2023年閱讀理解專項訓練試題二

閱讀理解專項訓練試題二

一、閱讀理解

1、Stressmaybedefinedastheresponseofthebodytoany

demand.Wheneverpeopleexperiencesomethingpleasantor

unpleasant,wesaytheyareunderstress.Wecallthepleasant

kindeustress,theunpleasantkinddistress.

Peoplesometimescompareourlifewiththatofthecavemanwho

didn'thavetoworryaboutthestockmarketortheatomicbomb.

Theyforgetthatthecavemanworriedaboutbeingeatenbyabear

oraboutdyingofhunger—thingsthatfewpeopleworryabout

today.It'snotthatpeoplesuffermorestresstoday;it'sjust

thattheythinktheydo.

Itisinconceivablethatanyoneshouldhavenostressatall.

Mostpeoplewhoareambitiousandwanttoaccomplishsomething

liveunderstress.Theyneedit.Butexcessivestressisbyall

meansharmful.Worse,chronicexposuretostressoveralong

timemaycausemoreseriousdiseasesandmayactuallyshorten

yourlife.

Themostfrequentcausesofdistressinmenare

psychological—lackofadaptability,nothavingacodeof

behaviour.Sothesecretofcopingwithstressisnottoavoid

it,buttodowhatyou1iketodoandwhatyouaremadetodo,

atyourownrate.Formostpeople,itisreallyamatterof

learninghowtobehaveinvarioussituations.Themost

importantthingistohaveacodeoflife,toknowhowtolive

Themodernmanissuffering()

A.morestressthanthecaveman

B.lessstressthanthecaveman

C.differentstressfromthecaveman

D.thesamestressasthecaveman

2、Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatements

isNOTtrue()

A.Everyonewillsuffercertainkindsofstressinhislife

B.Chronicexposuretostressmayshortenyourlife

C.Excessivestressisespeciallyharmfultohealth

D.Mostpeoplecanlearntoavoidstress

3、Inthethirdsentenceofthethirdparagraph,itrefers

to()

A.stress

B.ambitiouspeople

C.something

D.confidence

4、Accordingtothepassage,oneshould()

A.trytoavoidasmuchstressaspossible

B.copewithstressindifferentways

C.learntodothingsathisownrate

D.havetheresponseofthebodytoanydemand

5^Tobeagoodmanager,youmustbecarefultodistinctly

definetheproperboundarybetweenyourselfandyourstaff.

Herearesomepointstoremember.

Beclearabouttherelationship.Tomaintaintherespectfor

youremployeeswhi1ebeingfriendswiththem,youmustbedirect

aboutthenatureofyourbusinessrelationship.Thismeans

beingclearaboutwhatthegoalsare,howyouremployeesare

tohelpyoureachthem,andwhattheycanexpectfromyou.By

communicatingthesethingsclearly,youavoidtheriskthatan

employeecanmisinterpretyourfriendshipandbehaveinan

unprofessionalmanner.

Besocial—toadegree.Inmostoffices,there'susuallyalot

ofsocialnetworking,whetherit'saFridaylunchordrinks

afterwork.It'snaturalformanagerstobeapartofthat.Just

remembertosocializewitheveryone,becarefulwithalcohol,

anddon'tbethelastoneattheparty.Also,keepsocializing

attheofficetoaminimum.Youwanttoensurethatyouare

respectedaswellasliked.

Don'tfakeit.Maybeyouwanttotrytobefriendswithallyour

employees,becauseyouthinkthatwouldstrengthenyourteam.

Whilesomemanagementtrainingcoursesstressthatbosses

shouldasktheirstaffabouttheirpersonallives,suchastheir

weekendplans,theirfamilies,ortheirchildren,suchefforts

canbackfireifthemanagerisviewedasnotsincere.It'sokay

toaskoccasionalquestionsofstaff,butdon，tmakeabig

productionoutofit.Gettingtoknowpeopletakestime

Topreventemployeesfrombehavingunprofessionally,managers

should()

A.showrespectfortheiremployees'individualneeds

B.letthemknowabouttheirfuturecareerdevelopment

C.setshort-termandlong-termgoalsfortheirbusiness

D.makethemclearaboutthenatureofthebusiness

relationship

6、AccordingtoParagraph3,managersareadvised()

