阅读课题练150篇(第二阶段)

开放型阅读能力培训练习第二阶段Passage 1 Week one题材体裁字数题数阅读时间正确率科普类说明文162 4 分钟All the useful energy at the surface of the earth comes from the activity of the sun. The sun heats and feeds creatures and mankind. Each year it provides men with two hundred million tons of grain and nearly ten million tons of wood.Coal, oil, natural gas, and all other fuels are stored energy from the sun. Some was collected by this season‘s plants as carbon compounds. Some was stored by plants and trees ages ago. Even waterpower derives from the sun. Water is turned into vapor by the sun and falls as rain. It courses down the mountains and is converted to electric power. Light transmits only the energy that comes from the sun‘s outer layer, and much of this energy that is directed towards the earth never arrives. About nine tenths of it is absorbed by the atmosphere of the earth. In fact, the earth itself gets only one half millions of the sun‘s entire output of radiant energy.1.The sun is the source of all of the following EXCEPT________.A. gasolineB. natural gasC. animal fatD. atomic power2.Radiant energy is stored as carbon compounds by_______.A. plantsB. waterC. creaturesD. rock3.The largest part of the light energy directed towards the earth is_____.A. used for electric powerB. stored by the plantsC. absorbed by the earth‘sD. stored by the animals in the form of body fat.4. Of the sun‘s total output of radiant energy, the earth receives______.A. one tenthB. one millionthC. a very small portionD. all that comes from the surface of the sunPassage 2题材体裁字数题数阅读时间正确率科普类说明文244 4 分钟Some people wonder why countries spend millions of dollars on space projects .They want to know how space research helps people on Earth .Actually. space technology helps people on Earth every day . This is called ―spinoff technology‘‘. Spinoff technology is space technology that is now used on Earth .In early space programs, such as the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s ,and in the space shuttle missions today ,scientists developed object for the astronauts (spacemen) to use on the moon and in space .We now use some of these objects every day . For example ,we have quartz watches with an accuracy of one minute a year .We purify the water we drink with a water filter designed for the astronauts‘ use in space .The cordless , hand-held tools we use in our homes , such as cleaners , flashlights drills and irons came from the technology of these early space programs .On cold winter days , we can stay warm with battery-operated shoes and socks , and insulated coats and jackets . All of these clothes are similar to the spacesuit designs that kept astronauts comfortable in the temperatures of the moon , and are spinoff from space technology .Products are only a few examples of the many ways space technology helps us in our everyday life . No one knows how new spinoff technology from the International Space Station will help us in the future .5.How many examples of spinoff are mentioned in the second paragraph ?A.3B. 4C.5D.66.Which of the following does NOT use spinoff technology ?A. Water filters .B. Quartz watches .C. Battery-operated socks .D. Spacesuits worn by astronauts .7. Which of the following is the best title of the passage ?A .Space ProjectsB .Spinoff TechnologyC .Advantages of SpinoffsD .Future of Space Technology8 .It can be inferred that the writer of this passage ?A .suggests using more spinoff in our daily lifeB .agrees to do more research on spinoff technologyC .doubts if spinoff have any good effect on human beingsD .believes that space technology will be widely used on EarthPassage 3题材体裁字数题数阅读时间正确率学习类说明文291 4 分钟Some Kinds of PoetryY ou deal with poetry more than you probably think . It may not always be good poetry , but the words of many songs are poems . They use rhyme and strong images pictures painted in words . Y ou may also find poems on some greeting cards . The best of these are poems from some well-know writers .Generally we say that there are two kinds of poetry .They are the lyric poem and the narrative poem . A lyric is usually a short poem . It does not tell a story . Instead , it expresses some emotion . For example , a poet may write a lyric poem about getting his child to bed .He does not tell about everything that happens .But he may pick up one small part ,such as tucking the child in .He may describe this in a line of two .Then he may go on to tell his thoughts and memories .Maybe he thinks of his other children when they were young .Maybe he remembers his own childhood .Expressing his feelings ,he writers a lyric poem .Narrative poems are poems that tell stories .Some people find these easier to understand than lyric poems .These are often stories about unhappy love affairs .They can also be about characters such as