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1、必过10 阅读理解专项20篇一、阅读理解What would life be like without commas (逗号)? It would be quite confusing. Take this simple sentence as an example: Lets eat Dad! Without a comma, Dad becomes the food. Add comma, and Dad becomes a partner at dinner: Lets eat, Dad! The comma enables people to have a better underst
2、anding of the sentence.Heres another example: Tom said Sarah stole the cake. Here, Sarah is the thief. But add a pair of commas, and Tom becomes the thief: Tom, said Sarah, stole the cake.The examples above clearly show that people cannot do without commas in writing. Yet, the comma came from oral s
3、peeches. Long ago, most people could not read. They listened to the news or stories told by the people who gave speeches. The comma began as something to mark the resting place in a sentence. When reading, the speakers knew where to stop and take a breath.In writing, commas are like shining red ligh
4、ts on the road. They require that you wait a moment before continuing. And dont add a comma when you feel like it. There are rules that people shall not break. Learn them, and you wont be eating anyone or making wrong changes.1Without commas, life would be_.AfrighteningBpuzzlingCrelaxingDinteresting
5、2The author uses two examples in the passage to_.Atell jokes to readersBshow the importance of using commasCtell stories to readersDshow the difficulty of using commas3Commas were first used to_.Aindicate a long sentenceBrewrite an unclear sentenceCcontinue a sentenceDmark a break in a sentence4Acco
6、rding to the last paragraph, we use commas by following_.Aour feelingsBour speechesCcertain rulesDsome facts5What is the best title for the passage?ACommas Make Sentences Clear.BCommas Make English Interesting.CCommas Make Writing Easy.DCommas Make Speeches Surprising.In 2016, I suffered from Season
7、al Affective Disorder(SAD) a form of depression(抑郁症) that is found to make people feel low in the UK between September and April. During that cold and wet period, I got comfort in books.Books have been used by many to reduce depression. I lose myself into them as thirstily as usually get my morning
8、coffee. Each Christmas, I have a habit of returning to the old favorite books that make up for my emptiness, such as Jane Eyre. Sometimes, to escape from the cold, I run back to the heat that I am used to, so I will read a lot of books set in Africa.It became important for me to find a way to escape
9、 my sadness in the world of books. And isnt that what art and literature is for? According to JJ Bola, the author of No Place to Call Home, “The world can get you so down that you think youre the only person going through what youre going through. But then you read and you realize that you are not a
10、lone that if someone else has gone through it and survived, then maybe you can, too.” It is this survival that the reader looks for, that is, the understanding that the winter is not so long after all.6What was the possible cause for the authors illness?AHis personality.BHis poor health.CSleeplessne
11、ss.DCold and wet seasons.7The author likes reading old favorite books because they help him_.Akill timeBkeep warmCenjoy Christmas timeDdrive away emptiness8Which book may the author probably read when he feels cold?AJane Eyre.BOut of Africa.CAlice in Wonderland.DNo Place to Call Home.9Through readin
12、g, the author_.Afinds a way to escape his sadnessBgets along better with othersCleans more about other culturesDbecomes more interested in literature10What is the best title for the passage?AReading Reduces DepressionBReading Keeps You WarmCHow to Escape LonelinessDHow to Survive WintersGeorge Danie
13、ls lives in London. He is a watchmaker. His work continues the tradition of the English watchmakers of the 18th and 19th centuries. Today this tradition is almost dead. Daniels is the only man in the world who designs his own watches makes all the pars himself and then puts them together.A Daniels w
14、atch is the product of his hands alone. One of his watches which is now in an American museum took 3500 hours to complete. He usually makes one watch a year. Each one is inscribed (刻) with “Daniels London” and costs about $10,000. Of course these are not ordinary watchesthey are very beautiful and w
15、ill last three centuries.George Daniels has always been attracted by clocks and watches. When he was five he used to take his fathers clock apart and put it back together again. At school he used to repair his teachers watches.He is now internationally famous and many people would like him to make watches for them. But most of them will be disappointed. He chooses his customers very carefully indeed. It must be someone who understands the subject,” he says “not someone who will leave the watch in the drawer and only show it to dinner quests.”11Who is George Daniels?AOne
