1、高一英语阅读理解强化训练Day 21高一英语阅读理解强化训练Day 21Passage 1Jack Rummler was in the hospital, but he kept emailing his journalism teacher and classmates at Boone High School in the US. He wanted to stay on top of his newspaper work and didnt want anyone else to be stuck with the tasks hed taken on. “He would be in
2、 the hospital writing stories, ” said Renee Burke, his teacher at the time. “He wouldnt stop worrying about us. ”Rummler, 18, said he did this because he enjoyed high school journalism so much. “Every little aspect of it. ”He is a compassionate (有同情心的) student, Burke said, who always seems to be thi
3、nking about others, even when he faces his own challenges. Born with spina bifida (脊柱分裂), he walks with a limp (走路一瘸一拐) and has had about 12 surgeries. Two years ago, medical problems kept him out of school for weeks. Yet, he never wanted to be treated differently, Burke said, nor did he avoid doing
4、 anything that might be physically challenging for him, such as filming football games. During his high school life, he worked his way up from staff member to editor-in-chief of the Boone paper. And last month, he won the “student journalist of the year” award from the Florida Scholastic Press Assoc
5、iation. The contest required student journalists to put together examples of their work and their ability to be “backpack journalists” who could take on many types of assignments. Rummlers examples included stories and opinion pieces, a graphic hed designed about school construction, and a TV commer
6、cial (广告) for the papers online site. “I think one of the things that journalism taught me is to always be aware of whats going on in the world, ” he said. His school paper publishes in print four times a year, as well as online. The last issue he worked on was about graduation, showcasing the accom
7、plishments of top students and athletes, among other soon-to-be graduates. In August, Rummler will start at the University of Florida, where he plans to study environmental sustainability and communications. “Whatever he does, hes going to be great at it, ” said Bridgette Norris, the current journal
8、ism teacher at Boone, who taught him this past school year. 1. Which of the following words best describe Rummler?A. Hardworking and modest. B. Optimistic and creative. C. Humorous and talented. D. Strong-minded and considerate. 2. What can we learn about Rummler?A. He has had more than 20 surgeries
9、. B. He is willing to accept difficult tasks. C. He has never missed school because of his disease. D. He will soon be the editor-in-chief of the Boone newspaper. 3. What won Rummler the “student journalist of the year” award?A. His willingness to accept challenges. B. His contribution to his high s
10、chool paper. C. His ability to create a variety of news works. D. His inspiring reports about graduation. 4. How does Norris feel about Rummlers life in college?A. Confident. B. Doubtful. C. Surprised. D. Worried. Passage 2Children have their own rules in playing games. They seldom need a referee an
11、d rarely trouble to keep scores. They dont care much about who wins or loses, and it doesnt seem to worry them if the game is not finished. Yet, they like games that depend a lot on luck, so that their personal abilities cannot be directly compared. They also enjoy games that move in stages, in whic
12、h each stage, the choosing of leaders, the picking-up of sides, or the determining of which side shall start, is almost a game in itself. Grown-ups can hardly find childrens games exciting, and they often feel puzzled at why their kids play such simple games again and again. However, it is found tha
13、t a child plays games for very important reasons. He can be a good player without having to think whether he is a popular person, and he can find himself being a useful partner to someone of whom he is ordinarily afraid. He becomes a leader when it comes to his turn. He can be confident, too, in par
14、ticular games, that it is his place to give orders, to pretend to be dead, to throw a ball actually at someone, or to kiss someone he has caught. It appears to us that when children play a game they imagine a situation under their control. Everyone knows the rules, and more importantly, everyone pla
15、ys according to the rules. Those rules may be childish, but they make sure that every child has a chance to win. 1. What is true about children when they play games?A. They can stop playing any time they like. B. They can test their personal abilities. C. They want to pick up a better team. D. They
16、dont need rules. 2. To become a leader in a game, the child has to _. A. play well B. wait for his turnC. be confident in himself D. be popular among his playmates3. What do we know about grown-ups?A. They are not interested in games. B. They find childrens games too easy. C. They dont need a reason
