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选择型阅读专练1.Do you feel a little sleepy after lunch? Well, that’s normal. Your body naturally slows down then. What should you do about it? Don’t reach for a coffee! Instead, take a nap.There are many benefits（好处）of a daily nap. First of all, you are more efficient（有效率）after napping. You remember things better and make fewer mistakes. Also, you can learn things more easily after taking a nap. A 20-minute nap can reduce information overload. It can also reduce stress. Finally, a nap may increase your self-confidence and make you more alert（灵活）. It may even cheer you up.But, there are some simple rules you should follow about taking a nap. First, take a nap in the middle of the day, about eight hours after you wake up. Otherwise, you may disturb your sleep-wake pattern. Next, a 20-minute nap is best. If you sleep longer, you may fall into a deep sleep. After waking from a deep sleep, you will feel worse. Also, you should set an alarm clock. That way, you can fully relax during your nap. You won’t have to keep looking at the clock so that you don’t oversleep.Now, the next time you feel sleepy after lunch, don’t get stressed. Put your head down, close your eyes, and have forty winks.( ) 1. It’s normal for us to feel a little sleepy_______.A. after supperB. after breakfastC. after lunchD. after tea time( ) 2. According to the passage, what is NOT mentioned?A.Napping makes you stronger.B. Napping makes you feel happier.C. Napping gives you more self-confidence.D. Napping improves your memory.( ) 3. What is a good rule for taking a nap?A. Use an alarm clock.B. Nap eight hours after waking up.C. Sleep for about half an hour.D. All of the above( ) 4. What is the best way of having a nap？A. Two 60-minute naps every dayB. One nap each day.C. Napping only in the evening.D. Napping only in the morning.( ) 5. Which may happen if an alarm clock is not used?A. You may relax more.B. You may feel too nervous to relax.C. You may forget an important meeting.D. You may not reduce your napping time.( ) 6. In the last paragraph, “have forty winks” can be replaced by “________”.A. do eye-protection exercisesB. close your eyes for forty timesC. have a short sleep during the daytimeD. pretend to have a quick nap after lunch2.People all know that December 25th is Christmas Day for Americans and other westerners. Yet not all the people know Boxing Day.Boxing Day is a holiday observed on December 26, or the first weekday after Christmas. And it is a festival only for those service persons such as postmen, newspaper boys, milkmen, etc. On that day, families traditionally give Christmas boxes to those service workers. It is a custom, but nobody is certain how it was originated.A popular legend tells the story. There was once a rich lady called Chatter in England. One morning many years ago, it snowed very heavily. Chatter was waiting anxiously for a very important letter from her boyfriend. Then a post boy came and gave her the letter. She was so pleased that she gave him a box with presents. Later on, more and more people followed her examples. As time went by, giving boxes with presents to service persons became a custom in Great Britain. Later the custom spread to the British Commonwealth and America. In the United States, some people give their employees money instead of boxes nowadays.( )1. Boxing Day is observed_______.A.on December 25B. on December 26C. on the first weekday after ChristmasD. on December 26 or on the first weekday after Christmas.( )2._______ on Boxing Day.A.Those service persons would give boxes to each other.B.Service worker would give boxes to the people they serveC.The employers receive boxes from service workerD.Service worker receive boxes from the employers( )3. According to a popular legend story, Boxing Day was originated from______.A.AmericaB. AustraliaC. EnglandD. British Commonwealth ( )4. On Boxing Day, a service worker receives a box______.A.with nothing in itB. made of woodC. which is beautifulD. of presents( )5. On Boxing Day in the United States nowadays,_______.A.all the service workers receive money instead of boxes from their employers.B.People give the service workers boxes only.C.some people give money to the service workers; others still give boxes.D.People don’t give boxes or money to the service workers( )6. Which is the best title for this passage?A.The Origin of Boxing DayB.Festival for Service PersonsC.An Introduction of Boxing DayD.Before Christmas3.The Brown children don’t care what the house is like as long as the garden is big enough. Kitty, their daughter, has always wanted to work in a restaurant. She thinks it is an exciting place. It’s hard work but she isn’t lazy. She has to work on Saturdays and Sundays, but she gets other days off. It’s not very well-paid. But who cares about money?Tim is a middle school student. He is twelve years old. He stops school at half past three, so he has plenty of time to finish his homework.David, Mr. Brown’s brother, is looking for a room to rent. He doesn’t care what colour the walls are or how old the furniture is . He is getting ready for his drawing. So the house must be quiet.( ) 1. Why didn’t the Browns buy the house in Advertisement 1?A. It was on north side of the townB. There weren’t enough bedrooms.C. There was no dining-roomD. The garden was too big.