生要具有对陷阱的识别能力，才能绕过陷阱，从而作出正确的选择。
(1)略读法：关键是在能抓住文章要点的前提下以个人最快的速度阅读，获得足够的信息以便准确地回答有关文章主旨和大意的问题。要特别注意文章首尾两段，第一段往往点明文章主题或作者意图，而最后一段则常常总结归纳或重述文章的主要内容。要学会寻找文章段落的主题句，因为把每段主题句的意思综合起来实际上就是全文的中心思想，文章的主题句也可能出现在段落中间或结尾。
(2)查阅法：考生可以不需要阅读整篇文章，而只需找出可能包含所需信息的部分，然后加以阅读就行。查阅法主要用于获得具体的信息，即谁、什么、什么时间、什么地点、什么原因以及如何发生等有关或者具体的数字。
(3)同义互释法：在高考中有些深层理解或者判断推理的问题可以采用同义互释法。
(4)判断推理法：有时4个题项中不止一个可以作为答案项，这时就应该意识到该题是一个判断推理题。要根据文章的主旨和作者的意图，选择比较，去伪存真，选出切合文章主旨和作者意图的最佳答案。
高考阅读理解主要从两个层面检测学生的语言能力：一是阅读中准确获取信息的能力；二是推断隐含意义的能力。*几年的高考阅读有以下四个特点：
一、选材贴*生活，贴*时代。渗透文化意识，强调实际应用；注重体裁、题材多样化、交际化和生活化。
二、生词率略有下降，但难句增多。命题者着重考查学生利用同义或反义关系、构词法、语法和语篇等理解生词的能力。
三、信息量加大，对阅读速度的要求提高。在增加语段信息量的同时，设项的表达信息量也有增加。
四、语篇意识加强，设题手法灵活，提问深入。这不仅要求学生理解文章的字面意思，还要求理解文章的内在含义，如段落或文章的主旨、作者的意图等。
五、命题上既注重细节的理解，也重视整体的理解；既重视从语言学角度考查学生的语言知识和语言技能，又重视从心理学的角度考查学生的学*策略。
鉴于此，解答阅读理解题的总体策略应定位于：单句入手，语篇突破，着眼整体，归纳推断。具体的做法是：
第一，准确理解关键句子、关键词语的意义。善于解读难句、猜测生词的词义和语义，注意跨文化语言障碍，避免因粗心大意或理解不准确造成曲解或误解。
第二，抓住语句表达的实质。即不仅能看懂词、句的表面意思，而且能够扑捉到文字背后的引申意义以及作者的态度和倾向，即潜在的深层含义。
第三，要耐心细致地读完全部选项，应按照“误否？虚否？偏否？”的三级思考程序来分析鉴别每一个选项，即先看与文中内容是否相矛盾，再看在文中有没有信息支撑点，最后看能不能完全符合题目的要求，找出差异，然后根据问题的特点和题型确定选项。不要急于求成，使选出的答案似是而非。
第四，要仔细审题。学生由于把主要精力都放在选择正确答案上，因此一旦找到了叙述与短文事实相符的选项，就盲目地选它为答案，忽视了题目到底问什么，从而使所选答案答非所问。
第五，要以语篇事实为依据，理解通篇的逻辑关系，把握住语篇的结构与文脉，在事实的基础上进行合乎逻辑的推理，避免盲目的或无根据的主观臆断。
第六，快速阅读，整体理解。
把握短文实质。
*时要养成良好的阅读*惯，克服逐字停顿、回读等坏*惯。阅读时要有紧迫感，集中注意力，力求一个意群一停顿，甚至一行一停顿。还要有强烈的语篇意识，着重整体理解，要在十分有限的时间内抓住短文要点、搜寻关键词、确定主题句，还要记忆有关细节、理清短文脉络。(作者：北京市英语特级教师周国彪)
1.切忌忽视文章的类别。在开始阅读之前，要判断阅读文章的类别，这样才能做到心中有数。
2.切忌边看问题边查找答案。因为用这种方法难以提高阅读理解的效果，尤其是对于深层理解的文章。应首先浏览全文，了解全文的概貌。看完后，应记住文章的要点，重要的结论以及一些关键性的人名、地点、定义和数字(不同的人名、地点可用铅笔在试卷上分别打上不同的记号，以便查找)等。
3.切忌乱用解题技巧。不同类型的.题目，如事实细节题、词语猜义题、主旨大意题、推理判断题等，都有各自的解题技巧，不能乱用。
4.切忌打乱解题节奏。在考试时一定要掌握好解题速度，有效地控制考试时间，先易后难是考试时答题的一般方法。碰到难题时，千万不要钻牛角尖，耽误太多时问。一时做不出的题，要果断舍弃，以免影响解别的较有把握的题。待全部题解完后，如有剩余时间再回头做放弃的题。
5.切忌每词都不放过。对于一般不影响句子或全文理解的生词，可以放过去，不必务求理解。遇到重要生词时，不要着急，也不要轻易放弃，可以采取根据上下文来猜词或根据构词法猜词等方法来猜出这个词的大致意思。
6.切忌凭空猜测推断。应是立足已知推断未知。
7.切忌主观臆断。不能以自己的观点代替作者的想法。
——高考英语阅读理解试题范本五份
There are three kinds of goals: short-term,medium-range and long-term goals. Short-range goals are those that usually deal with current activities,which we can ap*** on a daily basis.Such goals can be achieved in a week or less,or two weeks,or possible months.It should be remembered that just as a building is no stronger than its foundation ,out long-term goals cannot amount to very munch without the achievement of solid short-term goals.Upon completing our short-term goals,we should date the occasion and then add new short-term goals that will build on those that have been completed.
The intermediate goals bukld on the foundation of the short-range goals.They might deal with just one term of school or the entire school year,or they could even extend for several years.Any time you move a step at a time,you should never allow yourself to become discouraged or overwhelmed. As you complete each step,you will enforce the belief in your ability to grow adn succeed.And as your list of completion dates grow,your motivation and desire will increase.
Long-range goals may be related to our dreams of the future. They might cover five years or more. Life is not a static thing.We should never allow a long-term goal to limit us or our course of action.
1.Our long-term goals mean a lot______. A.if we complete our short-range goals B.if we cannot reach solid short-term goals C.if we write down the dates D.if we put forward some plans
2.New short-term goals are bulid upon______. A.two years B.long-term goals
C.current activities D.the goals that have been completed 3.When we complete each step of our goals ,______. A.we will win final success B.we are overwhelmed
C.we should build up confidence of success D.we should strong desire for setting new goals 4.Once our goals are drawn up,_______.
A.we should stick to them until we complete them
B.we may change our goals as we have new ideas and opportunities
C.we had better wait for the exciting news of success D.we have made great decision
5.It is implied but not stated in the passage that ______. A.those who habe long-term goals will succeed B.writing down the dates may discourage you
C.the goal is only a guide for us to reach our desination D.every should have a goal
答案：adcbc
A well-known old man was being interviewed (采访) and was asked if it was correct that he had just celebrated his ninety—ninth birthday.
“That’s right.”said the old man. “Ninety—nine years old, and I haven’t an enemy in the world. They’re all dead.”
“Well, sir,”said the interviewer, “I hope very much to have the honour of interviewing you on your hundredth birthday.”
The old man looked at the young man closely, and said, “I can’t see why you shouldn’t. You look fit and healthy to me!”
1. The old man said he had not an enemy in the world, which shows that he was a very .
A. friendly man he never made any enemies
B. healthy man he lived longer than all his enemies
C. lucky man his enemies had all died
D. terrible man he had got rid of all his enemies
2. When the interviewer said that he hoped very much to have the honour of interviewing the old man again the following year, .
A. he was trying to make the old man happy
B. he wished he himself would live another year
C. he did not believe the old man would live to be one hundred
D. he did not believe he would interview the old man again
3. When the old man said “I can’t see why you shouldn’t”, what he meant was：
A. “You must try to live another year to interview me again next year.”
B. “Of course, you can see me again since you’re so fit and healthy.”
C. “If I live to a hundred years, you should interview me again.”
D. “Unless you live another year, you wouldn’t be able to interview me again.”
4. What kind of man would you say the old man was?
A. He was silly. B. He was unpleasant.
C. He was very proud and sure of his health. D. He was very impolite to young people.
参考答案：
1B 2 D 3 A 4 B 5 D 6 A 7 C
1C 2 A 3 D 4 C
1B 2 A 3 B 4 C
On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Carke, dressed for going out, took her handbag with her money and her key in it, pulled the door behind her to lock it and went to the over 60s Club. She always went there on Thursdays. It was a nice outing for an old woman who lived alone.
