高一英语阅读理解应用文专练.doc

高一英语阅读理解
广告,图表等应用类阅读.
(1) Now is the best time for Hong Kong shopping lovers, as most shops and markets are having their seasonal sales. With the same amount of money, you can find different kinds of goods in this city. Women, young and old, rarely resist the attraction of this shopping paradise(乐园) at this time of year. Lovers will surely have an exciting Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations at the Time Square or in the western styled bars. Spending your holiday in Hong Kong will be easy too, as several packing tours are available from CZL Travel Service, with four-day tours for less than 15,000 yuan.
Tour Package 1(3,200 yuan) : a 4-day –tour including three nights’ acmodation(住宿), science helicopter flight, night ferrytour of Victoria Harbor and shuttle bus to the park to view the city at night.
Tour package 2 (1,880 yuan) : a 4-day-shopping tour including three nights acmodation ,tour to Golden Beach and the Vexwork Museum, shuttle bus to the Peak and shopping opportunities.
Tour package 3 (1,480 yuan ) : a 4-day-DIY- tour including three nights acmodation in a four-star hotel and total freedom to do what you want , when you went.
1. This advertisement is given by _________________.
A. a shopping B. a hotel
C. a Travel Service pany D. a tour guide
2. If you want to decide by yourself , you’d better choose Tour package ________.
A. 2 B. 3 C. 1 D. both2&3
3. According to the text , if you want to visit the Victoria Harbor at night with the tour guide, you can choose your package____________.
A. 1 B. 3 C. 2 D. 1&2
4. If you are a shopping lover and you want to go to the Golden Beach, you’d better choose
Tour package ___________.
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 1&3
5. This advertisement probably was shown ______________.
A. on New Year’s Day B. at Christmas
C. between New Year’s Day and Christmas D. before Christmas and New Year’s Day
( c b a b d)

(2)
Stress (压力) is everywhere in our daily life . And it is not just men who suffer from it, but women and young people , too.
The main causes of stress are : death, divorce , marriage, money, moving house, changing jobs, ending relationships and taking exams.
So how do you know if you suffer from stress ? Do the Stress Test and find out !
Stress Test
Do you Yes No
often sleep badly ?
2.get headaches a lot ?
3.find it difficult to relax ?
4.need alcohol or cigarettes
to keep clam ?
5.usually hide your feeling ?
6.find it difficult to put your heart
into something ?
7.take sleeping pills ?
8.get angry when things go wrong ?
If you answer Yes to more than two of these questions, you are one of many people
who suffer from stress. So what can you do about it ?
Doing yoga（瑜伽）or relaxation exercises, chewing gum and playing with worry beads (念珠) are all mon ways of relieving(减轻) stress. However doctors now say that there are simpler ways. Their advice is that people should laugh and smile more often. When you laugh and smile , your body relaxes. They also say that people—and especially men—ought to X more frequently, because crying is the natural way of relieving stress.
1. What can you learn from the passage ?
A. Young people suffer a lot from stress than the old.
B. Many social (社会的) problems cause stress.
C. If your answer YES to more than three of these questions , you are one of many people who suffer from stress.
D. Doing yoga is the most useful way to relieve stress.
2. How do you know you’re suffering from stress ?
(1) drink too much (3)usually hide your feeling
(2) often sleepy (4) find it difficult to relax
A. (1) and (2) B. (1) and (4) C. (2) and (3) D. (3) and (4)
3. However doctors now say that there are simpler ways . Here “simpler ways “means
_________________.
A. chewing gum B. playing with worry C. laugh and cry D. above all
4. What does X mean ?
A. smile B. cry C. relax D. laugh
5. What’s the topic of the passage ?
A. Living with stress B. Social problems
C. Ways of relieving stress D. Stress Test (b d c b a)

(3)
Read the directions of the medicine before you take it.
Tablespoonful 汤匙 teaspoonful茶匙 dose 剂量

Adults…………………………………. 2 tablespoonfuls
Children :according to age
10-14 years…………………………….4 teaspoonfuls
6-10 years……………………………...2 teaspoonfuls
3-6 years………………………………..1 teaspoonful
Repeat above dose every 1/2 hour to 1 if needed until 8doses are taken . If you do not get better, see a doctor please.

