高二英语阅读训练10
阅读训练10
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One Monday morning, the class were excited about the rumor（流言）that the science room was on fire over the weekend．Mr. Johnson, my fifth grade teacher 36 it and explained that science class would be cancelled 37 the fire. He also 38 us not to go near the room because it could be dangerous．
During the morning break, Kim and I 39 to check out the damage．A first hand observation would make us heroes at lunch．We safely 40 the science room．We stood on tiptoes（脚尖）looking hard through the door window, trying to see what was like inside 41 suddenly a firm hold on our shoulders stopped us．
"Where do you belong? Certainly not here!"
I turned around to find a teacher staring 42 at us, shouting．In those frozen seconds millions of 43 flashed through my mind．My father would kill me for disobeying teachers．Worse than that, my mother might be so mad that she might not 44 him．My heart 45 even lower when I thought of how angry Mr. Johnson would be．Soon the teacher led Kim and me back to the classroom, leaving us 46 before Mr. Johnson．
But to our 47 , there was no yelling and no anger from Mr. Johnson． 48 , he bent slowly to look me in the eye．I was met with a look of 49 rather than anger．He spoke softly and carefully as he explained why he was 50 in my decision to go where I might have got 51 ．As I looked into the eyes of the man who could send me to unimagined 52 at home, tears welled up in my eyes．The thought of disappointing Mr. Johnson 53 me while I felt a gentle touch of Mr. Johnson's hand on my shoulder．I glanced up and he smiled．My 54 for Mr. Johnson grew greatly the moment I discovered
that he still liked me even after I'd disappointed him．I could see that he cared
more about my 55 than the fact that I'd broken a rule．It was the first time I felt
the power of forgiveness．
36. A. confirmed B. believed C. heard
D. studied
37. A. in spite of B. due to C. in terms of D. other than
38. A. reminded B. informed C. warned
D. convinced
39. A. pretended B. asked C. promised D. decided
40. A. entered B. found C. examined D. reached
41. A. as B. while C. when D. since
42. A. curiously B. patiently C. silently
D. angrily
43. A. thoughts B. excuses C. words D. feelings
44. A. help B. stop C. hate D.
seize
45. A. flew B. beat C. sank D. moved
46. A. whistling B. chatting C. whispering D. shaking
47. A. delight B. surprise C. regret D. sorrow
48. A. However B. Therefore C. Instead
D. Otherwise
49. A. concern B. guilt C. comfort D. complaint
50. A. frightened B. puzzled C. disappointed D.
discouraged
51. A. burnt B. hurt C. lost D. blamed
52. A. consequences B. destructions C. influences D.
surroundings
53. A. shocked B. confused C. bored D. shamed
54. A. care B. hope C. love D. desire
55. A. behavior B. freedom C. dignity D. safety
阅读理解
(A)
I am a strong believer that if a child is raised with approval, he learns to love himself and will be successful in his own way.
Several weeks ago, I was doing homework with my son in the third grade and he kept standing up from his chair to go over the math lines. I kept asking him to sit down, telling him that he would concentrate better. He sat but seconds later, as if he didn’t even notice he was doing it, he got up again. I was getting disappointed, but then it hit me. I started noticing his answers were much quicker and accurate when he stood up. Could he be more concentrated while standing up?
This made me start questioning myself and what I had been raised to believe. I was raised to believe that a quiet, calm child was a sure way to success. This child would have the discipline to study hard, get good grades and become someone important in life.
Now those same people perhaps come to realize that their kids are born with their own sets of DNA and personality characteristics, and all you can do is loving and accepting them. As parents, throughout their growing years and beyond that, we need to be our kids’ best cheerleaders, guiding them and helping them find their ways.
I have stopped asking my son to sit down and concentrate. Obviously, he is concentrating just in his own way and not mine. We need to learn to accept our kids’ ways of doing t hings. Some way may have worked for me but doesn’t mean we need to carry it through generations. There is nothing sweeter than being individual and unique. It makes us free and happy and that’s just the way I want my kids to live their own life.
56. At the beginning, the author tried to keep his son seated in order to make him .
A. pay more attention to his study
B. keep silent in the room
C. finish his homework on time
D. get right answers
57. Inspired by the case of his son, the author began to doubt .
A. the importance of parents
B. the good grades of some kids
C. the old form of education
D. the relationship between kids and their parents
58. According to the passage, which of the following statements is RIGHT?
A. Parents should study their kids’ DNA.
B. Parents should love and accept their kids.
C. Kids should be taught to behave themselves.
D. We should help kids correct their wrong ways.
59. The author has stopped asking his son to sit down because .
A. his son wants to be unique
B. his son’s DNA is different
C. his son doesn’t follow his advice
D. he has changed his traditional ideas
(B)
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60. What is mainly discussed in paragraph 2?
