高一英语寒假作业（六）第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑．AIn Shanxi Province you may be offered brains to eat. Frightened? You shouldn't, because the brains is only a kind of food, which is famous for its unusual name and rich nutrition (营养)．Brains as food was invented more than 300 years ago by Fu Shan, an artist whose mother had been ill for a long time. To help her become well again, he studied medicine and invented a kind of soup made of meat, vegetables and a number of Chinese medicines.Rice wine (酒) was also used in the soup to help treat illnesses caused by old age. After taking the soup his mother got better little by little and lived a long life.Fu's soup became the talk of the town. Many people came to see him. One day a restaurant owner asked him what was in the soup. “I'll tell you，” Fu said. “But if your restaurant is going to sell the soup, you must call it brains because of its shape and colour. And your restaurant should be renamed after my mother.”1．The best headline (标题) for this newspaper article is ________.A. A Good SonB. A Special SoupC. How to Make BrainsD. How to Live a Long Life2．The food is called “brains” because ________.A. it looks like brainsB. it has animal brains in itC. Fu's mother liked the nameD. it makes one clever and live longer 3．What has made brains a popular food in Shanxi?A. It is served in many restaurants there.B. It is good for health and has a strange name.C. It is made of Chinese medicines and wine.D. It must be used to help the sick.BChildren who spend more time reading with their parents have a greater chance of becoming better readers than those who don’t. With help from their parents, children can learn techniques(技巧) to improve their reading skills.“A lot of parents think after their child learns to read, they should stop reading t o them,” Donna George said. “They are sadly mistaken.”George offers her services to parents at the Title I Learning Centers. She said reading aloud to children may be the most valuable(有价值的) thing parents can do.“It is better for children to hear things at a higher level than where they are,” George said. “Parents are their child’s first teacher.” Parents help their children build listening, phonics(拼读法), comprehension(阅读理解) and vocabulary skills when they read aloud to them.Before parents can identify reading problems, they should escape the enemy----television and limit the time their children spend watching television. George suggested not allowing kids to have a TV in their bedrooms, setting a schedule of when kids can watch or keeping a list of how many programs children watch. Louise Joiners said while her 14-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son enjoy reading, the television sometimes becomes a distraction. So she tries to build the situation by suggesting books the entire family will enjoy reading together, like the Harry Potter series.Parents who do not read themselves should not depend on their children being enthusiastic about it. If parents would read to their children at least 15 minutes every day, children would not have so many problems in s chool. It is the parents’ job to help build that desire in their children, and of course to know what kind of books to read is also important.1. The underlined word “distraction” means something that.A. can improve children’s reading.B. can make children interestedC. can make children not pay their attentionD. can help children’s right way of reading2. In the fourth paragraph is the most important.A. reading speedB. reading environmentC. reading skillsD. reading materials3. If the passage is not completed, what will be written after the passage?A. What TV programs children can watch during reading.B. Advice is given to control their children.C. Parents choose reading materials for their children.D. How children improve their reading by themselves.4. Which one would be the best title for the passage?A. Parents Are Their Child’s First Teacher.B. How to Improve Children’s Reading Ability.C. Children Spend More Time Reading with Parents.D. How Parents Make Their Child a Better Reader.CWe lived in a very quiet neighborhood. One evening I heard a loud crash in the street. Earlier that evening my wife had asked me to go to the store to get some soft drinks. It seemed like this would be a good time to let my teenage daughter Holly practice her driving, so I sent her to the store in my truck.At dinner my son talked about how much he liked my truck. I enjoyed having it,but I said: “Guy, my heart is not set on that truck. I like it but it is just metal and won’t last forever. Never set your heart on anything that won’t last.”After hearing the loud noise, the whole family ran outside. My son shouted: “Dad! Dad, Holly crashed your truck.”My heart sank and my mind was flooded with conflicting thoughts. Was anyone hurt? Who else was involved? As I ran to the door, I heard a voice in my heart say: “Here is a chance to show Holly what you really love. She’ll never forget it.”The accident had occurred in my own driveway. Holly had crashed my truck into our other vehicle, the family van (搬运车). In her inexperience, she had confused the brakes and the gas pedal. Holly was unhurt physically, but when I reached her, she was crying and saying: “Oh, Dad, I’m sorry. I know how much you love this truck.” I held her in my arms as she cried.Later that week a friend stopped by and asked what had happened to my truck. I told her the whole story. Her eyes moistened (湿润) and she said: “That happened to me when I was a girl. I borrowed my dad’s car and ran into a log that had fallen across the road. I ruined the car. When I got home my Dad knocked me to the ground and began to kick me.” Over 40 years later, she still felt the pain of that night.I remember how sad Holly was and how I comforted her. One day, when Holly thinks back on her life, I want her to know what really matters in my life.1. How did the crash happen?A．The van was parked in the wrong place that evening.B．Holly stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brakes.C．The brakes of the truck didn’t work properly.D．Holly was too careless and young to drive a truck.2. Why didn’t the writer punish Holly?A．He w as so rich that he didn’t care about losing one truck.B．He thought there was no point punishing her after the accident.C．He believed the truck was made of metal and of poor quality.D．He wanted Holly to know he loved her more than anything.3. What does the underlined sentence m ean?A．She still suffered physical pain.B．She felt sorry of damaging the car.C．It left a deep wound on her heart.D．She was not forgiven by her Dad.4. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A．What really matters?B．Better to forgive and forgetC．Who is to blame?D．Accidents will happenDScience can't explain the power of pets, but many studies have shown that thecompany of pets can help lower blood pressure (血压) and raise chances of recovering from a heart attack, reduce loneliness and spread all-round good cheer.Any owner will tell you how much joy a pet brings. For some, an animal provides more comfort than a husband/wife. A 2002 study by Karen Allen of the State University of New York measured stress (紧张) levels and blood pressure in people - half of them pet owners –while they performed 5 minutes of mental arithmetic (算术) or held a hand in ice water. Subjects completed the tasks alone, with a husband/wife, a close friend or with a pet. People with pets did it best .Those tested with their animal friends had smaller change in blood pressure and returned Most quickly to baseline heart rates .With pets in the room ,people also made fewer math mistakes than when doing in front of other companions. It seems people feel more released (放松)around pets, says Allen, who thinks it may be because pets don’t judge.A study reported last fall suggests that having a pet dog not only raises your spirits but may also have an effect on your eating habits. Researchers at Northwesterm Memorial Hospital spent a year studying 36 fat people and were put on a diet-and-exercise programs; a separate group of 56 fat people without pets were put on a diet program. On average，people lost about 11 pounds，or 5% of their body weight .Their dogs did even better，losing an average of 12 pounds，more than 15%of their body weight .Dog owners didn’t lose any more weight than those without dogs but, say researchers，got more exercise overall –mostly with their dogs –and found it worth doing.1．What does the text mainly discuss?A．What pets bring to their ownersB．How pets help people calm downC．people’s opinions of keeping petsD．Pet’s value in medical research2．We learn from the text that a person with heart disease has a better chance of getting well if____________A．he has a pet companion(伙伴)B．he has less stress of workC．he often dose mental arithmeticD．he is taken care of by his family3．According to Allen, why did the people do better with pets around when facing stressful tasks?A．They have lower blood pressure.B．They become more patient.C．They are less nervous.D．They are in higher spirits.4．The research mentioned in the last paragraph reports thatA．people with dogs did more exerciseB．dogs lost the same weight as people didC．dogs liked exercise much more than people didD．people without dogs found the program unhelpful第二节（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分）【题文】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。