阅读理解训练15篇.docx

1、阅读理解训练15篇(1)For many years scientists have said that the earth is getting warmer. Now they have found something newhot cities! In the southern US, they have found that cities become very hot in summer. For example, the city of Atlanta in Georgia has rooftop temperatures of up to 50 degrees while it

2、is 27 degrees in the streets! At night, the outsides of the building stay so hot that the heat of the city causes storm over the city. China also has the same kind of problems. Every year more farming land is used for factories or offices. More housing is needed, too. As people become richer, they b

3、uy more cars. Now roads are needed and new car parks are built in the city centers. This all makes the city hotter. It is not easy to change the situation. City planners say that we should plant more trees in the middle of cities. Every new street should have trees on both sides, they say. Trees mak

4、e the temperatures lower, so we should have more trees in our parks and squares. Also we should paint our roofs white. If we do this, they do not become so hot. Every roof in a hot and sunny country should have solar roof panels. The electricity from these can be used to run the air conditioners in

5、the building. People continue to cut down forests around the cities. This makes the problem worse. Cities are growing faster and faster. By the year 2025, 80 of the worlds population will be living in cities. If we go on like this, there will not be enough farmland to feed everyone in the world.1. T

6、he best title for the passage is _. A. The earth is getting warmer B. More land is needed C. Cities are warmer in winter D. Scientists are worried about storms2. What have scientists found? A. Atlanta is the hottest town in the USA. B. Buildings become very hot in the sun.C. It is not as hot on the

7、roof as in the street. D. There are not as many storms as before.3. What can we do to make the cities cooler?A. Make more Parks. B. Use air conditioners more.C. Paint the roofs of all the white buildings. D. Plant more trees.4. What may happen in future?A. Most people will move to the villages. B. P

8、eople will plant more trees outside the cities.C. We will not have enough food. D. The problem will get better, not worse(2) When might you need to give blood(血) for a personality test? The answer is that you need to do so when you ask for a job. Some people believe that your blood group hides(隐藏) n

9、o secrets. It shows the “real you”. And the owners of certain blood groups might be particularly good or bad at certain tasks(任务). This is the very reasons of why you could be asked to offer your blood group before being given a job. The new idea was carried out first in Japan and now it has been br

10、ought over to other parts of the world. One important business company in Japan is quite special about this need:“For our office members, we must have 30 percent of group A and 15 percent of AB, 25 percent of O and 30 percent of B”. Do you happen to know your own blood group? It seems that if you be

11、long to blood group O, you can get things done and sell the goods well. Blood group A are the thinkers, while blood group B are highly creative. And if you have problems, ask the ABs to solve them. So if you visited the Japanese company, you would find the O types out selling goods and A types keepi

12、ng order in the office.1. According to the passage, _.A. four types of the blood were discovered by JapanB. people of good blood might do their work very wellC. know your own blood group and you could get a good jobD. more and more countries have accepted the new idea about blood groups2. Creative p

13、ersons, good salesmen, thinkers and problem solvers are the four kinds of persons needed by the Japanese company. The proportion mentioned in the passage is _ respectively.A. 30%, 15%, 25% and 30% B. 30%, 30%, 25% and 15% C. 30%, 25%, 30% and 15% D. 25%, 15%, 30% and 30%3. People belonging to blood

14、group B might be good at _.A. sports and games B. smoothing away difficultiesC. doing office work D. painting and writing4. This passage seems to lead you to believe _.A. your blood group could affect your workB. blood types can never change your lifeC. the idea about blood groups has little scienti

15、fic basisD. personality tests are exactly correct5. This passage is mainly about _.A. the origin of blood group B. the effect of the blood group on personalityC. the secrets of blood groups D. the new skill of hiring people(3)When you want to call a store or an office that you dont call often, you m

16、ay look the number up in a telephone book. You dial (拨) the number, and then you forget it! Your short-term (短期) memory last about 30 seconds. However, you dont need to look in the telephone book for your best friends number because you already know it. This information is in your long-term memory.