A. the heat of the EP
B. the appearance of the EP
C. the safety of the EP
D. the material of the EP
61. From the passage, we can learn that the EP___________.
A. doesn’t burn up oxygen
B. runs without any noise
C. makes people get sleepy
D. is unsuitable for children and pets
62. The underlined word “evenly” in paragraph 4 probably means _________.
A. continuously
B. separately
C. equally
D. quickly
63. The main purpose of the passage is to______________.
A. advise people to save on heating bills
B. persuade people to buy the product
C. report the new development of portable heaters
D. compare the functions of different heater brands
(C)
Men are spending more and more time in the kitchen encouraged by celebrity (名人) chef cooks like Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver, according to a report from Oxford University.
The effect of the celebrity role models, who have given cooking a more manly picture, has combined with a more general drive towards sexual equality and men now spend more than twice the amount of time preparing meals than they did in 1961.
According to the research by Prof. Jonatahn Gershuny, who runs the Centre for Time Research at Oxford, men now spend more than half an hour a day cooking, up from just 12 minutes a day in 1961.
Prof. Gershuny said, “The man in the kitchen is part of a much wider social trend. There has been 40 years of sexual equality, but there is another 40 years probably to come.”
Women, who a generation ago spent nearly two hours a day cooking, now spend just one hour and seven minutes—a great fall, but they still spend far more time in the
kitchen than men.
Some experts have named these men in aprons as “Gastrosexuals (men using cooking skills to impress friends)”, who have been inspired to pick up a kitchen knife by the success of Ramsay, Oliver as well as other male celebrity chefs such as Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Marco Pierre White and Keith Floyd.
“I was married in 1974. When my father came to visit me a few weeks later, I was wearing an apron when I opened the door. He laughed,” said Prof. Gershuny. “That would never happen now.”
Two-thirds of adults say that they come together to share at least three times a week, even if it is not necessarily around a kitchen or dining room table. Prof. Gershuny pointed out that the family meal was now rarely eaten by all of its members around a table—wit h many “family meals” in fact taken on the sofa in the sitting room, and shared by family members. “The family meal has changed a lot, and few of us eat—as I did when I was a child—at least two meals a day together as a family. But it has survived in a dif ferent form.”
64. What is one reason behind the trend that men spend more time cooking than before?
A. The improvement of cooks’ skills.
B. The influence of popular female chefs.
C. The change of female’s view on cooking.
D. The development of sexual equality campaign
65. What does the author think about the time men and women spend on cooking?
A. Women spend much less time on cooking than before.
B. Men spend more time cooking than women nowadays.
C. It will take 40 years before men spend more time at the stove than women.
D. There is a sharp decline in the time men spend on cooking compared with 1961.
66. How did Prof. Gershuny see the family meal according to the passage?
A. It has become a thing of the past.
B. It shouldn’t be advocated in mod ern times.
C. It is very different from what it used to be.
D. It is beneficial to the stability of the family.
67. Which is the best title for the passage?
A. The Changes of Family Meals
B. Equality between Men and Women
C. Cooking—a Thing of the Past for
D. Cooking into a New Trend for Men Women
(D)
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Typing This course on week-days is for those who want to learn to type, as well as those who want to improve their typing. You are tested in the first class and practice at one of eight different skill levels. This allows you to learn at your own speed. Each program lasts 20 hours. Bring your own paper. Course charge: $125.
Material charge: $25. Two hours each evening for two weeks. New classes begin every two weeks. This course is taught by a number of business education teachers who have successfully taught typing courses before.
Oil painting Oil paint is easy to use once you learn the basics. When you enroll at this oil painting course, you will learn to draw and learn to paint using many oil painting techniques under complete guidance and instruction. Together with the teacher’s knowledge and your passion–we’ll unlock your creativity and develop your potential! Course charge: $35. Jan. 5, 12, 19, 26, Thurs. 2:00-5:00 pm. Ralf Ericssion has taught beginners to masters and he has learned that everything builds on just a few basic concepts that he will show you here.
Singing This course shows you how to deliver an accomplished vocal performance on stage and in the studio. Develop your vocal talents with professional warm-up routines and learn vocal techniques to gain confidence in your performance. You’ll learn to perform classic songs before exploring your own songwriting ideas with a tutor. And finally you’ll get the chance to record in a professional studio. Singing tuition may be in groups or one-to-one. We have Choral singing, Gospel singing, Folk singing and many other styles of song. All styles are welcome and no previous experience is required. Please read on for course contents and reviews from our students. Course charge: $90. Jan. 10, 12, 17, 19, Tues. & Thurs. 5:30-8:30pm. Peter Syrus is a Grammy award winning tutor.
