英语阅读理解练题
A ★
When Christopher Columbus landed on the then unnamed Costa Rica in 1502, he saw many Indians wearing gold earrings. So he thought the land must be rich in gold. He named the place Costa Rica, which means “rich coast” in Spanish.
Though little gold was found, Costa Rica today is indeed rich with coffee and bananas. Coffee is the most important proct in Costa Rica and most of it is exported (出口) to other countries like America and West Germany. Bananas are the country’s second most important export.
Costa Ricans also grow many other crops such as fruits, corn and beans for their own use. Costa Ricans love colors and their houses are painted in bright colors.
Ecation is very important to the Costa Ricans. Almost every village has a school and ecation is a must for children between seven and fourteen years of age. Boys and girls go to separate (单独的) schools. Classes begin in March and end in November. The other three months of the year are harvest time and the children have to help their parents to pick coffee beans.
56. What’s the main idea of the first paragraph?
A. How Columbus found Costa Rica.
B. How Costa Rica got its name.
C. What the Costa Ricans wore.
D. What language the Costa Ricans spoke.
57. The Costa Ricans may NOT paint their houses ______.
A. pink and red B. grey and black
C. blue and green D. yellow and orange
58. In Costa Rica, boys and girls between seven and fourteen ______.
A. must go to school
B. study in the same school
C. do not have to go to school at all
D. can choose to stop schooling at any time
59. From December to February, school children in Costa Rica ______.
A. have lessons every day
B. have their examinations
C. help their parents pick coffee beans
D. help their parents decorate their houses
60. This passage is mainly about ______.
A. Christopher Columbus B. Costa Rica
C. some procts from Costa Rica
D. the ecation of Costa Rica
B ★
Christian Eijkman, a Dutch doctor, left the Netherlands for the island of Java. Many people on the island had a disease called beri?鄄. He was going there to try and find a cure.
At first, Eijkman thought some kind of germ (细菌) caused beri?鄄beri. He raised some chickens. He didn’t eat them, but made experiments on them. The local people were quite surprised at that. One day he noticed that his chickens became sick when they were fed the food most Javanese ate — refined white rice (精炼米). When he fed them with unrefined rice, also known as brown rice, they recovered. Eijkman realized that he had made an important discovery — that some things in food could prevent disease. These things were named vitamins (维生素). The Javanese were not getting enough vitamins because they had actually removed the part that contains vitamins. Later, other diseases were also found to be caused by the lack of vitamins in a person’s food.
Today many people know the importance of vitamins and they make sure they have enough vitamins from the food they eat. If they don’t, they can also take vitamin pills.
61. The underlined word “cure” in Paragragh 1 probably means ______.
A. a medical treatment B. a kind of vitamin
C. a kind of germ D. a kind of rice
62. Christian Eijkman went to the island of Java to ______.
A. spend his holiday
B. find ways to grow better crops
C. do some research about the island
D. help the Javanese with their illness
63. Why did Christian Eijkman raise some chickens?
A. To eat them.
B. To carry out his experiments.
C. To give the Javanese a surprise.
D. To make money by selling them.
64. If a person doesn’t get enough vitamins in his diet, he’d better ______.
A. eat more rice B. eat more meat
C. eat some chicken D. eat vitamin pills
65. We can learn from the passage that ______.
A. beri?鄄beri was caused by chickens
B. the Javanese didn’t like vitamins
C. Christian Eijkman’s experiment was successful
D. the Javanese’s disease was caused by a kind of germ
C ★★
America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.
Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.
Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.
For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!
66. The writer of this passage must be ______.
A. an American B. a Chinese
C. a professor D. a student
67. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.
B. Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.
C. Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.
D. Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.
68. From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ______.
A. warmly welcomed at the airport
B. offered a ride to his home
C. treated hospitably at his home
D. treated to dinner in a restaurant
69. The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.
A. strict with time B. serious with time
C. careful with time D. willing to spend time
70. A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.
A. Friendships between Chinese
B. Friendships between Americans
C. Americans’ hospitality
D. Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships
D ★★★
The other day I heard a few local musicians talking:
“I hate all the terrible pianos in this town. I hate that rubbish they play on the radio. They can’t even understand a bit of music.”
“I’m never playing in that club again. Too many drunks and nobody listens to us.”
But, one younger musician said, “There are a few clubs that book my band a few nights a month, and I’m trying to find other places to play. I’m also looking to book a few summer festivals this year.”
I’ve heard that you are the average of the five people whom you spend the most time with, or to put it another way, you are who your friends are.
Attitudes are important. Whether they’re positive or negative, they’re rubbing off on you. If you’re around people who complain about lack of work and about other musicians, or blame (责怪) others, and you play the role of victim (受害者), chances are you will start to as well. So it’s time to take a look at the people you call “friends”.
This is an easy exercise: Make a list of the people who you hang out with, and simply stop spending time with the negative people on your list. Set a new standard (标准) for yourself and don’t become friends with people who fall below that standard.
Keep successful people around you and your own chances for success will be much better. Ask them how they do it. Ask if they will help you get the work you’re looking for, or maybe give you some advice to help you on your career path.
71. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
A. A friend in need is a friend indeed
B. How to make friendship last for ever
C. You are who your friends are
D. Friends are the most important in one’s success
72. The underlined sentence “they’re rubbing off on you” in Paragraph 6 means ______.
A. they’ll push you ahead
B. they’ll influence you
C. they’ll cover your shortcomings
D. they’ll help you achieve your goal
73. The musicians’ words at the beginning are written mainly to show ______.
A. the musicians’ living conditions are quite poor
B. people have poor taste in music
C. people have different attitudes towards the same thing
D. young people have greater chances of succeeding
74. By taking the exercise mentioned in Paragraph 7, you can ______.
A. improve a lot in making more friends
B. come to the right way of making friends
C. develop a better relationship with your friends
D. arrange the time with your friends properly
75. The passage is mainly written for ______.
A. musicians
B. managers
C. negative people
D. people wanting to succeed
答案56-60 BBACB
61-65 ADBDC 66-70 BDCDD 71-75 CBCBD
第三部分： 阅读理解 （共20小题； 每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A ★
Norm Pethrick, a 36-year-old man in Australia’s northern city Darwin, was praised on Thursday for jumping onto a crocodile’s back to save his wife Wendy at Litchfield National Park, a popular tourist spot southwest of Darwin, a local newspaper reported.
