2015-2016年度高二英语阅读限时训练（30分钟）
（一）
完形填空
Allow me to introduce myself: I am the last man in America who has time.
If you should come 1 me on the street, I would have time to chat with you. If you invited me to dinner, I would be on time and do my bit as a(n) 2 conversationalist at your table. But the problem of having time, when 3 else seems to, is that I have become a sort of island, or isolated planet, with little 4 to my surroundings.
When did people become so busy? Sometimes I 5 it on the computer, or ―smart‖ phones, for it has been creating desires that can never be 6 , no matter how continuously we hit the keyboard or the screen. They have become a time sink, absorbing our moments 7 a black hole absorbs light.
The 8 to fill every moment with activity has been called the ―American sickness‖. For example, I met a friend and asked, ―How are you?‖ Checking his watch, he just gave the inevitable(必然的) answer ―Busy‖. ―I should have time in June‖,he yelled 9 his shoulders. ―But this is still March.‖ I sighed.
Maybe my problem, then, is that I am looking back on too good a 10 . I came of an age when walking was just walking, with no 11 destination in mind. I am also missing evenings lying on the sofa, reading. All of these relaxations gave me the 12 of time to stop for a while if I met a friend. I find that I 13 what Socrates once said: ―Be aware of the barrenness (uselessness) of life‖ and I am even willing to take part in the so-called Slow Movement, which advocates(提倡) a cultural 14 to slowing down life‘s pace. But I hesitate, 15 that it would take me too much time.
1. A. across B. after C. over D. for
2. A. persuasive B. quiet C. cheerful D. innocent
3. A. somebody B. anybody C. nobody D. everybody
4. A. importance B. connection C. advantage D. escape
5. A. blame B. put C. depend D. set
6. A. hidden B. expressed C. understood D. satisfied
7. A. as if B. just as C. even if D. such as
8. A. urge B. effort C. ability D. behavior
9. A. on B. by C. through D. over
10. A. view B. memory C. dream D. chance
11. A. particular B. different C. proper D. endless
12. A. quality B. value C. freedom D. matter
13. A. go against B. agree with C. appeal to D. insist on
14. A. access B. approach C. response D. change
15. A. indicating B. wishing C. fearing D. complaining 阅读理解
A
In the months following my arrival, my parents worried about the kind of life I would have. They considered their choices, including the possibility of giving me up for adoption. But at last, my parents decided it was their responsibility to raise me as best as they could.
I soon proved that even without limbs(四肢) I was athletic and well coordinated(协调). I was all trunk but all baby boy too. I learnt to pull myself into a straight position by sticking against a wall and going up it. My mum and dad worked with me for a long time trying to help me master a more comfortable method, but I always insisted on finding my own way.
One of the best surprises of my childhood was the control I had over my little left foot. I used it to roll myself around. My parents and doctors felt that the handy little foot might be of greater use. There were two toes but they were fused when I was born. So they decided to give me an operation to free the toes, which would enable me to use them like fingers to hold a pen.
When the doctors are preparing me for the operation, my mother kept emphasizing(强调) to them that they should pay special attention to the possibility of my body overheating. She knew another child without limbs who overheated during an operation and was left with brain damage. Unfortunately, even though they knew my mother was a nurse, they didn‘t take her ad vice seriously. Despite the successful separation of my toes, I had to be put into buckets of ice to bring down the temperature. After the operation, my quality of life improved a lot from my newly freed toes, though they didn‘t work exactly as the doctors had hoped.
Most of my parents‘ worst fears never became true. Raising me was certainly not easy, but for all the challenges, we had plenty of laughter and joy. I had an amazingly normal childhood in which I enjoyed playing jokes on my siblings, Aaron and Michelle, just like other big brothers.
Life may be kicking you around now. But I‘m telling you that you can‘t even imagine the good that awaits you if you refuse to give up. Stay
focused on your dream and chase it. You have the power to change your situations.
16. What does the underlined word ―fused‖ (Para 3) most probably
mean?
