阅读理解训练

　　The United States: Fliers may want to have their tickets in hand before catching their planes, but the airline companies are doing everything they can to bring forward cost-saving ticketless flight-no paper needed, just a ticket number and a photo ID(带照片的身份证). Anyone who buys a Northwest E-ticket through the airline's computer service by June 16 will get an award(奖励). Next time you fly, you can buy another ticket for a friend for 99, good anywhere in the US or Canada through Feb. 12, 2000, along with the lowest ticket prices. Some airlines offer extra frequent-flier miles for the ticketless crowd. And there are rising punishments for paper lovers. American, Northwest, United, and last week, US Airways have raised the cost for lost ticket replacement (替换) to 70 from either 60 or 50. The airlines insist that the increase in price is not meant to push travelers toward E-tickets but only covers the increasing cost of replacing and tracking a missing ticket.

1．Why is the new ticketless flight introduced?

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A．It is cheaper for air travelers.

B．It helps reduce the cost for airlines.

C．It can use computer to plan air traveling.

D．It helps prevent fliers from losing their tickets.

2．To encourage people to take ticketless flights, the airlines ________.

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A．sell their tickets for 99 from June to February the following year

B．let travelers go to both the US and Canada with the same tickets

C．allow each traveler to have an extra 99 ticket for a friend of theirs

D．offer ticketless travelers free miles to fly in the US

3．Who are the paper lovers mentioned in the text?

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A．People who like to have paper airplane tickets.

B．People who love paper products of various kinds.

C．People who travel with paper on a plane.

D．People who have lost their ticket and buy a second one.

4．The airline companies say that they have raised the lost-ticket replacement price in order to ________.

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A．attract travelers to take ticketless flights

B．punish those who insist on using paper tickets

C．do better than other airline companies

D．pay for the work to deal with lost tickets

阅读理解

　　One day Mark Twain met a friend at the races in England. His friend came up to him and said: “I have no money left. I wish you would buy me a ticket back to London.”

　　“Well,”Mark Twain said, “I only have enough money for myself, but I will tell you what we will do. You can hide under my seat in the train and I will hide you with my legs.”The friend agreed.

　　Mark Twain, however, went to the ticket-office and bought two tickets. When the train pulled out his friend was safely under the seat. The inspector came around for the tickets. When Mark Twain gave the inspector two tickets, he asked: “Where is the other one?”

　　Looking at the inspector, the humorist said in a loud voice: “That is my friend's ticket. You see, he is a little strange and likes to ride under the seat.”

1．Mark Twain's friend came up to him because ________.

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A．he wanted to borrow some money from Mark Twain

B．he wanted Mark Twain to buy a ticket for him

C．he was poor

D．he wanted to buy a ticket for Mark Twain

2．The friend agreed ________.

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A．to hide Mark Twain with his legs

B．to hide under Mark Twain's seat

C．to buy two tickets

D．to lend money to Mark Twain

3．How many tickets did Mark Twain buy?

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4．The inspector came around ________.

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A．to get tickets

B．to check the tickets

C．to collect the tickets

D．to look for Mark Twain's friend

5．Which of the following sentences is true?

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A．The friend is a strange person.

B．The friend likes to hide under the seat.

C．Mark Twain didn't buy a ticket for his friend.

D．Mark Twain bought a ticket for his friend but played a joke on him.

阅读理解

　　The police in a big city were searching for a thief. At last they caught him. But while they were taking photos of him from the front, from the left, from the right, with a hat, without a hat, he suddenly hit the policeman and ran away. They tried to catch him. But he got away.

　　Then a week later, the telephone rang in the police office, and somebody said, “You are looking for Bill Cross, aren't you?”

　　“Yes.”

　　“Well, he left here for Waterbridge an hour ago.”

　　Waterbridge was a small town about 100 kilometers away from the city. The city police at once sent four different photos of the thief to the police in Waterbridge.

　　Less than twelve hours later they got a telephone call from the police in Waterbridge.

　　“We have caught three of the men,” they said proudly, “and will catch the fourth this evening.”

1．The police in the big city took ________ photos of the thief.

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2．Bill Cross was the name of ________.

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A．the thief

B．the man who phoned the police

C．a policeman

D．a bridge between the city and the town

3．The police were told that the thief had gone to Waterbridge ________.

