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专升本英语阅读理解训练20篇(1-10)专升本英语阅读训练（001)Yoｕarewatｃhingafｉlｍinwhiｃhｔwｏｍenaｒehavingａｆiｇhｔ．Thｅｙhitonｅａnothｅrｈarｄ.Atthestａrtｔｈeｙoｎlyfighｔwiththeirfistｓ.Ｂutsoｏntｈｅｙbeginhｉttinｇｏneanotｈeｒoveｒｔhｅheａｄswｉｔhchaｉｒs.Andsoitgoesｏnuｎtｉlｏneｏｆｔｈｅmenｃrasｈes(撞击)tｈrouｇｈawiｎdowandfａｌlsthｉrtｙfeettｏthegｒounｄｂeloｗ.Heｉsdｅad！Ofcｏｕｒｓeｈeisn'treaｌlyｄeａd.Wｉthａnyluckhｅiｓn'teｖeｎｈurt.Wｈｙ？Beｃausｅthemeｎwhｏｆalloｕｔofｈighｗiｎdowｓorjｕmpfrｏmｆastmovingtraｉns,ｗhocｒashcarsofevｅncaｔchfｉrｅ，arｅprｏfessｉonals.Ｔheｙdothiｓｆoraliviｎg.Thesｅｍenaｒecalledstuntmen.Tｈaｔistｏsａy,tｈｅyｐｅｒｆorｍtｒｉckｓ.Thｅreａrｅtwosidestｏtheｉrｗork.Tｈeyａcｔuaｌｌyｄｏmｏsｔoｆtｈetｈingsｙousｅｅoｎtｈｅscｒeｅn.Foreｘample,theｙｆallfroｍahｉghbｕildｉｎg．Howeｖer，theydｏｎoｔfalｌｏnｔohａrdgroundｂuｔｏｎtoempｔycarｄboａrｄboxeｓｃoveredwithamattress(床垫）.Again,ｗｈentheyhitoneaｎｏtｈerwithchａiｒs,tｈechairsarｅmadｅｏfsoftwoodanｄｗhenｔheyｃrａshｔhｒouｇhwindoｗs,ｔｈｅgｌassismaｄｅｏfsugar!Buｔalthoughｔheirwｏrkｄeｐenｄｓｏnｔrickofｔhissoｒt,italsｏｒequirｅｓａｈigｈdｅgreeofskiｌｌａndtｒａiniｎg.Oftｅnaｓｔuntman'ssucceｓsdｅpｅndsoncａrefuｌtiming.Foｒeｘａmplｅ,wｈｅｎheiｓ"bｌoｗｎｕp"iｎａbattlescenｅ,hehastoｊｕmpoutoｆｔｈewaｙｏｆtheexploｓioｎｊuｓtatｔheriｇhｔｍoment．Ｎａｔuralｌyｓtｕntmenareｗelｌpaidｆortｈｅirwoｒk,buttheyleaddaｎgｅrouslives．Ｔｈeyoftengetｓｅriouslyｉnjured,andsｏｍｅtimeｓkilled．ANorｗegiａnstｕnｔmaｎ，ｆorｅxａmple，skiｅdｏverthｅeｄｇeoｆacliｆf(悬崖）aｔhｏusandｆeeｔｈiｇｈ.Hｉsparaｃhuｔｅ(降落伞)ｆaiｌedtoopen，aｎdhｅwaｓkｉlｌeｄ.Iｎspitｅofalltｈeriｓks,tｈisｉｓｎolongｅrapｒｏfｅｓｓiｏｎforｍenｏnly.Ｍｅnnｏlongeｒdreｓsupａsｗｏmenwheｎactｒesｓeshａｖetoperformsomedangerouｓａcｔiｏn.Fｏｒｎｏwａdaysｔhｅrearestuntgiｒｌstｏｏl1．Sｔuｎtmeｎarethｏsewhｏ_____＿．Ａ.oftenｄresｓupａsactoｒsB.pｒefｅrtoleaｄｄaｎgerousliveｓC.oftenperfｏｒmseemｉｎglｙdaｎgerousactiｏnsＤ.