( ) 2. Why does Kitty want to get the job in the restaurant?A. It’s a easy jobB. The place is good and the food is freeC. She thinks it will be interestingD. She can get long holidays.( ) 3. What’s wrong with the room for David in Advertisement 4?A. It’s too smallB. The walls are new paintedC. He likes the old furnitureD. It’s too noisy( ) 4. What does the sentence “All meals free” mean?A. Assistants can have meals at any time.B. Assistant can have meals without paying money.C. Assistants need to pay for meals.D. Customers can have meals freely.( ) 5. What does David probably do?A. A teacherB. A workerC. A doctorD. An artist.( ) 6. What does Kitty probably do?A. A studentB. A teacherC. A waitressD. A doctor4.You may know that more people drink coffee than tea around the world. And that, after oil, it is the second biggest traded commodity(商品). You may also know that the drink comes from beans which are first roasted and then ground. But what else do you know about this popular drink?It is said that the story of coffee started with an Ethiopian goathered named Kaldi. One dayKaldi was surprised to see that his goats were behaving very strangely. Instead of grazing(吃草) quietly, they were jumping around, almost dancing. He also noticed some red “cherries”from a plant that the goats were eating. He tried some himself and was surprised by the feeling of extreme happiness and excitement. He felt like dancing, too!But it wasn’t used as a drink at first----it was used as food. The coffee berries, mixed with animal fat, were used by monks to stay awake during long hours of prayers. From Ethiopia, coffee was later cultivated in Yemen and the first hot drink was developed there around AD 1000. Three centuries later Muslims were keen coffee drinkers and as Islam spread, so did coffee. Coffee houses appeared in Cairo and Mecca. For hundreds of years the plants were protected safely. But some beans were smuggled(偷运) out of Arabia and taken to India to Indonesia, a century later the beans were once again smuggled to Brazil. Brazil is now the largest coffee producer in the world. It was the caffeine(咖啡因) that made the goats dance and kept the monks awake. Although it is found in other soft drinks and tea, coffee has the most caffeine. In the short term, a couple of cups of coffee can prevent fatigue and delay sleep. But several cups a day, every day, can cause anxiety and restlessness.( ) 1. Who found the coffee berries first?A. Farmer.B. A scientistC. An Ethiopian goatherdD. A doctor( ) 2. Why did the goatherd want to dance?A. Because he liked to dance with his goats.B. Because he found his goats behaving strangely.C. Because he ate some red “cherries” from a plant.D. Because he wanted to practice dancing.( ) 3. Which of the following events came first?A. Coffee houses appeared in Mecca.B. Coffee became a drink.C. Coffee spread as Islam spread.D. Coffee was grown in a new continent.( ) 4. Which sentence is true?A. Monks were the first to drink coffee.B. too much coffee can make people anxious.C. Brazilians liked drinking coffee the most.D. Oil is the second biggest traded commodity.( ) 5. Around the world more people drink coffee than tea because________.A. coffee berries can be eatenB. coffee has the most caffeineC. coffee can prevent fatigue and delay sleepD. coffee can cause anxiety and restlessness( ) 6._______ is now the largest coffee producer in the wolrd.A. IndiaB. IndonesiaC. ArabiaD. Brazil5.It was the middle of April of 1975. A large number of birds were flying northward. Thousands of ducks led the way as they usually do.But things were different that year. The north winds were very strong. Heavy snowstormscame quite late in the spring. The birds badly needed a place to get out of the storms and to rest during their long flights. Thousands of ducks couldn’t find a place to rest in Nebraska.At that time a terrible disease that kills birds broke out in Nebraska. Ducks were dying in great numbers. Hawks(鹰) that lived nearby were spreading the disease to the water birds that landed on the small lakes.The wildlife workers were not able to stop the terrible disease. As they worried over the dying birds, they suddenly thought of something even worse. In a few days the whoopers(美洲鹤), one of the most beautiful birds, were going to fly across the state.What would happen if even one of the forty-nine remaining whoopers was to land near the sick birds? If a whooper got the disease, it could spread to all the rest.A bad snowstorm blew over Nebraska as the first whoopers fought their way across the state.They were forced down by storm. And they landed right in the middle of one of the places where the disease was spreading. A farmer was the first to see the nine whoopers on the lake. The wildlife workers quickly got ready to save the whoopers. They worked for long hours, trying to frighten the birds away to a safe place. They fired guns, but the whoopers didn’t move.At last it stopped snowing! With a small plane the workers were able to drive all but two of the whoopers to a safe place.All night long the workers stayed in the cold as they watched over the whoopers. Suddenly, as day began to break, the last two whoopers took off. They were driven by the airplane to a safe place.Slowly the winds became less strong. The nine whoopers flew off to the north. The wildlife workers were tried but happy.