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A．a week before

B．an hour before

C．twelve hours before

D．by twelve o'clock

4．Which of the following is true?

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A．The city police gave the wrong information.

B．The city police gave the wrong photos.

C．The town police caught three thieves.

D．The town police caught three people.

5．From this story we know that the police in Waterbridge ________.

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阅读理解训练

　　The Channel Islands are a group of British - owned islands lying in the English Channel (海峡) , 10 to 30 miles off the French coast, and 70 to 90 miles from the English coast. There are ten islands with a total land area of 75 square miles and a total population of 123, 000. The three largest islands, Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney, have long been known for the fine breeds (品种) of cattle that are raised on them and named after them.

　　In earliest known history the islands were considered part of Normandy, which was part of France, but the ruler of Normandy became king of England in 1066, and from then on the islands were looked upon as British land. English control was unbroken until World War Ⅱ, when the Germans held the islands for five years.

　　Although people on the islands speak both languages and they are considered English, their customs are more French than English.

1．Which of the following maps gives the right position of the Channel Islands? Br = Britain Fr = France Ch = Channel Islands

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A．

B．

C．

D．

2．Jersey, Guernsey, and. Alderney breeds of cattle are ________.

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A．considered best in England

B．named after their birthplaces

C．brought to the islands by the Germans

D．raised on well - known farms by the French

3．The Channel Islands have been continuously under British rule since ________.

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A．earliest known history

B．1066

C．1930s

D．the end of World War Ⅱ

4．Why do people on the Channel Islands follow French way of living?

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A．Their islands used to be part of France.

B．Their islands are often visited by the French.

C．They came from France .

D．They speak French.

阅读理解

　　Radioactivity is dangerous. It may cause skin burns; it may destroy good tissues (组织) and it may cause illness that could be passed on to our children and grandchildren, In case of exposure (暴露) it may even cause death.

　　In the early days of radioactivity, scientists did not realize these dangers, Marie and Pierre Curie, after having worked for a while with radioactive materials, noticed that their fingers were reddened and swollen (红肿) and the skin was peeling off. Henry Becquered carried a small tube with radium in it in his waistcoat pocket, and was surprised to find a burn on his chest. Other early workers also reported burns and harm of different kinds.

　　The strange fact that it can harm without causing pain is the warning signal we expect from harmfulness. Pain makes up pull back our hands from a fire or a hot object, but a person carrying radioactive materials had no way of telling whether he is touching something too “hot” for safety. Besides, the “burns” or other harmfulness that radioactivity produces may not appear for weeks. A person may have been hurt without knowing it for some time .

1．Which is the topic sentence?

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A．Radioactivity May Even Cause Death.

B．Radioactivity Does Great Harm to Children.

C．Radioactivity May Do Harm to People without Being Known.

D．Radioactivity is Dangerous.

2．A few people were mentioned in the passage .They ________.

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A．were all famous scientists of great achievements

B．died of radioactivity

C．knew little about radioactivity

D．did experiments on themselves to find the danger of radioactivity

3．According to the point of the passage , pain ________.

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4．The latter part of the passage is mainly written about ________.

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A．the danger to be with the radioactive materials

B．how scientists are selflessly devoted to science, in face of danger

C．the danger of radioactivity lies mainly in its being unseen and unknown for a time

D．burns and harm of all kinds that may dangerously happen around us

5．The sentence in the fourth line of the second paragraph, “the skin was peeling off” means “the skin was ________”.

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阅读理解

　　For many years, Hawaii (夏威夷) has been a magic (神往的) name to people who like to travel . people on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, in Japan and in America, dream of seeing these beautiful islands in the middle of the ocean. Their dreams always include at least one scene of a sunset over the sea . In the tropical (热带的) lands the sun drops like a ball of golden fire into the sea and it drops a glow that light the skies in the quiet water.

　　People often have a quiet, peaceful time perfect for a leisurely (unhurried) walk along the water.

　　The beauty of the islands greeted the first stranger. Polynesian , who came here in canoes(独木舟) .

　　They fond the beautiful white sand beaches and the waving palm trees (棕榈树) , but there were no giant hotels like the ones we see nowadays. The first people came to Hawaii nearly two hundred years ago , but skyscraper (very tall building) hotels have only been built in the last 25 years. Now jet aeroplanes make it possible to fly to Hawaii for a weekend from Tokyo or San Francisco or Hong Kong.

