阅读理解训练题34.doc

阅读理解训练题（三十四）AI remember watching Saturday morning cartoons when I was little, in which Bugs Bunny would dig under the ground to China. Asia seemed as unreal to me as Mars.Not many young people get to visit the other side of the world, but last summer I was fortunate to have the chance. With my teammates, I arrived in Beijing.The most unforgettable experience in China was visiting the Great Wall. Its length and impressive（给人深刻印象的） construction made a lasting impression on my mind. Walking less than a mile on the wall was enough to leave me completely exhausted（累）. Most of the steps are very steep（陡的）. I used up three camera films in the four hours we walked on it.Everywhere I looked in Beijing, I saw people on bicycles. I saw thousands of cars too, but for every car there were at least two bikes.One night, six of us decided to borrow bikes from the hotel and ride around Beijing after dark. Since there were only three bikes we had to double up. So not only did we receive stares for being Americans, but also for falling off the bikes every 20 seconds!Shopping was another very interesting part of the trip. At the Great Wall and the Silk Market, you can get the lowest prices because you can bargain.“Duo shao qian?”“Only 150 yuan. Good quality, 100 percent real cotton!”“Bu yao, I dont want it, xie xie.”“Come back! Forty yuan, 40, I give you 40! Real cotton!”All you have to do is walk away and the traders will lower the price, sometimes to a quarter of the figure they had asked for at first.I have too many memories, experiences and observations to share. I could talk for days about the differences between China and the US. I feel so lucky to have seen such a culture so different from my own. I will remember my trip to China forever.56What made the American worn out on the Great Wall?AWalking for quite a long distance.BUsing up four camera films.CThe length of the Great Wall.DA four-hour tiring climb.57What attracted a lot of peoples attention was that .Athe Americans were not skilled in riding bicyclesBthe Americans were going around Beijing after darkCthe Americans borrowed bicycles from the hotelDthe Americans did not have enough bikes58From the passage it can be inferred that the writer .Aliked the Chinese culture Bwould come to China againCbought something cheap in Beijing Dwanted to make his experiences in China known59What would be the best title for the text?AAn Impressive Visit to the Great WallBShopping in the Silk MarketCBicycle Rides Around BeijingDAn Unforgettable Trip to ChinaB A few weeks ago I was about to take my son to his ice hockey game when I noticed something unusual. He was fully dressed and ready to leave, except that one side of his shirt was tucked（塞） into his trousers while the other side remained hanging out.“John, you look great, but you forgot to tuck in your shirt,” I chided（责备）.“Dad, you dont understand,” he replied. “I keep one side of my shirt out on purpose. Its for good luck.”And then I understood. Superstitions（迷信） and sports go hand in hand. In fact, I would bet that superstitious behavior has been a part of sports since the beginning of organized games.Perhaps youve noticed your own young athlete developing some unusual pregame rituals （仪式）：putting on the same dirty undershirt game after game, wearing one sock up and one sock down, eating a particular pregame meal, listening to the same song on the tape while riding to the game.In fact, from my experience of observing even top professional athletes, superstitions are nothing more than patterns that many athletes go through, not so much to ensure（保证） good luck, but rather to help them relax and be comfortable.It is unusual for six-or seven-year-old children to have already developed some sports superstitions, but by the time theyre 10 or 11, your kids might begin displaying some odd behavior before a game. As a parent, dont be overly concerned.Of course, youll want to respect your childs requests about wearing that special “lucky shirt” or making certain you feed him that “lucky breakfast” or whatever. Dont put down the ritual. However, you should point out to your child that while its fine to develop a pregame ritual to help him or her prepare for a contest, youll also want to emphasize that ones success in sports is much more a function of hard work, practice and determination. After all, those are the real values you want to put into your childs mind.Most superstitions last only as long as the athlete continues to experience “good luck”. Once that streak of good fortune runs out, hell be glad to drop that undershirt into the washing machine.60Athletes superstitions always .Aensure them good luckBenable them to perform wellCdoes harm to themDmake them feel comfortable61Which of the following statements is NOT true?AMost of the