2011年高一英语上学期25分钟限时阅读天天练—第8天
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Miss Gorgers taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them, “Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?” Tom at once answered, “Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves.” “That’s very good,” Miss Gorgers answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gorgers said. “Yes, Kate.” “I disagree,” Kate said. “Your brother would hear you earlier because when it’s 11 o’clock here it’s only 8 o’clock in Los Angeles.”
1. Miss Gorgers was teaching her class_________. ks5u
A. how to telephone B. about electricity
C. about sound D. about time zone(时区)
2. Miss Gorgers raised this question because she wanted to know whether______.
A. her students had grasped her lesson
B. her student could hear her from 75 feet away
C. sound waves were slower than electricity
D. it was easy to phone to Los Angeles
3. Tom thought that electricity was _________.
A. faster than sound waves B. slower than sound waves
C. not so fast as sound waves D. as fast as sound waves
4.Kate thought Tom was wrong because _______. ks5u
A. electricity was slower than sound waves
B. clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New York
C. Tom was not good at physics at all
D. Tom’s answer had nothing to do with sound waves
5.Whose answer do you think is correct according to the law of physics?
A. Tom’s B. Kate’s C. Both A and B D. Neither A nor B
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For years I wanted a flower garden, but with five children I was too busy to have one. Money was limited, and so was time. Often one of the children would want something that cost too much, and I would say,“Do you see a money tree outside? Money doesn’t grow on trees, you know.”Finally, when all five had gotten through high school and college, and had started having their own families, I started thinking again about having a garden. However, I knew gardens cost money.
Then, one spring morning on Mother’s Day, as I was working in my kitchen, I heard cars drive by and looked out of the window to see a new tree planted in my yard. I couldn’t believe my eyes: it was a money tree! Dollar bills were stuck all over that tree, and there was a note which read:“I owe you eight hours of digging time. Love, Marvin.”
Marvin, my first son, kept his promise. He dug up a nice ten-by-fifteen-foot bed(花坛，花圃) for me. My other children bought me tools, a sunflower stepping stone(踏脚石) and gardening books. We built a garden together.
That was three years ago. My garden is now very pretty, and just what I’d always wanted. When I go out to weed or tend my flowers, I don’t seem to miss my children as much as I once did. It feels as if they were right there with me. When I think about what my children have done for me, I get tears in my eyes every time.
I’m still not sure whether money grows on trees. But I know love does!
6. Why had the author never had a flower garden before? _________ks5u
A. Because she had five children to take care of.
B. Because she didn’t have enough time and money.
C. Because her children wanted expensive things.
D. Because her children were going to high school and college.
7. Who helped the author build the garden at last? _________
A. Her neighbor. B. Her first son. C. Her husband. D. Her five children.
8. Why doesn’t she miss her children as much as she once did? _________
A. Because she has a big money tree. B. Because she has a very pretty garden.
C. Because she feels the love of her children in the garden.
D. Because she is busy weeding or tending her flowers.
9. Which of the flowing statements is correct, based on the passage? _________
A. Money grows on trees only if you plant them with love.
B. The author built a pretty garden after her children had graduated from school.
C. The author actually wanted to have money grow on trees.
D.The children loved their mother so much that they helped her realize her dream.
10. The purpose of this passage is to tell us_________.
A. how to grow you own money tree B. the story of pretty garden
C. the story of a money tree D. a story of the love between a mother and her children
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There is an English saying:“11._________.” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body. 12. _________.
Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. 13.__________. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial（有益的）. ks5u
Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated(忍耐) the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program.14._________.
15.__________. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.
A. Laughter can prolong（延长）one’s life.
B. As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics in which they help to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh.
C. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish (减少) both stress and pain.
D. It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach and even the feet.
E. Although laughter helps cure the disease, doctors still can not put this theory into clinic practice.
F. Laughter is the best medicine.
G. They have found that laughter really can improve people’s health
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