21世纪英语报阅读理解ADo you want to know about how busy stude nts are in the Un ited States? Well, we are always busy. We have a lot of homework, but not as much as Chin ese stude nts. But we are not just busy work ing on our studies.First, we have after-school clubs. We finish school early, around 2:40 pm. Then we go to our clubs from 3 pm to 4 pm. There are several kinds of clubs, such as those for arts, sports and culture. I love after-school clubs because I can lear n and socialize （社交）.Ano ther ki nd of com mon after-school activity is playi ng on school sports teams. These teams train hard so they can win games aga inst other teams duri ng the competitive seas on. I have a friend who is on a girl ' s basketball team. It is basketball seas on now, so she trains every day afteh sol from 3 pm to 8 pm. There is just a on e-hour break.The school band ' rehearsal （排练）period is also held after school. I am in a school band. We rehearse once a week every Mon day from 4 pm to 7 pm.Fin ally, a lot of us do volun teer work on the weeke nds. We n eed 15 to 20 volun teer hours each term in order to graduate. I ' m usually pretty tired after I finish volunteering each week. The work is sometimes boring, but I know I ' m working for the good of society. So I enjoy it.1. Why does the writer like after-school clubs?A. Because she fini shes school early.B. Because there are differe nt kinds of clubs.C. Because she enjoys lear ning and talk ing with others.D. Because she doesn ' t have anything better to do.2. School sports teams train stude nts hard to ___ .A. keep them busy after schoolB. help them socialize with each otherC. win games duri ng the competitive seas onD. help them get scholarships3. Which after-school activity is n ecessary for graduati on?A. Arts club.B. Sports team.C. School band.D. Volun teer activity.4. How long can the writer ' s friend have a rest in basketball team when she trains?A. One hourB. Five hoursC. Six hoursD. Seven hours5. What is the main idea of the story?A. America n stude nts lear n more tha n Chin ese stude nts.B. There are better after-school activities in the US than in China.C. School activities are popular in the world.D. America n stude nts are busy with activities after school.21世纪英语报阅读理解B2018 is the Year of the Dog. Although dogs are see n as friends and part of the family today, China and Wester n coun tries have differe nt cultural beliefs about dogs.In Chinese, some words about dogs have derogatory（贬义的）meanings, such as "Lead a dog's life. "In English, however, the situation is different. People use "every dog has his day" to describe a period of good luck, "work like a dog ” to describe a hard worker and "a gay dog" to describe a happy pers on.The dog-huma n relati on ship goes right back to the begi nnings of Wester n civilizati on Perhaps the most movi ng example is from the 8th cen tury BC, i n Greek poet Homers The Odyssey. Whe n Greek hero Odysseus fin ally returns home after 20 years away at war, no one but his dog Argos recog ni zes（认出）him. The Argos is an old, sick dog, and is about to die; but he is overjoyed to see his owner aga in after so manyyears.In fact, people were close to dogs in a way they were n't close to cows, pigs or even horses. Farmers worked closely with dogs. But even after scienee came to agriculture and dogs lost their traditi onal roles, the relati on ship betwee n men and dogs rema in ed.Nowadays in the West, millions of people keep dogs as pets. They are at the heart of family life. People feed them, take them on holidays and look after them .In return, dogs are loyal in a way that friends sometimes aren '. This loyalty is the origi n of the Engl ish say ing, "A dog is man friend best52. Which may be a say ing about dogs in China?A. A gay dog.B. Lead a dog's life C Work like a dog D. Every dog has its day.53. The story of Odysseus and his dog is moving because ____________ .A. the dog will die in two yearsB. he is overjoyed to see his dog aga inC. only the dog recog ni zes him after the warD. he retur ns home after twenty years away at war54. What happe ned to dogs after scie nee came to agriculture?A. Farmers worked closely with dogsB. They still kept their traditi onal rolesC People preferred pigs and horses to dogs D. Men and dogs rema ined in good relati on ship.55. What can we know from the passage?A. All people keep dogs as pets in wester n coun tries.B. In fact, dogs may be more loyal than some friends.C. Argos was a great Greek hero in the 8th cen tury BC.D. China and En gla nd have the same beliefs about dogs.21世纪英语报阅读理解COne sheep, two sheep …632 sheep.. still awake …People always believe that counting sheep is ___________ [?helpfl] to their sleep. But does it_____________ (real)work?Scientists at Oxford University tested it. Two sleep researchers looked at the people who had difficulties in ______________________ (sleep). The researchers divided them _________ d iffere nt groups. Thenthey were asked to try all kinds of ways to help ___________ (they)fall asleep quickly.Surprisingly, it ______________ [t?k] those who were asked to count sheep more time to fallasleep tha n those who were n't. But whe n they were asked to imagi ne a relax ing picture-a beach, for________ [?g?z?mpl] , they fell asleep about twenty minutes ______________ ( soon)than before, accord ing to a report in The New York Times.Sometimes, coun ti ng tasks are OK, but they are thought as stressful (有压力的) ______________ many people, "Dr. Richards told ABC News'As ____________ result, it may be a good way to try imagi ning colored fish slowly swimmi ng ina river to help you sleep at ni ght, "suggested Richards.21世纪英语报阅读理解DNowadays, we use digital devices (电子设备)in many ways, such as waking us up in the morning, liste ning to music, com muni cati ng with friends and family and so on, But studies have found that overuse of electr onics can affect our sleep, our study and workTo help people take a break from their always-on lifestyles, America set the National Day of Unplugging(不充电)in 2010 to encourage people to put away their electronics