1、阅读理解训练题(一)A Ever since news of widespread food recalls caused by a carcinogenic dye broke, there has been confusion(混淆) over possible links to the country of the same name, but Sudan officials say there is no connection whatever. Sudan1 is a red industrial dye that has been found in some chilli powd
2、er, but was banned in food products across the European Union (EU) in July 2003. Since the ban was put in place, EU officials have been striving to remove some food products from the shelves. So far 580 products have been recalled. Last week Sudans Embassy in the United Kingdom asked the Food Standa
3、rds Agency (FSA) for clarification of the origin of the dyes name. Omaima Mahmoud Al Sharief, a press official at Sudans Embassy in China, explained the purpose of the inquiry was to clear up any misunderstanding over links between the country and the poisonous dye. We want to keep an eye on every d
4、etail and avoid any misunderstanding there, she said. Our embassy to Britain asked them how the dye got that name and whether the dye had something to do with our country. But they told us there was no relationship. The FSA, an independent food security watchdog in Britain, received a letter from th
5、e Sudanese embassy last week. They asked us why the dye is named Sudan, however, we also do not know how it got the name, she said. People found the dye in 1883 and gave it the name. Nobody knows the reason, and we cannot give any explanation before we find out. Sudan dyes, which include Sudan1 to 4
6、, are red dyes(颜料) used for colouring solvents(溶剂), oils, waxes, petrol, and shoe and floor polishes. They are classified as carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. 56. What does the underlined word mean in paragraph one?A. Causing cancer. B. Having side effect. C. Containing
7、 poison. D.Poisonous.57. How did the Sudan1 get its name?A. The dye is often produced in Sudan.B. The dye has something to do with the country named Sudan.C. Nobody is sure of the origin of the name.D. Many foods produced in Sudan contain the dye.58. We can infer from the passage that.A. the Sudan g
8、overnment is paying much attention to the food safetyB. Sudan1 is often used to be added to the foodC. people didnt realize the danger of Sudan1 until 2003D. many food shops will be closed down59. Which of the following is the best title?A. Keep away from Sudan1B. No Sudan1 dye links to the countryC
9、. How Sudan1 dye got its name?D. Pay attention to the food safetyBLong bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning,a middle,and an endwith commercials (商业广告) thrown in every three or four minutes. The commercials are unavoidable. They happen whether you want them or not. Every couple
10、of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus window. Buy Super Clean Toothpaste.Drink Good Wet Root Beer.Fill up with Pacific Gas.Only if you sleep,which is equal to turning the television set off,are you spared the unending cry of You Need It! Buy It Now!The beginning of the ride is comfortable
11、 and somewhat exciting,even if youve traveled that way before. Usually some things have changednew houses,new buildings,sometimes even a new road. The bus driver has a style of driving and its fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so. If the driver is particularly reckless (鲁莽的) or daring,th
12、e ride can be as thrilling (惊心动魄的) as a suspense story. Will the driver pass the truck in time? Will the driver move into the rightor the lefthand lane? After a while,of course,the excitement dies down. Sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride. Food always makes bus rides more in
13、teresting. But youve got to be careful of what kind of food you eat. Too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops.The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning. You know it will soon be over and theres a kind of expectation and excitement in that. The seat of course,has become ha
14、rder as the hours have passed. By now youve sat with your legs crossed,with your hands in your lap,with your hands on the armrestseven with your hands crossed behind your head. The end comes just at no more ways to sit.60.According to the passage,what do the passengers usually see when they are on a
15、 long bus trip?A.Buses on the road. B.Films on television.C.Advertisements on the billboards. D.Gas stations.61.What is the purpose of this passage?A.To give the writers opinion about long bus trips.B.To persuade you to take a long bus trip.C.To explain how bus trips and television shows differ.D.To
16、 describe the billboards along the road.62.The writer of this passage would probably favor .A.bus drivers who arent reckless B.driving aloneC.a television set on the bus D.no billboards along the road63.The writer feels long bus rides are like TV shows because .A.the commercials both on TV shows and
17、 on billboards along the road are funB.they both have a beginning,a middle,and an end,with commercials in betweenC.the drivers are always reckless on TV shows just as they are on busesD.both traveling and watching TV are not exciting.64.The writer thinks that the end of the ride is somewhat like the
18、 beginning because both are .A.exciting B.comfortable C.tiring D.boringCModern man has cleared the forests for farmland and for wood,and has also carelessly burned them. More than that,though,he has also interfered (干涉) with the invisible bonds between the living things in the forests. There are man
19、y examples of this kind of destruction. The harmfulness of mans interference can be seen in what happened many years ago in the forest of the Kaibab plateau (凯亚巴布高原) of northern Arizona. Man tried to improve on the natural web of forest life and destroyed it instead.The Kaibab had a storybook forest
20、 of largesized pine,Douglas fir,white fir,blue and Engelmann spruce. In 1882 a visitor noted,We,who . have wandered through its forests and parks,have come to regard it as the most enchanting region it has ever been our privilege (特权) to visit.This was also the living place of the Rocky Mountain mul
21、e deer. Indians hunted there every autumn to gather meat and skins. The forest also had mountain lions,timber wolves and bobcats that kept the deer from multiplying too rapidly.Then,in 1906,President Theodore Roosevelt made the Kaibab a national game preserve. Deer hunting was forbidden. Government
22、hunters started killing off the deers enemies. In 25 years time,6,250 mountain lions,wolves and bobcats were killed. Before the program,there were about 4,000 deer in the Kaibab,by 1924,there were about 100,000.The deer ate every leaf and twig they could reach. But there was not nearly enough food.
