高一英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day 68Word文档格式.docx

1、Our findings show that while the very bright children can deal with regular changes without harming his or her general progress in studies, the majority of children suffer from constantly having to enter a new learning situation. 1. Professor Martins report suggests that_ . A. it may not be good for

2、 children to change schools too oftenB. parents should not move oftenC. more and more children are mentally affectedD. children will make rapid progress if they stay in one school2. According to the passage, Professor Martins personal feeling_ . A. is the opposite of what his report has shownB. is i

3、n some way supported by his researchC. has played a big part in his researchD. is based on the experience of his own children3. From the passage, we can conclude that Captain James children_ . A. have been affected by changing schoolsB. have not been affected by changing schoolsC. live every army sc

4、hool they have been inD. discuss their education regularly with their father4. According to Professor Martin, _ suffer from changing schools regularly. A. army children B. quite a few childrenC. bright children D. few children5. Captain Thomas believe_ . A. army children are generally better adjuste

5、d than any othersB. army children are usually less experienced than any othersC. children can adapt more easily and quickly than grow-upsD. children can adapt as easily and quickly as grown-upsPassage 2 I remember when my sister began playing the violin, she was 7. I was 9 and had been playing the p

6、iano for 2 years. How did she sound? Appalling. Diane didnt like the way she sounded, either. Practicing often left her in tears. But she didnt quit. She loved playing the violin. I was better at my instrument than she was at hers. Not only did I have those two years on it, but I also had talent. My

7、 teacher had told my family that I had great potential（潜力）, and I practiced every day. I went to music camps. I performed at recitals, even though I hated them. I got better and better. Everyone agreed my sister didnt have talent, but she loved playing it. I didnt love making music as much as she di

8、d, but because I was the talented sister, everyone encouraged me to continue. Nobody encouraged Diane, but she kept at it anyway. She continued with her lessons. She practiced. She got better. At 12, she asked our parents if she could attend a full-time music school, and they said no. She wasnt good

9、 enough, they told her, to hope to make a living as a professional musician. Sending her off to a music school would be a waste of time and money. At the same time, Id discovered the British TV show The Avengers. I loved the show and watched it faithfully. It was broadcast every Saturday at 3 p. m.

10、Every Saturday at 3, I was in front of the TV. I let nothing interfere with my Avengers hour. When I was 13, my parents arranged an audition for me with the best piano teacher in the area, and he agreed to take me on as a student. There was just one problem. The only time he can teach me was at 3 on

11、 Saturday afternoons, I turned down this amazing opportunity. Sure, I wanted to be a better pianist, but I wanted to watch my show more. My parents were floored. They didnt understand. But they couldnt make me. Id finally figured out that just because you can do something really well doesnt mean tha

12、t you have to. I continued to play, but not frequent. At last, I stopped taking lessons. Today, I dont even have a piano in my house. My sister continued with the violin. Nobody encouraged her to become a musician. In fact, our parents actively discouraged her. She became an engineer, and then a wif

13、e and mom. But she never stopped making music. She played music at home with other amateur musicians. She played for the local community theaters and she continued to take lessons. When she was in her 40s, my sister changed her career. She went back to school and got a degree in music education. Now

14、 she is a music teacher. She starts kids out on their first instrument and gives them all the support and encouragement she never get. And, of course, she continues to play. Recently, she and a pianist friend decided to put on a recital at a performance space at a local college. A big crowd of frien

15、ds and family turned up to listen to her play. She was wonderful. As she played, I looked around at the audience. Everyone was clearly enjoying the music. It occurred to me that I was the only person in this room who remembered that 7-year-old kid making those really awful sounds. I was the only one

16、 who knew how fat she had come. 1. What does the underlined word Appalling in the first paragraph mean? _A. Loud. B. Awful. C. Exciting. D. Wonderful. 2. What is the difference between the writer and Diane?A. The gift for music. B. The desire for performance. C. The age of starting practicing. D. Th

17、e guidance of a good musician. 3. Why did the writer refuse to learn from the best piano teacher?A. She didnt want to be a better pianist. B. She found it a waste of time and money. C. She wanted to watch her favorite TV program. D. She thought she had no potential to be a good musician. 4. How did

18、her parents feel after she turned down the best teacher?A. Puzzled. B. Interested. C. Angry. D. Frightened. 5. In what way did Diane help her students most in music?A. She invites them to play music at home. B. She introduces them to amateur musicians. C. She gives them encouragement and support. D.

19、 She teaches them how to play musical instruments. 6. What did the writer learn from Dianes performance?A. Some people are born with talent in music. B. Music is a medium of spreading love to others. C. A hobby of loving music changes a persons life. D. Love for something is more important than tale

20、nt. Passage 3Ready? Ready. Now?Soon. Do the scientists really know? Will it happen today, will it?Look, look; see for yourself! It rained. It had been raining for seven years; thousands upon thousands of days filled from one end to the other with rain, with the drum of water, with the sweet crystal

21、fall of showers and the continuous storms so heavy that huge waves over the islands. A thousand forests had been destroyedunder the rain and grown up a thousand times to be destroyed again. And this was the way life was forever on the planet Venus, and this was the schoolroom of the children of the

22、rocket men and women who had come to a raining world to set up civilization （文明） and live out their lives. s stopping, its stopping!Yes, yes! Margot stood apart from them, from these children who could never remember a time when there wasnt rain and rain and rain. They were all nine years old, and i

23、f there had been a day, seven years ago, when the sun came out for an hour and showed its face to the stunned world, they could not remember. Sometimes, at night, she heard them stir, in remembrance, and she knew they were dreaming and remembering gold or a yellow crayon or a coin large enough to bu

24、y the world with. She knewthey thought they remembered a warmness, like a blushing in the face, in the body, in the arms and legs and trembling hands. But then they always awoke to the endless shaking down of clearbead （珠子） necklaces upon the roof, the walk, the gardens, the forests, and their dream

25、s were gone. Now the rain was getting lighter, and the children were crushed in the great thick windows. Margot stood alone. She was a very frail girl who looked as if she had been lost in the rain for years and the rain had washed out the blue from her eyes and the red from her mouth and the yellow

26、 from her hair. Now she stood, separate, staring at the rain and the loud wet world beyond the huge glass. Whatre you looking at? said William. Margot said nothing. Speak when youre spoken to. He gave her a shove （推搡）. But she did not move; rather she let herself be moved only by him and nothing els

27、e. They edged away from her, they would not look at her. She felt them go away. And this was because she would play no games with them in the echoing tunnels of the underground city. If they tagged her and ran, she stood after them and did not follow. When the class sang songs about happiness and life and games her lips barely moved. Only when they sang about the sun andthesummer did her lips move as she watched the windows. And then, of course, the biggest crime of all was that she had come here only