黄冈中学奥英阅读理解精选.docx

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黄冈中学奥英阅读理解精选

阅读理解

Whatdoyoudoifyou'restranded（处于困境的）onalonelyisland?

Surelyyouneedtofindawaytogetintouchwiththeoutsideworld.Yourbestchanceofdoingthisistodrawtheattentionofapassingplane.

Bodysignals（信号）

Pilotsfromdifferentcountriesunderstandbodysignalsiftheyhavethecorrecttraining.Whenyouwaveyourarmsupanddowninastraightline,itmeans"yes".Whenyoupointdownwardsandswingyourarmfromsidetoside,itmeans"no".Ifyouwantthepilottoknowthatit'ssafetoland,pushyourhandsoutinfrontofyouandbend（弯曲）yourknees.Ifyouwanttosaythatit'snotsafetoland,putyourarmsintheairandmovethemtooneside.

Smokesignals

Thesmokefromafirecanbeseenfromfaraway,soit'sagoodwaytodrawattention.Iftheweatherisdry,itisn'thardtostartafire.Remember,however,thatfirescanbeverydangerousiftheygetoutofcontrol.Neverlightafireunlessyou'resurethatitcan'tspread.Ifthegroundisdark,lightsmokecanbeseenmoreeasily.Greengrassandleavesproducelightsmoke.

Ground-to-airsignals

It'sagoodideatobuildsomesignals,too.Uselargepiecesofwoodtomakethesymbols（标记）.Ifyoucan'tfindanywood,useearth.Someusefulsymbolsare:

F“Ineedfoodandwater.”

II“Ineedmedicine.”

I“Iambadlyhurt.”

X“Iamunabletomovefromhere.”

Pilots'replies

Ifthepilotlowerstheplane'swingsfromsidetoside,thismeans“messagereceivedandunderstood”.（Atnight,thepilotflashestheplane'sgreenlights.）Ifthepilotsfliestheplaneinaclockwisecircle,thismeans“messagereceivedbutnotunderstood”.（Atnight,thepilotflashestheplane'sredlights.）

However,thereisnosignalwhichmeans"messagenotreceived".Whynot?

1.Whichpicturemeans“it'snotsafeland”?

2.Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?

A.Swingingyourarmfromsidetosidemeans“yes”.

B.Ifthegroundisdark,lightsmokecan'tbeseen.

C.Ifyouneedsomemedicine,makeasymbol“II”.

D.Thepilotsmakereplieswithabluelightatnight.

3.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?

A.Theexplanationofbuildingsignalsonanisland.

B.Theimportanceofmakingsignalsonanisland.

C.Waysofsendingoutsignalsonalonelyisland.

D.Waysofreceivingsignalsfromalonelyisland

LookcarefullyatthebackofaCaliforniastatequarter．Amanwithawalkingstickispicturedthere．AbirdcalledaCaliforniacondor（大秃鹫）isflyingoverhead.Whoisthisman，andwhyishesoimportantthatheisfeatured（处于显著地位）onthebackofacoin?

ThemanonthisquarterisJohnMuir．Evenasachild,Muirlovedwatchingnature.Asayoungman，hespentmuchofhislifeexploringthebeautyofthewilderness．Hewalkedmorethanathousandmilesacrossthecountry，throughfieldsandwoods．JohnMuirlikedwritingabouttheplaceshevisited，describingtheirbeauty.

Muiralsowroteaboutproblems．Inordertocreatemorefarmlandforsheepandcattle,rnanytreeswerebeingcutdown．ThismadeMuirunhappyandworried，becauseheknewthattreeswereimportanttoforestsandtotheanimalsthatlivedinthem．Muirbelievedthatnatureshouldbeconserved（保护）insteadofbeingchangedbyhumanbeings．Hewrotearticlesinmagazinesandnewspaperstospreadthewordaboutconservingforests．Soon，othersbegantolisten．

Muirwroteletterstoimportantpeople，suchasPresidentTheodoreRoosevelt．ThepresidentadmiredMuir’slovefornature．WhenRooseveltcametovisitMuirinCalifornia.Muirconvinced（说服）thepresidenttogocampingwithhimforthreenightsunderthetreessotheycouldtalkaboutconservation．Later，PresidentRooseveltsetaside148millionacresoflandfornationalforestsandestablished（建立）fivenationalparks．Nationalparksarelargeareasoflandthatareprotectedfromdevelopment.Thismeansthatpeoplecannotbuildhomesorbusinessesthere.OneoftheseparksisYosemiteNationalPark，theareathatisfeaturedonthebackoftheCaliforniaquarter．

ThoughithasbeenalmostonehundredyearssinceJohnMuirdied，peoplecontinuehisworktoday．Hisworkasaconservationisthelpedustoseethebeautyofournaturalworld．JohnMuirmadeusunderstandtheimportanceofprotectingourearthandourresources---then，now，andforthefuture．

1．WhatdidJohnMuirspendmuchofhislifedoingwhenhewasayoungman?

A．Watchingnaturalviews．

B．Writingabouttheplaceshevisited．

C．Exploringthebeautyofthewilderness．

D．Creatingfarmlandforsheepandcattle．

2．WhathappenedafterPresidentRooseveltwentcampingwithJohnMuir?

A．Manytreeswerecutdown．

B．Fivenationalparkswereestablished．

C．Morehomesandbusinesseswerebuilt.

D．Morefarmlandwasusedforsheepandcattle.

3．WhyisJohnMuirfeaturedonthebackofaCaliforniastatequarter?

