高二英语阅读训练

高二英语阅读训练 (11)AAhobby can be almost likes to do in his spare time. Hobbyists raise pets, build model ships, weave baskets, watch birds, hunt animals, climb mountains, raise flowers, fish, ski, skate and swim. Hobbyists also paint pictures, attend concerts and plays, and perform on musical instruments. They collect everything from books to butterflies, and shells to stamps. People take up hobbies because these activities offer enjoyment, friendship, knowledge and relaxation. Sometimes they even yield (产生) financial profit (效益). Hobbies help people relax after periods of hard work, and between work and play. Hobbies also offer interesting activities for people who have retired. Anyone, rich or poor, old or young, sick or well can hobby, regardless of his age, position or income. Hobbies can helpapersons mental and physical health. Doctors have found that hobbies are valuable in helping patients recover from physical or mental illness. Hobbies give bed-ridden (卧床不起的) or wheel-chair patients something to do, and provide interests that keep them from thinking about hospitals treat patients by having them take up interesting hobbies of past times. In early times, most people were too busy makingaliving to have many hobbies. But some persons who had leisure did enjoy hobbies. The ancient Egyptians played games with balls made of wood. People today have more time than ever before for hobbies. Machines have reduced the amount of time they must spend on their jobs. Hobbies provide variety for workers who do the same monotonous (单调的) tasks all day long. More people are retiring at an earlier age than ever before. Those who have developed hobbies never need to worry about what to do with their newly0found leisure hours. Sir William Osler,afamous Canadian doctor, expressed the value of hobbies by saying No man is really happy or safe withoutahobby. 1.Which of the following is TRUE A.Hobby is ones regular business in his office. B.Hobby is not ones regular business in ones spare time. C.Hobby isakind of business only for old people. D.Hobby isakind of business only for young people. 2.Who may spend more time enjoying their hobbies A.Persons who have little who have much money. C.Persons who have given up their work.D.Persons who have left school. 3.The phrase recover from in the third paragraph means____. A.get backB.become wellC.become calmD.supply withanew cover 4.In early times, most people spent less time on their hobbies because___. A.they were brave and hard workingB.the living conditions were poorC.they were engaged in C. 5.Whats the writers opinion about hobbies A.People all over the world have the same hobby. B.Machines also have their are popular among people in Egypt. D.People should have good hobbies in their spare time. BHow isaphotograph produced It is produced by the effect of light on certain chemicals. Certain chemical substances(物质)change when light reaches them. Where the light is strong, they get less dark. For this reason the negative(底片的)picture taken byacamera represents light objects as dark shapes, and dark objects as lighter shapes. Only when scientists had discovered something about the effects of light was it possible to take photographs. Scientific discoveries have important effects on society. The discoveries about light made by scientists had far-reaching effects. Life would not be the same without the camera,the motion picture,and the television set. When Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin(青霉素),he was not inaposition to know the effect on society which his new medicine would produce.The effect of penicillin onahuman body is to kill some of the dangerous germs(细菌)which enter the body. Penicillin kills these germs quickly, before they have time to produce very harmful effects on the sick person.Before penicillin was discovered, millions of people died every year of the illnesses caused by these germs.The number of deaths was greatly reduced by penicillin. So the effect of penicillin on human society was to make it much larger, by adding millions of people to the number which existed before. 6.This passage mainly talks about______. A.the importance of scientific and effectsC.the effects of light on certain chemicalsD.the effects of penicillin on human bodies 7.Onanegative picture the part having dark shapes are___, while the part having lighter shapes are____. A.dark objects; light objectsB.light objects; dark light; strong lightD.less darker objects; much lighter objects 8.When Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, he _____. A.realized his new medicine would greatly affect the human societyB.didnt stand in the place where he became an important what great effects his new medicine would have on the human imagine how greatly his new medicine would affect the human society 9.Since the discovery of penicillin, it has saved millions of lives because ____. A.dangerous germs are killed by it before they have time to produce harmful effects on sick personsB.sick persons need the treatment of number of deaths is greatly reduced by effect of penicillin on human society was to make the worlds population largerCAs people continue to grow and age, our body system (系统)continues to point in your life your body system will begin to weaken.Your strength may become weaker. It may become more difficult for you to see and hear.The slow change of aging causes our body to lose some of our ability to bounce back from disease and injury. In order to live longer, we have always tried to slow or stop this change that leads us toward the end ofour lives.Many factors(因素)decide your health.Agood diet plays an important role. The amount and type of exercise you get is another factor. Your living condition is yet another. But scientists studying aging problem want to know: Why do people grow old They hope that by studying the aging medical science they may be able to make the length of life longer. There is nothing to be afraid of as old age comes. Many consider the latter part of life to be the best time for living. Physical activity may become less, but often you get better understanding of yourself and the world. What we consider old age now may only be middle-aged some day soon. Who knows, with so many advances in medical science happening so quickly, life length may one day be measured in centuries, rather than in years! 