　　Wherever the people come from, they really want to see the original (first or earliest ) beauty of Hawaii . They want to see the lovely beaches and the mountain called Diamond Head which is most hidden by the tall hotels.

1．Hawii is a name ________.

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A．which was loved by the Japanese and American

B．which was given by the people who like it very much

C．which attracts a lot of travellers

D．which has an interesting history

2．On these beautiful islands, one thing that every traveller won't miss is ________.

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3．Which of the following does not belong to “the original beauty” of Hawaii?

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4．Now people from ________ can go to Hawaii to spend a weekend ________.

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5．The skyscraper hotels ________.

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A．were built in the last 25 years

B．have been built in the last 25 years

C．have been built long ago

D．will be built soon

阅读理解训练

　　I know science's limitations, but with my worship of science I always let the scientists do the groundwork, having complete confidence in them. I let them discover the physical universe for me-the physical universe that I de-sire so much to know. Then, after getting as much as possible of the scientist's knowledge, I remember that human beings are greater than the analytical scientist that the latter cannot tell us everything, not tell us about the most important things, the things that make for happiness.

　　It is instead intuitive thinking that alone can help us attain the truth and wisdom of living. Truly intuitive thinking is always the type of thinking that is sort of warm, emotional, and half-humorous, mixed in part with idealism and in part with delightful nonsense. Great wisdom consists in not demanding too much of human nature, and yet not altogether spoiling it by indulgence. One must try to do one's best and at the same time, one must, when rewarded by partial success or confronted with partial failure, say to oneself, “I have done my best. ” This is about all the philosophy of living that one needs.

　　After science has done its groundwork, religion, art, literature, and philosophy must take their rightful place in human life. These things do not seem to tie together with science in the modem world; the specialist has taken over the human being. For science can never replace art, religion, literature and philosophy. Next to knowledge, we must retain, and never lose, a taste for life, a respect for life, a sense of wonder at life, and a proper and reasonable attitude toward life. The taste for life must be simple, the respect for life must be truly profound, the sense of wonder must be fully alive, and the attitude toward life must be harmonious and reasonable .

1．According to this passage, which of the following is one of science's limitations?

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A．Science cannot make us live happily.

B．Science cannot discover knowledge.

C．Science cannot lead us to success.

D．Science cannot give us confidence.

2．According to the author, intuitive thinking is something that________.

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A．scientists use to discover knowledge.

B．people can do, but animals cannot.

C．students can learn in school.

D．we need to lead a better life.

3．The author recommends that we should

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A．be satisfied with moderate achievement.

B．avoid failure at all costs.

C．ignore human nature .

D．drive ourselves to be the best.

4．The author thinks that in the modern world1________.

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A．a true taste for life depends upon science.

B．science is closely related to the humanities.

C．harmony can be found among scientists.

D．experts have controlled our way of life.

5．What statement best reflects the author's opinion as stated in this passage?

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A．Science teaches us more about life than art, religion, literature and philosophy.

B．Art, religion, literature and philosophy are no less important than science .

C．Science should replace religion as a new faith for people today.

D．Knowledge of the physical universe gives us wisdom about life.

阅读理解

　　Milk was one of the main human foods long before history was written. It will probably remain one as long as there are animals that give milk.

　　The old word “milk” came from Sanskirt (梵文) , one of the oldest languages known to man. A very old picture of milking has been found. It was drawn five thousand years ago.

　　In the years long ago, people got their milk from their own animals. But in modem times new inventions made the milk industry a big business. In 1851 Gall Borden found a way to take some of the water from milk. This made it keep longer. Four years later, Louis Pasteur introduced a way to kill the bacteria (细菌) in milk. Next, a special milk bottle was made. This was followed by the invention of machines that could fill bottles with milk.

　　These discoveries had a great effect on the industry. They meant that milk could be stored longer.

　　Some people believed that milk drinking will become less popular than it has been, but remember how long milk has been an important food and think of the many ways in which it is useful. It seems safe to say that milk industry will always be important.

1．People began to milk animals ________.

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2．Sanskirt is a language ________.

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3．In order to ________ people kill the bacteria in milk.