ｏftenfigｈｔｅａchotｈｅrfｏrｔheirlives２.Sｔｕnｔmeｎearnｔｈeirｌivingｂy＿_＿__＿.A.plaｙinｇｔheｉｒdｉrｔytrｉckｓB．selliｎgthｅｉrspeｃialskilｌsC.jｕmｐingoutofｈiｇhwinｄowsD．jumpingｆromfａsｔｍoｖiｎgtrａｉns3.Ｗhｅnasｔuntmanfallsfrｏmaｈigｈbｕildｉng,______.A．heneedslitｔleprotectionB.hｅwilｌbecoveredwitｈamatｔｒessC.hislｉfeiｓｅndanｇeredD．hisｓａfｅtyiｓgｅneraｌlｙalｌriｇht4.Ｗｈichofｔｈefollｏwｉngｉsthemaiｎｆactｏr(因素)ofaｓuccｅsｓｆｕlpeｒfoｒmance?A.Strｅｎgth.B．Ｅxacｔness.C.Sｐeｅd.D.Ｃaｒefulnｅｓs.5.Whatcａnbｅiｎferredfroｍtｈeａuthｏr'sexaｍplｅoftheＮｏrwegiａｎstunｔman？Ａ.Soｍetimesaｎaccidｅnｔcaｎoccurtｏaｓtuntman.B.Tｈeｐercentａgeｏfsｅrｉousaｃcｉｄentsｉshｉｇh.C.Paracｈutｅsｍｕstbeoｆｇoodqｕａlｉty．D．Ｔｈｅcliffistｏoｈiｇｈ.ＫEＹ:１-５ＣBＤBAﻫ

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Ｉnsomｅwaｙs,tｈｅUnitedStateshasmadeｓoｍeprogｒｅsｓ．Ｆiresｎoloｎgerdestroy１８,000builｄingsastheyｄiｄｉntheGrｅaｔCｈiｃagoＦｉｒeof1８7１，ｏｒｋilｌhａlfａtｏwnof2,400people,asｔheydiｄthesaｍenightinＰeshtｉgｏ,Wisconsｉn．OtherthａnｔｈeBeverlｙHｉlｌＳupperClubfｉreinKｅnｔuckyin1９77,ithasbeenｆoｕrdecaｄessinceｍorｅthan100Americanｓdｉeｄinａfｉrｅ.Butevenwiｔhsuchｓucｃesses，thｅUnｉteｄStatesstillhaｓoneofthｅwｏrsｔfireｄeaｔｈrateｓintｈｅworld.Sａfetyeｘｐｅrtｓsａbleｍｉsneｉthｅrmoｎeｙｎortｅchnoloｇy,butｔheｉndiffｅrence(无所谓)ofacoｕｎtrｙthaｔjuｓｔwillｎotｔakefiｒessｅriousｌyｅnouｇｈ.Americanfiｒeｄepartmeｎtsａresomｅｏｆｔｈeworld'sfａsｔestaｎdbest－eｑuiｐpｅｄ．Tｈeyhaｖｅtｏbe.ＴｈeＵniｔedSｔaｔeshastwiceＪaｐaｎ'sｐｏpulation,and40timesasmaｎyｆｉreｓ.Itsｐendsfａrlessｏｎprevｅｎtingfirｅsthanｏnｆｉghtiｎｇｔｈem.AndAmeriｃanfiｒe-ｓａfｅｔyleｓｓonsarｅａimｅｄalmostｅnｔirelyaｔcｈiｌdren,whodiｅinlargenｕmｂeｒsinfireｓbutｗho，ａgainｓtpopｕlaｒbｅlieｆｓ,starｔveryfewofthem．Expｅrtssayｔheerrｏｒisａnopiｎionthaｔｆｉｒesarｅｎotreaｌｌｙａnyone＇sfａulｔ．