23、Hunting of deer was permitted again. This caused a slight decrease in the deer herd (鹿群),but a far greater loss resulted from starvation (饥饿) and disease. Some 60 percent of the deer herd died in two winters. By 1930 the herd had dropped to 20,000 animals. By 1942 it was down to 8,000.65.The destruc
24、tion of the environment of the Kaibab resulted from .A.turning the forest into cultivated landB.interfering with natural cycle of forest lifeC.forest fires caused by mans carelessnessD.cutting the trees for building materials66.Engelmann spruce(Para. 2) is most likely the name of .A.a tree B.an anim
25、al C.a mountain D.a game67.The number of the deer in the Kaibab had increased enormously in years time.A.25 B.6 C.18 D.1268.Years later,large numbers of deer in the Kaibab died mainly because of .A.the cold B.the organized killC.the shortage of food D.the poor managementDIn the USA Forbes magazine h
26、as published its annual list of the richest people in the world. Bill Gates of Microsoft is the richest man again for the eleventh successive year with a fortune of fortyfour billion dollars.There are a record 691 dollar billionaires according to Forbes magazine. Between them they have a fortune of
27、two point two trillion dollars. The highest concentration of the ultrarich is in New York followed by Moscow and San Fransisco and then London and Los Angeles. But in total the very wealthy live in fortyseven different countries with Iceland Kazakstan Ukraine and Poland entering the list for the fir
28、st time this year.Laksmi Mittal,an Indian born steel tycoon (巨头)enjoyed the biggest increase in personal fortune. His net worth has quadrupled (变成四倍)to thirteen billion dollars making him the worlds third richest man. Ingvar Kamprad founder of the Swedish furniture chain Ikea also saw a big increase
29、 in wealth taking him to the sixth place. Developing countries make more of a showing than in past years there are for example three Russians and four Indians in the top sixty richest people, though surprisingly perhaps none from China excluding Hong Kong. Asian wealth is probably underrepresented a
30、s its usually spread among families whereas Forbes looks at individuals. Relatively few women feature in the list among them is JK Rowling,author of the Harry Potter novels ranked 620th with a fortune of 519 million dollars. New entrants to the list include the founders of the Internet search group
31、Google Sergie Brin and Larry Page each worth more than seven billion dollars after their companys recent stock market debut. The richest Italian is the prime minister Silvio Berlusconi ranked number 25 in the global wealth league.69. Which of the following persons has the largest fortune according t
32、o this years Forbes magazine?A. Laksmi Mittal. B. Ingvar Kamprad.C. JK Rowling. D. Silvio Berlusconi.70. There are about _ persons with a fortune between 100 million dollars and 519 million dollars in the world.A. 300 B. 180 C. 70 D. 15071. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. No Chinese
33、 has entered the top sixty richest people in the world.B. Russia is a developing country.C. This is the first time that Sergie Brin and Larry Page has been included in the list.D. There are more billionaires(亿万富翁) in New York than any other city in the world. 72. We can infer from the passage that _
34、. A. There are more billionaires in London than in Moscow.B. Ukraine is a very rich country in the world.C. JK Rowlings novels have sold very well.D. The IT industry is a profitmaking industry. EAd. 1April fools partyOn Friday, April 1, Inner Affair goes back to the days of funk! Classic Tunes from
35、the 70s and 80s by DJs Den & Sion. 9pm till late. Tickets: Free entrance for those in costume, otherwise 50 yuan (US$6) Time/date: 9 pm, April 1 Place: Inner Affair, 1/F Qiankun Dasha, 6 Sanlitun Xiliujie, Chaoyang District Tel: 8454 0321 Ad. 2Language in useEnjoy free inhouse coffee, tea and beer a
