高中阅读理解练习

1阅读理解练习Passage1WhenIwasgrowingupinAmerica,Iwasashamedofmymother’sChineseEnglish.BecauseofherEnglish,shewasoftentreatedunfairly.Peopleindepartmentstores,atbanks,andatrestaurantsdidnottakeherseriously,didnotgivehergoodservice,pretendednottoUnderstandher,orevenactedasiftheydidnothearher.MymotherhasrealizedthelimitationsofherEnglishaswell.WhenIwasfifteen,sheusedtohavemecallpeopleonphonetopretendIwasshe.Iwasforcedtoaskforinformationoreventoyellatpeoplewhohadbeenrudetoher.OnetimeIhadtocallherstockbroker(股票经纪人).Isaidinanadolescentvoicethatwasnotveryconvincing,“ThisisMrs.Tan..”Andmymotherwasstandingbesideme,whisperingloudly,“Whyhedon’tsendmecheekalreadytwoweeklone.”Andthen,inperfectEnglishIsaid:“I’mgettingratherconcerned.Youagreedtosendthechecktwoweeksago,butithasn’tarrived.”Thenshetalkedmoreloudly.“Whathewant?IcometoNewYorktellhimfrontofhisboss.”AndsoIturnedtothestockbrokeragain,“Ican’ttolerateanymoreexcuse.IfIdon’treceivethecheckimmediately,IamgoingtohavetospeaktoyourmanagerwhenIaminNewYorknextweek.”ThenextweekweendedupinNewYork.WhileIwassittingtherered-faced,mymother,therealMrs.Tan,wasshoutingtohisbossinherbrokenEnglish.WhenIwasateenager,mymother’sbrokenEnglishembarrassedme.Butnow,Iseeitdifferently.Tome,mymother’sEnglishisperfectlyclear,perfectlynatural.Itismymothertongue.Herlanguage,asIhearit,isvivid,direct,andfullofobservationandwisdom.ItwasthelanguagethathelpedshapethewayIsawthings,expressedideas,andmadesenseoftheworld.41.Whywastheauthor’smotherpoorlyserved?A.ShewasunabletospeakgoodEnglish.B.Shewasoftenmisunderstood.C.Shewasnotclearlyheard.D.Shewasnotverypolite.42.FromParagorph2,weknowthattheauthorwas.A.goodapretendingB.rudetothestockbrokerC.readytohelphermotherD.unwillingtophoneforhermother43.Aftertheauthormadethephonecall,.A.theyforgavethestockbrokerB.theyfailedtogetthecheckC.theywenttoNewYorkimmediatelyD.theyspoketotheirbossatonce44.Whatdoestheauthorthinkofhermother’sEnglishnow?A.Itconfusesher.B.Itembarrassesher.2C.Ithelpsherunderstandtheworld.D.Ithelpshertoleraterudepeople.45.WecaninterfromthepassagethatChineseEnglish.A.isclearandnaturaltonon-nativespeakersB.isvividanddirecttonon-nativespeakersC.hasavervbadreputationinAmericaD.maybringinconvenienceinAmericaPassage2ItisreportedthatconservationgroupsinNorthAmericahavebeenarguingaboutthebenefitsanddangersofwolves.Somegroupsbelievewolvesshouldbekilled.Otherpeoplebelievewolvesmustbeprotectedsothattheywillnotdisappearfromthewilderndss(荒野)ForKillingWolvesInAlaska，thewolfalmostdisappearedafewyearsago，becausehunterswerekillinghundreds0fthemforsport.However．1awswereestablishedtoprotectthewolvesfromsportsmenandpeoplewhocatchtheanimalsfortheirfur．SothewoIfpopulationhasgreatlyincreased.Nowtherearesomanywolvesthattheyaredestroyingtheirownfoodsupply．Awolfnaturallyeatsanimalsinthedeerfamily.Peopleinthewildernessalsohuntdeerforfood．Manyoftheanimalshavebeendestroyedbytheverycoldwintersrecentlyandbychangesinthewildernessplantlife．Whenthedeercan’tfindenoughfood，theydie．Ifthewolvescontinuetokilllargenumbersofdeer，theirprey(猎物)willdisappearsomeday．Andthewolveswill．too．Sowemustchangethecycleoflifeinthewildernesstobalancetheecology．Ifwekilledmorewolves，wewouldsavethemandtheirpreyfromdyingout．We’dalsosavesomefarmanimals．Inanothernorthernstate，wolvesattackcowsandchickensforfood．Farmerswantthegovernmenttosendbiologiststostudytheproblem．TheybelieveitnecessarytokillwolvesinsomeareasandtoprotecttheminplaceswherethereisasmallwoIfpopulation．AgainstKillingWolvesIfyouhadlivedlongago，youwouldhaveheardmanydifferentstoriesaboutthedangerouswolf．Accordingtomoststories，hungrywolvesoftenkillpeopleforfood．Eventoday，thestoriesofthe“bigbadwoIf'＂willnotdisappear．Butthefactiswolvesareafraidofpeople．andtheyseldomtravelinareaswherethereisahumansmell．Whenwolveseatotheranimals，theyusuallykilltheveryyoung．orthesickandinjured.Thestrongestsurvive.Nokindofanimalwouldhavesurvivedthroughthecenturiesiftheweakmembershadlived．Andhasalwaysbeenalawofnature.Althoughsomepeoplesayitisgoodsensetokillwolves，wesayitisnonsense!Researchershavefoundwolvesandtheirpreylivinginbalance．Thewolveskeepthedeerpopulationfrombecomingtoolarge,andthatkeepsabalanceinthewildernessplantlife．Therealproblemisthattheareaswherewolvescanlivearebeingusedbvpeople．Evenifwildernesslandisnotuseddirectlyforhumanneeds．thewolvescan’talwaysfindenoughfood.Sotheytraveltothenearestsource,whichisoftenafarm．Thenthereisdanger．The“bigbadwolf”hasarrived!Andeveryoneknowswhathappensnext．60．Accordingtothepassage，somepeopleinNorthAmericafavorkillingwolvesforallthefollowingreasonsEXCETthat．3A．therearetoomanywolvesB．theykilllargenumbersdeerC．theyattackcowsandchickensforfoodD．theydestroythewildernessplantlife61．Somepeopleareagainstkillingwolvesbecause．A．wolveshelptokeeptheecologicalbalanceinthewildemessB．thereistoosmallawolfpopulationinthewildernessC．therearetoomanydeerinthewildernessD．wolvesareafraidofpeopleandneverattackpeople62．Accordingtothoseagainstkillingwolves，whenwolveseatotheranimals，．A．theynevereatstrongandhealthyonesB．theyalwaysgoagainstthelawofnatureC．the