高二英语阅读专项练习1-5

高二英语阅读专项练习1-5
高二英语阅读专项训练（一）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中。

It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee. __31__ I was waiting for my drink, I realized there were other people in the place, but I sensed __32__. I saw their bodies, but I couldn‘t feel their souls __33__ their souls belonged to the __34__.
I stood up and walked ___35____the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man __36___ in front of it. ―I‘m Steve,‖ he ___37___ answered after I asked him a couple of times wha t his name was. ―I can‘t talk with you. I‘m __38__,”he said. He was chatting online and, __39__, he was playing a computer game – a war game. I was ___40___.
Why didn’t Stev e want to talk with me? I tried __41__ to speak to that computer geek （怪人），__42__ not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction. I was __43___. I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, “__44__!‖
I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me. I raised my head, and saw nobody showed any interest.
__45__, I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more interested in having a relationship with the __46__, particularly Steve. I wouldn‘t want to __47__ the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines __48____ with people.
I was worried and sank in my thoughts. I didn‘t even __49__
that the coffee was bad, __50__ Steve didn‘t notice t here was a person next to him.
31. A. Before B. Since C. Although D. While
32. A. pain B. loneliness C. sadness D. fear
33. A. because B. when C. until D. unless
34. A. home B. world C. Net D. café
35. A. beside B. among C. between D. on
36. A. sleeping B. laughing C. sitting D. learning
37. A. finally B. quickly C. patiently D. loudly
38. A. busy B. thirsty C. tired D. sick
39. A. first of all B. just then C. at the same time D. by that time
40. A. surprised B. delighted C. moved D. frightened
41. A. once B. again C. first D. even
42. A. but B. so C. if D. or
43. A. excited B. respected C. afraid D. unhappy
44. A. Shut up B. Enjoy yourself C. Leave me alone D. Help me out
45. A. From then on B. At that moment C. In all D. Above all
46. A. computer B. soul C. shop D. geek
47. A. tell B. plan C. imagine D. design
48. A. other than B. instead of C. except for D. as well as
49. A. pretend B. understand C. insist D. realize
50. A. as if B. just as C. so that D. even though
第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A
What is eBay? The simple answer is that it is a global trading platform where nearly anyone can trade practically anything.
People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods. Including cars, movies and DVDs, sporting goods, travel tickets, musical instruments, clothes and shoes－the list goes on and on.
The idea came from Peter Omidyar, who was born in Paris and moved to Washington when he was still a child. At high school, he became very interested in computer programming and after graduating from Tuft University in 1988, he worked for the next few years as a computer engineer. In his free time he started Bay as a kind of hobby, at first offering the service free by word of mouth. By 1996 there was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade（升级）and he began charging a fee to members. Joined by a friend, Peter Skill, and in 1998 by his capable CEO, Meg Whitman, he has never looked back. Even in the great .com crashes of the late 1990s, eBay has gone from strength to strength. It is now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the Internet.
eBay sells connections, not goods, putting buyers and sellers into contact with each other. All you have to do is to take an e-photo, write a description, fill out a sales form and you are in business; the world is your market place. Of course for each item （商品）sold, eBay gets a percentage and that is great deal of money. Every day there are more than sixteen million items listed on eBay and eighty percent of the items are sold.
51. We learn from the text that eBay provides people with______________.
A. a way of buying and selling goods
B. a website for them to upgrade
C. a place to exhibit their own photos
D. a chance to buy things at low prices
52. From ―he has never looked back ‖ in Paragraph 2, we
learn that Peter______________.
A. did not feel lonely
B. was always hopeful
C. did not think about the past
D. became more and more successful
53. How does eBay make money from its website?
A. By bringing sellers together.
B. By charging for each sale.
C. By listing items online.
D. By making e-photos.
B
For five days, Edmonton's Downtown Park is transformed into one huge stage where artists are able to share their talents, and where people are able to celebrate and enjoy themselves. Since its beginning in 1980, the Edmonton Folk Music Festival has been commemorating（纪念）the true feeling of what folk music is all about and that's the traditional togetherness（友爱）that is felt when people gather to share stories and feelings through songs.
