英语阅读理解练习题1
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Language is a way to communicate with each
other. We started to
learn language when we
were born. However, people are used to
speaking their native language, so immigrants
are having many
problems between the first
generation and the second generation
because
they don't have the same native language. Also,
the
second generation is losing their
identity. Especially in America,
there are
many immigrants that came from different countries
to
succeed in the States. Because they suffer
in lots of areas such as
getting a job and
trying to speak English, they want their children
to
speak English, not only at school, but also
at home in order to be
more successful.
Because of this situation, their children are
losing
their ethnic identity and, even more,
they are ignoring their parents
whose English
is not very good.
I think most immigrants are
trying to preserve their native language
in
their new country, but this doesn't help very much
in getting a
good job. My aunt didn't teach
Korean to her children in order to
help them
succeed in the US; she did so, hopefully, to help
them
establish a Korean identity. Though the
second generation is born
in the new country,
they often get confused about their identity. My
cousins told me that when they visited Korea a
few years ago, they
felt different from other
Koreans. They could even feel it just
strolling around the street because they wore
different clothes.
We must realize that
language is important and valuable for many
reasons. Immigrants should make an effort not
to be ignored by
their children and to make
their children understand their heritage
by
teaching them the parents' language. This is
important in helping
the second generation
establish their identity.
1.
B.
People of the 2nd generation.
C. People
when born.
D. Immigrants.
2.
Why are children ignoring their
parents?
A. Children have lost their identity.
Which people are having trouble with language?
A. Natives.
B. Parents cause
children to suffer.
C. They speak
different languages.
D. They have
different job levels.
3.
B.
so she would have a job in America
C. to
help children succeed in their new country
D. to help children keep their Korean identity
4.
B. they could not get a
job in America
C. it was all right to
look and feel different
D. it was
important to keep their identity
5.
B. Korean Problems in America
C.
Learning a New Language in the US
D.
Keeping Your Culture in a New Land
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the same
passage or dialog.
Two similar-sounding
English words caused trouble for a man who
wanted to fly from Los Angeles to Oakland,
California. His problems
began at the airport
in Los Angeles. He thought he heard his flight
A proper title for this passage is ________.
A. The Identity of the Second Generation
The author's cousins felt ________.
A.
they were not similar to people in Korea
The
author's aunt taught Korean ________.
A. so
she could preserve her language
announced, so he walked to the gate,
showed his ticket, and got on
the plane. After
flying for twenty minutes, the man began to worry.
Oakland was north of Los Angeles, but the
plane seemed to be
heading west, and when he
looked out his window all he could see
was
ocean.
attendant (服务员). The flight attendant
was shocked.
said.
English is not the
only language with similar-sounding words. Other
languages, too, have words that can cause
mistakes, especially for
foreigners.
Auckland and Oakland. When similar-sounding
words cause a
mistake, probably the best thing
to do is just laugh and learn from it.
Of
course, sometimes it's hard to laugh. The man who
traveled to
Auckland instead of Oakland didn't
feel like laughing. But even that
mistake
turned out all right in the end. The airline
(航空公司) paid
for the man's hotel room and meals
in New Zealand and for his
flight back to
California.
wanted to see New Zealand.
6.
B. troubles experienced by
foreigners in a new country
C.
difficulties had by people when taking a plane
D. problems caused by words that sound
alike
7.
B. Auckland
C. Los Angeles
D. California
8.
The man realized something was
wrong when ________.
She told him the plane
would arrive in ________.
A. Oakland
The
main topic of this passage is ________.
A.
mistakes made by people in airports
A.
he landed in Oakland, California
B. he
saw that the flight attendant was shocked
C. he noticed the direction of the plane
D. he walked up to the gate
9.
The sentence
reflects ________.
A. the
man's sense of humor
B. the man's
frustration
C. the man's disappointment
D. the man's despair
10.
According to the passage one proper way to
deal with a
mistake caused by similar-sounding
words is ________.
A. to have a sharp ear
B. to learn a good pronunciation
C.
to speak clearly and slowly
D. to laugh
and learn from it
Questions 11 to 15 are
based on the same passage or dialog.
Summer is
the ideal time of year for one of my favorite
outdoor
activities, hiking (徒步旅行). It is much
more than just a great
workout. You get to be
outside of the confines of a gym and be
together with nature. You breathe in the
fresh, clean air while the
city life you
endured all week just fades away. You are suddenly
transported somewhere else. You are suddenly
in a place where
you can appreciate the
untouched, simplistic beauty of nature. The
trees are green, the wild flowers are growing
and the woods are
filled with activity. Once
you experience it, you're hooked.
Whether hiking in the deserts of
Arizona or the mountains of
Alberta, you
suddenly realize you are not alone and there is
something much bigger at work. There is a
realization that life is
precious and you
think deeply about your life.
Another
wonderful part of hiking is that you can
participate at any
level and it is, for the
most part, free. It is a great way to escape the
rat race, even during the week. If you have
any problems you need
to solve, hiking is
really good for clearing your head and removing
stress.
If hiking sounds intimidating to
you, it is essentially walking on a
whole new
level. Experts have spoken about the benefits of
walking
for years. Walking doesn't stress your
legs as much as running and
countless studies
agree walking leads to weight loss and better
health. It is good for your heart, reduces
illness and has even been
shown to enhance
your thinking. So why wouldn't you want to do it?
11.
What makes hiking different from
other forms of exercise?
A. It is a great
workout.
