关于科普类的小学英语阅读理解

Ⅰ 求一篇一百字左右的英语科普文，越简单越好，是科普类型就好，初中、小学水平都可以，及翻译

PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD SCIENCE
Anyway, even if one wanted to, one couldn't put the clock back to an earlier age. Knowledge and techniques can't just be forgotten. Nor can one prevent further advances in the future. Even if all government money for research were cut off (and the present government is doing its best), the force of competition would still bring about advances in technology. Moreover, one cannot stop inquiring minds from thinking about basic science, whether or not they are paid for it. The only way to prevent further developments would be a global state that suppressed anything new, and human initiative and inventiveness are such that even this wouldn't succeed. All it would do is slow down the rate of change.

Ⅱ 小学五年级上册英语试卷(科普版)

五年级英语期末综合卷
2009-2010学年度第一学期
听力部分（50分）
一、听录音, 选出与录音相符合的一项，并将其字母编号填在题前的括号里。（每小题1分，共10分）
( ) 1. A. fish B. fresh C. often
( ) 2.A. homework B. housework C. house
( ) 3. A. closet B. clothes C. cabbage
( ) 4. A. dinner B. lunch C. breakfast
( ) 5. A. potatoes B. tomatoes C. mutton
( ) 6. A. village B. cabbage C. bridge
( ) 7. A. He’s tall and strict. B. She’s tall and strict.
C. She’s tall and strong.
( ) 8. A. There is a bed, an end table and a closet.
B. There is a bed, an end table and a desk.
C. There is a bed, an end table and a shelf.
( ) 9. A. I like fish and tofu.
B. I don’t like fish and tofu.
C. I’d like fish and tofu.
( ) 10. A. My math teacher is kind.
B. My music teacher is funny.
C. My Chinese teacher is smart.
二、听录音, 判断句子或图片的是否与录音内容相符,相符的在相应题号下的括号内打“√” , 不相符的打“×”。（每小题2分，共10分)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
( ) 6. Dad can do the dishes, mom can cook the meals.
( ) 7. We can swim in the river in summer.
( ) 8. Tomorrow is Friday.
( ) 9. We have P.E. on Fridays.
( )10.There aren’t any houses in the village.
三、根据你在录音中听到的问题，将下面每组答句中最合适的答案选出，并将其字母符号填在句前的括号里。（每题2分，共10分）
( ) 1. A. I like beef. B. I’d like beef. C. I don’t like beef.
( ) 2. A. Yes, he is. B. No, he is. C. Yes, she is.
( ) 3. A. Yes, they are . B. No, there aren’t. C. No, there are.
( ) 4. A. Monday. B. Math. C. Miss Wu.
( ) 5. A. She can sweep the floor. B. He can sweep the floor.
C. She often sweeps the floor.
四、根据录音内容填写下列句子中所缺的单词, 使句子完整，每空只填一词。（每词0.5分，共5分）
1. Is there a ________ in the park? No, there ________.
2. _________ there any tall ________ in the city?
3. The ________ is ________ the door.
4. Amy can _______ the clothes and ________ the bed
5. I like _____________. ___________ sour.
五、根据你在录音中听到的内容,选择相应的答案，将序号写到前面的括号里。（每题2分，共10分）
( ) 1. Today is _____________ (A. Saturday B. Sunday)
( ) 2. There is _____________ in the nature park. (A. lake B. river)
( ) 3. The river is ________ (A. near the house B. near the mountain)
( ) 4. There are houses _____the mountain.( A. in B. in front of )
( ) 5. We _________ the nature park. ( A. like B. don’t like)
笔试部分（50分）
六、选择合适的句子，将对话补充完整, 并将字母编号填在横线上。（每句2分，共10分。）

A:_______________________________________________?
B: I have two new teachers.
A: ______________________________________________?
B: An English teacher, a music teacher and a computer teacher.
A: Is your music teacher smart?
B: ______________________________________________.
A: What can she do ?
B: _______________________________________________.
A: What’s her favourite fruit?
B:_________________________________________________
七、阅读短文，选择正确的答案，并将其字母符号填在句子前面的括号里。（每小题1.5分，共7.5分）
My name is Tim. I am a student. I’m 10. I’m from England. I have a new Chinese teacher. She’s Miss White. She’s very young. She’s tall and thin. She is strict, but she’s funny. Her class is so much fun. We all like our Chinese teacher.
( )1. Tim is an _________ boy.
A. Chinese B. English
( )2. Tim’s Chinese teacher is _________.
A. a woman B. a man
( )3. Miss White is _______ and ________.
A. young, tall B. young, short
( )4. Miss White _______ strict.
A. isn’t B. is
( )5. Miss White is a ______ teacher.
A. old B. new
八、阅读短文，根据短文内容判断句子是否正确，相符的括号内打“√” , 不相符的打“×”，每题1.5分，共7.5分）
I have a new flat. There is a living room, a kitchen, a bathroom and two bedrooms in it. Come and have a look at my bedroom. There is an air conditioner over the desk. There is an end table and a closet near the bed. And there is a picture over the bed. I have a trash bin behind the door. I empty the trash every day. Look! What’s under the desk? There is a chair. I love my bedroom. I clean my bedroom on Sundays.
( )1.There are two end tables in my bedroom.
( )2. There are four rooms in my home.
( )3. The chair is under the desk.
( )4. The door is behind the trash bin.
( )5. I clean my bedroom on weekends.
九．选择合适的词填空，使短文的内容完整，每词只能用一次。（每条横线1分，共10分。）
( lunch, day, new, trees , river, flower, It’s, air , water, to, from, for)
Amy is my _________ classmate. She’s 10. She often has _________ at school. She’s _______ USA. Her favourite ________ is Sunday. Because sometimes Amy and I can go _______ the nature park on Sunday. There are many _______ and a ________in it. The ________ is clean. The ________is fresh. We like the nature park. ______pretty.
十、根据图片及答句写出问句。(每小题2分，共10分）
1. A: _________________________?
B: Mr. King is my new teacher. 1. Mr. King

2. A: _________________________?
B: The houses are small. 2

3. A: _________________________?
B: No, there is an air-conditioner near the bed. 3

4. A: ____________________________________? 4
B：We have art on Wednesdays.

5. A: ____________________________________? 5
B: I often read books on Sundays.
十一、小作文：这是John的房间，简单介绍一下里面有什么东西，放在什么地方。要求：条理清晰，语句通顺，不少于五句话。

Ⅲ 英语科普类文章

科普 教育 对我国小康社会、和谐社会的建设有着重要的意义。下面是我带来的英语科普类 文章 ，欢迎阅读!