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4．Which of the following is true?

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A．Louis introduced a way to kill the bacteria in milk in 1851

B．People drink milk as a kind of food

C．A picture of milking was discovered five thousand years ago

D．In ancient times people kept milk longer

5．In the writer's opinion, ________.

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A．milk drinking will be popular as it used to be

B．milk is not useful in many ways

C．milk was important to people more than 100 years ago

D．nobody dare drink milk today

阅读理解

　　In some faraway Turkish village of Kuskoy, whistling is as important as talking. In fact, whistling is talking because the villagers speak and sing by whistling. Kuskoy parents begin to teach their boys and girls the language of whistling about the time the children learn to talk. It is considered so important that the village school includes it as one of the subjects taught along with the Turkish language.

　　This art of communication has taken centuries to develop. The village of Kuskoy spreads out across two hillsides that are separated by a deep valley . The villagers had to find an easy way to communicate where their voices couldn't carry. They developed a high-pitched(声音的) whistle language that could be transmitted as far as five miles through air. As a result, Kuskoy, which means “bird village” in Turkish, has come to be known as a whistler'paradise(乐园).

　　Whistling is so much part of everyday life in Kuskoy that men and women speak, argue(辩论 ) , and court (求爱) in whistles. The story was recently told of a young couple. who eloped (私奔) . The news was sent over the "mountain telephone" by whistling. The lover's adventure (冒险经历) was quickly known to all the villagers.

　　It is little wonder, then, that the children of Kuskoy study whistling in school. Wouldn't it be fun to start the school day with a song whistled of course!

1．In the story, Kuskoy is the name of ________.

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2．The children of Kuskoy learn to whistle because ________.

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A．it is fun

B．it is an important way to communicate

C．it helps them learn to sing

D．it is like the Turkish language

3．In Kuskoy, whistling as a way of talking started1________.

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4．The high-pitched whistle can be heard for a distance of________.

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5．Which of the following do you think is the best tide for this story?

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A．To Learn Whistle Is Very Important

B．Whistling Is Fun

C．Whistling The Mountain Telephone

D．The Strange Turkish Language

阅读理解训练

　　Around the world more and more people are taking part in dangerous sports and activities. Of course , there have always been people who have looked for adventure---- those who have climbed the highest mountains , travelled in unknown parts of the world or sailed in small boats across the greatest oceans . Now , however , there are people who hunt for an immediate excitement from a dangerous activity , which may only last a few minutes or even seconds .

　　I would consider bungee jumping to be a good example of such an activity . You jump from a high place (perhaps a bridge or a hot - air balloon) 200 metres above the ground with an elastic (弹性的) rope tied to your ankles. You fall at up to 150 kilometres an hour until the rope stops you from hitting the ground . It is said that 2 million people around the world have now tried bungee jumping . Other activities which most people would say are as risky as bungee jumping include jumping from tall buildings and diving into the sea from the top of high mountains .

　　Why do people take part in such activities as these ? Some scientists suggest that it is because life in modern societies has become safe and uninteresting . Not very long ago, people's lives were constantly in danger. They had to go out and hunt for food. If they were badly ill ,it was not easy for them to get well again , In fact , life was a continuous battle for living and existing.

　　Nowadays , according to many people , life offers little excitement . They live and work in safe conditions , they buy food in shops ,and there are doctors and hospitals to look after them if they become ill . The answer for some of these people is to look for danger in activities such as bungee jumping .

1．A suitable title for the text is “________”.

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A．Dangerous sports: what and why?

B．The tiredness of modern life

C．Bungee jumping : Is it really dangerous

D．The need for excitement

2．More and more people today________ .

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A．are trying activities such as bungee jumping

B．are climbing the highest mountains

C．are coming close to death in sports

D．are looking for adventures such as traveling in unknown places.

3．In bungee jumping , you ________.

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A．jump as high as you can

B．slide down a rope to the ground

C．tie yourself to a rope and fall to the ground

D．fall towards the ground without a rope

4．People probably take part in dangerous sports nowadays because ________.

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A．they have a lot of free time.

B．they can go to hospital if they are injured

C．their lives are short of excitement

D．they no longer need to hunt for food.

5．The writer of the text has a________ attitude（态度）towards dangerous sports.

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