高考英语阅读理解训练题46

1、阅读理解训练题（四十六）AHere is a piece of news from a newspaper two years ago.English courses will be offered to primary school students in cities and in country schools beginning next year, said the director of the Department of Basic Education of Ministry of Education, Li Lianning.Primary school students wi

2、ll be required to take the English course beginning in Grade Three. In cities some primary schools may open the course for Grade One students. And in some country primary schools, the program won' un tile2sta2tedA new teaching method will be used for this English course. More emphasis will be pl

3、aced on students ' speaking and reading abilities, instead of the traditional grammar and pronunciation teaching method.It is expected that students will learn more in a certain environment. Therefore, a situational method will be used during the class. Four English periods each week will be req

4、uired. The lessons could be short, 20 or 30 minutes, but at least two lessons among the four should be 40 minutes.An eight-level test system will be used to cover all level of English from primary school students to senior highs. This would be the first official English assessment （评定）introduced int

5、o the high school education system.A junior high student is required to pass Band Five and a senior high should pass Band Seven. Students will not be required to pass Band Eight. This requires a large vocabulary of 4,500 words. The programme is one of the key parts of the education reform started by

6、 the Ministry of Education in the spirit of helping quality education.The reform is aimed at improving students' co mprehensaed lifelong learningabilities. The first five years of the ten-year plan is to introduce new teaching materials. These materials will be used by schools over the country i

7、n the following five.56. Teachers will pay more attention to in the coming English course.A . reading and writingB. speaking and readingC. speaking and writingD. grammar and pronunciation57. Primary school students are asked to learn English because.A . it will do good to the 2008 Olympics B. they h

8、ave a good memory when they are youngC. it suits the needs of modern societyD . this will help to improve students' comprehensive and lifelong learning abilities58. The main idea of the passage is.A . English is showing its importance in daily lifeB . primary school students should pay enough at

9、tention to EnglishC. primary school students will learn EnglishD . how to teach English in the English courseBHere are some advertisements taken from a newspaper.Dear Drew Carter,Your first year on this earth has been a pleasure ride for all of us. We love you!Love,Dad and Mom and many friends（2）Law

10、lis ClarkeThe Doctors Virgil and Marjorie Lawlis are pleased to announce the engagement （订婚） of their daughter Diana Susan to Mr. Robert Brent Clarke, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Clarke of Herford, Texas.A spring wedding is planned in Houston.Isbell FossMr. And Mrs. Davis K. Isbell announce the marria

11、ge of their daughter Dang to Mr. Stanley Foss, son of Mrs. John Sipe of Ada, Minnesota.The wedding will be early April at Abiding Love Lutheran Church.（4）Story KurioMiss Stephanie Story and Mr. Warren Kurio married on February 5, at half past seven o' clock in the evening at Highland Park Presby

12、terian Church in Dallas, Texas. The bride （新娘） is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Herbert Brule Story Jr. of Dallas. The groom （新郎）is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Stanley Kurio of Austin.59. What would be the best title for the first advertisement?A . We Love YouB. Happy 1st BirthdayC. One Year OldD.

13、 Our One-Year-Old Son60. Lawlis and Clarke are going to get married .A . in a churchB. where Clarke ' s parents liveC. against their parents ' will D. to Lawlis ' s parents ' joy 61. Who got or will get married in spring?A . Not only Lawlis and Clarke but also Isbell and Foss.B . Nei

14、ther Lawlis and Clarke nor Isbell and Foss.C. Either Isbell and Foss or Story and Kurio.D . Neither Lawlis and Clarke nor Story and Kurio.62. Who are now a married couple?A . Lawlis and Clarke.B. Dand Isbell and Foss.C. Story and Kurio.D. The text doesn ' t say.（C）Long ago, the love apple was gr

15、own in flower gardens. The plant' s small yellow flowwere not very bright, but it has very beautiful fruit, round, smooth, and shiny, which turned bright red or yellow as it ripened （成熟）.It was beautiful but poisonous, or people believed so.Other people believed it had magic powers to cause.Earl

16、y Spanish explorers （探索者） who found this plant growing wild is South and Central America, carried it back to Europe. These plants appeared in gardens in Italy as early as 1554. They must have been the kind that had yellow fruit, because the Italians called the plant “pomidoro or , apple of gold. By