Thatiｓnｏtsoinoｔｈｅrcoｕnｔｒｉｅｓ,whereｂothpｕbｌiceducationanｄthelawtreatfiresaseｉtｈｅrapｅrsonalfailingoracｒimｅ（罪行).Jaｐanhａsmanywooｄhouｓes；oftｈe48fiｒesｉｎwoｒldhｉsｔoｒyｔｈatburnedmoｒeｔｈan10，００0bｕildings,Ｊａpａｎhａshad２7．Pｕnishmeｎtforcausｉngａｂigｆirecanbeasseveｒeａｓｌifｅｉmｐrisonment.ＩnｔheUnｉtｅdStaｔeｓ,ｍｏｓteｄｕcａtioｎdollａrsaｒespentｉnelemｅntarｙschooｌs．But,theｌessonsareａimeｄatｔoolｉmｉtedanuｍbｅｒofpeｏple;just９percentofallfirｅdｅathｓarecaｕsedbyｃｈｉｌdrｅnｐlaｙingwiｔｈmaｔches.TheUniｔeｄStaｔescｏntiｎueｓtodepeｎｄｍｏreoｎtechnologythａｎlawsorｓocialpｒessuｒe．Thｅrｅaresmoｋedetecｔorsｉn８5perｃentofａｌｌｈoｍｅs．Soｍｅlocａｌbuildinglａwsnｏｗｒｅquｉｒehoｍｅsprinｋlers（喷水装置).Newheatersaｎdironsshutthｅmselvesofｆifthｅyaretippeｄ.1.TherｅａsonwhysomａnyAmerｉcansdiｅinfiresisthａt__＿__.A.thｅｙｔｏokｎoｉｎｔｅresｔｉｎneｗtｅchnologyＢ.theydidｎotpaｙgrｅataｔtenｔiontopreveｎｔingfiｒesＣ.tｈeｙshoｗeｄｉnｄiffｅrenceｔｏｆｉgｈｔｉnｇｆiresD.thｅｙdidnoｔsｐendｅnoｕghmｏｎeyonｆｉｒeequｉpmeｎt2.Ｉtcanbeinｆerredfｒｏmtｈeｐassaｇeｔhat＿__＿__.Ａ.ｆireｓafetylｅssoｎsshoulｄnotbeａimedonlyａtAｍericａnchilｄｒｅnB.AｍerｉcanchiｌdrenhavenotrecｅiｖedenｏugheducａｔionoｆfireｓafetylｅsｓｏnsC.JａpanisbｅtｔｅreｑｕｉppedｗithfirｅｅqｕiｐmenttｈaｎｔｈeUｎitedStatesＤ.America'ｓlaｒｇepopulationleadstｏｍｏreｆires３．Wｈiｃhoftheｆolloｗingsｔatementsisｔruｅａｃcordingtothｅpasｓａｇe？A.TherｅhaｓｂｅennoｇrｅatfｉreｉnｔheUSAinｒecent40yearsthaｔleaｄstohiｇｈｄｅaｔｈraｔｅ.B．ThｅrehａvebeenseverａlgreatfirｅsinｔhｅUＳAinrｅcｅnｔ４0yearsthaｔleaｄtｏｈigｈｄeathｒate．C.ThｅrｅhａsbeeｎoｎｌyｏnegreatfiｒeiｎtheUＳAinreｃeｎｔ40yeaｒsｔhａｔｌedtｏhｉghｄeathｒａｔe.D.TheｆｉｒeiｎKentｕckyｉｎ1977mａdeoｎlyafewpeoplekｉｌled.KEY:BＡC

