英语练习二阅读专练.docx

1、英语练习二阅读专练英语练习(二)阅读专练阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。AMr. Read was born in a small village with high mountains all around it.He has few fields and he cant get enough food for his family.Hes often worried about it.So he works harder and harder and tries his best to get more money.One after

2、noon，Mr. Read went out to look for some grass for his cows.It was very hot and he had to have a swim.Suddenly he saw a big tortoise in the water.He swam there and caught it.The next morning he went to the town to sell it in the markets.When he was walking in the street, a car hit him down and he was

3、 hurt.He was sent to hospital at once.The doctors looked him over and had an operation on him.Two weeks later he felt much better.The doctors were satisfied with the operation and said，“Youll be fully recovered in a week.Were sure you can write when you leave hospital.”“Its really a miracle(奇迹)!”sho

4、uted Mr. Read，“I could neither read nor write before!”1.The Reads have little food becauseA.they live in a small village B.they have few fieldsC.theyre too lazy to work D.nobody would help them to get money2.Mr. Read jumped into the river becauseA.he wanted to get some grass in the waterB.he wanted

5、to look for a tortoise in the waterC.he wanted to have a good rest in the waterD.he wanted to have a swim3.Mr. Reads was hurt in the traffic accident.A.head B.leg C.right hand D.left hand4.In Chinese the phrase “be fully recovered” meansA.完全覆盖 B.全部找回 C.恢复疲劳 D.恢复健康5. What the doctor said meant that _

6、 .A. he did a very successful operationB. the farmer was lucky enough to write after the operationC. the accident helped the farmer to writeD. he taught the farmer to write while he was staying in hospitalBHappiness is for everyone. You dont need to care about those people who have beautiful houses

7、with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and soon. Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their free time.In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart i

8、nto it. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons, your parent s are always taking good care of your life and your health; when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will

9、help you to correct it. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice them, you can see that happiness is always around you.Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are

10、 very happy, because you have something else that cant be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a re

11、volving(旋转 ) door. When it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.1. Happiness is for_.A. those who have large and beautiful houses B. those who have carsC. those who have a lot of money D. all people2. When you do something wrong, _.A. you may c

12、orrect it B. you will have no chance to challenge yourselfC. anybody will laugh at you D. you will be happy3. Which is TRUE according to the passage?A. When you get success, your friends will be very proud of you.B. You can get help from others when you make mistakes.C. You can still be a happy pers

13、on even if you have little money.D. All the above.4. Why do we say “Happiness is not the same as money”? Because _.A. money always brings happiness B. money doesnt always bring happinessC. everything can be bought with money D. only rich people have happiness5. Which is the title of the passage?A. D

14、o Something Good to Others B. Happy and LuckyC. Happiness D. Life and SuccessCOne night, a little before nine oclock, Dr Johnson was answering a telephone call. He was asked to go and give an operation to a very sick boy at once. The boy was in a small hospital in Glens Falls, sixty miles away from

15、Dr Johnsons city Albany. The boy had hurt himself in a traffic accident. His wife was in danger, but his family was so poor that they could not pay the doctor anything. After he heard all this, Dr Johnson was driving carefully. He thought that he could get to the hospital before 12 oclock. A few min

16、utes later, the doctors car had to stop for a red light at a crossing. Suddenly a man in an old black coat opened the door of the car and got in.“Drive on”, he said. “Ive got a gun (枪).”“Im a doctor,” said Johnson, “Im on my way to a hospital to operate on a very sick”“Dont talk,” said the man in th

17、e old black coat, “Just drive.”A mile out of the town he ordered the doctor to stop the car and get out. Then the man drove on down the road. The doctor stood for a moment in the snow. After half an hour, Dr Johnson found a telephone and called a taxi. At the railway station he learned that the next