This year will be the sixth year when volunteer Riedel will be offering up her time to the festival. "People coming off a busy spring and summer have a moment of relaxation," Riedel said. "It's really easy to relax, and it's great seeing family and friends have fun together." These families and friends come from all different kinds of musical tastes. People who take pleasure in Blues are there, so are people who love Bluegrass. This festival does its best to develop everyone's musical interests.
With so many years of experience, the festival has become a well-oiled machine, and does whatever it can to make attendees feel as comfortable as possible. There are free water stations
throughout the venue（举办地）for people to fill up their travel cups. When people buy food, reusable dishes are given a $2 plate fee, but that is returned when the plate is brought back.
The festival has completely sold out of tickets, and in record time. But with big names such as Van Morrison and Jakob Dylan, it‘s easy to see how that was going to happen. There is no parking area during the festival, so using the Park & Ride system or Edmonton Transit is highly recommended. A bike lock-up area is provided and will be available from Thursday to Sunday one hour before the gates open until 45 minutes after the gates close.
The Edmonton Folk Music Festival begins on Wednesday, Aug.4 with Van Morrison playing the special donation fund（基金）concert, and will finish up on Sunday, Aug.8.
54. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. It‘s hard for people to appreciate Blues.
B. It costs people a little to fill up their cups from water stations.
C. Riedel has volunteered for the festival for at least 5 years.
D. People have to pay $2 for a plate of food.
55. We can learn from the passage that______________.
A. people can get tickets easily for the festival
B. driving one‘s own car to the festival is highly recommended
C. bikes are available at the festival from Wednesday to Sunday
D. the Edmonton Folk Music Festival is highly recommended
56. What would the best title for the passage?
A. Folk Music of Blues
B. One Festival for All
C. Festival for family Gathering
D. Edmonton‘s Downtown Park
C
Almost every day we come across situations in which we have to make decisions one way or another. Choice, we are given to believe, is a right. But for a good many people in the world，in rich and poor countries, choice is a luxury, something wonderful but hard to get, not a right. And for those who think they are exercising their right to make choices, the whole system is merely an illusion, a false idea created by companies and advertisers hoping to sell their products.
The endless choice gives birth to anxiety in people‘s lives. Buying something as basic as a coffee pot is not exactly simple. Easy access to a wide range of everyday goods leads to a sense of powerlessness in many people, ending in the shopper giving up and walking away, or just buying an unsuitable item that is not really wanted. Recent studies in England have shown that many electrical goods bought in almost every family are not really needed. More difficult decision-making is then either avoided or trusted into the hands of the professionals, lifestyle instructors, or advisors.
It is not just the availability of the goods that is the problem, but the speed with which new types of products come on the market. Advances in design and production help quicken the process. Products also need to have a short lifespan so that the public can be persuaded to replace them within a short time. The typical example is computers, which are almost out-of-date once they are bought. This indeed makes selection a problem. Gone are the days when one could just walk with ease into a shop and buy one thing; no choice, no anxiety.
57. What does the author try to argue in Paragraph 1?
A. The exercise of rights is a luxury.
B. The practice of choice is difficult.
C. The right of choice is given but at a price.
D. Choice and right exist at the same time.
58. Why do more choices of goods cause anxiety?
A. Professionals find it hard to decide on a suitable product.
B. People are likely to find themselves overcome by business persuasion.
C. Shoppers may find themselves lost in the broad range of items.
D. Companies and advertisers are often misleading about the range of choice.
59. By using computers as an example, the author wants to prove that____________.
A. advanced products meet the needs of people
B. products of the latest design flood the market
C. competitions are fierce in high-tech industry
D. everyday goods need to be replaced often
60. What is this passage mainly about?
A. The variety of choices in modern society.
B. The opinions on people‘s rights in different countries.
C. The problems about the availability of everyday goods.
D. The helplessness in purchasing decisions.
D
阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

Muzak
The next time you go into a bank, a store, or a supermarket, stop and listen. What do you hear? ___61___ It's similar to the music you listen to, but it's not exactly the same. That's because
this music was especially designed to relax you, or to give you extra energy. Sometimes you don't even realize the music is playing, but you react to the music anyway.