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Nuclearpower'ｓ(核能的)ｄａｎgertohealth,ｓafety,anｄeveｎlifｅitsｅlfｃanbｅｄescriｂeｄｉnonｅword;ｒａdiａｔiｏn(辐射).Ｎucｌｅarradｉａtionhasacertainmystｅｒｙaboutit,ｐaｒtlybecaｕsｅiｔｃａnnｏｔbｅdetｅcted（探测）bｙhumanseｎses．Itcａｎ＇tbeｓeenorｈeard,ｏrtｏuｃhedortaｓｔed,evｅnthoｕghｉtｍａybeallarouｎdｕs.Thereａｒｅｏtheｒthingslikｅthat.Fｏrｅxample,raｄｉowavesarｅallaroｕndusbutwecaｎ'tdetectthem,ｓｅnｓeｔｈem,withｏｕtaraｄiorｅceiver.Similａｒlｙ，wecaｎ'tsenseraｄｉoａctivｉｔywｉthoutarａｄiaｔiondeteｃtoｒ.Bｕtunliｋeｃｏmmonraｄioｗａves,nuclｅaｒraｄiatiｏniｓnｏtｈarmlesｓtohumaｎbeｉngsａｎdｏtｈerliｖiｎgｔhiｎgs.Atveryhighｌevels,ｒadｉatioｎcａnkillananimaloｒhumanbｅingoutrｉｇhtbykiｌliｎgｍaｓseｓｏｆceｌls(细胞）ｉｎｉmportaｎtorgaｎｓ(器官)．Buｔeｖｅntheｌowestlｅvｅlsｃａndoｓｅｒｉousdamage.Tｈｅｒｅｉsnoleveｌofｒａｄiatｉｏnthａtiｓcｏmpleｔeｌysafｅ.Iｆｔherａdiａtiondoesｎotｈiｔａｎｙthinｇimportaｎt,ｔhｅｄａmagemayｎotｂesigｎifiｃａnt.Thｉｓｉsｔｈｅcasｅｗｈenｏnｌｙａfewｃellｓarehit,aｎdifthｅyarｅkiｌlｅdoutrｉｇht.Yourbｏdywillｒeｐlaｃetｈｅdｅadｃellｓwithhｅaｌthyones.Bｕｔifthｅfｅwｃellsaｒeonlyｄaｍａgｅd,anｄiftheyrepｒoducｅｔhｅｍsｅlves,yｏumａybｅｉntrouｂｌe．Theyｒeprｏdｕcｅｔhｅｍselvesinanunｕｓualway.Ｔheycａngrｏwintoｃancｅr.Sometimｅstｈisdoｅsnotshowupfｏｒmanyyears.Tｈｉsisanoｔherreaｓonfoｒｓomｅoｆtｈemｙｓteryaboutnuclearｒａdｉａtiｏn．Ｓｅrioｕｓdamagecanbedoｎｅwｉthouｔtheｋnoｗledgｅofthepersｏnａtｔhetimethatｄaｍaｇｅhasoccurred.Aperｓoｎcａnbeirradiatｅｄ(放射治疗)andfeｅlｆiｎｅ,thendiｅofcancｅrfive,teｎ，ortｗenｔyyeａrslａterasaresｕlt.Oｒacｈｉldｃａnｂebornｗeaｋoreａsyｔogeｔｓerioｕsｉllnesｓasareｓｕltofｒadiationabsorbedbyitsgｒandpａrｅｎts.Raｄｉatｉoｎcanhurｔｕs.Wemustknowthetｒuｔh.１．Ａccorｄiｎgｔothepassａｇe,thedanｇeroｆnucleaｒpoweｒliesiｎ_______＿_＿．Ａ．ｎｕcleaｒmystｅｒyB.radｉatｉｏnｄｅteｃtｉonC.ｒaｄiａtｉonlevelD.nuclｅarrａdiａtion2.Rａdｉａｔｉoncａnｌeaｄtoserｉousreｓuｌtｓeｖenaｔthelｏwｅｓtｌｅvel_＿_＿＿___.A．wheｎitｋillsfewcellsB.ifiｔdamagesｆeｗcellsＣ.thoughtheｄamageｄcｅllsｃanrepａirthemｓelvesD.ｕnlessthedaｍａgｅdceｌｌscａnreｐrｏducethemselｖes3.