英语科普类文章1

听点小音乐 轻松学分数

Stuck on a tricky math problem? Start clapping. Grade school kids who learned about fractions through a rhythm-and-music-based curriculum outperformed their peers in traditional math classes. The work is inEcational Studies in Mathematics.

被一条数学题难住了?拍拍手试试吧。研究表明，小学生在有节奏感的音乐背景下学习分数知识的效果会好于传统课堂(具体研究发表在《数学教育研究》上的《学术性音乐：如何用音乐辅助三年级小学生学习基础分数》一文，作者：苏珊·科瑞等)。

Fractions let you divide up a measure of music into notes of varying length. For example, one four-beat measure could contain a single whole note held for all four beats, two half notes of two beats apiece, four quarter notes of a beat each, and so on. In the Academic Music program, based on the Kodaly method of musical ecation, students clap, drum and chant to memorize the lengths of musical notes—then solve problems in which fractional notes must add up to a full measure of music.

根据分数的概念，一节音乐可分成长短不一的几串音符。例如，一节四拍子的调子可包含一个代表四拍子的全音符，两个各代表一个二拍子的二分音符，四个各代表一个一拍子的四分音符……以此类推。在“学术性音乐”项目中，研究人员以科达伊的音乐教育 方法 为基础，让学生通过打拍子、敲鼓、合唱记住各音符的长度，学生必须把这些片段加起来，才能得到一节完整的音乐——如此实践可解决学生对分数的疑惑。

Sixty-seven students participated in the study. Half did math problems using the Academic Music system. And after six weeks, the students in the music program averaged 50 percent higher on tests than did the kids in regular math class. Fractions create a solid foundation for further math ecation—so mastering them is music to ecators' ears.

有67名学生作为实验对象参与了本次研究，其中有一半在“学术性音乐”体系下解决数学问题。六周后，他们在测试中的得分要比普通班级中的学生平均高50%。分数是进一步进行数学知识教学的基础——如此看来，这还多亏了教育者的耳朵。

英语科普类文章3

十万年前的颜料工作室

Archeologists have discovered a paint proction studio in an ancient South African cave A new archaeological find may signify one of the great leaps in human cultural and cognitive history. Because researchers have discovered a 100,000-year-old art studio. It was known that ochre—rock with red or yellow pigments—was used for paint even that far back in history. But there was scant evidence for how it was prepared and handled. Then, in 2008, researchers uncovered an ochre mixing kit in a South African cave. They found two abalone shells, most likely used for paint mixing and storage. They also found ochre, bone, charcoal, grindstones and hammerstones. The researchers say the ochre was probably rubbed on quartzite slabs to create a fine powder. It was then mixed and heated with other crushed substances, including other stones or mammal-bone. Microscopic striations on the inner abalone surface likely are likely scrape marks left ring paint mixing. The research was published in the journal Science. The paint may have been used for body adornment or for long-gone artwork. And the presence of this paint-proction laboratory indicates that the early humans knew basic chemistry and could plan for the future.

考古学家在南非的一个古老洞穴中发现了一个油漆制作工作室。这个新的考古发现可能是人类 文化 和认知历史的最伟大的跨越之一。因为研究人员发现的这个工作室产生于十万年前。众所周知，拥有红色或黄色色素的赭石岩一直被广泛运用于绘画中，但却少有证据显示它是如何制作并运用的。2008年，研究人员 在南非的山洞中发现了赭石混合工具， 两个可能用于调漆和储存的鲍鱼壳，除此之外他们还发现了赭石，骨头，炭笔和石锤。研究人员称，这些赭石很有可能经过在石英岩板上仔细研磨后，得到上等的粉末，然后再与 其他石头或者是哺乳动物的粉末混合并加热。用显微镜观察鲍鱼壳的内表面，你可以发现一些刮痕，这些都有可能是在混合颜料的过程中留下来的。这个发现已经被刊登在科学期刊上。这些颜料可能一直被运用在人体 彩绘 和长久失传的艺术品上。而且这些颜料制作工作室的存在表明了早期人类对化学已有了基本的了解并具有了规划未来的能力。颜料工具的一小步，人类历史的一大步——辛西亚莫。

英语科普类文章3

你知道发烧的妙处吗?

Fever can play a variety of roles, such as inhibiting pathogen replication. It also apparently increases the population of killer T cells of the immune system. Christopher Intagliata reports.

发烧有多种不同的作用，如抑制病菌复制。它还可以显著增加免疫系统中杀伤性T细胞的数量。

I've always thought that when I get a fever, it's my body trying to make things uncomfortable for the invading pathogen. And that's often true—higher temperatures can inhibit the bad guys' ability to replicate. But my fever may actually be a one-two-punch. In addition to slowing down the invader, the heat helps the immune system recruit more troops for a counter-attack. That finding appears in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology.

我很早就知道，发烧的时候，其实是我的身体正在对入侵的病原体做出抵抗。这是事实---高温可以抑制坏病菌复制的能力。但发烧更是一个组合打击。除了减缓病原体的入侵，高温可以帮助免疫系统召集更多的部队做出抵抗。这一研究发表在《白细胞生物学杂志》。

Researchers warmed up one group of mice to body temperatures of about 103 degrees Fahrenheit. They left another group at normal core temperature—about the same as ours. Then they injected both groups of mice with an antigen, a substance that attracts the attention of the immune system.