At six o'clock she cane home, let herself in and at once smelt cigarette smoke. Cigarette smoke in her house? How? How? Had someone got in? She checked the back door and the windows. All were locked or fastened, as usual. There was no sign of forced entry.
Over a cup of tea she wondered whether someone might have a key that fitted her front door-"a master key"perhaps. So she stayed at home the following Thursday. Nothing happened. Was anyone watching her movements? On the Thursday after that she went out at her usual time,dressed as usual, but she didn't go to the club. Instead she took a short cut home again, letting herself in through her garden and the back door. She settled down to wait.
It was just after four o'clock when the front door bell rang.Mrs. Clarke was making a cup of tea at the time. The bell rang again, and then she heard her letter-box being pushed open. With the kettle of boiling water in her hand, she moved quietly towards the front door. A long piece of wire appeared through the letter-box, and then a hand. The wire turned and caught around the knob on the door-lock. Mrs. Clarke raised the kettle and poured the water over the hand. There was a shout outside, and the skin seemed to drop off the fingers like a glove. The wire fell to the floor, the hand was pulled back, and Mrs. Clarke heard the sound of running feet.
1.Mrs. Clarke looded forward to Thursday because_______. a.she worked at a club on the day b.she said visitors on Thursdays c.she visited a club on Thursday d.a special visitor came on Thursday
2.If someone had made a forced entery,_______.
a.Mrs.Clarke would have found a broken door or window b.he or she was still in the house c.things would have been thown about d.he or she would have needed a master key 3.On the third Thursday Mrs. Clarke went out_______. a.because she didn't want to miss the club again b.to see if the thief was hnging about outside c.to the club but then changed her mind d.in an attempt to trick the thief
4.The lock on the front door was one which_______. a.needed a piece of wire to open it
b.could he opened from inside without a key c.could't be opened without a key d.used a knob instead of a key 5.The wire feel to the floor_______.
a.because Mrs.Clarke refused to open the door b.when the man's glove dropped off c.because it was too hot to hold
d.because the man justwanted to get away 17/200答案：cadbd
In the 1960s, many young Americans were dissatisfied with American society. They wanted to end the Vietnam War and to make all of the people in the U.S. epual. Some of them decided to "drop out" of American society and form their own societies . They formed utopian communities , which they called "communes," where they could follow their philosophy of "do your own thing." A group of artists founded a commune in southern Colorado called "Drop City." Following the ideas of philosopher and architect Buckminster Fuller they built domeshaped houses from pieces of old cars. Other groups, such as author Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters, the followers fo San Francisco poet Steve Gakin, and a group that called itself the Hog Farm, lived in old school huses and traveled around the United States. The Hog Farm become famous when they helped organize the Woodstock Rock Festival in 1969. Steve Gaskin's followers tried to settle down on a farm in Tennessee, but they had to leave when some members of the gruop were arrested for growing marijuana.
Not all communes believed in the philosophy of "do you own thing," however . Twin Oaks , a commune founded in Virgiania in the late 1960s, was based on the ideas of psychologist B.F.Skinner. The people who lived at Twin Oaks were carefully controlled by Skinner's "conditioning" techniques to do things that were good for the community. In 1972, Italian architect Paolo Soleri began to build Arcosanti, a utopian city Arizsona where 2500 people will live closely together in one large building called an "archology" Soleri believes that people must live closely together so that they will all become one.
1.Why did some young Americans decide to "drop out" of scoiety during the 1960s?
a.They were not satisfied with American society. b.They wanted to grow marijuana. c.They wanted to go to the Vietnam War. d.They did not want all people to be equal.
2.Where did the members of the Hog Farm commune live? a.In dome-shaped house
b.In old school huses
c.On a farm inTennessee
d.In an archology in Arizona
3.Who gave the people of Drop City the idea to bulid dome-shaped house?
a.Paolo Soleri
b.B.G.Skinner
c.Steve Gaskin
d.Buckminster Fuller
4.What was the Twin Oaks commune base on ? a.The philosophy of "do your own thing" b.Virginaia in the late 1960s c.The ideas of psychologist
d.The belief that people must live closely togerher.
5.What is an "archology"?
a.A person who studies archaeology
b.A large building where people live closely together c.A city in A rizona
d.A technique to contorl people 答案：abdcb
Women are also underrepresented in the administration and this is because there are so few women full professors. In 1985,Regent Beryl Milburn produced a report blasting the University of Texas System adminitration for not encouraging women.The University was rated among the lowest for the system.In a 1987 ,Milburn commended the progress that was made and called for even more improvement.
One of the positive results from her study was a System-wide program to inform women of available administrative jobs.
College of Communication Associate Dean Patrica Witherspoon,said it is important that woman be flexible when it comesto relocating if they want to rise in the ranks.
Although a woman may face a chilly climate on campus , many times in order for her to succeed , she must rise above the problems around her and concentrate on her work.
Until women make up a greater percentage of the senior positions in the University and all academia,inequities will exist.
"Women need to spend their energies and time doing scholarly activities that are important here at the University." Spirduso said. "If they do that will be successful in this system.If they spend their time in little groups mourning the sexual discrimination that they think exists here, they are wasting valuable study time."
1.According to Spirduso,women need to ____. a.produce a report on sexual discrimination
b.call for further improvement in their working conditions c.spend their energies and time fighting against sexual discrimination
d.spend more time and energy doing scholarly activities
2.From this passage ,we know that _____. a.there are many women full professors in the University of Texas
b.women play an important part in adminitrating the University
c.the weather on the campus is chilly
d.women make up a small percentage of the senior positions in the University
3.Which of the following statements is true?
a.the number of women professors in the University in 1987 was greater than that of 1985
b.the number of women professors in the University in 1987 was smaller than that of 1985
c.the number of women professors was the same as that of 1985
d.more and more women professors thought that sexual discrimination did exit in the University
4.One of the positive results from Milburn's study was that _____.
a.women were told to con centrate on teir work b.women were given information about available administrative jobs
c.women were encouraged to take on all the administrative jobs in the Unversity
d.women were encouraged to do more scholarly activities
5. The title for this passage should be _______. a.The University of Texas b.Milburn's Report
c.Women Professors
d.Sexual Discrimination in Academia 答案：ddabd
——高考英语阅读训练通用五篇
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Brazil has become one of the developing world’s great successes at reducing population growth－but more by accident than design. While countries such as India have made joint efforts to reduce birth rates, Brazil has had better result without really trying, says George Martine at Harvard.
Brazil’s population growth rate has dropped from 2.99% a year between 1951 and 1960 to 1.93% a year between 1981 and 1990, and Brazilian women now have only 2.7 children on average. Martine says this figure may have fallen still further since 1990, an achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third World countries.
Martine puts it down to, among other things, soap operas (通俗电视连续剧) and installment (分期付款) plans introduced in the 1970s. both played an important, although indirect, role in lowering, the birth rate. Brazil is one of the world’s biggest producers of soap operas. Globo, Brazil’s most popular television network, shows three hours of soaps six nights a week, while three others show at least one hour a night. Most soaps are based on wealthy characters living the high life in big cities.
“Although they have never really tried to work in a message towards the problems of reproduction, they describe middle and upper class values － not many children, different attitudes towards sex, women working,” says Martine. “They sent this image to all parts of Brazil and made people conscious of other patterns of behavior and other values, which were put into a very attractive package.”
Meanwhile, the installment plans tried to encourage the poor to become consumers (消费者). “This led to an enormous change in consumption (消耗、消费) patterns and consumption was incompatible (不相容的') with unlimited reproduction.” Says Martine.
1. According to the passage, Brazil has cut back its population growth ____.
A. by educating its citizens B. by careful family planning
C. by developing TV programmes D. by chance
2. According to the passage, many Third World countries ______.
A. haven’t attacked much importance to birth control
B. would soon join Brazil in controlling their birth rate
C. haven’t yet found an effective measure to control their population
D. neglected the role of TV plays in family planning
3. Soap operas have helped in lowering Brazil’s birth rate because ____.
A. they keep people sitting long hours watching TV
B. they have gradually changed people’s way of life
C. people are drawn to their attractive package
D. they popularize birth control measures
4. What is Martine’s conclusion about Brazil’s population growth?
A. The increase in birth rate will increase consumption.
B. The desire for consumption helps to reduce birth rate.
C. Consumption patterns and reproduction patterns are contradictory (互相矛盾的)
D. A country’s production is limited by its population growth.
KEY: 1-4 D C B B
When I asked my daughter which item she would keep; the phone, the car, the cooker, the computer, the TV, or her boyfriend, she said“the phone”. Personally, I could do without the phone entirely, which makes me unusual. Because the telephone is changing our lives more than any other piece of technology.
