英语阅读理解专项训练

英语阅读理解专项训练

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Once upon a time there was a monster. He was very ugly and had no friends. No one wanted to talk to him. Even other monsters thought he was ugly.

He lived alone and was very unhappy because he was so lonely.

“I wish I had a friend.” He said to himself every day, “One friend would be enough. Someone to talk to.”

He wrote a letter to a magazine. The magazine gave people advice.

“Dear Editor,” he wrote, “I am a ugly monster. How can I find a friend?”

“Dear monster,” the Editor replied, “Advertise for a friend in this magazine.” The monster wrote an advertisement.

“Monster wants a friend, male or female. I have two heads, four arms, six legs and three tails. I have one blue eye, one green eye and one brown eye. Smoke comes out of my nose. But I am really a kind monster and will be a good friend to someone. If you would like to meet me, please stand outside Blake’s Store at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 7th. Write to Mr. A, Box 45, everybody’s Magazine.”

A few days later he went to the magazine.

“Do you have any letters for Box 45?” he asked.

The clerk looked in Box 45. “Yes, there is one.” She said, and gave it to him.

The monster opened the letter, and read, “Dear Monster, I think a person’s character is more important than his appearance. I will wait outside Blake’s Store on Friday. Please carry a flower so that I will recognize you. Yours sincerely, Miss Alice Thwaite.”

1. Why was the monster unhappy?

A. He had no friends. B. He was ugly. C. He had two heads. D. He had three tails.

2. What did the monster advertise for?

A. A magazine. B. A friend. C. An editor. D. A male or female monster.

3. How did the monster describe him in the advertisement?

A. Ugly. B. Lonely. C. Kind. D. Good-looking.

4. What was strange about Miss Thwaite’s letter?

A. She was not interested in people’s appearance. B. She wanted to meet the monster.

C. She needed a flower to recognize him. D. It was the only reply.

B

Yong Liang, two years old, is the first giant panda raised from birth in the zoo. Last month zoo keepers found the panda was suffering from serious anemia(贫血), calling for urgent blood transfusion.

The best way, according to the zoo’s experts, to save Yong Liang from anemia would be to transfuse blood from another panda. But it was the breeding season for giant pandas, and such a transfusion would be very difficult.

But the experts found that there exits a close consanguinity(血缘) between giant pandas and black bears, and so they decided to try to take blood from black bears in the zoo and transfuse it to Yong Liang.

With the help of hospitals and the Beijing Blood Donor Station, they made an experiment which proved that the red blood cells in the blood of black bears can be used.

On the afternoon of February 15th, the first red blood cell transfusion was given to the giant panda — about 600 ml blood from the black bear. Immediately the young panda started to recover.

1. Which of the following is NOT true to the article?

A. Giant pandas and black bears are of the same race.

B. The transfusion was based on scientific research and experiments.

C. After the transfusion, the young panda began to regain health.

D. The 2-year-old panda was probably born in the Beijing zoo.

2. They decided to try another way to save the panda because _______.

A. it was difficult to find other pandas B. the blood of pandas was too expensive

C. it was the breeding season for the panda, Yong Liang D. other pandas were producing young at that time

3. The best title of the article should be _______.

A. Protecting Giant Pandas B. Yong Ling—A Giant Panda

C. Bear Blood Saved Panda D. A Successful Transfusion

C

When Johnson called again, the manager received him very politely. “That is a most remarkable oil you brought us, Mr Johnson,” he said. Johnson nodded his smooth, dark head. That was something he knew very well. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” the manager admitted. Johnson nodded again. “No?” he said politely. Then he added, “But I think you will, sir. A very great deal of it.” He appeared to think for a moment. “I think you will find it will be on sale seven, perhaps, eight years from now.” He smiled.

The manager thought that was uncertain. He said, “It is better than our fish oils. I admit that.”

“So I am told, sir,” agreed Johnson.

“Have you any plans to produce it yourself, Mr Johnson?”

“Would I be showing it to you if I had?” Johnson smiled again.

“We might add some chemicals to one of our own fish oils,” said the manager. “It would be expensive to do that, even if you could,” Johnson said gently. “Besides,” he added, “I am told that this oil will be much cheaper than your best fish oils. Cheaper than any vegetable oil, in fact.”

“Perhaps,” said the manage. “Well, I suppose you want to make an arrangement, Mr Johnson. Shall we discuss it?”

