高二英语45分钟课堂演练 ---- 阅读理解(2)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
Mr Smith works in a hospital. His medical skill (医术) is good and people like to go to see him. And he’s often busy in the daytime. So he hopes to have a good rest at home. He lives in a building outside the city. All his neighbours keep quiet except Mike who moved there last month. The young man lives just upstairs. He likes music and bought a piano last week. He works in an office and always plays the piano after supper at home. He can’t play it well and makes a lot of noise. Mr Smith can’t fall asleep. It makes him very angry. He often goes upstairs and tells Mike about it. But the young man usually forgets it soon.
One day Mike was ill. He had to go to the hospital. Mr Smith looked him over and said, “If you stop playing the piano at night, you’ll soon be all right.”
When the young man left, a nurse asked, “Does playing the piano have anything to do with his recovery, Mr Smith?”
“Yes,” said Mr Smith. “He’s one of my neighbours!”
1. People like Mr Smith because he ______.
A. works in a hospital
B. is a good doctor
C. gets on well with his neighbours
D. is very busy in the daytime
2. Mr Smith lives ______.
A. next to the young man
B. on the top of the building
C. just under the young man
D. just over the young man
3. The word “recovery” in the third paragraph means _____.
A. finding out
B. taking back
C. getting worse
D. getting better
4. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Mike is angry with Mr Smith.
B. Mr Smith wants Mike to keep quiet.
C. Mr Smith wants Mike to sell his piano.
D. Mr Smith is going to move to another building.
B
Good readers know that reading isn’t just about knowing words — it’s a way of thinking. Smart readers think before, during and after reading. Here are some tips that may be of some help.
Think before you read. Before you read the text, ask yourself the questions that why you are reading it and what you want to get from it. Answering the questions will help you choose what words you need to know and what words you can skip or scan.
Think while you are reading. Can you get the meaning of the text without looking up new words in a dictionary? Are there any clues in the text? A text will often give examples that may help you understand what some of the words mean. Let’s take the following sentence for example.
Many large Russian cities, such as Chelyabinsk and Irkutsk, have taken steps to protect their culture.
The words “Chelyabinsk” and “Irkutsk” may be new to us, but the sentence tells us that they are examples of _______.
Think after you read. Do you understand the text? What is the main idea of the text? Can you guess the meaning of the new words? Which words do you need to look up? Is the text too easy or too hard for you?
If you practice reading and thinking in this way, you will become a smarter reader and you will learn more, faster and better.
5. This passage is probably taken from _______.
A. a newspaper for general readers
B. a magazine for language teachers
C. a book for language learners
D. an advertisement for a new book
6. The word “scan” in the second paragraph probably means
_______.
A. reading
carefully
B. reading quickly and not word by word
C. reading by repeating some important words
D. reading more than one article at the same time
7. Which of the following can best be put in the blank in the passage?
A. countries B. mountains C. rivers D. cities
8. The author of the passage advises us to do all the following EXCEPT_______.
A. we should think before, while and after we
read a passage
B. we’d better look up every new word in a dictionary
C. we should learn to guess the meanings of new words
D. the clues in a passage should be made use of
C
TOEFL is an important test for foreign students who want to study in the United States. TOEFL stands for Test of English as a Foreign Language.
More than four thousand American universities and other schools require students who want to study there to take the test. It measures the ability to read, write and understand English.
The Educational Testing Service produces two kinds of TOEFL tests. One is taken by computer in a special testing center. This is how people in most areas of the world take the TOEFL. The second is taken with paper and pencil.
Colleges and universities set their own requirements. But, in general, schools want a minimum (最低的) score on the paper-and-pencil test of about 550. This is out of a possible 677 points. On the computer test, schools generally require a minimum score of about 213 out of a possible 300 points.
The TOEFL includes a part to test listening skills. A new TOEFL is being developed. It will also test speaking skills. This test will be given starting in September 2005. The Educational Testing Service says it is still doing tests to see what might be considered a passing score.
You can take the TOEFL as many times as you wish. But you must pay each time. The cost is about 130 dollars. Experts say it is a good idea to take the test one or two times for experience.
They also say the best way to prepare for the TOEFL is to use English as much as you can. Internet users can find more information about the TOEFL at www.toefl.org. The postal (邮政的) address is TOEFL Services, Educational Testing Service, Post Office Box 6151, Princeton, New Jersey, 08541, USA.
9． What is the main idea of the
text?
A. A brief introduction to the TOEFL.
B. The meaning of the TOEFL.
C. Two kinds of TOEFL tests.
D. Great changes of the TOEFL.
10. Which of the following statements is NOT true according
to the text?