研究人员将一组老鼠的体温升高到103华氏度，另外一组保持正常体温---大约是人体温度。然后向这两组老鼠的体内注射抗原——一种会引起免疫系统反应的物质。

Blood samples taken three days later revealed that the feverish mice had nearly twice as many killer T-cells: the kind of immune cells that can hunt down infected cells or tumor cells, and slaughter them.

三天后，这两组老鼠的血样表明，体温较高老鼠组体内的杀伤性T细胞是正常组的2倍，这种免疫细胞可以追踪感染细胞或癌细胞，并将其消灭。

So when you're sick and you get the chills, the authors say, your body may be trying to tell you to hop under some blankets. Lie down, warm up and send a message. The heat is on.

所以，当你生病或感到寒冷时，表示你的身体正直向你传达信息--裹条毯子。躺在床上吧，热起来，身体自会做出反应。热度来袭啊。

Ⅳ 求5篇200字的英语阅读小短文,(小学六年级的,科普版英语教材)！

First, English is a world language. It is said that you can communicate everywhere if you know English. Second, China is opposed to the opportunity to develop is economy worldwide.It is essential to know other countries' economic and cultural background. English is the key to the success. Third, more and more foreigners are interested in Chinese literature and culture. Mastering the English, we can better promote our heritage and let more people understand and like China. 摘自《 苏教版小学六年级金卷》

Ⅳ 英语科普类文章有哪些

1、To Pull up the Seedlings to Help Them Grow “拔苗助长”

Once upon a time, there was an old farmer who planted a plot of rice. After he planted the seedlings, every day he went to the field to watch the seedlings grow. He saw the young shoots break through the soil and grow taller each day, but still, he thought they were growing too slowly. Eventually he got impatient with the young plants and suddenly he hit upon an idea that one by one, he pulled up the young plants by half an inch. The next early morning, the young man couldn’t wait to check his “achievement”, but he was heart-broken to see all the pulled-up young plants dying.

从前，有个农夫，种了稻苗(seedlings)后，便希望能早早收成。每天他到稻田时，都发觉那些稻苗长得非常慢。他等得很不耐烦。想了又想，他终于想到一个“最佳方法”，他将稻苗全都拔高了几分。第二天，一早起身，他迫不及待地去稻田看他的“成果”。 哪知，却看到所有的稻苗都枯萎了。

2、Plugging One’s Ears While Stealing a Bell “掩耳盗铃”

Once upon a time, there was a man who wanted to steal his neighbor’s doorbell. However, he knew clearly that the bell would ring and catch the other people’s attention as long as he touched the bell. So he thought hard and suddenly hit on a clever “idea”. He plugged his ears with something, thinking that everything would go well when he stole the bell. Unfortunately to his disappointment, the bell still rang loudly and he was caught on the spot as a thief.

从前，有一个人想偷邻居门上的铃，但是他知道一碰到铃，铃就会响起来，被人发现。他想啊想，终于他想出一个“妙极”，他把自己的耳朵用东西塞起来，就听不见铃声了。但是当他去偷铃时，铃声仍旧响起来，他被别人当场抓住。

3、The Fox and the Crow “狐狸和乌鸦”

One day a crow stood on a branch near his nest and felt very happy with the meat in his mouth. At that time, a fox saw the crow with the meat, so he swallowed and eagerly thought of a plan to get the meat. However, whatever the fox said to the crow, the crow just kept silent. Until the fox thought highly of the crow’s beautiful voice, the crow felt flattered and opened his mouth to sing. As soon as the meat fell down to the ground, the fox took the meat and went into his hole.

有一天,一只乌鸦站在窝旁的树枝上嘴里叼着一片肉，心里非常高兴。这时候，一只狐狸看见了乌鸦，馋得直流口水，非常想得到那片肉。但是，无论狐狸说什么，乌鸦就是不理睬狐狸。最后，狐狸赞美乌鸦的嗓音最优美，并要求乌鸦唱几句让他欣赏欣赏。乌鸦听了狐狸赞美的话，得意极了，就唱起歌来。没想到，肉一掉下来，狐狸就叼起肉，钻回了洞。

Ⅵ 科普类英语文章

随着科学技术的飞速发展和全球化进程的不断加快，科普 文章 在向社会大众普及科学技术知识，提高公众科学素养等方面发挥着举足轻重的作用。下面是我带来的科普类英语文章，欢迎阅读!

科普类英语文章

生物与环境平衡的危机

The history of life on earth has been a history of interaction between living things and their surroundings. To a large extent, the physical form and the habits of the earth’s vegetation and its animal life have been molded by the environment. Considering the whole span of earthly time, the opposite effect, in which life actually modifies its surroundings, has been relatively slight. Only in the present century has one species man acquired significant power to alter the nature of his world.

During the past quarter century this power has not only become increasingly great but it has changed in character. The most alarming of all man’s assaults upon the environment is the contamination of air, earth, rivers, and sea with dangerous and even lethal materials. This pollution is for the most part irrecoverable. In this now universal contamination of the environment, chemicals are the sinister partners of radiation in changing the very nature of the world the very nature of its life. Chemicals sprayed on croplands or forests or gardens lie long in soil, entering into living organisms, passing from one to another in a chain of poisoning and death. Or they pass mysteriously by underground streams until they emerge and combine into new forms that kill vegetation, sicken cattle, and work unknown harm on those who drink from once pure wells. "Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation," as a scientist has said.

It took hundreds of millions of years to proce the life that now inhabits the earth. Given time not in years but in millennia life adjusts, and a balance has been reached. But in the modern world there is no time.

The rapidity of change follows the impetuous pace of man rather than the deliberate pace of nature. Radiation is now the unnatural creation of man’s tampering with the atom. The chemicals are the synthetic5 creations of man’s inventive mind, having no counterparts in nature.

To adjust to these chemicals would require not merely the years of a man’s life but the life of generations. And even this, were it by some miracle possible, would be futile, for the new chemicals come from our laboratories in an endless stream; almost five hundred annually find their way into actual use in the United States alone. Among them are many that are used in man’s war against nature. Since the mid 1940’s over 200 basic chemicals have been created for use in killing insects, weeds, and other organisms described as "pests."

