1、阅读理解提高训练 18A WHERE TO STAY IN BOSWELL?TOUR GUIDE TO OUR BEST HOTELSFIRST HOTEL Address:222 Edward Road Telephone:414-6433The number of rooms:120 Single room: $25 Double room: $35Special attractions: Air-conditioned rooms. French restaurant. Swimming pool. Shops. Coffee shop and bar. Telephone, radio
2、 and television in each room. Close to the city center.FAIRVIEW HOTEL Address: 129 North Road Telephone:591-5620The number of rooms: 50 Single room: $12 Double: $18Special attractions: Close to the airport. Telephone in each room. Bar. Restaurant. Garage. Swimming pool.ORCHARD HOTEL Address: 233 Edw
3、ard Road Telephone:641-6446The number of rooms:120 Single room: $15 Double $20Special attractions: Facing First Hotel. European restaurant. Coffee shop. Television. Nightclub.OSAKE HOTEL Address: 1264 Venning Road Telephone:643-8200The number of rooms:180 Single room: $30 Double $50Special attractio
4、ns: Air-conditioned rooms. Japanese and Chinese restaurants. Swimming pool. Large garden. Shops.1. If you want to eat Chinese food, you will go to the restaurant in _.A. Fairview Hotel B. First HotelC. Orchard Hotel D. Osaka Hotel2. The cheapest price for a single room is _ in _ in Boswell.A. $ 12 /
5、 First Hotel B. $ 15 / Osaka Hotel C. $ 12/ Fairview Hotel D. $25 / Orchard Hotel3. The total number of the room in Boswell is _A. 120 B.170 C.290 D.4704. If a Japanese traveler likes to eat in a French restaurant, _ is the right place for him to go to.A. 233 Edward Road B. 1264 Venning RoadC.222 Ed
6、ward Road D. 129 North Road5. Which hotel faces Orchard Hotel?A. First Hotel B. Osaka HotelC. Fariview Hotel D. No hotel1. D 此题为细节题。Japanese and Chinese restaurants.中国餐厅和日本餐厅。2. C 此题为细节题。 FAIRVIEW HOTEL Single room: $12 3. D 此题为细节题。把四个饭店的床位数加起来等于四百七十。4. C 此题为细节题。FIRST HOTEL Address:222 Edward Road F
7、rench restaurant. 5. A 此题为细节题。 ORCHARD HOTEL Facing First Hotel(B)HAVE you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours though it is about 40,000 kilometers? Now, maybe you can. Last Saturday, the American X-43A airplane made its first flight. It reached a speed of 8,000 kilomet
8、ers an hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world. X-43A is only three to four meters long, but its very heavy: it weighs 1,270 kilos.HOW old can an insect be? 400 million years! Last Wednesday, scientists found the worlds oldest insect fossil(化石) in Britain. The fossil shows that the body o
9、f the insect was as big as a piece of rice and had wings(翅膀). In the past, people thought the earliest insect was 380 million years old.THERE will be a new “star” in the sky soon. China plans to send a satellite(卫星) into space be September 2009. It will stay in space for one year. It will go around
10、the moon and take pictures. It must be very expensive, right? Thats for sure 1.4 billion yuan!YUAN Longping, the father of hybrid rice (杂交水稻), won the World Food Prize on Monday. Yuan developed the worlds first popular and widely grown hybrid rice. Hybrid rice plants can make more rice than the ones
11、 people grew before.1. If the X-43A goes round the Eath, it will take about _ hours to finish the trip.A.3 B.5 C.8 D.122. The newly-found insect fossil showed that the earliest insect was _ years older than believed.A.10 million B.400 million C.20 million D.380 million3. Which of the following about
12、 the new star is NOT true?A. It will go into space by September 2008.B. It will stay in space for twelve months.C. It costs a lot.D. It will go around the moon.4.Yuan Longping won the World Food Prize because he _.A. is the father of his childrenB. likes to eat hybrid riceC. developed the worlds fir
13、st popular and widely grown hybrid riceD. grows more rice than others5. The above paragraphs are taken from _.A. a story B. an advertisementC. an explaining writing D. a newspaper1. B 此题为细节题。全世界环绕一次是 40000公里， X-43A的速度是 8000公里，所以需要五小时。2. C 此题为细节题。400million 减去 38million等于 20million。3. A 此题为细节题。 China plans to send a satellite(卫星) into space be September 2009. 中国计划 2009年 9月发送一颗卫星到太空。4. C 此题为细节题。Yuan developed the worlds first popular and widely grown hybrid rice 袁隆平发展了世界上最流行以及最广泛应用的杂交水稻。5. D 此题为推断题。