A.tocreateafriendlyworkenvironmentfortheirstaff

B.tokeepsocializingwiththeemployeestoadegree

C.toavoidsocializingwiththeiremployeesafterwork

D.tobethefirstpersontoapartyortoagathering

7^Thewordbackfireinthelastparagraphmostprobablymeans

()

A.strengthentherelationship

B.startafireinthebackyard

C.produceanundesiredresult

D.improvemanagementskills

8^Thepassageismainlyabouttheimportanceof()

A.managementtrainingcoursesforemployers

B.theproperrelationshipbetweenmanagersandstaff

C.settingbusinessgoalsforbothmanagersandstaff

D.beingapartofsocialnetworkingforagoodmanager

9、Sometimesyou'11hearpeoplesaythatyoucan'tloveothers

untilyouloveyourself.Sometimesyou'11hearpeoplesaythat

youcan(texpectsomeoneelsetoloveyouuntilyoulove

yourself.Eitherway,you'vegottoloveyourselffirstandthis

canbetricky.Sureweallknowthatwe'retheappleofour

parents,eye,andthatourgrandmasthinkwearegreattalents

andourUncleRobertsthinkthatwewillgototheOlympics,

butsometimesit'salothardertothinksuchnicethoughts

aboutourselves.Ifyoufindthatbelievinginyourselfisa

challenge,itistimeyoubuiltapositiveself-imageandlearnt

toloveyourself.

Theself-imageisyourownmind，spictureofyourself.This

imageincludesthewayyoulook,thewayyouact,thewayyou

talkandthewayyouthink.Interestingly,ourself-imagesare

oftenquitedifferentfromtheimagesothersholdaboutus.

Unfortunately,mostoftheseimagesaremorenegativethanthey

shouldbe,andthuschangingthewayyouthinkaboutyourself

isthekeytochangingyourself-imageandyourwholeworld.

Thebestwaytodefeatapassiveself-imageistostepbackand

decidetostressyoursuccesses.Thatis,makealistifyou

needto,butwritedownallofthegreatthingsyoudoevery

day.Don'tallowdoubtstooccurinit.

Itverywellmightbethatyouareexperiencinganegative

self-imagebecauseyoucan,tmovepastoneflaworweaknessthat

youseeaboutyourself.Well,rollupyoursleevesandmakea

changeofitasyourprimarytask.Ifyouthinkyouaresilly

becauseyouaren'tgoodatmath,findatutor.Ifyouthinkyou

areweakbecauseyoucan'trunamile,gettothetrackand

practice.Ifyouthinkyouaredullbecauseyoudon，twearthe

latesttrend,buyafewnewclothes.

Thebestwaytogetridofanegativeself-imageistorealize

thatyourimageisfarfromobjectiveandtoactivelyconvince

yourselfofyourpositivequalities.Changingthewayyouthink

andworkingonthoseyouneedtoimprovewillgoalongway

towardspromotingapositiveself-image.Whenyoucanpat

yourselfontheback,you,11knowyou'rewellonyourway

Youneedtobuildapositiveself-imagewhenyou()

A.daretochallengeyourself

B.feelithardtochangeyourself

C.areunconfidentaboutyourself

D.haveahighopinionofyourself

10、Accordingtothepassage,ourself-images()

A.havepositiveeffects

B.areprobablyuntrue

C.areoftenchangeable

D.havedifferentfunctions

11、Whatisthepassagemainlyabout()

A.Howtoprepareforyoursuccess

B.Howtofacechallengesinyourlife

C.Howtobuildapositiveself-image

D.Howtodevelopyourgoodqualities

12、Whoaretheintendedreadersofthepassage()

A.Parents

B.Adolescents

C.Educators

D.Peopleingeneral

13、

43.()

14、44.____()

15、45.()

16、46.()

17、

47.()

18、48.____()

19、49.____()

20、50.____()

21、Whenweseewell,wedonotthinkaboutoureyesveryoften.

Itisonlywhenwecannotseeperfectlythatwerealizehow

importantoureyesare.

Peoplewhoarenear-sightedcanonlyseethingsthatarevery

closetotheireyes.Everythingelseseemsblurry,sotheyneed

glasses.Manypeoplewhodoalotofwork,suchaswriting,

readingandsewing,becomenear-sighted.Thenpeoplewhoare

far-sightedsufferfromjusttheoppositeproblem.Theycansee

thingsthatarefaraway,buttheyhavedifficultyinreading

abookunlesstheyholditatanarm，slength.Iftheywantto

domuchreading,theymustgetglasses,too.

