A
Dear Fang,
How are you these days? I have been in England for two months. It’s not a long time for a newcomer, and there are still a lot of things to do. Sorry for not being able to write to you soon.
London is an old but beautiful city. There are lots of places of interest to visit. Last weekend I went along Thames River with some friends from Japan, Korea and some other countries. The modern skyscrapers(摩天大楼) among the old buildings impressed us deeply. The classes started two weeks after I arrived here alone. Besides the language, I’m trying to learn about the culture as well. British people are quite different from the Chinese. Do you know the people here do not shake hands as much as we do in China? And it’s never a good habit to make noise when you eat. They think it’s impolite.
There is so much to say, but I have to stop.
I will write to you soon again.
Love,
Harry
阅读上面短文,根据其内容选择答案。
( )1. Harry came to London from ________.
A. France B. Japan
C. Korea D. China
( )2. Two months ago Harry came to London _________.
A. with Fang B. with his friends
C. with his parents D. alone
( )3. Harry has studied in London _______.
A. for about two weeks B. for about two months
C. for about one and a half months D. for about a month
( )4. Last weekend Harry was impressed by _____________.
A. London’s long history
B. the modern skyscrapers
C. London’s old buildings
D. the English culture
( )5. English people _______________.
A. do not often shake hands with their friends when they meet
B. often shake hands when they meet their friends
C. talk aloud when they have dinner
D. usually make noise when they eat
B
The Internet is a big place and has lots of different kinds of information. Nobody has enough time to find something on the Internet. Yahoo gives us a lot of help.
Two Stanford University students Jerry Yang and David Filo started it in 1994. They made a list of their favorite web pages. When their list got bigger, they made a database(数据库) to keep a lot of information. They let everyone use it for free. Soon, thousands of people were using it.
Then they made a new kind of software. It could store much more information, and people can find information by using it. If you look for “animals”, it will give you a list of web pages with the word.
Yahoo became a public company in 1996. As the company grew, Yang and Filo went on working hard. They put more uses in the software, such as shopping and free e-mails. They started Yahoo in many different countries and in different languages.
Yahoo is famous on the Internet. It really makes money unlike most other web companies.
阅读上面短文,根据其内容选择答案。
( )6. When Yang and Filo made the first Yahoo software, they ______________.
A. made people pay for using it
B. were still university students
C. knew it wasn’t useful
D. were high school students
( )7. After the company became bigger, Yang and Filo _____________.
A. became lazy B. worked less
C. kept on working hard D. stopped working
( )8. The passage doesn’t tell us we can __________ by using the Yahoo software.
A. go shopping B. look for information
C. send and receive e-mails
D. book tickets
( )9. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Yahoo is another name of Internet.
B. Yahoo is a public company.
C. Yahoo doesn’t offer free e-mails.
D. Yahoo is losing money.
( )10. What does the author think of most Internet companies?
A. They don’t earn much money.
B. They are all famous.
C. They are just like Yahoo.
C
One day a middle-aged woman telephoned her doctor.
“Doctor,” she said, “I’m having a lot of trouble with my shoulders. It hurts me all the time and I can’t sleep at night.”
“Come this afternoon,” said the doctor, “and I’ll have a look at it.”
That afternoon the woman went to the doctor’s office. He gave her a very through examination, asked a lot of questions, and listened carefully to her answers.
“Well, my dear,” he said, “it looks like that you have arthritis.”
“Arthritis?” she said. “Oh, no! What am I going to do?”
“Don’t worry,” he answered. “I’ll give you a prescription(药方) and the pain will go away.” The doctor took out his pen, wrote a prescription, and handed her his bill for fifty dollars. The woman opened her pocket book, took out a fifty-dollar check, took the painkillers(止痛药), said goodbye and left.
The doctor mailed the check to his bank, but a week later he was surprised to find that the check was returned to him, marked “Insufficient Funds(存款不足)”. He telephoned the woman immediately.