36、s well as music and dancing. Practice your Chinese, make friends and have fun. Time/date: 7 to 9 pm, March 25 Place: Language In Use Club, 2/F, Science Fortune Center, 8 Xueqing Lu, north of Xueyuan Lu, Haidian District Ad. 3The worst partyOrganized by ozone productions, the party is set to be the w
37、orst ever, with the lamest music from the 60s, 70s and 80s. Special prizes will be awarded to the worst dressed or for bad fashion sense. Tickets: Free entrance Time/date: 9 pm, April 1 Place: Pula Pula, Tianze Lu, Oriental Seven Colours Plaza, Chaoyang District Tel: 64668575 Ad. 4La Nuit FrancaiseA
38、gain on the 2nd Thursday of the month La Nuit Francaise will be held at Le Rendezvous. The monthly event is an opportunity for all French people and everyone interested in France or speaking French to gather together. The evening features three glasses of wine and canapes for participants and a spec
39、ial exhibition. Time/date: 7 to 10 pm, April 14 Place: Le Rendezvous, 3 Gongti Beilu, accross from the Pacific Century Plaza, Chaoyang District Tel: 64629110 Ad. 5Marco VDutch DJ Marco V drops by Banana for a gig which is supported by Hong Kongs DJ Spark. Marco V has been around for many years, as a
40、n inventive, styleblending deejay and a successful and devoted producer. His spinning is energetic, crowdpleasing and never sees an empty dance floor. He was ranked No. 15 in this years international DJ MAG DJ Top100. Tickets: 40 yuan (US$4.80) in advance, 50 yuan (US$6) at the door, both include a
41、free drink Time/date: 10 pm to 4 am, March 31, April 1 Place: Banana, in the lobby of the Scitech Hotel, 22 Jianwai Dajie, Chaoyang District Tel: 65283636 73. Which of the following is NOT true of Ad. 1 and Ad. 3?A. The two parties will be held on the same day.B. The two parties will be held at the
42、same time. C. The entrance fees of the two parties will not be charged.D. Some old music will be played at the parties.74. Which of the following is intended for the Chinese learners?A. Marco V. B. La Nuit Francaise. C. Language in use. D. The worst party.75. We can infer that_. A. Marco V is a newl
43、yestablished bandB. La Nuit Francaise may be French wordsC. the worst party will attract a lot of college studentsD. you will enjoy free drink at April fools party阅读理解训练题(一)解答提示56. A词义猜测题。根据They are classified as carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. 可知这个词与癌症有关,故可推出carcinog
44、enic意为致癌的。57. C细节题。根据People found the dye in 1883 and gave it the name. Nobody knows the reason, and we cannot give any explanation before we find out.可知还没有人知道苏丹红名称的由来。58. B推断题。根据EU officials have been striving to remove some food products from the shelves. So far 580 products have been recalled.可知某
45、些食品因含有苏丹红而被召回。故可推断苏丹红经常用作食品添加剂。59. B主旨大意题。根据there has been confusion over possible links to the country of the same name, but Sudan officials say there is no connection whatever. 可知本文主要讲苏丹红与苏丹这个国家是否有联系的问题,故B最佳。60.C文章的第一段中,作者叙述了乘客在坐长途车中所见的是广告牌。61.A全文都是作者表述对乘车长途旅行中的广告的意见和看法。62.D从第三段作者对长途乘车中广告太多所表达的情况看
46、,作者不太喜欢沿途的广告牌。63.B由文章第一段第一句和第二句可知答案为B。64.A由第三段第一句和第二句可知。65.B第一段第二句可知。66.A从前面所列举的树木的名字可猜出是一种树。67.C由文中第三段中的叙述,1924190618。68.C由第四段第一、二句可知。69.A推断题。根据making him the worlds third richest man可知 Laksmi Mittal是世界上排名第三的富人,其他三人在他之后,故这四人中他最富。70.C推断题。根据有两个,一是:There are a record 691 dollar billionaires according
47、to Forbes magazine.根据本句可知,财产超过亿万的富豪有691人。二是:JK Rowling ,author of the Harry Potter novels ranked 620th with a fortune of 519 million dollars.根据本句可知罗琳财产为5亿1千9百万美元,排在富豪榜第620位,故财产在她之下的亿万富豪为70人左右。71.A细节题。根据though surprisingly perhaps none from China excluding Hong Kong可知中国大陆无人进入富豪榜前60名,但香港有人进入,故A项陈述是错误的。72.C推断题。根据among them is JK Rowling,author of the Harry Potter novels ranked 620th with a fortune of 519 million dollars.可知JK罗琳主要是因为她写的小说哈利波特而位居排行榜第620位,故可断定她写的书一定很畅销。73.C 细节题。根据Free entrance for those in costume, otherwise 50 yuan (US$6)可知,April fools pa