It is not my contention that chemical insecticides must never be used. I do contend that we have put poisonous and biologically potent chemicals indiscriminately into the hands of persons largely or wholly ignorant of their potentials for harm. We have subjected enormous numbers of people to contact with these poisons, without their consent and often without their knowledge. I contend, furthermore, that we have allowed these chemicals to be used with little or no advance investigation of their effect on soil, water, wildlife, and man himself. Future generations are unlikely to forgive our lack of concern for the integrity of the natural world that supports all life.

地球上生命的历史一直就是一部生物与其环境相互作用的历史。在很大程度上，地球上动植物的形态以及习性都是由外部环境所塑造的。考虑到地球上生命存在的整个时间，相反作用，即生命对其周围环境的实际改变作用，却相对很小。只有在当前这个世纪(指20世纪)才有一个物种--人类，获得了强大的力量，改变了其所生存的世界的自然状态。

在过去的1/4世纪中，这种力量不仅日趋强大，而且其性质也发生了变化。在人类破坏环境的种种行为中，最令人担忧的是人类向大气、土壤、河流以及海洋中排放危险甚至致命物质，而当今这种污染在很大程度上是无法挽救的。在当今这种对环境的普遍污染中，化学制品与辐射狼狈为奸，改变着地球的自然状态，也就是改变着地球上生命的自然状态。喷洒到农田、森林或者花园里的化学物质长期滞留于土壤中，渗入有机体内，并彼此相传，形成了一个中毒与死亡的链条。化学物质还神秘地通过地下水传递，最终以新的形式出现并结合，使植物毒死，牲畜害病，并使饮用一度纯净的井水的人遭受了不明之害。正如一位科学家所言：“人类甚至对自己创造的恶魔都不认识。”

地球历经了许多亿年才创造了栖息其上的生命。经过了一定时间--不是以若干年计而是以若干千年计的时间--生命开始适应环境，并形成了一种与环境的平衡。但是在现代世界中，时间这一因素已经没有了。

环境改变的速度不再顺从大自然从容不迫的节奏，而是顺从人类急切匆匆的步伐。辐射是当今人类通过支配原子而得到的一种非自然的创造物。化学制品则是人类有发明创造力的头脑创造出来的合成物，在自然界本无相应的东西。

为了适应这些化学制品，人类需要付出的时间不会只是一个人一生的时间，而是几代人的时间。而即使这样，就算出现奇迹成为可能，这种适应也是徒劳的，因为新的化学制品从我们的实验室中源源不断地涌出。仅在美国，每年就有大约500种化学制品投入使用，其中许多是用于人类对自然的战争中。从20世纪40年代中期起，人类已经创造了200多种基本化学制品用来消灭昆虫、野草以及其他所谓的“有害生物”。

我不是说人类决不能使用化学杀虫剂。我要说的是，我们不分青红皂白地将这些有毒的、具有强大生物功能的化学制品，交给了那些对这些制品的潜在危害基本上或者完全无知的人去使用。我们使众多的人接触这些有毒物质，却没有征得他们的同意，并常常将他们蒙在鼓中。我还要说的一点是，我们允许使用这些化学制品，却事先很少或者根本没有调查它们对土壤、水、野生生物以及人类自身造成的影响。我们缺乏对万物赖以生存的自然界生态统一的关心，对此，我们的后代是不可能原谅的。

科普类英语文章

基因技术能否使人更聪明?Get Smart

Many people dream of having a smarter brain. Princeton neurobiologist Joseph Z. Tsien found the key. In September he announced that he’d built a better mouse by altering a gene that affects learning and memory. A similar process of gene manipulation might conceivably be used one day to boost intelligence in humans.

The secret lies in a feature of brain cells called the nmda receptor, which Tsien likens[1] to a cylindrical tube or window that mediates[2] the flow of information. When the window is open, chemicals called neurotransmitters flow through easily and memory is registered and stored. But as organisms mature, the window begins to close. (This may explain why children lose their facility for learning new languages when they reach sexual maturity and why some people suffer memory loss as they age.)

Tsien noticed that the receptor worked more efficiently when teamed[3] with the gene NR2B, so he introced extra NR2B genes into a batch of fertilized mouse eggs. In a normal mouse, the memory window is open for just 150-thousandths of a second. In Tsien’s specially engineered mice, the window opens for 250-thousandths of a second, long enough to make a remarkable difference in memory retention. When he pitted[4] his mice against common mice, they won paws down. Ordinary mice could recognize a Lego block for 12 hours, but smart mice could remember the block for up to three days. "That’s a profound enhancement," Tsien says.

Can it be done with humans? Maybe, but genetic engineering will have to make some extraordinary advances first. And some thorny ethical issues will have to be resolved. Meanwhile, Tsien promises to keep his furry little geniuses locked up in a lab, far from your larder. "Otherwise," he says, "you might need a smart cat or a smart mousetrap to catch them."

许多人都希望自己能变成更聪明。普林斯顿神经生物学家Joseph Z. Tsien就找到了这把开启智慧之门的钥匙：他于九月宣布，通过改变影响学习和记忆能力的基因培养出了一只聪明的老鼠。类似的基因处理技术有望在未来日子里运用到人脑，以推动人类智慧的飞跃。

该技术的奥秘就在于名为nmda感受器的脑细胞的功能。Tsien将其比作一个传递信息流的圆柱通道或窗口。当窗口开放时，某种称为神经传递素的化学物质就能轻易流过，记忆因此登记并存储了下来。然而，当器官成熟时，这扇窗口就开始关闭。(这也能解释为何 儿童 长大后(性器官成熟之时)会失去掌握新语言的能力，以及为何某些人年老时会患失忆)。

Tsien注意到，当感受器与名为NR2B的基因协作时效率会更高。因此，他将NR2B基因植入一批老鼠的受精卵中。一只普通老鼠的记忆之窗仅开放千分之150秒。而经Tsien植入基因的老鼠，记忆之窗能开放千分之250秒，这已经能够使其 记忆力 发生惊人的改变。当他让自己的老鼠与普通老鼠互斗时，它们竟能轻而易举地取胜。普通老鼠能够保留关于Lego block的记忆12小时，而聪明的老鼠居然能将记忆保持三天。“这可是一个意义深远的进步。”Tsien这样说。

那么，人类也能接受这种基因移植吗? 或许可以，但前提是基因工程得首先做出非凡的成就，还必须解决一系列棘手的伦理问题。Tsien保证他一定会将那些披着毛皮的小天才锁入实验室，远离人们的食品柜。“否则，”他说，“为了捉住他们，人们就不得不去寻找更聪明的猫或者功能更强的捕鼠器了。”

科普类英语文章

食用转基因食品安全吗?Food Safe To Eat?