“I’m very sorry to have to tell you this,” he began, “but your check came back this week.”
“Oh, really?” said the woman.“That’s quite a coincidence(巧合).”
“What do you mean?” asked the doctor.
“Well,” said the woman, “so did my arthritis.”
阅读上面短文,根据其内容选择答案。
( )11. The doctor told the woman to _____________.
A. take the painkillers
B. have a good rest at home
C. come to the doctor’s the next afternoon
D. spend much money on her arthritis
( )12. The underlined word “arthritis” is a name of a ______________.
A. telephone B. medicine
C. bank D. disease
( )13. The doctor was surprised a week later because _____________.
A. the woman was feeling much better
B. no money was in the check
C. there was much money in the check
D. he lost the woman’s check
( )14. From the story we can conclude that ______________.
A. the doctor was a very good one
B. the woman was satisfied with her doctor
C. the effect of the painkillers couldn’t last long
D. the doctor and the woman were good friends
( )15. Finally, ____________________________.
A. the woman’s shoulders hurt again
B. the pain went away
C. the woman gave the doctor more money
D. the doctor returned the woman’s money
D
Young people and older people do not always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and having fun. But in one special program in New York state, adults(成年人) and teenagers live together in peace.
Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. The purpose(目的) of this program is not just to keep busy. It is to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make furniture and to build houses. The adults teach them these skills.
( )14. From the story we can conclude that ______________.
A. the doctor was a very good one
B. the woman was satisfied with her doctor
C. the effect of the painkillers couldn’t last long
D. the doctor and the woman were good friends
( )15. Finally, ____________________________.
A. the woman’s shoulders hurt again
B. the pain went away
C. the woman gave the doctor more money
D. the doctor returned the woman’s money
D
Young people and older people do not always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and having fun. But in one special program in New York state, adults(成年人) and teenagers live together in peace.
Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. The purpose(目的) of this program is not just to keep busy. It is to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make furniture and to build houses. The adults teach them these skills.
( )18. If someone in the group breaks a rule, _________________.
A. he must go away
B. the problem must be discussed by the group
C. he will be punished by others
D. he will be kept busy working
( )19. People who join the group _______________.
A. want to get further understanding
B. are busy working in order to learn more skills
C. like painting in their free time
D. want to make friends with children
( )20. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The teenagers make the rules for this program.
B. Only in the special program, adults and teenagers live together in peace.
C. Children who join the program are just for fun.
D. Sometimes the young and the old don’t agree with each other.
Key: 1-5 DDCBA 6-10 BCDBA 11-15 ADBCA 16-20 CDBAD
阅读强化训练(二)
A
French kids can be editors for a day
Can kids make their own newspapers? They do in Paris. Student editors at a French newspaper for kids called Mon Quotidien, do every day.
The ten-year-old newspaper sometimes sells 200,000 copies every day. It gets more than one million dollars every year! This is much more than many other newspapers.
How do they decide what to put in the paper? All the adult editors working on the children’s newspaper agree that the paper should be simple to read. Kids should be able to finish it within 10 minutes. The paper covers(报道) kids’ favorite subjects like school life, animals and science. It also talks about big world problems.
In order to make the paper more popular with kids, adult editors invite students aged 10 to 15 to join them. They have meetings every Wednesday and Sunday. Adult editors, reporters and kids sit together and decide which topics should come out in the paper and on which page. Which topic should come out on the front page, world news or bears in the zoo? Often the kid editors and adult editors disagree. Sometimes, the adult editors have to give up because their little editors won’t give in. Usually the student editors stay in the newspaper office for three hours at each meeting. Any kid in France can call the newspaper if they are interested in being a one-day editor.
根据短文内容判断下面句子的正(T)误(F)。
( )1. The French newspaper Mon Quotidien has a history of 10 years.
( )2. The newspaper is for the kids to create and practice, not to earn any money.