Otherpeopledonotseeclearlybecausetheireyesarenot

exactlytherightshape.Theyhavewhatiscalledastigmatism

(散光).This,too,canbecorrectedbyglasses.Somepeople，s

eyesbecomecloudybecauseofcataracts(白內(nèi)障).Longagothese

peopleoftenbecameblind.Now,however,itispossibleto

operateonthecataractsandremovethem.

Havingtwogoodeyesisimportantforjudgingdistance.Each

eyeseesthingsfromaslightlydifferentangle.Toprovethis

toyourself,lookatanobjectoutofoneeye;thenlookatthe

sameobjectoutofyourothereye.Youwillfindtheobject，s

relationtothebackgroundandotherthingsaroundithas

changed.Thedifferencebetweenthesetwodifferenteyeviews

helpsustojudgehowfarawayanobjectis.Peoplewhohave

onlyoneeyecannotjudgedistanceaspeoplewithtwoeyes

Whenthingsfarawayseemblurry,oneisprobably()

A.near-sighted

B.far-sighted

C.astigmatic

D.sufferingfromcataracts

22、Peoplewhosufferfromastigmatismhave()

A.oneeyebiggerthantheotherone

B.eyesthatarenotexactlytherightshape

C.aneyedifficultythatcanbecorrectedbyanoperation

D.aneyedifficultythatcannotbecorrectedbyglasses

23、Someeyeproblemscanbecorrectedbyglassesexcept

()

A.astigmatism

B.cataracts

C.near-sightedness

D.far-sightedness

24、Havingtwoeyesinsteadofoneisparticularlyusefulfor

()

A.seeingatnight

B.seeingobjectsfaraway

C.lookingoverawidearea

D.judgingdistance

25、Whydohumanbeingsstillrisktheirlivesunderground

anddoingoneofthedirtiestandmostdangerousjobsinthe

world?Itisanincreasinglyurgentquestion,giventherecent

miningaccidentsinSago,W.VaandHuntington,Utah.Asmall

groupofengineersandroboticsexpertslookforwardtoaday

inthenot-too-distantfuturewhenrobotsandother

technologiesdomostofthedangerousminingwork.

Robotictechnology,inparticular,holdsmuchpromise,McAteer

says,especiallywhenitcomestomappingminesandrescuing

trappedminers—thespecialoperationsoftheminingindustry.

Oneofthefirstminingrobotswasdevelopedfiveyearsagoat

CarnegieMellonUniversity;sRoboticsInstitute.Itwascalled

Groundhog.Itusedlasers（激光器）toseeindarktunnelsand

mapabandonedmines一someofthemostdangerousworkinthe

business.

ThelatestdesigniscalledCaveCrawler.It'sabitsmaller

thanGroundhog,andevenmoreadvanced.Itcantakephotosand

videosandhasmoresensorsthatcandetectthepresenceof

dangerousgases.Incredibly,therobothasarealsenseoflogic.

Ifitcomesacrossanobstacle,itgetsmomentarilyconfused.

Ithastothinkaboutwhattodoandwheretogonext.Sometimes

itthrowsafitjustlikearealperson.

Thegreatestproblem,though,iscost.Themoneyoftheearliest

researchprojectwasprovidedbythegovernment,butthatmoney

hasdriedup,andit'snotclearwherethefuturemoneywill

comefrom.Partlyforthatreason,andpartlybecauseof

advancesinsafety,miningisnotnearlyasdangerousasitwas

inthepast.Since1990,fatalities（死亡）havedeclinedby

67%andinjuriesby51%,accordingtotheNationalMining

Association.

