英语阅读训练

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　　Where Does the Word"Robot"Come From ?

　　The word robot comes from the Czech word robota,meaning heavy labour.A robot is a machine that works automatically.Robots can do a wide variety of tasks.They are especially suitable for doing jobs too boring,difficult,or dangerous for human beings.Robots efficiently carry out such routine

　　tasks as welding,drilling and painting automobile body parts.They also produce plastic food containers and wrap ice cream bars.Some industrial robots can even make electronic equipment and watches.The science and technology that deals with robots is called robotics.

　　A typical robot performs a task by following a set of instructions that tells it exactly what must be done to complete the job.These instructions are entered and stored in the robot's"brain"of a computer or part of a computer.

　　efficiently 有效率地

　　routine 日常的，例行的

　　weld焊接

　　drill 钻孔

　　electronic 电子的

　　“ Robot ”(机器人)是如何得此名字的?

　　机器人 (Robot) 来源于捷克语 Robota 一词，意思是“累人的活”。机器人就是一种能自动操作的机器。机器人可以做许多工作，尤其适用于从事那些人们看来单调、困难、危险的工作。

　　机器人能有效地做那些重复性的劳动，如焊接、钻孔和为汽车零部件喷漆。它们还能用于制造塑料食品包装容器或包扎雪糕等工作。有些工业机器人还能组装电子设备和手表。研究机器人的科技叫人工智能学。一台典型的机器人必须通过精确执行它被告知的完成一项工作的一系列指令才能完成任务，这些指令储存在其“头脑”即计算机内。

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　　Reading

　　I think that people should spend more time reading.Reading has a lot of advantages.One of them is that it helps you develop reading skills.You have to read if you want to become a good reader.In other words,the more you read,the better you get at reading.

　　Second,it helps develop a good vocabulary.Reading exposes you to new words,and you see how those words are used.

　　Third,reading helps you develop good writing skills.If you read a lot,it will help you become a good writer.

　　Finally,you can learn a lot from reading.You learn about current events from reading newspapers.A novel that is set in another country will help you learn about that country and how people live there.There is no limit to what you can learn.All this makes reading a beneficial activity.

　　expose 使……暴露于

　　current event 时事

　　beneficia 有益的

　　阅读

　　我认为人们必须花更多的时间阅读。阅读有很多好处。其中一条就是它能够帮助你发展阅读技巧。如果你想成为一个好的读者你必须阅读。换句话说，你读的越多，你的阅读技巧也就越好。

　　第二，阅读可以帮助你扩大词汇量。阅读可以使你接触新的单词，你可以知道这些词语是如何使用的。

　　第三，阅读帮助你发展写作技能。如果你读的多，这会有助于你的写作。

　　最后，你可以从阅读中学到很多。你可以从阅读报纸中了解时事。一部以其他国家为背景的小说可以帮助你了解这个国家和那里的人民。你所能学到的东西是无限的。所有这些都使阅读成为了一项有益的活动。

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　　Three Jokes

　　Joke 1

　　Co-workers sympathized with my mother when she complained that her back was really painful from moving furniture."Why don't you wait till your husband gets home?"someone asked."I could,"my mother told the group,"but the couch is easier to move if he's not on it."

　　Joke 2

　　A fourth grader asked the teacher's assistant,"how old are you,Mrs. Glass?""You should never ask an adult's age,"I broke in."That's okay."Harriett smiled."I'm fifty.""Wow,you don't look that old,"the boy said.I was about to breathe a sigh of relief when another child chimed in,"Parts of her do."

　　Joke 3

　　My elderly neighbour and his wife were told there could be a 45-minute wait for a table at a popular restaurant as they had no reservations."Young man, we're both 90 years old,"he told the waiter,"we may not have 45 minutes."They were seated immediately.

　　co-worker 同事

　　sympathize 同情

　　couch 长沙发

　　a fourth grader 四年级的学生

　　a sigh of relief 　 松了口气

　　chime (in) 插话

　　笑话三则

　　笑话一

　　当母亲抱怨她的背因搬动家具酸痛无比时，同事们都很同情她。“你为什么不等你丈夫回来呢?”有人问。“我是可以等的”，母亲说，“不过他不躺在上面时沙发床搬起来更容易些。”

　　笑话二

　　一个四年级的学生问教师助理：“你几岁了，格拉丝女士?”“你不应该问一个成年人的年龄，”我打断说。“这没关系，”哈里特笑着说。“我五十了。”“喔，您看起来不像那么老，”男孩说。我正准备松一口气，另一个孩子插话说，“有些部位已经像了。”

　　笑话三

　　我的上了年纪的邻居和他的妻子在一家生意很好的饭店被告知他们必须等四十五分钟，因为他们没有订位。“年轻人，我们俩都已经九十岁了，”他告诉服务员，“我...