( )3. The editors of the newspaper are all kids.
( )4. The children can finish reading the newspaper within 10 minutes because it’s simple.
( )5. When the kids disagree with the adults editors, the adults have to give in most of the time.
B
In the near future, people in some parts of the world will watch a new kind of television. It is called the high definition television(高清晰度电视机) or the HD-TV. The main difference between an HD-TV and a normal television is the picture. It is more clear and detailed. This is because the HD-TV has many more points and lines that make a television image. Every color television picture contains thousands of red, green and blue points. They all come together as an image in the eye of the person watching. The points are organized in lines that go across the television screen. There are more than five hundred lines in a normal television. The HD-TV has two times as many. To get this clear picture, you must have a big screen. Experts say people using a small screen will see little difference.
The HD-TV also has clear sound. It is like the sound on a CD. All these improvements make an HD-TV very costly. One kind in Japan now sells for more than twenty thousand dollars. A major problem with the HD-TV is its broadcast signal(传播信号). The signal is bigger than normal because it carries more electronic information.
根据短文内容,选择答案。
( )6. What is the main difference between an HD-TV and a normal television? It is _____.
A. the picture B. the shape
C. the voice D. the weight
( )7. What is a color TV image?
A. It is made up of thousands of red, green, and blue points.
B. Points are organized in lines that go across the TV screen.
C. It is a black and white picture.
D. Both A and B.
( )8. How many lines does an HD-TV have?
A. Over 250. B. More than 500.
C. More than 1,000. D. About 250.
( )9. What should you do if you want to get a clear and detailed picture from an HD-TV?
A. You must have the bigger signal for the HD-TV.
B. You have to get a big screen.
C. You should have a compact disc player.
D. Both A and B.
( )10. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. The HD-TV sets are not popular now because they are too expensive for most people.
B. The signal for the HD-TV is not bigger than that for the normal TV.
C. In the future the HD-TV will cost 10 times as much as it costs now.
D. Only Japan can make the HD-TV.
C
The students in America usually begin high school at the age of 13 or 14. Some leave at the age of 16. But most finish the 4-year high school study. They do not get their first full-time job or begin college studies until they are 17 or 18 years old.
The high school day is about 7 hours long. Part of the day is made into classes of about 50 minutes long. The students have lunch in the middle of the day. American students study English, history, math, science, art and languages. Some also learn job skills. They can learn how to use a computer or how to mend a car. Other students may learn by working in an office, a hospital or other places one day a week.
Jean Wilton Anderson is 16 years old. She lives with her parents and two younger brothers in Bethesda, Maryland, near Washington D. C. Jean studies at Walt Whitman High School. There are about 1,500 students at the school. Most of them will go up to colleges.
Jean wakes up early every morning. She begins school at about 7:30. This is her third year of high school. Every day she takes classes to learn English, world history, physics and trigonometry(三角学). And she plays the violin in music class. School ends at about 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Yet, Jean stays 2 or more hours longer every day for sports. Jean arrives home at about 5 o’clock in the afternoon. She eats dinner. Then she starts her homework. She also spends a lot of time talking on the telephone with her friends. Students in America have their way of talking. They use the word “like” all the time. Jean and her girlfriends wear blue jeans and shirts or sweaters every day. The boys at her school also wear blue jeans. But they like to wear blue jeans that are several sizes larger for them.
Like students of her age in most part of the country, Jean begins to drive a car. She does not have her car. She must use the family’s car. Most of the students in high school have their own cars. Many of them drive their cars to school every day.
根据短文内容,选择答案。
( )11. When the students in America finish their high school, they _____.
A. are usually 17 or 18 years old
B. try to find the full-time job
C. all begin their college studies
D. are ready to leave the country
( )12. Which of the following is NOT true about the high school?
A. The school day usually lasts 7 hours.
B. The students only have 5 subjects to learn.
C. Each class will last 50 minutes.
D. The students can learn some skills out of the school.
( )13. Jean Wilton Anderson _____.
