英语阅读理解拓展训练.docx

1、英语阅读理解拓展训练英语阅读理解拓展训练Passage 1Remembering names is an important social skill. Here are some ways to master it.Recite and repeat in conversation.When you hear a persons name，repeat it. Immediately say it to yourself several times without moving your lips. You could also repeat the name in a way that d

2、oes not sound forced or artificial.Ask the other person to recite and repeat.You can let other people help you remember their names. After youve been introduced to someone，ask that person to spell the name mad pronounce it correctly for you. Most people will be pleased by the effort youre making to

3、learn their names.Admit you dont know.Admitting that you cant remember someones name can actually make people relaxed. Most of them will feel sympathy if you say. “Im working to remember names better. Yours is right on the tip of my tongue. What is it again?”Use associations.Link each person yon mee

4、t with one thing you find interesting or unusual. For example，you could make a mental note: Vicki Cheng - tall, black hair. To reinforce youre your associations, write them on a small card as soon as possible.Limit the number of new names you learn at one time.When meeting a group of people, concent

5、rate on remembering just two or three names. Free yourself from remembering every one. Few of the people in mass introductions expect you to remember their names. Another way is to limit yourself to learning just first names. Last names can come later.Go early.Consider going early to conferences, pa

6、rties and classes. Sometimes just a few people show up on time. Thats fewer names for you to remember. And as more people arrive, you can hear them being introduced to othersan automatic review for you.1. How will most people feel when you try hard to remember their names?A. They will be moved. B. T

7、hey will be annoyed.C. They will be delighted. D. They will be discouraged.2. If you cant remember someones name, you may _A. tell him the truth B. tell him a white lieC. ask him for pity D. ask others to help you3. When you meet a group of people, it is better to remember _A. all their names B. a c

8、ouple of names firstC. just their last names D. as many names as possible4. What does the text mainly tell us?A. Tips on an important social skill. B. Importance of attending parties.C. How to make use of associations. D. How to recite and repeat names.Passage 2The latest research suggests that the

9、key factor separating geniuses from the merely accomplished is not I.Q., a generally bad predictor of success. Instead, its purposeful practice. Top performers spend more hours practising their craft. It you wanted to picture how a typical genius might develop, youd take a girl who possessed a sligh

10、tly above average language ability. It wouldnt have to be a big talent, just enough so that she might gain some sense of distinction. Then you would want her to meet, say, a novelist, who coincidentally shared some similar qualities. Maybe the writer was from the same town, had the same family backg

11、round, or shared the same birthday.This contact would give the girl a vision of her future self. It would hive her some idea of a fascinating circle who might someday join. It would also help if one of her parents died when she was 12, giving her a strong sense of insecurity and fuelling a desperate

12、 need for success. Armed with this ambition, she would read novels and life stories of writers without end. This would give her a primary knowledge of her field. Shes be able to see new writing in deeper ways and quickly understand its inner workings.Then she would practise writing. Her practice wou

13、ld be slow, painstaking and error-focused. By practising in this way, he delays the automatizing process. Her mind wants to turn conscious, newly learned skills into unconscious. Automatically performed skills. By practising slowly, by breaking skills down into tiny parts and repeating, she forces t

14、he brain to internalize a better pattern of performance. Then she would find an adviser who would provide a constant stream of feedback, viewing her performance form the outside, correcting the smallest errors, pushing her to take on tougher challenges. By now she is redoing problemshow do I get cha

15、racters into a roomdozens and dozens of times. She is establishing habits of thought she can call upon in order to understand or solve future problems.The primary quality our young writer possesses is not some mysterious genius. Its the ability to develop a purposeful, laborious and boring practice

16、routine; the latest research takes some of the magic out of great achievement. But it underlines a fact that is often neglected. Public discussion is affected by genetics and what were “hard-wired” to do. And its true that genes play a role in our capabilities. But the brain is also very plastic. We

17、 construct ourselves through behaviour.1. The passage mainly deals with .A. the function of I.Q. in cultivating a writerB. the relationship between genius and successC. the decisive factor in making a geniusD. the way of gaining some sense of distinction2. By reading novels and writersstories, the g