Ms Pethrick was standing on a river bank Wednesday afternoon when the saltwater crocodile lunged (扑), locking its jaws on both her legs as it tried to drag her underwater.
Norm Pethrick, who with his wife had been collecting water, immediately went to help her. He jumped onto the back, poked (戳) the eyes of the crocodile and finally got his wife free.
Ms Pethrick was later taken to Royal Darwin Hospital for a medical treatment. The doctors said she was suffering eight puncture wounds (伤口) in her right leg, a puncture wound in her left leg and a serious cut to one of her fingers.
“This could have been a fatal and tragic situation,” said the general manager of Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH), Dr Len Notaras, according to a local report.
He said Ms Pethrick was saved by her husband’s “quick and diligent actions”.
Dr Notaras also said she would remain in hospital for three to four days and have an operation to clean the wounds, which are easy to get infected because of bacteria (细菌) on the teeth of the crocodile.
56. This passage is most likely to be found in _____.
A. a travel guide B. a newspaper
C. a textbook D. a novel
57. The crocodile attacked Ms Pethrick when she was ______.
A. swimming in the river
B. standing on the river bank
C. watching the crocodile
D. fishing in the water
58. Which of the following statements is TRUE about Ms Pethrick?
A. Her eyes were badly poked.
B. She had eight wounds altogether.
C. One of her fingers also got hurt.
D. One of the crocodile’s teeth was found in her leg.
59. According to the passage, Norm Pethrick can be described as following EXCEPT ______.
A. brave B. diligent
C. quick D. humorous
60. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
A. The husband should save the wife
B. A man saves wife’s life from crocodile’s jaws
C. A crocodile is not so dangerous as people imagine
D. Human beings can beat crocodiles sometimes
B ★★
There are many ways to find a job. It can be as easy as walking into a neighborhood store to look at its announcement board. Local stores often have areas where people can put small signs telling what kind of service they need or can provide. Such services include caring for children or cleaning houses.
Or, job searchers can look in the newspaper. Local newspapers have employment announcements placed by companies seeking workers.
Another popular tool for finding jobs is the Internet. For example, people in four hundred and fifty cities around the world can use the Craigslist Web site to buy objects, meet people or find a job. Craigslist says that it receives two million new job listings each month.
Another useful way to find a job is through a college or university. For example, students at the University of Texas in Austin can go to the Career Exploration Center to get help in finding a job. Of course, looking for a job requires knowing what kind of work you want to do. For example, there is a book called “What Color is Your Parachute (降落伞)?” by Richard Bolles. This book has been helping people choose a career (职业) since it was first published in nineteen seventy.
Some experts also help people find jobs. Susan W. Miller owns a company called California Career Services in Los Angeles. She says her company helps people find jobs by first helping them understand their strengths, goals and interests. Then she provides them with methods and resources to help them find the right job.
61. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Finding a job.
B. College students’ part-time jobs.
C. Craigslist Web site.
D. The relation between study and work.
62. By logging on the Craigslist Web site, you can ______.
A. sell your old things
B. do some shopping online
C. create your own announcement board
D. get useful information about 450 cities
63. “What Color is Your Parachute?” is a book which gives tips to those who want to _____.
A. work on the airplane B. buy a parachute
C. publish a book D. find a suitable job
64. It can be learned from the passage that ______.
A. companies often put job information in local shops
B. the Internet is the most popular tool for job hunters in the USA
C. Susan W. Miller’s company is helping people choose careers
D. California Career Services mainly serves university students
65. How many ways of finding a job are mentioned in the passage?
A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.
C ★★
Teaching materials for learning Chinese are provided here. There are sites where you may find interesting instructions suitable for you. Here are some sites to begin your surfing.
You may start with these pages from this website — just to get a little taste of it without working too hard.
● A Is For Love
Flash cards for learning a few Chinese words
● Listening to the sound of Chinese
Play a few words of Chinese on your computer.
● A few Chinese words
Each word is enlarged for easy study.
If you are studying Chinese, these tools can help.
● Zhongwen site
More than a dictionary!
● Clavis Sinica
Excellent program by Professor David Porter. It displays a whole document in Chinese [GB] or [BIG5], and gives indivial word’s definition, pronunciation as well as much more information when you click on that word. If you are studying Chinese, this is a very useful tool.
● Chinese Character Visual Dictionary
If you like to know more, go to the following sites on the Internet.
● The Chinese Outpost
Pronunciation, Character and Grammer By Mark Andrew Baker. The best. A must-visit site.
● Learn Cantonese / Mandarin Online
● Internet Based Chinese Teaching and Learning
● Rainland Kids discover Chinese — Site is in Germany
If you want to have a better understanding of China, go to this one.
● Wanfang Data
As an affiliate (分支) of Chinese Ministry of Science && Technology, Wanfang Data has been the leading information provider in China since 1950s. With a wide range of database resources and value-added services, Wanfang Data has become a gateway to understanding Chinese culture, medicine, business, science, etc.
66. The underlined lines are probably some ______.
A. books B. websites
C. tips for learning Chinese
D. dictionaries for learning Chinese
67. This passage is most probably from ______.
A. a TV programme B. a teacher’s lecture
C. a newspaper D. the Internet
68. If you want to know each Chinese character’s definition, pronunciation and much more information, you’d better surf ______.
A. Zhongwen site B. A Is For Love
C. Clavis Sinica D. A few Chinese words
69. If you want to know China about its culture, medicine, business, science, you’d better surf ______.
A. Learn Mandarin online
B. Wanfang Data
C. Rainland kids discover Chinese
D. The Chinese Outpost
70. The underlined word “gateway” in the last paragraph probably refers to ______.
A. an opening in a wall that can be closed by a gate
B. a place through which you can go to another place
C. the space when a door is open
D. a means of getting or achieving something
D ★★★
English is the most widely used language in the history of our planet. One in every seven human beings can speak it. More than half of the world’s books and three quarters of international mail are in English. Of all languages, English has the largest vocabulary — perhaps as many as two million words.
However, let’s face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger. Sweet-meats are candy, while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat.
We take English for granted. But when we explore its paradoxes (探讨它的矛盾), we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths in them.
And why is it that a writer writes, but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce, and hammers don’t ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn’t the plural of booth be beeth? One goose, two geese — so one moose, two meese?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next?
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects (反映) the creativity of human beings. That’s why, when stars are out, they are visible (能看见的); but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it; but when I wind up this essay, I end it.
