阅读理解主要考点解析

阅读理解主要考点解析

一、词义猜测

A

Treating disease by bathing has been popular for centuries. Hydrotherapy, this means modern medical bathing, first became popular in Europe and by the late 1700’s also became popular in the United States.

✧Apparently the word “hydrotherapy” in the reading passage means ________.

A.medical bathing

B. a water system

C. bathing frequency

D. terrible body smell

B

Can we pay too much attention to details? Absolutely not. Perfectionist struggles over little thing at the cost of something larger the work toward , “To keep from the forest for the trees”, says Charles Garfield, associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco , “We must constantly ask ourselves how the details we’re working on fit into the larger picture. If they don’t , we should drop them and move to something else.”

✧The word “perfectionist” refers to those who _________.

A.demand others to get everything absolutely right.

B.know how to adjust their goals according to the circumstances.

C.pay too much attention to details only to lose their major objectives (目标).

D.are capable of achieving perfect results in what ever they do.

二、细节理解

A

In some malls, people can see a doctor or a dentist and even attend church. In other words , people can do just about everything in malls. Now residents can actually live in their favourite shopping center.

✧Why have malls become so popular ?

A.Because people can do everything there .

B.Because people can do many other things besides shopping for all they need.

C.Because people feel safe in malls with police stations around.

D.Because people enjoy the fresh air and can have a good rest there.

B

More and more companies are allowing their office workers to wear casual clothes to work. In the United States, the change from formal to casual office clothes has been slow. In the early 1990s, many companies allowed their employees to wear casual clothes on Friday. This became known as “dress—down Friday” or “casual Friday”. “ What started out as an extra one—day—a—week benefit for employees has really become an everyday thing.” Said business consultant Andony Jones.

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✧According to the passage , which of the following is true?

A. Company workers started to dress down about 20 years ago .

B.Dress—down has become an everyday phenomenon since the early 1990s.

C. “Dress—down Friday” was first given as a favour from employers.

D. Many workers want to wear casual clothes to impress people.

三、主旨大意

A

This week, Chinese scientists said they grew an embryo (胚胎) by introducing cells from a dead female panda into the egg cells of a Japanese white rabbit. They are now trying to implant(移植) the embryo into a host animal.

The entire procedure could take from 3 to 5 years to complete, with only about 1,000 pandas left in the world, China is desperately trying to clone the animal and save the endangered species.

✧The best title for the passage may be ______.

A. China’s Success in Panda Cloning

B. The First Cloned Panda in the World

C. Exploring the Possibility to Clone Pandas

D. China—the Native Place of Pandas Forever

B

Reading to dogs is an unusual way to help children improve their literacy skills (读写能力). With their shining brown eyes, wagging tails, and unconditional love, dogs can provide the non-judge mental listeners needed for a beginning reader to gain confidence, according to Intermountain Therapy Animal (ITA) in Salt Lake City. The group says it is the first program in the country to use dogs to help develop literacy in children, with the introduction of Reading Education Assistance Dogs(READ).

The program was so successful that the library plans to repeat it in April. According to Dana Thumpowsky , public relations manager.

✧What is mainly discussed in the text?

A.Children’s reading difficulties

B.Advantages of raising dogs

C.Service in a public library

D.A special reading program

四、推理判断

A

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