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阅读理解训练题（三十九）
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Interviewing is one of those skills that you can only get better at .You will never again feel so ill at ease as when you try it for the first time ,you’ll probably never feel entirely comfortable trying to get from another person answers that he or she is maybe too shy to reveal. But at least half of the skill is mechanical （机械的）.The rest is instinct（天赋）,which can all be learned with experience.
The basic tools for an interview are paper and two or three well-sharpened pencils .But keep your notebook or paper out of sight until you need it .There’s nothing less likely to relax a person than the arrival of someone with a note-talking pad .Both of you need time to get to know each other .Take a while just to chat ,judging what sort of person you’re dealing with ,getting him or her to trust you .Never go into an interview without doing whatever homework you can .If you are interviewing a town official ,know his voting record .If it’s an actor ,know what plays he has been in .You will not be liked if you inquire about facts that you could have learned in advance.
Many beginning interviewers are afraid that they are forcing the other person to answer questions and have no right to inquire about his personal secrets .The fear is almost 100 percent unnecessary .Unless the person really hates being interviewed ,he is delighted that somebody wants to interview him .
Most men and women lead lives that are uninteresting ,and they grasp any chance to talk to an outsider who seems eager to listen.
This doesn’t necessarily mean that it will go well. In general you will be talking to people who have never been interviewed before ,and they will get used to the process （程序）awkwardly（笨拙的）,perhaps not giving you anything that you can use .Come back another day ;it will go better .You will both even begin to enjoy it—proof that you aren’t forcing your victim to do something he doesn’t really want to .
56．The underlined word “reveal” could best be replaced by “ ”.
A．ask B．question C．give D．seek
57．According to the passage ,during an interview note books or paper should .
A．never be used B．be used only when necessary
C．be kept at home D．be given to the interviewer
58．The writer of the passage suggests that before interviewing a person ,you should .
A．have sharpened your pencil well and get your notebooks ready
B．visit a town official and meet an actor
C．read as many books as possible D．make good preparations
59．It can be inferred from Paragraph 4 that most men and women .
A．are afraid to meet interviewers B．hate being interviewed
C．like being interviewed D．fear to speak to outsiders
60．According to the passage ,if a person being interviewed is too uneasy to give you anything
useful ,what should you do?
A．Arrange another interview. B．Give him or her a bad score.
C．Wait until he or she calms down. D．Try to make him or her trust you .
B
Friday ,June 13—NASA launched Spirit, the first of two of Mars-bound explorer robots ,on Tuesday .Spirit will roam the surface of Mars while taking pictures, hammering on rocks ,and looking for signs of life.
The cart-sized rover took off from Cape Canaveral ,Florida and should reach the Martian atmosphere by January .Eight seconds before crashing into the Red Planet ,giant airbags will inflate and brakes will stop Spirit in the air .The craft will fall the last 30 feet ,bounce when it hits the surface ,and come to rest in a crater that may once have been a lake .
“Getting to Mars and landing on Mars is not exactly easy ,” said NASA science chief Edward Weiler . “In fact ,there have been 30 attempts to go to Mars ,and only 12 have succeeded .”
On June 25, NASA plans to launch an identical( similar) rover ,Opportunity ,to search the opposite side of Mars .The two robots can each cover the length of a football field in a single day .Opportunity and Spirit were named by Arizona third-grader Sofi Collis in a NASA-sponsored contest .
Scientists are confident that long ago ,water flowed on Mars .Now they want to know when ,and for how long . “That’s the key question for life ,” says Weiler. “Whenever you find water lasts for thousands or millions or tens of millions of years , life seems to spring up .”
Spirit will carry in its mechanical arms a hammer to whack at Martian rocks and a microscope to peer at the pieces .Just as they do on Earth ,rocks contain information about what their world was like when they formed .Also on board are cameras ,magnets for collecting dust particles ,and other pieces of scientific equipment .
It’s a great time to send robots to the Red Planet .Mars and Earth pass near each other every 26 months ,but this time ,Mars is closer to Earth than it has been in 73,000 years .