( ) 1. What was the unusual thing that happened in Nebraska in 1975?A. Ducks led the way as a large number of birds flew.B. Ducks couldn’t find a place to rest in Nebraska.C. A terrible disease that kills birds broke out.D. Heavy snowstorms came early in the spring.( ) 2. What made things even worse was that______.A. hawks got the disease and spread it to the water birds.B. the whoopers flying by would be in danger of catching the disease.C. thousands of ducks died.D. the wildlife workers were not able to stop the disease.( ) 3. The wildlife workers did all the following things to save the whoopers EXCEPT______.A. firing guns to get the whoopers away from the sick birds.B. watching over the whoopers away from the sick birds.C. using a small plane to drive the whoopers to safety.D. gathering the sick and dead birds with a small plane.( ) 4. In the end, the nine whoopers flew off to the north when______.A. the night was overB. it stopped snowingC. there was less windD. the winds stopped( ) 5. Which of the following is NOT true?A. The wildlife workers were happy because they had done their best to protect the whoopers.B. The wildlife workers acted quickly when they were needed to save the whoopers.C. The whooper is a bird which is not commonly found.D. The whoopers always land on the lakes in Nebraska when flying north.( ) 6. Finally, the wildlife workers were______.A. happyB. tiredC. tired and unhappyD. tired and happy 6．The mystery(悬案) stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle are famous all over the world.The detective in his stories is called Sherlock Holmes. He solves mysteries in a most surprising way. Through it all, his assistant, Dr. Watson, watches with admiration(钦佩). Watson then writes up the story of the mystery afterwards.This is a useful story about writing skills. Because Watson is not very clever, the story remains a mystery until the end. The readers can sometimes pick up some clues before he does! Then, to make Watson understand the mystery, Holmes has to explain it all, step by step. So we, the readers, get to see it step by step too. Watson is almost as good a character in the story as Sherlock Holmes!The very first time they meet, Holmes greatly surprises Watson. When they are first introduced, Holmes says to Watson, “How do you do? I see you have been to Afganistan.”Watson is too amazed by this to ask Holmes how he knows this. Watson has, indeed, been to Afganistan. Later, he asks Holmes about it. Holmes explains that there is nothing magical about what he does. He gets to know it all by very, very careful observation(观察).Observation OneWatson was introduced to Holmes as a doctor. Yet Holmes thought that the way he stood and walked made him seem like a soldier. So, this meant he was probably an army doctor.Observation TwoWatson’s face was quite dark skinned. But his wrists(手腕) were pale. So his dark face was probably sunburnt. This meant that he had been to a hot, sunny country. As he was a working doctor, this was not a holiday. He must have gone with the army.Observation ThreeAt the time, the British army had soldiers at bases in many parts of the world. So there were still a lot of places to choose from. However, Holmes saw that Watson looked very tired and he was always holding his left arm, as if it was painful. So, he had probably been with the army to a place where they were fighting. There was only one place where the British army was fighting at that time, Afganistan.( ) 1. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle_______.A. is a detective in mystery stories.B. is Sherlock Holmes’ assistantC. is a soldier in the British army.D. writes famous mystery stories.( ) 2. Dr. Watson watches Holmes with admiration because______.A. Holmes solves mysteries in a most surprising way.B. Watson is not very cleverC. people always come to Holmes for help.D. the story of the mystery is written up afterwards.( ) 3. The writer most probably created the character, Dr. Watson, to______.A. give Holmes help when solving mysteries.B. show Holmes’ careful observationC. help readers pick up some clues about the mystery.D. get readers to see the mystery step by step.( ) 4. They first time they meet,______.A. Holmes explains how he knows Watson has been to Afganistan.B. Holmes surprises Watson by telling that he has been to AfganistanC. Watson tells Holmes he has been to AfganistanD. Watson asks Holmes how he knows he has been to Afganistan( ) 5. In “Observation Two”, the underlined word “sunburnt” probably means “________.”A.called by illnessB. made brown by sunC. painted by make-upD. given by his mother( ) 6. From the passage we know that the British army______ at that time.A. only had soldiers in AfganistanB. had many army doctors at bases in many parts of the world.C. was fighting with several countriesD. was fighting with Afganistan7.Australia is nearly as large as the United States, but most of it is too dry for people to live in. Around the edge of this huge dry part are large sheep and cattle farms. A few of them are as large as the smallest states in America. Often the nearest neighbors are many hundred miles away.The two way radio is very important to people who live on these great Australian farms. It works much like a telephone. A person can listen to someone else’s talk and then give an answer.When these radios first came into use, the Australian government set up a special two-way radio program. Then, people