71. According to the passage ______.
A. sweet-meats and sweetbreads are different things
B. there should be egg in an eggplant
C. pineapples are the apples on the pine tree
D. boxing rings should be round
72. Which of the following is the correct plural?
A. Beeth. B. Geese. C. Meese. D. Tooth.
73. Which of the following includes two items which have the similar meaning?
A. A wise man and a wise guy.
B. Overlook and oversee.
C. Quite a lot and quite a few.
D. Hot as hell and cold as hell.
74. The underlined words “wind up” in the last paragraph probably mean “______”.
A. blow B. roll up C. get hurt D. finish
75. Through the many paradoxes in the English language, the writer wants to show that human beings are ______.
A. clever B. crazy C. lazy D. ll
56-60 BBCDB 61-65 ABDCC 66-70 BDCBD 71-75 ABCDA
我刚才也没注意多少字呀，结构粘贴了很多，系统提示我内容太多，我就删掉了一些。阅读还有很多，你要是用的话就和我联系。
B. 初中英语阅读理解练习题及答案
完形填空
（一）I am a middle-school student. Now let ___1___ tell you something ___2___ our classroom. It’s very ___3___. There are two maps ___4___ the back wall. ___5___ is a map of China. ___6___ is a map of the world (世界).
There are ___7___ desks and chairs in our classroom. There is a big desk ___8___ the teacher in the front of it. We ___9___ four classes in the ___10___ and two in the afternoon.
（ ）1. a. I b. my c. me d. we
（ ）2. a. about b. in c. on d. at
（ ）3. a. small b. big c. bigger d. biggest
（ ）4. a. in b. on c. under d. over
（ ）5. a. It b. It’s c. One d. one
（ ）6. a. Other b. Others c. Another d. The other
（ ）7. a. fourty b. forty c. forteen d. fourteenth
（ ）8. a. for b. of c. to d. about
（ ）9. a. there is b. there are c. has d. have
（ ）10. a. moning b. mourning c. morning d. moring
答案：1. C 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. C 6. D 7. B 8. A 9. D 10. C
（二）The students of Class 3 are ___11___ going to have any classes next week. They’re going to ___12___ the farmers ___13___ their work on the farm. They’re going to ___14___ apples. Many students think it’s ___15___ better than having classes. They’re going to get up ___16___ next Monday morning. They’re going to meet outside the school gate at 7:30. The farm is ___17___ near. They’re going there ___18___ bus. They’re going to ___19___ on their old clothes. They’re going to work ___20___.
（ ）11. a. no b. not c. having d. always
（ ）12. a. do b. help c. make d. give
（ ）13. a. doing b. with c. to make d. to doing
（ ）14. a. having b. picking c. pick d. have
（ ）15. a. more b. much c. many d. little
（ ）16. a. later b. earlier c. early d. late
（ ）17. a. not b. quite c. very d. no
（ ）18. a. take b. take a c. by d. on
（ ）19. a. wear b. take c. put d. have
（ ）20. a. hard b. a little c. heavy d. hardly
答案：11. B 12. B 13. B 14. C 15. B 16. C 17. A 18. C 19. C 20. A
（三）My parents took me to Japan when I was little. I lived there for five years. 1 I came back, my Japanese was very good. “Can I do something useful with my Japanese?” I asked myself. Then, one day last spring, I got a good opportunity(机会). Everyone was afraid of SARS, so I stayed at home with 2 to do. My father brought me a Japanese book. “Why don’t you translate it into Chinese? It will be better than 3 computer games all day.” I promised(许诺) to do 2,000 words each day. But 4 I found it was hard to keep the promise. One day in May, the weather was beautiful. But I couldn’t go out. Those 2,000 words were still 5 me. After translating only three pages, I already lost interest in the book. I looked at it for a long time. But I couldn’t make myself turn the pages. How wished I could just go outside and 6 football with my friends! I counted the words again and again. I just wanted to give up. I felt as if two people were fighting 7 my mind. One said, “Don’t give up! Keep working hard, and you’ll do well!” But then the other one said, “Go and play! It will be more 8 than translating. Do your work tomorrow.” I stood up and would 9 the computer. But then I remember 10 my parents had told me: “Whatever you do, don’t stop halfway.” So I sat down and went on with it.
( )1. A. Because B. Until C. Since D. When
( )2. A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything
( )3. A. be played B. playing C. played D. plays
( )4. A. just then B. right now C. soon D. suddenly
( )5. A. talking to B. looking at C. smiling at D. waiting for
( )6. A. play B. give C. buy D. watch
( )7. A. in B. with C. about D. for
( )8. A. fun B. important C. useful D. dangerous
( )9. A. turn on B. turn off C. open D. close
( )10. A. how B. where C. which D. what
答案：1.D 2.A 3.B 4.A 5.D 6.A 7.A 8.A 9.B 10.D
阅读理解：
(一)A friend of mine was fond of drawing horse. He drew the horses very well,but he always began the tail. Now it is the Western rule to begin at the head of the horse, that is why I was surprised. It struck me that it could not really make any difference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the belly（肚子） or the foot of the horse, if he really knows his business. And most great artists who really know their business do not follow other people’s rule.They make their own rules. Every one of them does his work in a way peculiar(奇特的) to himself; and the peculiarity means only that he finds it more easy
to work in that way.
Now the very same thing is true to literature(文学). And the question, "How shall I begin?" only means that you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail or somewhere else. That is, you are not yet experienced(有经验的) enough to trust to your own powers. When you become more experienced you will
never ask the question, and I think that you will often begin at the tail --that is to say, you will write the end of the story before you have even thought of the beginning.
1. A friend of the writer’s drew the horses ____.
A. very well
B. in the way of western rule
C. in the way of his own rule
D. all of the above
2. The writer was surprised because ____.
A. the artist began to draw at the head of the horse
B. the artist began to draw at the tail of the horse
C. the artist made his own rule
D. the artist did not follow other people’s rule
3. You are not yet experienced because ____.
A. you don’t know where to begin
B. you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail
C. you always asked question
D. you do not trust to your own powers
4. When you become more experienced you will ____.
A. never ask question
B. often begin at the tail
C. should write the end of the story
D. should think of the beginning
5. The topic of the passage is ______.
A. How to draw a horse
B. How to write a story
C. How to make your own rules
D. Trust to your own powers
答案:CDDCD
(二)When you are learning English, you find it not clever to put an English sentence, word for word, into your own language. Take the sentence “How do you do?” as an example. If you look up each word in the dictionary, one at a time, what is your translation? It must be a wrong sentence I your own language.
