阅读理解训练题（六）

A

　　A bout ten years ago, a young and very successful businessman named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his shiny, black, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE, which was only two months old.

　　He was watching for kids rushing out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no child came out, but a brick sailed out and-WHUMP!-it hit the Jag’s shiny black side door! SCREECH... !!!! Immediately Josh stopped the car, jumped out, seized the kid and pushed him up against a parked car. He shouted at the kid, “What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing?!” Building up a head of steam, he went on.“That’s my new Jag, that brick you threw is gonna cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it?”

　　“Please, mister, please... I’m sorry! I didn’t know what else to do!” begged the youngster. “I threw the brick because no one else would stop!” tears were streaming down the boy’s face as he pointed around the parked car. “It’s my brother, mister,” he said. “He rolled of the curb （路沿）and fell out of his wheelchair and I can’t lift him up.” Sobbing, the boy asked the businessman, “Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair?” he’s hurt and he’s too heavy for me.”

　　Moved beyond words, the young businessman tried hard to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. Straining, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and wiped the scrapers and cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be OK. He then watched the younger brother push him down the sidewalk toward their home.

　　It was a long walk back to the black, shining, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE — a long and slow walk. Josh never did fix the side door of his Jaguar. He kept the dent （凹痕）to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention. Feel for the bricks of life coming at you.

　　56．The boy threw a brick at the businessman’s car because ________.

　　A. the businessman drove at a high speed

　　B. he envied the brand-new car very much

　　C. he wanted to ask for some money

　　D. he wanted to get help from the driver

　　57．Which of the following is the right order of the story?

　　a．The younger brother threw a brick at Josh’s car.

　　b．The elder brother fell out of his wheelchair.

　　c．The younger brother begged Josh for help.

　　d．Josh lifted the elder brother back into his wheelchair.

　　e．Josh shouted at the younger brother.

　　A. b, a, e, c, d　　B. a, c, d, b, e　　 C. b, a, c, e, d　　 D. a, c, b, e, d

　　58．What can we learn from the passage?

　　A. Josh would accept the money from the kids.

　　B. The two kids were Josh’s neighbors.

　　C. Josh was a kind-hearted man.

　　D. Josh’s new car broke down easily.

　　59．According to the passage, the last sentence means ________.

　　A. trying to get ready for the trouble in your future life

　　B. driving fast in a neighborhood street is dangerous

　　C. trying to be more understanding seeing others in trouble

　　D. protecting oneself from being hurt

B

　　Children are our future, and it’s up to us to arm them with the tools to succeed. Sadly, today’s children are being armed with more dangerous toolslike weapons （武器）, drugs and gangs. Once a relatively peaceful environment, many schoolyards of today are becoming unsafe for both students and teachers.

　　Home schools are available to give you choices. Home schooling provides top-quality education, flexibility, and freedom to create your own schedule（日程表）. At Heritage Home School we believe the choice should be yours.

　　Thanks in part to modern technology, home schooling information is becoming readily available across our nation. A recent study by the ITBS （Iowa Tests of Basic Skills） and TAP （Tests of Achievement and Proficiency） shows us that students of home schools do particularly well when compared with the nationwide average. In every subject at every grade level, students of home schooling scored obviously higher than those in public and private schools.

　　If you’re new to home schooling, you may be asking yourself, “Will home schools really work for my children?”

　　Fact: A nationwide study using a random（任意）selection of 1,516 families found students of home schooling to be scoring, on average, at or above the 80th percentile in all areas on standardized achievement test.

　　Note: The national average on standardized achievement tests is the 50th percentile.

　　Collectively, the staff at Heritage Home School brings 65 years of experience in home schooling curriculum. We’ve placed students in the top 2 % of the nation in math and many are successfully moving on to college.

　　One study found that of the home schooled adults, 0% were unemployed, 0% were on welfare and 94% said home education prepared them to be independent persons.

　　For more home schooling information, call us today toll free at 1 （877） 532-7665.

　　60．We can learn from the first paragraph that ________.