B. It is a summertime activity.
C. It is an activity that slows
breathing.
D. It is an exercise that is
done outside.
12.
What
disappears for someone who is hiking?
A. Green
trees.
B. Beautiful nature.
C.
City life.
D. Precious things.
13.
Once you take up hiking in nature as
something you do, you
________.
A.
feel much bigger than before
B. love it
and want to do it often
C. wish you lived
outside of the city
D. look for new
hiking places, like Arizona
14.
How do you feel after you've begun hiking?
A. Intimidated.
B. Thoughtful.
C. Lonely.
D. Free from stress.
15.
How is running different than
walking?
A. Running is harder on the legs.
B. Running is better for weight loss.
C. Running is good for a person's heart.
D. Running is a cause for improved
thinking.
Questions 16 to 20 are based on
the same passage or dialog.
Another example of
the dangers of a restricted diet may be seen in
the disease known as 脚气病), which used to
affect
large numbers of Eastern peoples who
lived mainly on rice. In the
early years of
the 20th century, a Dutch scientist named Eijkman
was trying to discover the cause of beri-beri.
At first he thought it
was transmitted (传送) by
a germ (细菌). He was working in a
Japanese
hospital, where the patients were fed on rice
which had
had the external husk (壳) removed
from the grain, called
rice.
digest.
Eijkman thought his germ theory was confirmed
when he noticed
the chickens in the
hospital yard, which were fed on scraps (碎片)
from the patients' plates, were also showing
signs of the disease.
He then tried to isolate
the germ he thought was causing the
disease,
but his experiments were interrupted by a hospital
official,
who ruled that the huskless polished
rice was too good for
chickens. The chickens
should be fed cheap rice with the external
covering still on the grain, called
Eijkman noticed that the chickens began to
recover on the new diet.
He began to consider
the possibility that eating brown rice
somehow
prevented or cured beri-beri—even that a lack of
some
ingredient in the husk might be the cause
of the disease. Indeed
this was the case. The
element needed to prevent beri-beri was
shortly afterwards isolated from rice husks
and is now known as
Vitamin B. The white rice,
though more expensive, was keeping
alive the
disease the hospital was trying to cure.
16.
From the context, what do you think
the author mentions in
the paragraph that is
just before this first paragraph?
A. One
example of the importance of vitamins.
B.
One example of the benefits of eating healthy
foods.
C. One example of the dangers of a
restricted diet.
D. One example of the
benefits of various vitamins.
17.
The disease
A. kills large numbers of
Western peoples
B. is a vitamin
deficiency disease
C. is transmitted by
diseased rice
D. can be caught from
diseased chickens
18.
The
chickens Eijkman noticed in the hospital yard
________.
A. couldn't digest the huskless rice
B. proved beri-beri is transmitted
by germs
C. were later cooked for the
patients' food
D. were suffering from
vitamin deficiency
19.
Huskless,
white rice ________.
A. was cheaper than brown
rice
B. was less beneficial to the body
than brown rice
C. was more beneficial to
the body than brown rice
D. cured beri-
beri
20.
The ingredient missing
from white rice ________.
A. was Vitamin B
B. did not affect the chickens
C. was named the Eijkman vitamin
D.
has never been accurately identified
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the same
passage or dialog.
So long as teachers fail to
distinguish between teaching and
learning,
they will continue to undertake things for
children that
children can only do for
themselves. Teaching children to read is
not
passing reading on to them. It is certainly not
endless hours
spent in activities about
reading. Douglas insists that
cannot be taught
directly and schools should stop trying to do the
impossible.
Teaching and learning are two
entirely different processes. They
differ in
kind and function. The function of teaching is to
create the
conditions and the climate that
will make it possible for children to
devise
the most efficient system for teaching themselves
to read.
Teaching is also a public activity:
it can be seen and observed.
Learning
to read involves all that each individual does to
make
sense of the world of printed language.
Almost all of it is private, for
learning is
an occupation of the mind, and that process is not
open
to public examination.
If teacher
and learner roles are distinguishable, how can
teaching
aid the child in the quest for
knowledge? Smith has one principal
rule for
all teaching instructions.
means making
reading a meaningful, enjoyable and frequent
experience for children.
When the roles of
teacher and learner are seen for what they are,
and when both teacher and learner fulfill them
appropriately, then
much of the pressure and
feeling of failure for both is eliminated.
Learning to read is made easier when teachers
create an
environment where children are given
the opportunity to solve the
problem of
learning to read by reading.
21.
The
problem with the reading course as mentioned in
the first
paragraph is that ________.
A.
it is one of the most difficult school courses
B. too much time is spent in teaching
about reading
C. students spend endless
hours in reading
D. reading tasks are
assigned with little guidance
22.
The teaching of reading will be successful if
________.
A. teachers can enable students to
develop their own way of
reading
B.
teachers can improve conditions at school for the
students
C. teachers can devise the most
efficient system for reading
D. teachers
can make their teaching activities observable
23.
The word
probably means
A. inquiry
B. observation
C. control
D. suspicion
24.
According to the passage, learning to
read will no longer be a
difficult task when
________.
A. children become highly motivated
B. teacher and learner roles are
identical
C. teaching helps children in
the search for knowledge
D. reading
enriches children's experience
25.
The main idea of the passage is that ________.
A. teachers should do as little as possible in
helping students
learn to read
B.
teachers should encourage students to read as
widely as
possible
C. reading ability
is something acquired rather than taught
D. reading is more complicated than generally
believed