Someexpertspredictthatrobotsinmineswillservemuchof

thesamefunctionthattheydointheautomotiveindustry.The

robotsdothemostboringanddangerousjobs,butwon'tgetrid

oftheneedforhumanworkers

TheunderlinedphrasethrowsafitinParagraph4probablymeans

()

A.getsangry

B.getssick

C.becomeshungry

D.becomescheerful

26、Wecaninferfromthelastparagraphthat()

A.robotsinmineswillservemuchintheautomotiveindustry

B.therewillbenoneedforhumanworkersinmines

C.theminingrobotswillhaveaverybrightfuture

D.robotsinminesonlydosomesimplejobsnow

27、Wecaninferfromthepassagethat()

A.theminingrobotsdomostoftheminingworkatpresent

B.Groundhogcandiscoverthepresenceofdangerousgases

C.expertsaretryingtomakerobotshelpminerswith

dangerouswork

D.robotscannotdodangerousworkindarkareas

28、Whatcanbethebesttitleforthepassage()

A.MiningAccidentsinAmerica

B.RobotsinMines

C.CaveCrawler,theLatestRobot

D.TheFutureofRobots

29、Childmaltreatmentisaglobalproblemwithserious

lifelongconsequences.Therearenoreliableglobalestimates

fortheprevalenceofchildmaltreatment.Datafrommany

countries,especiallylow-andmiddle-incomecountries,are

lacking.

Childmaltreatmentiscomplexanddifficulttostudy.Current

estimatesvarywidelydependingonthecountryandthemethod

ofresearchused.Nonetheless,internationalstudiesreveal

thatapproximately20%ofwomenand5%to10%ofmenreportbeing

sexuallyabusedaschildren,while25%to50%ofallchildren

reportbeingphysicallyabused.Additionally,manychildren

aresubjecttoemotionalabuse(sometimesreferredtoas

psychologicalabuse).

Everyyear,thereareabout31,000homicidedeathsinchildren

under15.Thisnumberunderestimatesthetrueextentofthe

problem,asasignificantproportionofdeathsduetochild

maltreatmentareincorrectlyattributedtofalls,burnsand

drowning.

Childmaltreatmentcausessufferingtochildrenandfamilies

andcanhavelong-termconsequences.Maltreatmentcauses

stressthatisassociatedwithdisruptioninearlybrain

development.Extremestresscanimpairthedevelopmentofthe

nervousandimmunesystems.Consequently,asadults,

maltreatedchildrenareatincreasedriskforbehavioural,

physicalandmentalhealthproblems.Viathebehaviouraland

mentalhealthconsequences,maltreatmentcancontributeto

heartdisease,cancer,suicideandsexuallytransmitted

infections.

Beyondthehealthconsequencesofchildmaltreatment,thereis

aneconomicimpact,includingcostsofhospitalization,mental

healthtreatment,childwelfare,andlonger-termhealthcosts.

Anumberofriskfactorsforchildmaltreatmenthavebeen

identified.Theseriskfactorsarenotpresentinallsocial

andculturalcontexts,butprovideanoverviewwhenweattempt

tounderstandthecausesofchildmaltreatment.

Itisimportanttoemphasizethatchildrenarethevictimsand

arenevertoblameformaltreatment.Anumberof

characteristicsofanindividualchildmayincreasethe

likelihoodofbeingmaltreated,suchasbeingeitherunderfour

yearsoldoranadolescent,beingunwanted,failingtofulfill

theexpectationsofparentsandhavingspecialneeds,crying

persistentlyorhavingabnormalphysicalfeatures

ThewordunderestimatesinParagraph3means()

A.exaggerates

B.pointsout

C.assumes

D.miscalculates

30、Childmaltreatmentcanbringallthefollowing

consequencesEXCEPT()

A.stress

B.suicide

C.heartdisease

D.poormemory

31、Howmanyaspectsareincludedintheeconomicconsequences

duetochildmaltreatment()

A.Costsofhospitalizationandmentalhealthtreatment

B.Childwelfareandlonger-termhealthcosts

C.Tuitionfees

D.BothAandB

32、Childrenaremorelikelytobemaltreatedifthey()

A.cryalot

B.arenotgood-looking

C.areover4yearsold

D.arequiet

33、

43.()

34、44.__.()

35、45.___()

36、46.___()

37、

47.()

38、48._____()

39、49._____()

40、50.()

41、Afteraday,shardwork,weneedsomesleep.Duringthe

sleep,thefatigueofthebodydisappearsandrecuperation

(恢復)begins.Thetiredmindgathersnewenergy,andthe

memoryimproves.

