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英语阅读能力综合训练一

It was difficult for parents of nearly every family to teach their children to be

responsible for homework, but with one of the following suggestions, you really can

get your children to help at home. If you give your children the impression that they

can never do anything quite right, then they will regard themselves as unfit or unable

persons .Unless children believe they can succeed, they will never become

independent .My daughter Carla’s fifth-grade teacher made every child in her class

feel special .When students received less than a perfect test score, she would point out

what they had mastered and declared firmly they could learn what they had missed.

You can use the same technique when you evaluate your child’s work at

home .Don’t always scold and give lots of praise instead .Talk about what he had done

right , not about what he hasn’t done .If your child completes a difficult task, reward

him with a Sunday trip or a ball game with Dad . Learning is process of trying and

failing and trying and succeeding .If you teach your children not to fear a mistake or

failure, they will learn faster and achieve success at last.

1. The whole passage deals with _____.

A. social education B. school education

C. family education D. pre-school education

2. The article gives us a good suggestion about how to evaluate your child’s work at

home. That is_____ .

A. praise his success B. reward him with a trip

C. give him a punishment D. get rid of all the tests

3. The author advises readers to _____.

A learn from himself, for he has a good way of teaching.

B take pride in Carle’s fifth-grade teacher.

C do as what Carle’s teacher did in educating

D follow Carle’s example because she never fails in the test.

4. Having read the last paragraph,we can conclude that _____.

A. pride goes before a fall B. practice males perfect

C. no pains ,no gains D. failure is the mother of success

英语阅读能力综合训练二

The next great land area that man hopes to colonize is the moon .In size it is

nearly equal to the area of North and South America. However, it is not suitable for

human habitation. Temperatures vary from +120 to –150 degrees centigrade .There is

no air, no water .Today there is considerable scientific thinking about living on the

moon. When man will begin life on its surface is still not determined .But experts

believe that colonization will take place in three steps. First, there will be increasing

periods of exploration with temporary shelters. These periods will be followed by

longer stays with housing under the surface of the moon and daily necessities brought

by the colonizers themselves. Finally, colonies that are self-supporting will be set

up .The main job of the early settlers will be to stay alive. They will have to plant

crops to produce food and oxygen and find water sources. After this is done, the

settlers will have time to explore the possibilities of business development and to

make discoveries important to science.

1. The area of the moon is ____that of North and South America.

A about the same as B larger than C equal to D far smaller

2. The temperature on the moon can’t be _____.

A –150 B +150 C 0 D +120

3. According to this passage , the colonization of the moon _____.

A will be realized B can be done under the surface

of the moon

C is being thought about by many scientists D sounds entirely impossible

4. To stay alive on the moon , the early settlers must first of all be able to ___.

A explore the possibilities of business B get enough food, oxygen and water

C make discoveries important to science D set up industries

英语阅读综合能力训练三

This report presents details of home computer use by a sample group of young

people. It is a common belief that teenagers today know about computers and are

familiar with using them in all aspects of their lives. We decided to try to find out if

this was true. We questioned thirty young people between 14 and 18. All the teenagers

we chose said they had computers at home. We asked them how much time they spent

on their computer in an average work, but we were most interested in what they used

their computers for. The average time spent on a computer in a week was about 12

hours, with the highest user averaging 32 hours and the lowest user only 5 hours.

There was no significant difference between boys and girls.

All of the people questioned said they regularly used the computer to play games.

Fourteen told us they did some word-processing at home, but not very much. Only 2

of the respondents said that computers helped them with their studies, while 8 people

told us they kept addresses and telephone numbers on their computers or used them as

diaries. Only 3 people said they were learning to program computers, and nobody

consulted databases (other than their address lists). None of the people used their

computer for any other purpose. The chart gives the overall results in detail.

The results indicate that average computer use is quite high amongst 14-18 years

old. They also show quite clearly that computers are seen by most young people as

little more than games machines. The only other significant uses are for

word-processing and organizing address lists. It seems to us that, although computers

are common in the homes of British adolescents, they have not yet become useful

tools in the routine of everyday life.

1 .Where do you think the report is from?

A .A textbook B.A newspaper C. An advertisement D.A poster

2 .The report shows that_____.

A. Computers are helpful for teenagers to study at home.

B. Computers play an important role in teenagers’ daily life

C. Most teenagers questioned take computers for game machines

D. Girls spend less time on computer than boys do in a week

3 .What percentage of the teenagers questioned have learned to program computers?

A. 7% B.10% C.27% D.46%

4 .Which of the following ways that computers are used is NOT mentioned in report?

A. Used as a word-processor B. Used as a game machine

C. Used to keep telephone numbers D. Used to communicate with others

5．What is really meaning to tell us for the last sentence of the third paragraph?

A it is not nearly seen for young people to use computers in the right way

B the author thinks what the young people do is very good

C computers are useful to young persons in their life

D it is very necessary for young persons to have a computer

英语阅读综合能力训练四

In the earliest stages of man’s development he had no more need of money than

animals have .He was content with very simple forms of shelter ,made his own rough

tools and weapons and could provide food and clothing for himself and his family

from natural materials around tools and weapons ,and more comfortable ,more lasting

clothing than could be provided by his own neighborhood or by the work of his own

unskilled hands .For these things he had to turn to the skilled people such as

smiths ,leather workers and carpenters who were springing up everywhere It was then

that the question of payment arouse .

At first he got what he wanted by a simple process of exchange .The smith who

had not the time to look after land or cattle was glad to take meat or grain from the

farmer in exchange for an axe or a plough .But as more and more goods which had no

fixed exchange value came on the market, exchange became too complicated to be

satisfactory. Another problem arouse when those who made things wanted to get

stocks of wood or leather ,or iron ,but had nothing to offer in exchange until their

finished goods were ready .

Thus the difficulties of exchange led by degrees to the invention of money .In

some countries, easily handled things like seeds or shells were given a certain value

and the farmer, instead of paying the Smith for a new axe by giving him some meat or

grain, gave him so

many shells .If the Smith had any shells left when he had bought his food, he could

get stocks of the raw materials of his trade .In some countries quite large things such

as cows or camels or even big flat stones were used for trade .Later, pieces of metals,

bearing values according to the rarity of the metal and the size of the pieces, or coins

were used .Money as we know it had arrived .

1 . In very early times ______.

A .children did not need money B .man needed animals more than they did money

C .man did not need money at all D .man needed money more than animals did

2 . Why were early men content with their simple life?

A .They did not have money

B .They had no better tools than their own ones

C .They could provide food and clothing and simple shelter for themselves

D .They had been civilized

3 . When they begin the system of exchange _______.

A .the Smith took some meat to the farmer

B .the farmer gave an axe to the Smith

C .the Smith gave an axe or a plough to the farmer

D .the farmer took some grain from the Smith

4 . The phrase “by degrees” means ______.

A .naturally B .step by step C .slowly D .quickly

5 . Money was not used until _______.

A .an urgent need for it was left

B .a simple process of exchange came to be practiced

C .nothing could be offered in exchange

D .the exchange of one thing for another became too complicated