0 10.When people become aging, theyll lose some of their ability to bounce back from disease and injury bounce back here means____. A.to escape from disease or injuryB.to jump backwardC.to recover from ones disease or injuryD.to run fast 11.According to the passage, in order to live longer ___. A.we have to try to improve our foodB.we should try to do more exerciseC.we should slow down the change of agingD.we should keep in high spirits 12.Many consider the latter part of life to be the best time of living because ____. A.they consider their life has oneB.they have come through the battle of life safelyC.they have less of themselves and the outside worldD.they have nothing to do all day long only to watch their grandchildren growing up around themDSalt is as necessary to life as water. In many areas of Africa, people once drank the urine(尿)of animals because they had no other source of salt. Without salt, human beings die. The human body demands that the amount of salt in the blood always stay the same. When the body does not get enough salt, it protects itself by letting less salt leave the body in urine and sweat. But it can not reduce this output to zero. Some salt is always escaping. Onacompletely salt-less diet,like that of some people in Africa, the body regularly loses small amounts of salt through the kidneys(肾)and sweat glands (汗腺).It then tries to adjust to(调整)this loss by speeding up its secretion(分泌)of water. In this way,the body attempts to keep the amount of salt in the necessary level. The result isaslow drying up of the body and finally,death. The person dies of thirst. In cases where there is little or no water to drink, the body tries to do the opposite thing. Again, it must keep the salt level in the blood constant. Because it has little water, it attempts to stop water from leaving the body and to increase its secretion of salt. But, as with the escaping salt, it can not be completely successful. Some water still leaves and the person finally dies of thirst. In short, the bodys normal needs for salt and water are both parts of the same important need to keep the salt level in the blood constant. 13.What is the main idea of the passage A.Salt is amount of salt in the body is secreted. C.If their blood salt level is not constant, human beings may die. D.People can die of thirst. 14.Which of the following is NOT the result ofalack of salt in the body A.The person dies of thirst.B.The body dries up. C.The body secrets more water.D.The person gets fatter. 15. Which of the following statements is TRUE A.Salt is more important to life than water.B.Salt is less important to life than water. C.Salt is as necessary to life as water.D.Salt is not so necessary to life as water. 16.When the body does not get enough salt, it protects itself by _____. A.letting less salt leave the body in urine and more waterC.letting less salt leave the body in up its secretion of waterEAnurse and her elderly uncle were waiting forabus atacorner in downtown Chicago. Buses came by, not the one they wanted.The woman finally half-entered one of the buses and asked the driver if the bus she wanted stopped at that corner. The driver looked at her but made no answer, so she repeated the question.To her surprise, he then closed the door, on her arm, and drove off. The woman, her arm stuck in the door, ran alongside the bus, shouting. The driver stopped after almostablock only because the passengers, too, were shouting. When the driver finally did stop and open the door, the woman jumped on the bus to get the bus number. Then he started again and went another couple of blocks before other shouting passengers persuaded him to stop and let the woman off. After the drivers bosses governmental company (CTA) heard of the incident, they looked into it and set his suspension (停职) without pay. That struck me as rather light. But Bill Baxa, the companys man, said, thatsapretty serious punishment. Five days off work isaserious punishment for draggingawoman alongsideabus by her arm Baxa said, Any time you take money away from someone, it isaterrible punishment. The driver makes 14 an hour. Multiply that by 40 and you can see what he lost. Yes, that comes to 560,agood sum.But we know that people in the private company are fired for far less every day. If the people who run the bus company think that the loss ofaweeks pay is more than enough,Ioffer themasporting (公正的) suggestion: Give meabus. Then have their wives stick their arms in the doorway of the bus, and Ill slam the door shut, start the bus quickly and take them foraone-block run. And Ill pay 560 to anyone who is bold enough to try it. Any takers Mr Baxa Anyone 17. How many blocks was the woman away from the corner where she waited when the bus-driver finally let her off A.Almost one block.B.Almost two blocks. C.Probably three five or six blocks. 18. Why did the author offerasporting suggestion A.Because the CTA paid little attention to the incident. B.Because the bus driver had not been fired. C.Because he wanted to threaten the CTA people. D.Because he thought the punishment wasalight one. A.many people in the private sector are fired for minor mistakes every dayB.people in the private sector usually get more punishment than those in the public sectorC.people in the private sector get much higher pay than those in the public sectorD.people in the private sector are better trained than those in the public sector 20. Which of the following is NOT true A.The company isabus company supported by the government. B.The writer and Mr Baxa disagreed with each other on the bus companys decision. C.The driver finally stopped the bus under the pressure of the passengers. D.The writer asked the bus company to give himabus if his suggestion was refused.