A. joined together
B. broken in two
C. slightly bent
D. seriously injured
17. Which of the following about the operation is TRUE?
A. My mother helped with the operation as a nurse.
B. The operation was quite successful exactly as expected.
C. The doctors should have taken my mum‘s suggestions.
D. The overheating did some harm to my brain.
18. What message does the passage express?
A. Failure is the mother of success.
B. Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
C. All things are difficult before they are easy.
D. He who falls today may rise tomorrow.
B
It's tough, it hurts – and yet more than two million of us in the UK run at least once a week.
Of course, some people run to lose weight, or to get fit, and these are great reasons. Running is also easy to do, it's cheap, and you can do it when you want. All these factors certainly contribute to the fact that running is one of the most popular sports in the UK.
But for many of those two million runners, the real reason we head out to pound the roads until our legs hurt is more intangible(无形的) than weight loss or fitness.
Many runners become interested in times. They try to break the 40-minute barrier for the 10K, or run under four hours for the marathon. Yet, really, these times are almost meaningless. And as soon as they are achieved, another target is thrown out almost immediately.
The times are only the carrots we put in front of ourselves. But why do we put them there in the first place? Nobody ever gives a wise answer. Deep down, we all know the answer.
Running brings us joy. Watch small children when they are excited, at play, and mostly they can't stop running. There's a great moment in The Catcher in the Rye when Holden Caulfield, caught in the uneasy space between childhood and adulthood, is walking across his school grounds one evening and he suddenly starts to run. "I don't even know what I was running for – I guess I just felt like it," he says.
This will to run is born. In fact, humans may well have evolved the way we did because of our ability to run. As children, and even
adolescents, we can respond to this natural call to run whenever the feeling takes us.
As we run, we begin to sense that childish joy, which is born to live a wilder existence. As we run, the layers of responsibility and identity we have gathered in our lives, the father, mother, lawyer, teacher, all fall away, leaving us with the raw human being.
If we push on, running harder, deeper into the loneliness, further away from the world and the structure of our lives, we begin to feel strangely excited, separated yet at the same time connected, to ourselves. With nothing but our own two legs moving us, we begin to get a sense of who, or what, we really are. After a long run everything seems right in the world. Everything is at peace. To experience this is a powerful feeling, strong enough to have us coming back, again and again, for more.
19. By saying ―The times are only the carrots we put in front of
ourselves‖ (Paragraph 5), the author means _____.
A. runners are not able to achieve their goals
B. progress in times is just one simple reason for running
C. records in running can‘t be broken
D. nobody knows the reason why people like running
20. The purpose of using the example of Holden Caulfield in Paragraph
6 is to show that _______.
A. children enjoy running
B. childhood is joyful.
C. children often ran for nothing
D. running is a natural behavior of human beings
21. The author mentions the reasons for running except _____.
A. physical fitness and low cost
B. self challenge
C. escape from responsibility
D. joy and peace in mind
2015-2016年度高二英语阅读限时训练（30分钟）
（二）
You don‘t have to look far to find concerns about how technology will steal our jobs. It‘s been widely noticed that automation(自动化) is making machines more powerful and shortening the list of current jobs that only a human can do.
Over the weeke nd, I read Martin Ford‘s new book, Rise of the Robots, which looks at how far machines have come. Ford warns of a coming perfect storm in which mankind has to fight rising inequality, unemployment caused by technology, and climate change. He says finding a way forward may be the greatest challenge of our time.
Yes, robots are coming for our current jobs, and that‘s an issue. But what‘s especially interesting is the place where Ford says we really need to get some robots — health care.
Ford gives us the explosion of health-care costs. In 1960, health care was less than 6 percent of the U.S. economy. That increased three times by 2013. The United States spends about double what most industrialized countries spend on health care.
―The danger, is not too many health care robots but too few,‖ Ford writes. ―Technology has affected other employment areas. It is producing inequality and unemployment, as well as falling incomes for most workers in other industries. If technology can‘t improve the health-care area, many people will be unable to afford health care.
