1、高一英语阅读理解强化训练Day 30高一英语阅读理解强化训练Day 30Passage 1Recently, the TV show Where Are We Going, Dad? has become one of Chinas most popular TV shows, attracting more than 600 million viewers each week. In this program, five celebrity (名人) fathers traveled to six countryside locations across China, including s
2、ome villages in Beijing, Yunnan, Shandong, Hunan, Heilongjiang and a desert in Ningxia. They took care of their kids without the help of the kids mothers. At the same time, they also took part in different kinds of activities with their kids together, such as cooking, fishing and selling goods. Why
3、is the show so popular? It reflects (反应) social reality. In big cities, fathers are always busy earning money and making achievements in their career. They dont spare more time with their kids. said Xie Dikui, general director of the show. As the father of a 3-year-old daughter, Xie said that he fou
4、nd his own heart being touched as he made it. Although these fathers are busy, they are able to spare time for their kids. We can do better than them. This also happens in some rural areas in China. More and more men from rural areas are now working in big cities, leaving their kids at home under th
5、e Grandparents care. I have a son and a daughter in my hometown. said Xu Canyong, a 33-year-old man working in Shantou, Guangdong Province. They come to live with me only during summer and winter vacations. I miss them very much. I want to have them live with us in Shantou, but the cost of living he
6、re is too high. said Xu. 1. The TV show Where Are We Going, Dad? is popular mainly because _ . A. the five fathers are all famous starsB. there are many beautiful sights in itC. Xie Dikui is a popular director in ChinaD. it reflects the problems about family education2. The underlined word This in P
7、aragraph 4 refers to _ . A. the TV show Where Are We Going, Dad? B. the fact that fathers have less time with their kidsC. the trip of five celebrity fathers with their kidsD. the relationship between Xie Dikui and his daughter3. Xu Canyong cant live with his two kids in Shantou because _ . A. he ca
8、nt afford to live there togetherB. he has no time to look after his kidsC. Shantou is too far from his hometownD. his kids are used to living with their grandparents4. From this passage, we may infer _ . A. fathers will raise the kids instead of mothersB. the five celebrity fathers will give up thei
9、r own jobsC. in some rural areas, more and more kids live with their grandparentsD. Mr Xu often goes back to his hometown during summer and winter vacationsPassage 2 Youve probably heard about sports coaches, fitness coaches, voice and music teachers, career counselors, psychiatrists(精神病医师) and othe
10、r specialists who teach skills and help us cope with daily life. But theres a rapidly growing kind of professional who does a little bit of everything. She or he is called a life coach. People who are at crossroads in their lives, and corporations that want to give certain employees a career boost,
11、are turning to them for help. The idea that one persons success story can change other peoples lives for the better goes back at least to the 1930s. Dale Carnegies famous self-improvement program How to Win Friends and Influence People came along soon thereafter. But this new style of life coaches i
12、ncludes more than enthusiastic speakers or writers. They use their own experiences in business, sports, military service, or psychotherapy (心理疗法)to help others make critical life decisions. They often give their approach a slogan, such as energy coaching or fearless living or working yourself happy.