A. You can find some information about the TOEFL on the
Internet.
B. You can also write a letter to find some information
about the TOEFL.
C. You can take the TOEFL as many times as you want free of
charge.
D. TOEFL is not a test for native speakers of English.
11. The present TOEFL measures the following EXCEPT _____
skills.
A. reading B.
writing C.
listening D. speaking
12. What’s the main idea of the fourth paragraph?
A. Every school requires the same minimum score.
B. Colleges and universities have their own requirements for
the score.
C. The two kinds of TOEFL tests have some differences in minimum
scores.
D. The computer test has more possible scores.
D
Avocados are large, heavy, dark green fruits that are usually shaped like pears. The riper they get, the softer they get. People eat avocados in salads and sandwiches. But probably the most popular way to use avocados is in guacamole, a delicious Mexican snack(小吃). Inside the fruit is a very large seed(种子), which you can use to grow a tall, beautiful avocado plant.
1. Wash the avocado seed with cold water. Stick four tooth-picks around the middle of the seed.
2. Fill the jar almost to the top with water that is just slightly warm. Rest the toothpicks on the top of the jar. The more pointed end of the seed should be in the water while the flatter end should face upward.
3. After that, you will have to wait for three or four weeks. During that time, be sure to add just enough water to replace the water that evaporates into the air. The bottom of the seed should always be just below the water’s surface. The thin brown skin that covers the seed will crack(破裂) open. Roots will start growing out of the bottom of the seed. Leaves will start growing at the top.
4. When the roots are about three inches long, fill a flowerpot with soil and plant the seed. Make sure that the seed is completely covered by soil and that the young leaves are above the soil.
5. Find a sunny spot for the plant. Water it every few days to keep the soil moist (潮湿的). Watch it during the next few months. Your avocado plant will grow a tall, straight stem (茎) and large oval leaves.
13. The main idea of the first paragraph is to ______.
A. tell us how to grow an avocado plant
B. give us a brief introduction to avocados
C. tell us the shape and color of avocados
D. tell us that avocado is a fruit
14. Which of the following statements is NOT true according
to the passage?
A. The two points of the seed are of the same shape.
B. The soil in the flowerpot should neither too dry nor too
wet.
C. We’d better use ripe avocados to make some guacamole.
D. The most popular way to use avocados is in guacamole.
15. The word “evaporates” in the fourth paragraph means
_______.
A. turns into ice because of cold
weather
B. becomes very hot by the sun
heat
C. turns into other things because of chemical change
D. becomes vapor and disappear
16. How long will the thin brown skin that covers the seed
crack open?
A. 1 or 2 weeks.
B. 2 or 3 weeks.
C. 3 or 4 weeks.
D. a few days.
E
You might not know it, but there is something wonderful at your fingertips. You can make people happier, healthier and more hard-working just by touching their arms or holding their hands.
Doctors say that body contact(接触) is a kind of medicine that can work wonders. When people are touched, the quantity of hemoglobin (血红蛋白) — a type of matter that produces the red color in blood increases greatly. This results in more oxygen (氧气) reaching every part of the body and the whole body benefits. In experiments, bottle-fed baby monkeys were separated from their mothers for the first ten days of life. They became sad and negative. Studies showed the monkeys were more probable to become ill than other babies that were allowed to stay with their mothers.
Human babies react (反应) in much the same way. Some years ago, a scientist noticed that some well-fed babies in a clean nursery (托儿所) became weak. Yet babies in another nursery were growing healthily, even though they ate less well and were not kept as clean. The reason, he concluded, was that they often had touches from nurses.
Experiments show that most people like being touched. And nearly all doctors believe touch helps to reduce patients' fear of treatment. Of course there is time when a touch is not welcome. But even if we don’t like being touched, a smile can make us feel better. Smiling increases blood flow and starts the production of “happy brain” chemicals.
So let’s have a big smile and don’t forget to keep in touch.
17. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Everyone knows that body contact can make people happier.
B. People may work harder because of body contact.
C. Your fingertips can do something wonderful.
D. People may not understand the importance of touching.
18. According to the passage, ______.
A. human brains need oxygen and blood supply now and then
B. touches from doctors and nurses have nothing to do with
treatment
C. new-born baby monkeys should stay away from their mothers
D. not all the people like being touched
19. The word “benefits” in the second paragraph probably
means ______.
A. to be useful or
helpful
B. to get something useful or helpful
C. to be
ill
D. to be hurt
20. The best title for the passage might be ______.
A. Why People Touch
B. Smile and Touch
C. Wonders of
Touch
D. Touch or Not
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