高中一年级阅读分级训练

1、Reading A词数276 类别 生活哲理 难度 建议用时5 实际用时 One day a farmers donkey fell down a dry wellThe animal cried sadly for hours as the farmer tried to figure out a way to get him outFinally, he thought it was impossible and the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anywayIt just wasnt worth it to

2、try and get the donkey backSo，he decided to bury it He asked all his neighbors to come over and help himThey all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the wellThe donkey realized what was happening and cried horriblyThen to everyones surprise, he quieted down and let out some happy brays A

3、few shovel loads later，the farmer looked down the well to see what was happeningHe was astonished at what he sawWith every shovel of dirt hit his back，the donkey was doing something amazingHe had shaken it off and taken a step up As the farmers neighbors continued to shovel dirt on the top of the an

4、imal，he would shake it off and take a step upEveryone was amazed when the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and ran off! Life is going to shovel dirt on you，all kinds of dirtThe trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step upEach of our troubles is a stepping stoneWe

5、 can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up. What happens to you isnt nearly as important as how you react to 1t.Word Bankgrab v. 抓起 bray n. 驴叫 shovel n铲子 load n装填的量( )1The farmer decided not t0 give up trying to save his donkey because_.

6、Ahe intended t0 kill the old donkey anyway Bthe donkey was already dying Che thought it pointless to save the donkey D the donkey could be used to fill in the well( )2What was the donkeys reaction to being left by the farmer?AHe shoveled dirt back at the farmerBHe cried at first but accepted he had

7、to dieCHe shook off every shovel of dirt thrown down on him and stepped upDHe let out happy brays at those throwing dirt on him-( )3Which of the following statements is FALSE?AThe farmer failed to come up with an idea to Save his donkeyBThe neighbors did not want to bury the donkeyCDespite the donke

8、ys cries，people continued to throw dirt onto him-DThe donkey saved himself by reacting bravely to the situation( )4What is the message of the story?ALife offers us more opportunities than troublesBIf we react positively，we can turn a desperate situation aroundCKeep close to a friend when he or she i

9、s at their lowestDDo not be ashamed to ask for helpReading B词数348 类别 自然地理 难度 建议用时630 实际用时 If you think about World Heritage Sites，you probably think of places related to ancient art and culture，historical buildings and monumentsAnd of course，many of these are on the World Heritage List(WHL) Remains

10、of ancient cultures，like Cuzco in Peru，Angkor in Cambodia, or the famous rock city of Petra in JordanOr old city centers, such as Rome in Italy, or Sanas in Yemen. Or places of artistic or cultural significance, like the Stonehenge stone circle in England, or the Tsodilo rock paintings in the Kalaha

11、ri Desert in Botswana. But the World Heritage List contains a lot of sites that are not so obvious. Some of them are well known. For example, the Galapagos Islands，which inspired Darwins theories of evolution，or the Victoria Falls waterfalls in Africa, and the Grand Canyon in the United States Lets

12、look at a few of the more unusual sites on the World Heritage List and why it is important to preserve them Citadel of Haiti These monuments were built at the end of the nineteenth century when Haiti became independent and the many thousands of black slaves in Haiti were free for the first time. The

13、se ex-slaves built the monuments, which the WHL describes as“a universal symbol of liberty” The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway in IndiaThis railway was opened in 1881 and is still operating todayIt crosses a difficult area of mountainous landscape and it is a great example of railway engineeringThe WH

14、L says that it is “the first and still the most outstanding, example of a hill passenger railway”. Borders of France and Spain This is an area of great natural beauty and the mountains have many interesting geological formationsBut it is also an area of small farmsPeople there still use a type of ag

15、riculture that used to be common in mountainous areas of Europe but has almost completely disappeared in modern timesThe WHL has listed the site because it shows us about “past European society through its landscape of villagesfarms，fields，upland pastures and mountain roads”.Word BankWorld Heritage

16、Sites世界文化遗址 evolution n进化，演化formation n结构 Stonehenge n巨石阵 liberty n自由( )5Why is the Citadel of Haiti included on the list? ABecause it shows a traditional way of life BBecause it represents independence， CBecause the buildings are thousands of years old DBecause it represents freedom( )6Why is the D

17、arjeeling Railway listed? ABecause the landscape is very beautiful. BBecause it was difficult to build CBecause it carries a lot of passengers DBecause it was the first railway in the world( )7What is the most important reason for listing the area on the borders of France and Spain? AIts very beauti

