重庆华章MBA英语每日一练（5.7）
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2014年5月6日阅读理解答案及详解
答案解析：
1. The word “indicators” in paragraph I probably means .
A. maps
B. services
C. signs
D. stations
解析：C正确
第一段中的“indicators”可能是什么意思？
这里可以带入文章上下文。（重庆MBA）
2. How can birds sense the coming of a storm?
A. By feeling a drop in air temperature.
B. By noticing the change of wind directions.
C. By feeling a drop in air pressure.
D. By noticing the movements of other animals.
解析：C正确
鸟是如何感知暴风雨将要来临？
文章的对应处：Birds are especially good weather indicators because they also show the effect of a pressure drop in many ways.
3. The best title for the text would be .
A. Signs of a Storm
B. Drops in Air Pressure
C. Animals’ Sharp Senses
D. Nature’s Weather Signs
解析：D正确
文章的最佳标题是哪个？
可以找到文章的主旨句：you can also find many weather signs among wildlife, because of their highly developed senses.以及最后一段的总结句可以判断得出。
参考译文：
通常人们通过广播，电视，报纸或者是网络来了解天气情况。不过你也可以通过野生鸟兽发现许多天气迹象，因为它们有高度发达的感觉能力。空气压力下降会对小动物产生各种各样的影响。老鼠和鹿就是很好的天气指示者。人们长时间的户外观察发现，在暴风雨前田鼠会从洞里跑出来，四处窜。鹿会离开高地，从山上跑下来。
鸟类尤其是很好的天气预报员，它们也用很多方式表现出压力下降产生的影响。例如，一些鸟变得很急躁，吵吵闹闹的，为了一片面包打架。一些鸟在暴风雨来临前叽叽喳喳地鸣叫。就好像它们知道一个小时或两个小时后就会有风雨降临。鸟也会在暴风雨前寻找安全的地方。你有时会看见鸟在树上搭窝或是在建筑物边上的电线上聚集。这是由于暴风雨前的低压使得空气变得很稀薄，造成鸟飞行困难。
不像在春秋季，在夏天时节，看到许多鸟在天空飞是很不寻常的。如果你看到这个景象就看看别的信号。如果它们飞往错误的方向，它们有可能是在暴风雨来临前飞行。
通过仔细观察自然界中的各种重要信号，我们可以更好地为各种天气做准备。
词汇及短语：
indicator: 指示器, 记录器; 指示物; 指示者
irritable: 易怒的, 急躁的
quarrelsome: 喜欢吵架的,好争论的
chirp: vi.鸟叫; 虫鸣
overhead: adv. 在头顶上; 在空中
2014年5月7日阅读理解练习题
阅读理解：
If you look for a book as a present for a child, you will be spoiled for choice even in a year there is no new Harry Patten. J.K Rowling’s wizard is not alone. The past decade has been a harvest for good children’s books, which has set off a large quantity of films and an increased sales of classics such as The Lord of the Rings.（重庆MBA）
Yet despite that, reading is increasingly unpopular among children. According to statistics in 1997, 23% said they didn’t like reading at all. In 2003, 35% did. And around 6% of children leave primary school each year unable to read properly.
Maybe the decline is caused by the increasing availability of computes games. Maybe the books boom has affected only the top of the educational pile. Either way, Chancellor Cordon Brown plans to change things for the bottom of the class. In his pre-budget report, he announced the national project of Reading Recovery to help the children struggling most.
Reading Recovery is aimed at six year olds, who receive four months of individual daily half-hour classes with a specially trained teacher. An evaluation either this year reported that children on the scheme made 20 months’ progress in just one year, whereas similarly weak readers without special help made just five months’ progress, and so ended the year even further below the level expected for their age.
International research tends to find that when British children leave primary school they read well, but read text often for fun than those elsewhere. Reading for fun matters because children who are keen on reading can report lifelong pleasure and loving books is an excellent indicator of future educational success. According to the OECD, being a regular and enthusiastic reader is of great advantage.
1．Which of the following is true of Paragraph 1?
A．Many children’ books have been adapted from films.
B．Many high-quality children’ books have been published.
C．The sales of classics have led to the popularity of films.
D．The sales of presents for children have increased.
2．What do we know about Reading Recovery?
A．An evaluation of it will be made sometime this year.
B．Weak readers on the project were the most hardworking.
C．It aims to train special teachers to help children with reading.
D．Children on the project showed noticeable progress in reading.
3．Reading for fun is important because book-loving children _________.
A．take greater advantage of the project（重庆MBA）
B．show the potential to enjoy a long life
C．are likely to succeed in their education.
D．would make excellent future researchers