Language do not just have different sounds, they are different in many ways. It’s important to master(掌握) the rules(规则) for word order in the study of English, too. If the sentences put words in a wrong order, the listeners can’t understand the speakers’ sentences easily. Sometimes when the order is changed, the meaning of the sentence doesn’t change. Let’s see the difference between the two pairs of sentences.
“She only likes apples.” “Only she likes apples.”
“I’ve seen the film already.” “I have already seen the film.”
When you are learning English, you must do your best to get the spirit(精神实际) of the language and use it as the English speakers do.
( )1. From the passage we know that when we are learning English.
A. we shouln’t put every word into our own language B. we shouldn’t look up every word in the dictionary
C. we need to put every word into our own language D. we must read word by word
( )2. The writer thinks it is in learning English.
A. difficult to understand different sounds B. possible to remember the word order
C. important to master the rules in different way D. easy to master the rules for word order
( )3. We can learn from the passage that .
A. the meaning of an English sentence always changes with the order of the words
B. the order of words can never change the meaning of an English sentence
C. sometimes different order of words has a different meaning
D. if the order of words is different, the meaning of the sentence must be different
( )4. “She only likes apples,”
A. is the same as “Only she likes apple”. B. is different from “Only she likes apple”.
C. means “She likes fruit except apples”. D. means “She doesn’t like apples”.
( )5. Which is the best title for this passage?
A. Different Orders, Different Meanings B. How to speak English?
C. How to Put English into Our Own Language? D. How to Learn English?
C. 英语阅读理解练习题
你只要知道文章的中文，就差不多能知道了
我告诉你中文！
今天几乎每个人都回知道电脑和互联网如答果我问你“最重要的是什么如果我问你“什么是你生活中最重要的吗?也许你会说:“电脑和互联网。”
第一台电脑是1946年的. 它非常大,但它慢慢如今计算机越来越小但他们的工作快计算机能做什么呢?一位作家说:“人们的生活不能没有电脑。”
英特网的时间比电脑它是大约25年后比电脑但现在它可以发现几乎处处我们可以用它来阅读的书,写封信,购物,玩游戏或交朋友。
许多学生喜欢上网非常他们经常去到互联网一旦他们从未见过这些朋友他们不知道自己的真实姓名、年龄、性别、甚至他们是如此感兴趣的朋友”,使“虚幻以致于他们不能把他们的心在研究. 他们中的许多人无法赶上其他人在很多科目。
我们可以用电脑和互联网学习更多关于世界但与此同时,我们应该记住,并不是所有的东西可以通过电脑和互联网。
天哪！神啊！累死我了！赶紧给分！
D. 教你如何做好英语阅读理解题
【摘要】 在整个英语试卷中，阅读理解的分量始终是最大的，为了让学生在阅读理解的部分不丢分或者少丢分，软件外包专业的老师们分析了做好阅读理解题需具备的几种能力。同时老师们归纳了阅读理解题的常见类型，针对不同的类型给出了相应的答题策略。为了让考生们更好的做好阅读理解题，老师们还教给大家省时迅速的答题方法和技巧。【软件外包特色专业招录办公室宣】 阅读理解历来都是中考英语中篇幅最大、计分最高的题目。这一题的得分数直接影响到考生的整个卷面成绩。随着现代英语教学要求的提高，考查考生能力和运用的要求也越来越高，而阅读理解题对于测试考生思维能力方面提出了很高的要求。要做好阅读理解题，一般要求考生具有以下能力： 1、相当高的阅读能力，这种阅读能力体现在阅读的准确性以及速度上; 2、归纳和总结文章要旨和大意的能力； 3、领会或推测文章的隐含意义的能力，即能理解作者言外之意的能力； 4、较为广泛的知识面，阅读理解所选文章题材各异，形式多样，因此，这就要求我们学生积累丰富的知识； 5、较大的词汇量，词汇知识是理解文章的基础，没有词汇量就谈不上进行较好的阅读。 另外，对于构词法的掌握也是必须的，因为在文章中，我们经常可以看见一些“生词”，这些生词是由某些已学过的词派生出来的。这就要求学生根据已学过的单词来领会这些派生词的含义。 阅读理解题一般分为以下几种类型：推理判断题、归纳综合题、客观细节题、词义判断题。现就这几种类型分别给大家分析一下： 推理判断题：这类题是深层理解题，解题难度较大。有时要找出正确答案需要考生理解通篇文章。碰到这类题时，应做到纵观全文综合信息，推断作者意图及文章的脉络或事件发展的前因后果。有时，文章中太明白的文字或意思反而不是正确答案，可以将其忽略。 归纳综合题：这类题要求文章主旨或段落主旨的题目较多，题目多以问“main idea”为主，让考生选择短文的最佳标题。当然有时也会让考生根据所提供信息作出一个总结。这就要求考生们有归纳总结的能力。往往文章或段落的起首句及结尾句是最能点出主题的句子，提醒考生们要格外注意。 客观细节题：这类题要求考生有较好的观察能力及处理细节的能力。这类题并没有上述两题具有较高的综合性，但考生对于某些单句的理解却凸现其重要性。因此，在做这类题时，考生对于时间、事件以及两者之间的关系必须有清楚的理解。 词义判断题：这类题的文章会给你一个单词或一个词语(常以划线形式给出)，然后要让你根据上下文判断其正确的词义。这样的题目要求考生认真分析语境的逻辑性，利用选项中所给的内容代入原文，再看其上下文意中逻辑上是否合理，来正确作答。再有一种考题是考文章中某一代词所指代的内容，而这种题目又常常出现在人称转换频繁、动作施行及承受者较多的语境中，因此遇到这类题目时，考生要镇静自若地应对，理清纷繁的头绪，认着作答。 了解了阅读理解的常见类型，再教大家几种答题方法和技巧： 1、先看文章后做题。这是考生在做题的时候最一般的方法，也有人称之为顺读法。即先看文章，用较快的速度看完。不过，虽不需要句句、词词完全精确地翻译出来，但对于文章的理解也要到位，否则对以后的做题不利。如果发现文章有一定的难度，在理解上有一定的困难，则可以先掌握其主要信息，理顺文章的思路，再看短文后的题目。有时你会惊喜地发现，一些在读文章时并没有完全理解的地方，看到问题后反而能清楚了。 2、先看题目再做题。这种方法主要用于做那些对你有一定难度的文章。你可以先看题目，然后反复回看该题所涉及到的文章中的段落，努力找出正确答案。 3、运用自己所学到的知识答题。这种方法对于科技小品、人物介绍、历史故事等有一定的效果。当你并不完全理解文章所表达的意思，但你却知道文章表达的是什么方面的内容时，不妨利用你已知的知识进行猜测，也许这也是一个可以尝试的方法。 4、猜测法。在做阅读理解题时，猜测也是一种能力。同样一篇高难度的文章，对于一些学生来讲简直不知道该如何下手做题才好，但对于另一些同学来说，他们能利用自己已有的语言及生活知识，根据上下文进行逻辑推理，迅速排除逻辑有误的选项，找出最佳答案。当然，任何方法的使用都是建立在一定量的训练的基础上的，不劳而获是永远不可能的。 以上是我们软件外包特色专业老师根据考生的需要，分享给大家的好方法，希望能帮到大家。
E. 适合五年级的,带有练习题英语阅读理解小短文(15篇)
雅思小作文是写作中的部分，对于烤鸭来说也有着举足轻重的作用，在考前，小编给大家深度解析在小作文的各类题目，以便大家对此更加了解。
在雅思写作考中，部分小作文，虽然小作文的分值不高，但是烤鸭也应该要先去尽量完全它，为帮大了解它，小编深度解析小作文中的各种题目。
图表类题目
想要解这种题我们要先来了解下西方人的思维模式：西方人做事情往往是跟我们东方人不样，西方人往往是讲究数字的，即他们都会使用种统计数据，资料来源，实验，以及还有报告来突出实事求是的学术精神;他们会用客观的数据事实来支持你的个人观点。
所以上海环球雅思培训老师认为如果你要到西方去留学，那么用数据描述统计图表的能力几乎都是每门课的教授所要求学生掌握的，同时也是学生写论文时常常要掌握的能力之。所以，图表类的小作文已经占据到了小作文出题次数80%以上的比例。
流程图和地图题题目