A．Becausehewalkedoverathousandmilesacrossthecountry．

B．Becausehehelpedpeopleunderstandtheimportanceofprotectingthenaturalworld.

C．Becausehewrotearticlestospreadthewordaboutconservingforests．

D．BecauseheoncewroteseveralletterstoPresidentTheodoreRoosevelt．

4．Whatisthewriter’spurposeofwritingthisarticle?

A．Toadvisereaderstobecomeactiveconservationists.

B．Tomakeusinterestedinthestoryaboutagreatman．

C．Totellussomethingaboutanimportantpersoninhistory．

D．Togiveinformationabouthowtoconservetheenvironment．

IamaprofessorofsportsandexercisesoIoftendealwithnervousnessinmyresearchwithsportspeople.Actually，mostpeopleexperiencenervousnessatsometimeoranother.

Ifyouarefeelinganxious，myadviceistofirstfindthecauseorcauses.Makeslistofthosethingsthataremakingyounervousandworkoutwhichonesyoucandosomethingabout.Focusallofyoureffortsonmanagingthecausesthatyoucancontrol.

Mostpeoplecannottellthedifferencebetweencontrollable（可控制的）anduncontrollablecauses，sothingstheycan’scontrolbecomeabigreasonfornervousness.Dealingwiththisisveryimportantifpeoplewanttokeepahealthymind.

Simplytrytoaccepttheuncontrollablecausesofnervousness.Youmightbeworriedabouttheweatheronabigday，anaccidentoranattackonthetrain，orperhapsjustthingsthatotherpeoplearedoingatwork.Theresultsmaybeveryimportantbutthereisstillnouseworryingbecauseyoucan’tcontrolanyofthesethings.Acceptthatyoucan’tcontroleverything.Onceyouunderstandthis，itbecomeseasiernottoworry.

Ifasituation，suchasswimming，iscausingyoutobeanxious，trytofaceitasoftenaspossiblesothatyoucangetusedtoit.

Itcanoftenhelptothinkaboutyourselfdoingthethingthatmakesyounervous—thencloseyoureyesandimagineitgoingwell.Imaginehowtheflightorjobinterviewisgoingtohappensothatyoucangetusedtoit.Thiswillhelpyouunderstandthatthethingyoufearmostisprobablynotgoingtohappen.

1.Thewriterthinksthereisnouseworryingaboutsomecausesofnervousnessbecause______.

A.mostarenotveryimportant

　B.theyarenottherealcausesoftheproblem

　C.theycannotbecontrolledbypeople

　D.it’sbettertodealwithonecauseatatime

2.Ifswimmingmakesyounervous，whatshouldyoudoaccordingtothewriter?

A.Goswimmingoftentogetusedtoit.

　B.Avoidgoingtotheswimmingpool.

　C.Findaswimmingteacher.

　D.Imaginewatchingothersswim.

3.Whatistrueaboutnervousnessaccordingtothepassage?

A.Itusuallyhasonlyonecause.

　B.Itisusuallycausedbypeople.

C.Peoplecaneasilymanageit.

　D.Mostpeoplesufferfromit.

MysummerholswrCWOT.B4,weusd2go2NY2Cmybro,hisCF&thr3:

-@kidsFTFILNY,itsgr8.

Canyouunderstandthissentence?

Ifyoucan't,don'tfeeltoobad:

neithercouldthemiddleschoolteacherinEnglandwhoreceivedthisashomework.ThisisNetspeak:

thelanguageofcomputerizedcommunicationfoundonInternetorcellphones.Tonewcomers,itcanlooklikeacompletelyforeignlanguage.So,whatisth“translation”ofthesentenceabove?

Mysummerholidayswereacompletewasteoftime.Before,weusedtogotoNewYorktoseemybrother,hisgirlfriend,andtheirthreescreamingkidsfacetoface.IloveNewYork;it'sgreat.

Schoolteachersandparentssaythisnewformofwritingisharming（破坏）theEnglishlanguage.Increasingspellingandgrammaticalmistakescxanbeseeninstudents'writing.Theyfearthelanguagecouldbecomecorrupted（面目全非的）.

Everyoneshouldjustrelax,saylinguists（语言学家）.TheybelieveNetspeakisinfactmoreofagoodthing.DavidCrystal,fromtheUniversityofWales,arguesthatNetspeakandInternetcreateanewlanguageuseandthealmostlostartofdiarywritinghasbeenpickedupagain.GeoffreyNunberg,fromStanfordUniversity,agrees.“Peoplegetbetteratwritingbywriting,”hesays,“Kidswhoarenowdoingtextmessaging,e-mail,andinstantmessageswillwriteatleastaswellas,andpossiblybetterthan,theirparents.”

LinguistJamesMillroysays,forcenturies,itisbelievedwithoutexceptionthatyoungpeopleareharmingthelanguage.Andyoucanbetyourbottomdollarthatwhentoday'steenagersbecometomorrow'sparents,theytoowillthinkthisway.Milroyarguesthatlanguagesdonotandcannotbecome"corrupted";theysimplychangetomeetthenewneeds.

However,NetspeakersdoagreethatitisimportanttoteachyoungpeoplehowtospeakandwriteStandardEnglish.CynthiaMcVeysays,“IcanunderstandNetspeakworriesteachersandit'simportantthattheygetacrosstotheirpupilsthattextmessagingisforfun,butthatlearningtowriteproperEnglishisamustfortheirfuture.”

Perhapsweshouldgiveteenagersalittlemoretrustanyway.Erin,age12,says,“Iwouldn'tusetextlanguageinmyhomework.Textingisjustforfun.”

1.What’sthemainpur