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1、阅读理解训练（3）A When Sabrina Vega was 5 years old, a friend invited her to a party held at a gym where Sabrina discovered that she loved doing gymnastics A few nights after the party, Sabrina had a dreamShe told her mother, Jahira, about the dream Jahira said, Sabrina said that in her-dream she went to t
2、he Olympics, She described every-thing at this international competitionAt first I did not take her story seriously But Sabrina kept talking about her dreamShe told it to her father, DavidSo Jahira and Daviddecided to pay for Sabrina to learn gymnastics So Sabrina started to train at a special and c
3、ompetitive gym Though only 7 years old, she was already training to compete at a high level The years passed quickly Sabrina got better and betterBy the time she was 12 years old, Sabrina was training so many hours each clay that she did not have time to do things that many other Americans of an age
4、 did v When Sabrina was 13 , she had a chance to compete in a-national gymnastics eventIf she did well, the event would give her the chance to join the national teamthe team that trains for the O-lympics But the family was out of money Jahira had to tell Sabrina that she could not go Jahira said, Te
5、ars came to her eyes, and she said, “ I understand A week or two later, a rich family came to visit Sabrina s gym unexpectedly They watched Sab-rina trainThen they asked to talk to her mother The rich family offered Jahira all the money they needed ! Eventually, Sabrina Vega competed at the 2012 0ly
6、mpic TrialsShe finished l0th in the all-round21Sabrina Vega had a dream to Ago to the party Bdo gymnastics Ctake part in the Olympics Dattend a national competition22From the passage, we can infer ASabrina s parents were tired of her talkingBSabrinas parents loved her and were moved by her CSabrinas
7、 parents supported her dream even at the beginning DSabrina became a national team player at the age of twelve23What does the author want to tell us? AAll roads lead to Rome BEarly birds catch worms CPractice makes perfect DGod blesses the determined and hard-working24Which of the following can be t
8、he best title for the text? AA talented girl BThe caring parents CAn Olympic dream DA helping hand参考答案21-24 CBDC B题文见下页25Why did Tyler write the letter to his parents? ATo describe his interesting camp experiences BTo express his regret about scaring others CTo ask his parents for advice about campi
9、ng DTo tell his parents about his sufferings at camp26The underlined word chase in the first letter probably means “ ”。 Afly away Bget rid of Cput up with Drun after27Tyler s mother advises him to Abuy more lotion for the bites Breturn with a few friends Cavoid scaring other campers Dturn to the pol
10、ice when in trouble参考答案25-27 ADC C The ancient city of Chichen Itza in southern Mexico was one of the most powerful cities and one of the most powerful ancient cultures-the MayaBut today, no one lives thereIt is only a group of old buildingsHowever, people from around the world still come to see itP
11、eople come to learn about its ancient culture, the culture of the Mayan people The Mayan culture began almost 3,000 years ago and grew in parts of Central AmericaBut a-bout l,000 years ago a group called the Itza invaded the city and built new parts of the city based on natural wellsThey named the c
12、ity Chichen Itza, which means mouth of the well of the Itza The most interesting structure in Chichen Itza is the Pyramid of Kukulcan（库库尔坎金字塔）,whose four sides all come together at one point at the topEach side on the Pyramid of Kukulcan has 91 stepsAnd there is one more step at the top of the pyram
13、idThe steps are as many as the days of a yearSome experts believe the Maya could have used this building to help them know when to plant cropsEach day the sun falls on a different step of the pyramid, which could be a way to follow the yearThe people of Chichen Itza especially designed one building
14、to observe and study the movement of the stars and planetsExperts say that the observatory（天文台） is one of the most complex structures the Maya builtA set of steps went up and around the observatory towerAnd there were windows in the tower Each window had a purposeExperts believe that a person lookin
15、g through one of these windows could see particular stars on particular datesThe Maya might have believed that studying the stars could tell them the future Chichen Itza is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and an important part of the world s history28Visitors came to the city of Chichen Itza to Aview
