江苏省盐城市大丰区小海镇中考英语三轮复习阅读理解(上)练习2

阅读理解(上)

Winterswimming has bee popular in Beijing. Three years ago, few people would go swimming in the city waters. But now there is a Winterswimming Enthusiasts’ Club(冬泳爱好者协会) and it has more than 2, 000 members. The oldest is 84 years of age and the youngest is only 7. The members are from all walks of life. They may be workers, peasants, soldiers, teachers, students......

Though it is now the coldest part of the season and the water temperature in the city’s lakes is around 0°C, many winterswimm ers still swim in the icy waters, even when it is snowing. They enjoy themselves in the lake, while the people by the side of the lake are wearing heavy clothes.

Why are so many people interested in winterswimming? Because winterswimming can be good for one’s health.

Bei Sha is a good example. He is 69 years old, and he once suffered from heart trouble for 26 years. After ten years of winterswimming he is now in good health. Scientists are now studying the effects of winterswimming on health.

46. Among the winterswimmers the oldest man is ____ years older than the youngest one.

A. 91

B. 84

C. 77

D. 7

47. Guess what “The members are from all walks of life” means.

A. The members do different jobs at different places.

B. They e from all parts of Beijing.

C. They are persons of different ages.

D. They are men and women, old and young.

48. Winterswimming has bee popular in Be ijing because _______.

A. more and more people like to swim in winter

B. it is m ore interesting than swimming in summer

C. winterswimmers are brave men

D. winterswimming does a lot of good to one’s health

puters are very important to modern life. Many people think that in the future puters will be used in lots of everyday life. It is thought that we won’t have to go shopping

because we will be able to get most things which are sold in shops on the Internet. There will be n o more books because we will be a ble to get all texts from puters. The Internet will be used to play games, see films and buy food. Most telephone calls will be made by puters, too.

Some people are glad about these new ways of shopping and municating(交际). Others do not think that puters will replace our old ways.

Let’s look at books. For example, some people think that one day we will not read books made of paper. Instead, we will buy and read books using puters. We will read texts on small pocket puters. The puters will keep many different books in them at the same time. We won’t need to turn lots of pages and paper will be saved. puterized(计算机化) books will be used more and more.

Is Internet shoppin g such a pleasure as going to the shop? Many people say it is not. It is a pleasure to go into shops and look at things you want to buy. It is also unlikely that many people will want to read large texts on our puters. Because paper books will perhaps be more friendly. Maybe puters won’t change these two habits.

46. Which reason for using puterized books is NOT said in the passage?

A. puterized books won’t be ver y expensive.

B. puters can keep many different books in them.

C. We won’t turn lots of pages.

D. We won’t need any paper.

47. Paragraph 4 tells _______.

A. about the old and new ways of shopping and municating

B. if the Internet will change our habits

C. about puterized books

D. about futur e uses of puters

48. The title for this passage is _______.

A. puters will Replace Shops and Books

B. puters Are the Future

C. puters will Do Everything for Man

D. How puters Change Our Habits