阅读提优 一、完形填空。【用时: 准确率: 】 An old farmer lived with his grandson. Each morning, the 1 got up early and read his Bhagavad Gita(薄迦梵歌). One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I try to read the book like you 2 I can’t understand it, and I forget it easily. What’s the 3 of reading it?” The grandfather said, “Take this coal(煤炭) basket down to the 4 and bring me back a basket of water.” The boy did as his grandfather 5 ,but all the water ran 6 he got home. The grandfather laughed, “You’ll have to move faster next time.” This time the boy 7 faster, but again the basket was empty. He told his grandfather that is was 8 to carry water in a basket. He wanted to use a bottle instead, but the old man said, “I just want a 9 of water. You’re not trying hard enough.” The boy wanted to show his grandfather that the water would surely run. He again put the 10 into the river and ran hard. But there wasn’t anything in it again. He said 11 ,“Look, grandpa, it’s useless(无用的)!” “Watch the basket.” said the grandfather. For the first time the boy 12 the basket was different. It had changed from a dirty old coal basket into a 13 one, inside and out. “Boy, you might not understand or remember 14 when you read the book, but when you read it, you will be 15 ,inside and out. That’s what you got from it.” ( )1. A. son B. father ( )2.A. so ( )3.A. time B. place C. use D. habit ( )4.A. house B. beach C. lake D. river ( )5.A. said B. saw ( )6.A. as B. after C. until ( )7.A. ran B. rode C. drove ( )8.A. difficult B. interesting C. impossible ( )9.A. bottle ( )10.A. hand B. bottle ( )11.A. sadly B. hopefully ( )12.A. forgot B. realized ( )13.A. white B. clean C. new ( )14.A. someone B. something C. anything ( )15.A. different B. relaxed B. but B. basket C. grandfather D. grandmother C. or C. liked D. and D. did C. box D. before D. flew D. unimportant D. bowl C. basket C. excitedly C. believed C. curious(好奇的) D. coal D. happily D. remembered D. black D. anyone D. worried 二、阅读理解。【用时: 准确率: 】 For some students, getting better grades can seem like an impossible task sometimes. With the challenges( 挑战) of school, just paying attention(注意力) in class or studying hard isn’t always enough. But what if there were other ways for students to improve their grades? For parents and students who have ever wondered if this is possible, now you can rest easy. Research suggests that a person who likes doing activities can improve their grades. Scientists think that those students who are active are not just exercising their bodies, but also exercising their brains(大脑). In turn, they can be able to improve their grades at school. In the most recent study, researchers found that when children played for half an hour each day, they were better at organizing(组织) their schoolwork as well as doing project work and learning traditional( 传统的) “difficult” subjects, such as maths. What does this mean for children who aren’t active? Researchers think that if kids don’t get enough activities, they are going to be at a disadvantage(劣势) when it comes to school performance(表现). In the research experiment(实验), a group of children skipped with ropes(跳绳), played basketball and did a number of other games or exercises. Another group of children didn’t do any activities. They took part in testing both before experiment and after the experiment. Testing was mainly for maths and reading skills. Results showed that the children in the activity group did better on the tests than those who had no activity. All work and no play will not only make Jack a dull(迟钝的) boy, but will also negatively(消极地) affect his grades in school, according to a new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics. Parents complain(抱怨) children today are actually less active and they always worry about their grades. Dr. Belton, an expert( 专家), said, “If you’d like to see your kids do better in school, have them close their books, set down their pencils and go outside to play.” ( )1.What does the underlined words “rest easy” in Paragraph 1 mean? A. Stop worrying. ( B. Keep working. C. Continue(继续) learning. D. Study hard. )2.In Paragraph 5, what does the research experiment want to show us? A. Doing activities is bad for the students. B. Doing more homework can get better marks. C. The children in the activity group did better on the tests. D. Children who didn’t do any activities did better on the tests. ( )3.To help children get better grades, pare