Point 1 The telephone creates the need to communicate, in the same way that more roads create more traffic. My daughter comes home from school at 4:00 pm and then spends an hour on the phone talking to the very people she has been at school with all day. If the phone did not exist, would she have anything to talk about?
Point 2 The mobile phone means that we are never alone. “The mobile saved my life,”says Crystal Johnstone. She had an accident in her Volvo on the A45 between Otley and Skipton. Trapped inside, she managed to make the call that brought the ambulance(救护车) to her rescue.
Point 3 The mobile removes our secret. It allows marketing manager of Haba Deutsch, Carl Nicolaisen, to ring his sales staff all round the world at and time of day to ask where they are , where they are going, and how their last meeting went.
Point 4 The telephone separates us. Antonella Bramante in Rome says, “We worked in separate offices but I could see him through the window. It was easy to get his number. We were so near——but we didn’t meet for the first two weeks!”
Point 5 The telephone allows us to reach out beyond our own lives. Today we can talk to several complete strangers simultaneously ( 同时地) on chat lines (at least my daughter does. I wouldn’t know what to talk about). We can talk across the world. We can even talk to astronauts (if you know any) while they’re space-walking. And, with the phone line hooked up to the computer, we can access(存取) the Internet, the biggest library on Earth.
1.How do you understand‘Point 1 —The telephone creates the need to communicate,6…’？
A. People don’t communicate without telephone.
B. People communicate because of the creating of the telephone.
C. People communicate more since telephone has been created.
D. People communicate more because of more traffic.
2.Which of the following best shows people’s attitude towards mobile phones?
A. Mobile phones help people deal with the emergency.
B. Mobile phones bring convenience as well little secret to people.
C. Mobile phones are so important and should be encouraged.
D. Mobile phones are part of people’s life.
3. Which points do you think support the idea that phones improve people’s life?
a. Point 1. b. Point2. c. Point3. d. Point 4. e. Point 5.
A. c, d B. a, e C. a, c D. b, e
4.It is possible to talk to several complete strangers simultaneously through .
A. the TV screen B. a fax machine
C. the phone line hooked up to the computer D. a microphone
5.The best heading for the passage is .
A. phone Power B. Kinds of Phone
C. how to Use Phones D. Advantage of Phones
KEY: 1–5 CBDCA
A great big fellow, weighing around 250 pounds, walked with slow heavy noisy footsteps up to the produce counter in the supermarket. "Give me half a head of cabbage, "he told the clerk.
"All we have are whole heads, "came the cold re***.
"I don't want a whole head, "the customer demanded. "Just half a head. Are you going to sell me half a head? "
"Wait a minute, "said the clerk nervously, "Let me ask the manager."
She went back where the manager was stamping prices on canned goods. "Hey"，she said，"there's a big，stupid-looking buffalo（水牛）out front who wants me to sell him half ahead of cabbage. Shall I tell the fool to..."She said，"wants to buy the other half."
1．What is the best title for this passage？
A．A Strange Customer
B. A Friendly Customer
C. A Nervous Customer
D. A Polite Customer
2. When talking to the manager, the clerk was referring to______.
A. two different customers
B. the same customer
C. more than two customers
D. a stupid -looking customer and a gentleman
3. What is your impression(印象)of the customer?
A. Looking like an animal.
B. Looking like a housewife
C. Looking like a gentleman
D. A man of strong build.
How often one hears children wishing they were grown up, and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.
Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. in addition, life is always presenting new things to the child-things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known. But a child has his parents, he is not so free to do what he wishes to do； he is continually being told not to do things or being punished for what he has done wrong. When the young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in society.
1. According to the second paragraph, the writer thinks that _______.
A. life for a child is comparatively easy
B. a child is always loved whatever he does
C. if much is given to a child, he must do something in return
D. only children are interested in life
2. After a child grows up, he ________.
Few can refuse to accept the strange coincidences (巧合) in the deaths of John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln. For example, Kennedy was elected in 1960 while Lincoln came into power in the U.S. in 1860. Both men were murdered from behind, on a Friday, and with their wives present. The two men were born exactly one hundred years apart, as were their murderers, Lee Harvey Oswald and John Wilkes Booth. Perhaps the strangest coincidence is that Kennedy’s secretary, whose name was Lincoln, advised him not to go to Dellas where he was shot, and Lincoln’s secretary, whose name was Kennedy, advised him not to go to the Ford Theater where he met his death.
1. Both of the two men _____.
A. were presidents of the U.S.
B. were elected presidents of the U.S. twice
C. had a secretary by the name of Kennedy
D. were murdered by the men of the same names.
2. From the passage we can find out _____.
A. Oswald and Booth were of an age
B. Oswald was 100 years older than Booth
C. Booth was 100 years younger than Oswald
D. There were 100 years between Oswald and Booth
3. Abraham Lincoln and john F. Kennedy were murdered _____.
A. in Dellas B. at a stadium
C. at a theater D. with their wives on the spot
4. There were such strange coincidences between the two American presidents that _____.
A. nobody can accept B. almost everybody can accept
C. only a few persons can accept D.
——初一英语阅读理解及答案 (菁华3篇)
Last week Mrs. Milly went to London. She does not know London very well, and she lost her way. Suddenly, she saw a man near a bus stop.” I can ask him the way,” she said to herself. “Excuse me,” she said. “Can you tell me the way to King Street, please?” The man smiled pleasantly. He did not understand English! He was a tourist. Then he put his hand into his pocket, and took out a phrasebook短语手册. He opened the book and found a phrase. He read the phrase slowly.” I am sorry,” he said.” I do not speak English.”
判断正误T or F
( )1. Mrs. Milly went to London last week.
( )2. Mrs. Milly asked a man the way to a bus stop.
( )3. The man didn’t know the way to King Street.
( )4. The man was a tourist and he knew English well.
( )5. The phrasebook was in the hand of the man.
答案
T T T F T
My name is Chen Lan. My home is in Gulangyu. It is in Xiamen. It is near the sea. Culangyu is a small place, but it is very nice and clean. There are no cars, no buses or no bikes. People only walk. So it is very quiet. People go to visit Gulangyu by ship. Our house is in the middle of Gulangyu. Behind our house there is a big tree. My grandfather tells me that the tree is very, very old. There are many birds in the tree. We call it a “bird tree”. Our house is near the sea. The sea is big and blue. There are a lot of fish in the sea. After school, I go there and catch fish with my friends. It is very interesting. I like fish and I like catching fish.
( ) 1. Gulangyu is an island岛屿.
( ) 2. Chen Lan tells us a lot about her parents.
( ) 3. There are no traffic交通 in Gulangyu.
( ) 4. Chen Lan always goes fishing alone.
( ) 5. Chen Lan is from Xiamen.
答案
T F T F T
“Joe, you are a very old dog,” said policeman Fred. “Today is your birthday again. I remember you were 14 years old last year. But you are still the best police dog in the world!”
“ARF! ARF!” barked Joe.
“You are welcome,” said Fred. “ Now let’s get your birthday dinner. Show me where
you want to eat.
Joe led Fred down the street. Good smells came from all the eating places. But Joe wandered on闲逛. At last he stopped at a small place. He smelled around the door. Then he pushed the door open.
“Is this where you want to eat?” asked Fred. But Joe did not bark an answer. He put his nose to the floor and ran across the room. Then he jumped on a man at a table! “Good boy, Joe!” said Fred. Joe and Fred have looked for the robber for ten years. “And now you have found him!”
Joe and Fred took the robber to the police station. Then Fred said, “All right, Joe, you have done your work. Well done! Congratulations. Now do you want that birthday dinner?” “ARF!” barked Joe, “ARF! ARF!” “Let’s go,” said Fred. “I’m hungry, too.”
1. How old is Joe?
A Fifteen. B Five. C Thirteen. D Fourteen.
2. How many years have the police and Joe looked for the robber?
A 13. B 10. C 6. D 7.
3. In the story, Joe says “ARF! ARF!” twice. The first time he means “____”.
A Hello! How are you? B Thank you.
C Oh. No. I’m not a good dog. D I’m sorry to hear that.
4 Fred wants to give Joe a dinner because ____.
A it’s Joe’s birthday B today is Fred’s birthday
C Fred found an eating place D Joe caught the robber
5 Joe is great, isn’t he?
A Yes, he is. B No, he isn’t. C Yes, he isn’t. D No, he is.