Quiet background music used to be called "elevator（电梯）music" because we often heard it in elevators. But lately we hear it in more and more places, and it has a new name "Muzak". About one-third of the people in America listen to "Muzak" everyday. The music plays for 15 minutes at a time, with short pauses in between. It is always more lively between ten and eleven in the morning, and between three and four in the afternoon, when people are more tired. ___62___ If you listen to Muzak carefully, you will probably recognize the names of many of the songs. Some musicians or songwriters don't want their songs to be used as Muzak, but others are happy when their songs are chosen. Why? __63__
Music is often played in public places because it is designed to make people feel less lonely when they are in an airport or a hotel. It has been proven that Muzak does what it is designed to do. Tired office workers suddenly have more energy when they hear the pleasant sound of Muzak in the background. __64__ Supermarket shoppers buy 38 percent more groceries.
___65___ They say it's boring to hear the same songs all the time. But other people enjoy hearing Muzak in public places. They say it helps them relax and feel calm. One way or another, Muzak affects everyone. Some farmers even say their cows give more milk when they hear Muzak!
A. Some people don't like Muzak.
B. The music gives them extra energy.
C. Music is playing in the background.
D. Factory workers produce 13 percent more.
E. Muzak tends to help people understand music better.
F. They get as much as $4 million a year if their songs are used.
G. Muzak is played in most of the big supermarkets in the world.
第II卷非选择题（共40分）
一、单词拼写（共6小题，每小题1分，共6分）
1. According to study, bright colours like red and yellow are _________（有吸引力的）to little children.
2. Although many great musicians play important roles in music, Beethoven's symphony is ___________.（独一无二的）
3. C_________ something new is not easy, for one must have talent as well as patience.
4. Since it was her first performance, she felt e____________ nervous when standing on stage.
5. Song Zuying made her ______________（露面）in a concert in Sydney, which helped more foreigners understand Chinese folk music.
6. Although Liu Wei is disabled, he is o___________ about life and has won the first prize in China’s Got Talent. （中国达人秀）
二、完成句子（共4小题，每小题1分，共4分）
1. Computers ____________________________（对……有影响）modern life since 1990s.
2. Our future is in our own hands and we should ___________________ it. （对……负责）
3. I ____________________（习惯）the way she speaks to me, which really makes me unhappy.
4. In class, our attention should __________________（专注于）the teacher, otherwise we will miss something important.
三、短文填空（共15空，每空1分，共15分）
A. 按照课文原文和首字母的提示完成下面短文，每空只填一词。

Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand. It is l___1___ on North Island with a population of just under a million. This seaside city is an important c___2___ for business and industry. It is also the most exciting city in New Zealand with people of many different c___3___living there.
The history of Auckland goes back to 650 years ago when the Maoris s___4___ in the area. It used to be the capital of New Zealand for some time. Since 1945, the city has grown and now it has large modern suburbs.
Famous sights i___5___ Mt Eden as well as the Auckland Harbor Bridge. In the city, you can enjoy an a___6___ view from the Sky Tower. Auckland is also a modern city and a nice place to live. It has a warm climate with plenty of sunshine－the a___7___ temperature in January is 23.4C.
B. 阅读下面短文，根据所给单词的首字母，用单词的适当形式填空，每空只填一词。

C__8__ the words costume with play, cosplay is becoming an increasingly popular form of performance art.
Cosplayers buy or make a costume of their f___9___ cartoon character and then dress up in it. But the fun doesn‘t stop here. In addition to looking lik e a character, cosplayers must also learn to imitate a character‘s personality, facial e___10___ and behaviors. Once they have perfected their character, they show their talents in the streets.