on the large farms could talk to a doctor hundreds of miles away. They could tell the doctor about someone who was sick, and the doctor could let them know how to care for the sick person. Since the large farms were so far from towns, the children could not go to school. Radio schools were set up for them in some areas. At certain time each day, the boys and girls turned on their radios and listened to their teachers in cities miles away.Families on the large farms wanted to give views to their neighbors. “Round robin(知更鸟)”talks by radio were started to keep families in touch with each other. They could talk about who was going away or who was sick or who was getting married. They could also talk about their sheep and cattle and how much money the market would pay for them. In many ways the radio became a newspaper in the farm of Australia.( ) 1._______ live around the edge of the huge dry part.A. FarmersB. old menC. SheepD. Dogs( ) 2. The two-way radio is something like a telephone because______.A. the radio has two telephonesB. you can talk to and listen to someone by the radioC. it looks like a telephoneD. it should be connected to two telephones( ) 3. People can do the following with the radio except_______.A. talking to doctors from miles awayB. listening to the teachersC. communicating with neighborsD. selling things on the radio( ) 4. Children on large farms in Australia________.A. must go to schoolB. could see their teachers at any timeC. could talk to and listen to their teachers by radio at a certain time a day.D. could communicate with their teachers at any time( ) 5. Families on the large farms kept in touch with others by_______.A. radioB. newspaperC. a birdD. both B and C( ) 6. What is the best title for the passage?A. The two-way radioB. Schools on the radioC. A new telephoneD. Life in Australia.8.In the United States, millions of women work outside their homes. Some of these women must work to support their families. However, many have children too young to go to school. Who looks after these children all day while the mothers work?In the past, grandmothers or other relatives often lived with the family. The older relatives stayed at home and took care of the children. But young parents began to move into their own small houses or apartments, and there was no room for relatives. Some mothers could hire baby-sitters to look after their children, but many could not pay for it.Today, our cities are filled with more than 500,000young children who are alone all day. These children are called “Latchkey kids”, for around their necks hang the keys that open their empty rooms. Nobody waits for them inside.Mothers need a place to leave their children while they work, and children need better care. The need someone who is interested in caring for them. To meet this need, public day-care centers are being built in different parts of the country. These day-care centers are supported by tax money. Mothers who leave their children pay only as much as they can.Some public day-care centers do more than just look after children. They provide medical services and educational training. In the future, there will be more day-care centers. They will open a new kind of door for “latchkey kids”.( )1. used to stay at home and took care of their young children in the USA.A. Young parentsB. The older relativesC. Mothers C. Teachers( )2. One of the reasons why some children hang the keys around their necks is that .A.they have grown upB.they must open their empty rooms for their mothersC.they have to look after themselves when their mothers are at workD.they have no parents( )3. The day-care centers get their expenses from .A. the rich mothersB. taxC. the relatives of the childrenD. the local charity organization( )4. In fact, the day- care centers are a great help to .A.the mothers who needn’t go out to workB.the teenagers at schoolC.the mothers who have a job and need someone to take care of her childrenD.the young parents who don’t know how to teach children( )5. The word “They”in They will open a new kind of door for “latchkey kids”in the lastparagraph means .A.the day-care centersB. the government officerC. the mothersD. the grandparents( )6. The passage tells us something about a in the United States.A. phenomenonB.storyC. childD. family9.What should you do if there is a fireDo you want to be a fireman when you grow up? If you do, here are some warm-ups. Play sports more often because a firefighter must have a strong body. Try to put on your clothes as fast as you can, because a firefighter must act quickly. And learn what to do when there is a fire.When you smell smoke or see fire, shout out “Fire!” as loud as you can. Get help from your parents or call 119. Tell 119 where you are and what is on fire. Listen to 119’s instrucution(指示). Never try to put out a fire by yourself, even if it’s a small one.Get out of the room as soon as possible. Don’t try to take anything with you. A fire can become very big in a few seconds. If there is a lot of smoke lower down, so it’s easier to breathe(呼吸) and see where you are going.Use the stairs during a fire. A lift may stop working and trap you inside. Don’t go back to the burning room for your pet or anything else. Animals have a very good sense(感觉) of smell. They often get out of the room before you go.If you can’t get out of your room, close the door and put a