初中三年级上学期英语期末配题：专项7.阅读回答问题.doc

阅读回答问题专题练习（一）Jacques Rogge was born on May 2, 1942, in Ghent, Belgium. In England he studied sports medicine and got his medical degree before returning to Belgium to work as a doctor in Deinze. Jacques Rogge was once an Olympic yachtsman (赛艇运动员) with great achievements. In the course of his sports life, he competed in the yachting competitions at the Games of Olympiad in 1968, 1972 and 1976. He got good grades at the competitions. He served as President of the European Olympic Committee in 1989 and joined IOC International Olympic Committee, in 1991. Thanks to his rich social background, Rogges climb in the IOC was fast. During the period of the Salt Lake City scandal (丑闻), he refused expensive gifts and money. He became the eighth president of the IOC on July 16, 2001. Being not influenced by the Salt Lake City scandal, he has kept a perfectly clean image in the IOC. He has been seen as the one who could improve the situation since the Salt Lake City scandal was brought into daylight. As an Olympic yachtsman, Jacques Rogge was no stranger to dangerous waters and stormy weather, but he faced a large number of serious problems when he took over the great job. He was in the first hope that he would clear up the public image of the IOC. He said that he would take his whole life of effort to let the world trust the IOC.1. Was Rogge born in Belgium? _2. Did Rogge get his medical degree in England or in Belgium? _3. How many times did Rogge compete in Olympic yachting? _4. What did people wish Rogge to do first after he became the president of the IOC? _5. What main advantages did Rogge have to be the president of the IOC according to the passage? _（二）Frank W. Woolworth was born in Rodman, New York, in 1852. His family was very poor, and there was never enough to eat. Frank decided he did not want to be a farmer. He took a short business course, and went to work as a salesman in a large city.Frank realized he had a natural skill for displaying goods to arouse peoples interest, but he soon learned something more important. One day his boss told him to sell some odds and ends(小商品)for as much as he could get. Frank put all these things on one table with a sign which said: FIVE CENTS EACH. People fought and pushed to buy the things and the table was soon cleared.Soon afterwards, Frank opened his own store, selling goods at five and ten cents. But he had another lesson to learn before he became successful. That is, if you want to make money by selling low-price goods, you have to buy them in large quantities directly from the factories. Once, for example, Frank went to Germany and placed an order for knives. The order was so large that the factory had to keep running 24 hours a day for a whole year. In this way, the price of the knives was cut down by half.By 1919, Frank had over 1,000 stores in the USA and Canada, and opened his first store in London. He made many millions and his name became famous throughout the world. He always worked hard and ran his business according to strict rules, of which the most important was: THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT.1Were Franks parents rich?_2Why did Frank take a short business course?_3Where did Frank once place an order for knives?_4How many stores did Frank have in the USA and Canada by 1919?_5How did Frank make his business successful?_（三）Winners ClubWinners Club is a bank account (账户) specially for teenagers. It has been sep up to help you better manage your money. The club is a bank account where you receive a key-card, so you can enjoy dealing with your money 24/7 thats 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!Here are the features (特点) of the club. No account keeping fees (费用)!Youre not a rich man, so we dont expect you to pay large fees. In fact, its free for all the service! Excellent interest rates (利率)!You want your money to grow, right? If you put money into the club without taking it out for a year, the club will give you a good rate of interest. Convenient (方便)！Teenagers are busy we get that. You may never need to come to a bank at all. With the club you can choose to use handy tellers and to bank from home using the phone and the Internet. This could be your pocket money or your pay from your part-time job! A free magazine included！Besides your account report, you will receive a free magazine full of good ideas about making more money. There are also other fantastic offers only for the club members. Easy to be a member！It is so easy to join. Simply fill in an application form (申请表). By the way, one of your parents must agree on it. Then you can become a member of the club.Now you see the club is a great choice for teenagers. We cant wait to have you as a Winners Club member.1. Is Winners Club specially for teenagers? _2. How many features of Winners Club are mentioned in the passage? _3. How do you make your money in Winners Club grow? _4. What ideas can the club members read on the magazine? _5. What does the writer mainly tell teenagers? _（四）Its 7:45 on Tuesday morning, and 26-year-old Steve Clarkson is going to work. He puts on his jacket, and picks up his cell phone, pager, and laptop. As he leaves the house, he turns on his MP3 player and puts on his headphones. He is ready to go. Today, for millions of people, gadgets（装置） like Clarksons are a normal part of life. They give me freedom, says Clarkson. Im a reporter for a magazine, and Im usually not in the office. My cell, pager, and laptop help me to do my work both on the road and at home, Small wireless gadgets also make life easier. Today, many people can check e-mail, send quick messages, or surf the Web using their pagers(掌上电脑) or cell phones. Tina Feng is studying photography in New York City. Some of these gadgets are expensive, but they can save you money in the long run. I have digital camera. I can use it to take eighty pictures and shoot video at the same time. I listen to music on my MP3 player, and I can download and read books on it, too. I use the camera and MPs for both learning and fun. Its now 9:45 A.M. Steve Clarkson gets an e-mail from his 17-year-old sister. She has a gadget that lets her send e-mail, play games, and take notes. She