阅读理解练与析(英文)

The question of what children learn,andhow they should learn,is continually being de-bated and redebated.N obody dares any longerto defend the old system,the learning oflessons parrot-fashion,the gram m ar-with-a-whip system,w hich was good enough for ourgrandparents.The theories of m odern psycholo-gy have stepped in to argue that we m ustunderstand the need of children.Childrenare not just sm all adults,they are childrenw ho m ust be respected as m uch.W ell,you m ay say,this is as it should…     

阅读理解练与析(英文)

AThegreatestrecentsocialchangeshavebeeninthelivesofwomen.Duringthetwentiethcenturytherehasbeenare-markableshorteningoftheproportion(比率)ofawoman’slifespentincaringforchil-dren.Awomanmarryingattheendofthenineteenthcenturywouldprobablyhavebeeninhermiddletwenties,andwouldbelikelytohavesevenoreightchildren,ofwhomfourorfivelivedtilltheywerefiveyearsold.Bythetimetheyoungestwasfif-teen,themotherwouldhavebeeninherearlyfiftiesandwouldexpecttoliveafur-thertwentyyears,duringwhichcustom,op-portunityandh…     

阅读理解练与析(英文)

Conversation Between Reader and Text Reading is thought to be a kind of conversation betw een the reader and the text.The reader puts questions,as it were,to the text and gets answers.In the light of these he puts further questions,and so on. For m ost of…     

阅读理解练与析(英文)

(A)Experts (专家) say that students usually need eight to ten hours3sleep at night, but more Chinese students do not get enough sleep. SomeChinese parents are usually glad to see their children studying late.They will think their children work very hard. But not all parents arehappy about this. Once a mother told us that every morning her 10-year-old boy put up one finger with his eyes still closed, begging( 要求) forone more minute to sleep. Like thousands of students “early birds” inChin…     

阅读理解练与析(英文)

(A )H aving learned m uch about the W ar of R esistance against Japan,M ao Jingxin didn t like the Japanese when she w as a child. “I thoughtthey were crueland rude,”said the 18-year-old girl from H ebeiProvince.But she began to change her m ind after s…     

阅读理解练与析(英文)

(A)How much do you know about your next-door neighbours?Well,it9stime for Chinese to become familiar with our Russian neighbours as the“2006Year of Russia”in China begins.Supported bythe governments of China and Russia,the State AcademyMaly Drama Theatr…     

阅读理解练与析(英文)

(A )M any a young person tells m e he wants to be a writer. I always en-courage such people, but I also explain that there s a big difference be-tween “being a w riter”and “writing”.In m ost cases these individuals aredream ing of wealth and fam e, not the long hours alone at a com puter.“Y ou ve gotto w ant to write,”I say to them ,“notwantto be a w riter.”The reality is thatwriting is a lonely,private and poor-paying affair.For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands m o…     

阅读理解练与析(英文)

How would you like an easy way to earn ＄2,500?All you have to do is to sit around and wait for your meals. There’s a catch however. You have to stay in a chicken cage with a stranger for a whole week. There are no books or television or radio for am usem ent.You can’t leave until the week is up. And a cam era will be recording your every m ove. Two people actually took the job. The idea cam e from Rob Thom pson, a video artist.H e wanted to m ake a film about the way anim als are treated. H is goal was to r...     

阅读理解练与析(英文)

AThe volcano is one of the most surprising fright-ening things of nature. Maybe you have seen pictures of these “fireworks” of nature. Sometimes when a volcano erupts, a very large wall of melted rock moves down the side of a mountain. It looks like a“river of fire”. Sometimes volcanoes explode, throw-ing the melted rock and ashes high into the air. But where does this melted rock come from?The earth is made up of many layers (层). The toplayer that we see is called the crust. Under the …     

阅读理解练与析(英文)

ATerry Thom as has a very boring job,although it pays very well.W hat Terry doesis sitting in a rowboat all day long.H em akes＄16.37an hour,w hich is certainlyan excellent wage for sitting in a little boatand doing nothing.The boat stays all day under a bridgethat is being rebuilt.There is a distance ofabout100feet between the boat and theworkers on the bridge overhead.The rest ofTerry’s fellow workers are up on thebridge working.Terry’s job is to rescueanyone who falls off the bridge in…     

阅读理解练与析(一)

Jack,an Irishman was not allowed into Heavenbecause he cared about his money too much.So hewas sent to Hell.But down there he played tricks onthe Devil(Satan),so he was kicked out of Hell andmade to walk the earth forever carrying a lantern.     

阅读理解专练(英文)

A( 阅读时间: 4 分钟)Surtsey was born in 1963. Scientists sawthe birth of this island. It began at 7:30 a.m. on14th November. A fishing boat was nearIceland. The boat moved under the captain’s( 船长) feet. He noticed a strange smell. Hesaw some black smoke. A volcano( 火山) wasbreaking out. Red-hot rocks, fire and smokewere rushing up from the bottom( 底部) of thesea. The island grew quickly. It was 10 metershigh the next day and 60 meters high on 18thNovember. Scientists flew there to watch.Smoke and fire were still ru...     

阅读理解专练(英文)

AThere is an E nglish saying:“Laughter is the best m edicine.”U ntilrecently,few people took the saying seriously.N ow how ever,doctorshave begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the hum anbody.They have found that laughter really can im prove people s health.Tests w ere carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body.People watched funny film s w hile doctors checked their heart,bloodpressure,breathing and m uscles.It was found that laughter has sim ilareffects to …     

阅读理解专练(英文)

A A man once said how useless it was to put advertisem ents in thenewspaper.“Last week,”said he,“my umbrella was stolen from a Lon-don church. A s itw as a present, I spent twice its worth in advertising,butI didn t getit back.”“H ow did you write your advertisem ent?”asked one of the listeners,a businessm an.“H ere it is,”said the m an,taking out of his pocket a slip cut froma newspaper.The other m an took itand read,“Lost from the C ity Churchlast Sunday evening, a black silk um…     

高考阅读理解专练(英文)

ASometimes the real world can be a confusing place. It is not always fair or kind. And in the real world there are not always happy endings. That is why, every once in a while, we like to escape into the world of fantasy -a place where things always go our way and there is always a happy ending. We want to believe in fantastic creatures in imaginary lands. We want to believe in magic powers, good     

阅读理解练与析

(A)Wu Junqi has long been linked to alcohol.Of course he s not adrunkard(醉鬼),he actually rarely has a drink.The33-year-old m an isa bartender(调酒师)in a pub named“Shock”in Beijing.Wu s“m orning”starts at7p.m.and his day usually finishes at twoin the m orning.Standing in front of a shelf full of bottles of alcohol(酒精),he m akes one cocktail(鸡尾酒)after another for his custom ers.“I m ake a cocktailto m atch the custom ers age,m ood and even theclothes he w ears,”said W u.H e star…     

阅读理解练与析

There are few ads that have stood the test oftime.Certain ads are simple and outstanding;theyare classics.Good ads work on two levels:theyengage the mind of the consumer and at the sametime deliver a selling message.Spokespeople and celebrities have been animportant part of many classic ads.Michael Jordan,the premier spokesperson of the1990s,deliveredbelievable commercials for Diet Coke,Wheaties,and Nike,to name but a few.His animated Cokeads,with a variety of cartoon characters,shownduring…     

阅读理解练与析

The question of what children learn, and how they should learn, is continually being debated and redebated. Nobody dares any longer to defend the old system, the learning of lessons parrot-fashion, the grammar-with-a- whip system, which was good enough for our grandparents. The theories of modern psychology have stepped in to argue that we must understand the need of children.