选择式“阅读理解”题是指阅读短文后的试题是采用“选择”的形式，要求选择适当的选项回答问题或完成句子。2001年全国中学生英语能力竞赛初三年级组初赛的“阅读理解”题共有6篇短文，其中只有两篇是“选择式”的。我们选择其中的一篇进行分析，以进一步熟悉此类题型的解题要领。
初三年级组初赛“阅读理解”（B）题：
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Organ transplants（器官移植）give people a new lease on life（新生）．
When Leah Horchler was born 14years ago，she looked like a normal ，healthy baby ．But within a few days ，it was clear somethingwasn't right．Her skin was yellow—a sure sign of jaundice（黄疸病）．Jaundic

Would you like to do something easy and fun？Would you like to feel good without feeling worn out（疲乏）by strenuous（紧张的）exercise？Would you—boys or girls—like to be better at your favorite sport？Try yoga（瑜珈功）！
Yoga is a way to exercise by combining（结合）brea

Becky slid（滑动）open the massive（粗重的）barn（杂物仓）door and searched in the darkness for the light switch．She could hear her horse，Joco，pacing（来回踱步）in his stall．“Hold on，Joco，I'm coming，”she called．Joco leaned over the stall door and answered with an impatient whinny（马嘶声）．

It's not every day that you meet a couple of real Wall-Stars like Tori and Clark Allen．
Tori，eleven，and Clark，nine， specialize in the boom ing sport of indoor climbing．The Indiana sister and brother earned spots on the United States team that will com

The flight attendant's pleasing voice advised the passengers，“Ladies and gentlemen，please extinguish your cigarettes．Now fast

Fingerprints help us in gripping（抓住）and handling（触摸）objects in all kinds of conditions．They work in the same way asthe tires（轮胎）of a car．While smooth surfaces are fine for gripping in a dry environment，they are useless in a wet one．So we have developed a system of troughs（槽）and ridges（脊）to help lead the water away from the fingertips，lea

This is a game for two players．All you need are four pieces of squared paper and a pencil．Each player has two pieces of paper．On each piece of paper label twelve squares along the top，A to L，and twelve squares down the side，1 to 12．These pieces of paper represent the ocean．

Mickey Mouse's “father” Disney(1901—1966） was a famous filmmaker. His first creation(创造) was Mickey Mouse. In 1928, Mickey starred in Disney's first sound cartoon, Steamboat Willie, and Disney was his voice.
Disney cre

Last Sunday the elephant keeper at London Jim Robson, was killed by one of the elephants he loved This was terrible, and it could be a big problem for the future（将来）of London Zoo—and maybe for all Britain's city zoos.
London Zoo said that it would move its three elephants to a wild（野生的）animal park outside London. Its director-ge

Have you ever seen snow? Many people in the world have not. Some countries never have snow; some have only a little on the tops of very high mountains. In the north of England, there is quite a lot of snow every winter, but in the south of England, there is usually little.
When a student from a warm country comes to England in a

Each morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a park bench（长凳）. The poor man always sat there, looking at the big hotel in which the rich man lived. One day the rich man got out of his car and said to the poor man, "Excuse me, but I just want to know why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning.' "Sir," said the poor man, "I

People have sailed（航海）the world in quite small boats. It is not an easy thing to do. That can be the end of everyone in it. Sometimes the weather gets bad. Accidents can happen easily and quickly.
One family once had an accident. A big fish swam under their boat and bit（咬）holes in it. Sea water came in and the boat soon we

When we're with people from different countries，we sometimes have misunderstandings，or make mistakes．Read What did I do？and decide what each misunderstanding or mistake is．

When we smell smoke，we think“fire”，and fire is a scary thing．Fire can harm things，but it can also help nature．
In 1988，Yellowstone Park had some very bad fires．They burned