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　　英語閱讀理解150篇

　　Unit One

　　Part A

　　Directions:

　　Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)

　　Text 1

　　Not long after the telephone was invented, I assume, a call was placed. The caller was a parent saying, “your child is bullying my child, and I want it stopped!” The bully's parent replied, “you must have the wrong number. My child is a little angel.”

　　A trillion phone calls later, the conversation is the same. When children are teased or tyrannized, the parental impulse is to grab the phone and rant. But these days, as studies in the U.S. show bullying on the rise and parental supervision on the decline, researchers who study bullying say that calling moms and dads is more futile than ever. Such calls often lead to playground recriminations and don't really teach our kids any lessons about how to navigate the world and resolve conflicts.

　　When you call parents, you want them to “extract the cruelty” from their bullying children, says Laura Kavesh, a child psychologist in Evanston, Illinois. “But many parents are blown away by the idea of their child being cruel. They won t believe it.” In a recent police department survey in Oak Harbor, Washington, 89% of local high school students said they had engaged in bullying behavior. Yet only 18% of parents thought their children would act as bullies.

　　In a new U.S.PTA survey, 5% of parents support contacting other parents to deal with bullying. But many educators warn that those conversations can be misinterpreted, causing tempers to flare. Instead, they say, parents should get objective outsiders, like principals, to mediate.

　　Meanwhile, if you get a call from a parent who is angry about your child's bullying, listen without getting defensive. That's what Laura McHugh of Castro Valley, California, did when a caller told her that her then 13-year-old son had spit in another boy's food.Her son had confessed, but the victim's mom “wanted to make sure my son hadn't given her son a nasty disease,” says McHugh, who apologized and promised to get her son tested for AIDS and other diseases. She knew the chance of contracting any disease this way was remote, but her promise calmed the mother and showed McHugh's son that his bad behaviour was being taken seriously. McHugh, founder of Parents Coach Kids, a group that teaches parenting skills, sent the mom the test results. All were negative.

　　Remember: once you make a call, you might not like what you hear. If you have an itchy dialing finger, resist temptation. Put it in your pocket. [419 words]

　　1.The word “bullying” probably means______.

　　[A] frightening and hurting [B] teasing

　　[C] behaving like a tyrant [D] laughing at

　　2. Calling to a bully's parent.______.

　　[A]has long existed but changed its content [B]is often done with careful thinking

　　[C]often leads to blaming and misunderstanding [D]is used to warn the child not to do it again

　　3. According to the surveys in the U.S., _______. [A] bullying among adults is also rising

　　[B] parents are not supervising their children well

　　[C] parents seldom believe bullies

　　[D] most parents resort to calling to deal with bullying

　　4. When bullying occurs, parents should_______.

　　[A] help the bulling child get rid of cruelty [B] resort to the mediator

　　[C] avoid getting too protective [D] resist the temptation of calling

　　5.Laura McHugh promised to get the bullied boy tested for diseases because________.

　　[A] her son confessed to being wrong [B] she was afraid to annoy the boy's parent

　　[C]he was likely to be affected by these diseases[D]she wanted to teach her own son a lesson

　　核心詞匯

　　blow away *① to completely surprise sb., to affect intensely; overwhelm使大為驚訝;強(qiáng)烈影響，征服 例：That concert blew me away.音樂會(huì)震撼了我。 ② to defeat sb. completely, esp. in a game (尤指在比賽中)徹底戰(zhàn)勝 例：Nancy blew away the rest of the skaters.南希戰(zhàn)勝了其他的滑冰運(yùn)動(dòng)員。

　　bully n. [C] 恃強(qiáng)凌弱者;流氓，暴徒 vt. ① to threaten to hurt or frighten sb. weaker 欺侮例：He was bullied by the older boys at school. 他在學(xué)校里受到大孩子的欺負(fù)。 ② to use your strength or power to make sb. do sht. 恐嚇, 脅迫 例： The manager tried to bully his men into working harder by threatening them with dismissal. 經(jīng)理企圖以解雇相威脅, 迫使職工更賣力氣。

　　Contract n..[C] 契約;合同 vi. to become smaller or narrower縮小;收縮 例：Metal contracts as it becomes cool. 金屬冷卻時(shí)收縮。 *vt. to begin to have an illness患(病) 例：He contracted pneumonia.他得了肺炎。

　　flare vi. (也作flare up)① to suddenly begin to burn, or to burn more brightly for a short time 突然燃燒起來;(短暫地)燒旺 例： The match flared in the darkness.火柴在黑暗中突然著了一小會(huì)兒。 *②(感情等)突然爆發(fā) 例： Violence has flared up again in the Middle East. 中東又突然爆發(fā)了暴力事件。 ③(疾病)突然加劇 例： My asthma tends to flare up on smoggy days. 在煙霧天我的氣喘往往會(huì)加劇。 n. [C] ① 閃光，瞬時(shí)的明亮火焰 ② 信號(hào)燈(彈) resolve vt. * ① to find a satisfactory way of dealing with a problem or difficulty 解決 例： There weren t enough beds, but the matter was resolved by George sleeping on the sofa.床不夠用，但喬治睡到沙發(fā)上問題就解決了。 ② to make a definite decision to do sth.(某人)決心，決定 例：After the divorce she resolved never to marry again.離婚以后，她下決心永不再嫁。 ③(委員會(huì)、會(huì)議等通過投票)作出決議，表決 例： The Senate resolved to accept the President's budget proposals by 70 votes to 30.參議院以70 票對(duì)30票通過決議，同意總統(tǒng)的預(yù)算草案。

　　vi. 下決心，決定 例：He resolved on/against (making) an early start. 他決定(不)早出發(fā).