13、 Dave Lakhani in Boise, Idaho, for instance, works with salespeople to develop what he calls a road map. He says an ongoing relationship with a coach is like having a personal fitness trainer for ones career and life outside work. Lakhanis Bold Approach coaching firm also donates some of its time to
14、 help people who are anything but successfulincluding battered women and struggling single mothers. But others in the so-called helping professions are not thrilled about the life-coaching movement. They say that anyone, trained or untrained, can call himself or herself a life coach, and that slick(
15、华而不实的) promoters who mess with peoples lives can do more harm than good. 1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? _A. Working Yourself HappyB. Life Coaches Help with Tough DecisionsC. How to Cope with Daily Life with Life CoachesD. The Life-Coaching Movement2. The underlined phra
16、se life coach in Paragraph 2 means _ . A. The career counselor who teaches skillsB. The psychiatrist who helps us cope with daily lifeC. The fitness coach who teaches us lessonsD. The specialist who helps us make important life decisions3. The last paragraph is mainly about _. A. the introductions o
17、f life coachB. the disagreements of life coachC. the effects of life coachD. the experiences of life coach4. What is the authors attitude towards life coaches? _A. Cautious B. Approving C. Casual D. DisapprovingPassage 3 If you have a chance to go to Finland, you will probably be surprised to find h
18、ow foolish the Finnish people are. Take the taxi drivers for example. Taxis in Finland are mostly high-class Benz with a fare of two US dollars a kilometer. You can go anywhere in one, tell the driver to drop you at any place, say that you have some business to attend to, and then walk off without p
19、aying your fare. The driver would not show the least sign of anxiety. The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their guests, but also serve outside diners. Hotel guests have their meals free, so they naturally go to the free dining rooms to have their meals. The most they would do to show t
20、heir good faith is to wave their registration card to the waiter. With such a loose check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends to dine free of charge. The Finnish workers are paid by the hour. They are very much on their own as soon as they have agreed with the b
21、oss on the rate. From then on they just say how many hours they have worked and they will be paid accordingly. With so many loopholes(漏洞) in everyday life, surely Finland must be a heaven to those who love to take petty advantages. But the strange thing is, all the taxi passengers would always come
22、back to pay their fare after they have attended to their business; not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms. And workers always give an honest account of the exact hours they put in. As the Finns always act on good faith in everything they do, living in such a society
23、 has turned everyone into a real gentleman. In a society of such high moral practice, what need is there for people to be on guard against others? 1. We can know from the passage that in Finland _ . A. both hotel guests and outside diners are served food free of chargeB. big hotels provide meals for
24、 all kinds of dinersC. guests cant enjoy free food even if they stayed in the hotelD. big hotels are mostly poorly managed2. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? _A. Generally speaking, in Finland, workers can get more pay by working long hours. B. The bosses are too busy to
25、check the working hours of their employees. C. The workers are always honest with their working hours. D. The workers and their bosses will make an agreement in advance about the pay. 3. The underlined word those in the 5th paragraph probably refers to people _ . A. who often take taxisB. who often
26、have meals in big hotelsC. who are dishonest D. who are on guard against others4. It can be concluded that _ . A. Finnish people are really foolish in daily lifeB. Finland has been a good place for cheatsC. the Finnish society is of very high moral levelD. all the Finns are rich and therefore honest
27、Passage 4This summer, I went to Sports Camp with my little brother, Charlie. When we hiked to the pond, I was the only one who didnt jump in. “Cant you swim, Brandon?” asked Henry. I can, but after youve seen pond water under a microscope(显微镜), youre less eager to cool off in it. Tonight after sundo
28、wn, were playing Capture the Flag. The campers are divided into two teams, Blue and Red. Each team hides a flag, then has an hour to find and take the other teams flag. Charlie and I are on the Blue team. When Kenneth, our team captain, asks who wants to scout out the Red flag. My brother raises his
29、 hand. Charlie goes with a bunch of boys from our team. The rest of us stay behind to guard our flag, which weve hidden in a nearby tree. Soon, Charlie is back, his face as red as paint. “All the others were caught. But I saw their flag!” he pants. “Inside the door of the directors cabin!”Kenneth wa
30、ves us over. “Times running out. Any ideas?”“Ill stay with Charlie and Isaiah and guard our flag, ” offers Henry. Kenneth points to Marshall and me. “lets go. ” he says. We run through the woods. Unluckily, two boys from the Red team noticed Kenneth and Marshall, and they were caught. I hide behind
31、a tree and try to figure out which cabin is the directors. A whistle sounds, and my heart beats fast. Only five minutes left! No time to check every cabin. Which one is the right one? Suddenly, I smell something familiar. The directors after-shave! Im sure of it. I climb up the steps and open the do
32、or. The flag!“Get him!” Someone shouts. I grab the flag and race for our home base. Two boys from the Red team are right behind me. I reach our home base just before I hear the final whistle blow loud and long. Blue wins!1. Why doesnt the writer want to swim in the pond?A. He cant swim. B. The weather is not hot. C. The water i
