1、上海牛津高一英語專項練習（閱讀）Reading ComprehensionPassage OneMany people hurt their backs when they try to lift heavy things from the floor. Itis easy to hurt your back muscles when you pick up a heavy object. However, there is a correct way to lift things from the floor if you pick up or lift heavy objects corr

2、ectly, you probably will not hurt your back.To lift something from the floor correctly, first bend your knees and squat down. Keep your back straight. Do not bend over from your waist; keep your back and hips and waist in a line. If you bend over, the muscles in your lower back can become wounded ve

3、ry easily. If you keep your back and hips stronger, they have much more support. The other muscles can then help the lower back muscles.As you squat down, try to get as close to the object as possible. For example, if you are going to pick up a heavy box, squat down directly in front of it. Maybe yo

4、u will have to spread your knees and legs. Put one knee on each side of the box. Remember at all times to keep your back straight.Put your hands under the objects that is in front of you, between your knees.To lift objects, you should stand up slowly. Use your leg muscles in order to stand up. In ot

5、her words, lift with your legs, not with your back.1. If you try to lift heavy things from the floor, _. A. you will hurt your backB. you may hurt your back C. you must hurt your backD. you never hurt your back2. According to the passage, how can you avoid hurting yourself while lifting things from

6、the floor?A. To get yourself insured. B. Never to lift heavy things.C. To use the correct way to lift things.D. To do body exercises to have more strength.3 To lift a heavy object mainly depends on your _.A. legsB. backC. kneesD. hands4. To lift a heavy box, the most important thing you should do is

7、 _.A. to put your hands under the boxB. to bend your knees and squat downC. to put one knee on each side of itD. to keep your back straight at all times5. When you lift a heavy thing, which of the following is NOT true? A. Keeping your back and hips and waist in a line.B. Putting one knee in front o

8、f the thing. C. Standing up slowly.D. Putting your hands under the thing between your knees.6. What does the underlined word”squat”mean in the passage?7. According to the passage, which part of your body is most likely to be hurt while lifting heavy things?A. legsB. armsC. hipsD. backPassage TwoEVEN

9、TS( 賽事 )Bicycle tour(旅行 ) and race（比賽）A bike tour and race will be held on August 26 and 27(Sat.& Sun.). At 5:30a.m.the riders will leave Tian anmen Square and ride the first 35saskilometeratraining leg. Then the next 55 kilometer leg, from Yanjiao to Jixian, will be the first competitive part o

10、f the tour. The riders and their bikes will then be taken from Jixian to Changli.The second racing leg of the tour will be from Changli to the seaside of Nandaihe, covering a distance of 20 kilometers. Saturday night includes the stay at Nandaihe and supper. Sunday morning is free for play at the se

11、aside. At noon all the people and their bikes will be taken back to Beijing.Cost:200 yuanTelephone:4675027Rock climbingThe Third National Rock Climbing Competition will be held on August 26-27 at the Huairou Mountain-climbing Training Base. More than 10 teams from Beijing, Wuhan, Dalian, Jilin and o

12、ther places will take part in it. A Japanese team will give an exhibitive climbing. Free for spectators(觀眾 )Take long distance bus from Dongzhimen to Huairou .Time/Dates:9-12a.m.,August 26and27Telephone; 7143117, 7144850, Wang Zheng Hua8. The main purpose of announcing the above events is to give in

13、formation about_.A. visiting teamsB. famous playersC. things to do for the weekendD. prices to pay for the sports events9. If you take part in the bike tour, you will ride for _.A. 35 kilometersB. 55 kilometersC. 75 kilometersD.110 kilometers10. The underlined word“ leg ” in“ Bicycle tour and race”

14、probably means _A. walkB. practiceC. part of the trainingD. part of the tour11. What is special about the rock climbing competition? A. A foreign team takes part in it.B. You can watch it without payingC. You don t have to be a sportsman to take part D. The bus trip to the place the competition is f

15、reePassage Three“ Dependon yourselfis” what nature says to everyone. Parents can help you.Teachers can help you. Others can still help you. But all these only help you to help yourself.There have been many great men in history. But many of them were very poor in childhood, and had no uncles, aunts o

