key words和main idea练习22篇.docx

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keywords和mainidea练习22篇

keywords练习1.

O.HenrywasapennameusedbyanAmericanwriterofshortstories.HisrealnamewasWilliamSydneyPorter.HewasborninNorthCarolinain1862.Asayoungboyhelivedanexcitinglife.Hedidnotgotoschoolforverylong,buthemanagedtoteachhimselfeverythingheneededtoknow.Whenhewasabout20yearsold,O.HenrywenttoTexas,wherehetrieddifferentjobs.Hefirstworkedonanewspaper,andthenhadajobinabank,whensomemoneywentmissingfromthebankO.Henrywasbelievedtohavestolenit.Becauseofthat,hewassenttoprison.Duringthethreeyearsinprison,helearnedtowriteshortstories.Afterhegotoutofprison,hewenttoNewYorkandcontinuedwriting.HewrotemostlyaboutNewYorkandthelifeofthepoorthere.Peoplelikedhisstories,becausesimpleasthetaleswere,theywouldfinishwithasuddenchangeattheend,tothereader’ssurprise.

keywords练习2.

Whenweseewell,wedonotthinkaboutoureyesveryoften.Itisonlywhenwecannotseeperfectlythatwerealizehowimportantoureyesare.

Peoplewhoarenear-sightedcanonlyseethingsthatareveryclosetotheireyes.Everythingelseseemsblurry.Manypeoplewhodoalotofwork,suchaswriting,readingandsewingbecomenear—sighted.Thenpeoplewhoarefar-sightedsufferfromjusttheoppositeproblem.Theycanseethingsthatarefaraway,buttheyhavedifficultyinreadingabookunlesstheyholditatarm’slength.Iftheywanttodomuchreading,theymustgetglasses,too.

Otherpeopledonotseeclearlybecausetheireyesarenotexactlytherightshape.Theyhavewhatiscalledastigmatism（散光）.This,too,canbecorrectedbyglasses.Somepeople’seyesbecomecloudybecauseofcataracts（白内障）.Longagothesepeopleoftenbecameblind.Now,however,itispossibletooperateonthecataractsandremovethem.

Havingtwogoodeyesisimportantforjudgingdistances.Eacheyeseesthingsfromaslightlydifferentangle（角度）.Toprovethistoyourself,lookatanobjectoutofoneeye;thenlookatthesameobjectoutofyourothereye.Youwillfindtheobject’srelationtothebackgroundandotherthingsaroundithaschanged.Thedifferencebetweenthesetwodifferenteyeviewshelpsustojudgehowfarawayanobjectis.Peoplewhohaveonlyoneeyecannotjudgedistanceaspeoplewithtwoeyes.

keywords练习3

Onedayanantwasdrinkingatasmallstreamandfellin.Shemadedesperateeffortstoreachtheside,butmadenoprogressatall.Thepoorantalmostexhaustedwasstillbravelydoingherbestwhenadove（鸽子）sawher.Movedwithpity,thebirdthrewherabladeofgrass,whichsupportedherlikearaft,andthustheantreachedthebankagain.Whileshewasrestinganddryingherselfinthegrass,sheheardamancomenear.Hewaswalkingalongbarefootedwithaguninhishand.Assoonashesawthedove,hewishedtokillit.Hewouldcertainlyhavedoneso,buttheantbithiminthefootjustasheraisedhisguntofire.Hestoppedtoseewhathadbithim,andthedoveimmediatelyflewaway.Itwasananimalmuchweakerandsmallerthanherselfthathadsavedherlife.

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4.mainidea

Moscow,Russia（Spacenews）—“Thecomputerisabetterchessplayer,”insistedViktorProzorov,theloser.“Itseemedasifitwerelaughingaftereverygoodmove.IknowIshouldhavebeatenitforthesakeofmankind（为人类着想）,butIjustcouldn’twin,”heannouncedandshookhisheadsadly.

Prozorov’sdisappointmentwassharedbyseveralgrandmasterswhowerepresent,someofwhomweresoupsetthattheyshoutedatthemachine.Manychessplayerssaidthatthismeanttheendofchesschampionships（锦标赛）aroundtheworld,sincethefunhadbeentakenoutofthegame.

Thecomputerwalked—orrather,rolled—awaywith5,000dollarsinprizemoneyandlimiteditsremarkstoasetofnoisesandlights.

1.Whichofthefollowingbestgivesthemainideaofthisnewspaperarticle?

A.5,000dollarsgoestoacomputer!

B.Newinvention,alaughingcomputer!

C.World’sbestchessplayerbeaten!

D.Computerdefeatsmaninchess!

5.

（1）

OntheeveningofJune21,1992,atallmanwithbrownhairandblueeyesenteredthebeautifulhalloftheBellTowerHotelinXi’anwithhisbicycle.Thehotelworkersreceivedhimandtelephonedthemanager,fortheyhadneverseenabicycleinthehotelballbeforethoughtheylivedin“thekingdomofbicycles.”

RobertFriedlander,anAmerican,arrivedinXi’anonhisbicycletripacrossAsiawhichstartedlastDecemberinNewDelhi,India.

Whenhewas11,hereadthebookMarcoPoloandmadeuphismindtovisittheSilkRoad.Now,after44years,hewasontheSilkRoadinXi’anandhisearlydreamswerecomingtrue.

RobertFriedlander’snextdestinations（目的地）wereLanzhou,Dunhuang,Urumqi,etc.HewillcompletehistripinPakistan.