17、1750, the plant was grown as a curious plant throughout Europe. Some people were even daring enough to eat the fruit.1781 in America, Thomas Jefferson raised and ate love apples, but few followed his example. Thirty years later, the love apples were used as food in Louisiana, and by 1835, a few peop

18、le in the northern states were willing to experiment with them too. But even as late as 1900, there were people who still believed that these“ apples of gold " were poisonous.Although people did not eat fruit of this plant, they liked looking at it in their gardens. Later, when they learned it

19、was both good-tasting and good for them, they moved the love apple plant from the flower garden to the vegetable garden. They learned to call it by a new name 63. On the whole, the article tells about .A . poisonous fruits in AmericaB. Italians who are very curiousC. the history of the tomato plantD

20、. the fruits eaten by Thomas Jefferson64. We can know from the passage thatA . some people are afraid to try new things B . all poisonous fruits are really tomatoesC. all poisonous fruits are bright and colorful D. northerners are more daring than southerners65. Why did people raise this plant in th

21、eir gardens?A . They liked eating itB. They enjoyed looking at itC. They thought gold would growD. It was the only choice they had66. Which seems true according to the passage?.A . What is not popular today may be popular tomorrowB . The apple of gold belongs only in flower gardensC. Thomas Jefferso

22、n ate all his plants D. It was the Americans who first ate tomatoes（D）In the United States, friends can be close, constant, intense, generous, and real, yet fade away in a short time if circumstances （环境） change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or tw

23、o, perhaps a few letters for a while then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship where it left out and are delighted.In the States, you can feel free to visit people 'hsmes, share their holidays, enjoy their children and their lies wit

24、hout fear that you taking on a lasting obligation （负担）.Do not hesitate to accept hospitality （款待）because you can ' t give it in welcome or for various other reasons, such as crowded space, language difficulties, or family custom, outsiders are not invited into homes.In the United States both met

25、hods are used, but it is often considered more friendly to invite a person to one ' s home than to go to a public place, except in purely business relationships. So, if your host or hostess brings you home, do not feel that you are being shown inferior （次的） treatment.Don' feel neglected if y

26、ou do not find flowers awaiting you in your hotel room either. Flowers are very expensive there, hotel delivery is uncertain, arrival times are delayed, changed, or canceled so flowers are not customarily sent as a welcoming touch. Please do not feel unwanted! Outward signs vary in different lands,

27、the inward welcome is what matters, and this will be real.67. In the United States, you will find friendships if circumstances change.A . die suddenly B. pass away C. disappear gradually D. last forever 68. Americans their foreign friends to make a return for their hospitality.A. askB. wishC. never

28、allow D. don' t expect69. In some other counties, giving a dinner party at home is considered than in a restaurant.A . less friendly B. less hospitable C. more natural D . more popular 70. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true? .A .Flowers are availableat all timeB.Flowers

29、 are expensiveC.Flowers are signs of outwardwelcome D.Flowers are not necessarily sent to guests71. Which of the following is the best title for this passage? .A .American HospitalityB.American FriendshipsC.American InvitationD.American Welcome（E）Have you ever been at a meeting while someone was mak

30、ing a speech and realized suddenly that your mind was a million miles away? You probably felt sorry and made up your mind to pay attention and always have been told that daydreaming is a waste of time.“Onthe contrary, says L. Giambra, an expert in psychology, “cydreaming is quite necessary. Without

31、it, the mind couldn' t get done all the thinking it has to do during a normal day.You can ' possibly do all your thinking with a conscious （有意识）mind. Instead, yourunconscious mind is working out problems all the time. Daydreaming then may be one way that the unconscious and conscious states

32、of mind have silent dialogues.”Early experts in psychology paid no attention to the importance of daydreams or even considered them harmful. At one time daydreaming was thought to be a cause of some mental illnesses. They did not have a better understanding of daydreams until the late 1980s. Eric Kl

33、inger, a professor of psychology, is the writer of the book Daydreaming. Klinger says,know now that daydreaming is one of the main ways that we organize our lives, learn from our experiences, and plan for our futures. Daydreams really are a window on the things we fear and the things we long for in

34、life.”Daydreams are usually very simple and direct, quite unlike sleep dreams, which may be hard to understand. It ' s easier to gain a deep understanding of your life by paying close attention to your daydreams than by trying to examine your sleep dreams carefully. Daydreams help you recognize the difficult situations in your life and find out a possible way of dealing with them.Daydreams cannot be predicated （预料）.They move