高中英語閱讀理解專講專練[四]

　　默讀：

　　專家認為，做閱讀理解不應該是讀，而應該是看。默讀有利于發展閱讀者的內部語言，有利于強化理解，有利于提高閱讀速度。測試表明，我們朗讀時，一分鐘能念125個字就已很不錯了，而默讀時，每分鐘可讀150個字以上，有人閱讀小說時甚至可達每分鐘600字。

　　默讀時一定要做到如下三點：①全神貫注。這是有效閱讀最需要的心理素質。②積極思維。默讀有利于思維活動的開展，有利于深層理解。③減少回視。回視率高不僅限制了速度，也會對內容的理解產生支離破碎的影響。

　　培養默讀習慣最好的方法是擴大視幅快讀，讓你的嘴跟不上你的閱讀速度；我們也可用手指壓在嘴上或按住喉部，這樣就會逐漸改掉嘴唇抖動的壞習慣。

　　Passage A

　　閱讀理解

　　As one comes to some crossroads, he or she sees a sign which says that drivers have to stop when they come to the main road ahead.① At other crossroads, drivers have to go slow, but they do not actually have to stop unless, of course, there is something coming along the main road; and at still others, they do not have either to stop or to go slow, because they are themselves on the main road.

　　Mr Williams, who was always a very careful driver, was driving home from work one evening when he came to a crossroad. It had a “SLOW” sign. He slowed down when he came to the main road, looked both ways to see that nothing was coming, and then drove across without stopping completely.

　　At once he heard a police whistle (口哨聲), so he pulled into the side of the road and stopped.② A policeman walked over to him with a notebook and a pen in his hand and said, “You didn?t stop at that crossing.”

　　“But the sign there doesn't say ‘STOP’.” answered Mr Williams, “It just says ‘SLOW’, and I did go slow.”

　　The policeman looked around him, and a look of surprise came over his face.③ Then he put his notebook and pen away, scratched (抓) his head and said, “Well，I'm in the wrong street！”

　　根據文章內容，選擇正確答案：

　　1. Mr Williams was driving ____ one evening.

　　A. to a partyB. to his office

　　C. home after work D. to work from home

　　2. When he was stopped by a policeman, he ____.

　　A. was driving at a high speedB. was driving onto the main road

　　C. was going to stop his car D. was driving slowly

　　3. Though slowly, Mr Williams continued driving at the crossing because____ .

　　A. he didn't see any “STOP” sign there

　　B. he paid no attention to the traffic rules

　　C. he didn't have to stop

　　D. he was eager to get home

　　4. Looking round Mr Williams, the policeman was surprised because____ .

　　A. he met a mad man

　　B. he realized that he himself was mistaken

　　C. Mr Williams dared to speak to him like that

　　D. Mr Williams would not apologize to him

　　難句注釋

　　①a sign which says that drivers have to stop when they come to the main road ahead.

　　一個讓駕駛員到了主干道就得停下來的標牌。

　　Total words:231

　　Reading time:____

　　Reading speed: ____

　　②pull into the side of the road and stop 轉向路邊并停了下來

　　③The policeman looked around him, and a look of surprise came over his face.

　　這個警察朝他的周圍看了看，臉上露出驚訝的表情。

　　Passage B

　　閱讀理解

　　Accidents happen almost every day. Some accidents are not serious and some are. We read about such accidents nearly every day in the newspapers. It is wrong for people to think that accidents take place only on the roads or highways, or even at work places. Home accidents are just as common. Because very few home accidents are reported, people come to think that there are few accidents which happen in homes.

　　There have been many cases where people fall to their deaths from high?rise flats.① Children often fall over while coming down the stairs. Old people may slip (滑跤) on wet floors if they are not careful.

　　Nowadays there are a lot of modern electrical appliances (電器) such as rice?cookers which make life easy for the modern house?wives. These appliances can kill if they are not used in the proper way. Gas stoves (煤氣灶) used for cooking are also dangerous if they are not properly used. They may cause burns or, in more serious cases, even fires.②

　　But all such accidents can be stopped if we are careful and follow simple rules of safety. For example, it is unwise for people to try repairing their own electrical appliances if they do not know how to. It is safer to get them repaired by an electrician (電工).

　　根據文章內容，選擇正確答案：

　　1. Accidents take place ____.

　　A. mostly in homes

　　B. mostly on roads and highways

　　C. mostly in factories

　　D. almost everywhere

　　2. Which of the following accidents may NOT happen in homes?

　　A. People may fall to death from high buildings.

　　B. People may be knocked down by cars on the roads.

　　C. Gas stoves may cause burns or even fires.

　　D. People may be killed by an electrical appliance.

　　3. People are advised____ .

　　A. to avoid using electrical appliances

　　B. to repair their own electrical appliances

　　C. not to repair their own electrical appliances

　　D. not to get their electrical appliances fixed

　　難句注釋

　　①There have been many cases where people fall to their deaths from high?rise flats.