1.Thebestheadline（标题）forthisnewspaperarticlewouldbe.

A.TheKingdomofBicyclesB.ABeautifulHotelinXi’an

C.MarcoPoloandtheSilkRoadD.AnAmericanAchievingHisAims

5

（2）

Weareusedtotheideaofaginginourselves.Wearesousedtothisthatitcomesasasurprisetofindthattheremaybesomeanimalsthatdonotage.Seaanemones（海葵）areanexample.Somehavebeenkeptfornearlyacenturywithoutshowinganysignsoflifelessness.Somekindsofseawormscaneven“growbackwards.”Ifkeptinthedarkandgivennothingtoeat,theygetsteadilysmaller,Theyfinallyendasaballofcells（细胞）lookingratherliketheeggfromwhichtheycame.Undergoodconditionstheballwillturnbacktoawormandstartgrowingagain.Onecouldprobablykeepthemgrowingandun-growingagainandagain.

1.Someseawormsgrowsmallerwhenthey______.

A.loseweightB.liveinthedarkness

C.areundergoodconditionsD.don’teatandarekeptinthedark

2.Accordingtothepassage,someseaanimals________.

A.willdiewhentheybecomeaballofcellsB.donotgrowold

C.willdiewithoutfoodD.willstopgrowinganytimetheywant

3.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?

A.Wecankeepcertainkindofseawormgrowingandun-growingagainandagain.

B.Humanbeingswillgrowoldanddie.

C.Ananemoneisakindofseawormthatcangrowbackwards.

D.Someanemoneswilllivenearlyahundredyears.

4.Theunderlinedwordaginginthefirstsentencemeans______.

A.growingoldB.theageofaperson

C.gettingyoungerD.un-growing

5.Thispassageismainlyabout______.

A.seaanimalsB.cellsC.agingD.anemones

6.

AyoungmanfromavillagecalledNawalapitiyamarriedayoungwomanfromMaliyuwa,anearbyvillage.Theylivedwiththeman’sbigfamily—hisparentshisbrothers,theirwivesandchildren.Theyfamilykeptanelephant,inwhichtheyoungwomansoontookagreatinterest.Everydayshefeditwithfruitandsugar.

Threemonthslaterthewomanwentbacktoherparents’home,havingquarrelledwithherhusband.Soontheelephantrefusedtoeatandwork.Itappearedtobeillandheart—broken.Onemorningafterseveralweekstheanimaldisappearedfromthehouse.

Itwenttothewoman’shome.Onseeingher,theelephantwaveditstrunkandtouchedherwithit.Theyoungwomanwassomoved（感动）bytheactoftheanimalthatshereturnedtoherhusband’shome.

1.Thewriterwrotethestoryinorderto.

A.showthatelephantsareveryclever

B.tellhowawomantrainedawildanimal

C.showthatwomencaremoreforanimalsthanmendo

D.tellhowananimalreunitedahusbandandwife

2.Thewomanlefthernewhome.

A.tovisitherownparentsinMaliyuwa

B.toseeiftheelephantwouldfollowher

C.becauseshewasangrywithherhusband

D.becauseshewastiredofthelargefamily

3.Aftertheyoungwomanleftherhusband’shome,theelephant.

A.returnedtotheforestB.wassadbecauseitmissedher

C.wenttolookforanewhomeD.wassickbecausenobodyfedit

4.Theyoungwifewentbacktoherhusbandbecause.

A.sheknewhehadsenttheanimaltoher

B.theelephanthadcometolookforher

C.herparentspersuadedherto

D.shemissedhernewhome

7.

Intoday’sageoffasttravel,theworldseemsasmallerplace----andtosomepeople,alessexcitingplace.FiftyyearsagoonlyafewEnglishpeoplehadholidaysabroad.Peoplewhodidn’ttravelthoughtofothercountriesasveryfarawayanddifferent.Forexample,peoplethoughttheFrenchalleatgarlic（大蒜）,theItaliansalleatspaghetti（细条实心面）.andtheAmericansalldrinkCocaCola.Thesedefinite（明确的）ideasofothernationalitiesarecalledstereotypes（陈规老套）.Butdowehavethesamestereotypestoday?

Peopletravelmore,weallwatchthesameTVprogrammes,andideastravelquicklytoo.NowadayseveryoneeatsgarlicandspaghettianddrinksCocaCola.Everyonelistenstothesamemusic.wearsthesamefashions（流行式样）,buysthesamecars.Theyjustdoitinadifferentlanguage!

1.Nowtheworldseemstobe____________exciting.

A.biggerandmoreB.smallerandmore

C.smallerandlessD.biggerandless

2.Fiftyyearsago,___________Englishpeopletravelledabroad.

A.manyB.fewC.onlysomeD.afew

3.Peoplethoughtofothercountriesas____________.

A.nearanddifferentB.nearandthesame

C.remote（遥远的）andverydifferentD.remoteandthesame

4.Nowadays,people’sideasofothernationalities_____________.

A.havechangedB.arethesame

C.aredifferentD.arealmostthesame

5.Wedon’thavethesamestereotypesbecausepeople_______.

A.travelmore

B.watchthesameTVprogrammes

C.watchdifferentTVprogrammes

D.travelmoreandwatchthesameTVprogrammes

6.Thebesttitleforthispassagewouldbe.

A.ABigWorldB.ASmallWorld

C.AnExcitingWorldD.A