Take a global look at this and it becomes more acceptable to welcome the machines, and to accept that some jobs should disappear. If machines make health care cheaper, then more humans around the world will be able to afford it. The health of humans worldwide would benefit.
Besides, we‘ve seen workers turn to other jobs in the past. As Ford says, nearly half of U.S. workers were employed on farms in the late 1800s. When those jobs disappeared, new ones were found.
Ford isn‘t alone in highlighting our difficult situation here. Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen recently touched on it with Fortune‘s Dan Primack.
―Everybody complains, ?Oh, my God, robots are going to kill all the jobs and this is going to be terrible and we need less technology because of that.‘ But then at the same time everybody complains, ?Oh, my God, look at the rising cost of health care,‘ ‖ Andreessen told Primack. ―If you want to bring down the prices of health care and education, the answer will be more technology.‖
1. Too few health care robots will lead to _____.
A. unaffordable health care
B. more people out of work
C. income decreases
D. unequal social status
2. The example of farms in the late 1800s in Paragraph 7 shows that
_____.
A. technology can help bring down health care costs
B. there is no need to worry about job loss
C. American workers could find new jobs easily
D. machines will cause workers to lose jobs
3. What does the ―difficult situation‖ (Para 8) refer to?
A. How to prevent robots stealing jobs
B. How to reduce health care costs
C. How to apply technology in health care
D. How to balance health care costs and employment
4. The main purpose of the passage is to ______
A. raise some concerns about technology
B. argue against rising health care costs
C. declare the importance of introducing robots into health care
D. warn people of the dangers of health care robots
第五部分任务型阅读
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
Less is more. This is why we say: reduce things by half instead of doubling them, relax instead of stressing, and slow down instead of speeding up. Apply these principles(原则) in your everyday life. You will then find yourself well along on your journey to simplification. Separate Y our Actions
When you concentrate on one task, you find you have energy that you didn‘t even know you had. Just imagine: you have to carry two heavy pigs over 100 yards. If you carry two, it will take forever. But if you tie one pig in a place, pick up the other, gather all your strength and make a dash for the finish line, pause for a moment, run back and get the other one, and carry the second pig to the finish line, then you can be sure of success.
Say “No” Firmly
If you have the feeling that 24 hours per day are not enough for all the things you need to do, then it‘s not because the day has too few hours, but because you have too many activities. The solution is equally simple: say no to accept so much work in your private life or your working life.
Allow Y ourself to Be Weak
―I can deal with stress‖ is regarded as a positive statement in the world of work. People who can deal with stress are given more and more to --- until one day they break.
Pay careful attention to the signs that tell you that you are under more stress than you can deal with. If you become ill, or your work efficiency decreases, change your life goals. Say quite openly, ―I can‘t manage that.‖
Stop Expecting Everything to Be Perfect
―If only I were slimmer, more beautiful, richer, more clever, th en I would be happier.‖ This is a dream that makes a lot of people ill, and unhappy. Life is imperfect. Only those who accept this reality can lead a really full life.
Of course there are activities in which errors are dangerous: driving a car; crossing th e road. But life doesn‘t entirely have these things. In among them there is possibility that you may make small and large mistakes.
Escape Now and Then
Successful people all have their own places where they can be left alone in order to work. Find out which places improve your creativity. For me it‘s the train. When I know that I‘m going to be traveling for four hours without phone calls and people knocking on my door, I find my mind is free and I can read or write articles.
How to 56 your life
Theme Less is more, which helps you 57 a simpler life.
58 to apply Concentrate on one task, and you will find you are more 59 than you know and achieve 60 more easily.
61 to accept too much work in your life.
Change life goals if you are under more stress than you can 62 .
63 yourself to make mistakes since life is not perfect.
64 , you will be unhappy.
Find out where you can be 65 to improve your creativity.