　　曾有過很多人從高樓摔下而亡的例子。

　　Total words:223

　　Reading time:____

　　Reading speed: ____

　　②They may cause burns or, in more serious cases, even fires.

　　它們會導致燒傷，甚至更嚴重的會引起火災。

　　Passage C

　　閱讀理解

　　Ellen Parker was worried about her health. She could not walk very quickly and it was difficult for her to climb stairs. She was soon out of breath.①

　　“I suppose I had better go to the doctor.” she thought.

　　She went to the doctor and told him her problem.

　　“I'm not at all surprised.” he said, “I know what your problem is.”

　　He examined her and then gave her some advice.

　　“If you don?t do what I say, Mrs Parker,” he said, “You will have a heart attack (心臟病發作). It could kill you.”

　　Ellen was very worried as she left the doctor?s. She knew that she had to take his advice but that it would not be easy and it would take time.

　　The next day she went shopping. The first shop she went into was a butcher shop (肉鋪).

　　“I'd like ten pounds of steak (牛排), please.” she said.

　　“Certainly, madam.” the butcher replied and went into the cold room and found a large piece of steak. He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and placed it on the scale (稱).

　　“That's just ten pounds.” he said.

　　“That's big enough.” Mrs Parker said.

　　The butcher worked out the price.②

　　“At S｜4.99 a pound that will be S｜49.90, please. Would you like me to cut it up into smaller pieces for you?”

　　“Oh, I don't want to buy the meat.” Mrs Parker said.

　　“If you don't want to buy it,” the butcher replied angrily, “Why did you ask me to get it for you?”

　　“My doctor told me that I am too heavy and have to lose ten pounds. I wanted to see what ten pounds of meat looked like.”

　　根據文章內容，選擇正確答案：

　　1. Why did Ellen Parker visit the doctor?

　　A. She had a heart attack.

　　B. She had a problem with her health.

　　C. She was unhappy about her weight.

　　D. She could not sleep well.

　　2. Why did Ellen Parker ask for ten pounds of steak?

　　A. She wanted to buy some for dinner.

　　B. She wanted to lose weight.

　　C. Her doctor had told her to eat steak.

　　D. She wanted to see what ten pounds of meat looked like.

　　3. What was Ellen Parker's real problem?

　　A. She ate too much steak.

　　B. She weighed too much.

　　C. She was often out of breath.

　　D. She could not walk very quickly.

　　難句注釋

　　① She was soon out of breath.

　　她很快就上氣不接下氣了。

　　Total words:229

　　Reading time:____

　　Reading speed: ____

　　② The butcher worked out the price.

　　肉鋪老板算出了價錢。
　　Passage D

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　　In the middle of the night, Peter's wife suddenly fell ill. She couldn?t help crying,① “Oh, my stomach (胃)! Get the 1 !”

　　Peter, awaking from a deep sleep, thought his wife was only having a 2 dream.

　　“Stop that noise.” he said to her. He turned over② and tried to go to 3 again, but his wife still cried out, “Oh, help! Help! I'm sure I'm 4 !”

　　Peter got out of bed and started 5 , but he could not find him any clothes.

　　“Where is my shirt?” he asked. His wife was 6 ill to tell him, and she could only cry, “Oh, my 7 stomach!”

　　As soon as he had put his clothes 8 , he said, “Now, my dear, are you quite 9that you need the doctor? Surely you can wait 10 morning, can't you?”

　　“No, I can't. Go, go, go.” his wife shouted,“ 11 you will find me dead 12 the morning.”

　　So Peter went out into the dark street. He had only gone a few meters 13 he heard his wife calling him again.

　　“I'm 14 again now, and I shall not want the doctor.” she said softly.

　　Hearing this, he started running as 15 as he could towards the doctor's. When he arrived there, he knocked at the door loudly enough to wake 16 around.

　　The doctor put his sleepy head out of the bedroom window and said, “Er? Who's there?”

　　“Oh, Doctor.”Peter said to him, “I've very 17 news for you. My wife 18 ill with a terrible stomachache (胃疼). I was on my way to bring you to her, but she called me back to say the trouble had suddenly 19 her. So you need not come. Go back to 20 now,and sleep well!”

　　根據文章內容，選擇正確答案：

　　1. A. driverB. nurseC. doctorD. child

　　2. A. terrible B. interesting C. surprisingD. wonderful

　　3. A. bed B. sleep C. dreamD. hospital

　　4. A. walking B. dying C. achingD. sleeping

　　5. A. dressing B. wearing C. raisingD. working

　　6. A. very B. so C. tooD. quite

　　7. A. good B. bad C. wrongD. poor

　　8. A. down B. off C. onD. up

　　9. A. surprised B. afraid C. certainD. worried

　　10. A. before B. for C. to D. until

　　11. A. And B. But C. SoD. Or

　　12. A. after B. in C. beforeD. until

　　13. A. after B. when C. beforeD. while

　　14. A. good B. wrong C. all rightD. right

　　15. A. fast B. slowly C. hurriedlyD. happily

　　16. A. everyone B. someone C. no oneD. doctors

　　17. A. good B. bad C. necessaryD. ill

　　18. A. fell B. stayed C. grewD. failed

　　19. A. gone B. missed C. disappearedD. left

　　20. A. your home B. your bedroom

　　C. your dreamD. bed

　　難句注釋

　　①She couldn?t help crying.