1. Where can you usually see it ?
A. On the bottles of medicine.
B. On the wall in front of the shop
C. In the newspaper
D. In the streets near the hospital
2. According to the directions , what should you do before taking this medicine ?
A. Move the bottle quickly up and down.
B. Add some hot water to it.
C. Read the instructions carefully.
D. Go and ask the doctor’s advice.
3. For whom would a dose of two teaspoonfuls be suggested ?
A. A grow-up.
B. A 10-to-14-year-old child
C. A 6-to-10-year-old child
D. A 3-to-6-year-old-child
4. What is the largest amount of medicine that should be taken by an adult in four-hour period ?
A. Eight doses B. Six doses C. Four doses D. Two doses

5. What should you do if the medicine doesn’t work ?
A. Change it for some better medicine
B. See a doctor
C. Stop taking it
D. Take more doses a c c a b
(4) The Curious Kiwi (鹬驼)
INTRODUCTION
The Kiwi lives only in New Zealand . It looks a bit like a long-beaked (长喙的)chicken, but it has no tail and it cannot fly. Its tiny wings are pletely hidden among the hair-like feathers. Kiwis are shy birds that live mainly in fern-filled forests. They sleep in burrows by day and e out to feed at night. They eat worms and insects that live in the soil or among dead leaves. They also enjoy fallen fruit.
Survival Watch
Kiwis are being rare, largely because so many have been killed by the cats, dogs and other animals that people have taken to New Zealand.
Kiwi Facts
The Kiwi is up to 45 cm long, including its beak. It gets its name from its call of ki-wee.
The female weights only 4 kg, but she can lay two eggs weighing about 500 grams each. That’s nearly ten times as heavy as a chicken’s egg.
The kiwi is a very strange –looking bird. Its dark coat looks more like shaggy hair than feathers.
The nostrils (鼻孔) at the tip or the beak can smell worms and other food several centimeters below the ground .
1. What do kiwis eat ?
A. Worms and insects. B. Ferns and fallen fruit.
C. Ferns and forest plants D. Dead leaves and fallen fruit.
2. The female kiwis can lay an egg that weighs about _______________.
A. 4 kilograms B. 2 kilograms C. 500 grams D. 10 grams
3. Which of the following words from the text describes the personality of kiwis ?
A. Shy. B. Rare. C. Shaggy. D. Strange-looking.
4. The kiwi has been given its name because it ______________.
A. feeds at night B. has a call that sounds like “ki-wee”
C. is able to lay two eggs D. sleeps during the day
5. Kiwis are being rare because __________________.
A. there are not many forests left B. they don’t lay enough eggs
C. they are being killed by other animals D. their food is hard to catch acabc

(5)
SPECIAL OFFTER
from
$799
Hong Kong
Enjoy 5 nights in Hong Kong from $ 799
New World Harbour View : Super hotel in good location on Hong Kong Island. Superb swimming pool, tennis court, restaurants, bars. Rooms with harbour view(风景) and air conditioner, tea / coffee making facilities, minibar, TV, bath and shower.
Departure dates: Price:
02, 10 Mar &799
09, 16 Mar &849
17 Mar &829
15 Apr &969
27 Apr, 04, 18 May &999
The price includes(包括): Return flights, 5 nights ac,(no meals). Transfers. Prices are per person sharing a twin room.
Not includes : UK departure tax(税). Hong Kong departure tax. Optional insurance(保险) : $30
To book, telephone: (open daily includes Sat / Sun)
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
1. How long will you enjoy the journey ?
A. Three nights B. Five nights C. A week D. The information doesn’t tell us.
2. Sorry that you can’t _______for fun while you are staying at the hotel.
A. have delicious food B. play tennis C. swim D. ride a horse
3. If you leave for Hong Kong on 17 Mar, you pay______
A. $799 B. $829 C. $849 D. $969
4. You will pay the least if your departure date is on ________
A. 15 Apr B. 17 Mar C. 02 Mar D. 27 Apr
5. What is included in the price ?
A. Hong Kong dept tax B. UK dept tax C. Return flights D. Optional insurance.

Keys are: B D B C C

(6)
1The surveys are about the boys and girls from______
A. China B. Japan C. America D. England
2.The percentage of girls singing karaoke is________
A. 63 B.83 C.42 D.27
3.The people who have cell / car phones are in the age group of______
A. 15—29 B. 10—14 C. 11—15 D. 20s
4.What would the boys and girls most like to do ?
A. Travel abroad B. Sing karaoke C. Own video games D. Smoke
5.________would like to travel abroad.
A. More girls B. More boys C. The same number of boys and girls D. None of them

Keys are: B B A C B