流程图的原理是：描述事物工作原理以及具体的流程。主要的目的是针对理工科学生在论文中需要描述机械原理，工艺流程。但是由于目前到海外去读工科的学生并不多，所以流程图出题的概率相对来说并不高，年大概也就3-5次左右。
地图题的原理是：需要去描述某个地区或者图纸布局的变化。主要的目的是让学生学会方位的表达，尤其是针对那些将来要到海外去学城市规划，地产开发，以及还有园林布局等专业的学生。但是因为这些学生的数量相对来说也不多，所以地图题年的出题概率可能也不高，年大概也就那么3-4次左右。
F. 小学英语阅读理解练习题及答案
The students were having their chemistry class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students, “What’s water?” No one．Miss Li asked again，“Why don’t you answer my question？Didn’t I tell you what water is like？”
Just then a boy put up his hand and said，“Miss Li，you told us that water has no color and no smell．But where to find such kind of water？The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell．”Most of the children agreed With him．
“I’m sorry，children．”said the teacher，“Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier．That’s a problem．”
1．The students were having their _______ class．
A．English B．Chinese C．chemistry D．math
2．Miss Li was telling the children what ______ was like.
A．water B．air C．earth D．weather
3．A boy said，“The water in the river behind my house is always ___．”
A．white B．black C．clean D．clear
4．Most of the children _______ the boy．
A．agreed with B．wrote to
C．heard from D．sent for
5．The water in the river has color and smell because it is getting ____．
A．more and more B．less and less
C．cleaner and cleaner D．dirtier and dirtier
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C A B A D
Jim is an English boy. He comes to China with his father and mother. They come here to work. Jim comes here to study.
He is in No.5 Middle School. He gets up early every day. He isn’t late for school. He studies hard. He can read English well. He often helps us with our English, and we often help him with his Chinese. After class he likes playing football, swimming, running, jumping and riding. He makes many friends here. We are glad to stay with him. On Sunday he often helps his mother clean the house, mend something or do the shopping. He likes Chinese food very much.。
He likes living here. He likes Chinese students very much. We all like him, too.
根据短文内容，判断以下句子的正误。对的在括号内填“ T ”, 错的填“ F ”.
( )1. He gets up late every day.
( )2. He often teaches us English.
( )3. After class , he likes singing and playing basketball.
( )4. On Sunday he often helps his mother clean the house.
( )5. He doesn’t like Chinese food.
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F T F T F 应该行的吧
G. 英语阅读理解练习题及答案 越短越好
一、
Betty and KittyBetty and Kitty are twins. They’re 12 years old. They look the same. But they have different hobbies. Betty likes collecting stamps. She has many beautiful stamps. They’re from different cities and countries. But Kitty likes growing flowers. The flowers are all very beautiful.Betty and Kitty both like reading books. Betty likes reading storybooks. But Kitty likes reading science books.On Sunday, they usually ride bikes to the park. They can play with their friends there. Sometimes their parents go there, too.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正误，正确的写“T”，错误的写“F”。
( ) 1. Betty is Kitty’s sister.
( ) 2. Betty likes growing flowers.
( ) 3. Kitty likes reading storybooks.
( ) 4. They’re twelve years old.
( ) 5. They usually take a bus to the park on Saturday.
二、
Lovely pandasPandas’ faces look like cats’, but their fat bodies and short tails are like bears’. Pandas are very lovely and they are friendly to people. People likes them very much.Most Pandas live in China. The northwestern part of Sichuan Province(省) and southern part of Gansu Province are their hometowns. Pandas like to climb trees. They usually live in the forests of high mountains, eat bamboo and drink spring water.
根据短文的意思，选出正确的答案。
( )1. The panda mainly lives in . A. America B. Shanghai C. London D. China
( )2. is like a cat’s. A. The panda B. The panda’s face C. The panda’s body D. The panda’s tail
( )3. Where are the pandas’ hometowns? A. Guangdong and Gansu. B. Sichuan and Suzhou.C. Gansu and Sichuan D. Hubei and Sichuan
( )4. What’s the panda’s main food? A. Rice. B. Meat. C. Bamboo. D. Grass.
三、
Four Good FriendsMary, Nancy, Ron and Kate are good friends. Mary’s favorite number is 3 and her favorite country is France. 16 is Nancy’s number, and America is her favorite country. Ron likes Japan very much. 30 is his favorite number. Whose favorite number is 60? Oh, it is Kate. Kate’s father works in Chinese food very much and they also like Chinese people. Kate’s lucky number is 6. All of them hope that one day they can travel the world together.
