阅读理解练习试卷4

一、1.Reading Comprehension

Part III  Reading Comprehension
Directions: In this part there are four passages. Each passage is followed by a number of comprehension questions. Read the passages and choose the best answer to each question. Then, mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

1. The panel is made up of ______.

A．scientists
B．homeowners
C．citizens
D．factory owners

2. How will the government know what the air quality is?

A．The factories will test the air every day.
B．Scientists will test it every day.
C．A report will be published.
D．They will ask homeowners

3. What will happen to residents if they don"t comply with the law?

A．They will have to go to work in a factory.
B．They will have to pay a fine.
C．They will go to jail for ninety days.
D．The government will take away their woodstove

4. Why is the government asking for comments on the new rules?

A．Because it is trying to fool people.
B．Because it doesn"t know how to make rules.
C．Because it wants to be nice
D．Because it wants to hear what the citizens have to say.

6. This passage discusses an ancient ______.

A．king
B．myth
C．fairy tale
D．god

7. Most of a phoenix"s life was supposedly spent in ______.

A．Greece
B．Egypt
C．Heliopolis
D．Arabia

8. Someone who is called a phoenix today ______.

A．has come back from a defeat
B．is probably immortal
C．thinks he or she can live forever
D．is not well liked by colleagues

9. The life of the phoenix is described ______.

A．with the use of facts
B．in a humorous way
C．in an unclear way
D．step-by-step