高一英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day 51.docx

1、高一英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day 51高一英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day 51Passage 1How to improve my life? Many people think that they have to accept whatever life throws at them. Theyll say, This is my fate, my destiny. I cannot change it. Of course not! You dont have to suffer needlessly. Your destiny depends on you, not on any

2、other external factors. I know someone who says she just accepts what life gives her because she has done everything she can to improve it. Guess what her lifestyle is? She wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes back home, relaxes, chats with people, watches TV, then goes to sleep. Next day, t

3、he same routine cycle follows. Huh! Is this what she calls doing her best? She believes she has tried her best and just accepts it in her heart that this is the life that God has intended for her to live; that her luck can only change if God wills it. Of course God wants us to be happy and live our

4、life to the fullest, but we have to do our share of exerting(运用) the effort to live the life of our dreams. Remember that you reap what you sow. You just dont sit around and wait for a million dollars to fall from the sky. You have to get off the couch, get your eyes off the TV screen, get your hand

5、s off the phone. Dont expect your luck to change unless you do something about it. If something goes wrong, dont just regard it as a temporary setback; but use it as feedback. Learn your lesson, make the most of the situation, and do something to solve the problem. Its not enough to think positively

6、; you also have to act positively. If someones life is in the trouble, do you just hope and pray that things will turn out fine? Of course not! You get to do anything you can to save the person. So it is with your own life. It is not enough to hope for the best, but you have to do your best. In othe

7、r words, dont just stand or sit there, do something to improve your life. 1. According to the woman mentioned in paragraph 3, her life_ . A. doesnt need improvingB. couldnt be improvedC. will be better some dayD. will be worse in the future2. What does the author think of the womans life? _A. positi

8、ve B. satisfying C. colorful D. passive3. Which of the following statements is the authors opinion? _A. Your temporary problem is not discouraging. B. Your luck can be changed by your effortsC. You can only achieve success when God wills it. D. You should treat yourself in the way you treat friends.

9、 4. The text is mainly written to advise you to _ . A. understand yourself B. improve your lifeC. believe in yourself D. change your normal wayPassage 2 What should a university education be in todays world and what should it mean? And what indeed is a university? How do we think about its duties an

10、d our duties? First, universities are about knowledge and the pursuit (追求) of truth. We believe in facts and in the power of the human mind to find them out. We regard education and learning as a way to human betterment and democratic government. Harvard is a research (研究) university, which means th

11、at people working here are making every effort to push the limits of knowledge in their fields. And as you learn, you are invited to be part of this adventure of discoveryin and beyond classrooms, laboratories, libraries, and museums. You may finally write an essay when you graduateabout 40 percent

12、of last years students dida project in which you develop an interest, a problem of your own independent researchor perhaps you will spend a summer as part of our students research village, living on campus together with other student researchers while you work closely with professors in order to get

13、 new knowledge. We believe that the pursuit of truth needs a series of testing, of discussion, and of debate. We are never so complacent as to believe we have perfectly gained the truth. We know there is always more to know, so we must be open to new ideas, to the possibility of being wrong. This ne

14、eds all of us to work with courage and generosityto be willing to take part in the great debate, open to others ideas and willing to change our views based on reason. But these are not just brain skills that we hope to develop in each of you. These are human abilities as well, and the willingness to

15、 be open to learning and growth while new truths gradually appear and become known and understood to all. 1. According to the author, a research university is a place where_ . A. progress can be made for human betterment and democratic governmentB. students must write an essay when they graduate fro

16、m the universityC. people work hard to make new discoveries in various fields of researchD. students live on campus with professors in order to get new knowledge2. What does the underlined word in paragraph 3 mean? _A. quite pleased B. too proudC. pretty sure D. very impatient3. Which of the fallowi

17、ng is true according to paragraph 3? _A. It takes both a long time and carefulness to complete the pursuit of truth. B. Making mistakes is acceptable because there is no end to knowledge learning. C. Human abilities are more important than brain skills in the pursuit of truth. D. We should be willin

18、g to change our views if others point out they are wrong. 4. Whats the purpose of this passage? _A. To describe what a research university is like. B. To give suggestions to those who are graduating. C. To encourage those what eve just entered college. D. To express the importance of looking for tru

19、th. Passage 3When I was nine years old, I loved to go fishing with my dad. But the only thing that wasnt very fun about it was that he could catch many fish while I couldnt catch anything. I usually got pretty upset and kept asking him why. He always answered, “Son, if you want to catch a fish, you

20、have to think like a fish”, I remember being even more upset then because, “Im not a fish!” I didnt know how to think like a fish. Besides, I reasoned, how could what I think influence what a fish does? As I got a little older I began to understand what my dad really meant. So, I read some books on

21、fish. And I even joined the local fishing club and started attending the monthly meetings. I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very sensitive to water temperature. That is why fish prefer shallow water to deep water because the former is warmer. Besides, water is usually

22、warmer in direct sunlight than in the shade. Yet, fish dont have any eyelids（眼皮）and the sun hurts their eyes. . . . . . . The more I understood fish, the more I became effective at finding and catching them. When I grew up and entered the business world, I remember hearing my first boss say, “We all

23、 need to think like sales people.” But it didnt completely make sense. My dad never once said, “If you want to catch a fish you need to think like a fisherman.” What he said was, “You need to think like a fish.”Years later, with great efforts to promote long-term services to people much older and ri

24、cher than me, I gradually learned what we all need is to think more like customers. It is not an easy job. I will show you how in the following chapters. 1. Why was the author upset in fishing trips when he was nine? _A. He could not catch a fish. B. His father was not patient with him. C. His fathe

25、r did not teach him fishing. D. He could not influence a fish as his father did. 2. What did the authors father really mean? _A. To read about fish. B. To learn fishing by oneself. C. To understand what fish think. D. To study fishing in many ways. 3. According to the author, fish are most likely to

26、 be found _ . A. in deep water on sunny daysB. in deep water on cloudy daysC. in shallow water under sunlightD. in shallow water under waterside trees4. After entering the business world, the author found _ . A. it easy to think like a customerB. his fathers fishing advice inspiringC. his first boss

27、s sales ideas reasonableD. it difficult to sell services to poor people5. This passage most likely comes from _ . A. a fishing guideB. a popular sales bookC. a novel on childrenD. a millionaires biographyPassage 4We all know what a brain is. A doctor will tell you that the brain is the organ of the

28、body in the head. It controls our bodys functions, movements, emotions and thoughts. But a brain can mean so much more. A brain can also simply be a smart person. If a person is called brainy, he is smart and intelligent. If a family has many children but one of them is super smart, you could say, “

29、Hes the brains in the family.” And if you are the brains behind something, you are responsible for developing or organizing something. For example, Bill Gates is the brains behind Microsoft. Brain trust is a group of experts who give advice. Word experts say the phrase “brain trust” became popular w

30、hen Franklin D. Roosevelt first ran for president in 1932. Several professors gave him advice on social and political issues(问题)facing the U. S. These professors were called his “brain trust”. These ways we use the word “brain” all make sense. But other ways we use the word are not so easy to unders

31、tand. For example, to understand the next brain expression, you first need to know the word “drain”. As a verb, to drain means to remove something by letting it flew away. So a brain drain may sound like a disease where the brain flows out the ears. But, brain drain is when a countrys most educated

32、people leave their countries to live in another. The brains are, sort of, draining out of the country. However, if people are responsible for a great idea, you could say they brainstormed it. Here, brainstorm is not an act of weather. It is a process of thinking creatively about a complex topic. For example, business leaders may use brainstorming to create new products, and government leaders may brains