高一英语短文阅读天天练9

篇一：高一英语短文阅读天天练8

英语：2010年高一名校短文阅读天天练（八）

A

The hand, the eyes and the brain work together to make human beings different from other animals. No other animals have all three parts to work together. No animals can do what human beings can do. Humans can do many things and feel many things with the hand. The hand can hold onto things and make things because the thumb works with the fingers. This fifth finger is strong. Most animals don’t have thumbs. The thumb can press against the other fingers. Without a thumb to press against the fingers, it is difficult to hold onto anything. The thumb and fingers can also fit the flat surface of a box and the curved (不平的) surface of a pencil. We can feel that something is hot or cold, soft or hard, smooth or rough. The hand, with thumb and fingers, is one of the best tools we have. Most animals see a flat picture. Their eyes can only see how high and how wide something is. Some animals see a different picture with each eye. Some don’t see in colour. Humans see one picture with both eyes working together. We can see how high and how wide something is. We can also see how far in front of or in back of something a thing is. The brain tells other parts of the body how to work. Some of the things the body does are that is, we don’t have to think about them. For example, we don’t have to think to make our heart eat or our stomach work. The brain tells the eyes and hands how to make useful and beautiful things. That is how human beings become tool makers and artists. That is how human can have richer and better lives than other animals.

36. Human beings are different from other animals because ___________.

A. human beings have the hands, the eyes, and the brain working all the time

B. other animals also have hands, the eyes, and the brain

C. human beings work together with other animals

D. the hands, the eyes, and the brain of the human can work together

37. According to the passage, when you say you hold onto something, you mean

___________.

A. you have it in your hand and keep it there by putting your fingers firmly round it

B. you have it in your arms and keep it there by putting your fingers firmly round it

C. you feel it with your hands

D. you press the fingers of your right hand against those of your left hand

38. The author tells us that no animals can do what humans can do. He gives quite a few facts to support the idea. One of them is that ___________.

A. most animals don’t see in colour

B. the humans see a thing with both eyes working together

C. only humans can see and how high and how wide a thing is

D. some animals can see only one picture

39. ___________ is automatic.

A. Breathing B. Driving a car C. Making a chairD. Playing football

B

The old shoes had brought him so much trouble that Johnny decided to throw them away. He went to the rubbish pit (垃圾坑)outside the city and threw the old shoes into the pit. "Now they can bring me no more trouble," he said. He returned home, lay down in his bed and slept. But he had a dog, and the dog was used to going to the rubbish pit to look for food, because Johnny never bought food for his dog. The dog, who loved its master (主人) even though it was not given food, saw the shoes in the pit and knew they were its master's. So the dog took one of the heavy shoes in its mouth and went slowly back with it, and left it at its master's bedside. Then the dog fetched the other shoe in the same way. When Johnny woke up, he saw the shoes by his bed and he was afraid. "There, shoes can walk by themselves, they must be done away with." he thought. Then he made a large fire in front of his house and put the shoes on it. Just then a strong wind was blowing and before long the fire made the house begin burning. His neighbours immediately came but could do nothing. The house burnt down but the old shoes were saved by the dog again.

40. The dog loved Johnny only because he _______ .

A. bought food for it

C. even gave food to it

41. The dog took back _______ .

A. one of the heavy shoes B. neither of the two shoes B. was its master D. loved it too

C. the pair of shoes D. the second shoe in another way

42. When Johnny saw the shoes again after the fire, he would be _______ .

A. very happyB. pleasedC. wild with joy D. very sad

C

During the summer holidays there will be a revised (修改过的）schedule (时刻表) of services for the students. Changes for dining room and library service hours and for bus schedules will be posted on the wall outside the dining-hall. Weekly film and concert schedules, which are being arranged (安排), will be posted each Wednesday outside the student club.

In the summer holidays, buses going to the town center will leave the main hall every hour on the half hour during the day. The dining-room will serve three meals a day from 7:00a.m. to 7:00p.m. during the week and two meals from noon to 7:00p.m.at weekends. The library will continue its usual hours during the week, but have shorter hours on Saturday and Sunday. The weekend hours are from noon to 5:00p.m..

All students who want to use the library must have a new summer card. This notice will also appear in the next week's student newspaper.

43. The main purpose of this notice is to________ .

A.tell students of important schedule changes

B.tell students of new bus and library services

C.show the excellent services for students

D.ask students to renew their library cards

44. In the summer holidays, the library will have ________ .

A.no special hoursB.special hours on weekdays

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