答案
A B BA A
——英语阅读理解 (菁华6篇)
The standard of living of any country means the average persons share of the goods and services which the country produces. A countrys standard of living, therefore, depends first and foremost on its capacity to produce wealth. Wealth in this sense is not money, for we do not live on money but on things that money can buy: goods such as food and clothing, and services such as transport and entertainment.
A countrys capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors, most of which have an effect on one another. Wealth depends to a great extent upon a countrys natural resources, such as coal, gold, and other minerals, water sup* and so on. Some regions of the world are well supplied with coal and minerals, and have a fertile soil and a favorable climate; other regions possess perhaps only one of these things, and some regions possess none of them. The U. S. A is one of the wealthiest regions of the world because she has vast natural resources within her borders, her soil is fertile, and her climate is varied. The Sahara Desert, on the other hand, is one of the least wealthy.
Next to natural resources comes the ability to turn them to use. China is perhaps as well off as the U. S. A. in natural resources, but suffered for many years from civil and external wars, and for this and other reasons was. unable to develop her resources. Sound and stable political conditions, and freedom from foreign invasion, enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily, and to produce more wealth than another country equally well served by nature but less well ordered. Another important factor is the technical efficiency of a countrys people. Old countries that have, through many centuries, trained up numerous skilled craftsmen and technicians are better placed to produce wealth than countries whose workers are largely unskilled. Wealth also produces wealth. As a country becomes wealthier, its people have a large margin for saving, and can put their savings into factories and machines which will help workers to turn out more goods in their working day.
美国人对篮球的兴趣在春季三大锦标赛期间达到高潮。这包括三月底或四月初举行的大学男篮锦标赛和大学女篮锦标赛，以及在六月份进入决赛高潮的职业篮球赛。
上面说的只是有组织的正式比赛。在市内的运动场和学校的操场上，在农舍后院的简易篮球筐下，或是在无数市郊住宅的自家车道上划出的篮球场上，一代代的美国青少年的学*打篮球。一批最优秀的篮球选手，就是在这种队与队的对抗，单与单的较量，或是一个人数小时的投篮练*中，练就一身出神入化的球技的。
尽管有些球员很有天赋，篮球运动还是需要有教练指导的，帮助球员学*他们掌握欠佳的技术，并把一个个球员熔合成一个队，教练的风格各异。有些教练部署严谨，队员各司其职;有的则倾向于让队员去决定比赛的打法和风格。
American Sports
The United States is a sports-loving nation. Sports in America take a variety of forms; organized competitive struggles, which draw huge crowds to cheer their favorite team to victory; athletic games, played forrecreation anywheresufficient space is found; and hunting and fishing. Most sports are seasonal, so that what is happening in sports depends upon the time of year. Some sports are called spectatorsports, as the number of spectators greatly exceeds the number playing in the game.Baseball is the most popular sport in the US. It is played throughout the spring and summer, and professional baseball teams play well into the fall. Although no other game is exactly like baseball, perhaps the one most nearly like it is the English game of cricket.Football is the most popular sport in the fall. The game originated as a college sport more than 75 years ago. It is still played by almost every college and university in the country, and the football stadiums of some of the largest universities seat as many as 80,000 people. The game is not the same as European football orsoccer. In American football there are 11 players on each team, and they are dressed in padded uniforms and helmets because the game is rough and injuries are likely to occur.Basketball is the winter sport in American schools and college. Like football, basketball originated in the US and is not popular in other countries. Many Americans prefer it to football because it is played indoors throughout the winter and because it is a faster game. It is a very popular game with high schools, and in more than 20 states, state-wide high school matches are held yearly.
Other spectatorsports include wrestling, boxing, and horse racing. Although horse-racing fans call themselves sportsmen, the accuracy of term is questionable, as only the jockeys who ride the horses in the races can be considered athletes. The so-called sportsmen are the spectators, who do "not assemble" primarily to see the horse race, but to bet upon the outcome of each race. Gambling is the attraction of horse racing.
No woman can be too rich or too thin. This saying often attributed to the late Duchess(公爵夫人)
Of Windsor embodies much of the odd spirit of our times. Being thin is deemed as such a virtue.
The problem with such a view is that some people actually attempt to live by it. I myself have fantasies of slipping into narrow designer clothes. Consequently, I have been on a diet for the betteror worsepart of my life. Being rich wouldnt be bad either, but that wont happen unless an unknown relative dies suddenly in some distant land, leaving me millions of dollars.
Where did we go off the track? When did eating butter become a sin, and a little bit of extra flesh unappealing, if not repellent? All religions have certain days when people refrain from eating, and excessive eating is one of Christianitys seven deadly sins. However, until quite recently, most people had a problem getting enough to eat. In some religious groups, wealth was a symbol of probable salvation and high morals, and fatness a sign of wealth and well-being.
Today the opposite is true. We have shifted to thinness as our new mark of virtue. The result is that being fat-or even only somewhat overweight-is bad because it implies a lack of moral strength.
Our obsession with thinness is also fueled by health concerns. It is true that in this country we have more overweight people than ever before, and that, in many cases, being overweight correlates with an increased risk of heart and blood vessel disease. These diseases, however, may have as much to do with our way of life and our high-fat diets as with excess weight. And the associated risk of cancer in the digestive system may be more of a dietary problemtoo much fat and a lack of fiberthan a weight problem.
Where Have All the Bees Gone? Scientists who study insects have a real mystery on their hands. All across the country, honeybees are leaving their hives and never returning. Researchers call this phenomenon colony-collapse1 disorder. According to surveys of beekeepers across the country, 25 to 40 percent of the honeybees in the United States have vanished from their hives since last fall. So far, no one can explain why. Now, a group of scientists and beekeepers have teamed up to try to figure out whats causing the alarming collapse of so many colonies. By sharing their expertise in honeybee behavior, health, and nutrition, team members hope to find out whats contributing to the decline and to prevent bee disappearances in the future. Another cause of colony-collapse disorder may be certain chemicals that farmers ap* to kill unwanted insects on crops, says Jerry Hayes, chief bee inspector for the Florida Department of Agriculture3. Some studies, he says, suggest that a certain type of insecticide affects the honeybees nervous system and memory. It seems like honeybees are going out and getting confused about where to go and what to do, he says.
词汇： hive n. 蜂巢; 蜂箱 digestive adj. 消化的 beekeeper n. 养蜂人 insecticide n. 杀虫剂 注释： 2.the United States Department of Agriculture Bee Research Laboratory：美国农业部蜜蜂研究实验室。
练*：
A) Honeybees are flying all across the country.
C) Honeybees are leaving their hives and do not return.
2. Why are researchers seriously concerned with the phenomenon of colony-collapse disorder? A) Worsening environment.
B) Because honeybees feed on flowers.
C) Dwindling number of flowers around.
D) Both B and C.
The Man of Many Secretsharry Houdini was one of the greatest American entertainers in the theater this century. He was a man famous for his escapes form prison cells, from wooden boxes floating in rivers, from locked tanks full of water. He appeared in theaters all over Europe and America. Crowds came to see the great Houdini and his “magic” tricks.
Of course, his secret was not magic, or supernatural powers. It was sim* strength. He had the ability to move his toes as well as he moved his fingers. He could move his body into almost any position he wanted.
Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17, in 1891. He and his brother Theo performed card tricks in a club in New York. they called themselves the Houdini Brothers. When Harry married in 1894, he and his wife Bess worked together as magician and assistant. But for a long time they were not very successful. Then Harry performed his first prison escape, in Chicago in 1898. harry persuaded a detective to let him try to escape from the prison, and he invited the local newspapermen to watch.
It was the publicity that came from this the started Hayyr Houdini’s success.
Harry had fingers trained to escape from handcuffs and toes trained to escape from ankle chains. But his biggest secret was how he unlocked the prison doors. Every time he went into the prison cell, Bess gave him a kiss for good luckand a small skeleton key, which is a key that fits many locks, passed quickly from her mouth to his.
Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame. he arranged to escape from the local jail of every town he visited. In the afternoon, the people of the town would read about it in their local newspapers, and in the evening every seat in the local theater would be f
——英语阅读理解（精选10篇）
摘要：阅读理解是考研英语的一大难题，难度较大。当然，阅读理解的前提是把单词背好，扫清阅读的障碍，接下来，就可以参考以下做阅读理解时的几个妙招了。
阅读理解是考研英语的重中之重，与四六级对阅读速度的侧重有所不同，考研英语阅读理解更多地是考查精读能力。因此，把文章读透吃透很重要，同时在做题过程中要拿捏好分寸，在判断正确选项时做到不偏不倚，客观、准确、公正。这才是做好20xx考研英语阅读理解的正确之道。
带着问题读文章
看题目和读文章的顺序应该哪个在前，哪个在后？当然是先看题目。阅读的主要目的就是做题，在读文章之前先把题目浏览一遍，既提前知晓了文章在谈什么，又可以带着问题意识去有目的地阅读，这样就能在阅读过程中顺利找到题目的考点所在，不仅能够精确定位，而且可以提高答题速度，一句数得。需要注意的时，花在读题上的时间不宜太长，大致浏览即可。
回到文中找答案
如果你自信对文章读的比较透，理解得比较准，在答题时最好也不要轻易勾出选项，还是需要把题目再带回原文中，核实准确再作答。因为有时候我们会有先入为主的概念，阅读中的理解不见得一定是精准的，须得把文章和题目结合起来，找出真正的契合点所在，才算真正把握好了答题的分寸。
细节题不过分延伸
考研英语阅读侧重于精读能力的考查，因此细节题是最重要的考查方式，即对文中某一段、某一句话、某一单词或短语的理解，也是最需要把握分寸的所在。纵观历年真题，几乎所有的细节题的正确答案，既不是直接照搬原文，也不会过分延伸，而往往是在原文基础上换一种表达，不会有太大偏差，这个分寸，最值得细细琢磨、好好把握。
主旨题全面概括
除细节外，主旨也是最常见的考查点，有时是考查对全文的主旨把握，有时是考查某一段的主旨。无论如何，主旨是一种抽象地概括，相对于细节来说，难度更大些，同样需要去原文中寻找答案。一般来说，主旨需要概括并包含文章所表达的全部内容，因此，每一段都需要照顾到，尤其是文章的开头结尾一定要注意读，它们很有可能包含决定性的内容。所有选项里面，哪个概括得最全面、表达得最精准，哪个就是正确答案。
总之，考研英语阅读理解不是一件感性的事，而是需要保持清醒的头脑，用理性思维去判断。注意拿捏好理性的分寸，能够帮助我们客观准确地答题，把考场上的每一分都牢牢握在手里。
美国人对篮球的兴趣在春季三大锦标赛期间达到高潮。这包括三月底或四月初举行的大学男篮锦标赛和大学女篮锦标赛，以及在六月份进入决赛高潮的职业篮球赛。
上面说的只是有组织的正式比赛。在市内的运动场和学校的操场上，在农舍后院的简易篮球筐下，或是在无数市郊住宅的自家车道上划出的篮球场上，一代代的美国青少年的学*打篮球。一批最优秀的篮球选手，就是在这种队与队的对抗，单与单的较量，或是一个人数小时的投篮练*中，练就一身出神入化的球技的。
尽管有些球员很有天赋，篮球运动还是需要有教练指导的，帮助球员学*他们掌握欠佳的技术，并把一个个球员熔合成一个队，教练的风格各异。有些教练部署严谨，队员各司其职;有的则倾向于让队员去决定比赛的打法和风格。
The problem confronting terrestrial snakes is best illustrated by what happens to sea snakes when removed from their supportive medium. Because the vertical pressure gradients within the blood vessels are counteracted by similar pressure gradients in the surrounding water, the distribution of blood throughout the body of sea snakes remains about the same regardless of their orientation in space, provided they remain in the ocean. When removed from the water and tilted at various angles with the head up, however, blood pressure at their midpoint drops significantly, and at brain level falls to zero. That many terrestrial snakes in similar spatial orientations do not experience this kind of circulatory failure suggests that certain adaptations enable them to regulate blood pressure more effectively in those orientations.
One such adaptation is the closer proximity of the terrestrial snakes heart to its head, which helps to ensure circulation to the brain, regardless of the snakes orientation in space. The heart of sea snakes can be located near the middle of the body, a position that minimizes the work entailed in circulating blood to both extremities. In arboreal snakes, however, which dwell in trees and often assume a vertical posture, the average distance from the heart to the head can be as little as 15 percent of overall body length. Such a location requires that blood circulated to the tail of the snake travel a greater distance back to the heart, a problem solved by another adaptation. When climbing, arboreal snakes often pause momentarily to wiggle their bodies, causing waves of mmuscle contraction that advance from the lower torso to head. By compressing the veins and forcing blood forward, these contractions apparently improve the flow of venous blood returning to the heart.
Is there an important exam right around the comer? You might be starting tofear, thinking that there' s no way for you to get a good grade because of thelittle time left to study. This is something all students may worry about. Butyou should accept the fact that you have to take the
exam no matter how much you want to avoid it.
Thankfully, there are several ways to help you get at least a passinggrade. You may have a try.
Get yourself together.
This might sound like silly advice, but it's actually the most important.When you fear, you may lose control over your thoughts and actions Even if youtry to study, perhaps you won’t get anything in your head.
Enjoy enough sleep.
It's unbelievable many students have little sleep each night. That’s notsomething to be proud of, especially if you're sleeping so little and stillfailing to do all the things Sleep isn't for the weak, but for the wise. Yourbrain needs enough rest. After a good night's sleep, you'll perform much betterin the morning.
Don’t fear.
Once the test paper is in front of you don't be afraid. Take a deep breathand start the exam with confidence(信心). Just like when you were reviewing, putaway the problems you’re having difficulty in and come back to them later. Ifyou have time left, go over everything to make sure you haven’t made anycareless mistakes.
41. In the writers opinion, whenever there's an importantexam,___________.
A. students might experience a period of fear
B. students will have little time to worry
C. students should try everything possible to avoid it
D. students have to ask teachers for more help
42. The writer describes "get yourself together" as silly advicebecause___________.
A. it won't influence your thoughts
B. it is one of the common senses
C. it is not the most important suggestion
D. it won’t help you get anything in your head
43. Enough sleep before an important exam is____________.
A. the pride of the weak
B. not something to be proud of
C. not necessary for the wise
D. a way to avoid failing in exams
44. When you meet with difficult problems in the exam, youcan__________.
A. give them up and take a deep breath
B. think hard and review them once again
C. put them away first and come back later
D. just trust yourself and look through the paper
45. According to the passage, you may get at least the passing grade if____________.
A. you fear nothing
B. you follow the writer's advice
C. the problems are not difficult
D. the preparation time lasts longer
Where Have All the Bees Gone? Scientists who study insects have a real mystery on their hands. All across the country, honeybees are leaving their hives and never returning. Researchers call this phenomenon colony-collapse1 disorder. According to surveys of beekeepers across the country, 25 to 40 percent of the honeybees in the United States have vanished from their hives since last fall. So far, no one can explain why. Now, a group of scientists and beekeepers have teamed up to try to figure out whats causing the alarming collapse of so many colonies. By sharing their expertise in honeybee behavior, health, and nutrition, team members hope to find out whats contributing to the decline and to prevent bee disappearances in the future. Another cause of colony-collapse disorder may be certain chemicals that farmers ap*** to kill unwanted insects on crops, says Jerry Hayes, chief bee inspector for the Florida Department of Agriculture3. Some studies, he says, suggest that a certain type of insecticide affects the honeybees nervous system and memory. It seems like honeybees are going out and getting confused about where to go and what to do, he says.
词汇： hive n. 蜂巢; 蜂箱 digestive adj. 消化的 beekeeper n. 养蜂人 insecticide n. 杀虫剂 注释： 2.the United States Department of Agriculture Bee Research Laboratory：美国农业部蜜蜂研究实验室。
练*：
A) Honeybees are flying all across the country.
C) Honeybees are leaving their hives and do not return.
2. Why are researchers seriously concerned with the phenomenon of colony-collapse disorder? A) Worsening environment.
B) Because honeybees feed on flowers.
C) Dwindling number of flowers around.
D) Both B and C.