　　A. many schools armed their students with weapons

　　B. violence and crime exist in many schoolyards

　　C. students use weapons to defend their schoolyards

　　D. weapons are more dangerous than drugs

　　61．All of the following are true of home schools EXCEPT that ________.

　　A. students are free to choose their courses

　　B. students do well in important national tests

　　C. they help students find jobs

　　D. they help students to be independent

　　62．What is the purpose of the text?

　　A. To give information about different schools.

　　B. To compare home schools with other schools.

　　C. To suggest a new method of school education.

　　D. To persuade people to choose home schools.

　　63．The advertisement is mainly aimed at ________.

　　A. students　　　B. parents　　　 C. teachers　　　　D. adults

C

　　The vitamins necessary for a healthy body are normally supplied by a good mixed diet, including a variety of fruits and green vegetables. It is only when people try to live on a very restricted diet, say that when trying to lose weight, that it is necessary to make special provisions to supply the missing vitamins.

　　An example of the dangers of a restricted diet may be seen in the disease known as “beri-beri”,which used to make large numbers of Eastern people who lived mainly on rice suffer. In the early years of last century, a Dutch scientist named Eijkman was trying to discover the cause of beri-beri. At first he thought it was transmitted（传播）by a germ（病菌）. He was working in a Japanese hospital, where the patients were fed on polished rice which had had the outer coverings removed from the grain, it was thought this would be easier for weak and sick people to digest.

　　Eijkman thought his germ theory was proved when he noticed the chickens in the hospital yard, which were fed on remains from the patients’plates, were also showing signs of the disease. He then tried to separate the germ, which he thought was causing the disease, but his experiments were interrupted by a hospital official, who ordered that the rice without coverings, even though left over by the patients, was too good for chickens. It should be recooked for the patients, and the chickens should be fed on cheap, rough rice with the outer coverings still on the grain.

　　Eijkman noticed that the chickens began to recover on the new diet. He began to consider the possibility that eating unmilled rice（糙米）somehow prevented or cured beri-beri — even that a lack of some ingredient（成分）in the coverings may be the cause of the disease. Indeed this was the case. The element needed to prevent beri-beri was shortly afterwards separated from rice coverings and is now known as vitamin B. The milled rice, though more expensive, was in fact causing the disease the hospital was trying to cure. Nowadays, this terrible disease is much less common thanks to our knowledge of vitamins.

　　64．According to the passage, a good mixed diet ________.

　　A. is suitable for losing weight

　　B. should be only fruits and vegetables

　　C. normally contains enough vitamins

　　D. is often difficult to arrange

　　65．What do we know about the disease beri-beri?

　　A. It killed large numbers of people.

　　B. It resulted from lack of vitamins.

　　C. It was transmitted by milled rice.

　　D. It was caused by diseased chickens.

　　66．The ingredient missing from milled rice ________.

　　A. was vitamin B　　　　　　　　 B. did not affect the chickens

　　C. did not result in beri-beri　　　　 D. was named the Eijkman vitamin

　　67．What can be the best title of the passage?

　　A. A Good Mixed Diet　　　　　　 B.　________　New Discovery

　　C. The Dangers of Beri-beri　　　　 D. The Importance of Vitamins

D

　　BROOKSVILLE — It’s the time of year again, when young bears are on their own for the first time. And that means more sightings where bears usually aren’t supposed to be.

　　This weekend, a 258-pound black bear took a brief tour of Brooksville, with police and firefighters chasing.

　　Another black bear, weighing just 100 pounds, was spotted Saturday, crossing busy U. S. 19 near a retirement community in Spring Hill. Several other bear reports have come from Citrus County.

　　“It is really difficult for the younger bears to find their own land around here,” said Niki Everitt, bear hot line director for the Gulf Coast Conservancy.

　　Brooksville’s bear first was spotted late Thursday crossing State Road 50, headed toward Tom Varn Park. Police and firefighters tracked the bear through the park and the Brooksville Quarry golf course.

　　The bear then wound down the middle of Broad Street before being surrounded near Luigi’s Pizza. An official with the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission came with a tranquilizer spear （加入镇静的剂的矛）, planning to stick the bear by hand.