A. has a four-people family
B. lives in the centre of Washington D.C.
C. has studied in her school for 3 years
D. drives her own car at the age of 16
( )14. On a school day Jean Wilton Anderson _____.
A. has to get to school before 7:30 in the morning
B. takes classes for 10 subjects in the school
C. does some sports and homework after class
D. spends hours on the phone with her classmates
( )15. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Students in high schools use the word “like” very often.
B. The boy students wear blue jeans as the girls.
C. Many high school students go to school in their own cars.
D. Boy students wear jeans of larger size because they grow fast.
D
A man fell out of his plane and fell back into it again. Two people rowed(划) a small boat from New York to England in 56 days. One person was so big that he wouldn’t fit in any hospital room. Would you believe these stories? Well, they may sound strange, but they did happen. James Cornell has more strange but true stories like these in a book called Very Strange People.
Here is part of the contents(目录) of Very Strange People. The contents lists the names of the chapters(章) or parts of the book. It also tells on what page each chapter begins.
Chapter Page
One A Dog’s Life ........................................ 3
Two A Bomb-Again Pilot ............................. 14
Three High Wire Act(走钢丝) ........................ 33
Four Fat Men ................................................ 41
Five Over the Falls ........................................ 43
Six The Unending House ............................ 53
Seven Row, Row, Row Your Boat ................. 60
Eight The Tower Builder ............................... 85
Unlike many reference(参考) materials, the table of contents is not arranged alphabetically(字母顺序). The chapters are listed in the order that they appear in the book.
根据短文内容,选择答案。
( )16. In 1918, Captain Hedley fell off his plane in the sky, soon he fell back into it again! You may read about this story in Chapter _____.
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 6
( )17. One morning in New York City, people saw a man walking on a rope between two tall buildings. You may read this story in Chapter _____.
A. 1 B. 3 C. 5 D. 6
( )18. The Earl feeds his dogs better than most people do. This story may begin on page _____.
A. 3 B. 33 C. 1 D. 53
( )19. Sarah thought she would die as soon as her house was finished. So she kept on adding more and more rooms. Her story may appear on page _____.
A. 3 B. 43 C. 53 D. 85
( )20. Because of his great size, Robert could not enter any hospital room. Which story appears behind this one?
A. A Bomb-Again Pilot.
B. The Tower Builder.
C. High Wire Act.
D. Over the Falls.
Key:
1-5 TFFTF 6-10 ADCDA 11-15 ABCAD 16-20 ABACD
阅读强化训练(三)
A
The Internet is generally considered to be the world that belongs to young people. But some old people in Shanghai don’t think so. Recently, more than 8,000 people over 50 took part in a web page designing contest in Shanghai.
The contest lasted for two months and attracted a lot of old people. Among them, the oldest is a 79-year-old retired lady. She had learned web page designing for 4 months before attending the contest. She finally got an honorary title of “The Most Senior Participant(参与者)”. About 30 other old people got different prizes such as “The Best Creative Work” and “The Best Fine Arts Work”. Their works’ themes(主题) included science, technology, Olympics, personal life and so on.
The organizers of the contest hoped to encourage more and more elderly people to learn more about the Internet world. And many of the participants felt they really got a lot from the contest. “Designing web page enriches my life and makes me feel much closer to the young people,” one participant said.
The designing of web page is not an easy job. But that doesn’t mean it is the patent(专利) of young people. In fact, as the saying goes: “It’s never too old to learn.” As for the teenagers, perhaps they should know “It’s never late to learn”, whether it is English, piano or others.
Answer the following questions according to the passage.
1. What was the contest about?
__________________________________
2. How many people took part in it?
__________________________________
3. What does the underlined word “Senior” mean in Chinese?
__________________________________
4. How old is the oldest participant?
__________________________________
5. What does “It’s never too old to learn.” mean?
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