Although the term cosplay o___11___ in Japan, the idea for it seems to have been born in the United States. In 1939, Forrest J. Ackerman attended the 1st World Science Fiction Convention in New York w___12____ a space suit. 45 years later, Japanese Takahashi attended a similar convention in Los Angeles. I___13___
by the many costumes at the convention, he returned home and invented the term cosplay. Soon after, he began using it in Japanese Sci-fi magazines and the word spread quickly t___14___ Japan.
Today, people all around the world are taking part in cos play‘s fun. The g___15___ of cosplay is to dress up, have fun and bring fantasy to life.
高二英语阅读专项训练（二）
第三节完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

A large cat arrived at a farm where many mice lived. None of them dared go outside for fear of being 21 by the cat.
The mice decided to hold a meeting to find a way of stopping themselves from being in 22 . One day, when the cat was out, mice of all ages 23 into the meeting room.
“Let’s build a big trap,”one mouse 24 . When this idea was 25 , another said, “What about poisoning(毒死) her?”But nobody knew where to buy the poison. One young mouse, whose mother had become the cat’s food, 26 said, “Let’s cut her teeth, so she can do no more harm.‖ But the meeting did not accept his idea.
At last, one mouse, 27 than the rest, jumped onto a table. Waving a bell, he called for
28 , ―Be quiet! We‘ll tie this bell to the cat‘s tail, so we‘ll always know where she is! We‘ll have
29 to escape, and the slower and weaker mice will hear her coming and be able to 30 !‖ Hearing the words, everyone go t _ 31 _ and they congratulated him on his good idea.
“We‘ll tie it so tightly that it will never drop off !‖
“She‘ll never be able to walk 32 again! Why, the other day, she suddenly appeared right in front of me! Just imagine…‖However, th e wise mouse sa id, ―We must 33 who is going to tie it on her tail.‖ There was not a sound in the room. Nobody was 34 enough to put the plan into action. The meeting ended without any decision being made.
It‘s often very __35__ to have bright ideas, but putting them into practice is a more difficult matter.
21. A. trained B. taught C. caught D. invited
22. A. return B. danger C. fact D. need
23. A. rushed B. swam C. flew D. stepped
24. A. questioned B. explained C. suggested D. answered
25. A. supported B. discussed C. accepted D. refused
26. A. angrily B. happily C. carefully D. slowly
27. A. younger B. longer C. stronger D. wiser
28. A. pleasure B. silence C. help D. information
29. A. experience B. power C. time D. space
30. A. shout B. watch C. stay D. hide
31. A. worried B. excited C. surprised D. tired
32. A. gladly B. quickly C. quietly D. directly
33. A. believe B. learn C. imagine D. decide
34. A. honest B. brave C. rich D. old
35.A. easy B. difficult C. strange D. important
第二部分阅读理解（共10小题,每小题2分,满分20分）
A
In today's world, almost everyone knows that air pollution and water pollution are harmful (有害的) to people's health. However, not all the persons know that noise is also a kind of pollution, and that is harmful to human health, too.
People who work and live under noisy conditions become
deaf (聋). Today, however, scientists believe that 10 percent of workers in Britain are being deafened by the noise where they work. Many of the workers who print newspapers and books, and who weave (纺织) cloth become deaf. Quite a few people living near airports also become deaf. Recently it was discovered that many teenagers (青少年) in America could hear no better than 65-year-old people, for these young people like to listen to “pop”music and most of “pop”music is a kind of noise. Besides, noise produced by jet planes or machines will make people's life difficult and unpleasant, or even make people ill or even drive them mad (疯的). It is said that a continuous noise of over 85 decibels (分贝) can cause deafness.
Nowadays the government in many countries have made laws to reduce or control noise and make it less than 85 decibels. In China, the people's government is trying to solve (解决) not only air and water pollution problems but also noise pollution problem.