　　暑假过后，新初三生们迎来了初中最重要的一年——初三。为方便2013年中考考生及家长查询相关信息，留学群中考频道特别搜集汇总了中考英语阅读训练以供参考：

　　The 21st Birthday

　　All of his life George from Cape Breton had heard stories of an amazing family tradition.It seems that his father， grandfather and great-grandfather had all been able to walk on water on their 21st birthday.On that day,they'd walk across the lake to the boat club for their first legal drink.So when George's 21st birthday came around,he and his pal Corky took a boat out to the middle of the lake.George stepped out of the boat and nearly drowned! Corky just managed to pull him to safety.Furious and confused,George went to see his grandmother."Grandma， it's my 21st birthday,so why can't I walk across the lake like my father,his father,and his father before him?" Granny looked into George's eyes and said,"Because,you dumb as,your father,grandfather and great grandfather were born in January.You were born in July.”

　　legal 合法的

　　drown 淹死

　　furious 愤怒

　　21岁生日

　　生于Cape Breton的乔治自出生以来就听说了一个令人惊奇的家族轶事。他的父亲、祖父、曾祖父似乎都在他们二十一岁生日那天在水上行走。那一天，他们走过湖面，去划船俱乐部喝他们第一杯合法的酒。所以当乔治的二十一岁生日到来的时候，他和他的伙伴高尔基驾船来到河中央。乔治跨出船外，但他差一点淹死!高尔基拼命把他拉了上来。乔治感到生气和困惑，他去问他的祖母，“祖母，今天是我二十一岁的生日，但我为什么不能像父亲、祖父和曾祖父那样走过湖面呢?”祖母注视着他的眼睛说，“傻瓜，因为你的父亲，祖父和曾祖父在一月出生，而你生在七月。”

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　　No Work in the Dark

　　I urgently needed a few days off work,but I knew my boss would not allow me to take a leave.I thought that maybe if I acted crazy he would tell me to take a few days off.So I hung upside down on the ceiling and made funny noises.My co-worker asked me what I was doing.I told her I was pretending to be a light bulb so the boss would think I was crazy and give me a few days off.A few minutes later the boss came in and said,"What are you doing?"I told him I was a light bulb.

　　He said:"you are clearly stressed out.Go home and have a rest for a couple of days."I jumped down and walked out of the office.When my co-worker followed me,the boss said to her,"And where do you think you're going?"She said,"I can't work in the dark!"

　　leave 假期

　　stress out 压力过大

　　我不能摸黑工作

　　我急切地需要请几天假，但我知道老板不会同意。我想要是我装疯他也许会让我请几天假，所以我把自己倒挂在天花板上，发出古怪的声音。我的同事问我在干什么。我告诉他，我正装成个电灯泡，这样老板会觉得我疯了而准我几天假。几分钟后，老板进来了，他说：“你在干什么?”我告诉他我是个电灯泡。

　　他说：“你肯定是压力太大了。回家休息几天吧。”我跳了下来，走出了办公室。当我同事跟着我出来时，老板问她：“你准备到哪里去?”她说，“我不能摸黑工作。”

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　　Volcanic Eruption

　　In north-west Cameroon in August 1986,there was a volcanic eruption which devastated the area.At least 1,200 people were killed and many were left seriously ill with burns and respiratory infections.Nobody could escape because there was no warning,just a loud explosion followed by a terrible smell

　　like that of rotten eggs,and within a short time the entire area around Lake Nios,which was the site of the eruption,was covered in smokes.