The launch of Spirit and Opportunity marks NASA’s first return to the Mars since a pair of disasters four years ago .In 1999 ,they lost two crafts—one by an embarrassing mistake .This time ,the space agency spent $ 800 million to get it right . “We have done everything humanly possible to eliminate(smooth) as many of the risks as possible in this mission ,” said Weiler . “But there still is risk.”
61．What dose the underlined word “inflate” mean in the second paragraph ?It means “ ”. A．rise into the air B．float in the air
C．be filled with air D．explode in the air
62．How many attempts to go to Mars have been made?
A．30 B．12 C．More than 1/3 D．Less than 30%
63．Why is it a good time to send robots to the Red Planet ? Because .
A．the space agency wants to correct the embarrassing mistake four years ago
B．Mars and Earth pass near each other every 26 months
C．this time the Red Planet is the nearest to the earth since
D．the space agency has got $ 800 million from the government
64．From the text we can infer that .
A．rocks on Mars can help know whether water used to flow on it
B．rocks on Mars can help describe what the world was like long ago
C．rocks on Mars are too hard to whack at D．rocks on Mars can not be easily peered at
C
Regular child care provided outside home or by someone other than the mother does not in itself undermine（削弱）healthy emotional connections between mothers and their 15-month-old infants（婴儿）,according to a long-term national study .The finding holds even if care begins during the first 3 months after birth and runs for 30 hours or more per week.
Among infants who receive unkind and unresponsive care from their mothers ,however ,the
mother-child relationship may be damaged . “This research helps us put apart complexities（复杂性）regarding child care that have not previously been studied in detail ,” contends （主张）Jay Belsky , a psychologist from Pennsylvania State University .Belsky and several of his colleagues announced their findings last week at the international conference.
The investigation consists of 1,153 children and their families living in or near Boston .The
youngsters ,no more than 1 month old when they entered the study in 1991 ,will be tracked until the age of 7. Experimenters gave questionnaires（问卷）to mothers in their homes and videotaped baby caretakers interacting（相互影响）with the kids at ages 1.6 and 15 months .Independent observers rated the quality of each child care efforts and noted infant nervousness .Unlike most previous studies , this one allows researchers to observe each one studies ,this one allows researchers to observe each caretaker’s personality at child nursing ,and kids’ emotional reaction by the equipment .After taking family factors into consideration ,other psychologists state that the researchers found no relation between the quality of child care and infants’ response（反应）.But the experimenters contend that the boys who spent more than 30 hours per week in child care exhibited more emotion for their mothers than other boys who didn’t ,and the girls who spent the same hours per week in child care showed a modest（适度的） rise in this emotion .Therefore ,quality of child care outside home plays an important role on the connection between mothers and infants .
65．From the first paragraph we know that .
A．mother care is the best according to a national study
B．child care outside home is the best in accordance with the study
C．regular child care outside home may play a role as a mother
D．connections between mothers and infants are damaged by outside care
66．According to the passage ,unresponsive care from a mother may .
A．ruin a kid’s growth B．harm the mother-child tie
C．injure a baby’s emotional reaction D．spoil（宠坏） child’s personality
67．Jay Belsky implies that the study of child care .
A．was not much done in detail in the past B．was never carried out in the past
C．was greatly ignored（忽视） by psychologists and researchers
D．was interesting ,but very difficult to make discovery
68．The girls who received the same hours of child care outside home as the boys show .
A．more emotion for their mothers B．less emotion for their mothers
C．a modest rise in the mental development
D．a slight decline（衰弱） in the personality development
D
After the September 11 terrorist attacks ,some high schools in America wanted the students to pledge allegiance（宣誓效忠）to the flag .Is it necessary or not ?Let’s see how the kids think of this requirement.
Lea Mouallem , Marymount High School
I believe that saying the Pledge of Allegiance is a way of reminding our country that no matter what happens ,we are united . I don’t think our president wants us to go and join the army now ,but he wants to tell us that we will be able to overcome the disaster as a whole nation that is working together.
