閱讀理解精練

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。

（一）

Like most big projects， learning to manage your mother well is what you should do. Here are what I believe the best steps towards a better relationship with her. They are not necessarily surprising or revolutionary， but they have worked for many people. Try them.

Remember your mothers age. As children， we often do not think of our mother as having an age. Even when we become conscious of her as an individual， age does not change our view; she is still our mother. Knowing our mothers age， not just in numbers of years but in terms of her psychological and physical state， often helps us to understand her better.

Listen to your mother. I have found that sometimes the things my mother told me long ago are remarkably useful. If your mother knows that you respect her point of view， even if you do not share it， it will help her feel close to you.

Remember that your mother has a past. A key step in managing our relationship with our mother is to find out about her early life. Niclles mother suffered much during the Second War World War. “My parents are both Jewish and Turkish. They met in France and married young for love. They were in their twenties when war broke out and because they were Jews， they had to go into hiding. She does speak to me about the war， and I think it is important to know what she went through. It is a part of her life that must have affected her deeply. ” Sometimes， in learning about our mothers past， we know that it can encourage us to think about her whole life.

Ask your mother about your childhood history. My grandparents died when I was young. If you are fortunate enough to have living family， think of your life as a jigsaw puzzle and ask as many questions as you can to put the picture together. Understanding your roots and your childhood can help you now more clearly who you are， as part of a family which you share with your mother.

Keep a sense of humor about your mother. When we hear about someone elses misfortunes with their mothers and are amused by them， our laughter is one of recognition. I have often listened to stories of difficult mothers and I have also listened to the following piece of advice they have found most helpful is： “Dont have a sense of humor failure about your mother. ”

Remember that managing your mother is really about managing yourself. Taking any measure to managing our mother is the issue of how we manage ourselves. No matter how difficult we find her， it is important to remember that is not her behavior it self that is causing us discomfort， but the way we feel about her behavior. We should follow the way of her life. At the heart of managing your mother is being able to accept your flawed self. Only then are you able to accept your mother—with all her failings.A77D8681-2D89-4719-A272-244401F13112

1. The followings are the steps you can take to get on with your mother EXCEPT________.

A. Remember your mothers age and past

B. Share your roots and your childhood with your mother

C. Have a sense of humor failure about your mother

D. Managing your shortcoming while managing your mother

2. What does the underlined phrase “a jigsaw puzzle” mean？

A. 拼圖玩具? ? ? ? ?B. 瀏覽迷宮? ? ? ? C. 填充字謎? ? ? ?D. 游戲人生

3. Which of the following is implied but not stated in the passage？

A. It will help you have a better relationship with your mother if you respect her opinion.

B. You should follow a most useful piece of advice——a sense of humor.

C. The key measure of managing our mother is how we manage ourselves.

D. It is unreasonable to expect our mother to change totally from the way she was brought up.

4. The main purpose of writing the text is ________.

A. to give information about how we think of your mother.

B. to improve the relationship with your mother.

C. to keep a sense of humor about your mother all day long.

D. to accept your mother—with all her failings.

（二）

After too long on the Net， even a phone call can be a shock. My boyfriends Liverpudlian accent suddenly becomes too difficult to understand after his clear words on screen; a secretarys tone seems more rejecting than Id imagined it would be. Time itself becomes fluid—hours becomes minutes， and alternately seconds stretch into days. Week ends， once a highlight of my week， are now just two ordinary days.

For the last three years， since I stopped working as a producer for Charlie Rose， I have done much of my work as a telecommuter. I submit[提交] articles and edit them by E-mail and communicate with colleagues on Internet mailing lists. My boyfriend lives in England， so much of our relationship is computer-mediated. If I desired， I could stay inside for weeks without wanting anything. I can order food， and manage my money， love and work. In fact， at times I have spent as long as three weeks alone at home， going out only to get mail and buy newspapers and groceries. I watched most of the blizzard of 96 on TV.

But after a while， life itself begins to feel unreal. I start to feel as though Ive merged[融合] with my machines， taking data in， spitting them back out， just another node[波節] on the Net. Others on line report the same symptoms[癥狀]. We start to strongly dislike the outside forms of socializing. Its like attending an A. A. meeting in a bar with everyone holding a half-sipped drink. We have become the Net opponents worst nightmare.A77D8681-2D89-4719-A272-244401F13112

What first seemed like a luxury， crawling from bed to computer， not worrying about hair， and clothes and face， has becomes avoidance[逃避]， a lack of discipline. And once you start replacing real human contact with cyber interaction， coming back out of the cave can be quite difficult.

At times， I turn on the television and just leave it to chatter in the background， something that Id never done previously. The voices of the programs relax me， but then Im jarred by the commercials. I find myself sucked in by soap operas， or needing to keep up with the latest news and the weather. “Dateline”， “Frontline”， “Nightline”， CNN， New York 1， every possible angle of every story over and over， and over， even when they are of no possible use to me. Work moves from foreground to background.