阅读短文，回答问题。
1. What’s Mary’s favorite number?
2. What’s Nancy’s favorite country?
3. What’s Kate’s father’s job?
4. Does Kate like Chinese food?
“God made the world, but the Dutch made Holland.” True to this saying, the people of the Netherlands are again “making” their land.
About 1980 the Netherlands will complete a project begun in the 1920’s: transforming the Zyuder Zee, an inlet (小港) of the North Sea into dry land and a freshwater lake. By stages, 550,000 acres of land will serve several purposes: instrial, recreational, military, and agricultural. Fed by the river Yssel, the remaining water basin Lake Yssel, about 300,000 acres will irrigate the surrounding land and help in the fight against salination (盐化作用). Excess water will drain through sluices into the sea.
As the first stop a nineteen-mile-long barrier dam, rising twenty-five feet above sea level, closed the entrance to the Zuider Zee. Then the experimental polder of a hundred acres preceded the first and smallest of the main polders fifty thousand acres that became dry land in 1930. The fifth and largest polder 150,000 acres will be the last of the Zuider Zee works.
Farmers for the new polder (开拓地) come from every province. The Eastern Flevoland polder, completed in 1957, became farmland for many from the province of Zealand which was badly hit by the disastrous floods of 1953.
31. This article gives a present-day example of how__________.
A. salty soils are desalinated B. the Netherlands has increased its land area
C. irrigation systems are built D. dams are constructed
32. The period taken for the Zuider Zee project is__________.
A. from 1900 up to 1960 B. from the 1920 till about 1980
C. from 1930 to 1957 D. less than fifty years
33. The Zuider Zee will be replaced by____________.
A. 550,000 acres of land B. 300,000 acres of fresh water
C. both A and B D. Neither A nor B
34. The article gives a measurement for the__________.
A. height of the barrier dam B. width of the barrier dam
C. width of the road along the dam D. height above sea level of the area on the land side of dam
35. Implied but not stated:
A. The first step in the project was a barrier dam.
B. The polder recipe was first used in this century.
C. Half of the Netherlands is below sea level.
D. There is more than one method of fighting salination.
D B C D A
During the Christmas shopping rush in London, the intriguing story was reported of a tramp(流浪汉) who, apparently through no fault of his own, found himself locked in a well-known chain store late on Christmas Eve. No doubt the store was crowded with last minute Christmas shoppers and the staff were dead beat and longing to get home. Presumably all the proper Security checks were made before the store was locked and they left to enjoy the three-day holiday untroubled by customers desperate to get last minute Christmas presents
However that may be, our tramp found himself alone in the store and decided to make the best of it. There was food, drink, bedding and camping equipment, of which he made good use. There must also have been television sets and radios Though it was not reported if he took advantage of these facilities, when the shop re-opened, he was discovered in bed with a large number of empty bottles beside him. He seems to have been a man of good humor and philosophic temperament---as indeed vagrants(流浪汉) very commonly arc. Everyone also was enjoying Christmas, so he saw no good reason why he should not do the same. He submitted, cheerfully enough, to being taken way by the police. Perhaps he had bad a better Christmas than usual. He was sent to prison for Seven days. The judge awarded no compensation to the chain store for the food and drink our tramp had consumed. They had, in his opinion, already received valuable free publicity from the coverage the story received in the newspapers and on television. Perhaps the judge had had a good Christmas too.
1. The tramp was locked in the store____
A. for his mistakes. B. e to a misunderstanding. C. by accident. D. through an error of judgment.
2. The staff were 'dead beat' means they were _____
A. half asleep. B. exhausted. C. irritable. D. forgetful.
3. What action did the tramp take? He_____
A. looted the store. B. made himself at home.
C. went to sleep for 2 days. D. had a Christmas party.
4. When the tramp was arrested, he _____
A. laughed at the police. B. looked forward to going to pr)son.
C. rook his bottles with him. D. didn't make any fuss.
5. Why didn't the judge award compensation to the chain store?
A. The tramp had stolen nothing of value.
B. The store had profited by the incident.
C. The tramp deserved a happy Christmas.
D. The store was responsible for what happened.
1.C(apparently through no fault of his own)第一段中找答案
2.B（No doubt the store was crowded with last minute Christmas shoppers and the staff were dead beat and longing to get home.）
3.B
4.D（He submitted, cheerfully enough, to being taken way by the police. ）
5.B（They had, in his opinion, already received valuable free publicity from the coverage the story received in the newspapers and on television. ）
H. 初一下英语阅读理解练习题及答案
A
In the sea there are many islands. In its warm water there are some little ones. We call them "Coral islands".
A coral island is very nice to look at. It looks like a ring of land with trees, grass and flowers on it. One part of the ring is open to the water. There is a little round lake inside the island.
If you look into this lake, you will see beautiful coral. You may think they are flowers.
If you look at a piece of coral, you will see many little holes in it. In each of these holes a very small sea animal has lived. These sea animals make the coral.
They began to build under the water. Year after year, the coral grew higher and higher. At last it grew out of the water.
Then the sea brought it into small trees and something else. After some years, these things changed into earth. Sometimes the wind brought seeds to this earth. Sometimes birds flew over it and brought seeds to the island.
The little seeds grew. In a few years there were plants all over the island. In a few more years there were trees growing there.
So you see, these islands were built little by little. The workers were very small. Do they not teach us a lesson? Can you think what the lesson is?
56. A coral island looks like _____.
A. a round cake B. trees, grass and flowers C. a ring of land D. a round lake
57. There are ______ in the holes in corals.
A. flowers B. little corals C. grass D. sea animals
58. How did seeds of trees, grass and flowers come to the coral islands?
A. The wind and birds brought them to the coral islands.
B. Only the wind brought them there.
C. People brought them there.
D. Fishes brought them there.
59. From the story we learn that ______.
A. Small workers can not do big thing.
B. Only big workers can do big things.
C. Small workers can do big things if they work hard and work a long time.
D. All small things can do big things.
B
Millions of years ago, dinosaurs (恐龙) lived on earth. At that time, the whole earth was warm and wet. There were green forests and they could find enough to eat.
Graally（渐渐地）, parts of the earth became cold and dry and the forests there died. Then dinosaurs could not find enough to eat. This must be one reason why dinosaurs died out (灭绝).