阅读理解无非就是由文章和题目构成。中考阅读题解文章题材广泛，体裁多样，如果说按照题材或者体裁来分，那实属不靠谱的行为。就好比将阅读理解这个大敌分解成无数个小敌，这样的仗让你打的应接不暇，想不败都难。那此路不通，我们就绕道，从题型来下手，纵观中考试题，我们会发现，时代在变，生活中在变，导致阅读理解题材也在不停的改变，但是不管怎么变，阅读理解的题型都是亘古不变的。是哪些题型呢？细节理解、推理判断、词义猜测以及主旨大意题。
细节理解题――文章大部分由细节构成，所以细节理解题是四种题型中最多的种，占总题型的70%，多但是不难。经常很多学生骄傲的跟我说：“老师，文章我都没看懂，但我做对了好多题目！”。一分析，做对的都属于细节理解题。
大家肯定好奇这学生为何如此“好运气”呢。其实很简单，他只是碰巧运用了细节理解题的克星――定位，说得通俗点就是到原文中找，这种题型没有做不对，只有不耐心找。带着问题中的关键字到原文中找就是了，那什么又是关键字呢，其实不用太麻烦，外国人的观念跟中国人的不同，但为国人也是人，对于东西是否关键大家的理解都是差不多的。比如“我哭了”，没有人会把“我”和“了”作为关键字对不对。
推理判断题――有些人就烦躁了，我明明定位到了原文，怎么还是做错了，这就就是我们要面对的升级版的敌人――推理判断题，不需要你有福尔摩斯的头脑，但是至少要比上面那种题型多用一点脑，那就是稍微往正常方向推一下。何谓“正常”，比如说天上乌云密布，电闪雷鸣，正常人都会觉得要下雨了是吧。当然这需要我们一些基础的生活常识辅助。这也是对同学们的建议，多看，多听，多尝试，常识就是这么积累起来了。
词义猜测题――词义猜测题在阅读理解中的比分虽不大，每年一道或者两道。但是如果你想突出，哪怕一分咱都不要放过。其实大部分词义猜测都是运用语境猜词，通过文章主题和上下文的逻辑关系，来推测出生词或的含义。当然也有使用到词缀的猜词方法，但是在使用这种方法的同时，也需要语境猜词的辅助。
主旨大意题――大部分学生最头疼的就是这题，文章都没看懂，哪知道主旨是什么。其实*时老师经常强调，写作文要点明主旨。出题人写文章也同样会这样，我们只要找到文章的主旨句就好了。关键就是如何找呢？想想自己写文章的*惯，主旨大部分都会出现在文首，文尾，偶偶也会在文章当中。据统计额，出现在文首的情况有80%，文尾的18%，文中的2%。知道这数据之后，该怎么做，你们懂的。
American Sports
The United States is a sports-loving nation. Sports in America take a variety of forms; organized competitive struggles, which draw huge crowds to cheer their favorite team to victory; athletic games, played forrecreation anywheresufficient space is found; and hunting and fishing. Most sports are seasonal, so that what is happening in sports depends upon the time of year. Some sports are called spectatorsports, as the number of spectators greatly exceeds the number playing in the game.Baseball is the most popular sport in the US. It is played throughout the spring and summer, and professional baseball teams play well into the fall. Although no other game is exactly like baseball, perhaps the one most nearly like it is the English game of cricket.Football is the most popular sport in the fall. The game originated as a college sport more than 75 years ago. It is still played by almost every college and university in the country, and the football stadiums of some of the largest universities seat as many as 80,000 people. The game is not the same as European football orsoccer. In American football there are 11 players on each team, and they are dressed in padded uniforms and helmets because the game is rough and injuries are likely to occur.Basketball is the winter sport in American schools and college. Like football, basketball originated in the US and is not popular in other countries. Many Americans prefer it to football because it is played indoors throughout the winter and because it is a faster game. It is a very popular game with high schools, and in more than 20 states, state-wide high school matches are held yearly.
Other spectatorsports include wrestling, boxing, and horse racing. Although horse-racing fans call themselves sportsmen, the accuracy of term is questionable, as only the jockeys who ride the horses in the races can be considered athletes. The so-called sportsmen are the spectators, who do "not assemble" primarily to see the horse race, but to bet upon the outcome of each race. Gambling is the attraction of horse racing.
阅读理解概述：
阅读理解全面考查考生的理解、分析、比较、概括和解决问题的能力。阅读理解的语篇选材覆盖面广，保持了题材、体裁的多样性。选材语言地道，文体特征鲜明。试题难易适当，有合理的梯度，将细节判断、理解判断和推理判断融会贯通。
阅读理解举足轻重，占用时间长，分值大，失分多。高考150满分，阅读理解占40分。总共5篇阅读，每篇阅读设题数量不一，共20道题，每题2分。如何能够在35分钟内读完长达2000-2200词的五篇文章，并且能够正确回答所有的问题，从而得到满意的分数是一个关键却也较难的问题。要想解决这个问题就必须下决心抓阅读，提高阅读能力和阅读理解题的应试能力。
距离期中考试还剩十几天如何突击复*得高分：
今天距离北京市期中考试还有十几天，我们就学生们提出的几个关于阅读理解的问题做一个解答，希望对高中的学生有些帮助。
一、如何应对读不完文章，做不完题的问题。
这个问题较普遍，原因有三：
1.是没有养成良好的做题*惯。有些同学做题左顾右盼，无法马上进入考试紧张状态，时间浪费在了考试以外的事情上。
2.是心态不好，考场氛围紧张，考生更紧张。总盯着其他同学做到哪里了，听到翻卷子的声音就非常紧张，更别提做题了。
3.是没有好的做题方法，对阅读理解题分析不够。
解决方案：
1、*衡心态。考试对心态要求很高，既要紧张又不能过分紧张，既要自信又不能妄自菲薄。
2、做题方法。这里只强调做题顺序，大家更倾向于哪种呢？是A→Q→A（A=Article，Q=Question），即先从整体去阅读文章，后看问题，还是Q→A→Q，即先把整个问题快速看一遍，然后带着问题在文章中找答案？选用前者的学生是心里原因在作怪，总觉得不读文章就看题好像肯定做不对似的，心里很不踏实。我建议大家选用后者。根据效率原则和目标原则，首先要求学生加强具有目的性的训练，我们要的是什么，通过什么途径可以达到，而且更快更好的达到。此种方法最大的特点就是节省时间，而且针对性很强，如果问题是事实性的和细节性的，那准确率也是比较高的，但它的缺点就是在解决具有推理判断或是综合性的问题时效果就不太明显了。这样大家要灵活运用两者方法，寻找适合自己的解题技巧。
二、如何应对高中英语阅读中的长难句？
*年来，英语阅读解题加强了对长，难句的考察，阅读材料中出现了不少省略句，复合句和特长句，给正确理解全文造成了很大困难。实际上，一般情况下，不在长难句中设题。文章难，题不难。一旦考到长，难句，大家也不要心慌。
应对长难句的解题技巧：
1利用还原法恢复句型的原貌。例如：Betty shrugs. Talk? Were friends.(20xx全国，C)
该句为省略句，根据上文Harold对妻子长时间跟女友谈话而感到纳闷的情况，该剧课补充还原为：Betty shrugs. Why are we talking so long? Were friends.
2 成分分析法。这是较常用的方法。
三、高中期中考试考前如何进行实战操练才最有效：
临考十天：
做到每天五篇，养成考场*惯。每天保证阅读量，最好是一天一套5篇阅读。并根据自己的情况，设定时间完成，逐渐缩短阅读时间。可以按照，50分钟，45分钟，40分钟，35分钟的规律递减。摸索阅读速度，确定阅读方法，保持做题惯性。考前模拟，创造黑马。
临考一天：
完成五篇一天任务，总结一周阅读技巧。当你拿出一周的50篇阅读文章时，相信你的内心一定是充满了喜悦感，成就感。好!保持这种感觉！你便可突出重围！
总结五篇阅读，回答几个问题：1每篇阅读是什么题材？（记叙，应用，说明，议论）。2每道题是什么题型？（事实细节，主旨大意，推理判断，猜测词义）。3题目做错是粗心导致，还是方法使用不当？并把错题归类，哪一种类型是自己的弱项。4对应错误再重新阅读本篇指导。做到这些，考场上的你一定如虎添翼！阅读理解满分绝不是幻想！
The intensive work of materials scientists and solid-state physicists has given rise to a class of solids known as amorphous metallic alloys or glassy metals. There is a growing interest among theoretical and applied researchers alike in the structural properties of these materials.
When a molten metal or metallic alloy is cooled to a solid, a crystalline structure is formed that depends on the particular alloy composition. In contrast, molten nonmetallic glass-forming materials when cooled do not assume a crystalline structure, but instead retain a structure somewhat like that of the liquid an amorphous structure. At room temperature the natural long-term tendency for both types of materials is to assume the crystalline structure. The difference between the two is in the kinetics or rate of formation of the crystalline structure which is controlled by factors such as the nature of the chemical bonding and the ease with which atoms move relative to each other. Thus, in metals, the kinetics favors rapid formation of a crystallines structure whereas in nonmetallic glasses the rate of formation is so slow that almost any cooling rate is sufficient to result in an amorphous structure. For glassy metals to be formed, the molten metal must be cooled extremely rapidly so that crystallization is suppressed.
The structure of glassy metals is thought to be similar to that of liquid metals. One of the first attempts to model the structure of a liquid was that by the late J. D. Bernal of the University of London, who packed hard spheres into a rubber vessel in such a way as to obtain the maximum possible density. The resulting dense, random-packed structure was the basis for many attempts to model the structure of glassy metals.
