1高二阅读练习题高二阅读练习题 AThe most important use of drifting (漂流) bottles is to find ocean currents. When the position and direction of currents are known, ships can use the forward movement of a current or stay away from currents that would carry them off their course. Benjamin Franklin was one of the first to use bottles in the study of currents. He wondered why British mall ships needed a week or two longer than U.S. ships needed in order to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Franklin thought the Gulf Stream (墨西哥湾流) might explain this difference.Franklin talked with captains of U.S. ships. He found that they knew each turn of the Gulf Stream. They used the current in every possible way. From his talks with the captains. Franklin made his first map of the Gulf Stream. Then he checked his map by using sealed (密封的) bottles. The map that he finally made is still used, with only a few changes, today. 1. Why are drifting bottles used?A. To determine the position of a ship. B. To find the direction of a current.C. To predict the direction of a ship. D. To carry message across the ocean. 2. What led Franklin to talk with U.S. captains?A. U.S. ships were longer than British ones.B. British ships could sail the Atlantic faster than U.S. ones.C. U.S. ships could sail the Atlantic faster than U.S. ones.D. U.S captains knew more about maps. 3. What did Franklin make after his talks with U.S. captains?A. A map of the Gulf Stream. B. A map of the Atlantic Ocean.C. A map of ocean currents. D. A map of his first voyage. 4. What did Franklin do in order to make an exact map?A. He compared his own map with other maps. B. He talked with many U.S. captains.C. He used drifting bottles to check his map. D. Both B and C. 5. The underlined word current in the first paragraph means _.A. a stream of water B. a course of eventsC. the flow of electricity D. the situation of the present timeBThe Guidance Department (教导处) at Burrville High School has a staff (职员) of eleven. Most of their work is done with the students. But the staff sees a lot of parents, too. “Parent meetings form a clear monthly pattern,” says Mildred Foreman, Guidance Director. “This pattern stays much the same from year to year. The busy months are October, March and May.”September starts rather slowly. Few parents come in, Most of these want to discuss the schedules (日程安排). October brings many behaviour (行为) problems. 2Some parents are called in. Others come by themselves. Things quiet down in November December is a quiet month. “Its the holiday,” Ms Foreman says. “People want to come in, I know , but they decide to wait until after New Years Day.”Report cards go home just before Christmas holidays. Bad marks bring parents in as school reopens. This happens again in March, another report card month. May is always the years busiest month. Thats when parents realize that their children might be held back (留级). They come in to see if anything can be done before things are decided in June. 1. “Most of their work is done with the students” means _.A. they have most of their work done by the studentsB. most of their work is getting rid of their studentsC. most of their work is dealing with the studentsD. their work is mostly done together with the students 2. In the sentence “The staff sees a lot of parents too.” the word “see” can be replaced with “_”.A. notice B. understand C. arrange D. meet 3. From the diagram(图表), we know that the total of their meetings in April is _ as manyas that in December.A. twice B. a quarter C. half D. two-thirds 4. In March, each of the staff working in the Guidance Department has to interview (会见)about _ parents.A. 10 B. 20 C. 15 D. 5 5. May is always the busiest month because the parents want to _.A. discuss schedules with the staffB. have something done to help their childrens promotion(升级)C. know how their children are getting on with their lessonsD. do something good for the school or the staffCMaliyuwa, a nearby village. They lived with the mans big familyhis parents his brothers, their wives and children. They family kept an elephant, in which the young woman soon took a great interest. Every day she fed it with fruit and sugar.Three months later the woman went back to her parents home, having quarrelled with her husband. Soon the elephant refused to eat and work. It appeared to be ill and heartbroken. One morning after several weeks the animal disappeared from the house.It went to the womans home. On seeing her, the elephant waved its trunk and touched her with it. The young woman was so moved (感动) by the act of the animal that she returned to her husbands home. 1. The writer wrote the story in order to .A. show that elephants are very clever3B. tell how a woman tr