16、r friends to help them. Schools were few and not very good. They could not depend upon them for an education. They saw how it was, and set to work with all their strength to know something. They worked their own way up to fame.One of the most famous teachers in Englandused to tell his pupils,“ I can

17、not makeverity men of you, but I can help you make men of yourselves.”Some young men have no idea to be the top one in anything; and they are to bepitied. They can never achieve much unless they see their weak points and changetheir courage. They are nothing now, and will be nothing as long as they

18、live, unlessthey accept the advice of their parent and teachers, and depend on their own honestefforts.12. “ Depend on yourself” in this passage means_.A. rely on natureB. wait for others to helpC. rely on your own effortsD. count on your parents help13. Many of the great men in history succeed beca

19、use_. A. they were very poor in childhoodB. they wanted very much to become famous C. they made great efforts to learn and workD. they could not depend on schools for an education14. According to the famous teacher in England, a teacher can_. A. make his pupils worthy menB. help his pupils find a wa

20、y to fameC. help his pupils make themselves useful men D. make his pupils men of strength and courage15. If young people depend on their own efforts, _.A. they are to be pitiedB. they can be ambitiousC. they are nothing foreverD. they can be successful in their careers16. The best title for this pas

21、sage is _.A. How to Be FamousB. What Nature Says to Every ManC. Depend on YourselfD. Depend on OthersPassage FourAustralia is nearly as large as the United States, but most of it is too dry for people to live in. Around the edge of this huge dry part are large sheep and cattle farms. A few of them a

22、re as large as the smallest states in America. Often the nearest neighbors are many hundred miles away.The two-way radio is very important to people who live on these great Australia farms. It works much like a telephone. A person can listen to someone else talk and then give an answer.When these ra

23、dios first came into use, the Australia government set up a special two-way radio programme. Then people on the large farms could talk to a doctor hundreds of miles away. They could tell the doctor about someone who was sick, and the doctor could let them know how to care for the sick person.Since t

24、he large farms were so far from towns, the children could not go to school.Radio schools were set up for them in some areas. At a certain time each day, the boys and girls turn on their radios and listen to teachers in cities miles away.Families on the large farms wanted to give news to their neighb

25、ors. “ Round robin ” talks by radio were started to keep families in touch with each other.They could talk about who was going away or who was sick or who was getting married. The men could talk about their sheep and cattle and how much money the markets would pay for them. In many ways the radio be

26、came a newspaper for the farm people of Australia.17.This passage tells us something about _.A. how large Australia isB.why the radio is important in AustraliaC. how the radio is used in AustraliaD. both B and C18. Australia is _America.A. just as large asB. almost the same size asC. larger thanD. a

27、s large as the smallest state in19. How many examples were given by the writer to show the use of radio on the great farms? _A. Only oneB. TwoC. ThreeD. four20.The two-way radio is something like a telephone because _A. the radio has two telephonesB. you can talk to and listen to somebody by radioC.

28、 the government set up a special two-way radio programme D. people could talk to a doctor hundreds of miles away21. Families on the large farms kept in touch with each other by _.A. radioB. a news paperC. a birdD. both B and CPassage FiveThe earth has a force that pulls things toward itself. We call

29、 this force gravity. This is something we live with all the time and we take it for granted and hardly ever think about it. But it is a most important factor in rocket operation and must be overcome if we are to get anywhere in space or off the ground at all.Take the throwing of a ball as an example

30、. The harder the ball is thrown, thefaster and higher it will go. What is the secret? It s speed. If we could throw the bhard enough it would go up and up forever and never come down. The speed atwhich it would have to be thrown to do this is known as escape speed. Of course,we cannot throw a ballha

31、rd enough because the speed required to escapecompletely from the Earthitys isgravseven miles per second, or over twenty-fivethousand miles per hour.Once escape speed has been reached by a spacecraft, no further power is needed.A rocket aimed at the moon, for instance, will “ coast滑”(行) the rest of

32、the waybecause the Earth gravitys cannot then pull it back, and there is no air resistance inspace to slow it down. This “ coast ” is known as “ free fall ” . That does not mea rocket is falling down, towards the earth but that it is traveling freely in spacewithout the aid of power, like a bicycle coasting downhill.F