阅读能力是英语考试中重点考查的英语语言运用能力。以中、高考英语试题为例，阅读理解题在试题中所占的比重最大，同时听力、完形填空、书面表达、单项填空等题型的答题效果也直接或间接地依赖于阅读能力。如完形填空，也叫缺词阅读，如果学生不能读懂短文的大意，就无法正确地填上所缺的单词。因此，提高英语阅读能力在英语学*中常起着至关重要的作用。
尽管中学英语教学历来重视培养学生的阅读能力，但由于传统的英语课堂教学过多地承担了词汇、语法等语言基础知识的教学任务，英语教师常把大量的时间、精力用于知识点的传授、复*、掌握和操练上，专门的阅读训练，尤其是以语篇能力、思维能力和阅读技巧为核心的阅读能力训练不足，导致学生的阅读能力并没有得到实质性的提高。其外在的表现是，学生参加英语考试时经常在阅读理解和完形填空等题中失分过多。
从提高英语阅读能力的途径看，学生的阅读训练与学*主要有两类：一类以开阔视野、欣赏鉴析为主；另一类是以阅读策略为主要目的的专项训练。仅从应试的角度看，与前者相比，后者更能够使学生在较短的学*时间内大幅度提高英语阅读能力，从而在英语测试中取得理想的成绩。阅读策略的内容主要包括阅读技巧、语篇能力和思维能力。从全国各地中高考英语试题的设计去分析，涉及阅读技巧和语篇能力方面的考点主要有：理解主旨大意与细节、根据上下文线索猜测生词词义、识别具体事实和抽象概念、把握全篇的结构与逻辑关系、理解文章的字面意思与深层含义、理解图表信息等。这方面的训练必须通过学生独立自主的阅读和有针对性的解题实践，才能使他们养成良好的阅读*惯，提高阅读理解能力。
随着*年来中高考英语试题难度和阅读量的不断增加，思维能力的局限越来越成为阻碍学生提高英语考试成绩的一大障碍。如*年来完形填空题的考核已经不再以语法知识为主，而是重点考查学生对文章意思的理解，即所要填写的词只能从一定的语境中找出。这就要求学生学会根据上下文的逻辑关系进行仔细的分析与判断。而阅读理解题更是越来越多地检测学生对文章的隐含意义、逻辑结构等的理解和对主旨大意的概括，例如推断作者的写作态度和意图、猜测生词的词义、确立文章的主题等，这些问题的答案多数隐藏在文章的脉络之中，学生通常无法直接从字面意思中获得，必须开动脑筋、激活思维。因此，要想在英语考试中取得高分，学生必须学会灵活运用分析、综合、归纳、判断、推理等思维方法。
由国际阅读协会资深专家Diane和James教授合著，华东师范大学英语课程与教学论专业吕良环副教授编注的《成功英语阅读策略》丛书，汇聚了中外英语教学专家多年的研究成果，为广大中学生提供了一条提高英语阅读能力和英语考试成绩的捷径。该套丛书正是通过对阅读能力的核心--阅读策略的逐一揭示，让你感到，英语阅读原来并不神秘，提高英语阅读能力的时机是那么*在咫尺。读完丛书，你将发现英语阅读的技巧原来是如此丰富，你将懂得如何巧妙地运用自己的思维去分析作者隐含在英语文字中的思想，你也将领悟从语篇的角度去把握文章的脉络是多么重要。
——高考英语阅读理解练*题范本五份
In 2013 alone at least 20,000 African elephants were killed for their teeth. In South Africa over the last two years more than 2,200 rhinos were killed for their horns. These numbers are alarming, because current rates of illegal hunting are faster than birth rates,which could lead to extinction for these ecologically important creatures in their environment. Indeed, some elephant and rhino populations are on track to be locally extinct within the next decade.
If you are reading this, you may already be aware of these facts. But you might not know that wildlife trafficking(私运) not only threatens the existence of elephants and rhinos but is also leading to extinction of other species, such as tigers, tortoises, sea turtles ― and the world’s most trafficked mammal(哺乳动物)― pangolins.
Pangolins are the only mammals that are entirely covered in tough scales(鳞), which makes them look very strong. But actually they are endangered mammals. There are eight different species of pangolins, four in Asia and four in Africa, and all are threatened with extinction. Although pangolins are protected throughout most of the countries where they live, high demand in East Asia, where the delicious pangolin meat is considered a delicacy and where their scales are used in traditional medicines, is driving an illegal trade in both live animals and pangolin parts. The number of pangolin trafficking is shocking. Experts believe that over the last 10 years more than 1 million pangolins were taken from the wild. It is estimated that between 40,000 and 81,250 pangolins were killed for the illegal trade in 2013 alone.
In February, the United States released a plan to deal with wildlife trafficking, which lays out the steps we will take to fight the illegal trade in wildlife, including pangolins. We are strengthening the carrying out of the plan; building international cooperation and contribution to protect wildlife; raising awareness to drive down the demand that is fuelling the illegal trade.
Get involved and remember World Wildlife Day (March 3) by spreading the plan. Use social media and tell everyone that now is the time to get serious about wildlife crime and end the demand that threatens species, big and small, from the huge elephant to the shy pangolin.
1. How many endangered creatures are mentioned in the passage?
A. 4. B. 5. C. 6. D. 7.
2. Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3? A. Eight species of pangolins live on the same continent.
B. Pangolins are not protected in most of their natural habitats.C. The scales of pangolins can be used as an ingredient for cooking.
D. High demand contributes to the illegal trade of pangolins in East Asia.
3. What can we know about the plan released by the US?
A. Social media will be used to spread World Wildlife Day.
B. Whether the plan will be worked out remains to be seen.
C. The US will work together with other countries to protect wildlife.
D. More and more people are advised to increase their needs of pangolins.
4. What is the author’s intention of writing the passage? A. To inform us something about World Wildlife Day.
B. To raise awareness of protecting endangered wildlife.
C. To explain why pangolins are illegally traded in East Asia.
D. To show how the United States is to fight the illegal trade in wildlife.
答案:
1―4、CDCB
With all the wars, fighting and sadness in the world today, it's not only necessary, but also essential to have a good sense of humor just to help us get through each and every day of our lives.Putting a smile on someone's face when you know they are feeling down in the dumps ( 处于沮丧中), as the saying goes, makes me feel good and warms my heart.
How would you feel if you could not joke around with your wife, husband, child, co-worker neighbor, close friend, or even just someone that you are standing in line with at your comer store? I am always saying things that make others smile or laugh, even if I don't know the person I'm joking around with.My Grandma always found humor in everything she did, even if it was the hardest job anyone could imagine.This not only relieves stress in any situation, but also is common courtesy (礼貌) to speak to others that are around you.
I know of a few people that don’t have a funny bone in their bodies, as they say.Everyone around them could be rolling on the floor after hearing a great joke and they would sit there without the slightest smile on their face.They don't get the joke that makes others laugh.I am busting a gut while they just sit there, looking at me as if I were from outer space.How can people not get a really funny joke?
Laughing is essential to keep your stress levels under control.Without humor we would find ourselves with a lot of psychological problems, or on a lot of medications to keep us from going crazy.There is too much sadness in this present world.It drives people crazy.We all need to find a way to bypass the sadness and bring a little light into our lives.So, I believe our best medicine is to get together and tell some jokes and have some fun laughing together.
51.According to the author, humor is useful in the aspect that ____________.
A.it makes people more confident
B.it can pick up people' s spirits
C.it can help get rid of the cruelty in the world
D.it can help people get on well with others
52.The author answers the question in the second paragraph with ___________.
A.facts and descriptions B.evidence and argument
C.examples and conclusion D.stories and persuasion
53.The phrase “busting a gut" in the third paragraph can be replaced by __________.
A.explaining carefully B.speaking loud
C.keeping silent D.laughing hard
54.In writing the passage, the author mainly intends to __________.
A.talk about his own understanding of humor
B.encourage people to be humorous in daily life
C.introduce a practical way to get through daily life
D.convince people of the power of being optimistic about life
55.What is the author' s attitude towards the present world?
A.Positive. B.Critical.
C.Satisfied. D.Indifferent.
答案：51―55BCDBB
Can trees talk? Yes, but not in words. Scientists have reason to believe that trees do communicate (交际) with each other. Not long ago, researchers learned some surprising things. First a willow tree attacked in the woods by caterpillars (毛虫) changed the chemistry of its leaves and made them taste so terrible that they got tired of the leaves and stopped eating them. Then even more astonishing, the tree sent out a special smell---a signal (信号) causing its neighbors to change the chemistry of their own leaves and make them less tasty.