“Of course,” said Johnson. “There are two ways of dealing with a situation of this sort. The usual one is to prevent it altogether or at least to delay it as long as possible. That is, of course, the best way.” The manager nodded. He knew plenty about all that.

“But I am so sorry for you, because, you see, that is not possible this time.” The manager had his doubts, but all he said was an inquiring(asking), “Oh?”

“The other way,” continued Johnson, “is to produce yourself before the trouble starts.”

1. The manager thought of adding chemicals to the fish oil to make it _______.

A. cheaper than the new oil B. more quickly C. more expensive D. as good as the new oil

2. Johnson’s new oil would be _______.

A. more expensive than fish oil, but better B. less expensive, and better

C. less expensive, but not good D. more expensive, and not so good

3. Johnson expressed his regret that the manager _______.

A. could not stop the new oil being made B. would never know how to make it

C. had spent a lot of money on it D. didn’t know enough about it

4. Johnson showed his new oil to the manager because he wanted _______.

A. to produce it himself B. to prevent it being produced

C. to be paid not to produce it D. the manager to produce it

D

In most towns today, you can see teenagers standing over electronic machines with flashing lights, shooting at spaceships from other planets and dropping bombs on strange monsters(恶魔). The machines have names like Space Warrior, Dark Invader and so on. It used to be believed that damage was done only to those strange visitors from outer space, but now it seems that they are striking back.

Many teenagers like electronic games so much that they can’t stop playing. They spend hours tightly holding the joystick controls and constantly pressing buttons marked “fire”. They develop pains on their fingers because of the constant pressure. They play and play that the pains have no chance to cure properly. The rapid wrist movement required to guide the spaceship across the screen causes another problem: The muscles of the wrist and arm become so inflamed and swollen(充血红肿) that they press against the bones. This condition is what doctors now call “Space Warrior’s Wrist”.

Other strange aches and pains also are likely to affect the elbows and shoulders.

Another even more alarming problem is shown by the case of a 17-year-old girl which was recently reported in the British Medical Journal. She had been playing various kinds of electronic games for more than two hours a day. Her father repaired games and machines and she could use the cassettes and systems in his workshop as often as she liked. One day, after playing a game called Dark Invader, she lost consciousness(晕倒) and fell to the floor.

Doctors who examined her found she was suffering from an unusual illness caused by lights flashing at a particular frequency.

1. Electronic games are found very popular with _______.

A. people living in towns B. students studying in high schools

C. girls working in their father’s workshops D. young people

2. “Space Warrior’s Wrist” is caused by _______.

A. constantly pressing the buttons B. rapidly moving across the screen

C. tightly holding the joystick controls D. inflamed and swollen muscles of the wrist

3. The case of a 17-year-old girl given by the writer shows that the writer _______.

A. supports playing electronic games B. feels very sorry for the girl

C. disagreed with young people’s playing electronic games

D. feels worried about young people’s poor health

4. From the passage we can conclude that playing electronic games is _______.

A. enjoyable and helpful to the study B. exciting but harmful to the health and study

C. interesting but harmless to the eyes D. amusing and satisfying

E

It has been 100 years since the first modern summer Olympic Games were held. Do you know the dates and the places of all the summer Olympic Games, and also the total of gold medals the first three teams gained in each game?

