高三英语：阅读理解专项训练(一).doc

高三英语阅读理解专项训练

The Antarctica is actually a desert．It is the only continent on the earth without a river or a lake．The Antarctica is covered with ice all year round．The warmest temperature ever recorded there is zero , at the South Pole．People used to think that a place so cold would have heavy snowfalls．But in fact less than ten inches of snowfalls each year , that is , less than half an inch of water．Ten times that much of rain falls in parts of the African desert．The little snow that falls in Antarctica never turns into water , It continues to pile up deeper and deeper year after year．When the snow gets to be about eighty feet deep it is turned to ice by the heavy weight of the snow above it．1．Antarctica is so called "desert" because ______．

A．it is covered with sand B．it is as dry as the desert in Africa

C．it has the same temperature as a desert D．it has few rivers and lakes

2．The Antarctica has ______．

A.ten times as much water from the rainfall as the desert

B.the same amount of water as the desert

C．much more rainfall than the desert

D．about one-tenth the rainfall of Africa

3．The snow ______ in Antarctica．

A．never stops falling B．can be soon changed into water

C．goes on piling up deeper and deeper D．remains its form forever

4．In Antarctica the snow turns into ice only when ______．

A．the temperature is below zero centigrade B．it first turns into water

C．the snow above it is heavy enough D．it gets cold enough

5．The best title for this passage is ______．

A．The Antarctica-An Ice Desert B．Snowfall at the South Pole

C．The Antarctica-A Real Desert D．The Greatest Desert in the World

B

A well-dressed man entered a famous jewelry shop one day．He explained that he wished to buy a jewel for his wife's birthday．The price did not matter since he was getting along quite well with his business．After examining a number of beautiful and expensive jewels , he chose one that cost $ 5 , 000．Having paid for it．He said "Good-Bye" to the jeweler and left．a few days later , the man returned and said that his wife had liked the jewel so much that she wanted another one just like it．Though the jeweler said that it was impossible to find a jewel just the same as what he had bought , the man insisted that the jeweler advertise in the newspaper , and he

would offer $ 25, 000 for the jewel．Many people answered the advertisement , but nobody had the right things．Just when the jeweler had given up hope , a poorly-dressed old woman came into the store．To his surprise , she pulled the perfect jewel from her bag．"I don't like to sell it , "she said sadly , tears coming to her eyes．"It has been my mother's and grandmother's．But I really need the money．" The jeweler was quick to pay before the old woman changed her mind．Then he rang to tell the man about the exciting news , however , he was nowhere to be found．

1．According to the shopper , he could buy a jewel at any price because ______．

A．he had made a lot of money B．the jewel was for his wife's birthday

C．his wife was anxious to get one D．he was eager to please his wife．

2．The jeweler changed his mind and agreed to advertise in the newspaper because ______．

A．he was sure of himself

B．the shopper insisted on his demand and the shopper was willing to pay 5 times as much as $ 5 , 000 , the price of the first jewel

C．the jeweler was very warm-hearted

D．both B and C

3．The poorly-dressed woman cried because ______．

A．she was sad to part with the jewel．B．the jewel had been her mother's and her grandmother's

C．she tried to affect the jeweler D．she needed money badly

4．The jewel the poorly-dressed woman sold to the jeweler ______．

A．must be an imitation（仿制品）B．must be she one the old woman had bought from the man．

C．must be the same one that the man had bought form the jeweler D．was really of her own

5．The jeweller lost ______．[ ]

A.$ 000

B.$ 5 , 000

C.$ 25 , 000

D.much money but the exact amount was hard to tell．

C

To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains．But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against rain．Its first use was a shade against the sun! Nobody knows who first invented it．but the umbrella was used in very ancient times．Probably the first to use it were Chinese , way back in the eleventh century B．C．．We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade．And there was a strange thing connected with its use: it became a symbol of honour and authority（权威）．In the Far East in ancient times , the umbrella was allowed to be used only by royalty（王族）or by those in high office．In Europe , the Greeks were first to use the umbrella as a sunshade．And the umbrella was in common use in ancient