Jesse James .Some are about tragedies such as the sinking of a ship .Ballads have a lot of action and dialogue .The rhyme in them is often also very strong .Some narrative poems have little of no rhyme .One famous writer of narrative poems was Robert Frost .Frost lived on a farm in New England .Many of his narrative were about that life . Couples would argue .People would die .Their stories came to life in Frost‘s poems .9. This passage mainly talks about_____.A .some famous poetsB .the emotion that poems expressC .the stories that narrative poems tellD .differences between lyric and narrative poem10. According to the passage ,Robert Frost‘s narrative were mostly _____.A .hard to understandB .filled with love storiesC .about everyday eventsD .ignored by most other poets11. Which of the following is NOT a narrative poem ?A .The emotion of getting old .B .The first day to college .C .The sinking of the ship Titanic .D .The Most Famous actress in Hollywood.12. The wrier explains what a lyric poem is by _____.A .writing out a lyric poemB .giving a brief introduction of its historyC .presenting its dictionary meaningD .explaining what a lyric might be aboutPassage 4题材体裁字数题数阅读时间正确率婚姻生活议论文269 4 分钟Doomed beauties such as Cleopatra and Manilyn Monroe were far from alone in their misery. V ery attractive people tend to from partnership that are less stable and satisfying than those enjoyed by plain Janes.According to research by Dr. John Blaine of the University of Southern California, relationships between people whose professions largely depend on their appearances, such as models or actors, tend to end much faster than those between lawyers, doctors or students.Blaine said the beautiful felt different from childhood. They are treated as special, which may create both arrogance and insecurity. All too often, beauty can be used as an alternative to education. Often they are pushed out of their class or town, told to go off and make their fortune in Hollywood or London and, when the majority fail, they have few talents to make a living.Blaine added that beautiful people score poorly on the ―big five ‖---the key factors American experts consider when helping distressed couples. These are neuroticism, including anger and anxiety ; extroversion; openness to new experiences; agreeableness; and conscientiousness, or sticking by agreements they have made. Attractive people often see no reason to try to change until their looks start to fade.Krista Sutherland, of the University of California Los Angeles, said partnerships that appeared to be perfect from the outside, such as the former ―dream teams‖ of Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise or Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley, where backgrounds and aspirations are often shared, did not necessarily lead to happiness.13.The underlined sentence in the first paragraph means_______.A . beautiful women always felt lonely B. beautiful women always were aloneC. beautiful women always lived a happy lifeD. many beautiful women did n‘t end up with a happy life14. The underlined phrase ―plain Janes‖ in the first paragraph refers to ______.A. common peopleB. women named JanesC. good-looking women .D. ordinary-looking women15. we can infer from the passage that ______.A . the marriage of the beautiful often last longB . Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley were a coupleC . Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise were satisfied with their marriageD . when the beautiful fail in Hollywood, they are not able to make a living16. Which of the following is the best title of the passage ?A . Beauties or Common B. The beautiful are differentC . Beauties are Doomed to fail in loveD . The Five Key Factors Affecting the PartnershipPassage 5题材体裁字数题数阅读时间正确率中学生活类应用文97 4 分钟May Hexham Middle SchoolSunday Monday T uesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1SchoolMeeting2BasketballMatch3ArtShow4 5 SeniorClassPicnic67 8ComputerGroupMeeting4:00 p.m.9FieldTrip10SingingGroupMeeting3:00 p.m.11EnglishGroupMeeting4:30 p.m.12BaseballHexhamAgainstFairview1314 15SchoolMeeting16Half day:Leave atNoon17Film :Face Off2:00 p.m.18ScienceGroupMeeting3:00 p.m.19SeniorT alentShow2021 22Exams23 24 25 26 2728 29SeniorThreeGraduationMeeting2:00 p.m.17. How long does the art show last?A. One dayB. Two daysC. Three daysD. Four days18. How often do the students have the school meeting in May?A. Four timesB. Three timesC. TwiceD. Once19. We can see that the students will have exams from____ to ____.A. May1; May5B.May10;May12C. May22; May26D. May8; May1120. From the chart we can see that there are two____ groups in this school.A. sportsB. artC. ScienceD. languagePassage 6 Week two 题材体裁字数题数阅读时间正确率新闻报道应用文133 4 分钟▲Hong Kong‘s pop star Kelly Chan will hold a concert in Hong Kong this month. She has been working on it for two years. She will dance with a group of 40 dancers. Chan is going to wear a dress with quite a number of diamonds on it.