Harry Chin ,15,Culver City High School
I am not for the Pledge of Allegiance and I am not against the Pledge of Allegiance because I just say it so many times that it loses meaning .I say it every day at school in the second period .It doesn’t mean anything any more.
David Tran , 15, Warren High School
The Pledge of Allegiance is another sign of country .We should have some respect to it .In many school ,we don’t say the Pledge every morning—we just stand up and let the National anthem ring through the silence .We said the Pledge of Allegiance on Sept.12.
Danny Maryanor ,16 ,Santa Monica High School
I wonder why we were suddenly asked to recite the Pledge when many of us stopped after elementary school ;and the Pledge was recited before the play of “Ode to Joy” （欢乐颂）with recorders .This was not to express patriotism（爱国主义）,or even to remember those who lost their lives on Sept .11.
I feel I cannot support a nation that in this time of crisis looks outward for revenge（报复）instead of inward for peace .Perhaps we should think more about our problems.
69．Saying the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag first appeared in American schools ______.
A．after Sept.11, 2000 B．before Sept .11,2001
C．on Sept .11,2001 D．after Sept .11,2001
70．Who were for the Pledge of Allegiance?
A．Lea Mouallem ;David Tran B．Harry Chin; Danny Maryanor
C．Lea Mouallem ;Danny Maryanor D．Harry Chin; David Tran
71．Which of the following is TRUE?
A．Harry Chin thought the government required them to join the army.
B．Lea Mouallem thought the Pledge of Allegiance of no meaning.
C．Danny Maryanor felt the terrorist attacks happened partly because of America’s own problem.
D．The Pledge of Allegiance is of another country.
72．According to the passage ,it can be imagined that .
A．all high school students say yes to the Pledge of Allegiance.
B．all high school students say no to the Pledge of Allegiance.
C．all kids don’t agree to the requirement of saying the Pledge of Allegiance.
D．all high schools will require their students to pledge allegiance to the tlag.
E
All of us eat every day ,but most of us don’t understand nutrition（营养）.How much do you
know about good nutrition? Are the following statements true or false?
1. People who don’t eat meat can stay healthy.
True .As long as people eat enough milk ,eggs and meat alternates（替代物）,they can get enough protein（蛋白质）.
2. Fresh vegetables cooked at home are always more nutritious than canned vegetables.
False .The difference depends more on how vegetables are prepared than whether they are fresh or canned .Vegetables cooked in too much water can lose a large quantity of vitamins .
3. Food eaten between meals can be just as good for health as food eaten at regular meals.
True . Nutritional value depends on what types of food you eat ,not when you eat them .Eating an egg or an orange between meals can contribute to a good diet .
4. Taking extra vitamins beyond the recommended daily allowances won’t give you more energy.
True .It’s widely believed that extra vitamins provide more energy .But taking more than the baby needs doesn’t make it function better ,just as overfilling your gas tank doesn’t make your car run better.
5. Natural vitamins are better supplements（补充）for the diet than synthetic vitamins.
False .There is no difference .A vitamin has the same properties（性质）and specific chemical structure whether made in a laboratory or taken form plant or animal parts .
6.Older people need the same amount of vitamins as younger people.
True .Older people need the same quantity of vitamins as younger people although they need fewer calories .Certain illnesses raise the requirements for some vitamins ,but that is true for the young as well as the old .
7.Food grown in poor soil is lower in vitamins than food grown in rich sold .
False .The vitamins in our foods are made by the plants themselves .They don’t come from the soil .However ,the minerals in a plant depend on the minerals in the soil.
If you have answered these questions correctly ,you can say you know much about food and nutrition by today’s standards .But remember that nutrition is a growing science and that may be aged as new information is obtained.
73．The main purpose of the passage is to_______.
A．list today’s standards of some food and nutrition
B．introduce what should be eaten and what not
C．explain what is helpful to your health and what is not
D．test our nutrition IQ by judging the problems listed
74．From the surrounding words and sentences we know that the underlined phrase “contribute
to” means .
A．help to bring about B．take the place of C．make room for D．turn to
75．The underlined word “synthetic” most probably means________in Chinese.
A．不同的 B．特别的 C．合成的 D．天然的

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