18、 train to Glens Falls would not leave until 12 oclock.It was after two oclock in the morning when the doctor arrived at the hospital in Glens Falls. Miss Clarke, a nurse, was waiting for him.“I did my best,” said Dr Johnson. Miss Clarke said, “The boy died an hour ago.”They walked into the waiting r

19、oom. There sat the man in the old black coat, with his head in his hands.“Mr. Shute,” said Miss Clarke to the man, “this is Dr Johnson. He had come all the way from Albany to try to save your boy.”1. From the story we know it took Dr Johnson _ to get to the hospital.A. 12 hours B. 7 hours C. only 1

20、hour D. about 5 hours2. Dr Johnson was late because _.A. there was something wrong with his carB. a strange man made it hard to driveC. a strange man drove his car awayD. the train to Glens Falls was late3. From the story we know Dr Johnson _.A. was a good man, he didnt care for the moneyB. hurt him

21、self on the way to Glens FallsC. did the operation and boy was savedD. wouldnt do the operation until the boys family paid the money4. The man in a black coat _.A. hit the boy and ran away B. took the boy to the hospitalC. was the boys father D. was the real doctor5. The man in black would feel _ in

22、 the end.A. happy and pleased B. regretful(悔恨) and sadC. worried and angry D. tired and hungryD. The Singing DoctorNick Petrella is a doctor in Montreal. He works 60 hours a week. He has to take care of 159 patients a week in the hospital and at his office. Hes been a doctor for ten years.Dr. Petrel

23、la gives his patients good medical advice. But he doesnt just tell his patients what to do. He also sings to them on television! Dr. Petrella has his own TV show. The doctor starts the show with a song and then gives medical advice. He explains a medical problem or disease in simple language. After

24、that, he sings another song.Dr. Petrella produces and performs in his own show every week. The program is very popular with his patients and with people who enjoy his singing. His dream is to perform(表演) in Las Vegas. His favorite songs are love songs, and he has a small disk of love songs that he w

25、rote. Dr. Petrella says, “I always loved to sing. All my problems are gone when I sing.” But when Dr. Petrella was young, his father didnt want him to be a singer, so he went to medical school.Some people tell Dr. Petrella he can help people more as a doctor. But Dr. Petrella says he helps people wh

26、en he sings, too. “I like to make people smile. Sometimes its difficult to make a sick person smile. Medicine and entertainment(娱乐) both try to do the same thing. They try to make people feel good.”1. Dr. Petrella works 60 hours a week, because he _.A. gives his patients medical advice B. takes care

27、 of 159 patients a weekC. sings on television D. has his own TV show2. Dr. Petrella _, so he is called a singing doctor.A. has been a doctor for ten years B. always loved to singC. is popular with his patients D. also sings to his patients on TV3. In his TV show, Dr. Petrella _.A. sings and gives me

28、dical advice B. sings about different diseasesC. starts to explain diseases with a song D. sings love songs he wrote4. Dr. Petrellas show is popular _.A. in Las Vegas. B. at medical schoolC. with people who like his singing D. with patients in Montreal5. Dr. Petrella says he likes to _.A. help peopl

29、e sing B. make people feel betterC. do the same thing D. make difficult people smileE. 66 Days at SeaA couple from Miami, Bill and Simone Bultler, spent sixty-six days in a life-raft(救生艇) in the seas of Central America after their boat sank.Twenty-one days after they left Panama in their boat, Sibon

30、ey, they met some whales. “They started to hit the side of the boat,” said Bill, “and then suddenly we heard water.” Two minutes later, the boat was sinking. They jumped into the life-raft and watched the boat go under the water.For twenty days they had tins of food, biscuits, and bottles of water.

31、They also had a fishing-line and a machine to make salt water into drinking water two things which saved their lives. They caught eight to ten fish a day and ate them raw(生的). Then the line broke. “So we had no more fish until something very strange happened. Some sharks came to feed, and the fish under the raft were afraid and came to the surface. I caught them with my hands.”About twenty ships pass