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1、- 1 -阅读理解训练题（六十五）阅读理解训练题（六十五）AWhen John Milton, writer of“Paradise Lost”, entered Cambridge University, in 1625, he was already skilled in Latin after seven years of studying it as his second language at St. Pauls School, London. Like all English boys who prepared for college in grammar schools, he
2、had learned not only to read Latin but also to speak and write it smoothly and correctly. His pronunciation of Latin was English, however, and seemed to have sounded strange to his friends when he later visited Italy.Schoolboys gained their skill in Latin in a bitter way. They kept in mind the rules
3、 to make learning by heart easier. They first made a word -for -word translation and then an idiomatic translation into English. As they increased their skill, they translated their English back into Latin without referring to the book and then compared their translation with the original. The schoo
4、lmaster was always at hand to encourage them. All schoolmasters believed Latin should be beaten in.After several years of study, the boys began to write compositions in imitation of the Latin writers they read. And as they began to read Latin poems, they began to write poems in Latin. Because Milton
5、 was already a poet at ten, his poems were much better than those painfully put together by the other boys. During the seven years Milton spent at university, he made regular use of his command of Latin. He wrote some excellent Latin poems, which he published among his works in 1645.56What does the
6、passage mainly tell about?A. How John Milton wrote“ Paradise Lost”.B. How John Milton studied Latin.C. How John Milton became famous.D. How John Milton became a poet.57Which of the following is true of John Miltons pronunciation of Latin?A. It has a strong Italian accent.B. It has an uncommon accent
7、.C. It was natural and easy to understand.D. It was bad and difficult to understand.58It can be inferred from the passage that_.A. Miltons training in Latin was similar to that of the other boysB. Milton hadnt learned any foreign language except Latin before going to collegeC. Miltons Italian friend
8、s helped him with Latin when talkingD. Miltons classmates learned Latin harder but worse than Milton59Which of the following is suggested in the passage?A. The schoolmaster mainly helped those who were bad at Latin.B. The schoolmaster usually stood beside the schoolboys with a stick in his hand.C. T
9、he schoolboys could repeat Latin grammar rules from memory.D. Some of the schoolboys were quick at writing compositions in Latin.60What is the meaning of the underlined part“ Latin should be beaten in”that the writer wishes you to understand?A. Schoolboys should be punished if they were lazy to lear
10、n Latin.B. Schoolboys should be encouraged if they had difficulty in learning Latin.C. Schoolboys were expected to master Latin in a short time.D. Schoolboys had to study Latin in a hard way. BThere are two factors which determine an individuals （个人）intelligence. The first is the sort of brain he is
11、 born with. Human brains differ considerably, some being more capable than others. But no matter how good a brain he has to begin with, an individual will have a low order of intelligence unless - 2 -he has opportunities to learn. So that second factor is what happens to the individual - the sort of
12、 environment in which he is reared. If an individual is handicapped（制约）environmentally, it is likely that his brain will fail to develop and he will never attain the level of intelligence of which he is capable.The importance of environment in determining an individuals intelligence can be demonstra
13、ted by the case history of the identical twins, Peter and Mark. Being identical, the twins had identical brains at birth, and their growth processes were the same. When the twins were three months old , their parents died , and they were placed in separate foster homes. Peter was reared by parents o
14、f low intelligence in an isolated community with poor educational opportunities. Mark was reared in the home of well - to - do parents who bad been to college. He was read to as a child, sent to good schools, and given every opportunity to be stimulated（刺激）intellectually. This environmental differen
15、ce continued until the twins were in their late teens, when they were given tests to measure their intelligence. Marks IQ was 125, twenty- five points higher than the average and fully forty points higher than his identical brother. Given equal opportunities, the twins, having identical brains, woul
16、d have tested at roughly the same level.61The passage can be titled_.A. Measturing Your IntelligenceB. Iutelligence and EnvironmentC. The Case of Peter and Mark D. How the brain influences Intelligence62The best statement of the main idea of the passage is that_.A. human brains differ considerablyB. the brain a person is born with is important in determining his intelligenceC. environment is more important in determining a persons
