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1、河北省武邑中学2018-2019学年高一英语上学期寒假作业9阅读理解 第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项ARiding Club: You can start horse-riding at any age. Choose private or group lessons any weekday between 9 am and 8:30 pm (3:30 pm on Saturdays). There are 10 kilometres of tracks and paths for leisurely rides across farmland and
2、 open country. You will need a riding hat.Opening Hours: Monday through Friday:9:00 am一8:30 pmPhone: (412)3966754Fax: (412)3966752Sailing Club:Our Young Sailors Course leads to the Stage 1 Sailing qualification. You11 learn how to sail safely and the course also covers sailing theory and first aid.
3、Have fun with other course members afterwards in the clubroom. There are 10 weekly twohour lessons (Tuesdays 6 pm8 pm).Opening Hours: Tuesdays: 6:00 pm一8:00 pmPhone: (412)3966644 、Fax: (412)3966644Diving Centre:Our experienced instructors offer one-month courses in deep-sea diving for beginners. The
4、re are two evening lessons a week, in which you learn to breathe underwater and use the equipment safely. You only need a swimming costume and towel. Reduced rates for couples.Opening Hours: Monday and Friday: 6:30pm一8:30pmPhone: (412)3966312Fax: (412)3966706Medical Center:The staff of the Medical C
5、enter aim to provide convenient and comprehensive medical care to students and staff of the university. The center is well equipped and the staff here are trained to deal with a broad range of medical problems. Both female and male doctors as well as nursing staff are available for consultation. Als
6、o, all kinds of medicines are sold here and are cheaper for students than other drugstores.Opening Hours: 24 hour from Monday to SundayPhone: (412)3966649 Fax: (412)3966648Watersports Club:We use a two-kilometre length of river for speedboat racing, and water-skiing. A beginners course consists of t
7、en 20-minute lessons. You will learn to handle boats safely and confidently, but must be able to swim. The club is in a convenient central position and is open daily from 9 a.m to 4 p.m, with lessons all through the day.Opening Hours: Monday through Friday: 9 am一4pmPhone: (412)3966899Fax: (412)39668
8、901If you want to swim and enjoy activities which are fast and a bit dangerous, you should join _.A Watersports Club B Diving CentreC Sailing Club D Riding Club2If you want to experience a new activity in the countryside in the mornings, you may fax .A(412)396-6648 B(412)396-6706 C(412)396-6752 D(41
9、2)39668763If you are planning to explore the ocean depths, you should attend your lessons at .A 24 hour from Monday to SundayB Monday through Friday: 7:00am一10:00pmC Tuesdays: 6:00 pm一8:00 pmD Monday and Friday: 6:30pm一8:30pm4You want to do an activity one evening a week and get a diploma in the end
10、, you can go to .A Watersports Club B Diving centerC Sailing Club D Riding School5Which is NOT the convenience that the Medical Center provides?A Good equipment B Well trained staff membersC Various expensive medicines D Nursery serviceBIf English means endless new words, difficult grammar and somet
11、imes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Havent you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages c
12、hanges grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles. The study also found the effect is greater, the younger people learn a second language. A team led by Dr Andrea Michelle, from University College London, took a group
13、 of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners. Scans showed that grey matter density (密度) in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second
14、language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference. “Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists. It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn
15、.Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. “Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible (灵活的).” he said. “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language be
