阅读理解第二套

用时________分钟错误题数_____ 个阅读理解第二套(A)It was a sunny winter day. I had gone down the tower when a blind man came toward me. He kept close to the wall, touching it lightly with his arm. I stood still and looked at him walking toward the tower.“What does a blind man want to climb up the tower for?” I wondered, “Not the view (景色) certainly, perhaps he wants to jump.” Thinking of this terrible reason, I thought I should follow him.He went up slowly and stopped from time to time. I followed him a few steps behind. When he got to the first corner of the bell tower, I came close to him. “Excuse me,” I said as politely as I could, “but I wonder why you came up.”“You’d never guess.” he sai d.“Not the view or the fresh air on this winter day?”“No.” he said.“Tell me, then.”He smiled, “Perhaps climbing up the tower. You have noticed —and yet, not being blind, perhaps you won’t — how the sun shines into the tower through the windows here and there, so that one can feel the cool steps suddenly become quite warm, even in winter. But behind the wall there is shade(阴影). There is no place so good as this for feeling the difference between light and darkness. Though I’m blind, I also want to feel the happiness brought by the sunlight. In fact, it isn’t my first time to be here.” He said and seemed as pleased as a child.I had never thought that even a blind man could have his way to enjoy the beautiful life. But we often paid no attention to its value because we never lost it.We went down the tower together and I left him. From then on, I began to treasure what life has given me.1. The writer met the blind man on _____________.A. a sunny winter dayB. a rainy winter dayC. a sunny summer dayD. a rainy summer day2. The writer thought the blind man wanted to _____________.A. see the viewB. breathe the fresh airC. warm himselfD. jump off the tower3. What did the writer learn from the blind man?A. To take exercise.B. To feel happiness.C. To enjoy sunlight.D. To treasure life.(B)The Green Magic Tree House, in India, is the perfect hotel for anybody who likes adventure. Guests must drive for miles through the jungle to find it in the middle of tea and coffee plantation (种植园).There are two tree houses to choose from, one 30 metres and the other 35 metres above the ground. Both houses have two floors. The bedrooms are above the living area and there are bathrooms and showers. You can get up to rooms and move between floors by using ladders (梯子). You can go from one tree house to the other on a rope bridge. The houses sometimes move about in the wind but the views are fantastic.Guests can enjoy moving through the jungle, climbing in the mountains, and watching wildlife. There are many unusual plants, birds, and insects in the area.The Ice Hotel is in Jukkasjarvi, a village in Sweden 200 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle.80 rooms.Everything is made of ice. The walls, the floors, the ceilings, and even the furniture are made of ice. The beds are made of ice, too, but guests sleep on warm deer skins. Outside it can be -37 °C, so inside it feels quite comfortable. The hotel has a bar, where guests can drink vodka from glasses made of ice. It’s very popular —because there isn’t much else to do.To spend a night at Jules Underwater Lodge in Florida, guests need to scuba dive (潜水) seven metres under the sea. They enter a small house through a door at the bottom of the building. Inside, the kitchen is stored with food and there is a fridge and a microwave oven. There is a hot shower and comfortable beds and lots of books, DVDs and video games. Most guests, however, spend their time at one of the large windows watching different fishes swimming by.1. The writer tells us three __________ hotels.A. naturalB. unusualC. greenD. movable2. According to the passage we can infer the Ice Hotel __________.A. disappears in AugustB. is totally made of iceC. organizes lots of activitiesD. is enlarged every year3. Which of the following statements is True?A. The bar in the ice hotel is famous for vodka.B. Animals are watched through the hotels’ windows.C. Guests can live underwater for several days.D. The tree houses are of the same height.(C)You eat to stay fit and keep your body working, right? Then reading is food for your mind and soul. Reading inf orms you of what’s happening around. Reading encourages you to think and imagine, think out of the box and imagine the impossible.In the past, people just read books, only books. Today, we have books online, which makes reading easy. The web, our new storehouse of information is just a click away. But this in no way has stolen the magic of reading books, the sound of their pages’ flutter (翻页) and their smell…You can lie in bed with a book, but with a computer you possibly can’t. No matter how you read, reading is important.Remember those bedtime stories? We read fun facts about animals, plants and the universe. We ask “whys” and “hows”. In books, we find their answers. Children who are introduced to reading at an early age are seen to have a better understanding of phonics (语音学). They master language skills easily, have a richer vocabulary and have greater reading abilities. Children, who grow up reading good books, mostly stand out. The way they think and act is very different from those who have never been introduced to reading. Reading not only adds to their knowledge but also shapes their personalities. Reading has a great influence on one’s life. Teenagers are easily influenced by whatever they read. If inspirational stories and life experiences are r ead in one’s teens, they can change a person for the better. They stay with him and keep encouraging him to achieve his goals and choose the right against the wrong.The more you read, the more creative and imaginative you will become. Reading develops vocabulary, improves language skills and sharpens your problem-solving abilities. It leads to a better understanding of self. Reading gives you knowledge, it makes you more confident. The more you read about others’ lives and experiences, a better decision-maker you will become.So choose a book you like and don’t stop reading until you reach the end. And even after that read as much as you can.1. Which of the following is true?A. Children should start reading at a young age.B. Parents should tell their children stories every day.C. Teenagers should think and act differently from others.D. Students should find answers to their questions in books.2. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 means ______.A. reading books is no longer a pleasure to peopleB. reading books is less interesting than reading onlineC. reading online can’t take the place of reading booksD. reading online can’t be difficult for people3. What can we infer from the passage?A. More teenagers read online now.B. What teenagers read builds their future.C. What children should learn first is phonics.D. More practice makes reading easier.4. What’s the best title for the passage?A. Why Is Reading Important?B. What Should Teenagers Read?C. How Is Reading Ability Improved?D. When Should Children Start Reading?(D)The Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States, or Australia. They also want their children to take extra course activities when they will either learn a musical instruments, ballet, or other classes which will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.Parents can see that children’s skills vary, skilled in some area, while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today’s children lack sel f-respect and self-confidence.The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever.Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework. Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence.Some old machines, such as a broken radio or a TV set that you give your child to play with will make him curious and arouse(激起)his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying toteaching a child to read a book , but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.1.Parents in China, according to this passage,_______.A. are too strict with their childrenB. are too rich to educate their childrenC. have some problems in educating their children correctlyD. are too poor to educate their children2.Generally speaking, children’s skills____________.A. come from the parents B .have nothing to do with their educationC. may be differentD. have something to do with marks in the exams3. The writer of this passage does not seem to be satisfied with__________.A. the parents’ ideas of educating their childrenB. the education systemC. children’s skillsD. children’s hobbies4. According to the last paragraph we can conclude that _______________.A. broken radios and television sets are usefulB. one’s curiosity may be useful for his later lifeC. an engineer must fix many broken radiosD. a good student should spend much time repairing radios5. What is best title of this passage?A. Education, More than TestsB. Chinese EducationC. Chinese ParentsD. Education Problems。