36. Today scientists believe that __________.
A. 90 percent of all the workers in Britain are not suffering from (受折磨) noise
B. 10 percent of all the workers in Britain are working in noisy places
C. the hearing of 10 percent of all the workers in Britain are being deafened by the noise where they work
D. 90 percent of all the workers are free from any noise
37. Those who usually ___________ have poorer hearing.
A. weave cloth
B. print newspapers
C. live near airports
D. all the above
38. Recently many teenagers could hear even worse than 65-year-old people in America, because ________.
A. they are too young to hear anything clearly
B. their ears are still too small
C. they haven't trained their hearing
D. they listen to ―pop‖ music too much
39. According to the passage, a continuous noise of _________ decibels can make you deaf.
A. 85
B. less than 85
C. more than 85
D. only 85
B
The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which
fathers are honored by their children. On the third Sunday in June, fathers all across the United States are given presents, treated to dinner or otherwise made to feel special.
The origin(起源) of Father's Day is not clear, but no matter when the first true Father's Day appeared, the strongest supporter of the holiday was Mrs. Bruce John Dodd of Spokane, Washington. She thought of the idea for Father's Day while listening to a Mother's Day sermon(布道) in 1909.
Sonora wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart. Smart, who was a Civil War soldier, was left alone when his wife died while giving birth to their sixth child. Mr. Smart had to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a farm in eastern Washington state.
After Sonora became an adult，she realized the selflessness （无私）her father had shown in raising his children as a single
parent. It was her father that made all the sacrifices (牺牲) and was a courageous, selfless, and loving man. In 1909, Mrs. Dodd gave her own minister and others in Spokane some advice about having a church service devote d to fathers, thus Father‘s Day came into being. People celebrated the third Sunday in June as Father's Day. Children made special sweets, or visited their fathers if they lived apart. In early times, wearing flowers was a traditional way of celebrating Fa ther‘s Day. People wore red roses to honor a father still living, and wore white flowers to honor a dead dad.
When children can't visit their fathers or take them out to dinner, they send a greeting card. Traditionally, fathers like greeting cards. Most greeting cards have strange shapes, so fathers laugh when they open them.
40. Who first raised the idea of Father‘s Day?
A. Sonora
B. Smart
C. Smart‘s wife
D. Sonora‘s minister.
41. How many brothers and sisters did Sonora have altogether?
A. three
B. four
C. five
D. six
42. What was the traditional way of celebrating Father‘s Day in early times?
A. Visiting fathers
B. Taking fathers out to dinner
C. Sending fathers greeting cards
D. Wearing flowers
第三部分任务阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，并根据所阅读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

Today‘s Robot and Future‘s Robot The day that robots wake you up, clean your room and walk your dog might still be a few years off. But nowadays, engineers are saying that robots are going to make the leap(跳跃) from the factory floor to your family room. Ks5u
What’s behind this new era (时代)? It’s a matter of technology. Tools that can recognize and respond to a human voice have been developed. There are now a few different ways for robots to move around. They can walk, or ride on wheels. They are being made smaller and smaller.
From the day Robert Adler invented the television in the 1950s, people around the world have tirelessly searched for ways to get lazier. To be sure, robots which walk on two legs and talk like people are still too complex(复杂的) for our present engineering a bilities. Today‘s robot revolution is to make them for everyday use. Robots will do basic housework such as cleaning or gardening, or just help you have more fun on the basketball court.
What makes a robot different from an ordinary cleaning machine is not the presence of computer chips (芯片). Nowadays even your microwave has a computer chip. It is the ability to sense and make changes to the environment in real time.
For example, a floor-cleaning robot should be able to sense your scared cat and move out of the way. Today‘s computing ability is, for the first time, able to make machines that could ―think‖, at least in certain limited ways.
Robot Revolution
What today‘s robot can do What (50) ____________ robot may
do
recognize and (46) ____________ to your voice talk like people sense and make some changes to the
(51) ____________
work in the (47) ____________
(52) ____________ your dog
move around, walk, or
(48) ____________ on wheels (53) ____________ your floor
(54) ____________ you up
Different (49) ____________for robots to move around.
Help you have more
(55) __________on the basketball court.