　　她忍不住大叫起來。

　　②turn over 翻身或翻轉。

　　Passage A

　　本文講述了一個人明明遵守了交通規則，但由于警察自己站錯了街道位置而產生了誤會的故事。

　　1. C. 文中第二段提到“...was driving home from work.”。

　　2. B. 第二段中提到“He slowed down when he came to the main road...”。

　　3. C. 根據文章意思，Mr Williams 只需要慢行，不必停下來。

　　4. B. 根據文中“I'm in the wrong street!”可知警察最后知道是他自己弄錯了。

　　Passage B

　　本文主要講述了不僅在室外，而且在家里也會發生意外事故，并且舉了好幾個例子加以說明。

　　1. D. 文章第一段中提到事故不僅會發生在馬路或高速公路上，甚至在工作場地，在家里也會發生，所以幾乎到處都有可能發生事故。

　　2. B. 四個選項中B選項明顯不符合問題的要求。

　　3. C. 最后一段提到“...it is unwise for people to try repairing their own electrical appliances if they do not know how to.”。

　　Passage C

　　本文是一個幽默小故事。一位女士由于身體不適去看醫生，醫生讓她減肥減掉10磅，那位女士就到肉鋪稱了10磅牛排看看是多大的一塊，卻沒買。

　　1. B. 從文章第一段可以明顯看出Ellen Parker是因為身體不舒服才去看醫生的。

　　2. D. 文章的最后一句“I wanted to see what ten pounds of meat looked like.”道出了她稱肉的目的。

　　3. B. 從整個文章不難看出Ellen Parker太胖需要減肥。

　　Passage D

　　本文講述的是一個妻子半夜突然生了病，而她丈夫在她已經好轉之后還到醫生家把醫生叫醒的幽默小故事。

　　1. C. 生了病自然是去請醫生。

　　2. A. 妻子睡覺時突然大叫，丈夫以為她只是做了個惡夢。

　　3. B. 他翻了個身又想睡了。go to sleep意為“ 入睡”, go to bed意為“ 去睡覺”。

　　4. B. 妻子感覺病得很重以致于快死了。

　　5. A. 這里肯定是穿衣且強調動作，所以用dress。

　　6. C. 從下文可以得知妻子沒有告訴他，因為她病得太厲害了。

　　7. D. poor 在這里解釋為“可憐的，不幸的”，其他三個選項均不符題意。

　　8. C. 這里是穿上衣服，故選put...on。

　　9. C. 丈夫想確定一下妻子是否真的需要請醫生。

　　10. D. 根據句意是“等到早上”。

　　11. D. 妻子讓丈夫趕快去，否則到了早上他會發現她已經死了。

　　12. B. 在早上是in the morning。

　　13. B. 他剛走了幾米，這時他聽到他的妻子又喊他。when 表示“就在這個時候”。

　　14. C. 下文說不用請醫生了，說明她感覺好了。

　　15. A. as fast as he could意為“盡可能快地”。

　　16. A. 敲門如此之響以致于能吵醒附近的每一個人。

　　17. A. 從下文得知醫生不用半夜出診了，他認為這對醫生來說是個好消息。

　　18. A. 從文章開頭能看出答案。fall ill 意為“生病”。

　　19. D. 后來病痛突然就沒了。

　　20. D. 既然不用去給他妻子看病，丈夫就讓醫生回去睡覺。

　　1. Children often fall over while coming down the stairs. 小孩子經常在下樓時摔倒。(Line 7, Passage B)

　　當when, while, if, unless, before, as if 等引導的狀語從句謂語由be +V?ing形式或V?ed形式構成，并且從句的主語和主句的主語一致時，從句中的主語及be動詞可省略。

　　While living in France, he learned some French. 當他在法國生活時，他學了一些法語。

　　When visiting London, I like to travel by bus. 我游覽倫敦時喜歡坐公共汽車。

　　He won?t go to the party unless invited . 除非受到邀請，否則他不會去參加那個晚會。

　　2. ...try repairing their own electrical appliances...試著修理他們自己的電器 (Line 15, Passage B)

　　注意try doing sth.(試著做某事) 和 try to do sth. (盡力做某事) 的區別：

　　Why not try taking a plane this time? 這次試乘飛機怎么樣？

　　Try to arrive here on time. 盡量按時到這兒。

　　類似的區分還有幾對：

　　mean to do 想要做某事mean doing 意味著要有一個結果

　　forget to do忘記要做某事 forget doing忘記以前曾做過的事

　　remember to do記得要做某事 remember doing記起來曾經做過某事

　　go on to do接下去做另外一件事 go on doing繼續做同一件事

　　stop to do 停下來開始做另一件事 stop doing 停止正在做的事