　　When help came to the villages on the shores of the lake，men,women,children and animals were found dead:some were outside their huts,some still in bed;others were in the fields or on the village road.It was as if a neutron bomb had exploded destroying nothing but killing all life.The disaster was the worst incident of its kind and the second time such a disaster had stuck this West African nation.

　　volcanic 火山的

　　eruption 爆发

　　devastate 破坏，摧毁

　　respiratory 呼吸的

　　infection 感染

　　explosion 爆炸

　　rotten 恶臭的，腐烂的

　　neutron bomb 中子弹

　　disaster 灾难

　　火山爆发

　　1986年8月，在喀麦隆西北部发生了火山爆发，灾害摧毁了整个地区。至少1200人丧生，许多人严重烧伤，感染呼吸道疾病。因为没有警告，没有人能够逃脱。一声巨大的爆炸声后就是一股难闻的臭鸡蛋的味道，短时间内Nios湖周围的整个地区，也就是火山爆发的地方，淹没在烟雾中。

　　当救援人员赶到湖边的村庄时，男男女女，孩子和动物都已经死亡了： 一些在他们的小屋里，一些还躺在床上，另一些在田野里或是在村里的路上。这好像是一次中子炸弹爆炸，什么也没有毁坏但却杀死了所有生命。这场灾难是这个西非国家遭受的最严重的一次火山爆发，也是这个国家所遭受的第二次大灾难。

　　中考...

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　　Healthy Diet

　　In order to stay healthy it is important to have a balanced diet-in other words,food that contains something from each of the three main groups of food.These groups are protein,carbohydrate and fat.

　　Proteins are very important for building our bodies;they help us build new cells as old ones die.Meat and dairy products are major sources of protein,but not the only ones-we can also get protein from fish,eggs and beans.

　　Carbohydrate and fat are important to enable us to store energy-they provide fuel for the body.Carbohydrates are found in sugar and in cereals such as rice,maize and wheat.Fats are found in meats,vegetable oil,butter,and nuts.Our body also needs minerals such as iron,calcium,and vitamins.Fish,vegetables and milk contain most of the minerals we need.Vitamins are found in fresh vegetables and fruit.

　　protein 蛋白质

　　carbohydrate 碳水化合物

　　cell 细胞

　　maize 玉米

　　mineral 矿物质

　　calcium 钙

　　vitamin 维他命

　　健康饮食

　　为了保持健康，饮食平衡很重要，换句话说，就是食用包含以下三大类的食物。这三大类是蛋白质、碳水化合物和脂肪。

　　蛋白质对于构建我们的身体非常重要;当旧细胞死亡时，它帮助我们生成新的细胞。肉类和奶制品是蛋白质的主要但非唯一来源，我们还可以从鱼类、蛋类和豆类中获得蛋白质。

　　碳水化合物和脂肪也很重要，它们使我们能够存储能量，它们为身体加油。碳水化合物可以在糖及谷类诸如大米、玉米、小麦中找到。脂肪可以从肉类、植物油、黄油及坚果中获得。

　　我们的身体也需要诸如铁、钙、维他命等矿物质。鱼类、蔬菜和牛奶中包含我们所需的大部分矿物质。维他命可以在新鲜的蔬菜和水果中获得。

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　　The Marathon

　　Twenty-six miles,385 yards is rather odd distance for a foot race.Most other running races are measured in lengths of even numbers.The marathon,however,has an ancient history,going back to the early Greek Olympics.

　　The Greeks started the Olympics in 776 B.C.to honour the god Zeus.Every four years,they brought together athletes from all the Greek cities.A nationwide truce was called for the five days of competition held in Olympia.The first day was devoted to ceremonies,banquets,and sacrifices.Early events included running,boxing,wrestling,pentathlon,and various horse and chariot races.

　　After 490 B.C.a special long-distance race,the marathon,was added to commemorate the legendary feat of a Greek soldier.It was said that he ran from the Plain of Marathon to Athens,a distance of 22 miles,1470 yards,to bring the news of the Greek victory over the Persian army.Upon exclaiming,"Rejoice!We have won!"he collapsed and died.

　　marathon 马拉松

　　athlete 运动员

　　nationwide 全国的

　　truce 休战

　　devote 奉献

　　ceremony 典礼

　　banquet 宴会

　　sacrifice 祭祀

　　wrestling 摔跤

　　pentathlon 五项全能

　　chariot race 战车比赛

　　commemorate 纪念

　　legendary feat 传奇性的壮举

　　exclaim 大喊

　　rejoice 欣喜，高兴

　　collapse 倒塌，崩溃，虚脱

　　马拉松

　　26英里285码对于跑步项目来说是个奇怪的距离。其他跑步项目大多是以偶数计算长度的。然而，...