for 24 hours, which is on the sec ond Friday of March every year.Without any doubt, many people find that the un plugged day seems Ion ger tha n a typical day. Withoutmy phone, my breakfast was too short and I did not know what to do n ext, "one participa nt（参与者）of last year's unplugging experiment wrote. Another shared his grief at not being able to look at his phone during bus and train rides, calling the day f he Iongest time of my life ”.But others see the experiment as a way to experienee what life was like before the rise of electr on ics. My friend and I had dinner in the evening, and we both discussed about how much more present we felt -how we could hear what each other was saying, "one participant wrote.Although living without electronics seems impossible in today's world, unplugging from time to time allows people to slow dow n and reflect on life. At the end of the day, I was missi ng n either social media nor havi ng a digital conn ecti on, one participa nt no ted. f was happy for the opport un ity to challe nge my un healthy daily habits, because this gave me the opport unity to discover a slower, clearer way of life. ”56. Using digital devices too ofte n might _________________ .A. help us study betterB. keep us away from musicC help us com mun icate easilyD bring us some sleep problems57. The Nati onal Day of Un pluggi ng was set ________________ .A. in many coun tries in 2010B. on the sec ond day of March every yearC to help people take a break from busy workD to make people away from their electr onics for a day58. What is the meaning of the underlined word grief ”？“A Rude nessB Sadn essC Happ in ess D. Cold ness.59. Some participants of the experiment _______________________ .A thought that it was impossible for them to slow dow nB. did n't know what to eat for breakfast without phonesC felt excited during bus and train rides without phonesD enjoyed heari ng each other by discuss ing face to face60. What is the best title for this passageA. Get Back to Real LifeB. Un healthy Daily HabitsC. The Digital ConnectionD. The Lon gest Time of Life完型填空As a stude nt, almost every one has his own lear ning method. Yet, a recent ______ 1 ___ with my deskmate gave me new ideas on how to study effectively （高效地）She was a typical procrastinator （拖拉的人）in our teachers' eyes and she always finished homework 2 ____________ tha n me. However, what puzzled me most was how she made gradual progresswhile I ____ 3 _____ .Once, I asked her, How db you improve your grades eve n doing your homework so slowly ? ”She an swered, Doing homework slowly does n't ___ 4 ____ that I don' t study .In stead, I just _5__and learn first, then perform. ”So I sudde nly realized that she was n't procrast in ati ng, but spe nding her time _______ 6 __ and reviewi ng. When reviewi ng, she was look ing for her___ 7 ___ and the n correct ing them. When welearn a new thing, we remember it best ____ 8 _____ after we've lear ned it. The n we gradually forget it.A few days later, we may keep nothing at all in our mind. But reviewing helps us to better master new kno wledge.When students don' t have to prepare for big 9 _______ they should reflect on（反思）their work andare these days, accord ing to the Xin hua News Age ncy. Many players have said that the Ion ely frog is just like them. But play ing with the frog helps them forget their Ion eli ness for a short time.Lon eli ness seems to be a com mon problem today. Accord ing to the Guardia n, about 40 perce nt of American adults say th ey ' re Ionely. And in the UK, about one in five people in the country are or often Ionely ”, The Telegraph reported.This might be why the UK government declared （宣布）the country 'very first “ Minister of Loneliness （孤独大臣）in January. The minister s job is to find ways to help UK citizens feel less Ionely. The minister ' s office will provide more money for activities that connect people together.This Ioneliness problem may be partly because of social media. When we see pictures of friends having fun or posting selfies （自扌白）without us, we may compare their“ perfect ” lives with our owi feel inferior （较差的）and Ionely.But we should remember that no one is destined （注定）to be Ionely. As UK poet John Donne once wrote, “ No man is an island, entire dfeelf; every man is a piece of the continent （ 陆地）,a part of the main.（ ）61. What do players do while play ing Travel Frog?A. Build houses for their frogs.B. Prepare food and tools for their frogsC. Choose places for their frogs to travel.D. Write postcards to their frogs. （ ）62. Accord ing to the story, why is the game so popular?A. Because it is well-desig ned.B. Because it can be played on mobile pho nes.C. Because people ofte n feel l on ely.D.（ ）63. To deal with Ioneliness, the UKgovernmentA. desig ned the game Travel FrogC. holds parties for people to get together（ ）64. What can we infer from the last paragraph? A. Every one is conn ected with others. C. It ' s not fun to feel Ionely. Because people have more spare time these days. B. created the “ Minister of LonelinessD. stopped people s use of social media 1. A. fight B. game C. con versati on2. A. later B. earlier C. faster3.A. must n'tB. could n'tC. need n't 4. A. allowB. .causeC. mean 5. A. go throughB. go overC. go on 6. A . thi nki ngB imagi ningC playi ng 7. A. advantages B. mistakes C. stre ngths 8. A. sudde nlyB. usuallyC. immediately 9.A. eve ntsB. partiesC. exams 10. A. wiseB. shyC. lovely21世纪英语报阅读理解 E Millions of Chin ese have been playing a mobile game called Travel Frogrecen tly. You play as the “ mother ” of a frajpwharlivesijoys traveling. trips So we n eed to know how to studyeffectively. You n eed to prepare food and tools for his trips. The frog will send youpostcards while he is away.The game ' s popularity mayhave something to do with how Ionely peopleB. We should not compare ourselves to others. D. No one should live alone.( )65.What is the best title for the passage?A. Travel Frog enjoys traveli ngC. Lon eli ness is beco ming a bigger problem B. Tips to get rid of Ion eli nessD. Mini ster of Lon eli ness。