Traditional plant breeding involve s crossing varieties of the same species in ways they could cross naturally.For example，disease-resistant varieties of wheat have been crossed with high-yield wheat to combine these properties.This type of natural gene exchange is safe and fairly predictable.

Genetic engineering(GE)involves exchanging genes between unrelated species that cannot naturally exchange genes with each other.GE can involve the exchange of genes between vastly different species――e.g.putting scorpion toxin genes into maize or fish antifreeze genes into tomatoes.It is possible that a scorpion toxin gene，even when it is in maize DNA，will still get the organism to proce scorpion toxin――but what other effects may it have in this alien environment?We are already seeing this problem――adding human growth hormone genes to pigs certainly makes them grow――but it also gives them arthritis and makes them cross-eyed，which was entirely unpredictable.

It will be obvious，for example，that the gene for human intelligence will not have the same effect if inserted into cabbage DNA as it had in human DNA――but what side-effect would it have?In other words，is GM food safe to eat?The answer is that nobody knows because long-term tests have not been carried out.

Companies wanting a GM proct approved in the UK or USA are required to provide regulatory bodies with results of their own safety tests.Monsanto’s soya beans were apparently fed to fish for10weeks before being approved.There was no requirement for independent testing，for long-term testing，for testing on humans or testing for specific dangers to children or allergic people.

The current position of the UK Government is that“ There is no evidence of long-term dangers from GM foods.”In the US，the American Food and Drug Administration is currently being prosecuted for covering up research that suggested possible risks from GM foods.

传统的植物培育 方法 ，是依照植物自然杂交的方式，进行相同物种的人工杂交。比如，抗病小麦同高产小麦杂交，形成了一种具有双重特性的新的小麦品种。这种自然的基因交换既安全，又具有相当的可预见性。

基因工程是在彼此毫无关系的物种之间，相互交换在自然条件下无法交换的基因。它可在有巨大差异的物种之间进行基因交换。比如，将蝎子毒素基因注入玉米，或者将鱼防冻基因注入西红柿。即使在玉米DNA中，蝎子毒素基因依然可能获得有机组织产生蝎子毒素。但是在这种异质的环境中，这种基因产品会有什么其他作用吗?我们实际上已经发现这个问题：将人类生长荷尔蒙基因植入猪的体内，一定会使猪的生长加速，但是同时也使猪患上了关节炎和内斜视，而这一切是完全无法预测的。

打个比方，人类的智力基因显而易见在人体DNA内和注入卷心菜DNA后的作用是不同的。但将它植入卷心菜中会产生什么样的副作用呢?换句话说，食用转基因食品安全吗?没有人知道答案，因为人们尚未进行长期的测试。

在英国或者美国，一个公司如果希望其转基因产品获得批准，它必须向管理机构提供本公司转基因产品安全测试的结果。Monsanto的大豆在获得批准之前，曾用了10周时间进行喂鱼试验。目前，尚无要求对转基因产品进行独立测试、长期测试、人体测试，或者就其对儿童及过敏者所造成的特定危险进行测试。

英国政府目前的态度是：“尚无证据表明食用转基因食品存在长期性的危险。”在美国，人们正在起诉美国食品药品管理局掩盖转基因食品安全性的研究结果，这些研究结果表明，食用转基因食品可能导致危险。

Ⅶ 小学英语阅读理解解题技巧

在小学阶段，阅读理解题型灵活多样，但主要有五种题型，不同的题型其实也是有不同解题技巧的。

一、读一读，然后选一选

这种题型的特点是在短文后给出若十个不完整的句子或若干个根据短文内容提出的问题，针对每一题都提供三到四个备选的答案，要求同学们在正确理解短文内容的基础上，从选项中选出一个正确的答案。

这类试题的问题一般是紧扣短文内容编排的，既会涉及文章中的细节内容，如文中出现的人物、时间、地点、事件的前因后果等；也会涉及文章中某个词或某个句子的含义以及文章的主旨、大意和标题等。

The big day comes at last!

Mrs Jones'third grade students are waiting quietly for her to come into the classroom. Today Amy brings some cakes, Joy brings some napkins, Carlos brings some soda water and Kate brings some cups. Everyone wants the party to he a surprise. Mrs Jones doesn't know the children have known today is her birthday. When she comes into the classroom, the children shout, “Happy birthday, Mrs Jones!”

And then the children get a surprise,too. Mrs Jones brings everyone a party hat and an ice cream!

阅读短文，选择最佳答案。

( ) 1. Mrs Jones'grade students are waiting for her. A. three B.third C.No.3 D.the third

( )2. Carlos brings some一． A. cola B.napkins C.soda water D.cups

( )3． brings some cakes. A. Amy B.Carlos C.Joey D.Kate

分析

题1短文的第二句话告诉我们是琼斯老师的三年级的学生们正静静地等候她的到来。在年级前面应该用序数词来表示，如果是在年级后面就应该用基数词表示。如：the third grade,=Grade Three.同时因为前面有定语Mrs Jones'，所以这里也应该不要the。

题2.3 短文介绍了几个同学分别带了一些东西。卡洛斯带了soda water（汽水），艾米带了蛋糕。

正确答案：1．B 2．C 3．A

二、读一读，然后判断句子正误

该题型的特点是在短文后给出若干个句子，要求同学们根据短文内容，判断所给的句子意思是否与原文相符。做这类题应该联系短文内容进行发挥，主要是考查对意思相近或相反的几个句子进行鉴别、判断，或是变换词语、句子结构来测试同种意思的不同表达。

There are some public numbers. Do you know when to use these numbers? 110 is a number for calling policeman when you have niet some illegal things. 119 is a number using for a fire accident. 120 is a number for asking medical help when somebody is serious ill or hurt. Please do not dial these numbers for fun. It is forbidden. 阅读短文，判断正(T)误(F)。

( )1. When you meet some thieves, you can call 110.