18、ful BThe geology is interesting C We can learn about the history of Europe DWe can enjoy the unique geological formationsReading C词数303 类别社会热点 难度 建议用时6 实际用时 Its very interesting to note where the debate about diversity is taking placeIt lS taking place mainly in political circlesHere at the College

19、Fund，we have a lot of contact with top corporate 1eaders；none of them is talking about getting rid of those instruments that produce diversityIn fact，they say that if their companies are to compete in the global village and in the global market place。diversity is an imperativeThey also say that the

20、need for talented，skilled Americans means we have to expand the poo1 of potential employees And in looking at where birth rates are growing and at where the population is shifting, corporate America understands that expanding the pool means promoting policies that help provide skills to more minorit

21、ies, more women and more immigrantsCorporate leaders know that if that doesnt occur in our society, they will not have the engineers，the scientists，the 1owyers or the business managers they will need Likewise, I dont hear people in the academy saying,“Lets go backwardLets go back to the o1d days, wh

22、en we had a meritocracy，”which was never true. We never had a meritocracy though weve come closer to it in the last 30 years. I recently visited a great little college in New York where the campus has doubled its minority population in the last six yearsI talked with an African American who has been

23、 a professor there for a 1ong time and she remembers that when she first joined the community, there were fewer than a handful of minorities on campus. Now, all of us feel the university is better because of the diversity. So where we hear this debate is mainly in political circles and in the media,

24、 not in corporate boardrooms or on college campusesWord Bankdiversity n. 多样化 potential adj有潜力的 immigrant n移民boardroom n会议室 corporate adj公司的 minority n.少数人meritocracy n任人唯贤的制度( )8The word“imperative”(Para1)most probably refers to something Aimportant Bremarkable Cdebatable Dessential( )9Which of the

25、following groups of people still differ in their views on diversity? AMinorities BPoliticians. CProfessors. DManagers.( )10 High corporate leaders seem to be in favor of promoting diversity so as to_. A10wer the rate of unemployment Bwin equal political rights for minorities Cbe competitive in the w

26、orld market Dsatisfy the demands of a growing population( )11It can be inferred from the article that_. Ameritocracy can never be realized without diversity BAmerican political circles will not accept diversity Cit is unlikely that diversity will occur in the US media Dminorities can only enter the

27、fields where no debate is heard about diversity( )12According to the article diversity can be achieved in American society by_.Aexpanding the pool of potential employeesBpromoting policies that provide skills to employeesCtraining more engineers，scientists lawyers and business managersDproviding edu

28、cation for all regardless of race or sexReading D词数293 类别环境人类 难度 建议用时530 实际用时_ The worlds oceans have warmed 50 percent faster over the last 40 years than previously thought due to climate change, Australian and US climate researchers reported Wednesday. Higher ocean temperatures expand the volume o

29、f water, contributing to a rise in sea levels that is submerging small island nations and threatening to cause damage in low-lying, densely populated regions around the globe The study, published in the British journal Nature, adds to growing scientific warnings about the pace and consequences risin

30、g oceansIt also serves as a corrective to a massive report issued last year by the Nobel, winning UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)，according t0 the authors Rising sea levels are driven by two things：the thermal expansion of sea water, andadditional water from melting sources of ic

31、eBoth processes are caused by global warming. The ice sheet that sits atop Greenland，for example，contains enough water to raise world ocean levels by seven meters(23 feet)，which would bury sea-level cities from Dhaka to Shanghai Trying to find out how much each of these factors contributes to rising

32、 sea levels iscritically important to understanding climate change，and forecasting future temperature rises, scientists sayBut up to now, there has been a confusing gap between the projections of computer-based climate models，and the observations of scientists gathering data from the oceans The new

33、study，led by Catia Domingues of the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, is the first to make the models agree with observed dataUsing new techniques to assess ocean temperatures to a depth of 700 meters(2，300 feet)from 1961 to 2003, it shows that thermal warming contributed to a 053 millimeter-per-year rise in sea levels rather than the 0.32 mm rise reported by the IPCCWord Bankdue to 由于 submerge v.淹没 densely-populated adj.人口密集的corrective n 纠正的说法 thermal adj热的 assess v.评估( )13What happens when the oceans temperature rises