▲Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova,17, won the Japan Open on Saturday. She beat America‘s MashonaWashington. It was her second win in a week. She also did well in South Korea.▲More than nine million American children have health problem because they are too fat. An Americanmedical group announced this last week. The group said children should have less fast food and fever soft drink and that schools should have more sports for all students, not just the best athletes.1. From the news we know that _____.A. Kelly Chan America has been dancing with 40 peopleB. Maria Sharapova has won the Japan Open 17 timesC. soft drink and fast food are really good for children‘s healthD. many American children have too much fast food and too little exercise2. What is Kelly Chan going to do?A . To hold a concert B. To go on a dietC .To watch a game D. To make a dress3. According to the news the player from____ won the tennis match on Saturday.A. RussianB. JapanC. South KoreaD. America4.The medical group from America said last week that _____.A. America has too many good athletes.B. schools should organize more picnicsC. children shouldn‘t have too many soft drinksD. most parents in America have health problemPassage 7题材体裁字数题数阅读时间正确率汽车广告说明文212 4 分钟Does your old car make a lot of noise? Does it use a lot of gas? Does it drive badly on the highway? Then you must need a new car.Before you buy a new car, however you really should take a look at the new Comet. Y ou might be surprised by this year‘s model. It has a new engine, and it doesn‘t use much gas .Besides the new engine, there are several new colors of paint and the special matching inside. Y ou can choose evening gray, sunset red, midnight blue, or cloud white. Y ou can choose matching leather or plastic seats. And every car today ought to have a CD player, so every new Comet has one at no extra cost.Y ou should not buy a car if it doesn‘t drive smoothly, and you might not be happy if your new car uses too much gas. So we suggest that you drive the Comet and test it for yourself. Y ou might find the car easy to control. And it is economy（节约的）on gas .If you doesn‘t choose a Comet, you must not be worried about economy and performance. And you must not need to think about price.5. The underlined words in the third paragraph are used to describe__________.A. timeB. natureC. weatherD. color6. Which of the following is true?A. The new Comet is a gas-saving car.B. The CD player in the Comet is cheap.C. The outside of the new Comet is very colorful.D. All the seats inside the Comet are made of plastics.7. According to the passage, you should buy a car that____.A. uses much gasB. drives smoothlyC. is hard to controlD. has a CD player8. What is the purpose of the passage?A. To tell people how to choose a car.B. To tell people how to mend a car.C. To encourage people to buy cars.D. To inform people the price of the car.Passage 8题材体裁字数题数阅读时间正确率科普类说明文198 4 分钟Friend is better than fortune. Friend is worse than poison in some cases. The two sentences above are opposite and seem to be unreasonable but they can be explained as follows: the first refers to all good friends w ho drive us towards good while the second all bad ones who lead us to wrong ways.My ideal(理想的) friend is of course a good friend whose goodness is shown below-he has no bad likings, such as smoking and drinking. He lives in frugality(节俭). He studies hard so as not to waste his golden time. At home he honors his parents and loves his brothers; at school he respects his teachers and shares feelings of his classmates. He treats those truly who are true to him. In a word, he has all the good characters better than mine. I can follow him as a model. With his help I am free from all difficulties,Indeed, if I have such a person as my friend, I shall never fear difficulty and I shall never know the existence of the word "failure".9. This passage tells us __A. how to make friends with othersB. how the writer' s friend helps himC. what kind of person the writer's friend is D what kind of person we should make friends with10. An ideal friend meansA. a true friendB. a false friendC. an imaginary friendD. an excellent friend11. From the passage we can learn thatA. the writer and his ideal friend have a lot to learn from each otherB. the writer has a lot to learn from his ideal friendC. the writer's ideal friend has a lot to learn from himD. the writer has only a little to learn from his ideal friend12. From the second paragraph, we can infer the writer is sure thatA. nothing cannot be done with friendB. only the first sentence is reasonableC. he who