高二英语阅读训练五

A

The results of the US/NATO bombing（轰炸）of Yugoslavia are to be judged by history. I shall not be the one to do it. But being in the center of actual events that are creating that history, I cannot stay away from what is going on in my country.

First of all, the aim of the bombing was to prevent a human suffering in Kosovo. Today, after many days of frequent bombing, that aim is more distant than before. The bombing only brought tens of thousands of people running away from their homes. Not to mention the large number of the death and injury, buildings and factories. Suppose the US/NATO really had a wish to prevent the human suffering, they should realize by now how wrong they were when they thought the bombing would solve the problem.

So, what's left? Back off or ground troops? But who is going to join the ground troops? It would take at least 200,000armed soldiers, not the200,000 that the US/NATO have prepared in Macedonia. It should also be clear that the Serbs（塞族）will not give up on Kosovo.

I live under continuous bombing for more than a week now. And it doesn't frighten me any more. I don't turn to the shelter（避难所）at the sound of warning. It's the thought of ground troops that frightens me. Vietnam would seem like a pifcnic compared to a bloodshed（流血事件）in Kosovo if the ground troops appear. Is that what the US/ANTO wants?

1.Which of the following statements is true?

A. The US/ANTO really intends to stop the human suffering.

B. The result of the war will be judged by people in Kosovo.

C. The bombing made tens of thousands of people homeless.

D. The continuous bombing will make the Serbs give up on Kosovo.

2.What worries the writer most?

A. The continuous bombing. B. The coming of ground troops.

C. The sound of bomb warning. D. The idea of ground troops.

3.What's the writer's attitude towards the bombing in Kosovo?

A. It is the US/ANTO's duty to defend Kosovo.

B. It is wrong to solve the problem by bombing Kosovo.

C. The aim of bombing Kosovo is to stop a human suffering.

D. The bombing can solve the problem on Kosovo.

4.The underlined sentence means .

A. the war in Vietnam wasn't serious at all

B. the war in Vietnam was different from that in Kosovo

C. the US will send more troops to Kosovo than to Vietnam

D. ground troops to Kosovo will cause an even greater disaster

B

Every animal is a living radiator—heat formed in its cells（细胞）is given off through its skin. Warm-blooded animals keep a normal temperature by continuously replacing lost surface heat; smaller animals, which have more skin for every ounce（盎司）of body weight, must produce heat faster than bigger ones. Because smaller animals burn fuel faster, scientists say they live faster.

The speed at which an animal lives is determined by measuring the rate at which it uses oxygen. A chicken, for example, uses one—half cubic（立方）centimeter of oxygen every hour for each gram it weighs. The tiny shrew—moue uses four cubic centimeters of oxygen every hour for each gram it weighs .Because it uses oxygen eight times as fast, it is said that the shrew —moue is living eight times as fast as the children. The smallest of the warm-blooded animals, the humming bird, lives a hundred times as fast as an elephant.

There is a limit to how small a warm—blooded animal can be. A mammal or bird that weighed only two and a half grams would starve to death. It would burn up its food too rapidly and would not be able to eat fast enough to supply more fuel.

5.The passage says that every animal is a living radiator because it .

A. produces heat in its body cells

B. burns fuel to produce heat

C. gives off heat through its shin

D. requires oxygen to produce heat

6.Small animals are said to live faster than big ones because they .

A. have more skin for their body weight

B. replace lost heat faster

C. burn fuel faster

D. keep a higher body temperature

7.The amount of oxygen an animal uses depends on .

A. its body weight

B. the food it eats

C. its general size and shape

D. the length of time it lives

8.Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A. There is no limit as to how large a warm-blooded animal can be.

B. The hummingbird lives faster than any other warm－blooded animal.

C. Small animals have less skin for their body weight than large ones.

D. The hummingbird is the smallest of the warm－blooded animals.