练习一：完型填空：1-15 ACCBA DBADB ACBDC
阅读理解：16-18 ACB 19-21 BDC
练习二：1-4ABDC
任务型阅读：5-14 simplify; lead/ have/ live; Principles; energetic; success; Refuse; handle; Allow; Or/Otherwise; alone
我给你指路 Mike is traveling around the country in his car.One evening he is driving Along a road and looking for a small hotel.Then he sees an old man at The side of the road.He stops his car and says to the old man, “I want to go to the Sun Hotel.Do you know it ?” “Yes,”the old man says. “I’ll show you the way.”He gets into Mike’s car.and they drive off.They drive for about twelve miles.When they come to a small house,the old man says, “Stops here.” Mike stops and looks at the house. “But this isn’t a hotel,”he says to the old man. “No,”the old man answers. “This is my house.And now I’ll show you the way to the Sun Hotel.Tum around and go back nine miles.Then you’ll see The hotel on the left.” ( )1.Mike is looking for a____________. A.bank B.school C.hotel ( )2.Mike stops his car because________. A.he sees a friend B.he wants to ask the way C.he wants to pick up the old man ( )3.The old man takes Mike to ______. A.his own house B.Mike’s house C.the Sun Hotel ( )4.Mike should go back______,and then he can find the Sun Hotel. A.10 miles B.5 miles C.9 miles ( )5.Is the old man clever(聪明的）? A.Yes,he is. B.No.he isn’t. C.We don’t know.
（英语）高三英语阅读理解专项训练及答案 一、高中英语阅读理解 1．阅读理解 The setting was a packed gymnasium just before the start of a game against another school. There were five girls who were members of the Danville High School basketball team—all of them starters. They were not in uniform to play that night and would not be on the team for the rest of this season. They were there to admit their breaking of team rules. They were there to support their coach's decision to take them off the team. They were there to let the town know there was a problem in their little community that needed to be addressed. And they did it with sincere regret rather than defensiveness. While the school had been out for the New Year's holiday, the five girls had gone to the party with several of their friends. There was alcohol there. And they all drank some. Coach Rainville has a zero tolerance rule on drugs and alcohol for her members though it was a hard decision to make. When classes resumed and accounts of holiday parties were shared, rumors about the five girls began closing in on them. The coach said she couldn't back down on her rules. And the players—two junior students and three senior students—agreed. That night in the gym was part of their public support of the coach's decision. “We hope you will understand that we are not bad kids. What we did was definitely not worth it. We hope this event will make everyone realize that there is a big drug and alcohol problem in our community,” one of the senior students said, “And if you work with us to try to solve this problem, you will help us feel that we have not been thrown off our basketball team for nothing.” The five left the floor to deafening applause. The team may not win another game this year. But they've learnt something about personal responsibility, the effect of one's action on others, and honesty that will serve them well throughout life. （1）It can be inferred from the passage that the five girls who were kicked off the team were ________. A. very good players on the team B. addicted to alcohol and drugs C. three junior students and two senior students D. scolded by their parents for drinking alcohol （2）What did the girls do to support their coach's decision? A. They didn't fight for Danville High School any more. B. They all gave speeches to apologize in the local press. C. They admitted their mistake in public in the gymnasium. D. They would never drink any alcohol throughout their life. （3）Which word best describes the coach Rainville? A. Indifferent. B. Strict. C. Stubborn. D. Cruel. （4）Which would be the best title for the passage? A. Growing up with pain B. A bad mistake C. Team rules are everything D. Basketball girls in high school 【答案】（1）A