( )2. Somebody is serious ill, you can call 119.

( )3. There is a fire ac:cident in vour building, so you can call 119.

( )4.A girl was hurt by a car, you can call 120.

分析

这篇短文是介绍几个常用电话号码的用法。读懂就会判断句子的正误了。

题l 意思是当你遇到小偷的时候，你应该拔打110。110是遇到违法事件时的报警号码，所以判断它是正确的。

题2意思是有人得了重病，你应该拔打119。1 19是发生火灾时的求救号码，所以判断它是错误的。

题3意思是当你的房子发生了火灾，你应该拨打119。可以判断它是正确的

题4意思是一个女孩被汽车撞了，你应该拔打120。120是请求医疗急救的号码，应该先送她去医院+，所以可以判断它是正确的。

正确答案：1.T 2.F 3.T 4.T

Ⅷ 小学英语阅读题及翻译(8)

"Oh, I made a mistake," said the man. "He is blind in the left eye." “哦，我记错了，”这个人说，“是左眼瞎了。” Washington then took his hand from the left eye of the horse. 华盛顿拿开放在马左眼上的手。

It was not blind in the left eye, either. 左眼也没有瞎。 "

I made another mistake," said the neighbour. “我又犯了一个错误，”这个邻居说。

"Yes," said the policeman, " and you know the horse is not yours. “是的，”警察说，“你知道马不是你的。”

You must give it back to Washington." 你必须把它还给华盛顿。”

99.Asking the Way 问路

Mike is traveling around the country in his car. 迈克开车在环游城市。

One evening he is driving along a road and looking for a small hotel. 一天晚上，他沿着一条路开了很久，找一家小旅馆。

Then he sees an old man at the side of the road. 然后他看见一个老人在路的一边。

He stops his car and says to the old man, " I want to go to the Sun Hotel. 他停下车对这个老人说，“我想去太阳旅馆。 Do you know it?" 你知道在哪里吗?”

"Yes, " the old man says." “是的，”这个老人说。

"I'll show you the way." He gets into Mike's car, and they drive off. “我会给你指路。”他进了迈克的车子，他们上路了。

They drive for about twelve miles. 他们开了大约12公里。

When they come to a small house, the old man says, " Stop here." 当他们来到一家小旅馆时，这个老人说，“停在这里。”

Mike stops and looks at the house. 迈克停下车看着这间屋子。

"But this isn't a hotel," he says to the old man. “但这不是旅馆，”他对老人说。

No, " the old man answers. "This is my house. “不是，”老人说，“这是我的家。”

And now I'll show you the way to the Sun Hotel. 现在我给你指到太阳旅馆的路。

Turn around and go back nine miles. Then you'll see the hotel on the left." 掉头回走9公里，你就会在左边看见太阳旅馆。”

100.The North Wind and the Sun 北风和太阳

The north wind and the sun are good friends. 北风和太阳是好朋友。

But one day they quarrel about something. 但一天，他们为了什么事吵起来了。

"I am stronger than you, " the cold north wind says. “我比你强壮，”寒冷的北风说。

"Indeed you are not. I'm stronger than you," answers the soft, warm sun. “你当然不是。我比你强壮，”温柔、暖和的太阳说。

Just then they see a man walking along the road. 就在这时，他们看见了一个人在路上走。

" I can get that man's hat off his head, " the wind says. “我能让那个人脱下帽子，”北风说。

"I can get that man's hat off his head, too," answers the sun. “我也能让那个人摘下帽子。”太阳说。

" Then let's see who can get the man's hat off his head," says the wind. “那么我们就来看看谁能摘下那个人头上的帽子吧，”北风说。

"The one who can do that first is stronger." “谁先做到了谁就更强壮。”

"OK! You try it first," says the soft, warm sun. “好的!你先试，”温柔、暖和的太阳说。

"All right!" So the north wind begins to blow. “好的!”因此北风开始刮。

But the harder the wind blows, the tighter the man holds his hat and coat. 但风刮的越大，这个人把帽子和衣服裹的越紧。

The wind can't make him take them off. 风不能让他脱下它们。

"It is my turn now," the sun says. So the sun comes out and shines down warmly upon the man. “现在轮到我了，”太阳说。因此太阳出来，暖和的阳光洒向这个人。

The man feels hot. He takes off his hat firs, and then even his coat. 这个人感到热了。他首先摘掉了帽子，然后甚至脱掉了外套。

"That's enough! You are stronger than I," the wind says. “够了!你比我强壮。”北风说。

小学英语阅读技巧

一、精心渗透略读法fskimming)

略读又称跳读，是一种专门的非常实用的快速阅读技能。所谓略读，是指以尽可能快的速度阅读，这就要求读者有选择地进行阅读，可跳过某些细节，以抓住文章的大概，从而加快阅读速度。

在小学阶段我们不能一开始就要求学生自己独立阅读故事或短文，因为小学生还没有具备阅读技巧和能力。一旦遇到生词学生就会觉得阅读困难、学习枯燥无味，从而产生厌学情绪。因此，在开始阅读训练时，我只要求学生出声把他们能认读的读出来。当你遇到不认识的单词和不理解的句子时，请学生把它跳过去，只要求读懂大意。例如，在教学阅读补充材料Big cat 一课时，由于四年级的小学生刚刚接触短文阅读，根据学生的情况，短文中描述狮子生活习性的简短的三句话，出现的生词比较多，可是在学生读完后，学生仅凭他们认识的关键词~ther lionsleep~another lion catch 通过略读的方法学生捕捉到信息，这些信息与他们日常生活知识产生了紧密地联系，所以学生理解说：“我知道了狮子爸爸睡觉，狮子妈妈出去捕食物。”理解得多好，再读短文的过程中，学生的知识得到了运用，从而使学生感受到了阅读短文带来了学以致用的乐趣。课后我给每小组发了一篇有关动物话题的小短文，让他们尝试运用略读法阅读。下节课把每组阅读后了解到的内容讲给大家听。