Ｒadiatioｎcａnhurtusｉntheｗaythａtiｔcａn____＿．A.ｋillｌargｅnumｂerｓofcellsinmaiｎorganssoastocausedｅathimｍｅｄiaｔelyＢ.damagecelｌsｗhｉchmaygroｗｉntoｃanceｒyeaｒｓlaterC.ａffectｔhehealthｙgrowthofouryoungeｒgｅneraｔionD.leadtoalloftheａｂovereｓuｌｔs4.Whｉｃhofthefolloｗinｇcanｂebestiｎfｅrredｆｒoｍthepaｓsａge?A．Theｉｍｐoｒtanceｏfprotｅctionfｒomradｉatiｏｎcannｏtｂeoｖerｅｍpｈａｓized(过度强调）.B．Thｅｍｙsteryaboutraｄiatｉｏnreｍａｉnsunsoｌved.C.Canceriｓｍainlyｃａusedｂｙｒadiａtiｏn．D.Raｄｉａtionｃanhurtthoｓｅwhoｄonoｔknoｗaboutｉtｓdaｎger.KEY：1-4DBDAﻫ

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ＷｈenIａskedmｙdaughterwhichiｔeｍshewｏulｄkeｅp;tｈｅｐｈonｅ,ｔhｅcａｒ,tｈecooker,thecoｍputｅr,thｅＴV,ｏrherboyfｒiend,shｅsaid“theｐhoｎe”．Peｒsoｎally,Icoulddｏwitｈｏｕtthｅphoneentirelｙ,whｉcｈmakesmｅunusual．Becausetｈｅｔeｌephｏｎeｉsｃhaｎgｉngｏｕrlｉveｓmorethanａnyｏtherpｉecｅoｆｔechｎology．Pｏiｎt1Theｔelｅphoｎｅcreａtesｔhｅｎｅeｄｔｏcommuniｃate,iｎｔheｓａｍewaytｈaｔmoreｒoadscrｅatemoreｔraｆfic.Myｄaugｈterｃoｍｅshｏmeｆromsｃhoolat4:00ｐmandtheｎｓpendsaｎhｏurｏntheｐｈonetaｌkiｎgtotheｖerｙｐｅoｐｌｅsheｈaｓｂｅenaｔschoolwitｈalldａy.Ifthｅphonｅdidｎotｅxｉsｔ，wouｌｄsheｈａveaｎｙｔhｉngtotalkａbouｔ?Ｐoint２Themｏbilｅpｈonemeansthatweａｒeneｖeraｌoｎe.“Ｔhemobｉlesａｖedmylｉfe,”sａｙｓCryｓｔalＪohnｓtoｎe.ShehadanaccｉdenｔｉｎherVｏlvooｎtｈｅＡ45beｔｗeｅnＯtlｅｙandSｋiｐton.Trａppedinside,shemａnaｇｅdtoｍaｋｅtheｃallｔhatbroｕghttheambuｌaｎｃｅ（救护车)ｔoherrescue．Point3Themobｉｌereｍovesｏｕrsecreｔ.ItallｏwsmaｒｋeｔingｍanageroｆＨabaDeuｔsｃh,CａrlNicoｌａisｅｎ,torｉnghissａlesstaｆｆaｌlrouｎdtｈeworlｄａtandtimｅｏfｄayｔｏａsｋwhｅreｔｈeyarｅ，whereｔｈeyaregｏiｎg,andhｏｗthｅirｌastmeetinｇwenｔ.Point4Thetｅlepｈoneｓｅpａratｅsus.ＡntonellaBｒamanｔeｉnRomesａys,“WｅｗoｒkedinｓｅparateｏfficesbutIcouldseｅhｉmthrouｇhｔheｗｉndow.Ｉtwaseaｓyｔogethisnｕmｂer.Weweresonear——butweｄidn’tｍeetfortｈｅｆirsｔtwｏweeｋs！”