高一英语阅读训练

高一英语阅读练习（15）[2012-5-18]一、完形填空（每小题2分，共15题，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从11-25各题中选出最佳选项。

It has been argued by some that gifted children should be grouped in special classes. The__1__is based on the belief that in regular classes these children are held back in their intellectual (智力的) growth by__2__situations that are designed for the__3__children.There can be little doubt that__4__classes can help the gifted children to graduate earlier and take their place in life sooner. However, to take these__5__out of the regular classes may create serious problems.I observed a number of__6__children who were taken out of a special class and placed in a__7__class.In the special class, they showed little ability to use their own judgment, relying__8__on their teachers’ dire ctions. In the regular class, having no worry about keeping up, they began to reflect__9__on many problems, some of which were not on the school program.Many are concerned that gifted children become__10__and lose interest in learning. However，this__11__is more often from parents and teachers than from students, and some of these__12__simply conclude that special classes should be set up for those who are__13__.Some top students do feel bored in class, but why they__14__so goes far beyond the work they have in school. Studies have shown that to be bored is to be anxious. The gifted child who is bored is an__15__child.1.A.principle B．theory C．argument D．discussion2.A.designing B．grouping C．learning D．living3.A.smart B．curious C．little D．average4.A.regular B．special C．small D．creative5.A.children B．programs C．graduates D．designs6.A.intelligent B．stupid C．ordinary D．independent7.A.separate B．regular C．new D．boring8.A.specially B．slightly C．wrongly D．heavily9.A.directly B．cleverly C．voluntarily D．quickly10.A.doubted B．bored C．worried D．tired11.A.concern B．conclusion C．reflection D．interest12.A.students B．adults C．scholars D．teachers13.A.talented B．worried C．learned D．interested14.A.believe B．think C．say D．feel15.A.outstanding B．intelligent C．anxious D．ordinary二、语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文, 按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空, 并将答案填涂在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置上。

Most students do an IQ text early in their school career. Even if they never see their results, they feel that their IQ is 16 determines how well they are going to do in life. When they see other students doing 17 (good) than them, they usually believe that those students have 18 higher IQ and 19 there is nothing they can do to change facts. However, new research 20 EQ suggests that success is not simply the result of a high IQ.While your IQ tells you how 21 (intelligence) you are, your EQ tells you how well you use your intelligence. Professor Salovery, 22 invented the term EQ, gives the followingdescription: At work, it is IQ that 23 (get) you promoted. Supported by his academic research, Pr ofessor Salovery suggests that when someone’s future success 24 (predict), their character, 25 measured by EQ tests, might actually matter more than their IQ.三、阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

ACity buses are white and blue. Please board at the front door and pay the fare as you get on. The fare per ride is $1.50 for adults and $1.00 for senior citizens. The fare may be paid by cash, bus pass or multiple passes. Please pay the exact amount directly into the slot（夹缝）at the top of the fare box. Remember that bills are not accepted and drivers cannot make change for riders.When you wish to get off the bus, please notify（告知）the driver in advance by pressing one of the buttons provided throughout the bus for this purpose. The bus may pass bus stops without stopping if no one is getting off or waiting to get on.There are five subway lines in the city. The fare is set at five rates from $2.00 to $3.50 according to the number of predetermined “price zones” traveled. T o purchase the appropriate ticket, please check the fare on the boards installed above the ticket-selling machines in each subway station.Pass through the automated ticket gates by inserting the ticket into the slot. When getting off the subway at a station beyond the validity（有效）of the ticket, pay the additional fare at a fare-adjustment machine.26. What is the lowest cost of a subway ride for an adult?A. $1.00.B. $1.50.C. $2.00.D. $3.50.27. How can a rider determine the fare of a subway ride?A. It is automatically determined.B. It is always $2.00C. Fare-adjustment machines determine the fare.D. All fares are posted.28. Bus riders can NOT use _________.A. changeB. billsC. a bus passD. a multiple pass29. According to the information, all bus riders should _________.A. exit from the back doorB. let the driver know in advance if they want to get offC. ask the driver for changeD. pay according to a “price zone”30. This text mainly tells us _________.A. how to use city buses and subwaysB. how convenient city buses and subways areC. how to pay the fare for city buses and subwaysD. how well city buses and subways are equippedBGuandong province all together chose universities in Hong Kong; when the very best student of Beijing picked up HK University while giving up the nearby Peking or Tsinghua University; when the highest enrollment （录取）rate of Hong Kong Science and Industry University reached 48:1, it’s the high time to ask where the real education heaven for students in China is.Years ago, the answer certainly would be “Peking or Tsinghua University”. But now no one could give the exact reaction without hesitation. The only sure thing is that HK universities have gradually showed an unusual attraction to a great many mainland students.It’s no doubt to call this HK craze（狂热）,which is even out of the expectation of those HK universities themselves.How can HK universities shake the steady foundations of Peking and Tsinghua and attract so many mainland students?First, Hong Kong universities offer