is in class right now. I e-mailed her back. I told her to stop playing, and pay attention, laughs Clarkson. These gadgets are fun, but sometimes they can distract（make someone unable pay attention to what he does）people, too.1. Does Steven Clarkson have a MP3 player? _2. Do Small wireless gadgets make life easier or harder? _ 3. How can many people check e-mail, send instant messages or surf the Web today? _4. What does Tina Feng use the camera and MPs for? _ 5. What does the writer think of the gadgets? _ （五）Around the world more and more people are taking part in dangerous sports and activities. Of course, there have always been people who have looked for adventure-those who have climbed the highest mountains, traveled into unknown parts of the world or sailed in small boats across the greatest oceans. Now, however, there are people who look for an immediate excitement from a risky activity which may only last a few minutes or even seconds. I would consider bungee(蹦极) jumping to be a good example of such an activity. You jump from a high place (perhaps a bridge or a hot-air balloon) 200 meters above the ground with an elastic(有弹性的) rope tied to your ankles. You fall at up to 150 kilometers an hour until the rope stops you from hitting the ground. It is said that about 2 million people around world have now tried bungee jumping. Other activities which most people would say are as risky as bungee jumping include jumping from tall buildings and diving into the sea from the top of high cliff(悬崖).For the reasons, some psychologists explain that many people think their life in modern societies has become safe and boring. Not very long ago, peoples lives were constantly(持续的) in danger. They had to go out and hunt for food, diseases could not easily be cured, and life was a continuous battle (战争)for survival.Nowadays, according to many people, life offers little excitement. They live and work in comparatively safe conditions; they buy food in shops; and there are doctors and hospitals to look after them if they become ill. The answer for some of these people is to look for danger in activities such as bungee jumping.1. Are there many people who are taking part in the dangerous sports?_2. How many kinds of dangerous sports does the writer refer to?_3. How long does a bungee jumping usually last?_4. What do many people think of their life nowadays?_5. What does the writer tell us in the last two paragraphs?_（六）One morning it took me an hour to watch a small ant carry a huge feather across my back porch (走廊). Several times it met objects on its path and after a short time it would go around them.At one point the ant had to deal with a crack (裂缝) about 10mm wide. After a short time of thought, the ant laid the feather over the crack, walked across it and picked it up on the other side then continued on its way.I was attracted by the cleverness of this ant, one of Gods smallest creatures (生物). It was an example of the wonder of creation. Here was an insect, tiny, yet given a brain (大脑) to think, explore, discover and beat difficulties. But this ant, just like people, also shares human weaknesses.After some time the ant finally reached its home a flower bed at the end of the porch and a small hole that was the entrance to its underground home. And it was here that the ant finally faced the problem. How could that large feather possibly fit down the small hole?Of course it couldnt. So the ant, after all this trouble and using much creativity, beating difficulties all along the way, just left the feather behind and went home.The ant had not thought the problem through before it began its brave journey and in the end the feather was nothing more than a heavy weight.Isnt our life like that?We worry about how much money we have, we worry about work, about where we live, about all kinds of things. These worries are heavy things, and they make an already difficult life even more difficult. Worrying will do nothing good for us. When we get to where we want to be in life, we will understand that worrying can only bring us down.1. Did the writer show a great interest in the ant at first?_2. How did the ant cross the crack?_3. Did the ant take the feather into the hole or give it up?_4. What do you think of the ant?_5. What does the writer want to tell us?_（七）To be a good teacher, you need some of the abilities of a good actor. You must be able to hold the attention and interest of your audience(观众); you must be a clear speaker with a good, strong, pleasing voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to act what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear.Watch a good teacher, and you will see that he does not just sit before his class. He stands the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his arms, hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express feelings. Listen to him, and you will hear the loudness and the musical note of his voice always changing according to what he is talking about.The fact that a good teacher has some of the abilities of a good actor doesnt mean that he will really be able to act well on the stage, for there are very important differences between the teachers work and the actors. The actor has to speak words that he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed before. What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem natural on the stage.A good teacher works in quite a different way. His audience takes an active part in his play. They ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they dont understand something, they say so. The teacher therefore has to act according to the needs of his audience, which is his class. He cannot learn his part by heart, but must invent it as he goes along.I have known many teachers who were fine actors in class but were unable to take part in a stage play because they could not keep strictly to what another had written. 1. Do good teachers need some of the abilities of the good actors?_2. Who has to speak words that he has learnt by heart, the actor or the teacher? _3. What is the main difference between students in class and the theatre audience?_4. Why are good teachers usually unable to do well in a stage play?_