68.All the courses listed above are offered to the people __________.
A. who live in the city of Chicago
B. who are free in the evening
C. who want to take some special courses
D. who like to learn something new
69. There are typing courses___________.
A. on Saturdays and Sundays
B. from Monday to Friday
C. from Monday to Saturday
D. on Tuesdays and Thursdays
70.From the text we can infer ___________.
A. Marianne Adams has had many photographs printed in a magazine
B. Joseph Saimders has worked in New Urban University for 12 years
C. Dr John Goode’s method of stopping smoking is very successful
D. there are eight different skill levels for business education teachers
71. If you want to take the oil painting course, you should___________.
A. know that oil painting is not so easy to learn
B. master some basic oil painting techniques first
C. contact the teacher Ralf Erission for your enrollment
D. have free time in the afternoon of every Thursday in January
(E)
The gentle giants of our oceans are whale sharks. It's the biggest shark and can reach as long as 41.5 feet, and these amazing creatures are not only the biggest sharks. they are also the biggest fish of any kind.
Whale sharks have a life of 70 years on average, and they spend their days gently swimming in the warm and tropical oceans.
Their teeth are the size of match heads, and while their jaws could be powerful, they have never tended to attack humans. Their teeth play no role in eating, as plankton （浮游生物）does not need to be chewed. They are to be found in numbers in the warmer oceans and they prefer the deep waters of the open oceans.
Several times a year they gather together in certain spots where plankton is plentiful. Those areas are all within a 30°north or south latitude (纬度) from equator. Sadly, whale sharks are targeted by commercial fisheries at those spots.
How easy it must for the fishermen to catch those beautiful creatures who can only swim at 3.5 miles per hour! So great a loss have they suffered that whale sharks are now listed as one of the endangered species. Measures have been taken by some countries to protect the whale shark from dying out.
The Philippines and India have all banned the fishing. selling. importing and exporting of whale sharks for commercial purposes. However, the law does not seem to be effective because the hunting and killing are still going on today. Especially in the Philippines. Each whale shark can be sold around $21,000. In parts of Asia they are known as the “money shark”.
The great dollar wins again at great cost to our habitat. We will not know what we have lost until we have lost it forever.
72. Which of the following about whale sharks is NOT true?
A. They usually live a life of 70 years on average.
B. They can reach as long
as 41.5 feet.
C. They depend on their teeth to harvest their food.
D. They live in the deep waters
of the warmer oceans.
73. Which of the following do whale sharks feed on?
A. Big fish.
B. Plankton.
C. Smaller sharks of the same kind.
D. Seals
74．So many whale sharks have been caught mainly because______.
A. they swim at a slow speed
B. they are surrounded by so
many fishermen
C. they often gather together in great numbers
D. they never tend to attack humans
75. it is implied in the passage that ______.
A. whale sharks are not the biggest sharks but the biggest fish
B. whale sharks will be extinct even if they are protected
C. all the countries should take steps to protect whale sharks
D. the huge profit is to blame for the decreasing of whale sharks
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A (words:311&225) The British National Health Service (NHS) was set up in 1948 and was designed to provide equal basic health care, free of charge, for everybody in the country. Before this time health care had to be paid for by individuals. Nowadays central government is directly responsible for the NHS although it is administered by local health authorities. About 83 percent of the cost of the health service is paid for by general taxation and the rest is met from the National Insurance contributions paid by those in work. There are charges for prescription and dental care but many people, such as children, pregnant women, pensioners, and those on Income Support, are exempt from payment. Most people are registered with a local doctor (a GP, or General Practitioner) who is increasingly likely to be part of a health centre which serves the community. As the population of Britain gets older, the hospital service now treats more patients than before, although patients spend less time in hospital. NHS hospitals—many of which were built in the nineteenth century — provide nearly half a million beds and have over 480, 000 medical staff. The NHS is the biggest employer in Europe although Britain actually spends less per person on health care than most of her European neighbours. During the 1980s there was considerable restructuring of the Health Service with an increased emphasis on managerial efficiency and the privatization of some services (for example, cleaning). At the end of the 1980s the government introduced proposals for further reform of the NHS, including allowing some hospitals to be self-governing, and encouraging GPs to compete for patients. Patients would be able to choose and change their family doctor more easily and GPs would have more financial responsibility. The political questions continue of how much money should be provided to support the NHS and where it should come from. 41. We can know from the first paragraph that ______________. A. the original aim of the NHS was to provide equal basic health care for everybody B. people didn’t have to pay for health care since the NHS was set up C. patients were charged for receiving health care before 1948 D. the NHS was an organization which gave free advice to villagers 42. What do we know about the NHS? A. It’s managed by the central government.
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