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高中英语阅读理解：Travel
Most people usually traveled by ship and train which are driven by steam engine. It played an important part in many kinds of vehicles several scores of years ago. Who invented steam engine and what units could be used to measure the power of engine?
The word “horse-power” was first used two hundred years ago. James Watt from a worker‟s family made the world first widely used steam engine. At first, he couldn't tell people how powerful it was, because there were no units at that time. Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in one minute. He named that unit one horse-power. In this way he could measure the work of his steam engine.
He discovered that a horse could lift a 3300-pound weight 10 feet into the air in one minute. His engine could lift a 3300-pound weight 100 feet in one minute. Because his engine did ten times as much work as the horse, Watt called it a ten horse-power engine.
This is a talk by a London taxi（出租车）driver.
"I've been a taxi driver for nearly ten years. Most London taxi drivers have their own taxis." "It's a nice job most of time. you meet a lot of people. I always work at night, because there is too much traffic during the day. I live twenty miles（英里）outside London and I go to work at 5:30 in the afternoon."
"I usually go home between 2 and 3 in the morning."
"Some very strange things happened late at night 。The other day I was taking a woman home from a party 。She had her little dog with her. When we got to her house, she found that she had lost her key. So I waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the windows." "I waited and waited. After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out what was going on 。I tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the window. The next thing I knew was that the police came. They thought I was a thief（小偷）。
Luckily the woman came downstairs（下楼）。She must have gone to sleep and forgotten about me and the dog!"
1.The driver always worked at night because it was easier to _____.
A. drive B. make money C. climb in through the window D. meet a lot of people
2.The woman climbed in through the window because _____.
A. she wanted to have a sleep
B. her husband didn't open the door for her
C. she didn't want to pay the driver
D. she couldn't find her key
3.The story happened _____.
A. early in the morning B. late at night
C.20 miles outside London D. near the police station
4.Which of the following is wrong?
A. The driver worked until between 2 and 3 in the morning.
B. The police made a mistake.
C. The woman had no money to pay the driver.
D. The woman had forgotten about the driver and the dog.
5.The driver climbed in through the window to
A. get money from the woman
B. return the dog to the woman
C. see what was happening in the house
D. phone the police
KEY: 1-5 ADBCC
With all the wars, fighting and sadness in the world today, it's not only necessary, but also essential to have a good sense of humor just to help us get through each and every day of our lives.Putting a smile on someone's face when you know they are feeling down in the dumps （ 处于沮丧中）， as the saying goes, makes me feel good and warms my heart.
How would you feel if you could not joke around with your wife, husband, child, co-worker neighbor, close friend, or even just someone that you are standing in line with at your comer store? I am always saying things that make others smile or laugh, even if I don't know the person I'm joking around with.My Grandma always found humor in everything she did, even if it was the hardest job anyone could imagine.This not only relieves stress in any situation, but also is common courtesy （礼貌） to speak to others that are around you.
I know of a few people that don’t have a funny bone in their bodies, as they say.Everyone around them could be rolling on the floor after hearing a great joke and they would sit there without the slightest smile on their face.They don't get the joke that makes others laugh.I am busting a gut while they just sit there, looking at me as if I were from outer space.How can people not get a really funny joke?
Laughing is []essential to keep your stress levels under control.Without humor we would find ourselves with a lot of psychological problems, or on a lot of medications to keep us from going crazy.There is too much sadness in this present world.It drives people crazy.We all need to find a way to bypass the sadness and bring a little light into our lives.So, I believe our best medicine is to get together and tell some jokes and have some fun laughing together.
51.According to the author, humor is useful in the aspect that ____________.
A.it makes people more confident
B.it can pick up people' s spirits
C.it can help get rid of the cruelty in the world
D.it can help people get on well with others
52.The author answers the question in the second paragraph with ___________.
A.facts and descriptions B.evidence and argument
C.examples and conclusion D.stories and persuasion
53.The phrase “busting a gut" in the third paragraph can be replaced by __________.
A.explaining carefully B.speaking loud
C.keeping silent D.laughing hard
54.In writing the passage, the author mainly intends to __________.
A.talk about his own understanding of humor
B.encourage people to be humorous in daily life
C.introduce a practical way to get through daily life
D.convince people of the power of being optimistic about life
55.What is the author' s attitude towards the present world?
A.Positive. B.Critical.
C.Satisfied. D.Indifferent.
答案：51—55BCDBB
The first newspapers were written by hand and put up on walls in public place. The earliest daily newspaper was started in Rome in 59 BC. In the 700‘s the world’s first printed newspaper was published. Europe didn‘t have a regularly published newspaper until 1609， when one was started in Germany.
The first regularly published newspaper in the English language was printed in Amsterdam in 1620. In 1621， an English newspaper was started in London and was published once a week. The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Courant （每日新闻）。 It came out in March 1702.
In 1690， Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston. But not long after it was first published， the government stopped the paper. In 1704， John Campbell started The Boston Newsletter （波斯顿新闻通讯）， the first newspaper published in the American colonies. By 1760， the colonies had more than thirty daily newspapers. There are now about 1，800 daily papers in the United States.
Today， as a group， English language newspapers have the largest circulation （发行量） in the world. But the largest circulation for a newspaper is that of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Dhimbun （朝日新闻）。 It sells more than eleven million copies every day.
56、 The first daily newspaper came out in _____.
A. 59 BC B. 700's C. 1609 D. 1620
57、 The first regular published newspaper in Europe was printed in _____.
A. England B. Germany C. France D. Sweden
58、 The first printed newspaper in America came out in _____.
A. Washington B. New York C. Boston D. New Orleans
59、 Today there are about _____ daily newspaper printed in the United States.
A. 1621 B. 1704 C. 1760 D. 1800
济南英语阅读理解练习题五：A Riddle
Hello! I’m a word 。 I have three letters. My first letter is in “soon” but
not in “room” ， my second is in “rose” and also in “rise” ， my third is not
in “pencil” but in “paper”， my whole is a place where there is a lot of water.
I am the twin sister of the word “see”。 Who am I?
快速判断：
1.The word is a kind of animal.
2.The first letter is “m”。
3.The second letter is “e”。
4.The third letter is “ r”。
选择填空：
1、 The word is a place where there is a lot of 。
A: water B: tea C: milk
2、 How many letters are in this word?。
A: One. B: Two. C: Three.
3.What’s this word? It’s “ ”。
A: rose B:sea C: see D: glass
4.Is the second letter in “rose”or in “snow”？ 。
A: Yes,it is. B: No,it isn’t. C: It’s in “rose”。 D: It’s in “snow”。
词海导航
word 单词
letter 字母
rose 玫瑰花
paper 纸
Dear Anna,
Thanks for your letter. I'm glad you like your school. I go to school from Monday to Friday. We have five classes in the morning and two in the afternoon. And we have many subjects to learn: Chinese, math, English, P.E.， science, biology, music, history and so on. We also have many things to do after class. On Monday and Wednesday afternoons we play sports after class. On Tuesday afternoons some of us have a drawing class, and on Thursdays some have a dancing class. I like music, history and English. But my favorite is music.
On Saturdays and Sundays I don't go to school. Usually I go to the park and have a good time with my father and mother there.
Love,
Lin Fang
( ) 1. Lin Fang has classes a day.
A. five B. two C. seven
( ) 2. Some students on Tuesdays.
A. play sports B. have a drawing class C. have a dancing class
( ) 3. Anna likes 。
A. history B. P.E. C. her school
( ) 4. Lin Fang likes best.
A. music B. English C. history
( ) 5. Lin Fang spends the weekends with in the park.
A. Anna B. her classmates C. her parents