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1、1高二英语阅读理解限时训练（十） 15.11.10AHoward Dill is a giant among giant pumpkin growers. He grew world champion pumpkins for four years running, from 1979 to 1982, and missed winning the fifth year by a mere 5 pounds. Today, his Dill Atlantic Giant seeds are sold worldwide to more than 50 seed companies. The p
2、umpkins grown from his Dill Atlantic Giant seeds commonly weigh in at over 1, 000 pounds. “I dont have any training in genetics (遗传学 )；it was all trial and error, ” Dill says. He inherited his love of pumpkins from his father and has enjoyed growing them for years.Dill still grows giant pumpkins, bu
3、t not for competition. In the fall, visitors come to enjoy the pumpkin patch on his 90-acre farm in Nova Scotia, Canada. He plants ten acres of pumpkins for Halloween and two acres of giant pumpkins. One of giant pumpkins was recently baked into 442 pumpkin pies and sold at $ 5 each for charity.It y
4、ou want to try growing a giant pumpkin, Dill recommends starting with a soil test and then adding fertilizer as needed. Plant the giant pumpkin seed. A giant pumpkin can gain 15 to 20 pounds a day, so careful wateringevery day or twois essential. You should wait about 130 days until the pumpkin matu
5、res and then you can harvest it.Dills favorite pumpkin set the Guinness Book record in 1981. It weighted 493.5 pounds. “Ive grown them larger since, but that one meant a lot, ” he remembers. “I never would have predicted ten years ago that there would be a 1, 000-pounder, but there are many of them
6、now, ”says Dill. The 2006 world record holder is Larry Checkon of Pennsylvania. He grew a 1, 469 pounder. Dill says, “These world champions are grown from my seeds, so I feel like a winner right along with them.”1. What can we learn about the world champion pumpkin of 1983?A. It weighed over 1, 000
7、pounds.B. It was missing after the competition.C. It was 5 pounds heavier than that of 1982.D. It was 5 pounds heavier than Dills biggest one that year.2. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Howard Dill is well trained in genetics.B. Howard Dill grows pumpkins just for competi
8、tion.C. Dill felt proud of Larry Checkons champion pumpkin.D. Dills favorite pumpkin is the heaviest of all those he has ever grown.3. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. Gardening Giant: Howard Dill B. World Champion PumpkinC. Dill Atlantic Giant Seeds D. How to Grow Giant P
9、umpkins2BSo long as teachers fail to distinguish between teaching and learning, they will continue to undertake to do for children that which only children can do for themselves. Teaching children to read is not passing reading on to them. It is certainly not endless hours spent in activities about
10、reading. Douglas insists that “reading cannot be taught directly and schools should stop trying to do the impossible”. Teaching and learning are two entirely different processes. They differ in kind and function. The function of teaching is to create the conditions and the climate that will make it
11、possible for children to plan cleverly the most efficient system for teaching themselves to read. Teaching is also a public activity: It can be seen and observed. Learning to read involves all that each individual does to understand the world of printed language. Almost all of it is private, for lea
12、rning is an occupation of the mind, and that process is not open to public scrutiny. If teacher and learner roles are not interchangeable, what then can be done through teaching that will aid the child in the long search for knowledge? Smith has one principle rule for all teaching instructions. “Mak
13、e learning to read easy, which means making reading a meaningful, enjoyable and frequent experience for children.” When the roles of teacher and learner are seen for what they are, and when both teacher and learner fulfill them properly, then much of the pressure and feeling of failure for both is g
14、ot rid of. Learning to read is made easier when teachers create an environment where children are given the chance to solve the problem of learning to read by learning. 4. The problem with the reading course as mentioned in the first paragraph is that_. A. too much time is spent in teaching about re
15、ading B. reading tasks are given with little guidance C. it is one of the most difficult school courses D. students spend limited hours in reading 5. The teaching of reading will be successful if _. A. teachers can make their teaching activities observable B. teachers can teach their students how to
16、 read C. teachers can improve conditions at school for the students D. teachers can enable students to develop their own way of reading 6. The word “scrutiny” (Paragraph 3) most probably means “_”. A. unbelief B. control C. inquiry D. observation 7. The main idea of the passage is that_.A. reading is more complicated than believable B. reading ability is something gained rather than taught C. teachers should encourage students to read as widely as possible