Date Place Totals of Gold medals

1st 2nd 3rd

1 1896 Athens USA 11 Greece 10 Germany 7

2 1900 Paris France 27 USA 19 Britain 17

3 1904 St. Louis, USA USA 70 Cuba 5 Germany 4

4 1908 London Britain 56 USA 23 Sweden 7

5 1912 Stockholm Sweden 24 USA 23 Britain 10

6 1916 Berlin Not held because of World War I

7 1920 Antwerp, Belgium USA 41 Sweden 19 Britain 15

8 1924 Paris USA 45 Finland 14 France 13

9 1928 Amsterdam USA 22 Germany 10 Finland 8

10 1932 Los Angeles USA 41 Italy 12 France 10

11 1936 Berlin Germany 33 USA 24 Hungary 10

12 1940 Helsinki Not held because of World War II

13 1944 London Not held because of World War II

14 1948 London USA 38 Sweden 16 France 10

15 1952 Helsinki USA 40 USSR 22 Hungary 10

16 1956 Melbourne USSR 37 USA 32 Australia 13

17 1960 Rome USSR 43 USA 34 Italy 13

18 1964 Tokyo USA 36 USSR 30 Japan 16

19 1968 Mexico City USA 45 USSR 30 Japan 11

20 1972 Munich, W. G. USSR 50 USA 33 GDR 20

21 1976 Montreal USSR 49 GDR 40 USA 34

22 1980 Moscow USSR 80 GDR 47 Bulgaria 8

23 1984 Los Angeles USA 83 Romania 20 W. G. 17

24 1988 Seoul, S. Korea USSR 55 GDR 37 USA 36

25 1992 Barcelona CIS 45 USA 37 Germany 33

Note: CIS = Commonwealth Independent States；GDR = E. Germany

1. By the year 1992, the modern summer Olympic Games had been held _______ times in U. S. A.

A. four B. two C. one D. Three

2. How many gold medals had E. Germany won in the Summer Olympic Games?

A. 124 B. 144 C. 198 D. 200

3. From the date(资料) we can arrive at a conclusion that _______.

A. every country should hold the Olympic Games in turn

B. any Olympic Games should not be called off for any reason

C. no peace, no sports D. if there is a war anywhere, the Olympic Games mush be stopped

【答案与解析】本文主要讲叙了a monster 非常想找一个朋友。

1. A。细节题。从文中第 2 段 He lived alone and was very unhappy because he was so lonely 可知他不高兴的原因主要是很孤独，没有朋友，所以答案选 A。

2. B。细节题。从第 6 段 “Advertise for a friend in this magazine.” The monster wrote an advertisement 可知他登广告是为了找一个朋友，所以答案为 B。

3. C。判断题。此题可首先排除D(相貌好看的)，A、B两项描叙虽然正确，但从第 7段 But I am really a kind monster and will be a good friend to someone 可知此题的最佳答案应选C。

4. C。细节题。从 Please carry a flower so that I will recognize you 可知答案为 C。

【答案与解析】两岁的熊猫永良贫血，专家们发现熊猫的血与黑熊的血缘相近，于是就从黑熊身上抽了3600毫升血输给永良，最后永良得救了。

1. A。判断题。B、C、D三项内容文章涉及了，惟独没说熊猫和黑熊是同一种族。

2. D。语义理解题。从第2段最后一句话But it was the breeding season for giant pandas可以知道

3. C。主旨题。文章主要是讲熊猫永良贫血，专家们发现黑熊的血和熊猫的血是相近的血缘，于是抽了黑熊的血救了熊猫。所以答案应该选C。

【答案解析】本文讲述了科技产品开发者寻求生产商投资生产的问题。

1. D。细节题。根据第 2 段 …It is better than our fish oils 和第 6 段 …We might add some chemicals to our own fish oils 可知它的目的是 D。

2. B。 细节题。根据第 6 段的 …this oil will be much cheaper than your best fish oils 和第 2 段的 …It is better than our fish oils 可推知答案为 B。

3. A。细节题。根据倒数第 2 段 But I am so sorry for you, because, you see, that is not possible this time 可知 D 为正确选项。

4. D。推断题。根据最后一段及全文的分析可知 Johnson 的目的是想要该经理生产 …the new oils，

【答案解析】本文介绍了电游对青少年学生的吸引及由此带来身体等方面的危害。

1. D。细节题。根据 In most towns today, you can see teenagers standing… 可知答案选 D。(注：teenagers 指十几岁的青少年)

2. A。细节题。 根据第2段 They develop pains on their fingers because of the constant pressure…This condition is what doctors now call “Space Warrior’s Wrist” 可知其根源是不停地压按钮，

3. C。推断题。根据Another even more alarming problem is shown by the case of a 17-year-old girl which was recently reported in the British Medical Journal 可知作者把这个情况称为更加令人惊恐的，显示了作者不赞同青少人玩电游，故选 C。

4. B。推断题。阅读全文可知玩电游的主要是正处于长身体和学习的青少年，玩电游富于刺激，但是侵占了学习时间，还会得 “Space Warrior’s Wrist” 等病，损害了身体健康，故选答案 B。

【答案解析】本文列举了从 1896 年到 1992 年期间夏奥会举办的时间、地点、及前 3名金牌数的有关情况。

1. D。细节题。根据 1904 St. Louis, USA，1932 Los Angeles和1984 Los Angeles 得知在美国共举行了三次，故选D。

2. B。细节题。 根据1972获20枚，1976获40枚，1980获47枚，1988获37枚得知GDR(=E. Germany)共获得144枚金牌，故选B。

3. C。推断题。 根据1916 Berlin，1940 Helsinki，1944 London三年都因战争而没有举行夏奥会可推知C为正确答案。