Someadultsrequirelittlesleep;othersneedeighttotenhours

ineverytwenty-fourhours.Infantssleepsixteentoeighteen

hoursdaily,theamountgraduallydiminishingastheygrow

older.Youngstudentsmayneedtwelvehours;university

studentsmayneedten.Aworkerwithaphysicallydemandingjob

mayalsoneedten,whereasanexecutiveworkingundergreat

pressuremaymanageonsixtoeight.Manyfamouspeoplehave

littlesleep.NapoleonBonaparte,ThomasEdisonandCharles

Darwinapparentlyaveragedonlyfourtosixhoursanight.

Whateveryourindividualneedis,youcanbesurethatbythe

ageofthirtyyouwillhavesleptforatotalofmorethantwelve

years.Bythatageyouwillalsohavedevelopedasleeproutine:

afavoritehour,afavoritebed,afavoriteposition,andarule

youneedtofollowinordertorestcomfortably.

Investigatorshavetriedtofindouthowlongapersoncango

withoutsleep.Severalpeoplehavereachedmorethan115

hours—nearlyfivedays.Whateverthelimitis,itisabsolute.

Animalsthatkeptawakeforfromfivetoeightdayshavedied

ofexhaustion.The1imitforhumanbeingsisprobablyabouta

week

Bywritingthispassage,thewriterintendstotellusthat

()

A.sleepisimportantforgoodhealth

B.alightsleepisasrestfulasadeepsleep

C.memoryisimprovedduringsleep

D.sleepisrelativelyunimportantforhumanbeings

42、FromtheamountofsleepNapoleon,Edison,andDarwin

required,wecanconclude()

A.thattheywerefamous

B.thattheywereexecutives

C.thattheywereintelligent

D.noneoftheabove

43、Theamountofsleeprequiredmay()

A.tireanindividual'smind

B.helpinfantsgrowolder

C.applypressuretoanexecutive

D.dependonanindividuaTsage

44、Theauthorimpliesthatifhumanbeingsarekeptawake

formorethanaweektheresult()

A.ishardtoimagine

B.willprobablybeamentalbreakdown

C.isdifficulttodescribe

D.willprobablybedeath

45、ALanguageProgrammeforTeenagers

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OurIntensiveCoursebuildsonourStandardCourse,with10

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Evaluation

Studentsareplacedintoclassesaccordingtotheircurrent

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testbeforestartingtheirprogramme.However,ifthisisnot

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Learningmaterialsareprovidedtostudentsthroughouttheir

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ArrivalandTransfer

Ourprogrammeoffersthefullpackage—studentsaretakengood

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detailsatleast4weeksinadvance.

Meals/Allergies/SpecialDietaryRequirements

Studentsareprovidedwithbreakfast,dinnerandeithera

cookedorpackedlunch(whichconsistsofasandwich,adrink

andadessert).Snacksoutsideofmealtimesmaybepurchased

bythestudentindividually.

Weaskthatyouletusknowofanyallergiesordietary

requirementsaswellasinformationaboutanymedicineyoutake.

Dependingonthetypeofallergiesand/ordietaryrequirements,

anextrachargemaybemadeforprovidingspecialfood

HowdoestheIntensiveCoursedifferfromtheStandardCourse

()

A.Itislesseffective

B.Itfocusesonspeaking

C.Itincludesextralessons

D.Itgivesyouconfidence

46、WhencanastudentattendtheStandardCourse()

A.During13:00^14:30onMonday

B.During9:00?12:30onTuesday

C.During13:00^14:30onFriday

D.During9:00^12:30onSaturday

47、Beforestartingtheirprogramme,studentsareexpected

to()

A.takealanguagetest

B.haveanonlineinterview

C.preparelearningmaterials

D.reporttheirlanguagelevels

48、Whichofthefollowingmayrequireanextrapayment()

A.Cookeddinner

B.Mealtimedessert

C.Packedlunch

D.Specialdiet

49、InthereceptionhalloftheBritishRoyalAcademyofDance,

thestatuesoffouroutstandingfemaledancersaredisplayed.

ThestonesculptureofDaiAilianisoneofthem.

DaiAilianwasborninTrinidad,anindependentrepublicinthe

WestIndies,in1916,withherforefatherslivingabroadfor

manyyears.In1930,shewenttoLondontostudydance.Many

famousdancerssuchasAntonDolin,RudolfLabanandMaryWigman

wereherteachers.Thoughballetandmoderndancewerenotwell

connectedatthattime,DaiAilianlearnedbothofthem.This