large-amount scholarship, especially for the top students who can receive the sum of scholarship as much as 400,000 HK dollars.Since higher education has become a kind of heavy burden of many families, it’s easy to understand why the reaction to the generous offering of HK universities is great.Second, most HK universities receive professors and students from all over the world and carry out bilingual（双语）education. This kind of excellent language atmosphere is another attraction for mainland students.Further more, university students in Hong Kong have a better chance to study abroad as exchange students.Can mainland top universities like Peking or Tsinghua University calm as before when facing the unexpected competition fro m HK? Will they take relevant measures to win back the top students who once help them set the worldwide reputation? Time will explain it.The fierce competition brought by HK universities can be a good thing for an entire improvement of education in China. After the awakening and action taking of mainland universities, they can perform better together with HK universities.At least, it reminded the mainland universities the tuition fees（学费）are among students’ top concern when they are choosing universities. It’s time to move.31．What is the passage mainly talking about?A．Some thought brought by the enrollment of HK universities.B．Higher education in Hong Kong.C．The competition between HK University and Peking University.D．The fall of mainland universities.32. Top students from mainland apply for HK universities because ________.A．many students now would love to study aboard to get a better experienceB．they concern only about the tuition fees when choosing universitiesC．HK universities offer higher scholarship, better environment and more opportun ities for their further studyD．Peking university has lost its worldwide reputation33．What is the author’s attitude toward the competition brought by HK universities?A．The government should take relevant measures to stop this unfair competition. B．Mainland universities had better lower their tuition fees and win back the top students. C．Universities both in mainland and in HK would get an entire improvement during the competition.D．It may probably cause a complete loss both sides in the end.34．From the passage we can see HK universities __________.A．didn’t mean to enroll top students from mainlandB．didn’t expect their enrollment of mainland students would be so popularC．have strict enroll ment rules and only 1 out of 48 students can get the chance to study there D．are proud of their teaching staff and facilities35．What does the author mean by saying “It’s time to move” in the last paragraph? A．Mainland universities should take measures as soon as possible to attract students.B．The opportunities come for top students to study abroad.C．Mainland universities should make full preparations to challenge mainland universities. D．Top students should be offered further education free of charge.CAsian athletes have had a spare time in the first two days of the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, England. But Chinese hurdler(跨栏运动员) Liu Xiang surprised everyone by taking the bronze medal in the men's 60-meter hurdles.Liu became the first Chinese male athlete to get a world indoor medal in the 18-year history of the championship and was the only Asian medalist this time."Karaoke! That's what I'm going to do. I'm going to get a big group of my friends together and sing. I love both Western and Chinese music but especially Michael Jackson," said Liu after clocking 7.25 seconds in the final to take his place on the podium (领奖台)."Frankly speaking, I didn't think I was in the shape to win a medal," Liu said. "On my arrival here, my aim was just to fight my way into the final. After I did that, I thought I might just get into the top six. I knew British hurdler Colin Jackson was going to be here and he's the world record holder indoors and out.""There was also Cuba's reigning (统治的) Olympic champion Anier Garcia and Allen Johnson, from the United States." It was Johnson, the reigning world outdoor champion, who was successful in 7.47 seconds with Garcia second and Jackson finished back in fifth.Now Liu will never underestimate his chances again and is aiming for glory(光荣) in Paris later this year."There is the World Championship outdoors in the summer and I have now got to think that I can get a medal. I can never again think that I can't get a medal," he said. Liu's success here marks his rapid transition(转变) into the senior ranks."The university gives me a lot of flexibility. My courses are very easy and the teachers are very helpful," said Liu.They might have to be even more accommodating (乐于助人的) now if Liu starts taking on celebrity status, although an invite to his homecoming karaoke party may help.36. The first sentence "Asian athletes have had a spare time in the first two days..." means "________".A. Asian athletes can do things at their will in the first two daysB. Asian athletes haven't any achievements in the first two daysC. Asian athletes could match athletes from other continentsD. Asian athletes are tired of competing in the first two days37. The underlined sentence means "________".A. I was not satisfied with my performancesB. winning a medal can't show what I have doneC. I didn't think I was able to win a medalD. I haven't told anyone about my achievements in the hurdles38. Liu ________ the World Championship outdoors in Paris later this year.A. is busy preparing forB. has great pressure onC. is more confident of his ability inD. pays little attention to39. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Liu Xiang was the youngest athlete to take part in the competition in England.B. Liu Xiang was the first Asian medalist to get a world indoor medal.C. Liu Xiang is not only a good athlete but a music-lover.D. Liu Xiang finds it hard to get along with teachers in university.40. Of the following persons, who hasn't got a medal in the World Indoor Championship?A. Garcia.B. Allen Johnson.C. Liu Xiang.D. Michael Jackson.DIt is h ard to track the blue whale, the ocean’s largest creature, which has almost been killed off by commercial whaling and is now listed as an endangered species. Attaching radio devices to it is difficult, and visual sightings are too unreliable to give real insight into its behavior.So biologists were delighted early this year when, with the help of the Navy, they were able to track a particular blue whale for 43 days, monitoring its sounds. This was possible because of the Navy’s formerly top-secret system of underwater listening devices spanning the oceans.Tracking whales is but one example of an exciting new world just opening to civilian scientists after the cold war as the Navy starts to share and partly uncover its global network of underwater listening system built over the decades to track the ships of potential enemies.Earth scientists announced at a news conference recently that they had used the system for closely monitoring a deep-sea volcanic eruption （爆发）for the first time and that they plan similar studies.Other scientists have proposed to use the network for tracking ocean currents and measuring changes in ocean and global temperatures.The speed of sound in water is roughly one mile a second—slower than through land but faster than through air. What is most important, different layers of ocean water can act as channels for sounds, focusing them in the same way a stethoscope （听诊器）does when it carries faint noises from a patient’s chest to a doctor’s ear. This focusing is the main reason that even relatively weak sounds in the ocean, especially low-frequency ones, can often travel thousands of miles.41. The passage is chiefly about ____ .A. an effort to protect an endangered marine speciesB. the civilian use of a military detection systemC. the exposure of a U.S. Navy top-secret weaponD. a new way to look into the behavior of blue whales42. The underwater listening system was originally designed ____ .A. to trace and locate enemy vesselsB. to monitor deep-sea volcanic eruptionsC. to study the movement of ocean currentsD. to replace the global radio communications network43. The deep-sea listening system makes use of ____.A. the sophisticated technology of focusing sounds under waterB. the capability of sound to travel at high speedC. the unique property of layers of ocean water in transmitting soundD. low-frequency sounds traveling across different layers of water____44. It can be inferred from the passage that____.A. new radio devices should be developed for tracking the endangered blue whalesB. blue whales are no longer endangered with the use of the new listening systemC. opinions differ as to whether civilian scientists should be allowed to use military technologyD. military technology has great potential in civilian use45. Which of the following is true about the U.S. Navy underwater listening network?A. It is now partly accessible to civilian scientists.B. It has been replaced by a more advanced system.C. It became useless to the military after the cold war.D. It is indispensable in protecting endangered species.四、信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）首先请阅读以下花语：A．Red RosesRed roses, as we think of them today, are the traditional symbol for love and romance and a time-honored way to say “I love you.” The red rose has long symbolized beauty and perfection, so abouquet of red roses is the perfect way to express your deep feelings for someone special. For the budding relationship, a red rose bouquet can also signal the beginning of romantic intentions. They can send a message of commitment and an invitation to take the next step.B．Carnations (康乃馨)The meanings of carnations include fascination, distinction, and love. Like many other flowers, different messages can also be expressed with the flower’s di fferent color varieties. Light red carnations, for example, are often used to convey admiration, whereas pink carnations are often given as a sign of gratitude. Today carnations are worn and gifted worldwide on Mothers Day and have become symbolic of purity, strength and endurance of motherhood．As a custom pink carnations are worn to honor living mothers and white carnations for the deceased mothers. C．Chrysanthemums（菊花）Chrysanthemums were cultivated in China as a flowering herb as far back as the 15th century BC．It was named from the Greek prefix chrys-, which means golden (the color of the original flowers), and –anthemion, meaning flower. Chrysanthemums can be yellow, white or even bright red. Many flower forms are available, spoon-shaped, threadlike or spiderlike. With its special meaning “Rest” associated with them, chrysanthemums are one of the traditional funeral flowers which you can even convey your sincere feelings for the dead.D．SunflowersSunflowers turn their heads towards the sun and this is how they got their common name. They originated in Central and South America. Sunflowers are not only pretty to look at but sunflower seeds are power-packed with healthy fats, protein, fiber, minerals, and vitamin E – all important to the nutritional quality of your diet.E．Purple hyacinth （风信子）The language of flowers can be found as far back as the 14th century. Every flower has a special. Purple hyacinths are a meaningful gift, perfect for expressing feelings for a friend to convey the feelings like “You are a wonderful friend and I wish you peace, prosperity and happiness” or “I am sorry. Please forgive me.”F．Forget – me – notThe little blue Forget Me Not flower, though quite small in size, expresses sweet memories of true and faithful love, a soft cry –“Do not forget” the sunny and cloudy days of a deep relationship. Medicinally, this plant has a strong affinity for the respiratory organs, especially the let lower lung. In some countries, it is sometimes made into syrup and given for lung affections.再阅读以下顾客信息，然后匹配顾客与适合他们的鲜花。