（英语）高二英语阅读理解专题训练答案及解析 一、高中英语阅读理解 1．阅读理解 Flying for a long time, you finally arrive at the place where you can relax—your hotel room. Now you throwyour bag on the bed, turn on the TV and watch an international news programme on a satellite channel probably from UK or the USA. The main international broadcasters are BBC World and CNN. With an audience of over 1.5 billion people, these are popular channels that offer good-quality news programmes. In both companies, the journalists are experienced writers that produce journalism of a high standard. However, there are alternative news channels which people watch because they want a less traditional or non-Western view on world events. Russia Today and Al Jazeera International, an Arabic company, are international channels that broadcast in English. Both companies say they give a fresh view on big stories, and their experienced journalists often report from places where Western journalists do not work, and so they give us stories that we don't normally see. The Internet offers more variety. OneWorldTV is an Internet site where you can find stories about the developing world and human rights, rather than the usual stories about US politics and business. The writers for this company are often local people who write the stories for free. This non-professional journalism is increasing, and it certainly offers more choices. This increase in citizen journalism means that you can write the news, too. Main news broadcasters often use photographs and stories that members of the general public send to them, especially when there is a dramatic breaking news story. Besides this, some blogs are popular sources of news, and the website NowPublic lets you write stories using information you can get from anywhere, including sites like Youtube, Flickr and Twitter. （1）The first paragraph is meant to . A. offer a suggestion B. give a warning C. explain a reason D. introduce the topic （2）It can be learned from the text that more and more people will . A. prefer to read local news B. pay more attention to world news C. start a career in citizen journalism D. give up watching TV news programmes （3）What would be the best title for the text? A. The Latest Local News B. More Choices for News C. The End of TV News D. Traditional World News 【答案】（1）D （2）C （3）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了市民可以观看的新闻媒体。有些新闻来自国家（正式新闻）;有些新闻来自民间，这种民间的非正式媒体新闻正呈上升趋势；市民还可以在网上发布一些新闻。 （1）考查推理判断。根据第一段中的“ watch an international news program on a satellite channel probably from UK or the USA.”和第二段中的“The main international broadcasters are BBC World and CNN”可以推断出第一段是引子，是为了引出下文的话题（介绍BBC World和
阅读理解训练 I. Where is Love? How can we find Love? Once a little boy wanted to meet Love. He knew it was a long trip to where Love lived, so he got his things ready with some pizzas and drinks and started off. When he passed three streets, he saw an old woman sitting in the park and watching some birds. She looked very hungry. The boy gave her a pizza. She took it and smiled at him. The smile was so beautiful that he wanted to see it again, so he gave her a Coke. She smiled once again. The boy was very happy. They sat there all the afternoon, eating and smiling, but they said nothing. When it grew dark, the boy decided to leave. But before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the old woman and gave her a hug. The woman gave him her biggest smile ever. When the boy opened the door of his house, his mother was surprised by the look of joy(快乐)on his face and asked what had made him so happy. “I had lunch with Love. She has got the ,s son was also surprised at his At the same time, the old womanmost beautiful smile in the world.”,s pleasure and asked why. mother“I ate a pizza in the park with Love,”she said, “and he is much younger than I expected.” If the world is full of love, we can enjoy a better life. 1.When the little boy saw the old woman, she was . A. looking for a seat in the park B. passing the street C. looking at some birds D. having a pizza 2.The little boy gave the old woman a Coke because . A. the old woman still felt hungry B. he wanted to see the smile again ,t like the drink C. he didnD. the old woman paid him for it 3.The old woman gave the little boy the biggest smile . A. after the little boy went home B. before it grew dark C. when she was drinking Coke D. after the little boy hugged her ,s mother was surprised to see her son was very 4.The boywhen the door opened. A. pleased B. sad C. unhappy D. angry 5.Which of the following is TRUE? A. The little boy failed to find Love. B. Both the little boy and the old woman found what they wanted at last. C. The little boy decided never to go home. D. The old woman gave the little boy a hug to thank him. II. Dick was born in a poor family. His father had a small boat and went fishing in the morning