There may be other reasons that we do not yet know about. Scientists are trying to make more discoveries（发现）about dinosaurs.
We now know that dinosaurs were of many sizes and shapes. Some were as small as chickens, while some were about 90 feet long.
There were also terrible fights（战争）between dinosaurs! They might have happened more than 100 millions years ago. Though no man was there to see any of the fights, we can tell by the animals’ footprints that fights did happen.
60. When did dinosaurs live on earth?
A. Thousands of years ago B. One million years ago
C. Millions of years ago D. Many years ago
61. There are maybe many reasons that the dinosaurs died out, but the writer tell us only
_______ reason(s).
A. one B. two C. three D. four
62. Scientists are trying to ________.
A. find dinosaurs
B. make more money
C. make more dinosaurs
D. learn more about dinosaurs
63. Dinosaurs often fought each other. We know that because_______.
A. their footprints tell us so
B. no man was there
C. someone saw them fighting
D. it happened many years ago
C
Visit Forest Zoo
Come and see the Indian elephants and the new tigers from Northeast of China. The beautiful birds from England are ready to sing songs for you, and the monkeys from Mount Emei will be happy to talk to you. The lovely dogs from Australia want to laugh at you. Sichuan pandas will play balls for you. The giraffes from Africa are waiting to look down on you.
Tickets Opening time
Grown-ups: ¥ 3 9: 00 a.m. — 4: 00 p.m.
Children: Over 1.4m: ¥ 2 except Friday
Under 1.4m: Free 10:00 a.m. — 3:00 p.m.
Keep the zoo clean!
Do not tough, give food or go near to the animals.
64. How much does Mr. Smith have to pay if he visits the zoo with his son of three?
A. ¥3. B. ¥4. C. ¥5. D. ¥6.
65. At which of the following time can we visit the zoo?
A. 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. B. 9: 30 a.m. Friday. C. 3: 00 p.m. Sunday. D. 5:00 p.m. Tuesday.
66. Which of the following can we do in the zoo?
A. To tough the monkeys. B. To give some food to the animals.
C. To go near to the tigers. D. To watch the animals carefully.
D
A nobleman (贵族) was once riding along the road and saw an old man digging in his garden. Beside the old man, on the ground, lay a young tree, ready to be planted. The nobleman called out to the old man, "What kind of tree are you planting there, my good man?"
"This is a fig (无花果) tree, sir," he said.
"A fig tree?" cried the nobleman in surprise. "Why, how old are you, may I ask?"
"I am ninety years old," said the other.
"What!" cried the nobleman. "You are ninety years old, you are planting a young tree now and it will take years to give fruit. You certainly don’t hope to live long enough to get any benefit(好处) from this tree?"
The old man looked around his garden. Then he smiled and said, "Tell me, sir, did you eat figs when you were a boy?"
"Sure." The nobleman did not know why he asked this question. The old man smiled again. "Then tell me this," he said, "who planted the trees from which those figs were picked?"
"Why…why, I don’t know."
"You see, sir," went on the old man, "our forefathers planted trees for us to enjoy, and I am doing the same for the people after me. How can I pay back anything to our forefathers?"
The nobleman was quiet for a moment and said. "You are right, my good man." Then he rode away.
67. The old man in the story was _________.
A. riding along the road B. digging in the garden C. walking in the garden D. growing a tree
68. The nobleman was surprised because the old man _______.
A. was ninety years old
B. was planting a tree
C. was not able to get fruit from the fig tree
D. could live too long
69. _______ planted the trees from which the nobleman picked figs.
A. The forefathers B. The children C. The children D. The noble’s father
70. The old man planted a fig tree, because he wanted ________.
A. to eat the fruit
B. the nobleman to eat the fruit
C. the people after him to eat the fruit
D. his friends to eat the fruit
E
Men are the cleverest and most dangerous animals on the earth. Rats come second. Men kill many beasts, they’ve even killed millions of men since very long ago, but rats kill more men. Rats carry many diseases（疾病）and these diseases have killed and are still killing thousands and thousands of men today in many countries. Rats are dangerous not only in one way. They not only carry diseases into men’s homes, they also eat up men’s food. They eat 33 million tons of grain every year. Men starve（饥饿）because rats eat their food. Rats are clever, too. They have good leaders to tell them the food is terrible when men put poison in it. There are a lot of rats in our cities and villages today. We can go to the moon, but we can not kill all these terrible animals. Is this dangerous enemy too clever and grows too fast, or are we not clever enough and not clean enough?
71. Why are people thought to be the most dangerous animals in the world?
______________________________________________.
72. How do rats kill men?
______________________________________________.
73. How much grain do rats eat in a year?
______________________________________________.
74. How do rats know there is some poison in the food?
______________________________________________.
75. What does the writer want to tell us about in the passage?
_____________________________________________.
F
Children start school when they are five years old in America.（A）In some states they must stay in school until they are sixteen. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they leave high schools. (B) 在美国有两种学校：public schools and private schools. Most children go to public schools. Their parents don’t have to (C) _______ their ecation, because the schools receive money from the country. If a child goes to a private school, his parents have to get enough money for his schooling. Some parents still prefer private schools, (D) 尽管它们贵得多。
Today about half of the high school students go on to university after they finish the high school. A student at a state university doesn’t have to pay very much if his parents live in that state.
(E) But many students work while they are studying at universities. In this way they develop their good working skills and live on their own.
76. 将划线部分(A)译为汉语 _________________________________________
77. 将划线部分(B)译为英语 _________________________________________
78. 在(C)的空白处填入适当的词语 ___________ ___________
79. 将划线部分(D)译为英语 _________________________________________
80. 将(E)改写为同义句 But many students work while ___________ __________ ___________ .
IV. 补全对话 (每题1分，共5分)
A: Hello. The Rose Hotel. 8l _____________________________？
B: Yes, please. 82 _________________________ book two rooms for the coming weekend.
A: Next weekend, you say? Well, 83 ____________________________ nights?
B: Oh! Just two.
A: OK. Two nights. From Friday or Saturday?
B: Friday.
A: Friday, the 20th…And do you need single rooms or double?
B: Two double rooms, please.
A: Right. Two doubles for Friday and Saturday, July 20th and 21st .
B: 84 ______________________ a double room, please?
A: Well, it’s 400 yuan per night, with breakfast.
B: I see. Can I book the rooms now, please?