1. Compared to the clear words of her boyfriend on screen， his accent becomes _______.

A. unreal? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. unbearable

C. misleading? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. not understandable

2. What does the last paragraph mean？

A. Having worked on the computer for too long， she became a bit strange.

B. She is so interested in TV programs that she often forgets her work.

C. She watches TV a lot in order to keep up with the latest news and the weather.

D. She turns on TV now and then in order to get some comfort from TV program.

3. What is the authors attitude to the computer？

A. At first she likes it but later becomes tired of it.

B. She likes it because it is very convenient.

C. She dislikes it because TV is more attractive.

D. She dislikes it because it cuts off her relation with the outside world.

4. The underlined phrase “coming back out of cave” probably means _______.

A. going back to the dreaming world

B. coming back home from the outside world

C. bringing back direct human

D. getting away from living a strange life

（三）

The Same Story， Different Reports

Belton and Canfield are two seashore towns， not far apart. Both towns have many hotels， and in summer the hotels are full of holiday- makers and other tourists[觀光者].

Last August there was a fire at the Sea breeze Hotel in Belton. The next day， this news appeared on page two of the towns newspaper， The Belton Post：A77D8681-2D89-4719-A272-244401F13112

FIRE AT SEABREEZE

Late last night firemen hurried to the Sea breeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroom. The hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fire. We say again to all our visitors： “Please dont smoke cigarettes in bed.” This was Beltons first hotel fire for five years.

The Canfield Times gave the news in these words on page one.

ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRE

Last night Belton firemen arrived just too late to save clothing， bedclothes and some furniture at the Sea breeze Hotel. An angry holiday-maker said， “An electric lamp probably started the fire. The bedroom lamps are very old at some of these hotels. When I put my bedside light on， I heard a funny noise from the lamp.” We are glad to tell our readers that this sort of adventure does not happen in Canfield.

What are the facts， then？ It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident. There was a fire at the Sea breeze Hotel last August： that is one fact. Do we know anything else？ Yes—we know that firemen went to the hotel.

Now what do you think of the rest of the “news”？

1. Which of the following best gives the main idea of this text？

A. Belton and Canfield are both good places for tourists in summer.

B. A fire broke out one night in Sea breeze Hotel last summer.

C. It was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapers.

D. Two newspapers gave reports on the same matter.

2. Which of the following are probably facts？

a. The fire broke out in a bedroom at the hotel.

b. A cigarette started the fire.

c. An old lamp started the fire.

d. The fire broke out at night.

e. There has never been a fire in Canfield.

A. b and c? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. a and d

C. c and e? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. a and c

3. The Canfield Times used the headline[標題] like this in order to make its readers think _______.

A. hotels in Belton often catch fire

B. hotels in Belton dont often catch fire

C. this was the second fire at the Sea breeze Hotel

D. Belton was a good place except that hotels there are not quite safe

4. The Canfield newspaper gave a report just the opposite to the Belton Post by saying that _______.

A. the bedroom lamps were very old at the Sea breeze HotelA77D8681-2D89-4719-A272-244401F13112

B. the bedroom lights made funny noise when the fire took place

C. the firemen failed to save clothing， bedclothes and other things

D. such accidents never happened in Canfield for the past 5 years

參考答案與解析

（一）

1. C。事實細節題。A項直接可從標題中得出答案。B項可根據第四條第一段最后兩句得出。和母親一起分享家族史和自己的童年。C項錯在應該是：Dont have a sense of humor failure about your mother。D項可參照最后一條，并由上下文了解flawed self有缺陷的自己;與shortcoming同義。

2. A。詞語猜測題。可根據句中上下文及put the picture together短語判斷。

3. D。斷推理題。A項在第二條listen to your mother中有陳述。B項在Keep a sense of humor about your mother. 條中可知。C項是最后一段中的事實陳述。D項文中并未陳述，但可根據全文及最后一條中的We should follow the way of her life一句可知。

4. B。判斷推理題。A錯在文章不僅僅是給出有關這方面的信息;而重要的是B項中的如何去改善與母親的這種關系。選項C、D是改善這種關系的具體內容和細節。

（二）

1. D。細節題。根據My boyfriends Liverpudlian accent suddenly becomes too difficult to understand after his clear words on screen可知答案為D。

2. D。推斷題。根據The voices of the programs relax me， but then Im jarred by the commercials 可知她有時打開電視，聽到節目的聲音只是使自己得到放松，故答案D。

3. A。推斷題。文中第1，2段描述作者對電腦開始還是喜歡的，再根據But after a while， life itself begins to feel unreal. I start to feel as thought Ive merged with my machines， taking data in可知答案為A。

4. C。句意理解題。根據And once you start replacing real human contact with cyber interaction， coming back out of the cave can be quite difficult可知答案為C。

（三）

本文介紹兩個海濱城市旅游業發達，游客甚多，但其中一個城市發生火災，在兩個城市的報紙中出現了兩篇內容不同的報道。

1. C。主旨大意題。由原文 It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident 得出答案。

2. B。概括題。閱讀全文可知能夠成為事實的有：是在旅館的臥室里發生的（there was a fire at the Sea breeze Hotel in Belton），兩段報道的開頭都是 last night，故可知答案為B。

3. A。轉換理解題。用another fire 作標題意為“另外一次火災”，這樣可以使讀者認為其旅館火災頻繁發生，以使自己城市的旅游業更具有競爭力。

4. C。事實細節題。從 firemen arrived just too late to save clothing， bedclothes and some furniture（ too…to…=太…而不能…）可知答案為C。A77D8681-2D89-4719-A272-244401F13112