高一英语阅读理解训练十九ADear Parents and / or Guardians:I'm reaching out to you today to ask for help in dealing with some behavioral problems. I'm certain we can not stop people from being rude, but we should be able to expect students to be kind during their time at school. We should be able to provide an environment that leads to greater learning and a feeling of acceptance.Over the past four years, we have run many successful support programs for students within the school. We have created a reporting system for students. We have provided students with strategies (策略) they can use, if they are put in an uncomfortable situation. We also have had speakers visit to discuss bullying (霸凌). However, I'm sad to report that over the past few months the unkindness some of our students are showing is still unacceptable.I've had many parents and students discuss this problem with me. We all hope that our children can be given the skills they need to act properly. I encourage each of you to sit down with your children and discuss with them how to use kind words, how to meet expectations in social settings and how to be respectful (表示尊敬的) of others and themselves.Bullying can come in many forms and can be very hurtful to both the target (目标) and the bully. Please talk with your children about the different ways bullying can happen and what to do if they see it. I encourage you to talk with your children on what is proper and what is not proper in the school setting. It is what all of us (parents, educators, and community) should do to teach our children the importance of being kind.Thank you for helping to create a positive (积极的) school environment for everyone.Mrs. Sanders1. What did the school do to prevent bullying?A. It recorded students with a high-tech system.B. It invited speakers to discuss bullying.C. It punished unkind students in public.D. It reported bullying to the police.2. What did Mrs. Sanders expect parents to teach?A. Different forms of bullying.B. Useful ways of self-protection.C. How to use the reporting system.D. How to use kind and proper words.3. Why did Mrs. Sanders write the letter?A. To ask for parents' help in building a healthy school environment.B. To say sorry to parents for the unkindness in the school.C. To call for social support to fight bullying.D. To praise parents' family educationBReading can be a social activity. Think of the people who belong to book groups. They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them. Now, the website turns the page on the traditional idea of a book group.Members go on the site and register the books they own and would like to share. BookCrossing provides an identification number to stick inside the book. Then the person leaves it in a public place,hoping that the book will have an adventure, traveling far and wide with each new reader who finds it.Bruce Pederson, the managing director of BookCrossing, says, “The two things that change your life are the people you meet and books you read. BookCrossing combi nes both.”Members leave books on park benches and buses, in train stations and coffee shops. Whoever finds their book will go to the site and record where they found it.People who find a book can also leave a journal entry describing what they thought of it. E-mails are then sent to the BookCrossers to keep them updated about where their books have been found. Bruce Pederson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home.BookCrossing is part of a trend among people who want to get back to the “real” and not the virtual(虚拟). The site now has more than one million members in more than one hundred thirty-five countries.4. Why does the author mention book groups in the first paragraph?A. To explain what they are.B. To introduce BookCrossing.C. To stress the importance of reading.D. To encourage readers to share their ideas.5. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. The book.B. An adventure.C. A public place.D. The identification number.6. What will a BookCrosser do with a book after reading it?A. Meet other readers to discuss it.B. Keep it safe in his bookcase.C. Pass it on to another reader.D. Mail it back to its owner.7. What is the best title for the text?A. Online Reading: A Virtual TourB. Electronic Books: A new TrendC. A Book Group Brings Tradition BackD. A Website Links People through BooksCI have been teaching a personal finance (财务) class at Sultan High School for about 12 years. And I really think it should be a required class. The feedback (反馈) of my students has been very positive. I often hear from them, “Of all the classes I took in high school, your class is the only one that I have used in the re al world.” While I know this is not true, it is easy to see the direct connection between personal finance and their lives.However, what's disappointing (令人失望的) to me is that I only have 60 students this year out of 500 in our high school. A lot of students have expressed their interest. But they tell me they have so many required classes that they have little room in their schedules (时间表). They have four years of English. They have three years each of math, science, and social studies. They have two years of arts, PE and world language. There just isn't much room.But still I say it is worth considering adding personal finance as a requirement. What we are teaching at school should be useful for our students' future. Time always changes, and money is playing a more important role in today's world. If our kids don't learn how to manage money, howcan they manage their future life well?Of course, personal finance is not among the most important subjects students have to spend years to learn, such as English and math. But I think my class has as much importance as some other required classes. PE teachers may ask you to spend more time in training “because it is good for your health”. Similarly, I would say knowing how to manage your money will help you achie ve a more successful life.Our kids have been required to take too many classes. There shouldn't be more school time. But it is quite possible to add a requirement while cutting the time of some other subjects.8. Why does the author tell us what his students said?A. To show the class is useful.B. To prove he works very hard.C. To discuss the life of today's students.D. To explain the influence of the feedback.9. What fact is the author unhappy about now?A. His school provides very few subjects.B. There is little room for students' progress.C. Most students have no time to take his class.D. Many students show no interest in their studies.10. Which of the following will the author probably agree with?A. Many required subjects should take longer time.B. PE is more important than English and math.C. Students should take fewer required lessons.D. Personal finance is as important as arts.11. Where can you find a way to make personal finance a required class?A. In Paragraph 2.B. In Paragraph 3.C. In Paragraph 4.D. In Paragraph 5.DIt can take days, weeks, even years for an artist to finish a painting or drawing. For one Oxford-based artist it takes just two hours. Described as “one of the most exciting artists of our time”, Ai-Da differs from past artists: she is a robot.Meet Ai-Da, the first realistic human-shaped robot in the world to be shown on an art exhibition (展览). Named after Ada Lovelace — who wrote the first-ever computer program — Ai-Da can use a robotic arm and a pencil or pen to draw what it sees. With a little human help, it can create sculptures (雕塑) when connected to a 3D printer.Ai-Da was created to look and act like a human. It has a face covered in silicone “skin”, 3D-printed teeth, and cameras in its eyes. A team of 15 programmers built Ai-Da's software, including instructions that allow the robot to copy the way a human artist might create art —by taking an image (影像) of a situation or object, and using that as a basis for a picture. This kind of system is called artificial intelligence (人工智能).Ai-Da was the idea of Aidan Meller, curator (负责人) of a new exhibition called Unsecured Futures, which opens at St John's College, Oxford on 12 June. “We're at the beginning of a new time of humanoid robots, and it will be great to see their influence on art,” he says. Mr Meller hopes thatAi-Da will also be able to communicate and possibly describe her own artwork. Mr Meller doesn't say how much the project has cost, only that the money has come from sales of the resulting artworks.One of Ai-Da's paintings, called Shattered Light, is a warning that the environment is easily damaged. Meller says this work is “as good as anything else we've seen” in the same artistic field. Some of Ai-Da's drawings show respect to scientists such as Ada Lovelace, and Alan Turing.12. What made Ai-Da draw people's attention most?A. Her speed of creating paintings.B. The tools she used to draw.C. The name she was given.D. Her human-like shape.13. What can we know about Ai-Da?A. She works without people's help.B. She is the first humanoid robot in the world.C. She is named after a computer programmer.D. She can create better paintings than humans.14. What does Aidan Meller think of humanoid robots?A. They will be produced soon in large numbers.B. They are more intelligent than humans.C. They will take over humans someday.D. They will help the progress of art.15. What does Ai-Da's Shattered Light want to share?A. The natural environment is weak.B. Robots are as creative as humans.C. Great scientists should be remembered.D. People should work hard in their own fields.答案阅读理解十九1—5 BDA BA 6—10 CD ACD 11—15 D ACDA。