blanker(毯子) or a quilt(被子)at the foot of the door. It can stop smoking from coming in. Open the window and shout for help, or wave(挥动) a flashlight from the window. Let people know that you are still trapped.If your clothes catch on fire, remember this saying: Stop, Drop and Roll. Stop running, because moving around will make the fire even bigger. Drop to the ground, then roll from side to side to stop the fire.Go into almost any primary school across the US and ask students what they want to be when they grow up. Some will say they want to be president. Others want to be doctors, lawyers or movie stars. But many of them may say they want to be firefighters. Being a firefighter is a dangerous job, and it doesn’t pay nearly as well as a job in medicine, business or entertainment. So why has the idea of becoming a firefighter been popular with kids for so many years?One reason is that firefighters are heroes in US society. They are strong and brave. They risk their own lives(冒着生命危险) to save the lives of others. Most people would run away from a giant, roaring(咆哮的) fire. But firefighters run straight into the centre of fire every day.After the terrorist attacks(恐怖袭击) in New York on September 11, 2001, firefighters became a symbol of national pride and strength. Brave firefighters rushes to save people in the falling World Trade Center buildings. They were able to save many lives, but many fireman died trying to save others. After the attack, people across the US wore hats and T-shirts that said FDNY(Fire Department of New York) to support the firefighters.To be a firefighter is to be a hero. It’s no surprise that many kid hope for the chance to become heroes when they grow up.( ) 1. If you want to be a fireman when you grow up, you’d better_______ from now on.A. take part in more sports meetingsB. put on more clothesC. learn what to do when there is a fireD. warm up as quickly as possible( ) 2. When you smell smoke or see fire, you’d better not_______.A. put out a fire by yourselfB. tell you parentsC. call 119D. shout out loudly ( ) 3.______makes it easier for you to breathe and see where you are going in heavy smoke.A. To make everything with you and run awayB. To shout out loudlyC. To keep your head and body close to the floor.D. To use a lift( ) 4.______ often get out of the room before you do.A. Your parentsB. FiremenC. Your petsD. smoke( ) 5. You can’t______ during the fire.A. use the stairsB. get out of the room as soon as possibleC. use the liftD. use a flashlight( ) 6.______makes the fire grow bigger when your clothes catch fire.A. Dropping to the groundB. Rolling from side to sideC. Stopping runningD. Moving around10.A woman in a faded(褪色的) dress and her husband, dressed in an old suit, walked into the Harvard University president’s office. The secretary could tell at once that such country people have no business at Harvard University.“We want to see the president,” the man said softly.“He’s busy,” the secretary answered.“We’ll wait,” the woman replied.The secretary finally decided to disturb the president. The president was annoyed but agreed to see them. The woman told the president, “We had a son who attended Harvard University for a year. He loved the university. But about a year ago, he was killed. My husband and I would like to build a memorial(纪念物) to him, somewhere on the campus（校园）.”The president wasn’t touched…he was shocked.“Madam,”he said, “we can’t put up a statue(雕塑) to every person who attended Harvard University and died.”“Oh, no,” the woman explained quickly. “We don’t want to put up a statue. We thought we would like to give a building to Harvard University.”The president rolled his eyes, looking at the old dress and suit. The he exclaimed(惊呼): “A building! Do you know how much a building costs? The cost of Harvard University’s buildings altogether is over 7.5 million dollars.”The woman fell silent. Then she turned to his husband and said quietly: “If that’s all it costs to start a university, why don’t we just start our own?” her husband nodded.Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford got up and walked away, traveling to California where they started the University that bears their names, Stanford University, a memorial to a son that Harvard University no longer cared about.You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they think can do nothing.苏X老师初三年级专用资料( ) 1. Both the old man and the woman were dressed in Shabby clothes. The word “Shabby”means_______.A. newB. old, woreC. modernD. clean( ) 2. What did the secretary think of the old couple for the first sight?A. They were scholars(学者)B. They were from the countryside.C. They were business owners.D. They were tourists.( ) 3. Why did the secretary decide to disturb the president?A.He thought the couples were important guests.B. The president was not busy at that moment.C. The couple got angry about waiting a long time.D. The couple had waited for too long.( ) 4. The old couple wanted to put up______ to show their love for their son.A. a buildingB. a statueC. a templeD. a hospital( ) 5. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?A. The couple meant to ask for money for the death of their son.B. Their request was accepted because the president thought it was practical.C. The couple built a memorial for their dead son at Harvard University.D. One can never judge a person by his/her appearance.11。