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1、阅读理解入口练习（1）阅读理解-ABelton and Canfield are two seashore towns, not far apart. Both towns have many hotels, and in summer the hotels are full of holiday- makers and other tourists(观光者).Last August there was a fire at the Sea breeze Hotel in Belton. The next day, this news appeared on page two of the to
2、wns newspaper, The Belton Post:FIRE AT SEABREEZELate last night firemen hurried to the Sea breeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroom. The hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fire. We say again to all our visitors: “Please dont smoke cigarettes in bed.” This was Beltons f
3、irst hotel fire for five years.The Canfield Times gave the news in these words on page one.ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRELast night Belton firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Sea breeze Hotel. An angry holiday-maker said, “An electric lamp probably
4、 started the fire. The bedroom lamps are very old at some of these hotels. When I put my bedside light on, I heard a funny noise from the lamp.” We are glad to tell our readers that this sort of adventure does not happen in Canfield.What are the facts, then? It is never easy to find out the exact tr
5、uth about an accident. There was a fire at the Sea breeze Hotel last August: that is one fact. Do we know anything else? Yeswe know that firemen went to the hotel.Now what do you think of the rest of the “news”?1. Which of the following best gives the main idea of this text?A. Belton and Canfield ar
6、e both good places for tourists in summer.B. A fire broke out one night in Sea breeze Hotel last summer.C. It was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapers.D. Two newspapers gave reports on the same matter. 答案解析：答案为C。本题为主旨大意题。文章前面的内容陈述了两则不同的新闻报道，后面的内容对新闻报道进行总结，由倒数第二段第二句话 “It is never easy to
7、find out the exact truth about an accident.” 可知，答案为C。2. Which of the following are probably facts?a. The fire broke out in a bedroom at the hotel.b. A cigarette started the fire.c. An old lamp started the fire.d. The fire broke out at night.e. There has never been a fire in Canfield.A. b and c B. a
8、and dC. c and e D. a and c答案解析：答案为B。本题为细节题。由第一则报道的第一句话 “Late last night firemen hurried to the Sea breeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroom.” 和第二则报道的第一句话 “Last night Belton firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Sea breeze Hotel.”可知，火灾都
9、发生在晚上和房间里，故答案为B。3. The Canfield Times used the headline (标题) like this in order to make its readers think _.A. hotels in Belton often catch fireB. hotels in Belton dont often catch fireC. this was the second fire at the Sea breeze HotelD. Belton was a good place except that hotels there are not quit
10、e safe答案解析：答案为A。本题为细节推理题。Canfield Times报纸报道的新闻标题使用 “another” 意在告诉读者Belton的旅馆经常发生火灾，这样可以使得自己城市的旅游业更具有竞争力。故答案为A。4. The Canfield newspaper gave a report just the opposite to the Belton Post by saying that _.A. the bedroom lamps were very old at the Sea breeze HotelB. the bedroom lights made funny noise
11、 when the fire took placeC. the firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other thingsD. such accidents never happened in Canfield for the past 5 years答案解析：答案为C。本题为细节题。 Canfield报纸报道的第一句话 “Last night Belton firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Sea
12、 breeze Hotel.” 一语中的，把最重要的信息首先传递给受众，“消防员到达太晚未能挽救房间里的衣服，床单被褥和一些家具”， C选项的意思与此吻合，故答案为C。干扰项A选项是该则报道后面的内容，不可选。阅读理解 “Experience may possibly be the best teacher, but it is not a particularly good teacher.” You might think that Winston Churchill or perhaps Mark Twain spoke those words, but they actually co
13、me from James March, a professor at Stanford University and a pioneer in the field of organization decision making. For years March( possibly be wisest philosopher of management) has studied how humans think and act, and he continues to do so in his new book The Ambiguities of Experience.He begins b
14、y reminding us of just how firmly we have been sticking to the idea of experiential learning :“Experience is respected；experience is sought；experience is explained.” The problem is that learning from experience involves（涉及）serious complications（复杂化），ones that are part of the nature of experience its
15、elf and which March discusses in the body of this book.In one interesting part of book，for example，he turns a double eye toward the use of stories as the most effective way of experiential learning. He says “The more accurately（精确的）reality is presented，the less understandable the story，and the more
16、understandable the story, the less realistic it is.”Besides being a broadly knowledgeable researcher. March is also a poet, and his gift shines though in the depth of views he offers and the simple language he uses. Though the book is short, it is demanding；Dont pick it up looking for quick, easy lessons. Rather, be ready to think deeply about learning from experience in w
