阅读理解专练（二）

1、阅读理解专练 （2）AIt was Labour Day weekend, the most important time of the year for the Romano family. Every year on this weekend, the whole family work together to make tomato sauce (酱). They will make enough so they can enjoy it the whole year!In the backyard, several bags of fresh tomatoes lay on

2、the ground, waiting to be washed, cut and boiled (煮沸) into delicious sauce. Mrs Romano was busy cleaning the huge pots in which the tomatoes would be cooked. Mr Romano was preparing the outdoor stove (火炉) which would be used to heat the pots. Their two daughters, Rosemary and Pina, were washing the

3、tomatoes.After the tomatoes were washed, the girls sat down at the picnic table and began to cut the tomatoes carefully into small pieces. The pieces were then poured into the pots. When they had filled one pot, Mr and Mrs Romano worked together to lift the pot onto the stove. The pot was slowly hea

4、ted until the tomatoes started to boil. Mrs Romano thought about the day her mother taught her the recipe (食谱). She added the same ingredients (原料) to the tomatoes and stood by the stove, stirring (搅拌) and watching them turn into thick sauce. When the tomato sauce was ready, all four of the Romanos

5、smiled. They knew that their tomato sauce was delicious and ready to be put into glass bottles. 根据材料内容选择最佳答案。( )1. How many people are there in the Romano family?A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.( )2. Where did the Romanos make their tomato sauce?A. In the field. B. In the kitchen. C. In the backy

6、ard. D. In the living room. ( )3. What did Mr Romano do?A. He washed the tomatoes. B. He prepared the stove.C. He cut the tomatoes.D. He cleaned the pots. ( )4. Who taught Mrs Romano how to make tomato sauce?A. Her mother. B. Her husband. C. Her friend. D. Her grandmother. ( )5. What does the underl

7、ined word “them” in Paragraph 3 refer to?A. Pots. B. Tomatoes. C. Rosemary and Pina.D. Mr and Mrs Romano.BIf you want to make films, you'll be interested in our new competition.If you're between 11 and 18, you can enter this year's Film-making Competition. The film should last no more th

8、an 12 minutes and you should have at least three main characters. Last year's winner had 8 people in it but we don't usually expect so many!This is the third year of the competition. In the last two years, we accepted any kind of film, from scary films to comedies, but this year we are looki

9、ng for dramas. There'll be another competition later in the year for people interested in making documentaries.We have seen some great films over the years from very exciting young film-makers. Last year's films were about family, and we saw some wonderful entries (参赛作品). This year, however,

10、 we want films about the weather it can either be about how it makes you feel or how it can change a day. A challenging theme!The judges this year are Martha Fernando, presenter of our film programmme, and director Mark Matthews, whose latest film is now in cinemas.There are some fantastic prizes. O

11、ur first-prize winner will visit London International Academy, one of the top film schools. We have other prizes to give away there are 100 books and also some of the latest cameras to win.You can send your films to us by post or bring them to our office in Market Square. The judges' decision is

12、 final. You'll have the chance to see the best films when they are shown at the Town Hall.根据材料内容补全表格内所缺信息，每空词数不限。Film-making CompetitionWho can take part in it1. _FilmLengthNo more than 12 minutesKind DramaNumber of main characters2. _Theme 3. _Judges Martha Fernando, presenterMark Matthews, dir

13、ectorPrizesFirst prizeVisit to a top film schoolOther prizes4. _Where the best films will be shown At the 5. _CPeople are travelling more than ever before. The World Tourism Organisation says that by 2020 the number of international travellers will be more than 1.6 billion a year. (1)_ Here are four

14、 different kinds of tourism that have appeared recently.Medical tourism means going to a different country for health care. (2)_ A few of the popular countries offering medical tourism are India, Cuba, Thailand and Jordan.Nearly all tourists eat in restaurants, and dining is one of the top three tou

15、rist activities. But if you are in a country famous for its food, will you learn how to cook it? Welcome to food tourism, where people go to another country to learn how to prepare its food. (3)_Disaster (灾难) tourism is the act of visiting the site of a disaster. (4)_ This kind of tourism is not ver

16、y popular with local people.Another kind of popular tourism is literary (文学的) tourism. (5)_ It can be connected to the life of a writer, for example, visiting the writer's home or favourite places, or connected to the lives of characters in a story. It can also be a visit to a place where a film

17、 was made.根据材料内容，将AE五个句子还原到文中空白处，使材料完整、通顺，并将其标号填写在下面题号后的横线上。A. Cooking holidays are becoming increasingly popular.B. This is a kind of cultural tourism and there are several kinds.C. This kind of travel can be for a lot of things, from operations to visits to the dentist.D. The increase in the numbe

18、r of tourists also means an increase in the kinds of tourism.E. Examples include tours to parts of Thailand that were hit by the tsunami (海啸) or to the World Trade Centre site in New York.1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _DHumoody was born in Iraq. When he was two years old, his face was badly hurt and he cou

19、ldn't see any more. He came to the United States to get medical care and now lives with an American family in Washington State. Humoody quickly learned to use a cane (手杖) to get around. He also started clicking (使发出咔哒声), sensing objects by listening for echoes (回声). To help Humoody develop this

20、skill, his family found him an echolocation (回声定位) teacher, Juan Ruiz. Ruiz is also blind and he has been echolocating for many years. Even someone who's not blind can try it, he says. Stand facing a wall a couple of feet away. Make some noise by clicking or talking out loud. Listen carefully. N

21、ow walk a little closer to the wall and keep making your noise. Can you hear how it changes as the wall gets nearer?Experiment with how your voice or clicks sound in different parts of your home. “Every room has a different sound to it,” Ruiz says. How does the sound of a kitchen or bathroom compare

22、 to the sound of a carpeted (铺有地毯的) room? What about a long hallway? The differences you hear are the same kinds of clues (线索) that blind people listen to. With lots of practice, their brains have learned to get information from these clues. Humoody has never let being blind slow him down. Learning

23、how to echolocate is helping him get around more easily and safely, especially in places where he can't take his cane, like the football field. 根据材料内容判断正(T)误(F)。( )1. Humoody was born blind. ( )2. According to Ruiz, echolocation is for blind people only. ( )3. Ruiz taught Humoody how to echoloca

24、te. ( )4. Your voice sounds differently in different parts of your home.( )5. Humoody stopped using his cane after learning echolocation. EScientists at Stanford University in California built a robot called OceanOne. The robot can visit ocean areas that are too deep for human divers (潜水员) to reach.

25、 Recently, it made its first deep-sea dive it visited an ancient undersea shipwreck (沉船). Diving into the deep ocean can be dangerous for humans. A diver's biggest enemy is water pressure (压力). Most divers can't go much deeper than 100 feet. At greater depths (深处), the pressure is strong eno

26、ugh to kill a person. So researchers often send submersibles (潜水器) to deep waters because they can deal with the pressure. However, most of these machines can't pick up objects they can only take photos. That's why OceanOne was built. It's a humanoid robot a robot made to look like a human being. It can travel to depths that are too dangerous for humans. Scientists control OceanOne from a ship. The robot's “eyes” are two video cameras that allow people o