17、Your long-term memory has everything that you remember through the years.Why do you forget things sometimes? There are several reasons. An important reason for forgetting something is that you didnt learn it well in the beginning. For example, you meet some new people, and soon you forget their name

18、s. You hear the names but you dont learn them, so you forget them.You can help yourself remember better. Move information from your short-term memory to your long-term memory. You can do this if you practise the new information for more times.1. Why do you forget the telephone number that you dont c

19、all often?A. Because the telephone number is too long. B. Because the telephone number is very strange.C. Because you look it up in the telephone book. D. Because you use your short-term memory to remember it.2. Which is easier to forget?A. Your best friends name. B. Something that you understand.C.

20、 The new information that you have practised a lot. D. Something that you didnt learn well in the beginning. 3. How long does a persons short-term memory last?A. About half a second. B. About half a minute. C. About half an hour. D. About half a day.4. Whats helpful for you to remember better?A. Lea

21、rn something well in the end. B. Look something up often.C. Use your short-term memory to learn things.D. Move information from your short-term memory to your long-term memory.5. The writer mainly wants to tell us some ideas on how to _.A. keep something in mind long B. learn a foreign language well

22、 C. make a telephone call D. remember a persons name(4) When Charles Stratton was five, he stopped growing. His mother took him to see the famous showman, P.T. Barnum. Mr. Barnum thought a small person would be the perfect addition to his show. He hired Charles parents along with him, and they trave

23、led the world together. He gave the two-foot tall Charles a new name, General Tom Thumb. He taught Tom how to sing, dance, act, and tell jokes. When he felt Tom was ready to perform on stage, he made up ads. To stir up great interest, he said that Tom was eleven years old and had come from England.

24、During the show, Tom fought battles pretendedly with tall people. He also danced upon a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall. Toms act was very popular and brought in a lot of money. By the time Tom was an adult, he had grown very rich. He had become a billionaire at the age of twen

25、ty-five. Fortunately for Tom, Mr. Barnum added more little people to his show, and Tom became lucky in love as well. One of the little people was Lavinia Warren, a school teacher. Tom was able to win her love, and they married. The ceremony and reception were the talk of the town. They were attended

26、 by many rich and famous people and by about two thousand guests. Crowds filled the streets of New York to have a look at their honeymoon, just before the couple would be going to live in Toms house in Connecticut. Their wedding, which took place during the Civil War, provided a welcome escape from

27、the sad problems of war. Not willing to let this bit of sunshine fade, communities throughout the country sponsored “Tom Thumb” weddings, small boys and girls, all dressed up, went through marriage ceremony for fun.1. “talk of the town” means _.A. it was in the newspaper B. people spread rumors abou

28、t itC. it was the most popular thing happening D. it was discussed in a city meeting2. What does the author think about Tom Thumbs wedding?A. People gave it too much of their attention.B. It helped people cheer up in a dark time.C. It was funny and ridiculousD. Tom and Lavinia were stupid.3. Which o

29、f the following is the best clue to the fact that Tom was smart?A. He became a billionaire at twenty-five.B. He learned how to sing, dance, and act at a very young age.C. He met with President Lincoln during his honeymoon.D. He married a school teacher.4. Tome would dance on a wooden plate held by a

30、 person who was eight feet tall because _.A. the wooden plate would make it sound as if Tom were tap dancingB. it made Tome feel tallerC. the eight-foot-tall man was the only tall person Tom trustedD. the difference between them would make Tom look even smaller5. What is the main idea of the last pa

31、ragraph?A. Weddings always make people feel full of sunshine.B. People are always disappointed during war time.C. Entertainment can serve an important purpose.D. People should be married when they are small children. (5)Pat Brown went to her bank to ask for an ATM (自动取款机) card. It looks like a credi

32、t card. A few weeks later, the bank posted her a card and a four-number personal identification number (PIN). Her PIN is 1234.As Pat was getting ready for bed one night, she remembered that she had only $2 in her bag. The next day she had to give $10 for a lunch for a co-worker. She didnt want to get up early to go to the bank. So she had to go to the bank that night. She used her ATM card to take