阅读理解
1. Earthquakes
1.the panic brought about by earthquakes
2.earthquakes may occur anywhere at any time
3.A worldwide earthquake warning network has notbeen
put into u
4.is of some help
5.getting prepared and handling the possible
destruction beforehand
2. The accuracy of scientific
1. timekeeping methods
2. more preci
3. Scientific rearch
4. Atomic clocks will be important in space flight
5. A Peacetime U of the Atom
3. In communities north of Denver
1. A huge financial problem has arin
2. They pooled their effors to help solve it
3. unthinkable
4. To e if there was a deliberate cover-up of the problem
5. keep people properly informed of the crisis
4. Very high waves are destructive
1. rarely 2. is liable to lesn
3. influences the power of high waves 4. variable
5. A submarine commander navigating his vesl at a depth of 700 feet will not be affected by araging surface storm
5. In Western countries…the installment plan
1.More than 10 percent American families
buy things on installments
2. the buyer has to pay extra money as interest
3. He will stop owning the item he has bought
4. people develop a good abit of saving money
5. ensure that people can pay for what they buy
6. The idea of a fish
1. the torpedo’s electric cells have a shape with six sides
2. to complete the circuit , you have to touch the
fish in two places
3. the mass of thefish decides the intensity
of electric power it generates
4. compared with tho in he torpedo ,the working system
of electric plates in the eel is more direct and efficient
5. Electric Fish
7. The making of glass is a very old industry
1. light signals
2. light must first be changed into electrical signals and then
3. Light-wave communication has been for civil u of about 30
4. glass fibres are less expensive
5. The ues of glass fibres to carry telephone
messages is an interesting new development
8. Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writter
1. warn young people of the hardships that a
successful writer has to experience
2.The chances for a writer to become successful are small
3. He hadn’t en a change for the better
4. who regret giving up their career halfway
5. the state of uncertainty before one’s final goal is reached
9. If it were only necessary to decide
1. the educators have to take care of both ordinary and gifted students
2.broken
3. In order to teach effectively, educators are requested to lay emphasis on one particular field
4. sufficient attention should be given to basic knowledge
5. Balance in Education
10. We all know that DNA
1. they are beyond doubt of common ancestry
2. each Individual carries a unique record of who he is and how he is related to others
3. offering assistance m working out genealogy-related problems
4. we can find the truth from their genetic markers
5. An adopted child generally lacks enough information to prove his identity
11. Cars of 2050 will travel
1. will u columns of air instead of wheels
2. It will be influenced by weather conditions
3. it travels a few inches above the ground
4. Over waterfalls
5. create new traffic problems
12. To the Editor:
1. Possibly, but more information is needed
2. he can then rai the tenant’s rent
3. An amount equal to the rent increas in tax exemptions
4. their applications are not procesd quickly 5.clear
13. In primitive societies sick
1.dirty 2.to cau the spirits discomfort
3. functioned in curing some dias
4. reasons unknown to the witch doctor
5. Superstition is an ignorant person’s explanation
of things he cannot understand
14. We find that bright children
1. approving 2. prevented from advancing
3. total personality
4. Pupil also learn how to partcipate in teaching activities
5. argue for teaching bright and not so bright
children in the same class
15. Man’s first real invention…the wheel
1.both B and C(all transportation depends on it
every machine depends on it)
2.simple 3.there were no wheels in nature
4. slice of log
5. rolling the dead body of an animal on logs
16. There is no denying it: Boys think differently from girls
1.the brain differences between boys and girls
2. Female babies are more nsitive to a mother’s voice
3.manipulating three-dimensional space
4.both A and B (in the right \lefe hemisphere)