17、 to play games. D. They dont understand childrens games. 179. Why does a child like playing games?A. Because he can be someone other than himself. B. Because he can become popular among friends. C. Because he finds he is always lucky in games. D. Because he likes the place where he plays a game.Pass
18、age 3I was with a group of businessmen, and we were dealing with a question-What is a good person? At a certain point during the discussion, one of the students-a young man of about 30-described an event that happened at Christmas. He and his five-year-old son were decorating the Christmas tree, and
19、 a little boy came to the front door begging. If you ever visit Mexico, you will see that the people there take begging as nothing to get upset about and nothing to get embarrassed by. So, this little boy came to the door, a boy about the same age as my students son. The father and the son went to t
20、he front door, and the father went back with his five-year-old son and said to him, Give him one of your toys. At the words, the little boy quickly picked up one toy, and his father said to him, No, no-give him your favorite toy. And the little boy, like a little tiger, said, No way! He cried; he re
21、fused. But the father, like a big tiger in a way, insisted gently, No, you must give him one of your favorite toys. And finally the boy, with his head down, picked up a toy he had just gotten. The father waited in the living room, and the boy walked to the front door with the toy in his hand. The fa
22、ther waited and waited. What do you think happened? After a couple of minutes, his son came running back into the living room, his face lighted up. Daddy, he said, can I do that again? I think I have got the answer to the question. 1. From the passage, we can learn that in Mexico_ . A. begging is lo
23、oked down uponB. few people are living a poor lifeC. visitors all over the world treat beggars kindlyD. begging is considered as a normal part of life2. The sentence Daddy, can I do that again? showed that the boy_ . A. began to like the little beggarB. wanted to please his fatherC. got pleasure by
24、helping the little beggarD. wanted to be the little beggars friend3. According to the writer, being a good person means_ . A. having the courage to correct hi/her mistakesB. being ready to giveC. being friendly to beggarsD. being able to teach children to tell right from wrong. Passage 4 For more th
25、an twenty years scientists have been searching for signs of life on other planets. Most of these searches have been done over the radio. The hope is that someone in outer space may be trying to get in touch with us. Scientists also have sent radio and television messages on spaceships traveling thro
26、ugh space, on the chance that someone may be receptive to such messages. Scientists are using powerful radio telescopes to listen to signals from about 1, 000 stars, all within 100light years of earth. In addition, they will scan the entire sky tolistenfor radio messages from more distant stars. Usi
27、ng a computer, they will be able to monitor more than eight channels at one time. Scientists are looking for any signal they stands out from the background noise. Of the 200 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy, scientists find that five percent are like our sun. Perhaps half of them have a planet
28、like earth. Such a planet would be a reasonable distance from the star for temperatures to be right for the evolution of life. Based on the inhabitable (that can be lived in) planets in our galaxy, most scientists agree that chances are likely that one or more of these planets support some life. How
29、ever, many scientists wonder whether intelligent life exists on other planets. Some believe that twenty years of searching without any intelligible messages shows that no one is out there. They say that the evolution of intelligence comparable to ours is unlikely. Other scientists believe that our s
30、earch hasnt been long enough to rule out the possibility that intelligent life exists in our galaxy. Although our sun family is only about five billion years old, our galaxy is about 20 billion years old. In that time, some scientists think it is likely that civilization much more advanced than ours
31、 have developed. Perhaps these civilizations send us no signals; perhaps we have not recognized the signals they have sent us. If we hope to find intelligent life, these scientists believe that we have to keep looking. 1. According to the passage, how many planets in our galaxy might be inhabitable?
32、 _ . A. 5 billion B. 10 billionC. 15 billion D. 200 billion2. The first paragraph in this passage is mainly about_ . A. how scientists are looking for signs of life on other planetsB. why scientists are looking for signs of life on other planetsC. where scientists are looking for signs of life on other planetsD. when scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets3. The underlined word monitor in