Poinｔ5Theteｌephonealｌｏwsustoreacｈｏuｔbeyondourｏwnlivｅｓ.Tｏdaywｅcantalｋtoｓeveｒalcomｐleｔestｒangerｓｓimultanｅoｕsly(同时地）ｏnchaｔlines（atleａsｔmｙdaｕgｈtｅrｄoes.Iwouldn’ｔknｏｗｗhａttotalkabｏut).Wecａntalkacrｏｓstｈｅｗorlｄ．Wｅcaneｖｅntalktoaｓtronautｓ（ifｙｏukｎowanｙ)whｉletheｙ’ｒｅspaｃｅ-walkｉng．And,wｉththephonｅlinehoｏkｅdupｔotｈecｏｍpｕtｅｒ,ｗeｃanａccesｓ(存取)ｔheInterｎｅt,ｔhebiggｅsｔｌｉbraｒyｏnEarth.1．Hoｗdｏyouｕndersｔand‘Point1—Thetelephoneｃreaｔeｓtheｎeedtoｃｏmｍunicaｔe,６…’?A.Peopledoｎ’ｔｃommunｉcａtｅwithouｔtｅlephoｎe.B.Peopleｃommuｎicatebecａuseofｔhecreaｔiｎgofthetelepｈone．C．Pｅoｐlecommｕnicａtemoｒｅsiｎｃetelephoｎeｈaｓbｅｅncreaｔed.Ｄ.Pｅｏpｌecommｕnicatemorｅbecauｓeofｍorｅtｒaffic．2．Ｗhiｃｈｏｆthefollｏｗinｇｂｅｓtshｏｗｓｐｅople’ｓaｔｔitｕdetowardsmoｂiｌｅpｈones?Ａ.Mobilephoneｓｈeｌppeｏｐlｅdealｗitｈtheeｍeｒｇｅｎｃy.Ｂ.Ｍobileｐｈonesbriｎgcｏnvenienceａｓwｅlllｉtｔleseｃrettopeoplｅ.C.Ｍｏｂilephｏnesａresｏimｐortantanｄsｈouｌｄbｅencourａｇｅd.D.Moｂilephonesａrepaｒtoｆｐeｏpｌe’sｌife.３.Whichpoiｎtsdｏyouｔhinkｓuｐpｏrtthｅiｄｅａthatｐhoneｓimｐrovepｅople’slifｅ?a.Pｏint1.b.Pｏｉｎt2.c.Pｏint３.ｄ.Poｉnt4.e．Poinｔ5.Ａ.ｃ，dB.a，eC.a,cＤ.ｂ,e4.Itispoｓｓibletoｔaｌktosevｅraｌcomplｅtestrangerssiｍuｌtaneouslythrougｈ.A．ｔhｅＴVsｃrｅｅnB.ａfaxmachinｅC.thephonelｉｎehｏｏｋｅduptoｔｈｅcｏmputerD.amiｃrophoｎｅ５.Thebestheadingｆｏrthepaｓsaｇeis.A.pｈoｎePｏｗｅrＢ.KindsofPhoneC.howｔｏUsｅPｈonesD.AdｖanｔａgeofPｈｏnesＫＥY:１–5CBDＣA

专升本英语阅读训练(０10)

“Ithurtsmemoretｈanyｏｕ”,and“Thｉｓｉsforyoｕｒｏwnｇｏod”—tｈeseaｒetｈｅsｔaｔｅmentｓmymotherusｅｄtomakeyｅarsａｇowhenIｈadtolearnLatｉn,ｃleanｍｙroom，stayhomｅａnddｏhomｅｗoｒk．Thaｔwａsbefｏreweenteredtｈepｅｒｍissiveｐeｒiｏｄinedｕｃａｔｉoninwhichｗedｅciｄeditｗasallriｇhｔnoｔｔｏpushoｕｒchiｌｄｒentoａcｈiｅvetheｉrbeｓtinschool.Thｅｓchoolsandtｈeeducａtｏrsｍaｄeｉteasyforuｓ.Theytaughｔthatｉtwasalｌrigｈttobeｐaｒentswｈｏtakealet-alonepolicｙ.Wｅsｔｏppedmaｋiｎｇouｒchｉlｄrendohoｍｅwｏｒｋ．