18、irl could .A. come to understand the inner structure of writingB. join a fascinating circle of writers somedayC. share with a novelist her likes and dislikesD. learn from the living examples to establish a sense of security3 . In the girls long painstaking training process, _.A. her adviser forms a

19、primary challenging force to her success.B. her writing turns into an automatic pattern of performanceC. she acquires the magic of some great achievementD. she comes to realize she is “hard-wired” to write4. What can be concluded from the passage?A. A fuelling ambition plays a leading role in ones s

20、uccessB. A responsible adviser is more important than the knowledge of writing.C. As to the growth of a genius, I.Q. Doesnt matter, but just his/her effort.D. What really matters is what you do rather than who you are.Passage 3【语篇解读】本文由男女衣服的不同，分析产生这种不同的原因，并且告诉我们这种不同为什么延续到现在。It is hardly surprising t

21、hat clothing manufacturers(生产商) follow certain uniform standards for various features(特征) of clothes. What seems strange, however, is that the standard adopted for women is the opposite of the one for men. Take a look at the way your clothes button. Mens clothes tend to button from the right, and wo

22、mens form the left. Considering most of the words population-men and women-are right-handed, the mens standard would appear to make more sense for women. So why do womens clothes button from the left?History really seems to matter here. Buttons first appeared only on the clothes of the rich in the 1

23、7th century, when rich women were dressed by servants. For the mostly right-handed servants, having womens shirts button from the left would be easier. On the other hand, having mens shirts button form the right made sense, too. Most men dressed themselves, and a sword drawn from the left with the r

24、ight hand would be less likely to get caught in the shirt.Today women are seldom dressed by servants, but buttoning form the left is still the standard for them. Is it interesting? Actually, a standard, once set, resists change. At a time when all womens shirts buttoned form the left, it would have

25、been risky for any single manufacturer to offer womens shirts that buttoned from the right. After all, women had grown so used to shirts which buttoned from the left and would have to develop new habits and skills to switch. Besides, some women might have found it socially awkward to appear in publi

26、c wearing shirts that buttoned from the right, since anyone who noticed that would believe they were wearing mens shirts.1. What is surprising about the standard of the clothing industry?A. It has been followed by the industry for over 400 years.B. It is different for mens clothing and womens.C. It

27、woks better with men than with women.D. It fails to consider right-handed people.2. What do we know about the rich men in the 17th century?A. They tended to wear clothes without buttons.B. They were interested in the historical matters.C. They were mostly dressed by servants.D. They drew their sword

28、s from the left.3. Womens clothes still button from the left today because .A. adopting mens style is improper for womenB. manufacturers should follow standardsC. modern women dress themselvesD. customs are hard to change4. The passage is mainly developed by .A. analyzing causes B. making comparison

29、sC. examining differences D. following the time orderPassage 4My family and I lived across the street from Southway Park since I was four years old. Then just last year they city put a chain link fence around the park and started bulldozing (用推土机推平) the trees and grass to make way for a new apartmen

30、t complex. When I saw the fence and bulldozers, I asked myself, “Why dont they just leave it alone?”Looking back, I think what sentenced the part to oblivion (别遗忘) was the drought (旱灾) we had about four years ago. Up until then, Southway Park was a nice green park with plenty of trees and a public s

31、wimming pool. My friends and I rollerskated on the sidewalks, climbed the tress, and swam in the pool all the years I was growing up. The park was almost like my own yard. Then the summer I was fifteen the drought came and things changed.There had been almost no rain at all that year. The city stopp

32、ed watering the park grass. Within a few weeks I found myself living across the street from a huge brown desert. Leaves fell off the park tress, and pretty soon the trees started dying, too. Next, the park swimming pool was closed. The city cut down on the work force that kept the park, and pretty soon it just got too ugly and dirty to enjoy anymore.As the drought lasted into the fall, the park got worse every month. The rubbish piled up or blew across the brown grass. Soon the