odd pregame behavior(as mentioned in the 5th paragraph) is harmless.BFollowing a pregame ritual gives the athletes a sense of comfort.CEven though the behavior is harmless to the child, a teammate or an opponent, we still cant say the superstitious behavior is fine.DIf a child begins displaying some odd behavior before a game as sports superstitions, a parent neednt worry too much.62What shouldnt you do according to the passage?ATell your young athlete: The harder they work at their sports, the luckier theyll become.BTell your kid more about the top athletes superstitions and encourage him to do so.CSome kids dont want to talk about their superstitions, and so respect their rights and their privacy.DKeep a sense of humor about your kids superstitions, and let them do the same.63The title of the passage should be .AGetting Rid of “Silly” Superstitions BDealing with Those “Silly” SuperstitionsCSupporting Young Athletes Superstitions DTalking about SuperstitionsCIn deciding upon a unit of measurement, it is possible to pick anything. For example, the average height of a man could possibly have been a unit of measurement. In fact, some of the units used today in English-speaking countries are based on such things as the distance from a mans elbow（肘） to the tip of his middle finger, or the weight of a grain（粒） of wheat.Because there have been so many differences in weights and measures used in different countries, an international system has been urged. If one system were to be used by all countries of the world, it would probably be the metric system.This is a system worked out by a committee（委员会） of scientists appointed（委任） in France in 1789. The English-speaking countries are almost the only ones that do not use the metric system in their measures. However, it is used in scientific work even in those countries. The metric system is based on a measure of length called the “meter”. This is approximately（近似）one ten-millionth of the distance on the Earths surface from pole to equator（赤道）.It is about 39.37 inches.The metric system is based on 10 as is our number system, so that each unit of length is 10 times as large as the next smaller unit. There are square and cubic units for measuring area and volume（体积） which correspond to the units of length.The unit of weight is the gram, which is the weight of a cubic centimeter of pure water. The liter is a measure used as the quart is used, but it is a little larger. The hectare（公顷）, which is 10,000 square meters, is used as the acre in Britain, but is 2.471 acres. The metric system is more convenient to use than the English system because its plan is the same as that of our number system.Here are some equivalents for the metric and English systems: One foot equals 0.305 meter; one inch equals 2.540 centimeters; one mile equals 1.609 kilometers; one quart liquid equals 0.946 liter.64Metric system should be used in the world, because .Aman measured the distance which is based on the distance from a mans elbow to the tip of his middle fingerBthe English-speaking countries used their own measurementCscientific work needs a unit of measurementDbased on the weight of a grain of wheat, an informal measure of weight is used today65In , a committee of scientists worked out “Metric system.”AAmerica BJapanCFranceDGermany66Which of the following units does NOT belong to “Metric system”?AAcreBHectareCKilometer.DGram.67This passage is mainly about .Ahow to work out the Metric system Bwhat is the Metric systemChow to change other units into the Metric system Dthe development of the Metric systemDA new law has recently been announced which forbids people to disturb, annoy, harm, kill or interfere with any bats which choose to live in their houses. Anyone who disturbs a bat on its nest（鸟巢）,or handles one without a license will be fined 1,000.There are some people who like bats. The late Mrs. Ian Fleming was one. She would crawl for miles to see them in caves or hanging from trees. Similarly, there are many people who do not like bats much but are not particularly troubled by them. The chance of a bat resting in their attics（阁楼） or spare bedroom curtains may seem for away from them. But there are others who do not fail into either of these categories and Mr. Auberon Waugh is one. Underneath his house are eight large celars which for some reason bats have chosen to claim for themselves. He finds it extremely disagreeable to have to fight his way through a colony of them every time he wants a bottle of wine. And as a wine-lover he gets a particular pleasure from the ownership of wine, which has nothing to do with drinking it. He has certain bottles in his cellar which he thinks are too good to serve to anyone he knows, but he likes to go down and enjoy looking at them occasionally. The bats entirely