第四部分写作（共四节，满分35分）
第一节: 单词拼写（共10题，每小题1分；满分10分）
根据下列句子所给汉语注释，在答题卡上相应题号的横线上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。

56.Sometimes they may play to ________( 过路人) in the street or subway.
/doc/2d19269869.html,ter they may give __________( 表演) in pubs or clubs.
58.They are so popular that their fans formed clubs in order to get more _____ ( 熟悉的)with them.
59.We used to be an __________ ( 濒危的)species.Farmers hunted us without mercy.
60.I’m ___________ ( 保护)myself from mosquitoes.
61.I began as a ______________ ( 计算)machine in 1642.
62.As a result I _________ ( 完全地)changed my shape.
63.I have even been put into space rockets and sent to ______ ( 探索)the Moon.
64.Now the farmers are happy and our numbers are ________
( 增加).
65.At the concert everyone is clapping and ________ ( 欣赏)their music.
第二节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
此题要求改正所给短文中错误。

如无错误，在该行右边横线上画（√），如有错误（每行只有一处错误），则按照下列情况改正：此行多一个词：把多余的词用（\）划掉，在右边横线上写出该词，并用（\）划掉；
此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在右边横线上写出该加的词；
此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在右边横线上写出改正后的词。

The English Corner in Zhongshan Park is where people 66.___________
go to practise their speaking English. Every Sunday afternoon 67.___________
they gather around, talk to each other in English. Among 68.___________
they are students, teachers, doctors, and so on. I first went to an 69.___________
English Corner when I was in Junior Grade Two. I went there on 70.___________
every Sunday and chat with some people in English. In the 71.___________
past three years I had never been absent. I‘m sure I‘ve made 72.___________
some progresses in my listening and speaking. And I have 73.___________
made many friends there. The English Comer is really good 74.___________
place. I hope that more friends will join in us. 75.___________ 高二英语阅读专项训练（三）
英语知识运用（共两节，计45分）
第一节单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
从A,B,C,D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项：
21. What a poor man! _____ falling bucket full of water hit him on ____ head.
A. The; the
B. A; his
C. The; /
D. A; the
22. –The leaders of our college won‘t be in favor of your project, you know?
--_______? I needn’t their approval(认同). I’ve got the money to carry it on.
A. What if
B. How come
C. So what
D. How about
23. The English play _____ my students acted at the New Year‘s party turned out a great success.
A. in which
B. for which
C. on which
D. at which
24. The houses are specially _______ and built for those home-lost people.
A. decorated
B. designed
C. managed
D. removed
25. With economy increasing steadily, people ______ enjoy a life of higher quality.
A. shall
B. can
C. may
D. must
26. The taxi driver would rather he ______ the passenger home yesterday.
A. did drive
B. drove
C. had driven
D. would have driven
27. You‘re always saying that everyone should be equal, ______ I disagree.
A. where
B. what
C. which
D. why
28. I‘ll _______ this matter as soon as possible, I promise. But you‘d better have a little patience.
A. prepare for
B. make for
C. defend against
D. look into
29. –Alice, did your editor make a phone call to you the next day?
--No, it was a fortnight(两周) ______ he gave me a second call.
A. since
B. that
D. before
30. Jack and Mike were found cheating in the exam, and _____ by their teacher at the moment.
A. were scolded
B. are being scolded
C. have been scolded
D. were being scolded
31. A computer is worth almost 5,000 yuan, but I‘ve saved ______ 1,000 yuan.
A. not more than
B. not less than
C. no more than
D. no less than
32. In China many parents often make sacrifices(牺牲) for their boys or girls, which _____ increases their dependence.
A. in turn
B. in return
C. in charge
D. in need
33. As far as I‘m concerned, he is sure not to make a ______ with his boss; that‘s not his style.
A. bargain
B. agreement
C. debate
D. decision
34. After questioning the sex crime suspect(嫌疑人) for five hours, the policemen got _______ they wanted.
A. whichever
B. whatever。