Communication, of course, doesn’t need to be in words. We can talk to each other by smiling, raising our shoulders and moving our hands. We know that birds and animals use a whole vocabulary of songs, sounds, and movements. Bees dance their signals, flying in certain patterns that tell other bees where to find nectar (花蜜) for honey. So why shouldn’t trees have ways of sending message?
1. It can be concluded from the passage that caterpillars do not feed on leaves that ______.
A. are lying on the ground B. have an unpleasant taste
C. bees don’t like D. have an unfamiliar shape
2. The willow tree described in the passage protected itself by ______.
A. growing more branches B. communicating with birds and bees
C. changing its leaf chemistry D. shaking caterpillars off
3. According to the passage, the willow tree was able to communicate with other trees by ______.
A. waving its branches B. giving off a special smell
C. dropping its leaves D. changing the colour of its trunk
4. According to this passage, bees communicate by ______.
A. making special movement B. touching one another
C. smelling one another D. making unusual sound
5. The author believes that the incident described in the passage ______.
A. cannot be taken seriously B. should no longer be permitted
C. must be checked more thoroughly D. seems completely reasonable
At school the children are taught to add up and subtract(减法) but, extraordinarily, are not routinely shown how to open a bank account — let alone how to manage their finances in an increasingly complex and demanding world.
Today the parenting website Mumsnet and the consumer campaigner Martin Lewis have joined forces to launch an online application to make financial education a compulsory element of the school curriculum in England. Children from five to 16 should be taught about everything from pocket money to pensions, they say. And that was exactly the plan preserved in the Children, Schools and Families bill that was shelved by the government in the so-called “wash-up” earlier this month — the rush to legislation before parliament was dismissed. Consumer and parent groups believe financial education has always been one of the most frustrating omissions of the curriculum.
As the Personal Finance Education Group (Pfeg) points out, the good habits of young children do not last long. Over 75% of seven- to 11-year-olds are savers but by the time they get to 17, over half of them are in debt to family and friends. By this age, 26% see a credit card or overdraft(透支) as a way of extending their spending power. Pfeg predicts that these young people will “find it much harder to avoid the serious unexpected dangers that have befallen many of their parents' generation unless they receive good quality financial education while at school.”
The UK has been in the worst financial recession(衰退)for generations. It does seem odd that — unless parents step in — young people are left in the dark until they are cruelly introduced to the world of debt when they turn up at university. In a recent poll of over 8,000 people, 97% supported financial education in schools, while 3% said it was a job for parents.
1. The passage is mainly about _____________.
A. how to manage school lessons
B. how to deal with the financial crisis
C. teaching young people about money
D. teaching students how to study effectively
2. It can be inferred from the first two paragraphs that __________.
A. the author complains about the school education
B. pupils should not be taught to add up and subtract
C. students have been taught to manage their finances
D. laws on financial education have been effectively carried out
3. The website and the consumer campaigner joined to _________.
A. instruct the pupils to donate their pocket money
B. promote the connection of schools and families
C. ask the government to dismiss the parliament
D. appeal for the curriculum of financial education
4. According to Pfeg, ___________.
A. it is easy to keep good habits long
B. teenagers spend their money as planned
C. parents are willing to pay the debt for their kids
D. it will be in trouble if the teenagers are left alone
5. A poll is mentioned to ___________.
A. stress the necessity of the curriculum reform
B. show the seriousness of the financial recession
C. make the readers aware of burden of the parents
D. illustrate some people are strongly against the proposal
答案： CADDA
Several weeks ago, a mysterious Christmas card dropped through our mailbox. The envelope was addressed to a man named Raoul, who, I was relatively certain, did not live with us. The envelope wasn't sealed, so I opened it. The inside of the card was blank. Ed, my husband, explained that the card was both from and to the newspaper deliveryman. His name was apparently Raoul, and Raoul wanted a holiday tip. We were meant to put a check inside the card and then drop the envelope in the mail. When your services are finished at 4 a.m., you can't sim*** hang around, like a hotel bellboy expecting a tip. You have to be direct.
So I wrote a nice holiday greeting to this man who, in my imagination, fires The New York Times from his bike aimed at our front door, causing more noise with mere newsprint than most people manage with sophisticated(复杂的) black market fireworks. With a start, I realized that perhaps the reason for the 4 a.m. wake-up noise was not ordinary rudeness but carefully executed spite(怨恨): I had not tipped Raoul in Christmas past. I honestly hadn't realized I was supposed to. This was the first time he'd used the card tactic(策略). So I got out my checkbook. Somewhere along the line, holiday tipping went from an optional thank-you for a year of services to a Mafia-style protection racket (收保护费组织).
Several days later, I was bringing our garbage bins back when I noticed an envelope taped to one of the lids. The outside of the envelope said MICKEY. It had to be another tip request, this time from our garbage collector. Unlike Raoul, Mickey hadn't enclosed his own Christmas card from me. In a way, I appreciated the directness. "I know you don't care how merry my Christmas is, and that's fine," the gesture said. "I want $30, or I'll 'forget' to empty your garbage bin some hot summer day." I put a check in the envelope and taped it back to the bin. The next morning, Ed noticed that the envelope was gone, though the trash hadn't yet been picked up: "Someone stole Mickey's tip!" Ed was quite certain. He made me call the bank and cancel the check. But Ed had been wrong. Two weeks later, Mickey left a letter from the bank on our steps. The letter informed Mickey that the check, which he had tried to cash, had been cancelled.
The following Tuesday morning, when Ed saw a truck outside, he ran out with his wallet. "Are you Mickey?" The man looked at him with scorn(轻蔑). "Mickey is the garbageman. I am the recycling." Not only had Ed insulted(侮辱) this man by suggesting that he was a garbageman, but he had obviously neglected to tip him. Ed ran back inside for more funds. Then he noticed that the driver of the truck had been watching the whole incident. He peeled off another twenty and looked around, waving bills in the air. "Anyone else? "
Had we consulted the website of the Emily Post Institute, this embarrassing break of etiquette (礼节) could have been avoided. Under "trash/recycling collectors" in the institute's Holiday Tipping Guidelines, it says: "$10 to $30 each." You may or may not wish to know that your hairdresser, mailman and UPS guy all expect a holiday tip.
55. The newspaper deliveryman put a blank card inside the envelope because_____________________.
A. he wanted the couple to pay for the newspaper
B. he forgot to write a few words on it
C. he used it to ask for a Christmas tip
D. he was afraid of asking for a tip in person
56. From the passage, we learn that the author_________.
A. didn't like Raoul's way of delivering the paper
B. didn't realize why Raoul delivered the paper that way before
C. didn't know that Raoul delivered the paper for them
D. didn't feel it necessary to meet Raoul when he came
57. According to the passage, the author felt ______to give Raoul a holiday tip.
A. excited B. happy C. embarrassed D. forced
58. Which of the following is true about Mickey, the garbage collector?
A. He wrote a letter to the couple afterwards.
B. He failed to collect the money from the bank.
C. He wanted the couple to send him a Christmas card.
D. He collected both the check and the garbage that day.
59. Ed's encounter(遭遇) with the recycling team shows that________________________________.
A. Ed was desperate to correct his mistake
B. Ed only wanted to give money to Raoul
C. Ed was unwilling to tip the truck driver
D. Ed no longer wanted to give them money
60. From the passage we can infer that __________________________________________.
A. their garbage bin might not be emptied one day if the writer didn’t give tips
B. the writer could have avoided giving tips if they had consulted the website of the Emily Post Institute
C. the writer’s husband didn’t know Raoul at all
D. the writer’s family was too poor to give the tips
答案:
55. C 根据第二段中的.I had not tipped Raoul in Christmas past和This was the first time he'd used the card tactic可知Raoul是想要圣诞节小费。D中的“was afraid of…”文章中未提到。
56. B 根据第二段中的With a start, I realized that perhaps the reason for the 4 a.m. wake-up noise was not ordinary rudeness…可知作者以前并不知道Raoul这样扔报纸和发出噪音的原因。
57. D 根据第二段中的I honestly hadn't realized I was supposed to可知作者是被迫付费的。
58. B 根据第四段中的The letter informed Mickey that the check, which he had tried to cash, had been cancelled.可知他没拿到钱。
59. A 根据倒数第二段Ed拿着钱包去问司机可知他拼命想改正原先未付小费的错误。
60. A 根据I'll 'forget' to empty your garbage bin some hot summer day."可以推断出正确答案。