Wegａｖｅthemcaｌcｕlaｔｏrs,ｔｕｒｎedontｈetelevｉsion,ｌｅfttｈeteachｉngtotheteachｅrsaｎdweｎtoｎvaｃation.Nowtｅａcｈers,fａｃedｗｉthchildｒenwhohavebeendevｅlopingattｈｅｉrownpaｃｅfｏrthepasｔ15yearｓ，aｒerealiziｎｇwe’veｍadeaterrｉｂlemistake．ＯnｅsｕｃhteacherｉsSharonKlomｐusｗhｏｓaysofheｒｓｔuｄeｎts—“sopasｓivｅ”—andwｏndeｒswhａthａshappened.Noｔhingiｓｄｅmandedｏfｔｈem,sｈebelｉeves．Tｅleviｓｉon,saysKloｍpus,contｒibｕｔｅsｔochiｌdrｅn’spａｓsivｉty.“Ｗe’retaｌkinｇabｏutagenｅrａtionofkｉdsｗｈo’veｎｅverbeenhurtorhungry.Theｙｈavｅｌeａrnedsｏmebodywiｌlａｌwaysdoitfortheｍ,ｉnstｅadofsａying‘ｇoａndｌｏoｋｉｔｕp’,ｙouｔellｔheｍｔhｅanswer.Ittakesgrｅaｔerenerｇyｔosaynｏtoakｉｄ.”Yｅs，itdｏes．Ittakeseｎergｙaｎｄittakeｓｗork.It’sｔｉmefｏrparｅntstoenｄtheiｒvacationandcomebacｋtowoｒｋ.It’stｉｍeｔｏtaｋeｔhｅcaraway,totｕrｎｔhｅTVoff,totelltｈeｍｉｔｈurtsyoｕmorethantheｍｂuｔit’ｓfｏrtheirownｇｏoｄ.It’sｓｔimｅtｏｓtａrttellingthｅｍnoagaｉn.1．Ｃhildｒenarebecominｇmoreiｎａctiveinｓtudｙｂecａｕse.A.ｔheywaｔｃhＴVｔｏoｏfｔenB.thｅyhavｅｄoｎetoomｕchhomeworkC.tｈｅｙhavetofulfiltｏomanyｄutieｓD.teaｃherｓａretoostricｔwｉthｔhem２.Welearnfrｏmthｅｐａssagｅthattheauthoｒ’smotheruｓedtolaｙｅmphasｉsoｎ.Ａ.leａｒningLatinB.disciplｉneC.naturａlｄｅvelopmeｎtD.educatiｏnatschｏol3．By“perｍisｓｉｖeｐeriodinｅdｕcaｔｉoｎ”(L.1，Para.２）thｅａｕthormｅａｎｓａｔime.A.whenchiｌdｒｅnareallｏｗeｄtoｄｏｗhatthｅｙwishtｏB.whｅｎｅveｒythｉｎｇcaｎｂetaｕgｈtaｔｓcｈoｏlC.wheｎeｖerｙcｈildcanｂｅｅducatｅdD．wｈenｃｈildｒenarｅpermiｔtedtoｒeｃｅiｖeeducａtion4.Themainｉdeａofthｅｐassagｅisthat．A.paｒentssｈouldlｅaveｔheｉrcｈildrenaloneB．kiｄsｓhoｕldhavemoreａｃｔiｖｉtiesａtschoｏlC.it’stimeｔobｅmorestrictwiｔhouｒkiｄsD.pareｎｔsshｏuldａlwａysｓetaｇｏoｄexａmpｌetotheirkidsKEY：１-4ABAC专升本英语阅读理解训练２0篇（１1－20)｜专升本英语阅读训练(０11)

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