二、恰当运用寻读法(scanning)

寻读又称查读，同略读一样也是一种快速阅读技巧。与略读不同的是，它带有明确的目的性，有针对地寻找问题的答案，比如从资料中迅速查找某一项具体事实或某一特定信息，如人物、事件、时间、地点、数字等。寻读既有速度，又准确。在寻读时阅读者可以把整段整段的文字直接映人大脑，不必字字句句过目，眼光要自上而下、一目十行地寻找与问题内容相关的词句，一旦发现有关的内容，就稍做停留，将它记住或摘下，无关的内容则很快掠过。运用这种方法，阅读者就能在最短的时间内掠过尽可能多的阅读内容，找到所需要的信息，当回答有关who， when，where等文章细节问题的时候，用此方法一般都可很快找到答案，可以说“一查即得”。对于小学生来说他们会对这样的阅读感兴趣。

寻读法也是阅读教学中常用的技巧之一。根据这种方法的特点，我们可以为学生在阅读短文时设计出多种多样训练形式，如是非判断题；结合内容把图和文字搭配起来的训练；把握信息填写图表等阅读活动。为了完成任务，学生饶有兴致地读了起来。借此时机教师就可以鼓励学生运用寻读法快速阅读短文或故事。

三、阅读策略还包括养成整体阅读的习惯，用英语思维、猜测词义、预测、分析、判断、推理、归纳和总结等

阅读策略在我们小学英语教学阶段，教师有必要对学生进行英语阅读策略的指导。教师可以根据学生的年龄特点，通过练习培养学生的阅读策略，并逐步使学生有目地选择和运用阅读策略。教学永远是一门遗憾的艺术，小学生的英语阅读能力的培养和提高不是一蹴而就的。需要教师和学生共同努力才能逐步实现阅读教学的目标。在这一过程中，只要我们能根据小学生的年龄特点和学习英语的规律，灵活地运用各种阅读教学的策略和技巧，做到激发学生参与阅读的兴趣，做到注重课内的学习与课外的阅读相结合，学生就会扩大知识面和提高阅读速度，就会摒弃逐词、逐句的阅读习惯，小学英语的阅读教学才能真正得到大幅度的提高。

以下几条建议可以帮助你推论：

1.结合作者的思想、观点及其创作目的、创作背景进行推论。

2.寻找作者直接陈述的诸多事件之间的联系。

3.仔细体会一些重要词的含蓄意义及其感情色彩。比如politician和statesman的意思都是“政客家”，但前者有贬义的色彩，即“政客”，后者则没有。

4.从作者的语气、语调、措辞等文体特征，读出作者的“言外之意”。

5.得出推论后，尽量从上下文中寻找证据。

6.充分利用自己各方面的知识，把文章中所述的事件和自己的阅历或熟悉的事情联系起来思考。

例题 Sun: Hello, I’m the sun. I’m strong. I give light to the earth. I’m No.1.

Moon: Hello, I’m the moon. At night Give light to the earth. I’m stronger. I’m No.1

Sun: Your light is from me, isn’t it?

Cloud: Don’t quarrel. When I am over the earth, you can’t give light to the earth. So everyone has his strong point. We are one family.

Sun Moon: Yes, you’re right. We are one family. We should help each other and take care of each other.

根据短文内容判断正(T)误(F)

( )1. The sun gives light to the earth at night.

( )2.The moon gives light to the earth at night.

( )3. The sun’s light is not from the earth.

( )4. When the cloud is over the earth, the sun can give light to the earth, too.

( )5. They should help each other.

评析:第1题根据SUN所陈述的内容可以得出结论,此题目是错误的.即使不从文章中找，根据常识我们都知道太阳总是在白天出现,它只能在白天给我们带来光芒.第2题月亮在晚上带给我们光亮，这个题目是正确的，根据MOON所述的内容。第3题太阳的光芒不是从地球上获得的. The sun gives light to the earth.第4题根据CLOUD 陈述内容判断此题目为错误的,第5题根据最后三人得出的结论,此题目是正确的.答案: F T T F T.

Ⅸ 英语阅读理解

您好，
常见的命题方式：

What is the main idea of this passage?

What dose this passage mainly concern?

The main theme of this passage is_____________

The main point of the passage is___________

Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

The title that best expresses the theme of the passage is______

The purpose of the writer writing this passage is_____

Which of the following best describes the passage as a whole?

文章主题常常可以通过文章的写作方法来体现，有以下几种情况：

1。题句位于句首。主题句出现在文首，开门见山，提出主题，随之用细节来解释、支撑主题句所表达的主题思想。这是英语中最常见的演绎写作法。2。主题句位于段末。主题句出现在文章结尾是作者采用了先摆事实，后作结论的手法。这种段落称作归纳型段落。这是英语中最常见的归纳写作法。3. 主题句首尾呼应。为突出主题，作者先提出主题，结尾时再次点出主题，这种首尾呼应的写作方法也较为多见。通常，前后表述主题的句子不是简单的重复，后面的表述往往有进一步的引申或发展的意味。4。主题句位于段落的中间。主题句出现在文章的中间，通常前面只提出问题，文章的主题由随之陈述的细节或合乎逻辑的引申在文中导出，而后又作进一步的解释、说明或发展。5。主题句隐含在段意之中。全文没有明确的主题句。其中心思想包含在各个句子中，在这种情况下，读者要把所有已知的细节综合起来，进行逻辑推理，概括归纳出主题句。

【典例1】 The global energy crisis is approaching. What can we do? Here are some steps you can take。

Cooling puts the greatest stress on your summer energy bill and the power grid(电网). Just as a tune-up for your car can improve your gas mileage, a yearly tune-up of your heating and cooling system can improve efficiency and comfort. Clean or replaces filters monthly or as needed。