destroy this pleasure.Until the recent law, he could keep the bat problem within manageable proportions by sending his children down on a bat hunt every three months armed with tennis rackets. They usually managed to kill one or two and discouraged the rest from settling. But now, Mr. Waugh fears that the bats will take over the house. To solve the problem he inquired what course of action he could take and was told by Dr Robert Stebbings of the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, “I am sure that no one will mind if you pick up a bat and take it outside and hang it on a tree or the outside of the house.” The trouble with this, as Mr. Waugh explains, is that he would be fined a 1,000 if he had not already applied to the Nature Conservancy Council for a license to handle bats. And there is no certainty that he would automatically be granted one.68Some people who dislike bats .Ado not mind them hanging in trees Brun the risk of finding them in their atticsCthink it strange they should roost（栖息） in the curtainsDthink they are unlikely to be bothered by them69Mr. Waugh thinks that bats .Ashould be kept under controlBshould all be destroyedCinterfere with his wineDprevent him owning wine70Because he is a wine-lover, M. Waugh .Aonly wants to own the best winesBstores only good winesCkeeps certain good winesDrefuses to drink good wines71Success in removing bats from your home depends on .Aseeking help from the Institute of Terrestrial EcologyBthe granting of a Nature Conservancy Council licenseCtaking the course of action recommended by Dr StebbingsDapplying for a license from the Nature Conservancy CouncilELike most people, you may have heard a lot about online banking but probably havent tried it yourself. You still pay your bills by mail much in the way your parents did, for you are probably afraid of not knowing how to deal with it. Actually, online banking isnt out to change your money habits. Instead, it uses todays computer technology to give you the choice of by-passing the time-consuming, paper-based ways of traditional banking in order to manage your money more quickly and efficiently.The advantage of the Internet and the popularity of personal computers presented both an opportunity and a challenge for the banking industry. For years, financial（金融） institutions have used powerful computer networks to automate millions of daily transactions. Now that their customers are connected to the Internet from personal computers, banks begin to expect similar economic advantages by adapting（采用） those same internal electronic processes to home use.Today, most large national banks, many regional banks and even smaller banks and credit unions offer some form of online banking, variously known as PC banking, home banking, electronic banking or Internet banking. Online banks are sometimes referred to as brick-to-click banks. The challenge for the banking industry has been to design this new service channel in such a way that its customers will readily learn to use and trust it. Most of the large banks can now offer fully secure, fully functional online banking for free or for a small fee. As more banks succeed online and more customers use their sites, fully functional online banking likely will become as common as automated teller machines.Online banking has a lot of advantages. Unlike your corner bank, online banking sites never close; theyre available 24 hours a day, seven days a day, and theyre only a mouse click away. If youre out of state or even out of the country when a money problem rises, you can log on instantly to your online bank and take care of business. Online bank sites generally execute and confirm transactions at or quicker than ATM processing speeds. Many online banking sites now offer advanced tools, including account aggregation, stock quotes, and portfolio managing programs to help you manage all of your assets（财产） more effectively.72According to the passage nowadays online banks are so popular, but .Aall the consumers still prefer to pay their bill by mailBit can not take the place of automated tellers machinesCmany people still worried about its safetyDnot every consumer knows how to use it73The writer wrote this short passage in order to tell people .Abanks just try to use online banking instead of ATM in the futureBhow convenient online banking isChow to use online banking to take care of consumers moneyDonline banking is much better than the corner banks74Online banking is a system .Athat if you need money, it will help you to get itBthat helps banks to offer better servicesCthat will help consumers to save their money if necessaryDthat you can find in your personal computers75We can imagine in the near future, .Aonline banking will be part of peoples life Bone can not live without online ba