2015-2016年度高二英语阅读限时训练（30分钟） （一） 完形填空 Allow me to introduce myself: I am the last man in America who has time. If you should come 1 me on the street, I would have time to chat with you. If you invited me to dinner, I would be on time and do my bit as a(n) 2 conversationalist at your table. But the problem of having time, when 3 else seems to, is that I have become a sort of island, or isolated planet, with little 4 to my surroundings. When did people become so busy? Sometimes I 5 it on the computer, or ―smart‖ phones, for it has been creating desires that can never be 6 , no matter how continuously we hit the keyboard or the screen. They have become a time sink, absorbing our moments 7 a black hole absorbs light. The 8 to fill every moment with activity has been called the ―American sickness‖. For example, I met a friend and asked, ―Ho Checking his watch, he just gave the inevitable(必然的) answer you?‖ he yelled 9 his shoulders. ―Busy‖. ―I should have time in June‖， ―But this is still March.‖ I sighed. Maybe my problem, then, is that I am looking back on too good a 10 . I came of an age when walking was just walking, with no 11 destination in mind. I am also missing evenings lying on the sofa, reading. All of these relaxations gave me the 12 of time to stop for a while if I met a friend. I find that I 13 what Socrates once said: ―Be aware of the barrenness (uselessness) of life‖ and I am even willing to take part in the so-called Slow Movement, which advocates(提倡) a cultural 14 15 that it would take me to slowing down life‘s pace. But I hesitate, too much time. 1. A. across B. after C. over D. for 2. A. persuasive B. quiet C. cheerful D. innocent 3. A. somebody B. anybody C. nobody D. everybody 4. A. importance B. connection C. advantage D. escape 5. A. blame B. put C. depend D. set 6. A. hidden B. expressed C. understood D. satisfied 7. A. as if B. just as C. even if D. such as 8. A. urge B. effort C. ability D. behavior
高考英语阅读理解专项训练及答案及解析 一、高中英语阅读理解 1．阅读理解 Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is gaining global popularity. According to a government white paper, TCM has been introduced in 183 countries and regions around the world. Westerners' understanding of TCM, however, may be limited to acupuncture, cupping and massage(针灸，拔罐和按摩). For instance, the purple, injury-like marks left on U. S. swimmer Michael Phelps，back from cupping for the purpose of relaxing his muscles and reducing pain became the center of attention during the Rio Olympics in 2016. As a matter of fact, Chinese herbs play a more important role in getting rid of diseases and keeping the body in good condition in the TCM treatment system than physical treatment. It is therefore disheartening to know that while 103 World Health Organization member countries have given approval to the practice of acupuncture, not many recognize Chinese herbal medicine. TCM falls far behind Western medicine owing partly to the slow development of Chinese herbs. Herbs are made into pills, powder and soup, and the kind of herbs used, their quality and quantity, and the processing of the ingredients (原材料) jointly determine the effectiveness of the prescription. Compared with Western medicine, which has standardized drug production processes and treatment methods, TCM lacks standardization, with the chemical composition and functions of its medicines being unclear and their effects being unstable. Fortunately, standardization has improved in recent decades, with an increasing number of factories producing patented TCM drugs. Another factor that has prevented the development of TCM prescription drugs is the lack of creativity. While Western medicine-making companies come up with new products every year, TCM drug producers tend to make medicines according to prescriptions handed down from the past. Chinese chemist Tu Youyou's winning the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her research into malaria (疟疾) treatment may drive creativity to some extent in China's TCM industry. However, the current state of affairs cannot be changed within a short time. （1）Why does the author mention the example of Michael Phelps? A. Because he was injured in his swimming. B. Because cupping is a kind of important TCM treatment. C. Because westerners know a little about TCM. D. Because westerners attach great importance to TCM. （2）Why don't some member countries of WHO recognize Chinese herbal medicine? A. Because Chinese herbs can get rid of diseases. B. Because they only approve the practice of acupuncture. C. Because Western medicine is more effective. D. Because medicine made out of Chinese herbs develops slowly. （3）Compared with Western medicine, what is the weak point of TCM in Paragraph 4? A. The methods of planting herbs. B. The effectiveness of prescription. C. Lacking in standardization. D. Its stable functions.