does not smoke or drink must be a good friendD. good friends should always help each otherPassage 9题材体裁字数题数阅读时间正确率科普类说明文198 4 分钟There are some very good things about open education. This way of teaching allows the students to grow as people, and to develop their own interests in many subjects. Open education allows students to be responsible for their own education, as they are responsible for what they do in life. Some students do badly in a traditional classroom. The open classroom may allow them to enjoy learning. Some students will be happier in an open education school. They will not have to worry about grades or rules. For students who worry about these things a lot, it is a good idea to be in an open classroom.But many students will not do well in an open classroom. For some students, there are too few rules. These students will do little in school. They will not make good use of open education. Because open education is so different from traditional education, these students may have a problem getting used to making so many choices. For many students it is important to have some rules in the classroom. They worry about the rules even when there are no rules. Even a few rules will help this kind of students. The last point about open education is that some traditional teachers do not like it. Many teachers do not believe in open education. Teachers who want to have an open classroom may have many problems at their schools.Y ou now know what open education is. Some of its good points and bad points have been explained. Y ou may have your own opinion about open education. The writer thinks that open education is a good idea, but only in theory. In actual fact, it may not work very well in a real class or school. The writer believes that most students, but of course not all students, want some structure in their classes. They want and need to have rules. In some cases, they must be made to study some subjects. Many students are pleased to find subjects they have to study interesting. They would not study those subjects if they did not have to.13．Open education allows the students to .A．grow as the educated B．be responsible for their futureC．develop their own interests D．discover subjects outside class14．Open education may be a good idea for the students who .A．enjoy learning B．worry about gradesC．do well in a traditional classroom D．are responsible for what they do in life.15．Some students will do little in an open classroom because .A．there are too few rulesB．they hate activitiesC. open education is similar to the traditional educationD. they worry about the rules16．Which of the following best summarizes the passage?A．Open education is a really complex idea.B．Open education is better than traditional education.C．Teachers dislike open education.D．The writer thinks that open education is a good idea in practice.Passage 10题材体裁字数题数阅读时间正确率科普类说明文198 4 分钟Nine-year-old Louis Pasteur rushed into the little house. His face turned white. ―M other ,‖ he cried. ―A mad dog has bitten my friend Henri, and now they are burning him with red-hot irons. It is terrible.‖―Rabies, Louis. Burning the bites is the only hope of stopping Henri from catching the disease.‖Henri did get rabies and died in great pain some days later. Louis Pasteur thought, ―I would like to do something to help people like Henri.‖ Sixteen years later Pasteur because a doctor of Science. And he began making important discoveries in this special field.Pasteur had many successes in his life. But in the middle of all this he himself suddenly became ill. As a result, he lost the use of his left arm and leg. Y et he had found no way of curing one disease---rabies. He had never forgotten his friend Henri, so he worked on and on as hard as ever.After many dangerous experiments on mad dogs, he finally found the answer. Just then a boy who had been badly bitten by a mad dog arrived at his lab. A few days after Pasteur‘s treatment the boy got better. He did not catch rabies.The discovery gave people in many countries new hope. People sent money to help build the Pasteur Institute in Paris. Today it is one of the world‘s most famous centers for research.17.Why did Pasteur decide to do the research when he grew up?18.How old was Louis Pasteur when he became a doctor of Science?19.What made Louis become successful at last？Passage 11Week three 题材体裁字数题数阅读时间正确率科普类说明文284 4 分钟Motherhood may make women smarter and may help prevent dementia（痴呆）in old age by bathing the brain in protevtive（荷尔蒙）, U.S. researcher reported on Thurday.Tests on rats show that those who raise two or more litters of pups do considereably better in tests of memory and skills than rats who have no habies, and their brain show changes that suggest they may be protected against diseases such as Alzheimer‘s（早老痴呆症）。