　　“The guy saw the size of the bear and figured that wasn’t a great idea,” said Capt. Frank Phillips of the Brooksville Fire Department.

　　Emergency officials waited until a tranquilizer gun was brought from Land O’Lakes. The bear then got a free ride to the Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area.

　　It is not unusual for bears to move into living areas this time of year, experts say. Mothers give their male baby bears the boot once the youngsters are 2 years old. With living areas growing, the young bears keep finding smaller and smaller areas in which they can set up their own land.

　　“They’re trying to find a land of their own, where they won’t get beat up,” said Lt. Rip Stalvey, a game commission spokesman.

　　Everitt said people should not be too concerned about the recent bear sightings, since “we have never had a bear attack in Florida.”

　　Black bears mainly eat the tender and fresh leaves of Sabal palms, as well as acorns and berries. Recent weeks of dry weather likely have reduced their food supply.

　　“If we don’t get some relief soon,” Everitt said, “we’re probably going to see a lot more of it.”

　　68．What’s the main idea of this passage?

　　A. Bear sightings in living areas worry people.

　　B. Policemen try hard to get the bears controlled.

　　C. People take up too much land from bears.

　　D. Bears come out to disturb people’s lives.

　　69．Which is true according to the passage?

　　A. The 100-pound bear was caught near Luigi’s Pizza.

　　B. The Gulf Coast Conservancy makes bears homeless.

　　C. Brooksville’s bear was too large to be caught by hand.

　　D. Bears frequently visit humans’living areas.

　　70．Bear sightings can usually be expected ________.

　　A. in the cold season　　　　　　　B. in the warm season

　　C. near lakes or rivers　　　　　　 D. near Luigi’s Pizza

　　71．The underlined phrase “give their male baby bears the boot”means“________”.

　　A. make them wear the boots　　　 B. find new homes for them

　　C. drove them away from home　　 D. keep them in safe places

E

　　What does it mean to say that we live in a world of persuasion? It means that we live among competing interests. Your roommate’s need to study for an exam may take priority（优先）over pizza. Your instructor may have good reasons not to change your grade. And the object of your romantic interest may have other choices.

　　In such a world, persuasion is the art of getting others to give fair and favorable consideration to our point of view. When we persuade, we want to influence how others believe and behave. We may not always prevail — other points of view may be more persuasive, depending on the listener, the situation, and the merits of the case. But when we practice the art of persuasion, we try to ensure that our position receives the attention it deserves.

　　Some people, however, object to the very idea of persuasion. They may regard it as an unwelcome interruption into their lives. Just the opposite, we believe that persuasion is unavoidable — to live is to persuade. Persuasion may be ethical（合乎道义的）or unethical, selfless or selfish, inspiring or degrading. Persuaders may enlighten our minds or prey on our vulnerability. Ethical persuasion, however, calls on sound reasoning and is sensitive to the feelings and needs of listeners. Such persuasion can help us apply the wisdom of the past to the decisions we now must make. Therefore, the most basic part of education is learning to resist the one kind of persuasion and to encourage and practice the other.

　　Beyond its personal importance to us, persuasion is necessary to society. The right to persuade and be persuaded is the bedrock of the American political system, guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution（美国宪法）

　　72．According to the passage, persuasion means ________.

　　A. changing others’point of view

　　B. exercising power over other people

　　C. getting other people to consider your point of view

　　D. getting people to agree with you and do what you want

　　73．The underlined word in the second paragraph “prevail” means“________”.

　　A. win　　　　　B. fail　　　　　C. speak　　　　　D. listen

　　74．The passage states that some people object to persuasion because they think it is ________.

　　A. a danger to society　　　　　　 B. difficult to do well

　　C. unwelcome behavior　　　　　　D. never successful

　　75．The passage mainly discusses ________.

　　A. how people persuade

　　B. why people persuade

　　C. that persuasion is both good and bad

　　D. that persuasion is important and it is all around us

阅读理解训练题（六）答案

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