A (words:311&225) The British National Health Service (NHS) was set up in 1948 and was designed to provide equal basic health care, free of charge, for everybody in the country. Before this time health care had to be paid for by individuals. Nowadays central government is directly responsible for the NHS although it is administered by local health authorities. About 83 percent of the cost of the health service is paid for by general taxation and the rest is met from the National Insurance contributions paid by those in work. There are charges for prescription and dental care but many people, such as children, pregnant women, pensioners, and those on Income Support, are exempt from payment. Most people are registered with a local doctor (a GP, or General Practitioner) who is increasingly likely to be part of a health centre which serves the community. As the population of Britain gets older, the hospital service now treats more patients than before, although patients spend less time in hospital. NHS hospitals—many of which were built in the nineteenth century — provide nearly half a million beds and have over 480, 000 medical staff. The NHS is the biggest employer in Europe although Britain actually spends less per person on health care than most of her European neighbours. During the 1980s there was considerable restructuring of the Health Service with an increased emphasis on managerial efficiency and the privatization of some services (for example, cleaning). At the end of the 1980s the government introduced proposals for further reform of the NHS, including allowing some hospitals to be self-governing, and encouraging GPs to compete for patients. Patients would be able to choose and change their family doctor more easily and GPs would have more financial responsibility. The political questions continue of how much money should be provided to support the NHS and where it should come from. 41. We can know from the first paragraph that ______________. A. the original aim of the NHS was to provide equal basic health care for everybody B. people didn’t have to pay for health care since the NHS was set up C. patients were charged for receiving health care before 1948 D. the NHS was an organization which gave free advice to villagers 42. What do we know about the NHS? A. It’s managed by the central government.
上学期九年级英语组合训练 【完型填空】 Jenny，from Germany，spent some time traveling in India．While she was there，she stayed with her Indian friend，Leela．However，there were language problems．It was very 1 for her to communicate in the new environment，which was very different 2 that of her own country． One day，together with Leela，Jenny went to 3 an orphanage（孤儿院）．All the children there were very young．At first，Jenny was not sure if she could have a way to communicate with them．She went over to the children 4 and sat beside them．After some time，one of the children 5 her．She felt a little relaxed and smiled back．Then she went close to the child．She slowly put her am around the child and started 6 a song in Geman．The child kept smiling and started repeating the words after her．The words that came from the little mouth were different from those that Jenny sang，but the rhythm（节奏）was the same．Jenny sang a little more and the child followed her again．Wanting to join in the7 ，another child went up to Jenny and started singing the rhythm．'Then more children joined．They 8 many smiles together． From the other side of the hall，Leela was smiling and watching them．Noticing leela's eyes on her，Jenny had an exciting feeling from her heart："See，I don't have any language problems．We 9 speak and communicate!"At that moment，she understood：we're all simple human， and we have the．10 to connect with each other． 1．A．nice B．dangerous C．difficult D．easy 2．A．from B．for C．of D．away 3．A．show B．visit C．build D．improve 4．A．slowly B．early C．hardly D．easily 5．A．looked at B．laughed at C．shouted at D．smiled at 6．A．singing B．writing C．saying D．playing 7．A．club B．talk C．fun D．dance 8．A．forgot B．remembered C．shared D．missed 9．A．can B．must C．need D．should 10．A．pressure B．mistake C．custom D．ability 【阅读理解】 A During my first two weeks at the University of California , Berkeley , I experienced some unexpected , funny , and sometimes embarrassing(令人尴尬的) situations . Allow me to share some with you . But first , let me give advice to other foreign students who plan to study in the United States . Check the weather before coming ! I was very sure that California was sunny all year around so I left all my jackets and sweaters in Paris . It was a huge mistake ! It rained almost every day during the first week in Berkeley . I have to say that I quickly forgot these unlucky events . Life in Berkeley is very pleasant and everything is so easy compared to Paris . For example , in only 24 hours I bought a mobile phone and made the lease(租约) agreement for a flat . What’s more , almost all the shops are open on Sunday , which is very practical for me .