……

Drive the car that gets better gas mileage whenever possible if you own more than one vehicle. If you drive 12,500 miles a year, switching 10 percent of your trips from a car that gets 20 miles per gallon to one that gets 30 mpg will save you more than ￡65 per year。

Carpool. The average U.S. commuter(乘车上班族) could save about ￡260 a year by sharing cars twice a week with two people in a car that gets 20.1 mpg—assuming the three passengers share the cost of gas. (2008·安徽卷)

This passage is mainly about ________。

A. energy-saving tips B. fuel-saving tips

C. do-it-yourself tips D. environment-protecting tips

【解析】 本文主要介绍了如何节约能源。本文是一篇科普文章，主题很明显，文章一开始就点明了主题，接下来整篇文章都是围绕如何save energy展开，而save fuel仅仅只是其中的一部分。故选A。针对主旨大意类题目，应采用快速阅读法(Skimming)浏览全文。在阅读时，应特别注意文章的开头、结尾及段落的段首句和段尾句，因为他们往往名包含文章的中心议题。

【典例2】 Domestic (驯养的) horses now pull ploughs, race in the Kentucky Derby, and carry police. But early horses weren’t tame (驯服的) enough to perform these kinds of tasks. Scientists think the first interactions humans had with horses were far different from those today。

Thousands of years ago, people killed the wild horses that lived around them for food. Over time, people began to catch the animals and raise them. This was the first step in domestication。

……

The domestication of horses has had great effects on societies. For example, horse were important tools in the advancement of modern agriculture. Using them to pull ploughs and carry heavy loads allowed people to farm more efficiently. Before they were able to ride horses, humans had to cross land on foot. Riding horses allowed people to travel far greater distance in much less time. That encouraged populations living in different areas to interact with one another. The new from of rapid transportation helped cultures spread around the world. (2008·北京卷)

The passage is mainly about _______。

A. why humans domesticated horses

B. how humans and horses needed each other

C. why horses came in different shapes and sizes

D. how human societies and horses influenced each other

【解析】 本文以时间为顺序，记叙了人类对马的驯化以及马对人类的生活所产生的重要影响。本题考查主旨大意。前四段说明，人类驯养了野马，使得马的种类繁多，这是人类社会对马的影响；最后一段说明，马作为交通工具加速了人类文化传播的进程。故文章的主题应是D所说的内容。此主题句出现在文章的最后一段。如果文章没有明确的主题句，文章的中心思想往往包含在各个段落中，考生可采取提纲挈领的方法，通过分析细节把文章的要点归纳出来，概括出全文的中心思想。

选择标题属主旨大意题，是阅读理解题常考的题型之一。那么怎么样选择文章的标题？ 选择文章标题属深层次理解题，它要求考生在通读全文的基础上，认真分析主人公的特定心态、文章大意及作者写作意图，在此基础上，所选出的标题还应做到概括性、针对性、醒目性的有机结合。

1。概括性原则 要求标题应在最大限度上覆盖全文，囊括文章的主要内容，体现文章的主旨。标题实际上是文章主题的一种确认方式。前面我们提到，通过寻找主题句，往往很容易确定短文的标题。但大多数文章的主题句并不明显，需要我们通过体会字里行间蕴含的意思从整体上把握文章的主旨，从全局的角度概括归纳出文章的标题。要防止本末倒置，主次不分，以点代面，以偏概全。

2。针对性原则 针对性原则是对标题外延的一种界定。概括性原则要求文章标题包括文章的主要内容。但如果标题过大，就违背了针对性原则、针对性原则要求标题不能太过于概括，而是要直接指向文章的主旨。即标题不能太大也不能太小。要量体裁衣，大小适度。

3。醒目性原则 标题是文章的点睛之笔，是文章的灵魂。标题的好坏往往会影响文章的可读性。读者往往从标题上决定文章的阅读取舍。故标题往往比较醒目，甚至比较离奇，目的是为了吸引读者的注意力，唤起读者对文章阅读的兴趣。所以在标题选择的过程中，在满足概括性和针对性的条件下，还要考虑标题的醒目性。

(二)推理判断题

推理判断题是指在理解原文字面意义的基础上，通过对语篇逻辑关系的分析和细节的暗示，作出一定的判断和推理，从而得出文章的深层意义及隐含意义的过程。推理判断题在阅读中属于难度较高的题型，通常占总题数的15%－30%。它主要考查考生理清上下文逻辑关系的能力以及考生的识别能力。推理判断题所涉及的内容可能是文中某一句话，也可能是某几句话，要求考生在遵循原文意义的基础上，对文章字面信息进行分析、挖掘、逻辑推理，揭示其深层含义。常出现的推理题有逻辑推理，知识推理等。这类考题中常出现的词有：infer, imply, suggest, indicate, conclude, learn from, probably, most likely, can, could, might, may等。

常见的命题方式：

From paragraph one we can infer that_________

What can be inferred from the passage?

We can infer from the text that…?

What can we learn from…?

We can conclude from the passage that_______

The last sentence of the first paragraph most probably implies that______

The author implies that_______

This passage would most likely be found in______

The author’s attitude toward…is_________?

推理判断题要在阅读理解整体语篇的基础上，掌握文章的真正内涵。(1)要吃透文章的字面意思，从字里行间捕捉有用的提示和线索，这是推理的前提和基础；(2)要对文字的表面信息进行挖掘加工，由表入里，由浅入深，从具体到抽象，从特殊到一般，通过分析、综合、判断等，进行深层处理，符合逻辑地推理。不能就事论事，断章取义，以偏概全；(3)要忠实于原文，不能主观臆想，更不能以自己的观点代替作者的观点；(4)要把握句、段之间的逻辑关系，了解语篇的结构。要体会文章的基调，揣摩作者的态度，摸准逻辑发展的方向，悟出作者的弦外之音。

希望我的回答对您有帮助，谢谢！祝您英语成绩步步高！

Ⅹ 英语阅读理解有哪几种类型（如科普类）

建议你多做些科普类或者经济类的，生词一般都在那里面，社科类一般都懂得。