A: 85 ________________________. What’s your full name, please?
B: Rick Smith.
V. 改写句子（5分）
86. We call James Jim for short. (变成疑问句)
________ _______ _________ _________ James for short?
87. It took her two hours to clean the room.
She ___________ two hours ____________ the room.
88. Can you tell me the way to the Palace Museum?
Can you tell me ___________ __________ ___________ to the Palace Museum?
89. Peter made a colorful kite last week.
A colorful kite ___________ ___________ by him last week.
90. I borrowed the book three days ago.
I ___________ __________ the book __________ three days ago.
I. 英语阅读理解练习题
Good morning. I am Professor Armstrong, and I am your laboratory instructor. This class is intended as a necessary part of the course, which Dr Smith will be in charge of. This class will meet twice a week. This laboratory begins at nine. I expect you to be on time. I do not intend to wait for the latecomers or repeat what has already been covered if you miss the explanation. And do not arrive late and interrupt your neighbor. You may as well not come if you can't be on time.
is equally important. If you miss three lab classes, you're dropped from the labs—no excuses. You can't complete the course without completing the lab.
Besides, safety is key here. It's very important to keep things neat and clean, dress properly, and be careful. You may not eat, drink or smoke in the laboratory and you should always clean the counterand wash your hands both before and after the class. Long hair must be tied back. Large clothing must not be worn. Any laboratory accident must be reported immediately.
I hope you'll enjoy the laboratory. It's a wonderful place, and all the requirements I've just mentioned are to be followed. We will begin today by learning about the microscope.
1. According to the passage how will be the latecomers be treated?
A. They will be allowed to enter the class and the teacher will repeat information for them.
B. They had better come quietly as long as they don't interrupt their neighbor.
C. They will be dropped from the class if they are late three times.
D. They will not be given any special consideration.
2. According to the passage what happens if a student misses three classes?
A. He can make up the classes.
B. He will be dropped from the class.
C. He may be allowed to remain if he has a good excuse.
D. He can't complete the lab without completing the course.
3. What should you do if you wear long hair?
A. You must have it tied back.
B. You have to cut it.
C. You will be asked to leave class.
D. You may as well not come to the lab.
4. According to the requirements which of the following isn't right?
A. You must report it immediately if there is any laboratory accident happens.
B. Don't eat, drink or smoke in the laboratory.
C. You can dress whatever you like.
D. Wash your hands both before and after the class. 答案与解析:
1. D 推理判断题。根据第1段中 I do not intend to wait for the latecomers or repeat what has already been covered if you miss the explanation 可排除 A；根据第1段最后两句 And do not arrive late and interrupt your neighbor. You may as well not come if you can't be on time 可排除 B；根据第2段第 2 句 If you miss three lab classes, you're dropped from the labs—no excuses 可排除 C。故答案为 D。
2. B 事实细节题。根据第2段第 2 句 If you miss three lab classes, you're dropped from the labs—no excuses 可知答案为 B。
3. A 事实细节题。根据第3段倒数第 3 句 Long hair must be tied back 可知答案。
4. C 推理判断题。根据第3段末句 Any laboratory accident must be reported immediately 可知 A 正确；根据第3段第 3 句 You may not eat, drink or smoke in the laboratory 可知 B 正确；根据第3段第 2 句中的 dress properly 及倒数第 2 句 Large clothing must not be worn 可知 C 不正确。故答案为 C。 Millions of women use cosmetics, often called “make-up”. The cosmetics instry is one of the biggest in the world. Most large stores sell cosmetics, and there are always shops at airports selling them cheaply.The word “cosmetics” refers to anything that people put on their faces to make them look better. Lipstick, face powder and cream, and eye make-up are the most popular. Although more women than men use cosmetics, there are cosmetics for men as well as women.
Some people even have cosmetic surgery to make their faces look different. They have the shape of their noses and eyes changed.
The most widely used cosmetic is probably lipstick, as many women who do not wear any other make-up will often put on a little lipstick.
Lipstick is made by mixing together different oils and colors. This mixture is then allowed to get hard and is cut into the shape of a small pencil. When a woman presses the lipstick to her lips, the end of it becomes soft, and some of it sticks to her lips, giving them extra color.
Cosmetics were probably first used in India, but it was the Egyptians, six thousand years ago, who made the most use of them. Rich Egyptian women painted their eyes green and black. They used a red color to paint pretty designs on their fingernails, the palms of their hands and the soles of their feet. Pictures of Cleopatra always show her wearing a lot of make-up.
The Romans also used cosmetics. They liked to make their skin very white and to paint their eyes. They also used a kind of lipstick.
In England at one time, very rich women had baths in milk to make their skin beautiful. They also used a lot of sweet-smelling powder to stop people smelling their bodies, which were often very dirty because they did not wash very often or change their clothes.
At one time, some cosmetics were not safe. They were bad for the skin, and some of the lipsticks and powders that people used were even poisonous. Nowadays, people in the cosmetics instry take great care to make sure that everything they use is completely safe.
5. What does the word “Cosmetics” refer to ________.
A. lipstick B. make-up C. creams D. surgery
6. According to the passage people use cosmetics ________.
A. only at airports
B. only to color their feet
C. to make themselves look better
D. instead of surgery
7. From the passage we know that in earlier times ________.
A. cosmetics were never used in milk baths
B. cosmetics were never used on the eyes
C. cosmetics were never used on the skin
D. sometimes cosmetics were harmful to the skin
8. Which of the following statements is true?
A. In order to make their faces look different some people even have cosmetic surgery.
B. In England, women have baths in milk to make their skin beautiful.
C. Cosmetics were probably first used by the Egyptians six thousand years ago.
D. Not all cosmetics are safe so we should be careful to use them.
答案与解析:
1. B 事实细节题。根据文章首句 Millions of women use cosmetics, often called “make-up” 可知答案为 B。
2. C 推理判断题。根据第2段第 1 句 The word “cosmetics” refers to anything that people put on their faces to make them look better “化妆品”这个词是指人们涂在脸上使他们看起来更好看的东西，因此可推断，人们用化妆品是为了看起来更好看。故答案为 C。
3. D 事实细节题。根据文章最后一段开头 At one time, some cosmetics were not safe. They were bad for the skin 过去有个时期有些化妆品是不安全的。它们对皮肤有害，可知答案为 D。
4. A 推理判断题。根据第3段第 1 句 Some people even have cosmetic surgery to make their faces look different 可知答案。